The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

ELEGANT LITERARY PRESENT. NOW BEADY. LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. NEW and REVISED EDITION, in Seven Volumes, price 10s. 6d. each, elegantly bound, any of which may be had separately. " A valuable contribution to historical ktmvrledge—to yound per sons especially. It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of Interest, which industry and research could collect. We have de .; rived much entertainment and instruction from the work."— Athetunum. Henry Collettra, Pub Haber, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all 13ooksellors. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANK ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER '26, ' Will he repeated a Grand Opera Seria, called THE DAUGHTER - OF ST. MARK. Lusienano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornare, Mr. Porrani ; Moncenige, Mr. Weiss ' • Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. • Harrison ; ('atarina t;ornaro, Mi s s Rainforth • To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequin.ule, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON CRUSOE. Robinson Crime. Mr. W H. Payee; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; C'own , Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell; Ceumbine, Miss Carson. Una Box.omce is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six ", in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, a Id Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARLET. Lewe, Mr. B. WEBSTER. ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER £6, Win be rertortvcd a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, eslled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. S rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe' s t Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Barren; The Countrss of .o•pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lkdy Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia :.ennstt. • After which, a'Gran • MOVING DIORAMA ;cr, FICTORIAL TOUR IN S A*ITZERLAND. To conclude with a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINiT. King Uxeriou s Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Gra rir:sa, Miss Jul a Bennet; ; Percinet, Miss P. Hort - ,n ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and Onc Guinea and a.Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.oEice, trna fan till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE • ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) n New Drama. entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Tear In. Toby Veck, Mr. O. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin. son ;Sr Joseph Bow!ey, Bart Mr. Paul Bedford • ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Vtck, Miss Fortcscue; Mrs. Chickenstalk:r, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic ( hristmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Hat lequin a i .d the Ki. g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons.. dale ; Clown. Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San 4 t rs. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter gr. Pitt ; Leader of the Sand, Mir. Mr. Mellon.—Box-orlite open from ' Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. %I. MADDOX ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2(5, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivie-, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C H orn , Jun.; Richard, Mr. Himo ; Renaud, Mr. Matiacks• 'vim, Mr. ,011,r ; Hermine, Mdlle, Helen Condell ; Gertruee, qrs. Foebroke. After which will be produced a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravag rriza, called JOE AII LLER AND HIS MEN. Grindoli, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, Mr. Granby; Ether, Mr, Corsi, Gototz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravine, Mrs. Foebroke. Dress Blrcle, se. ; Boxers, 4s. ; Pit, ': a. ; Gallo le. Hall-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2..5. ; Boxes, V.s. ; Pit, le.; Gallery, 6d, Private Boxes, rwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guin eas an d a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half nest 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 Admissions for the Season to be had at the theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet on Thursday Evening, at ASTLF.Y'S Itol AL AMPHI'I tie:ATRE OF ARTS. Preprietor and Manager. Mr. W RATTY. ON THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4 26, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX RUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage end in the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse- Inanship. - To conclude with a G•and Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, e lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis' Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open front Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to alquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests' from the country, and by special desire, he has formed at- anaementa to pre sent, during the Christmas Holiday' a S ries of EQUESTRIAN MORNING FETES and FASHIO NABLE ' DAY PERFORM. A NCE, to commence at Half-put One, and terminate at Half-past Threes, consisting of Batty's S,dend id Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. The first Three Morning Performances will take place en Monday, Dec. 31, Wednesday, Jan. 2, and Fr:day, Jan. 4. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE ON THURSDAY EVF NINO, DECEMBER 28, he produced Two New Dramas, supported by Messrs. Osbal. diston, H. Howard,J. T. Johnson, T H. Higgie. Selman, Herb rt, Searle. E. Jones, and Watklni; Ws Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Mrs. Rignoki. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ' • or, The Little Old Wonsan and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino ; Clown, Ine. - Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Vile. THE, WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, DEC. 24, THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 34 ; Noon, 3 BAROMETER, 30.35.—W1ND, E.S.E. NOTE. —The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and "Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDOE THIS DAY. 14 ° 11, Lag ... 36 minutes alter 1 I Evening 56 minutes after 1. SECOND EDITION. -... e,i. I:#4 ~jaas• . • a ••.!... SZ*4 ~ %,,,,, Av 1 • NA,. , .„, • . elf' ''kz.•-,..: . r :liii" ^-, ir 1,11204.1 11 r,, ,, .1: ,- . ....' , s, . k . ~ • 41 , , ~ ...',..,.....t, b.. ? ,• ....),,,,,, .. 11 ,4,1w1 • • 4'. . 1 ' 1• ' :', f.- "- 4-43,0': 4 ,'°-:•,. 11- • , . .. ...•-•'• Ar. mos ~,,,.t.,11,0 ' • • 11041 •• . . • ...IT . t • .OV . : . •• • •• ~••• A ' r• "Q.._ •ill Atonal oi • 4 . nn LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1844. " Ecce iterum Crispinus, et est mihi crepe vocandus." Doctor PIIILLPOTS is again in the field, and we foresee--as we remarked a day or two since—that we shall be often called on to notice his controversial eccentricities—to apply the most lenient term to his present perilous course of conduct. For the third time this bustling, mischief-making Prelate has rushed into print, and his last letter is of quite as incendiary a character as its two predecessors. Like them it concedes nothing, but, on the contrary, is peremptory and exacting to the last degree. In some passages it affects the logical, but its logic is of a most peculiar nature, and tells directly against the course of policy which the Bishop is so resolutely bent on carrying out.to the fullest extent. Thus, the Right Reverend writer states that previously to the issuing of that episcopal ukase—his Pastoral Letter, he di rected inquiries to be instituted as to the spirit in which it might be received throughout his diocese, and " was assured," he adds, "by those whom I addressed, of their firm conviction that little er no dissatisfaction—none that would be of serious moment or of long duration was at all likely to arise against an order which might issue from authority." This first step on the part of Doctor PUILLPOTTS was in every respect a judicious one. He acted with sound discretion in endeavouring to ascertain the sentiments of his flock and the strength of their digestion before he crammed the whole Rubric down their throats ; but having discovered that they were averse to the swallowing of such a tough substance, ho should— if only in his high capacity of a Christian minister of peace—have withdrawn his obnoxious ordinances, and permitted the Church service to be conducted in the usual fashion. But instead of this, he has insisted on his ordinances being obeyed with a vehemence that has increased in exact proportion to the popular ferment which they have excited through out his diocese ! Ile abides by them on the very score of their unpopularity. IE3 arguments in their favour are drawn from their notorious inefficiency. Was ever such logic yet put forth by one who is in the possession of all his faculties ? But the Bishop of Farrell, we fear, is not in this enviable condition. His starch, overweening notions of authority have clouded his better judgment. His prejudices have overlaid his common sense. He has a sort of rubrical Monomania upon him. Only ima gine his boasting of his efforts to restore tranquillity by his Pastoral Letter, when the immediate effect of that most injudicious communica tion has been to bring the clergy into painful collision with the laity throughout the diocese of Exeter! Was this well said or well done on the part of a minister:of the Gospel of Peace ? Was it his duty to throw in the apple of discord, when by a little timely concession—a little show of conciliation he might have ensured the continuance of order among his flock ? But in justification of his proceedings he ob serves—"l see a resolute determination in many parts of England to resist all Church authority; I see schism in its most mischievous form, under the guise of nominal churchmanship, rampant, and of course intolerant wherever it is seen." If the Bishop really sees this, he must be endowed with most extraordinary pen ers of vision, for he sees what no one besides himself can see. Never did the Church possess more rightful authority than it does at the present day. Never was its legitimate influence more readily acknowledged. Never were its wishes more cheerfully obeyed. Look at the immense number of new religious structures that have. sprung up, as if by magic, in all parts of the country, on the very first expression of a recommendation to that effect by the dig nitaries of the Establishment ! Look at the g nomo n, subscriptions for charitable and religious purposes raised last year in pursuance of the Christian appeals of the clergy to the people! Are these proofs of a popular determination to resist " all Chure',, authority "—of a refusal to pay further obedienc, e t o 1 its wishes ? If the Church be now harassed b - y di i sensions from within and without, it is the c'.:afty in trigues of the Tractarian heretics that are chiefly to blame for these dissensions ; and yet these are the men whose views the Bishop of EX' Ea is doing all he can to forward I Strange to say, this un accountable Prelate takes credit to himself fo r having commenced fighting the theological battle upon trifles ! "There are conditions," he says, "of the public mind, when it is in truth a blessing that in struggling for a principle—the great principle of , Church authority, the immediate object to be defended is not in itself worth the trouble, much less the bitter ness and anxiety of the contest. I rejoice, therefore, that we have not to fight for an object which would give dignity to the conflict." We do not profess exactly to understand the logic of this passage, but so far as we can make out the Bishop's meaning, his argument is, that the less true dignity and the more frivolity a religious controversy possesses, the more delighted should those be who take part in it, and the more eagerly and uncompromisingly should they follow it up ! Upon this principle a fanatic or bigoted High Church disciplinarian is justified in convulsing a whole community about a matter not worth a moment's serious consideration Verily, we repeat, the Bishop of EXETER is a most extraordinary logician, but, to the credit of his consistency be it said, that he practices what he preaches yde Park. Really the deficiency we speak of is oecoming an alarming public grievance. If the , parish authorities will not endeavour to remedy it, we hope the Legislature will speedily enforce its remedy. Accounts from Madrid of the 16th instant state, that the Chamber of Deputies had resumed business. A communication was made from the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the effect, that GONZALES BRAVO had been directed to return to his mission at Lisbon forthwith, and it is supposed this step had been taken at the instance of NA&YABZ. This BRAVO, it appears, was a great favourite at the Palace, and favourites, of course, are very jealous of each other. The follow ing reports from Committees were laid before the Chamber :—The report of the mixed Committee on the authorisation granted to Ministers to promulgate organic laws by royal decrees. Another on the Clergy Dotation Bill, the majority concurring in the views of the Government; and the report on the con version of the debts proceeding from contracts into Three per Cent. Stock, to which the Committee like wise gave its sanction. MADRID BOURSE, DEC. 16.—Three per Cents. for cash, 32k; 83 for Account. Five per Cents. 22k for cash; 22f for Account. Floating Debt, 77 for 28 days; Coupons, 26 for Account. Some of the Paris papers have comments on the enthusiasm with which Sir HENRY POTTINGER has been welcomed in England, and more particularly on his speech at the Liverpool dinner. The Journal des Debats, however, is silent on the subject, for a good reason. A few weeks since it put forth in the shape of a leading article certain statements respecting the Chinese treaty, but evidently furnished by a corre spondent in the East, asserting that the treaty was a mere nullity, and the English negotiator had been completely overreached by Chinese cunning. We no ticed the absurdity of the article at the time, and the Presse adduces the authority of Sir HENRY POTTIN GER as a proof that the editor of this - Ministerial journal had been imposed upon by a correspondent who trusted more to his imagination than facts. " The simple fact," it says, " of the solemn ovations of which Sir HENRY POTTINGER is at present the object on the other side of the Channel would of itself be well calculated to interest France. Another mo tive, however, induces us to direct the attention of our readers to the late banquet at Liverpool. In the speech delivered by Sir HENRY POTTINGER there is to be found information important not only for English merchants, but likewise for those of France. Sir HENRY POTTINGER spoke of China and of the men who preside over her desti nies in such terms that many persons in France ought to regret the levity with which they have often treated that country. One journal related some months since, in the most serious manner, a ridiculous history, according to which the treaty of Ningpo was a mere mystification. According to that story, the Chinese negotiator had bribed Sir HENRY POT TINGBR'S interpreter, and, thanks to the complicity of that agent, the written treaty contained stipulations of a totally different nature from those which had been verbally agreed on between the Chinese and English Plenipotentiaries. Not only has the speech of Sir HENRY POTTINGER reduced this assertion to its just value, but it gives some important informa tion relative to the man appointed by the EMPEROR to treat with the European Powers. That statesman, KEY-ING, had the charity to inform the British re presentative that the Chinese are a religious people who are scandalised at the sight of a drunken Euro pean, and that if the British seamen who touch at the coast of China continue to lead that dissolute life of which they have so often given an example, the commercial relations opened by the treaty would pro. duce but little advantage. The advice is worthy of our attention, and we trust that French shipowners may take notice of it, until the extraordinary embassy directed by M. LAGRENEE shall have completed its observations, and shall have ebtained more direct in formation." The Constitutionnet states that the intention enter tained at one time of bringing forward Bills this session to grant a civil list to the Duke of NEMOURS, in case ofhis beconaing,Regent, and also dotations to some ofthe younger branches of the Royal Family, had been abandoned by the Ministry. The Prefects through out the country bad been consulted as to the opinions of the Deputies on the subject, and the answers from them generally are unfavourable. It appears from the Paris journals that the exe cution of the assassin who attempted the life of the King of PRUSSIA has excited an unfavourable feeling towards royalty at Berlin, as it seemed hard, after so long delay, to carry the sentence unexpectedly into effect. The Journal des Debats thus apologises for the KING'S conduct : "It appears that the execution of Tschech, and the somewhat strange circumstances that preceded it, have made a painful impression at Berlin. The long interval that had elapsed since the attempt had naturally corro borated the motion that adenouement more favourable to the condemned would have taken place. Singular inci dents also arose which public opinion has commented on in various ways. The necessity of choosing between what he considered a political duty and his religious scruples had thrown the King into the utmost perplexity. It is said that, being desirous to escape that alternative, he had imagined several odd expedients. He wanted, at first, to delegate his right of pardoning to the Prince of Prussia, who would have decided the question. He next had the idea of suspending the decision until his death, and of leaving to his successor the task of pronouncing upon the fate of the offender. Meanwhile physicians and clergymen successively visited Tahech, the former to strive to discover some symptoms of insanity or mono mania ; the latter to kindle in him some glimmerings of repentance; but the efforts of both parties failed. At length the affair was submitted to the Council, vi hen it was the unanimous opinion of the Ministers that the King owed it to his people, %hose affection had been so conspi cuously manifested When the attempt had taken place, and to all Sovereigns who had been outraged in his per son, not to make justice recede before the obduracy of a criminal. The Prince of Prussia is stated to have said that to all these reasons he had one to add, which was personal to himself, namely, that he could not accept the share of inheritance it was contemplated to leave him. Fresh scruples then arose in the mind of the King, who asked whether his people, whose affection had so warmly displayed itself when the attempt on his person had been made, still persisted in the same feelings ; and his Ma jesty reverted to the notion that, if he clearly saw his duty as a King, lie had also his duty as a Christian to fulfil, and could not prove himself severer than„Provi dence which had saved him. At length, overcome by the entreaties of his Ministers, he resigned himself to signing the warrant of death ; but his emotion was so deep that, after doing it, he fell into deep dejection, and shed abundant tears. In signing the warrant, he stipulated that M. de Kleist, First President of the Chamber of Justice, should attend the execu tion, and be the bearer of a pardon in the event of Tscheeb, at the last moment, evincing some repentance. Lastly, the King left Charlottenburgh, which is on the road from Berlin to Spandau, in order to spend a few days at Potsdam. On his side, Tschech, who had t efo days before been apprised of his (loom, had continued (leaf to every exhortation. Doctor Gerlach, the Court chaplain, having again been sent to him, on the last evening, Tschech roughly repulsed him, persisting in glorying in his crime, and in rejecting religious assist ance. lie separated in the same way from his daughter, expressing to her the hop© that they should soon meet again. At Spandau, at the fatal moment, M. de Kleist addressed him for the last time, and asked whether, in presence of eternity, he did not feel some repentance ? He replied, with more resolution than ever, that he did not, and that, on the contrary, he had done a great action. He began a speech, but had not time to finish it. It was then half-past seven, Two or three hundred persons at the utmost were on the spot." The French Three per Cents. were done at Toe- TONI'S on Sunday at 85f. 65c. We are accustomed, in this country, to take credit to ourselves for this especial excellency in our social institutions—namely, the tenderness they manifest for human life. It, is the beautiful theory of our law that this tenderness appreciates as highly the value of ex istence to the meanest and most abject, not only of our fellow-subjects, but of our fellow-creaturei (for its sympathy is not bounded by considerations of mere nationality), as it estimates the value of exist ence to the wealthiest, the most ennobled, or the most powerful among us. Pity! that this theory should be marred by occasional exceptions in practice ; and the more pity, because it is easy to perceive that, according to the spirit of those institutions and of that law, this humanity of intention was meant to be ho nestly developed in their practical working. But the practical exceptions we speak of are neither few, nor trifling, nor simply accidental, nor limited in kind, nor venial in their principle, nor unpernicious in their example, nor undestructive in their consequences. Tenderness for human life is not the positive charac teristic of the scheme, nor the crowning glory of the administration of our New Poor Law, and of our Model-Prison-and-Penitentiary-Silent-systems of dis cipline. It is not a power which withdraws the poor labourer from the hideous employments with which the calculating recklessness of cupidity too often tempts the uncalculating recklessness of poverty. It permits the famishing artisan, who heeds more the claims of his wife and his family upon him for the immediate demands for subsistence, than the deleterious influence of the occupa tion which is to provide it on the vital functions ofhis own frame, to labour in white-lead works for certain para lysis, visceral disorganisation, and speedy death. It encourages, by its apathy or its silence, the devotion of others to other labours, the mechanical processes of which are known to entail, inevitably, on all who en. gage in them, the visitation, within periods more or less brief in their duration, of maladies that destroy the sight, cripple the limbs, vitiate the palate, ruin the digestion, or ulcerate the lungs. This tenderness of our law, unhappily, omits to set itself in action in re ference to a dozen or two of what are called by the gentle, yet significant name of" unhealthy trades;" such as many departments of foundry, smelting, casting, distillation from noxious mineral substances, the ge neration of certain gases, the composition of some chemicals, &c. Its solicitude for human life forces one, perhaps, out of a score of the owners of works set in motion by powerful in-door machinery, to pro tect the operatives employed under the same roof by the erection of galleries, or screens to ward off the fatal contact of revolving wheels, and shafts, and spindles. These are the excepted cases to prove the same theory; unhappily the rule is rather established against it by a majority of appalling accidents, occa sioning a vast amount of bodily suffering and violent deaths. We might, if we chose to descend into our mines, or to explore our colliery pits, or to intrude even upon the privacy of the work-rooms of many of our principal dressmakers and Court milliners, mul tiply the examples in which the sacrifices of health, and even of life itself, to the excitement of trading competition, or the selfish importunity of vanity and fashion —every week or every month of the year. But there are some domestic calamities, the awful frequency of which we must rather reckon by every day of every week--L-that tear from us, in the heart of this great capital, their unhappy victims to mutilation, agony, and death of the most frightful kind, without either the " tenderness" of the theory of our law, the sym pathies of our common nature, the influences of a salutary fear, the warnings of experience, or the loss of property accruing from sueh incidents, arousing us, their survivors, to the duty of making well-organised and efficient provision, to the utmost practicable ex tent, against the recurrence of such disasters, or for the mitigation of their extent and severity when they happen. 'We allude to that class of accidents which we have so constantly to announce under the heading of " Destructive" fires, "attended with loss of human life." These terrible cases have been, of late, over whelming from their extent, their number, and their fatal termination. We need not pause for a moment except to notice, by name, the last we have had to an nounce—namely, the fire at Mr. FAHEY'S, in Guild ford-street, Russell-square. It will occupy, however, a melancholy prominence on the list of these casual ties, for its destruction of life as well as of property. On the present occasion we advert to it simply to point our question— Why is not an adequate and effi cient system of fire-escapes organised in this metro polis P Shall we talk of our " tenderness for life" while whole hecatombs of human victims perish annually in this manner at the shrine of that bad deity—whatever it be—which is the impersonation of parochial carelessness or apathy, stupidity or parsimony ? An unfortunate youth, of high promise it may be, in the profession into which he has just been instituted, shall be consumed to ashes, it seems, for want of some external means whereby he might have escaped from his dormitory at the top of the house in which he slept into the street ; and active officers, appointed for the conservation of the peace and property of the residents within their appointed district, perish beneath the flaming ruins below, for want of the same assistance in carrying out their spirited design of rushing to the relief of those above. There 'can be awarded no praise too great to such a body as the.fire brigade, or such a public servant as their admirable superintendent, Mr. BRAIDWOOD ; hut if a competent, vigilant, prompt, and most effec tive force can be thus organised, equipped, and main tained for extinguishing fires, why not a body, equally well appointed, for the higher object of rescuing the lives which these fires put in such eminent jeopardy? Hitherto all the machines prepared for the purposes of escape from fire have proved comparatively use less, in the very small and almost fractional number of cases in which they have been employed —or even thought of. This result we are not disposed to at tribute to such causes of inefficient working as their incompetent structure, their inadequate height, or strength, or application, which CHLRLES DICKENS somewhere puts, in bis sarcastic manner, into the mouth of a Professor "No-go," for some of the machines we have seen are simple, and cleverly adapted enough. But there is no one establishment for them;—no stuff for such an establishment. When half-a•dozen people have been burned to death in one of these devouring fires, we may, perchance, see half-a-dozen charity boys exemplifying the merits of the last new invented " escape" in safe descents, at broad noon, from a two or three story window into the street of some trad , sman, who speculates on the sensation produced by the recent calamity to dispose of a few score yards of questionable bed-ticking. But for any purposes of practical escape—the inmates of any house, on fire, that very night, in that very street, would have as little chance of saving them selves by THE "escape" which had that afternoon amused the passengers who had had leisure enough to look at the young exhibitors in it, as a skater tumbling through the ice of one of the Hampstead heath ponds would find of being helped out again, by vociferating for the Humane Society's men, Jr their drags, or their skiff, stationed on the Serpentine THE PANTOMINIB AT THE SURREY THEATRE.—The title of this Christmas piece of amusement is Pounds, Shillings, and Pence ; or, Harlequin, L. S. D. It has been got up with great care, and at considerable expense ; and, it is presumed, will produce to the spirited lessee a hundred per cent., and to the public amusement equal at lea-t to twice that amount of value for the price of admission. The whole of the pantomime has been in- vented and written by Mr. Nelson Lee, and will b e pro duced under the direction of th a t excellent manager, Mr. It. Homier. SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING AT HOLBECK.- During the last few days a great deal of excitement has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Ho'beck, arising out of the fact that a married woman, named Illingworth, had met with an untimely death. Deceased was the wife of William Illingworth, a clock and watchmaker, residing in Ilolbeck-lone, and a leading Socialist, who had also living in his house another woman, named Simpson, by whom he has had two children. The co roner's jury has sat twice upon the body, and at the time our paper was put to press they were sitting a third time ; the result of the investigation, therefore, cannot be stated in our present edition, but from what has come to our knowledge there is ground for very strong suspi cion that the wife has been wilfully poisoned.—Leeds Mercury. SEASONABLE GlFTS. — Yesterday, in the parish of St. Bride, Fleet-street, forty tons of coals were distri- . buted, under the direction of ti'e parish authorities, amongst 576 poor deserving families of the parish. The ' gift is paid for by subscripti on amcng t h e i nhab i tants. There will be a second distribution of the same quantity on the 21st of January next, rtiE ►Jp4 5 LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN NG . DECEMBER 24 1344. YE.IN .t.:Y AND C z - 6 :pi It; t; ;A IL *-S GPITY, QUARTER I'o PIMP; E. A large business wa, dune in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday at full rates. Saks 14,000 bales, of which specu lators took 4,500, comprising 1,000 Egyptian at 51d. to 61d., 1,000 Pernam. at sd. to 5.-Id., 600 Alftranhana at 41d. to 5p., 3,000 Surat at 2/d. to 31d., and the rest American at 3/d. to sid.—Shares were active, and at higher rates gent r a lly. Bi rm i ng h am and Derby,: 83/ ; Caledonian, 41. Is. 6d. ; Chester and Birkenhead, 34 ; Churnet Valley, 3/ 4 ; Eastern Counties, 144 a ; burgh and Glasgow, 64/ ; Grand Junction. 22.5 ; Ditto, llalf, 112} ; Liverpool and Ataichester, 102,E 103; Ditto Half, 511 51 ; London and Birmingham, 229; Ditto and Brighton, 52k ; Ditto and Croydon, 17k ; Ditto and South- Western, 83/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 1203 121; Ditto, Half, 52/ ; Midland Counties, 112;1 113/ ; North Union, 1473; South-Eastern, 40/ -a; Ditto, New, 13k 1; Trent Valley, 11 ; Paris and Lyons, 3i ; Paris and Rouen, 41k ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 81 ; Bou logne and Amiens, si. The speech of the Queen of Portugal on the closing of the Cones at Lisbon, on the 14th instant, is not con sidered so very satisfactory to the mercantile interests as it may be held in other quarters. To a certain ext.( nt it is true that the management of the public finances has most materially improved, and that the interests of the foreign creditors have been thereby advanced. Her Majesty, therefore, may congratulate the members that the steps that have been taken to improve the revenue will powerfully concur to establish a complete organisa tion in this department of the State. But not one word is said in this royal document on the subject of any alterations in the tariff of duties as effecting British manu factures. Great Britain has made concessions in favour of the wines and other produce of Portugal. The Government of Portugal seems doggedly disposed to make no return. This unquestionably is a bad feature, especially to an old ally, and one who, at a very vast expense, has protected the interests of the Portuguese nation, not only by cash, but by vast exp en dit ure o f British blood. At the same time, from all we hear, there is a rising disposition among the nobles and rich men of Portugal to liberalise the tariff, but for this simple reason, that they begin to think that it will be for the interests of their own country. Unquestionably, both Portngai and England would be favourably influenced by an extension of the trade now carried on between each. There have not been any colonial arrivals this morning. The additional correspondence that has taken place between the Chairman of the Committee of South Ame rican Bondholders and the Financial Agents of the Mexican Government here is anything but satisfactory. The Committee require full information as to remit tances, the sum in hand to pay the dividends, and whe ther any further instructions upon matters concerning their interests have been received by the last packets. The Messrs. Lizardi and Co. to these natural inquiries, thus cavalierly reply "26, Austin Friars, Dec. 21, 1844. "Sir—We have to state, in reply to your letter of the 19th instant, received yesterday, that the public are always informed of the amount received by each packet, on account of the Mexican Government, and that we have no instructions to give any further in formation on the subject.—We are, &c., "F. DE LIZARDI AND CO. " " Per procurati on M au l. J . D e L izard i . G. R. Robinson, Esq." The importance of Southampton as a port for the dis charge of cargoes of a perishable nature has been fully demonstrated by two cargoes of oranges, ex Quiver and Heroine (bringing together upwards of 1,200 St. Michael packages), being landed there yesterday, to be sold to-day, at three o'clock, by the selling brokers, Keeling and Co., in London, just in time to supply the holiday consumers, which, under other eircums ances, would have been, by the easterly wind, shut out from the market. The Railway and Dock Directors have made a further reduction in the carriage,. the shipowners have reduced the freight conseqnent upon the vessels discharging at Southampton, therefore a greater inducement is held out to the merchant to pre fer the latter port to that of London. The vexatious question respecting the dispute Kith the Customs as regards the measurement of the boxes still continues by the seizure of the various cargoes as they arrive, and the increased duty is paid by the brokers under protest, pending the decision of the Lords of the Treasury : and it is this overstraining for fiscal duties that will eventually accomplish more for free trade prin ciples than all the arguments that can be possibly ad duced. The Funds have been steady this morning, and but little business doing. Consols for the Account have only fluctuated from 100 to 100 - ; the Reduced Three per Cents, from 100/ to 1001 the New Three-and-a-Quar ter per Cents. from 103+ to 103-a ; and Exchequer Bills from 635. to 665. premium. India Bonds are at 80s. premium. India Stock at 286 for Account, and Bank Stock at 209. In the Foreign market business has been very brisk, though the members are "taking wing" to the country for the Christmas holidays. Spanish have reached 28; the Three per Cents,, 38i ; French Scrip, 1i to 2 pre mium ; Danish, 89 ; Belgian, 11 premium ; and Porta• guese Converted, 60k. Dutch, 981. Mexican Five per Cents, remain steady, and so do Colombian. The Railway Share market is rather heavy to. day BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 209 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO 4 ll New 3* per Cent. An nu ti es Long Annuities, E x pi re sth J an. 1860 l2h 1-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 lll India Bonds, 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,0001 BO Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. lid. lid. 1,0004 500/. Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... - - - FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted . Ditto for the Account 6O 59i 60k Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 274a Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds 6fil Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 3Bi Ditto for the Account.. Dutch 21 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. C er tifi ca t es Ditto 5 per Cent 99h PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter 13ristol and Gloucester Churnet Valley... Direct Northern Dublin and G a l way Eastern Counties Grand Junction ... lOO 227 ...... to London and Birmingham ...100 228 London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 511 London and Croydon London and York 2h ... .-. 41h to Manchester and L ee d s Ditto h Shares Midland lOO 4113 i . North Kent Norwich and Brandon .. 8 ...... 13i ...... to South-Eastern and Dover 33h Ditto, New... Trent Valley... . . ......... ...... 2 ...... 10h Boulogne and .Amiens Orleans and Bordeaux...... 2 Paris and Lyons - Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 44} 1 ..... to Paris and Rouen.. ...... Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 131: to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 23 —We have had a brisk market, and a good business has been done at advanced prices. Eastern Counties, 141 ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. 6d. ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 371 premium ; Manchester and Birming ham, 52 ; Midland, 401. Shares, 5i ; Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction, 6* ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 31. 19s. ; Churnet Valley, 3i ; Hudders field and Manchester Rail and Canal, 4 5-16 ; Liver pool, OrrnAirk, and Preston, 2 1-16 ; London and York, 4 7-16 1 ; Manchester and Buxton, 38s. 6d. ; West Yorkshire, 61 ; Manchester and Salford Water works, 56i ; Manchester Fire and Life Assurance, CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced ... wog New 34 per Cent .. .. .. 1031 Long Annuities to expire Jan 1860 12 / i 1-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 India Bonds 1,0001. — pm. Ditto under 1,0001 BO pm. Bank Stock for Account Consols Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11d.... 66 pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small ... 66 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36i Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3O Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid .. 39 Caledonian, 5 paid 4l Churnet Valley, 2 paid 3i Direct Northern, 2} paid Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2i paid 4i Eastern Counties, 25 paid l5 Great Western, 75 paid — Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 904 London and Brighton, 50 paid 5ll Newcastle and Darlington:Junction, 24 paid 64 Newcastle and Berwick, li paid 74 Orleans and Vierzon, 2 paid lll INNOVATIONS IN THE CHURCH.—We have been informed that a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen took place on Friday, to consider the propriety of adopting some active measures with respect to the pre sent disturbed state of the Church on those matters which have recently been so much the subject of dis cussion. The meeting, which had been convened by private circular, took place, as we are informed, at Lord Howard's, in Belgrave- s quare. The proceedings were all preliminary, but a committee was appointed to draw up for approval a memorial, to be addressed either to the Queen or the Archbishop W Canterbury, as may hereafter be deterrained. It was agreed that there should he another meeting, as we understand, at which some definite course will be determined upon; but at the time the meeting was held it was supposed that there was to be a meeting of the Bishops, to consider the state of the Church with respect to the recent-innovations. As it is understood that the meeting of the Bi s h o p s w ill not take place, the further proceedings of the parties holm et en Friday will 49p now be delayed t o awa i t its i resu SUMMARY OF NEW lAN #t PubUr pPatton. " Who runs may read." PORMIGM. The Queen of Portugal prorogued the Cortes in per son on the 14th. Very destructive storms had taken place off the Portugne coast, by which several lives had been lost. In the Spanish Senate the report of the Constitution Reform Bill was brought up on the 16th, the Archbishop. of Toledo having been elected president of that com mittee. The committee approves of the Bill. The Castellano mentions the departure of M. Gonzales Bravo for Lisbon. A letter from Logrono, of the 16th, expresses the hope that the prosecution instituted against General Iturbe, M. Gamboa, Colonel Bousingault, &c., will end in the royal mercy being extended to them. It was also expected that, in a day or two, the proclamation which had proclaimed Logrono in a state of siege, would be revoked. A letter from Turin states, that considerable sensation had been produced in that city early in the present month, by the violation of the Sardinian territory by a body of French gendarmes, douaniers, and other armed soldiers, who arrested some Sardinian subjects, and car ried them prisoners to Grenoble, to answer for alleged thefts committed in a forest on the French side of the frontier. Accounts from Corstantinople announce that Dr. Wolff had arrived in safety at Teheran. His Imperial Highness the Duke of Leuchtenberg has returned to Munich from Eichstadt, where his Imperial Highness has been enjoying the sports of the field. The Duke purposes to be in St. Petersburgh on New Year's day, which, according to the Greek calendar, corresponds with the 12th of January. The Observateur Suiesse contains the following from Lucerne :—" The Central Government was seized with the greatest alarm on learning that numerous meetings had been held at Fraubrunnen and Zofinger. It immediately called out the Landwehr and for warded troops from Schwyz towards the frontier of the canton, in order to be able to enter Lucerne at the first signal. Numerous attempts at incen diarism have been made in the canton of Lucerne. The Pope's Nuncio has congratulated the Director of the Vorort on having overcome the party opposed to the Je suits." The Messager Suisse, after complaining in bitter terms of the apathy of the people of Lucerne, expressed 1 indignation at the want of energy evinced in the execu tion of a plan of operation skilfully combined, and at the absence of the assistance promised by other cantons. 36AVir In the Court of Exchequer an action was brought by Mr. Holman, " a Lloyd's surveyor," to recover com pensation from Mr. Brightman and another, representing the British Maritime Assurance Company, for a libel, imputing to him neglect, indiscretion, and misrepresen tation in a report made by him respecting the condition of a vessel called the Brutus. Verdict for the plaintiff —Damages, 501. More than one-third of the number of prisoners tried at Stafford were totally uneducated, included among whom are the two youths, Downing, 19, and Powys, 19, who are condemned for the murder of the gamekeeper. At Bow-street, Ebenezer Paron Ilingston, the pro sector to Dr. Todd, at King's College, Somerset-house, was brought up for final examination, charged with stealing from a cupboard in the porter's room at that place a coat and other articles, the property of Mr. John Farmer, of 11, Wellington-street, Strand. The prisoner was further remanded, to allow of other cases being inquired into, but the witnesses its three cases were bound over to prosecute. COVXT -FASKIONAIII.XI. The Lord Chancellor, accompanied by Lady Lynd hurst and the Hon. Miss Copley, left George-strect i Hanover-square, on Saturday, for Turvile Park, near Henley -upon-Thames, where his Lordship is expected to remain until Thursday, the 10th of January, when the Christmas vacation will end. Viscount Sandon has joined the circle assembled at the Earl of Harrowby's seat in Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess of Harewood have been enter taining a succession of guests at Harewood House, near Leeds. Earl Talbot, who has been on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel, at Drayton Manor, has returned to In gestre Hall. The Dowager Countess of Mansfield and Lady Eliza beth Murray left Scone Palace, near Perth, early in the last week, for the south, intending en route to make a sojourn in Yorkshire, where the Earl of Mansfield's youthful family are residing. The Duke of Buccleuch has arrived at Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh, for the holidays. The Duke of Devonshire has returned to Devonshire House, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Granville at Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Haddington had a select circle at dinner on Saturday last, at the Admiralty. The Noble Countess came to town from Tynninghame at the dose of last week. The Hon. and Rev. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Grey have arrived at Castle Howard, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, who purpose receiving a select party there during the Christmas holidays. Lord and Lady Grantley have left town for Wonersh, near Guildford, for the Christmas recess. Lord and Lady Louth have left Louth Hall for Brigh. ton, whore they purpose residing during a few months. BUS 0111117.412.111017111. At most of the Police-offices considerable sums have been received for the relief of the poor. The sitting ' Magistrate at Clerkenwell announced on Monday that he had received from Mr. C. Dixon, of Stansted Park, a cheque for 10/. ; T. H., 10Z ; the Members of Stock Exchange, 5/. At Union-hall, a donation of 10/. had been received for the poor-box of that Court, from Mr. Charles Dixon, of Stansted Park, Suffolk. The annual dinner of the Northumberland Hunt Club was held at the Assembly-rooms, Newcastle, on Thurs day evening, Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., occupy. ing the chair, and Edward Ridden, Esq., of Cheeseburn Grange, in the vice chair. Sir Charles Morgan's annual cattle show took place at Newport. on Wednesday last, when the venerable Baro net gave thirteen silver cups as prizes. Sir Charles pre sided at the customary dinner a f ter t h e exhibition, when M.P., and M r . O. M organ, gentry were pre sen t. Marine Assurance C ompany 1t his .Tp s h. o , e n a s nl , dn A d l ae r m. numberCnhi t a y r l iN e ro s uf A t tu f h c a i el r gl Marine aa , have given 5004 to Captain Ferguson, of the late ship " Ceylon," as a testins,nial of his exertions in saving a box containing 6,000 sovereigns trom the wreck of that vessel, with directions to remunerate such individuals of his crew as he may think deserving. The feeling of the Devonshire people (says the TVestern Times) with respect to the Bishop's dictatorial and tyran nical pastoral, increases in fervour. Nearly every parish has met in Exeter to remonstrate against the haughty and overbearing spirit of the Bishop, and at least nine teen-twentieths of the churchmen of Exeter have, through their vestry meetings, pronounced their deter mination to resist episcopal dictation. The example so promptly set by Exeter has been widely followed throughout the county, and we have no doubt that every considerable parish will, before long, have delivered its opinion on the question. On Monday three persons were killed at a colliery near Morriston, in 'Wales, by an explosion of foul air. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." The coroner's jury which sat at Greenwich on the bodies of the men drowned by the collision between the Sylph and the Orwell steamers, have returned a verdict of " Accidental death." They attach, however, certain blame to the captain of the Sylph. SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.--Yesterday special general meeting of this Company was held at the °tikes in Bishopsgate-street Within, to receive and con sider the engineer's plans and estimates for the con struction of a graving dock, and for receiving the draft of an amended Act of Parliament to be obtained in the ensuing session. The chair was taken by Col. Barlow, who said the docks were fast improving in public estima • tion, which was mainly confirmed by the price of the shares, which had risen from 10/. to 30/. each. He alluded to the subject of the graving dock, which he said was absolutely necessary to render the docks com plete for the public accommodation. The sum required he had no doubt might be obtained as low as 4 per cent. The report was read by the Secretary, and stated that the dock would be for the accommodation of large steam and merchant vessels. The site f.r the graving dock was selected by:Mr. John Stansfield, C.E., whose report, with that of Mr. Alfred Giles. was read to the meeting. The length of the dock would be 202 feet, and the cost of construction would be about 42,0001., to which must be added a bridge of ten feet in width, which would cost an additional 1,500/. The Directors being authori, ed to raise 150,0001., begged the sanction of the meeting for raising 50,0001. for the purpose of making the graving . dock, and for a ppl y i ng to amend their Act of Parlia ment. After some discussion, power was given to the Directors to raise the sum required, to whom and the Chairman a vote of thanks was passed, and the meeting separated. FORMATION OF A PUBLIC PARK AT CLIFTON.— The Society of Merchants have lately purchased a large piece of ground in the centre and principal part of Clifton, in order to preserve it for the benefit of the public. The purchase was made at a higher price than the land was worth, but it was paid rather than let the ground be sold for building purposes. It is intended to lay the ground out in a tasteful and park-like manner, so as to make it conducive to the public recreation, and to j Good-service m oney h as b een awarded by the preserve th e v i ew o f a f i ne and noble terrace, lately Commander-in-Chief to Lieutenant-General llenry erected at a considerable expense. It is probable that Monckton, and Major-Generals Alexander Thomson the munificent public spirit displayed in this instance : and Wn2. Alexander Gordon, the former of whom is to will be followed by other acts of similar liberality. One receive 177/. per annum, and the two latter 100/. each, noble minded gentleman has already offered to give up from the 7th of the present month. The grant of these a valuable piece of ground adjoining the land so per- , pensions has been followed up by the selection of Major chased, and leading to and from Saville place to Rich- Generals R. G. Hare Clarges and W. F. P. Napier, for mond-terrace, in order to give easier access to the road the increased daily luta of pay of 255., the first from the leading to Clifton Down, lotwells, Brandon-hill, &c., 3d inst., and the second from the 7th.—Untted Service thus combining convenience with delightful drives and Gazette. scenery. This gentleman, a short time back, gave the DEPARTURE OF AN AMERICAN LINER.—On Satur sum of 1,000/. towards the new church lately erected.— day last the beautiful new ship Victoria, belonging to ista paper. Lad C the regular li ne o f pac k ets sailing between London and y owley gave. her second and last recelition New York, left St. Katharine Decks for the liter place soiree last Tuesday, previous to entering more seriously with eighty passengers, the majority of ahem were into the gaieties : of the approaching season ; but the agriculturists. The above fine vessel is 938 tons bur death of Lord Cowley's sister will now inevitably cause then, and has taken ou t a very sma ll cargo of Gnu a postponement of th e f etes projected at the embassy.— goods. She took ou t 300 tons o f chalk as ballast. Court Journal FRAUDS ON THE REVENUE.—In consequence of the llis Grace the Duke of Cleveland has announced gross irregularities which have been recently discovered his intention of giving 100/. towards erecting a Mecha- in the St. Katherine Docks, four officers col , neettal nics Institution at Barnard Castle, as an express memo. with the vaulting and delivery department have been rial of the late H. T. M. Witham, Esq. Subscriptions , suspended, and a rigid inquiry is going on, which it is are now making to carry out that project, a expected will lead to important disclosures, TEI EN DA V',, N Or DUNGENESS, DEC. 22.—John Willis, Willis, De merara; Sultan, of Halifax, Quebec, out 26 days. MORSTON, NEAR BLARENEY, DEC. 22.—The stern of a boat, marked " Ethelbert, of London, Charles Moor," has been picked up on Clay Beach. SPALDING, DEC. 22.—The Diligent, Pain, of this port, caught fire, but did not receive much damage. HULL, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Wolga, Rio Janeiro for Ham burgh, with sails split. WELLS, DEC. 23.—The Ouse, Hendry, of this port, in coming in, 21st inst., struck heavily and is making water. INVERNESS, DEC. 19.—The Farmer, of this port, from Liverpool, was totally lost off Whitenhead, 6th inst. Orr CORK, DEC. 18.—Romana, Charleston for Li verpool. DEC. 22.—Arrd. Heroine, of Ilonfleur; Example, of St. Vacot (coal laden), both with slight da mage, having been in contact. NEWPORT, DEC. 22.—Sid. Marquis of Bute, Jamaica; William Wright, Ascension. DEAL, Dec. 23.—Wind A.M., E., moderate ; S.E.—Arrd. Charlotte, Kramer, Valparaiso, Hamburgh ; Walvisch, Schut, Batavia, for Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind N.E. to N.—Arrd. Broederatrow, Batavia, for Amsterdam. Sotrruentr•roN, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Montrose steamer, Gibraltar, left 14th inst. COWES, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Peter, Coiling, New York, for Hamburgh. FALMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Courrier de Mole, Croerde, Port Republiean, for Havre; Elizabeth Holderness, St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.—Wind E.S. E., moderate.—Arrd. Adelaide, Hannah, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed Primrose, Charleston; Express, Bombay; William Peile, Buenos Ayres; George Canning, Maranham ; I. 0., Tri nidad. CROOKHAYEN.—Arrd. Bencoolen, Manilla ; Provi dence, Ford, Ichaboe ; Brockett, Valparaiso ; Mersey, M'Beth, Quebec; Lavinia, Kellar, Newfoundland. OFF CASTLEHAVEN.—Mary Ann, Laguina. Orr CORK.—Princess Royal, Hoodless, Calcutta. GLANDORE, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Star of Belfast, Africa, for London. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAT DEPISLEBTS. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse MeadoW Hay, 31 lOs to 4110: Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 61; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 11 18s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand, at full prices. CumnEaLaND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 158 to 41 15s; Useful ditto, 41 16s to Si ss; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 6s to 51 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/10s to 51 18s; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s ; Wheat Straw, 1 / 1 7s to 2/ per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. WRITECUIPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 41155; Useful ditto, 41 16s to 5/4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/ lOs ; Clover flay, 4/ lOs to 61 2s; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to I/ 16s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 163 to 11 18s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. COLONIAL SUGAR.—The markets being closed for public sales, we have only to report as the additional transactions since our last on Friday morning, sales. of Barbadoas Sugar at 52s to 68s for low soft to fine bright yellow ; and in Mauritius at 52s to 61s 6d, for good greyish brown to tine yellow. Large arrivals of the new crop of the latter are coming in. A cargo of brown Bahia (about 600 chests) has been sold afloat at 18s 6d, deliverable over the ship's side in London, fur refining in bond, the buyer paying landing charges. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 32 hhds, and there were taken for home consumption 841 hhds 109 tres 216 brls. The stock in the same places is 9,071 hhds 1,123 trcs 1,666 brls. COFFEE.—CeyIon privately has been in good request, pale good ord broken to fine ord brownish at 50s to 545, and good ord at 52s to 52s 6d per cwt. litm.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 15 puns 1 hhd, and there were taken for home consumption 335 puns 43 hhds, and ex ported 326 puns 79 lihda. The stock in the same places is 10,735 puns 1,179 hhds. CorroN.—Owing to the greatly increased demand at Liverpool, the article has been more sought after here, at fuller rates. TEL—There has been a good business, and at rather higher rates in some instances. Common Congou, lld per lb ; end low yellow-leafed Twankay, is 3d per lb cash. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is rather quiet at 40s 3d to 40s Gd per cwt on the spot. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 25s • Carr's H ar tl ey, 25s ; Charlotte Main, 25s 6d • Holy% ell M ain , 27s 6d ; Morrison's Hartley, 22a 6d ; Old Pont o p, 2 0s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 23s ; Old Tanfield, 21s ; Ravensworth West Hartley, 23s 6d ; South Pontop, 20s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley, 24s 6d • West Wylam, 25 8 ; Wylam, 23s 6d ; W. E., Bewicke and Co., 27s 6d ; W. E., Clennell, 258 ; W. E., Norton, 25s ,• W. E., Urpeth, 24s ; W. E., Woodefield, 19s ; Eden Main, 265; Lambton's Primrose, 255; W. E., Belmont, 25s t o 25 s 6d ; W. E., Braddyll'sHetton, 26s 6d ; W. E., Hetton, 26s to 278 ; W. E., Lambton, 265, 275, 30s ; W. E., Morrison, 27s 6d ; W. E., Rich mond, 26s 6d ; W. E., Stewart's, 278 ; W. E., Caradoc, 26s ; W. E., Heseldon, 26s ; W. E., Trimdon, 27s ; W. E., Adelaide, 27s to 27s 6d ; Coundon Tees, 26s M`Lean's Tees, 25s ; North Durham, 235; Richardson's Tees, 26s ; South Durham, 26s ; Seymour Tees, 27s ; Killingworth, 25s 6d.—Ships arrived, 68. THE FIRE in GUILDFORD -STREET LATEST PARTICULARS. —(THIS DAY.) The greatest excitement continues to prevail in the neighbourhood of the lamentable occurrence, and hundreds of persons, apparently strangers to the locality, visited the place in the course of the morning, and con tinned viewing the ruins for some time, regardless of the intense frost which has prevailed for the last few days. During the whole of yesterday a body of work men were actively engaged in clearing away the rub bish. At an early hour this morning they resumed their labours, and a great portion of the rubbish—for in truth the valuable contents of the house are nothing else— were removed into the street; hut up e) one o'clock, though their exertions were not rdnxed in the least, the bodies of the unfortunate men who were buried in the ruins have not been discovered, nor is it likely that they will be found until late in the afternoon or evening of to- day. The delay in the discovery of the bodies is I mainly attributable to the immense heap under which they are buried, and the difficulty in removing it, a great portion having to be removed almost piecemeal. The two large fire-proof iron safes, which are of im mense weight, and which contributed in a great measure to accelerate the falling of the floors, and the consequent catastrophe, were got out in the course of the morning, by the combined exertions of upwards of twenty men. Their contents, which consist of valuable plates and , drawings, and other property of considerable value, were found uninjured. An immense quantity of books and plates, all of which are stated to be of extreme value, were also removed and conveyed to the now resi dence of Mr. Farey, in Regent -square. The exertions of the workmen have been mainly directed to the re moval of the burnt embers immediately adjacent to the door in the vicinity of which the bodies are believed to lie ; and they have cleared them away to within a couple of feet of the ground. A body of the E divi sion of police, under the direction of Inspectors Dudley and Bell are in attendance, and found much difficulty in keeping the crowd out of the roadway, and from retard ing the labours of the workmen. Several ellows are hawking about a spurious account of the fire at the "small price of one halfpenny," to use their words, which meet with a ready sale to the lovers of the mar vellous. The first dozen lines relate to the fire, but the remainder relates to the late accident on the River, al though they are closely combined. It was stated in some of the newspapers of yesterday, that the firemen found a man in an insensible state of intoxi cation in the wine cellar, and it was surmised that he had accidently set the premises on fire. A stretcher was obtained, and he was conveyed to the station-house, suffering from the effects of the smoke and heat, and he was taken before the magistrate at Clerken well Police-office yesterday, but as it appeared that he accompanied some of the firemen into the house, for the purpose of aiding them in their endeavours to get the fire under, but having accidentally obtained access to the cellar, and having imbibed some of its contents, and be come insensible, his life, hut for his accidental discovery by the firemen, would have paid the forfeit of his fully. BANKRUPTCY —(THIS DAY.) Commissioners Evans and Holroyd sat this morning but no case of any importance came before them. IN RE JARVIS. --- -- The insolvent, a builder, in Kennington-lane, applied for his interim order, and was examined by a solicitor, who appeared for several of the creditors. The Hon. Commissioner EVANS dismissed the peti tion, as the insolvent would not swear positively, or to the best of his belief, whether credit had been given to him in a certain account for payment of a 15/. bill of exchange. LLOYD'S ShIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DE.C. 24 . —Northerly breeze and cloudy. OFF PLYIVIOUTI3.—Louise, liultman , Rio Janeiro for Go thenberg. OFF SEAFORD, DEC. 2 0.—Ailtze, Rican, Havannah far Amsterdam. RYE, DEC. 22.—Put back, Friends of Liberty, for London, with damage, having been in contact with a large schooner. FLANDERS MAIL. (IiECEIVED 'NHS DAY.) BRUSSELS, DEC. 21,—We have spoken vaguely of a difference which has manifested itself between tvio members of the Cabinet in the Secret Committee 0.(1 Wednesday. We must add that this difference di not rt-late to the main point under discussion. The Minister of Justice has made two declarati on . —the first on th e sense t o b e given to the ninetee nth firticle of th e t rea t y ; i t was common to the wh ale Cabinet. The second, which was his own, personalli rdated to the consequences in case of a negati ve answer from the Court of Berlin. The Minister, announcing announcg that for his part h e ma d e it a cot,. Ministerial r es p ons ibilit y , d es i re d to h i ve the Charn'' a proof of his entire conviction. The difference WI Only on the questi on w h e th er t h e guarantee offe7 ( by the Minister should be inserted in the journals the Chamber. It is asked, what answer will the Cabinet of Berlin make to the explanation required hi Brussels ? 'We shall not hav e thi s answer b e f or e the 15 January, but Messrs. Mercier and Dechamps 1 11 announced the interpret a ti on g i ven i n t h e Belgt Chamber to Arti c l es 19, as ma i nta i ne d by Bart' d'Arnim and by Mr. Helmenlag, the Russian Cory missioner. We have received to-day a letter which confirms what we have before said—the commercial n egotir tions between Belgium and France are resume d ' After the vote of the Chamber on the 21st, approving' by a majority of 77 to 7, the treaty with the Zolive . rein, several projects of law, chiefly relative to rota of credit for different branches of the public servic e ' were passed, and it was decided that the Chamb e j should adjo u r n t o th e 13th o f January next. A " th e ; potation was chosen t o p resen t the respects of the Chamber to the King and Queen on the Ist January CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 4.—M. V on Tibovr ""' Bujukdere last week, and to the astonishment ofi everybody, took up hi s a b o d e on th e ground-floor °f the new Pala ce o f th e L egat i on at P ere, which v't originally intended fur the servants. The fancy the public is b us y i n con j ec t ur i ng w h at ma y be ...tRe destination of th e em pty s t a t e apar t ments an d se cious saloons in the upper stories of this truly sPle r did palace. Sir Stratford Canning has returned from his e f t cursion to the Dard ane ll es , t o hi s country house Buj ukdere. It is said that Alxlullah, Pasha of Trebisond, alarmed bv the order of the Porte, to justify . hi °. self, has offered a large pecuniary indenanificato l t ° the ill-used Greek. The Pacha is said to be else threatened with an address to the chief Turks of Tf e e; bisond to the Porte, representing the tyranny Y" 111 ,., makes him hated by all classes, and earnestly desiroin that he may be removed. iS Dr. J. Wolff writes from Teheran, that be . . chiefly indebted t o th e su pp or t o f t h e Persian bassador for his deli ve r ance f rom th e h an ds of i; o l er rapacious and murderou s Bocharists ; it was u p n ci to his protection th a t h e succee d e d i n returning sale Teheran. Several Turkish passengers were frozen to death e i ° the last steam-boat f or T re bi son d. O ur t h er mo A ter is at zero (Re aumur ), an d th e roo f s were cover`" with snow. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 4.—Th e a pp re h en sions.,° c a , breach between Sir S. C ann i ng an d t h e T ur kish P H % ni-;try are happily not confirmed. Sir Stratford ai, with great m o d era ti on , an d seems to b e qu ite col' to dent that all his demands w ill b e gran t e d. In his 5 excursion he visited the coast of Troy.: DUTCH FUND3.--Amarsamerd, Dec. 20. Money..pions. A , ttia I sent. Vi Per Cent • Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent. .......... 78 Ditto; ditto, 4 . per Cent. .... ......... .......... 98 • " 9 9 .% 1 0 D......, ..itto ... pe , cent. -..llwit Syndic:Ma per cent t - 9ii I ditto, ditto, 3N, per cent 9„, inl Commercial Company. 4., per cent 47% 19 ' Loan 1F.i37, it% per cent... ftchange on Lender, Onemonth Two months l2 123, At sight... ..... Dutch Papers, Dec. 2L PANORAMA OF NAPLES. Mr. Burford has just brought out a grand W O ( ramie view by moonlight of the City and Bag of Naples. Th e b eau t y o f t h e b ay, w i th i ts nutug s ", islands, and the grandeur of Vesuvius during an e tion, are well known, and in this new work are l o n fully and s t r iki ng l y represented. The v i ew i 8 from the bay in front Id the isolated rock on fi t the the Castle d e l U ovo i s erecte d . F rom this pl?ia two semicircular curves w hi c h f orm t h e b a y is I n a manded throughout by the eye of the spectator, i n , every object of interest or importance is tlk eri n nd On the left hand is the long line of the Moll the, Chiaja, and in th e b ac k are seen t h e palaces, as it hills, the villas, groves, vineyards, &c., risit tan ce, were, in terraces, an d f orm i ng t h e middle "ono whilst further b ac k war d s t h e f ort o f St• • I v, and the C on v en t o f S t . M art i no b oun d the vi e The richn ess o f th e c it y t o t h e west, anci-Ait w background of hill s are a l so seen . O n the rig are the Houses of Charity, the Royal Palace of di Monte, and the Castle Nuovo, the mole, and lie', house, &c. D ur i ng th e erupt i on t h e Royal Pa l au " was considered in imminent danger, and his Neap!' litan Majesty withdrew to a safer abode. The cele brated isle of Capri, the infamous retreat of t hll Roman tyrant, is seen in the distance of the Piet u ; Virgil's tomb i s a l so i n t ro d uce d ; an d, in ' nothing seems to have escaped the eye uf,t,,b e n lir f the or to have bee n om itt e d i n hi s represen ts t'' n scene that can in any manner delight the spectatorory - rouse the recollections of the scholar and ant i q i s The general appearance is very imposing; there, h i n great grandeur of effect and magnificent breadth r d the shadows. The water is well painted. We regard this as one of the finest of all Mr. Burford's n a , rn ii,, rous productions, and we would recommend all ca nd day people to take advantage of the opportunity, a a or see Naples by moonlight, which they can do shilling. TAVERN CHARGE S AT DOVER.—" Waiter I hOf much is my glass of brandy-and -water ?—." T he 0; Sir."--" What ! 10s. 6d. ?"—" Y es , Si r , brandy's next. - ye r never charge les s ."—" W e ll."—" S ugar , 6d. ; charge less."—" Go on."—" Waxy lights and apes.,, went, ss."—" Why, I have only been here five minute —" That's not our fault, Sir ;we never charge le ss • ' "Go on."—" Servants, 2s."—" What Me, bi si s and chambermaid ; never charge less."—" well, v i ' nest ?"—" The use of plate, glass, and linen, 15? ( 1 " What d o you mean ?"—" Tea-spoon, tum bl er , a 0 0. table-cloth ; never charge less ; but—we makes Y° ll oc present of the bili ng water ."—" V ery we ll , t h er e's ), 0 10 s- 6 d., and I shall write to the Times."—" Yes,. 5 2 r 's pen, ink, and paper, is ; never chargeless."—ra'"' Almanach. b r ef 8 A VOI CE FROM THE B AKEHOUSE. — A goo d - to r should grow his own mutton. This is easily done. placing your customers' legs in a row, according W al „ s g e Having purchased the smallest leg you can find, eb a i s i it for one of the bakings which is a little larger ; again should take the place of the next bulkier k . '4 o and so on until you arrive at the largest. You can im rs walk off with your leg. A good crop of baked tagb, may b e got by digging one out of each customer's —Punch's Almanac*. nf tiO - NEW CURE FOR IVIIITLOW.—The suffering to be moistened with water, and then touched 0 " nitrate of silver, till the spot begins to be diseololles. when it is to be simply covered with lint and bandago If the complaint is of recent date, probably, on the t be lowing day, all pains will cease, and, on the third' cure is eff ec t e d ; if o f l onger duration, the skin wel l as, more thickened, an d, a f ter act i ng on i t w i th the cau s de r it must b e remove d w i t h t h e sc i ssors or knife, i n or , if to give free exit to the collected matter underneath . o f swelling and redness are still present, the applican o i o . the lunar caustic is to be repeated, till the tumour appears, and the spot becomes free from pain. If !,, ti er low happ ens on ca ll ous parts of the hand, it will be r,„fe to remove thi n l a y ers o f t h e ca ll ous sk i n w i th the "'eel before the caustic is used. Warm fomentions of lit° are likewise useful in such cases.—Medical Times. t o FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH THE INGAVIr do r, HANDLING OP A Gurr.—An inquest was held on Sa tu „, of last, before Mr. T. Higgs, Coroner for the Duel'i t he Lancaster, at the Black Horse, Enfield-highway, ° 11 , 1 . 0 . body of Richard Moses, aged eighteen, who died .- fel• the effects of a gun-shot wound, received under the 0 , lowing circumstances :—Simon Brown, of Totten said he knew the deceased, who he was in the servic ss , of Mrs. B ergen, a market gardener, residing near ssi t t : e dg e , On Tuesday w ee k l as t, h e was b y t h e s i de o f h e „ which separated h i s ground from Mrs. Bergen's, w°e-00 saw the deceased with a gun. He asked him if he then shooti ng sn i pes, and he replied " Yes. " Witness • looked a t t h e gun, which was a very go od one, P out returned it t o d ecease d. Wi tness said here come?:6h, mi tress, and deceased hid the gun amongst some rull, • consistin g o f tw i gs, stopping up a gap in the Il e •v i o Mrs. Bergen did not come towards th em . As sty l e of she was o u t of sight deceased took hold o f the mya the gun, a n d d rew i t towards him, when it w e nt t he Witness saw sm o k e come f rom the trowsers °L ts deceased, w h o excla i med that he was shot. He wall ee taken to Mr. Moon, a surgeon, and was s ubseque nt removed to hi s f at h er ' s at Enfield. -MrJ. J ain A e j l ins surgeon, w as ca ll e d to attend deceased, and fottnu t he wounded in the upper part of his right thigh, "Inez. lab hip. He went on favourably at first, but er.Y a 'r - . e b superven e d. O n Wednesday lock jaw came on, whl• d caused his death the same night. Verdict —" from lock j aw , pro d uced by a gun-shot wound. a— dentally received." Viscount Villiers, M.P , has given 1001. for the Pu.roi chase of blankets and warm . clothing for the p oor Cirencester.TllS EUTERPEON SOClETY.—Handel's Oratori°o3, ' the Messiah was performed last evening by the In e eo , ' bers of this society, at the British School-room, P r o mark-terrace, Pentonville. Th e b an d and ch o w, consisted of ab , sit 150 performers, led by 3 i r ' id r Blagrove, and under the able direction of Mr. 11 ° . ' s e r a ness. The solo parts were sustained by Mis s - n il Flower, Mrs. Newton, Mr. Leffler,and Mr . low The two ladies were in excellent voice, and sang re j in " Why much taste and judgment. Mr. Leffler (who aPP e$ aj to be suffering d o ftrhoem nationsthe effe effects choruses were admirably given, and reflect g credit on the society. The company was name o s o f f ur a io c u o sl l )t Tr a L te: e l b :s Ou and respectable. of tb . An iron bridge laid across the Senne, in one suburbs of Brussels, fell on the 18th. Fo rtunately IP" , Was uobody upon it when the accident occutted•. e ki trt, Bra