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NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. HAMPTON COURT, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. IS :NOW READY AT ALL THE LLBRARIES. In 3 vols., post Bvo. Richard nextley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TO.MORROW EVENING, DECEMBER :A, Will be repeated a Grand Opera Stria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lasignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornare, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo, Mi. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr, W. Harrison; Catarina ...ornaro, Miss Rainforth, To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinacle, calla PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSO.N CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown , Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Ce'umbine, Miss Carson. fhe Box-onion is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, aid Ticket , may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY2dARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. TO.ktOR ROW EVENING, DECEMBER 26, Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, Called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket dr. S. rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe ,, s • Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Ferran; The Countess oft bn-pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice !Lowther. Madame Vestris; Miss Racket. Miss Julia Sennett. After which a flran-t MOVING DIORAMA; er, PICTORIAL TOUR IN S ViiiTZERLAND. To conclude with a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled ORACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxeriou,s Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Grviesa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Hort,in ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. Pnvate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half each. l!ekets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer, at the Box.office, (rpm Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of ROYAL, CELESTE. TO-MORROW EVENING, DECEMBER 211, Will be repeated by special permission of Charles Dickens. Esq.) a Now Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Tobv Veck, Mr. O. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. "Wilkin so4 Sr Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson; Richard Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalkar,Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, aad Mrs. Fitawilliam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin And the King of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Lone_ dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanders. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter sir . Pitt ; Leader of the Sand, Air. Mellon . —Box-odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Sokol to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. TOMORROW EVENING, DECEMBER 26. Wi'l be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanotr, Mr. Walton , Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks; Icon, Mr. Leffler; Hemline, bldlle, Helen Condell ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which will be produced a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Gtindoll, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelrnar, Mr. Granby; itiber, Mr, Corri , Golotz , Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravine, Mrs. Fosbroke. Dress Circle, Ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Galls Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 22. ti cl. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Proses. nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box_ottice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the f neatre. .HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management et Mrs. KEELEY, TOMORROW EVENING, DECEMBER 26, Will be produced THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Mrssrs F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, E. Matthews, Collier Emery, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Mrs. ‘Voollidge, Mies drove, and it's. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic Panbanimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled V A LENT I NI : : AN!) WtSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Coll er, Turner. Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PAICES OF All tixes. 41. - Upper Boxes, 30.; Pit, Sts.; Gallery, C4l. Second Price—Balcony B o xes, 2F. ; Upper Doses, is. Cid.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the ii-ec.my 'Fier l•nlding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Vier (holding eight persons), One Illuinea and a..HaIL Private dux*. on the Nit Pier (holding six persons), One Ouirea. Bex-atfice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc. gen of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ROYAL SURREY THFATRE. TO.MORROW EVENING, DECEMBER. Will be produced THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corn (from the Theatre Royal k dinburgh), Me,sts. H. Hughes, Neville, R. Horner, Lewis, Hes!oT , , and Seaman, Mrs. R. Horner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, ealled POUNDS, -HILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places a.... encase Oozes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. ghee, fro... Eieveu To Four. ItOY AL VICTORIA THEATRK TO-MoltßO EVF KING, DECEMBER 26. Will be perfo , med an Interesting DrAma, entitled POVERTY ; or, A Tale of S •riow Squire Graham, Mr. Watkins; Frederick. Mr. T. H. Higgie; Leonard, Mr. Henry Howard ; Mary Graham, 31 , 5. W. Rignold ; Patty Parrot, Mis E. Terrey. After which, THE ROAD-SIDE INN. Captain Rambleton, Mt. T. H Higgie; Tom, Mr. Herbert; Ellen, Miss E. Terrey. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODI.IN'S ; or, The Little Old Wonsan and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Vitt. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 32 ; Noon, 30. 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-BRIDGE THIS DAY. :‘laming ... 23 minutes after 2 I Evening ... 32 minutes after 2. %.1 ;:s. • INlol6jai I " A 4.1,10 .11 • At biEv r•MOS , SECOND EDITION: OATtnilly .%tll. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1844 With the return of that great festival to which this day is consecrated throughout the Christian World, new duties as well as new enjoyments present themselves to those whose lot has been cast " in plea sant places." To all such, whilst we would tender ur hearty congratulations, after the cordial and good old fashion of the primitive Church, we venture tc address on this occasion a few words in the spirit o; mere laymen—anxious to see the temporal condition of our poorer brethren ameliorated by the timely aic of private charity. Nor let it be accounted to us for presumption, that we endeavour to discharge so re- sponsible a task. It is impossible for us to resist the strong impulse by which we are animated, on perus ing, day after day, the fearful accounts that come before us of the destitution and suffering that in all parts of the country fill our streets, at this inclement season, with incessant spectacles of silent misery or wailing hunger. The contrast of regal pomp and glittering luxury with squalid wretchedness and shivering nakedness is still more forcible, impressive. and mournful in an imperial metropolis like ours. where the extremes of society—throughout all its ranks, conditions, associations, and aspects—are ne cessarily brought into daily, nay, hourly contact Alas! for the terrible preponderance of wretched• ness over comfort, of poverty over wealth, of priva tion over competence, of despair over festivity, which is, concealed beneath the animated bustle and cease less din of this majestic London and its suburbs, with their swarming population of twice a million of human beings. That ever rolling tide of life and motion—marvellous to the eye, and yet more mar vellous to the contemplation —must not be dwelt upon too intensely by him who fancies that the din of man) 1 voices and the hum of toiling industry bespeak, of course, a city of light hearts and contented labours. If these bri g ►ht manifestations sometimes sparkle on its surface, its deeper waters, like those of the mighty hut polluted Ganges, sweep on their terrible accumulation of the dying and the dead ;—the emaciated corses of those who have perished by dis• ease, by starvation, by the violence of others, by their own suicidal despair ;—and the unresisting victims of that undefinable malady, the most mortal of all influences, physical or moral, a broken heart— who abandon themselves to the stream, and welcome ' the accomplishment of their fate. It is in the by ' way,s and neglected quarters of this emporium of opulence and grandeur—it is in the sordid nooks, dark alleys, infected courts, and revolting cellars of straggling streets which are not thoroughfares—of dilapidated tenements that are not houses—of garrets that are roofless, of rooms whose bare walls are per vious to the rain and the cold, but are never venti- .lated by the pure winds of heaven ; it is in such i ;localities as there that that immense community is distributed in whose behalf we implore all, who have the means of charity, to contribute whatever it may 4 .s)lease them to give—be their dole large or small— • towards a generous provision for the three great - necessities of fuel, food, and raiment ;—necessities - which, at this period, cling, like a primaeval curse, to the desolate lot of poverty ; for we must not forget that the distress which at this moment so widely and sternly prevails in the districts inhabited almost ex clusively by our industrial population—is not of their reeking. It is not the result of their misconduct. It . does not flow from their idleness or their disinclina tion to better themselves in seeking for work. The eliction which overwhelms them is twofold—defi ' cieney of employment, and inadequate wages for any employment obtained. This is not the place to dis. :, cuss 010 causes of either of these phases of their wretchedness. Enough for us that the evil exists, and that they are not the authors of it. Let those, then, among us, who on th:s day rejoice in their family associations—in the interchange of affectionate greetings and tokens between parents and children, kinsmen and friends, the old and the young, landlords and tenantry, the low and the high, masters and servants, remember the wants of the friendless and the famishing. Whilst they rejoice and make merry, and perform or partake of the rites of that hospitality whi..4l at this period is at once in dividual and national—amidst all the bright accom paniments of its festal cheeriness—let them pause to regard the dreary distress of those who sit by un lighted hearths, to commune with hunger and their tears, or wander in houseless misery from the de serted shambles where they huddle together at night, to the unfrequented corners at which they stealthily beg by day. Let the rich—and not merely the rich, but those who possess only a simple competency — bethink them that neither poor-laws, nor union houses, nor charitable institutions devoted to specific objects, can embrace the various classes even—still less satisfy the craving wants—of the sons of desti tution and helplessness whom the severity of winter and the deficiency of employment, at this time, throw unfriended, unfed, unlodged, unclothed—upon the wide world! Let them remember that it is now the season, at which their faith as Christians, their bene volence as men, their duty as citizens, their own re lations as parents or children, as brothers or sisters, protectors or friends—demand of those means a present charitable donation, each towards alleviating the sufferings, and solacing the misery of their indi gent fellow-creatures. The magistrates of all the police-courts are willing and unexceptionable reci pients of such bounty ; and the press does no more than its duty in pleading for, and aiding in its distri bution. Nor can we conclude our humble appeal (regretting, as we must, its imperfections and its feebleness) without reminding the laity at large that this work of charity especially devolves upon them. We have fallen upon evil times, when the voices that should have been raised in every church of the Esta blishment throughout the kingdom in advocating by day and by night this holy cause, are more busied in apologising for the offensive revival of exploded forms and obsoleteceremonies, than in inculcating the noblest precept of the Christian faith. If Churchmen, at war among themselves, by reason of the vexations of Puseyism, are so much preoccupied in uncharitably imputing false motives to those who reject the Trac tarian innovations, let the laity teach the Churchmen, by the most effective of all remonstrances, their highest duty. Let the laity practice—if the Church forget to manifest—" charity" to all men ; and come forward with a mighty purpose, and as one man, and with one heart, to " comfort and succour," to the ex tent we have mentioned, the desolate and the dis tressed. Our attention has been called to a long letter, signed " Scotus," which originally appeared in the Edinburgh Evening Post, but has recently been re printed. It is an ably written and argumentative protest, in effect, against certain doctrines advanced in some of the speeches delivered at the general meet ing of Commissioners of Supply, Road Trustees, Justices of the Peace, &c., for the county of Mid Lothian, in Septembef.last, to consider of;the changes contemplated; by the Government in the Currency of Scotland. We give the intelligent writer full credit for his demolition of the flimsy ground upon which Viscount MEnvinLE,lat that meeting,:endeavoured to postpone the discussion of the important subject in reference to which it was convened—namely, the as sumption that the meeting could have no sufficient data before them from whence) to infer what the Go vernment proposals would, be. This, in the face of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S: emphatic declaration of June last, that in the now ensuing session he would bring forward measures for the regulation of the monetary system of Scotland; similar to:, that which was then before the House of Commons relative to the Currency England—was rather too ,bold a plea of evasion. But we cannot'extend our concurrence to the argu ment upon which " Scotus" endeavours to disprove Lord DUNFERMLINR'S bold, but well-founded aver ment that the people of England bear the expense of providing and maintaining ,the gold eireulation re quired for the purposes of aScotland.• In our opinion both" Scotus" and Lord DUNFERMLINE take a limited and one-sided view of the general bearings of the gold currency question. Lord DUNFERMLINE argues as if Scotland did wrong to moot the matter at all, seeing that "she has had:the advantage" of retaining , a small note currency, whilst England has been com pelled to substitute a gold coinage for her small-note circulation, at the heavy expense and heavier incon venience, which his Lordship distinctly admits. If a small-note paper circulation be an advantage to Scot land, why, we ask Lord DUNFERMLINE, should she not retain it ? And if Scotland be entitled to retain such an advantage, why should England be denied it ? So much for the political equity ;of the case. Our answer to the argument of " Scotus" it is not necessary to extend beyond this point. Scotland, in any case, can suffer from the expense or from the in convenience occasioned by a gold currency in a relative proportion only to the vast aggregate of loss ,f capital, impediment to trade,':,artificially lowered prices, depreciated wages, and increased poverty which presses so fearfully on the energies of England. But against this proportion of loss and inconvenience, this fractional wrong sustained by Scotland, Scotland has received and enjoyed uninterruptedly the entire exclusive advantage of the small-note circulation, which England has been deprived of for upwards of three-and-twenty years. In these particulars we hold that " Scotus" is under impressions as erroneous 'IS those which dictated some of the resolutions of the Lanarkshire meeting a week or ten days ago— namely, that it is possible for Scotland to be injured by the PEEL nostrum, whilst England is benefited by it ;—that it is unnecessary to the welfare of Scotland !ould she succeed in rejecting that nostrum, tha England be not still drenched with it : that that monetary system which is good —nay indi3pensable— for Scotland (in the judgment of the vast majority of icotsmen) is neither good nor indispensable for England, also. The truth lies in the converse of each And every one of these propositions. England being the great mart for the produce of Scotland, it is evident that a system of metallic currency which depreciates and keeps down prices here below their fair remunerating level must speedily reduce the prices Scottish produce can obtain, either within or beyond her border, to the same fearful scale. But we augur better things for Scotland and from Scottish men. In the Inverness Courier we observe s notice of an aggregate meeting (to come off on Tuesday, the 17th instant) "of all parties in the Town and Eastern portions of the County of Inver ness, favourable to the present System of Banking in Scotland." The report of proceedings at the meeting, which was to be held in the Castle of Inverness, has not yet reached us. It will doubtless be an interesting one. In other parts of Scotland— Ross-shire, for example, the tenant-farmers are " up and doing." Public meetings are being held" at various points, and Committees are in organisation for the convening of more, with this great object of resisting the contemplated mesmerising of the exist ing circulation of Scotland by the Great Bullionist Professor. And we are gratified to find that the parties who take the lead in this remarkable move ment, address themselves to the general principle and the particular case with equal energy. They de nounce the whole scheme of the Gold-standard Currency set up by Sir R. PEEL here, whilst they I express their determined resistance to its introduc- tion into Scotland. Sir R. PEEL is likely to be lurched, we think, in spite of the backing and silent game which he has been craftily playing against Scotland. He must, at any rate, show his cards. Our readers, however, will be better enabled to judge 'or themselves, from the circular which has just reached us, and which we subjoin, than from any views of our own, of the spirit and earnestness with which the Scotch are at length opposing the dan gerous experiment meditated by Sir ROBERT. This circular is addressed " TO THE PROFESSIONAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL CLASSES OF ROSS-SHIRE. "A preliminary meeting of farmers, commercial dealers, and artisans, connected with the counties of Inverness and Ross, was held at Beanby, on the ult, " Thereat the expediency of holding an aggregate meeting for those counties, to take into consideration sir Robert Peel's threatened interference with the Scottish banking system was fully discussed, and the conclusion arrived at was, that, although it is extremely desirable that a general meeting of those counties should be convened,!yet considering the advanced season of the year, and the extensive range of country embraced — equal in extent to ten or twelve southern counties—it would, on the whole, be more beneficial to the great end in view, that local meetings should be held at places central to the different districts. " A numerous committee connected with Inverness shire was appointed, to promote meetings in that influ ential county, and from the zeal and energy of those taking a lead in the movement, we may shortly expect the most decisive results. To the undersigned was entrusted the duty of calling the attention of the pro fessional, commercial, and industrial classes of Ross shire, to the urgent necessity of promptly holding meet ings at which their opinions may be expressed on this most important question, and measures organized for giving weight and efficacy thereto. " The strongly expressed opinions of Sir Robert Peel on the subject of the currency—the tendency of his Currency and Bank Regulation Bills—the slight opposi tion which he experienced in passing these Bills through Parliament—his allusions to the Scottish banking system during the last session of Parliament—and the cautious silence of the organs of Government on the subject (a silence, which, had there been no intentions of change entertained by the Government, would not have been kept in face of the all but universally expressed opinion of Scotland) afford just grounds for the strongest apprehensions that a measure is in contemplation which will impair the usefulness of our present banking system. " The apprehension of s change in this admirably conducted system (and the apprehension itself has pro duced serious evils) has roused feelings of indignation and alarm throughout Scotland. In almost every one of the southern counties and cities these feelings have found utterance at public meetings, and have been recorded in petitions to the Legislature. In our northern county, also, our landed proprietors have spoken out on the sub • ject. Does it befit the classes who depend on their industry and on their credit, to remain silent at such a crisis ? Our locality has derived benefits greater, pro bably, than any other portion of Scotland from the pre sent banking system—greater than in any other part of Scotland would be the disasters caused here by a change in that system, and consequent withdrawal of bank accom modation. Great in proportion should be our efforts to oppose an injurious and uncalled-for interference with a system under which our progress has been so rapid. " On our brethren of the sister island it was deemed inexpedient in 1842 to impose the income-tax. Ireland is free from that heavy impost, Scotland now struggles against the heavy impost of a gold currency and its attending limitations. In this struggle let us—as it is our duty and our interest—take the part that befits us." (Signed by various Farmers, 3tc.) Madrid journals of the 17th inst. have been re ceived, from which we learn that the discussion on the Bill for the maintenance of the clergy was looked forward to with much interest, not fewer than sixty Members having proclaimed their decided opposition to the measure. The Clamor Publico publishes a list of all the capital executions which took place in Spain, from the Ist of December, 1843, to the 13th of December, 1844, under the BRAVO and NARVAEZ Administrations. They amount to not less than 214. The Three per Cents. were done at 32. at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 22} for cash, and 22,1 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 261 at 60 days ; and the Debt without interest at 6 for cash, and 6 3-16 at 60 days. The meeting of the French Chambers is now looked forward too with some interest. His MAJESTY will open the session in person, as will be seen from the following order issued on Sunday by the Com mandant of the First Military Division :—" The KING will go on Thursday, the 26th, to the Palace of the Chamber of Deputies, for the opening of the ses sion of the Chambers. The Lieutenant-General commanding, par interim, the First Military Divi sion, informs the general officers who are in Paris, and who may be desirous of accompanying his MAJESTY on horseback, that the KING will, with pleasure, see them join the cortege. They will as semble in the courtyard of the Tuileries at half-past twelve o'clock." On the previous day the Chamber of Deputies was to hold a preliminary meeting to ballot for the Members who were to receive the KING on his arrival at the hall of the assembly. It is understood that M. SASSEY will act as Provisional President, the two senior Members, M. GRAS PRE.. VILLE and M. DUPONT DE L'EunE, being absent on purpose, on the ground of their strong political principles. The contest for the presidency will be between M. SAUZICT and M. DUPIN, and the former being the candidate supported by the Government will probably be elected. This, however, is by no means certain. M. Deem has a very strong party, and will be supported not only by the Opposition Members but by a considerable number of other de puties, who were dissatisfied with M. SAUZET'S con• duct last session, and are desirous to see a man of authority and firmness in the chair. The Journal des Debats, though a Ministerial paper, supports M. DUPIN solely on these grounds—" We supported," it says, " M. SAUZET when he was opposed by other candidates than M. DUPIN, and we would support him again under the same circumstances. But are we to be prohibited from adopting any other candidate than M. SAUZET ? May we not be permitted to say, when the choice lies between M. DUPIN and M. SAUZET, that the former appears to us to be a more firm President, and more capable of keeping the Chamber in order, and governing the discussions, than the latter." The domestic intelligence in these papers possesses little interest. Great excitement continued to prevail in Switzerland. The Government of Lucerne had issued an order for calling the Landwehr, and it was feared other cantons would follow the example. The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : " A report was current that the King of the Belgians had made preparations to return to Brussels, in conse quence of the reported division in his Cabinet. The Siecle states that the King has suspended his prepara tions, and sent his secretary, Minister of the Household, M. Van Praet, to Brussels." The Phare of Bayonne, of the 20th, states " that M. Capdevila, a merchant at Rosas, and performing the functions of Vice-Consul of England at that pert, has been arrested by order of the Captain•Gereral of Cata lonia, and sent under escort to Barcelona, on a charge, it is said, of complicity in a plot to arouse the Lampur dan to insurrection against the Government." " A Constantinople letter of the 4th, in announcing the return of Sir Stratford Canning from his excursion, states that he has resumed his negotiations with the Turkish Ministry relative to the affair of Trebisond, but had not met with the success which the circum stances warranted." A letter from Rome, December 8, says—" Mon seigneur Capaccini has arrived in this capital on his re turn from his mission to Portugal. lie was immediately received by the Pope and the Cardinal Lambruschini, Secretary of State. Count de Boutenieff, the Russian Ambassador, has just set out for Florence to present his credentials to the Grand Duke. Several persons con sider this departure as a bad omen fur the di&rences existing between the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh and the 110:y See. Others, on the contrary, believe that the Ambassador's absence will be only momentary." THE BOURSE—MONDAY, DEC. 23. First Highest Lowest Last _ Prioe. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.•.•.. 120 45 .. 120 50 .. 120 30 .. 120 35 Three per Cents..... 85 60 .. 85 60 .. 85 40 .. s 5 40 New LOW] •. • . .• . 86 90 .. 86 90 .. 86 90 .. 86 90 Bank of France •.•....2275 ..3275 ..2275 ..3275 Litiltte Bank, I,ooof. Sharealll7 50 ..1117 50 ..1115 ..1115 5,000 f. ShareesoBo ..4085 ..5080 "5085 Belgian Bank. ..•. Belgian Flvee,lll4o .. 104 i .. 104} .. 104 .. 104 Spanish 'Threes • ... • • 38 .. 39 .. 38 .. 38 Active •• •. •••• • • .• 331 •• 331 • • 331 .. 34 Passive ...... 61 .. 6/ .. 61 .. 61 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 58 .. 58 .. 58 .. 58 NeapoUtan B6 10 .. 96 10 .. 96 10 .. 96 10 Roman ..• RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.... . , 405 .. 415 .. 390 .. 400 1087 SO . 10S7 50 ..1050 ..1060 Ronan to Havre............ 835 .. 837 50 .. 825 .. 832 50 Orleans .............•...•.1145 ..1150 ..1125 —1132 50 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 320 .. 320 . 311 25 .. 311 25 Avignon to Marseilles-- 937 50 .. 937 50 .. 923 .. 923 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT. Jeri. 3. St. Germain Versailles - , R. 8.. • • . .. 520 .. 521 25 .. 510 .. 522 50 L.L............ 400 • . 420 .. 385 .. 400 Rouen lO9O ..1090 ..1041 25 ..1060 Rouen to Havre 837 50 .. 837 50 .. 817 50 .. 830 Orleans 1147 50 —ll5O ..1121 25 ..1130 Strasburg to Bale 321 25 .. 321 25 .. 307 50 .. 311 25 Avignon to Marseilles..." 937 20 .. 937 50 . 925 • .. 9L5 THE WATERLOO MODEL.--Captain Siborne, the author of the "History of the Battle of Waterloo," has just opened for public inspection at the Egyptian Hall a model of a portion of the Battle of Waterloo. Some years ago the first Waterloo model was exhibited at the same place ; that model comprised the whole field of battle, and a great part of the adjacent country. It re presented the battle at the period when the French Im perial Guard was attacked and defeated on their advance to the British position, and to those who have not seen the memorable field of Waterloo, afforded the best and most comprehensive representation of the scene of strife that can well be imagined. In :the present exhibition the model displays only that part of the field on which the splendid charge took place by the British heavy cavalry, led on by the Marquis of Anglesey, and the in fantry by Sir Thomas Picton. For the details of this part of the battle we must refer our readers to the little bock which is to be had at the exhibition. The modeller has certainly been most successful in placing before the public one of the most complete representations of a battle that such materials can afford. The roads, hedges, trees, and houses, are formed with great correctness. The crops, at that time growing in the field, are accu rately marked by a minute representation of their quality, &c. Those figures of horses and soldiers repre sented in the act of moving appear to be more than usually spirited and natural. Lord Thynne, Sir John Johnstone, Bart., Hon. B. R. Lawly, George Lloyd, Esq, and the members of the York and Ainsty Hunt, gave a sumptuous dinner on Friday last, at the Black Swan, York, to Ralph Creyke, Esq., on the retirement of that gentleman from the mas tership of the hounds. TIIR SUN, LONDON, WED N ESDAY EVENJWG, DECEMnEIt 25, 1844 CHRISTMAS. TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. If there is a season of the year when the hearts of an entire people glow with kindred feelings—if ever the high and haughty unloose, however slightly, the armour of selfishness which guards them impervious from the contamination of the vulgar—if ever the poor may dare to hope—to dream of realising those bright visions of happiness, which ever haunt them, aggravating their distress ;—yes, if ever there is a time when the wide gulph between high and low is partially closed up by kindly feelings, it is now—at Christmas—once a year—this one oasis in the dreary desert, when the happy few who have homes and friends assemble round the domestic hearth to close the year in sympathy and love, and even the hapless, hopeless multitude, though bowed down by sorrow and crossed by fate, feel a momentary glow of pleasure, and pause one moment as on hallowed ground. A stranger ignorant of the ways of men, on viewing the inter change of kindly sentiments which marks this happy epoch, would hail with joy the dawn of better feel ings, would look forward to a happier system—end less improvements, universal sympathy, the poor raised from their fallen state, and all men wiser, kinder, better. Yes, such are the anticipations such a scene might call forth, such the desires often formed by the sanguine. But are they, can they, ever be realised ? This is the ques tion 1 would ask the English people. I would ask them now, when their hearts are filled with kindly feelings—when their pride is hushed to rest, I would ask them why, year after year, the spirit of selfishness pauses on its destructive course for a brief period—alas! how brief !—but to continue with its old vigour, freezing all around, casting its deadly chill on the heart's best thoughts ? Does it not check the happiness of this hour to think that all the good wishes, kind intentions, firm resolutions, and bright hopes, which crowd around this day, are empty forms—shadows without a substance—they were, they are, and they will be; each Christmas witnesses them—each year declares their vanity. Is it not so ? Many will exclaim against this sentiment; but I would ask them if England has been better since last Christmas? Have the hopes of the new year been realised—does '44 bear written on its page the records of any greater deeds or better feelings than its predecessors? Alas ! but one answer can be returned to those sad questions. Last year was hailed, as all years have been, with good wishes and prophecies of better things—happy faces crowded round its cradle, and the torch of Hope illumined its coming path. Its race is nearly run: it is about to sleep with its fathers. Who mourns it ?—who grieves for the old year ? all turn to greet its young successor—the same hopes and smiles await his infancy. Shall they, too, perish —shall '45 go to the grave the same brief record of clouded aspirations, countless tears, of broken pro mises, and endless sorrow caused by the wickedness of man ? Do we not recoil from such a picture, yet is it not a true one ? Why is this. Why, in the nineneenth century, in the days of knowledge and wisdom, do the wise and the great play the hypocrite. In the land of freedom and industry, why are the in dustrious starving and slaves ? It is the spirit of self that governs England—the golden rule which all obey—" that they shall take who have the power, and they may keep who can." It has been asked how it can be that now, when the country is flourishing and unrivalled in power and glory, when our fame is spread to the remotest parts of the earth, while the commerce of England sheds its blessings alike in the palace of the Eastern monarch as in the hut of the poor savage, how is it, that while industry makes our land to flourish, the children of industry, to whom we owe our grandeur, struggle in vain, and are left to perish in their wretchedness—even as the higher we raise the stately edifice, the deeper the base, the support of all, must be buried in the earth ? Is is not thus with us, and is there no remedy ? Forbid it, Heaven ! Are not all equal ? If the poor are compelled by the stern laws of nature to toil for their daily bread, have the great no duties ? Does property make a man irre sponsible—is money to be the standard of right and wrong? Have we not made it so? Power is given to be well employed—wealth to be properly diffused. " Yes," the great may reply, " and we diffuse it well —do we not give clothes and blankets to the poor— do we not give alms to all who ask—are not our names foremost in the subscriptions for charities ?" This may he true—charity is a holy and blessed thing—but it is not charity the people want, it is justice ; it is not alms-giving, but the higher and holier charity that looks on all men as brothers. This -is the duty of the great, and how do they fulfil it ? How many Noble Lords and Honourable Com moners, whose names are foremost in the lists of charity, now sit in their happy homes, enjoying all the comforts and luxuries of life, proudly deeming that they are the most virtuous of men if they give from their abundance a trifle to the poor, while many a wretched father and tender mother see their darling children cry for bread they cannot give them, because these virtuous, charitable men place a tax on the food of the poor, and rob the hungry of their bread ; they withhold the just rights of the people, the very staff and prop of life, and then at Christmas they charitably give alms. This is a solitary example—would it were the only one. This year of promise is drawing to a close, unmarked by any great or benificial change. How many things were to have been done last session ? The rulers of the land assembled to legislate for the good of the country, and what did they accomplish ? They were asked to remove the tax on the people's food—they were asked to abridge the hours of labour; they were asked—but what avails it what they were asked, suffice it they did nothing ! Yes, I believe they passed an Act about dog-stealing. This is mournfnl—but who will dare to say that it is not true ? I cannot look back on the gloomy past without asking you—the British people —if the future must remain the same ? Must all the good feeling be thrown away ? Must the hopes of this new year be quenched ? Shall our bright aspi rations of Christmas not survive the winter's snows, but melt like them before the scorching heat of self-love ? Shall good intentions vanish, and ice and frost but be eternal in the human breast. Not so. Though hoping is in vain, again I will dare to hope. I will greet the New Year with fond expec tations, and they must be realised, for they are based on the certainty that the English people will not be wanting to themselves. Can a nation which has ever been the foremost, not only in the battle field, but in the good fight for principle—can such a nation be back ward now ? It is in your power to be as great within as you are glorious without. Let principle be your guide. Let high and low combine. Are ye not brethren ? Throw pride, and self, and hesita tion to the winds. Hesitate not. The welfare of each depends upon all—the good of all are the well being of each. Join then, and let the kind feelings of Christmas endure through the year and for ever; and let this new year be the commencement of a long course of general sympathy and mutual benefits ! " Your final triumph Shall be the Resurrection of the Poor, In those last days, when all mankind shall live In one fair confraternity of Love !" That such may be the blessings of this Christmas is the heartfelt prayer of one whose proudest boast is to remain YOUR COUNTRYMAN. THE FROST.—TIIE PARKS.—The weather con- tinues exceedingly cold, the wind being most keen and cutting, accompanied by frost. The thermometer at the Receiving-house, Hyde-park, was during Monday night down to 31 degrees, but at seven o'clock yesterday morn ing the mercury had risen to 331 degrees, and by twelve o'clock (noon) to 34 degree's. In the early part of the morning the wind shifted from N.E. to nearly S., but in the course of the afternoon, it veered back again to E. At seven o'clock last evening the thermometer had again fallen to 32} degrees ; and the time of the full-moon (29 minutes past seven, P.m.), there was a fine sleet driving with the wind, which was still East. The lovers of skating disported themselves in considerable numbers in the various parks during the day. No accidents occurred, except in the Regent's-park, where two or three gentle men got into the water, but were speedily released by the officers of the Humane Society. FUNERAL OF MISS CLARA WEBSTER. ^ The mortal remains of this talented and lamented actress were yesterday consigned to their last resting place in the General Cemetery, Kensal-green. The funeral pro cession left the late residence of the deceased, in Upper Norton-street, shortly after one o'clock, the cavalcade consisting of a hearse drawn by four horses, two mourn ing coaches, and two private carriages. The chief mourners were Mrs. Webster, the mother of the de ceased, and Mr. Webster, jun., her son. The coffin bore the following inscripti o n —" Clara Vestris Webster, obiit Dec. 17, 1844 ; attat 21." MR. POLK ON THE TARIFF. (From the Pennsylvanian, Oct. 31.) As a set-off to the dozen of letters of Mr. Clay on this fertile topic of Whig eloquence, we once more, in the closing hour of the canvass, republish Mr. Polk's ktter to Mr. Kane. It is the only expo sition of the views of our candidate, embarrassed by no antagonist exposition, but addressed to all parts of the Union, without modification or apology. We offer it to our friends, as a renewed assur ance that under Mr. Polk's administration all the interests of the country, so far as the President can control them, will receive a fair and just protec tion • and to his opponents, we offer as a consolation in their anticipated defeat, that this protection, just and fair, will be extended to them with the rest of the community. " Columbia Tennessee , June 19, 1844. " Dear Sir,—l have received recently several let ters in reference to my opinion on the subject of the tariff, and, among others, yours of the 30th ult. My opinions on this subject have been often given to the public. They are to be found in my public acts, and in the public discussions in which I have participated. " lam in favour of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the Treasury to defray the expenses of the Government economically administered. In adjusting the details of a revenue tariff, I have heretofore sanctioned such moderate dis criminating duties as would produce the amount of revenue needed, and at the same time afforded reason able incidental protection to our home industry. I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue. " Acting upon these general principles, it is well known that I gave my support t o th e policy of Gen. Jackson's Administration on the subject. I voted against the Tariff' Act of 1828. I voted for the Act of 1832, which contained modifications of some of the objectionable provisions of the Act of 1828. As a member of the Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, I gave my assent to a Bill reported by that Committee in December, 1832, making further modifications of the Act of 1828, and making also discriminations in the imposition of the duties which it proposed. That Bill did not pass, but was superseded by the Bill commonly called the Com promise Bill, for which I voted. " In my judgment it is the duty of the Govern ment to extend, as far as it may be practicable to do so, by its revenue laws, and all other means within its power, fair and just protection to all the great in terests of the whole Union, embracing agriculture, manufactures, the mechanic arts, commerce, and navigation. I heartily approve the resolutions upon this subject passed by the Democratic National Con vention lately assembled at Baltimore.—l am, with great respect, dear sir, your obedient servant, " JAMES K. POLK. " John K. Kane, Esq., Philadelphia." SIR HENRY POTTINGER. The following address has been transmitted to Sir Henry Pottinger by the Directors of the Glasgow East India Association:— " Glasgow DQc. 5, 1844. " To the Right Hon. Sir H en ry Yottinger, Bart., G.C.8., &c. " Sir,—The Directors of the East India Association of Glasgow beg very respectfully and heartily to con gratulate you on your return to your native land, laden with well-merited honours, and possessing in a degree which has seldom before been awarded to public service, the gratitude and confidence of the commercial body in the United Kingdom. " The Directors of this Association, though, from particular circumstances, behind others in presenting to you this address, cannot admit that they fall short of any in their sense of what is owing to you as the instrument by which such signal honour has accrued to the arms of Great Britain, as well as to her mo deration and diplomatic skill. "Everything that could be done on your part has been accomplished ; but, it has been the opinion of this board from the beginning, that, though no stipu lation appears in the treaty with China whereby its fair and liberal tariff should be met by a corresponding fairness and liberality in regard to duties on our side, yet that it is evidently expected, and is morally due. Without it, in short, your achievements, both military and diplomatic, are left in an unfinished and almost fruitless state. " We, therefore, earnestly hope that this deside ratum may speedily be supplied; that you may see the full effect of your operations, and be long spared in health and honour, in some distinguished field of usefulness, to enjoy the consciousness of having so greatly promoted your country's welfare—of having so materially helped to open a way for introducing into China the blessings of civilisation and Christianity, and of possessing the grateful respect of all your fel low-subjects. " Signed by order, on behalf of the Directors, "D. WALKINSHAW, Chairman. "A. WARDROP, Secretary." To the above, Sir Henry has sent the following reply :-- FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS I)AY.) BRUSSELS, Dm:. 22..—The Council of Mini:Jets met to-day, and sat for three hours. Their iNlajebties the King and Queen are expecte d to return from Paris on Tuesday next. Reports having been spread concerning the nen' tiations with France, announ c i ng th a t B e l g ium woul d renounce the reprinting of French books, a CO ln ' mittee of the principal printers of Brussels has been formed, which met lately, and will have another meeting to-morrow, for the purpose of appointing financial commit+ee. They mean to invite the printers in the chief towns of the kingdom to join them in petitioning the Legislature on this important subject. The petitions are not to be presented Oil the reports in circulation sh ou ld p rove to be "Fell founded. The Minister of Public Works has pronounced 1 project of law relative to a reform in the Post-office. It was to be brought forward before the end of the year. The late debate in the Chamber doubtless pre• vented the Minister from keeping his promise. Franc e and all the countries round about are turning th eir attention to this important question. There is a Tel interesting article on this subject as it concern° France in the Journal des Debats.—Brussels Pape m Dec. 23. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussin.s, Dee. IL Actua Debt, 2% per Cent., ........ Rothschilsi's Loan, Five per Cent ............ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent... ...... " 71 Three per Cent. ~........ Thirty-seven Milli, us, ditto le B 4 Loan of City, 1643, Four per 10 183. Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent /3VI —. ....................•..... —.srussels Papers,WW.227" AUSThIAN FUNDS.—lrtaxes, Day. 16. Five per Cents. Metalliques......, ........ ........... 1104 Four par Cents. lOOll Three per Cents. TO Rank Shares ... ......•••.• loft Loan, 1634 . ..... "••••• Ditto, 1830 - Esterhazy's Loan ... - -Allgemeke Zeitung. Doe. 19. TILE METROPOLITAN PRISONS FOR metropolitan prisons for debt presented a very diffe rc o a appearance on Christmas-day last to what ;they d 0 the present occasion. In Whit ecross - street prison 01`'. were this time last year u p war d s o f 3 00 d e b tors , P ot now they do not exceed 130, notwithstanding a g re o z influx within the last fortnight—no fewer than serif° persons haring taken up th e i r a b o d e t h er e in thatr e 9 ; e e The prisoners will ea c h rece i ve a pi ece o f beef snln too bread, and on New Year's-day a similar suPP l Yi ewt o this Queen's Prison there are but comparatil a d w ith an number of last y ear , an d t h ey w ill b e ferns abo allowance of food, besides other as sistan c h e e ' 80 0 Marshalsea prisoners ar e con fi ne d in t the Pri prison, and i n th e A ct conso lid a ting ma de Sonora, passed two years ago, provision p articula r in regard t o th e contr ib ut i ous to t hose P A n l y 27 prisoners. I n ll orsemonger -l ane t h ere are 74 2 the debtors. Th e w h o l e num b er of d e b tors c ondne 4 - un der three metropolitan prisons is at the present pet , ee% 300, whi c h i s a b out a thi r d o f t h e i nma t e s (d. la s t The Act of last se ss i on , a b o li s hi ng exec ution on_ f t he not exceeding 201., has certainly be e n the caus e ,. v en do present appearance of d e bt ors ' p r i sons , both in and the country—in the latter, the prisons are - Act deserted by debtors. Creditors complain that the a nd of last sess i on regar d e d t h e convenience of debtors, leo neglected the interest of creditors, the latter beingk is to the honesty of the former, and compelled to *6 l , i , of " bondma n ' s k e y" f or t h e i r money. By A set 10$ last session, it a pp ears t h at t h ere were in !a ll. ; tbsl i , between 3,000 an d 4,000 d e b tors, o f w hi c h Wl' 0 1,500 were confined for debts, exclusive of CO" st under 101. • ALLEGED DEATH OF A C HILD F ROM erg gis ete Yesterday even i ng M r . B a k er h e ld an a dj our ned i° -t a ct, at the Ship, A nt h ony - street, S t. George's-in-oi% It on the body of Elizabeth Sutton, aged ten Yee r- o . t her appeared that the deceased was living with her O h 0 •• and father, who is a wor ki ng man , at N o . 5, Atite:lisd street. About a w ee k ago h er f at h er , f or w hom s'-5 re, a great affection, met with an accident and w a ,.. c oe s moved to the London H os pit a l. H o ki ss ed her ' r e' being removed there, which circumstance, it ' 4° o marked, excited in her a strong emotion, .7.. g a fro o d e time she complained of pains in her he a t and siff t bed She was continually wi s hi ng t o go see him. '''" iit iott suddenly on Friday last. A post mortent exain' ri w er?, was made by Mr. Garreja, when the intestines th, found extensively in SUDDEN Dr " A -.TI' IN A CAII.—CoBoNZA t the QUEST. f l .dmed. Verdict, " Ntitera lde* /r — YP-sterday afternoon an inquest was hel d c 9 o rter' Tavern, Westminster-road, b e f ore Mr. W. 004 C:oroner for Surrey, on the body of an elder l Y,senli named Woods, a retired newsvender, who died sunmelle, in a cab. Th e d ecease d h a d res id ed near the le .40 and was on his way to the house of his datrbter, j ot, lived i n Belvidere-road, Lambeth, on Friday „oifs when th e ca b man , on open i ng t h e d oor, f oun d him dead. Medical assistance was procured by the (Ding y the but of course was of no avail. Verdict--" D ied visitiom of God. APOPLEXY MISTAKEN FOR DRITNKEINSS- P : 0 41 1 - terday M r . B a k er h e ld an i nquest at t h e Cu bol' Head, City-r oa d, on v i ew o f t h e b o d y of too' Fergusson, an artist, aged thirty-two, whose dee t n iefil place und er t h e f o ll ow i ng circumstances, from se a r o' o which was mistaken for intoxication 5P 0t from the evid ence t h a t th e d ecease d lived inn' street, St. Luk e ' s . O n S a t ur d ay a f ternoon last n *bo g 1.4 five o' c l oc k, h e was on h i s way home, and pas t o fe P St. Luke's Church, 01d-street, when he was seen elate on the pavement. He was supposed to be in a the re of intoxication, and he was allowed to remain.. for an hour before any assistance was offered to "; e roti a stranger passing, finding th a t h e w as i n a O n g Or, situation, t oo k hi m to t h e surgery of M r . Bruce' geon, of the neighbourhood, where he rereanno for eleven o'clock. He was treated by that ge ntle: o an attack o f a p o pl ex y, an d b etween e l eve n and fjpOn 0 w o'clock was remove d to S t. L u k e ' s wor kh o use. b Mr• his arri va l at t h at i nst i tut i on h e was seen 'stat e Courtney, th e p ar i s h surgeon , w h o f oun d him * d ea th. of insensibility, in which he remained till hi s a f t er which occurred about three o'clock on Sundt* * noon. On a post modem examination of the he! b at e Mr. Courtney, a large blood-vessel was found i t r ' er diet, ruptured, which was the cause of death. " Natural death." , w or' FIRE IN BISHOPSGATE-STREET.—YOStero a J o ke on; ing, betwe e n seven an d e i g h t o ' c l oc k, a fire br ii i,bopr on the premises of Mr. Pringle, grocer, No• 7 7, h pro' gate-street, and whi c h w a s not su bd ue d u ntil ron c e i c . o ne perty had been destroyed. The shop has 1111 most extensive damage, it being all but constin 3 o e f ' t bo well as the apartments beneath. The upPer v i e a ,: r , building is also much injured by smoke and property is i sured in the Guardian Fire-offi ce ' Jo y A DEATH FROM A TRIFLING Cur.- -- "Y ester hur c b• young man of the n ame o f D awson , living i n C „der street, Millb an k, di e d i n W estm i nster Hospit al foe daysvery before melancholy h ewas chopping was some t h a e p n p which he slightly cut his thumabi;ieliceetooto. kinneoatil;?':a had at the time, but finding it afterwards got ; g orse b e Ile l a ie d a m t i o tt n ed ma il d l e to to the it, e _ , :o , quickly ensued, from the effects A d wh i c h b e died. was a man in the • •ht prime of life. ri f t EXTENST"YE BURGLARY IN THE ClTY.—La st troP° --8 info r ration was received at the various me , te an d which' n a d no ff ;'olive -stations of an extensive robbery of P, la mud ewellery having taken place at the house of N Queee,_,„ t he i ilosnit . al, but mortificalie deli, No. 6, Little St. Thomas Apostle, Cheapside, the house having been broken into daring t• absence of the family, on the night' of the 13th 1 of A reward of 304 .is offered for the apprehension fr thieves. " 80, Eaton-place, Belgrave-square, "London, Dec. 13, 1844. " To the Directors of the East India Association of Glasgow. " Gentlemen,—l have had the honour to receive an address, signed on your behalf by your chairman and secretary, which you have been so good as to transmit to me, accompanied by your congratulations on my return to England from my recent mission in China. " I beg that you will believe that I am very truly obliged and highly flattered by the sentiments which that address contains towards myself personally, as well as of my procehdings, and it is perhaps almost superfluous for me to add that I warmly unite my humble voice in the applause which you bestow on her Majesty's forces of all arms, and from whose exer• tions such signal honour has accrued to them. " I cordially concur in the view you express as to everything being done that circumstances will permit to meet the Chinese tariff by liberality on our side, in regard to duties ; and it is most highly satisfactory to me to be further enabled to say, that I consider the commercial interests of the two empires to be so completely identified by the treaty, that what is bene ficial for one party, must, I conceive, be equally so for the other. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. W THE DARING A ND E SPIEGLE .— n These two ~ e h e experimental brigs, whi c h are cons id ere d t o be to best of the experim e nt a l squa d ron , are, i t i s A have another trial, the Admiralty having acceded O proposition to that effect made to them by the co; mittee of Naval Architecture, the designers of Espiegle. The Act eon, 26, the Racehorse, 18, and itang e b r► 10, were commissio ne d a t D evonport on S a t u rday their respective commanders. 111. The Caledonia, 120, C a pt a i n Mil ne , was paid vance wages at Devonport on Monday. ifeff The Savage, 10, Li e ut enan t C omman d e r Bow has been paid off at Devonport. + The Emerald, tender, arr i ve d a t Devonpor• - Portsmouth on Sunday with supernumeraries. Yo The Flying Fish, 12, Commander Harris, sin cl ; o l taloon, 8, Comm an d er Wil son (acting), wilLA—sir, their repairs compl e t e d a t D evonpor t b y Thur , -0 As usual, the surv e y or ' s vesse l s fi rst on an d last the doctor's list. # De' Nearly all the caulk ers o f th e establishment -90, vonport have been sent to work on the Albio n ' Capt. N. Lockyer, C.B. taker' The Mutine, 12, C omman d er Crawford, wasVs into dock at Devonpo r t on W e d nes d ay , a ft e r the i , r i• terwitch was taken out, and was undocked on rin g day. Mr. Fi nc h am , h er d es i gner, h as b ee n o r h e, tending her alterations. She has had several in e of false keel put on. 6 1 0 5 ' The Espiegle, 12, C omman d er Th ompso n, and prey, 12, Command e r P a tt en , are qu it e cortiP, i - l e ,:" 00 ; Devonport. The D ar i ng , 12, C omman d e r 311 'N ; Cruizer, 16, Commander Fanshawe ; Mutine , and Waterwitch, 8, Commander Birch, wer e c° re pleted yesterday. f, t or DEVONPORT, DEC. 22.—There is no Man .° hot in Plymouth Sound, but above a hundred rne re u d vessels of all sizes are lying wind-bound in the you and Catwater. f the Captain Thomas Huskisson (1811), brother h e late Chancellor of the Exchequer, the senior oaPf t he of Greenwich Hospital, died on the raorningteva• 21st. He was a midshipman of the Defen ce 1 0 1 Li' falgar, and in the Foudroyant at the capturieso7, nois's squadron. H e was a t Copenhagen 1 .., 11 „„ Flag' the Prince of W a l es , of which ship he an st" Lieutenant ; commanded the Pelorus slooP 'n eloupe in tack on the batteri es o f P o i n t Pitre, Gua 1809, and at the capture o f a p r i va t ee r at that pir p . and also at the reduction o f th e i s l an d. Ile was pointed to Greenwich Hospital in 1830. d' " In conclusion, I request that you will individually and collectively accept my best thanks for your kind wishes. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your very obedient and humble servant, . " HENRY POTTINGER." Sir Henry, in transmitting the foregoing answer, says that " he will have great pleasure in dining with the merchants of Glasgow when he goes in that direction, which will be in the spring." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. DERBY. 35 to 1 agst Old England— taken to 501. 40 to 1 agst Minikin colt 40 to 1 agst Fitzallen 7 to 1 about Scott's lot— offers to take 10 to 1 agst Dawsop.'s lot 11 to 1 agst Alarm 16 to 1 agst Idas 18 to 1 agst hedger 18 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 22 to 1 agst Pam 30 to 1 agst Newsmonger 30 to 1 agst Rebecca colt 33 to 1 agst c out of Calypso's, dam CHE 40 to 1 agst Extempore 40 to 1 sgst Winesour :11 CUT. 40 to 1 agst Porto Bello No other named. HIGHWAY ROBBERY ON BLACKHEATH.—Yester day morning information was received by the police, ' that between ten and eleven o'clock on the previous night the following daring highway robbery was com mitted on Blackheath. It appears that as Mr. Edward Hope was crossing the heath he was met by two men, who stopped him, and one of them pulled him down to the ground, robbed him of 201. in gold, which was con tained in his fob-pocket, which they tore off. They also took from him a blue cotton handkerchief, with which, and the money, they immediately made off before Mr. Hope's cries could bring assistance. Mr. Hope describes the ruffiars, as one about forty-five years of age, about five feet four inches high, and wore a blue clock and black hat ; the other about twenty-five years of age, five feet seven inches high, thin face, and dressed in a brown Petersham coat and a travelling cap. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.--BLAENAVON.-011 the 11th instant, Thomas Pritchard, a mason, in the employ of Mr. C. H. Leigh, was working upon the roof of the forge called the Glynn, when by some mishap he lost his balance, and fell through the roof, directly upon the fly wheel, which turns round with a resistless velocity. The work of death was soon completed ; ho was so mangled, crushed, and torn, that an endeavour to recognize him would have been vain, had not his dress been identified. The day after the funeral his jaw-bone was found. An inquest was held upon the body, and a verdict of " Acci dental death" returned. The poor fellow has left a wife and two children.—Hereford Times. WARE BRIDGE.—This work, which has for some weeks been suspended, has again commenced, and labourers are now employed in drawing the old piles and coffer-dams, preparatory to throwing the iron girders (a portion of which have arrived) across the river. The operations have been delayed, in consequence of the iroa work not being ready, and the narrow pass of the temporary bridge has caused much inconvenience to the public traffic.—Cambridge Advertiser. EDUCATION IN FOCHABERIL—The late Mr. Milne of Philadelphia—a native of Fochabers—bequeathed the munificent sum of 20,0001. sterling, for erecting an edu cational establishment in the place of his nativity to be free to the children of all Christian denominations within the town of Fochabers and parish of Bellie. The greater part of the bequest being now realised, the directors appointed by Act of Parliament for carrying into effect the will of the benevolent testator, lately requested the following gentlemen to give in designs for the building, viz., Mr. Simpson of Aberdeen, Mr. Hendei son of Edin burgh, Messrs. Reid of Elgin, Messrs. Jones of York ' and Mr. Mackenzie of Elgin. After several meetin g o f the directors, and the fullest consideration of ttiV Curious elegant designs, those given in by Mr. 14 4 ,, e k enzie we4 . o preferred and adopted.—lnverness COUTieF. - SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublit it; Winton. " Who runs may read." POREXON. On Saturday their Majesties the King and Queen of the French gave a grand dinner. Amongst the distinguished guests were the following :—The Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, the Spanish Ambassador to the Court of England, the Charges d'Affaires of Russia and Spain, the Ministers of the United States of America, Portugal, Denmark, Bavaria, Wurtem berg, Brazil, Chili, and the Hanse Towns. In the evening, their Majesties received the Prince de Ligne, Duke Decazes, the Marquis du Roure, General Ber thon, and Messrs. Dupin sen., Fulchiron, 'l'upinier, and de Chasseloup-Laubat. Twelve battalions of the National Guard of Paris, and a squadron of the mounted guard, are ordered to be in attendance on Thursday, the '26th, at the open ing of the Chambers. They are to line the streets taken by the royal cortege. Some regiments of the line and of the Municipal Guard will also be on duty. The Moniteur publishes a report to the King from the Minister of Marine, recommending the creation of a oorps of comptrollers of the navy distinct from the Commissariat, the latter body not being equal in the present organisation of the navy to the discharge of all the duties imposed upon it, and part of which it is proposed to apportion to comptrollers. The report is followed by a royal ordonnance to the effect recom mended by the Minister. M. Dupoty, who was included in the late political amnesty, has arrived in Paris. The Siecle says that his health has suffered severely from his confinement. The Cour Royale of Paris on Saturday quashed the decision of the Tribunal of Premiere Instance, de claring that the new Game-law Bill did not apply to larks, linnets, and other singing birds. The Cour Royale now decides that, from the general tenor of the Bill, it cannot be doubted that it was the intention of the Legislature to include all kinds of singing birds, and that to kill them must be deemed illegal. The Gazette de Languedoc furnishes another in stance of the horrible crime of poisoning. It states that four persons, including a woman with child, at Boulogne, in the Haute-Garonne, were, on the 13th inst., destroyed by poison, administered, it is be. lieved, by one of the family, who has been arrested. • A letter from Bellignies, a village between Valen ciennes and Maubeuge, states that about three on the morning of the 14th, a band of well-mounted smug glers made an absolute invasion of the French terri tory. To the number of 90, they charged through the village of Bellignies at full gallop, each man bear ing a considerable load. 'They came from the direc tion of Fay t-le-France, in Belgium, and proceeded towards Houdain, where they separated into bodies of twelve or fifteen men. The goods thus introduced were supposed to be foreign tulles and spun cotton. M. Barron, Catholic Bishop of the Two Guineas, had arrived at Marseilles, accompanied by the Abbe Maurice, the last survivor of the seven missionaries taken out to Africa by the prelate, the others having fallen victims to the climate of that country. M. Barron was proceeding to Rome to give an account of his disastrous mission to the Pope, and receive his orders. MAW AND POLICIA. In the Insolvent Court the Chief Commissioner re manded Lewis Randall Jackson for 14 months for fabrication and concealment of his books. Robert Hobson, the keeper of a receiving-house for the postage of letters, at Walthainstow, was brought up at Bow-street for final examination, charged with embezzling the sum of Is. 10d., being the postage of a letter to Calcutta, and fully committed for trial. There was another charge against him of stealing newspapers, on which he was also committed. At Queen-square, John Brown, a boy only thirteen years of age, one of a formidable gang of young thieves, was placed at the bar, charged with robbing shopkeepers' tills. He was committed on two distinct charges. James Green, a well-dressed middle-aged man of most determined aspect, and Anne Green, his daughter, a little girl eleven years of age, were charged before Mr. Bingham, at Worship-street, with having been found engaged in the manufacture of a large quantity of spurious money, and also with hav ing committed a murderous assault upon two officers of police. The male prisoner was a finisher of base coin, and the officers found him in the act of carrying on his manufacture, assisted by the girl. The male prisoner attacked the officers, knocked one of them down stairs, and threw the contents of a jar of oil of vitriol over the person of the other, seriously burning his face and his hands. They were remanded until Tuesday. A shipwright and barge-builder, of Spratley's-row, Mill-wall, Poplar, named Thomas Smith, who is in affluent circumstances, who has long maintained the reputation of being a respectable tradesman, was brought before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Court, for final examination, charged with stealing a quan tity of deals from the premises of two of his neigh bours, Mr. Thomas Fossey, timber-merchant, and Mr. Thomas Snook, ship-builder, both of Mill-wall- He was fully committed for trial, the magistrate re fusing to take bail for his appearance. COVILT- PAINIXONAZIMM. The Duke of Wellington has left Apsley House for Strathfieldsaye' the Noble Duke h av i ng rema i ne d i n town to attend the obsequies of his sister, the late Lady Anne Culling Smith. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby have left the Clarendon Hotel on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at Broadlands. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster will receive company at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, until the 27th of next month, being the birth-day of Earl Grosvenor, when the party will break up. The Earl of Chesterfield arrived at Chesterfield House, Mayfair, on Sunday, from Bretby Park, Leicestershire, and on Tuesday his Lordship again left town for that seat, where a large circle of friends will assemble on a visit to the Earl and Countess during Christmas. Viscountess Exmouth, after a sojourn of some months at Brighton, is expected to leave this week for Cannontign, her Ladyship's seat in Devonshire. Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, the Hon. Miss Coston, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish, lion. Mrs. and the Misses Goddall, Hon. T. Cholmundeley, Mrs. and Mrs. Lee Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Corn wall Leigh, were at the Nantwich (Cheshire) ball on Thursday evening last. The Baroness de Clifford is passing the winter at her Ladyship's seat, Kirkby Mallory, in Lancashire. The Hon. C. E. Law, M.P., has left town for Cam- bridge. Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart, Bart., has arrived at Ardgowan, the residence of his mother, Lady Shaw Stewart, from Oxford. all SO )11 1XMAN1101711. On Monday last, December the 23d, Messrs. T. Barrett, Gammon, and Fisher, on behalf of the Cork. cutters' Society, waited on R. Norman, Esq., Trea surer to the Duncombe Testimonial Fund, and handed over to him the sum of 201., the second subscription of the Corkcutters on behalf of the Testimonial to Mr. T. Duncombe._ The Distin family, the celebrated performers on the Sax Horn, have received a royal command to be at Windsor Castle this evening (Wednesday). The Times cautions the public against an impostor who has been collecting money within the last fort night on the strength of letters which purport to be signed by two of the Secretaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and of the Church Mis sionary Society. The Oberlin (Ohio) Institute embraces both sexes. In theology it has 32 students ; in the college depart ment, 141, of whom 29 are females. In the female department there are 148 ; they have altogether 292 males and 18 females. Ten professorships, one as sistant principal, and one assistant principal for the females. The girls are said to be quite proficient and ready in Latin and Greek. A majority of the students pay their board by manual labour. All the expenses of the institution are small, compared with other institutions of the same standing. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 24.—The market continues strong, and a fair amount of business has been transacted to-day. Eastern Counties Perpe tual, No. 2, 24 ; Manchester and Leeds Half Shares, 51i ; Ditto, Sixteenths, 4 s.l6ths ; Manchester and Birmingham, 521 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5* ; 401., 5} ; Sheffield and Manchester, 97i ; Cam bridge and Lincoln, 2/. 65.6 d.; ChurnetValley, 3k; Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4i ; Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 3* ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 5-}; London and York, 4 7-16 4i: Shef field and Lincoln, 19s. ; Trent Valley, 10! ; West York shire, 6* ; Paris and Strasburgh, 3 1-16. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT LEITH.—Early on Saturday morning the premises belonging to the Leith Candle Company were discovered to be on fire. From the con fined situation of these works, it was with some diffieulty that the town engines could be brought to bear on the conflagration ; and, from the inflammable nature of the materials, the work of destruction went speedily on— vats, coolers, and tallow warehouses were soon in one general blaze. About two o'clock the roof of the build ing fell in, when the scene that opened up to the spec tators was one of melancholy grandeur. Towering and untamed the lurid flames rose high in the air, contrasting beautifully with the wintry appearance of the scenery around. The Fort engines, which are at all times promptly turned out, had now arrived, and assisted emi nently in confining the fire to where it had originated, although the main safety of the adjoining property, con sisting of wine vaults a n d gra i n stores , was c h ie fly owing to the opening up of the fire-plugs, which are now pretty general over the town, and attaching lengths of hose, which,when available, offer the surest means of subduing flames. The Edinburgh engines wen also upon the ground, but were not required. About five o'clock the tire was got under ; and we understand the property is insured.— Edinburgh Journal. Cot lif e live hi to 1 6.61 gii cot to to, Si, ' 3l / 1 ottai god tio t 11. 11 left