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NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. II AMP T ON COURT, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. - _ IS NOW READY AT THE LIBRARIES, In 3 vols., post Bvo. Richard Bentloy, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TO.MORROW EVENING DECEMBER A, Will be repeated a Grand Opera Seri.l, called THE DAUGHTF.R OF ST. MARK. Lnsignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Corner., Mr. Borrani ; Mencenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Marrimat ; Catarina eornaro, Miss Rainforth To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Earkquin.ide, calbd PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND tiODINSO,N CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pintaloon, Mr. Howell; Columbine, Miss Carson. fist Box-ortice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalk, Places, and 'Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. TO.MORROW EVENING, DECEMBER 25, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, Called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. tl.rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe" • s Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren; "The Countess of t ho•pion, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia ;.ennett. After which, a (Irani MOVING DIORAMA; or, PICTORIAL W TOUR IN S LTZERLAND. To conclude with a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxeriou,s Mr. J. Eland ;Princess Grazicsa, Mies Jul .a Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. Private Boxes, Twe Guineas and Om: Guinea and a-Half each. Mckets and Places t • be had of Mr. 1. T. Ar cher, at the Box.offlce, fries Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTF. TO-MORROW EVENI SG, DECEMBER 26, Will he repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Fsi.) a New Drama. entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Sono Dells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Tear In. 'fob, Veck. 1 11 r. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright ; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin son Br Joseph Rowley, Bart . Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson; Richard, Mr. Selb Meggy Veck, Miss Fortcscue ; Mrs. Chickenstalka y; , 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 Fitawilliam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin std the Ki g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Loris- dale ; Clown. Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San..crs. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter qr Pitt ; Leader of the M Band, Mr. ellon.—Box-odire open from Eleven till Four. Private Dazed to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX TO.MORROW EVENiNG, DECEMBER 26, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled I'HE CASTLE OF ATMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baran de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton, Oiicie•, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn , Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Mime ; Reriaud, Mr. Mattocks• ; Ivost, Mr. UAL r ; Hemline, Mdlle. Helen Conde,l; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which will be produced a New G.and Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE lI.LER AND HIS MEN. GrindofF. Mr. Campton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelrnar, Mr Granby; Itiber, Mr, Corri , Go'otz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravine, Mrs. Foebroke. Dress Circle, os. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 13. ; °elle Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. ltd. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery. Private Bezes, Iwo Guineas And One Guinea and a. Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Hiif. Ooors to be opened at Half. poet Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direct!on of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admisaions for the Season to be had at the fh .at re. .14EA1RE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH f/rEi A. HOUSE. (iuder ihe Management ot Mts. KEELEY TO-MORROW EVENING, DECEMBER 25, Will be produced THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meactiws, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner. and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Mrs. IVoollidge, Miss Grove, and 'lre. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic, Pautomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE Atil) ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; 'ldea lows, Wigan, Collier, turner, Kinloch. Yatnold, and Kee'eY Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairhrother, Nliss Grove, Mrs Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. r, eeley. rtticEs OF A N.— tsaicouy !toles. Upper R-axes, la.; Pit, 21. ; Gallery, lid. Second Prico—Balcony B oxes, ; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the tis,cony Tier toiling eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Der (bolding eight persons), One guinea and a-Half. Private i ilex nn the I'it tier (holding six persons), One Ouirea. Lie Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc -Iton of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. 11Avipok's ROYAL SURREY HP AI Ilk; TOMORROW EVENING, DECEMBER 26, Will be produced THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or . ' The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corri Mom the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Mears. H. Hughes, Neville, It Hoarier, Lewis, Hellion, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, mad Miss Martin. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called FOUNDS, -111LI1NGS AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN Z. S. D. Harlequin. Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. ?laces a .4 Criyate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. &Act, 11•04 a eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE TO-MORROW EVENING, DECEMBER. 26, Will be performed an Interesting Drama, e;ititled POVERTY • or, A Tale of S.irrow. Squire Graham, Mr. Watkins; Frederick, M. T. H Higgie; Leonard, Mr. Henry Howard ; Mary Graham, M.N. W. Rignold ; Patty Parrot, Mis E. Terrey After which, THE ROA D.SIDE INN. Captain Rambleton, Mr. Higgie; Tom, Mr. Herbert ; Ellen, Miss E. Terry. To conclude with a New Grand Chri.tmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ' • or, The Little Old Woman and the Demon of the ;fetal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapin° ; ('town, Mi. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, I e Vite. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 23 ; Highest, :34 ; Noon, 3 BAROMETER, 30.35.—W1ND, E.S.E. Mons.—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 cn 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.BRIDEIE THIS DA/. alemlng ... 23 minutes after 2 Evening ... •''2 minutes after 2. 1 1 1 gi * 4. • 4- 4le 4. i . 0":11101 • , .1 9 I I W l° •••'..;': t." fllørubuj tfl LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1644 " Ecce iterum Crispinus, et est mini srepe 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 diocese, and " was assured," he adds, "by those whom I addressed, of their firm conviction that little or 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." Thii first step on the part of Doctor Puinerorrs was in every respect a judicious one. He acted with sound discretion in endeavouring to ascertain the sentiments of his dock and the strength of their digestion before be crammed the whole Rubric down their throats ; but having discovered that they were averse to the swallowing of such a tough substance, he 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 it vehemence that has increased in exact proportion to the popular ferment which they have excited through. ont his diocese! He abides by them on the very score of their unpopularity. His 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 EXETER, 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 cominunica 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 throvr 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 endow e d w i t h most extraordinary powers of' vision, for he sees what no one beside; himself can see. Never did th e Ch urch possess more rightful !uthority than it does at the present day. Never its legitimate i n fl uence more readily acknowledged.. was Never were it s wi s h es more cheerfully obeyed. Look ook at the immense number of new religious structures th a t have sprung up, as if' by magic, in all parts t the country, on the very first expression of It recommendation to that effect by the dig nitaries of the Establishment ! Look at the enormous subscriptions for charitable and religious pw'po es raised last year in pursuance of the Christian appeals of the clergy to the people! Are those proofs of a popular determination to resin " all Church authority "—of a refusal to pay further obedience to its wishes ? If the Church be now harassed by dis sensions from within and without, it is the crafty in trigues of the Tractarian heretics that are chiefly to blame fir these dissensions; and yet these are the men whose views the Bishop of EXIITIIt is doing all he can to forward! Strange to say, this un accountable Prelate takes credit to himself for having commenced fighting the theological battle upon trifles I "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 ExErnit is a most extraordinary logician, but, to the credit of his consistency be it said, that he practices what he preaches 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 our hearty congratulations, after the cordial and good old fashion of the primitive Church, we venture to address on this occasion a few words in the spirit of mere laymen—anxious to see the temporal condition of our poorer brethren ameliorated by the timely aid 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 I 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 he dwelt upon too intensely by him who fancies that the din of many voices and the hum of toiling industry bespeak, of course, a city of light hearts and contented labours. If these bright manifestations sometimes sparkle on its surface, its deeper waters, like those of the mighty but 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 ways 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 localities as these that that immense community is distributed in whose behalf we implore all, who have the means of charity, to contribute whatever it may please 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 prima3val 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 seeking. 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 affliction which overwhelms them is twofold—defi ciency of employment, and inadequate wages for any employment obtained. This is not the place to dis cuss the causes of either of these phases of their ..vretchedness. Enough for us that the evil exists, and that they are not the authors of it. Let those, then, among us, who on this day rejoice in their family associations—in the interchange of sffectionate 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 arid make merry, and perform or partake of the rites of that hospitality which 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 ♦olence 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 arlvocating by day and by night this holy cause, are more busied in apologising for the offensive revival of exploded forms and obsolete ceremonies, than in inculcating the noblest precept of the Christian faith. If Churchmen, at war among themselves, by reason of the vexations of Fuseyism, 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 ;ent w•e have mentioned, the desolate and the dis rcssed. Accounts from Madrid ( , f 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 ClowssLEs 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 NARYAEZ. 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 authorisati on granted to Ministers to promulgate organic laws by royal decrees. Another on the Clergy Potation 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 Bouusis, DEC. 16.—Three per Cents. for cash, 321; 33 for Account. Fire per Cents. 221 for cash ; 22i for Account. Floating Debt, 77 for 2S 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 snore particularly on his speech at the Liverpool dinner. The .Tournal des Debate, 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 Prevre 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 aide 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 POTTINGRR 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 lead bribed Sir HENRY POT TINGER'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. Lau/mini shall hare completed its observations, and shall have obtained more direct in formation." The Constitutionnel 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 of his becoming Regent, and also dotations to some of the younger branches of the Royal Family, had been abandoned by the Ministry. The Prefects through. out the country had 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 Paussia. has excited an unfavourable feeling towards royalty at Berlin, as it seemed hard, after long delay, to carry the sentence unexpectedly into effect. The Journal de,* Dtbats thus apologises for the Kits G's conduct "It appears that the execution of Tschech, and the somewhat strange circumstances that preceded it, hare made a painful impression at Berlin. The long interval that had elapsed since the attempt had naturally corro borated the notion that adenouemext more favourable to the condemned would have taken place, singular inci dents also arose which public opinion has commented on in various ways. The riecessity of choosing between what he considered a political duty and his religious scruples had thrown the King into the utmost perplexity, 7_t is said that, being desirous to escape Altanative, he had imagined several add eXpedients. He wanted, at first, to delegate his right of pardoning to the Prince of Prussia, erhu would have decided the question. lie next had the idea of suspending the decision until his death, and of leaving to his successor the task of pronnuncing upon the fate of the offender, HeanWhile physicians and clergymen successively 'laited Tshech, 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, w hen it was the unanimous opinion of the Ministers that the King owed it to his people, whose 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 criminal. The Prince of Prussia is stated to hall 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 sereples 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 dearly saw his duty as a King, he had also his duty as a Christian to fulfil, and could root 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 werraitt i he stipul a ted th a t M, d o Kleist, First President of the Chamber 01 Justice, should attend the exam etklifilind 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 fere days at Potsdam. On his side, Tscheal, who had t.vo days before been apprised of his doom, had continued deaf 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. He separated in the same way from his daughter, expressing to her the hope that they should soon meet again. At Spandau, at the fatal m omen t, M. d e Kl e i st 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 Tot- TOM ' S on Sunday at 85f. 65c. THE PANTOMIME AT THE SURREY THEATEB.—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 1t ssee a hundred per cent., and to the public amusement equal at least to twice that amount of value for the price of admission. The whole of the pantomime Las been in. vented and written by Mr. Nelson Lee, and will be pro. duced under the direction of that excellent manager, Mr. R. Honner. ROYAL ACADEMY or Music.— The examination of the candidates for the scholarship of this excellent in stitution for the ensuing year, took place on Friday last, when the prize was awarded to Miss Georgiana Poulter. DARTMOUTH ELECTION.--DATRMOUTII, MOicDAT. —A public meeting of Mr. Moffatt's friends was held at the London Tavern on Saturday evening. At a few mi nutes before seven the chair was taken by Capt. Bulky, the Chairman of Mr. Moffatt's Committee, who an nounced the satisfactory progress of their canvas since the last meeting. Mr. Moffatt addressed the meeting at some length, amidst continued cheering. He refuted the charges that had been brought against the Liberal party by their Tory opponents, and assured them that there was no doubt of their ultimate success if the constituency were only true to each other, and resisted, as they hitherto had done, the improper interference of their oppon • Mr. opp onents. Nicholls afterwards s p o k e on t h e sub ject e of free trade. It is said that Messrs. Rogers and Co. find the acceptors of the bills of exchange which were stolen from them come forward very handsomely, most of them having paid their acceptances upon the guarantee of the house to keep them harmless. SUPPOSED CASE 01" POISONING AT HOLBECK.— During the last few days a great deal of excitement has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Holbeck, 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 Holbeck-lane, 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 pr esen t e diti on , b ut f rom what I;aseooY, to our knowledge there is ground for very strong" "Vii cion that the wife has been wilfully poisoned.--liteds Mercury. SEA;OZ4ABLZ GlFTS.—Monday, in the parish of St. Bride, Fleet-street, forty tons of coals were d :.stri buted, under the dire c ti o n o f t h e par i sh authon ties, amongst 576 poor deserving families of the parish. The gift is paid for by subscription among the inhabitan 'B. There will be a second distribution of the Mrao (juuntityY on the 21st of ijanuary next. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1844 FLANDERS MAIL. BRussai.s, DEC. 21,—We have spaen vaguely of a difference which .has manifested itself between two members of the Cabinet in the Secret Committee on Wednesday. We must add that this difference did not relate to the main point under discussion. The Minister of Justice has made two declarations —the first on the sense to be given to the nineteenth article of the treaty ; it was common to the whole Cabinet. The second, which was his own, personally related to the consequences in case of a negative answer from the Court of. Berlin. The Minister, in announcing that for his part he made it a case of Ministerial responsibility, desired to give the Chamber a proof of his entire conviction. The difference was only on the question whether the guarantee offered by the Minister should be inserted in the journals of the Chamber. It is asked, what answer will the Cabinet of Berlin make to the explanation required from Brussels ? We shall not have this answer before the Ist January, but Messrs. Mercier and Dechamps have announced the interpretation given in the Belgian Chamber to Articles 19, as maintained by Baron d'A rnim and by Mr. Helmenlag, the Russian Com missioner. We have received to-day a letter which confirms what we hare before said—the commercial negotia tions between Belgium and France are resumed. After the vote of the Chamber on the 21st, approving, by a majority of 77 to 7, the treaty with the Zollve rein, several projects of law, chiefly relative to votes of credit for different branches of the public service, were passed, and it was decided that th• Chamber should adjourn to the 13th of January next. A de putation was chosen to present the respects of the Chamber to the King and Queen on the Ist January. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 4.—M. Von Tibor? left Bujukdere last week, and to the astonishment of everybody, took up his abode on the ground-floor of the new Palace of the Legation at Pera, which was originally intended for the servants. The fancy of the public is busy in conjecturing what may be the destination of the empty state apartments and spa cious saloons in the upper stories of this truly splen did palace. Sir Stratford Canning has returned from his ex cursion to the Dardanelles, to his country house at Bujukdere. It is said that Abdullah, Pasha of Trebisond, alarmed by the order of the Porte, to justify him self, has offered a large pecuniary indemnificatbn to the ill-used Greek. The Pacha is said to he also threatened with an address to the chief Turks of Tre bisond to the Porte, representing the tyranny which makes him hated by all classes, and earnestly desiring that he may be removed. Dr. J. Wolff writes from Teheran, that he is chiefly indebted to the support of the Persian Am bassador for his deliverance from the hands of the rapacious and murderous Bocharists ; it was under his protection that he succeejed in returning safe to Teheran. Several Turkish passengers were frozen to death in the lag steam-boat for Trebisond. Our thermome ter is at zero (Reaumur), and the roofs were covered with snow. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 4.—The apprehensions of a breach between Sir S. Canning and the Turkish Mi nistry are happily not confirmed. Sir Stratford acts with great moderation, and seems to be quite confi dent that all his demands will be granted. In his lat.* excursion he visited the coast of Troy.: DUTCH FUND3.—AnsTnitnen, Dec 20. Money. - 'Bloa. Actual rlobt, c.. 36 per Cent:..................... 64 14% Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent. —......... 'THE( 70 Ditto, ditto, 4 per Cent. ........ .........., PIS Pei% D ito„ ditto S per cent. Allis' t Svndic,4% per cent... ..... "lotto, ditto, 3% per cent III el% Commercial Company, 44,, per cent ...... Loan 1837, 44 percent. — Exchange on London, Onemonth Two months l2 12% At sight — Dutch Papers, Dee. 21. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. Consols leave off rather better this afternoon, being 1001 a. New Thi ee-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 1034 bank Stock for Account was 210. The advance in Foreign Bonds was maintained. Spanish Actives were 27t to s ; the Three per Cents. at 38#, 11 . 1delican, 361 a ; Chilian, 101 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 64i -a. Portuguese Con verted were 60ce ; for time. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol end Gloucester were 9 ; Churnet Valley ) 1 3 1; Dtiblin and Belfast, 1,1- to 2; Great Western, Half, 40; ; Hull and Selby, Quarter, 5i ; Brighton, 1; South Western, ex New, 35*-; Ditto, New, 7; ; London and York, 2i; Manchester and Leeds, 51 ; Ditto, Quarter, 9 to ; Newcastle and Darlington, 374 to 38i ; Ditto and Berwick, 94 ; Norwich and Brandon, 5; Ditto, New, 3 ; Rugby, 1 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 4*; South. Eastern, 71; Ditto, New, 9 ; York and North Midland, 531; Orleans and Viereon, 91 ; Paris and Rouen, 22 to * premium. Birmingham and Gloucester have bean to 51 ; Caledonian, ; Direct Northern, *; Eastern Counties, 10; Blackwell, 9i; Greenwich, 21 to 3 ; and Strasburg and Bale, I to I.discount. Union Bank of Australia Shares were 21 premium. The exchenge %Its rather higher this afternoon. on ilamburgh, and Frankfort, and steady on Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Trieste. The folloWing is the official return of the exports of Bullion from the Port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Gold Cein to Cedie ... bilVef Coin Ditto Ca1ai5..........., 250,000 „ Havre 1,356 „ (From The Sun of Last Night.) A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday at full rates, Selee 14,000 balls ) brteltleh specuL letors took 4,A019 ; coMprieing 1,00 Egyptian at 5.-111. to ti- 4 (1., d 1,000 Pernarn. at sd. to 4- 1 -d., 600 Mar a nh am a t S2haresf c t. to aid ., and the rest 1 were active, and at higher rates generally. Birmingha m an d D er b y, 83 k ; A 4i mer t i o ca S t i at 3 3 , Caledonian, 41. la. 6d. ; Chester and Bi r k en h ea d, 34 ; 1 %0 . 0 to Surat sd at ._ Churnet Valley, 3f 4 ; Eastern Counties, 141 ; Rdirt burgh and Glasgow, e4l ;Grand funetidn, ; Ditto, Ualf, 114 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 1023- 103; Ditto Half, 514 51 ; London and Birmingham, 229; Ditto and Brighton, 524 ; Ditto and Croydon, I7i ; Ditto and South. Western, 83k ; Manchester and Leeds, 1201 121; Ditto, Half, 52} ; Midland Counties, 112; 113 f ; North Union, 1471; South-Eastern, 401 -I ; Ditto, New, 13i /-; Trent Valley, 11 ; Paris and Lyons,3f ; Paris and Rouen, 414- ; Orleans; Touts, slid nordeaut, , , 4 nen- legne and Amiens, The speech of the Queen of Portugal on the closing of the Cortclartilllisbote on' the 14th insita)t, is not con sidered so eery satisfactory to the merciOtile interests as it may be held in other quarters. To .e..certain extent it is tree that the manegemeht of the ptiblic 'thence: has tietZt Materially improved, and that the Interests of the foreign creditors have been thereby advanced. Her Majesty, therefore, may congratulate thiOnenabers that the steps that hare been taken to imprtrie the revenue will powerfully concur to establish a complete organisa tion in this department •f 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 conceosions in favour of the wines and other produced Portugal. The Government of Portugal seems doggedly dieposedlo 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 expenditure of British IdOod. 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, Vent they begin to think that it will be for the interests of their own country. Unquestionably, both Portage' and England would be favourably influenced by an extension of k he trade now carried on between eaeh. There have not been any colonial arrivals this morning. The additional correspondence that hag-Jake* place between the Chairman of the Committee of South Ame rican Bondholders and the Financial Agents of the Mexican Government here is anything but:eatisfactory. The Committee require f u ll i n for ma ti on 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 lit 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 procuration Maul. J. De Liaardi. " G. R. Robinson, Esq." The importance of Southampton as a port for the dis charge of cargoes of a perishable nature has be* n 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 circums 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 ♦essels 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 with the. Customs as regards the measurement of the boles still continues by the seizure of the various cargoes as they a rrive, 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 poesil ly 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 k ; the Reduced Three per Cents, from 100} to 100 i • the New Three-and-a-Quar ter per Cents. from 1031- to 1031 ; 'and Exchequer Bills from 635, to 665. premium. India Bonds are at 505. premium. India Stock at 286 for Account, and Bank Stock at 209. In the Foreign market business has been very brisk, though the members aro "taking wing" to the country for the Christmas holidays. Spanish hare reached 28; the Three per Cents., 38i ; French Scrip, 1 to 2 pre. mium ; Daniell, 89 ; Belgian, // premium ; and Portu• geese Converted, 60i. Dutch, 94. Mexican Five per Cents. remain steady, and so do Colombian. The Railway Share market is rather heavy to•day. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 209 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3} per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 1 2 1; 1-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 lll India Bonds, 1,000/ — Ditto under 1,0001 BO . Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. lid. 14d. 1,000/. ...'.... 5001. - 63 66 pi - n. Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ........ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted... . 59ii i Ditto for the Account 6O 59-,i 604 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 27iii, Ditto for the Account ........ Ditto Passive Bonds 6 iii . , Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 3 Bl - 4 • Ditto for the Account 3814 38 Dutch 21 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cent.... . PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK_ RAILWAY& PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter • Bristol and Gloucester Churnet Valley Direct Northern Dublin and Galway Eastern Counties ... 25' l5 14i... to 154 Grand Junction 100 227 ...... to London and Birmingham ...100 228 London and 8right0n.......... 50 ......514 London and Croydon London and York... 2l .. .. 4i4 to Manchester and Leeds Ditto 4 Shares Midland lOO 1134 North Kent Norwich and Brandon 8 South-Eastern and Dover... 334 • 414 Ditto, New . Trent Valley .... 2 ...... 104 ...... to Boulogne and Amiens ...... .. 2 ...... 544..... to 5 Orleans and Bordeaux...... 2 Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2 - ...... 444 .. to Paris and Rouen Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14... l3 i. to MANCHESTER STOCK 'EXCHANGE, DEC. 23 —We have had a brisk market, and a good busine&s has been done at advanced prices. Eastern Counties, ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. 6d. ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 371 premium ; Manchester and Birming ham, 52 ; Midland, 401. Shares, 51 ; Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction, 6k ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 31. 19s. ; Churnet Valley, 34 , ; Hudders field and Manchester Rail and Canal, 4 5-16 ; Liver pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 1-16 ; London and York, 4 7-16 ; Manchester and Buxton, 385. 6d. ; West Yorkshire, 61 ; Manchester and Salford Water works, 56i ; Manchester Fire and Life Assurance, 111. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. . Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3i per Cent .. ............ .. ... 1031 Long Annuities to expi re J an. 1860 12A 1-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 India Bonds 1,0001. ... pm. Ditto under 1,000/ BO pm. Bank Stock for Account _2lo Consols ... lOO-1 Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., lid 66 pm. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ... 66 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36/ 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 Direct Northern, 26 paid Dublin and Belfast Juncti Eastern Counties, 25 paid. Great Western, 75 paid Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 9O l and Brighton, 50 paid Newcastle and Darlington:Junction, 24 paid 62* Newcastle and Berwick, 4 paid 74 Orleans and Vierzon, 2 paid .. 114 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY. Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar.. . . Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn . Rotterdam 2U. 12 61 Genoa . Antwerp 25 95 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 131 Venice Altona l3 136 Naples Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 70 Palenno ! , 4‘ oz 11 1 ,6 Ditto, 3 months 25 96 Lisbon .. 536 Marseilles . . Bourdeattx Frankfort on Maine l2l Bahia .. retersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Af, di ...... Berlin 7 NewYoi k.:::dyssight Vienna, effee. 11.3 M 954 Philad,rl.4 , Trieste, ditto Madrid 36* Foreige • :,,:,1, bars...£3 17 9 Cadiz iiilim 36 New Do, .eons 0 0 0 Barcelona 36 New :)c,"ars O4 91 Seville ion, 2} paid.. 4 15 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 24.—Northerly breeze and cloudy. Or! PLYMot/Tll..—Louise, Holtman, Rio Janeiro for Gotbenbeit. OFF SIIAFORD, Dec. 20.—Ailtze, Klean, Havannah for Amsterdam. RYE, DEC. 22.—Put back, Friends of Liberty, for London, with damage, having been in contact with a large schooner. Orr DITNUENE6M, DE(I. 99.—John Willis, Willie, De merara; Sultan, of lialirax, Quebec, out 26 days. MORSTON, NEAR BLAKENEY, DEC. 22.—The item 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. Hum, ' DEC. 29.—Arrd, Wolga, Rio Janeiro for Ham. burgh, etith sails split. WELLS, DEC. 23.—The Ouse, Itendry, of this port, in coming in, 21st inst., struck heavily and is making water. I:. V :RNESS, Drc. 19.—The Farmer, of this port, from Liverpool, was totally lost off Whitenhaad, 6th inst. Orr Cons, an c. 18.—Romana, Charleston for Li verppol. Did. 21.—Arrd, Heroine, of Ffonfleur; Example, of St. Vacot (coat laden), both with slight da mage, having been in contact. NEWPORT, Pte. 22.—S1d. Marquis of Bute, Jamaica; .William Wright, Ascension. DzkL ' Diac. 23.—Wind E., moderate ; P.M., A.E.- - =-Atird! Charlotte, Kramer, Valparaiso, Hamburgh; Walvisch, Schut, Batavia, forAmstardam. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind N.E. to N.—Arrde Broederstrow, Batavia, for Amsterdam. • SOUTHAMPTON, DEc. 23.—Arrd. Montrose steamer, Gibraltar, left 14th inst. CoWEm, Dxc. 23.—Arrd. Peter, Coiling, New York, fur Haniburgh. FALMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Courrier de Mole, Croerde, Port Republican, for Hare; Elizabeth Holderness, St. John's, New Brunswick. Liy Eß pooL, DEc. 23.—Wind E.S.E.,moderate.—Arrd. Adelaide, llanaah, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed Primrose, Charleston; Express, Bombay; William Peile, Buenos Ayres; George Canning, Maranham ; I. U., Tri nidad. CitoottnAvEN.—Arrd. Bencoolen, Manilla ; Provi denee, Ford, Ichaboe ; Brockett, Valparaiso ; Mersey, M'Beth, Quebec; Lavinia, Kellar, Newfoundland. OFF CASTLELEAVEN.—Mary Ann, Laguina. OFF Coax.—Princess Hoodless, Calcutta. GLANDORE, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Star of Belfast, Africa, for London. Good-service money has been awarded by the Commander-in-Chief to Lieutenant-General Henry Monekton, and Major-Generals Alexander Thomson and Wm. Alexander Gordon, the former of whom is to receive 177/. per annum, and the two latter 100/. each, from the 7th of the present month. The grant of these pensions has been followed up by the selection of Major- Generals R. G. Hare Clarges and W. F. P. Napier, for the increased daily rata of pay of 255., the first from the 3d inst., and the second from the 7th.—United Service Gazette. DEPARTURE OF AN AMERICAN LINER.—On Satur day last the beautiful new ship Victoria, belonging to the regular line of packets sailing between London and New York, left St. Katharine Docks for the latter place with eighty passengers, the majority of whom were agriculturists. The above fine vessel is 938 tons bur then, and has taken out a very small cargo of fancy goods. She took out 300 tons of chalk as ballast. FRAUDS ON vnn ThavErtum.—ln consequence of the gross irregularities which have been recently discovered in the St. Katherine Docks, four officers connected with the vaulting and delivery department have been suspended, and a rigid inquiry is going on, which it is expected will lead to important disclosures. INNOVATIONS IN TIIE CHURCII.—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 B e l gk -ave-square. The proceedings were all preliminary, but a committee was appointed to draw up for approval a memo:ial, to be addressed either to the Queen or the ArchbiOop of Canterbury, as may hereafter be deterniined.' , it was agreed that there should Le another meeting, as ~ We understand, AL which some definite course will be determined upon; bat at the time the sleeting was held it w.as 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 o .f \ the Bishops will not take place, the further proceedings .of the parties who met ea Friday will not now lee delay god to await its result. Tun RBHELLION or 1745.—1 t is in contemplation to celebrate the centenary of the Rebellion of Vorty-fire, next August, in the West Highlands.—Co tilde Journal. CHELTENHAM.—Our winter season nay ,now be considered as having assumed its determii ;ate character, and it is most gratifying for us to be able Ito report that it has every appearance of being the be. 4, certainly ,the jullest, that. Chel:enham has over kno, f ; q4 ,—ch e it t rka.ra Looker-on‘ SUMMARY OF NEWS 3„ ' Oublit Opinion, • Who runs may read• POSLEIXOIO. The Queen of Portugal prorogued the Cortes in per son on the 14th. Very destructive storms had taken place off the Portuguese coast, by which several lives had been lost. In the Spanish Senate the report of the Constitution Befarm 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 Custelluno 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 Iturhe, M. Gamboa, Colonel Bousingault, &c., will end in the royal `nervy 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 frostier. Accounts from Constantinople 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. I'etersburgh on New Year's day, which, according to the Greek calendar, corresponds with the 12th of January. The Obsereateur Smiesse contains the following from Lucerne :—" The Central Government was seised 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 inoen dierism 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 indignation at the want of energy evinced in the execu tion of a plan of operation skilfully combined, and at the absence of th• assistance promised by other cantons. LAW » POLica. 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 misrepreen tation in a report made by him respecting the condition of a vessel called the Brutus. Verdict for the plaintiff —Damages, 501. Moro 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 1)r. Todd, at King's College, Somerset-home, 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 1 Wellington-street, Strand. The prisoner was further remanded, to allow of other cases being inquired into, but the witnesses in three cases were bound over to prosecute. COVZT PJASZIONAZiaI. The Lord Chancellor, accompanied by Lady Lynd hurst and the lion. Miss Copley, left George-street, Hanover-square, on Saturday, for Turtile Park, near Henley-upon-Thames, where his Lordship is expected to remain until Thursday, the 10th of Januar), 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 liarewood 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 Laid and Countess of Granville at Brighton. Tne 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 close 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, where they purpose residing during a few months. IIiCISOMAILALINAOV7II. At most of the Police-offices considerable sums have beAl 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. 11., 10/. ; the Members of Stock Exchange, 51. At Union-hall, a donation of 101. had been received for the poor-box of that Court, froln 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 Riddell, 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 after the exhibition, when his sons, Mr. Charles Morgan, M.P., sad Mr. O. Morgan, M.P. and a number of the local gentry were present. The Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Company hare given 5001. to Captain Ferguson, of the late ship " Ceyloni as a testint,nial of his exertions in saving a box containing 6,000 sovereigns from the wreck of that vessel, n ith directions to remunerate such individuals of his crew as he may think deserving. The feeling of the Devonshire people (says the Western Times) with respect to the Bishop's dictatorial and tyran nical pastoKal, increases in fervour. Nearly every parish has,-aunt in'Exetetiereinonstrate 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 considerably 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. SOUTRAMFTON DOCK COMPANY.—On Monday a special general meeting of this Company was hold at the offices in Bishop. , gate-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 101. to £Ol. each. lie 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 raerehant•vessels. The site for 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 150,000/., begged the sanction of the meeting for raising 50,000/. for the purpose of making the graving dock, and for applying 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 preserve the view of a fine and noble terrace, lately erected at a considerable expense. It is probable that the munificent public spirit displayed in this instance will be followed by other acts of similar liberality. One noble minded gentleman has already offered to give up a. valuable piece of ground adjoining the land so pur chased, and leading to and from Saville place to Bich mond-terrace, in order to give easier access to the road leading to Clifton Down, ilotwells, Brandon-hill, thus combining convenieace with delightful drives and scenery. This gentleman, a short time back, gave the sum of 1,0001. towards the new church lately erected.— Bristol paper. Lady Cowley gave her second and last reception soiree last Tuesday, previous to entering more seriously into the gaieties of the approaching season ; but the death of Lord Cowley's sister will now inevitably cause a postponement of the fetes projected at the embassy.— Court Journal. Ills Grace the Duke of Cleveland has announced his intention of giving 100/. towards erecting a Mecha nics' Institution at Barnard Castle, as an express memo rial of the late IL 'l'. M. Witham, Esq. Subscriptions are now making to varry out that projeot. COURT CI RCITLAR. WINDSOR,TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked early this morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle, and visited the Duchess of Kent at I'rogmore House. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, Viscount Ilawarden, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Sir Edward Bowater, went to the small lake in Frogniore•grOunds. Her Majesty, the Lady in Waiting, the Maids of Honour, and the Lord in Waiting, here witnessed the remainder of the royal party partake of the diver sion of skating, the skaters being Prince Albert, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater, Mr. G. E. Anson, Captain y Francis Seymour, and Dr. Prcetorins. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal took a carriage airing to-day, and her Royal Highness the Princess Alice was taken for walking exercise. Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to-day. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Mr. George Edward and the .Hon. Mrs. Anson, Major- General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was i l l at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Her Majesty's royal charities, of five shillings esch, to upwards of nine hundred poor and aged persons, were distributed on Monday and Tuesday le.st, under the orders of the Lord High Almoner, the Lord Archbishop of York, and of the Sub-Almoner, the Venerable Archdeacon S. IVilberforce. In consequence of the severity of the cold, the dis tributions were extended to a greater number of per sons than usual. The Royal Gate Alms were distributed at the same time to one hundred and sixty-eight perseno , who received thirteen shillings each. Many of the aged poor who received the royal bounty are' b1 . 1_14 4 and suffering under bodily affliction. The paymeats are made by Joseph Hanby, Esq., the resident Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonri. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yester day morning for Cambridge. The Marquis of Downshire had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatchess - from the Governor of Gibraltar were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatch were sent off last evening for the Goveruck , -. ot Gibraltar. The Hon. C. E. Law, M.P., left town yesterday for Cambridge. PANORAMA OF NAPLES. Mr. Burford has just brought out a grand pen° 6 , ramie view by moonlight of the City and Bay o' Naples. The beauty of the bay, with its numoroto islands, and the grandeur of Vesuvius during an erur tion, are well known, and in this new work are faith fully and strikingly represented. The view is teket from the bay in front 'of the isolated rock on which' the Castle del Uovo is erected. From this point the two semicircular curves which form the bay is coo; mended throughout by the eye of the s pectator, an " every object of interest or importance is taken On the left hand is the long line of the Marino an d Chiaja, and in the back are seen the palaces, and the hills, the villas, groves, vineyards, &c., rising, 0 it were, in terraces, and forming the middle distanc e, whilst further backwards the fort of St. Elmo and the Convent of St. Martino bound the view. The richness of the city to the west, and th e , background of hills are also seen. On the righ t are the Houses of Charity, the Royal Palace of Cell di Monte, and the Castle Nuovo, the mole, and ligiacti house, &c. During the eruption the Royal Palo* was considered in imminent danger, and his Neel'''. litan Majesty withdrew to a safer ;bode. The cele brated isle of Capri, the infamous retreat of the Roman tyrant, is seen in the distance of the pictere• Virgil's tomb is also introduced; and, in a sien,r d ,' nothing seems to have escaped the eye of the sell; or to have been omitted in his repre s entation of t" scene that can in any manner delight the spectator . rouse the recollections of the scholar and antiquetrY_ The general appearance is very imposing; there great grandeur of effect and magnificent bread th the the shadows. The water is well painted. We r e g ard this as one of the finest of all Mr. Burford's " 11 h° 1. rous productions, and we would recommend A and day people to take advantage of the opportgui t i; • see Naples by moonlight, which they can do for shilling. TAVERN CHARGES AT DOVER.—"Walter! hof much is my glass of brandy-and-water ?—" The bill, Sir."—" What ! lOs. 6d. ?"—" Yes, Sir, brandy's 2s. never charge less."—" Well."—" Sugar, 6d. ; never charge less."—" GO on."—" Waxy lights and spat; ment, ss."—" Why, I have only been here five minutes -" That's not our fault, Sir; ne never charge lesa."--- " Go on."—" Servants, 2s."—" What !"—,, M e , boo 0 ;- and chambermaid ; never charge less."—" Well; '', l ; s next ?"—" The use of plate, glass, and linen , ":_ r a " What do you mean ?"—" Tea-spoon, tu rnbler, o a u table-cloth ; never charge less ; but—we mak es ) our present of the biling water."—" Very well, th eris d t .„, l e r los. 6d., and I shall write to the Times."—" Y e h's pen, ink, and paper, is ; never charge less."- -4 Almanack. u t ker A VOICE FROM Till BAKEHOUSE.—A good ----„ should grow his own mutton. This is easily done '7 placing your customers' legs in a row, according to s ise. ; Having purchased the smallest leg you can find, chap% it for one of the bakings which is a little larger ; t. htt , again s h ou ld t a k e th e pl ace o f th e n e xt bulkier) in:: and so on until you arrive at the largest. You can th 4; walk off with your leg. A good crop of b a ked ta i r b. may be got by di g ging one out of each customer's . Cl° —Punch's Almanaclt. NEVI CURE FOR WEITLOW.—The suffering par t . i f : to be moistened with water, and then touched I'l, nitrate of silver, till the spot begins to be discolourd. when it is to be simply covered with lint and bandg e ,, If the complaint is of recent date, probably, on the o's lowing day, all pains will cease, and, on the third. it. cure is effected ; if of longer duration, the skin will more thickened, and, after acting on it with the cost; ; it must be removed with the scissors or knife, in, orlf to give free exit to the collected matter underneath. of swelling and redness are still present, the application,..„ the lunar c a ustic is to be repeated, till the tumour al, appears, an d th e s p o t b e com es f ree f ro m pain. If wb et i m e low happens on c allous parts of the hand, it will be b e 4, to remove thin layers of the callous skin with the kn ell before the caustic is used. Warm fomentions of are likewise useful in such cases.— Medical Times. • FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH THE INCAVTIO. HANDLING or A Gust.—An inquest was held on Sat o ° li t last, before Mr. T. Higgi, Coroner for the Ducbf be Lancaster, at the Black Horse, Enfield-highway, body of Richard Moses, aged eighteen, who died fro m ° the effects of a gun-shot wound, received under the f 1• lowing circumstances :—Simon Brown, of Tottenhswof. said he knew the deceased, who he was in the serYic e o . of Mrs. B ergen , market gardener, residing near witr e l f .. On Tuesday week last, he was by the side of i ri , which separated his ground from Mrs. Bergen's, wh eil i yas saw the deceased with a gun. He asked him if h ° b e ts shooting snip es , and he riplied " Yes." Witness' o l looked at the gun, which\ was a very good one , o ur returned it to deceased. Witness said here comsqb, mi. tress, and deceased hid the On amongst some ru b consisting of twigs, stopping 'up a gap in the llevta Mrs. Bergen did not come towards them. As 60 1 1 , of she was out of sight deceased took hold of the mt lo , o ff, the gun, and drew it towards\ tam, when it Ire?: ! be Witness saw smoke come frotri' the trowsers Of bap deceased, who exclaimed that he was shot. He Wig Pntly taken to Mr. Moon, a surgeon, and wits subsegill' os . removed to his father's at Enfield. Mr J. J am b . O surgeon, was called to attend deceased, and foup" wounded in the u pper part of his right thigh, t "? hip. He w en t o n f a vourably at first, but e r r supervened. O n W e dn e sday lock jaw came on, eviviel caused his death the same night. Verdict — from # lock jaw, produced by a gun-shot wound dentally received." 0 01' THE E U T ERPEOR SOClETY.—Handel ' s 0110rjor : the Messiah was performed on - Monday by the De t . hers of this society, at the British School-roons, 'viva :nark-terrace, Pentonville. The band is d chew. consisted of about 150 performers, led by M., T r ider Blagrove, and under the able direction of Mr. 11°6,0 ness. The ae l o p a rts were sustained by gis_ ° rpo rts• Flower, M r s. N ew t o n, Mr. Leffler, and Mr- Bel" - w itig The two ladies were in excellent voice, she li g„,.,,rei, much taste and judg-ment. Mr. Leffler 1 1:r 00 0 0 to be suffering from the effects of a cold) wee 110 in " Why do the nations so farionsly rage' g reSs choruses were admirably given, and relle°.; r osto credit on the society. The company was n* and respectable. 00 ° An iron bridge laid across the Senne, in 0n,..e. suburbs of Brussels, fell on the 18th. Yortaittow was nobody upon it when the etaidest eesieirtab'', v ,„ HEALTH OP G ENERAL NOTT.—We are milir;;.bot being able to state that the General is now sole etter, though still far from out of danger. F °l. ays he was lying insensible, but a favourable e res as taken place. lie is now able to sit up fo r 64 ours daily.— Welshman. ' T O SUICIDE OP A LADY AT BRONIPTON.—""%OO3' Mr. Wakley, ALP. held an inquest at the Fll4OOO bridge Tavern, on the ' body of Mrs. Mary Bing le Ydi n g 50 years of age , t h e w id ow o f a solicitor, Ml' r ote"' No. 2, Qu een ' s -b u ildi ngs , Brompton, who cool la suicide by cutting her throat on Friday snorningbod the course of the evidence it appeared that the 11 ° o de of the deceased lady died in August, 1543. For time after his death she bad been much dist ill' to mind, and imagined that she was going to be, s o wl; prison, and that she would come to be hung, en" °. the account became in quite a desponding state. Wit ter j od last six months, however, she had been much be n t. oc cOr appeared to be perfectly sane until the press . I % o rd rence. Her husband died owing considerable de%rpose, the property was in Chancery, but only for thelispotee` of the aff a irs being. settled, and not on ail boa' point, as, after settling all claims, there ill b es o f fi r some property for the family, which . consist s o f sgr' children, the eldest of which (a girl) is 17 Y ear Verdiet—" Temporary Insanity." I ' t j 4 ll tiq zl 45111