The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, W,II be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) P New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. O. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin son ; S.r Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ; • Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, MissFortescue; Mrs. Chickenstalkcr, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lous.. dale ; Clown. Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanders. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, *tr. Pitt; Leader of the Burl, Mr. Mellon.—Box-once open from Eleven till Four. Private B to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, DEC. 31. rHERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 41 ; Noon, 41. BAROMETER, 30.1.—WIND, N.E. NOTE.—The figura, 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. THE LATE FORGERIES BY A CLERGYMAN IN PERTH SHIRE.—AIthough the messenger dispatched after the Itev. Mr. Tulloch, to Liverpool, by the Procurator Fiscal, returned after a short chase of the packet-ship down the Channel, we understand the local banks have conjunctly ent off an officer, with proper authority and instructions, by the last steamer to New York ; and as the passengers at this season are often protracted by the packets, there is some probability of success. It is reported that the 1 - ? , v. Gentleman's destination was Texas, and as no treaty ,Aist-; betwixt Great Britain and that country for the g - ving up of delinquents, the only chance of his being apprehended depends upon the steamer reaching Now 7Y , )rk ere he leaves that State.—Perth Paper. THE Foci IN PARIS.—The Presse states, that an in ' n, • log covered Paris on Thursday morning. It was tii,pelled at the moment the King quitted the Chamber 'or Deputies and returned to the 'luileries, but it became so he vy from two to six o'clock that the authorities were obliged to forbid carriages to cross any of the bridges. It was difficult, and indeed impossible, to drive a carriage through the thick fo.• which covered Paris at that time. Towards five o'clock the Place de Carousel I.insented a singular spectacle. Persons who wished to cross the place found themselves in an opposite direction. from that they wished to attain.. Coachmen who had lost their way were heard to demand assistance, and for fear of accidents they remained stationary. Immediately it number of boys, furnished with flambeaux, made their c.ppce.rance, and for a trilling gratuity extricated the pas sengers from their difficulties. At the same hour more ilian 100 carriages were collected near the Pont Neuf, where they were obliged to remain, the coachmen from 4heir seats not being ablo to discern the heals of their 'Horses. On the Boulevards the fog was scarcely per- WELSH IRON TRADE.—An advance of 103. per tan has taken place in the price of Weii,h iron, while .th• price of Staffordshire iron has advanced IL The trade appears to be more steady than it has been for 'Months, and it is said that a general advance of wages is trot unlikely to take platy shortly.— Welshman. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Wcrning ... 44 minutes after 5 I Evening ... 5 minutes after 6. _._.,, r ______._~ COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIFE. ' . ll Saturday next will he published, post Bvo., 10s. 6d. cloth. TIIHE COLLEGIAN'S GUIDE ; or, Recollec tions of College Days: setting forth the Advantages and Temp . ' of a University Education. By -, M.A., - , o.iford. Loudon : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY•LANE. Immense Holiday Attraction. TIM EVENING will be performed 13alfe's grand Opera, TUE AUGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequimule, allei PECK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe. rht. principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes, Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss !larson. SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. fiance ; Pnck (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro vide the usual Christmas inn for " Children all, both great and small," Miss A. Payne. flow Puck gives new life to the author by giving life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances ; h)iv Mews. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste, and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe. SCENE 2. Coast of the island on which Crusoe was wrecked, with the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, tho crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. 11. Payne. How Crime pays a morning visit to the wreck ; his private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonished by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de termines in his turn to astonish them. SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Ilankipanki (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince Farramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, con temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; Princess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but Intending terself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley— how Pariboo and Hanklpanki jump out of the frying-pan into the tire, i.e., the water. SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy (the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. How Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its two Insides—aud how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robinson Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by— how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tone of " Follow, follow over mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost in fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at SCENE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box office, from ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the hut, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge. SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs Manufactory ; Duet, in two flats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, here we go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia tor ; a clear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to play on itself grand discord. SCENES 8 and 9. Colliers and Fancy Leather-dressers, and Throne room in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to iresa its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another— whole skin is better than a skin In holes. SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the poor Debtors ; Knockers and bells versus thieves ; Somebody's •:ontlng ; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors ; the tables sud denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes; Ladles of the Round Tub:" Soar at a premq.un ; Mangling done '•'re; arrival of" the trades of London, with their respective young , The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; Husbands go to bath; water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm, nod general confusion. SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ; " Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Oil' with his head, so much for Marl,24oin ;" Eight heads better than one ; Patent self-lighting C7iandeller. " The happy family we all know so well, " The still happier family we all love so well." 'ENE 13. A Stone Quarry ; A monster meeting, with a tail and AT' nut one ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art . 'ommerce lend tbeir assistance to produce SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more e_xtra:•rdinary one, viz., SCENE 13. Grand emblematical and national tableau of her Majesty christening the Itoyal Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL. HAY?4ARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, lae performed a New and Original Comedy. in Five Acts. l!ed OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr, S rickland ' • Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe- s • Towi Coke Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; i'hc Countess of I ~o•pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Ma Lune Veatris; Miss Rocket. Miss Julia .lennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxorious, ?qr. J. Bland ; Princess Gra,iosa, Miss Juba Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Groguon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclule wi.h a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. ToniAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Pnvate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Eacts and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-otlice, tr)in fen till Five o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, _ . . . Will be repeated an Engli.it Version of the celebrated Opera Botta, in Two Acts, called THE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. Ihe Music by Rossini. Mustapha, Mr. P. Corti ; Lindor, Mr. Allen 'Fadden, Mr Leffler; Haly, Mr. Mattocks; Isabella, Aldlle. Helen Cmdell ; Elvira, Miss Grant; Zulma, Miss Brentnall. To be succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Oiteratic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Giindoll, Mr Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, Mr Granby; giber, Mr. Corti, Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Itavina ' Mrs. Fosbroke. age Manager Mr. H. I. ‘A'allack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, ,tfachinist, Mr. E dmund BradwelL Dress Circle, sa. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 28.; Galls Is. Half-price at tine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Roles, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Proses :±l,lm Boxes, Two Guineas and a-H ilf. Doors to be opened at Half east Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. the Box-ottice, under the 44kection of Mr. W. Massingh s*n. Pr :rate Boxes and Frac Admissl(..., car the 4e.wert to ba bad at the • .t e. Ici4e, AIRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31. %VIII be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal 'haracters by Messrs. F. Vining Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, 'oiler, Finery, Turner, and Keeley; Miss Walcott, Miss Arde,, drove. and 'irs. Keeley. t er which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO ~ t It • . Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker krden. and Mr.. Wigan. conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic, • inimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE • ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs 1 . • r Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. CES Or Alitals.‘,loN.—tialcony loxes„ 4s. • Upper I'.. „ - s.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, bd. Second Price—Balcony 21Oxes, '2.. ; 1 . • Boxes, Is. tid.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Ralcony Tier rg eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private I' . on the Pit flee (holding six persons), One Guirea. T Box.odice is open fYom Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direct t• Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great Hit of the Equ ,, strian Comic Pantomime at ASTI.KY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE O ARTS. Proprietor and 6139 ager, Mr. W BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, t. i!! be repeated a New Speaacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race- llor.e and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; .atroducing unequalled Natiot al Feted. Heal Fox-chase on the Stage 1,4111 in the Circle by living Fo and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse. rnanship.. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the BLick Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. IL Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, 114 r. Bradbury. , Icting and stagearilnagsr, Mr. W. o.Broadfoot. :lox-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. Lt. Smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to alquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compli ,nce with numerous requests from the country, and by spacial desire, he has formed arranaements to pre during the Christmas Holidays, a S ries of EQUESTRIAN All/RN:NG FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. A NCE 3, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-past 'Three: consisting of Batty's Solend id Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. Th.? Next Morning Performances will take place I'o-morrow, Jas. Land Fr day, Jan. 3. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE As usual, the best Pantomime of the Seams A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved ! Laughter, Wonder, and Delight I!! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New!!!! THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 31, Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corrl (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs..H. Hughes, Neville, R. Homer, Lewis. Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. Ti;" conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, ,HILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Piaces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the Box. otice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Extraordinary Success of the Ncw Comic Pantomime. PHIS EVENING, DECEMBER M, Wlll he produced MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sup ported b. Mr. Osbaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T. Johnson T. H. Higgie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Miss Treble. Atter which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER. 'lO conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Wonsais and tie Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr, Coney; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Vite. . , . w . -<•-•- , ' '.'..- I 5 4 ' .46 4 ki‘ k r"l:l ` on •al•am, , .... . / , . , • .:11 ...I.'. 4:‘, flitZs,El.drr......:lo•l , : t " . :, • , , A .4110 - akIIA - 77.11c.!•411111111i1- 1 , - - ' 7,- 1 . . ..- =" . ,;, , i - •. ,. .f.___' :47. - 4,1 11 ,4,,i ii ' 4 & 70. - ~, , a rrv .. . N .,,, - :...., ..,,utzrix; „._.:-.•• • „,, ~._ SECOND EDITION. .. 111 bien l n 5-1 Ant LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1844. It was last week our pleasant duty to advert to the pacific and dignified speech of a Constitutional KING to the legislative representation of the great monarchy he governs. To-day we cannot forbear from touch ing on the contrasted topics suggested by our further examination of the advices from Madrid, and the rumoured discovery of a serious " plot"—so called — in Poland against the usurped authority of Russia over that much wronged-kingdom. The distractions of Spain, and the disquietudes of Poland, are well calculated to read a memorable lesson to factious slaves on the one hand, and stern and relentless tyrants on the other. Spain, unlike France, has a feeble SOVEREIGN, "constitutional" only by a title which can never be applied to her except in the utmost excess of courtier-like flattery, or in the license of the most sarcastic mockery. Poland has been, and should be now, like France—a great monarchy : but she has never possessed an efficient legislative representation, through which to address, advise, or control her KING. Poland has little in common with Spain, in the nature of historical asso ciations, except it be to have been paralyzed by the personal weaknesses and vices of many bad kings. But, whilst the Spanish kings, from Pump H. to FERDINAND VII., were, in effect, absolute, the Polish Sovereigns, from SIGISSIUND I. to STANISLAUS AUGUSTUS, were kept, more or less stringently, in check by their tumultuous Diets, their military Nobles, and their Bishop-Princes. When they fell at last, lamented victims of Imperial and Royal treachery by the Partition Treaty, they witnessed at least the agonized repentance of those infatuated oligarchs, who, to compass the objects of their own ambition or enmities, had placed the destroying weapons in the hands of their unprincipled de spoilers. Spain, with all the palmy recollec tions of her more than Imperial grandeur about her—of the laurelled days when she was mis tress of all the kingdoms of the Peninsula, Por tugal included—when her sceptre was extended over the provinces of Holland and the Low Countries, and Naples, and made itself felt through some of the other principal States of Italy—when she assumed and exercised the proud title of " Queen of the Indies," as well in the richest countries ;of the great Eastern Archipelago, as throughout her vast dominions of Mexico, Chili, and Peru ;—this Spain is now pros trated in the most sordid dust which was ever trodden by the foot of an iron despotism, not before a con spiracy of mighty kings—not before a confederacy of king• like palatines, the natives of her soil—but before an obscure foreign adventurer, a heartless, callous, intriguing, unprincipled, faithless soldier of fortune ! The descendants of PELAGIO and the CID, of SAA VEDRA and of CORTEX, at this moment hold their per sonal liberty, their property, their right to reside upon their natal territory, their very lives, even, at the good pleasure of such a creature of factions and of falsehoods as NARYAEZ ! Their best and noblest blood is profusely shed upon the public scaffold, for no graver offence than demurring to the pro fligate government of the domestic minions, or political favourites, paramount in a Court which rejoices in the august auspices of the quasi widow of FERDINAND VII., and those ready in struments of all sorts of political corruption, whom French gold, French intrigues, and her own passions, or prepossessions, unscrupulously employ for ends the most subversive of that Constitution and those liber ties, which they, equally with herself, have heretofore sworn to maintain inviolate. Strange coincidence ! In one and the same day, we have news from Wanaw and Medrid that either capital has just been the theatre of a newly-made dis xrery. A plot in each, it seems, had been orga nised against the de facto authority under which it groans. If the Polish affair should determine in teaching to the Emperor NICHOLAS the salutary lesson that an outraged people is an inextinguishable volcano—that the fires excited by the intolerable action of foreign rapacity and bloodthirstioess may smoulder for a time, but never can be quenched, until after they have burst forth in overwhelming fury to consume all whose alien hands have supplied the materials of such combustion—we should think the Polish affair a fortunate one for her own interests and those of Continental Europe at large. Spoliators on a great scale are to be admonished only IT " ter rible examples." It seems a hopeless task to remon strate with the AUTOCRAT by petitions of right or pleas ad misericordiam, or arguments " ad verecun diam." The affair to which we refer, slightly as it is noticed in the private correspon dence, on the authority of which it has been announced, may yet have its revelations ; and these, we are fain to hope, may not be altogether fruitless of better influences on the moody mind of the CZAR. But, alas! for the luckless Spaniard., who may be discovered, unintimidated by the past, and yet hopeful of the future, to have been engaged in organising new efforts to emancipate their country from its shameful thraldom. The long•enduring tolerance of such powerful Governments as those of Britain and France must have ere now allayed in the breast of NARVAEZ every tendency to a condition of doubt or apprehension as to the consequences which his brutal administration of power may bring down, from without, on his own head. He has the patronage of CHRISTINA and her French connexion at his back—the forbearance cf the English Ministry before him—the inconceivable apathy and patience of the Spanish public on all hands—to encourage and cheer him on in his work of ,proscription and decimation. Such a man will not be taught. The adventurer, in the sense of a popular proverb, is mounted, much to his own astonishment, we doubt not ; and he will srepAily reach his dp.tination, we trust, much to the satisfaction of all pod men. In considering the progress of the Tractarian heresy, which just now engrosses so much of public attention, nothing is more remarkable than the gradual, stealthy manner in which it worked its way, and the tact with which it kept out of sight every dogma that might come like a shock on the un prepared mind of the community. Nothing could well be more modest, and apparently more harmless, than the pretensions of its advocates when they first entered the field of theological controversy. Their gentle infancy gave no promise of the bigoted, un compromising manhood that has since distinguished them. They merely wished, they said, to rouse the lukewarm spirit of the Church ; to set an example of zeal to all the working clergy ; and impress on them a more earnest and active sense of their responsibility. They did not desire—not they !—to make any in sidious or dangerous innovations on Protestantism. They had no intention to do otherwise than keep strictly within the pale of orthodoxy, as determined by the usages of nearly three centuries. Nothing was further from their thoughts than the idea of giving a new interpretation to some of the more stringent Articles of the Established Faith. As for entertaining any sympathies with the Church of Rome, or regarding certain of its tenets and cere monial observances with an eye of partial fondness, they repudiated the notion with indignation. To re store the Church to its state of original efficiency by fully awakening the zeal of its members, was the Alpha and the Omega of their ambition. By this jesuitical mode of proceeding—by adroitly keeping in the back-ground the real objects which they had at heart until the public mind should be prepared for their development, the Tractarians succeeded in LOW/10 1 4, TrETESD 4'2u AY _EVEN' t DECEMBFIt Si, 1A44. winning over to their ranks no inconsiderable portion of the younger clergy, to say nothing of certain ecclesiastical dignitaries who saw—or imagined they saw—that their exertions had no other aim than to ! increase the temporal and spiritual authority of the Protestant Establishment. But gradually as they felt their way, the Tractarian heretics began to adopt a bolder course of conduct. The meekness and apostolic simplicity that had at first distinguished them slowly disappeared. They assumed a loftier— a more decided—a more imperious tone. What was at first mere zeal became downright fanaticism, as their successive Tracts abundantly manifested, each of which was of a more bigoted character than its predecessor. Still, however, they forebore from dis playing the cloven hoof, or outraging public opinion in too marked a manner; and it was not until the appearance of the famous Tract, No. 90, when they fancied that the pear was at length ripe, that they boldly threw off the mask and displayed themselves in their true colours. From that time to the present, their course has been one continuous, systematic out rage on common sense and the great principle of re ligious toleration. They have endeavoured to degrade the naked, straightforward, majestic simplicity of the Reformed Faith, by engrafting on it a variety of superstitious mummeries and showy ceremonial ob servances avowedly borrowed from Rome; and what is far worse, they have recommended the revolting practice of Auricular Confession, the worship of the Virgin and the Saints, and similar Popish usages, the attempt to enforce which cost JAMES the SECOND the loss of three kingdoms. They no longer deem it necessary to conceal their real sentiments. Not a few of them have already gone over to the Church of Rome ; and of those who still keep within the pale of the Establishment, sharing in its emoluments while they disavow its tenets, several are constantly oc cupying themselves in sounding the praises of the antagonist Religion, and boldly proclaiming in their tracts, pamphlets, sermons, and reviews, that the further we have wandered from Rome, the more have we been mistaken in our estimate of the true Faith. When these Tractarian heretics first began to awaken public attention, we thought—in common, no doubt, with the majority of our readers—that they sere a set of mere recluse, simple-minded, unworldly theo logians, who meant well, and whose very excess of zeal sprung out of the simplicity and integrity of their character. But we no longer entertain this favourable opinion of them. We have watched their progress, and the gradual, artful development of their intrigues with some attention, and are at no loss to recognise in the whole course of their pro ceedings the presence of a subtle, jesuitical intellect, essentially worldly in its character, well acquainted with the springs of human action, and skilful and ready in availing itself of some of those weak nesses to which all humanity is more or less subject. With scarcely one single exception, all the moves of the Tractarians have been made with the judgment and dexterity of accomplished chess-players. Madrid journals of the 23d have been received. M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA presented on that day to the Senate a Bill for carrying into effect the treaty con cluded with Great Britain in 1836, for the suppres sion of the slave trade. This ]dill renders offences connected with the slave trade penal. The discussion on the Clergy Dotation Bill was resumed in the Chamber of Deputies. It was decided by 78 to 41 that the amendments of the Marquis VILLUMA and others should be considered, not as amendments, but as distinct projects of law. A proposition by M. REINOSA, to refer them to a Committee, was rejected, and the Chamber adjourned fur the holidays. The example of the Marquis de VILLUMA had been fol lowed by 17 Deputies, who had resigned their seats. It would appear that the sons of Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA are the destined husbands of the QUEEN and her sister. Although the Queen-Mother advo cates the marriage of the QUEEN with Count Tas, PAM, that event is stated to be no longer probable. The Paris papers of Sunday have arrived, and from them it would appear that a Ministerial crisis is at hand in France. Not only do the Opposition journals treat the result of the Saturday's election for Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies as a triumph, but the Ministerial papers all but acknow ledge it as a defeat. On the first ballot, as we stated yesterday, M. SALVANDY, M. BIGNON, and M. Du rsuaa, were elected three of the Vice-Presidents, and as neither of the other candidates had an absolute majority a new ballot took place for the fourth. On the second ballot taking place M. BILLAULT, the Op position candidate, obtained 150 votes, while M. DE BELLEYM the Ministeriaiist, obtained only 14.5. The number of voters being 307, and the absolute majority required 1.54, another ballot between the two last-named gentlemen was adjourned to Monday. It is considered that M. Grufaor was only saved from absolute defeat on this occasion by the adjournment of the ballot to Monday. There is, to speak in English Parliamentary slang, " a smart whip " for that day. According to the Constitutionnel, Ministers sent off couriers in the course of the even ing to require the attendance at the ballot of Monday of all the Deputies on whose fidelity they could reckon. In the meantime the check of Saturday was pro ducing its usual effects. There were various rumours of ratting, and although there is little doubt but that the Ministry succeeded in defeating M. Ihr.LAuvr on Monday, yet, still their tenure of office must be con sidered as rather precarious, and it is not improbable that they may be defeated on the first great trial of strength. As one of the signs of the times, it may be mentioned that Count MOLE, who has hitherto afforded M. GuizoT a sort of sullen support, has now openly declared against him. He is stated to have said, openly, at the Chamber of Deputies, that " at no period since 1830 had the dynasty of July received so severe a rebuff as at the royal sitting of Thursday, and that the only person who was the cause of it was M. GUIZOT, the most unpopular man in France." In the Chamber of Peers, too, on the same day, Count MoLe made a violent attack on the Go vernment respecting its policy in general, but expressly with regard to Morocco. The part taken by Count MOLE is the more signifi cant, as it may be considered in some measure indicative of the feelings of the KING, who is said to have felt severely the coldness of his reception by the Chamber, and to have ascribed this negative unpopularity to his protection of M. GUIZOT. The following extract from the Journal des Debats shows the disappointment and alarm of the Minister's friends at the result of the ballot of Saturday : " We will net affect to disguise our regret at this result. Without any doubt it would have been better if the majority were not divided, and did not give the Opposition reason to doubt tho union of the Conservative party, and the hopes which, however, we have no fear of seeing realised. We have no fears as to the result of the scrutiny which will take place on Monday ; but we think it necessary to put the majority on their guard. Hitherto the evil done is not great. M. Dufaure, in almost all great questions, has voted with the Ministry, and has already been a Vice-President of the present Chamber—that is to say, of the Chamber which has always supported the present Ministry. We may, therefore, consider the no mination of M. Dufaure as a homage paid to his personal character, and to his incontestable merits. But the no mination of M. Billault would have quite another signi fication. Let the Ministerial party not deceive itself. If in nominating M. Dufatire it has to a certain point remained faithful to the line of policy it has always fol lowed, in naming M. Billault it would contradict that policy, and would be making the amende for all the votes It has given for the last three years. M. Billault's tion in the House does not make his nomination neces sary. His loquacity, which is sufficiently elegant, has become eloquence only from the silence of the leaders of his party. He has spoken a great deal because those who pushed him forward chose to he quiet. M. Billault, therefore, represents a party which, for four years, is in a permanent minority in the Chambers and in the coun try : he represents opinions which have been condemned in the loudest manner on all the occasions that they have been put forward, and which has prevented, to the utmost of its power, the re-establisment of order at home, and of peace abroad." The Constitutionnel is in ecstacies at what it con siders as a severe check to the Ministry. It says— " To convince oneself of that, it is only necessary to compare the votes of this year with those of last. The 29th December, 1843, two ballots were sufficient fur the Vice-Presidents. The whole four were of the Conser vative party. Among them M. de Salvandy and M. Lepellitter d'Aulnay represented to a less degree than they do to-day the hesitations of the majority. 31. Bil lault, who next to those elected had the greatest Lumber of votes, was still below them 43 votes on the first ballot, and 31 on the second. This year two candidates only on the Conservative lists have been elected. We will not remind our readers that the first of these, M. Bignon, has on more than one occasion caused a great deal of displeasure to the Ministry by hih reports on the budget ; we will not say that the other, M. de Salvandy, preserves a predilection for another Cabinet, but that he certainly was not the candidate which the most devoted friends of the Ministry would choose. It is sufficient to I say that M. Dufaure, the Opposition candidate, was ' elected on the first ballot, and that M. Billault obtained on the second ballot five votes more than his opponent, 1 M. de Belleyme. Six more votes in the first ballot, And four in the second, would have secured the election of M. Billault." The ballot of Monday is looked forward to with great interest. _ _ There have been several extensive failures on the Paris Bourse. On this subject the Commerce has the following paragraph : " The Bourse is at this moment a prey to great anxiety. It is known that one of the capitalists who frequent it has failed to the amount of 700,000 francs. It is to be feared that this is but the beginning of other disasters when the impending settlement takes place. The cause of this commotion is the great rise that has occurred in the public funds after the adjudication of the loen. Bitter complaints are made against the power ful banker who rules the market, and who is the author of all these misfortunes. It is he, say they at the Bourse, on every side, who had weighed on the funds, and kept them down at low prices until lately: it is he who, to prevent a rise which would naturally have taken place, declared to all he spoke to that he never would offer to take the loan at a high price; it is he who, afterwards, gave such an impulse to the funds that they reached three francs after the adjudication of the loan. It is not our province to take up the cause of speculators imprudent enough to struggle with such an ascendancy; but these vicissitudes, and their ruin ous consequences, fall upon trade, and react upon its transactions. Is it not deplorable that the Govern ment should, by its complaisances and its concessions of every description, have suffered an influence to arise powerful enough thus to keep public credit under its dependence, to stop and make it recede one day, and give it an impulse on the next." The Journal des Debats rather conspicuously an nounces that Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS has arrived at Brest in the Reine Blanche frigate, and that he has immediately repaired to Paris. He had been expected to land at Cherbourg, where the National Guard intended to present him with a crown of laurels. The Opposition prints state that the Ministers having become acquainted with the intention of the Cher bouriens, M. de MAcaiu, the Minister of Marine, dispatched positive orders to Admiral DUPETIT THOUARE to land at Brest, and not at Cherbourg. On board the Reine Blanche carne to France the Neapolitan Prince AQUILA and his bride (the Prin cess JANUAIIIA of the Brazils). Admiral DUPETIT TIIOUARS arrived in Paris on Sunday, and immedi ately visited the Minister of Marine. The Refine Blanche sailed from Rio on 24th October. HINTS TO lIOUSEKIREPERS.-At this festive season housekeepers should be on their guard against the depredations of persons going about under the guise of seeking for situations, but really with the inten tion of stealing whatever they can readily lay their hands on. Instances of this nature have come to our knowledge, where articles have been missed when the stranger had departed. On leaving the hall, it frequently happens that great coats or um brellas left there are stolen, and the loss is not dis covered till too late. The only remedy appears to be to watch the place-hunters, until they are fairly " out of soundings," for they are a very crafty and piratical crew. THIS DAY'S NEWS SHERRIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) RYLES V. GARDNER AND ♦NOTHER. There were this morning two actions under this name, in one of which Henry Ryles, in the other Charles Ryles, was the plaintiff: In both cases the ground of action was the same, and in both the defendants were Wm. Gardner and James Thompson. In the first cave, in which Henry Ryles was the plain tiff, the principal witness was Charles Ryles, the plain tiff's father, from whose evidence it appears that he (witness) and his son, the plaintiff in this action, have been for some time in the employ of Mr. Ellis, a painter, plumber, &c., in Tavistock-street, Covent garden, and that on the 30th of October, 1640, they (witness and plaintiff) had to carry two cans of linseed oil to the stall of a salesman in Covent-garden Market, to whose father they bad been sold. They wire directed to place them in one of the cellars under the market, and having done so, they were accosted by the defendant (Gardner), who is one of the clerks of the market, and whose duty it is to take the tolls of the salesmen in the market, and to see that the various rules of the market are obeyed. The defendant thought that the witness and his son had entered the cellar with some sinister design; and not being satisfied with their expla nation, he desired the defendant, Thompson, to take them into custody ; and he, Thompson, being the beadle of the market, took them accordingly to Bow-street Police office. Having been confined for some time in the yard at:Bow-street, they were taken before a magistrate, and charged by Thompson with being found in one of the cellars of the market, being unable to give any satisfac tory account of themselves. On their - explaining the circumstance, they were at once discharged, and the de fendant, Thompson, admitted that their explanation was satisfactory. On being cross examined, the witness ad mitted that on leaving the police-office he went with the defendant, Thompson, to a public-house, and they had some beer together. Policeman Carter, F 5, produced, and swore to, the police-sheet of Oct. 30, 1840, which contained the names of witness and plaintiff. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. PETERSDORF, on the part of the defendants, briefly addressed the jury, and pointed out to them the fact that the plaintiff's father (the plaintiff in the next case) had been on friendly terms with the beadle (Thompson) after the assault and false imprisonment, which formed the ground of action. He (Mr. Peteraderf) thought that it had not been proved that either of the defendants had exceeded their duty, but even if they had, the action, should have been brought against only one of them, and a second action might have been brought against the other. Then Thompson could have been brought for ward as a witness for Gardner, and Gardner for Thompson. There was no one present but Gardner, Thompson, and the two Ryles. They had taken care that they should be able to appear on behalf of one another by bringing separate actions, but he thought that the circumstance of the friendly conduct of Ryles tow wards Thompson, taken together with this faet, showed that they did not consider that they had a just ground of action. The UNDER-SHERIFF having summed up, the jury, without retiring, found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 101. CHARLES RYLES V. GARDNER AND ANOTHER. Mr. PETERSDORF, who appeared for the defendants in this action also, proposed that the jury should not be troubled with a repetition of the facts, but that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff, damages 101., as in the previous action. Mr. WILKINS, on the part of the plaintiff; assented to this proposition, and the jury found a verdict accord ingly. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN RE CHARLES CAM. In this case the bankrupt, lately an ironmonger in Whitechapel, whose affairs have been frequently re manded, on the ground of the unsatisfactory nature of his accounts, was again put back till the 11th February, for a similar reason. The official assignee said that the bankrupt himself was convinced that the statements in his balance-sheet were not sufficiently explanatory, and therefore craved a little time to amend them. HIS HONOUR, under these circumstances, ordered that the accounts, satisfactorily made out, should be in the hands of creditors before that time. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. PocitLE and a full bench of Magistrates.) The general Quarter-sessions for the county of Surrey commenced this morning, at the Court-house, St. Mary, Newington. There was a very numerous attendance of magistrates upon the bench, amongst whom we noticed the county Members. The calendar, although containing the names of only 33 prisoners since the last session for this county, was, in point of the nature of the crimes with which the se veral prisoners were charged, what might be termed a heavy one The various prisoners were classified in such a manner as to present the respective degrees of education possessed by each. Out of the 33 prisoners so classified, only four could read and write well, 14 could read and write very imperfectly, and the remainder were wholly unable to either read er write. Thirty-one of the prisoners for trial were charged with felony, the other two being misdemeanants. The grand jury having been sworn, The CIiAIIIMIN briefly addressed them. After the grand jury had retired the Court entered upon the usual county business. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) William Benny was charged with attempting to stab his wife. The prisoner, on the previous evening, asked his wife to give him some money ; she declared she had given him all she had. She left the house, and went into a grocer's shop, and was stancing by the counter when she felt a thrust at her side, and, on turning round, saw the blade of a knife projecting from her husband's hand. The prisoner was held to bail for the sessions. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) Elizabeth Hawes was charged with robbing a very sanctified-looking man, named Edward Davis, of a purse, containing a quantity of silver. The complainant said he was walking home steadily the preceding night, when he was accosted by the pri soner, who persuaded him to take her into a wine-vaults and treat her to some liquor. It was entirely out of good nature that he consented to her entreaties. " And," added ho, with a solemn shake of the head, " she after wards had the ingratitude to thrust her hand into my pocket, and rob me of my purse and money." Mr. TRAILL—Was the money found on her? The policeman said that he went to the spot on hear ing the noise, but he found neither money nor purse on the prisoner. The complainant was . fuddled.—(Laughter.) Mr. TRAILL (to complainant)—You forgot to state you were intoxicated. Complainant—Oh, yes, I forgot that ; but I felt the hand in my pocket. Mr. TRAILL said that he should not commit such a case for trial, for if he did he knew he would be entail ing an expense on the county, and that she would get acquitted. The complainant, who appeared very much disap pointed At the result, leA the court very mu,.:13 chap-fallen. MAINLY AND COMMERCIAL vt'S CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady demand for Cotton at Liverpool again yesterday, at firm rates. Sales, 5,000 hales.— ltdlway Shares were supported, and a fair business was done. Biiiningham and Gloucester, with New, 100 101 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 43 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 35 ; Eastern Counties, 151 ; Grand Junction, '225 ; Ditto, Half, 112} 1131 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarters, 51i ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 391; Ditto, Quarter, 271; London and York, 41 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 521 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 53 521 ; Midland Counties, 1151 ; North British, 71. 13s. 9d. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 971 ; South-Eastern, 401 41 ; Paris and Lyons, 3i ; Paris and Rouen, 411. There are no late arrivals to-day. We are informed, in reference to our remarks upon the new and expeditious mode of landing fruit cargoes, intended for London, at the port of Southampton, that the Railway Company has manifested decided indif ference to the interests of its proprietors, as, in order to command the advantage of having fruit cargoes dis charged at Southampton, proper carriages for their con veyance were promised, and although thousands of pounds have been voted since for other purposes con nected with the duck and railway, not a single carriage has been built for this service ; the consequence of which has been, that the sales of two important cargoes, adver vertised by Keeling and Co. on the 24th instant, were completely frustrated by detention on the railway, and great damage to the fruit was likewise occasioned by the want of proper conveyance from the ter minus to Monument-yard. This has entailed a severe loss to the importers, who, naturally indignant at pro mises been made and not fulfilled, decline availing them sela-ea again of this mode of conveyance. until the Rail way Directors put themselves in a position to carry out the promises earnestly made, to afford every facility fur this now important branch of trade. We may safely leave the matter, it is to be hoped, to that universal monitor—self-interest ; for undoubtedly the Directors must se* that they are nipping in the bud a new source of profit to the railway The Funds have been rather fiat again this morning, Consols realising 100/ to 1001 only, and with but a limited business doing. The New Three-and •a-Quarter per Cents. have been 103-i- to 1031. The Commissioners continue their purchases. Exchequer-bills Lave been 625. to 645. premium. Bank Stock is 2101 to 2101, being rather higher. The Foreign Investments have rallied a trifle upon the settlement of the account. Spanish Actives have been 27 to 28, and the Three per Cents. 381 to 1. Mexi can Five per Cent. Bonds have been 351 to a and the Deferred 154 to 1. Peruvian Stock has been 291 ; Co lumbian, 14; Buenos Ayres, 391 to 40; and Brazilian, 89. Dutch Four per Cents. have realised 971 to -I. The Share Market bas been extremely quiet, but holders generally ask higher rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2loii _ _ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3} per Cent. Annuties Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. lid. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ..... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 35-11 Ditto for the Account 3581 Ditto Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1640 271 28 Ditto for the Account.; 27 28} Ditto Passive Bonds 6l Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent... 3Ba* Ditto for the Account. - Dutch 21 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cent 998 PRICES OF SIIARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. lid. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Bristol and Gloucester.. Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valle• Eastern Counties London and Birmingham ...100 230 London and Blackwall London and Brighton.... 5O ...... 52i London and South Western.. 414 ...... 76i Ditt4) NewConsolitiated Sths 6 Ditto,New .. London and Croydon London and Y0ik........ ...... 2i ... .. 5h Midland lOO ll6k Rugby South Eastern and Dover ... 33h Ditto New Trent Valley York and North Midland ... 50 Ditto, Extension Boulogne and Amiens Lyons and Avignon Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen... .. 20 MANVIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 30.—We have had a brisk market, at improved prices. Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 225. 6d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 53 ; Midland Counties, 115 ; Great Nor kern of France, 2 1-16 2 ; Birkenhead, Manches ter, and Cheshire Junction, 61; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 3i 9-16 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2i- ; Churnet Valley, 3i; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and Canal, 4 9-16 ; Trent Valley, 10f f ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 2i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3} per Cent .. 103& India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001. Consols Indian Stock 2B6k Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., lid. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS Brazilian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. Dutch, 2} per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent 99 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Caledonian, 5 paid 4i Churnet Valley, 2 paid 3 Eastern Counties, 25 paid l5l Great Western, 75 paid l5O London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Blackwall, 16 London and Brighton, 50 paid London and Greenwich, 121 paid 9i London and South Western, 41i paid 76 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. paid ..... Ditto Guaranteed. 5 per Cent., 2 paid 24 London and York,2} paid 56 Manchester and Leeds, 70 paid Midland, 100 paid Newcastle and Berwick, 11 paid. South Devon, 10 paid South Eastern and Dover, 33i paid 414- York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto Half Shares, 25 paid Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2 paid Paris and Rouen, 20 paid 4lk Strasbourg and Bale, 14 paid THE LATE FIRE IN GUILFORD- STREET. DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER BODY. The firemen of the London Brigade, under the direc tions of Morris, the foreman of the Holborn Station, completed their task this morning of turning over the immense mass of burnt ruins, and on examining a pile of embers, in the north-western corner of the back parlour, they discovered the perfect skeleton of a human foot, and in the course of the morning they ft the shi❑ and part of the thigh-bone, as well as what spears to be an arm-bone and part of a scalp. The finding of these re mains has strengthened the rumours that there had been improper conduct on the part of some parties, who had been plundering Mr. Fairey's wine-cellar. The discovery has also given rise to the supposition, that a fifth party must have been in the house for some improper purpose, although at present it is impossible to conjecture who the ill-fated person could have been. INQUEST ON MR. MAY OW, SOLI- CITOR OF EXCISE. This morning, at eleven o'clock, Mr. Mills, the De puty Coroner, held an inquest at the Friend in Hand public-house, Colonnade-mews, Russell-square, oa the bidy of Mr. Philip Weynell Mayow, aged 73, the well knownland respected solicitor of Excise, of No. 54, Guil ford-street. The jury having ♦iewed the body, Susan Guy s tated that she was housemaid to the de ceased. On Monday week he had a cold, and had since remained at home. He was attend'ed by 1)r. Latham. On Friday evening, at nine o'clock, she last saw him alive in his bed-room, and he was then more cheerful than usual ; and on Saturday morning she entered the room for the purpose of lighting the fire, and became alarmed at her master not speaking to her. She went and looked at him, and thought he was dead, and im mediately alarmed the house, and sent for medical as sistance Dr. Latham, of Grovenor-street, stated that Le at tended the deceased from Monday week for influenza Witness had examined the body this morning, and found the heart of the deceased ♦ery small, and soft. He would not say that the late fire did not make any impression upon the mind of the deceased, as he was a kind-hearted man, although possessing great force of character. — Verdict, " Natural Death." LOSS of the ORION and SYRIAN. The following was received at Lloyd's this morning : " Admiralty Dec. 27, 1844. . . " am commanded by my birds Commissioners of the Admiralty, to send you herewith, for the informa tion of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, an extract of a letter from Captain Sir John Marshall, of her Majesty's ship Isis, dated Ichaboe, 16th October last, reporting the loss and rescue of the crew of the barque Orion, Almond master, of Scar borough, bound to Ichaboe, wrecked on the 20th July, 150 miles north of Ichaboe ; and also of the stores of the Syrian brig, belonging to Peterhead, which vessel was lost about twelve miles north of Ichaboe, on the 28th September—crew saved. (Signed) "JOHN BARROW. " To W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's." (Extract.) " Lieutenant Trollope, whom I had dispatched in a small cutter to the rescue of the crew of the Orion barque, Caultas Almond master, of Scarborough, of 315 tons, bound to Ichaboe, and wrecked on the 20th July, about 150 miles north of Ichaboe, returned to this ship on the 13th instant, having happily succeeded, though with great peril to himself arid his little crew of six men, in bringing away her entire crew of 16 persons, after patiently and perseveringly hovering at the back of au exceedingly heavy surf during ten days, watching for a smooth sea. I have, however, to lament the loss of two excellent seamen of her Majesty's ship under my command, who were unfortunately drowned by the up setting of the cutter's boat in the surf ; one of them, it is feared, was bitten by a shark. " Lieut. Trollope's conduct in carrying out my orders amidst appalling difficulties claims my acknowledgments, and I have much pleasure is deferentially submitting this officer's merits to their Lordships' notice. " The boats of the Isis also succeeded in saving the stores of the Syrian brig, James Law master, of 184 tons, belonging to Peterhead, which vessel was wrecked about 12 miles north of this on the 28th ult. ; crew saved." LLOYD'S SEI IP PIN G—(THIS DAY ) LONDON, DEC. 31.—Wind N. to N.E., fresh breeze, and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 30.—Wind N.E., hazy and foggy—Arrd. Jacob Cato, Ducks, and Orion, Vander lenden, both from Batavia, for Dordrecht ; Courier, Cape of GOOO Hope ; Norden, Kruse, Havannah, for Hamburgh. Sld. General Palmer transport, Ascension. RamscaTE, DEc. 30.—Arrd. Emma. Edgar, Balti more for Bremen, with bulwarks carried away, &c., having struck the pier coming in. PORTSMOUTH, DEc. 30.—Wind E.—Arrd. H. It. steamer Styx, Fayal. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Eleanor, Wickham, Fayal. Sid. Dart, Madeira. FALMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind E., fresh gales.—Arrd. Pomona, Legg, Lisbon, in seven days. CAPE or Goon HOPE.—Arrd. Tudor, London. . CLYDE, DEC. 28.—S1d. Agnes, Gilmour, New Orlc ans. CORK, DEC. 28.—Arrd. Ann, Story, Supply, Mackey, and Euclid, Davidson, Ichaboe ; Cumberland, Power, Pernambuco; Isabella, Parker, Newfouadland. LIVERPOOL, DEc. 30.—Wind E., light thick fog.— Arrd. Ambassador, and Catherine, Williams, Ichaboe (left Nov. 5, and St. Helena, 15) ; Margaret Elizabeth, M'lver, Bahia (Oct. 25) ; John Campbell, Old Calabar (left Sept. 27, and Fernando Po, Oct. 12) ; Serafin, Calder, Havannah ; James Edward, Webster, Charles ton ; Nancy, Miramichi, not Quebec ; Palmerston, Coster, Montreal. Off, Susan, Flood, Bonny (left Oct. 14, and Pernando Po, 22d). Put back, Independence and Southenior, for New York, both leaky. ST. HELENA (previous to Nov. 15).—Arrd. Elizabeth, St. George, Ocean, Mertoun, Araminta, and Alfred, Ichaboe; Caribbean, Ripley, and Gentoo, Calcutta. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 30.—The Ilarmony, from Sun derland to London, struck on the rocks nearFlamborough Ilead, last night, and has since fallen over and become a complete wreck. YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Livonio, of Clay, from Shields for London, having been on the Cockle Sand. CROOKIIAVEN, DEC. 27.—Arrd. James Prowse, Dun ley, Valparaiso, for Liverpool, out 123 days, put in from stress of weather. LIVF:RPOOL, DEC. 30.—The Meteor, for this port, was half loaded at Tampico, 21st tilt., but was unable to pro• ceed on her voyage, her crew being sick on shore. The brig —, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to England, with deals, was driven ashore near Digby Rock, 2d inst.; two men drowned. OFF TUSKAR, DEC. 24.—Englishman, Africa, for Bristol. GUANO.—lcrunor., Ocr. I.—Arrd. Princess Victoria and Union, half loaded; Commerce and London, third loaded; Laurel and Arrow, not commenced; Ambassa dor, Sims, and Leonard Dobbin, to hail in a week; Clau dine, Apprentice, Orwell, Nova, Idrii, and Waterwitch. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—The Lotus was lost seven miles to the southward of lehaboe, previous to Nov. 5, and the Kate about eight miles to the northward. The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth have distri buted their annual supply of coals, bedding, &c., to the poor of West Bromwich. SOUTH.. ESTERN RAILWAY.—The proposed exten sion of this railway through the parish of Lambeth and junction with the London and Dover and South-Eastern Railways will meet with considerable opposition from the owners of 'states and property in and adjoining the pro posed line, who consider that it will materially affect the value of their property in the immediate neighbourhood. It is in contemplation to call a public meeting of the owners of property and those persons whose interests will be affected by the proposed junction, and who dissent from its being carried into effect. Already a number of owners have formed a society, and appointed a solicitor to conduct their opposition. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS.---We understand that both Evans and Stew, the two men convicted of murder at the recent assizes, will undergo the last pe nalty of the law on the 4th of January (Saturday next), at Kirkdale. The former retains his wonted obduracy, whilst the latter is in a most depressed state of mind.— Liverpool Chronicle. MELANCHOLY ACCIDEN T.—A fatal accident took place on Tuesday morning last, on the property of Kin corth, parish of Nigg, belonging to John Yeats, Esq., advocate. William M.Donald, the beadle of the church of Nigg, who had contracted for blasting the stones ne cessary to the trenching and improving of that property, was engaged in his work, when, from condensed air is the part bored, or a spark of fire from concussion igniting the powder, an explosion took place, whereby the crowbar with which he was priming the blast was driven into his cheek, and passed through the back part of his head, scattering the brains, and killing him on the spot. A deep gloom was cast ever the whole parish the moment the accident was made known, tor he was universally respected for the excellency of his character, and many was the tear of sympathy shed for his orphan family. Never has a death taken place in the parish, where all, without exception, so mourned the loss of one in the prime of life, and so endeared by the kindness of his manners—the strict morality of his con duct—and the singular integrity which marked his every dealing. What heightens the melancholy of the tragical occurrence is the fact that he was a widower, and has left eight orphan children to bewail his sudden and un timely end.—Aberdeen Herald. HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR ROM FORD.—On Tues day night, as John Sumner, a servant in the employ of Mr. James Stone, of Great Goose Farm, in the parish of Romford, was proceeding from Hare-street to his Inas• ter's house, between eleven and twelve o'clock, he was stopped a short distance from the Ship, Hare-street, where he had taken some refreshments, by two men, who knocked him down and robbed him of his watch and eighteenpence in money, with which they decamped over the park palings of Hare Hall estate. Information, with a description of their persons, was immediately given to the inspector of police, at Romford, who appre. bonded John Staines, a blacksmith, and Thomas King, and they were both identified by Sumner as the persons who had robbed him. They wero examined before Oc tavius Mashiter, Esq., at the Court House, on Friday last, and remanded for further examination to yesterday (Monday), when they were fully committed for trial. The prisoners are suspected to have been connected with a gang by whom many parties have been lately robbed of poultry, provisions, &o.—. Essex Herald. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MCAT MAWITS. _. SMITIIIIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 10s to 4/ is ; Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 51 4s ; ins Upland ditto, 51 Se to 51 108 ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 16a to 11 182 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ IBs to 1/ 19s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 41165; Useful ditto, 41 17s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 6s to 51 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to Si 18s ; Oat Straw, 11 16s to I/ 18s; Wheat Straw, 1118 s to 21 per load. Supply moderate, and trade steady. WRITECHAPEL.—CoarseSfeadow Hay, 3/ 104 to 4/ 10s; Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 is to 51 10s ; Clover 11ay, 41 102 to 61 4s; Oat Straw, 1/ 15s to 11 16s; Wheat Straw, ll 17s to 11 181 per load. Both Hay and Straw sold freely, at late rates. COLOICLII.3. The Colonial Markets re-open to-morrow, and it is expected prices will rule firm, although there will be very little doing till next week. SUGAR.—The stock of British Plantation, landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 539 41 barrels ; and there were taken for home consumption 643 hhds 75 tierces 34 barrels. The stock in the same places is $,9Q9 hhds 1,048 tierces 1,673 brls. Itum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 95 puns 4 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 122 puns 45 hhds, and ex ported 95 puns 20 hhds. The stock in the same places is 10,613 puns 1,211.2.4114. TE►.—The market is very firm, and for Pouchong there has been a speculative demand, owing to the di minished imports this year. The stock of Tea in the United Kingdom is estimated at 39,500,0001b5. against 37,500,0001b5. at this time last year ; and the consump tion of the year is considered to be about 41,000,0001b5. The importation has been rather above 46,000,0001b5. Common Congou is about lld per lb. 'TALLOW.—Y.Y.C. is 40s 3d to 40s 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town 43s 6d. COAL MILILZZT. Prices per ton at the closelitTinMarket :—Taylor's West Hartley, 27s ; West Wylam, 26s ; Wylam, 25s ; W. E., Bell and Robson, 2Ss ; W. E., Reid, 28s ; W. A, hellos, 30s ; W. E., Adelaide, 30s ; W. E., Brown's Deanery, 30s ; W. E., Hunwick, 27s 6d ; W.E., St. Helen's Tees, 28s 6d ; W. E., Tees, 31s 6d ; Garnant Stone, 26s ; Graigola, 24s.—Ships arrived since last day, 21. DEATH OF SIR MICHAEL MITURR.—Sir Michael, who received the honour of Knighthood, by patent, in 1839, died at George Town, Demerara, on the 17th ult., after a severe illness. Ho was a native of Suninock, Argyleshire. BRUSSELS, DEC. 27.—The Senate, in its yesterday's sitting, after an animated debate, adopted the project of law on corn, by a majority of 20 to 13. There has been a meeting at Ghent of the men em ployed in the sugar houses, for the purpose of drawing up a petition to the Chamber against the proposed law on sugar duties. The petition has above 800 signatures. Tun likoutc, DEC. 26.—According to the preli minary report of the Central Section on the projects of law relative to a modification of the first book of the penal code, thirty-three Members declared in favor'v: or solitary confinement as well by day 113 by "... l ig h t, w i th hard labour ; thirty-five Member!. desire the introduc tion of the 'ty of transportation to one of our colonies FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, DEC. 28.—Their Majesties the King and Queen will leave Paris on the 30th, and arrive it Brussels on the following clay. Count Die:rid:stein, the Austrian Ambassador to the Court of London, who leaves Brussels to-morrow, intended to make a longer stay here, but has been obliged to hasten his departure, because he has received notice that her Majesty the Queen of England would receive the new Austrian Ambassador on Monday next, for the presentation of his credentials. At the commencement of the sitting of the Senate to-day Viscountlilley read a report on the project of law relative to the treaty with the Zollverein. The Committee, of which he is the organ, adopts unani mously this project of law, the discussion of which is fixed for Monday. The Senate then proceeded to the discussion of the articles of the project of law re lative to the provisional credit of seven millions of francs for the war department. After tome obser• rations of the Count de Ribeancourt on the pro motions in the army, which he considers as too numerous, the credit was voted by 29 to 1. The Senate then passed to the discussion of some other projects of law, all which were unanimously agreed to; one of them related to the contingent of the army, which is fixed at 80,000 men. TURKISH FRONTIERS, DEC. 12.—We learn >front Bucharest that the Hospodar has given his consent to the marriage of his eldest daughter to tLe son of the President of the Divan of Wallachia, Alexander Philippesca, as it was believed by the public that the young Princess was intended for a son of the Hos podar of Moldavia. The reports respecting dm ob ject of the meeting of the Princes at Fockshorn have gained ground. It was said that the two Princes in tended to meet at Foekshorn with a Russian envoy, to deliberate on the necessity of a thorough reform of the existing organic statute of Wallachia,:or at least on the introduction of some new institution, by which the defects of that statute might be amended.—Allge meine Zeitung, Dec. 26. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Rammus. Dsc. 23. Actua Debt, 434 per Cent., ...... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Lean of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent............. Three per Thirty-seven Millions, ditto '7B ......... 11314 IN% Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. 133 183) society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent. ............. 57 {f .... .... Papers, Dee. 29. AUSTRIAN FUND3.—Tizmu. Dgc 21. Five per Cents. Mirtalliques • . 9.40114 NO ON • • •••• 0000 ON. Four per Three per Cents....-- Bank Shares Loan, 1634 Ditto, 183 1 0 Esterhazy's Loan .l~ 1~ RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand 171% Gloggnitz Milan .... 116 —Allgetneine Zeitung. DEc. 24. LIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Dac. T. sills, Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. 115 -- Bank Shares 1680 Anglo-Russian Lean ll4l Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certifirate 1054( 105 Inscription, let series — 135 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates .....».„........ /114 -- New 4 per Cent. 91 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ..... 63% 63 Ditto a per Cent. — Anglo-Danish Lean, 3 per ..... 87% 34% Spanish. New IS per Cents . ........» «»..»..».. 90% WYs Polish Bonds New Tickets — -- Exchange on London. Hainburgb, One month .....„ IS n Two months,, l9 R PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bnaum, Dec. H. Bilk. Money St. Schuld Sch., 3% per cent................ 99% 99% Prussian English Bonds,lB3o, 4 per cent. Exchange on London Prussian State Gazette. Dec. 24. BURGLARY, AND CAPTURE OF THE THIEF UNDER EXTRAORDINARI CUMSTANCES. • In the morning of Sunday last, the 22d instant , about one o'clock, the family of Mr. Robert Cutler, of Little Yeldham, were alarmed by a loud exple sion in the lower part of the house, as of fire arms. Mr. R. Marsh, son-in -law of Mr. Cutler, immediately got out of bed, and looking out at a back window, perceived a quantity of smoke issuing from the back premises. He then aroused the other members of the family, and ran down stairs al most in a state of nudity, when he found the house full of smoke, and the back part of it on fire. Assist ance soon being at hand, the flames were speedily ex tinguished, and but little damage was done. The in castes, now somewhat recovered from their fright, observed that the premises had been entered by a win. dow, which had been forced out, and that p a rt of the roof had been carried off from the effects of the explo sion ; they also found a large pool of blood, and traced spots of the same to a cottage near, in the occupation of a man named Cook. On being called up, Cook stated that his boy Haggai had just arrived home wounded, and nearly dead, alleging that he had sus tained his injuries from somebody who had shot at him is he was coming over the Hall Green, but on 311. r. t;utler confronting the boy, he acknowledged that he broke into the house and caused the disaster above described The boy's statement was, that he and another lad, named Dearsley, had the even ing before been to a raffle in the village, and on leaving they agreed to break in and rob the premises in question ; but they effected an entrance into the back kitchen by cutting a window with a pocket knife, and removing a shutter ; but laving got so far, they found further progress arrested by bars and bolts, and finding nothing there to suit then, were about to depart, when he (Cook) said I'll see what's in the oven." In his search he found a canister, which he supposed to contain tea, but iistead of which there was in it about three-quarters cf a pound of gunpowder ; on pulling off the lid be poured out a small quantity, which immediately ignited the whole. The explosion carried off part of thy; roof of the building, forced out a window, and se fire to various articles in the oven, besides doing other damage ; it also shattered the boy's thumb, carried away part of his tongue, and inflicted a very large scalp wound, his head, face, and eyes presenting a frightful appearance. A surgeon who was immediately sent for dressed his wounds, and although maimed as above described, he is likely to recover, when he will be brought before the magistrates upon the charge. Cook, although young in years, is said to be hardened in crime ; he is about 1.5 years of age, of dimiuitive stature, and has been several times brought before the magistrates and c ommitted for minor offences.—Essex Herald. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine was occupied on Tuesday with a case in which Lady Dorothea Campbell. o f the Rue d'Aguesseau, 12, was plaintiff, and M. Rehaut de Fleury, her landlord, defendant. The point to be _decided was simply whether a tenant had * right to have carriages enter the court-yard at night, in giving balls or sources. It appears that the plaintiff h a s for a short time inhabited her present apartment, at a rent of I,ooof. a-month. She is in the habit of re ceiving company every Friday evening, and no objec tion was at first made to the carriages of her friends entering in the usual manner into her court-yard to set down company until about three weeks ago, when the landlord issued a prohibition to prevent any carriage entering the court, or going out, after twelve o'clock. This step was taken at the instigation of a Dime. SarlandAre, a lady keeping a boarding-house on the same premises, and whose inmates complained of the noise wade every Friday night. A servant of this person was placed in the porter's iodge, to the exclusion of the old servant, vt lio had filled his office for twenty eight years, and when the carriages arrived he !pre vented them from entering. The result was, that L a dy D. Campbell's guests were obliged to alight in the street, and cross the court-yard on foot, to reach her apartment. Her Ladyship remonstrated ; but, finding all her efforts at an amicable arrangement useless, saw herself obliged to bring an action to establish her right. After the case had been thus stated for the plaintiff, counsel was heard for the defendant and Mine. Sarlendiere. The advocate for the former declared that his client had done all that was in his power to conciliate matters ; he had offered to construct at his own expense a tent in the court-yard, to enable Lady D. Campbell's guests to arrive at her apartment under cover ; he had proposed also to put down a carpet ; and it had been agreed, on his suggestion, that straw should be strewed under the gateway and in the yard,. in order to deaden the noise of the carriages. This arrange ment, however, had afterwards been broken by Lads D. Campbell, and the suit brought on. For Meath Sarlandiire it was stated that, if the soirees jot alluded to were continued, she must be utterly ruined, as she had laid out 50,000 francs in founding a boarding house, and all her boarders would leave her if their rest was disturbed every Friday night from nine at night until five in the mornlng. The plaintiff's counsel, as reply to these observationz ; stated that the noise of the carriages would he heard in- the street just as well as in the court-yard, by Madame SW.rlar_fire's boarders, the rooms of all of whom were on the s;:ec.. But the Court had nothing to do with the feelings \of these person*; however respectable they might. be ; tho,,question as to the right of a locataire to have earriao a enter the court-yard when a soil ee or ball was given. CaaOs after having deliberated, decided that Lady 1). - jal' 4 p . bell's right Alta i incontestible, and in oonsequeret - , demned the defendant to the costs of the suit.—Ge . ( 1 " manes Messenger. General Nott is rather better, though still in s :17 weak state. The present severe weather is a great dra back on his recovery, but it is confidently expected that with the return of mild weather his strength will increase. —The Welshman. Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., is appointed to succeed Sir Edward Owen in the Medittr ranean command, and will hoist his flag on board the Monarch, 84.—Ilampshire Telegraph. The Lords of the Treasury b" -- _ granted 7501., part of the Parliaccent9*-- - - to the Corpora grant for public walks, &c., provir" - ot Sunderland, In aid of a plan for -.'g a place of recreation for the inhabitants ; the only condition of the grant being, that the ground, when purchased, shall be legally and permanently secured as a place of recreation for the people. It is intended to purchase and lay out Building-hill. The estimated cost is about 3,000/., the remainder of which will be raised by public subscription. ( 1