The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

THE FIRST NUMBER FOR THE NEW YEAR OF COLBURN"S -- NIW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST, Contains the following interesting articles:— I. Discovery of the Island of 31esmeria. 2. Passazes in the Lives of the Celebrated Statesmen of Europe-- M. le Comte de Sainte Aulaire. 3. A Discourse on Puppies in General, and Particularly on the Pup pies of the Present Day. 4. Launcelot Corby. A Tale. By Agnes Strickland. 5 2Esop Illustrated. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." The Cock and the Jewel. 6. Zurbano and Aviritneta. By one who has known them both. 7. Speechmaking. 8. The Bobertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. Chapters XXII., XXIII., and XXIV. 9. The Man who Is always Consistent. Id. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Halt-pay. By W. H. Maxwell, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo." No. 7. Life in a Madhouse—Confessions of a Keeper. 1l . Twelve Days at Tiflis. By the Hon. S. Sa►ille. 12. Traits of Corsican and Sardinian Character. By George Bur dett, Esq. 13. An Excursion up the Oronooko. The New Year being a favourable opportunity for commencing a Periodical, those who may desire to take in the NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE are requested to give their orders, without delay, to their respective Booksellers. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, T HE COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL, " STRATHERN; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD." A STORY OF THE PRESENT DAY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 3 vols., pest Svo., with numerous Illustrations by Leech. The FORTUNES of THE SCATTERGOOD FAMILY. By ALBERT SMITH, Esq., Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury," " The Wassail Bowl," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Immense Holiday Attraction. THIS EVENING will be performed Balfe's grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be produced the Grand Christmas Ilarlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe. The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes, 3lessrs. W. 11. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss Carson. SCENE I. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ; Puck (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro vide the usual Christmas fun for " Children all, both great and small," Miss A. Payne. How Puck gives new life to the author by giving life to his attic, which eccasion.s an extraordinary stir on the pre mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances; how Messrs. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste, and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe. SCEN F. 2. Coast of the island on which Crusoe was wrecked, with the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. li. Payne. How Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck; his private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonished by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de termines :n his turn to astonish them. SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Hankipanki (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince tarramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Parlboo's young brother, and old rival, con temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; Princess Teoraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending iersolf for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley— how Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the frying-pan into the fire, i.e., the water. SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy (the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly fur 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 n;bble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its two insides—aed how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Eird'S-eye View of Robinson Crusoe's Fa, m. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by— how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over matintain," set ofi'in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost in fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at ticENE F, 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box °Bice, 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 i 3 suddenly interrupted by the Indians f, orn without ; in short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the Inn, 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 Miumfactory ; Duet, in two fiats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, hero 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. Curriers and Fancy Leather-dressers, and Throne room in the Palace at Morocco; how to leather Morocco and how to dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another— a whole skin is better than a skin in holes. SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the poor DeLtors ; Knockers and bells versus thieves ; - Somebody's coming ; 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 ; " I.3lliCai of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; Mangling done here ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective young ones t" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner; Husbands go to bath; Boiling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm, and general confusion. SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ; " Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for Harlequin;" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lighting Chandelier. "'She happy family we all know so well, The still happier family we all love so well." SCENE 13. A Stene Quarry; A m onster meeting, with a tail and without one ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art and Commerce lend their assistance to produce SCENE 14. A runst extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more extraordinary one, viz., SCENE 15. Grand einblematical and national tableau of her Majesty christening the Royal Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. /3. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 28, Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, Called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. S. rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe , .s ; Tom Coke Mr. Wenner; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Coun!css of a pion, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Votris ;M ani Rocket. Miss Julia .cennett. After which,. a Colibfill.7sEßLAND.,Talrd iusicat fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxoriou,s Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciesa, Miss Jul a Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Hort,n ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. . _Private Boxes, Two Guineas And One Guinea and a.Haif each. IPicneti and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 2S, Will be repeated ;by special permissi ,, n of Charles Dickens, Fsq.) a Nice Drama, entitled TtiE CIIiMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin. con ; S r Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Pedforci ; Will Fern, Mt. .Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Welt. Miss F ortescue; Mrs. Chickenetalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AN!) THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul riedford, 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 Lons dale ; Clown. - Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San -ers. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, 4r. Pitt - Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon .— Box-(dice open from Eleven till Four. Private Bator to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J, M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 24, Win be repeated THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. Wailack ; Bullfrog. Mr. Compton ; Rachel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling. Ts be followed by a New Grand Oriental Ballet, called THE . ENCIdANTIED BELL. Azolio (an Hisidoe Peasant), M. Rousse ; Paln.ira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mille. Caroline Bousset ; Naire, (her Frieud), 11:(111e. Teresine; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), rlia:.uarshall After which will !se repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque EXt ravaganza, called JOE ' 1 LLER AND HIS MEN. Giindoff. Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Reimer, Mr Granby; Riber, Mr. Corri , Golotz , Mr. Walton ; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina, 51:s. Fosbroke. Sage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. mund BradwelL Dress Circle, se. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2fi.; Galls Is. Half-price at Nir.e o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s, ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Bites. Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and Doors to be opened at Half out Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock, The Box-otfice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingiam. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the fheaVe. ki4A IRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 2S, Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Nlrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Histerical, Romantic, Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND oRSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Coll,er, turner, Kinloch. Yarnold, and Keeley , Ides. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A OMISSION.—BaIcouy oozes, 4;.; Upper Boxes, :is.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; 'pper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier 'holding eight persons), Ti 4 • Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Boxes on the Pit tier (holding six persons), One Guireri. e Box-ottice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc t** of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet this Evening, at ASTLI'Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 2S, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race. Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage wid in the Circle by living Fos and real .Pack •f Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. k:psom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the !:ixcle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse. Dianship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c• Bed HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis' Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, i►Mr. Bradbury. Acting and stale-manager, Mr. W. O. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to p acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in comliance with numerous requests from the country, and by special desire, he has formed arraneements to pre. lent, during the Christmas Holidays, a &ries of EQUESTRIAN SIORN'NO FECES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. ANCE, to commence at Half.past One, and terminate at Half-past Three : consisting of Batty 's Splendid Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. The first Three Morning Performances will take place on Monday, Dec.3l, Wednesday, Jan. 2, and Friday, Jan. 4. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENIN 4 I, DECEMBER 28, Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Cord (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes Neville, R Honner, I ewis, Hes lop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. To• conclude with en Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, sHILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN 7.. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. (ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER V, Will be performed an Interesting Drama, entitled POVERTY ; or, A Tale of Sorrow. Squire Graham, Mr, Watkins; Frederick, Mr. T. H. Higgie ; Leonard, Mr. Henry Howard ; Mary Graham, Mrs. W. Rignold; Patty Parrot, Mir E. Terrey. After which, THE ROAD-SIDE INN. Captain Ramisleton, Mr. T. IL niggle; Tom, Mr. Herbert; Ellen, Miss E. Terrey. To conclude with a New"Grarid Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Woman and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapino ; Clown, Sir. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Vite. The Dowager Lady Huntingfield and Lord and Lady Huntingfield have, within the last few days, libe rally contributed to the comfo►ts of the indigent poor on the family estate, in Sue'olk, by causing warm clothing, &c., to be given away, as well as large quantities of coal. Tlla FOG 014 TIIIIRSDAY NIGHT.--:-So dense was the fog on the south aide of the river, that it was impos sible, upon the London and Greenwich Railway, to see the station lights beyond half the distance (150 yards) at which the engine -driver is instructed to slacken speed. In consequence of this, signal-men on foot were stationed at mid distance, near the Spa-road station, to afford the nocesiary intimation to the driver, who used his whistle to indicate to the switchman that the train was approach ing. The engines did not travel at much more than half AP CV‘." , E, si4 4.3 THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, DEC. 27. joined our communion." Such was the con- I dition of the Church immediately previous to the issuing of the mischievous Oxford Tracts. But such is its condition no longer. The Tractarian schisma tics have succeeded in scattering far and wide the seeds of dissension, and in throwing not a few of the laity into the arms of Dissent, who—but for the pre valence of such heresy among many of the clergy— ' would never have dreamed of quitting the church of their forefathers. But the dawn of a more auspicious day is at hand. The clouds are slowly breaking away in the East, and we trust, ere long, that the full, undimmed meridian sun of peace and prosperity will again shine on the Establishment. Tractarianism—not withstanding the exertions in its favour made by Doctor PHILLPOTTS, and the trimming evasive conduct of , CHARLES JAMES LONDON, who would he a Tractarian if he dared—is manifestly verging to its decline. It has been too cunning for its own interests. It has be trayed the cloven foot too soon. In a word, it has overshot its mark ; and the consequence is, that all the more prudent ministers of the Church and the laity have begun to take the alarm, and to speak out in bold, indignant disapproval of the heresy. The Bishop of Woacissmis Charge is the last, but not the least effective, blow that has been inflicted on it, and we trust it will be speedily followed up by other Church dignitaries. Doctor PEPTS is decidedly hostile to the innovations recommended by Doctor PHILLPOTTS in his Pastoral Letter; and in reference to the surplice question, which has of late created such a ferment throughout the diocese of Exeter, he justly observes that what is in itself insignificant acquires impertance when it is considered as the badge of a party, and when on this account it becomes a stumbling-block and an offence to others. On this ground, the Right Rev. Prelate advises his clergy to continue the practice which has so long prevailed, of preaching in their academical habit, even though by so doing they de viate from the precise directions of the Rubric. His Lordship then proeeeds to give his reasons for this advice, which, to our thinking, are perfectly conclu sive and unanswerable. But it is scarcely neces sary to enlarge further on the subject of the surplice, for Dr. PIIILLPOTTS—as our readers are aware—has already withdrawn his ordinance on the question. But seven brief days since, and who more firm or dogmatic than he was in insisting on the promptest and fullest obedience being paid to his sovereign will and pleasure in this respect. Now, he himself is the first to acknowledge— indirectly, indeed, for it is hardly to be expected that he would directly condemn himself—that he may have been a little too precipitate ; and graciously per mits his clergy, in deference to public opi nion, to abandon the wear of the ob noxious surplice during the sermon ! Having confessedly been rash in issuing this particular order, should not the ghostly Bishop suspect that he may have been equally rash in issuing his other rubrical ordinances, and doubt the wisdom and the policy of his persisting in their enforcement ? We suspect that it will not be very long ere he finds himself compelled to retract the majority, if not the whole, of the pre posterous injunctions as regards obsolete usages — obsolete, because worthless—contained in his " Pas toral Letter !" centre gauche has some idea of starting M. ODILLON BAILICOT, but it is not probable that he will become seriously a candidate. The election of M. SAUZET to the Presidency of the Chambers is considered as certain. rLIERMONETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 34 ; Noon, 32. BAROMETER, 30.15.—W1ND, N.E. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and "Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. On Christmas-d.y at TORTONI'S very little business was done. The French Three per Cents. were at 85f. 55c. to 85f. 60c. A good deal was done in the Spanish Funds : Actives, 27i, Three pa Cents. 381, Coupons, 26i to 1. A letter from Bologna says that a report is cur rent there that M. CAPACCINI will be made a Car dinal in the Consistory, which is to be held next month, and appointed Secretary of State, in the place of Cardinal LIAMBRUSCHINI. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning ... 58 minutes after 3 I Evening ... 13 minutes after 4. Madrid papers, of the 19th and 20th, have arrived. On the 19th the Chamber of Deputies passed the first article of the Bill relative to the conversion of the claims of the contractistas into Three per Cent. Stock by a majority of 132 against 9. That article was to the following effect : " The House approves the'conversion into titles of the Consolidated Three per Cent. Debt of the credits and claims accruing . from contracts, of advances of funds, Treasury bills, inscriptions of the Floating Debt, cen tralized, and of bills on the Treasury of the Havannah, also proceeding from contracts, in the terms and ac cording to the rate fixed in the royal decrees of the 26th of June, 13th of September, and 9th of October, in the present year." An amendment had been moved by the Marquis DE MONTEVIIIGEN and three other Deputies to the second article, tending to establish the claims to in demnity of the lay-owners of tithes, who had been deprived of their rights by the suppression of that tax. The Minister of Finance admitted the justice of the demand, but observed, that it would be the object of a special project of law, which he intended to pre sent to the Chamber in the course of the session. On this assurance M. DB MONTEVIRGEN consented to withdraw the amendment; but those who had signed it with him insisting on its being put from the chair, it was lost by only one voice, i 2 voting against it, and 51 in its favour. The Bill passed on the 20th. In the Senate the debate on the "Reform Bill" commenced, but nothing of any consequence occurred in the course of the debate. The settlement of the question respecting an hereditary peerage is the one looked forward to with any interest. A letter from Victoria states that General thu- ZEGUT, celebrated as "El Pastor," has just died in that town. He was one of the most celebrated of those guerilla chiefs whose perils and adventures during the course of the civil war which so long dis tracted Spain are so extraordinary as to appear al most fabulous. General JAUREGUT particularly distinguished himself during the civil war in the Basque Provinces from the death of FERDINAND VII., in 1833, to the Convention. of Bergara, in August, 1839. M. DONOZO CORTES has withdrawn his resignation of the office of QUEEN'S Secretary. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 20.—Three per Cents. 32 cash, 32i at 60 days, thirty-nine millions done ; Five per Cents. 221 at 60 days, fifty millions done ; Float ing Debt, 77 at 30 days ;. Coupons, 26 at 60 days ; Passive, 61 at 60 days, with premium. The French papers of Wednesday and Thursday have been received. The Chambers were opened on Thursday, by the KING in person. The Royal speech on the occasion will be found in another column. The Opposition papers are full of bitter attacks on M. GUIZOT and his policy. The Constitulionnel not only attacks him, but foretells the manner in which be will defend himself. It says— - " We have stated that in the approaching session the Ministry intended to make a great use of silence. Accord ing to the reports which were in circulation in the Salle des Confirences, the following is the manner in which this system is to be applied to the principal political ques tions :—lf interrogated on the right of search, IL Guizot will reply once more that he negotiates. The affirma tion will be deemed but little likely, for how can it be believed that what has not been obtained after conver sations at Windsor, can be accorded on an exchange of simple notes ? Besides, the English Cabinet may be questioned on its side, and the replies agreed on be tween Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot may undergo such changes from the discussion in one of the two Parlia ments, that the truth shall appear with a superfluous eclat. However, whilst waiting for such incidents, 14. Guizot hopes to get out of the business by declaring that the question is pendent, and that he cannot state any thing until the conclusion, more or less remote. On the question of secondary instruction, it is difficult to be completely silent. M. Guizot will allow M. Villemain and M. Martin (du Nord) to act in contrary senses at their own risk and peril. For himself he will assume the part of a philosophical speaker, or will even retrain completely, retrenching himself behind the excuse of his being a Protestant. The Pritchard indemnity will ne cessarily call for explanations. However it has been arranged that the affair shall not be directly submitted to the votes of the Chamber. Admirals Hamelin and Seymour are charged with the task of settling the matter on the spot. Until their return, it will be de clared, that although the principle of the indemnity is admitted, yet the justice and the nature of the reparation cannot be really appreciated until after the statement on both sides of the damage done, and the Chamber will be informed that it will have to pronounce on the question anew when a credit shall be demanded. The difficulty will be attempted to be evaded by this postponement. with the design of pretending, at a later period, that approbation was given in principle to the conduct of the Ministry. To such persons as shall speak of the treaty of Tangiers, they will reply by the word Isly, and they will ascend to the capitol on the shoulders of Marshal Bugeaud. It is expected that the majority will lend itself to this system of tactics, and thus the session will offer us the spectacle of Ministers eluding discussions before a complaisant assembly ; that would be, in M. Guizot's opinion, the perfection of representative go vernment. But can such perfection be attained?" M. GUIZOT held his first levee on Tuesday. It was numerously attended by the newly-arrived Conserva tive Deputies ; but it was remarked that neither M. Dorm nor M. Sam?, the two candidates for the Presidency, were among the number. Lord COWLET did not attend, on account of the death of Lady A, CULLING SMITH. The other Ambassadors and Minis ters resident in Paris were almost all present. The Opposition party are also preparing for the strife, on Wednesday thqr,e were no less than three meetings of Deputies, to consider the question thg Presidency. The Ministerialists, the centre gauche, ur Tatissparty, and the gauche or ODILLON BARROT It is now arid, : that the party *ll col Luaatiasa THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1344. . ' • AO,, N - - 1,1 0641‘ r . no s • ,„ t x trE v• ;tip. Pitanti LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1844. The speech of the King of the FRENCH on open ing the Chambers on Thursday is important and in teresting, from the absence of those very ingredients which, at other times, would have formed the most impressive matter of such an address from the French throne. It announces no brilliant operations ; it revels on the record of no new victories. These omissions are the guarantees of a continuance of peace and undisturbed tranquillity to the other na tions of Europe. This royal speech, moreover, is conceived in very general terms. But that generality permits us to infer that, happily, there are, at this moment, no salient questions as to which the con flicting policy of France, and of the other States of Europe, requires any special adjustment. The first and third paragraph of the speech felicitate, in fact, the Peers and Deputies on the gratifying circum stance, that the "complications" which had existed on the occasion of his MAJESTY'S last addressing them, and which seemed, for a time, to threaten the safety of the French possessions in Algeria, and also cer tain discussions pending, at the same period, between the Courts of St. James's and the Tuileries, which were calculated to affect the good relations subsisting between the two countries, have now passed away. In the faith that this is so, we congratulate the lovers of peace and order, the friends of civilisation and social improvement, on an aspect of affairs so en couraging for the great and true and permanent interests of mankind. There is a philosophical, as well as dignified tone, about the terms in which LOUIS PHILIPPE avows that " a mutual spirit of good-will and equity has maintained, between France and England, that happy accord that guarantees the repose of the world." In the same wise and beneficent spirit the King of the FRENCH, recurring to his recent visit to our young QUEEN at Windsor, thus expresses himself:— " In that visit" . . . . "I have been surrounded with manifestations the most satisfactory to France and to me. I have gathered in the feelings which have been expressed to me fresh pledges of the long duration of that general peace which secures to our country abroad a situation dignified and strong, and at home a prosperity ever increasing, and the quiet enjoyment of its consti tutional liberties." It is a happy augury for the advancement of great empires in that career of improvement which time and circumstances may have opened to them, when the Monarchs who preside over their political institu tions are animated by views of the public welfare thus pacific and profound. After all—there could be no moral enormity much greater than for Great Britain and France—in whose destinies the hopes and the welfare are bound up of such vast families of the human race as acknowledge this dominion, or are brought within their immediate influence, to wage, the one against the other, a war which should be uncalled for by the exigencies of the national honour or of the public security confided to their several Governments. In proportion to the natural and acquired resources of two such mighty countries —the fortunate accidents of their geographical posi tion ; the unprecedented development of these by all the adjuncts of maritime commerce and discovery and relations of commerce, and the incessant demands of luxury and refinement, and the various excellencies of "Iv" --.Pective institutions in proportion to their means of contributing to the happiness of so many millions of our species, would be the responsibility for their application. Of wars, therefore, waged for specific objects of mere political ambition or terri torial aggrandisement, between two such empires as France and Great Britain, it would be at any time impossible to overrate the guilt. But, taking into consideration the immense progress which in all pro tracted periods of external peace and domestic tran quillity they have ever made in the march ofall physical and moral ameliorations, their antagonism as combat ants, whenever it can be averted without a sacrifice of the national honour or security we speak of, is a species of treason to the whole human race ! In that really glorious emulation, which proposes for its object the achievement of the greatest possible amount of good for the largest possible portion of mankind, England and France have long ran ahead of all competitors. If her colonial possessions, her incre dibly extended commerce, her well maintained public credit, the untiring industry of her labouring; popu lation, and the freer cast and bolder working of her political machinery, have secured for long years past, and will, in all human probability, continue to secure to England for very many years to come, a priority in this generous struggle, let us do full justice to the gallant efforts of France to tread close upon our foot steps. She, too, is straining every nerve to give all development to her intellectual as well as material forces ; and since among the highest blessings which follow from the most perfect of human institutions, peace will ever be among the most certain and the most permanent, we cordially rejoice at the picture which is drawn by the KING'S speech of the gratify ing condition of France, and of its inevitable tenden cies. So clear and just a perception—so deep an appreciation—of the real indefensible interests of two such nations, on the part of their several Govern ments, avail more, to our apprehension of the matter, than the most elaborate statistics of military forces. They far outweigh all the advantages that can ever be predicted of steam guns and desolating projec tiles—monster-ordnance and long-ranging shells. In such generous sentiments as these we yesterday had the pleasure to transfer from the declarations of LOUIS PHILIPPE, we would persuade ourselves that we recognise the dawn of a more permanent and substantial era of pacific associations between France and Britain than any which have hitherto endured between them. We cordially hail them as "auspicia melioris cevi." The Charge of the Bishop of WORCESTER which he delivered on Monday last to the candidates fo ordination at their final examination, is a documen which it is impossible to peruse without the most un feigned satisfaction, breathing, as it does in every sen tence, a spirit of the sincerest piety, and sedulously keeping within the pale of judgment and common sense. The Right Reverend Prelate is strenuously opposed to the sayings and doings of the Tractarian heretics, which, he is persuaded, are calculated to alienate the affections of the clergy from the laity, and thus to inflict a deadly blow on the Church, which necessarily depends, not only for its usefulness, but for its very security, on its power to retain unim paired its hold on the affections of the people. Alluding to the state of the Establishment previously to the publication of the notorious Oxford Tracts, the Bishop remarks that it is scarcely possible to point out a period when the prosperity and efficiency of the Church were more signally conspicuous. An in creased degree of zeal, he says, and a more entire de votion to their sacred functions were manifest among the clergy ; and not only did the most perfect har mony exist between them and the laity, but the lat ter evinced their sincere reverence for the spi ritual and temporal interests of the Establish ment by contributing :in a most munificent, unhesitating, and ungrudging spirit to the erection of new churches and the endowment of various religious institutions. " Divine service,' adds the Bishop, " was performed in strict accordance with the general directions of tha Rubric ; schools were multiplied; the great truths of the eveilasting Gospel were more distinctly and generally preached; and such was the impression gradually made on those who had separated from us, by such in creased zeal and activity, on the part 'of our clergy, that in several dioceses, not only Dissenting ministers, but whole congregations of Dissenters DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by a numerous suite, honoured this theatre with their presence last evening, to witness the performance of Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe, which is the most successful harlequinade that has been produced for years. MONEY AND COMMER(IIAL :NE S (From. The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton market remained firm at Liverpool yes terday; sales 8,000 bales, including 1,500 taken by speculators, viz., 1,500 Surat, at 2id. to 30.; 1,000 Per- Dam, at sd. to 51d.; 200 Egyptian, at sd. to 6id.; and the rest Amer;cau.—The Share market was closed again yesterday for the holidays. There are no ship arrivals to-day with late news from any quarter, and the Continental mails do not offer much of interest, the speech of the King of the French, of course, excepted, and which is looked upon as favour able. _ _ _ _ The news from the Rio Plate, or the seizing of the Argentine squadron, excites much interest here, anti later accounts will now be looked for with considerable anxiety, as there have been rumours for some time past of an intended interference by England and France in favour of Monte Video. The Funds have been very firm this morning, Consols having realised from 100} to 1001 for the Account, and the Reduced Three per Cents. 101, but the latter are now at a fraction lower. Bank Stock is up to 2101, the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are to 1034, Exchequer Bills are at 625. to 645., and India Bonds at 78s. premium. The speech of the King of the French on the opening of the Chambers has produced a favourable impression in the City. The Scrip of the new French Loan has ad vinced to 21 per cent. premium, and the Belgian Scrip to 14 premium. All the Foreign Funds have been on the rise this morning. The Spanish Three per Cents. have been at 38. and 1 ; the Five per Cents. at 28i- 1 ; the Dutch Five per Cents. at 99 994- ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 102 ; the Brazilian at 8.5 - ; the Mexican at 36i ; and the Portuguese at 611 for the Converted Stock. The market for the Railway Shares is scarcely so firm as it was yesterday. At the same time, it must be noticed, that a good amount of business has been done. The London and Westminster Bank Shares are at 6i premium. PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List ) Bank Stock ...... 2104 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOl 1001 New Si per Cent. Annuties India Bonds 1,0001. — Ditto under 1,0001 7B pm. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. lid. 11d. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ..... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 364 Ditto for the Account 361 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Concerted Ditto for the Account 614 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 284 Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 3814 Dutch 2i - Cents 64ii per ~.. . Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates i Ditto 5 per Cent 991 99 PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter ... 70 ...... 69 ...... to Bristol and Gloucester.. Cambridge and Lincoln Direct Northern Dublin and Galway Eastern Counties Great Western London and Birmingham ...100 227 Ditto New Thirds London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and Croydon London and Y0rk........ 2k .... 5k Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds 7O 122 - Ditto Shares ........ 30 Manchester and - Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Newcastle &Darlington June. 24 62 Portsmouth Direct South-Eastern and Dover... 33} Trent Valle•... York and North Midland... 50 ......103 102 A to 1031 ] Ditto, Half Shares Boulogne and Amiens MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 26 —The market continues firm, and a fair amount of business has been done. Grand Junction, Half Shares, 112; Man chester and Birmingham, 52/ ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5 3-16 /; Midland, 40/. Shares, Si. 9s. 6d.; South-Eastern, 40! ; Blackburn and Preston, 8 ; Ditto, Burnley, and Ac crington, 31.25. 6d.; Churnet Valley, 3i; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and Canal, 4i; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 8; Shefßed and Lincoln, 195.; Trent Valley, 10k; West Yorkshire, 6 1-16 ; Paris and Orleans, 441 ; Paris and Strasburg, 3 1-16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3i per Cent ................ 1031 Consols Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., lid 64. pm. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Dutch, 29 per Cent 641 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid 6Bi Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid .. 42 Direct Northern, 2i paid Dublin and Galway, 2i paid Eastern Counties, 25 paid l5 Eastern Union, 10 paid.. ~, lO Great North of England, 100 paid Ditto, New Shares, 5 paid.... . Great Western, 75 paid Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) .. ... 227 Ditto Quarters, 2 paid London and Blackwall, 16 1 1 London and South Western, 411 paid 7sf London and York, 2i paid 4l . Norwich and Brandon, 8 paid Portsmouth Direct, 1 paid Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid 2 Rugby, paid 1 i Yarmouth and Norwich, 20 paid Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2 paid Paris and Lyons, 2 paid Paris and Rouen, 20 paid 4l* Strasbourg and Bale, 14 paid COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CV. 12 6 Gibraltar — Ditto, at ..igbt l2 4 Legliorn ... . 3O 50 Rotterdam 2U. 12 61 Genoa 181 1.50 3 / 4 . 904 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 13 Altona l3 13i Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 !ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 ,5 Frankfort on Mains l2l retersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effse. fl. 3 M 954 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36% Cadiz iiilbso 36 Barcelona 36 Seville - 1 Venice . Naples Palerrso, i ,4 os llBl Lisbon s3i Oporto • Rio Jancne Bahia . . Buenos Ay...9e NevrYol k dyssiglit rxR34.4 - ,F BULLION, PER oz. Foreign .;. ,. .-I,bars../.3 17 9 portutA f^»ld Coin 3 17 5 New D.,. , e0n5..... 0 0 0 New .)(,-.2.218 0 4 9t Silver !... bars 0 4 11i A TRAP roa BURGLARC—On Sunday morning while the family of M. Girardot, living on the route de Romainville, at Belleville, were gone to Paris, a thief broke into their house, and having packed up all the valuables, was about to walk off with them, when he was tempted by a large pot of comfiture and a bottle of brandy, which he found in a closet. Having eaten all the sweetmeat and drunk half the brandy, he found him self so overcome that he staggered under his burden, and resolved to recover his powers by a nap. Having placed a loaded gun which he found in a corner, beside him, he laid himself down on the servant's bed, and fell into so sound a sleep, that Mademoiselle Girardot, who returned earlier than the rest, discovered her new lodger still close locked in the arms of Morpheus. The packages at once told her his character. With soft steps she went out again, and brought back with her some gendarmes, who found great difficulty in rousing the sleeper, priose._ but, having Messengera at last conducted him to Simon; ArPßAT,—Thursday night, about twelve, a serious encounter took place in Sussex-street, Totter,- ham-court-road, between a party of Irishmen and Eng lishmen. It appeared that the cause of the quarrel ori ginatedp g ia)in with who was the winner of some game they were above-named i s n tre the British et. The Iri u shm n en pu e b h lic all -110 ~eu g s e e , in dth t e h i e r opponents to fight, and several of them immediately comniPtice4 au attack , armed with bludgeons. The greatest consternation prevailed in the pei&hhoprhoodt and we are sorry to add that one of the parties, whose name is William Tomlinson, residing in Chenies-mews, Tottenham -court-road, received such severe injuries on the head, it being literally cut open, that he was imme diately taiLe4 to tie London University Hospital, where he now lies without ankhope - cd recadery. Four or hp of the offending parties were immediately taken into custody by several policemen of the E division. SPEECH OF THE KING OF THE FItEN CH. On Thursday the French Chambers were opened with the usual ceremonies. At one o'clock his Majesty left the Tuileries, and upon arriving a the Chamber of Deppties ascended the Throne, ac companied by their Royal Highnesses the Duc de Ne mours, Prince de Joinville, Due d'Aumale, and Due de Montpensier. The Queen and Princesses occupied the usual places. His Majesty having taken his seat, delivered the following most gracious speech : " Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies, " At the moment your last session closed, compli cations, which might have become serious, were the object of my solicitude. " The necessity for protecting our possessions in Africa from reiterated and hostile incursions had obliged U 3 to carry the war into the empire of Mo rocco. Our brave land and sea armies, worthily com manded, have attained with glory, and in a few days, the object designat ,, d to their courage. Peace has been as prompt as victory, and Algeira, where three of my sons have this year had the honour of serving their country, has received a double pledge of secu rity, for we at the same time proved our power and our moderation. " My Government was engaged with that of the Queen of Great Britain in discussions which might have given rise to apprehensions of the relations be tween the two States being weakened. A mutual spirit of goodwill and equity has, however, maintained between France and England that happy accord which guarantees the repose of the world. " In the visit I have paid to the Queen of Great Britain, in order to testify to her the value which I set upon the intimacy which unites us, and of the reciprocal friendship of which she has given me so many marks, I have been surrounded with manifes tations the most satisfactory to France and to me. I have gathered in the feelings which have been ex pressed to me fresh pledges for the long duration of that general peace which secures to our country abroad a position dignified and strong, and at home a prosperity ever increasing and the quiet enjoyment of its constitutional liberties. "My relations with all the foreign powers con tinue pacific and amicable. " You are, Gentlemen, witnesses of the prosperous state of France. You see our national activity pro tected by wise laws display itself over every part of our territory and reaping by the protection of order the fruits of its labours. The improvement in na tional credit and the equilibrium established between our annual receipts and our expenses bear testimony to the happy influence of this situation over the general affairs of the State, as well as over the wel fare of all. " The financial laws will shortly be presented to you. Bills for the improvement of our roads, of our ports, of our internal navigation, for the finishing of our railroads, and for various objects of general utility, will also be submitted to your deliberations. " Amidst the prosperity of the country, Heaven has blessed the interior of my family ; it has increased the number of my children, and the marriage of my beloved son (the Duke d'Aumale), with a Princess already connected with us by so many ties, has been to me and to all mine a source of lively satisfaction. " Gentlemen,—Providence has imposed upon me great labours and sorrowful trials. I have accepted the burden, I have devoted myself—l have devoted my family—to the service of my country. To found, for a long time to come, their union and their happi ness, such has been for fourteen years past the aim of my constant efforts. I have the confidence that, with your loyal co• operation, the Almighty will enable me to att:iin it, and that the gratitude of free and happy France will be the reward of our mutual devotedness, and the glory of my reign." The fog was so dense, and the distance at which the public was kept by the troops was so great, that it was impossible to catch a glimpse of the royal corage as it passed along the quays, from the Tuilleries to the Palace of the Chamber of Deputies. A consider able military force had been called out on the occasion, aid twelve battalions of National Guards, with an equal number of troops, lined the quays on the passage of their Majesties. IMPORTANT FROM THE RIVER PLATE. SEIZURE OF THE ARGENTINE SQUADRON BY THE AMERICAN COMMODORE. The following letter was posted in the Liverpoo: Underwriters' Room this day, Dee. 26 : "Buallos ATRES, OCT. 2, 1844. " Circumstances of an extraordinary nature took place at Monte Video on Sunday, the 29th ult., being nothing less than the seizure by the American Com modore, commanding the United States frigate Con gress, of the whole of the Argentine squadron. " We recal to your recollection the fact that since the departure of Commodore Purvis, the fishing boats of Monte Video are seized by the Argentines whenever they can catch thorn. On Sunday, one of these boats was pursued by an armed schooner, having the Buenos Ayrean flag, and the latter having the best of the race, the boat ran under the lee of an American barque for security, upon which the armed schooner, without hailing or other usual notice, fired shotted guns into the barque, doing some damage; being at the same time, too, within the range of the Congress's guns. The Ame rican commodore immediately sent an armed boat to take possession of the aggressive schooner, and then of the whole Argentine squadron in detail, lowering the flag of each vessel in succession. Commodore Grenfell, commanding the Brazilian force at Monte Video, sent a message to Captain Phippin, stating that he considered the blockade to be void, as the blockading naval force had ceased to exist. Her Bri tannic Majesty's brig Philomel arrived here to-day, dispatched by Mr. Turner with letters to Mr. Man deville—and there the affair stands at present. "We may add, that the armed schooner did not strictly belong to the squadron, but is one of the small craft fitted out by Oribe, and manned by the lowest class of foreigners, chiefly Italians, who re ceive no fixed pay, but remunerate themselves by prize-money. She carried no papers of any kind, and the American Commodore retains her as a piratical craft.' " I have detailed this affair to you because the con sequences are likely to be serious. " On the same day a sortie was made from Monte Video, under the command of Flores, who succeeded in surprising a party of Oribe's men, slew about 60 of them, and carried off a quantity of cattle and horses, whichovere driven into the town." A ROMANTIC STORT.—A Swiss journal furnishes us with the following romantic tale of real life:—A married couple, who had for several years lived in a state of anti•conjugal-harmony, determined to part, and made an appointment with each other to meet at a not , ry's to sign the deed of separation. To arrive at the office of the man of law they had to cross a lake, and, as it happened, they both em barked in the same boat. On their passage a storm arose, and the boat was upset. The husband, being a good swimmer, soon reached the shore in safety; on looking around him to see the fate of his fellow-pas sengers, he discovered his wife still struggling for her life, but in imminent danger. A feeling of his early af fection returned to him, and, plunging again into the water, he swam to her, and succeeded in rescuing her. When she recovered her bellies, and learnt to whom she owed her life, she threw herself into his arms. He em braced her with equal cordiality, and they vowed an oblivion of all their differences, and that they would live and die together. AWFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—EIQHT LIVES LOST. —One 9f the most alarming accidents, and attended, we are sorry to say, with serious loss of life, occurred on Monday last, at the colliery of Messrs. Mathews and Dudley, at Corbyn's Hall, near Dudley. The circum stances are briefly these :—About six o'clock on Monday last, as six boys and two men were descending the Shaft of the pit in a skip, when a few yards from the top, the chain to which the skip was attached broke, and preci pitated them into the " sump," and they were all killed. The " aump" is a kind of reservoir, sunk some feet below the level of the pit, immediately under the shaft, to receive the water in the pit, In the present instance there were about seven feet of water in the " sump," so that if they had escaped being crushed to death in their fall they would most likely have been drowned. Tho two men were married, but we have not been able to ascertain whether or not they have left any family. An inquest was to be held yesterday (Thursday) before the coroner, T. M. Phillips. Esq., the result of which will be given in our next week's paper.—Tan Towns' 4-44445 g t: •- Whilst the railroad from Vienna to Trieste is ad• vancing in completion nearer the sea, the new Custom house at Vienna also draws towards completion. The Customs' duty at Vienna, already amounts to ' slflaudliy. 4 million ond a Lail quintals enter that capital by waggons and bores, MIA will all come by the railroad IMG---.4144ri0n SUMMARY OF NEil ijUbt“ Optitton. " Who runs may read.' ronnatemi. On Monday evening, their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received the President of the Coun cil of Ministers, the Minister of Commerce, the Pope's Nuncio, Vice-Admiral Jacob, Generals Bougenel, Pail loux, and Hecquet, the Marquis de Lavalette, Counts Mole, de Bondy, d'Haubersaert, and de Montesquiou, and the Barons de Vandceuvre and de Brigode. The Peers assembled on Tuesday in one of the com mittee-rooms of their Chamber to draw by lot for the grand deputation to receive the King on his coming on Thursday to open the Parliamentary session. Lieut.-Gen. Baron Vincent, Grand Cross of the Le gion of Honour, died on Monday evening in the rue Tronchet, aged 69. M. Dupoty, the liberated ex-editor of a Republican paper, has very discreetly declined accepting a "fra ternal banquet" offered to him by his political friends. We read in the Revue de Paris—" Letters from Gen. Lamoriciere, and which are corroborated by positive facts, announce that Abd-el-Kader is in a small town of Morocco, under the surveillance of the troops of the Emperor, who appears up to the present moment to have faithfu.ly executed the clauses of his treaty with France. lle has several times given an account of the measures adopted by him to watch the Emir, and lately informed the French authorities that Abd-el-Kader had sent emissaries to the environs of Fez, but that the people had remained deaf to his voice." M. Cortena and M. Cantero, ex-Ministers of Spain, and M. Pascual Madoz, one of the most influential speakers in the Cortes last year, have established their residence in Paris for the winter. Pierre Ivlonguiere, one of the veterans of the armies of the Republic and Empire, died at the Hotel des In valides of Paris on Monday. He had received 23 bullet wounds, and 15 stabs and cuts inflicted with the bayonet, lance, or sabre. The paper manufactory belonging to Messrs. Brice and Co., situate at La Villette, near Paris, was reduced to ashes on Monday night. The young woman through whose imprudence the fire originated perished in the flames, and a corporal and a soldier of the 74th Regi ment died victims of their zeal whilst endeavouring to extinguish the fire. They fell in the canal, and were drowned. The frost had returned suddenly and with much intensity in Paris. Letters from Madrid state that the motive for the sud den return of M. Gonzalez Bravo to Lisbon is the re ceipt of' intelligence from that city, stating that the Spanish refugees in Portugal are seriously preparing fur an attempt at counter-revolution in Spain. Whilst or ders are being sent to the authorities on the frontier to be on their guard against such an attempt, M. Gonzalez Bravo is to return to his post, in order that he may be able to defeat the intrigues of the refugees in Portugal. It is reported that a serious difference has arisen be tween M. Donoso Cortes, Secretary to the Queen of Spain, and General Narvaez, on the occasion of the peti tion of the journalists in favour of Colonel Rengifo. We are not told exactly how the Queen's Secretary has offended the President of the Council ; but we are left to infer that the former, either from motives of humanity or a desire to popularise the Queen by an act of clemency, supported the petition of the journalists, and presented it to the Queen, without first receiving the assent of Gene ral Narvaez. Be this as it may, it is certain that Gene ral Narvaez has expressed so much anger towards M. Donoso Cortes, that he has placed his resignation in the bands of her :Majesty; but it has not yet been accepted. A letter from Dresden, Dec. 16, in the Cologne Ga zette, states that the Saxon Government is on the point of contracting a new loan with the house of Rothschild. A Vienna letter says that, as the railroad between that capital and Trieste approaches towards the sea, the new buildings for the Custom-house at Vienna are drawing towards a completion. To give an idea of the immense extent of this establishment, the writer states that, in the course of the present year, 1,500,000 quintals (the quintal is 221ilbs. English) of merchandise arrived by land, and 170,009 quintals by water, besides 122,000 quintals in transit, - The litestphalian Mercury states, under its Berlin head, that Tschech constantly refused to apply for pardon, declaring, that as a man of birth and education, he could not support the punishment of being shut up in a house of correction, On the day of the execution the King sent him word that he and the Queen forgave him what he had done. Tschech had intended address ing the persons around him, but a police agent prevented him, He therefore only cried out, " Liberty, truth, and justice for ever." These were his last words. The late capture in the Rue du Rampart has led to the arrest of about twenty more delinquents, in consequence of numerous informations having been laid before the police, One is by a high functionary, from whom a sum of money had been extorted by threats of charging him with infamous practices, by two men who accosted him one dark rainy night in the environs of the church of the Madeleine. A slight accident happened on Saturday afternoon last upon the railway, between Quievrain and Valenciennes. near Annaing. An axletree broke, and the waggons contititted to be dragged on, before they could be stopped, for about a thousand yards. But fortunately no passenger, nor any one of the men employed on the train, was hurt, nor was any considerable damage done. 3i. A." 47 AND DOMICIL There was not a single charge of drunkenness made at the Mansion-house on the day after Christmas-day. Edward Downes Boucher, a clerk at the Castle and Falcon Inn, Aldersgate-street, charged with obtaining money by false pretences from Mrs. Lee, a saleswoman in Newgate-market, was fully committed from Guild hall. The prisoner was in the habit of overcharging for the carriage of parcels, and of pocketing the difference between the amount charged and the amount entered on the waybill. At Queen-square Richard Smith, a determined-looking fellow, was on Thursday charged with violently assault ing Mary Higgleton, cutting her dress off her person, and demolishing the whole of her furniture. He was also charged with making a furious attack upon a policeman. The prisoner had first seduced and then de serted her, but afterwards finding that she had, by her industry, earned sufficient to purchase a room full of furniture and live comfortably, he sought to renew the intimacy. On Christmas-day they dined together, the prisoner got drunk and attacked her with a knife, and destroyed the furniture. He was only secured after a desperate resistance. Mr. Burrell committed him for one month to hard labour (without imposing any fine) for the assault on the constable, ordered him to pay a penalty of 5/., or be imprisoned for two months, for the unmanly attack upon the female, and to find bail to keep the peace for the next six months. Robert Woodgate, a returned transport, was com mitted from Lambeth -street, for one month to the House of Correction, for cutting the guard and attempting to steal a valuable silver watch, the property of Thomas Wilson, at a coffee-shop, in Whitechapel. At the Thames Police -court, when the magistrate, Mr. Ballantine, took his seat on the bench, it was announced that there were only five night charges which had occurred at the various station-houses of the district, containing s > population, including sailors, of over 150,000 persons, Of these only three were charged with drunkenness, and, as they had not behaved disorderly, they were discharged. olie At seven o'clock in the evening, tho happy partyb r up, M r . R owe h av i ng b us i ness w hi c h ca ll e d him into t e P.ountry. Mr. Rowe is a young men, 27 years of Age' o f A further decided advance t o wards the complet i°° j„, the lighthouse on the Goodwin Sands, has beeu lua the height to which it is now brought above bighl a ' l :. mark being sixteen feet. By New Year's day all tion of thirty-four feet above high-water mark is petted to be attained, wh e n th e w o r km e n w ill be reg e " on the sands near its site. On Christmas-day the lending library at the . 11 . with Union-house was opened for the use of the mates. Upwards of 200 volumes were distribute 4, 03,1 r, the effect was so signally b ene fi c i a l th a t the roote r ' - Ellis, had not, last ev e nin g (Th urs d a y), a single e tW l3sf insubordination to report to the board of gu ard , ii , which had arisen after the festivities of Christmas -Is%' FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL . BRUSSELS, DEC. 24.—The av e rage price of Whet t , ",•• re . week was 17f., and that of Ry e 10f. 62c. per hectootder The Bel g ian C o nsul a t Sincapore has visited , b y cr of his Government, the ports of China, open to Eurol )e , b - , commerce. The Government has j us t received from 'the Consul a detailed and v e ry i n t erest i ng report 013 , f1i general comm e rc e of the Chi nese em pi re , and esPe ci n di. on the several ar ti c l es o f i m p or t an d export, th e c%r tion of sal e , & c . A se l ec ti on o f p a tt e rns has not Y et hei . rived. The r e port w ill, h owever , be sent to the Cbsn''ltt, of Commerce, which is directed to communicate it t° merchants and manufacturers of the kingdom. Between seven and eight h un d re d compositor s an i printers of Brussels met ye s t er d a y, on the invita tt° ° 0 0 , 0 the Provincial Committee of the printers, issued , t he days ago, in consequence of the r e p or ts concerni n g r suppression of literary piracy in Belgium. This iniP r L u ' ur taut meeting was conducted with the greatest dec ti o . and propriety. A perman en t Co mm itt ee of fle e the hers was chosen by a great maj or ity, after whi ch meeting dispersed in the most orderly manner. v i a i BREDA. DEC. 20.—For some time pasta gr etl i t ;ion. for the advantage of our trade has been in costelnP 4- t he This is the making of a canal from this city t'?„•,,g Moerdyk, which, it is expected, will revive our elect i T ro l commerce and manufactures. There have been °el bos meetings on the subject, and we learn that a petition f been presented to his Majesty for the formation °O4 Chamber of Commerce. It is proposed that the shall be navigable by steam-boat, and other vessel" Oosterhout and Gertrindenberg. a zo POLISH FRONTIER, DEC. 14,•--.Some time of report was spread in the German newsPall — ohe arrests which were said to ha ve t a k en place „T r of kingdom of Poland, and o f an ex t ens i v e COWL' there. A letter which we h ave j us t rece ived, quarter to be depended on, gives satisfactory ac toners on this subject. It states that Russian Comm tier are engaged at Peysen, a R uss i an Polish l'sgo town, in endeavouring to tr ac e a revo lutionarl This ciation among the inferior Polish no bility• ow association is stated to have r am ifi ca ti on even i n to te. casia, which would confirm and account for th e n o is e anent lately given in a German pap er , that a c °ll - f t ,iitla able number of Poles had emb ar k e d in r.. 11 port, with the intention to proened to Circosi a ', o :-" Russian authorities describe the matter as ~ "i 0 Two Polish noblemen, and A----, liri of fugitives, under a f a l se name , on th e frcn t , e c iing Russia and Pola n d, were engaged ill srialjr %iA ti ' foreign books into Poland. M. Von Suchorzeblfoi.4 a landowner on the f ron ti er , h a d rece i v ed fic 4 n of three packets, which th ese no bl eme n ~, ht the smuggling into Poland. They arrived at Nr i e ro tief town above-mentioned, o pp os it e th e Prussia" tvol town of Witzernburg, on the 20th of October, °,,,,py in the aftern oon . Th e y rema i ne d th ere in coallor4) of the frontier officers till midnight. Thelwa of equally fortunate in r eac hi ng th e Polish ' ° ov ieg Landeck, where they b rea kf as t e d, an d were °J o in. their cigars, when an inspector of the excise h e r e and, smelling the cigars, sa id t o hi ms elf, t ° Prussian cigars," and immediately caused se' . The be made in the carriage of the two noblemen' all 4 result was, that the three packets of b° ° . . t h pamphlets were di scovere d, an d th e c arriage+ w t l lo ll ' contents, the horses, and th e coac hman, were kno wa The two noblemen escaped ;TA it is 1: 1 °t been whither they . have fled. .Many noblemen W e ,. IS arrested and carried in chains to different Part sr° is said that noblemen in the Prussian territe* implicated, DUTCH FUNDS.....AIISTERDASI, Dec. 24 . 0 016 &tones. 4,44 Actual Debt, ‘.2% per ........ 64 4 1102 Ditto, ditto, S per Cent. Ditto, ditto, 4 per Cent. Mete. ante 5 per Beast. „ 99 3 i 'OS Arnett Syndic, 4 g per cent O!4 Ditto, ditto, sg per cent....." . ... ?IS 10 1 4 Commercial Company, Vi per Loan 1837, 4% per cent. Exchange en London, Onarnonth ..... Tworrionths... At sight l2 Dutch Papers, Dec. 25 HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE /W. I°' sonei• - 41 Austrian 5 per Cents . Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Lean 1144, 105% Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate.... 1 03 n , 105% " Inscription, Ist series Russian per Cent. Hope and Co., 34 and 4th ries go Ditto In Certificates New 4 per Cent, (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. Anglo-Danish Loan, S per Cent. .......,, .,«,„ B7 o f Spanish. New S per Cents , 19% I Polish Bonds New Tickets Exchange on London. Haraburgh, One month - Two months...— IS 8 BELGIAN FUND3.—Bars9nts, Actua Debt, N per Cent., ........ RothschiW's Loan, Five per Cent.. ..... .... Lean of Thirty Milions, Four per Ce nt ........ Three per Cent. "";,,-. --- Thirty-seven Millions, /Litt. •-•-••••"*. ... 10913 (11340)•••••" ... . I C S N Loan of City, 1843, Four perCea. .......... ........ -- 1832 ..................... . ................. Society of Commerce, Four and a Half P er 03 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent.... .......... ...... .1 — Issue of ,„ ... —Brussels Papers, Dlc. „ 25.. 5,0 (2 3? HER MAJ E S TY AND THE PRINCE ti° (011FitO$ NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.—WINDSOR, TEURSDLT*---,° A. CORRESPONDENT.)—The distribution of the, 4ftr:o and his Royal Hi g h ness P r i nce Albert's allnUa,b, o rt the poor and needy families of Windsor and a '- ,erau4h, of the parish of Cl ewer w hi c h is within the h it. the which will be dispensed through the inedillu i : Lord Steward of her Ma jes ty'sh h ld o' 6 ' do' '9 f ALISO 0 the Hon. and Rev. C. L, C,ourtenay (the Q ue l t'a mestic chaplain), agreeably to the reconmenmi/jpi s Mr, John Clode, Jun., and the other churchicsr th e the parish, will take place on New Year's er e c 1 41 4 ' iiiding•school at the n ew royal mews in the nerlir;iinell It is expect e d th a t h er Majesty and his Royal 'v r opr Prince Alb er t, a tt en d e d by the members o f the eon h ousehuld, will be present to b e w itnesses of the tying scene. One hundred and eighty Pai rs . aOlO 4 quarter blanket s w ill b e given to that number oi_ t. . -- 0 1 so' agreeably to th e recommendation of the varoc."- in; • thorities. Nearly t wo h un d re d f am ilies, averogoatlt' children in each, will also b e su pplied fthe (1. 1 re being regulated according to the number of chid, Fe at the same time with h ee l', plum-pudding , bre soll tatoes, and ale, and also one hundr e d weight of cv each family. ly f'))el SEASONABLE BENEVOL E N CE .—Lady E 1 1%,.; be 1 ; : . caused a quantity of excellent beef and money P",y -h trilauted on Saturday last for the poor of t'" e ist o " parish, to provide them with a substantia l d to m_ner. Her Ladyship has also ordered wsri u bbc; r i be given in the indigent inhabitants of then %d i f ng parishes.—Lord Paulett has forws h irtV i or the necessitous poor in Batbwick, Somerset! 11 ‘ . Hon. Mr. Warneford, of High worth-house, SuPtehe given a liberal supply of blankets and coals fo r yorr e :{ tressed inhabitants of Hig a h worth.—The Rev. gr h ' i utt;p Forfarshire, has re ce i ve d from Lord P nmure (I'l poor. t he 70L to be laid out on c o a l s f or .h e IPA has likewise given a subscription of 251. to kitchen. is , • . CHRISTMAS PESTIVITIBII AT ELTHASI ode lr Preparatory to Christmas-day a collection ass Fe the village of Eltham, in Kent, of which It e 'a e -- r il' s e pl i i _Mills, J. Willemotte, A. G. Milne, R. J. Ss Dr. King, the Rev. Mr. Fryer, and some e blir t oor t he `lr ladies, were the principal contributors, for t- ' e the vicinity, and amounted to upwards of 5 0 t• tr uste` l e t , tribution of this seasonable benevolence was in i ,(o. Dr. King, who with his characteristic kindne s , ; - ,fact i e, exerted his best energies to give individual s 3 rbe C I and upwards of 150 families were recipients o• t and mad e h a ppy on th e great f est i va l. co t ,' A burglary of a most dari n g c haracter witted a few days ago, in the residence of Miss - f . bers, of Radway, near Kineton, on the borders ° ,, c „ lee; wickshire and Worcestershire. The villains, three in number, with blackened faces, and stre lO ilrod f t: pistols, having made a forcible entrance into t h ud two of them proceeded to Miss Chambers's sffelaijit'w whilst the third kept watch at the stair-foot d° ° , 1 r ;',0 1.11 3,: to the apartments of the servants, who we re ",-/ tar ri and whose brains he threatened to blow out if t g l alb,.% : ' any noise. The same threat was made to Miss I,' by the two men who entered her room ; they thou seeded to rifle the house, and carried off cash , Pl it ,„, e ra, other property to a considerable amount. A re n 40 11° 201. has been offered for the p prehension and c(i-s.„, of the offenders.—Tea Towh a s' P Messenger. STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND LACS - fl ow - h e The general condition o f th e co tt on hosiery ma ne ja• Is about the same as reported previously i$ wrought hose line, the situation of the work ef t 13 '1 W o o; tnentable, as they are, in general, neither 00IP discharged, vibrating between both, having t ° day after day for even a very scanty a llowszl ee i e o'7 cotton glove trade, though dull, is in a better state Cotton glove trade, though dull, is in a bettet oc tU4 any other branch of the cotton hosiery n 13 1 11 111,0 but the drawer, pantaloon, and shirt brancu, ho le/ been in a worse condition for years. Tbe,, si , l , ^ b"ebb_ . ,,i irr trade in all its branches has not improved. 1 ' 43 3 net lace trade is much the same. Nets fire in the mark e t w ith man y houses, who seem to be mg their es t a bli s h men t s . In despite of this 112 ,- 0 , tri state of things, we think there will be a rea ctieo ad better. Greater attention is now paid to tba g row net, and as the Brussels ground has, and can be °I., 0 0 0 !machinery, we hope, ere long, to have to a nnotoL o tic e it has been completed. The warp lace trade iS l ' o t, t b the same situation it has been in for some wee ks 11 ( 1? i t/ tatting branch having to a slight extent surr se o' l some articles, the bobbin-net manufacture. ,nsi s Pood, press is still in a very fair condit4'''"- b ut thV i t ik. . ; he is in a depressed state, --6 a serious rival Cot 0, ofi o lk r l• N - N —orning Mr. Noble, the Governor of York be , • 0 t ceivvd a respite from the sentence of death, 1 b . e n r, - I n A e m t s .—A 'o POTTERt tin . g_h nr% B l e i Ty r e'd feir;; of William Potter, convicted at the late - York s f o rd ) ,/ sizes of arson, at Wistow, near Selby, " until tb n e es or signiticatioa of her Majesty's piessure."' Gazette. COITNIT-rAISZIONABZII. The Dowager Countess of Buckingham, who has been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Chichester, at Stanmere Park, has arrived at Elt(..:oink HOW, near Bleokheath, The Countess of Hillsborough and her infant son are, we are happy to say, going on favourably. The Count and Countess de Jarnac have arrived at Slivart's Hotel, from the Earl of TsAtervilles villa, Mount Felix, Walton-uponahames. Lady Mary Leslie, atter a sojourn of near two months at Brighton, has left tfor Shrub-hill, the seat of the Dowager Lady of Rothes. Lady Rolle, who had been on a tour of visits in Ire land, has returned to Bicton House, her Ladyship's seat in Devonshire. The Hon. Lady Mary Cocks, Hon. Mrs. C. Hely Hut chinson, and the lion. Craven Berkeley, M.P., have ar rived at Cheltenham. Sir William and Lady Chatterton have arrived in Berkeley-square from the Continent. Mr. E. Hodgson, M.P., and Mrs. Hodgson, have ar rived in Carlton-gardens from Brussels. Mr. Charles Cochrane has arrived in Devonshire-place from Madrid. matigionsaavernovse. Prince Albert's Scotch ox, admired at the late Christ mas show of the Smithfield Club, and admitted by every judge who had seen him to be the finest specimen of his breed ever seen in England, is of the Angus breed, and was bred and reared by Hugh Watson, Esq., at Keillor, county of Forfar. About a year ago Mr. Wat son sold it to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, for a goodly sum. It is the same ox which was shown by Mr. Watson at the Highland Society's show at Dundee, and at the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland's show in Belfast, in 1843, when he was recommended by the judges as the most perfect animal of his kind they had ever seen in a show-yard. On Christmas morning, at nine o'clock, according to the annual custom of the Duke of Northumberland, his Grace gave ths following munificent donations to eight hundred of the respectable poor of the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, which was distributed at the rectory, by the Rev. Sir Henry Duckinfield, Bart., viz., a half-crown piece, fifteen pounds of the best potatoes, a four-pound loaf, and one hundred weight of the best coals, to each recipient. The state apartments at Windsor Cantle, which bad been closed since the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of Glousester, are now open to the public, by command of her Majesty, On Christmas-day, six poor women and a similar number of aged men, constant attendants at Somers Chapel, Seymour-street, St. Pancras, wore regaled with a handsome repast, by a gentleman named Rowe, hold ing sittings in the same chapel, and residing at No. 79, high-street, Camden-town. The poor creatures were selected by the Her. C. Phillips, the curate, and were ordered to attend at Mr. Rowe's. That gentleman presided over the festive board ; the viands consisting of roast pig, boiled rabbit, and pickled pork, roast beef, plumb pudding, mince pies, &c. Paring the repast, the guests were enlivened by music and singing, Mr. H. Horne presiding at the harp, an d Miss Rowe and another young lady at the plano-forte. To make the scene more enchanting, the drawing -Ta— was dNorated with bunches of holly an d • from which were suspended bunch.. —,stietoe, orangei and lemons, A - rortugal grapes, and tjiterry • excellent dess ert , w i t h P ort 4 , “a libitum,was 11189 put upon the table. 1 ‘411,, C( CE 1