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a man apparently from under the carriages that were just on the edge of the embankment. He was Hedger, I believe. I never heard the deceased men speak about the accident. _ ConoNEu—Pray did you ever see any other engine with steam and smoke in such a manner as the one in question ? Witness—No ; I never did, and that was what excited my surprise. It was quite an unusual ap pearance, and I never saw anything like it before. CORONER—PIave you seen many trains pass along ? Witness—l have ; four or five a day. I did not take particular notice of the speed of the engine that led to the accident. Mr. Parker, the solicitor to the Company (to the wit ness)—Respecting the unusual appearance you have been mentioning, I wish to ask you whether you saw the man on the engine extend his arm, and apparently touch something, after or before the engine jumped, or the fire fell out? Witness—What attracted my attention, air, to the engine, was the fire, instantly afterwards it jumped, and then the man extended his arm, and at the same moment leaped off. I will swear that I saw the man on the engine move his arm after it rose. Several other witnesses spoke in support of the above evidence. Dr. Ilaiky, of Thetford, was then called to prove the injuries which the deceased men died from. It being now near five o'clock, The CommEn said, it would be impossible to conclude the inquiry that evening, and he begged to recommend an adjournment, as, in the meantime, no doubt, General Pesky would institute his official investigation, and, by having his opinion on the subject, it would much assist the jury in coming to a verdict. The jury acquiesced in the suggestion, and the investi gation was accordingly adjourned. TILEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tllli EVENING Will he repeated a Grand Opora, In three acts, called MARITAL` A. Star es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Miss Poole. Between the Second and Third Acts of the Opera Professor RISLEY and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classical and Popular Exercises. To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic Tantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and extensive Scenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture and Music by Mr. It. Hughes; the Tricks, Transformations, and Decorations by 31r. Blatnirc ; the Machinery by Mr. B. Slotnan ; the Dresses by Mr. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The whole produced tinder the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. INTERIOR. OF GUILDHALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day, 1 0 45—between the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and Gog (the City Giants—once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. It. Homeastle ; Ge eral Tom Thumb (a Dwarf, bat causing a great panic in the Giant market), Miss Dale. " Who'll kill the Giants? I, says Tom Thumb, As soon as I come, I'll kill the Giants."—Yankee Nursery Tale. The Genius of Pantontine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny Club"), Miss A. Pa) ne.—How Tom Thumb takes the Giants down a peg or two—" From words they'd almost come to blows "—Umpire and Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision in a manner (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons In boxes, pit. and gallery. Scene 2. COAST OF THE ISLAND OP LILLITUT.—DIScovered A.D. "Afer a storm comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion tor travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Mrs. Gul liver (having a passion for her husband, in the same predicament), Mr. Hance. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places. Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go up, up. up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here He go down, down, down." The tide having ceased to Row, naturally begins to ebb, and leaves Gulliver to asto nish the Lilliputians'. Peasants (the real " small natives"), Messrs. and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebody, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, &c. &C. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian Police, Mr. Stumpy; Policemen, Messrs. Move-a-way, Clear-the way, lush-a-long, Walk-on, &c.; Engineer, Mr. Esser; Stoker, Mr. Hot-birth. Ilow Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, is BOUND over to keep the peace ; and how, " by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," he is carried away to the cotut of the Emperor Lll liput. " And wasn't he a dainty dish To set before the King ?" Old MSS. in the British Museum. eeiie 3. HALL OF SCIENCE IN TILE PALACE OF TILE KING OF LA PUTA.-11i3 MajCSty the King of Laputa (very deep in Geome try —vide, Flappers at his elbows), Mr. T. Matthews ; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram and Lord High Chamberlain 'Equilateral (Mild of " Figures," especially amber " One"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Johnson. Lords in Waiting, with their attendant flappers, pages, Ike. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;" and how, having boat her G , the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to recover the same. Scene 4. MARINE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPEROR OF LILLIPUT.—MS " High" Mightiness Golbas to Moniaren Nally tiny Gue, Emperor of Lilliput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Ent prens of Lilliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (tile " high est" familiel in the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least 2 ft. 6 in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scullions, fze. &e..—lloar Gulliver, having been let out of " durance vile," not only pockets the affront, but two policemen ill the bargain. How he kisses the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the Lilliputiax Imperial Guard. how Oulliver swallows his dinner, and is only prevented from swallowing a Lilliputian, by way of dessert, by the news of the arrival of the Blefaseadlan fleet. Gulliver re gains his freedom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on fire. Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves the Empress, and is then obliged to save himself, which he does by taking a hop, step, and a jump into Seene 5. CORN-FIELD IN BROBDlGNAG..—Longostretelm (a sub stantial Brobdignag farmer, and member of the Brobdignag Agri cultural Society), Mr. Monster ; Long-In-the-stride (his wife), Mrs. Strapper; Brobdignag Baby (in and out of a go-cart), Miss 11. Payi.e ; A very round Robin (the mother of a very fine faintly) Mrs. Redbreast ; Prize Pig (with silver medal front the Brobdignag Cattle Show), Mr. Snout. How Gulliver goes a bird's nesting, and gets the worst of it, and how, after paying all proper deference to the "great-uns," he pitches into the " little-un" in the go-cart. Scene 6. BROBDIGNAG BED-ROOM AND NURSERY.—Brobdignag " Gemini" (Anglice twins), M asters James and Elliott; Brobdignag Kitten, Mr. Pussey. For further particulars of this scene apply personally to the principal peribrmcrs, who can be seen in it every erening till further notice. Scene 7. COAST OF TILE ISLAND OF LiLerruv (as Scene 2), and re-appearance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulliver takes a flying leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our old acquaintance, the Rock, introduces another old acquaintance, the Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters. Ha rle,tii it ..Mr.•••• Wieland. Clown ....Mr.••. T. Matthews. Pantaioon ••• • • • Mr. Howell. Columbines • • Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. geese A. END OF COVENTRY -STREET, PICCADILLY.—Writing in Bight Lessen,. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom paniment. A Sudden Peep into Leicester-square. Weahaill Lake Ice. Sliding made easy. A great Fall in Provisions—viz, fish, fruit and vegetables. Sectie 9. CLowa's LODGINGS.—Bed and Window change sides, and Clown " goes down the middle and up again ;" great virtue in a blan ket. "To be well shaken before taken." The principle of elongation • Carded out." Clown is tossed up, and Harlequin comes down " heads." 10. EXTERIOR 01? GROCERS, I/SIIMONGERS, AND WINE MER- C/I A NTS' SHOPS.—Tiro active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask of West livitt Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad Infinitum, Putting up the shutters—the wrong shop. Try again. Ditto re peated. Great change on the premises, and " business removitig." Scene 11. HIGHGATE-lIILL, with extensive view of the neighbour hood or 1.,,01d0n. Railways remember the 30th November. Grand Railway Steeple-chase to the Board of Trade. Arrival of engines from all the country round. " A clear course and no favour." Off they go. Clown and Pantaloon In difficulties, and ending in a "dis solution of partnership." i-cciie 12. FLEET-STREET DURING THE REPAIRS, with Glass Shop, Tininan's, and Railway Printing-office. Railway Prospectus and Provisional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any amiount punctually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great battue of stags ; " they come—they come." No thoroughfare. The shortest cut to the Board of Trade, producing a great smash among the crockery. ecene 13. EXTERIOR OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, and Probable Ge neral rtailway Terminus. Scene 11. WATCHMAKERS' AND BOOKSELLERS' SHOPS.—Teaching the young lien how to shoot. Illustrated London Noose: A " pinch of curry powder." Watch on a new movement. Queen's Visit to Germany, and all eyes directed to SCPTIS 15. Tus CITY or COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Owing to tkls great attraction, immediate application should be mile to JOHN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. THEATIM ROYAL HA YMAICKLT. TE IS EVENING Will be performed RO3IjIOAVD.II:7IIET. Romeo, Miss Cush /mu (her Second Appearance at this Theatre); Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman (her Second Appearance in England). conchuhi with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitlod THE BEE AND THE ()RANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Ch iracters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Ilortou, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. t•tanky. intA'n-E AoLLl'ill THIS EVENING 11'i?I he rep:Nee 1 an entirely .New Dra!na, called THE LIONESS )F THF: \OICi7I, or, The Prisoner of Shlusselbonrg Alexis Rotnanouski, 3lr. NI - chster; Triptoleinus Krout, Mr. Wright; Eliza beth, Madinte Celeste. After valid', will be produced THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan taTllllll,, Called lIAIILEQI 1N AN I) POONOOWINGKE E WANG FLItt E EDEEFLOBEEDEE BUSK.EEBANG ; or, The Ring of the "2annibal Islands. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss ; Cltewn, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitche■eon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CR iCKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Primipal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. Ancr which will he producer! a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Fireuz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; Mes dames Kelley, 'Pillars, Hodson, Dawson, Ileward, Arden, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will NI repeated a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE RAILROAI► FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Flush, Mr. Compton. Aftvr Which, DON C2ESAR DE RAZAN. Don Ctesar de Bazan Mr. iYallAck ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or. HAIL EQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. harlequin, Mr. W. H Harvey; Columbine, Miss liullen ; Clow•n, Mr. Ilexinore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. 11111. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a Domestic Drama of powerful Interest, entitled THE LADY OF ST. TROPEZ. G 4 orge Maurice, Mr. J. Browne ; Count D'Aubr!eve, Mr. Brookes ; Hortense (the Lady of St. Tropes), Miss L. Melville. To be tdlowill by THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Col. Vreelove, Mr. Walter Lacy; Lady Freelove, Miss L. Melville. And coneludhig with the now Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, called FORTUNATE'S ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. Furtuaatu,, Hamilton; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy Queen, ?lies Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. timythers ; Pantaloon, Mr Charl , 4 ; Clown, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. AMTLEY'S ROY A L Ait PINT iII'ATRE OF ARTS. THIS EVENING Will he performed the novel Drama of THE PYRENEES. In which. Wellen's celebrated Dog Emile will appear, whose per formances at the Cirque Olympique, Paris, has drawn crowded houses for th e l ast nine months. IS CM' Sce nes of the Circle, combining the talent of' the French and Dighsh Artistes. At ter wh ich Will be repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan tominie, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA ; or, Sancho Panza, and Dideinea of Tebcso, with new Scenery, pre34,,s, Mechanical Changes, &c. DAVIDUE's Roy 1. SURREY THEATRE. T HIS EVENING II•••••• .e performed 'HIE MENDICANT EON; or, The Jew of Fotithwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Ireslop ; :Amiantus H. Vining, Martin, aid is:oy. after which, a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HiItI.EQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON; er, The o cc d QU . EO.II BEM. firiCquin, c ormac k ; : C G,!cieß Days , c.f clarnhine, Miss 521103 , 25 ;, Clown, Mr. Paul H erring; Pantaloon, Mr. And.f:rreit ; Srute. Mr. Stilt. R YAL VICTORIA THIS' LVENINg•• ATP H ARD PLANTAGENET, in Three Acts , supported by M essrs Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, 'l'. Fredericks, niggle, Dale, H erbert : t4earle, and Misses Vincent, Richardson, Eliza Terre!, Mrs. G. Lee. - Aner which, Professor HEMMINGS and his SONS will give more unparalleled feats of Classical Gymnasia then ever yet has been ex hibit,d, and snrpassing even the celebrated Risley himself. To conclude with a new gorgeous Pantomime, called TIPPITY WITCHET; or, HARLEQUIN' I'IM BOBBIN and the COMICAL WI ['CUES of LANCASHIRE. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin(); Colum bine, Miss Le Vito ; the Two Clowns, Messrs. E. Blanchard and APDonald ; the Two Pantaloons, Mr. Franklin and the veteran Tom lam:hard, the very King of Pantomime and Prince of Pantaloons. REFUGE FOR THE °USELESS.— Orders were re ceived to place the three establishments in Whitecross-street, Foley -street, and Glasshouse-yard, open to-night, but in con sequence of the continued warmth of the weather they have n countermanded. On Tuesday night last the unfortu nate emigrants of the ship Robert Isaacs, upwards of 130 in number, ea route from Southampton, were accommodated, and amply regaled with bread and coffee, at the Whitecross street Asylum, fr o m whence they were sent, at five o'clock On Wednesday morning, in three vans, to the terminus of the Virminglism Railroad, at Euston-square. THE SUN LONDON, WIEDNESDAY EVENING, DECE.MBER 31, 184 T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXVII. will be published on Thursday, Jan. 8. CONTENTS 1. PARLIAMENT AND THE COURTS. 2. SIIAKSPEARE IN PARIS. 3. LEGISLATION FOR THE WORKING CLASSES. 4. RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN GERMANY—THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 5. LYELL'S TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA. 6. EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STATE CONFEDERACIES. 7. SCOTTISH CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE AND PRO CEDURE. 8. POLITICAL STATE OF PRUSSIA. 9. EARLS GREY AND SPENCER, London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE QUEEN OF DENMARK AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. Edited by Mrs. GORE. " The subject of this work is a most interesting one—the misfor tunes of Caroline Matilda, the sister of George 111 , and the intrigues of her Court, afford an excellent field for the novelist. The work is written with very great power, and gives an admirable picture of old Court life."—'iVeekly Chronicle. " A curious and credible narrative of events of the highest lute rest."—.Athenmum. " This work is full of anecdote, Intrigue, and lively scandal, and valuable for the graphic pictures which it gives oflife and character." —Morning Post." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street MR. BENTLEY'S ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Now ready, price Half-a-Crown, embellished with Three Engravings, Part 11. of M. THIERS' lIISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *s. To be had also of all Booksellers. TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, A HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH NV ALE.S; FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1844. By THOMAS HENRY BRAIM, Esq., Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Principal of Sydney College. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 31. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31 ; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 42, BAROMETER, 30.21.—W1ND W., fine. tIIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M +rains 19 minutes after 3 Evening 41 minutes after 3. interests at stake, and the country would grudge no expense in such a cause. The Government are only to blame, and we therefore trust that the new First Lord of the Admiralty will take up the question with his usual spirit, and thereby save us from a miserable system of truckling, and from humiliation and defeat. The last few days have shown a decided—and the more satisfactory, because, though decided, not vio lent—tendency to reaction from the railway-panic. There is a time for everything—a time for looking backward, and a time for looking forward—a time when fears will prevail, and a time when hope will resume its sway; and it was inevitable that the ap proach of the 30th of November should bring specu lation to a standstill, and make every one think of Standing Orders, and see nothing but difficulties where, when the day was distant, no difficulties were dreamt off. A panic was sure to come. Let no panic -mongers flatter their own vanity by supposing that they made the panic, though their ill-applied industry may have aggravated its injurious effects. And now the 30th of November is a month old, we write, on the 31st of December, when railway projects will have passed their second great ordeal, or be for this year fallen. The meeting of Parliament is approaching, and the railway public will begin to turn their heads forward; and already there are signs of life and hope. We have never given into the mania of indiscrimi nate abuse of railway speculation. "There may be a superstition," says Lord BACON, " in avoiding su perstition ;" and it is not necessarily honesty which will draw no line between railway speculation and railway gambling. We have net failed to lament the excesses or reprove the abuses of the late railway excitement. But, without speculation, how would our existing railways have been constructed ? The fact is of speculation as of agitation, that within due bounds it is a wholesome, if not necessary, stimu lant to the body social ; and the evils lie entirely in the abuse. And even when speculation breal:s through the thin partition that bounds it from gambling, while we admit that all efforts, should be made to bring it back within its proper bounds, we should be disposed to look leniently on errors and excesses belonging to a movement so full of promise to the material, aye, and moral, prosperity of our country as that which now holds out to every ♦illage and every cor ner the prospect of railway communication with the great centres of industry, and commerce, and civi lisation. Parliament has always hitherto treated railway enterprise as a matter of speculation; and it will be too late, therefore, for Parliament, even if it were disposed to hearken to the recommendations of purists on these matters, to turn round upon railway specu lators as deserving of indiscriminate censure. here are one or two striking instances of the spirit in which railway cornpanie s have been treated, from the transactions of only last session. Lord REDESDALE is giving evidence before a Committee of the House, and is asked—" Supposing the case of the promoters of a railway scheme, who have gone to an immense expense, and have lost no time in promot ing their object, and they are defeated by the mere efflux of time, and by the peculiar circumstances of the present session, do not you think that that con. stitutes a case of hardship so great, that the Legisla ture ought to do something to relieve the parties from it ?" Now hear his Lordship's answer :—" I have no great feeling for them, speaking for myself." That is, they are a set of speculators, and they must rough it as Lest they can. A Committee sat last year in the House of Lords on the subject of compensation by railway companies to landowners. The Duke of of RICHMOND, chairman. Here is an extract from their report " The Committee are of opinion that many cases occur in which it is necessary to consider the land, &c., not merely as a source of income, but as the subject of expensive em bellishment, and subservient to the enjoyment and recrea tion of the proprietor. " Public advantage may require all these private consider ations to be sacrificed, but as it is the only ground upon which a man can justly be deprived of his property and enjoyments, so, in the case of railways, though the public may be considered ultimately the gainers, the immediate motive to their construction is the interest of the speculators, who have no right to complain of being obliged to purchase, at a somewhat high rate, the means of carrying on their speculation." To be sure this is landowner logic, and not very m th u e st ro no u t ke b e o t f o ß o I n c i H e e;:no°flrP'y e ; er b s u , t w v% i • t e h s v, on it i h id a p c ol o i l t n ic: itt e MOND at their head. A rigid political economist might expect some consideration to have been given to the saving of capital—might suggest that the sum which is to go to increase the country squire's unproductive expenditure might more profitably remain with the speculator, to be by him applied to other speculations from which the country would derive an increase of wealth. But, as we said before, N e must not be too nice with a packed committee of noble landowners ; and, after all, we had rather that the funds of railway companies went to pay excessive compensation than in inordinate bills—such as some of the dissolving bubble companies have lately exhibited—of jobbing solicitors and projectors. In the report of yesterday's proceedings of the Lan cashire and Eastern Counties Company, which was projected in the autumn, and is now to be dissolved, the solicitors' bills are stated at 3,7311., besides 2,356/. to local agents. Up wards of 6,0001. to solicitors in less than six months ! It should be known that the Attorneys and Solicitors' Act of 1843 (6 and 7 Vict. c. 73), gives a power of taxing a solicitor's bill, in cases where nu business has been done in any court of law or equity, by application to the Lord Chancellor or Master of the Rolls. We recommend the subscribers to the dissolving railway companies in allcases where the solicitors bills show such unreasonable amounts, to insist on taxation. The proceedings last evening at the anniversary festival of the National Mercantile Life Assurance Society reflects the highest honour on the general body of the commercial travellers of the United Kingdom. Energetic, shrewd, active, and honour. able they have ever been; humanity and benevolence, too, have ever characterised the commercial travellers of the United Kingdom. To these we may now add foresight and prudence. We rejoice that this impor tant and influential body of men have taken up the subject of life insurance, and that they are now become as alive to the permanent interests of themselves and their families as they have ever been to those of their em ployers. The Society is, it would appear, in a most prosperous condition; indeed, we know not how it cou!d well be otherwise, seeing that it is supported by, perhaps, the most influential body of men in the kingdom, the individual members of which cbme into daily and hourly contact with every merchant and trader in every part of the empire. Another very pleasing feature of the proceedings of last evening was the announcement, by Mr. CUFFLEY, that a school for the educatio❑ of the orphan children of commer cial travellers had been founded. Four gentlemen had originally subscribed ten guineas each towards this excellent charity as a beginning. The school was to be established as soon as 100 subscribers at ten guineas each should be obtained. Undaunted by the sneers of the faint-hearted, who treated the scheme as chimerical, Mr. CUFFLEY set to work, like an enterprising and energetic man of business, as he is, and obtained not one hundred, but two hundred and fifty subscribers to the school ! Well, might he exclaim with honest pride, " that such was the power of the commercial travellers, that if they embarked in any enterprise with energy and zeal it was impossible for them not to succeed." As long as they display their energy and zeal in the furtherance of such enterprises of charity and benevolence they will enjoy not only the triumphs of success, but the heartfelt satisfaction of feeling that their success has been well deserved, and that every right-thinking man rejoices at it with them. We have received Madrid papers of the 23d, but they bring no news, if we except a statement in the Gazette, giving an account of the capture of forty eight smugglers and a considerable quantity of fo reign merchandise in the first week of December. The Three per Cents. closed on the 22d at 361 at 60 days, and on the 233, at 368 for cash, and 36 11-16 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents., at 248 at 60 days, with 4 premium. l'he accounts from Paris of the state of the funds, and the prices of railway shares, continue highly favourable. During the last week all kinds of secu rities advanced, and railway shares in particular had shown a marked improvement. Paris and Orleans had risen in the course of a few days about 68f., Avignon and Marseilles 57f., Rouen and Havre 45f., Northern 4)f., Boulogne 32f., and many others in like proportion. The Three and Five per Cents., had advanced a franc and a half each. This buoyant state of the money and share-market is attributed to the prosperous condition of the country, the royal speech, the adjudication of important lines of rail way, and tie rise in the English funds. On Monday the Chamber of Deputies met to elect the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secre taries. Two candidates were proposed for the Pre sidency—M. SAUZET, the President of last session, and M. DErAURE, supported by the Opposition ; .and the former, as anticipated, was elected by a con siderable majority. The number of Members present was reckoned at about 500—a very full House. At hal past three the ballot for President commenced, and a five the following result was declared : For 1 1 1. Sauzet . li. Dulaure M. Dupin . M. Odilon Barrot 1 Majority in favour of the Ministry --66 Previous to the election of President the Chamber, at a private sitting, proceeded to appoint the mem• bers of the nine standing committees, and in eight of these the Government candidates were elected, while the Opposition of course had only one, M. DE SADE. Of the eighteen presidents and secretaries of these committees, sixteen are supporters of the Government, and only two belong to the Opposition. The GUIZOT Ministry, therefore, appears to be stronger than at the meeting of any former session since its formation. The Siecle gives the following account of the arrangements made by the Opposision for the election of President :—" It was M. ODILON BARROT, in the meeting of the Left, and M. TIIIERS in that of the Left Centre, who proposed to their colleagues M. DUFAURE as candidate for the President's chair. Both afterwards addressed the meetings, for the purpose of impressing on their political friends the necessity of an accord, intimate, complete, and per manent, amongst all the fractions of the Constitu tional Opposition. a hey clearly showed that this accord ought to take place for the double purpose of raising the Government of our country, now so deeply humbled, and of realising all those reforms the justice of which has been recognised in Parliamentary dis cussions. The dispositions of th 4 two meetings re sponded perfectly to the two speakers, and, an con sequence, the approbation was general." We regret to find that the Minister of Commerce will be opposed by the three Councils• General in reference to his proposition for the admission of S edish iron free of duty, and that a great majority of the Councils will declare against the measure. The French monopolists are not at all prepared yet for making any concessions. On this subject, their organ, the Presse, says : " At present it is a fact well demonstrated to all those who have examined the question with attention that the proposal to introduce o n more f avoura bl e conditions that description of iron is not justified by any valid rea son. No person complains seriously of the existing duties—neither the producer, who finds in France all the elements necessary fur the manufacture of steel ; nor the consumer, on whom the proposed measure would confer no advantage. It is, moreover, well ascertatnid that this measure could not be carried into effect as far as regards Swedish iron, inasmuch as the 36,000 quintals produced in that country are monopolised for many years in advance by the English manufacturers, who not finding, like ours, on their own soil, the materials neces sary for producing steel, are compelled to seek elsewhere the means of production of which they stand in need. Sweden consequently is not interested in the matter. Sweden has no iron to offer us, and consequently it is useless for us to confer on her a privilege which she does not demand. Whoever is well informed on the proposed measure need not be told that under the name of Sweden, and that under the cover of boisterous de slamation in defence of public good, uttered by a certain party, are concealed motives of private interest—in• terests which are no doubt respectable, and which we do not wish to deprive of the right to place themselves in a ludicrous position, but which it is necessary to re duce to their value as soon as they attempt to usurp, under the protection of the Government, that solicitude and those favours which the latter owes only to the country, considered in its fullest and most legitimate ex pression." 213 147 On Monday the French Government received the distressing intelligence of the total loss of the Pepin war-steamer off the coast of Morocco, near Mogadore. and it is feared that out of 150 passengers only 76 have been saved. The Papin was of 160 horse power and employed to carry M. MARET MoNGE, the French Consul recently appointed to Mogadore in place of M. HELLOYE JORREL, to his post. It is not ascertained whether the Consul was among those saved from the wreck. The Ambassador from Mo rocco, lately arrived at Paris, paid a visit to M. GuizoT at the Foreign-office on Sunday. The Journal des Debuts gives the following particulars respecting this persc•nage : " The Ambassador from Morocco is entirely satisfied with his journey, and has nut for a moment departed from those distinguished manners, that affability, digni fied simplicity, and religious liberality of character, that from the first won him the favourable opinion of all who became introduced to him. The larges,es kit by him for the attendants of the several hotels at which he stopped might have had an appearance of ostentation, and a desire to buy favour in men's eyes, but his ready generosity to the poor shows a heart earnest in its desire to fulfil that part of the law of God which recommends charity as the chiefest of virtues. He has brought with him to Paris eight followers. Sy Lebredi, director of the Customs, the Hadji el Arbi, and the young savant are alone admitted to sit at table with him. All the other officers take their meals separately. The hierarchy established among these different persons is shown by the manner in which they salute the Pacha every morn ing. The three personages who have the privilege of being seated in his presence merely pronounce the simple words of salutation, the two Raids kiss his forehead, and the three other officers embrace his knees. Whenever he leaves his apartment, these officers form a double line for him to pass through, and bow before him, wishing him health and prosperity. The seven other persons of hi, suite did not leave Marseilles till three days after him ; and, aa they accompany the presents destined for the King, they will travel by rhortstages." We subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the papers : "An Algiers letter of the 20th cont - adicts the report of the death of Bou Maz•t, but states that he has retired in consequence of a quarrel with some of the Chit fs of the Flittas, and this, it appears, had led to the report of his having been murdered." " The Toulonnuis of the 25th inst. announces that Ilarsnal Bugeaud, who had quitted Tiaret on the sth inst. to proceed amongst the Chott-el-Cheuriqui, met a considerable number of emigrants, who were flying from General Youssouff. Having sent forward his cavalry, he captured the entire —men, women. children, numerous flocks, and an immense booty. No further accounts had been received of Abd-el Kader.” A letter from Lousanne, Dec. 25, says " A great number o f V au d o i s families have gone to Geneva to celebrate th ere t h e re li g i ous fete s of Ch r i stmas, the theatre without running any ri s k o f b e i ng trou bled in their devo tion:. he the be pit and galle r y. Ween gravely i nsu l te 1 at are in expectation of a communist disturbance, which it is not likely that the Government, divided as it is, can resist. Councillor Eytel, the personal adversary of President Druey, is designated as the head of the move ment, and as the man, whom the conspirators intend placin g at the bytt4 of the new revolutionary Government. The transport of arms and ammunition continues. Un easy as to the feelings el the National Guards, the Council of State is privately forming into corps men known for their devotedness. Our authorities, who are at present on bad terms with Zurich, the directing canton, reckon in case of danger on the: aid which they may receive from Berne." " A Swiss journal states that the Government of Lu. cerne has not only seized on tho property of Dr. Steiger, but also on the personal property of Madame Steiger, notwithstanding that the court of law of the district had consented to admit a protest from the accused, and that it had been proved that Madame Steiger had brought from Friburg, her birth-place, the furniture of her residence in Lucerne. In addition M. Gubler, who has been employed for some months in getting in the money due to the doctor, has been arrested." " It appears by a Vienna letter of the 22d, that the report of the palace of Dike Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg Gotha, in that capital, having been sold to Baron de Rothschild, was utterly unfounded. The property in question is inalienable." On the Park Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents., 1191. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,2381. 75c.; Rouen, 1,025 f. ; Havre, 810 f.; Avignon, 9551. ; Vierzon, 6851. ; Bordeaux, 651 f. 25c.; Boulogne, 550 f. ; Troyes and l'ilontereau, 435 f.; Basle, 250 f. ; Great Northern, 757 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 40%. The following are the quotations for other lines : Paris and Lyons Railroad (Definitives), 627 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg (Definitive), 530 f.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 520 f. ; Ditto (Lecointe), 517 f. 50e. ; Ditto (Uonl pagnie Meridionale), 507 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 510 f. ; Ch.arleroy (Kysaens), 495 f. LYONS, DEC. 27 . —Marseilles and Avignon, 900 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,200 f ; Paris and Rouen, 970 f.; Orleans and Vierzon, 650 f. Mr. Gladstone, the new Colonial Secretary, is ex pected to arrive in town this day, from the seat of Sir S. Glynne, in Flintshire. POOR-LAW UNIONS (IRELAND).—A Parliamentary return was issued yesterday, respecting the number of per sons holding land in the Poor-law Unions in Ireland. A good deal of information is afforded on the subject of one hundred and thirty unions in Ireland, showing the extent of land occupied by the tenants. The return is lengthened one, and h as b een made out in the office of the Poor-law Commissio n a t D u bli n. The population of the 130 unions is Ptated at 8,17 4,029. somewhat M.ONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS , CITY, QUARTER To THREE. In the Liverpool market yesterday about 4,000 bales of Cotton were sold, all to the trade. Prices generally were %d. per lb. higher, and Cotton was not very freely offered at the advance. Railway Shares were not quite so brisk. The state of affairs at the Cape of Good Hope, as noticed in recent accounts, is certainly, politically speaking, not sa tisfactory; but there is reason to believe that the colonial authorities are exercising more vigilance in respect to the Natal settlement and the country beyond the old colonial boundary. In agricultural and trading resources the Cape never was richer, and it is much to be desired that all our subjects should, if possible, be rendered politically happy. The fol - lowing letter explains, however, the feeling of the farmers : " Orange River, 3d Oct., 1845. " Thank goodness I have once more arrived safe at the co lonial side of this river, after an absence of some weeks in the country occupied by the emigrants, where matters are any tldng but in a prosperous state ; in short, I fear evil conse quences are likely to arise from the very unsettled state of society. Many of the Caledon River emigrants have treked further into the interior, and those at Windbur are actually talking of attacking the Griquas, to reccover their cattle and sheep, which have been captured and given over to the Griquas, The state of things is certainly bad, and unless some decisive measurts arc in stantly taken to restore the declining co. fidence toward , the Briti:l, depend upon it another military force wid be re quited to take active steps to enforce due obe ience. The emLrants at Windbing say they are determined to have their own laws and form of government, which they are capable of administering themselves, and have memorialised the Colonial Government to be allowed to do so. They say they will not make any open opposition until all their remonstrances have been declined: And those emigrants residing near the Riet River, who swallowed the oath of allegiance, and pro mised to behave like good boys in future, and evinced a wil lingness to pay a trifling quit rent for their farms, and every thing else which they had been coaxed to do, are now talking in a very different tone if language; they com plain bitterly of the daily thefts of the Griquas, and their arrogant attitude towards them—no protection whatever granted them ; and the chief Adam Kok says he will inquire into the cases, but the culprits are allowed to go away, and never in one single instance has a case been noticed. Such want of justice and protection has rekindled that animosity formerly existing between the emigrants and the Griquas, and ere long we may look for another irruption, unless a persim is speedily dispatched to settle all the disputes in question. The Griquas are trying every measure to upset the emigrants' rights to farms which they had hired to them; and I hear the magistrate, who is at Philippolis, has decided several cases in favour of the emigrants. The uncertain tenure under which the emigrants held their farms is another source of complaint. A report has got afloat that 3,000 morgen is the extent, whereas they hired from the Griquas twice that quantity. And they say, if the Government intends taking from them what they hired and bought front the Griquas, they will consider they have very little justice to expect at the hands of the British Govern ment, and therefore, like many others, will be necessitated to trek further into the interior, and thusl avoid all future in terference on the part ot Government. With such sentiments and feelings as these, I dread the evil c,nsequences should they attempt to trek, for land they will and must have to graze their flocks, and consequently will not be over particu lar as to the mode by which they obtain it. " When at the Modder River a report had just reached the emigrants that Masselkaats was advancing towards that part of the country, joined by a vast number of Dingaan's Zoolas.—that the natives were flying before hint in all directions, and the emigrants at Magaliesberg were retreating from that part in great panic ; so I may almost say, the whole territory between the Orange River and Delagoa Bay was in a blaze, and the Govern ment will have to keep a watchful eye, for the country over the Orange River will and ever must be an anxious burden. Nothing less than a line of military posts from Orange River to Port Natal will keep the country in subjection—and such eventually must be done." The Funds are steady to-day but there is not a great deal doing. The most active securities are Bank Stock and Re duced Three per Cents. The former is worth 204% to 203, and the latter 95% to %. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are worth 974 to A. On Exchequer-bills the premium is 265. to 28s. The Foreign Bonds have not varied much. Spanish Five per Cents are a little firmer at 29 1 4, and the Three per Cents at 40. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 31% to 31 1 ,4. Chilian are 98, and Peruvian 41% to 41%. Russian Stock is quoted 112 3 1/ 3 . Belgian Four-and-a-Hall per Cents arc at 96, and Dutch Four per Cents at 94 to 1 4. Shares are generally better again to-day. tutrrisn FUNDS THIS DA 1r AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 203 t/ 204% 203 204 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95 14% Vs% New 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lOl6 9-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 lO 5-16 India Bonds 1,0001 Ditto under 1.0001 33 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. I%d. 1,000/. 500/. .. Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Dan.sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent—. 87IA Granada, 1 per Cent. . . 2l Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 31% V s Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 41% Ditto for the Account. 41% Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent 112% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account 29% 29 Do., 1838-40, div. fin. Nov., '4O 29% Ditto Passive Bonds 63a% Ditto 3 per Cent 4 0 " . _ Diyidends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent O6 Dutch 2 1 % per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES Al ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHARE. Aberdeen ... 5 Aberdeen, Banff', and Elgin... 2 1 /, ... -- Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% — to Aylesbury and Tbame ...... ... 1A...... & ' Belfast County Down Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1%..... Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... Ditto New Shares Birmingham and Oxford Junct ion Birmingham and Leicester Direct Boston, Stamford, and Birtn. 22s .. to Bridgewater and Minehead... 425. .. ... Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 ...... 9 Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 21 /s — to Buckinghamshire... 425....... 1 0 3 % pto 1% p Caledonian Ditto Extension ambrian Gram. Junction ... 425. — to Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1% 3%..... to Ditto. New l% ...... 8% to Cambridge and Oxford IN, to Canterbury and Dover 1%..... Central Kent 2% to Chelmsford and Bury .. Chester and Holyhead Chester and Manchester Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2 Clydesdale Junction....— ...... 5 Cork,Blackrock,and Passages 22s . ... to Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford Cornwall ... ... 5 Coventry, Nuneaton, Isir., and Leicester 1 1 4 — to Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425. Derby, Gainsboro', and Great Grimsby Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafrd 2 ir s — Direct Manch. (Remington's) 2d/ 4 2% IA ... to Ditto (Rastrick's) 5%....•• 4 1 4%... to Direct Northern ... ........ Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh .... Dublin and Belfast Junction 5 Dublin, Belfast,andColeraine 2 1 4 — Dublin and Galway Dudley, Madely, & Broseley 2% — ..... to Dundalk and Enniskillen...... 2 1 ,4 — Eastern Counties ......141. 165....23 % 22% 23% to 2234 Do. New 6l. 16s 8 1 4 34 p to Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d ... .. to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. —AL 13s. 4d % p... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Ely and Huntingdon 5 Enniskillen and Sligo Essex and Suffolk l)%g — t. Exeter,Dorchester,and Wey mouth 425....... ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2 3 % ...... to Eastern Union Ditto 1 4 Shares ......... ..... 2 1 .4 Ditto Extension Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... 1% 8 Ditto Extension to Norwich 2 1 / — ... . to Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2% . to East Lincolnshire IM ...... 3%%... to East and West of England 1%..... ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... . -.. to Ditto% Shares ... .. 5 Ditto New 1 4 Shares 1 2 1,4 l9 ...... to Edinburgh and Northern...... 11, E Edinburgh and Perth ... ...... 1% — to Gloucester, Aberystwith , and Central of Wales ... ......... IV I ll Goole and D0nca5t er ............ 425. GrandJunetion 100 Ditto % Shares 5O — to Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25 Grn dUnion(Notting.&Lynn) 1% l% ..... to Great Eastern and Western.. 2 1 ,4 GreatGrimsby and Sheffield... 5 Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15 Ditto Extension Great Munster 2% to Great North of Scotland ... 91 ... /2 Great North of England ... 100 .220 ... to Ditto New ... Ditto New 2 — to Great W es t ern Ditto, I l a if Sh ares ......... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 2% Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 2% to Harwich Hull and S e lb y 5O lO3 •• •• to 104 Ditto Qua r t ers . .. ... ...... 12 1 Ditto Half Sh ares Inv eniess and Elgin 1 ...... Ipswich, Norwich, Yarmouth. 2 ..... Irish North Midland Lie of Axh o h ne , Killarney Junctions... IM — to 1 Kendal an d W in d ermere l% — to 'Lancaster and Carlisle 3O Lazne, Belfast, & Ballymena 214 — .... .to Leeds and Carlisle .... 2% — to Leeds and West Riding June. 1% — ...... to Leiceste r an d Bi rm i ng h am... 225. Leicester and Bedford 22s. Leicester and Tamworth 42s. ...... % p to .Liverpool and Mancheste r ...100 •— to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 25 Liverpool and Leeds Direct.. 2% 2%%... to Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 1,4....•.. 4 1 4 3 4 to London and Birmingham 100 223 ... .. to 221 Do. Thirds lO ..... . Do. Quarte rs .. 2 ..- 26%..... to Do. Fifths 2 ..... . ,-- "Do, Extension - London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d 9 3/ 1 to Do. New l l4 4 - Do _ . Extension London and Brighton ...... ... 50 ... 69 3 4 69 70 to 68% Do. Consolidated Eighths 40 Ft Dn. Sixths l, /2 -- London and Groydon...l3/. 15s. 9d 2 3 34 23 to 24 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8 London, Clieltenharri, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... Iv, London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d — - Ditto Preference ........181 17s 2d... - London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . - London and South Western.. 41% 77 --- to Do. New consolidated &Is.. 20 Ditto New ... ...... ... ....... PA..... 20 Do. New 6 — - London and South Essex 2 3% to Londm and York... ..... ...... 2% 4 l / 2%... to London and Windsor .... 1 - ___ Lon.,W2rwek, Kidderminster 2 1 ,4 ...... 214 to. London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 2% to Londonderry and Coleraine... 5 Londonderry and Enniskillen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Alancheoiet and Leeds 76 .....136 Ditto Half Shares - 34 Ditto Quarters ...... ......... 2 Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths Manchester and Birmir.gliam 40 77% to 78% Ditto Quarters Ditto New Quarters 2 - to Do. Continuation & Welsh Junction l% 1A ' 1%... to Manch, Buxt xi, & Matlock 425. Manchester Birmingham, and Mould Junction Manchester & Rugby Direct 425....... ... Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland lOO .....157 158... to 156 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New l2 ...... 32 3 4 to 32 Midland, Birin., and Derby...loo ..... ..- to _ _ Midland and Eastern Comities 2 5 4 — to 51 icild. Great Western (Irish ) 2 1 Do. Extension (No. 1) ... 2 A Newcastle & Darlington (Jim. 25 Ditto New Brandling to Newcastle and Berwick • 5 ... 15% to 161/ Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Abergavenny. . •AIA — New Ross and Carlow 225. Newry and Enniskillen ...... 2 1 ,4 — ...... to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2% Norfolk Extension . North British Ditto Half Shares Do. Extension toCarlisle... 14... 31,4% 1 A 3 / 4 to Do. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 25 Ditto ditto ...... 5 .... 04 1 / 2 ... to North Devon North of Norfolk .Nortnern and Eastern Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35 Ditto Quarter Shares - Ditto New North Kent & Direct Dover 91 North Staffordshire... 425. North Wales 3 l /2 •••• North and South Wales and IVorcester North. et South. Connecting 2% to -- Norwich and Brandon I t ...... .. ••. to Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston l% 2 l /fi ..... to Notting.,tirewsh.Val.,&Manc. 1% Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... to -- --- Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton.; ... 425. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1' 4 4 .. ... Perth and Inverness Pilbrow Atmospheric Portsmouth i iirect Preston and Wyre 25 Ditto, Half Shares Readirg, Guildford, & Reigate 425. — Richmond 5 .... 1114 1 to 12% Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — ...... to Rugby and Huntingdon Rugby, Leamington, anu Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Wor cester Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, Extension l% to Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto 4 Shares 8 _ Shrewsbiirvand tiirmitiglaam 5 1 4 to SnropshireMineral ... 425. . Shropshire Union Shrewsbury and Hereford Shrewsbury. — Tolverhampton, and S. Staffordsh. Junction to Sligo and Shannon - SOM erset shire Midland South Devon South Midland 425....... 4% p... to 4 p South and Midlands Junction 425....... South Staffordshire Junction 2 1 h 3 1,4 to - (nab Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 A...... 40 Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 Ditto, New, No. 3 lO - ...... to Ditto New, No. 4. 2 1,4 8 % 34... to Southampton, Macchester, and Oxford Junction St. Alban s, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Staines and Richniesd.... .... 1 StAftimlshire and Shropshire 2 3 4 — to South \Vales Taw Vale Extension Tean and Dove Valley l% l% to I'rent Valley-- ........... .. 2 Trent Val. k Holyhead Junc. 2 5 4 — to Trin g , Reading,& Basingstoke 54 — to Ulverstone and Furness ...... 24...... Vale of Neath Warwick and Cheltenham ... 1% — to Warwick and Worcester 425....... V aterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick VA..... Waterford, W exford, Wieklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Taveng Valley .... 2 _.. Welch giidland 2 1,4 West Cornwall 2 ....• to to West Yorkshire West London, Old Shares 20 West End & South. Counties 1% — ---- to Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2 Wilts, Somcrset, & Sthamptn 1i1... .. W ilts,Somerset,& Weymouth 2 % ...... 4 Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Worcester,Tinburv, & Ludlow 2% to Wrster, Shrews. K. Crewe Un. 15 ... .. to Worcester and South Wales.. 425. — ___ Worcester,Warivick,& Rugby 425. Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 Ditto, New .... 17 . — York and Carlisle 2% to York and Lancaster .... 2% — ...... to fork and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Scarboro' Branch Ditto, Selby 2O Ditto. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian - Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens ' 10 ...... 12 Bordeaux and Medi teranenn 2 ...... ... Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders Callao,.l.iina, & Pacific Coast 1 ...... . . Central of Spain Ceylon ... ss. Demerara. '.2q Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse 2 ... .._ . . _ Dutch Rhenish ...... 6 ..... 6% to East Indian Eastern Belgian Junction 2!,: z ...... Fampoux and llazebrouk..... 2 Great Northern of Prance Constituted . Great Paris and Ly0n5......... 2 Great Western Bengal ss. — to Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Ditto Extension Jersey 1 Louvain and Jemeppe Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Natntr and Liege North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 • 12 ....,. to Over Yssel 413 s 4d.... Paris and Lyons( Laffitte) ... 2 'arisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ... .. Paris and Eyonse(Calon's).... 2 — ...... to Parii and Lyons (Sud Ea)... 2 Pans and Orleans Paris and Rouen "aris&Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 , . Ditto (Aymards) 2% Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre lB Royal North of Spain 2 Sambre and Meuse 6 Strasburg and Bale l4 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tournay, Jttrbise, Landen, and Hasselt Tours &Nantes(Mackenzie) 4 _ _ Ditto Ditto Eefebvre's).. - . 2 .. ... ... to-- to Do. ....... 2 Trinidad.. . ..... ...... .. Verona and Ancona West Flanders MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered - JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock ...... 10 London and Westminster... 20 Lord Metcalfe who, we are happy to say, continues to improve in his health, and is now much better than he has been for some time past, under the able professional skill and advice of Sir Benjamin Brodie and Dr. Martin, who was his Lordship's physician in India. and to consult whom was the cause of his Lordship's leaving his government, has deter mined not to leave London. A further addition to his staff arrived at Mivart's Hotel yesterday, from Canada. A LADY BITTEN BY AN ADDER. Yesterday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, Mrs. Jameson, a lady residing at Petersham, Surrey, was crossing the mea dows from that place on her way to Richmond, when an adder, that lay concealed in the grass, bit her on the foot, and by the time she reached her destination it had swelled most alarmingly, Mrs. Jameson obtained medical assistance at the nearest surgeon's in the town, *here the usual antidotes were applied with succets, She is going on favourably. ' LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS soot ) LONDON, DEC. 31.—Wind, pleasant breeze from the and westward, and fine. DEAL, DEC. 30.—Arrd. John Du dale, Kelleck, Sing o 4l l Mary Stewart, Renwick, Saldanha Bay, with loss 6 and jibboran ; Bread Axe, Newfoundland. Arrd. from ; river, Malacca, Sh e ttl er , M a d ras , &c. ; Tanka, Me da t, Rio Janeiro. The Borderer, Willis, from Shields to A'' o ff struck on the Goodwin S a nds yesterday morning, but got To without apparent damage, and is now in the Downs- ou Rapid, Thomas, from London to Jamaica, got on shor e , the Muir near Dymchurch this morning, but was ass isted without apparent damage, and brought into the Downs! so, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 30.—The Thorwaldser, Handg a t ., from Conhagen to St. Thomas, was in contact 28th in s ., off Iteachy Head, with the Aurora, from Riga to Bordean:: latter cut through amidships and turned bottom uP; fib, except one, saved. Former put in here with loss of aai bowsprit, &c. 'red SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 30.—The Transit steamer, arra here from Havre, repors the supposed loss of the St. Da_ l ee l , steamer from Havre to Liverpool, the body of the engi having been picked up, awl a trunk, known to have belongedto a passenger, also sundry cases forming part of cargo. with NEWPORT, DEC. 30.—The Minerva, Rowland , laden .! iron for Liverpool, broke adrift, and drove athwart the braig and DEC e. Will be surveed. BIDEFORD d , d DEC. 28.—Arrth Thre y nntiece , Thee Brother' , ‘-z" Prince Edward's Island. prince ILFRACOMBE, DEC. 28.—Arrd. Caroline' Bre ton, Edward's Island. rr d lavkaaPoot, DEC. 30.—Wind N.W , a ' Jose d as ; phine, China; Palatine,Calcut . ta ; Merm aid, 31 , ,,,_ . r sant Lady Flora Hastings, South-west Coast of Afr ica; Laguina ; L tura, Snow, New Orleans; Clifton IngetT(..lo.-`lO5, Orleans ; Raja, Eldridgr, New Orleans; waip ole, ria D yer, New Orlears ; Albania, Wise, Mobile; Eli Whitncyt,rian„ Savannah ; Sarah and Arsilia, Balcrman, CharleAs nia, Coulthart, St. John's, New BrtuDwick ; ,-- --- r nt i n° ;f n „ l ,r7 l A 4 Ann , Prince New Brunswick ; Indus, Strickland! Je", -- oileana; Prince Edward's Island. Off port; Monmouth, •-` e " • • Tyron, Spear, Charleston. MARYPORT, DEC. 26. —Arrd. Mutual), RAMSGATE, DEC. 30. The Oceano, Lauri , fr° lll to e tersburgh to Naples, and the Eugenio, from s e wcas very Messina, which put in here yesterday, have bee eni leaky. have be DUNGENESS, DEC. 29.—The bodies of three men es t. picked up here, and part of a vessel is on shore t o the "sc ward. A great deal of wreckage was passed on th e 28111- ,Ce ship's register, No. 109.141, issued at Newcastle , b earing signature of John Oliver, has been picked up here. h nufr ore PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29.—The Norton, Johnson, got o n s on Point Beech, but is expected - off next flood , w it damage. Kazan' QuSetb.el;6' LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—The Hectorine, Graham, fr om Drumore to this port, was driven ashore at Formby, inst.; mate drowned. The Richard, of this port, from Llaa, d ; dlas, is on the rocks at the back of the Ililabre Isla nd crew saved. LoNDoN, DEC. 31.—The brig Eliza, of Newcastle, suppos ed to have been commanded by Captain Oliver, or Captai n Fleming, ran on shore on Jury's Gap station, near Folkeston e ! 28th inst., and became a wreck ; crew supposed to be drowne d ' A ship's spare topmast, painted lead-colour, length 40 feet. and diameter 14 inches, was picked up 25th inst., off Falk' stone, and a wreck, apparently of a brig, was fallen in wioa, floating on her broadside, top side painted with a broad whit° streak and large black ports, South Foreland, bearing N.N. by N. 9. 27th THE PRINCESS ALICE. The report of the Pi incess Alice steamer having struck against the Mole, and received considerable damage, has been LO l S n S ad O di F tio T n H o E contradicted. It appears she struck the West Pier, and damaged her starboard paddle-wheel only. No lives were lost the melancholy los e of the PAPIN. P culars previo th FRE a N d C i H GOVERNMENT STEAMER of a letter from Lloyd's t l at Gibraltar will be in agent il a i n , d , g a a d m o r o e n , g s t t w o t h p e a d s s r e o n ln e e r sd, at d t l a w n. t eresting : of lives; "It appears there has been a dreadful sacrifice above • essel, u th l e Y f g ,, i l roeinvin7ePxectrtaincgt midshipman ; seventy-seven in all. /deny were, however, saved by the laudable zeal of Mr. Alexander Redman, acting British Vice-Consul at Mazagra . n, under whom the Moors acted in a praiseworthy and humane manner." TOTAL LOSS OF THE ENGLISH SCHOONER DYNAMENE. the e vr Frenchce r s exce Consulpt onefor The Admiralty have forwarded a dispatch to Lloyd's, com municating the total loss of the above v essel, on a son„,.ea rock, off Rock Cess, on the 13th of Sep tember last. juls crew, after receiving some cruel treatmen t from, and plun: d of er i e le d r b m y aj t e h s e ty n ,s p at s i h v i es, were at last allow ed to depart, std were taken on board the Australian, where they receivea every possible kindness; and, subsequently, the protec tion LOSS OF THE EILIII2AC.AWN. Newton, MOUTH, AND THE SYMMETRY, OF S UNDERLAND, AND STRANDING OF THE HAID EE, OF LEITH. DNANocy ommcsaFndverA. R T.. A dispatch received at Lloyd'x, from the Foreign-office, contains particulars of the above three vessels having gon e on shore eft' the Island of Gothland and Faro. Crews saved. but Part of the cargo of the former expecte d to be saved, vessel a total wreck. The Haidee would undergo repairs. of The Symmetry remained on a dangero us reef, and no part cargo likely to be saved. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DA CORN EXCHANciE—WEDNESDAI The supply of English Wheat on show this morning waS small ; hence the demand for most descriptions was steadi ! ! at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday. The hell parcels of free foreign Wheat were quite as dear. In other qualities, as well as bonded sorts, next to nothing Malting Barley was quite as dear. Grinding and distilling hkd a downward tendency. Malt and Oats, Beans Pet was doing. and Flour, the supplies of which on o ff er were moderat e ' good, were held at full prices. _ _ English ...... Irish ........ Foreign ...... N9rhest. 480 qrs. ARRIVALS. Barl.T. i. 400 gm Oats 2. " qrs. 70 6" 1,240 3,290 470 Malt. 2.130 qrs. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on offer to-day being s mall, the neral demand ruled heavy, and prices were well sup Pol; !Ae: ea j , Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; M u tton, 33 4d to 4 3 6d; ' 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 53 4 d per 81bs. SECONDARIES—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER) MORGAN O. CHILTON. u O3 Of This was an action br oug ht t o recover the s dedtp , A 71. 55., the balance of an ac c o u nt f o r the hear and be cation of the son of the def . : ndant, who Pl eaue ‘ - was not indebted. rdosow tot' The plaintiff keeps a boardi ng - sc h o ol at 51. per aad the charge fur board and cdueltiott v`" quarter. 1, 0 01 W r i Mr. John Wilson, the manager of the SC'" - fO! ,hes t called, and proved that the boy was at school a year ; there were extras in the bill, for el c ! b ium . mending, pocket. money, &c. (one of th e ' each quarter being " hair-oil, -peat° strings, and medicine, ls. 6d.") The Pr - L ree d, stated that no " extras" were to be c" -- ' 5 ," e x tra ue but the witness said that meant no " school but " accomplishments " were not part of education' • o . saw defendant at the school, and afterwards on briugli!l hair cutting, shoe for the boy to town. In cross-examination, the w itness the only way he knew the defendant was the father , by asking the boy, arale they always observed. ge For the defendant, it was contended that Mr. Ge °r , Chilton was not liable, but that his brother, Mr. J3113.ed: Chilton, a solicitor, was the father, and would have p at but it was not likely that he would whilst an action was pending against his brother. Thoug Chilton, a solicitor, was the father, and the person l iable ' and would have paid, indeed had written on the subjec 4 by a blunder the brother had been sued. A letter signed "James Chilton" was put in. The SECONDARY said that it w a s sworn that Mr' George Chilton was the defendant, and therefore th e case for the jury was clear. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for tta amount. BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Richard Kean, the carman who was charged, on this day week, with running over a woman named Elizabeth Lee, and thereby causing her death, and was then set st liberty on his own recognizances to appear to-day, cat" forward, in pursuance of his recognizances, when it ar peered that an inquest had been held on the body of the old woman, and th a t a ver di c t o f acc id enta l d ea th bill' been returned by the jury. Mr. TWYFORD, being satisfied from the verdict of the jury that the prisoner was not blameable, ordered hies to be discharged. MA RLBRO'-STREE T.—(THIS DAY.) Edward Bannister and Adolphus Fulby, young work ing men, were charged with causing a disturbance at the Queen's Theatre, in Tottenham-street, Tottenham-court road, making use of obscene language, and assaulting the constable of the theatre, and one of the check-takers• It appeared that between seven and eight o'clock last evening the defendants presented themselves to the money-taker at the gallery entrance and asked if there was room ; they were told that there was good standing room or side seats ; they then in quired, if they did not like their places, would their money be returned to them, and were told cer tainly not; they, however, paid the price of their ad mission and went up stairs, but shortly returned, com plaining that there was not sufficient room to get sight of the stage, and demanded the return of their money. The constable was sent up stairs with them again, and seats were found them, but they objected to them, and coming down to the money-taker, violently assaulted him and knocked down the constable; they also made use of abusive and obscene language. The defendants said their had certainly had a little too much to drink, but were irritated at finding no room in the gallery, and the refusal of the money-taker to re turn what they had paid for admission. Mr. ILtanwicKE asked if they were drunk? The con stable said the) certainly had been drinking. Mr. HARDwicKE said that places of public amusement should not be disturbed because some persons chose to get drunk and misconduct themselves. The defendants should each pay 205., or ten da) s' imprisonment. Mary Wasfold and Ellen Johnson, young women, were charged on suspicion of being conctrned in stealing a gold watch and guard chain, of the value of 301. Be tween four and five o'clock yesterday afternoon, the prisoner Wasfold offered in pledge to Mr. Wallace, of No. 51, Old Compton-street, Soho, silversmith and pawn broker, the watch and guard chain in question, asking the advance of 4/. on them. The value of the pro perty excited Mr. Wallace's suspicion that it had not been honestly come by, and on questioning Wasfold he was from the unsatisfactory account she gave induced to send for a police-constable, No. 166 of the E division, and give her into custody. She then stated that she had been sent to pledge the watch by the prisoner Ellen Johnson, who was waiting for her at No. 7, Crown-street, Soho. In a short time afterwards Johnson came to Mr. Wallace's shop to inquire about her companion, and was also given in charge. Mr. Wal lace, by referring to the maker of the watch, Mr. Dent, of the Strand, ascertained that it was the property of a gentleman residing in Lincoln's Inn fiields, at present oat of town. Johnson asserted that the watch and guard-chain had been given to her by that gentleman on boxing night; she having acci dentally met with him iu Liucolu'o oppo, k ••...r, , . ~,,.. 34..., .... , ~ , ~,-, .q - ___ pe- Ir ‘6, %* : ')--4 k;t i f , ,. 74.1 : , , • ' '''.4 4 l r 'l7 ....0%,„141141fi1ie- 1 . 4 „ 11, • , • 4 iiir dn ot ' ' , .„7, , i - % .c •m" c•, , , , I , tqz,,, - ,, -.,. , ":„.-.. - •*,7"ao A:41034.1 4 „ ... - '• `t, > -,,, SECOND EDITION bernillg LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1845. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, though the fact has not been officially announced, is, according to the new Cabinet arrangements, to be appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, in the place of Lord HADD!NGTON, who has filled the office for the last four years. We have no fault to find with the Scotch Lord, farther than that his health did not fit him for the laborious and responsible situation, and that in a case of emergency he might be found, when too late, un equal to the task. No personal considerations in a case of this kind should be allowed to have the smallest weight, and though the Noble Lord, when a Member of the House of Commons, and during his whole career since, has invariably adhered to what is called the PEEL party, it became the imperative duty of the Minister to forget his own feelings when they might interfere with the vital in terests of the country. Sir ROBERT PEEL, to his credit, has acted on this principle, and has substituted for this consistent, though never very efficient states. man, a nobleman both younger and disposed to act with more vigour in any department. Notwithstand ing the sulky objections of the East India Board to Lord ELLENBOROUGH, and his imperative and mys terious recal from India by that powerful body, the public in general entertain but one opinion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S administration in the East. It was distinguished by great energy, by a laudable at tachment to the army, and a regard for their rights, privileges, and comfort. He found affairs in a desperate condition ; Sinde almost at open war with the Indian Company, the troops in Affghanistan still in great jeopardy, and several of the tributary states making preparations for open rebellion. What was the result ? The dispersed troops of the Affghan expedition marched triumph antly to Caubul, avenged the fate of their comrades, and returned in triumph, after marches and battles unexampled for difficulty and danger. Sinde was subdued, and finally annexed to our Indian empire, and the whole of our vast possessions so completely restored to security and peace, that Sir HENRY lIARDINGE found nothing to do till the unsettled state of the Punjaub began to threaten disturbances on our frontier. The result of Lord ELLENDOROUGH'S mission was highly honourable to his abilities, his energy, and skill, and we therefore confidently trust that in his new department he will show the same spirit, and adopt similar measures for restoring the English navy, furnishing seamen able and willing to fight in defence of their country, attaching them, by good pay, kind treatment, and suitable pensions, to their native land, and thereby correct the fatal errors committed by so many of his predecessors. Though we are probably on the brink of war with the United States, and the causes have been foreseen for years, the smallest possible preparations have been made for manning the navy, and rendering it fit to contend with hostile fleets. The greater part of the American navy is manned by the best English sailors, and at this we cannot wonder, though we must deplore the fact, for they are better paid, better treated, and in every respect have advantages which must counter balance their patriotism, great as it is, and lead them, much against their will, to fight in the fleets of enemies, and thereby lend their aid for the purpose of defeating their own countrymen. Such a ruinous system cannot be allowed to exist for an other session without manifest and imminent danger; and we, therefore, trust that Lord ELLENBOROUGH will take ud the subject in a national spirit, and rouse his colleagues to measures absolutely necessary fer the public safety. A pamphlet on " Manning the Navy" has just been published by Lieutenant HOLLAND, R N., which throws much light on the subject, and suggests many valuable improvements. Can anything be more absurd or more ruinous than the system briefly described by him in these words?— " At the present moment we are educating about 7,000 individuals (ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys), most of whom, after some six years service, are, by the exertions of their officers, rendered first rate seamen. These men are, however, nearly certain to be lost to the British service, because whilst in the merchant service they can earn with ease 21. ss. per month, whereas the royal navy will only afford them 11. Bs., even if they are advanced to the rating of an ordinary seaman. If left on the books as a first class, his pay will not exceed 15s. 6d." Can any man wonder when he learns that all these first class men either go into the merchant service, or self themselves to America ? Lieutenant HOLLAND says Bach a system would appear to resolve itself into the following heads : "Firstly.—What are the inducements to be held out to seam.,n to enter amid to remain in her Majesty's ser ♦ice ? " Secondly.—What is the smallest naval force which should be permanently maintained fur the general ser• vice of the country, and for the especial protection of our extensive line of sea coast ? " Thirdly.—W hat are the probable numbers which would be immediately required in the event of war ? What the means of obtaining them, without having re course to the objectionable measures formerly adopted, and with the least possible injury to commercial in tvrests ? " Fourthly—What would be the probable expense of the proposed measures, as well on their immediate adop. tion, as on their continuance ? In regard to the first query, he suggests that the able seamen of the navy should be divided into four classes. The first, on entry, and for three years, to have 221. 4i. per annum ; the second, after three years, 24/. ; the third, after six years, 25/. 45.; and the highest class, after five years' service, 261. Bs, This we consider not to be sufficient ; but, in the meantime, pass over that point, With regard to the second query, he says, " that in the event of a war 30,000 men would be required to be added to the home station. During the last war, from 1798 to 1815, inclusive, the average num ber of seamen and marines annually voted ex ceeded 123,000; of these 41,000 may be pre sumed to have been employed on the home station." lie, therefore, recommends a comprehensive plan of registration, including all seamen, boatmen, fisher men, &c., the numbers o f w h om, according to the last census, exceed 300,000; so that to make up the compliment of 30,000, only one in ten would be re- quired. With such arrangements, he considers tl;at in a very few days 30,000 able seamen could be raised, and at an expense not exceeding 290,000/. But the expense, in fact, is nothing compared with the r'