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Now ready, COLONEL MAXWELL'S ADVENTURES 2 vols. small Bvo., with Portaite, Henry Co'burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CONSUMPTION ; its Curability established by reference to numerous cases; being a Letter addressed to the Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty's Household, Physician Extra ordinary to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Senior Consulting Physician to the Consumptive Hospital, Chelsea—Patron, her Most Gracious Majesty the queen. By Dr. CRONIN, Physician to the Strand Dispensary for Consumption, &c. Price Is. To be had at Forsyth's, 455, West Strand ; Byrne's, 94, St. Mar tin's-lane; at the Dispensary, 113, Strand; and at the author's resi dence, Craven-street, Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Immense Holiday Attraction. TFITS EVENING, THURSDAY, 'Dec. 26,wi1l be performed Balfe's grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be produced the Grand Christmas Harlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe. The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes, Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss Carson. SCENE 1. 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 Ain for " Children all, both great and small," Miss A. l'ayne. How Puck gives new life to the author by giving life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances ; how Messrs. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste, and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe. SCENE 2. Coast of the island on which Crusoe was wrecked, with the. ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. IT. 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 in his turn to astonish them. SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Hankipankl (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell; Prince Parramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Parihoo's young brother, and old rival, con temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; Princess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending ierself 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 for the occasion, in hopes of his turning gut " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. How Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its two insides—avid how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Eird's-eye View of Robinson Cntsoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by— how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it is supposed they were lost in fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at SCENE 6.—The house that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box office, from ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the hut, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge. SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs 3lanufactory ; Duet, in twe fiats, tune, " Vera we go up, up, up, here we go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia tor; a clear stage and no favour; patent violoncello, warranted to play on itself grand discord. SCENES 8 and 9. 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 Debtors ; Knockers ani 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 ; " Ladies of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; Mangling done here ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective young ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; Husbands go to bath; Boiling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a sterns, and general confusion. SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ; o Catch him wise 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. " The happy family we all know so well, " The still happier family we all love so well." SCENE 13. A Stone Quarry ; A monster 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 most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more extraordinary one, viz., SCENE 15. Grand emblematical and national tableau of her MA: , ,sty christening the Royal Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, will b e re v ,oated a Grand Opera Seria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MAIL K. Lnsienano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr. Borrani ; Monc..snigo, Mt. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison; atarina iornaro, Miss Rsintorth To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequin ide, PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND t.OBINSQN CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin. Mr. Wieland; C'own , Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss Carson. 'fbe Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six s the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be hail on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, Five Acts, e.lled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket odr.;: 4, rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe- s ; Tom Coke Mr. V+,l^bster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. barren ; The Cousi,..ss of .i , •pion, Mrs. W. Cli ff ord ; Lady Alice Hawthori, Madame y eg ,:?is • Mill Rocket, Miss Julia ennett. After which, h 'flran-I MOVING DIORAMA ; or, PICTORIAL TOUR IN S WITZfItLAND. To conclude wick a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AN".O PERCINET. King Uxorieu,s Mr. J. Bland ; Princess (;raciesa, Miss , Jul a Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. St-alley. Pnvate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. rickets and Places to he had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, Inns lon till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 21, Will her epeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, Toby Veck, Mr. O. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin son ; S.r Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. 4. .lock,rodalk:r, Mrs. Frank 3,latthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. To conci.ude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin ar.d the Ki g of the Rats. „Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lon;.. dale; Clown, Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. SarVers. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, km Pitt; Leader of the Bsnl, Mr. Mellon.—Box—odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes 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 27, Will be reputed a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beatnanotr, Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hiroo ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacitslvon, Mr. Loner; Hermine, Mdlle. Helen Conde ; Gertrude, Jr,.M Fosbroka. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. thindott Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar, Mr Iranby ; /Ober, Mr. Corri , Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravine, Mrs. Foebroke. Dress Circle, bs. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallo Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, ticl. Private Boxes. Two Guineas and One guinea and a-Half ; Prow.- 'aim Boxes, Two tininess and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Halt. &au Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. Th. Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingbaro. Private Boxes and tree Admissions far the Season to be had at the Theatre. licArttE HOY AL L YCEU M, LA l'E ENGLISH OPEnA. HOUSE. Undo. - the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and sirs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic, Pantomirnical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND oHSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Mea lows, Wigan, Collier, f urner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Kee'ey , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner ' and Mrs. Seeley. PRICES OE ADM I SSION .—BaIcony :,oxen. O. Upper Boxes, Os.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, lid . Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2F. ; Upper Boxes, Is. fid. ; Pit. Is. Private Boxes on the it:uuany Tier ff.olding right persons). Twos Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private coxes on the i'it Pier (holding six persons), One Guirea. fne Box.ottice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr.. tie* of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet this Evening, at ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or,. The Race-Hor.e and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled Natimal Fetes. Real Inx-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fa, and real Pack of Heunds,•purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and Mher Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats el Horse. nianship. • To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, i'lled HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Dinionton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting and stage-La:magic, Mr. W. D. Broadroot. Box-officeapen from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art .t Riding by Mr. R. grnith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests from the Country, and by special desire, he has formed araneements to pre.. +sent, during the Christmas Holidays, a Sales of EQUESTRIAN MORNING FETES 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 en Monday, Dec. 31, Wednesday, Jan. 2,and Friday, Jan. 4. DAVIDOE's ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EV ENIN , I, DECEMBER 27, Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corr' (from the poatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R. Horner, lewuc, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. It. Runner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, :old Miss Martin. To contlude with an Origal Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, ,HILLINGS, A in ND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN y. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr, Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places Wail PrivAte Sexes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. other, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 27, Will be performed an Interesting Drama, entitled POVERTY; or, Tale of Sorrow. Squire Graham, Mr. Watkins; Frederick, Mr. 1; IL Higgie; Leonard, Mr. Henry Howard ; Mary Graham, Mrs. W, .Rignold ; Patty Parrot, bliss E. Terrey. After wt,.'cb,,THE ROAD-SIDE INN. Captain Rambleton, Mr. . H Higgie; Tom, Mr. Herbert; Ellen, bliss E. Terrey. -To conclude ,pith a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN ,710 T CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Woman and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, Si. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; rarttaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Vite. - •_ RAISING THE WIND.. —During the bustle which prevailed at Alnwick fair, .Northumber l a nd, latel y , a fellow had the courage to try the temper of the multi tude by a new stratagem for raising the wind. His show board was inscribed with the following intimation: Wonderfully curiosities of neature ; you may see alive beer, the most wonderfullest cheiree-co. l fiared cat, from Shropshire, and the stipenduous rose-ccticured pigeon, from the West of England. Also secrets worth *noing, by the proprietor. All for twopence?' Such 'prodigies, and at such a price, could not fail of attract ing a crowd of spectators, who, on their admittance, were gravely shown a black cat and a white pigeon; they then very naturally stared at each other, when the ex trulting to their good-humour, very confidently addressed them—" Naow, ladies and gemmen, I hake pet•form'd my promise we' oe—for you must no as haow, there Le black cherries and white rooases, and such be the colours of my cat and my pigen. I have shown you, moreover, a whole tent full o' people not half so wise as they think for, but wiser naow than when they came in; find naow (pulling off his hat) I hopes you will keep my secret, and not make other folks outside as wise as Our- Eel, until they ha' paid for it, as y ou . N ow, my secret es, that you have relieved a poor fellow at a trifling cost, that must ha' gone to bed r, , zpperless, with his woife and tebildren, if you had not ; and I'm sure you are too goo,;. natured to be angry wi' me for that." Honest John and his family did not disappoint him, for each sue .msive company went away in good-humour, leaving other"; to enjoy the wonder at the same expense, and keep the secret in turn for their own sakes. THE SUN, LONDON, FRI.DAY EVEN ING, 4 DECEMIFIER 27, 1841. SPEECH OF THE KING OF THE FRED; CH. .Yesterday (Thursday) the French Chambers were opened with the usual ceremories. At one o'clock his Majesty left the Tuileries, Ind upon arriving at the Chamber of Deputies ascended the Throne, ac companied by their Royal fligluesses the Due de Ne utours, Prince de Joinville, Dtu d'Aumale, and Duc de Montpensier. The Queen Ind Princesses occupied the usual places. His Majestl 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 be!ome 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 set armies, worthily com manded, have attained with glary, and in a few days, the object designated to their courage. Peace has been as prompt as victory, anc 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 Englandthat 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 Prance. 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 we). 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 t has blessed the interior of my family ; it has increased ti;',' number of my children, and the marriage of my belovet: son (the Duke d'Aumale), with a Princess al ready con zie: :ted with us by so many ties, has been to me and to all min . ., " a source of lively sat isf a c tion. Gentlemen,—Provicie. n ee has imposed upon me great labours and sorrowful trial`,l: I imve accepted the burden, I have devoted myself—l devoted my family—to the service of my country. To foci d, 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 attain 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 cortege 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, arid 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 Liverpool Underwriters' Room this day, Dee. 26 : "BUENOS AYRES, 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 them. On Sunday, one of these boats was pursued by an armed schooner, having the Buenos Ayrean flag, and the' latter 1 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 c onsidered 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, which were driven into the town." A ROMANTIC STORY.—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 notary'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 senses, and learnt to whom she owed her life, she threw herself into his arms. Ile 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 tiCCIDENT.-EIGHT LIVES LOST. —One of 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 shatt of the pit in a skip, when a few yards from the top, the chain to which the skip was attached broke, and precis pitated them into the sump," and they were all killed. The " sump" 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 or water in the " sump," so that if they had escaped being crushed to death in their fall they would most likely have been drowned. The two wen !yero married, but we have not been able to ascertain w h et h er or not they have left Any family. An inquest was to be held yesterday (T4Prs4ay) bgfoir a the coroner, T. M. Phillips, Esq., the result W4iPh win be given i n our next wee k' s paper. —T o? T o wns Messenger. 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 300,000/. annually. A milliOn and a half quintals enter that f.aoittlrby W4goons and homes, whit will all come Nr the railriXd now.--4Pfriafif -,40,114a1. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXIII., will be published on Wednesday next, January I, CONTENTS : I. LORD BROUGHAM'S POLITICAL PHILO 'OPITY. 11. TOOKE'S EDITION of CHURCHILL'S POETICAL WORKS. 111. PROGRESS and PROSPECTS of SCIENTIFIC AGRICUL TURE. IV. LORD CHANCELLOR ELDON and the CHANCES of the BAR. V. THE CHIMES ; a GOBLIN STORY, by CHARLES DICKENS. VI. LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of DR. ARNOLD. VII. MEDICAL REFOM. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 27. rHERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 34 ; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 30.15.-WIND, 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. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Warning ... 21 minutes after 3 1 Evening ... 40 minutes after ?. / ...: A ' ".'. ' i •S A . r * ge t i V , f . `,,:e.avi•ssi 4 . I . ; 9 6 ‘: 1:1-* rl4 -v..F 4., N - --- :....- 0K . A m , ,-; , ... 1 . , - :,:„ „:"" 11l •1. . a ,, L 'IIM, ' 4ltrok . ' 6ECOND EDITION. lIJ tenta t kint LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1844. The Charge of the Bishop of WORCESTER which he delivered on Monday last to the candidates for ordination at their final examination, is a document 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 the Rubric ; schools were multiplied ; the great truths of the everlasting 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 joined our communion." Such was the con 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 be 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 WORCESTER'S 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 PEPYS is decidedly hostile to the innovations recommended by Doctor PHILLPOTTS in his Pastor:l 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 importance when it s 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 proceeds 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. PHILLPOTTS—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!" 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 contructistas 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 MONTEVIRGEN 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. DE 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, .52 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 hereflibry peerage is the one looked forward to with any interest. A letter from Victoria states that General 'Liu atuur, celebrated as " El Pastor," has just died in that town. /le was one of the most celebrated of those guerilla chiefs whose perils and adventure; during the course of the civil war which so long dis tracted Spain are so extraordinary as to appear al most fabulous. General JAUREGUY 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 ithdrawn 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 ;hive per Cents. 22i at 60 days, fifty millions done ; Float ing Debt, 77 at 30 days; Coupons, 26 at 60 days ; Passive, 6a 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 Constitutionnel not only attacks him, but foretells the manner in which he 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 Conf6rences, 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, M. 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, M. 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 refrain 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 Coricierva five Deputies ; but it was remarked that neither DUPIN nor M. SAUZET, the two candidates for the Presidency, were among the number. Lord COWLEY 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 there were no less than three meetings of Deputies, to consider the question of the Presidency. The Ministerislists, the centre gauche, or THIERS party, and the gauche or ODILLON BARROT party, all held meetings. It is now said that the centre gauche has some idea of starting M. ODILLON BARROT, 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. On Christmas-dwy at TORTONI'S very little business was done. The French Three per Cents. were at 851. 55c. to 851. 60c. A good deal was done in the Spanish Funds : Actives, 27f, Three per Cents. 381, Coupons, 26f to it. 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 nQx , month, and appointed Secretary of State, in the plac( of Cardinal Liquauscutra. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR ' THURSDAY.--The Prince Albert, at tended by Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr. Anson, and Sir Edward Bowater, went to shoot in the royal preserves this morning. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince walked for some time in the grounds around the Castle. The Hon. J. D. Bloomfield arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The royal dinner party at the Castle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Lord Haddo, and Lord Wriothesley Russell. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band attended in the even ing, and the Messrs. Distin had the honour of per forming for the second time before the Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal party, in the course of their performance introducing Priere and Air, " Robert toi que j'aime," " R o b er t l e Di a bl e " (Meyerbeer). Mr. 0. M. Coleman (from America) had also the honour of submitting his newly-invented 2Eolian attachment to the grand pianoforte, on which Mr. Benedict performed a fantasia. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were graciously pleased to express their approbation of the instrument. The Military Secretary, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, accompanied by the Adjutant-General, Sir John Mac donald, visited Captain Siborn's new model of Waterloo, at the Egyptian Hall, yesterday, and ex pressed much pleasure while examining the details. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. The Duke of Devonshire, at Devonshire House, from a visit to the Earl and Countess Granville, at Kemp Town, en route to Chatsworth ; the Rev. Lord and Lady F. Beauclerk, in Lower Grosvenor-street ; Mr. Cecil C. Slartyn, in Whitehall-gardens, from Brighton ; Kin. near, Esq.f and Mrs. Kinnear, at the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover-square, from Yorkshire ; --Campbell, Esq., and Mrs. Campbell, at the Cavendish Hotel, Jer myn-street ; F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Hodg son, in Charlton-gardens, from Brussels ; Charles Coch rane, Esq., is Devonshire place, from Madrid ; Sir Wil liam and Lady Chatterton, in Berkeley-square, from the Continent. DEPARTURES. Major-General Hodgson and family, for Cheltenham ; Mrs. George Wombwell, from George•street, Hanover square, for the Steyne Hotel, at Brighton ; the lion. Mrs. Greville, from Lower Belgrave- street, for Brighton; Mr. Brinsley Sheridan, for the Victoria Hotel, St. Leo nard's-on-Sea ; F. W. Hastings, Esq., from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, St. James's. on a tour. CHANGES. The Rev. Lord and Lady John Beresford, from a visit to the Archdeacon of Ardagh, and Mrs. Beresford, for the Palace, Armagh ; the Hon. G. S. S. Smythe, M.P., at Brighton, from a tour ; Lady Mary Leslie, at Shrub Hall, Dorking, from Brighton ; Mr. J. Young, M.P., and Mrs. Young, at Ballyburough, County Cavan, from the Archdeacoa of Ardagh's ; the Dowager Countess of Buckinghamshire, at her villa, Blackheath, from Lord Chichester's, S:anmore Park, Sussex. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—On Monday morn ing the sum of 251,, bequeathed by the late Earl of Liver pool, to be given annually to five poor deserving families of the town of Kingston-on-Thames, was distributed to persons who were considered by , the committee to be entitled to it, by Mr. How, the Mayor of Kingston. The names of the parties were—Francis Howell, Matthew Waters, Mary Wellbeloved, Thomas Haines, and William Millis ; and the Mayor, after making some appropriate remarks, handed to each the sum of 51, at the same time expressing a hope that it would be the means of making them and their families happy at this festive season. On the same day the sum of 221., the result of a subscription among the tradesmen of Kingston, was distributed to fourteen poor deserving persona belonging to the town. The first mentioned gift of 251., in accordance with the will of the late Noble Earl, has now been given for up wards of twenty years. VANGUARD STEAM a.—We are happy to be able to announce that there is a fair prospect of getting - the above steamer out of her perilous situation. Through the skilful and persevering exertions of Captain White, J.P., and of the Company's agents, steam was got up on yesterday to aid in having the water pumped out of her hold. These efforts succeeded to a certain extent in removing a quantity of water that had accumulated pre vious to the getting one of the leaks permanently stop ped, and it is now confidently anticipated that the other means about to be resorted to will have the effect of to tally removing this beautiful vessel from where she is now embedded. Mr. Asle (Secretary to the Dublin Un derwriting Club) is at present in Cork. He has applied to Mr. Pike for the use of the Victory steamer to assist in floating the Vanguard ; Mr. Pike, with his usual courtesy, at ()pep granted his steamer, and offered any other assistance in his power that might be required. The Victory is provided with wedges, 141045, pullies and beams, and we hope that our next announcement will 4,e that the Vanguard steamer is herself again. SUMMARY OF NEWS s 6 Übttr Opt/aura. " Who runs may re ltd." POREZOIS . On Monday evening, their - ielaje sties the King and Queen of the French received t'ee Prosident of the Coun cil of Ministers, the Minister of Commerce, the Pope's Nuncio, Vice-Admiral Jacob, Gene rals Bougen4 Pail loux. and Hecquet, the Marouis de Lavalette, Gaunts Molt, de Bondy, d'Haubersr_tert, and de Montesquiou, and the Barons de Vandceirere and de Brigode. The Peers assembled or. 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-Bader is in a small town of Morocco, under the smeillance of the troops of the Emperor, who appears up to the present moment to have faithfully executed the clauses of his treaty with France. Ile 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 Monguiere, one of the veterans of the armies of the Republic and Empire, died at the Hotel des In valides of Paris on Monday. Ile 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 for 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 Curses, that he has placed his resignation in the hands of her Majesty; but it has not yet been accepted. A letter from Dresden, Dec. 16, in the cologne Ga zelle, states that the Saxon GoverriMent is on the point of contracting a new loan with the house of Itothsehild• A Vienna letter says that, as the railroad between that capital and Trieste approaches towards the sea, the new buildings for the Cpstom-house at Vienna are drawing towards a completion, TA give an idea of the immense extent of this establishment, the writer sl4toi that, in the course of the present year, !MOM() quintals (the quintal is 22 qlbs. English) of merchandise arrived by ;and and 170,000 quintals by water, besides 122,000 in transit.li f 1 the Wep n Aferoury states, under its Berlin head, thai Tsklbech constantly Wiped to apply for pardon, declaring, !hat 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. Tseheeh hed 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 hag 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 fungionary, from whom a sum of money had been extorted by threat§ of charging him with infamous practices, by two men who acce4tect bin) 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 continued 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, LAW AND P0Z143311. 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 C a stl e an d _ _ . . 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-look ing fellow, was yesterday charged with violently assault ing Mary Higgleton, cutting her dress off her person, and demolishing the whole of her furniture. Ile 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. Ile 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 51., or be impri4oried 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 uol Of t t i h o e a s , e o i h n e l y l u threeeling w s e a r i leo charged s h , a rg of e d with over drunkenness, and, as th e y h a d not b ehaved disorderly. occurred at the various stati on -h ouses o f t h e di str i ct, c 1 o 5 n o t , 0 a o i n o they were discharged. inpgersaonsii.°P ovum-- PASZIONAL23II3III. The Dowager Countess of Buckingham, who has been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Chichester, at Stanmere Park, has arrived at Eastcomb House, near Blackheath. 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 Mivart's Hotel, from the Earl of Tankerville's villa, Mount Felix, Walton-upon -Thames. Lady Mary Leslie, atter a sojourn of near two months at Brighton, has left ifor 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 Hon. 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-placa from Madrid. 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 hi s R oya l 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 the 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 hall-crown piece, fifteen pounds of the best potatoes, a four-pound loaf, and one hundred weight of the best coals, to each recipi en t. The state apartments at Windsor Castle, which had been closed since the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of Glonsester, ate 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, were 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 Rev. C. Phillips, the curate, and were ordered to attend at Mr. Rowe', Tl!ftt gentleman presided over the fcstiTo hottrd •i the viandB cunaistin.of rpat pig, Wiipq r4b,l;it, and pickled pork, roast beef, pndding, mince pies, etc. During th e repast, t h e guests were enlivened -by music and singing, Mr. H. Horne presiding at the harp, and Miss Rowe and another young lady at the piano -forte. To make the scene more enchanting, the drawhag-room was decorated with bunches and nitstleto; from which were suspendod bunches o 1 Portugal grape s , oranges and ternon i sl' excellent d essert ,' With Poq f}ii4 Sherry, 44' liw", also ? ut tivott the t,ably. At seven o'clock in the evening, the happy party broke up, Mr. Rowe having business which called him into the country. Mr. Rowe is a young man, 27 years of age. A further decided advance towards the completion of the lighthouse on the Goodwin Sands, has been made, the height to which it is now brought above high-water mark being sixteen feet. By New Year's day an eleva tion of thirty-four feet above high-water mark is ex pected to be attained, when the workmen will be regaled on the sands near its site. On Christmas-day the lending library at the Green wich Union -house was opened for the use of the in mates. Upwards of 200 volumes were distributed, and the of was so signally beneficial that the master, Mr. Ellis, had not, last evening (Thursday), a single case of insubordination to report to the board of guardians, which had arisen after the festivities of Christmas-day. THIS DAY'S NEWS UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.) John Elston was charged before Mr. Traill with caus ing a disturbance in the Queen's Bench prison, and as saulting Caldwell, the turnkey. On the preceding night, when the clock struck nine, the time for the departure of all strangers, the defendant, who was there, refused to quit, saying that his wife was there, and that he would be d—d if he would stir out of the place. Remonstrances were of no avail ; and when the turnkey took the defendant by the arm to eject him from the prison, he turned upon him, and gave him a severe blow in the eye, and knocked him down. In the course of the examination, it was stated that no man could have acted with greater violence, and four men were employed in taking him to the station-house. The prisoner pleaded " Christmas time" in his de defence, but Mr. Traill fined him 31; and in default he was committed. Thomas Warnall and Mary Ann Tyler, two young persons, were charged with being concerned in the fol lowing alleged outrage:— A Mr. Hubbard said that as he and his friend were walking along Kent-street the preceding night he re ceived a severe blow from some person behind. He turned round and was struck again, knocked down, and surrounded by six or seven persons, who kicked him while he was lying on the ground, and he lost his hat and a gold pin out of his shirt. He added that the female prisoner scratched his flee while he was on the ground. His friend was also assaulted, but they both admitted they were not sober at the time. The prisoners denied the charge, and said they were assaulted in the first instance, and us some doubts were entertained by the magistrate that the complainants were mistaken in the identity of the parties, he ordered them to be detained until inquiries were made. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 27.—Wind Northerly, moderate breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Pandora, Nlanilla ; Thomas Lee, and Asiatic, Woof, Calcutta; Brooke, Camphine, Ichaboe, for Grangemouth. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Hen drik, Hudson, New York. OFF SALCOMBE, DEC. 25.—Thunder, Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Dor drecht, Dutch transport, Surinam, for Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—W ind E., moderate—Arrd. Esmeralda, Lancelot, Gambia for Rouen, with rudder damaged, sailed Oct. 30 ; Hebe, Billingsley, Quebec, 24th ult. ; Queen of the Isles, London, fur Buenos Ayres, leaky, having struck the ground on leaving the Downs. IP OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 23.—Salem, Gilbert, New Orleans. 24. Windhound, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp. CORN., DEC. 24.—The Heywood, for Africa, which got on the bank near the Spit Buoy 12th inst., and the Vanguard schooner, which got ashore near Roche's Point 14th inst., came off this morning. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 26.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.— And. Culdee, Campbell, Sueir, Hoskell, and Princess Royal, Iloodless, Calcutta; Boston, Stanner, ditto, and Cape of Good Hope; Isabella, Thorpe, and Parker, Reid, Demerara ; Bombay, Reid, New Orleans ; Alabama, Augustusl Head, Higginson, and Harriet, Rockwell, Charleston ; Swordfish, Green, Miramichi ; William Fisher, Montreal, Sld. Alexander and Prince Albert, ;Bombay ; Liffey, Barbadoes ; Ellen, German, Berbice; Severn, Havannah, Off, Constellation, Angra Pequina. IcmtnoE.—Arrd. Her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, Cape of Good Hope, to relieve her Majesty's ship Isis. NEWS,-(THIS DAY,) CORN-EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. Owing to the thick weather and contrary winds, we continue to be very scantily supplied with 311 descrip. trots of Grain, eonsequently veiT little business is doing in any article, scarcely any English Wheat was on show, and the few- sales effected in it were at prices fully equal to those obtained on MoPCI4YI In fine l''"Pign Wheat 4 flil! I :4l§iliP44 WP Going, 4t late rates. There was a few runs of Parley on sale, by land-car riage samples, and which were held at full prices. The trade, however, was by no means brisk. Scarcely Alay (Atp g; market: these ? as well as 14>P§ 414 -Poas 4 were unaltered ill Tl4l l Pt ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barter. I Oats. I Fleer EnV I ish TT" Malt. 3.2 - 43 - era. SMITHFIELD. This being a holiday market, the supply of beasts offering was very limited, but fully equal to meet the wants of the butchers. In prices we have no variation to notice from those obtained on Monday. The numbers of Sheep were small, yet the tialp for them was in a slug t ;ish state, at unaltered figures. Prime small Calves sold freely, at very low prices ; but, in either hinds of Veal, next to nothing was doing, Tim Pork trade was firm, and the currencies were supported without OM , culty. Mitch Cows sold slowly at from IQI to 10/each. Per Bibs. to sink the °SAL s. d, to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Interior Beasts ...... .... 2_ 9 210 Second qiitilitYr.• Second quality ditto... 3 0 3 6 co atse7w o o ile4 ate.. 3 a a a 10 4 0 Prime large Oxen 3 a :9 10 Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. Large co2llc Calves 343 10 Large HT 3 Prime small ditto ll 4 Q 4 Small ror crl•ts Suckling Calves, each 18 0 3 I , Quarter Al Digs, eaChlo Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT 1 1 1A1IK1lT, Beasts. I Sheep. I I Calves. Pigs. 633 2,100 f 54 287 TWIEWO.A.TEI .4.33) LE.6.I23IINHALL. The supplies of Meat on sale were by no means lityge ? yet the trade fuss In a very srlaggiyil'state, and Flees were barely supported. .... At per Stone, lay tee tamale. s. d. to s. d. s. d. tea. 0. Beef, inferior....... ..... 2 6 210 Mutton. inferior 2 8 210 midd1ing,,,...... 3 Q 3 2 middling 3 0 3 4 ----prirae large ...... 4 4 4 a -prima .... , 3 3 g —.- prime small 3 6 3 1,11 Pork, large 2 14 2 4 Veal ....................«.. 3 4 4 4 —small... ...... 11031017 GEL Mop 11(13.31ECIBT. Notwithstanding the supply of Ilops on offer is but limited, the demand continues extremely inactive, at almost nominal figures.--Sussex pockets, fl to 81 ss; Wealds, 6/ 18s to 8/ ; Mid Kent, 81 to 101 15s ; East Kent, 71 7s to 8/ ; Choice, 10/ to 12/; Farnhams, 10/ to 10l 10s, 0 6 A -0 CoLoinsots The produce markets being closed for the holidays, we have but little to report. COTTON.—There has been a fair business doing, at full rates, about 5,000 bales having been sold. TEA.—The market is steady. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 40s. 3d. to 40s. 6d. per cwt. oil the spot, FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, DEc. 24.—The average price of Wheat last week was 17f., and th a t o f R ye 10 f . 62c . per hectolitre. The Belgian Consul at Sincapore has visited, by order of his Government, th e p or t s o f Chi na, open t o European commerce. The Government has just received from the Consul a detailed and very interesting report on the general commerce of the Chinese empire, and especially on the several articles of import and export, the condi tion of sale, &c. A selection of patterns has not yet ar rived. The report will, however, be sent to the Chamber of Commerce, which is directed to communicate it to the merchants and manufacturers of the kingdom. Between seven and eight hundred compositors and printers of Brussels met yesterday, on the invitation u i the Provincial Committee of the printers, issgjrj same days ago, in consequence of the report; poputtreing the suppression of literary piracy in Pelgiiial. This impor tant meeting was pondncted with the greatest door= and propriety, A permanent Committee of five mem bers was chosen by a great majority, after which the meeting dispersed in the most orderly manner. BREDA, D. 20,—For some time past a great plan for the advantage of our trade has been i n co ntemplatio n . This is the making of a cana l f rom this city to the Moerdyk, which, it la • eApeotPtii Hill revive our declining commerce anti panufactures. There have been several meetings oo the spect, and we le arn th a t a p e titi on h as been presented to his Majesty for the formation of Chamber of Commerce. -It i s proposed that the canal shall be navigable by steam-boat, and °the; vessels, to Oosterhout and Gertrindenticrg, yy 441411 MAtigSTY AND TILE PRINCE CONSORT'S NRW YEAR'S GIFTS,-::WINDSOR, TRURSDAV. , --(FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.)—The distribution of the Queen's and his Royal Highness Prince Albert's annual gifts to the poor and rickody of Windsor and of that pa r t of the parish of Clewer which is within the borough, which will be dispensed through the medium of the Lord Steward of her Majesty's household, assisted by the Hon. and Rer, Q. L. Courtenay (the Queen's do mestic chaplain), agreeably to the recommendation of Mr. John Clode, jun., and the other churchwardens of the parish, will take place on Now Year's eve, in the riding school at the v i ew royal mews in the Home-park. It is expected that her Majesty and his Royal Bighness Prince Albert, attended by the members of the royal household, will be present to be witnesses of the grati fying scene. One hundred and eighty pairs of ten quarter blankets will he given to that number of families, agreeably to the recommendation of the parochial au thorities. Nearly two hundred families, averaging five children in each, will also be supplied (the quantity being regulated according to the nninller of children), at the same time with beef, plum-pudding, bread, po tatoes, and f!le *Op 40 also one hundred weight of co a l s to X•XTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—There is at •,,resent a man at work on the Hungerford-bridge who, as a boy, witnessed the laying of its first stone. lie is in possession of all his faculties.—Pulieli l 4:ilimanack. RESPITE OE WILLIAM POTTER.—On Wednesday morning Air. Noble, the Governor of York Castle, re ceived a respite from the sentence of death, in the case of William Potter, convicted at the late Yorkshire As sizes or arsop Wistow, near Selby, " until the further siErni*Mio,e, Iter 18,Nesti s a pleas u r. " ( —Vo Fi;a4 l 4l, .caster --- ; MONEY AND COIVINIERcIAL ?Ix cfr P C/ TF, QUARTER TO VI ,„f The Cotton market rema i ne d li rm ut Liverrc,,ll tertiay ; sales 8,000 b a l es , i nc l u di ng 1,500 ta v e ler speculators, vi z ., 1,500 S urat, at 20. to 3id.; I,l,,dtbe nam, at sd. to 54d.; 200 Egyptian, at sd. to 6filir.,o rest Arner'can.—The Share mar k e t w as clog ° ' yesterday for the holidays. wsi r° There are no ship arriv a l s t o -d ay w i t h l a te li e e osclt any quarter, and th e C on ti nenta l ma il s d o n ot e„,“ n et' of interest, the sp eec h o f t h e Ki ng o f t he -e re f iost course, excepted, and whi c h i s l oo k e d u pon ° s able. , el The news from the Rio Plate, of the seil` n° 6 7 Argentine squadron, excites much interest Pere'rs later accounts will now be looked for with e o ° l ., e psi anxiety, as there have been rumours for some tiw 0 is of an intended interference by England and Frsl3. favour of Monte Video. &n i l The Funds have b ee n ver y fi rm this mornieg'„,t, so" having realised fr om 1001 to 100 1 for the Aa, ° ",i e r Sr i the Reduced Thre e p er C ents. 101, b ut the infii",-4,111/ now at a fraction lo wer . B an k S toc k i s u p to 4105 P New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. aro ,t' ot is 0 Exchequer Bill s are at 62 5 . to 645., an d I n dia ii° 78s. premium. Of The speech of the King of the French on the l e ss ios of the Chambers has produced a favourable iiiill o id' in the City. The Scrip of the new French Loan scr4 l vanced to 2i per cent. premium, and the B e lgian o os to li premium. All th e F ore i gn F un d s have reeve' the rise this mo rn i ng . Th e S pan i sh Tbree Pe'ogiP have been at 384 and ft ; the Five per Cents. at ', ( 1 , 0' the Dutch Five p er C ents , at 99 991- ; the Fou r ' , the Half per Cents. at 102 ; the Brazilian at, 851 f o j c, 0 Mexican at 36i. ; and the Port uguese a t 61# 7 Converted Stock. The market for th e R a il way Sh ares is litlrceolsitbi: firm as it was yesterday. At the same time, it l dose; noticed, that a good amount of business has bee ; sc 6 i The London and W estm i nster B ank Sh are s are premium. oc s ' BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'-'l' e (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 101 • 3 per Cent. Red uce d A nnu i t i es 4 New 3-i per Cent. Annutic.s India Bonds 1,000/. - I ,ll ' Ditto under 1,0001 78 Pm' ' 0 - • Consols for Openi ng Exchequer Bills. lid. 11d• r „ 1,0004 , 500/. - pt'' Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ........ - ~P- o elt• FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON E 0 1 -m Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36 giDitto for the Account .-- •11 . Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account 29i *-t, Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - ..i i Ditto Conve r t e d. — , 611 ,T.i. Ditto for the Account 6ll . 1,,, • Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 2S4 I' Ditto for the Account • Ditto Passive Bond s 6t Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent 3BO Dutch 21 per Cents 9 4 ei Ditto 4 per Ce n t. Certificates .... " Ditto 5 per Cent.... 991 0 " , Cl' PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE 00.- RAILWAYS. P AID. P1:11 ,- n 0, ~ t o Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester....... 30 Cambridge and Lincoln Direct Northern 2l • 'z ..... to " Dublin and Galway Eastern Counties o Great Western London and Birmingham .100 4O ...... too 227 ...... ....., to Ditto New Thirds 2. - London and 8ri g ht 0n .......... 50 . London and C ro yd on o o 1i ...... --' . London and Y or k 2l ...., 4 ..... to --- 4nia and Ely t ‘ , Manchester and Leeds 7O 122 ...... to --- Ditto 1 Shares to „. Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters - Newcastle & Darlington June. 24 to Portsmouth Direct ~,,( 1i ..... to ' South-Eastern and Dover... 33k Trent Valley... ............ ..... 2 York and North Midland... 50 7 03 1 02 i . to - 5 11 , I• Ditto, Half Shares... ..., to Boulogne and Amiens 2 MANQUVSTER STOCK EXCIIANGE, 1)C. ' o b° market continues firm, and a fair amount o f bls,lllebf' been done. Grand Junction, Half Shares, 112' ha te'' chester and Birmingham, 521 ; Ditto, Quart er _ v. 3 1 e flic ' 811'‘ ke" 5 3-16 i; Midland, 401. Shares,sl. 9s. 6c1.1 1 ' 441 ancl; 0 1 4u; ; Blackburn and Pre.,ton, 8 ; Ditto, Burnle),.'sfiel°,o3 crington, 31.25. 6d.; Churnet 1 4.114 y, 3i; n udde ßoll Manchester Rail anti CADA!, 41; Manchester , I - Of' Rossend9P, gi MOW and Lincoln, 1954 Tr, e an n s , 4 1 1 ; 10i West Yorkshire, 6 1-16 ; Paris And °l' ' . VAI*I3 and Strasburg, 3 1-16, A,' 9 1 po''' SER Toys A triruns.--Lalit night, about twe lve frotte a serious encounter took place in Sussex-street, " d fur hain-eourt-road, between a party of Irishmen $11 „ lol l ; lishmen. It appeared that the cause of the tr is ',., -e e O l ', ginated with Who was the winner of s ome ga' - i e were playing in the British queen public-hou se ' tle'r, above-named s t ree t. Tb,p Irishmen challengedle,:' opponents to fight s and several of them in:l o3 1' commeneo an attack, armed with bludgeons..":. greatest consternation p reva il ed i n the neighbe',llo" and we are sorry to Add that one of the parties ~eitit name is WAlliam Tomlinson, res idi ng i n Chenie',Tee,oll Tottenham-court-r oa d, rece i ve d such severe irl;P:0;004 the head, it bei ng literally cut open, that be 101 1 00 1 diately taker, to the London University Ilest i o 7or 6 , 1 , e he now lies without any hope of recovery' : „ i kon O a the offending parties were immedil,te;Zron. custody by several policemen of the E "'" I TSAP l ';' .° STATE OF THE TIOSiERY AND LA° ,inuftle nie* 9 The general condition of the cotton hosier,' ra , In ` 1 ,.. - is ahollt, %be same as reported previousiP en 13 ';: i , wi:ought hose line, the sitaAtion of the wer itin i o yed n 1 mentable, as they aro, iR general, neither e°3l3 to at° t7 o discharged, v.iiiratiug between both, ha vin g ce. 1 1 . 0 0 dAy after day for even a very scanty a llowfl u late t , cotton g l ove trade, though dull, is in a better • ti f e eter e , al' other branch of the cotton, hosiery In gli b hos r i bu the drawer, pantaloon, and shirt bran n . l oos' e r been in a worse condition for y ear s. The 61- ' t 150b, 1 4 trade in all it;', i ngauphes has not improved. -1 ,, se a .0 , n et hlee trade is much the same. N ets 1 1; l e ' - ii el in the Market with many houses, who seem t° un too oss ing their establishments. In despite a this,,,i fa, el state of things, we think there will be a rese t- o ,oo'g better. Greater 14tteutian is now paid to the odsosi net, arid 4,8 the Brussels ground has, and can 7 0D ee a l) machinery, we hope, ere long, to have 0 01 % iri e i o it has been completed. The warp lac* trad e it ' s po 3 _, t ' 10 the same situation it has been in for some we e l .oo' 4o J tatting branch liarilt,g to a slight extent suPi e IsP - ,3 some articles, the bobbin-net manufacture. 'l' ii , sl,O ll press is still in a very fair condition ; but the the IV is in a depressed state, having a serious rival i ;et c. ~ of England silk bobbin-nets.—Nottiaoaei R e f i t 'lotk e l THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR " . 0 c10 ,.. , 5 A portion of these apartments, which had bee rrie 6 7 o , since the death of her late Royal Highness the b $ et , .., Sophia of Gloucester, is now open to the publi e , l 4 "% J o ' s . mend of her Majesty. This portion include* " 00 ' Cb, 1 0 ,.0 dyck Room, the Audience Chamber, the Pred e ,, n tbe Y ,,te ber, the Guard Chamber, St. George's Ila"si n g l'oe Room, and the Waterloo Gallery. The fo1 1 1 0 • 0 0 .4 . rooms still remain closed :—The Throne l 'il Cb7b, small Vestibule, the Rubens' Room, the Conan os d of her, the Kings's Closet, the Queen's Cleoe t ! d,or Zuccharelli R oom . Whil e t h e Court i s at 11 ' n oo. a % apartm en t s w ill b e c l ose d on Tuesdays and Fr , r oti o COMMITTAL or GREEN THE RECRIVII ler 'l,OO PROPERTY.—On Mond a y last, at the Police -° it O le , Green, the notori ous rece i ver o f stolen preke ri fi s o rs, ) appreh ens i on we d escr ib e d i n our last public s ' o ,' 00 committed for trial at th e M arc h ass i zes , o n ton 4. 1 ,00' counts. The first count, on the oaths of . I: irs , 0 i r ;er landlady of the Ram Hotel, and An- ' ors be se ef vant, charged the prisoner yew .a SPe n de 0- go' i • a tar s , b e of spoons, a punch-lads- ~L 1 stealing t p ea f perty of Mr. T.-- • findi ,_ ...wis Wilson. Inspector Bl os se, ',o o ‘ the _,, and a fork, all silye r e ' r pr ° „be s the ; -.g of the property in the prisoner's , s d c''', o 33 ..I , latter said they were his own. The s' oe es e r , ,-.otrged Green with stealing five silver tea,.. s Pott° r ,rfid other articles, belonging to Mr. Wadsworth' ide,,,P - ber Elizabeth limner, servant to the proseen t leet i . s e l Pe' and swore to the property, and S u p es ietenw, v Aril proved its discovery in the prisoner's house. etri ; s f , hie attorney, appeared on behalf of the prisoneP ti ed '" , ftso the magistrates to order 30L of the money ''',. 00 0 * pre house_ to be given up, to provide for his do to e the . 1 Alvor said he would hold a consultation 0 - Steil Os' Piety of granting this request.—Nottinghafi l trienoil f , . EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.—A most e! - 1 , tol' ti of circumstance has just occurred at the Ilaw' r e „ - thst, e ` . or, which is kept by two old women. It appe‘'„, - e cs u h 'iyea had a sum of money in the house, and, from 6° - be I 'o/ other were extremely alarmed lest they shot' to t ior of when Their fears prevaili to such an 7 bf , i - c lisP a carrier who they knew was ps 3s i n D all ° 'V; wurgently requester'. him to remain with thea' s ,. o , to coo , inch, however, his duties would not permit ''' l he 0 fit whe but .n consideration of the alarm of the woir g ,.. 1 , 1 14 setae(' to leave with them a large masif f ., -° , - 0 d "° °l % the the carrier started the dog became vitnerns _ ,fto 0, not stop, upon which one of the women rau to 0°,4 0 man, who returned and left his coat for the d°l ol l he? after which the animal remained quietly at the he ti u 0 11 In the night the women were disturbed hf t it , e no ti tress of the dog, and heard a noise apparen t ! ses , 11 ,,r 0 attempt to force an entrance into the prerah ron iv eiv which they escaped by the back-door, an d be 0 h is o s' neighbouring house, which happened to d wer e bet smith's shop. They knocked at the door, and to ld ~ swered from within by the smith's wife. 5 ,P, e ,.,,,, to fr ,o husband was absent, but that she was w" a ibis 1 ' rd company the terrified women to their home. b e e ea agreed to, and on their reaching the house they 00 Ili savage but half-stifled growling from the ci n g" beg i l ,, , tering the house they, saw the body of .who ,,,,,,,,,,, in half in and half out of ' their little w• d, 7 t ; had seized by the throat, and was still svorrY,,ntr,„'r the I examination, the man proved to be their neighve d "„ o ile t b i l e l e d tth ,:t t , l s za i d ,a fu b l . l i y ot. torn about the throat, en d ' i ( ea r This . Tux SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS.- - _ 09 10. , there will be the singular anomaly of five parte!' ' To ,. i t for Surrey. Four have already been held, viz. . -- `', e a fo April 8, July 1, Oct. 15, and the fifth is appoin t ed Dec. 31. 1.01 ,1f1.14 PENALTIES UNDER THE NEW MXTRO- apjirtY BUILDINGS ACT.—AII penalties under the new fob' politan Buildings Act must be suet!, ;or within si-% '...eeti' after the penalty or forfeih:,, re shall have been inetif il ef They may be ree,--,- ed by be not of -.`.. I ' • specifically appropriated, ,_ ow._ 1,- ....erwise S` or proceeding ,_ l3e se .aith section) the person so suing for his own I , ' entitled to receive one half thereof. , _ v. any party, and if the pea th e esty II IP and the other half shall be paid to her MN CI° C