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

20 guns, Commander Thomas Spark Thompson, will be taken into dock for the same purpose. The Retribution steam-frigate, ordered to arrive at Chatham to be fitted for service on Saturday next, the 28th inst., will not arrive, on account of the contractor not having completed her engines. The Eagle, 50 guns, Captain G. B. Martin, is still in dock fitting, and fast progressing in her equipment. The Janus steam-vessel is still in deck fitting. Ship wrights, engineers, and boiler-makers, are all actively employed in completing this extraordinary vessel for set vice. THE FIRST NUMBER FOR THE NEW YEAR OF COLBUAN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST, Contains the following interesting articles:— I. Discovery of the Island of 31esineria. 2. Passages in the Lives of the Celebrated Statesmen of Europe— M. le Comte de Sainte Aulaire. 3. A Discourse on Puppies in General, and Particularly on the Pup- pies of the Present Day. 4. Launcelot Corby. A Tale. By Agnes Strickland. 5 Asop Illustrated. By the Author of •` Peter Priggins." The Cock and the Jewel. 6. Zurbano and Aviraneta. By one who has known them both. 7. Speechmaking. 8. The Robertsel on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. Chapters XXII., XXIII., and XXIV. 9. The Man who is always Consistent. 10. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-pay. By W. H. Maxwell, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo." No. 7. Life In a Madhouse—Confessions of a Keeper. 11. Twelve Days at Tiflis. By the Hon. S. Saville. 12. Traits of Corsican and Sardinian Character. By George Bur dett, Esq. 13. An Excursion up the Oronooko. The New Year being a favourable opportunity for commencing a Periodical, those who may desire to take in the NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE are requested to give their orders, without delay, to their respective Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. No,w ready, at all the Libraries, T HE COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL, • " STRAT.IIERN ; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD." . A STORY OF THE PRESENT DAY. nenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Jut ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., with numerous Illustrations by Leech. The FORTUNES of T IIE SCATTERGOOD FAMILY. By ALBERT SMITH, Esq., Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury," " The Wassail Bowl," &e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Immense Holiday Attraction. THIS EVENING will be performed Balfe's grand Opera, TILE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be produced the Grand Christmas Harlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoc. The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes, Messrs. W. IL Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss Carson. SCENE 1. An " Attqc " Story. Author (In distress for many things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ; Puck (Envoy from the Court 01 King Oberon, with powers to pro vide the usual Christmas fun for " Children all, both great and small," Miss A. Payne. How Puck gives new life to the author by giving life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances; h,w 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 ant dry, the ocean slumbering in the hack ground, the crabs,.&c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. H. 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 Wand. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the Caribees, having a passion for l'rincess Tooraloora, and being in a passion 'with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; llankipanki (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right lion. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince l'arramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Paribou's young brother, and old rival, con temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; Princess Teoraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending •serself 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 tire, i.e., the water. SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy (the celebrated Pacific Shark. netted expressly for the occasion, in hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. How Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they have a " glorious n;bble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its two insides—and how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Eird's-eye View of Robinson Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribces 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 lint 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 fi om without ; in short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of Ihe hut, and then to the charge of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge. SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs Manufactory ; Duet, in two fiats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, here we go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus liritish Gladia tor; a clear stage and no favour; patent violoncello, warranted to play on itself grand discord. SCENES 8 and 9. Corners and Fancy Loather-dressers, and Throne room in the Palace at Morocco ; liow to leather Morocco and how to dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another— * whole skis is better than a skin in holes. SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the poor Debtors ; Knockers awl bells versus thieves ; Somebody's coming ; Poor debtors and heardheartQd creditors ; the tebles 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 prom•um ; Mangling done Isere ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective young ones ;" The hell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; husbands go to bath; Boiling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm, and general confusion. SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ; " Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for Harlequin ;" Eight heads better than one ; Patent self-lighting Chandelier. " The happy family we all know so well, " The still happier family we all love so well." SCENE 13. A Stem 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 Majesty christening the Royal Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARLET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EENING, DECEMBER 23, Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, Called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket S rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe' s ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farrell; The Countess of a pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia .ennett. After which, a Gran MOVING DIORAMA; or, PICTORIAL TOUR INS WITZERLAND. To conclurle wicti a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxoriou s Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Jul a Bennett ; Percinet, Miss I'. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and ~Half each. rckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-oltice, tr - im fen till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 28, Will he repeated (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, 0. &Mil); Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin. son ; S r Joseph Bowley, B a rt , M r . P au l B e df ord ; W i ll F e r n , M r . Huellon ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Vrck, Miss Fortescue; Mi s. M Chickenstalkar, Mrs. Frank atthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE, Principal Characters by Messrs, Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic f hristmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons.. dale ; Clown. Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantalcon, Mr. Sam+ers. Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Pairmr .ir Pitt; Leader of the Bind, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ctfice open from Elevin till Four. Private /Imes tO be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXF ORD-STBEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. NIADOOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 29, Will be repeat(d THE RENT DAY, Martin Heywood, Mr. Wallack; Bullfrog, Mr. Compton ; Rachel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a New Grand Oriental Ballet, called THE ENCIIAN fED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoa Peasant), M. Mousse ; Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), 51.111 e. Caroline Bousset; Naire, (her Friend), Mdlle. Teresine; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), Miss Marshall. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE I LI.ER AND HIS MEN. GrindofF, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kellner, Mr. Granby Eiber, Mr. Corti , Go!ot z , M r . W a l ton; Cl audine, Miss E. Stan ley; ktavina, Mrs. Fosbroke. stage Manager, Mr. H. 1. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2a, ; Gallo Is. Ralf price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, f,d, Private Boxes, Iwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. alum Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Hal£ Doors to be opened at Half. cast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The • Box.etfice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. IHEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPEttA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 23, Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, E. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Ke e l ey; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden, Miss rove, and 'lrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic, Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Drove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. n eeley. PRICES OF Aul ll olOr4.—tkucouy z,oxes., 45.; Upper Boxes, 3e.; Pit, 2.s_._; Gallery, ed. S econ d P r i ce—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d.; Pit, Ps. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (hating eight persons), Tae Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Pier (holding six persons), One Guivea. Tr.e Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr- Con of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet this Evening, at AST", EY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 28, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX RUNT; or, The Race. Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fos and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. klisom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse noanship. o conclude wit h a Grand Cc Ees Pantomime, cit T ed HARLEQUIN AND JOH omi NNY Christmas GlLPl qu N'S trian RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ,• Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Cl own, M r. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting sue stage.mmager, Mr. W u. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to trquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compli.ince with numerous requests from the country, and by spacial desire, he has formed au aneernents to pre sent, during the Christmas Ho:idays, a S ries of EQUESTRIAN ItiORNING FETES and FASHIO ' NABLE DAY PERFORM. ANCE, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-past Three : consisting of B a tty' s Splend id Scenes of Equitation in tbe Circle. The first Three Morning Performances will take place en Monday, Dec. 31, Wednesday, Jan. 2, and Frday, Jan. 4. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENIN , i, DECEMBeR Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corr! from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H Hughes, Neville, R Howler, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. it. Hormer, Mn.s Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, r+HILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN Is. IL D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri ; C o l um bi ne, Mi ss Sla i ter. Places aid Private Sexes to b.., had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box calce, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Will THIS EVENING, DECEMB ER 23, bperformed an Interesting Drama, eutilleil POVERTY; or, A Tale of Sorrow. Squire Graham, Mr. Watkins; Frederick, Mr. T. H. niggle • Leonard, Mr. Henry Howard ; Mary Graham, Mrs. W. Rignold : Patty Parrot, Mis E. Terrey After which, THE R AMO-SIDE INN. Captain Rambleton, Mr. T. H. Higgle; Tom, Mr. Herbert ; Ellen, Miss E. Terrey. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINs ; or, The Little Old Wonsan and Mr the Demon ßlanckard; of the Metal Mine. Harlequin. M. Ch ap i n° ; Clowr, Le Vitt . Pant.doon, Mr. C oney I Columbine, Mdll,. A marriage is said to on the tapir between Colonel Ridley, brother to Sir Matthew White Ridley, and the Hon. Miss Browne, de lovely daughter of Lord Oranmore, and niece to the Dowiger Viscountess Dillon ..Court Journah L ONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of this COMPANY will be held ►t the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on WIDNESDAY, the Bth lay of Jhnuary next, at Twelve o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of rec diving and considering a Report on the subject of a proposed branch , railway from the Stepney station of the London and Blackwell Railway through Stratford, Leytonstone, Wanstead, Woodford, Chigwell, Loughton, and Abridge, to.Epping, and for adopting such measures respecting the proposed branch as may be deemed ex- ' pedient. J. N. DANIELL, Chairman . 60, Fenchurch-street, Dec. 24, 1844. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 27 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 43 ; NOOI3, 43, BAROMETER, 30.03.-. WIND, N.E. Norrn.—The figures which follow the wards "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 en 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. Horning ... 56 minutes after 3 I Evening... 13 minutes after 4. empires in that career of improvement which time and circumstances may have opened to them, when the Monarchs who preside over their political institu tions are animated by views of the public welfare thus pacific and profound. After all—there could be no moral enormity much greater than for Great Britain and France—in whose destinies the hopes and the welfare are bound up of such vast families et the human race as acknowledge this dominion, or are brought within their immediate influenw, to wage, the one against the other, a war which should be uncalled for by the exigencies of the national honour or of the public security confided to their several Governments. In proportion to the natural and acquired resources of two such mighty countries —the fortunate accidents of their geographical posi tion ; the unprecedented development of these by all the adjuncts of maritime commerce and discovery and relations of commerce, and the incessant demands of luxury and refinement, and the various excellencies of their respective institutions ; in proportion to their means of contributing to the happiness of so many milli* of our species, would be the responsibility for application. Of wars, therefore, waged for specific objects of mere political ambition or terri torial aggrandisement, between two such empires as France and Great Britain, it would be at any time impossible to overrate the guilt. But, taking into consideration the immense progress which in all pro tracted periods of external peace and domestic tran quillity they have ever made in the march ofall physical and moral ameliorations, their antagonism as combat ants, whenever it can be averted without a sacrifice of the national honour or security we speak of, is a species of treason to the whole human race ! In that really glorious emulation, which proposes for its object the achievement of the greatest possible amount of good for the largest possible portion of mankind, England and France have long ran ahead of all competitors. If her colonial possessions, her incre dibly extended commerce, her well maintained public credit, the untiring industry of her labouring popu lation, and the freer cast and bolder working of her political machinery, have secured for long years past, and will, in all human probability, continue to secure to England for very many years to come, a priority in this generous struggle, let us do full justice to the gallant efforts of France to tread close upon our foot steps. She, too, is straining every nerve to give all development to her intellectual as well as material forces; and since among the highest blessings which follow from the most perfect of human institutions, peace will ever be among the most certain and the most permanent, we cordially rejoice at the picture which is drawn by the KING'S speech of the gratify ing condition of France, and of its inevitable tenden cies. So clear and just a perception—so deep an appreciation—of the real indefensible interests of two such nations, on the part of their several Govern ments, avail more, to our apprehension of the matter than the most elaborate statisti cs o f m ilit ary forces,, They far outweigh all the advantages that can ever be predicted of steam guns and desolating projec tiles—monster-ordnance and long-ranging shells. In such generous sentiments as these we yesterday had the pleasure to transfer from the declarations of LOUIS PHILIPPE, we would persuade ourselves that we recognise the dawn of a more permanent and substantial era of pacific associations between France and Britain than any which have hitherto endured between them. We cordially hail them as "auspicia cevi." The whole of the Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived. The only intelligence which they contain, in addition to that which we published yesterday, is the following : " Commandant Peumxs and another officer have been arrested at Requenne. Among the papers, it is said, some very important documents relative to the late revolutionary movements have been dis covered, and which will lead to a great number of arrests. Colonel RENGIF and his fellow-prisoners, whose lives were recently spared by her MAJESTY, hare addressed a joint letter of thanks for the lively interest taken in their fate by the public at large." We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The King of the FRENCH opened the Chambers on that day in person. His MAJESTY'S speech on that occasion appeared in The Sun of yesterday. It would appear that the speech was received but coldly by the Members, but the reception of his MAJESTY personally, and that of till whole of the Royal Family, was everything that was cordial. A slight attempt w•ts made to get up an exclusive cheer for the Prince DB Jonivimas, but it was drowned in the midst ‘.f loud cries of " Vives les Princes." The effect upon the Bourse was not very marked, but the funds were upon the whole steadier. In the preparatory session of Wednesdly, M. SASSEY was elected temporary President, as the oldest Depty present. The Members chosen for the grand dtputation to receive the KING were—Messri, GDR DIER, HENRY LACAZE, DESSAURET, CERTHEER GLAISBOISIN, DE GOLBARY, JUSTE DE CHASSELOU P, LAUBAT, GARNON, DAVID, JOLLIVET. POISAT, AL LIER, EDMOND BLANC, DE LA TOURNBLLB, GRA VIER, BOBLATE, LAUJAINAIS, BOULAT NARCISSE LAFOND, and MATHIEU. Three hundred Deputies had arrived in Paris on Wednesday. But few Deputies or Peers entered the Chamber before twelve. Amongst the earliest arrivals were MM. SAUZET, DUPIN, Count ROSSI, &C. About half past twelve much interest was excited by the entrance if the Arab chiefs who lately arrived in Paris. They were eight in number, and took their places under. the seats occupied on ordinary occasions by the Ministers of the Crown. They were, consequently, right in front of the royal estrade, and faced the KING. Four of them wore white burnous, the hoods of which came over the head, but without in the slightest degree concealing the features ; the others had on dark coloured cloaks, with white hoods, and cashmere turbans on their heads. The ladies in their immediate neighbourhood pronounced them to be fine looking men. After remaining about a quarter of an hour, an officer entered, and signified to them some message, for they instantly rose, and followed him from the Chamber. They returned to their places, however, just before the KING'S arrival. A little before one, M. THIERS entered, and nearly at the same moment the Foreign Ambassadors and their suites took their places in the tribune reserved for them, close to that appropriated to the QUEEN, and the other ladies of the Royal Family. The whole of the corps diplomatique were in full-dress uniform, with stars and orders, and their tribune was exceed ingly brilliant in appearance. A few minutes after Marshal SOULT, in his Mar shal's uniform; M. GUIZOT, looking remarkably well; M. DUMON, and Admiral DE MACKAU, took their places on the right below the royal seat. The other Ministers, M. MARTIN (du Nord), M. DUCHATEL, M. VILLEMAIN, M. TESTE, and M. LACAVE LA PLAGNE, seated themselves on the left, all in official ostume. The other benches in front of the estrade were by this time completely filled, and presented a close mass of brilliant uniforms. At one o'clock the cannon of the Invalids gave notice that the 'royal cortege had left the T u il er i es, tnd in that a quarter of an hour afterwards, the salute of drums and trumpets announced the KING'S arrival. His MAJESTY ascended the steps firmly, and, on his appearance on the estrade, he was most warmly greeted with cries of " Vive le Roi !" He was dressed in the uniform of a Colonel of the National Guards, and was followed by the four Princes—the Due DE NEMOURS and the Duc D'AubtALE, in generals' uni• forms, took their seats on the right of the KING, whilst on the other side were the Prince DE JOINVILLE and the Duc DE MONTPENSIER. The KING acknowledged his reception by repeated salutions, and, we are happy to say, looked in excellent health. His MA- JESTY, having intimated to the Chamber to be seated, then read the Speech. c o e b . at a or n y d in T a he l K ,er l y ri d r e e l a i d be t r h a e te Sp m ee a c n h n w er i . th firm murmur arose through thZ, C;hamber after the ward " moderation," but beyond that expression of feeling the whole Speech was listened to in deep silence. The KING pronounced the part which alluded to his visit to England with evident satisfaction, and at the phrase which spoke of the continuance of peace, his voice became more emphatic. In the last paragraph his MAJESTY raised his voice, and was, we thought, slightly moved as he alluded to the burden which he and his family bad accepted for the happiness of France. At the conclusion of the document, loud acclamations again greeted him. When silence was restored, BLDlesuri (du Word) the Minister of Justice, administered the oath to Count JAUBERT, lately, raised to the Chamber of Peers; and M. DUCHATEL, Minister of the Interior, did the same to such Deputies as had been elected or re-elected since the last session. M. MARTIN (du Nord) next announced in the usual form that the session for 1845 was opened, and the KING and the Princes then rose, and, after saluting the Chamber, retired amidst fresh cries of " Vive le Roil" cries of "Vive le Prince DE JOINVILLE !" also arose, and were responded to by the more general one of " Vivent les Princes !" The Queen and the rest of the royal party, left their seats at the same moment, and were again greeted with tokens cf respect. The time which elapsed from the KING'S entrance to his departure occupied exactly eight minutes. A salvo of artillery gave notice that the ceremony had concluded, and the royal cortege returned to the Tuileries in the same order as had been adopted on its coming to the Chamber. Loud acclamations arose along the line from the troops and the National Guards as the KING passed by, and the most perfect order reigned on every point. The fog continued to be as dense during the return of the royal party as it had been in the morning. The contents of the Paris papers are unimportant. The Constitutionnel has a long article on the right of search question, and the Presse, a short one on Mr. O'CoNNELL, while the Debuts makes the election of Mr. PoLK to the, Presidency of the United States the subject of some rather lengthy observations. THE BOURSE--THURSDAY, DEC. 26. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents•• •• •• 120 55 .. 120 55 .. 120 50 .. 120 50 Three per Cents..... 85 45 •• 85 60 .. 85 40 .. 85 GO New Loan •• •• •• •• 86 85 .. 86 90 .. 86 85 .. 86 85 Bank of France La litte Bank, 5,000 f. SharessoB7 50 • • 5090 —5085 • • 5685 Belgian Fives, 1831. •••. • • • • 103+ • • le3l .. 1031 .. 1031 1840 •••• •• 104/ .. 1041 104 k .. 1041 Dutch Two and-a-Half 65 •• 65 .• 65 •65 Spanish Threes•• •• •• •• •••• 39 .. 39 .. 39 39 Active •• •• •• •••••• '35 •• 35/ .. 35 .. 35/ Passive.••••• •• •••• 61 .• 61 •.• 61 .. GI New Deferred l6 .. 16 .. 16 16 Portuguese Five per Cents 6O .. 60 .. 60 .. GO .. .• •••• . .. 95 .. 95 .. 95 Roman ••• •••••• RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain'.... Versailles, R.B. • • •• • • ... • 495 .. 495 . • 490 .. 495 L.B.••••••••••.. 390 .. 397 50 .. 395 .. 395 Ronan •• •••• •• •• .• •• •• —1042 50 . 1046 25 ..1042 50 ..1046 25 Hellen to Havre.... Orleans .. SO Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 308 75 .. 312 50 . 308 75 .• 1137 311 25 Avignon to Marseilles...—. 922 50 .. 925 .. 922 50 .. 925 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN. 3. St. Germain •• ••••.• •• •.•.1025 ..1030 ..1025 .•1030 Versailles, It.B. •••.•. • • • • • • 495 .. 502 50 • • 495 • . 502 50 L. 8..• •• •• .. 390 .. 397 50 .. 390 .. 37 50 Rouen ..........•••• •• —.1042 50 ..1055 —1042 50 ..1045 Rouen to/Havre• Orleans ..... •••••• —ll4O ..1140 ..1125 ..1136 25 Strasburg to 8a1e...• .• Avignon to Marseilles 922 50 .. 932 50 . 922 50 .. 927 50 THIS DAY'S NEWS Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal suite left the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway, at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, by a special train, on their return to Windsor Castle. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULDURN.) THE ROMPORD BANK—JOHNSON AND MANN'S DANK RUPTCY—IMPORTANT APPLICATION. Mr. WILKINsoN, the solicitor to the assignees in the bankruptcy of Johnson and Mann, bankers of llomford, applied to the Court to name an early day for the pay ment of a first and final dividend of 20s. in the pound on the separate est‘te of Mann. Mr. Wilkinson said many of the creditors were for small amounts, and it was very desirable that they should receive their money with . as little delay as possible. A question had arisen as to whether a certain portion of Mann's estate belonged to the joint estate, but after payment of 20s. in the pound there would be a large surplus remaining. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN inquired whether any of the creditors would be shut out by naming an early day, some of them might reside abroad. Mr. WILKINSON replied that none of the creditors under the separate estate resided abroad, and he would take care the dividend was sufficiently advertised. The COURT then named the 22d of January for the declaration of a first and final dividend of 20s. in the pound on Mann's estate, and the 2d of February for the first dividend on the general estate, which is expected to be 7s. or Bs. in the pound. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A cabman, named Vaughan, was charged with having been drunk whilst driving his cab on the previous night. The poor fellow, who has been twelve ye ars a d r i ver , and never once fined, entreated of the magistrate not to indorse his licence. He showed the licence, which was, perhaps what no other cabman could show, without a speck. Mr. COMBE generously forgave him, and declined to indorse his licence. Poor " cabby" left the court with " flying colours." Hannah Evans was charged with stealing from her master 601. in gold, on the 21st of November. The prisoner was in the employ of a gentleman named Mills, residing in Aldvvorth, Staffordshire, and great confidence was reposed in her. On the night of the 21st ult., she broke open a box in which the money was, and decamped. She managed her flight so artfully that for a long time no clue could be had to her discovery. At length it was found she had come to London, and yes terday evening she was arrested in tha house of a gentle man in Frederick-street, Gray's Inn-road, where she had been engaged as servant. Mr. Coaui sent her off to Staffordshire in charge of the police. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY .l Mary Johnson was charged, by Police-contable, No. 57 of the C division, with being drunk and disorderly. at a late hour last night, in Regent -street. Mr. flAnnwicK asked if the prisoner was known to the police ? The constable said she was a common pros titute. Prisoner (very indignantly) —I declare lam not such a character. Constable—l am certain you are, you walk Lower Regent-street. Mr. HARDWICB—I shall commit the defendant to the House of Correction, to hard labour, for one week. Prisoner (bursting into a passionate flood of tears) — Oh, my God, this is false ! My father is a respectable tradesman, living in this neighbourhood ; I am residing with him, and can send for him in a few minutes. The neighbours will all come forward, and prove that I am a respectable female. The prisoner was however removed by the gaolor to the lock-up cells, with her assertions unheeded. UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.) John Mahoney, an apprentice to Mr. Dunkin, the ex tensive engineer, of the Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, was charged with robbing his employer of a consider able quantity of brass-work. The discovery of the prisoner's dishonesty arose from the circumstance of his Jacket being found in the engine room, with several brass articles of considerable value, which were broken for the purpose of being made port able, so as. to carry off the premises without observation. When he was called into the counting-house to explain the matter, it was then found that he had several other brass articles concealed in his trousers and beneath his waistcoat. The foreman said, that it was incalculable the losSes sustained by the complainant, owing to the destruction of the brass-work, all of which belonged to steam engine apparatus. Mr. TztAILL said he should commit the prisoner for trial, but that he should be brought up again on Monday. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) FROM THE TURKISH FRONTIERS, DEC. 14.—Bornia is again in a state of fermentation. Foreign emis saries, among whom some Servians are named, are said, in conjunction with the refractory Franciscan monks, to excite the people to disobedience to the Turkish Government, and to refuse to pay taxes, holding out the prospect of a union of Bornia with Servia. In Herzegowina, too, the people refuse to pay, and a pretty extensive insurrection has broken out in Colassin, which has obliged the Vizier of Mortar to adopt rigorous measures and to assemble troops. The troubles in Turkish Albania likewise continue. The Seraskier Reschid Pacha, with his troops, is about Dibra and Tetowa, and is said to have deposed the Pacha of Dibra, and sent him to Constantinople. A firman of the Sultan has been published at Scutari, which prohibits the exercise of the revenge of blood. The Roman Catholics in this pachalik are to be greatly oppressed. The Monte negrin hordes continue, from time to time, to make predatory incursions into Turkish Herzegowina, and the Dalmatian frontiers are molested by them. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dna 10. Five per Cents. Metalhques • ... 1113( Four par Cents.... ... lOl Three per Cent s . Loan, 1534. Rank Shares _ 1650 .. 00000 .4111.11••• •••• ••••••••••••••••• ..... • • Ditto, 1830 Esterkazy's Loan ... .411gemeine Zeitume, Dee. 23, TWo sears ado a workman. pained ." Was m as ni'::.;itieci to d ea th f or arson by . - the ' Court of As of Proges l but his sentente ttas toti4Mbted, bf fo4ner . gbotl. e6iabte 4 ..-; tfie cieMency be the Iqnji of thi3 .I.2:gtans, into twenty years' imprison rneht, With hard labour. Last month two men, named Schlosser and Deprim, who had just been condemned to death at Ghent for murder; ,declared to the Pre: cureur-dulloi thitt wty that, Haberlandt had hemtinju4ly condemned, the cri me f or w hi c h h e was tried havin g b een conirni: ` , 'iv them at th e i nst i ga tion of an ex-pri es t o f i nfamous character, who had agreed to give them 300 f. if they would perpetrate the deed in such a way as to cause suspicion to fall upon Haberlandt, against whom he had a hatred. They added that, on the conviction of that innocent man, they received the wages of their atrocity. The Procureurrdu-Roi having ascertained that the statement of these men was correct, the King has released Haberlandt from 'prison, and as signed to him an annual pension of 3001, kr ; life.—Ga /ignani's Messenger. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2s, 184 i. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—Fnmar. UitsTEit 30 to 1 on The Field—offered DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Alarm—offered 16 to 1 agst Idas 18 to 1 agst hedge; —taken 20 to 1 agst Pam—taken tc, a good sum 20 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 30 to 1 agst Newsmonger 30 to 1 agst Rebecca colt 33 to 1 agst Pantasa-40 1 taken 35 to 1 agst c out of Calypso'b dam—taken 35 to 1 agst Old England 40 to 1 agst Young Eclipse 1000 to 15 agst Connaught Ranger 1000 to 15 agst Clear-the way—taken kely 500 to 10 agst Ironmaster, " all in," and even betting on his being qualified 13 to 1 agst Dawson's lot—t COURSING. BRUNTON MEETING—THURSDAY. The Eight-dog Sweepstakes were won by Mr. W. ,T. Harrison's Redgauntlet ; Mr. Berrick's Hotspur ran up. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., York Gate; Fri., Roecliffe York and Ainsty lids., Mon., North Duffield ; Tues., Askham Bogs ; Thurs., Walshford Bridge ; Sat., Brandsby Bar-101. Sinnington hds., Tues., Scacleton; Fri., Sinningten-10. Cleveland hds., Mon., Ginsbro Park ; Thurs., Upleatham. Mr. Watson's hds., Mon., Acton House ; Wed., Butter field-10. Baron Rothschild's stag-hds., Mon., Blackgrove; Thurs., Wing-11#. Mr. Archer's hds., Mon., Redgate ; Thurs., Lifton Park Lodge-10f. Oakley hds., Mon., Kennel ' • Tues., Roxton Spinneys ; Thurs., Woburn Abbey ; Sat., Knotting Fox-14 Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Charlwood Village ; Thurs., Hayes ; 'Sat., Handcross Gate. Berkshire hds., Mon., Goosey ; Wed., Bradley F a r m ; Fri., Buscot Park. Aikton harrs., Mon., Howrig,g ; Wed., Aikton-8. Sir M. W. Ridley's hdi., Mon. Waggon and Horses ; Tues., Fisher Lane End ; Thurs., Netherwitton; Sat., Thropple-10i. Mr. Drake's hds., Mon., Marsh Guide Post; Tues., Soul dern Gate ; Thurs., Weston-on-the-Green ; Sat., Warkworth Village-10i. Wigton harrs., Mon., Bolton Low Houses ; Wed., Church Hill ; Fri., Rosley-8. Lord Southampton's hds., Mon., Salcey Lawn ; Wed., Stoke Plain ; Fri., Bradden; Sat., Tile House-11. Cumberland stag-hds., Mon., Chalk Foot ; Fri., Ele phant Inn-11. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Two Pot House ; Wed., lekwell Bury ; Fri., Morden Fowlescombe harrs., Mon., Murridge Gate ; Thurs., the Kennel ; Sat., Dockhill Gate-10. Norfolk stag-hds., Tues., Witchingham Hall ; Fri., Fret tenham- Eamont harrs., Mon., Kirbythone ; Wed., Pack Horse, Plumpton ; Sat., Lazonby-10f. F. B. H., Mon., the Half-moon, in Sithiaas ; Wed., • Roskeymer Wood. Findon hds., Mon., Poling ; Tues., Applesham ; Thurs., Parham Park ; Sat., Th un d ers Barrow. (The appointments of her Majesty's stag-hds. for the ensuing week had not arrived when we went to press.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 28.—Wind N.E., fresh breeze and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Philips Van Marinx, Batavia for Amsterdam ; Cowslip, Colledge, Ichaboe for Leith ; Voluble, Bartlett, Honduras; Mary, Ryan, Newfoundland. Sid. Amity, Hall, Jamaica. OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 26.—Courier, Whitley, Cape of Good Hope, sailed from St. Helena Bth ult. COWES, DEC. 27.—Arrd. Apollo, Mik, Surinam for Rotterdam. OFF PORTLAND, DEC. 26.—Neptune, Madras. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Douglas, Giles, Ichaboe ; Elizabeth, Main, Miramichi. FALMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind E.S.E., moderate—Arrd. Purvoyne, Masse, Gonarves for Havre ; James Caskie, Richmond, for London, short of water. Off, Wil helmina, Catharine, Jr-ski, Batavia for Amsterdam. The Queen of the Isles, Leask, from London to Monte Video, which put in here 25th inst. leaky, has been surveyed; and is discharging her cargo. LEITH, I)Ec. 25.—Arrd. Pomona, Templeton, Dal housie ; William Dawson, Quebec. HUMBER, DEC. 26.—Arrd. Ockbrook, Quebec. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 27.—A large brig of about 20 keels, supposed to belong to Cowes, in ballast, is ashore on Flamborough Head. CASTLETOWN (BEAUHAVEN), DEC. 22.—Arrd. Don, Rio Grande, for Cork ; part of cargo thrown overboard. CLYDE, DEC. 26.—Arrd. Thistle, Jenkins, Demerara ; Rolla, Folinie, Nassau ; Constellation, Brown, Ichaboe. Sid. Annisdale, Demerara ; Alfred, St. Thomas. MONTROSE, DEC. 25.—S1d. North Esk, Ichaboe. OFF PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Mary Sheep, Mills, Sydney, New South Wales, Aug. 2. Coax, DEc. 25.—Arrd. Freedom, Le Gros, and Ves tula, Whale, Ichaboe ; Lightfoot, Wilson, Quebec. The Vanguard steamer is got on the bank inside Spike Island. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. Princess Charlotte, Bombay and Mauritius, left the latter place Oct. 18 ; Ann Armstrong, Bombay ; Highlander, Wheeler, Arica, Sept. 4 ; Fame, Duncan, and Milton, Montreal ; Sir H. Huntley, Gowly, Prince Edward's Island. Sld. JosephW heeler, Hobart Town, &c.; Antilla, and Courier, Calcutta; Collector, Rio Grande; Sir John Beresford, Rio Janeiro ; Coronet and R-public, New Orleans; Grace Brown, Baltimore. The Thomas IL Perkins, from New Orleans to Liverpool, is ashore on the spit of the Burbo. The barque Fanny, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Derry, was spoken, 16th inst., lat. 55, lon. 12 ; sup plied her with water, and relieved her of nine of the crew of the Elizabeth Bentley, from Liverpool to Savan nah, which had been abandoned at sea—by the Monarch, in the Clyde. Week endimg Dec. 21 25 MoN EY AND COSIMERCIAL vt' 8 CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, of which speculators took 2,000 bales. The rethained tery firm, but there was no alteration in prices.—The sioo*Maritet continued closed. A full consideration of the speech of the King of the French on the opening of the Chambers has result, d in a most favourable opinion being entertained of it. France and Great Britain in peace and amity, the best interests of Europe are certain to be advanced. There are dotes in town from Sydney this morning, to the 2d August. the lettkTs and papers are especially barren of information of general inter est, one point ex cepted, viz., the satisfaction produced by the accounts that were received there of the increased demand which exists here for the wools of Australia. Another source of profit to the flock-masters had just been discovered, viz., the preparation of gelatine, and the Sydney Salting Company had received a large order for the Indian troops. The banks continued very cautious in their discounts, and were apparently in a sound posi tion. Advices to the 15th July, from New Zealand, state that the deficiency in the estimates for the year was 10,0001., but that the Governor expected a subsidy to that amount from England. A house-tax was to be imposed, but it seemed very unpopular. The customs produced 14,0001. Government debentures of the amount of I 5,000/. were to be issued. The Bank of England's return gives the following re sults, as compared with the last statement the amount of the Notes issued there is an increase of 148,025/. ; in the Rest, of 4,6271. ; in the Public Depo sits, of 689,604/. ; in the Gold and Silver Coin, of 49,1721. ; and in the General Securities, of 470,6231. In the General Deposits there is a decrease of 32,4501., and in the Seven Days' Bills, of 26,2401. The total Bank Department last time comprised 33,491,902/, and now / 34,055,443. = increa5e 563,5411. _ _ Consols for the Account have been very firm this morning at 100/ i ; but the Three per Cents. Reduced have fallen from 100* to 1001. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are also a shade lower than they were yesterday ; so are Exchequer Bills and India Bonds. Bank Stock has advanced to 211. Not a great deal of business has been done in the Fnnds this day. There is a dull demand for Spanish Stocks. The Actives have ruled at 27/ latterly, and the Three per Cents. at 38. Nearly all the Bonds are lower than they left off yesterday. Mexican Stock is at 36*, and the Converted Portuguese at 601. The Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have realised 64. 1 1, and the Five per Cents. 99*. The Railway Share Market has been in an active state, and the variations in value very frequent. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List ) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO l l4 New Si per Cent. Annuties India Bonds 1,000/ ... pm. Ditto under 1,0001 77 pm. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. lid. lid. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small — Ditto Advertised ..... ... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36th Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted— 6Ol Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 27ij Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds 6 ii Ditto 3 per Cent 3B Ditto for the Account 3B Dutch 21 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cent.... 99h PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 98 99... to 974 99 Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester.. Caledonian 5 44 Chester and Holyhead Direct Northern Direct Norwich , Dublin and Belfast Junction 21 ...... 4/-1 to Dublin and Galway 2l ..... 21 Eastern Counties Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 London and Birmingham ...100 2261 to 2271 London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and South Western.. 41i ...... 751 Ditto, New London and Croydon London and York... ..... ...... 21 ... .. 5 Manchester and Leeds 7O 122 123... to 1211 Manchester and Birmingham 40 Midland 100 ll4l Newcastle and Berwick - to South-Eastern and Dover... 33k West Cornwall li ... . 2i Yarmouth and Norwich ..... 20 York and North Midland... 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch lO 3li Ditto Selby Scrip 2O 67 to Ditto, Extension — Boulogne and Amiens Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Orleans . 20 ...... 448 i .. to Paris and R0uen........ 2O ...... 41i1...... to 41 RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns arc made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : NAME OF RAILWAY. Arbroath and Forfar ••••• • • • • • Last weok. Birmingham and G10uce5ter.......... Brandling Junction . ........ ...... .. 4.5 2,•=4 • '6" 7...) Bristol and Gloucester • . • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • •• • • •• Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • • • •• Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • •• • Dundee and Arbroath . ... Durham and Sunderland ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • • • • • •• • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Glasgow and Greenock.. Grand Junction •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Great North of England • • •••• Great Western . .• • • • ...... • • • •• • • . Liverpool and Manchester •• .. London and Birmingham . •• •• •• • •• London and Blackwall.••• •••• London and Brighton. • ..... •••• .• London and Croydon ..... ........ London and Greenwich ....... London and South Western Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Manchester and Birmingham Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• Midland Counties •• •• ... • • 122 2,392 1,107 391 bOB 1,798 4,233 1,324 Newcastle and Darlington .• ........ Newcastle and Carlisle ..... • • ... Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel', and 0r1ean5.......... Paris and Rouen .. Preston and Wyre•• • . Sheffield and Manchester........... South Eastern........ 669 8,438 1,830 16,703 4,678 17,517 696 3,639 128 1,900 717 330 675 1,822 4,337 1,092 643 8,166 1,683 15,692 3,817 18,266 631 3,921 931 5,671 780 3,285 5,735 10,027 1,014 1,571 332 1,470 3,929 765 6,216 Taff Vale Ulster Yarmouth and Norwich . . York and North Mio 561 4,517 826 220 2,325 698 2,991 5,807 9,375 1,404 286 3,675 3,068 218 474 3,394 5n7 622 2,568 On Christmas-day morning two young men of Banbury were walking on the banks of the Cherwell, and just at the point where the mill stream and the back brook join, below Grimsbury mill, and where there is a very deep hole, they saw a boy's cap floating on the water where the ice was broken. They gave an imme diate alarm, and after a search the bodies of two lads were found quite dead. On inquiry, they proved to be those of Jacob and George Eaglestone, of Wardlington, sops of a tailor of that place, and about 13 and 15 years of age. They had been, in company with ano ther boy named Green, also of Wardlington, to see a brother who is living with Mr. Naseby, of Banbury, and were returning, having with them a bundle containing linen and a bottle of brandy. A little boy saw them get upon the ice from the foot bridge, near to Grimsbury mill, and go sliding down the river ; he was about to get on with them, but they drove him back. The bodies were carried to the boat public-house at Grimsbury Wharf. When it was ascertained that there had been three boys seen together, drags were procured and were in use until dark last night, but without finding the body of the other missing boy. The bundle was found in a thicket near the foot-bridge. A boat has been got upon the spot, and this morning, about half past nine, the body of the third boy was found. At the first alarm, Mr. Robert Field rode off to Banbury, for surgical assistance, but that was unfortunately useless. — Banbury Guardian. TIIE RECENT FEVER IN LIVERPOOL.—Now that this alarming disease, which raged so extensively in this own in the month of .November, has passed away, it may be interesting to state a few facts connected with its origin and progress. Comparatively few cases oc curred in the months of September and October, though the whole number of cases of fever was a little above the average, but not to such an extent as to excite suspicion. It was in the early part of November that the disease became so prevalent, a very large portion of the cases having commenced between the 7th and 12th. There were some _ pec!t- liarities in the general character of the epidemic, but they would not be interesting, and scarcely intelli gible to the general reader. It may be stated that it possessed all the essential characteristic features of the ordinary low typhoid fever of the country. There were a considerable number of deaths, but still the rate of mortality was not great. The disease was, in a remark able degree, most prevalent in, if not actually congaed to one part of the town—that situated to' the north of Lord-street, Church-street, and Mount-pleasant. To the south of this line there were very few cases—not more than one in ten or fifteen. Everton and Edge-hill were its two favourite abodes, in which it was most extraordinarily prevalent. Another great and inexplicable peculiarity of the disease, was that it prevailed chiefly amongst the more affluent classes; it entered the mansion but passed by the cot tage. It was in those families that have all the means and appliances of health at their command that it chiefly, though, of course, not exclusively, prevailed. To account for this is impossible ; and although there is no doubt that the causes of disease are regulated by general laws, this may serve to show us that circumstances are stil l occurrii in the history of disease which set all our philosophy at defiance.—Liverpool Times. CHRISTIAN BENEVOLENCE.—Mr. Joseph Bailey, the Member for Worcester, has caused to be distributed this week to the poor inhabitants of Worcester a large quantity of beef, blankets, warm clothing, and c oa l s . Nearly 2,000 persons were thus furnished the means of spending a happy Christmas. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Unwins, Esq., _R A., to be Librarian to the Royal Academy, in the place of E. L. Eastlake, Esq., who has resigned. 44t/ ' 400 ;f6 • • 41P*40.-; • 1.• bECOND EDITION. ATC11131( LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1844, The Agricultural Monopolists who have been hold ing several public meetings of late, have, at most of these meetings, adopted a tone which is in an inverse ratio to their prospects. While the latter have been, and still continue to be, gloomy and disheartening, the latter has been boastful and exultant in no ordi nary degree. This was more especially the case at the first annual gathering of the Essex Agricultural Protection Society, which took place yesterday at Chelmsford. At this meeting over which the Rev. Mr. Cox presided—parsons, in general, it has been observed, are strongly wedded to the system of Mo nopoly—the Secretary read the Report of the pro ceedings of the Committee during the year, in which, among other matters, the members were congratulated upon the encouraging success which the Society had met with, " they having put down the demoralising and dangerous system of agitation which had been got up by the Anti-Corn-law League, by means of their perambulating paid lecturers." The Report went on to observe that the Protection Society had been in stituted for the express purpose of abating the mis chief of anti-corn-law agitation, and its endeavours had been crowned with entire success. Similar asso ciations had been formed in almost every county in England, " but although their efforts"—we quote the language of the Report—"in the first year of their existence as a body was most cheering ; yet as their enemy was still in the field, and as he had declared his intention never to abate his exer tions until he had met with complete success, it be hoved all Protection Societies to be most vigilant; and the Committee hoped that the efforts of the mem bers of their Association would be redoubled until he was laid in the dust." Our readers cannot fail to observe the absurd contradictory spirit that pervades the passages which we have quoted above from the Report of the Committee of the Essex Protection Society. In the first instance, the Monopolists are congratulated on their having "put down the de moralising and dangerous system" of anti-corn-lay. agitation. They have not merely " scotched the snake," but they have "killed it." The agitation of the League is not merely checked, but is "put down"—in other words, extinguished. There is no more itinerant lecturing—no more energetic pro vincial meetings—no more active, wide-spread dis tribution of free-trade tracts—all this is at an end; the Essex Protectionists have willed that it should be so, and so it is 1 Presently, however, we find— on the authority of the very same Report that an nounces its extinction that the Anti-Corn-law League, so far from being dead, is not even dying, but, on the contrary, "is still in the field!" Yes, and not only this, but it still continues to be so great a bugbear to the Essex Monopolists—who, like their own calves, are by no means the wisest of created animals—that they are urgently implored by their Committee to be "most vigilant," and to " re double their efforts " until their enemy should "be laid in the dust !" Strange, that a system of agita tion which, in one sentence is formally and officially declared to be " put down," should in the very next be represented as being still in a state of active. existence ! But, however crafty and sagacious they may be in other matters, no sooner do the Monopolists begin to talk of the Anti-Corn law League than they seem to be all at once scared from their propriety, and to give free utterance tt the most inconsistent and contradictory opinions possible. Though their numerous Protection Societies have, with scarcely an exception, been arrant failures —at least as compared with the extensive popularity achieved by the League—they are constantly boasting of the wonderful success which their virtuous anci disinterested efforts have met with, and speak ing of the antagonist power of the Leaguer as a thing that has no longer an exist- ence, while, perhaps in the very same breath, the) deplore it as an evil that is not to be crushed withou the most herculean and continuous exertions on their part! These contradictions and inconsistencies art only to be accounted for on the presumption that the Monopolists are so completely bewildered by tin fast increasing moral and numerical power of the great Anti-Corn-law Confederacy, that they really are not aware of the full force of the absurdities to whicl , they give vent when alluding to the disheart- ening subject. And this we believe to be the true secret of their recent incoherent utterances. We believe that they are quite sagacious enough to foreAee that the period is near at hand when the proud and costly fabric which they have erected with so much labour, and kept up with so much difficulty, will fall in ruins to the ground, bringing its architects among the fragments. Men who are incessantly taunted 113 such melancholy anticipations, may well be excused if they are a little inconsistent and contradictory in their sayings. The speech of the King of the FRENCH on open ng the Chambers on Thursday is important and in teresting, from the absence of those very ingredients which, at other times, would have formed the most impressive matter of such an address from the French throne. It announces no brilliant operations ; it revels on the record of no new victories. These omissions are the guarantees of a continuance of peace and undisturbed tranquillity to the other na tions of Europe. This royal speech, moreover, is conceived in very general terms. But that generality permits us to infer that, happily, there are, at this moment, no salient questions as to which the con flicting policy of France, and of the other States of Europe, requires any special adjustment. The first and third paragraph of the speech felicitate, in fact, the Peers and Deputies on the gratifying circum stance, that the "complications" which had existed on the occasion of his MAJESTY'S last addressing them, and which seemed, for a time, to threaten the safety of the French possessions in Algeria, and also cer tain discussions pending, at the same period, between the Courts of St. James's and the Tuileries, which were calculated to affect the good relations subsisting between the two countries, have now passed away. In the faith that this is so, we congratulate the lovers of peace and order, the friends of civilisation and social improvement, on an aspect of affairs so en couraging for the great and true and permanent interests of mankind. There is a philosophical, as well as dignified tone, about the terms in which Louts PrimirrE avows that " a mutual spirit of good-will and equity has maintained, between France and England, that happy accord that guarantees the repose of the world." In the same wise and beneficent spirit the King of the FRENCH, recurring to his recent visit to our young QUEEN at Windsor, thus expresses himself:— "In that visit" . . . . "I have been surrounded with manifestations the most satisfactory to France and to me. I have gathered in the feelings which have been expressed to me fresh pledges of the long duration of that general peace which secures to our country abroad a situation dignified and strong, and at home a prosperity ever increasing, and the quiet enjoyment of its consti tutional liberties." fiapiy --- augury r . " - or tfi — e iiivitic — euVeit of 4Pr -- -eat MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. We had only moderate supplies of most articles, while the demand was steady, at very full prices. Potatoes from 3s 6d to 5s 3d per cwt; Turnips, 2s Gd to 4s ; Carrots, Gs to 7s ; Coleworts, or Greens, 3s to 4s ; and Leeks, is to 2s per dozen bunches ; Apples and Pears, 2s to 4s ; Spinach, 2s 6d ; and Onions, is 9d to 2s 9d per halt' sieve ; Pine Apples, 8s to lOs ; Foreign Grapes, 8d to ls ; and Filberts and Cobb Nuts, 10d to Is 3d per lb ; S avoys, Is 3d to 23 per dozen ; Horse Radish, 3s to 5s ; Brocoli, 2s 3d to 4s ; and Celery, is to 2s 9d per bundle ; Oranges and Lemons, 8s to lOs per 100. PTENVGATE AND LEADENZIAZ We had a very large quantity of both Game and Poultry, while the demand was in a sl ugg i s h state, at very irregular prices. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Veal were in steady request, but in all other kinds of meat ex ceedingly little wa passing. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per Sibs by the carcase. EUNGERFORD. There was only a moderate supply - of most articles, while the general demand ruled steady, at full prices. NEWPORT. Very little business was doini," yet the quotations were supported. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 38 Gd to 4s 4d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 38 10d per 81bs. BILLINGSG.&TE. The supply of Fish• was very small, owing to which the quotations, though the trade was by no means brisk, had an upiNard tendency. winiszczapEz. There was only a moderate quantity of each kind of Meat offering, yet the demand was in a sluggish state, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per Blbs. BREAD. The prices of wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to lid ; of household ditto, sid to bid per 41bs loaf. HIDE MARKET. Raw hides at per stone of 141bs.—Best steers and heifers 5s 6d to .5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; in ferior hides, 4s 2d to 4s 4d. Sheep and calf skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled sheep, 2s 9d to 3s 9d ; short ditto, 2s 3d to 3s 3d. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow flay, 3/ lOs to 4116 s ; Useful ditto, 41 17s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1114 s to 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 18s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 41155; Useful ditto, 41 16s to Si 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 51 12s ; Clover Hay, 4110 s to 5 / 1 8s ; Oat Straw, 11 15s to 1/ 18s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. Both Hay and Straw were in fair request, at full prices. WIIITECHATEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3114 s to 4118 s; Useful ditto, 5/ Os to Si 4s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 5s to Si lOs ; Clover Hay, 4 / 1 01 to 6/ Os; Oat Straw, 1/ 15s to 1/ 17s; Wheat Straw, 11 IBs to 1119 s per load. A full average supply, and a steady demand. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. The millers purchase Wheat only for their immediate wants, as more extensive supplies are daily expected to arrive, consequently the business done has not been large, and barely as good prices as last week have been realised. The Barley trade is very heavy, and a small reduction in price has been submitted to, to effect sales. Other articles of the trade are slow sale, without material alte ration in value. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. EXTftA. NEW. Wneat Suffblk, Essex, and Kent...— lied. ••= to 48 45 to 47 Ditto ditto ....... White... .-. h/ 49 Si) Norfolk. .... ..... ........ Red ..... 46 41 48 Ditto ditto Whit e ... . 52 45 4S Lincolnshire and Cambridge, 4_ed....... 413 44 45 Ditto ditto ii Whiten, 32 47 30 Yorkshire 42 44 Ditto ditto .....„ Foreign. . fled.... 48 41 46 Ditto ditto ...... 114411 White.. 52 48 50 Pot trainer ilerial. Barley, Norfolk a nd S u ff o lk ......... ......... „,.. ..... 37 i. 35 Yorkshire and Uncoil-lA[l'c ,,,,, 35 3 34 Grinding ••........•.. ......... ... ..... . .••• —, Z 30 Foreign . 34 31 32 Par qr. o 1631 b. to the bushel. • - . Beans, Small. fine • • .•- -.. ..,. . . . .. .... 43 34 37 Ticks 111.41iii..41•J ' •,. - 41 34 36 Foreign - 42 35 40 Oats, Potato and Polar d...... „, —s. -.0 ..• ..s. Mailing IN. to 12d., Fercign 10d, to 12s1. pet Stone, :Drilling •• •• --• ~.15j, La 27s N. per Laid. Malt - -ii . ,..iniii.o.nii.t. 414., .. 40s fi ne 43i . per 14.... d ^!. 0/. per L•a , t. Rapest, ed.... ............ .........iiad . 281.04 20t. Or. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—The Earl of Fitz william, according to ancient custom, on Christmas-day, gave all the labourers on his Yorkshire estates, amount ing to above one thousand, a supply of beef and mon&y. Lord Faversham has had distributed to 160 necessitous poor families in the villages of Hemsley, Sproxton, and Beadluny, an abundant supply of beef and mutton.. Lady Louisa Ramsay provided the poor in the vicinity of her residence (Whitehill) with warm clothing, money, and blankets, MARYLEBONE VESTRy,_(THIS D AY.) The Clerk of the Vestry was not present this raer i r t ing when the chair was taken a t e l even o 'clock, the us, hour of meeting, but Mr. Watts e x pl a ined to the Vestt'br4 that he had received a note from the clerk, stating,,', he could not attend in consequ ence o f a sudden iow i s r ee , n, and requesting him, Mr. Watts, to act in bitr yi # After reading the report of last week, Mr. 1 0 .4 stated that he had in the course of the morning re el , # the news of the death of the rate-c o ll e ctor, and thl"tts, sum of money had been transmitted to him, Mr. colleted by that gentleman's daughter, which had been CO by him during the week. Co m m A VESTRYMAN proposed the formation of a m tee to examine the candidates for th e no w vacant of rate-collector, and to recommend to the Vestry tlm, whom they thought best fitted for that office, abet Vestry might elect one from amongst them. oht Another GENTLEMAN thought that this motion °li t° not to be made until the office was officially declare(' be vacant. gr. Mr. SOAMES thought that the statement male by .0 Watts was an official declaration that the office vacant. 'lure" be A VESTRYMAN moved that the office be dee— Ao s vacant, and that a Committee be appointed to e- 11 ., 4 " -- the candidates for the office.—The motion was cats Q• Mr. WATTS then read the report of a Comnaittee,sol; pointed on the 24th of December, 1844, to inqu i r e I jo the necessity for causing a new curtain to be Pls' ro di the organ loft of All Souls Church, And also of new. tee for another curtain in the same church. The COnsultstia were of opinioa that these articles were necessall' that the cost would be about Mr. GOMM rose and said, I should very much - , 2, 0 0 ask some gentleman of the Committee, or some r; n l. connected with All Souls Church, whether there ie."' thing more required there ?—(A laugh.) tlls l A MENDER of the Committee said that there 10 9 ;_ a when then the Committee were examining the orbi4; loft, they were told by the clergyman, that ther e lbe another curtain which was in a very bad state. o h expense of placing a new curtain there would be to_. more than the expense of those repairs into the nerto sity of which the Committee had been appo int inquire. W Mr. GOMM proposect,that the report be retur ne lore the Committee, in order thit they might state the ne b : and expense of all the repairs required in the cbl nue s , Mr. SoAmEs said that in his opinion this was.,-*:lrbt, tion of pounds shillings and pence. If the et s c r er ed owing to the imperfect state of these curtains , re° rept the pews uncomfortablP, no one would be willing t t he those pews, so that if' t;:e Vestry would not cell'":„Ie repairs to be made, they mast part with t heir r ren: ers. After much discussion, Mr. Gomm's motion ried by a show of hands. 13sl' et A SAPIENT JURYMAN.—Last evemi:j, _ 3 1 1 ;1, 4 :00 1 ' held an inquest a t th e H orn o f Pl en ty, I. l ' ° „ - ,„„ • -00'-;r13" Mile-end-road, on the body of J o h n Gil e s, aged eight years. An inmate of the Stepney unien o sta house, Mary Ann Howard, one of th e nurses, e e ; 00 that in the month of October last deceased, who 1 /"" 0 0 agricultural labourer, was admitted to the hound*, casual pauper. Being afflicted with ulcers in inee Mr. Simon, the master of the workhouse, kindlY re, - of him in the house, and he was placed under th e e'" ,1 not Mr. Storey, the paro c hial surgeon. Deceased weitiirta placed to any work, but assistance being r e i, et' in the fever ward, h e vo l un t ar ily b e came t l - e tendant upon the sick. On Christmas-day last ibeiso himself seized with sickness. H e com pl a ined o %,,ser• cold. Mr. Storey ordered him gin and some Deceased had subsequently some tea given to m i-- „ E " or Juror—Can you tell met whether it was " Souche"y e sl.) " Bohea?"—(Loud laughter, in which the Court J e 7 e ees Another Juror—l think it is of very little conse t l, l o os; whether it was souchong or bohea. Witness ota it was tea, but of what quality I know not. v";, h tbe soon afterwards died. Mr. St o r e y, su rgeon, sale Ole g attributed death to fever. Mr. Si m on, the waste' o f ta workhouse, said there were at p resen t fourteen ese f otS typhus and scarlet fever in the house. The h °115. 0 16 the receptacle of all infectious cases of the parish. juror above ref e rr e d t o ma d e so man y o bservatio ns the evidence that hiS b ro th er j ur y me n were c on ve y, with laughter`. Verdict--" Natural death from fel•-pr, FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL STANDAII the _. Yesterday afternoon Mr. P a y ne , th e Coroner forl no City, held an inquest at SL Bartholomew's 1:1 08 P 1111 „f'SD the body o f H enr y M ars d en Mill er , age d 20. s oo ;f o rttr Miller, builder, of the Kingsland-road, who 11- from nately came by his death from accidentally fallingLeates the inside of the roof o f th e R o y a l Standard b e e oj e; into the pit, a distance of sixty feet, by which a n other with a compound fracture of the left t high' a— vi deo& injuries, which caused his death. From th e e the de' adduced before the Coroner, it appeared ceased was an apprentice to Mr. Johnson,in b ebuil dl i l g a Tooley-street, Borough, who is engaged - w - ,,i r es te. the Royal Standard Theatre, in Nortoll the 10th inst. the deceased was occupied i n or; wing f o r the ceiling, and was assisting in erecting fPC (3 400 111. that purpose. In order to let himself down ken tir e ceiling with greater facility, the deceased ha d strap and cord for that purpose, and was e ndeave h i e > to hook the strap to a fastening in the scaffolding, hatilder, of he unfortunately missed. The deceased was then and served to be hanging on with his hands by a pole, 7.„, was calling out for help. In this frightful position he h ie mained about a minute and a half, when he let, hold ; in his fall his right foot came in contact' el fr o stove ; he then rebounded from the stove and fell hes; e s into the pit on some merta:. The deceased wasif i i o l. diately placed on a shutter and taken to the kr i etis Mr. Reid, one of the house surgeons, stated tha t plac e necessary that amputation of the thigh' should t it Z s pitslf immediately the deceased was brought to th e which was accordingly performed by Mr. Lawr e " - er hsg e small a part of the stump was left, that grestr r l efs or e ; took p lace, and the deceased n eve r rallied o ration which was m os t s kilf u lly performed. 111 ,, e Litnef of the deceased said he w a s in t he theatre at sn and was satisfied that th e un f or t una t e circurnsteL;:ree* purely accidental, and n o bl ame a tt ac hed to gall P c Verdict—" Accidental death." ing Ole! SUDDEN DEATH OF A FEMALE.—OH 110 x - ' i d e a O a young woman named Mary Wilkinson, who re° „ - fe boS s No. 4, Fashion-street, Dockhead, left her hotn"-ne to half -past five o'clock, with the intention of g ; °l t 7i to the Victoria Theatre, where she had aPin-t e he r meet two young men of her acquaintance. 0 re' way she met a young woman whom she knew, w h thequested to be allowed to accom p an y her, to i'm ho sea deceased complied, and as they went along she P i : l ifte r , some pears, of whi c h d ecease d a t e one . She see - 5 0 0 complained of great pain in her stomach and bol e , A rdst vomitted freely. After which she crawled hce ne t n as far as Rowland Hill's Chapel, where, see erci lese ; the h statement of her companion, she lay, for t o t ree-quarters of an hour, in the greatest agoniag e ssrs' humaneßrady, persons carried her to the surgery of that B Blackfriars-road, who paid every attention so skill could suggest. After remaining there for f o ol hours, at her own request she was removed to Pe'b e slf home, where during the night she died, and bar awaits a Coroner's inquest. wet' THE N EW M EDICAL B lLL .—L as t ev ening! 7,beid ing of th e A ssoc i ate d A pot h ecar i es ' S oc i e ty of ofenrac and Wales, formed in the year 1812, and illed ici !en - che r titioners generally, was held at th e C r own an" -- •,,, s ioa l e Tavern, Strand, to take into consideration the_ fre .. ...`4,, of Sir James Graham's Medical Bill ; Mr. Me' the/ Chelsea, i n th e c h a i r . Th e c h a i rman remar ked ths t io had be en ca ll e d t oget h er to ta k e measures f o r 0pr.,, 5 ale Bill which, if pass e d i n t o a l aw , wou ld u tterly ru ; ),. class of practitioners to which he belon ed.—(ll e t; d order to meet this ev il, it had been advisable g tow - 6 13 0v college w hi c h wou ld em b race t h e w h o l e o f the Fl o od legally qualified practitioners, and i n w hi c h they ;lig' be their own governors. Mr. Fuller, of Pm :c iv il moved a resolution affirming the necessity of 16 0 the re-introduction of Sir James Graham's Pw so th e repudiating any legislation that did not ensure '. op ert medical profession a sound education to the pilot' c, 1 1 6 1 and adequte protection to the public. The as 13'" thought, of Sir James Graham having brough t ;',. ° o th e in Parliament, and of having withdrawn it he i°- t dr e close of the ses si on , wa s an ev id ence o f his earn er 1 3 / sire to do good by allowing adequate discussion'itter uniting sauveter en modo with the fortifier file fi re ps tor would certainly defeat the Bill. Mr. Wooleyeo',:; ton, seconded the resolution, and spoke in big gistic terms of the Act of 1815. The _effect, n ,.. ° yers_ t e ' of Sir James Graham's Bill would be quite the '" -Om as it would tend to lower the education of the gL g 0 practitioner, and to put him on the same f0 n ,,,, t- i t esn the druggist. Even Sir James Graham's fo r might, after th e p ass i ng o f thi s Bill, set - 1: 0 1 c 0 ' , a surgeon, and th us a vas t amoun t o f ruiserf,'„ a oe' upon the publi c , Th e p ro p er o bj ec t o f legislat l r d ieno should b e t o e l evate, not to d egra d e, t h e Pre le ; l id and the b es t pl an t h ey cou ld a d opt wou ld be to R oo of college such as that adverted to ; and on the el et tec (l Mr. Semple, seconded by Dr. Warnsburgh, it was e • Or , oe l that measures oul be fbith taen by the in combination sh with other rth bra w nches k of medicals Pr ne pt. tioners, for the establishment of a new Colleg e ' or be Warnsburgh thought that the old proverb would l e er realised, and that medical m e n mi g ht c ongratula te d/0i; selves on the fact that, ex ;nolo bonum (brae - l e ge ( ' hear.) This resolution bein carried, it was eus..e ea that the so c iety s h ou ld u n it e with the recently 'lnject Nation a l S oc i ety o f G enera l P ract i t i oners of 3 ' l ! to be Surgery, and Midwifery, and a special meeting Je w 0 called to take the subject into consideration. •A te a, vote of tha n k s t o th e c h a i rman th e mee ting sepa / si al TIIE WEATHER.—The frost has given ifll i e rcei been succeeded by a thaw. The fog, which ctanl ite rs' on Thursday afternoon, has continued, with little to : tion, ever since ; and last evening it was so dense s us . travelling was rendered both difficult and dang e ., p as Although the frost has relaxed, the temperatur e is urth. sually cold, o w i n e, doubtless, to the prevailing 11° ae easterly wi n d s . A t six o'clock last evening the the r m o s meter at the dockmater's o ffi ce, St. Katherine' s, ato ll , 86 degrees. The barometer is falling. The fog ot,'„, to river yesterd a y a f ternoon b ecame so dense as wh°"J oia s suspend the navigation, and last night several s an d, packets from the Continent, as well as from Se°' ‘ ``, oo is were overdue. In the forenoon the, Greenwich. o f, wich, and Gravesend steamers wero running as. t ; s n ta. but only at quarter speed, to guard against acciacer, They appeared to be well filled with holyday passe n g t h. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and y0u„,1,0 ful family are passing Christmas at Dalkeith Palace.. Noble D u k e provided the indigent in the neighbout'ney; of his pri nce ly domain with the means of enjoYi n ,g o f happy Christmas, A petition, signed by about 100 the inhabit a nt s of Yarrow, near Selkirk, to gr ant , b h is a site t o b u ild a free church, has been refused " Grace. The Earl of Aberdeen has been elected president; and the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Sutherland* °J Earl of Errel, the Earl of &Afield, and Viscount Arbuth ; not, vice-presidents, of the Aberdeen Spalding Club fo the ensuing year. I of