The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-29 00:00:00

......'' 1130 ror !ter- d oiiri-'' °oleo the is. °1 oef w epts"' , c 0 30. Joe° tit b ." 10 116 °° with o llsrs! f p 11 rot Fill rland " t )d D ' Will ijo CLYDE, DEC. 27.—Arrd. Rossanna, Atkin s, Sharks' B as; f ., Ludlow, B urne t, Alexandria; Emma, Wakefield, v t " 11110 ; Conquering Hero, Cockburn, Demerara; Ar g o, .414thell, St. John's,' Now Brunswick. MILL, DEC. 28.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Emeretta, ji i tn ' tr "ng , St. Petersburgh. Sid. Co nstitutionen, Porto e 41 0; Bart an, and Nonpareil, St. Michade. UlookzavEN.—Arrd. Rio, Bocblos, Prince Elward's 11. IARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCI - lAN GE—MONDAY. ~, Nearly th e w h o l e o f th e provincial markets held on Niturday were but moderately supplied with home grewn Wheat, for which the demand ruled inactive, at ilbout stationary prices. Fine malting Barley was sc arce, and quite as dear, but grinding and distilli n g sorts met a dull inquiry. Malt and the best heavy Oat s i yr _ere held a t f u ll currencies; both Beans and Peas w ere 'slyer to purchase. No change was noticed in the value of either Flour or Indian Corn. wheat and most other articles of Grain are he ld in th e near continental ports at prices too high to admit of tecculative purchases for the United Kingdom. In V en ce, both Wheat sad Flour are somewhat higher. ▪ iv ile latest advices from the United States are to the igect that the best Flour was selling at 20s 6d per eltre e i . G YP to our market last week, the arrivals of E n g lish Lain were again moderate. From abroad, we receiv ed 4 '! 50 quarters of Wheat, 1,860 Barley, 9,960 O ats, 1 4 2 9 Bean s , 174 P eas , 95 Tares, 7.611 Linseed , 2,383 peseed 20 sundry seeds, 4,612 sacks and 3,698 bar -416 of Flour. Fresh up to day an unusually small supply of Wheat sa me iw. s to-hand, coastwise, from Essex; but its quality 1;,: s Pot The receipts from Kent were very moderate, ._ t tho,,e frOm all other quarters were trifling. By land serri . , sge from Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, &e., a few per il's reached us, in fair average condition. Notwith ,-,nding that the attendance .of both town and country 'Hill was far from extensive, and that several large Parcels of American Flour have lately passed into the ' o f tl ,`, of the bakers, the demand for all kinds o f Wheat i • t at ."me produce ruled steady, at an advance i n the quo . shish obtained on Monday last of is per q uarter, at ' s ee e — h a clearance was speedily effected. Very few w -eers , , came to hand from the Midland d istricts to for da"%ru Wheats, unless at higher rates. The business i lg was unimportant. f e , 4 h e imports of Foreign Wheat last week bein g of in yaier quality, had scarcely any influence upon th e trade off t hat fr article. Really fine samples ex - granary moved p ° ell', and in some instances tho currencies had an pr i ard tendency, the finest Dantzic being hel d at 47s quitrte'r. The middling and inferior k inds moved off ot *l 3; nevertheless the quo t a tions were well supported. w. V ery te l e flouting cargoes were on offer; but so little di rt doi ng i n them t h at pr i ces were almost nominal. In -7:: Corn afloat was held at comparatively high rates. 1 ,,.. i ne malting Barley, the show of which wa s ver y ;411, was in steady request at full, quotations. Grind yad distilling sorts sold slowly at late figures. h te h t e show of Malt ready for delivery was very mode dari' but large quantities were on sale to be forwarded generally were very firm in their demands, consequently ' B % were well supported. k r . h e aggregate show of Oat samples was lar g er than st e ' oll ' o weeks past, yet, as dealers aro short of stock, a •; I I : 7 •I Y business was doing at mostly full quotat ions. th ° bad a slightly improved demand for Beans, at , 0 late decline. 1 14 Ali kinds of Peas commanded very little attent ion, I n i _o further decline took place in prices. ' lllh Port Fed. u lour trade was firm, and late rates w ere well , lii, CURRFNCY PER IMPERIAL MEASUR E. "Essex & - Kent. Malt-chevaßer•• •• .• fas to Ills l' . Ditt: ed •••• • • • • 368 to 41$ Oats-Yorkshire and v. ,White, New 37s 478 Lincolnsh. , Feed. 17s .201 . .. or folk and Lin- Potato .•• • • ..... 103 231 Ditto, Red..... 3 5 s 41s Youghal and Cork, .., In $ White ••• . • . 38s 455 Black. ••• • . • 165 19s al, Red.. ••• • • • •••••s -5 Cork, White. •• .. e ls sls ;I,.b_ Ditto, M alta •••• • • -8 -8 Sco t c h, Feed. •• .. 20s 25 s - 78.-- 010 N••-•• • • • • -26 s 28s Bean s -Tick .•• • • .... 255 29 a earler e •••"•• • • • - -26 s 28s Pigeons. ••.•• .. .. 27s 311 iiiz„--itOi rinding • • ... 22s 24. Peas -Grey .......... 265 2 9 / 1 Cli n g ••••• • • • • 275 2 9s Maple. ••••• • • • • • 283 3 , 15 ik l t..... 0 va11er .... ... 318 34s W Suffolk and Nor- hite... ........ 26 s 2 Boilers -•••• • • . • • 278 335 folk 1 , 11 v,„ •....... ....455 51s Flour-Town-made. •• 32s 37s ‘Xi ° -•••• • - - -43 s 48s Suffolk ..........28. 32 ' 5 Sinneston and Ware 518 SEEDS. 33 s . Stocktu & Norfolk 28s 325 beer, doing our last report, a full average business has I ses We iV in g in Linseed, both on the spot and for arrival, d ' h e w as afloat, at full prices. Canary is steady, and 1,0 "t previous quotations. Cakes, v4i both English and l'tte ur NL , support late rates, with a small supply on offer. IF ti lt ed ' t' a te_,_ Per bush. 6s to 108 Carraway .•• • • • 0 . 0 . •••• :: 3 9 1 : 3 118 8 Q 1..,.. di , ;! .l a r o u w r n o . n . .. .. .. .. 7s 1 8 1: _ l c. e r m i a p n s d e e e r : . p . 0 . r • d quarter 32s 3 5 5: 1 1re,A,Le!new ...... 6s 0 d 7s Od Linseed, Eng. Sowing.• 60 s s .2.. e Old ' .• •• .. ..3s 64 4s Od Crushmg ••••• • • • 4 b kv7 llB * P0:1 : q . tVarie . o ver, Re lE. • • • •• • ; . ..: 0 3 s i O s d 0 s 4 o o d s Baltic a ..... .. i • . . 0. . 0. • 0. 1 4 39 4 5 4 0 6 , 245 305 EingeedCako,pr. , i 0 1 Wi te ' 31 . (cwt.) 33s 44s English .. .8_ I s pl o_ , ' Fr ‘eign, per ton 615 s 71 be tor e i gnl l; a • •••• 33.12: 44; Not" White.... 3 t9 46s blat • • • • • • • • • • • 183 2251 upprAid on the full , to the 20th i _breign, Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 Os 41 101 Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 211 Os 2 3'ol lowing quantities of foreign nat.:— J. 851. 1850. London Liverpool Hull Th SMITHFIELD. don ii%iist week's imports of ft,reign stock into Lon- Doy a Biii n t= been somewhat exttnsive, the 1 the e r"d, they having amounted to 3,094 head. Diir ing 184; ~,.r e sponding period in 1850 we receiv ed 1,325;in .! 31 in 1848, 892; and in 1847, 2,013 head. p r ,SIPOEITS INTO LONDON IN TDB PAST WEEK. Hs "1 Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 10Thu g h , ... A oLt Si ... *kcit we n 1 . 222 ... 630 ... ••• 284 ". 4 4 41 . 1in rp ..... _ ... ... _ ... 47 .• 7 2 * °lite g e n 94 ... 841 .. II; t icl .. 12 ... ••• b e ll bi„ ... ••• 1 ... tinki rk e -• 54 ... 592 ... ~. ..... 52 ••• ''. Tot,tl .—..__ The ...... 401 .. 2,343 ... ---- ... 3 32 —• 18 tllcl e )early i r:...... comparison of the weekly imports sas 1850 . Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pi!. 144 9 • . ....... 184 ... 9 45 ... ... 186 ... 419.•...... 396 ... 224 ... ... 161 ... . 0817." - ..... 61 ... 820 ... ... 10 ... 1 .tot to '.. .... 341 ... 1,653 ... ` 4ll gii te's time of year, about an average sulp9ply"of _bolls %a rk :. and Foreign Beasts was on offer in to-day's !tits farostolerably good condition. As the nosh t able for slaughtering, and the Beefattendwaenaeeof titd,, nil and country buyers on the increase, the week's ttiesi_ ti Vl somewhat active, at an advance in last _ r the b,:. quite 2d per 81bs, the general top figure for Rag ea s tl, Scots being 3s 10d per Sibs, and a clearance kd lY effected. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire,r Bo rne; Orth v, —4U2 ptonshire, we received about 1,500 shot 41n ot from other parts of England, 500 Herefords, tolle t l' s Del ions, &c.; and, from Scotland, 240 horned and " 3411 i —Cot s. The supply of Sheep was seasonably ex kl ii : e . All breeds were in good request, and quito t old " 1 r ) Blbs dearer than on this day se'nnight. The be i s t , ( , ) lie Rue realised 4s 6d per 81bs. Calves came Slow l) ` 4 4 . 1 1 1 5 - C e ' zid w il_ilat the demand for them was steady at fully se . ~,, mUce in the quotations. The Pork trade was ' ""u Prices were well supported. to ttior Per Sibs. to slat the offal. s, d. to a. d °4l 1355 " 3 ••• • 3 i 7 d e la 2 . It Inferior Sheep •—• 3 ° ait 1 1113 1 , 41 t u r zdity .. .: 3 0 3 2 'Second qual. Sheep 3 40 3 L grg e 84 t e g i) xeri.. 3 4 3 6 Coarse-weolleddltt o 4 4 4 2 h. h l co 4 '•••• '•• •• 3 a 310 Southdown Wether _ 4 4 4 ,* CalvesthZtstn c f ‘ , 3 2 3 8 Ditto out of th e wool i B / Li g 47 1 eg e n , — "to •• alO 4 2 Largo Hogs —•• ••2 10 4 0 Ilb g C ave ••180 21 0 Small Porkers •• • • ~, ....... ••• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old rigs ..16 0 19 0 "alltil TOTAL SUPPLIC AT MARKET. 9,4 16 * I Sheep. 1 Calves. I Figs. 14,590 I 214 240 11, 4ta. FOREIGN SUPPLY. , 2 6 I Sheep. 1 Calves. I r • EC l • " 8 te , t 1, , 90 169 Of klt Vent and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices t 0 0 mtoek exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle MarjLe c. 2 9,18°, 11 ,dav, Dec. 30, 1850, and this day, Monday, De c• - Per Blbs., to sink the offals. Dec. 30, 1850. a. d. cl• „'°% and inferior Beasts ... 28to 2 10 Mime Mme quality ditto 3 3 2 larg e o zen • 32 3 4 3 8 to: g e Scots, e. • ... 3 6 4 11 e and inferior—She—a ... 3 2 3 106 3 8 3 21 Pri;t7l quality ditto ...I)**▪ •• coarse-woolled ditto —• 4 , 0 4 6 1,41417 Southdown ditto ... 0 0 Api_gli coars e C cc ' s 2 8 3 ° jor`ut:4Blnoia,l.ls. ditto •:: 2 3 8 2 3 3 66 41411 Yo;'ker.s. :** 3 8 4 Sheep and Lambs 15'127 500 8h C alves ... -• *** ••• 360 AuPt ' Pigs Dec. 29, 1851 d. s. d. 2 6to 2 10 30 3 2 34 3 6 3 8 310 30 3 2 3 4 310 40 4 2 44 4 6 00 0 0 32 3 8 310 4 2 28 3 8 310 4 0 2,846 14,590 214 240 • • et.m s - -• ••• - • -- • MI a rid oN SALE. Die. 31, 1849. Beasts, 3,089; arabs, 16,620 Calves, 69; Pigs, 135. IN —ye 0 wiLTEI AND zs.a.D Err UAW. y wei ur last report these markets have bee n seas o n. 44 " st ` 1 supplied with both town and country-killed et Peti t , A sMost of the butchers have not succeeded in g 01 te of - th ke h, %lot a ' gc h neral whole demand their is in late a sluggishextensive state, p ur at hens. 144 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to e• d. •. % .: . ;ore rlor. . . s 2. d i to s. d. I 2 4 Mutton , inferior •• 2 8 3 0 ......% "11441111 g .:• 2 6 2 8 __-_-• middling.: 3 2 310 4 0 ';',... „ilxielarge .• 210 3 0 --- prime •• • .24 3 6 v..!ti.P•lltt arnall.• 3 2 3 4 Pork. ltuli? - - • 3 8 310 ..• •'•• •••• 3 0 4 0 - ° ma ''' . -- .. a. c ello AND SPITALFIELD cello a verage supplies of potatoes have arrived up to ' 141 4 . markets , during the past week, coastwise and by 4 , 1 `4 '4, 1, 11 , i11 ge. The qua li ty of the arrivals conti ß nu o e t s . l 'irti th. The imports have been only 14 bags from Ole d t 7 , I ltid 53 tons from Rouen. Generally s peaking tu and is inactive on the following terms:ot i t , Per Ton. Per Ton. () iii all * Ilegents 70s to 808 Wisbeach & Cam- L ine?havga - • t bridge - - -ti to --5 I,,et,,,lrly%ltegen.t.s. .6 - 0 8 s t o 755 -a Kent Regents 65s to 755 "hiti-o"egents 65s t o 70s Essex Regents 65s to 75s "iiti° Cu gents.. ... .: 55s to o 6Os Essex Shaws 6os to 655 bitt° aws 6 05 to 65s to 0 D a hlia s .... -sto -s Kent a . . 21 - IN Ill ttoe Niv.l Kent &Essx. Md. sto -s 60s to 65s sweaa., oites. -s to -8 French I,.‘vick , L , B tßer.. I ke • . f !gent - German ditto -s 4 11410 ) _, 8 :.• 6as to 70s Dutch -s to - s Whites —s to fed Kld. --a to - siChats - d 101. rnar k 4 ut °.l4"°ll HOP " HHH I . really fine t v? 4_ is . very scantily supplied with ur ,qi, uPs, which are he ld at extreme rates of c 0 •'• I whic h is Y ri o ,„. 11 riaost other kinds, the show o f . ‘t o01."1"ns extensive, only a limited business is doing, lijteotlt:l°6timions. Sussex ' Pockets, 518 s to 61 6s; Weald "Per owt. we to 7155; Mid and East Kent, 71 to THE S UN, WOOL. Owing to the holidays the demand for all hinds of Wool is exceedingly inactive, at almost nominal quota tions. English washed is quoted at from is to is 4d; Grease, including blanket, 6d to 9d; and Down, is Id to Is 3d per lb. The imports last week were good, viz., 230 bales from Ilamburgh, 245 from Shanghae, 207 from Alogadore, 5 from Leghorn, 90 from Callao, 548 from Taganrog, 1,202 from Sydney, 39 from the Cape, and 558 from Adelaide. TALLOW. On the whole, our market has become firmer. In some instances, fine parcels of P. Y. C. on the spot, are selling at an advance of 3d per cwt. To-day, new P. Y. C. on the spot is quoted at 36s 9d to 373, and old 36s 3d to 36s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow 37s to 37s 3d per cwt. net moll; Rough Fat, 2s ld per B;bs. Last week the de liveria s were only 2,262; the imports, 1,052 casks, chiefly from our Colonies. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 181. Steck this day • • .. • • 'rice of Y. C. •• . Delivery last week • • Ditto from Juno 1.• • • Arrivals last week .. • Ditto from June 1 .I 17,827 45s Od 1.0453,3 d 2,364 58,700 10,091 68,124 493 Gd 34,741 47,190 423 Od 383 3d to OsOd to 3.436 d 1,713 ' 1,538 60,223 56,5'6 1,507 I 222 87,436 , 78,293 52,924 37s Od to Os Od 2,196 55,390 80 83,670 64,261 36s 9il to37s Od 2,262 62,425 1,0.2 90,552 39s 6d 429 01 j 42s Od 39s 6d price of Town • ..... NiARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) 1 A N U N GRATEFUL FELLOW.—Mr. Spryng, a respect able boot and shoemaker, carrying on business at No. 20, Little Pulteney-street, Golden-square, made an ap plication to the magistrate for advice, under the follow ing circumstances : Mr. Spryng stated that on Tuesday, the 9th instant, a man in his employ, by the name of Edward Palmer, was given in charge for having embezzled the sum of 25., be longing to him. At the examination on that day at this court sufficient evidence was gone into as to induce Mr. Hardwick to remand the prisoner till the following Friday. On that day the else was further gone into, and, at the earnest supplication of his (prisoner's) solicitor, and in consideration of his wife and family, he took a merciful view of the matter, and, with the Magistrate's sanction, he (applicant) consented to his discharge. Since that time the man Palmer, by way of showing his gratitude, had subjected applicant to very great annoyance, by spreading abroad reports that he (Palmer) had been discharged with flying colours, and that applicant had trumped up the charge out , of spite. In another instance, Palmer went to an institu tion of which applicant was a member, and got a vote of censure passed upon him for daring to prosecute the man who had robbed him. These statements tended to injure him in the eyes of his brother tradesmen, and he thought if such false arid malicious reports were not put a stop to, the man might circulate other falsehoods, and thereby injure him in his business. Applicant now respectfully wished to know how he could proceed to restrain Palmer from making such statements. The MAGISTRATE said, since applicant had consented to Palmer's discharge, he had no jurisdiction in the matter. Had applicant pressed the charge against the man, he (the magistrate) would most assuredly have committed him for trial. He now,advised the applicant, if the man Palmer persisted in his present line of con duct, to go to a respectable solicitor and put the matter into his hands forthwith. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending De c. 27, 1851 £8,293 16 9 Traffi c —Week ending Dec. 28 , 1850 8,03 0 5 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 328,357 17 7 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 30 1,962 18 4 Total number of Passengers—Week ending Dec. 27, 18 51 53,345 Passengers ... £6,709 6 3 Goods ... ... 1,584 10 6 Total ... £8,293 16 9 Total miles open, 1851, 173 q ; ditto, 1550, 171 1 4. London Terminus, Dee. 29, 1851. ACCIDENTtoa LIVERPOOL MERCHANT. An inquest was held on Saturday on the body of Mr. Duncan M‘Lachlan, of the firm of Wilson and M`Lach lan, ship owners and ship chandlers, whose death was the result of an accident. On the evening of Christmas day, Mr. M`Lacblan had had a number of friends dining with him, at his residence in Upper Parliament-street, as we learn was usual with him at this season of the year. Somewhere near eleven o'clock, his guests, who were chiefly relatives , to ok their departure, and in about an hour afterwards the family retired to rest. The deceased had not been in bed more than hour before he had occa sion to get up, and go into an adjoining apartment, when, unfortunately, on passing the landing at the head of the stairs, he missed his footing, and fell from the top to the bottom, a distance of several yards. The facts will be best understood from the evidence which Mrs. IPLachlan gave at the inquest. She stated that after they had been in bed about an hour the deceased got up again, for the purpose, as she imagined, of going to the water closet. Directly afterwards she heard a noise like a fall. She got up and called the domestics, and on going down stairs she found the deceased lying at the bottom with his head towards the stairs and his feet out wards. She went to him and found that ho was insensi ble. Dr. Bruce, the medical adviser of the family, was promptly sent for, and in half an hour after the accident he arrived. By this time the deceased had recovered his consciousness, and said he had great pain in his head and the right arm, and that he had no use in his legs. On Dr. Bruce examining the deceased he found the spine - ccived internal injuries. After lingering in great agony until eleven o'clock on Friday morning, the deceased breathed his last. Mr. M'Lachlan, who was in the prime of lire, was universally esteemed. SUICIDE FROM WATERLOO -BRIDGE.—On Saturday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the Gun Tavern. Wapping, on view of the body of James Russell, aged 38, a farrier, w ho resided in Bond - stre et, Waterloo-road, who com mitted' suicide from Waterloo -bridge. It appeared that the deceased was of an excitable temper when in altercation with his companions. Last Wednesday three weeks he had some words at a public.house near Bond-street, when he exclaimed, "I'll do it now." He ran out of the house, and was never after seen alive. Verdict—" Found drowned." THE CONVICT SARAH ANN HILL.—A petition to the Throne in favour left commutation of the sentence of this wretched woman, for execution at York, for the murder of her male infant child at Wakefield, is in course of signature. It has been prepared by the town-clerk of Wake field, at the instance of the watch committee, and will be signed by the Mayor and several other magistrates, We un derstand the circumstances of the womanhabits have of from vir tue. her y ou th been unfavourab le to the pursuit of She was an illegitimate child, and was, we believe, born in one of the streets of Wakefield. —Leeds Mercury. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A BARRISTER.- - On Saturday an inquiry was gone into by Mr. Higgs, the coroner, at the Essex Head, Essex-street, Strand, as to the death of Joseph Douglas, E..(1, a barrister, residing at 4, Garden-court, Temple. It appeared that there had been great difficulty in this singular case to know h whit coroner was to hold the inquest. Mr. Pa y ne had been applied to also Mr. Bedford, but they refused to interfere, as they co M n sidered the Temple was out o f their j urisdiction ; and ➢ r. Wakley was referred to, as it might be in the county of Mid dlesex. At last Mr. Baker, the beadle, applied to Mr. Higgs, as it was considered the part was in the duchy, and he ac cordingly appointed the inquest. The deceased was a member of the western circuit, and had for many years been the revising barrister at Dorset. On Wednesday evening he was seen to enter his chambers, and the next morning was found by his clerk lying on the floor in a pool of blood. He was then warm, and Mr. Hutchinson, of 36, Chancery-lane, was sent for, who found a long incised wound in the left temple, four inches long, and denuding the skull to the bone. There had been great hemorrhage. and he was quite dead ff It seemed by other testimony that he had been pulling o his boots, when he upset the table, and he was thrown against a key in the book-case, which had caused the injury. He had been heard tumbling about all night, for the purpose, no doubt, of finding the door and getting assistance. The jury returned the following special verdict :—" That the de ceased, Joseph Douglas, died from loss of blood from a wound on the upper part of the left temporal artery, pro duced by having accidentally fallen against a key then in the lower part of a bookcase." THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The electric tele graph has already been applied to many and useful pur poses. There remains yet another, which purpose, should it be applied, would frequently be the means of preventing loss of life and property —we mean the connecting of all the me tropolitan fire-engine establishments by electric telegraph, so that when an alarm should be given at any one of them, an " instantaneous general turnout might be the result." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —GRATIS WITH THE DISPATCH. —On Sunday next, January 4, 1852, the subscribers to the Weekly Dispatch will be preaented with a highly-finished coloured Chart, showing by diagrams, and at one view, the number of persons who daily, during a period of five months, visited the Crystal-Palace; the amount of money received at the doors, and derived from various sources; and other sta tistics of an interesting character. And on the following Sunday the Chart will be given to all purchasers the Dispatch who are not regular subscribers. The Chart, which is surmounted with an engraved view of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, has been pre pared by permission of the Royal Commissioners from de signs by Corporals A. Gardene r and J. Mack, of the Sappers and Miners, a nd revised by a gentlem an whose intimate ac quaintance with the management must ensure its correct ness.—Orders may be given to all newsvenders in town Fleet ee and co untry, or forwa rded to Mr. R. J. Wood, 139, t. MOVEMENTS OF TRANSATLANTIC STEAM LIVERPOOL , DEC. 27.—The Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Leitch, commander, sailed from the Mersey at noon today for Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails and a fair com plement of passengers. The Royal Mail steam -ship Ame rica, Shannon, commander, with advices from New York to dvices from 17th inst., m ay be exp this ected to arrive in the Mersey the early on Monday morning. The United States' mai l steam shitphe Arctic,2othinLautc.,e,mcaoy m mander, with to a New York b e expected arrive at port on to Tuesday evening next. The screw steam-ship City of Man chester, Leitch, comma nder, will' sail fro m the Mersey, for Philadelphia, on Wednesday next. THE TROOPS UNDER. ORDERS FOR THE CAPE. — The service companies of the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, under the command of Colonel Buller, are to embark at Dover in the Mezuera, screw steamer, on the 2nd of Jan., for the Cape of Good Hope. Drafts from the depots 2nd, 6th, 43rd, 45th, 2nd battalion 60th, 73rd, and 74th, and from the Ist battalions 12th and 91st Infantry, as well as a small detachment from the depot of the 12th Lancers, are to em bark for that colony about the same date, on board the Bir kenhead, war steamer. These reinforcements for service at the Cape will altogether amount to about 1,200 men of 85th all ranks. There is no foundation for the report that the Regiment may proceed to the Cape. In fact, this corps is now under orders to proceed next year to Malta. OMNIBUS FARES.—A notice has been posted inside the numerous omnibuses on the Oxford-street and Holborn line, belonging to the London Conveyance and Paddington Association Companies, requesting the public "to notice the table of fares, and pay accordingly." This has been rendered necessary in consequence of the various fares for intermediate distances on that line of road, causing it to be almost im practicable for the conductors to judge correctly the exact distance each passenger may have travelled unless assisted and informed by the passengers on alighting from the vehicle and the great obstruction and delay which has conaequently, taken place. OVER LAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BOMBAY, DEC. 3. A new riot has taken place among the Mussulmans at Bombay, but tranquillity is now restored. The forces of Sir C. Campbell met with no oppo sition. The samo is the case with the Kohat forces. The troops stationed at Mooltan had received orders to be ready for immediate service. It is reported that the reigning dynasty had :abdi cated the throne of China, but this rumour is con sidered rather premature. _ Dr. Harding has been installed Bishop at Bombay. HIE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Royal mail steam-ship America has just ar rived, with four days' later intelligence from North America. She sailed from New York the 17th inst., four days after the Humboldt, and brings over 1,121,579 dollars in specie, and 33 passengers. The steam-ship Niagara had arrived at Halifax, on her way to Boston. The welcome to Kossuth had passed the House of Representatives by a large majority. The movements of Kossuth occupied the whole of public attention. The failure of the house of Hill, Maclean, and Co. (cotton trade), New Orleans, is announced. The Parliamentary elections in Canada were fa vourable to the Government. Business in New York and other cities was mode rately good. The supply of Government stocks and securities was small, and prices for money in fair supply. The market for breadstuff was brisk, and prices had advanced slightly, in consequence of the closing of the river and canal navigation. Western Canal flour, 4 dolls. 37f c. to 4 dolls. 50c., very firm. Gen nesee prime wheat, 1 doll. Bc. to 1 doll. 10c. per 601bs. Indian corn, round yellow, 64c. to 660. per bushel.llndian meal, 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 37f c. per barrel. In eotton there had been a fair amount of busiClC3B doing at New York, and former quotations were steadily maintained. Sales at New York for the week, 42,000 hales. Prices firm, but unchanged. Freights continue unchanged. Provisions are inactive. Pork, mess, 15 to 15/ ; prime, 14/. Exchange on London, 110 k to 110} ; Paris, 5.13 ; Hamburgh, 36/ to 36f ; Bremen, 78k to 74. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 27. The following had the honour of joining the Royal table last evening at the Castle :—Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, and the Rev. F. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The Band of the Grenadier Guards was in attend ance during dinner, and played the following selec tions : Polonaise—" Der Fackeltanz".. Meyerbeer. Duetto, from the opera " L'Ultimo Giorno di Pompeii" ... •••• Pacini. Waltz—" Die Reusen Walser" Gungi. Terzetto, " Sous votre J3aniere," from the " Propbe te" Meyerbeer. Divertimento, from the opera of "I Martini" . • .. Donizetti. Her Majesty's Private Band afterwards attended and performed the following : Overture—" Gustave" .. . • Auber. Fantasia Violin " The Standard Bearer," M. Sainton.. Sainton. Priere et Imprecation Chceur D'En fants et Chce .. ur General —" Le Pr . o . - Meyerbeer. phete" Scene de Danse—" La Bayaclere" Auber. The Queen and Prince Albert went to town this morning at eleven o'clock by a special train of the Great Western Railway, attended by the Marchioness of Ely (Lady in Waiting), Lieutenant. General Wemyss (Equerry in Waiting to the Queen), Co lonel Bouverie (Equerry in Waiting to the Prince), and Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph (Master of the Household). The Royal party returned to the Castle at ten minutes before two o'clock. _ _ _ The Prince of \Vales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family, took their usual exercise. DEC. 28. The Queen and Prince Albert attended an early service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley performed the service, and administered the sacrament to her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness: The Queen and Prince took their usual morning walk. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Royal children walked in the Home-park. There Was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. her 11Iajesty and Prince Albert arrived at Buck ingham Palace about 12 o'clock on Saturday, at tended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lieutenant- General Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, and th e M as t ur of the w hel e l n o t oustehold Gloucester.ler Majesty ajesty and his R o y a l High esHouse, Piccadilly, t o p a y a visit to her Royal Ilighness the Duchess of Glouces ter. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite, afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. The Count de Flahault had an interview with Lord John Russell en Saturday at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The Belgian Minister transacted business at the office of the Board of Trade on Saturday. His Ex cellency also transacted business at the Foreign office. Earl Granville attended at the Foreign-office on Saturday. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, 19.UNDAY.—We are sorry to state that the Hon. Powell Fleetwood Pellew, first lieutenant of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, died, deeply regretted by his friends and shipmates, at Totterdale's Hotel, Portsea, on Thursday night. The Honourable Gentleman was attended in his last hours by the Rev. Dr. Woolley, of Portsmouth Dockyard. Lady Exmouth was also with him. We understand Lieut. Pellew will be buried at Hasler, with military honours. The Powerful, 84, was docked on Saturday, being taken into the dock vacated by the St. Vincent. The Raleigh, 50, is fitting for ordinary in the sea basin. The Sprightly, steamer, Master Commander G. Allen, proceeded to Sheerness on Saturday evening to bring back seamen for the Britannia. The Birkenhead will embark at Spithead about eighty men, detachments to join the 12th and 45th regiments, on or about the 2d pros., and will imme diately after proceed to Cork for other detachments, with which she will proceed to the Cape. The Retribution is undergoing a thorough caulk ing and general refit; she will be ready early next month. Report sends her to the Mediterranean, to accompany the Britannia to that station. The Sidon has been brought into the steam-basin to have ber engines put to rights. The Arrow, ketch, has been commissioned at Portsmouth by Lieut. Cbimmo, for surveying service, to accompany the Herald as a tender to the South Pacific. The Dee steam-troop-ship, Lieutenant West com manding, arrived at Spithead this morning from the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and Ascension. She left the Cape on the 12th of October, and has conse quently been 76 days out—rather too long to make her mail of any interest. She touched at St. Helena on the 31st of October, and saw there the Tenzer screw steam-vessel, tender to the flag-ship. Sbe left Ascension on the Bth of November, only one day after the Sidon and Retribution, and bas no news to communicate from that station. The Commodore was expected on the 16th. On the passage home she spoke tovsgravus on the 19th of November, in let. 6. 56 N., 23 16 W ., the Dido, 18, Captain Morshead, C 8., all wel l ; which had spoken the French merchant vessel Paci fique, in let. 15.44 N., 25 55 W., all well, and wished to be reported. The Dee spoke, in 46,59 N., 13 . 13 W., the Uneba schooner, of Liverpool, which desired to be reported, having been 11 days out, and encoun tered very bad weather from the S.W. The Dee bas brought home the captain of a m e rchant ship wrecked at Ascension beel e havehome sailed .while nd i 0 loadingnbeen a s far e a y eahtncahoope, coal, ship h d aainpn a ddi f s e d icswcoomi in a co n cerned, invalids. creditable l The e D ee hands under the command of Lieutenant West. fcomnabeods, le t d and The Resistance troop-ship, Master Commander Manser Bradshaw, arrived at Spithead this morning from the Mediterranean. She left Gibraltar on the 15th inst. at 2 30 P.M., and arrived off the Lizard on the 23d. She has invalid troops, old stores from Malta dockyard, the ordnance stores and victualling depots. 'Lieutenant Preston, of the 76th Regiment, is in charge of the invalids. The following are pas sengers by the Resistance :—Lieutenant Rowlands, of the 41st ; Dr. and Mrs. Robertson, of the 44th ; and Assistant Surgeon Crerar, of the 76th; 106 sol diers, about twenty-five women, and thirty children; and sixty invalided seamen from the Mediterranean squadron. She sails for Woolwich to refit. When she left Gibraltar the Hogue, 60, and the Dragon steam-frigate were lying there. The Chatham transport was spoken off the Wight this morning from the West Indies. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, CHRIST ,LIDAYS, DRURY-LANE THEATRE. On Saturday Mrs. Cowly's amusing comedy (amu sing in spite of its extravagance), The Belle's Stra tagem, was revived for the purpose of introducing to a Drury-Lane audience Miss Fitzpatrick in the cha racter of Letitia Hardy. This young lady has for three seasons been studying her profession at Sad ler's Wells, and having frequently had the pleasure of witnessing her performances at that theatre, and of marking her rapid improvement, we were not sur prised at the hit—the unmistakeable and decided bit —she made o❑ Saturday evening. Her Letitia hardy was admirable—her pretty and expressive features, her light and graceful figure, and her fas cinating and ladylike vivacity of manner, all mark her out as the representativepar excellence of that line ofcha racter in which Miss Foote was wont to charm the play goers of the days of George IV., and which, since her se cession from the stage, has: had no adequate repre sentative. Such, however, is no longer the case ; Miss Fitzpatrick is what Miss Foote was, and the Letitia Hardys and Maria Darlingtons will once more fascinate the playgoer. Mr. Anderson's Dorri court was somewhat too heavy and sententious. Mr. Cooper as Sir George Touchwood was careful and effective. The other characters were well sustained. After the comedy the Batemen children appeared in the Young Couple, and were quite as much at home in Drury-lane as they were at the St. James's, indeed the size of the house and the immensity of the audience seemed to inspire them ; for, like all true g-niuses, they rose with the occasion, and their enun ciation was so beautifully clear and distinct that every word they uttered could be heard in the remotest corner of the house. It would be well if some of our grown-up actors would imitate them, and strive to speak as articulately as do these children. At the conclusion they exhibited a degree of presence of mind which would have reflected no discredit on the oldest veteran. The green curtain was descending before they had spoken their tag, when little Ellen, looking at the descending curtain, turned to her sister and said, " Well, shall we finish here ?" The question was heard and the curtain re ascended, and they finished as if nothing particular had occurred. Thunders of applause and showers of bouquets followed this little in cident. The juvenile portion of the audience were delighted at the performance of the Bateman children, with whom it was evident they had a strong fellow-feeling. Not the least rapturous of the applause with which these talented children were greeted proceeded from that portion of the audi ence which nearest approached them in age and size. The pantomime followed; it has been curtailed, and went admirably, everything working smoothly and correctly. SURREY THEATRE. The Surrey has always been a popular theatre, but the crowds that besieged it on Friday right were such as few places of amusement in London could boast of. Of course after this it is needless to say that every part of the house was crammed. Of the first piece (Shiers tragedy of Evadne) it is unnecessary to say anything further than that from first to last it was performed amid the most deafening noises, which utterly prevented our hearing a single syllable. After the first piece, the pantomime of harlequin Blue Cap and the King of the Golden Water, taken (as the bill informs us) from the Persian of " Hafiz Al Thun," fairly commenced. The first scene of the abode of the fairy Trifla (Miss G. Hodgson) was en tirely devoted to a ballet of fags, in which the danc ing of Mdlle. T. Cushnie elicited much well-merited applause. Upon the appearance of Queen Barli Shoogar, the whole scene was admirably transformed to the " City of Splendour on the shore of the Golden Waters," the colours in which were really beautifully blended, and with much taste and view to dramatic effect. Mr. Sheppard, the lessee of the theatre, came for in answer to repeated calls, and bowed his acknow ledgments. Here the Emperor of Alecampane and King of the Golden Seas (Mr. Hazlewood) enters, accompanied by his daughter, the Princess Saccha rine (Madlle. Annie Cushnie), and announces in the presence of a gorgeous train of sweetmeats his inten- tion of bestwiving the princess upon Grinsguffin, monarch of the Ugli Isles (Mr. Bradbury). Fortu nately for the princess, and in spite of the presence of Grimguffin, and his attendant Uglies, this decision is opposed by Prince Bluecap, heir apparent to the throne of Noideawhare, in the Kingdom Knursawry tales (Miss Harriet Gordni), who obtains permission to wed the princess on condition of bringing three gifts to her father from the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. N o tting daunted by these con ditions, the prince sets o ut on his travels, very well represented by a pretty, though rather brief, pano rama, which, as the bills informed us, " might have been three miles long," bat which certainly was not. Arrived in the animal tingdoin, he makes the ac quaintance of a benignant fairy who, as her first gift, presents him with a dog, which is to guide his footsteps for the future. Conducted by this sagacious animal, be starts for the court of the Vt-g:table King, whose palace is depicted by a model of the Crystal Palace turned into a winter garden, and where his army and court of carrots, turnips, pigs, potatoes, &o, is admirably represented by the various musks, who caused continued roars of laughter. Here Prince Bluecap receives a spade, to enable him to reach the mineral kingdom, where he is supposed to acquire huge masses of the precious metal, and then returns to the court of the King of the Golden Seas to claim the hand of the Princess. But the obdurate Grirnguffin is more pertinacious than ever, and still disputes the right of Prince Blue cap to the band of Saccharine, until the appearance of the Fairy Trifle in the hive of a thousand sweets. It is almost impossible by mere description to do jus tice to this really splendid scene, which we have never seen anything of the kind to surpass. The house rose en masse in a perfect furore of admiration, and again called Mr. Sheppard on t o the stage. In this scene the transformations were effected, and the Harle quin (M. Milano), Cl own (Mr. Buck), Pantaloon (Mr. Bradbury), Columbine (Mdlle. Annie Cushnie), and Sprite (Herr Deani) were sent forth upon their usual mission of mischief and confusion. In the scenes which followed several smart hits were made at the follies and v i ces of the i ay t h a t t o ld a d m i ra bl y . One in partic u l ar , l a b elled " rare cur i os ity f or th e British Mus eum ," and w hi r l turned out to be a vote at St. Alba n ' s not sold, e licited much applause. Bloomerism, Smithfield, & c.,came in for their share of satire, a n d t h e whole went on sw i mm i ng l y am id shouts of l aug ht er until the t emination of the piece in the Pavilion o f Sh oogar Canl i—a scene the tasteful effect produced by which brought down the curtain with tremendous applause. The pantomime was a decided and mos t successful l i t . Molls. Cushnie was a pretty a n d graceful Coluo bine ' while the Sprite (Herr Deani)—who als o performed the part of the dog in th e open i ng —was, person encumbered with a back b one and ribs, ne of the most supple sprites we ever had the pleasuie of witnessing. The whole of the performances wets over before midnight. ARGYLL ROOMS' This popular an d f ashionabD west end resort is so well supported a t a ll seasons o f th e dinary occasio n i n the numbersyear, that it is difficult to di s ti ngu i s h an extrenrc li nerY from an or of the dancers, t oge th er w i th the fre quenters, but on F r id ay n i g h t t t a s pirit and animation and class of its aspect of the c ompany, told pre tty plainly here, at brilliant and numerous least, Christma s was b e i ng spent i n a right merry, jovial, though, w ith a l , a quiet moo d h owever noisy it may have be en e l sew h ere. I.fail recently it was erroneously suppos e d th a t t h e E ng li s h people wer e not partial to dan c i ng , it was un i ve rsally c on c e d e d that it was only on th e ot h er side of the Channel that a quadrille or a co tili an cou ld be e xecu t e d i n public by amateurs with any degree of taste or credit, but the existence of the Argyll Rooms has served to destroy that delusion. The metropolis of England is as famous for its dancing assemblies as any other capital in Europe ; i n d e ed it may be said, almost without fear of contradiction, that the suc cess of this description of past time and amusement is more visible in London then in Paris or any other similar city, a result which in a great measure is attributable to the decorum which is always in force in our public assembly rooms. But in addition to the excitement of the dance, we have at the Argyll the adv an t age o f an efficient and powerful orchestra, whose performances are really admirable ; and while the pleasure-seeker rests from the momentary fatigue which the waltz or the polka has called forth, he has the influence of an instru mental concert acting joyously upon his ear. Never did M. Laurent and his able band of instrumentalists play for a happier company than that which applauded his exertions on Friday night. Bourcault, upon the cornet-a-piston, was splendid, and in the exquisite music of the new Rodowa, which is at present all the rage, he—and in fact all the other solo performers— areperfect in their tasks. The performance iccluded the " Young Couple Polka," th e "D ew D rop Waltz," the " Beresford Quadrille," the "La Plus Jolie Rodowa," and " Storm Mantlet Galop." The dances were all well arranged, and the entire manage ment reflected the greatest credit upon the tact and ability of Mr. G. F. Bryer, the affable and popular director. EXHIBITIONS. BURFORD'S PANORAMAS. Mr. Burford's new panoramic view of the valley of the Tigris, :from which Mr. Layard has exhumed the architectural remains of ancient Nineveh, had, on Friday, an unusual number of visitors. We have so recently described the pictorial excellencies and the wonderful faithfulness of this painting, that we need only remark, that a second visit has only more strongly confirmed the favourable impression we at first conceived. The other views, viz., Lucerne, the Falls of Niagara, and the City of Jerusalem, still continue to ,attract. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. It is curious to observe the influence which the patronage of royalty has upon everything by which is encouraged—it is like the gentle rain and genial warmth of May upon the spring flower—by it its latent energies are developed and nourished ; this is, perhaps, strikingly exemplified in the instance to the Royal Polytechnic Institution, which has the good fortune to have recently been honoured by its foster ing influence, and already begins to put forth its ad vantages in the augmentation of subscribers and the increased number of exhibitors who daily flock to the Institution, to deposit specimens of their inven tive genius. We heartily congratulate the directors of the Institution upon the condescention of his Royal Highness Prince Albert in thus presiding as its patron, as from his Royal Hi g h ness ' s just considera tion and appreciation of the metrits and respectability of any institution which he thus encourages, it con fers a distinguished honour, and will add most mate rially to the permanence and improvement of this already flourishing and well-conducted establishmen COLOSSEUM. The continued popularity of this admirable place of amusement furnishes an incontestable proof that ex cellence is always well appreciated by the public. Although the stalactite caverns, the Alpine scenery and waterfalls, the gallery of sculpture, the ascending room, and the wonderful view of London, and other attractions of the Colosseum, have long ago obtained a wide-spread reputation, their visitors continue to be as numerous as ever, and the pleasure of a first visit is hardly greater than that of a fourth or a fifth. The view of Paris by night appears to have as much popu larity as that which the view of London has so long deservedly enjoyed; and the recent exciting scenes which its streets and squares have witnessed, have given an increased interest to its clever representation. On no previous "boxing day" has there been a greater number of visitors to the Colosseum than on Friday. PANORAMA OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS. Panoramic representations of the several expedi tions which have been made in the Arctic regions during the last few years. There was also in ad dition (besides a diorama of the Great Earthquake at Lisbon), a lecture upon female costumes, by Miss Osborne, which, although well delivered, and cleverly illustrated by life-size drawings, is but a poor imitation of Mrs. T. C. Foster's discourse on the same subject. PANORAMA OF THE NILE. This panorama has been re-opened with "grand additions," which announcement means, that the fol lowing scene s , ill us t ra ti ng t h e city of Cairo, have been added, namely, " the Gooreyen, or Great Bazaar," " the Procession of the Malamil," and " the Ceremony of the Dosah." We need merely add that the useful and artistic labours of Messrs. Warren, Fahey, and Bonomi cannot fail, with the additional attractions we have mentioned, to continue to com mand a considerable share of the public patronage. THE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. Notwithstanding the length of time which has elapsed since the opening of the Panorama of the Overland Route to India, " time has not seared or custom changed its infinite variety." It is still as fresh and beautiful as when it first became the pioneer in the way of similar exhibitions in the metropolis, and was visited on Friday by great numbers of those who prefer induling in imaginary travels, to the more exciting inducements of theatrical representations. DECEMBER 29, 1851 CYCLORAMA. The thrilling and life-like depiction of the fearful earthquake at Lisbon, which, two centuries ago, laid this famous city in ruins, continues to excite the most intense interest in its numerous visitors. HUNGERFORD HALL. The diorama at this new place of amusement con tains three views, by M. Bouton, of the overflowing of the river of the Loire, the town and valley of Fri bourg, and the Cathedral of St. Mark at Venice. The reputation of M. Bouton has been so long esta blished in connection with the marvellous pictorial representations which, for a long series of years, have rendered the Diorama in the Regent's park one of the most deservedly attractive places of amusement in the metropolis, that we have merely to state that the pictures in this diorama are fully equal to any that have proceeded from his pencil. The change from summer to winter in the picture of Fribourg is one of the most clever and perfect illusions we have ever seen. In the evening M. Langlois exhibits his won derful sleight of hand—his surprising mechanical rope. dancer—and the Indian juggler, Djalma, in one theatre; and M. Lassange, assisted by Mademoiselle Prudence, in another theatre, the mysteries of mes- tuerism. We trust that our holiday friends will pay a visit to this interesting place of amusement. SOIREES PARISIENNES ET FANTAS TIQUES. Having jest returned from the land of magic, we feel in that condition peculiar to travellers, of being expected to relate most wonderful things, when, in fact, we admit our total incapability to discharge the allotted task. Why should we resort to the long list of adjectives in all their degrees to assist us in the description of things indescribable ? Nor can we institute comparisons, like the travelled Cockney who declares that " the Pyramids were grander-like than :he Thames, though not much." If a man should see a ghost be says he has seen a ghost, and that is suffi cient for his hearers, unless some prying individual may demand what it was like. Here definition ceases. So it is with Mons. Robin. We have been for some time which we cannot undertake to limit sitting in his salle, at Piccadilly, but wonder has so usurped the seat of reason that we feel totally at a loss to say what Mona. Robin is like—not Mons. Robin propria persona, but Mons. Robin as professeur de physique. How can we describe the winning grace with which the mighty conjuror bor rowed a lady's ring —how he crushed it with the greatest nonchalance as a worthless bauble, to the die may of its ,fair owner, and how, by the magic touch, be transferred it in its integrity with an integrity peculiar to conjurors. How can we convey the faintest idea of the mode in which Madame Robin, blindfolded, enumerated every article in the room, or how the wonderful peacock b ecame endowed w i th a sence which naturalists .deny to the bird. Probably the best thing we can say is pay a visit to Mons. Robin, and he will instruct you far better than we can —may be he will shower on you from an empty hat his boquets, his bijouterie, and bis bonbons, and may be you will be fortunat e eno ugh to obtain one. This night there was an entire change in the performances and " more novelties," amongst which may be enumerated the appearance for the first time of the celebrated Dia volo Antonio. We feel somewhat endued with the love of mystery—a consequence of our visit, so we will not state who or what Diavolo Antonio is. Suffice it to say, that from his attitudes, his move ments, and his passes, we should regard him as human, if there could possibly be anything human id such a performance. We are glad to perceive that Mons. Robin's efforts to promote hilarity at this festive season were on this occasion crowned with the best success, evidenced in a house full of people and enjoy ment. His entertainment is one of the most amusing in the metropolis, and we can heartily recommend our readers to pay it a visit. We are sorry to detract, in the least degree, from the praise the entertainment merits, but we must protest against the charge of six. pence for a programme being demanded in this age of cheap literature. Mons. Robin is a wonderful sor cerer—cannot he convert a sixpence into a penny ? TAB QUARTER'S Ravms.—A correspondent of a Morning Paper says—" There must be a considerable falling off in the revenue for the quarter ending the sth January as compared with former years, as far as direct taxation is con cerned, and also in the quarter ending on the sth April next, and no doubt a great deal will be made of it by the Protec tionist press. Let your readers know the reason of it. The first moiety of the repealed window-tax has heretofore come into the account of this quarter. This is all gone, except the small portion which has been left in arrear since the last half year's payment in April. The new assessment for the year's house duty, from April, 1851, to April, 1852, is not yet in operation, and not a single shilling of it will be paid in the account f the ensuing quarter, ending sth January, 1852. The delay in passing the Property and Income-tax Act in the last session has prevented the accounts being made out by a new assessment for the year at the usual time, and there will, therefore, doubtless be a considerable deficiency in the Property and Income-tax payments into the Exchequer for the ensuing quarter. Let Reformers remember this, that they may be prepared when the quarterly and yearly account is shown on the 6th January, and be at the same time ready to explain the cause of the deficiency. LORD PALMERSTON.—The Queen's Government has lost the services of an administrator, of abilities recog nised and admired by all, friend and foe alike, combining qualifications seldom united in the same man—application, industry the most patient and laborious—debating powers the most varied and the most brilliant—temper impertur bable, courage dauntless, withal forbearant, and generous in all his superiorities. Among his opponents he had no enemy. Sir Robert Peel, in the last speecti he made, which was in opposition to his policy, cordially expressed the general feel ing in the words, " We are all proud of him."—Examiner. M. GUIZOT INDICTED FOR LITERARY CONSPI RACY.—.M. Briere, a publisher, on Thursday last, brought an action before the civil tribunal against M. Didier, another publisher, to obtain damages of 75,000 francs for his having published a work by M. Guizot, called" llistoire des Orignes du Gouvernement repr6sentatit in Europe" which he al leged was only a reproduction of a work by the same authoa, called " Essais sur l'Histoire de France," of which he had purchased the copyright in 1828. But the tribunal thought that the " Essais: were only the reproduction of M. Guizot's lectures as profesfor, and that the " liistoire des Origines" was an entirely different work. It accordingly dismissed the demdnd, and condemned M. Briere ca the costs.— Galignani. THE ExmnITION BUILDIN G .—Th e re are at pre sent only four policemen on duty in the entire building . No idea can yet be f orme d o f the time when the building will be so far cleared out as to admit the public, but it c,anhot take place, at all eyenta, for another ',reek. . SPORTING NOTES, No. CI XIII • A CHRISTMAS BOX FOR THE SPORTING WORLD.—ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY THIRD DERBY, &c. " Some there are, that by due steps aspire To lay their hands on that golden key, That opes the palace of futurity: To such my errand is."—MILToN's Jlask of Comus. "Now hear me speak, with a prophetic spirit: For even the breath of what I mean to speak Shall blow each dust, each straw, each little rub Out of the pull which shall directly lead Thy foot to Fortune's Temple; therefore mark !" SIIAKSPERE. " Rave a care o' the main chance, And Jook before you ere you leap, For as yo u sow, you're like to reap." B U TLER'S Hud ib ras, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A few short days, and the memorable year 1851 will have sunk upon the shores of Time. It has been an extraordinary year in many respects, Particularly so in the political and social wo r ld s . Teddington's year, 55 sporting men t erm i t, an d the Exhibition year, as known to the general world, has al so wrought changes of some note in the sporting hemisphere. There has been general disposition on the part of the principal supporters of the Turf, ono or two persons excepted, to discounte nance every attempt at chicanery; and i t i s also with pleasure that I perceive a general determination to prosecute vigorously all attempts at frauds —for ex ample, the case of the Alleyne Brothers. I am, however, sorry to perceive that several of the staunchest supporters of the turf, in Colonel Peel, the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Strathmore, the Duke of Richmond, and Sir Joseph Hawley, have, during the l as t t we l ve months, either left, or are about to retire from, the scenes of their numerous triumphs, to be met with no more, except, per haps, in the case of the Tyfield Baronet, who, I fancy, has not altogether renounced the pleasures of the racecourse. My BUCCOS9 on the flat races during the year has been weighed in Fortune's scale and found to be an average quality. Out of the three hundred and eighty-three races I have attempted to select the winner of, I have been successful in one hundred and ninety-six instances, and in those that did not come off as I anticipated, I was in fifty-two cases very near the bull's eye, having selected the second horse as my especial choice. Thirty six times—a feat unprecedented—have I been lucky enough to place the first and second, and in ten instances I have accomplished the still more difficult feat of placing the first, second, and third ! Since the steeplechasing season commenced, on this across country work, I have selected the winner in nine cases out of seventeen, and in the re maining eight my fancy horse ran second four times. These are my credentials for the confidence of those who accept me as their pilot in the stormy sea of Turf speculation. During the past season one of the most noticeable movements has been the vast increase of betting-list houses, many of them bei ng o f a mus h room c h arac t er; this is owing in a great measure to the cleverness of the " GREAT UNPAID," who, i n ordering the removal of the lists from the houses of respectable publicans, have com mitted a most notable blund er ; a man then had some chance of seeing his money again if successful, whereas in one-half of the b .- Mpg-list houses th e odds ;ire two to one, if on a great race, that the shutters are put up simultaneously with the arrival of the telegraphic dis patch of the issue. In past years I have made a rule of publishing a list of those houses that I have considered safe; on account of the immense number now existing I shall not attempt doing so this winter; but before closing this subject I cannot help referring to a fashion amongst a set of " men of straw" that has sprung up of late, of trading under other people's names, exemplified in the case of Mr. Davis, the Leviathan, whose honourable name is an excellent shield to speculate under, and also in the prophetic world in that of " Priam," of the Racing Times, whose cognomen has been assumed by one of the " tipping gents" well known about town, and whose advertisements, contrary to all newspaper etiquette, appear weekly in the leading sporting journal of the day. The Westbury Steeplechase, last week, was decided in exactly the manner I predicted, the General being landed a clever winner by a length; Hinton, to whom I gave the second place, running home in that position. There are many who say that if the latter had not bungled near the close of the race he must have won. I, however, am not of that opinion. Venice, who was made such an immense " pot of the day . before the race, was exactly in the position I fancied he would be, namely, the rear; he also, it is said, would have done the deed, or been thereabouts, if he had not blundered at his fences ; I again take a different view of the case— whether I am right or wrong the next couple of months will decide. Having disposed of all the odds and ends floating on the surface of my mind, I now turn my attention to the main subject of this note, which, at the request of nume rous readers of The Sun, I publish nearly a month earlier than is my usual plan. Seventy-two years have disappeared down the sliding scale of Time since the first DER BY Stakes at Epsom, with thirty-six subscribers, was won by Sir Charles Banbury's Diomed, in very clever style, beating a field of eight. No very great improvement, either in the number of Subscribers or starters took place until 1825, when the former amounted to fifty-eight, and Lord Jersey's Middleton, the sire of Bay Middleton, and grand ire of the Flying Dutchman, ridden by Robinson, beat a field of seventeen. From this time the position of the Derby was determined; it became the first racing stake on the faco of this sublunary ball, "the blue rib bon," as Disraeli has termed it, of the universal Turf. In 1827 a considerable advance in the number of sub scribers took place, they suddenly rose to eighty-nine, and for the four successive years—Mameluke's, Cad land's, Frederick's, and Priam's—remained at that iden tical figure. From this period the number of subscribers gradually increased, until in 1842 (Attila's year) they amounted to ono hundred and eighty. However, in the two following years, they fell off considerably, and in the Merry Monarch's year (1845) had decreased to one hundred and thirty-seven, probably owing to the shaking the Ring had had two or three years before. From this time the Turf has been in as flourishing a condition as it well can be, notwithstanding the dampers that have oc casionally been thrown over it by several wretched set tling days, as is testified by the number of nominatious in Pyrrhus the First's, and succeeding years, standing recorded as follows: SUBS. STARTERS, 184 6—Pyrrhus the First 193 "' 27 184 7—Cossack ••• 188 ... 32 1848 —Surplice • • 215 ... 17 1849—The Flying Dutchman 237 ... 26 1850—Voltigeur ... 204 ... 24 192 ... 33 This i g B r s e l a — t r T ac ed e d w in a g s t° e n stablished by the grandfather of the present Earl of Derby in 1780, as Sweepstakes of 50 guineas each, h f, for three yrs old, colts Bst, fillies 7at 1 llb over the last mile. The conditions were altered in 1784 in respect to the weights and distance, the former to be colts Bst 31b, fillies Bst, arid the latter the last mile and a half. In 1807 the weights were, again altered to what they have remained ever since, viz , colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b. In 1848 the new Derby course, one mile and a half, as originally proposed, I believe, by the late Lord George Bentiuck, was finished, and Surplice, the produce of Lord George's celebrated mare Crucifix (the winner of the One and Two Thousand Guineas and Oaks Stakes) was the first to travel over it a Derby victor, and destined afterwards to be renowned as the dissolver of the Champion charm—winning both Derby and St. Leger. The levels of the new Derby course, as far as rough measurement (taken a year ago) will allow me to judge, are as follows : Ia the first 100 yards it rises 1 foot in 18. In the next 120 yards it rises 1 foot in 16. In the next 130 yards it rises 1 foot in 17. In the next 160' yards it rises 1 foot in 18. In the next 215 yards it rises 1 foot in 40. In the next 155 yards it rises 1 foot in 25. (Here it joins the Old course.) In the following 120 yards it rises 1 foot in 48. (Here ends the hill.) The next 720 yards are nearly flat, then a gradual descent of 1 foot in 75 for 280 yards; then 1 in 45 for the following 280 yards; then 1 in 52 for the next 104 yards; then nearly flat for 116 yards, and ends on a steady rise from the distance to the beginning of the stand of 1 foot in 30, and from the stand to the winning post of 1 in 22—st very severe finish. I have been in duced to give these particulars as I think they may be of service to the thorough-paced tnrfite. The Derby, of 1852, in the number of subscribers, of falls short of this year's by eleven, one hundred and eighty-one nominations being all that are made for ;the " great go " on the Downs of Epsom next May. The favourite in the betting claims my first attention, I shall therefore begin with the merry lot trained by SAUNDERS. at Hednesford. This lot consists of the crack Masham, Saredon, and Garibaldi. Mr. Merry's HOBBLE NOBLE, by Pantaloon out of Phryne, bought some time since of Lord John Scott, for, I believe, the hitherto unprecedented sum for a two years-old, of aix thousand five hundred pounds, has ap peared in public twice. His debut was at Ascot, where he won the New Stakes in a very clever off-hand man ner, beating Grey Tommy (second), Kingston (third), and nine others, including Glenluce. His next appe ar _ anon was at the Newmarket July Meeting, where, with out the semblance of a struggle, he beat Claverhouse (second), Livermere <third), Bullseye, and Songster. These are his only perforinances, but they are enough by themselves to stamp him as the best two-year-old out engaged in the Derby of next year. This horse is un dergoing a careful preparation at the hands of Saunders erb o him, and he can be kept in his present form, the_D a i y . of 1852 seems all but oYer ; but there are signs of we . 1 tion. Should they allow him ness in the posterns, Whi c h are of the longest on,descrip by tender do ou ght f at least long treatment I think he may be keptnd Guineas,if and attempt enough to do the Two Tho u sa nd strong in the fore-arms, the Derby. He short, is remar k ab lywell laid down. He is, in and has splendid quar ters to trainnrm, to believe that he is a second would almost lead He is quite well a t the present Ono of the finmeset race-horses I have ever seen, and y g as also another Derby nag, which he FiimlyeinagadDtuatkebeen:aentle exercite diurnally. Mr. Ewbank—a b c MASHAM, by Nutwith, out of Sultanas. This horse may do something in the handicap way, some time or other, but hssno chance in the great spin of May next. dsmMirn'yide purchased Velocipede,ror i M Mr. Merry's string has two other nags, a b c SAREDON, by 'Vault= out of Ridotto, who has managed to win ono stake out of five that he has started for, and this was only accomplished by a neck; he, however, beat Trosseau, though this performance is not good enough to warrant an investment for the Derby. Mr. Merry's othe-----------"'r nag, a b c called GARIBALDI, by Mosstrooper out of Madame Sc. Clair, has started once, been beaten, and is not worth a thoueht. The next lot that appear s on the market list is COCPE R ' S; of Newmarket, whi c h contains Colonel Peel's fire nomi- Ribblesdale nations, the s b o KIN most Importan GST ) N t of y which seemingly is Lord y Venison ' , b out of Queen Anne, who has appeared e in public four times, beg inning by running third to ilobbie Nobl e f or the New Stakes at Ascot; ho afterrards, at Stockbridge, ran two d ead heats with Chief B aron Ni cholson for the Triennial Stakes, beating Joe Miller (third), and three others. This per formance stamps th e Chi e f B aron and Kingston as much on a par, but o f th e two I am inclined to give the pre ference to the latter for the Derby course. At New market, Kingston won the Hopeful Stakes, beating Ambrose and Flirt, not a particularly stunning perform ance; he, however, closed his two years old career in a brilliant manner at the Newmarket Second October Meeting, by winning the Clearwell Stakes, beating Harbinger (second), Ambrose filly, by Ratan, Elcot, St. Andrew, Caracara, and Theodine. This nag is a thorough specimen of the Venison stock, being very much like his sire at all points. lam afraid, however, that like the majority of the sons of Venison, he is gifted with the powers of speed in a greater pro portion than those of staying. Distance seems to be tho only thing that will stand in his way on the Derby day. lie is not fancied overmuch it seems at Newmarket, but that goes for nothing, as public opinion there is in the habit of making some tremendous blunders. Lord Ribblesciale's b a LAPIDIST, by Touchstone out of 10, has appeared in public but once, at the Newmarket July Rosalind l i n at t for the Meeting, when he ran seco n d to the flying Bay health the Chesterfield Stakes. He is in goo d present time, and is much fancied by a particular class of people. He is entered for the Column hamnothing moreesua Stakes, which, if he wins, as ho ought to do, will make h im a great favourite for the Derby; at present I can Slane, Out of Lord Ribei A 1 /' Palmyra, and his b c THE NABOB, by the Nob, out of notwithstanding, Hester, are both much inferior to the other two, but ie, s u C favourable liv E a about Rhui,m by. second rate parts on the turf stage. Colonel Peel's remai n i ng nomination—Lord Annes ley's ch c OrtewErrs g, are destined to play some moderate , by Orlando, out of Malibran, has run twice, been twice beaten, and is of ne use for the Derby. generally poweVlil strjinligisStch°ia?T's one, only boasting of two c elebrities in Daniel O'Rourke and Kingfisher. Mr. Bowes' ch c DANIEL O'Ronuaa, by Irish Bird catch. er, out this Forget-me-not, Was one o f my e arliest fancies for race. ..Ile was one of the first foals of tim e but a very inferior 1849, having been slipped on the 9th of January: - isa yet he has been extremely unlucky in the only race that ho has run. At Doncaster, when not quite " the thing," he ran second to Augur for the Champagne stake s , beating Bay Rosalind and six others. ars last a appe r ance at the Newmarket lloughton Meeting was a wretched affair—he ther e ran fi fth to Red 'find for the Criterion Stakes. This, as I observed at the time, was not his true running, he being in about as good form as Newminster was on the Derby day: in other words, no form at all. lam inclin e d to look very favourably tip' on this horse's chance, and consider that he is the pick of Scott's stable, and will yet, if p he stands the preparation, convince the world that he is not to be " sneezed at." very gentle work, looking uncommonly Be is like most other horses at the present time,well, and is worth an investment at the present price. Mr. Bowes' being in no ono nomination, the ch a by Verulam, out of Wiasina, other . has never appeared in public, and I think if it. remains doing Phlegon, out of Marinella, has at different times been talked much about , but be yond ia respect the s darkn animalthat iwllobrtehltnioPtinogp.er place , this is not likely Baron Rothschild's ch c by to make any stir in the market. Baron Rothschild's b c HYACINTH, by . Bay Middl e t on out of S nowdrop, is about as crack an animal as the ono preceding, which is not saying much for his chance on the Surrey hills. Mr. Cuthbert's couple have dwindled into one, his br g GLENDINNING, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of the Queen of Tyne's dam, being out of tr a i n i ng , his interests will be represented by hi s b c KINGFISHER, by Irish Bird catcher, out of th e Q ueen of Tyne. This horse is a re markably speedy and st ou t an i mal, so far as can be ascertained by his appearance in private, but as he was never thoroughly prepared yet, or been tried, his quali ties, as yet, cannot be set down decisively. Mr. John Scott's couple of la( mi , iations, ch a PHANr- TOM, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Ariel, and br g Dort CARLOS, by Don John, out of Valentina, so far as the Derby is concerned, are of no ac:.ount whatever. Mr. T. ilarrison's br o Tux MAJOR, by the Era, out of Giselle, may be good enough for a handicap race, but is of no earthly use in the company of Bobbie Noble and Co. (To bo continued.) THE BREEWOOD STEEPLECHASE. The field for the Breewood Steeplechase, run to morrow, I find, by my accounts from head -quarters this morning, will consist of about eight or nine out cf the twelve acceptances, the following having already arrived, or are expected hero in the course of the day, viz. : The Young-un, Columbus, Ploughboy, Barrister, Ven ceanc,, Royal Blue, Sir Charles, and Wideawake ; Peter Simple and Venice are doubtful. VENGEANCE, if meant, in my opinion, will be the winner; the Young un ald Columbus second and third, Ploughboy and Bar rister in the next two places. I am, Sir, yours. &e , TIIE r OF THE TURF. D. e. 29, 1851. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. Nancy and Chief Justice are struck out of the Metro politan Handicap. SINGLETON COURSING MEETING. DEC. 22 AND 23. The Mayor's Cup of 50/. (t 6 dcgs) was won by Mr. Thigger'a Dangerous Weapon; Mr. Hall's Harebell ran up for the second prize of 101. The Hornby Stakes of 30/. for the first, 6. , for the second, &c, were won by Mr. Butcher's Steamer; Mr. W illiams'k Fly r an up. • The Beaten Dog Stakes were won by Mr. Eddleiton's Wee-Wee, toad Mr. Williams's Whipcord. DEPTFORD MEETING. re i T ga li ti e a D n e d rb h y i s S A t a r k , h e s o r w o e r , e/ B r w a o d n i e y b w S h i o r J di v 1 . 31 d o e s d w . e 1 1 s Ter. The Cup was won by Mr. Miller's Merry Lass; Capt. Wyndham's Whiff ran up. The Oaks Stakes were won by Mr. Longmad's Lip. wing; Mr. Miller's Whipcord ran up. Tho Derby and Oaks were won by Mr. Long's Lo belia and Mr. Miller's Miracle, who divided. The Stonehenge Stakes were won by Captain Wynd ham's Banshee, and the Fiaherton de la Mere Stakes by Mr. Esdaile's' Bandit. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hounds will meet on Tues. at Swaluley; Sat. Winkfield-church-11. Newcastle and Gateshead harrs., Thurs. Prudhoe -10. Morpeth harrs., Tues. Horsley- Moor; Thurs. Peacock Gap-10i. llaydon hds., Wed. Dryburn Clough ; Sat. Pad pool79._ Tindolo hds., Thurs. Stamfordham; Sat. Countees park-10i. Durham County lids., Wed. Findon Cottage; Fri. Pensher-10i. Stockton and Billingharn harm, Tues. Elwieit; Fri. Bramham Moor hds., Wed. Bishop W oo d ; Fri. Sc athinovell-park; Sat. Hook Moor-10i. Essex Union lids., Wed. Asheldam este; Sat. Rot tendam Common-101.. East Eiscx lids., Tues. Bclehamp Bells; Thurs. Tip troo Windmills; Sat. High Garret—toi str iN e T e r t ._C l o o n i. ycrs'.3 Wed. Ryes; Sat. High Roothing-, S r Wed. Stanford-le Hope ; S a t . North Essex and Suffolk hds., Tuec. Donyland H ea th ; F r i . Rd 104. Mr. Potre's stag-hds., Tues. Axe and C om p asses, High a o ou l: itg South k T E e o n s w d e n o x — n Boding-11f. Fox Suffolk hds., Toes, Livermore Park; Thur s . B radley ; Sat. Rockley-green-11i. Mr. Lee Steere's lids., Wed. Ifold-11. Sir R. Sutton's hde., Tues. Ratcliffe ; Wed, Bea umaeor Park; Thurs. Norborough-cressroadi; Fri. Bonn ey park ; Sat. Staunton Harold Park -11. Lord Lodge—Yarborough's lids., W e d. R ye-hill; Fri. Benby 11. Earl Fitzwilliam' s Wed. Tit o h marah; Fri. Thorn haugh-10. Mr. Hellicr's hds., Tues. Wood Enderby; Fri. Hain- WLedo.rdFisHheerntroyn LBoenngtiwnockod's; ton; Sat. South Tho res h y—i Thurs. Norton-phwe; Fri ' Bardney ; Sat. A u b orn Village -11. bds., Tues. Pottorhiii-bar; M R. ELIOT are requested to state that Messrs- NOVEL.—We WARBURTON'S No w Te Merchant Prince, by just published " Darien • Cross," , ,c 1 . 1 " ,,. ~ The Crescent and the Eliot Warburton, Colburn andi . Co. have Esq., a ll ''' . of at all the Libra i s. Th j ' ° aist e n b e a w d ready ; —l. Lord George Bentiuck, a politi following new works 1.7 rap hy, by B. Disraeli, ALP., 1 vol. B ‘C., which can vtr 2. Captain SPe n i cer a, c4 ta l Travels in European Turkey, Hun t,. in 1850, 2 vols., with valuable map and gary, and A us- i S a m Slick's new comic work, " Tracts of illustrations. humour," 3 vols. 4. Jacob Bendixen th e J ew, b y Ma l l lica „ rff " ; a g a ve - Anleri o - witt, from the Danish, 3 vols. 5. The new nove l , me i e. by the author of "Emili a W y dh am. " 6 Falkenburg, a tale, by the author of " Mildred Vernon." ^, SHEERNESS.—H.M.S. CYCLOPS.—We have been informed that on this vessel's getting into soundings on her voyage from the Cape, that a dispute a rose among the junior officers as to her exact position. A serio us f racas was the con vquence—a regular stand-up fight took place on the quarter deck, and on her coming into port here one of the officers was sent to hospital, on account of the injuries ho received. Strange as it may appear, yet it is nevertheless true, that no notice was taken of, nor any inquiries instituted, by the com manding officer, into such a breach of discipline on the part of the belligerents. In a word, they were allowed to fight it out without any interference whatever. The Cyclops went on shore off the Isle of Wight on Saturday the 19tb, and was net got off until 2 A.M. the next day, and subsequently again in Princes Channel. With these facts before us--the truth of which we defy any one to contradict —we ask, wer e the officers who bad th e nav i gation of the ship under their charge on these occasions, competent to discharge their du n t c y es and if not, as we believe to be the case, from which have come to our knowledge what wat the real citircumsta cause thereof ? This question we could s atisfactor ily concerned. answer, but refrain doing so from motives of delicacy to those —Portsmouth Times and aural Gazette. 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