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THEATRE ROYAL . JAMES DRU ANDRERSONY L JANE. - Lessee and Manager, Mr. . The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices of Admission for public approval: - P/irate boxes, 31. 35., 21. 125. 6 d., 21. 28., 11. 1 ls. 6d., and ii. is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. 1. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Boxes - -2 0 Fit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery . 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Operatic Play of ROB ROY 3IACGREGOR ; or, Mild Lang Syne. Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Diddear ; Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. Rafter ; Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. James Anderson ; Bailie Nicol Jarvic, Mr. Emery; Diana Vernon, Miss Ratter; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Ternan. To be followed by a ffew Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal,' to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS or, MERRTE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large miffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 1 the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess." —Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by N ebody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenad, rs. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunnial, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, ar.d Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamire. The Coitunies by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. DiMOST ALS. Christmas; Mr. S. Jones; The z,pirit of John Rich, Str. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Ennice; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchausen &c., &c., by &c., &c. Moats Ls. Good Queen Bess, R. Romer ; I:ey Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely 'tabby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Dean ; Tho Little Earl ot Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Ntr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry The Smoky Sir Wader Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin° Maids of llur, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildrnen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the company. CHRIST WAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But althougk he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm recept i on —but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit tO the Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— .. Who's dat knocking at der door ?"—Come and see—" J. Anderson's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can sae; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is uestion tke answer, it is hoped, will he Poorsatisfactory— Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, se we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE BESS PALACE OF HOODUEEN . We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as tke Clown at Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be pat out—Bacoa gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in whick the Royal Wig! the Royal RUIT! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! ! ! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and tract to the " *seal indulgence of a British Public." Theso are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. —What eornes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal splendour.—lt is en Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to deelde"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were T a few of them. HE REJECTED OYES : Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alencon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Benry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William ?loitering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, bat declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIGILT—WiIson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—tetchy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy!"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her "deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Tisit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and ' paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true love never dig run smooth," for kere he meets with some twenty " eompeti tears," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove por feet bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel en a grand scale, a sort of " tit for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SFA.NISII ARMADA ! Ey Warner's Fulminating 1;10w-up—Tragedy has now done kis worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a " Peace Congress," and brings all to a Wese by making them all change their clothes — The Marl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Devlin. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Deulin. The Earl et Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amoer of Columbine, Madlle. The.dore, All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina, aid off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis long singe we met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" FRBSBRVII AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICII. Cupid and Clown—Batter and Butterdies—Hungarian Knoek-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Exple sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Disoeunt—Clown Coats .kccompts, and Railway Kiag in Tribu lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police ! Police !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—How to get up a Row—Prosylites Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet Williatx. A DOWNRIGHT "HOBBY DANCE." Meals Win the Prize. SMITIIN'IELIS. Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Bay—Three real Epping Sausages, and. Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holloway's Purifying rills — Neer Tariff—Gin Greatly Reduced—Warranteduot to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff , the O rder of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Gut, Bricks—and S u dden Transco' mation to SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREBT AND LOuGING-HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes. ----'" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, wren you, an and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's Notioa of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors--A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Wight—Clown and Pan taloon fn Groat Alaffm—lneantation Extraordinary — sad General Chamber Polka. CHABING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done 2—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Rs Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne — Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England I —Sports of the Glacearum— " Plalsirs d'lliver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he F fi ndTs raER ther tough II ; it wRETREAT on't go down, though he does. AHES' , I , Tiddyball's Ailey, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm —Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the" Silent Highways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH TASSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by liranaing. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne —Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Tacht passing through the r leet at l'ortsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse —Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more Scene the Last. TIIII PALACE 01" PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dana. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. kettle Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilsoa, C. Adams, and As aistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box -book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. VIKA. CRS ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Able bessee and Manager, Uld Bromptou. THIS EVENING, will he performed an entirely new ard original Play, entitled Till LOVING WOMAN. Wieltert, Mr. Howe; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean; Ilermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. After which THE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney Maynard, Mr. C. bean; Fel cia, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with 'CHB NINTH STATUE; or, The Jewels and The GM. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Misr P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. FitZWilliata. The Box-oti:e is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRIS ROYAL, ADELPHI. 7..nder tto. direction oe Madame Ce THIS EVENING . Will be performed a sewdoraesile Drama, called T?tl WILLOW 'OPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed lard, 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRA.NKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. Franken- Stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It Mr. P. Bedford; Earalel, Mr. 0. smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Misc Woelgar ; Tiddlewinez, Miss I. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Canny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURT'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. BedfordTwinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Baabitry, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Quder the Management of Madame Vestrie. 4 ole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, WM be Performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conauda with A PRA CTIC AL MAN. NO Dress Boxes ss. Boiler Boxes, 4s 2s . ; Galle r y , 15 * ball-price to any part of the house. •• , All applications for PriTate Boxes mist be made to Mr. Aileron, lb, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATu A 4 r. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and manager. THIS EVENING will be performed Bellint's Opera, entitled LA SOMNAMBULA. Count Rodolph, Mr. Weiss; Rhino, Mr. Allen ; ♦lessio, Mr. Wynn; Therese, Madame Feron ; Lisa, Miss Julia Bleaden ; and Amine, Miss Louisa Pyne. To eonclude with RING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex mom ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITHRILTRZ. Proarietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENINc., Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has sac. ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with hex highly. trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angela is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make h er ap . pearanee at Astley's Ampitheatre This Evening. Re-appearance of Madlle. Cadone. A Grand Juvenile Night on Thursday, commencing with the Pantomime. hp. Joggformance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, w ith a 4 Lic!siAtWikilictaele of TIIE KNIGHT or THE EAGLE CREST I • • •ay of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. .. tot o by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes at rted by the accomplished artistes of the establish. . m . tr , • ' 4, : ;n • . own SP•S I ; - Ith a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by ienl. IiAELEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, v,ho same to tle Pony. .onion open from Eleven till Four. , ttP,go .:fanairer, Mr. W. West. ' ...1 714 OTItUINED YET. —Orders have been received by the various shipbuilders of Sunderland, during the week, for fifty new vends of a large tonnage.—Gates head Qbserver, THE SUN, LONDON, ! THE UTHOR of NOTICE " EMILIA. WYNDHAM." The New Novel by this popular writer, "THE WILIIINGTONS," IS NOW READY at all the Libraries, In 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T HE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NOVEL, " COUNTRY QUARTERS." With Portrait, and Memoir of her Ladyship by her Niece, Miss Power. Mso, now ready, MISS PARDOE'S FLIES IN AMBER. 3 vols. NAPIER'S SOUTHERN AFRICA. 2 vols., with numerous Illustrations. " The fullest, clearest, and most satisfactory account of everything relating to, or connected with, the Cape, that we have yet seen."— Naval and Military Gazette. William Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price One Shilling , T AIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE for JANUARY, 1850, containing :-- Hints on the Franchise.—Lite of the late Dr. Chalmers.—There and Back Again. Continued.—The Dear Lease. A Legend of Ul ster. No. IV.—Winter Pictures from the Nirth of Europe.—High Farming.—Literary Register.—Political Register. —Railway and Joint-Stock business, &c., Scc. Sutherland and Knox, Edinburgh; Slmpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to anuounce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre, which will commence on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, Jan. Y, by the production of a ne•' Opera, in Three Acts, entitled LE VAL D'ANDORRE. . Principal characters by Madlics. Cnarton, Guichard ; Messieurs. Chollet, Lac, Billy Leroy, an.l Nathan. ENGAGLbIENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appeaarnce), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Besse of the Opera Comique, Paris, Fits first appearance), M. Kitty Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdl:e. Cott!, &s. Tun TIIE COMEDY IMO VAUDEVILLE.—M. Samson, of the The Are Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denalu. M. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en ,ragement in this eounlxy); M. Lafont, Mdlle. Fi , elte (of the Theo re Du Taudevil e) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre d u ' Varietes) ; Mdl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymmuse) ; Madlle. Baptist* (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whale performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The gesuson will commence on Monday, January 7, 1650, by the protection of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled " Le Tat d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Conaique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Therrres of France, with the greatrat success. The Music by M. F. ; the Libretto by If De St. Georges. With the following distribution of the principal characters:—Stephan (jeune chassear des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyeuz (capitalne de millce Francais° et reoruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnia (garde-peche du Gave), M. Kill, Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (Tien" ehevrier), M. Ilfathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiers du Tai d'Andorre), Mdlle. iluichard ; Georgette (cousins de Stephan), Mdlle. Cottl; and Rose de Mai (servant* de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pre ductioa will be llarold's celebrated Opera, in Three Aeta, " Lampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Lamps, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be Elven, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Cald," by the popular composer, Arabroiso Thomas. And also, Anber's last new Opera of " Raydee," the diaracter of Maples by Mdlle. Chart**. Other prodnetlens will be selected from the following :—Jeannet et Colin, Nicolo ; Le Rol d'Yvetet, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, laber; Le Macon, Auber ; Le Sirens, Taber ; Lally et Qui aalt, lac .le ; La Perruche, Clapissoa ; Le valet di Chambre, Ca rata ; Use Folie, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of setae of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Cemique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Huter, en Monday, April 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Franglais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per form with Mcllls. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the Frensh stage; and subsequently M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the meat modern and sueoessftil Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee, attended with her accnstomed and unrivalled success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin i paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Taadevillo will be supported by M. Lafunt (of the Theatre des Ts.riotis), Mdlle. Figese, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. rage, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Loon, Amid a numerous censpany. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will conamenee at the end of June, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel wi.l also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled " Le Moineau de Lesbie," by Armand 13erthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre " " Les Moraces," " Andromaque," and "Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be eomposed of the same eminent pro fessors e.igaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, K. Bourotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. Filet, H. Vaudreland, M. Rerausat, IL Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, IL T. Harper, Y. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director et the music and Chef-d'Orchestra, M. Charles Hanssens. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1. St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street; Ebers's and Hookham's, Old Bond-street. The lion-ofnce of the Theatre Is open daily from Eleven till Five. , VATEit AT i.0.111)(11.4 1i Uxit. Tan DAT orning, 46 min. after 3 yEvening, II mix. after 4 Te-"JAW Itir 4 , 35 min. atter 4 Evening, 59 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.—Sort Ormuz, JAIL Z. CHERM,,METER,. Lowest, 24; tligheit, 35, Noon, 33 73A1tuMETER, 30.32. WIND W.N.W.—dull foggy weather. • . • c o . ~0, : ?...r . M 44 , .. 14 ' ''' • 1%. kt ...r . r .- ... -12 A, • 44 A ft <mos , • ',' j.:.4 4 1;1; 1:;,_ :::;*)r11r'7.1,.4:11:.-:..--'''w2l4ll•: ":-;:?:11 1 4 11. mit t5vg , ,, , ,.., ~, • , . , . 311 tit LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1850. The second half of the nineteenth century could scarcely open under apparently more lugubrious aus pices for the political emancipation of the European con tinent. Nevertheless, our confidence in the ulterior triumph of Democracy remains so wholly unshaken by the events of the last twelve months, that our anticipa tions even in regard to the initial year of the half century are of the most brilliant and auspicious character. We look for no miraculous inter position of PROVIDENCE in favour of the multitude, we look for no abrupt catastrophe producing the downfal of despotism, we look not even for the recurrence of those surpris ing demonstrations which convulsed European society to its very foundations during the stormy days of '4B, after the revolutionary detonation of February and the bloody saturnalia of June. W hat we regard as possible, as probable—we had almost said as inevitable —in the destinies of the nations of the continent, is the gradual exhaustion of the reactionists and their consequent deprivation of authority. The struggle hitherto maintained between the two great contending parties, between the democrats and the aristocrats, between the princes and the peoples, between the lovers of liberty and the aspirants for absolutism, has been altogether too energetic and desperate not to have left the conquering faction almost as exhausted as the conquered. Beyond which it must be remembered that the victors having possession of the field, and having all the toils and responsibilities of government_devolving upon them selves, find it requisite to put forth their strength perpetually to the uttermost in order to preserve the supremacy so dearly and arduously acquired. For this reason the absolutists are in a position such as places them at a disadvantage with their an tagonists :in the event of another encounter. They are deprived by their situation of the security of a reserve. While the opposite side is enabled to gather together its scattered forces, and to take at leisure all necessary precautions, the reactionists are compelled to attend more to the demands of the present than to the neces sities of the future. Hence it is that we are sanguine as to the speedy reversal of the late victory. Doubtless, moreover, it will prove in the end a for tunate occurrence to the cause of popular advancement that after the astonishing successes obtained in 1448 the multitude had to traverse in 1849 a period of calamity and misfortune. It was then more mani festly than at any anterior epoch testified that little magnanimity need be expected from the conquering absolutists, no matter how generous might have been the policy of their opponents during the time when they had proved victorious. After witnessing, on the establishment of Republi canism, the formal abolition of the punishment of death for political offences, the Kingly coalition on its resumption of authority inaugurated the occasion of its restoration by the commission of atrocities such as barbarians would scarcely have attempted to perpe trate without hesitation. The lash, the musket, the gibbet, and the dungeon were adduced as the guardians of liberty and the instruments requisite for the conserva tionofcivilized soc i e ty. The terrible offices of the hangman, the turnkey, and the headsman were treated as the posts of supreme responsibility, and the prince marshals of monarchy vied with each other in the demonstration of an unparalleled ferocity. Of the truth of these assertions let the records of the late conquest of the Hungarians be a sufficient testimony. There it was that HAYNAU and WELDED, and PASKIEWITCH and WINDISCHGRATZ, tarnished the already besmeared and polluted standards of Austria and Russia by a relentless• mu such as would have been appalling on the part of the most inexorable demagogues in the first French Revolution. Fertile tracks of country ravaged by the Cossacks, cities desolated by the devilish torrents of bombs and rockets poured down upon them as upon political Gomorrahs in the midst of protracted bombardments, women flogged in the public squares by the veteran mercenaries of Germany, children plunged into premature incarceration, patriots hunted like wild beasts from the land of their nativity, 1 men without spot or stain upon their cha racters hung like dogs or shot down like malefactors—such were the spectacles revealed to the horror of Europe by the imperial persecutors, from the storming of Temeswar to the flight of the illustrious Kossirra and his compatriots , beyond• the frontiers of the Turkish dominions. It is because we regard the Divine punishment of these enormities as certain that we look with hopeful eyes towards the per spective of the approaching year, along the vista of the dawning half-century. The expiation is as assured as the commission of the crimes . is undeniable. The sword of the avenging angel of Liberty is already raised over the insolent exultors over her dewnfal. From the lowest, the vilest, the meanest, the most despicable of the foes of Freedom, to the haughtiest and most terrible—from the infamous GEMRCIEY upwards, to the Red Emperor of AUSTRIA and the inexorable AUTOCRAT of all the Russias, the fulfilment of their sinister destinies is: a matter of absolute certainty. Before a very long period can have elapsed those destinies will have been definitively accomplished—because the peoples of Europe cannot long remain indifferent to the cries of exultation raised by the assailants of liberty and the devasta tors of the continent. We are profoundly satis fied, consequently, that the opening year is big with the fate of many European nationalities, how evermuch the reactionists may- flatter themselves with the belief that the popular ambition has been extin guished in Italy, in Hungary, or in Germany. That ambition having been elevated to the pinnacle in 1848, and hurled down into the dust in 1849, will, if the multitude only remain true to the cause which is identical with their real happiness, be amply repaired in 1850 by the subjugation of the royal and imperial oppressors of humanity. ______ We yesterday pointed out the probable results o the recent legislation for Ireland, so far as the interests of both branches of the legal profession in that country are concerned. The avowed intention and object of Parliament was to get rid of the master grievance by which all classes were more or less affected—an impoverished and embarrassed proprietary, who were unable to improve their estates or to discharge effi ciently any of the duties incidental to their position. It is unfortunately but too notorious that a vast number, if not an actual majority, were but nominal owners,who were bound to apply the rents they received in discharge of the claims of creditors, that they were little better, in fact, than agents for mortgagees, who absorbed the entire returns, and who did not con sider themselves in any degree bound to look after the permanent improvement of the properties, or the interests of the occupiers. An "aiserdeeism" of the worst class was thus established by law, and the yeomen and peasantry throughout the entire country, or at least in three provinces, were the chief suf ferers. The former were " screwed" to the utmost point, required to pay, or rather to promise to pay, rents which were assessed according to the neces • sities of the landlord, rather than the real value of the holdings. Improvements were practically prohibited; for even if the farmer were possessed of adequate means, he would not venture to apply them in the amelioration of his tenement, for if he did so, it would be the signal for either a considerable increase of rent or his eviction, in order that the needy proprietor might obtain a fine from a new tenant; while the peasantry were unable to obtain a market for their only capital—their labour. There was an almost total cessation of employment, although in no country in the world could labourers be obtained on such easy terms, or with a better prospect of remunerative profit to those who were enabled to avail themselves of the great natural advantages of the country. While all classes, with one single exception, suffered deeply and severely from this untoward state of affairs, one body reaped a rich harvest from the embarrass ments of their neighbours. The legal profession flourished while all others were enduring the greatest distress and privations. The moment that an estate got under the control and management of that worst of all landlords, a receiver under "the Court," it became a fertile source of revenue to barristers and solicitors. Enormous costs were incurred in bringing the case before the Court, filing the bill, getting in the an swers of all the defendants, or in motions for having the bill taken pro confess* against the parties who delayed ; then bringing the cause to a hearing, and obtaining an interlocutory decree ; then a motion for a receiver, and reference to the Master to approve of a fit and proper person to act in that capacity ; to measure and approve of his securities; then state ments of facts as to the condition of the property, ap plications for liberty to distrain or to bring ejectments, the annual passing of the receiver's accounts, to say nothing of the " charging" and "discharging" in order to ascertain the various encumbrances; then the settling the draft report, the objections thereto argued before the Master; then the exceptions to the Court itself, with perhaps a subsequent reference to the Master to review his report. If we add to these the various stages that were necessarily gone through be. fore a decree for a sale could be obtained—the refe rences as to title, settling the conditions of sale, the objections to title by the purchaser—which frequently rendered nugatory all the previous proceedings, and compelled the plaintiff to commence de novo, to bring some forgotten parties before the Court who might possibly be interested under some contingency ; or, if all were right, the allocation of the purchase money, the decision on the question of costs, and the subsequent taxing and ascertaining of the several solicitors' bills—it may easily be imagined that a large and deeply encumbered estate was re garded as an El Dorado, producing mines of wealth to the learned practitioners. " The counsellor," too, was a great man in Ireland. Every gentleman of fortune considered it necessary to send one at least of his sons to the Bar; and, if blessed with a numerous family—and in that respect at least the Irish gentry were seldom found wanting—another was bound to a solicitor, in order to make a con nexion for the barrister. The " profession" thus became overstocked—too crowded even for the large business and enormous profits which the circum. stances to which we have alluded afforded—and al though many realised handsome incomes, a great ma jority were either briefless or clientless ; so much so, that it has been stated—and we believe truly—that if the entire profits were fairly divided enough would not be left to each to defray the expenses incidental to his profession. What, then, will be the position of those persons when deprived of their sheet-anchor—the practice in Chancery ? when the landlord and tenant question is settled so as to prevent anything similar to the mass of litigation that has hitherto taken place ? and when the jurisdiction of the Assistant-Barristers' Courts is largely extended, so as to comprise the actions on bills of exchange and simple contract debts, that are now so profitable ? It requires no extraordinary degree of vaticination to foretell the changes that will take place whenever the most eminent can only realise a scanty income, and when all whose characters are not already established will be left in penniless obscurity. In considering the probable, or even the possible results of such a contingency, it must not be forgotten ttat in Ireland the " safety-valves " are wanting which in this country break Ate fall of, and supply employment for, the younger branches of respectable families. There are no great mercantile or manufacturing houses, and few private banks, in which educated young men can obtain employment, with a view of ultimately be coming partners. The trade and commerce of the country is, unhappily, so little developed as to pro duce but little effect in breaking the fall of landed proprietors and professional men. Is it not then just and equitable, as well as politic and expedient, to throw open to such parties the advan tages and facilities for acquiring a respectable livelihood, which this more favoured country bestows ? Nothing can be more dangerous than to leave a body of energetic and educated, but dis tressed and dissatisfied, men, in compulsory idleness. Then, indeed, there would be a well-founded grievance, which would be amplified and dwelt on in " every possible manner. Those to whom no legitimate channel of employment would remain would devote their leisure time to agitation, and Ireland would, indeed, be rendered the great difficulty of the Government of the United Kingdom. There is, in fact, no alternative remaining but the restoration of the Irish Parliament, and of separate establishments for both countries, or the complete and thorough amalgamation of both king doms. The existing union must either he dissolved or cemented by the closest ties. Many disadvan tages would follow from the former course I to Ire land, even more than to Great Britain, that it is unne cessary to dwell upon it to English readers. But we emphatically declare our full conviction, that if we: are not prepared to concede the latter in all its in tegrity, and to render Ireland an integral portion of the empire, we must anticipate the time, and that at no distant period, when the former will be wrung from us, and a formidable rival established on our western coasts. It is a delusion to say that repeal could take place without separation. The choice, then, must be a complete and perfect union—an un qualified amalgamation, or a total separation. Which, we ask, will be most desirable for Saxons as well as for Celts ? TU E FRENCH REPUBLIC. 'e have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur announces that the Committee on the reform of the mortgage law have drawn up a Bill on the subject, and submitted it to the Council of State.. The object of the measure is to place capital at the command of the agriculturist by increasing his facilities of borrowing on mortgage. The same official journal announces that on Sun day the Marquis of NORMANDY obtained a private audience of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, at which he presented a letter from Queen VICTORIA, announc ing the death of her late Majesty the QUEEN Dow ♦GEE. The Moniteur also officially declares to be untrue that any letters have been written from the Secretary's office at the Presidency, asking M. Duels when it would be convenient for the Assembly to come in a body to visit Louis NAPOLEON, on the occasion of New Year's •day. It is said that the PRESIDENT has consented to give way to a certain extent to the Committee of the Assembly on the La Plata question, and that an expedition of 8,000 men will be dispatched to back up the negotiations with ROSAS. In the course of a long article on this subject, the Constitutionnel says— " There are modes of negotiation which imply ac tion. We have reason to believe that M. DARu understands and admits a system of politics com posed of the two elements ; and, on the other hand, we are certain that the Government would not engage in a new negotiation without having the means necessary to ensure a certain protection to our countrymen, and such as would be a point d'appui, and great chance of success for the negotiation itself ; so that the Government and the committee, while disagreeing about words, agree as to substance, and we hope that to - morrow will prove that the good un derstanding exists." The Legitimatists arrested in the Rue Rumford are to be tried on the charges of having constituted a secret society, and of having assembled to discuss politics without an authorization. Admiral BAUDIN arrived at Toulon on the 26th, en board the Veloce. The French fleet from the Levant was expected at Toulon every day. One of the French regiments of the Roman army has embarked for Algeria, and three others are under orders to return to France. Great damage was done at Bourdeaux on the 28th by a hurri cane . S evera l o f t h e s hi ps i n t h e river were wrecked. Accounts from Cherbourg, of the 27th, mention that several vessels had been wrecked in the Channel during the last week. A plank, with the name of " Elizabeth" in gilt letters, had been washed on shore at Cherbourg. PARIS BOURSE, DEC. 31.—Latest prices—Five per Cents., 29f. 10c. ' • Tbree per Cents., 56f. 30c. ; Bank of France, 2,350 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK -EXCHANGE, Dec. 31. Boulogne and Amiens, 7IA —Luxembourg, 2%—Northern of France, 1 3 / 4 dis.— Sambre and Meuse, 2;4. TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1850 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th ult. have arrived. The Chamber of Deputies adjourned on that day to the 28th. The Committee of the Senate has reported in favour of the Bill introduced by BRAVO MURILLO for the prevention of smuggling. MADRID BOLSA, DEc. 24.—The Three per Cents. were offered on the Bolsa to day at 30i, and the Fives at 13, but there were no operations. They are re ported 301 and 12i buyers at the close; Coupons, 7f to 8 ; Passive Debt, 3i to 4. Exchange on Lon don, 50 60. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Advices have been received from Vienna to the 26th. At that date it was rumoured that in January the EMPEROR would publish a proclamation suspending mero motu the Constitution for two years. The Austrian Cabinet has been frightened from its propriety by the rumour of an alliance between Prussia, France, and England. The Austrian Ministry, in its poverty, is casting a longing eye on the vast estates of Prince CZARTORYSKY in Galicia, and the forgery department of the Austrian chancery is busied in concocting documentary evidence of a fabulous conspiracy with which Prince CZATORTSKY is to be connected, in order that he may be robbed of his estates. The following extract from that Conat Blak au.s Bohmen may be considered as the first overt act in this conspiracy of plunder :—The Imperial Royal Criminal Commis sion, which has recently been sitting! at Breslau, is ih possession of multifarious documents, calculated to throw great light upon the plans of the Propagandists in Paris. "Prince CZARTORTSLY in Paris," says the paper in question, " is supposed to be so deeply implicated that the confiscation of his great estates in Galicia is not improbable." had the Prince been a Prussisn subject, he would have had trial by jury, and might probably have escaped the contemplated injustice. In Austria, however, where justice is scoffed at, he stands no chance. The Duke of BOURDEA.IIX is about to proceed to Venice. Serious disturbances have broken out in Croatia, and three priests, who preached ob e di ence to t h e E MPERO R, have been seized and hanged by their con gregations. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Lloyd states, from Semlin of the 11th ult., that a battalion of foot has been brought by steamer from Sissed to Mitrovitz, whence they marched to Peterwaradin. It was asserted that large masses of troops were moving towards the Turkish frontier. PRUSSIA. The Constitutionelle Correspondent publishes the following statement of the condition and strength of the Prussian flotilla : " The Amazon corvette, of four 24-pounders and eight 18 'pounders, with five officers and ninety men. " Prussian Eagle steamer, two 25-pounders, two 31- pounders, five o ffi cers, and eighty-two men. This vessel is at present hid up at Swinemunde. " Dansic steamer—One 24-pounder and two carron ades, three officers, and thirty-one men. " First Coast Division, consisting of nine gun-boats and four gun-jollies, carrying 12 25-pounders and 10 24 pounders, with 12 officers and 587 men. "Second Coast Division—Nine gun-boats and one tender, with nine 25-pounders and nine 24-pounders, nine officers and 532 men. " Third Coast Division, of three gun-boats, with three 25-pounders and three 24-pounders, three officers, and 197 men, and two gun-jollies, with two 25-pounders and 20 mem. " Summary of vessels and men fit for action-1 cor vette, 2 steamers, 21 gunboats, 6 gun jollies, with 62 guns, 31 officers, and 1,521 men. "Now budding—Second and third section of the third division of the coast flotilla six gunboats, with 12 guns, 8 officers, and 133 men. " Depot at Stettin." Mr. Love, the Polyphonist, was last night engaged by the Lady Mayoress, to deliver one of his celebrated entertainments, in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion house, before a party of about 700 lathes and gentlemen. Notwithstanding the immense height and size of the hall, which was evidently a 'great dis odvantage to the vocal portions of the entertainment, Mr. Love acquitted himself in a manner which drew forth the hearty ap plans,+ of all present. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING •••••• By the Havre packet jest arrived we learn that the advices re ceived there from New York, via Liverpool, had yesterday a most favourable effect on the market, causing active sales and an advance of about one franc on all kinds. 2,600 bales were disposed of up to two o'clock. Havre has fortunately escaped (owing to fa vourable winds and position) the anticipated high t ides, but in the Bay of Caen they were immense, and did considerable damage. IMroRTATION or TALLOW.—The vessel Dove, arrived in the River from Yarmouth, has brought 12? casks, 3i tons weight, of tallow, ex the ship Samuel, from St. fetersburgh, wrecked at that plane. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, at firm pries.—Railway Shares were dull. The prospect upon the re-opening of the Colonial markets to-morrow seems to be that there will be a very active trade and a spirited resumption of dealings. Coffee is in decided favour with speculators. sugar seems firmer, and in Tea a good business has been done privately. Cotton is in more request. Tallow has drooped a little. In the letters received from New York yesterday afternoon, it is stated that the aggregate value of fo reign dry goods entered at that port for consumption, for the year ending December 1, 1849, was 44,974,329 dollars, of which 11,566,082 dollars were in woollen manufactures ; 9,634,467 dollars in cotton menurac tures ; 15,090,811 dollars in silk manufactures; 4,88$ 551 dollars in manufactures of flax, and 3,794,418 dollars miscellaneous. It will obviously become the imperative duty of the Home Government to relax every restriction upon the trade of Canada, which otherwise bids fair to become diverted into new channels, and especially across the American frontier. The Oswego Times says r--- " The shipments of Canadian produce through this port under the warehousing law, has largely increased during the season now closed. Among the articles now shipped through in bond for expo r t t o foreign ports, the present season, there have been 200,000 bbls. of flour, including some 2,000 or 3,000 barrels to go forward by railroad. Over and above this amount, some few hundred barrels of Canadian flour have been sold at this port, and paid duties here—probably not over 500 barrels. There have also been imported into this port 623,909 bushels of Ca nadian wheat, of which 379,912 bushels have passed through in bond for the sea• board, and 243,997 bushels have been sold, and have paid duties here. " The Canadian wheat crop of this year was uncom monly abundant, and of excellent quality, nearly or quite equal to the best samples of Genesee. By the purchase and mixing of the last-named quantity of Canadian wheat, our millers have been enabled to ma nufacture into superfine flour over a million of bushels of low quality of upper lake wheat, which would not make flour required by New York inspection for super fine. The process of mixing has tended to make a good market, and to enhance the value of both kinds at this point." To show how rapidly the commercial and agricultural interests of Canada are becoming identified with this country, it is only necessary to state that last year about 50,000 barrels of Canadian flour and meal reached New York, while this year more than 200,000 barrels have bees put in bond at the Atlantic Dock stores at Brook lyn. There are at this moment, over 75,000 barrels Ganada flour and 90,000 bushels Canada wheat, in store, waiting shipment to England and elsewhere, every barrel of which, of course, passed through the Oswego and Erie canals. But what will most surprise those who have not kept pace with the Canadian trade, is the fact that there are vessels at this moment at the Atlantic Docks, taking in Canadian flour and meal for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. Accounts from St. Domingo inform us that all kinds of business was dull. The monopoly law was still in force. Coffee scarce. The Emperor Solouque was to embark at Jeremie, on the 24th, for a tour to the eastern part of St. Domingo. A part of his troops, who were to accompany him, had already embarked. There had been a large fire in Port-au-Prince on the 15th, when from 75 to 80 houses were destroyed. It originated in the central part of the city, near the lower market. Accounts from Holland state that the high tide had done much damage there. The exterior dyke of Hoek van Holland had broken through, and the Niewland was entirely inundated. Two-thirds of the town of Rotterdam had also been laid under water. At Amster dam, on Sunday, there were a few bargains in Spanish Three per Cents., but nothing was done in other secu rities. A meeting of London Dock proprietors has been held this morning, at which the usual half-yearly state ment was made of the business done, &c. It appears that 780 ships entered, and that the receipts for the half year were 247,3881. A dividend of 21. 10s. for the half-year was proposed to be paid, free of income-tax, after which, and the appropriation of 15,0001. to new works, the balance would be 33,9391. The Stock Market is looking decidedly better this morning, and the cessation of the money sales has given an impulse to prices, Consols having been 964 it ' and now 964 4. Exchequer-bills are not quite so good, the quotation being 585., and India Bonds have realised 88s. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 97i to 98, and the Three per Cents. 964 to 4. Bank, Stock is up to 204. In Foreign Securities the transactions have been very limited. Mexican Stock has been 284 to 29. Peruvian has continued firm at 584 to 59. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked 184. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are 55 ex. dividend. Railway Shares have been all better. Caledonian have touched 104 4, Great Western are 30s. higher, North-Western have risen 14 to 14, Midland about 1/., and York and North Midland f. South-Eastern con tinue much the same, and South-Western are a shade hotter. ONE O'CLOCK. CLOT" 0 TRIrEs. P uzs of RITIBII F lIINDS dank Stock ... ..... ..... 204 204 3 .er Cent. Reduced Anna . 9 61 ,4 N% 96% Yew 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus.- .... . 97% 98 98 Gong Arne. to expire Jan.lB6o ...... 8 9-16 8 9-16 India 130nd5,1,0001. Ditto under 1.0001. Consols for Account 96%94 _ . 96% Exchequer Bills. I 4cl: - & 2d 1,0001. June ..............«........ 58 p 500/. June ... 56 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. m Eq e u x a i d ean or , Bonds per ds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... C . e .. nt. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ......... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive — Ditto. 3 per Cent 3714 ex d. Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificate s 85 tis PRICES OF PID BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ?AMWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Nberdcen . Do. Prefe rence A. Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 4 - ••••••••••. Nyrshira and Galloway.. 7 1% - &Bast & County Down 28 ...... - Berks & Hants Zxtens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 - Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 - Do, without guarantee 20 - Birmin!„ WolvertOton, and Dridley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 13% Do. nithout guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton , and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... - - ' Birkenhead Lancashire, a nd Cheshire Juno.... 20 - ........ •••••.. - Bristol end Exeter 92 ... .. 38 Ditto, Thirds - Suckinghamhire ...... 17% - ... .. • Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdsleJunc 50 - - ,lester e nd Holyhead... 50 - ...... ••••••••• ..... Ditto, Preferer ce l5 ...... 9% 9 1,/ Clarence - - Do. Ist Class, 6 per C*;. 10 - Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... -. ... - Do.Governmert Loan, 4 per Cent. - Direct London & Port - mout h - - Dublin and Eelfast June. 40 ...... - Dundalk & Erniskillen 27% - ',test Anglian 251., L. & E. and L. and D..... 25 - Do. 18/., E. & H.... 18 - Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3% .... -- Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent , Prelerence... 2 . .... - E as t ern Counties... ..... 20 .....• 6% ...... .... Do. New, Gua. 6 pe r et. 10 ...... - .., ......... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l ....... 61.135. 4d.... - p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 138.4 d... 1 / 8 p par Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ......... 50 ...... --- Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 ...... - ...... Do. New ............... 43 - Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 - Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - •••. ••••••• . Do., Class B& C ...... 25 - . Do. Seri (6 per cent.) 20 - ... - East Lancashire ......... 25 ..... . ..... ...- .. Ditto, New ........ ... 25 ...1111. - .........»1111.. Ditto, New Querters 6 1 ,4 ...... - .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6A..-.. - .., ••......• . East Lincolnsbite ...... 25 - - =dinhurgh an d Glasgow 50 ..... ~ ....... ..„ - Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. - ....... Edinhuriat andNer tern '25 - Ditto. Newport ........ 15 .. ... - 11,11 - Exeter.Yeovil, be Dorch. 2 5 , 2 - - Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. - Glasgow, Dtunft:es, and Carlisle ....... .. ..81.68. 8d.... - ... ..- tlasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr tiO - Do.Preiererce Consol. - Gloucester & Dear Forest 11 ...„, - Great. Northern - Do., ! A , A Deferred ... 19%...... .... Do., %B 6 per Cert... 7 1 4- -.. Do., 5 per Cert. Pr&' 12% lO, ll ';ls2t South. and West. (Ireland) (-; reat North of Eugland.loo .....228 223 229 Ditto, New, 404 ... 4O - Ditto, ditto - .....••• - 86 Ditto. New, 301. ........ 30 - .. ..... ~,.... - Ditto, New .151_ ...... 15 .. - Great Western -100 ...... 53 ..... Ditto, 14 Shares 5O - ...., ...... •, - Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... ....... 20 - Ditto, New 171_ ..... 15 ..• , ••.• .......»•• - Hull and Selbv .. ...... .i 0 .•11... - . - Ditto, Half shares C... 25 ...... - ..... - Do. Quarter Shares... 12% - - Lencaster and Culisle... 50 ...... - .. Ditto, Thirds - LencaPhir - e & Yorkshireloo - -- Ditto, ditto , - .....• 54 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ..... 49 ... .. - .. De. Quarters .... 23% — . ...... •••• • .1111.•• . 1 ....11 Do. Firths— .. 10 Do. Thirds Do. New Guaranteed 6 rer Cent... Ditto (Huddersfield and Shelf.) SO Do. (W. Hiding Union) 10 ..... .. Do,(Preston az Nyyre) 25 Shcx es (A. )..: 1.0 Led auJ F.radford Le :de and '1 hirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. VA.__ 0., do. No. 2 71/ 2 — Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 . — ........ Do., Pre:. Quer., 18 IS 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southrort lO ...... ......... L mdcn & Black wa11...11/. 6E. 3d... L avian, Brighton, and South Coast... lOO ...... 79 Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent.....1C0 Do.Gaarant. 5 per ct.. 9 De. Pinder. 5 per cent. 50 78 3 % 10 2 Ditto ditto lBi2 50 ..... Lk•ndonandGreenvich 0/15s 4d... ... ..... Ditto, Preforen , o .. . SO London and N. Westrrn ICO llO 110 1 A 1 4 111 111 1 ,4 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto,Fifth3 7 . .. 7 %4 3 / 4 714 Do. 40/.Shares(L.lll.) 35 Do. 10/. (M. 1 %, B.) C. 1 ... •• --- Lond.& S. Weacrn .....100 ..... GO% CO Ditto, New 30/. ...... 42 q...... Do. N ow 401 34 Do., New Scrip, 1848, ref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londondenry&Coleraint 25 Do. % Shares ~... 5 - 00000000 “••• 00 .m. Lon donaerry and Ennis killen 25 ...... —. Do. % Shares 5 ...... Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) _l3 - . ..... „•••• •• •••1 Olanchestci,Buxton,and . . Dirtlock 51anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnsbire...loo Do. Quartets (No. 1) 25 61 p 61 p 61 p 47 ni 59% 19% Ditto ditto (No. 2).:. 25 - , , D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% - Do. New 10/. Pr0f..... 10 - ......, Ditto, Gt. Grin , 9by ... 50 - •.»•., Ditto ditto . ...- ... 20 - ...... Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield end Lincolnshire 25 . ••• - Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ...... - .....• Do., Manchester end Lincoln Union..... 41.25. -- Midland ....... ........ -.WU ..... 4.1%4 45 44 1 A% 45 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - •• - Do., do., 501. Shares 33 ... .. 7% Do. Birm., and Derby 100 - Do.Consol. Bristol end Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ••• .. - ...... ...„„ Ditto,Briat. & Glocstr. 42 - Ditto ditto ... 22'. 75...... - Do.,ErewashVal.,Pre c . 50 - Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.gua-.100 - Midland Great Western Irish 47 / 2 - Mfddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. - Newcastle and Carlisle.loo , - Do. Quertcrs - -- Newmarket - Do. Extension ... 2/. 12r,... - Newport, Abergavenny, end Hereford 6 .....• - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, Werrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O - •• - Norfolk .. ....-, 100 - Do. New 201. .. . l5 - - Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 - - ... Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,4 2 pc. 5 - ... - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 - - Northern Counties Union 4 ..... - • - North British ........ ... 25 ..... 11 ..... - ll Ditto, Halves .. - - Ditto, Quarters - Ditto, Thirds ...... .. 8i .... - ..._, - Ditto Preference - North Statiordshire ... 171 1 7 q 7 ,North Wales . 3 l / - - North-Western . 13% - ... - Uxterd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 60 - Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 4%.. ... - ..... ......... - Scottish Central Scottish Midland - « ..... ..... - Ditto, New - Shrewsbury and_ Bina... 12 - Ditto ditto, Class B. S - •• Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - ... ..... 36% 19 1 ,4 3% 13 1 ,4 6% -- P 174 1114 10►,¢ Shrewsbury and liereld. 5 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Llin.) - ••• Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto °weary ..... 18 1 / 2 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shropshire Union ' 6 1 / 2 2 74 south ; , Devon 5O — Do. Preterence - •••• •••• •••• South Staffordshire B l / 2...... ... South Easter, Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 . .... ...... 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 tit,nth Wales Stuth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Sh3flielo Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16 1 / 2 — ~_ Do. do (SOu.Div : )... 5 ...... -- Swans. & loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7 Law Vale Extension ... 8 ..... Ukames Haven Dock and Railway ........ gale of ieath Waterford and Kilkenny 20 . . — Waterford and Limerick 47% vVateild,WxlA,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. de. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... est Cornwall hiteh.tveu & Fumes:, 18 incisor, Stain: - s, and South Western........ 14 'y ilts,borners , t,& Vv mouth ....... ......... 45 oi iNewc . .s.te. arul Berwick. Newcastle Exton. 20 ...... G.N.k..Preierer 0. Hartlepool Dock ArSunailway lOO are cams 1-urth iliialand 5t ...... 17 %N....... Pretenncv 14 , FOREIGN RAILWAI/z. kit4i Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5% tioulugue and Au"on5... <<> Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara 17%...... Dutch Rhenish 8 .. East Indian. Ditto . .... Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... 10s. Louvain Ila Sambre ... 71/, — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Nainur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Northern of France l4/. 85... dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... ...... Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and.Rouen 2O •• Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre andiMease 2O ••• .• Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 13 ...... Toumay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders .• ••• MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining C0t0... 15 BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 7 3 / 4 20 9% lIIMNI 2.78 5 1 ,4 18 6% 15% 16 3 2 , 11/ 4 3% 17% 61/2 13% dm 11 1 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. I.—Wind, at noon, WN.W.; lig ht breeze and dull frosty weather. DEAL, DEC. 31. -- Wind N.W.—Arrd. William Ba Pernambuco iley,BuenosAyres ; Eliza Johnstone, Donald son,; Cassard, Cuba ; E ffi ngham, Hughes, St. John' s , N ew B run swick. Arrd. from the River and eld. Sarah Metcalfe, Madras; Indian, Bombay; New Phcenix, Sierra Leone. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.—Wind N.N.E.—Off port, Sir Henry Pottinger. Sld. Jane, Cape of Good Hope; Jenny Celina, Senegal; Foam, Coquimbo; Burgomaster, Smidt, Rio Janeiro; Elizabeth Bentley, New Orleans; James Calder, Charleston. A sunken vessel of about 250 tons was discovered this morning at the back of the Barbo Sands. BRISTOL, DEC. 31.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Lotus and Pol lock, New Orleans. WATERFORD, DEC. 31.—Wind N. to N.E.—Sld..Larne, New Orleans. GUERNSEY, DEC. 28.—The wreck of a small vessel, supposed a schooner, floating north of the Brayes Rocks, has been seen. LOWESTOFTE, DEC. 31.—Tho Mary Ann and the Albion have been assisted in, the former leaky and the latter with bows stove and other damage. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 31.—The Ai ab, of Limekilns, Newcastle to Petticur; the John, of and for Dundee, from Newcastle; and the Nelly, of Montrose, for Mid dlesborough, went down at their anchors at the Fern Island, during the gales of the 27th and 28th ulf.; crew saved. The Liberty sloop also foundered, after being in contact with the Britannia steamer; crew saved; the litter bore up for the south, being unable to proceed northerly. A vessel, supposed to be a coal-laden Scotch sloop, was wrecked upon the Coquet Island, 28th inst.; crew supposed to be drowned. DOTER, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Hudson, Hoherst, N ew York for Bremen. . . _ FALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—The hull of the Mary, which was stranded in the Western Bay 7th ult., was got off yesterday. The followi ng was posted at Lloyd's:— QUARANTINE NOTICE. " Genoa, Dec. 16, 1849 : " The Board of Health has adopted the follo win g resolutions:— " 1. It has abolisted medical search. "2. It has revoked the quarantine imposed uron arrivals from the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the Pontifical Ports, the Adriatic, Holl3nd, and from the North of France; but such vessels as ha ve ra g s amon g st their cargoes shall be subject to seven days' quarantine, and sh§ll diichterge in;9 the Ignarette the rigs ittui Ober PRICES. vn'ceptible articks, to he purified during the space of fifteen days. 6 '3. h has reimposed the usual regulations with ra gerd to arrivals from the United States of America, with the 'xception, howev, r, of Bust .11 and its district, up wid , •ll the quarantine of six days continues in force. Fint.lly, vess,d, fr( m Any pert on the southern coast of France, since thi• 23 It inst., with clean bills of health, shall also be admitted to pratique, except vessels which have rags among it th , ir cargoes." MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) EAT MaIMET'S. SMITHFIXLD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31. 8s; Clover ditto, 3l Os to 41 7s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 8s per I , ad. A fair av€ rage supply and a sluggish demand. CIIMBEILLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 84 to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 4s ; and Straw, 11 as to 11 8s per oad. Supply very moderate, and trade dull. WHITECIIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 53 to Si 8s ; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 112 s to 11.8 s pet load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. SURREY SESSIONS.--kTHIS DAY.) The Epiphany Sessions for the county of Surrey were of 3ned this day at eleven o'clock, at the Sessions-house, Newington, before Mr. Puckle and a numerous bench of magistrates. The grand jury baying been sworn, the Court pro.. ceeded to receive the reports of the governors and medical officers of the various prisons of the county. The reports spoke favourably of the condition of the gaols, and of the conduct and health of the prisoners. The ordinary routine business of the session was then transacted. The trial of prisoner➢ will be proceeded with to. morrow. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A respectably attired young woman, named Smith, was charged with stealing two small broken pieces of cheese, the property of Messrs. Shoolbred and Co., linendrapers, of Tottenham Court-road. The porter of the establisl:ment stated that, last night, about nine o'clock, as the prisoner was leaving the pre• mises he searched her, in accordance with instructions he had received from his employers, and found the cheese new produced upon her. It was in her pocket. An assistant in the service of the complainants inti. mated that they did not wish to press the charge further. The prisoner said the cheese had been left by the young men at dinner time, and as the housekeeper had told her not to give such things to the porters, she took the cheese to relieve any poor person she might meet on her way home. Mr.JARDINE asked if the prisoner had ever been guilty of theft before?—The assistant said she had not, adding that up to the 'resent time she had borne ea excellent character. Mr. JARDINE wished to know if she would be taken again into the service of Messrs. Shoolbred and Co. if he discharged her?—The assistant was afraid she would not. Mr. JARDINE observed that the loss of her situation then would be a greater punishment than any he could inflict upon her. He should therefore dismiss the charge on this occasion, in the hope that it would be • warning to her for the future. Admitting that she took the cheese for the purpose stated, which he very much doubted, she had no right to do so, and she should bear that fact in mind, or she would come to trouble and misery.—She was then discharged. DRURY LANE THEATRE. The Road to Ruin ye as revived here last evening for the purpo s e of introducing to us several performers new to the metropolitan boards, and the whole of whom are likely, we are happy to say, to prove per- . manent acquisitions. Mrs. Winstanley, who appeared as the Widow Warren, is a lady of considerable personal attractions—her features are handsome, her figure well developed, well proportioned, and com manding, her deportment at once vivacious and grace ful, and her voice excellent. She acted the widow to perfection, and made a decided hit. Mr. Basil Baker, who appeared as Old Dornton, acted the part of the old man with considerable pathos and effect, and Miss Baker, who appeared as Sophia, played with great spirit; her voice is very clear and power• ful, and her enunciation particularly distinct. The part of the soubrette was entrusted to Miss Annie Lonsdale , who performed it with a most fascinating espiegierie. Mr. Anderson as harry, Mr. P. Vining as Goldfinch, and Mr. Emery as Silky, were all excellent. The house was very well attended. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning. His Royal Highness was attended by Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Hon. C. 13. Phipps, General Bowles, and Colonel Bouverie. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge is expected to arrive at the Castle this afternoon. The royal dinner party in the Castle this even ing will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cam bridge, the Ladies in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, and the Provost of Eton. Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, with their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Anne and Amelie of Saxe-Weimar, and Prince Gustavus of Saxe Weimar, left Marlborough House soon after eight o'clock yesterday morning, and travelled by the South• Eastern Railway to Dover, en route to the Continent. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar will accompany, and Captain Bed. ford will attend the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar until har Serene Highness has landed on the Continent, and will then return to town. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Captain Hay had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home- office. The Earl and Countess Grey returned to town yesterday from a visit to the Earl of Ellesmere, at Ratchford, Surrey. Sir Francis Baring arrived in town yesterday. Mr. Cross had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. The Hon. H. Fitzroy had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and also from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. IMPARTIALITY of FREE- TRADE• The following letter, addressed by Mr. Cobden to a gentleman in Devonshire, will be found interest.. ing " Westbourne• terrace, Dec. 3. " Dear Sir,—l send you the papers you want. By referring to the import* ' you will see that I have marked cert a i n a rticl e s which are admitted free. Now there is nothing upon which there is greater ignorance amongst the agricultural classes than this. They are constantly crying out that the manufacturers are protected with 10 to 20 per cent. duties upon foreign articles, the fact being, that all our great staple ma nufactures are entirely unprotected. For instance, cotton goods and cotton yarns come in duty free. Printed calicoes may be brought from France or Switzerland and sold in Manchester without paying a farthing duty. So also the coats the farmers wear ; and their waistcoats and trousers may be bought from the foreigner, instead of from my constituents, the woollen manufacturers of Yorkshire, without paying one farthing of duty. So also of their shirts or ducks ; they may buy linen manufactures from the Germans without paying a farthing to protect the flax-spinner or weaver of Dundee or Belfast. There is still a small duty on foreign silk goods, articles of luxury, which are generally worn by the higher classes; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer may abolish his duty to - morrow if he likes, and the silk manufacturers will not object. The only articles that pay a small duty are those things partly made UP by the band after they come out of the loom, such as stockings and shawls. " Bear in mind, too, that Sir Robert Peel removed the duties on foreign manufactures before he abolished the corn-law, or rather before he reduced the duty to Is , for there is still a duty of 2f per cent. on foreign corn at present prices, whilst manufactures are free. I supported Sir R. Peel in his measures for abolishing the duties on manufactured goods. At that time I was largely engaged in business as cotton printer, and the effect of removing the duty was, that several French houses established themselves for the sale of prints in London. If the farmers were made to understand that they are not placed in a worse position than the manufacturers, they would, I think, see that they nave no fair rig ht to complain. They say that they crnnot compete with the foreigner because they are so heavily bu<dened: The manu facturers have their full share of taxation, and they are anxious to reduce the Government expenditure. Will the farm ers h e l p the=n ? Hitherto the Members for countie s h ave r i mo st invariably voted age;nst every motion made by Mr. Hume or myself in favour of retrenchment. " By the witY, how sadly the Protecti on i s t s have been deccivell in their predictions about g o ld going out of the country . Notw ithstanding the impor tationtiered w i t h gold !--I rem ain , t ru l y yours, of foreign corn, the Bank of En g l an d i s enc uoi " RICH ARD C OB DEN." Mr. W. H. Promo. ._Liverpool MANSION-nousx.—Cards of invitation have been issued by the Lard Mayor and Lady Mayoress to the Aldermen, their ladies, and a number of private friend'' to a dinner in the Egyptian-hall on Tuesday, the 1 01 of January next. OPENING OF THE REFUSE FOR THE HOMELESS —Yesterday the Committee of the Homeless Poet assembled at their chambers, No. 75, Broad street, sr . Charles Hick in the chair, and unanimc usly agreed t°. the resolution to thro w open t h e d oors o f t h e cen tral asylum iu Playhouse -yard, Whiteeross-street, for 1 116 . _ reception of the houseless imuicdiatsly, in cousequell" of the severity of the weath er an d the 4124411119 u of 4211. igqlQ9C labour. ~-- ~ f