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THEATRE' ROYAL. DRURY , LANE.— Lewee and 'Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices of Admisslcn for public approval: - Private boxes, 31. SC, 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. I ls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, sa. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECO.ND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Baum - - 2 0 Fit - - 2 0 • Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-priee to tipper Gallery. TRL EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J. Anderson; Beauseant, Mr. Montagne ; Glavis, Mr. Parry; General Dams, Mr. Bejeer ; M. Desehapelles, Mr. Davidge ; Pauline Des chapelles, Miss Vandenhoff. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal 'to be called lIA.RLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. • 0 ! 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 NebodY knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod wall, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. '1 he Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W . Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMORTALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ; The Spirit of High Trag ed y , Mr. J. P arry; The Spirit of Punch, Miss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Go o se , Gulliver, Baron Munchausen, &c., &c., by &C., Ste MORTALS. Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Amy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Bobby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Deulin ; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry ; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapino; Maids of honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of _the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—bat 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 anti see —" J. Andersen's my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they could —How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will Le satisfactory— Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now some to Historical Facts, therefore, as the 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 RaleTgh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon 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 which the Royal Wig ! the Royal Ruff ! ! the Royal Blushes !! 1 and the Royal Petticoat ! ! ! will make their Rrst appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN isESS en deshabille, as she is represooted in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BEES In all her royal spleedour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good cleemi Hess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTED ONES : Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alencon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderons proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Verse," the story gallops on to CUMo OR HA , L BY MOON L IGOIT —Wilson. " 7oming events cast their shadows before"—" Rest thee, say daring "—Ketchy, tetchy, ket thy—" Put out tho ligkt, and then"—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil woeth— Ito stops at Love's half-way hou-o, the Eobsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " 01,, Amy !"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones abut it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being cone, Amy is herself again "—that Is to ear, a rather jealous young lady, who in her "deep despair," introduces her Lovely Bobby, to whom she sings the following bathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kettilvrertla 'tour naughty Oat to see," And so they do, KENILWORTH CASTLE ♦s it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal 'Visit. 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 did ran smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " cOmpeti tears," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel en a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARHADA By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a" Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their elothes— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Deulin. Lord Burleigh that of Pa.►talnon, M..T. Denlin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Arnour of Columbine, Madlle. The6dore All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat 'Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis Ion; since we met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND BAILWAY Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 4Z I 0 0 D. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burltngton-street, OFFICE Cupid and Clown—Butter and . P.uttetflies—rfungarian Knoek-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway (Wages to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Co.;ks Accoamts, and Railway King in Tribu- 'anon—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS I SIMPSOYS I)IYAN AND TAVEUN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fautt—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 Cooigress—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 William. A DOWNRIGHT "NOBBY DANCE." Heads Win the Prize. SMITIIFIEL I). Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Saivages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies —A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holloway's Purifying Pills— N ew Tariff—Gin greatly Resit:cod—Warranted uot to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nulsance—Go lt, Bricks—and Sudden Transfoi :nation to A SALUBRIOUS SPOT. STREET AND LO,.GING-HOUSES. What will be seen here la of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, w' en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, Comfortable' Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's Notion of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors —A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder — Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne — Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England I—Sports of the Glacearum— " Plaisirs d'Hiver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get skate, which he Ands rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATHER THAMES' RETREAT, 1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Doer and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm —Summoning of the City Aborninations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the" Silent Highwlys"—Fearful Resolve —Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAN() MOVING DIORAMA, lettignad and painted entirely Bruuning. Illustration of Her Most GraMous Majesty's Visit to Ireland, shoSving the following points 0: - iiizi—cst :—Departure for Osborne —Passing Ccwes and aPProachisv: the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet a: Por:,:nouth—The &Myst° ie Lighthouse —Passin; the Land's Ei I ,it Sunset—Tile Royal Scoadrm by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more l . _ Scene the Last. THE TALAC F. OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. J.trues Anderson. Actin; Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. 11. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirhvall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning; Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Asiistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blarnire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and MIAs Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Aegis Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean ; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING ItENE'A DXUGHTEII.. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack Ceunt Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean. After which THE NINIIII STATUE :or, The Jewels and Tips Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with TWICE KILLED. , The Box-otilse is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TilEATltla ROYAL, 'Mader the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characteraby Messrs. llughes, Wright, r. Bed (nrd. O. smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKENSTEIN ' • or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; t he What is It Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. smith ; Ott) of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddiewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Ceveny ; I:lncline, Miss E. Harding. To conclude with an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Crumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grandy. Mrs. F. Matthews. - xOTAL LYCP, UM TREAT Et P.:. rftder the Management of Madamc VoitrlS. Sole LeSSCe. Mr. Charles Maths W 3. THISI EVENING, Will be performed TIE WOULD BE AN ACTOR, After which TIIE ISLAND OF JEWELS. o con, ludo with A PRACTICAL MAN. D 053 Boxes, 53.; Upper Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, is. No balf-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Bores must be made to Mr. Micron, la, New Bond-street. PEISCESti'S THEATV.E.. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and MA/lager' THIS EVENING, Will be perforated the celebrated Opera of DON PASQUALE • To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Mag p ie Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flea more; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEA.TRE, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENTSt. Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that he has sue ...eeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angie is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, .. Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap pearance at Astley's Ampitheatre This Evening. Re-appearance of Madlle. Cadone. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF TILE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tournay of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. To he followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a grand, Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel- Tn Lee. called HARLEQUIN IANKEE DOODLE, Aho came to wo upon his little Pony. islox-oiLee open from Eleven till ?on. •4tave l'aannzer, Mr. W. We:t. 4- . k 1° ip i . W.4 t i- 1/ c A" .44.11:1„. !l e 47- g - ..._.50 , " - *. 0 ~__,. ~,,- . _,.. e ..., ,„._ 47 1 -4 ~.,,„\ . ..ikl a v.. -* V. / Ariii , . .i, -r • yio, P -- 11„P r. „04 4 . ti,r ' I , ' - ~ ... , '.• , -A,',1"...a JAMES'3 THEATFE.— The season of French performlnces clrumence on ,lionday next with Ifalevy's Vat d Andorre, an opera that has excited considerable a•tea!i. , n in Fa-is during the past year. Mr. Mitchell exhibits no abatement of his former zeal and energy, and it is to be hoped thitt . his claims upon the public patronage will be remembered to the extent they merit. THE SUN, NOTICE 1 THE JEW NOVEL—THE WILMINGTO N S , By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham," " Two Old Men's Talcs," &c. IS NOW BEADY, And inay be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. NOTICE ! BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY FOR 1850. This Important National Work will in future be PUBLISHED ANNUALLY on the plan of the Peerages. The NEW, ENLARGED, and CHEAPER EDITION, for 1851, corrected to the Present Time, comprising particulars of upwards of 100,000 Persons, will shortly be ready for del.very, and those who desire copies on the day of publi cation are requested to send their orders immediately to their re spective booksellers. The entire work is now comprised in two large volumes, royal ave., elegantly printed in double columns, con taining more matter than 30 ordinary volumes, Price 21.21., hand somely bound in morocco cloth. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce 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. 7, by the production of a new Opera, in Three Acts, entitled LE VAL D'ANDORRE. Principal characters by Madiles. Charton, Guiehard ; Messieurs. Chollet, Lac, Killy Leroy, and Nathan. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de !'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, h's first appearance), M. Killy Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvanx, Madame Mancini, Aldre. Cott!, &c. Fon THE COMEDY AND VAUDEVILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, AI. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeac (of the The-t're Du Vaudevire) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; Aldl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dieene, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled "Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest suceess. The Music by M. F. Halevy; the Libretto by M De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters :—Stephan (jeune chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyeux (capiteine de malice Francaise et recruteur), Af. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera; Saturnin (garde-peche du Gave), M. Kills Leroy; Jacques Sincere (vieux ehevrier), K. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermlere do Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Guichard; Georgette (cousine de Stephan), Mdlle. Cott!; and Rose de Mal (servante de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be Riven, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Ca'd," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of Haydee by Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannot et Cohn, Nicol° ; Le Roi d'Yvetet, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Auber ; Le Macon, Auber; Le Sircne, Auber; Lolly et Qui nalt, Nic to ; La Perruche, Clapissoa ; Le Valet do Chambre, Ca rafa ; Use Folie, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of some of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representatlon of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, Apr!, 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this eouatry, and will per form with idePle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Wile. 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 Lanzun, Le Mou lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by M. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Fige ic, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, 31. Armand, AL Loon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in AL Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited more than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel wi 1 also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Berle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled "Le Moil:eau de Lesbie," by Armand Berthct ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Iloraces," " Andromaque," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro fessors engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, AI. Barret, M. Baumann, 31. Pilet, 31. Vaudreland, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, AL Nicholson, AL Larkin, M. C. Harper, AL T. Harper, AI. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director of the music and Chef-d'Orehestra, 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 Hookhaufs, Old Bond-street. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. !HOD WATER AT LONDON ItilLD(3/1. Tllii DAY —Yarning, 14 min. after 6 1 Evening, 36 min. after G To-Ifouftow —Yarning, 1 min. after 7 I Evening, t 7 min. atter 7 reprobated by levelling pamphleteers, a shame to the land, a disgrace to humanity, an atrocious and universal shibboleth. Why, if this writer had conned history aright he would have known sufficiently well that titles and ranks are the inevitable censequences of Government, no matter how organised, no matter whether a Despotism or a Commonwealth, a Monarchy or a'Republic. He would have seen that distinctive designations have reslulted from the estab lishment of Democratic and Godless institutions quite as much as from the establishment of oligarchic and theocratic authorities.; If the popular representa tives of France under the Monarchy were termed " Honourable Members" of the Chamber of Deputies —the popular representatives of the United States under the Republic are, in like manner, termed "Honourable Members of Congress." If Nicuo.r.as or PETER be designated the AUTOCRAT of all the Russias —TAYLOR or WASHINGTON will be found to be distinguished by the equally august title of President of the free States of America. If a priest of Christianity is termed " the Reveiend"—ROBESPIEREE, the most renowned of the Gallic Democrats, was also styled by his fellow-Republicans " the Incorruptible." If the Supreme PONTIFF is mentioned reverentially as "His Holiness the Pope"—OuvEn CROMWELL, the Puritan-leader of the Commonwealth, was spoken of during the memorable days of his supremacy as "His Highness the Lord Protector." So much for the consistency of this very prudish fastidiousness evinced in regard to ranks, titles, and dignities by the anta gonist of Monarchical institutions and the panegyrist of Republicanism. With SHARSPERE think we, " What's in a name ?" in spite of vaunting epithets, in the face of ostentatious insignias, and in the teeth of our own democratic pre dilections, still loving virtue, admiring valour, re verencing wisdom, and paying our meed of homage to patriotism. To us a venerable ruler may be an object of admiration, notwithstanding be is addressed as " Your Highness" or " Your 'Majesty." To us a sage and benignant ecclesiastic may be an object of love and reverence, notwithstanding his titles are those of "Your Grace" or "Your Holiness." Not so with C. Lenmus—his ambition is not to rise to the heights of his superiors, but to sink those superiors to the depths of his own medio crity. Upon the same principle he sighs for the extinction of Religion, of Society, and of Civi lization (see chapter vii.). Because the priest hood are deputed to console the multitude in the midst of the miseries to which they are liable in a terrestrial existence,, he would abolish with " one fell swoop" that class of comforters—blindly believing that the consolation of distress is the perpetuation of calamity. Because, moreover, the savage is pre served by his very ignorance from various anxieties and afflictions, he would gladly witness the re turn of mankind to barbarism instead of aiding in the maintenance and development of civiliz tion. Infuriated at the poverty resulting fr nn the diversity and competition of classes, he manifestly yearns for the rupture of the whole social system and the return to primeval anarchy. With such destructives we have not one particle of sympathy; rather for us that gentle and beneficent creed which recognizes the sedimentary hope under 311 the effervescent ills pouring abundantly forth from the box of our earthly Pandora. The gaze of true Democracy is never back towards the bloody chaos of the Past, but onwards, for ever onwards, in the direc tion of the propitious Future. The laudable example afforded by the ex Premier to the landlord class has been followed even in Ireland. Two persona, of very different political creeds, have addressed their respective tenantries—the one, a high Tory of the old school, a strenuous advocate for protection, and the re-imposition of the tax on human food ; the other, a zealous and enthusiastic Free trader, an earnest reformer of all existing abuses, and a consistent and able supporter of an amelioration of the landlord and tenant code. Each is, of course, actuated by his own peculiar views, ang anxious to discharge fairly the important duties incident to his position. It would, indeed, be fortunate for poor, un happy Ireland if the other proprietors of the soil were enabled to perform similar acts of justice to the occu piers, either in the way of effecting the neces sary improvements, or in entering into equit able arrangements as to the amount of rent payable in respect of the several holdings. This can, perhaps, scarcely be hoped for, at least, to any great extent in IN hat may be termed, par excellence, the distressed districts. But it may at least be reason ably expected that such landlords as have it in their power to do so will speedily follow the praise worthy precedents. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE directs his attention altogether to the improvement of the soil, by a com plete and thorough drainage thereof. He offers no suggestions as to any re-adjustment of rents, or allowances in consequence of theleduced prices of agricultural produce. He, perhaps, feels that the condition and prospects of the farmers are not so gloomy and hopeless as his fellow-Protectionists would wish the public to believe, but that every difficulty may be surmounted if proper means be adopted for that purpose. The re duced price of wheat can best be remedied by the increase of crops, and the first great want of the country—fair employment for the labouring popula tion, will be supplied by the steps taken to achieve the former object. The Noble Marquis, therefore, declares his readiness to undertake the drainage of the lauds upon reasonable conditions. He is willing to carry out all the details, employing the labourers, and paying weekly for all the work done, by task. The occupier is not required to meet any portion of the expense, not even to give his own labour without full remuneration. His Lordship announces that " such tenants, or such members of their families, as wish it, may work along with the rest of the men on their own land, and be paid weekly, so affording them present assistance, while their lands are permanently improved, and any tenant who chooses may diminish the expense, and consequently his per-tentage, by carting the tiles or stones that may be required for draining his land." The conditions on which this great boon is to be bestowed are, that the tenant shall pay half-yearly, with his rent, interest on the actual outlay at the rate of five per cent. per annum, and have the option of repaying the amount at any time, and so discontinu ing the payment of interest ; and accounts of the ex penditure of each farm will be open for inspection by the tenants. This is just and liberal, and we have no doubt that the tenantry on the Downshire estate will derive the greatest benefit from the judicious conduct of their noble landlord. It is the embarrassed and impoverished con dition of the landed proprietors generally, and their total inability to afford the necessary assistance to industrious and improving tenants, that has involved the country in such deplorable distress and destitution. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, the unflinching advocate of " tenant-right," has by his address afforded the strongest evidence that he is prepared to " practise" what he has so long and so incessantly preached. He gives a practical proof of his determination to carry out his own benevolent theories. He enters fully into the question of the principles on which rent should be fixed and ascertained. Comparatively little was required at his hands, for the Hon. Member for Roch - dale has long been considered a " model landlord." Every tenant was well.aware that he himself or his family would lse permitted to enjoy the fruits of his own imprisonment. At Crawfordstown, at least there was no danger that the rents would be im properly or unfairly increased, or that the occupier would be evicted from his holding without receiving ample compensation for any amelioration he might have effected. Various circumstances might occur that would render an increase or diminution of rent an act of common justice either to landlord or to tenant, but the former would not deprive the latter of the fruits of his industry, or seek for advantages to which he was not justly entitled. Mr. CRAWFORD considers that fair proportions of the produce of the soil, based upon its productive powers, should be assigned to landlord and to tenants, and that at every new settlement of rent, whether of rise or fall, that principle should be fully carried out, and that however fairly a landlord's proportion may be arranged at any particular period, by the tenant being made liable to pay a certain annual sum in money, as representing a cer:ain proportion of produce, that proportion, so arranged iu money, may TILE WEATHEIL—Sing OfficE, JAN. 4 LIERMoMETER, Lowest, 36; , aia , ho3t, 42; Noon, 39 BAROITETER, 29 74. WIND W.S.W.—Morning, fine ; Afternoon, hnzy. OtfieilinA ONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, MO. Something more than mere wordy declamation against the titles, dignities, and ceremonials with which Authority has been invested by the universe' consent of mankind, is requisite to ensure the ad vancement of Democracy. Such, however, does not appear to be the opinion of one C. Losesus, who hat , ventured to controvert the arguments contained in the political dissertation published last year by Mons. GUIZOT. Assuredly it is unnecessary for us to disclaim any kind of sympathy whatever in the majority of legislative dogmas advanced by that eminent statesman, .publicist, historian, and adminis trator. Nevertheless, while the main portion of our creed of government is diametrically opposed to the social belief of the late Prime Minister of France, it is altogether beyond our en• durance to witness his clear, pithy, and rhetori cal pages sneered down by a fribble in the dis guise of a politician, and flippantly criticised by s verbose and prurient pamphleteer. Parodying the exclamations of Loris PAUL COURIER, the writer of this extravagant brochure* thus enlarges upon the ejaculation—" May the LORD preserve us from the spirit of evil and from metaphors," by inveighing it this fashion against the titles of public dignitari.e (absurdly called metaphors), " What a spirit of evil I What metaphors ! My Lord ! Your Grace! YOU] Highness! (do not cry baby). Your Holiness! Your Majesty ! Perhaps insane ; what a metaphor! ! The Reverend ; and the Right Reverend Father in God !! !" and so on to very nausea. We would ask the author if his very incoherent interpo lations, "do not cry baby" and " perhaps insane," are intended as allusions to himself, seeing that other wise their meaning must remain somewhat inexpli cable. Be it remembered that in the age of BACON and ELIZABETH this question was written down in imperishable letters by one WILLIAM. SHAKSPERE— " What's in a name ?" Three centuries or so elapse, and the inquiry of the mightiest genius of England is responded to with a sublime impertinence by the dictum of a pamphleteer. While the poet implies, or we should rather say, expressly indicates that in a name there is " Nothing," the pert scribbler of a pamphlet, or, more correctly speaking, of a pragmatic criticism on a pamphlet, declares to the contrary, " Everything." According to the latter the voice of the pursuirant, or the trumpet of the tabarded herald renders virtue criminal, beauty hideous, and grandeur contemptible. So at least he intimates in the sarcastic ejaculations transcribed from his pages by ourselves, ejaculations emphasised by capitals, and pointed by notes of ad miration. To his jealous and depreciative imagina tion the noble, however illustrious by his services to his country or his fellow- creatures, is transformed into an object of contempt by the prefix of any lofty appellation, no matter whether it were won bravely and chivalrously. For him the beautiful legends of Heraldry possess no romantic charm or poetic fasei• nation—he can recognise no indication of heroism in the origin of the fine old Scottish family NAPIER in the exclamation of the armed Sovereign on the field of battle that one of its ea rliest ancestors, in prowess had " Nee peer." Again, there cannot possibly be fur him any subject of emotion in the first elevation of the house of the BLENNERHASSETS to distinction, when the national banner was reclaimed from the enemies of his country by the most celebrated of their progenitors amidst the cry of the whole army— " BLENNER has it !" With ourselves and all the lovers of Shaksperian wisdom, a name may thus be fraught with a slight value by reason of its many agreeable associations. But with C. Laserus it is otherwise—a name acquired by honour, by virtue, or by valour being pregnant with every species of atrocity, an object of so much and such detestable importance as to be " Mons. Guir)t; or Dern , Jcracy. Oligarchy, and Monarchy." By C. Pp. 102. Ftx, London, 1819 LON DON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY. cease to represent a just proportion of produce, and may become entirely:the reverse of a just proportion, by a change in the markets. lie, therefore, thinks," that every letting of lands, whether for a longer or a shorter term, should be subject to a re - adjustment of rent, according to the prices of produce—either an nually, or from time to time, es may be agreed on." This is, in fact, the principle of " corn rents," which, although so little resorted to, is, perhaps, the most equitable that could be adopted for all parties. Mr. CnAWFORD is desirous of carrying out his views practically with his tenants, and for that purpose has inquired into the rents charged on the different parts of property on lands out of lease. Some which had been charged according to valuations made by himself were estimated at a low scale of prices, aid would not generally require much change, but others, which had been assessed according to a valuation made by a professional valuator, appear to have been valued at a higher range of prices than he considers suitable to the prices now obtainable for agricultural produce. This grievance will, therefore, immediately be removed, the Hon. Gentlemen acting towards his tenants on the broad and equitable principle of " live and let live." Mr. CRAWFORD does not conclude his admirable letter without administering a seasonable rebuke to the Protectionist agitators who are now disturbing the country and deluding the people with the vain idea that a bread-tax would again be tolerated, or that the iniquitous corn laws would ever again be submitted to. His observations on these points are well worthy of notice. We shall not, however, at present enter into the political part of his address, but submit his conduct towards his tenantry as worthy of imitation by all persons who, whatsoever may be their political predilections and views, are alive to the great fact that " property has its duties as well as its rights." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. It appears that M. PARRIEU'S motion for de claring the Bill relating to the masters of primary schools urgent, was, in fact, carried by a majority of 1, instead of there being a tie, as was announct d by the President after the first scrutiny of the votes, but it is considered improbable that the Ministry will venture, in opposition to such a formidable minority, to persevere with this Bill, and it was rumoured yester day that the Ministerial measure, and the Education Bill of M• DE FALLoux would both be withdrawn. On the division the whole of the Mountain, to a man, voted against the Ministry as did the whole of the Moderate Republicans, including General CAVAIGNAC and M. DUFAURE. The ranks of the Legitimatists, Orleanists, and parti pretre were completely divided, M. BERRYER voted against M. MOLE, and M. DE MONTALAMBERT against M. DE VATESMESNIL This division in the ranks of the Monarchists is of good omen for the stability of the Republic. It was rumoured that General D'lliuTrour. was about to resign and to go to Algeria as Governor, and that M. LEON FAUCHER was about to enter the Cabinet. Neither of these rumours, how ever, obtained the slightest credit, and as a proof that no serious apprehensions are enter tained in consequence of the division on 'Wednesday it may be mentioned that the price of public securi ties on the Bourse was not only well supported, Lut that a further rise took place. General CHANGARNIER is, it is said, to be appointed a Marshal of Prance. The Committee on the Affairs of La Plata met on Thursday, and agreed to the following resolution : " Since the Government does not recognizT. the Le Predeur treaty, and that it believes that new negotia tions may lead to success, the National Assembly invites the Government to undertake them, at the same time sending a safe present force to support these negotia tions, and to give an efficacious protection to our coun trymen." This resolution may be considered as a compromise between the Ministry and the war party. The Assemblee Nationale has the following on Sir R. PEEL'S letter to his tenantry : "This is language of a nature to have a great Met on political parties in England, and, in fact, the docum gat has already absorbed much of the public attention. But chat we find most remarkable in it are the kind relations of sympathy which Sir Robert Peel establishes with his tenants. The spectacle presented to us by this statesman is a grand and noble one. The representative of the English aristocracy abandoning a part of his rents to his tenants to alleviate their burdens, and to constrain them to realise all the improvements with which science has enriched agriculture ; assisting them with his purse to recover in practical improvements the advantages which the importation of foreign corn has Wien from them for the benefit of the m .nufacturing interests; preaching by example that man triumphs over material difficulties by the force of wisdom, labour, per severance, and self•denial—yes, this spectacle, we say, is calculated to have an effect on French landed pro prietors; it is evidently the true, the only socialism which can preserve our rural districts from revolutionary Utopian schemes. Landed property in France, cut up in small portions, doubtless cannot, as in England, place at the disposal of the farmer resources such as large English fortunes possess, and which Sir Robert Peel so gene rously affords to his tenants; but let good laws on credit foncier be voted in France, and we shall soon see our agticulture find in credit, which up to this time has failed it, those elements of prosperity which are wanting to its development, and efficacious remedies against that usury which has sapped its vitals." At the meeting of the Legislative Assembly, yes terday, it was announced, that in consequence of some Members having voted twice, the real numbers on the division on the question of urgency on the Educa tion Bill, were—for urgency, 308 ; against it, 307. A discussion arose, in the course of which it ap peared that great irregularities had been committed in taking and counting the division. Some Members, not wishing to be returned as absen tees, and yet not wishing to vote had voted both ways; many Members, among whom were General ST. JEAN D'A.NGELY and General GRAM morur, declared that they had voted in favour of the Ministry, although in the division lists they had been returned as absent. It further appeared that on the first reckoning, the secretaries had declared to the President that the numbers were, for urgency 313, against it 310, and that it was only on the second scrutiny of the tickets that the result was discovered to be a tie. Under these circumstances, M. AatABLE Duisots moved, as an order of the day, that the scrutiny of the preceding day be annulled, and that the Chamber do proceed to a new scrutiny. This motion was put to the vote, and the result gave— . Voters ... 619 Absolute majority._ 310 Fur the order of the day 371 Against it ... 248 Majority ... ... . ... 123 The Assembly having adopted th e or d er o f th e d a y, a new ballot was proceeded w i t h on the quest i on o f urgency. when there appeared— For the urgency ... „. ... 329 Against it ... ... ... „, „. 300 Majority 29 ••• ••• ••• The urgency was then declared, and the Assembly adjourned. The result, we imagine, will tend to atrenghten the Ministry and the Republican opposition, while it will weaken the Legitimatists and part pretre, whose want alike of foresight and of firmness cannot but materially damage them as leaders of a political party, both in the opinion of their immediate followers and of the public in general. PARIS BOURSE—THURSDAY, J AN . 3. THREE o'CLoca.—Notwithstanding the result of the division in the Assembly yesterday, the Funds were re markably firm to-day. The Five per Cents, opened per cent. below yesterday's prices, but they soon began to rise steadily, and they ultimately closed a shade higher than yesterday. The Railway Eventualities have fallen a good deal to-day. Lyons and Avignoas opened at 15f., and closed at 14f. 75c,; Bordeaux and Cettcs opened at 17f. 25c., and closed at 14e, 750. Exchange on London (30 days), 25f.; ditto (90 days), 25f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 3. Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13 3 4 —Luxembourg, 2 1 4 . —Namur and Li ege, 7 —Northern of France, 1% dis.—Par is and Rouen, 22%..... Rouen and Havre, 9 1 ,y— Sambre and Meuse, 2%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES, AUSTRIA. General Count WRBNA, who commanded the Im perialists when they were defeated at Raab by the Hungarians, has committed suicide at Verona. The typhus fever was raging fearfully at Vienna on the 20th ult. No less than thirty-two medical men had been seized with it from visiting their patients. It was rumoured that an amnesty would be pro claimed on the Ist. WIRTEMBERG. The Stuttgani Official Gazette publishes the fol lowing address from the KING to his subjects : 4‘ Animated by a sincere desire to satisfy the exigencies of an epoch replete with progress, and faith fully to fulfil the promises which we made, we convoked the assembly of the deputies of the country to deliberate with them upon those changes in the comtitution which wero considered necessary by the abolition of the pre rogatives of the nobility, and to conclude with them an ulterior fundamental compact. Moreover, upon our accession to the throne we agreed with our people upon a constitution, to the maintenance of which the deputies solemnly pledged themselves in the name of the whole country, after our solemn promise to maintain that con stitution firm and inviolate, to execute it, and to pre serve it from eta ry infringement. " We were led to hope the changes involved by that Constitution Might be carried out in a short time, and that considering the mutual good-will and known loyalty that prevailed, our Government might be able to consecrate all its efforts to the best interests of the country, is hich had recently suffered so much, which it was impossible to do so long as there was any question relative to the constitution. But experience has most painfully convinced us, since the convocation of the Assembly, that the procedure adopted by the majority of its Members could not lead to the desired end, and that the excitement of passion threatened the real interest of the uallitry. A few days before the opening of the Assembly the majority arrogated to itself the right of a private sitting to discuss the validity o!",„a royal ordonnance, and to consider the abrogation of that ordonnance as the legal right of the country, although such an act of the individual Members of the States is prohibited by the Constitution; by which, also, it is not allowable to a party comprising the majority of the Members of the States to adopt a resolution before it shall have been discussed and voted in constitutional form by the States in a sitting. " This procedure diminished cur well-founded hope of the co-operation of the national Representatives with the Government, and it has been quite annihilated since the sittings of the Assembly, by the total absence of all impartiality in the debates. Under pretext that positive right must give place to a pretended national right, the majority of the Assembly has broached principles, and declared consequences, which are utterly irrcconcilble with a monarchical constitution, making the Constitu tion and the Government of he country dependent upon the arbitrary will of an accidental majority of the deputies. By a sage equilibrium of the rights of the organs of the Executive, however, the constitutional monarchy guarantees the liberty of all its subjects, and is bound to ensure the same. But this constitution cannot subsist if this right, given to the Sovereign, be arbitrarily overturned by the will of the organs who are called to take part in the administration of the Govern ment. The resolution adopted by the majority of the Assembly charges our Government with having taken up a position altogether hostile to the States of the Germanic Confederation, and with standing aloof from any new form which the Constitution of Germany may take. " Every impartial person will understand that such contempt of the Germanic Confederation would involve the most serious consequences to the whole country, and that the other German Governments would nottiuMr such an infringement upon the national duty which one state owes to another. " We are convinced that the majority of the people desire that this policy should not be adopted. It would inevitably involve the ruin of the country and deprive our Government of every influence in the settlement of the affairs of Germany." HESSE DARMSTADT. The Chambers were opened on the 31st ult. BAVAItIA. Accounts have been received from Munich to the 27th ult;rno. The KING has appointed the Minister Vox DER PFORDTEN President of the Council. The Royal patent has just been issued, authorising the emission of the loan of 7,000,000 granted by the Diet. The rate of interest has not yet been fixed, but is to be left to the discretion of the Minister of Finance. BELQI UM On the Ist day of the year the Belgium Chamber of Representatives presented an address to the KING It was observed in the address in question, that on commencing the year which will close the first half of the nineteenth century, the Belgian nation could discover, with sentiments of pride, that its existence as a free and independent one occupied so far as duration was concerned--a more important place in that period than even its annexation to France or to Holland. Recent political events had left Belgium—thanks to the cha racter of its institutions—in the most advantageous position. Although not powerful enough to take part in great international discussions, that country possessed, beyond its frontiers, an influence second to none, by showing other nations the obje c t s w hi c h should be held in view, as well as the means for attaining them. Even in highly cultivated countries, such as Germany, the Belgian fundamental constitu tion had been very often referred to, appreciated, and turned to account. Belgium, obeying the true laws of humanity, and understanding the future, had not ceased to tread judiciously the path of progress by extending, for example, the elective franchise as far as possible, abolishing the stamp duty on newspa pers, releasing certain categories of persons from the payment of taxes, increasing the moral strength of the Legislature, establishing funds for the aid of the working classes, and for providing them with retiring pensions in their old age, and by adopting a great number of administrative measures which manifest, in other respects, a lively sympathy for the working classes. In conclusion, the address expressed ardent wishes for the welfare of their Majesties and the royal family, thanking the KING for imbuing the princes with constitutional principles and true patriotism, and the QUEEN for showing them the example of all virtues, above all, of a truly Christian charity. To this address his MAJ'ESTY made the following reply, Gentlemen,—l am happy to find myself sure rounded anew, on this solemn occasion, by so nu merous a deputation from the Chamber—a Chamber which has eminently distinguished itself by its wis dom, its high intelligence, and a true understanding of the interests of the country. Belgian nationality encompassed by so many perils, and having to pass through so many difficulties and threatening casual ties, has been enabled to attain to consolidation, thanks to the exemplary spirit of its population. We have a great and noble future before us. In order that our nationality may be strong and durable, two things are required—it must appeal to the heart and to the mind, and must be based on feeling and on reason. The harmony and wisdom of the Chambers may do much to preserve those valu able elements. In this country a good understand ing exists between the rich and elevated classes of society and the working classes. The latter only ask for work. Everything must be done, there fore, to allow of the produce of their labour being advantageously disposed of. The attainment of that object is the greatest service that could be ren dered to the well-conducted working classes, so calm and so devoted to order. I recommend this idea in an especial manner to the Chamber, an idea the more worthy of being considered, inasmuch as great goo ,l may be the result of it. :lt is thus we may hope to see our excellent population resist the temptations to which their minds and their passions may be sub jscted. We shall thereby become enabled to dispense with the system of succour by means of subsidies—a system which destroys productive work, discourages personal initiation, and, in the long run, exercises a lamentable effect on all the population. It„,is in such measures, combined with a wise an d prudent maintenance of our institutions, that we shall find the strongest guarantees for the honourable preservation of peace and public tranquillity. The more excellent a position the greater the necessity to exercise prudence and caution in touching any part which may compromise its elements or endanger its security. The session just opened may give by your efforts, Gentlemen, very favourable results in that respect. _ _ _ thank the President of the Chamber for what he has been pleased to say to the Queen and the Princes. The Princes, Gentlemen, are, indeed, pa triotic ; and I trust they will every day render them selves more worthy to fill with honour and with de votedness the important duties to which the future may call them. 1 beg of M. le President and Messieurs the Repre• sentatives to receive again my sincere thanks for the proofs of affection they have given me, and for the wishes which they have expressed for all my family. ITALY. The Legge of Turin of the 29th ult. states that it had been supposed that the important question of the eligibility of ecclesiastics to be elected as Deputies would have come on for discussion on the question of the admission of Father ISNARDI, who had been returned by the electoral college of Varnazze. Father ISNARDI is President of the National College of Genoa. This being considered an administrative office under the Government, the election was declared void, and thus the question of the eligibility of ecclesiastics was not raised. It was supposed that the Chambers would be definitively constituted on the following day. It is said that the refusal of the Government to grant letters of naturalization to Count MAsistrexi, was in consequence of the personal remonstrances made by the Pope's Nuncio. The Sardinian Government will, as one of its earliest measures, present to the Chamber of Repre sentatives a Bill, by which all the restrictions at pre sent imposed upon British vessels arriving at the ports of Sardinia are to be removed, and they are to be placed in every respect upon the same footing as national vessels. PINELLI was on the 29th ult. elected President of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputiet. THE NAVIGATION Laws.—The example of the British Parliament in freeing commerce and naviga tion from every restriction is about to be followed by the Sardinian Government. The Council of Ministers at Turin has prepared a Bill by which all the restrictions at present imposed upon British veestls arriving at the ports of Sardinia are to be removed, and they are to be placed in every respect upon the same footing as national vessels. This Bill was about to be submitted to the Chamber of Representatives for approval. 4, 1850 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 7,000 bales, of which 4,000 were taken on speculation; including. about 6,000 American, 200 Per nambuco at,6d to bid, and 400 Surat at 4d to 4d perllb. The market was flew, and prices of American were generally t.d, higher.—Railway Shares were firm at steady prices. The Corn Market is steady at about Monday's prier e, with a limited businesS doing. In the Colonial Produce Markets the transactions this week have been to a fair extent, and there have been fuller: rates pad for Coffee, some descriptions of Sugar, Tea, &c. Tallow has been rather dull, and Rice not active. The following are particu l ars of centracts for Tobai.co taken by the French Government en the 20th ult:— F. C. 2,360,000 lbs Virginia —average price 54 45 per 1001bs. 3,800,000 „ Maryland If 49 35 ~ 4,480,000 „ Ditto 44 55 /7 800,000 „ Macedonia If 48 35 „ 200,000 „ Greek 41 60 400,000 „ Ilavannah ff 124 95 200,000 „ Java 131 20 300,000 „ Brazil 86 0 300,000 „ Paraguay 131 0 111 In the Amsterdam Bourse, ou the 2d inst., Dutch stock was rather flatter, and Peruvian better. We hear nothing yet of the West India mail. The Overland advises from India are favourable as regards the demand fur imported goods at Bombay, and higher prices were expected. Money was a little wane r. At Calcutta business was quiet, but holders were firm. The supply of bills on London, caving to China drafts received, was fuller. In commenting upon the prospects of railways, a party connected with share dealings indulges rather sanguine anticipations. lie states— • At present we will confine ourselves simply and briefly to the question now universally put—whether railway property ought to be bought or sold at present prices? We repeat, that those who have so far outlived the tempest should hold on, and those who can should immediately invest. And these are our reasons:— " Ist. The worst feature—the incapacity and treachery of directors—has been thoroughly exposed, and will be rectified. "2d. A perfect system of audit will now be insisted upon, and the restoration of confidence will be the result. "3d. An entire remodelling of the duties and respon sibilities of directors, applicable to the most perfect control and development of the traffic, expenditure, and finance, are now ineviable. The results will be an end to the prodigality and dishonesty of borrowing money upon the fictitious 83 stem of preference shares, of jobbing with trust property in dealing in shares of other companies, a well- developed traffic sheared of much useless expen diture, and a vigorous and enlightened management, that can comprehend the wants and rights of the public, as well al the interests of the shareholders. "4th. The money market is now, .and is likely to be for a long period to come, so redundantly supplied with the precious metals, that in proportion as the rate of interest rules low, so will the value of public securities advance. Railway debentures will be sought alter at a lower interest than now paid, the saving upon which will of course be gain to sherele lders. "sth. The period since October, 1845, to the present day has been one of competition amongst sellers, and hence a continually rapid decline: the glut of money must soon produce a competition with buyers, when the contrary will be t►ae eff ca With Consols at 100 and a continuous influx of geld, will railway shares remain at their present depreciation? Certainly not." The Funds have taken a further start again to-day, Consuls having touched 974, though since back, upon a large sale made by a leading broker, to 96i to 97. The impression in some quarters appears to be that a good deal of Stock will be delievered uu the first transfer-day, and that this will have the effect of temporarily depress. ing the market; but there is in favour of high prices the excellent return of our export trade, analysed yesterday under this head, and the expectation of a good revenue A good deal of Bulthlg has no doubt been carried on, but with money every day becoming cheaper, the ulti mate prospect is certainly favourable. The New Three. and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 981 and the Three per Cents. 97 to 97i. Bank Stock is 2031 to 2043. Excht quer-bills have risen to 595. and 625. premium. In the Foreign Market there has been a good business doing, and most of the Securities support full prices. Stanish Three per Cents, have been 371, and the Five pe r Cents. 19k. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 36i to 371-. Buenos Ayres have been 48 to 49. Grenada are 162; Peruvian, 623 to 64; and Mexican, 294 -a. Vene zuela have been 293 e Dutch Two-and• a-Ilalf per Cents. are 551 11. Railway Shares have been rather in favour, and fuller quotations have been paid for North Stafford, Brighton, and Boulogne and Amiens. North• Western and Great Western have been steady, and Midland rather lower, as well as York and North Midland. Caledonian are firm. ONE -,,,t, , )1\ G r .•.'4'.1 , .", , or rIUTISII P . UN - Dz.+ O'CLOCK. PR:II"Es. 1 / 2 3ank Stock 3 per Cent.. Reduced Anus .. ... 97 973- 9 %% 97 97 , -,4 i' ow 3 1 4 per Cult. Anne...—. ... . sBsxal/s3/41,, 98% Long Anne. to expire , .I an. 1860 ...... 8 9-16 8 1 / 2 8 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ...... 8 5-16 8% 8 Consols for Account...-. 97 97 1 1 1 96% 9' 4;xchenner Bills. 14d. & 2u 1,0001. Juno 59 62 p 500/. Juno Smell. June [TICE'S OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 3.OSEN !PRICES 49 1 4 73i/ 2 164 3% ONE O'CLOCR Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 48% 49 45 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. .. 73% Equador Bonds ... Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—.. Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account 29 % 14 21 1 4 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account 63 61 3 / 4 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 par Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent. Ditto, Account . 37 37 1 4 36 L/9. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto, Deferred 9% Dividends on the above payable in London. i utch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 %% 65 3 4 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates B6 86 Ditto, Account PRICES OF LAID. 'BUSINESS DONE CLO SING - t:AILWAY SHARES. AT ONZ O'CLOCK. PRICES bordeen 5O ...... Do. Preference mber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 ...... k.yrshire and Galloway.. 7% — ielfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 firininghans and Ox fora Junct., calls duly paid, cr with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 ir - ining, Wolverh'ton, and a ulley, calls duly pa, or. with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birnaing.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14a ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 20 drietol and Exeter 92 ... .. Ditto, Thirds :uckinghanishire Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Di tto,Clydesdale June 50 hesteranil I.lolyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and BelfastJunc. 40 — Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 P ast Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & IL ... 18 Do., 31. 103., Pref... 3 1 / 4 ..... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... c."astem Counties........ 20 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.13 e. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ...... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O ...... -- Do. New 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C 25 — Do. Scri (6 per cent.) 20 ... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 — ... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ....... Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch 2 5, ,a la l% Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfrios, and Carlisle ....... ... -U. 6s. 8d.... ... ..... 41asgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... ._ Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester &DcanForest 11 reat Northern Do., 4 2 A Deferred - Do., %B 6 per Cent 7%. 4A.. .......... Do., 5 per Cent. Pref 12% lO% ............ reat South. and West. ............ , (Ireland) rsat North of England 100 ...... _ Ditto, Now, .... 40 ...... Ditto, ditto ..... 35 ...... ••• • ••• Ditto, New, 30/ 3O ...... Ditto. New,ls/... ..... 15 .. ......... •••••• 4reat Western ........... .. 100 Ditto, Shares ...... 50 •• Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... ....... 20 Ditto, New 171...... 15 71 4 ..... •••••• ilull and Selby .... 50 08 2 Ditto, Half ... 25 •••••• .•••• Do. Quart. - :: Shares... 12 1 ,,i Lineaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... ........ Ditto, Thirds Laucahlaire & Yorkshireloo Ditto, ditto Ditto, ii/ z Shares 49 ... •. Do. Quarters Do. Fifths . 10 Do. Thirds .. . 16 1 ,4 2 .. Do. New Guarant:ed F, Fer Cent.. Ditto (Huddersfield and Shelf 1 SO Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... 3% 3.. ..... Do. (Preston & \\Tyre) 25 D 0.% Shares(A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O lOO ..... 100 Leeds and Thiruk. 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per CL Do., do. No. 2 7 1 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 yo., Pref. Quar., 1818 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport lO London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d — L)ndon, Brighton, end South Coast... ..... 100 Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto-- 1852 50 .. litlonandGreenwich 12/1584d 10 1 4... ...... .... 10 1 ,‘ Ditto, Preferen , p .. . 20 L 'Tufo!, and N. Wectern 1(10 11 1 ,4 111 ll O l /4 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 IYt.to,lfiftii , ..... - 7 N ',l's - 7 * Do.lo/..9bArris(L.lll.) 85 Do. 101. IM j& B.) C. 1 ..... Lond.&. S. Weit,rn .....100 ..... 61'1 61 614 1 6141 Ditto, New 501. - Do. New 401 34 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Prof. 7 per Cent. ... 5 1.4 OW Il . r.' erry &Coleraine 25 - Do. 1 .4 Shares . .. 5 - Londonderry and .Ennia killer) 25 ."••• •- Do. lA, Shares 5 Lowestoft; guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 pear et.) A.lanehedter,Buxton,and Matlock nunchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 ___ _ _.. Do. IA Shares (No. 3) 12 1 / 2 — Do. New 101. Prof lO ...,.. 7;zi 8 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 -•••• eeeeee thtto ditto . ...-...... 20 Ditto ditto ... l2 th Ditto Sheffield and - Lincolnshire 25 . ••• - Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... . •• Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 a. — --. Midl tnd ....... ........ ...106 ..... 44 1 A 1 4 ..... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... .. 7 5 / 14 3 / 4 1 4 7N Do. Birm., and Derby It 0 Do.Cont.k.ol. Bristol and Bir ming., 6 per ct.... 100 125 ...... ..... .. 124 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 - Ditto ditto .... ...... 22/. 75...... - Do.,ErewasliVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Lei€est.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo -- Midland Great Western Irish - Middiesbro' and Itedcar, 6 per cent. guar. - Newcastle and Carlisle.loo - Do. Quarters N,wraarket ...... ..... . 23 .... --- Do. Extension - ewpf , t, Abergavenny, End l ler&ord ... Ntwry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor N:•;ioll: .....••••••• 100 Do. n.:•s' 1:01. ... l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do: do. Waveuey Val. 2 N ~r tb ern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ........ ... 25 .••• • Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters D;tto, Thirds .... .. .. bi .... VA..... Ditto Preference ortb. Staffordshire ... 17 1 rt 7% N North Wales . North- Wes tern . 13% — ..., ..., ~,Npvrd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Leading, Guildford, and Reigate 11ey b ton and Ilitchin :3cottizn. Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New z.brewiAbuly ano:Birre l2 Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 hr:Lw.bury and Herald. b ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB ••• Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18% — • Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO 31.iropshire Union .u,uth Devon Do. Preference Eo,:th Staffordshire B% -- a th Eastera Do., No. Do., No. 3 .............30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do,. Scrip No 4 St.uth. wale; outb t ornehire, Don raster, and Goole zhgfield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 •-• wan s. & Loughor Rea moron's Stm. 7 • raw Vale Extension ... 8 ['fames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17% Irale of Neath ...... 10 N atarford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% .... ••• Natorfd,Wxfrd,Wichlw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. d 0.... 15 1v est Cornwall ..... ... 6 ... hitehaven & Furness 18 A indsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 14 ...... A ilts,Somerst.t,& \V ey-- mouth ork, Newc.mle, ana 1 - Berwick. .. . Do. Newcastle Eaten. 10 Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 .•• " L:0. Hartlepool Dock /0 end Railway .. 100 - ....... ••• 11 York an:i _Nunn Midland 5e ..- 17% .. ..... -- •' ,1 • Preterence ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYb. 45 4 Ei Italian (late ha- / Han and Austrian). ... 5 1 / 2 ...... ~ : oetlogne aid Amiens,,. 20 - 1 5 Central of Futnce (Or leans and Vierzou)... 20 Demerara l 7 l / 2•••••• Dutch R•ll2nioh ......... 8 ••• •• Ee.,,t Indian B4 - ... / Ditto ... .... ... 2O Great Indian P en i nsu l ar 5 ...... / Do. Do. ... .....10s. Louvain A, la S am b re ..• 71 1 i / Luxembourg Ditto N. / 10 Madrid and Valentia... 2 ' Namur and Lie ge ...... 20 ... .. 7 .. ............ Northern of France...... 14/. 85... I %; d i s Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ..... .. ••• / Paris and Orleans Paris and:Rouen 2O ...... ...... ..... •••••"- Paris and Strasbour g Rouen and:Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O "-- ..... / •...... ••• .. Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes l3 ...... -- Tournay, Jurbise, Lau- / ' den and Hassell ...... 20 West Flanders 8 %•• ••• ............... MINES. / Anglo-Mexican Asturian Mining Com— /15 28 4 5. ...... .... .......... / B A a u s s s t o ra ra lia u n a . n .. g .. c . , ......... .. ...... .... ..... ..• •• / Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 -• ...... •••••••,.. / Bolonos Scrip ...... .... —•••-• British Iron Brazilian Imperial - ..• It BrazilianCocaes& oCuiaba 30 ...... Do. St. John D e l R ey 15 Cobre Copper General 2O ........ . ..... Real Del Monte, U --/ nreg. 5 2 ... ........... Do. Black D e b en t ures — ... ...... / Do. Red Ditt o ... ..... Santiago de Cuba lO United Mexican JOINT STOOL BANS& / Australasia •• ....• ••• / British North America n 50 ••• / ...... •-• . .... .... Colonial e.: o i n di n I to no e r Ns ,c Jointi e a Iw l v. o e. , Stock tt. i nino: ..k. London si.t.er ! .: 21 2 2 1000 0 5 ............. 1 1 ............... 17%....... ...... / LondonLoDn • .. / / National Prov. England. 35 •• ••• ......... LL - 'O `YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS O' hoes° o / LONDON, JAN. 4.—Wind Westerly, light, -- fine. id DEAL, JA N . 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Isabel ' s -40 o ' Newcastle f or th e C a p e; C ec ili a , G a rret, - ol d Flora, River St. Lawrence. A rr d. from 0 1 0 0' Favourite, Alexander, Port Philip. Arrived River andsailed, Louisa, Carpenter, Lima. ot' GLOUCESTER. Arrd. Yorkshire Lass, - Richebucto. Orr DUBLlN.—Rajasthan, for the Clyde. t c l Orr THE L IZARD . —S u s a n, Crisp, MORtier" -. CI O ' OFF THE WIGHT, JAN. 2.—Arrd. lin i:1 1, 0 10:11 Manilla, with main and cross jack yards car r ter $ And boats an d part o f b u l war k s gone , an d q uo 1 ,) ries atove, having experienced severe weather. ve rfit LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3.—The Hyperion, from -",„. ~o cer,n i tt s m on u s lo o T re oN am , o J n A g N s . t 3 th .— e put into Pernambuco leaky, and was discharg i NoV, l ) to to t 'ard. fi C t ii FALMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind 117.—„Arrd• 2- V i l Young, Demerara. The Bilton, Haver nab, t f jel l T ro h e e ks E , two ast mKielen:, (34'1111°' put in yesterday leaky, &c. The PHA, Cadiz to f ,; was spoken 19 t h u l t. leaky. „, Ara bs ' PLIMO.UTII, JAN. 3 —Wind calm.---Arru• : l 11.1.' 0, London, f or Ad e l a id e, S out h Atletr6llll; if ,er Nl.q_jesty's ahip C ontest, Af i i ea. The Oebrole r ' i JuiFcy, f.:11 over to-d a y, and is Mail g muc h :1 P HARWICH, JAN. 3.—The Fairy, of Live r r ' 62 p 62 p 62 p - 13% 10 3 / 4 73i 7 Va ..... 11111111••••• Intlira - 11% 3 i /2 4A 10% 11% 101,±, 2 3 / 4 77 1 4