The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-03 00:00:00

oVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. ezel to a certain extent, a successful expe rimeetewres made last night at this theatre, in the production of the Antigone of Sophocles—the last of • thee •agedies connected with the history of Edipus 14 1 ", i; :he august genius of the Greek dramatist has fiee:lierised to every classical scholar. When we first read the announcement of this play we were not without serious apprehensions that it would prove an arrant failure, for we did not deem it at all probable that an English audience habituated to the rapid, irregular action, and continual stir of Shakapeare's tragedies, with the fierce and tumultuous passions de veloped in their progress, would sympathise with the slow and stately march of a Greek play, wherein the feelings of the human heart are roused but not probed to the quick ; and where more is said than done, the character of the piece being narrative rather than dramatic. But we have been agreeably disappointed. The Antigone, oti the whole, has been successful, but its success has not been so much owing to the interest taken by the awlience in the conduct of the plot, whose severe 7implici7 and somewhat languid progress are ill adapted to the melodramatic taste of the day, as to the music of Bartholdy, which is full of expres sion, varying in happy accordance with the sentiments enunciated by the dramatist. It is a striking proof of the undying character of true genius, to see a play which, upwards of two thousand years ago, delighted an Athenian audience received with applause by an English one, the majority of whom can know nothing of the incomparable grace and majesty of its style, and can be effeeted only by the truth and earnestness of the feelings it depicts. The Antigone of Sophocles is remarkable for the strict unity of its action, for the absence of all irrelevant characters and incidents, and more especially for the pure and lofty moral it incul cates, and which is never for an instant lost sight of. The aim of the dramatist is obvious throughout. It is to show the remorse that waits on injustice :—in a word, to illustrate the wholesome truth which Shake speare has so well expressed, that " The great gods are just ; and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to scourge us." The plot may be summed up in a few words. On the death of Eteocles and Polynices, sons of CEdipus, who fell in battle by each other's hand, Creon, their nearest male relative, ascends the throne of Thebes, and forbids the rites of sepulture to the body of Polynices. Antigone, animated by piety and sisterly affection, nobly braves the despot's command, but being detected in the attempt to inter her brother, she is condemned to be buried alive in the cavern of a rock. Fully to appreciate the strong impelling motives under which Antigone acts, our readers should bear in mind that the rites of sepulture wore deemed absolutely necessary to ensure the tran quillity of the spirit after death—a circumstance to which Virgil has alluded in his sixth book of the .Eneid, where he represents Palinurus supplicating iEneas TO give his body, which lies naked " in ignota wren.;," the sacred rites of burial, so that his restless, wandering spirit may at length know repose. But to resume. Soon after Antigone has been conveyed to her rocky tomb, Tiresias, the soothsayer—so well known in Greek fable—enters into Creon's presence, and by solemnly predicting the evils that will flow from the tyrant's unjust decree, induces him to bury Polynice., and issue an order for the release of Antigone , . But the order is issued too late. Antigone has already strangled herself, and her lover, Htemon, Creon's son, commits suicide in the agony of hie grief for her fate. His mother, also, distracted by this double loss, destroys herself, and the tragedy concludes with the unavailing self-re proaclice of the King, and the exhibition of his intense remorse. The chorus, who, as in all Greek dramas, takes a conspicuous share in the piece, is composed of the nobles and councillors of Thebes, who are supposed to be assembled before the palace in order to hear the decree which has so promptly proved fatal to Creon. Nothing can well be simpler than this plot, or less complex than the emotions sought to be conveyed by the dramatist. The in terest of the piece is confined exclusively to Anti gone, and rises and falls as she appears and disappears from the scene. Her character is conceived in a noble spirit, in which there is loftiness without exaggeration ; and the execution is not less mas terly. The glowing, majestic, heartfelt sentiments put into her mouth, are just such as might be ex pected irons a nature of her heroic stamp; but which, however essentially elevated it may be in its prevailing tone of thought and feeling, is yet imbued with a keen sense of the more homely, familiar, and domestic affections. Like the Alcestis of Euripides —one of the most delightful female portraits ever drawn by the magic pen of genius —Antigone merits the highest praise for the completeness and harmony of the conception. The touches are carefully laid on one by one, and the course of emotion proceeds in exact accordance with —what philosopher Square would call—" the fitness of things." In artful contrast to this fine portrait ennuis out the character of Isenene—a trne woman such as may be met with in the every-day walk of life—gentle—affectionate—timid—b u t when fully roused, capable for the time of sacrificing every thought of Self, and rising to the loftiest height of moral dignity. In reverting once again to the plot, we cannot forbear from commenting on the exquisite skill with which Sophocles has introduced the spirited hymn to Bacchus. This has evidently been done with a view to relieve the more tragic portions of the play, and so give variety .toaits• other wise somewhat monotonous character. The chorus sings the hymn—and a noble piece of music it is— under, the impression that Antigone will be released and all end happily ; but the catastrophe has already beenterought,and the tragic tone of the subsequentscenes acquires tenfold force from the brief, sunny gleam of cheerfulness by which they have been preceded. Of the performers, all played their parts creditably, and on e or two with superior feeling and judgment. Mr, Vandenhoff, as Creme declaimed with emphasis and propriety though occasionally his manner was somewhat too cold and formal and Miss Vandenhoff exhibited more feeling in Antigone, than in any character in which she has yet appeared on the stage.. The numerous choruses were admi rably managed, and every possible effect was given to the delightful music of Bartholdy. The hazardous experiment of the performance of a Greek play having now been made, and with comparative success, we are not without hopes that it will, ere long, be re peated. There is more of incident, variety, and briskness of uction in the CEdipus Tyrannus than in the Anti; one of Sophocles ; and, judging from last night's performance, we cannot but think that the closing scenes of the Coloneus, where the awful voices of the unseen Nemesis is heard summoning (Fedipus to judgment in the gloomy depths of the grove con yeceatea to the Furies, kwould—if aided by im pressive and appropriate music such as Bartholdy has shown himself capable of composing— produce a very striking effect. It is highly creditable to the taste of an Bnglish audience that they paid the most marked attention throughout the entire performance of Antigone. One or . two of its snore impassioned sentiments—the genuine utterances of humanity as it existed two thousand years ago, and will exist through all time—were received with loud applause; and at the fall of the curtain Mr. Vandenhoff and his daughter were called on to re iesive the congratulation s of the audience. • . A4TLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. Tho success of the day exhibitions at this elegant place of amusement must hare surpassed the most sanguine expectations of the enterprising proprietor. The house hm.s been crowded on each occasion. It is really quite sexbilirating to see the delight of the children at these iday initertssinuients. Parents are certainly under great iribli4ations to Mr. Batty for thus enabling them to atfurd the little people the treat of a visit to the theatre Without interfering with their proper hours of rest. THE FREE CHURCH COLLEGE.—Lord Jeffrey has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Scots man : -oSir,—My attention having been called (for the first time this morning) to a statement in your paper of last Weda,esday, with reference to a report of my haring been one of ;:he munificent contributors to the projected college of the Free Church, I am bound to disclaim the credit of any such splendid liberality, and to state that I hare not subscribed anything to that undertaking. It will be obliging in yov, therefore, to mention the fact in your next publication. I am, Sir, F. JEFFItET.- 14, Morray-place, Dec. 17, We have great pleasure in announcing that her Mojesty and . Prince Albert, with their accustomed liberality, have lately subscribed to the fund raising for the erection of the Marylebone and Paddington Hospital ----her Majesty having made a donation of 100 guineas, and the Prince 50 guineas. FAIL GRET.—We are glad to announce that the health of this venerable nobleman Continues to imprpvf.t THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.BLET. Lessee, Mr, B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, !ailed OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket dr. S. rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Math°. s ; Tom Coke dr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren; (The Countess of Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Allce Hawthori, Madame Vestris; Miss Racket. Miss Julia .;ennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCIN}T. King Uxorlous, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Gra:iosa, Miss Jul:a Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude wi.h a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. ORIAL TOUR IN S WITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On: Guinea and a.Half each. 11ckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.otlice, it 1m Tin till Five o•Clock, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHI?dES. A Goblin Story if Some Bell that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Tear In , Toby Veck, Nlr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright ; Tugby. Mr. Wilkin ioa ; Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart Mr. Paul Redford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby ' Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Meese. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki,,g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lon,- dale ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San secs. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Paintor, Hr Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—B ox - ot li ce open from Eleven till Four. Private Hazes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSF.E. Mr. J. if. MADDOX. EVE Will be repeated the THIS New Drama NlNG , called DON C.ESA R DE HAZAN Don Carter, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Seconi , Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling ; Countesi Rotondo. Mrs. Fosbroke. To be followed by a New Grand Orients! Ballet, called THE ENCHANTED BELL. Asolio (an Hindee Peasant). M. Rousse - ; Palraira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mille. Caroline Rousset ; Naire, iher Friend), .Mlle. Teresine; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Be!]), Miss Marsh all. After which will he repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rattler Operatic Burlesque Extravaginsa, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindorr. Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Walton; ; Kelmar, Mr. tiranby Riber, Mr. C,orri , Goiots, Mr. Miss E. Stan ley; Kftrina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wall ac k. St age Di rector, Mr. Emden, Machinist Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 25.; Gallo Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, fit Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half ; Proses. slum Boxes, 'Two Guineas an d a-HalE Doors to be opened at Half gist Six, and the Performanc es t o commence at Seven o'clock. The ox-ollice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn. Private Boxes and Free Admissions far the Season to be bad at the theatre. TILE S 14: o*, FR 1 D kIY 7 E JAN Y 3. 1345. of these black delenus were fellow-citizens of such a man as Mr. Secretary WEIISTER, and are, therefore, reclaimed by their native State of Massachusetts. The Legislature of that State, having nominated a Commissioner to proceed on its behalf to South Carolina, in order to ascertain the precise state of the facts, the gentleman nominated, immediately on his arrival, notified to the Governor of the slave-holding State the character of his mission, and apprised his Excellency that its object was to "try the constitu tionality of the Carolina law in the Supreme Courts of the Unitel States." There may be even among Englishman, though we doubt the fact, about as many individuals as there are Southern States in the Federal Union, who will attempt to justify the conduct of members of the " model Republic"—the palladium, as it has been called, of human freedom—the strongholsl of consti tutional liberty—the refuge, from tyranny and law lessness, of the oppressed of all The world—in fostering, within their own bosom, openly and unblushingly, that foulest opprobrium of human institutions--negro slavery. These very individuals will be the first to echo the confident, unhesitating boast of every white citizen of those Southern States, that, whatever be the merits of this slavery question, their political con dition is faultless. They will tell you that, above all things, unlimited freedom of discussion is permitted by their Legislature. This sounds well in theory. Its practical truth is thus damaged by the New York letters :—" The Legislature of South Carolina being in session, the Governor transmitted to that body the communication of Mr. HOAX Upon its receipt a Bill was introduced and Passed, in a few hours, through all the forms of a law, authorising the instantaneous expul sion of Mr. HOAR from the State ; and he was, without delay, expelled as an incendiary." To say that we were absolutely unprepared, at the hands of a State upholding the enormous crime of slavery, in the midst of its own free national institutions, for such an outrage as this, upon all international law, upon the honour and dignity of an independent Con federate State, upon the inviolable character of its diplomatic service—would be to allow the zeal of our indignation to exceed the limits of truth. For, it seems to us, but the natural sequence of so ill-omened an anomaly as a free society's tolerating the perpetual slavery of a certain class of their fellow-creatures, that they should be guilty of any excess of unprincipled resentment, or insolent violence, t• which the first impulses of their pas sions or their prejudices may prompt them. The sames licentious arrogance which assumes, and in de fiance of the remonstrances and example of all free civilisation, retains its chattel property in a slave po pulation, will prompt it, whenever the opportunity seems favourable, to domineer over and insult even the representatives of States equally free and inde pendent as itself. But we shall be surprised, indeed, it; in this instance, the slave-trading infatuation has not sealed its own fate. The whole federation of the Union is bound to resent this flagrant outrage on their authority and honour. The slave question can no longer be blinked on secondary grounds, such as those of temporary expediency, because the outrage itself—the authority by which it was sanctioned—and the circumstances under which it was perpetrated—have all arisen out of, and exclusively resulted from, the legal tolera Lion o f s?avery in South Carolina. In reference to the contemplated appeal to Massachusetts to the Supreme Court of the United States, a New York correspondent thus writes :—" Suppase the decision to be against South Carolina, what then ? Why— nothing." Not so! We cannot, and will not believe it. There are men enough in the Supreme Tribunal in question to dare to be just to the rightful demands of a Confederate State for justice. There is a citizen of Massachusetts—a patriot and a statesman—who will not be slow tolvindicate, in those capacities, the suggestions of his religious convictions as u Christian; —of his social duties as a freeman. That man is Mr WmusTEtt. He cannot evade his responsibility for his past career and his avowed opinioni, if he would ; and our unfeigned regard for him firmly assures us that he would not do so, if he could. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with com ments on the Budget of M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE, the Minister of Finance, and the state of the Ministry. The latter, however, is the subject of real interest. The financial statement adds little to previous know ledge respecting the resources, trade, and credit of the country. The loan all knew had been contracted under much more favourable circumstances than were anticipated•; the imports, on the whole, had improved ; the expenses of the war in Africa had been a little increased by the expedition to Morocco; and taking these points, with a few others known to the public, into account, the main features of the Minis ter's speech could present nothing new. Looking at the vaat outlay of money for erecting the Paris forti fications, maintaining an army of 400,000 men, a large fleet, and carrying on expensive operations in Algeria, and taking into account at the same time the small amount of commercial transactions, it cannot be de. pied that the present state of the finances shows, be yond all doubt, the vast internal resources of France. The Journal des Debats gives the following summary cif this document :—" The financial situation of France is this year presented under a more favourable aspec t than last. The budget of 1845 demanded for the • ordinary service credits to the amount of 1,276,106,797 f., the receipts of the same year being 1,276,925,2:31f., which gave a surplus of nearly a million. The ordinary Budget of 1846 sets down the receipts at 1,306,027,832 f., and the expenditure at 1,302,508,836 f. There is, therefore, a surplus of 3,512,446 f. These figures prove in an incontestable manner the increasing prosperity of the country, and the benefits arising from the policy of order which the Cabinet has carried out in the midst of such diffi cult circumstances. Twenty days back we announced with satisfaction the result of the loan just effected by the Minister of ,Finance with a success beyond all anticpation. The explanations of M. Lacava LAPLAGNE prove that he conducted this delicate busi ness with as much prudence as tact. The extraordi nary Budget is not less satisfactory, and it is evident that every day we are drawing close to budgets in equili bria N o obstacle is to be brought to the execution off the railroads and other extraordinary works voted by the Chambers. The credits opened by the Bill of June, 1841, and which amounted to 450,000,000 f., are nearly expended. The Minister demands only the sum of 36,000,000 r. from these credits. We per ceive that the Minister, in conformity with the deci sion of the Chamber last year, has joined to the iieneral Budget the special one of Algeria. The re ceipts of this colony for the year 1846 amount to 6,500,000 f. One of the principal savings set down in the Budget of Algeria will be obtained by a new organisation of the corps of Spahis ; it amounts to 2,000,000 f. The Minister's statement gives most satisfactory intelligence respecting the increase of our receipts, which loudly bear testimony to the gent administration of public affairs. The evaluation of all the produce of the public revenues is calculated with precision and moderation, and there is room to hope, that the defi c i enc i es w hi c h , s i nce 1840, have so much disturbed our B u d ge t s , will be speedily and complefely effaced." The Constituti onne l, o f cou r se t a kes a very dif ferent view of the affair. " The Budget," it says, has been presented, with an excess of receipts to the amount of more than 3,000,000 f., which inti mates, in the language . of finance, which has been lately created, that the accounts will be closed with an uncovered balance of 30,000,000 f. or 40,000,000 f. The Chamber is perfectly well acquainted with the phantasmagoria in which the provisions of the Budget are annually enveloped. The reports on the Finance Bill as well as those on the Account Bill prove this. Yet the Chamber tolerates these irregularities, and continues to vote credits, which are always exceeded. As long as the country remains tranquil, as long as commerce and manufactures find regular aliment, so long will the perils of this mode of proceeding re main unveiled. But should any crisis, and conflict of any nature arise, then will all the vices of this im provident management be disclosed, and then it will be too late to prevent the consequences. The National, however, is less gloomy, it admits that the resources of France are immense, but are terribly mismanaged by her rulers. The Opposition journals still reckon with certainty on the speedy downfal of M. GuizoT, but from all accounts, should their prophecies turn out true, he will die hard, and display in a light neither comfort • able to MOLE nor THIERB the conduct of parties who, forgetting their own political antipathies and differ ences, have combined to" Oust the mast able Fren Just ready, In 3 vols., pest Bvo., with tuuntro.s Illustrations by . _ Let Ch. The FORTUNES of T HE SCATTERGOOD FAMILY. By ALBERT SMITH. Esc, Author of " The ♦dventurce of lir. Ledbury," " The Witiftald Bowl," Ste. Richard Bentley, New Burangton-street. THE AGE and ARGUS (the only real Tory Journal) will contain in Its New Year's Number a quantity of Exclusive Intelligence, in addition to its usual large number of Ori ginal Contributions, and other interesting and amusing matter. Office, 13, Wellingten-street. Strand. COMBINATION OF CHEAP NEWS ♦ND CHEAP LITERATURE. THE GREAT WESTERN ADVERTISER, henceforth to be called THE GREAT 'WESTERN ♦DVER TISER AND CHRONICLE, will be issued To-morrow (Saturday), the 4th of January, in an enlarged and novel form. The pages de voted to News and Advertisements will consist now of seven instead of six columns each ; and a portion of the paper will be set apart for literary matter, arranged in forty pages of a foolscap octavo size, which may be divided from the rest, and folded in parts, and which, in the course of the year, will form five volumes *fan average thick ness of 416 pages. With the First Number will be given 40 pages of " KOHL'ii TRAVELS IN ENGLAND," a new translation, executed expressly for this purpose by Thomas Roscoe, Esq. ; and this work will extend to about thirteen numbers, and be completed about the end of April next. One week in each month will be devoted to a " Western Miscellany," consisting of Tales, Essays, Sketches, Re views, and Poetry, Edited by T. H. Scaly, Author of " The Porcelain Tower," &c. The Newspaper, with 2,800 pages of literary matter, consisting chiefly of valuable Standard Works, will be supplied fur a subscription of only fifteen shillings per annum, paid in advance. Of the "Great Western Advertiser" FIVE THOUSAND copies are printed Weekly* and, the greater number of them being circulated gratuitously, 4,000 are re-oollected, after their distribution In Bristol, Bath, and Plymouth, and circulated a second time throughout four teen counties of the south-west of England and South Wales, thus raising the entire circulation to NINE THOUSAND ; whilst the average circulation of 54 papers published in the districts through which the "Great Western - Advertiser" is distributed, Is only 1,051, and one only among them rises to a circulation of more than 3,000. The columns of the " Great Western Advertiser" are devoted to General and Local News, Commercial Intelligence, Literary Notices, and Advertisements. Party politics are scrupulously avoided. The principal Office of the Paper is at 8, BRIDGE-STREET, BRISTOL. T HE STEP-MOTHER. By G. P. E. JAMES, Esq. The EDITOR of the SUNDAY TIMES has the pleasure of au flouncing that on the sth of January, 1845, will be published, in the columns of that Journal, the First umber of a new Romance, of Times within our Memory, entitled THE STEP-MOTHER; or, Evil Doings. Written exclusively for the Sunday Times. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq. In the Sunday Times of the ith of January will also appear, THE COMIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty-four. Edited by " YOUNG FORTY-FIVE." Printed and published by John Kemble Chapman, 103, Fleet street, to whom ail communications (post-paid) are to be addressed. THEATRE ROYAL,• DRURY-LANE. Immense lieliday Attraction. THIS EVENING will be performed Bolfe's grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe. The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes, Messrs. W. N. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss Carson. SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (In distress for many things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance; Puck (Envoy from the Court or King Oberon, with powers to pro vide the usual Christmas fun for "Children all, both great and small," Miss A. Payne. 'How Puck gives new life to the author by giving life to his attic, which occasions. an extraordinary stir on the pre mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances I how Messrs. Pack and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste, and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe. SCENE 2. Coast of the Island on which Crusoe was wrecked, with the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. 11. Payne. How Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck; his private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he Is astonished by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de termines in his turn to astonish them. SCENE 3. Interior of the Island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; liankipanki (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right lion. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince Parramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, con temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; erincess Tsoraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, bat intending ierself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley—. how Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the frying-pan into the tire, i.e., the water. - SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy (the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in hopes of his turning out "a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. how Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands Its two insides—and how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to SCENE 3.—lnterior of Cavern, with ?Ant's-eye View of Robinson Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by— how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over mountain," set off in pursuit—and how It is supposed they were lost in fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at SCENE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. Y.B. The premises may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Ha:m ot/ice, from ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his first lemon in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in ;Dort, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the hut, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge. SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs Manufactory ; Duet, in two flats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, here we go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia tor ; a clear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to play on itself grand discord. SCENES 8 and 9. Curriers and Fancy Leather-dressers, and Throne room in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another— a whole skin is better than a skin in holes. SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the poor Debtors; Knockers - mil bells versus thieves ; Somebody's corning ; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors ; the tables eui denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes ; " Ladies of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; Mangling done here ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective young ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; Husbands go to bath; lioillng water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm, .mid general conftsion. SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ; Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with Ins head, so much for Harlequin ;" Eight heads better than one ; Patent self-lighting Chandelier. " The happy family we all know so well, " The still happier family we all love so well." SCENE 13. A Stenos Quarry ; A monster meeting, with a tail and without one ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art and Commerce lend their assistance to produce SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more extraordinary one, viz., SCENE 15. Grand emblematical and national tableau of her Majesty christening the Royal Exchange. THE WITHER.--Sus OFFICE, JAN. 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; Highest, 37 ; NOOD, 36. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, S. `OTC.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denoto the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. ERRATUM.—In the Weather Table yesterday the state of the Barometer was incorrectly given. It marked 30.10, net 31.10—a point to which the mercury seldom or nerer rises in this country. HIGH WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE THIS DAY. Non In ... 11 minutes after 8 1 Evening ... 47 minutes after S. ,:..-- i .. . "c.•:., . ' All • , • .f ... i.. : .. i v1 ez >,4 :4. / 0r 444 ..: .....7 . - • "to . :.. - - ... , ] ..., - ' s"- 1 " 1 ", . .b.'%•••• . at ac lar -wr ,„ , ~1...:„, , . , . .. ~. N i p p• SECOND EDITION. 11 4- itnin 7:411ta, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1845. The late desperate efforts of the Bishops of LONDON and EXETER to force on the Protestant Church some of the most obnoxious symbols and customs of Catho licism, and the haughty, imperious, and insulting lan guage in which they replied to the respectful remon strances of different (parishes, cannot fail to give the people of England a faithful anticipation of what they may expect, if, for the curse of the country and the Church, Fuseyism should ever become triumphant. At first these encroaching Prelates would listen nei ther to remonstrance, nor argument, nor humble pe tition—they were supreme judges of what was right ; the ignorant multitude (for as such they treated even the most respectable inhabitants of their dioceses) knew nothing of the rubric, and even if they did, it was not their duty to explain its meaning. Their duty only was to obey, to render homage to the heads of the Church, in imitation of Catholic flocks, and leave the settlement of disputes about the surplice and offertory, and the burning of tapers on the altar, with other rites and ceremonies, to the successors of the Apostles. So bigoted were they in these slavish doctrines, and so conscious were they of their own power and sacred character, that they vowed not to yield to the clamours of the laity, but adhere to their injunction, whatever might be the consequence. They reckoned however without their host. No party joined with them ; not even one journal could justify their conduct ;1 the people were unanimous, and the haughty Prelates were forced to suc cumb. Let not the people of England however imagine that the battle is won, or that the Popish doctrines openly taught by the Puseyites can be eradicated from the Church, without yet a great and a con tinued struggle. A deep plot has been laid at Ox ford; it has ramifications in every part of the coun try. Its object is to obtain power, to put down free inquiry, to enslave the human mind, and make the authority of the clergy supreme, even at the risk of restoring all the ignorance, immorality, and super stition of the middle ages. Happily there is not a dissentient voice among the laity; but let us imagine that these Puseyite Bishops had conducted their inno vations with more skill, that in addition to their hypo crisy, which is abundant, they had also assumed the garb of humility—had, like PUSEY and .NEWMAN, and the other founders of the sect, devoted their lives to :prayer and meditation, and deep inquiries into the state of the Church, for the purpose of hn posing upon the unwary, and then come forth with all the fervour of Reformers. To a certainty they would have had many followers—they would, like a neighbouring C hurch, have led astray silly women, and excited divisions in every parish and hamlet, and family. For the safety of the Reformed Religion the cloven foot has appeared in time, their designs are laid open, and even one of their own body, an en lightened Bishop, has not scrupled to declare to the world, that " their sole object is to exalt the clergy and destroy the principles of free inquiry so nobly asserted at the period of the Reformation." On this ground, chiefly, we have opposed the new tenets, because, with a Church al powerful, with a Church that domineers over the people, that interferes in all the relations of life, whether domestic, social, or public, there can be no useful education, no reform of abuses, no independence of character, and no real liberty. Will the people of England, then, who have gained so much by the Reformation, who have made such noble struggles in defence of liberty, who have by their own innate energy established a Constitution which, whether as regards freedom of thought, freedom of action, and the development of the national resources, stands unrivalled—will the people of England again submit their neck to the yoke, and by yielding to the despotism of the Church, renounce those inestimable blessings for which their forefathers suffered exile, imprisonment, and death? The spirit now displayed throughout the country happily leads to a different conclusion, and verifies the words of the poet— Fortes creantur fortibus, et bonis." Much, however, remains to, to done. The canker has taken deep root in the ecclesiastical body, and, though concealed for a time, will sooner or later again break forth. Let the people, therefore, be watchful. They have Jesuits to deal with. If one scheme fails another will be tried, in the hope that, by accustom ing the eyes and the ears to certain harmless innova tions, the real object may in time be attained. The only security is in resisting every change. By letters from New York, dated the 14th ult., we learn that " a very pretty quarrel" is on the eve of explosion between two of the most important States of the Union—namely, South Carolina and Massachusetts. Although the first and noblest right of our common nature and the dearest interests of humanity are deeply involved in the ground of the approaching rupture (for to a rupture the affair is manifestly tending), there are some circumstances of such absurd inconsistency, moral and political, in the affair, that we shall endeavour to regard it, as much as we can, in the less grave of its aspects. It seems that South Carolina, a few years ago, passed a law prohibiting free negroes, under certain severe pains and penalties, from " coming into that' State." Not having the original American statute before us, we cannot say what was the cause of its enactment assigned in its preamble. Whether the paternal Legislature of Carolina was alarmed lest the evil example of its slave-trading 'institutions should ex tend beyond its own boundary—or the contagiOn 'of slave emancipation should pass over and within them, from other members of the Union, our readers 'may conclude for themselves. But it must still remain a I marvel how a body of men, so proverbially acute :as: the Carolinian planters, could have overlooked the in• evitable occurrence, in the ordinary course of busi ness transactions, of daily cases (as it were) in which their statute must be violated, or their external trade be annihilated. When the Carolina legislators, in the plenitude of their superiority as white-castes promulgated their penal and disabling statute against free blacks, they forgot that Nature, when she tinged the skins of negroes with an indelible colour, had omitted to affix any badge of nautical disqualification upon that unhappy race. By an equally unpardon able obliviousness, many hundreds of blacks, settled in various portions of the Western Hemisphere, are habitually given (it seems) to imagine —first, that they have a right to purchase their freedom, when they can , find money enough for that purpose, and masters who will accept it; and, secondly, that, being free, they have a right to turn sailors when they can find captains to engage them at stipulated wages. The result of this discrepancy between the abilities of freedom, and the disabilities of slavery —this collision between the laws of South Carolina and the laws of Nature—has been, that, on different occasions, " free blacks employed as seamen have been brought into the latter State." . The humane custom has been, that "they were immediately imprisoned, and kept year 1845 ;—and it write e sail t i h n i g s of in the the vessel to which they oI'AOYAL VICTORIA •I TAE IX Extraordinary Success of the Wm Conic Pantomime. THIS EVENING t as essential an integer, in Will be produced MARIA...NNE; or, the Child of Charity. Su o k f tru the e human binelponrigeo.'n' until I‘, ye the vrri y ol f b o o r u the honour of that portion ported be Mr. o.oaldiston, Hens; Howard , J. T Johnso Y ,' T. H. ' •by the way, AS " that in mate, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. &Dui., Mws Vincent': ltise its relations to the whole, um F a o n rt ra un c a e te - 1 Terrey, and Miss Treble. -,-,_ a fter which, the laugh a bl e D rama, entitled WILFUL Mt.i - L , r A eelligent an d i m portant part of the earth , called To conclude with a New Gr an d Christmas Pantomime ' entitles - :zirol HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Wonsan and -... p e swhich is not the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapin° ; Clown, L YLEIt S - sea: Message)—that portion Mr, Blancbusi s PAlit4o9n, Mr, Coney; ColutsOlne, Mdlle. • e that some i e"—so condescendingly noticed in President . incorporated l u t o . the co,relima Legislatur / 1 THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining Meadows, Diddear, Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley; Misa Walcott, Mies Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker Miss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Hlsteric4l, Romantic Pantomimic-al, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner. Kinloch. Yarnold, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A OM l s.slol , 4.—Balcoily imam. 41.- Upper Boxes, 31. ; Pit, ts. Gallery, fid. Second Price—Balcony BOxes, 2s. ; sipper Boxes, Is. 6; Pit, Is. Private B oxes on the itslcony T ier ~ olding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Bemis on the Second Tier (holding eight persons). One Gui nea an d ~ H alf. Private Boxes on the Pit 'fler (holding six persons), One Guiren, Tne Box.olicei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the three. Lien of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great Hit of the Equestrian Comic Pantomime at ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE Of ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL PDX HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Li fe's Course of Man and Steed; .ntroducing unequalled Natiosial Fetes. Real Ina-chase on the Stage ind in the Circle by living For and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse manship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c: lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the BLick Witcb of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ,• Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown , Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon Mr. Bradloury. Acting and stage-manag e r, Mr. W. D. Brosidroot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. 1.41140111 in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests from the country, and by special desire, he has formed arrangements.to pre. sent, during the Christmas Holidays, a S,ries of EQUESTRIAN %WINING FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. A NCES, to commence at Halfpast One, and terminate at Half-past Circle. Three : consisting of Batty's Splendid Scenes of Equitation in the Ei t Ajl bei Do t As usual, triumph than ever beim achieved ! ! Laughter, Wonder, an E P .S an it tfni Y im A e L o S f U th ß e ß Se Eir aso l e ' H ! E AA ' THEATRE brilliant d Delight!! I The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New WI THIS EVENINO Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principai characiers by Mr. Henry Corrl (froin the T heatre Rnyal Edinburgh), meters, H. Hu elude with an Original Wo rldly Comic .ewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mn. yt. ' LAW* Mr s. W. Harmer, Mrs. Daly, and Miss Martin. POUNDS, hHILLINGS, AND PENCgEh: To con ocr, Neville, H I f i Pantomime,HARLEQUIN Q o ca s u n lil e t ; L. S. D. Harlequin , Mr. H. H ave Pantaloon Mr. Henry Co rt i ; coh :g 3 e l Y ; Clown ? Mr. T. Ridgway; Places and Pnvate Ilexes to hod as ' MI " Slai ter. et Idr. Kerschner. at this BI nice, from Eleven to Four. Minister since CASINIEB PERIEL The KING will stand by him to the last ; and, according to the Journal des Debati, took the opportunity of the usual addresses on New-year's Eve, to state his feel ings and contradict statements put forth by certain journals, that it was his intention to cast Guzzor overboard. That journal gives an account of the reception of the President of the Cham ber, M. SAIIZET, Messrs. DE SALVANDT, BIGNON, DUFAURE, and DEBELLETIIE, Vice-Presi dents ; and Messrs. LACROSSE DE L'ESPEE, LAS CAsAs and BOISSY n'AuGras were received by the KING on Tuesday, and then adds :—" This reception was the subject of conversation in every political salon on Tuesday afternoon. 'We consider that we are not guilty of any indiscretion in publishing the details which we have collected on the subject, with. out, however, guaranteeing their accuracy. We are assured that the KING, whilst he received the officers with his usual courtesy, was pleased to express, in a marked manner the pleasure he experienced at finding in his presence the same representatives of the same majority as on preceeding occasions. We are further assured that the KING, when addressing his congra tulations to M. DEBELLETME, added that he expe rienced but one regret—namely, that the majority by which he (M. DEBELLETME) had been elected had not been more considerable, and in order that those who might hare believed that a contrary wish was entertained by him had filled the part of dupes.'" 'We regret to state that M. VILLEMAIN, the Minis ter of Public Instruction, still continues in a hopeless state. " llis health," says Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday, " has become even more alarming than it was on Monday, when his retirement from the Ministry was first spoken of as rendered abso lutely necessary by his position. Yesterday, at two o'clock, notwithstanding the cafe with which he was attended, he threw himself, in a fit of delirium, out of the window of his room, which, fortunately, being at no great height from the ground, prevented his receiving any very serious injury. He was imme diately taken up and surrounded lsy his family, and in less than an hour there was a consultation at the Ministry of Public Instruction of several of the most eminent physicians of the capital." The Bourse was closed on New Year's-day, and little business was done at ToaToru's, • where the Three per Cents. were quoted at 84f. 85c. THIS DAY'S NEWS DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM NO'VT, G.C.B. We regret to announce the death of Major-General Sir William Nott, which took place at Neatb, on New Year's-day, at a quarter before two in the morning. For some time past it has been deemed almost impos sible that the General could recover, and, in fact, he has been lying in a state of insensibility for the last two or three days. The nature of his disease—an enlarg ment of the heart—precluded all possibility of his existing for any lengthened period, although it was hoped that his native air would re invigorate him, and enable him to live for some years in the possession of his hard-earned honours and wealth. The severity of the weather, however, joined to the state of weakness to which he had been reduced by the forced journeys he was compelled to take in order to reach Wales, and the excitement consequent upon the triumphal reception he met with at each town on his route, all contributed to weaken a constitution naturally strong, but which,had been exposed to the numerous vicissitudes of an Indian climate. This illustrious officer, fur his firmness, his patriotism and deeds at Kandahar fully entitle lane to the epithet: was born at Neath, in Glamorganshire, in the year 1780, and consequently was in the Gsth year of his age. His father, who was an Englishman, kept the principal inn at that place when his son was born, and at the same time cultivated a farm of considerable extent. Being a man of some property and interest, he obtained an appoint ment for his son in the army, who speedily distinguished himself by attention to his duties and skill in his pro fession. He had been many years in India, where be served with honour and credit, but his name was not prominently brought forward till the Caubul expedition attracted the universal attention of the public to the officers who had the chief command in that vast army, Among these Nott shone forth with peculiar lustre- The admirable manner in which he led on his division, and the rapidity with which he attacked and captured forts and stations on the line of march is well known, but no part of his military conduct can at all be com pared to that at Kandahar, where he was isolated from the other troops, surrounded by hostile and savage tribes, and, what was more distressing than all, harassed and almost overpowered with sorrow at the prospect of being compelled to obey the orders of the Governor-General, and retreat upon Sukkur without even making an attempt to avenge the disasters of Caubul. His firmness, his prudence, and his passive resistance, on this trying occasion, are en titled to the highest praise, and contributed in no small degree to the long wished-for march upon the capital of Affghanistan, and the glorious result of that brief but labourous campaign. When summoned by Lord Ellenborough to retreat without striking a blow, he showed, by the most wary conduct, that ho could not comply, and that to abandon British subjt eta treacherously kidnapped into cap tivity would be a national disgrace. His remon strances on tho occasion display both his spirit and his good sense. He cou'd move forward, he said, like a true hearted soldier, but retreat was impossible ; he never gave up the idea of again visiting Caubul. "Perhaps," said he, in a letter, written for the perusal of the Go vernor-General, "it is not • within my pro vince to observe, that, in my humble opinion, an unnecessary alarm has I been created regarding the position of our troops this country, and of the strength and power of the enemy we have to contend with. This enemy cannot face our troops in the field with any chalice of success, however superior they may be in numbers, provided those pry centions are strictly observed, which ear, between a small body of disciplined soldiers and a vast crowd of untrained disorganised, and half-civilised people, constantly ren ders necessary. True, the British troops suffered a dreadful disaster at Caubul, and it is net for me to presume to point out why this happened, however evi dent I may conceive the reasons, and the long train of military and political events which led to the sad catas trophe." After receiving the orders to retire at once from Kandahar, he was obviously in expectation that a better spirit might come over the mind of the Governor-General, and that delay might be beneficial in affording time for the transmission of counter orders. Writing to General Pollock, on the :30th May, he .says, '" I have withdrawn the garrison of Kelat-i-Ghilzie ; the order left me no discretion ; the same order applies in the same positive manner to Kan dahar; however; it will take some time to arrange, sad be fore I can possibly carry it into effect, there will be ample time for the Government, should they deem it advisable, to send me other orders. I shall be prepared to ad vance or retire, agreeably to the pleasure of Government." And fortunately the Government did send further orders, not to advance, but to leave the matter to the discretion of the General,. which amounted to the same thing. He advanced with his little brave army, reached Caubul about the same time with the divisions under General Pollock, and had the inexpressible joy and self-satis faction of beholding again the British standard floating on the towers of the Bala Miser. Th'lS was no ordinary triumph. The gallant officer brought back his troops in good order to India ; bad health soon after wards compelled him to return to his native land, and, to the sorrow of his family, his countrymen in Wales, and the public at large, after a sojourn of but a few months, he has been hurried out of life, not from age, but from disease brought on in a climate where he had served his country so well. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BaussELs, DEC. 31.—The average price of Wheat last week was 16f. 71c., and that of Eye 10f. 43c. per hectolitre. There is no alteration in the duties on importation and exportation. Their Majesties arrived yesterday evening, at nine o'clock, by a special train from Valenciennes. The Senate adjourned indefinitely on the 31st, after having voted the project of law relative to the treaty with the Zullverein. A correspondent at Paris informs us, that if no com mercial arrangement should immediately take place be tween B. lgium and France, it is at least reciprocally and amicably agreed that th© status quo shall continue.— Cnurier Bt lye. BRUSSELS, JAN. I —The Atoniteur Beige, of this day, contains the official promulgation of the treaty with the Zollverein, with hiallajesty's sanction. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR.—We have to announce the arrival in this country of his Ex cellency Count Maurice Dietrichsen, the newly accre dited Ambassador from Austria to the British Court, who reached Chandos House, accompanied by his Countess,'at a late hour on Tue Any night, travelling via Brussels frona Vienna. His Excellency will have an audience of her 'Majesty on Monday next, to present his credentials. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. li;o3t of the veksels so long detained by the thick wea ther and contrary winds are now making their passage, but, as their samples had been previously forwarded an d sold, very littl e f res h E ng li s h Wheat was offering ; still, however, the demand for that article was in a very de pressed state, and Monday's quotations were with diffi • culty supported. Jr. Foreign Wheat only a limited busi ness was doing and the rates were stationary. Although the supply of Barley was small the demand for that article was very dull, and previous figures were not sup ported. 'rho demand for superfine Malt was steady, but the middling and inferior parcels were a mere drug. The increase in the supply of Oats produced a very heavy inquiry for that grain, in which scarcely any busi ness was doing. Other grain as on Monday. ARRIVALS. WI) aaL Earley .l Oats. I Dew giiiiiih,.....,,, 3,460 too. 2,550 gra. 4410 qrs. 4,010 Irish ..... ....... - 200 17,100 .-- Fereign.......... 720 1.2 I 1 _ - Malt, 5,24,0 its. invuTurzEza. Although our market was by no means heavily sup plied with Beasts, we have to report a very inactive de mand fur that description of stock, and Monday's reduced figures were with difficulty supported. There were on sale eight beasts and fourteen sheep from Holland, and 200 horned and polled Scots from Scotland. The num bers of sheep were small, yet the mutton trade ruled dull, at about stationary prices, at which a clearance was effected. Prime small Calves sold steadily, but other qualities met w ith a dull inquiry. In Pigs, rather more business was passing, but no improvement took place in value. 5111 ch Cows sold slowly at from 161. to 19/. each, including their small calf. SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beast& I /Sleep. i Calves. I TIM WS 2.4;0 I' 154 597 Per Slim to Ask the .Hal. e. 4. to e. d. e. 4. to s. el. / Interior Newts ..... . 9 8 2 1 Second qualityditto... 3 9 3 6 Seoond quality ditto ... 3 0 . 3 6 Coaree-woolled ditto.. 3 8 4 0 Prime large Oxen...... 3 8 3 1 Ssutkdown Wether :4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &a ...... 4 0 4 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves... 3 4 4 Large Hoge ....... ..... 9• 3 6 Prime small ditto .. ... 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers.... ... .9 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, eaclelB 0 30 t , Quarteroltinge,eachlti 0 90 0 Inferior Sheep ......... 21U 3 I Lam1e5............ ..... .... I 0 0 0 111-11117GATZALN3) ZEADENZIALL. Prime Beef and ifiatton were in fair request, at fu, prices. In other kinds of Meat, the supply of which was good, exceedingly little was doing. At per stone, by tee Carcase. s. 4. to s. d a. 4. Us s. 4. 1 Beef, inferkm.......... 2 6 2'B Mutton, inferior 2 5 215 -. middling."... 210 50 -- middling 3 0 3 4 --prime tarps...... 3 0 3 2 --- prime 3 6 3 5 - prime small ...... 3 5 3 5 Pork. large.. ...... Veil ........ ............ 3 - 4 4 4 --amall 3 5 4 5 3110ROUGN ZOF mirANCZT. As we have long since anticipated, our market Las become somewhat active for bags of last year's growth, at rather more money, and this, too, notwithstanding the liberal supply brought forward. Old Sussex and Kent bags are likewise selling at extreme rates. For pockets we have only a moderate demand ; still prices are supported in every instance. COLONIAL SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been steady, but quiet. the sales having been about 1,000 hhds to la►t night inclusive. Fiue qualities were in most re quest; 100 hhds Barbadoes went at 540 for low, 58s to 63s 6d for mid, and 67s for fine. REFtran has been steady and a fair business has been done. EAST INDIA.-5,800 bags Mauritius sold at auction rather lower, brown 42s to 50s, grey 52s to 58s 6d, and yellow 55s 6d to 633 Gd per cwt; 4,200 bags Bengal sold at full rates, mid 34s to 563 Gd and lihaur 41s 6d to 433 , 6 d per cwt. Foaiicx.—holders generally are firm, but the closing by ice Of the Continental ports limits business. COFFEE —The transactions have not been large. British Plantation is quiet ; 512 bags Ceylon at auction sold at 52s for low good ord, and 583 bales Mocha were mostly taken in at 66s for good ord. Rust.—The market has been dull. TALLow,—P.Y.C. is 40s 3d t 403 6d per cwt, on the spot, and dull, supplies being freely offered. TEA.—The transactions are moderate. Congou, ord is lOid to lld per lb. . INDIGO has been quiet.. The quarterly sales commence on the 24th inst., and. 6,i464 chests are announced. Cochineal has been in moderate request, and also Gums at full prices. Lac D eis at previous rates. TOBACCO.—The trade have been rather sparing buy ers lately, but there haS be en some speculatiun, and the total sales lust month were 1,100 Mids. Prices generally have been tolerably firm. COAL MARILET. Prices per ton at the cloie of the market :—Chester Main, 24s 6d ; W. a, Acorn Close, 25s ; W. E., Bell and Brown, 26. ; % .E.; Heaton, 26$ ; W. E., Wharn cliffe, 265; W. E., Lambton, 275; W. E., Lumley, 25s ; W. E., Stewart's, 27s ; W. E., Adelaide, 27s ; W. E., Evenwood, 25s 6d ; W. Ili- Seymour Tees, 26. ; W. E., South Durham, 26s ; Brancepeth Coke, 30s ; Garnant St o ne, 26s ; Graleola, .24s 6d ; Lewiss Merth yr, 22s -- W. E., Killiagworth, 255.--Ships arr ived, 23. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 3.—Wind southerly, fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 2.—Wind N - .W. to W.N.W.—SId. Henry, St. Domingo ; Othello, Jamaica ; Lavinia, Honduras. RAMSGATE. JAN. 2.—Wind N.E. ; P.M., W.N.W. —Arrd; Christine, Tagguilrook, Rio Janeiro for Ham burgh. . OFF DOVER, Dr.c. 30 .—Messenger, Byram, Reviero au Loup, Red Rover, Hull to Charleston ; Princess Victoria, Newport for Hull, with loss of sails. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Wind N.B. to N.N.E.— Arrd. Harvest Home, Joss, Quebec for Hull. Sld. Tartar, Madras and Calcutta. OFF THE WIGHT, JAN. 2.—Briton, Jeffrey, Mauritius, sailed Oct. 18. COWES, JAN. 2.—Wind N.—Arrd. Dorothea, Wilhel mina, Bolhard, Buenos Ayres, out 72 days ; Wahnsley, Logie, Sierra Leone ; Tropicus. Popken, Surinam for Rotterdam. Sld. Susanna Maria, Hendrika, Batavia. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—Arrd. Queen steamer, Gib raltar, left 22d ult. Std. ~Clyde steamer, West Indies ; Montrose steamer, Lisbon, &c. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Sarawak, Turley, Philadelphia. Sld. Maypo, Lima ; Ellen Jenkinson, Africa I Eleanor and Hebe, New Or leans. The Exchange, from Messina, is ashore. CORK, DEC. 31 .—Arrd. Harley, Lawrenson, Ichaboe. CROONHAVEN, Dnc. 2 .—Arrd. Charles, Gilbert, Ichaboe. 30. Norman, Sparin, New Orleans, leaky, and with rudder sprung. STORNOWAY, DEC. 2 6.--Midas, Oliver, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Galway, short of provisions. OFF DARTMOUTH, DEC. 30.—J. H. Adams, Reimers, New Orleans, for Bremen. PLYMOUTH, Jig. 2.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. most of the wind-bound. FALMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Wind E., strong breeze.—Acrd. Alexandrine, Cheesman, Calcutta. ABERDEEN, DEC. 30.—Sld: Sportsman. Ichaboe. YARMOUTH ROADS, JAN, 2.—Arrd.Woodman, Bombay. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. s.—The Harmony, Hall, from Sunderland to London, wrecked under Flamborough Head, bus gone into deep water, hull sold; stores saved in a damaged state. SCILLY, DEC. 30.—Acrd. Thames, Davison, Ichaboe; Dumont Veromee, Guadaloupe, for Havre; M,r) Buluaer, Gascoigne, Singapore and Mauritius, leaky ; Earl Stanhope, Wright, Calcutta. SWANSEA, Dec. 24.—Michael Williams, Bridgford, Cuba. GUANO. A great many Guano ships have been reported within the last few days. It is calculated that, including those now discharging in different ports, and others on their way here from St. Helena; there are altogether 200 laden with this valuable manure, intended for the United King dom. 'Besides these, we learn, by the latest accounts from Ichaboe, that about 450 more were there, and at the other islands ; and that the facilities for obtaining cargoes were so much greater that twice the former number of vessels were enabled to load at one time. In addition to the quantity expected to arrive, the stocks in this country hare been accumulating for several months, especially in the out-ports. • Under these circumstances, and with no immediate demand for consumption, there is great difficulty in ob taining; previous rates for floatiug cargoes. So large a supply affords, no doubt, a very pleasing prospect to the agriculturist, and it is gratifying to know that present prices are still very remunerative to the shipowner. THE FUNDS_(CLOSING PRICES: BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3} per Cent • . 104 Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,000/. Consols . India Stock for Account 2BB Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11d. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS. Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian B on d s Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. SHARES. Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid ••• 764 Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian, 5 paid 4l Cambridge an d Li ncoln, 14 paid 24 Chester and Holyhead, 5 paid ..... 54 Direct Northern, 2i paid Dublin and Belf as t J unc ti on , 2* pa id ... ...... Eastern Counties, 25 paid... Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid 104 Great Western, 75 paid 157 Ditto Half Share s , 50 paid ... 924 London and Birmingham (Stock) ... .. 229 London and Blackwall, 164 74 London and Brighton, 50 paid SIA London and South Western, 414 paid 77 Ditto New London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. pa id l7 London and York, 24 paid 44 Manchester and liirmir:gharn, 40 paid ••• 52 Midland, 100 paid Newcastle and Berwick, 15 paid 7 Northern and Eastern, 45 paid 5B Richmond and West End Junction ' 1 paid 24 South E as t ern and Dover, 3 3 4 paid 4li Ditto New Shares, 4 paid l4 T ° Tli anti North Midland, 50 paid Ditto Extension ll4 Lyons and Avignon, 2 paid 24 Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 paid 74 Paris and Orleans, .20 paid _ro t lip notiop, al paid ~.._... _. 404 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS ClTi; QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool ys-,4terdtty ,„- c , s verY quiet, without any change in prices, but. holders din n °l ' seem inclined to press sales.-Shares were not so brisk. Birmingham and Gloucester, 106 ; Bristol and Glouces ter, 434 424 ; Caledonian, 41. 11s. ,• Chester and Birken' head, 36 i ; Churnet Valley, 3/. 18s. 9d. ; Eitite rn Counties Perpetual, No. 2, 11. 3s. ; Grand J u nctiou 228 227 ; Ditto, Half, 113 - ; Great Western, 155 ; lini l and Selby, 70 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half, 1071 London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 27-1 ; Lo . n durj i and Brighton , 52; London and So u th-W estern , New, 41 premium ; London and York, -q- ; Manchester, Bolton' and Bury, 1224 ; Manchester and Leeds, 128 ; Ditto' Half,. 551. 68. 7d. ; Midland Counties, 1161 ; North Br'' tish, 71. 13s. 9d. ; S ou th-E astern, 411 it, ; Ditto, New: 141 i ; York and Scarborough, 52 ; Lyons and ATig' non, 24 ; Paris and Lyons, 31 ; Paris and Orleans , 31. 13e. ; Paris and llouen, 41i ; Paris and Strasburg, 3 ; Orleans, Tours, an d B or d eaux, 7i -1 ; Boulogne an d Amiens, 5; Northern of France, 64 I. There are not any arrivals in the City this morning' from the Colonies of later dates than those previous ) / received. At this season of the year there are numerous trade circulars, dr awn u p from official sources, relative to all the different branches of trade. As the tea trade is on e of prominent importance, and as there is an agitation in progress in favour of an alteration of the duty to 15 ' per lb., the general summary of a circular sent to us q a well-known broker, will be read with interest. It ' as follows ;- " The Tea Market throughout the past year has Lin t , been distingui s h e d by any unusua l characteristic; tne improvement which marked its commencement was Juni n. tained by speculative purchases of considerable extent , until the announcement of the Budget in April, when; no mention havi ng b een ma d e o f tea, the principal pe of these investments was again brought on the merge' forming with the arrivals, then becoming heavy, a fur ply more than adequate to the demand; prices of coin: mon Congou grad ua lly d ec li ne d, an d i n the mont h s °` September and October were depressed to the lowest point' viz. 9id. to 10d.; towards the close of the latter m onth some extensive purchases were again entered into at 10c1 ' and 101 d. and from that time to the present buyers hare been found to take off readily all the common Congo° brought on the market, which is now firm, with b° l little of that quality available under 11d. Early 1 ° November the demand was extended to Twankalt which served to advance quotations from is. lid. $ 43 Is. 3d. The scarcity of fi rs t c l ass an d Ho-How klnd° of Congou since A ugus t an d S eptem b er h as b een o ne , ' felt by th e tra d e , an d h as i n d uced, of late, business- 'II these descriptions by private contract at some CORSIGet• able improvement on first cost. The low stocks of the fine classes of Greens with which the season commence' lid to an eager demand ; the early arrivals were gene rally taken off at very remunerating prices ; the d°: mend continues good f o r near l y a ll d escr i pt i ons, w ith the exception of Gunpoader, of which the supply his been recently more abundant." The further accounts received to-day from India nr ° not of particular interest, and if there is any diffetenc i in the tenor of the mercantile advices, it is, that the; are better than those received in December. The market for the Public Securities is to-day at' vancing, and there i s a f a i r b us i ness d o i ng. Coni °' have been marked 100 4 i for the openin g w ith ou t in i dividend. Excheq uer -bill s h ave b een steady °t 635. to 655. premium. The Government broke" on account of the Savings' Banks or Anuuitiel only, however, continues daily to invest about 15, 0 in New Three-and-a-Q uar t er p er C ents. T h i s does nu , look as though the Chancellor of the Exchequer intend to propose a reduction of interest. Shortly there will n a doubt be a surplus for the National Debt Commix' sinners, bur whether they will cancel stock or deficient; bills with it remains to be seen. The dividends will b' payable next week, and may improve prices, unless up° the opening of the tranfer books sales are pressed New Three-and- a Q uar t er p er Cents. are 1031 j . 4 11 Reduced Three per C e nt s . 1004 Y. I n di a S toc k i s up 1° 2874 and 288. There is again rather a quiet market for Foreigl i d Stocks. Spanish Activ es h ave b een mar k e d 271 4, $lll, the Three per Cents. 36! i. Mexican Bo n d s are 341 1 Columbian have improved to 144 4, and Brazilie l are 894. Portuguese C onverte d h ave ratFe , ,' receded, being :•9A- :I. Dutch Four p e r C en t s . are 97 ft The Railway Shares continue rather buoyant. South' Westerti have rallied again, and the Great Weiterth Birmingham and Gloucester, &c., continue as bake' London and York are somewhat flat. Direct Norther ° about the same as previously to a slight advance. , FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIC , (From the Official List.) ~ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 10044 I I New 34 per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 124 1-16 India Bonds 1,000/. Ditto under 1,000/. - pm. Consols for Opening India Stock 2BB 2874 2. ' Exchequer Bills. 14d. 14d. 1,000/. - 5001. Ditto Small - Ditto Advertised ........ - „„ - - p m . • PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCL ' Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent - Ditto for the Account ... 3544 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 594-4 , Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 274 Ditto for the Account. Ditto 3 per Cent... 364 Ditto for the Account. Dutch 24 per Cents - Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 5 per Cent.. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCI C RAILWAYS. PAID. PER Sitmtv. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 lO5 Ditto, New... - Bristol and Gloucester Cambridge and Lincoln - ' Churnet Valley. ' 2 ' 4 - t Direct Northern 24 - Dublin and Belfast Junction 24 - Eastern Counties - ' Eastern Union Great Western - 1 Ditto, half Shares Ditto, Fifths - Lancaster and Carlisle lO - London and Birmingham ...100 2284 to - Ditto, New Quarters......... 2 - London andllackwall l6l - London and Brighton 5O . ..... 514 - • London and Greenwich ...... 124..... 104 - • London and South Western.. 414 ...... 754 Ditto,New.. - ...... 444 to 34 London and Croydon. - London and York... ..... ...... 24 ... .. 44 - I Manchest er an d L ee d s 7O - ' Ditto 4 Shares - Midland North British - North Kent - Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 ...... to - - Portsmouth Direct - . 1 Richmond and We st E n d J une . 1 - - Rugby - South Eastern and Dover ... 334 Ditto New 4 - Yarmouth and Norwich York and Nortk: Midland ... 50 - Ditto Scarboro' Branch lO 32 - . Boulogne and Amiens Lyons and Avignon 2 - 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 - Paris and Lyons - Paris and Strasburg. 2 ...... 24 ••»•• to 8 Rouen and Havr e - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 2.-We bare had a strong market, with a rather , extensive busiOel doing. London and Birmingham, 2 28 ; Manchester so" Leeds Half Shares, 55 ; Manchester and Birminghaub 534- ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 54 ; Midland, 401. Shares' 6 54 ; Preston and Wyre, Guaranteed and dividend, 3941 Barnsley Junction, 41 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, nil. Cheshire Junction, 6 5-16 ; Blackburn, Barnsley, Or Accrington, 31 13s, 9d., 3/. 15s. ; Bolton, Wigan, and - 14 1 : verpool, 34 ; L on d on an d York, 4,1 ; Lynn and Eli, 2i ' Great Northern of France, 24 prem. (French), 2i prep' (English). BIRTHS. • On the 29th ult., in M oun t Pl easant, L i verpool, the lady °f the Rev. Charles W. Lawrence, of a son. On the 31st ult., at Woodside, Liverpool, the lady of job l/ Carmichael, Esq., of a daughter. On New•year's-day, in Gloucester-crescent, Mrs. Pad Davies, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., the lady o f Th omas Morgan, jun., Esq.. of Savage-gardens, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., Mrs. Robert Brooks, of Tooting•con2l o44 of a daughter. MARRIED. melt On the 2d inst., Mr. George William Algar, to Maria, e• - ,•• daughter of the late Thomas Huggins, Esq., of ChM' Hospital. On the 2d inst., by license, at St. James's, Clorkanwell,. l/ 1 the Rev. Ch ar l es S an d erson, Nr. Henry trabb, ta Miss hf lii Ann Strakey Guy. --• DIED. • On the 28th u lt., at Kensington, Mrs. Sarah Carwithit l: On the 28th ult., at Hampstead, Frederick Clissold, On the 28th ult., in Guildford-street, P. W. Mayor, F• 64. On the 30th u lt , at Lonsdalesquare, Elean or , the Ira!' James Lord, barrister-at. law. On the 30th ult , Mrs Holroake, relict of the late Jose Holyoake, Esq., Redditch, orcestershire. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. w e Officers whose deaths hare been officially reported IP"' Sept. 20, 1844: Flag Officers—Admiral Sir John P. Berosford, Bay K.C.8., G.C.U.; Rear-Admirals Nathaniel D. Cochre l Edmund Boger. Captains—Nevinson Do Courcy, Rodney Shannon , C. Richards. Commanders—Charles Hole, William H. Macd ol l, 4o , ) Roger C. C urr y, Ri c h ard M. Phillips, William Sharp. `'• Muckie, J ose ph Hellard, Peter Rigby, Robert J. Wi ey h ot James l'hipp s , G eorge Plowman, Francis B. Gibbes, Jona t 1\ leans. Lieutenants--William Vosper, George King ,Robert n „dliP. henryßreretonhenry llolman, Alexander_firaves, James t';', l o Duncan Macd ona ld , J ohn Shirreff , Croker 13arringteno " — F. Browne, Thomas Gurneys, Malcolm R. Dyett. Dlaaters—Henry Doughty, John Browning, John All Lachlin Gilli es, Frederick D. S. Edwa r d s Jarnes B. Andrews' t „ Medical Offi cers—P b,n hysician Si r J o h n Jamison, 01 11. D. ; S urgeons, Joseph Parker, Allan Cornfoot, Sarl'ni Mackey, Robert W. Campbell, Andrew 13. Currer ; AS"' 10 . Surgeons, R o b er t Dick, William S. Hunter, Robert Doug las' Pursers — William Oakley, John Haile, Willi a m T. 1 1icu ."' • Arthur Gifford, John Beater. Chaplain—William Jones. Royal Marines —Captain James Thomson Fire Lieee". cants John F. S can l an. David W. James, John P. jortes• Lotqon: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU 24 I IS. No. 112, Strand. Printer, at Tite lux Office, Ne• o f Strand, in the P act of the Savoy, in the Colult7 Middlesex, l'aday. Junary 3,1845. To 1 ~ti the lib been I ovum end r, be has The of Jan. ' 13, 3' re todera Arra to l ea , ANGE Shea —_____ Gr CUBE WILLI IVOR JOH N THOU "JAR] 11E 1)1 N ATH., JOHN JOHN TRom, Soiji AACEirri This "enkte o Ttie b. c°tilltin g Will 4e li wiU ferir kngland " the , ci It is p 4 %colt . • aceorc , ▪ fur fluisite p tints belt. On th, nee essar , scribe r esceedinE will not 11 lint more 'hares to* Capital, 5i J.ll EI Ti Ca JC 'W 134.mutie. EN GI JOINT 301 This Cc Inhabitant etiPply of ouch a ma en the aro which has fi t the pu MI i in It ° the V ) "reet sta *here Will e reuira ;elatio n i .ustriet. it T he Vga , ltith irity 14°d e t IA ' e t va, Rallo es the daii, C R, • I "he Pr, G entler Prop owi .44 Pay r 4 ''d other bat' ?RI ) 1 „oey, )3, _rttary 11444enti 1 9444 fe ' , enc l ., riardi ng - 4 an.. :: I tta4 hu they we C ...,, 40 1X., -441, 04. ' Itet h an, • .. Perf u I i u n '" thPerfect i ir _ *hit Le'liaalo I kellars 4 °ter ti lt ~ in f "obil or their IN% ." , l' tille. Ali e , ')! To i k ' s W ' u: that N :,, 414 b y I