The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-09 00:00:00

NOTICE ! THE N EW NOVEL-THE WILMINGTONS, By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham," " Two Old Men's Tales," &c. IS NOW READY at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. From the Morning Post. " Of all the novels of the last twelve months, this beautiful story is, in our estimation, the best written, the most ingeniously con. tinned, the healthiest in sentiment, and the most pathetic in in. terest." From the Morning Herald " This book is written in a truthful and healthful spirit of morality that cannot fail to enhance its interest and value, while it extends still further the fame and public estimation of its popular writer. The story is wrought out with a vividness and reality which are Absolutely startling." Henry Colburs, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices of Admission for pubic approval: - Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 20., 11. I Is. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, 59. each. 1. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. S ECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - 2 0 Pit - - -2 0 Pit - - - I 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. THIS EVENING , Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Shakespere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Cathcart ; Amiens, Mr. Rafter; Jacques, Mr. Vandenbeir ; Orlando, Mr. James Anderson ; Adam, Mr. Cooper ; Touchstone, Mr. W. 11. Angel ; Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegories!, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff Ring Hal "'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; Or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THB OLDEN TIME, I ' Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 1 the golden days of Good Queen Bess, M er ry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Mandel, Rod- Well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the mposition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Lecke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The 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 sad Miss Biggs. The extensive m ac hinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. Immoirrazs. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch Miss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Manshausen Jac., &c., by &c., &c. MonTaLs. Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Any Bebsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Babby, 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. Chapin(); 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 TEAR, But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly Visit to the Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door ?"—Come and see —" J. 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 be 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 come 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 Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quite ix a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—bat 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 ! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! !! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, 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 Alengon, 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 " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIGIIT—WiIson. " Coming events cut their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketehy, ketchy, ketzhy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Love's half-way bowie, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy !"—lt can't be said, "he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who is her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dart to see." And so they do. KENILWORTII CASTLE As 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 gorgeeas fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admix, 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 run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " competi tears," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on 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 ARMADA 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 clothes— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. _ Deulin. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, IC J. Denlin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amonr of Columbine, Madlle. Theodore. AD we bare furtker to say for Good Queen Bass is—Tirat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis Ion; since we met !" " Here we are :" " How are you?" TIiESERTE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Batter and Butterflies—Hungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrifio Exp Won—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discoant—Clown Cooks Accostipts, and Railway King in Tribn- lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TATERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Geose—Clowa makes himself Welcome—the Walters at Fault—a Transformation--Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police I Pollee !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—now to get up a Rew—Prosylites Beware—Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOE' TO LET. Stick so Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "NOBBY DANCE." Meads Win the Price. SMITHFIELD. Potatoes all Ho Toss and Bay—Three real Epping Sausages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Ball—Pork ♦ersus Tabbies —A. Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holloway's Purifying Pills— New TariC—Gin Graatly Reduced—Warranted not to Produce Spon taueeus Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Pinch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transfot =tea to A SALUBRIOVS SPOT. STREET AND LOOGING-HOUSES. What will be been here is of little use to those who have no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, when you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGIXG-HOCSE, Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's otiou 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. Whe.t's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. lee Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum 1. Plalsirs d'lliver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get kate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATEIER TIIA LIES' RETREAT, I , Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General " Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Sammoning of the City Aborninations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent Ifighways"—Fearthl Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH TESSIN. Fur California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by Brunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more Scene the Last. TIIB PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Mustoel Director, Mr. G. H. Itudwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Aaiistants, Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Maobinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville, Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. .:MITCRELL begs respectfully to annoenee that the French rerfuralances at the St. Ja nes's Theatre will sontmestee TIIIS EVENING, ley the production of a new Opera, in Three Acts, entitled LE VAL D'ANDOREE. Stephan, M. Lae; Le Joyeux, M. Chollet; Saturnin, Leroy ; Jacques Sincere, M. Nathan ; Theresa, Madlle. Gniehard ; Georgette, Madlle. Cott! ; Rilse de Mai, Madlle. Charton. TREATRE ROYAL, RAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, 4 0te Leese. and Manager, Old Bromptcm. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled TAR LOVING WOMAN. Wieltert, Mr. Mows; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; Ottillie, Mrs. S. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch. entitled KING lIRNE'S DAUGHTER. King liens, Mr. James Wallack , Count ,!riInALL Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lols.nthe, Mrs. _ . . kie . r — which THE NINTH STATUE or, The . Jewels and The Gem. Principal ch arac t ers by Mr. Munyard, Mtn P. Horton, Dire. L. S. Brickl"ghaln, and Miss Fltzwilliam. The Box-erase ts und er the direction . of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRA ROYAL. ADELPHI. =wader the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVRNING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, O. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. Frankea 'stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Ramie], Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woeigar ; Tidcllewinca, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Wndine, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURT'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbary Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews: Mrs. Nighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managomeet of Madam:. Warta. Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. win be performed HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR.: After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes. si. ; Upper Boxee, es. ; Pit, 2 s. ; Gallery, , vo halt-price to any part of the house. New Bond AB applications for Private Boxes must be mad e t o Mr. Alleroft, 15, -street. rttINC'ESS'S Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Mana ger. THIS EVENING(, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called urNA . Priiacipal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Corti, Mn,l Weiss, and Miss Louisa Pyne. To 001ACIUde with ICDIG JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and MasteFiddle Mariequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr, Paulo; Clown, Mr, 71st, morn; Colombia% huos imnott. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1860 ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Pi-oarietor. Mr. W. Batty. A Grand Juvenile Night on Th❑rsday, commencing 'with the Pantomime. THIS EVES N Mr. BATTY has great pleasnre in announcing that he has sac seeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hipp dreme, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angele 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. Codone. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven. with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tournay of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclade with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, 'oho came to Town upon his little Pony. Box-office open from Eleven till Fo❑r. tavn Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TAU DAT —M , irning, 8 min. after 11 l Evening, 40 min. after 11 To-Moasow—Morning, 0 ram. after 0 I Evenin.,, 10 min. itte , 12 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JAN. 9. TRERMoMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 34; Noon, 3 BAROMETER, 30.2. WIND N.N.E.—dull foggy weather. writer maintains very emphatically that the evil re quiring remedy in regard to the irrigation (if we may so express it) of the capital of England is, not the deficiency but the distribution of water supplied to the different dwellings of its inhabitants. And it must be remembered that the individual who utters this assertion bases it upon facts to which from the mere circumstance of their publication he challenges all contradiction. Besides it should be kept in mind that as Chairman of the Grand Junction and Southwark and Vauxhall Water Companies, Sir WILLIAM CLAY is peculiarly qualified to pronounce an opinion upon the matter under discussion. In direct contradiction, there fore, to the prevalent assurance that there are no less than 70,000 houses, containing from 600,000 to 700,000 persons, without any supply at all, the pamphleteer avers that, on the contrary, there is not in the world, perhaps,rany - city so lavishly supplied with this essential element of existence as the metropolis of the United Kingdom. While the supply of water to Notting. ham (with all its " breweries, dye-works, steam engines, inns, and other places of large consump tion,") may be estimated at an average of twenty gallons per head—while that of Glasgow is considered to amount to just thirteen gallons per head—while Greenock and Paisley are supplied at the rate of merely twelve gallons per head—while Philadelphia is enabled to consume at the rate of sixteen gallons per head—in one district of London alone a supply of twenty-eight gallons per head is given to the inhabitants by the Grand Junction Company. Alto gether, throughout the British metropolis, the average amount of the water supply may be moderately estimated at about twenty-three gallons per head to its population—and this, too, making every allowance for the enormous quantities of water consumed in watering the roads, in flushing the sewers, and in supplying the different manufactories. The mean quantity yielded to the inhabitants of London per month by the different incorporated companies during the past year is stated to be exactly 1,355,790,047 imperial gallons—or at the daily rate of 51,979,171 gallons for six days in the week, Sunday supplies being only occasional and in termittent. Spreading the consumption, however, over seven days in the week, it is estimable at the mean daily rate of 44,573 919 gallons. After enumerating these incontestable facts in regard to what we have termed the " irrigation " of the metropolis, Sir W. CLAY takes into consideration two very important questions, namely—What supply is required for the wants of the inhabitants, and, by way of comparison, what the quantities supplied to other towns. Upon the latter particular we have already been suffici ently explicit. With reference to the former we shall, having an eye to the force of the point under discussion, allow the intelligent pamphleteer to speak for himself. Having quoted from the " Report of the Commissioners for Inquiring into the State of Large Towns and -Populous Districts," to the effect that in all cases where an ample supply can be pro cured " it ought not to be calculated at a less rate than twelve gallons per diem for each individual of the population," Sir WILLIAM CLAY gives the follow ing result of an experiment made by himself with scrupulous regard to its accuracy : " In a large household in the country where, from the water required for daily use being pumped into the dwelling, not by manual labour, but by water-power, there is no motive for economizing the consumption, where there is a warm bath, and both hot and cold water laid on to the upper floors, the mean daily supply for ten weeks was at the rate of 134 gallons per head. The number of inmates, including the members of the family and servants, was twenty-four." Thirteen gallons and a-half is here formally pro nounced to be ample supply per diem for any indi ♦idual, not only for using the water as a beverage, but also in the way of ablutions, even to the extent of diurnal baths. Thirteen gallons and a-half— and London is supplied with water at the rate of actually twenty-three gallons per diem for every individual! Twenty-three gallons per day for every one of the inhabitant;, and yet it is declared by many that the supply of water to the capital is deplorably insufficient—so deplorably insufficient, indeed, that 70,000 houses, and from 600,000 to 700,000 persons are conceived to be altogether with out any reasonable supply whatever. Prefixed to these arguments, Sir W. CLAY has given us at the very commencement of his pamphlet an historical account of the rise and establishment of the various water corn panies of London. According to this chapter o the brochmre, it appears that the first water-works, the first structures capable of being so de signated, were built by a Dutch engineer near London-bridge, in the reign of Queen Em __ ZABETH. These works, having existed for 250 years, were purchased in 1822 by the New River Company, originally founded in 1613, during the reign of King JAMES 1., by Sir HUGH MYDDLETON. In 1723 was established the Chelsea Company; in 1810 the York Buildings Company; in 1807 the East Lon don Company; in 1806 the West Middlesex Company; in 1810 the Grand Junction Company; in 1822 the Southwark Company ; in 1805 the Vauxhall ; in 1785 the Lambeth Company; and at length, in 1828, in consequence of some serious inquiries into the quality of the water supplied to London, it was found neces sary for the different companies to construct enormous reservoirs for deposit and filtration. The result of all which movements has been that London is at this day supplied with water by five companies on the north and two on the south ; the former being the East London, the West Middlesex, the Grand Junction, and the Chelsea, the latter being the Southwark, and the Vauxhall. Now, the precise purport of the arguments ad vanced by Sir WILLIAM CLAY is this—not, of course, as may at length be conjectured by all those who have read the foregoing statements, that London is insufficiently supplied with water, but that the lavish supply already yielded to its inhabitants should be more equally distributed. The suggestions made upon this head by the pam phleteer are among the most valuable portions of the present effusion, and are of such a practical character as to deserve the consideration of all the land. lords of the capital. To them we especially would call under consideration the reasoning contained at the close of the second chapter. A due attention to the advice of the pamphleteer would, we are satisfied, prove advantageous at once to the pockets of . the minority and beneficial to th e h ealth and comfort of the majority of the population. WYNYARD-PARK, JAN. B.—Lord Seaham continues as well as could be hoped for under his painful and distressing accident. The ball to the county on the 17th inst., the festivities intended, and the numerous visitors to Wynyard-park this month, have all been put off in consequence of the late unfortunate occur rence. The family remain in much anxiety and deletion. DEA= OF LIEUTENANT WAGILORN, R.N.—We regret to announce the sudden and unexpected death of the gallant pioneer of the overland route, at his resi t dence, Golden-square, Pentonville, yesterday,' in the 49th year of his age. Mr. Waghorn had returned only on Christmas-day from Malta, where he had been re siding a short time for the benefit of his health, which had been considerably impaired by anxiety of mind, arising chiefly from pecuniary engagements, con tracted in his prosecution of the Trieste experiments in 1846, and which liabilities the devotion of all his means and the sacrifice of his entire property were inadequate to liquidate. Independent of the main incidents of his history in connexion with the Indian overland enter prise, which has immortalized his name as one of the greatest practical benefactors of the age, his career had been a most extraordinary one, full of the strangest vi cissitudes, and abounding in evidences of character in every way worthy of enduring commemoration. Of the pension lately awarded him by Government be lived to receive only one quarter's payment, but we make no doubt that the same considerate feeling which originally prompted that grant to so eminent a public servant will suggest the propriety of its continuance to his widow, whose now straitened circumstances are principally attributed to her husband'a high-minded endeavours to discharge, in his private capacity, obligatious incurred on the faith of what he believed to be a permanent re tention of his services by the Executive and on behalf of the community. His death was occasioned not so much by any specific disorder as by the general break-up of the system, though the wreck of his iron constitution, and his irrepressible energy, offered so great a resistance to the inroads of debility that it was thought to the last he would rally, and his dissolution was attended with great pain and suffering. MARVELLOUS ES(JAPE.—A railway accident occur red on Friday, in Messrs. Headford and Sage's brick yard, Upper Easton. A son of Mr. James Headford was hurrying across the line when the half •past three o'clock train onve) capie in by and struck him on the right sho u ld er , g & few yards up the line, wher e h e f e ll close to the rail. The whole train passed over his body, e but luckily he escaped with a slight cut on the back of the head, a. bruise on one shoulder, and some slight in juries on one sidle of the face, which was grated by the ash , box of the engine. When picked up he was quite senseless, but cle ickly recovered ; and we ere happy to say he it doing T A )11,—,Bristol Mercury, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. It is admitted on all hands that on the La Plata question the Ministers have achieved a signal success, the more signal because M. DARU, the reporter to tl,e Committee, rejected, in the name of the Committee, the order of the day motive proposed by M. DE RANCE, stating, as the ground for such rejection, that it bore too strong a resemblance to the plan proposed by the Government. The Ministry has therefore beaten, by a majority of 38, the coalition of the Mountain, the Legitimatists, and the Orleanists, supported as that coalition was on this question by the eloquence and influence of M. Minns. The Patrie announces that a force of 2,000 men will be sent to the La Plata to support the negotia tions with Rosas. General LAUITTR, the Minister for Foreign Af fairs, has disavow‘d the note which appeared in the Napoleon; he admits it was sent from his office, but it was sent without his knowledge or privity. The Committee on the budget met on Monday to receive the report of the subcommittee appbinted to examine the Paris and Avignon Railroad Bill, pre sented by the Minister of Public Works. After M. BERRTER read the report of the sub committee, the Committee resolved to propose to grant the construction of the road to one or two companies on lease for ninety-nine years; but in case it should be granted to two companies, the works on the two sections must be executed simultaneously. The State will guarantee interest on a capital of 260,000,000 f. at 5 per cent., and the profits are to be divided with the Government after the dividends shall have exceeded 8 per cent. The Committee charged with the examination of the credits for the completion of the tomb of the Emperor, assembled on Saturday, to come to a definite conclusion as to the printing of the accounts relative to that subject. It was decided that the opinion of the minority, and the report of the three members of the Court of Accounts, shall be immediately distri buted to the Assembly, with the report of M. DE LUYNES. It is said that the Committee expressed a wish to publish the reply of M. VISCONTI, the archi tect of the monument, to the report of the Committee formed by M. LEDRU ROLLIN, in March, 1848, but, on the advice of the President of the Assembly, it has confined itself to the publication of the documents pointed out in the vote of the Assembly. General LARRIN died of apoplexy on Sunday. Admiral &sums; has arrived in Paris. The Assembly met yesterday, and M. Durns resumed his seat as President. The Bill authorising the dismissal of primary slhoolmasters by the Prefect came on for discussion, and was carried by a majority of 352 to 208. This is another Ministerial victory over the Mountain and Legitimatist coalition. The discus sion of the separate articles of the law was fixed for to-day. In the course of the sitting General D'HAUTPOUL, the Minister of War, laid on the table a Bill for increasing the pay of the non commissioned officers in the army by twenty centimes a day. The PRESIDENT of the Republic, on the report of the Minister of Marine, has conferred the decoration of the Legion of Honour on twenty naval surgeons, as a recompense for their exertions and devotedness during the prevalence of the cholera at the various naval ports. " We have announced," says the Constitutionnel, " that General LAWGESTINE had taken his departure for Valenciennes. The fact is exact, but the General was obliged to stop at Douai, in order to proceed to Cambray, it being in that garrison that is quartered ble acts have taken pl a c e , b u t r a e t g p i r m e e se n n t t so t m he e ti r t e h regiment greta of Cuirassiers. I n th a t fortunately all was confined to the misconduct of some noncommissioned officers. The facts are of such little gravity that General LAWCESTINE, although furnished with unlimited powers, has only proceeded to a general inspection of that regiment." The following appears in the new journal, the Napoleon : __ " - Of two things, one; either the republicans have de ceived the people, in preaching to it for forty years that the application of their principles would lead to the ces sation of all ev il s an d o f a ll political compl i cat ions; or they deceive it now, in telling it that the application made by them of these great principles has changed nothing in the vices and abuses of the monarchical regime. We defy them to get out of this dilemma. But the truth i s, t h at for many the Republic was not an end but a means. How without that explain their conduct since Dec. 10? The republican opposition to the old Bourbons, these living types of Divine right, or to Louis Philippe, that representative of royal and Par liamentary usurpation, may be conceived, but it cannot be comprehended with respect to Louis Napoleon Bo naparte, elected, proclaimed, and recognised, as the head and President of the Republic. The reason is that the Republicans of the ?milk, not very consistent with their former convictions, are so with their rancour, and it is not without bitterness that they behold authority again in the ascendant, they who, after having seized on power by surprise, kept it like eunuchs, from riot to riot, from insurrection to insurrection, and only laid it down when ordered absolutely to do so by the nation consulted. The Republicans, disappointed but al ways struggling against univ e r sa l suffrage, against a single Assembly, and aga i ns t t h e responsible President, all of them things which were, however, their conquest and the triumph of their own ideas, pass without ceasing from one Utopia to another, until Socialism becomes at last the fin a l ex p ress i on o f t h e i r chimerical ideas. Where is this struggle of the Republicans of the eeille against the first universal suffrage which the Constituent Assembly and the Constitution gave_to lead us? Against the second universal suffrage which gave us a responsible chiet of the popular name of Napoleon? Against the universal suffrage which made the present Assembly as an amendment of February? Against France, in fine, which did not accept the Republic and the Repub licans but as an experiment? Th e acts of anger of the ambitious Republicans against the President are so many political faults ; they complain of the reaction which they created by their acts of yesterday, and their acts of to-day would call for a monarchical restoration of some sort or other? Louis Nap o l eon B onaparte could alone protect th e n? against old remembrances and recent tears. But such is the p ass i on of exclusive parties that they want to gain all or lose all. Washington and the First Consul Bonaparte met with t h e same i ntereste d enmity. The virtue of the first disdained them ; the glory of the second crushed them. The difference be tween the United States and France regulated the diffe rent conduct of the:two great men, equally undervalued. Will Louis Napoleo n b e free to choose between these two models? The Republicans will decide." The rise in the price of Public Securities made further progress at the Bourse yesterday. The Five per Cents. opened at 93f. 45c., and closed firm at 93f. 800.; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 70c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8201.; Rouen, 582 f. 50c.; Havre, 245 f.; Great Northern, 462 f. 50c.; Avignon, 2201.; Vierzon, 3421.50 c.; Basle, 1151. ; Bordeaux, 420 f. ; Pa ris and Strasburg, 360 f.; Tours and Nantes, 2731. 75 c . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN- 8 - Luxembourg, %—Ditto, —Namur and Liege, 7 1 4—0 - - Dutch Rhenish, 11 4 lea ß n o s u a l n og d aris and Rouen, 23. nßeouarnddeauAx7RiesLnk 734 to take his oath to the Constitution. Baron Pao ESH, the Austrian Ambassador, left for Vienna ou the 7th inst. A telegraphic dispatch, dated Berlin, 7th instant (in the Kolner Zeitung), states that the crisis is over, and that a Roy al message to the Parliament was expected, proposing several modifications of the Constitutional Charter, and engaging the KING'S word to the final acceptation of it. Another dispatch of the same date bears witness to the im portance of the crisis, which, it would seem, is not yet over, for it states, that the Royal message was held back by some trifling obstacles, but that it was sure to be sent to the Houses before nightfall. The Minister of Home Affairs was at the time closeted with the KING. A third dispatch, of 8 o'clock r.m. of the same day, states that the message had not been sent. General LAMORICIERE and the other members of the French legation at St. Petersburgh, arrived a 1 Berlin on the 6th inst. A U STRIA. The Weiner Zeitung publishes a lengthy docu ment containing a Ministerial report on the Em- PEROR ' S sanction of the Constitution of the Austrian provinces and Crown land:). The Provincial Government of Bohemia was dis solved on the 31st. A Vienna letter of the 2d, in the Independance of Brussels, says there is no truth in the statements recently made of an insurrection having taken place among the Turks of Servia, and of the partial bom bardment of the town of Belgrade. The German Reform states that part of the gar rison of Vienna was, on the Ist, unexpectedly or dered to march for Hungary, but whether to put down disturbances in that country, or to proceed to the military frontiers, was not known. The Cologne Gazette states that the Austrian Lloyd's intends to establish steam communication between Messina and Malta, and that an English company is preparing to convey that part of the Indian mail destined for Holland, by Alexandria, Genoa, Milan, Switzerland, and Baden, that being the shortest route. The Provisional Government of Schleswig-Holstein has re-established postal communications between Hamburgh and Copenhagen, which had been sus pended since the breaking out of the war, to the serious inconvenience of commerce. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet; prices, however, remained firm at Friday's quotations. The sales were estimated at 4,500 bales, principall3 American and Surat, 1,500 of which were taken on speculation.—Railway Shares were very inactive. The Corn trade in Mark-lane to-day is dull, at Mon• day's rates. The steamer Hibernia from New York has been telegraphed, and her advices are expected in the coarse of an hour. By telegraph we learn that the President's Message was of a pacific character in reference to the Nicaragua and other questions, but we regret to find the protective tariff policy in favour with the Government. Congress probably may take a more enlightened view of the matter, and the comparative success of free trade here will not a little assist the ad. vocates of log► duties. Private letters concur in stating that there was seldom greater prosperity in the Unitea States than there is at present. The Hamburgh mail of Friday last advises us of tht continuance of speculation in coffee, which was again at fuller rates. Sugar also was firm. Money was abun , dant, and bills of exchange on London were in demand at 13 Bf, and scarce. Funds and Shares were steady. The Swedish troops were preparing to evacuate Schleswig. At Frankfort, on the bth inst., Austrian Bonds were (Noted 85/; and at Vienna, on the 4th, the Metallics were 95 3 16. At St. Petersburgh on the 27th ult. business was dull both in imports and exports. A statement of the two great Brussels banks makes the note circulation 46,916,995 francs, and the discount of the three leading establishments amounted on 6,94 bills to 6,833,272 francs. The present aspect of affairs in the City is still favourable to buoyancy and confidence, and the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have given notice that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom for the year ended the 10th October was 1,211,845/. 55., and that, including the sum arising from donations, &c., the Commissioners for theßeductiun of the Debt will have at their disposal 306,748/. 9s. 10d. to be applied during the current quarter to the redemption of stock. It is a significant fact to which we would call the attention of our readers, that Stock is to be purchased and not Exchequer-bills, even in part, as on many former occasions. These little signs are worth attending to by such as take an interest in the anticipated reduc tion of the interest on the Three per Cent. debt. The favourable accounts from France and America, the renewal of purchases of stock for the Sinking Fund, some Savings Bank purchases, and the general abun dance of cash, with the fact also that a leading broker, who sold largely eight or ten days since, and was expected to deliver on the account day, yesterday afternoon took in some amount of stock, and paid a comparatively high rate of "continuation," give still greater confidence to the Bulls. One of the first discount houses is indisposed for the preseat to take in any further lodgments of money even at 1/ per cent., but it is atilt a matter of controversy whether the Bank of England will to-morrow re duce its minimum charge. It is in reality of no importance, for the Bank is affording accommoda tion at present in a private way, and by loan, at less than its official minimum for discounts. Consols have been 97i / for Transfer, and 97/ I for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have touched par, and the Three per Cent. Annuities have been 971 to Bank Stock has further advanced, being 207 to 209. India Stock is 265 to 262. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 595. to 625., and India Bonds have touched 100 s. premium. The mana ger of the Royal Bank of Scotland has arrived in town, and the speculators in the funds interpret his visit into one connected with the investments of the cor poration. This of course must be mere surmise. In the Foreign Market prices are naturally buoyant after the example of our own funds. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 191 /, and the Three per Cents. 37/ /. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 36/ to 37. The intention of the United States Government to insist upon payment of the sum claimed of Portugal for mercantile losses, is certainly unfavourable to this security. Brazilian small Bonds have be en quoted 88k /. Equador Stock has been 3/. Peruvian has advanced to 621 to 63, and Mexican is up to 29} /. Buenos Ayres has realised 50 to /. Russian Bonds are worth 111. French Five per Cents. are 94 50, with the exchange at 25 40. Dutch Four per Cents. are 86 to I. Railway Shares are still comparatively inactive, but there is greater firmness in the quotations. ONE •;LO ..i ., CI p i t:c6,, ~ .p. : KlTisii • UND,4 O'CLOCK. !RIVES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne .. . 9734 % 5 / 6% 97% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 97 % 1A 97% ex d New 3 per Cent. Anne....... 7.1, 9 9/ % 100 IN% 100 Lung Anna to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 5-16 8 7-16 8 7-16 India Stock [Emil. Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001.. ......» 95 100 98 p 98 p Consols for Account 97%3/414% 97 f Atch equer Bills. 1 1 4 d. & 2d 1,0001. June 69 62:p 59 p 500/. June Small. June 59 62 p 59 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE 11.0t , 1N O'CLOCK. PRICES Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Account Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds .. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account 29 % 3 /4 2 44 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841 ••• 35 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account . 37 36% 36 1 / 2 Russian Bonds . ..... 111 111 pativh 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto. Account Do., Coupons... — 9 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account •••••• 37 % 3 / 4 37% Ven e zuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent ... Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in Londoi• French Rentes, 5 per Cent 94f. 541 c. 94f. 50 m Exchange i )utcn 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild. .. :1378.1:8866:017E CLOSING Ditto. 4 per Cent. Ce rAi rti:oat , Ditto, Account ... ...... .......... . -0141,13601/2.c1.. pßiBct6,l3. PRICES OF .AILWAY SHARES. 4 berdeen Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6% — ..... - ...... kyrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 / 2 . ielfast & County Down 28 -.. .............. , Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 • ..... •... Id 88% 9% Birmingham an . Ox- ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguaran tee 20 dinning, Wolverh'ton, and D , idley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, am Cheshire June.— 20 Bristol and Exeter 92 ... .. Ditto, Thirds .... fluckinghamaihire Caledonian 50 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 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- 16 3 / 4 103 k 7:A • 55A month Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... 5% Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 East Anglian, M., L & E. and L. and D... ... 25 Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s., Pref... 3% - Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... Eastern Comities... Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct lO ...•.. 11 1 4 l l l4 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... l — Ditto ditto, No. 2...6L 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Rastern, 6 per Cent. ..... , 50 ...... •--. Ditto. 5 per Cent—. 50 ...... Do. New 43 — Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U . Shares) 25 — Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C 25 — Do. Seri (6 percent.) 20 ~.., 17% East Lancasture 25 ..... ..... ...". .. • Ditto, New ........ •25 ...... ......... ...... ..., Ditto, New Quarters 6% ...... .. ... — 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 l5 .. ... Exeter•Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 / a Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consol. - •••••••• r ••• am.. Gloucester. Dean Forest 11 ireat Northern Do., 1 )2 A Deferred ... 121,4...... ~ Do., %13 6 per Cent... 7% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% ;teat South. and West. (Ireland) refit North of England 100 ...... ............. ............ Ditto, New, 404 4O Ditto, ditto B5 .. ..... .• • .•• Ditto, New, 301 3O ...... —. Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .. . ..... Great Western 100 Ditto, % Shares 5O Ditto, L 4 Shares ...... 23 .. Ditto, Fifths ..... "..... 20 - Ditto, New 171... ..... 15 .. . .... ..... Hull and Selby ...... 50 .• - —.4. Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 48 "*" 4B Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ...... '—''''' Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 . - ••• ••.•• Ditto, Third 4 - 17% 4% 10% 58 7% # . 4 4 14 ICar."7 - . " - • ~,, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d have arrived. The Espana and Heralds:, of Madrid of the 2d attach no importance whatever to the alleged hostile expeditions of the Montemoli n i s t s , an d they state that some of the chiefs said to have been appointed to commands are, from age or infirmities, unable to serve, and that others ar e unacquainted with the pro vinces to which they hav e b een appo i nted. I n t h e Chamber of Deputies, on the 2d, the President of the Council announced that the state of the QUEEN'S health would prevent her from receiving the congratulations of the Chambers, as usual, on Twelfth-day. The presentation of the report of the Committee on the Budget has been postponed for a f ew d ays , i n conse quence of certain modifications in the Ministerial departments. MADRID BOMA, JAN. 2.—The Three per Cents. were done at 29i ex. dm. for paper; the Four per Cents. at 12k; the Five per Cents. at 131; the Debt without Interest at 41; and the Coupons at 81. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. --- The Frankfort journals of the sth state that the majority of the Constituent Assemb ly of Fra n kf or t intends to dr aw u p a protest against its dissolution by the Senate. The police had taken possession of the hall of the Assembly. SAXON Y. The Second Chamber of Saxony voted on the 3d, by 36 votes to 33, an increase in the land and per sonal taxes and in licences. In the course of the debate it was stated that, in 18464-8, the expenses of the country exceeded those 'of the three preceding years by 1,826,000 thalers, and that the budget of the war department has been exceeded by 600,000 thalers. PRUSSIA. Letters from Berlin of the 6th state that serious apprehensions of a Ministerial crisis were entertained, owing to the probable success of the .extreme < Con servative party in persuading the 'Snick not to swear fidelity to the Constitution. The:. - Ministry were anxious that the KING should take the oath of fidelity, and in the event of his declining were resolved to r esign. All this had occasioned considerable agita tion at Berlin. - These rumours are confirmed bytthe Kolner Zeitung of the Bth instant, in which we find it stated that Count BRANDENBURG and his colleagues sent in their resignation to the KING on the 2d instant, in consequence of an apparent disinclination his MAJESTY evinced against swearing to the Constitution. Se veral Cabinet Councils were held on the 3d and 4th instant; on the sth it was known that the KING had peremptorily refused to -secept resignation of Waiters, while he pledged his word ~ ~1 ~-~~~~~ 0 'O_ ~ 4 ? r ~~ r ~~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9,18 SO. An esteemed correspondent, whose views on the currency question differ in some respects from our own, has recently inquired whether we have consi dered " the effect which a paper currency, or any great increase of the circulating medium, would have on the condition of the labouring classes, by increas ing the price of provisions, &c. ?" adding, as his own conclusion, " whereas it would be difficult, if not impossible, for them to obtain generally an equivalent advance of wages." As we are anxious to satisfy all bond fide inquirers on a subject of such paramount importance, on which the welfare and prosperity of the great body of the - people are so completely de pendent, we willingly respond to the interrogatory. We have considered anxiously and maturely the effects of the monetary code established by the fatal Act of 1819, and rendered more stringent and in jurious by the subsequent legislation of 1844, on the condition of the industrious population of the country in the most extensive signification of the phrase,- from the highest merchant or manufacturer to the humblest man who earns his daily bread by his daily labour, of all, in fact, save those fruges con sumere nati, who live without toil or exertion on the dividends or interest of realised property, or on fixed annuities or rent-charges ; and we - have no hesita tion in stating oar perfect conviction that, with the above exceptions, they would be materially benefited by the adoption of a well-devised system of paper currency, which would supply that greatest of all blessings, a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country. Such a currency may be regarded as the life-blood of industry, by which a stimulus would be afforded to every description of production, and by which full and remunerative em ployment would be provided for every person able and willing to work. Cheapness is undoubtedly a great blessing, but it must be considered relatively to the means of pur chasing and the resources at the disposal of the great body of consumers throughout the empire. It would but little avail the industrious operative if prices were reduced to one-half the present scale, and all the necessaries of life were to be obtained at almost nominal prices, if the sources of employment were dried up, and he was unable to obtain a market for the only commodity which he has to offer in exchange —his labour. Never, perhaps, were articles of every , description to be obtained on nominally cheaper terms than in Ireland at this moment, and yet the , entire population are suffering deeply and severely, i are actually enduring the greatest privations in the midst of plenty and abundance. But the cheapness , is only nominal—the purchasing power, unfortu nately, is wanting. The abundance is comparatively useless, because suitable measures of value are with held, and the holders are unable to exchange the articles of which they have a superfluity for others which they may desire to obtain in return. If the country were in a state of nature, :if there were no public or private debts to he liqui dated, it would be of little consequence whether the circulating medium amounted to one million or to one hundred millions of pounds sterling.. In the former case one shilling would procure as many of the necessaries and comforts of life as could be obtained in the latter for five pounds, or, in other words, something less than : twopence-halfpenny would go as far as a sovereign. But we are placed in a highly artificial state of society. The labour of the many is mortgaged for the benefit of the privi leged few. The interest of the public debt must be duly satisfied, twenty-eight millions of pounds per i annum must be paid to the fundholders, and every Idiminution of the circulating medium increases the pressure of that grievous burden. The great organ of the bullionists has recently admitted that a sovereign will now procure twice as much of necessaries or luxuries as it could have procured some years since. In other words, that twice the quantity of produce must now be given in return for a pound sterling that would have been required at the close of the late war, and before the resumption of cash payments by the Bank. Is not the consequence, then, that the burden of the national debt is also doubled, and that the eight hundred millions now due by the country, is equivalent to what sixteen hundred millions would have been in 1815 ? Each person is, therefore, obliged to bestow twice the amount of labour as his con tribution to the public burdens, and the intensity of the pressure is such, that it deranges our entire social system, and renders employment scanty and precarious prevents the real capital contained in the thews and sinews of the labouring men from being rendered fully available, and thus produces the greatest distress and misery amongst the industrious classes—the persons whose interests our . _ correspondent, as well as ourselves, is so anxious to promote. At first, perhaps, the mere labourers do not obtain the full advantages of an increase of circulation, and a consequent increase of prices generally, but they certainly reach them eventually. At first his wages may procure less food for his family, but he will speedily find that he can obtain more certain and constant employment. Something will be found to be done at times that would otherwise be spent in useless idleness. The hours that would be spent at the public-house, or wasted in listless apathy, are profitably occupied; in rainy days, or the winter season, when he would be dismissed, in time of cheap ness be can still earn something, so that the balance will be found to incline to his favour; but ultimately the wages of labour will be found to accommodate them selves to the prices of other commodities. There will soon be a scarcity of hands at harvest time, or at seasons when numerous orders have been accepted by manufacturers ; he asks for and obtains better wages for the busy time, which speedily becomes the rule throughout the entire year, and his condition is per manently ameliorated, and that in no inconsiderable degree. 1 A great " appreciation" in the value of money has a directly opposite tendency—for a brief period the labourers may be congratulating themselves that the shilling will go further than it did a short time pre viously ; the period is approaching when many of their class will be turned adrift and obliged to seek refuge in the tender mercies of the autho rities of the union workhouse ; and wages will fall generally, in consequence of the diminished demand for labour. We ask, then, our respected correspon dent, in the integrity and honesty of whose opinions we repose the utmost confidence, which state of af- fairs has the most beneficial effect ca the condition of the labouring classes ? Thanks are especially due to Sir WILLIAM CLAY for an admirable pamphlet on the supply of water to the metropolis, just published from his manuscript*— a pamphlet of a most authentic character and replete with inestimable information. In this brochure the * " Renaults on the Water Supply of Louden. By Sir William Clay, Bart, /41.8. Bro. pp. 108. Ridgwxy: London; 1849. SWITZERLAND. By the postal treaty between France and Switzer. land a single letter of 7f grammes (about a quarter o an ounce) is to cost 40c., of which 15c. are for Swit• Berland and 25c. for France. By a clause similar to that already introduced into the postal treaty with Belgium letters are to circulate within a distance of 30 kilometres (184 miles) from the frontiers for 20c., to be equally divided between the two countries. As to letters sent to or from the ports of the Mediterra nean, where France has postal establishments, they are to cost If. for each single latter. TURKEY. By the arrival of a steamer at Trieste on the 30th December news has been received from Constan tinople to the 22d December, which is characterised by some of the Vienna journals as highly important. According to these rumours the Russian Govern ment is said to have declared that it could only treat with the Porte on the express condition that England should not interfere in any manner what soever in the negotiations. The Divan had met three different times without coming to a decision on the reply to be made to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. The British .squadron, consisting of five ships of the line and five steam-frigates, was still at anchor in the waters of Musconisi, where it had taken up its winter quarters. The French squadron, of six ships of the line, one frigate, and three steamers, was at anchor at Vourla. ITALY. The POPE has published a very lengthy and a very violent encyclical letter, in which he anathematizes Socialism, Republicanism, and, above all, Protestant ism, as he root from which every other evil ism springs. The Commission of Cardinals has thrown into prison fifty priests, for having administered spiritual consolation to the wounded Republicans in the hospital during the siege. A letter from Rome of the 30th tilt., in the Con stitutionnel, says—" A few nights back, simul taneously in all the principal towns of Romagna, the druggists' shops were broken into and all the poisonous substances carried off; nothing else was touched. The quantity of poison thus taken is sufficient to kill all the inhabitants of the Pontifical States, and great apprehensions have been produced by the act. An arrest has, however, just been made, which may lead to a discovery of the parties concerned in the matter. The Advocate SALMX, Governor of Fesi, has been arrested and taken to Ancona. There were found at his residence an enormous packet of cockades, two tricoloured flags, several pairs of pocket pistols, a great number of poniards, three of which were prepared to receive poison, and lastly, a correspondence in cipher with the chiefs of the Italian revolution." In the sitting, on the 3d, of the Piedtnantese Senate, Senator CIBRARIO moved the address in answer to the speech from the Throne. A commis sion was named to examine it. The Senate also named the two Commissions of Agriculture and Commerce and of Finance. The Minister of the In terior presented a Bill for the annexation of Menton and Roccabrana to the Sardinian States. In the sitting on the 2d, of the Chamber of Depu ties of Turin, M. NIGRA, Minister of Finance, presented the budgets of 1849 and 1850. The bud get of 1849 gives a deficit of upwards of 55,000,000 f. That of 1850 shows a deficit of above 82,000,000 f. The extraordinary war expenses of 1848 and 1849, including the indemnity to Austria, amounted to 225,849,316 f. The ordinary budget of 1850 shows a deficit of 24,000,000 f., which must be met by new taxes. The Minister also proposed to the Chamber to authorise him to issue 4,000,000 of rentes during the last six months of 1850. PRIVY COUNCIL. The Queen held a Privy Council at one o'clock at the Castle. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne k Lord President), Sir George Grey (Secretary of State for the Home Department), Earl Grey (Secretary of State for the Colonial Department), the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere (President of the Board of Trade), the Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord Chamberlain), and the Duke of Norfolk (Master of the Horse). The Marquis of Lansdowne had an audience of the Queen previous to the Council. At the Council Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Wednesday, the 16th of January, until Thursday, the 31st of January, and a proclama tion was ordered to be issued, summoning Parliament to meet on the said 31st of January for the dispatch of public business. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Sir George Grey had an audience of her Majesty. Her Majesty held a Court, at which the Right Rev. Dr. Hinds had an audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet, and did homage on being appointed Bishop of Norwich. The Bishop of Chester (Clerk of the Closet), and Sir George Grey (her Majesty's Principal' Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment), assisted at the ceremony. The Right Rev. Dr. Oliphant had an audi ence of her Majesty, and did homage on being appointed Bishop of Llandaff. The Bishop of Chester and Sir George Grey assisted at the ceremony. Luncheon was served to the noblemen and gentle men attending the Court and Council. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal High ness P r i nce Albert dr o ve out this morning, attended by the Maids of Honour in Waiting, and the Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitaroy and Colonel Seymour. The Royal Family took their usual airings. The Earl of Liverpool and the Rev. James Cart mell are expected to arrive at the Castle today, on a visit to her Majesty and Pr ince Albert. The royal dinner party this evening includes her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, L a d y F anny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Liverpool, Sir George Scovell, and the Rev. James Cartmell. The Earl of Listowel has relieved Lord Elphin stone in the duties of Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Colonel Hon. R. Boyle has relieved Colonel Berkeley Drummond in the duties of Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. After attending her Majesty's Court yesterday afternoon, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Llandaff, Sir George Grey, the Marquis of Breadalbane, and the lion. William Bathurst, left Windsor by a special train on the Great Western R a il wa y, and returned to the Paddington terminus. The Right Hon. Lahouch ere left Windsor for Stoke, and the Duke of Norfolk also took his depar ture from Windsor Castle. A deputation from the Board of Directors of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Francis Rufford, M.P. (chairman), Messrs. William Mathews and Michael Grazebrook (directors), Mr. Charles Bedford (soli citor), and Mr. N. T. Smith (secretary), had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yes terday at the Board of Trade. USE or A MOUSTACIIE.—The editor of the Medical Times, referring to the moustaches of medical students, assures• a correspondent that " moustaches have their uses; and among the most important, they :11Ke considered to point out the idlest, the vainest, and most self -conceited, if not, probably, the most dissolute in the ohm. They are beacons to warn others." .ancatthire & Yorkshire 100 ...... Ditto, ditto t 4 Shares 49 Do. Quarters ..... 23% — •• Do. Fifths Do. Thirds . 16%..... Do. New Guaranteed 6 i.er Cent...... lO ...... 12% •-•••• Ditto (Huddertfield and Sheff.) 5O o. (W. Riding Union) 10 .• ••• Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirek --- 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 8 Do., do. No. 2 7% Do., do. No. 3 5 • ••••• ••• ........ •• Do., Pref. Quar ,1816 9 ...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport London &Blackwall...l IL 6s. 3d ••••••••••••••• London. Brighton, ar d South Coa:.t... ..., 109 Do., New 51. ' guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 - Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 iidon and Greenwich 12/1584d... Ditto, Prefers.nri• 20 ...... L ,ndon and N. Western 100 110%..• • ••••..•• Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fifths ...... 7 ..... ...... Do. 401 Shares (L.M.) 35 — Do. 10/. (Xi& B.) C. 1 ..... Cond. %S. W•tsvorn .....100 •• ••• 62 ti Ditto, New 50/. ...... 42%...... Uo. New 40/. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. .. 5 •••• Londonderry &Cokraine 25 Do. % Shares ._onconuerry and Ennso killeti. ..... 26 -- Do. % Shares 5 ...... Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 par et.) liancheAer.Buxton,and Matlock 6 thinchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 , -- Do. Shares (No. 3) 12% Do. 'flew 10/..Pref...... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... 20 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ..... ....... Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 4/.25. ...... and ...... 43 1 4 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares 80 Do. Birm., and Derby lt 0 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......12 L A 128 Ditto,Briat. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto 221.7 x — Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieestls Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great West ern Irish ___. 47% ..— ..... ........ Aliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do. Quarters Newmarket ...... ..... . 23 Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 .•..•• --- Newry and Enniskillen 7 N.iwry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O -. .. .........•• Norfolk ............ 100 Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 - ••• . ......... • Do. Guaranteed 5 1 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Nurthern Counties Union 4 ..... North British ........ ... 25 ....... .. --... ...... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8} .... -- ... Ditto Preference . .5 ...„. 51 4 •••• ..... ••••• N orth Staffordshire ... 17% - North Wales ... ...... .... 3 - North-Western .... ixtf.rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ___ ' 15 Royston and Hitchin 4%..... 5 Scottish Central Scottish Midland ? Ditto New _. _ Shrewaimry and;Birm... 12 — Ditto ditto. Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 6 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 I:Shropshire Union 'ouch Devon "'" ••,... ..... Do. Preference South Staffordshire B% 5 ..•.... ....... .. • oath East•irii uo., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 .-....- 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 SGuth Wales South Yorkshi re , Don- 43 ".... "" ...... "" ..... caster, and Goole . ShtfEeld, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16X...... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... .... ...... ..... .. Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stmt. C0a1.... 7 ...... Taw Vale Extension ... 8 Names Haven Dock ..• ...•....••• And Railway ..... ••• 1 7% ••- ............... gale of Neath ... ...... io .............• Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Li menck 47% .."" .........•.••• Naterfd,Wxtrd,Wicklw and Dublin ..... - ..... 8 ...• • ...... .. ...... Wear 'Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 ...... ••• Do. do. d 0.... 15 ..... ..... ... •••" ''cwt Cornwall ........ 6 ... .. —.. . .............. hituhAver, & Furness 18 - ............••• ' V indaor, Staines, and South Western ..... .. 14 - ..... .. W ilts, Somerset, & W ey- _ ' • - ___ _ _ mouth - .. ..... ...•••• 1 ork„ Newetattie, and Berwick-- ......„... 25 ,i t , Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Prelerence 8 ~, o . Hartlepool Dock . Anu Railway .. 100 'oh , an( Aunt, .didland 50 f'raitiranc. ..... 1(0 .. 6% ............... FOREIGN RAIL WA Th. . . , -2,i ; ;1. Italian (late Ita lian anu Austrian) 554...... ............... Boulognu sum Amiens.— 20 ...... ...... ......... Central of France (Or- - leans and Vierzou) 20 ...... ...• ......••'' Demerara 17%•••••• • ...........•••. Dutch Rhenish , 8 ... .. 134 ......... •••• east Indian ...... Ditto ..... .. .... Great Indian Peninsular 6 Do. D 0.... ..... 10s. % .......•• Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% —. ............. •• . Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur awl Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France...... 14/. 8s — dis ............ Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 :— .........• Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... •••• ...... .. Paris and Rouen 2O •••••• 2854.. .• ........ Paris and Strasbourg • . ...... .•••• Rouen and:Havre ...... 20 •••••• •,' ........ ... Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... —. „.. ........... Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes l3 ...... ............... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- _ . __ den, And Llasselt ...... .............. 20 West Flanders — ............... MINES. Anglo - Mexican lOO •••••• ...... 00000 MI 00000000 Asturian Mining Com 15 - ..... . Australian......... 4 ..•••• •••• ......... Bassora Range ... ... 28s. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 60 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... —.— .... ......... " British Iron Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCoutes&Cuiaba 50 ................... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobre Copper ..,,,,..,,...•• General Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... ....• ............... Santiago de Cuba... United Mexican 28% — ..... ........ _____ JOINT STOCK BANKS. National Pray. England. 35 ~,,,,•,,,,..•• Ditto New........ 10 ....... National of Ireland Ditto, New Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia ..... 25 28% ••• Ditto, New ...... -- • ..•.. ...... • . Union f L0nd0n......... 10 ...... ..........••••• Union of Madrid ....... 40 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS 13 ;80 Y LONDON, JAN. 9.—Wind at noon N.N.Bq bre( z- and dull hazy weather. ficitlrn DEAL, JA N . —Wind N.N.E. fresh and - ,. 0 0 1 Arrd. R a t c l i ff e , Philipson, Calcu tta.' Arrd. ,- " River and. s ld., P r i nce o f W a l es , L aunces t o n. sAk , r COWES, JAN. B.—Wind N.N.E.-81d. Sew' , ter, Batavia. yor7eff OFF THE START, JAN. 7.—Kate, LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—Wind S.S.E. to S.P. foggy.—Sid. Mogul, Valparaiso; ADD, Buenos Ayres; Legerdemain, ditto; Regulus, 1 0 / 1. . 111 / Lauriston and Ann, Dingwall, Vera Cruzi_ Sir son, Charltston• Carnatic, Savannah. Of 1" potty . 7), let, Buenos Zyres.• 9th, Hibernia (ete sria-- a re York NEWPORT, JAN. B.—Wind 14.E.—S1d. Coto r3o°l Alexandria, United States. f t hi ditter;onves, , 1101,A NEW ROINEY, JAN. B.—The Once (1110 0 V)9 Qhc ,SP" to Newhaven, is stranded on the Sound. ' 7 . - 0 0, weather continue fine she will probably be f A ld BRIDLINGTON, JAN. B.—The Stara Ksterr s io O_ A - s t, to Aarhuus, has put in dismasted, and with e t .,, c ,007 FOLEY, JAN. 7.—A boat's stern. origintap 0 00;(0 yellow l e tt ers " T u l lymet, Tertb, " bu I t, 14 re-letttred " Tullymet, Dundee," and t * irsW-1 01 . 01 - on the outside ease up here, , " WID. MaPhIM: " hi" "v 1 0 "