The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-05 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY•LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale of Prices of Admission for public approval t - Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 27. 25., 11. 1 Is. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, se. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. • SECOND PRICE. Boxes - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit • - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 jNo Half-price to Upper Gitilery. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's liiervants, The Comedy of THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. Dornten, Mr. Basil Baker; Harry Domton, Mr. Anderson; Mr. Sulky, Mr. W. Da vidge ; Mr. Silky, Mr. Emery; Goldfinch, Mr. F. Vining; Widow Warren, Mrs. Winstanley ; Sophia, Miss Baker. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladles 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, Merry 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, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Bruning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whale produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMORTALS. 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 Munebausen kg., &c., by &c., &c. licarraLs. Gool Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Arny Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Deulln ; 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, Wildrnen, Dragoon', and other Bores, by the rest of _the sompany• CHRIST ILA.S COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, Rat although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm ? Why, to pay ins yearly visit to reception —b u t where is he going 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 Jay Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ; we wish they eould—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, se we fly by night" to A SPLENDID MALL IN TILE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Hist;rical Facts, therefore, as tke Clown at Astlees would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Geed 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 in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothin in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical Pebt, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRIND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig ! the Royal Riff ! ! the loyal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat !! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual litdulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS em deshabille, as she is represe,ited in a picture at Hampton Court, —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QITEEX RESB 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 Alenqon, Marquis of Wiachester, the King of Sweden, Beury of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blonnt, 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 MOONLIGHT—WiIson. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ket,:hy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil werth—Ho stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Stamina," or rather " Ob, Amy r —lt can't be said, " he makes no bones about it "—They part, " More in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Debby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Como my habby, conic along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal 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, sad ' paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—balf-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true leve never did run smooth," for Isere he meets with some twenty " compiti tenrs," and to him they do come " petit ears," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tit for the million," takes place, which, although beginning In love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA l_ _ _ By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has low done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a " Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their elothes— The Earl of Leicester pats on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Dean. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, Aid Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Ameir of Columbine, ifadlle. Thesdere. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Tivat Regina, and elf she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis long sines we met !" " Here we are !" " How are you?" PRBSERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Butter and Butteralas—Hungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discoant—Clown Cooks Accompts, and Railway King in Tribe- lation—Chinge to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! gIMPSON'S DIVAN• AND TA.YEEN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Cielva makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Savo the Credit of tho Establishment—Police ! Police !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—Mow to get up a Row—Progyiltes Beware—Hugxbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in cage you should Kill Sweet William. DOWNRIGHT "HOBBY DANCE." heads Win the Prize. SMITHFIELD. Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Satisages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork rersus Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market—Holloway's Purifying Pills— ow Tariff—Gin Oreatly Reduced—Warranted oot to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Oiler of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transfo►matioc to A SALUBRIOVS SPOT. STREET AND LOuGING-HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes, Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my eountrymen, when you, and I, and all of us, fell down."--Bhakspere. BUD-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE, llorafortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's otio* of Warm and Convenient Arrangements--Good Night—Late 'Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder— Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Misrkt--Clewn and Pan taloon in Great Alas*—lneantation Extraordinary—and General Caber Polka. CHARING-CROSS ♦ND STRAND. What's to be done?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Charapagao— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glaass.rum— Plaistrs d'Hiver"—Clown wants sores Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it wea't go down, though he does. FATHER THA kIES' RBTREAT, 1 , Tlddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent lighways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the forces—Grand . . _ Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOITTIEAI.3IPTOIS WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRANO MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by lirunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Tacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—Paste the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Meenlight—and ♦rrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more Scene the Last. TITS PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Aaderson. Asting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn. Musical Director, Mr. G. H. Rodwell. Lawler of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. ♦dams, and Assistants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Biamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams , Stage Director, lir. T. Thompson Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs, Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, .4ele Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptert. THIS EVENING, Will bs performed a new Comedy, enaled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. WaHack, Ruckstone ; Mt• W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which THE NINTH STATUE :or, The Jewels and The' Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with BOX AND COX. The Box-ofilee is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRIt ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING -. Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Weolgar. After which FRANKENATEIN" ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright; the What is It? Mr. P. Bedford; Larniel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewinca, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; "Incline, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Baibury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Verne& Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. Will be performed NOT A BAD lUDOE. After which TIIE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes 5,. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls., No ball-price to any part of the house. All applications for private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Band-street. PRINCESS'S THEATI:E. l ir. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING , Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA. Principal characters by Messrs W Harrison, Mrs. Weiss, and Mi ss Louisa Pyne. Weiss, Cord, Wyna ; To conclude with KING dimiE • or, Harlequin and Mag ic Fiddle Harlequin, liir. Bol ogna ; pantaloon' Mr.llk) • Clown, Iff • Flex ' more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. a ASTLE f t ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty, THIS EVF.241N,,. Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announeing that he has sac ,eeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGFILE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and "Bertram." Mademoiselle Angeie is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, .ingela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap pearance at Astley's Ampitheatre This Evening. Re-appearance of Madlle. Cadone. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Gracd Spectacle of THE KNIGH T OF THE EAGLE CREST ; or, The Tournay of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear, To be folowed by a brilliant display or Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artiste, of the establish ment. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, who came to Town upon his little Pony. Box-effice ope 2 from Eleven till Four. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. BURNING THE DEAD.—An association has been formed, at the City of London Mechanics' Institution, to promote the practice of decomposing the dead by the agency of fire. The members propose to burn, with becoming solemnity, such of their dead as shall hare left their remains at the disposal of the association. The entrance fee is Is.; and the council meet to enrol mem bars, &c., on the second and last Wednesday in each month.-- The Rudder. THE SUN, LONDON, COLBURN'S AUTHORISED TRANSLATION. /Now Ready at all the Booksellers, T HE NINTH VOLUME of TRIERS' CONSULATE AND EMPIRE Under NAPOLEON, Comprising the period of THE WAR IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Beason of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre, which will commence on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, Jan. 7, by the productio LE n of a new OpeANDORRE. ra, in Three Acts, entitled VAL D' Principal characters by Madlles. Charton, Gniehard ; Messieurs. Chollet, Lac, Killy Leroy, and Nathan. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de !'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appeaarnce), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basse of the Opera Comique, Paris, his erst appearance), M. Killy Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Baguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, _Madame Mancini, Mdlle. Cotti, &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND YAUDEYILLE.—M. Samson, of the flmatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Male. Denain, M. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country)Lafont, Ifdlle. Figeac (of the Theatre Du Taudevire) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Yarietes) ; Mdl'e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre tie l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled "Le Yal d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest success. The Music by If. F. Halevy; the Libretto by M. De St. Georges. With the following distribution of the principal characters :—Stephan (jeune chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyeux (capitalne de milice Francaise et recruteur), If. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnia (garde-peche du Gave), M. Killy Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux chevrier), If. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Guichard ; Georgette (cousin. de Stephan), Mdlle. Cotti; and Rose de Mai (servant. de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Amber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the eharaeter of Haydee by Mdlle. Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeattnot et Oolin, Nicol° ; Le Rol d'Yvetot, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Auber; Le Macon. Auber; Le Sirene, Aaber ; Lally et Qui nalt, Nis le ; La Perruche, Clapissoa ; Le Valet de Chambre, Ca ' rafa ; Use Folie, Mehul ; with an occasional pertorma.ncs of some of the most poplar operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-epenisg of the Theatre, after Easter, en Monday, April 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per form with Mdlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Franglais) in several of the mast popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear In several of the meet modem and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietis, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee I attended with her accnstomed and unrivalled suecees, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &e. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by If. Lafont (of the Theatre des Tarietes), Mdlle. Figs lc, Wile. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, If. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel wi'l also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled " Le Moineast de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, .f the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Meraces," " Andromaqtte," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro• fessors engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, M. DelotTre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, If. Baumann, M. Pilet, M. Vaudreland, M. Remusat, If. Lazarus,' If. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director of the music and Chef-d'Orchestra, M. Charles Hanssens. _ _ _ Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street; 3lessrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street; Ebers's and Hookham's, Old Bond-street. _ _ The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Fiys. iIIGH WATER AT LONDON tittlD.;E. Tim DAY orning, 51 min. after 6 I Evening, 17 min. after 7 T o _Niei.ow -.Morning, 45 min. after 7 I Evening, 16 min. ate; 8 THE WEATHER—SUN Ozawa, JAN. 5. rumudomErEit, Lowest., 28; Highest., 45; Noon, 36 BAROMETER, 29.49. WIND W.—fine frosty weather. the population. Theirs, consequently, are the labours which should be most emphatically reprobated by the rest of the members of the Fourth Estate, reprobated, we mean, as a disgrace to the character of English men, and as; being calculated to affect in a very',' in jurious manner the repute of an honourable, laborious, land responsible profession. The recent occurrence of the death of a pauper at Southampton, from sheer exhaustion for want of food and exposure to the inclement weather, owing tol being refused relief at the poor-house, although furnished with an order from the parish surgeon to that effect, has naturally directed public attention to the defective organization of the staff of our Union Workhouses, to which the deplorable death, from starvation, of the unhappy ELIZABETH Broca is mainly if not entirely, attributable. As the circumstances, attending this unfortunate case are about to be inves tigated judicially, in consequence of a charge of manslaughter having been brought agaainst one of the officials, we shall not make any further allusion to it, but shall proceed to point out the defect in work house organization, to which its occurrence is to be attributed, and to indicate a plan which, if adopted, would, we think, effectually prevent the recurrence of such misfortunes for the future, and would at the same time conduce materially to the comfort and safety of the permanent inmates of the workhouse. It appears that, according to the present system, a sick pauper requiring admission to the workhouse has, in the first place, to call at the residence of the parish surgeon (situated frequently at a distance of several miles from the workhouse), and having obtained an order from him, to present the same to the relieving officer, who may or may not grant the required admission, but without whose permission the master of the workhouse cannot admit the pauper, even should he present the medical certificate he has received from the parish surgeon. Now, considering the class of persons from which relieving officers are generally chosen, of which the late Mr. DROUETT may be taken as an individual specimen, and the Mr. Bustin.' of DICKERS as a general type, it must be evident, on a moment's reflection, that too much power is by the present law left to the relieving officer, who is generally the last person in the world to exercise a sound discretion in the use of such power. But independently of this cir cumstance, the whole system is 30 slovenly that the marvel is that deaths from exposure and starva tion are not of more frequent occurrence. Suppose an unfortunate person, having obtained the surgeon's certificate, should lose it en route to the relieving officer, admission would be refused ; the ailing and starving applicant would have to return to the sur geon's house, and might, perchance, sink from ex haustion ere he could obtain a renewal of the certificate and again reach the relieving-officer. In such a case the death would be attributable not to the misconduct of any individual, but to the working of the system; and it behoves those who have the power to lose no time in remedying this most faulty organization. A remedy, which it appears to us would effectually meet the evil, would be to appoint a resident medical officer to every union house, whose business it should be, in addition to giving medical attendance on the permanent inmates, to examine all applicants for admission to the workhouse, and on whose order the master should be compelled to admit any person, the medical officer being responsible for the order so given. The necessity of a resident medical officer in every union house is obvious. Many of these houses contain upwards of 1,500 persons; few, we believe, have less than 700 inmates, that is to say, each union house contains persons equal in numbers to the crew of a line-of-battle ship or to a regiment of soldiers. Ought these persons (nearly double the number of the inmates in any of our hospitals) to be left without constant medical supervision? Our convict depots ha►e all resident medical officers, and surely the health of the honest poor man is of as much consequence as that of the convicted criminal. In many instances persons apply for admission to the workhouse who are known to the authorities as impostors, and these persons are, as might naturally be expected, invariably refused assistance by the relieving officer; in nine in stances out of ten he is probably justified in his refusal, but in the tenth the tale of the professional vagrant imposter may for once be true—he may be really ill, really starving. In such a case the medical resident officer would at once detect the truth, and the knowledge on the part of the applicant for relief that he would be subjected to a strict medical scrutiny would, in most instances, prevent the imposter from applying for relief; and would thus operate as a heavy blow and a great dis couragement to vagrancy. It is abundantly dear that a system of organization, under which it is pos sible for such a case as that of ELIZARETII BIGGS to oc cur, is so defective as to require immediate alteration, and we believe that the alteration we have suggested will meet the exigencies of the case. RICHARD CROMWELL has abdicated. The City of the Violated Treaty, the last locality enlightened by the presence of that not over-dazzling luminary which shed successively its beams of paly glory upon the housetops of Athlone, Youghal, and Kilkenny, now sits shorn of an equal moiety of her conjugal rights. The tears of a bereaved constituency may probably unite to swell the waters that roll by the ancient walls of Limerick; but to us, unimpassioned spectators of the scene, it really appears that Mr. Joux O'CoNNaLL has never performed a worthier or more becoming act than the tendering his resigna tion of the trust reposed in him by the Parliamentary electors of the Mistress of the Shannon. We should ndeed be loth to believe that the pressure of pecuniary embarrassment was so sorely felt by the favourite son of the Liberator as, of itself, to necessitate this disruption of the long-worn ties of public life. We prefer to believe that the Honourable Gentleman, not devoid of talents, and respected by all for his amiability of character, sees, better late than never, that the repeal delusion is irredeemably extinct; for delusion it has truly been since the summons of his wonderful father to a less troublous world. When Ireland's mightiest child expired far from the land he loved so well and long, the magic word that, uttered by his potent voice, could summon myriads burning with enthusiasm round regal Tara or mounded Mul laghmast, lost its maddening virtue. A band of frenzied neophytes, whose talk was all of blood, whose deeds were a farcical abortion, grasped at the reins of an unruly team which had for many a year proved the matchless vigour of the wary charioteer, and all was forthwith plunged in irretrievable ruin. Of those misguided men some are exiled felons in the nether ends of the earth, others tearing out each others eyes in New York. Repeal, which JOHN O'Corizier.r. naturally looked upon as the Palladium of his native land, wus by these dangerous fools defiled, defaced, draggled through the mire, until nothing was left of the idol but a shapeless and loath some mass of rottenness. Far better for his quiet and his fame had he then and there foresworn the desecrated cause, nor strove to summon followers, by the call of a penny whistle, around him in the halls where multitudes, with bosoms beating high with hope, were wont to rush at the summons of the Arch-Agitator's pealing trumpet. All is, however, now vanished like a dream, and wishing Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL lengthened years of health, of competence, and of every happiness in the honourable avocations of a professional career, and the smooth retirement of domestic life, we bid farewell to him as a public character without repro bation and without applause. Rumour assigns already several candidates for the vacated seat. Mr. RUSSELL (whom Heaven bless for his magnificent contributions to the provision market) on the Liberal interest—Mr. G. J. O'ColinELL on the Repeal dodge—and, on Protectionist principles, Mr. VERNIER, brother of Lord GORT, and Captain GotIGH, the only son of the Hero of So braon. With regard to the result of the impending election we feel no excruciating interest. Emboldened by the recent untoward discomfiture of the Liberal interest in Cork. the Protectionist faction are now busy marshalling their forces in Ireland. They will, of course, show considerable fight in the second city of the south, but we trust no similar stigma will be permitted in this instance. The me tropolis of Munster has suffered itself to be signally befooled through an impolitic division in the Liberal camp ; and although, protection apart, no more estimable representative could have been chosen by its electors than the popular and gallant Colonel who ATURDAY EV_ carried off the prize, the result should be a solemn warning to the enlightened constituencies of Ireland. Should, however, our anticipations be falsified, and the estrum which at present maddens the Protectionist herd in the sister island be suffered to goad the bread tax retrogessionists in Limerick to rampant victory, we shall be almost tempted to view the electoral folly of the Garryowen boys in a venial light, if their choice should light upon the scion of a family long and justly honoured in their city—the son of a brave and beloved hero, who has bled freely for his country from the day when he struck down the Gallic eagle on Barrossa's bloody brow, until, after planting the triumphant British flag upon the coasts of the Celestial Empire, he smote to the dust the sternest chivalry of Asia upon the death strewn banks of the Sutlej. Although the addition of another unit to the ranks of protection can have no perceptible effect as regards the great and settled question of the Abrogation of the Corn laws, we should regret to sEe the good sense of this important city tarnished. Of the Protectionist agi tators of Ireland we would say nothing personally disrespectful—personal abuse we leave to others—but we cannot but denounce them as political madmen. Why will Lord GLENGALL misapply his unquestioned sincerity and his admitted talents in the feverish pur suit of a phantom ? Must he not be conscious that he is, to say the least of it, fighing against fearful odds, that he is leading a forlorn hope ? The days of Oligarchy are numbered. A blindedjportion of the landlords of the empire may delude themselves into an intoxicating notion that the great machine of social policy can be made to recede at their behest, but they will ere long be compelled to confess, after toilsome expenditure of breath and ink, that they might just as profitably apply their en erg i es t owar d s attempting a repeal of the Legislative Union, a rescinding of the Catholic Emancipation Act, a re- enfranchisement of the Rotten Boroughs, a restora tion of the Ileptarchy, or a revival of Paganism, as in striving for that most futile and inane chimera, the Resuscitation of the Corn-laws. Common sense has pronounced their irrevocable condemnation —common sense forbids their blighting resurrection. lIHE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur publishes a decree, signed by the PRESIDENT of the Republic, dated January 1, 1850, appointing General JEROME BONAPARTE a Marshal of France, on account of his services in 1807, 1809, and 1812, and in 1815 on the field of 'Waterloo, and for that, he, at the head of his division, was one of the last to put his sword back into his sheath when the enemy invaded France. _ At the sitting of - the Assembly yesterday, the Members proceeded to elect the President and the Vice. Presidents for the ensuing quarter. The follow ing was the result of the ballot for President : Number of voters 470. M. DUPIN .. .• ... 288 M. MicnED (DE BOURGES) ... 111 M. BARROT ••• ••• • • 46 _ _ . M. DUPIN;;; accordingly declared to be re elected. After the election M. DARU presented the report of the committee on the amendment proposed by M. DE RANCE to the original motion for a vote of credit for the affairs of the Rio de la Plata. The report having alluded to the success which had hitherto always attended armed negotiations in South Ame rice, went on to state that while the committee could not accept the amendment of M. DE RANCE, they yet recognised the justness of the spirit which had suggested it. The principle of the amendment had then their approbation, and they accepted it, but in doing so they thought that the Executive should be allowed to decide on the way in which an armed negotiation should be carried out. It was in this way the committee understood the term action, which had been so much criticised, and he affirmed that the conduct of the committee had been perfectly consistent. He had in conclusion, on the part of the committee, to move the following amend ment : " The National Le g i s l a ti ve A ssem bly i nv ites the exe cutive power to support the negotiations which the latter proposes to undertake by forces sufficient to ensure their success and the safety of the French subjects in La Plata." M. DE RANCE then ascended the tribune, and argued at length in support of his amendment. He declared that he could see no middle course between armed negotiation in the d.cided and serious sense of the word, and abandonment of the Plate River. M. de LAUSSAT combatted this view. The debate will probably be adjourned. It is said that the Government will not accept the amendment. In the committee it was resolved by a majority of 9 to 6, that the armed force should be sufficient to secure a solution becoming the national honour and the gravity of the interest at stake. Previous to the meeting of the Assembly, the Members assembled in the bureaux to name the Presidents and Secretaries for the month of February. The following are the results : PESIDENTB. SECRETARIES. MM. De Riancey. Do Tallouet. Denjoy. Favreau. Dampier d'Hormoy. Leyerrier. Eschasseriaux. De Brias. De Mortemart. Lesperut. De Lagrange. De Dampierre. Fremy. Ga•londe. Celea. M M. Ist b. Lion Faucher. 2d Crousellee. 3d General Ralhidres. 4th De Laussat. sth Baroche. 6th Molt. 7th De Flavigny. Bth General Oudinot. 9th Buffet. 10th Le pelletierd'A ulnay 11th Odilion Barra. 12th L'AmiralCecile. 13th De Balzac. 14th Coquerel. 15th General Leflo. In these divisions the Members of the pert-pretre opposed the Ministry, as they had done on the law relating to primary instructors. In the division in the first bureau they voted for M. EstaxuEL ARAGo, a Member of the Extreme Left, in opposition to M. Lzos FAUCHER, while in the tenth they started M. BEEHTER against M. LEPELLETIER D'aULEAT. The division on the Thursday and the Ministerial majority of 29 is the subject of comment in almost all the papers. The Constitutionnel says— "a That is a very small maj or i ty, after the disgraceful and afflicting spectacle of whi c h we were witnesses. We should bare believed that there would have been as many repentant Members in the Moderate party yester day as there were renegades o n th e previous day. The majority had before its eyes th e sad example of the disorder and odious anarchy to which the national re presentation was subjected when a division took place in its ranks. All the voices, all the interruptions of the Montagnards rung in their ears the enormous fault which they had committed in voting with them. They saw what a terrible pledge they had nearly given to Socialism, by the desperate efforts made by the Montag nerds to retain that pledge which the rectified ballot tore from them." The Journal des Debuts says— " The night thus brought counsel with it; the great party of order felt the necessity of rallying itself after defeat. In so doing it recovered its strength, and re gained the game which appeared to be lostl Out of evil comes good; we should willingly say, if we might hope that the majority would profit by this ex p er i ence. Will not this sad incident be instructive? will it not be suffi cient to show once more that the majority may save all byit divisions its union,dio a s and q as it tmauy compromise an d l ose all by in ternal quarrels? A last lesson to be drawn from these two sittings is that the mode now adopted for taking the votes is intolerable. A process which opens the door to such frequent errors and to such dis graceful scenes as we have just witnessed is definitively condemned. It must be replaced as soon as possible by some other; it is really a case of urgency." The peril pretre, like their tools the Bourbons, have learned nothing, have forgotten nothing; th ey boast that they can command 110 votes, and that those votes shall be employed to harrass and embarass every Government which will not co-operate with them to restore the reign of the priests and Jesuits. The next revolution (and these persons seem bent on rendering a new revolution inevitable) will make short work with the priests, who have now com pletely thrown off the mask which they assumed in February, 1848 • they will not succeed in deceiving the French people twice. The Turkish and English Ambassadors had long conferences with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. The Lyons Gazette of the 2d inst. announces the death, by cholera, of two soldiers in the military hospital of that city. The Bourse was dull to-day, and public securities declined slightly. The Five per Cents. opened at 92f. 80c., and closed at 921. 65c. ; the Tbree per Cents., at 561. 80c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 800 f. ; Rouen, 5721. 50c. ; Havre, 2421. 50c. ; Great Northern, 4561. 25c.; Avignon, 2151.; Bssle, 1131. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 408 f. 75c.; Paris and Stras burgh, 357 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 271 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDONSioCI:iiidikiGE, JAN. 4. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 134—East Indian, 4—Namur and Liege, 7 —Northern of France, 1% dia.—Rouen and Havre, 9% — Sambre and Meuse, 2%, • 1-40: - > A s, 1:1114: 4IA , -5111%,-v - % Jirig it y 4 , 4.511 , 4 4 4, 4 4 ( .. 11111, 1 , ••• • A • • 4•4trzav r ..tet A te . -'• • ~„, ,„, 01 itenin t .',-Int LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 18i0. Another communication, from the same correspon dent whose previous refutation of the calumnies against KOSSUTH and the Hungarians was recently transferred to our own columns from those of a Con temporary, will be found in another part of to-day's impression. It demonstrates the falsity of the other charges levelled against the Magyar Dictator, as clearly and irrefragably as it exposed the inaccuracy of the dastardly insinuations preferred against him in reference to the young Countess DEMBINSKI. Beyond this, moreover, it will be observed on an examination of this most interesting supplementary document, that the calumnies likewise disseminated in regard to PERCZEL and Siemer's are there shown to be equally without foundation. The larceny said to have been committed by the latter turns out, on inquiry, to be a perversion of the facts of a little incident occurring in a ball.room, where a compliment is distorted into a felony, and a flirtation about a jewel delineated as a robbery of diamonds. Indeed the disproportion and difference of the occurrences and the imputations is such as to convince us that the slanderer, be• sides being an arrant knave to boot, is quite as much of an ass as Goodman DOGBEIRT. He watches a little coquettry going forward in the mazes of a waltz and is fain to cry aloud " Clear burglary l" Again, in reference to the accusation made against PERCZEL to the effect that he had forged for the purpose of screening his enormous embezzlements —it is sufficiently well shown that instead of being the defrauder he himself was the dupe, that instead of inflicting injury upon another be himself was, in fact, the only sufferer. What, however, is the explanation of the greatest interest to all those who sympathise in any manner with the cause of the :Hungarians is the straightforward and conclusive refutation of the charge which, of all others, has been the most fre quently entered againstKossuru, and which if allowed to remain uncontradicted would be most damns tory to his character. It will not have been forgotten that the imputation to which we are alluding was that of having fraudulently appropriated to himself certain moneys entrusted to his care as the trustee and guardian of some orphan children. That he had deprived those sacred charges of their rights, that he bad, to this end, sold certain portions of their property without the participation of the co•trustees, a participation absolutely and imperatively necessary to impart to the transaction any degree of legality ; that for this heinous offence against the laws of his country and of universal morality he had been arraigned before a competent tribunal, and there publicly reprimanded— were the assertions made with unblushing effrontery by his assailants, and reiterated with the most auda cious particularity. Now, according to the very simple explanations of the '• Author of the Revelations of Russia," an individual personally cognizant of the whole transaction, it proves that in consequence of some blunder in the sale of such properties—a blunder arising altogether from the intricacy of the Hungarian laws in regard to the possession of orphan- wards—Kossirru, as one of the trustees, was rebuked simply for the irregularity of the proceedings, and that, too, not by a judicial tri bunal, but by a tribunal simply and entirely of a deliberative and administrative character. This re buke, moreover, let it be especially remembered, was " a rebuke to KOSSUTH as a lawyer, and intended no reflection on his integrity or good faith." In testi mony of which it is only necessary to call to recollec tion the circumstance that subsequently to this transact ion, KOSSUTH was formally nominated to the high and responsible office of Minister of Finance under the sign manual of FERDINAND the King and Emperor. Such is the exposure consequent upon the publication of these atrocious calumnies—an exposure as crushing in its completeness as the calumnies themselves were monstrous in their turpi tude. So, pray . we, may it ever be with those anony mous detractors who dare to violate the sanctity of domestic life, and who, for the gratification of a political grudge, are not ashamed to scatter the mud of their vituperations abroad in all directions, hurling it now at the remote victims of misfortune, now at some young matron's spotless re putation. Out upon such FARINGBEAS of the Press, the Thugs of political life, the Stranglers of Jour nalism. Theirs are the hands which tend to rob one of the most important and civilizing institutions of modern society of its more beneficent influence over SPAIN. ---- - Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a notice of the Minister informing the persons who intended to bid for the quicksilver, deposited in Landon in the firms of Baron ROTHSCHILD and M. BAsuco, that one of those firms had sold during the last month 37f quintals of mercury. '.." A. NO 3 JANUARY 5 , If was said that the portfolio of finance had been off` :red to MoN by NARVAEZ, and had been refused. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 28.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30 11.16 th for paper ; the Four per Cents., at 12:1; the Five per Cents., at 13 fur , cash; the Debt without Interest, at 4 for pap er ; an d the Coup ons , a t 8. GERMAN AND rrnl; NORTHERN STATES, PRUSSIA. The• Rolner Zeitung publishes the following pro clams tion, which the Prince of PRUSSIA has addressed to the troops in the Rhenish provinces:— " The present season induces me to express to the troops under my command the wish that the year 1850 may be a happy and glorious ear for them. W►th part of those troops I have shared the happiness and the glory . of a victorious combat, and the troops which remained at home have equally proved their devotion and fidelity to their King and country. So, indeed, did the soldiers of the Landwehr, especially those corps which have been called upon to supply the place of the 20,000 men now stationed in the Grand Duchy of Baden. May all those troops be mindful of their oath! May they be faithful to the spirit of order and obedience which befits the Prussian soldier, and may they hold themselves prepared again to engage in the conflict! Our antagonists of the summer of 1849 will not keep quiet, their secret intrigues are more dangerous than their ranks in battle. We ought to be on our guard; let us be watchful at all times, and let us be con firmed in all soldier-like virtue, that we may be ready for the King, in case the King should again call on us to fight, and to conquer in his and the battles. God bless the Kingl " PRINCE OF PRUSSIA." BERLIN, JAN. 2.—Voluntary Loan, 1061; State Loan, 89i; Marine Society, 102 k• Btnk Shares, 93k. Rail ways—Dusseldorf-Elberfed, 77i; Northern Railway, 421; Cologne-Minden, 951 ; ditto, Preference Shares, 104; ditto second emission, 103 i; funds and shares firm; business brisk. 1850 MONEY an't COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet, the sales being only 4,000 bales.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done without alteration in prices. - The Bank of England weekly return to the 29th ult . is of a different character to some of its predecessors. The circulatioa was larger, owing to the increased ad vances upon other securities, or more probably the pur chases of stock by the Bank, and this has likewise in fluenced the amount of the reserve of unemployed notes. The bullion is less, either from the like cause or from exports to the Continent, but we yet expect a further augmentation. The public deposits increased again. Compared with the previous week the following results are shown:— ... 30,233,310 AUSTRIA. The Wiener Zeitung of the 29th ult. contained the State budget for the third quarter of the year 1849. It is, however, incomplete, as the returns from Tran sylvania, Croatia, Sclavonia, the Voivodina, and the Temesch Banat have not yet been sent in. The receipts were 35,126,536 florins, and the ex- Fenses 76.899,631 florins, thus having a deficit of 41,773,095 florins. The e outlay is divided as fol lows :—lnterest of National Debt, 17,220,631 florins; Imperial household, 963,764 florins ; Cabinet Council (Minister-Rath), 22,787 florins ; Foreign Affairs, 438,356 florins; Home Department, 3,975,470 florins; War, 45,357,943 florins ; Fi nances, 3,858,964 florins ' • Justice, 1,259,301 florins ; Public Education and Worship, 480,116 florins ; Commerce and Public Works, 5,832,820 florins ; Agriculture and Mining, 48,008 florins ; Control office, 26,185 florins. In addition to the deficit above mentioned 90,727 florins were expended, though for what purpose is not specified, leaving a total of 44,863,822 florins. The Wiener Zeitung of the 30th, contains the budget for the nine months from No vember 1, 1848, to the last of July, 1849, during which period there was a deficit of 90,746,684 florins. The war expenses during those nine months amounted to the enormous sum of 105,559,310 florins. The Wanderer states that the promulgation of the Constitution will be delayed fur several months. The National Gazette of Dresden, says that a great number of German subjects of other states have been recently expelled from the Austrian territory, albeit possessed of property there, solely on the ground that they are Protestants, it being the desire of the Aus trian Ministers to extirpate Protestanism from the empire. IIESSE DARMSTADT. The Chamber has determined not to vote any address, and have refused to authorise the Goverament to collect taxes beyond the Ist April. BAVARIA. MUNICH, DEC. 27.—The first battery of mounted artillery has received marching orders; their destina tion is not known with certainty, but it is surmised that they are to be placed at the service of the empire. —Nuremburgh Correspondent. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 19th ult. announce the arrival of the answer of the Emperor of RUSSIA to the last communication from the Sublime Porte. The CZAR has agreed to the terms proposed by the Porte, and Dessumsat and the other Poles who served in Hungary are to be expelled, and their countrymen resident in Turkey who were not con cerned in that insurrection are to remain unmo lested. If, however, for the future any person whatsoever, without reference to the country under whose protection he may be, shall, whilst resident in the Ottoman Empire, be guilty of any act hos tile to the Government of the Emperor NICHOLAS, he shall, at the demand of the Russian Envoy, be expelled from the SULTAN'S dominions. KOSSUTH and the Hungarian refugees are to be con fined in a fortified town in the interior. They are not to be close prisoners, but their place of residence will he fixed, and they will be under the constant surveillance of the Turkish authorities. The Am bassadors of France and England have approved of the terms of the settlement, with, however, certain restrictions as regards the expulsion of persons who may be under the protection of either of their re spective Governments. When a charge of conspiring against the Russian Government shall be brought against a person provided with an English or French passport, a trial will take place in the presence of the Consul or other agent of the country under whose protection the accused may be, and after inquiry only, will sentence be pronounced. Notwithstanding the apparent settlement of the question, diplomatic relations have not yet been re established with the Porte by the Russian and Aus trian Ministers • we are therefore rejoiced to hear that the return of the French fleet to Toulon has been countermanded. These letters announce that the British fleet, under the command of Sir WILLIAM PARICIR, left the anchorage at Basika Bay on the 16th instant for the Masconissi Islands, at the south wes ternmost entrance of the Gulf of Adrymittee, opposite the northern side of the island of Mytilene. The ships will anchor between the islands of Eleos and Gym. ITALY. It is said that the privileges of Civita Vecchia and of Ancona, as free ports, are to be suppressed. The Sardinian Chamber has completed its organization by electing GAETANO DEMARCIII and PALLULL (the latter a Savoyard Deputy) Vice-Presidents ; Anamrz, PAOLO FARINA, ACRENTI, and CAVALLINI, Secreta ries; and Count FRANCHI and Signor VALVASSERI, Questors; the last-named gentleman and CAVALLIN I are Members of the Left. A letter from Florence, in the Corriere Mercantile, states that the bishops of Tuscany have received a circular from the Government, desiring them not to authorise any priest to preach who had compromised himself in the late revolution. RAILWAY RET URNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail /rays for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending Jan. 1 Dec. 29 Aberdeen .. Amiens and I3oulogne .............., Belfast and Ballymena .• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Bristol and Exeter • . Ca1ed0nian............. Chester and Holyhead . . Dublin and Drogheda.. •• • . ......... Dublin and Kingstown .. ...... • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen East Anglian.... • • • . • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • . .. • . •• Edinburgh and Perth Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire . • . ..... Eastern Union •••••• • • • • • • ••• • • ... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• Glasgow and Greenock.... Great Northern and E. L........... Great Southern and Western ........ Great Western, &c Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Lancaster and Car1i51e........ Leeds and Thirst .... • . Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Londonderry and Enniskillen London and North Western, &c London and Blackwall. . London and Brighton ...... . London and South Western. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands ......... „, „ North British • „ „ Paris and Rouen . .• . • .• • • •• •• •• •• •• Rouen and Havre .. • Scottish Central „ Scottish Midland ... Shrewsbury and Chester ......... Shropliire Union . ••• South Eastern and Branches . South Devon.. .• „ „ • • Taff Vale • .... ••• • • • Ulster . ..... • • • • • • • Waterford and • Limerick.... •••• • • • Whitehaven Junction ..• ...... ..•• • • • • York and Newcastle • • . .• • York and North Midland... Lest week. 674 1,042 428 390 3,134 5,995 1,195 748 807 650 2,867 2,114 15,477 2,573 1,874 2,705 857 2,966 3,238 16,091 10,173 3,308 37,1E3 547 6,869 8,561 4,726 23,920 942 3,129 5,126 1,979 1,150 366 1,19 G 391 783 276 3,729 1,088 710 841 330 1,692 737 3.207 1,778 14.350 1,750 1,182 2,411 876 2,919 10,407 2,015 34,554 429 8,454 1,506 1,516 656 573 6 , 8 97 8,142 2,894 22,664 857 2,399 5,552 2,559 1.90 25G 1,650 7,603 1,330 1,3:4 653 372 223 11,241 5,843 13,112 7,298 Mr. Heald, the husband of the Countess of Lands reldt is now in town, and putting up at the Burling ton, in Cork•street. Sir Robert Peel has sent copies of his letter to his tenant-farmers—a printed circular—to some of his friends in this neighbourhood. One of these was ad dressed to Dr. Mackenzie, Eileanach, who obligingly forwarded it to us, thinking the publication might lead to settle farmers' minds as to the chances of re-protcc- Um—lnverness Courier. Notes Issued Decrease ••• 46,320 ••• • 3,119,800 Increase 5,641 Public Deposits ...• 10,559,491 Increase ▪ 295,787 Other Deposits •.• ... 9,364,105 Decrease • 124,475 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,021,951 Decrease 47.283 Government Securities ▪ No alteration. Other Securities 11,478,064 Increase 617,499 Notes ... ... 12,011,550 Decrease . . 469,670 Bullion ... ... 17,016,163 Decrease ••• 64,479 Active Circulation ... 18,226,760 Increase ... 423,350 There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in the rates at which bills of exchange were negotiated on the principal continental cities. Paper at 90 days was taken at 12 2 to 2-1- on Amsterdam, at 25 65 to 67k on Ant werp, at 13 114 to 12 on Hamburgh, at 25 60 to 65 on Paris, at 122 on Frankfort, and 11 20 to 25 on Trieste. The exports of bullion from London during the week, to Thursday last, were confined to silver, amounting to 248,300 ounce! to France, Belgium, and Holland. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are to-day again satisfactory. The Funds have been rather below yesterday's range, but are not weak. Consols have realised 964 to 97, and are now 961 Bank Stock is worth 204 to 204 k. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98k 4. Exchequer-bills maintain the premium of 595. and 625. In the Foreign Stock Market there are no particular changes. Peruvian Bonds have be en flatter, however, at 61 to 61i ; Mexican were 29 to 294. Equador brought 3;-,1 ; Buenos Ayres, 48k ; and Brazilian 884. Nothing has been done in Spanish or Portuguese. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been 56. A London share agent, in giving his views upon the Railway Market, states:--" Now we see nothing in the present condition of railway property that is not capable of considerable irnprovment ; there is no cause for its depreciation, that may not be effectually and promptly remoi ed. To the practical measures necessary for the resuscitation of railway interests we shall separately refer. The point we here insist upon is, that railway property has been most unduly and ridiculously depre ciated." Then referring to the Caledonian line and its traffic and prospects, though, of course, we leave people to receive the opinion for what it is worth, he says that the receipts to Dec. 17 show an increase on the total traffic of twenty-five weeks at the rate of 36 per cent., and an increase on the mileage of 20k per cent. "So then with this enormously and progressively increasing traffic, with the moral certainty of the guaranteed claims being all reduced, with the line and works in perfect and substantial repair, with an additional increase in the mineral traffic alone next year of 20,0001.; and with a general saving in salaries, expenditure for small stores and working charges, as stated in the reports of the engineer—with all these advantages the shares of this company, upon which a dividend of 3 per cent. was paid last year, for sooth are at 78 per cent. discount. And wh3 ? Because the directors, who are about to be replaced by more efficient men, have been detected in acting with decep tion towards their shareholders; and because certain anonymous scribes have thought proper to send adver tisements to different papers decrying the line as in a state of bankruptcy." The Railway Share Market looks tolerably well again this morning, and there is Mak business doing. ONE G P r; UND:s O'CLOCK. I.RICF S. dank Stock ••• 3 ~er Cent. Reduced Amis. 9 7 1% 96 1 % 97% Sew 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna.......... 5 8 5,0 /4 G Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 B V2 8 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 8 5-16 8% 8 4 India Stock ..... ..... 262 !ndin Bonds ' Rest ...... tionds, 1,0004 Consuls for Account Exchequer Sills. 1 I ,id. & 2d 1,000/. June 59 62 p 500/. June 62 p Small. June 59 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUND& oNr. CLICIL. Brazilian Bonds O' ti% Ditto, New , 1829 and 1839 ... 86 1 ,4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 48 1 ,4 Equador Bonds p3 3 /4 Grenada Bonds, I per Cent. Ditto Deferred • Mexican. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... ..... . Ditto. Account 29% 29 21 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account . 37 37 1 4 36 1 4 Rnatuen 5 per Cent. 1840 — 19 1 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 A per Cent Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London, Dutch 2 1 A per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 46 h 5 1,4; Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certifieater 85% 8514 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING • itAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES i berdan Do. Preference - A mber. Nott., Bosten, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 ...... kyrshire and Galloway.. 754 Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & llanta Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 ...... Do, without guarantee 20 Birming. Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. withoutguarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14a ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June—. 20 Bristol and Exeter 92 ... .. Ditto, Thirds ... 3 uckingh amAhire ...... 17 1 ,4 Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 buster 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 mouth - ........ ..••• Dublin and Belfast June. 40 •••••• ...". ••• ......... Dundalk & Enni s kill en 30 — .. ... ......... 'est Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ..... Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 ....... Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3%, ..... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 --- 62 50 p , 1L0, 4 1i TRICE~. 88 3 / 4 861 / 2 4 6 1 4 16 1 / 2 3% 13 3 % 16% 10 3 4 7% 9 1 ,4 er Cent., Preference.p .. 2 . Eastern Coußties... ..... 20 ...... Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per pe. Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... 3 4 p ............ Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ...... Do. North. & Easte r n .... 3/ 4 p 6 per Cent. 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 (6percent.) 20 ... —. East Lancashire ......... 25 ..... ..... .••.... •• Ditto, New .. 25 .... ......... ...... Ditto, New Quarter s 6 1 4 .. —..— Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6k...... ... ...... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 '.dinburgh and Glasgow 50 --..— Ditto, Half Sh ares ... 25 .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport ........ 15 .. ... - r:xeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. 25„, — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Gltsgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... ..81. 6s. 8d.... f;lasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester &DeanForeet 11 ...... iireat Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 ,4...... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7% — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% rest South. and West. (Ireland) ....... 5O •••••• ... m . ..... net North of England.loo Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto 35 Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto. New .15/ l5 .. .. Great. Western 100 Ditto, 1 h Shares Ditto, 1% Shares — Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. .... ..... /lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ..._ Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..._ Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ••..•• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - Ditto, Thirds ..... Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Ditto, ditto , .41•••• .... Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 49 ... .. ...........y . ...... Do. Quarters .... 23% — .. •.... ...... -- Do. Fifths... ....... .... 10 •••••• ......... -- Do. Thirds --- ....... 16 1 4 — .. Do. New Guarantved ......... .... F, ,er ant... lO ..... • ...... .11 MI.. 12% Ditto (Huddersfield and Shetf.) 5O ...... ........... ... Do. (W. Riding Uni on ) 10 .. ••• 34 .. ti .. . Do. (Preston & Wy re ) 25 ...... Do. 1 / 2 Shares (A)... 10 ...... '... ....... Leeds and Bradf or d 5O ...... 100 991,4 ......... 991 / 2 Leeds and Thirek .... .. —.— .....• ......... Flo., do. ...... O. 2 7 1 / 2 ... Do., do. .. — .N o. 3 5 ;:,, ... . — Dc., Pref. gu ar., 1813 9 „, Liverpool, Crosby and ...... Southport . ........... .. 10 ..... -.„.... 7% 4% 10% lAndon Si Black wa11...11/. Gs. 3d... 3% L)n don, Brii.:.hton, and South Coa;t... .... 100 Do., New 51. , guaran teed 6 per Cent ..... 100 133% Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 .... . Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto-- 1852 50 ••• ..... 1,. ndonand Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5T 4d — Ditto, Prefer.~ •••I L oden and N. Wovtern 160 lll 110V 2 %...., Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fift , u. Do. 40/. ;hire; (L• 111.) 35 Do. 10/. f B.) C. 1 •••• ond. '7: "—HO Ditto, New 50/. ..... Do. New 40/ 34 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 ...... Do. V, Shares .. 5 ..... Londonderry and Ennis killen Do. l i, Shares 5 ...... Lowestoff guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 par ct.) - Ilanchester,Buxtonouid Matlock-, lanchester 5 Shoilield, _ •• and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 •• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 1214 — •• Do. New 104 Pref..... 10 8 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 ••• 00000 • Ditto ditto . ..... 20 • — Ditto ditto ........124 — ...... Dittc , Sheffield and Lincolnshire.... 25 . Do., Grimsby Doc urnnsby 4. 25 ... — Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 28 Midl and .......... 43 1 ,f t I AA Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ...... Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... .. 7 Do. Birm., and Derby 100 ....... Do.Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto, lariat. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto ...........221. 78... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar. WO Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle 100 ....... Do. Quaiters Newmarket Do. Extension ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ',wry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrovor 2O .--- .. •••••••• «•• Norfolk ............ .....N. .100 Do. N ew 204 Lo. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 A l pe. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 . N,,rthern C ount i es U n i on 4 •.."' ..... . North British ........ ... 25 .... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, !'birdsirds .... .. ..... ••• 8i .. .. 2% Ditto Preference 5 ..... ortli Staffordshire ... 17 1 pa 7%.... •..... North Wales .. ....... .... 3 North-Western . 13% , xn9rd, N‘ oreester, and Wolverhampton ...,.. 60 Reading, Guildford, ;and Reigate 15 ..... 000 aopton and Hitchi n 4 3 / 4 ... •••.•••• .. .•• Scottish Central Scottith Midland 25 Ditto, New hrewstnuy ario:Birm... 12 • Ditto ditto, Claes B. S . ..... 2 1 ‘ , Ditto, New Guar a nt ee d 8 ... .. ....... .. Shrewsbury aid Deretd. 5 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto lialyes ... ditto 9 Ditto Oswestry 18 ..... Ditto New Do. 8 per:Cent. Pref. 10 Lihropslure Union 000000 6 1 / 2 . — . .0000000 •......... ...... , outh Devon )o. Preterenee - •• •••• South ;-, tat i ordinire 8 1, 41 — •••• •• ••••. ..... a. outh Eastern Do., :No. c. 30 - .. ....... •• •„. Do., No. 3 ....... .....,. 30 Do. Registered N - " - 40. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South. Wales (.uti. orhshire, Don- caster, and Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 1614 .............. Do. do (Sou. Div.) 5 swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 7 Caw Vale Extension ... 8 wee Thames Haven D oc k and Railway ..... 17% Vale of Neath ...... 10 Naterford and Kilkenny 20 . Waterford and Limerick 47 1 ,4 4r ater fd, Wicfrd,Wicklw and Dublin ..... ..... 3 . Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... . Do. do. do. 15 West Cor nwa ll ........ "••••••..... 6 hitehaven & Furness 18 ... indsor, Staines, and South Western 14 ... N ilts,Sornerst t, & W ey- ... mouth Y ork, NewcLatle, and ........ Berwick. ......... 2h Do. Newcastle E a t en . 20 Do. G.N.L.Prefortuce 8 «.•.. 354% Lo. Ilartlepool Dock ano Railway . 100 . ..... York an iNortl, iYtidland 50 ...... Ditto, Preference ...... 10 ..... I — ""•.. FOREIGN HAL WA Yn. Angl Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ..• .......... .. Boulogne ai d Amiens... 20 S.. Central of Fran ce (O r- .......... Dleans and Vierzon)... 20 ........ emerara ....... ........ Dutch Rhenish ••• •••••• 1 8 East Indian ........31 Ditto .... ..... 20 Great. Indian Peninsular a Do. D 0.... . 10s. Louvain la Sambre ... 7%...... Luxembourg .. • ......... 75i — Madrid and Ditto •••••• alentia ........... 10 .••••• .............•. V... 2 Namur and Li ege 20 •••••• Northern of Fr a n ce ...... -- 141. se... 1 1 / 2 dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Rouen ......... ..... Paris and btrasbourg ... 12 ..... Rouen and:Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 TStrasbourg and Basle ... 14 ........ ..... ours and Nantes l3 ...... ............. . . Tournay, Jurbise, Lan der), and Ilasselt 20 ...... West Flanders ..... Anglo-Mexican .......,.10 0 INES.— Asturian Mining Com... 15 Australian Bassora Range .. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... —...— ............ British Iron .... ......... 12 ...... Brazilian Imperial .... 24% """""•••••— ........ BrazilianCocaes&Cui a b a 3 0 ....... ......... Do. St. John D e l R ey 15 Cobra Copper ........... 40 General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... ..... Santiago de Cuba lO United Mexican 28% 5 .............. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia , 4O - ••••••• British North American 50 10••••• Colonial 25 ....., ••• .... ......... •••... Commercial of London 20 - ............... London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—( THIS DAY') LONDON, JAN. s. —Wind W.S.W., light breeze al fine clear fro s ty weat h er.—The Persia, from Calcutta. g°,l in contact, i n th e P oo l , with the Dundee steamer, an d received damage. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wi nd S.W.—Arrd. St. Patr i c k, of Lynn, North America. Arrived from the River, Br i° tish Empire, C a l cutta ; Toronto, Madras; Fanny , Mau' ritius; Osbor ne , Cape of' Good Hope. CowES, JAN. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Achilles, Loren' Guayre. FALMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind W.—Off port, Vietoill and Liso, Leforesteer, Gorraines, and sailed for 11 110 2 ° burgh; Q uen ti n Metsys, Michadsen, S avannah. A bri g ' waterlogged and abandoned, with a long name on h er stern, black sides with a yellow billet head, boats 011 passedsu pposed c OFF PENZANCE —Jane Green, Mauritiu s; Albstrool, Hansnool, Batavia, for Amsterdam ; Gustav, Menke' Charleston, for Antwerp. BRISTOL, JAN. 4.—Wind N.W., light.—Arrd. Ad' venture, Connor, Miramichi. SWANSEA, JAN. 4 . —Sailed Alex. Pirie, Egan, Cuba., HULL, JAN. 4.—Wi nd N.W.—Arrd. William Metcalf' St. John's, Now Brunswick, PEv}totint, Jeri. 4.—Wind W.—Arrd. Bell, 04314 St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4. Wind W.S.W. to Aral. Charles Brownell, Slatt, Valparaiso ; Ch a mpion; Morris, S y d ney, New South Wales John Moor es W ithycombe, Bomb a y ; Penelope, Scu dder , Mauritinf c : hero, Videm an , California; Esther, Johnston, 14 Grande; Dauntless, Johnston,Maraaham ; John Raven! l ! ‘Varnberson, Charleston ; Tartar, M'Gilrey, Gertrude, B a il ey, New York; Jacobs Westervelt, less, New York ; Parliament, Brown, Boston ; So li Gibson, Cuba. LOWESTOFT, JAN. 4.—The John and Susanna ) i : leaky, havin g b een on the beach, and will probably have to dizcharge. CLYDE, JAN. 3 . — Wind S.W.—Arrd. tir Stewart, Calcutta; Tower, Blake, New York. VIENNA. —The official gazette of the empire, wh ich has . just app eare d , contains the details of a eoliv e s l win between the Russian and Auttrian Cabinets Wi respect to th e rec i procal extradition of Jewish sabjeoto who have committed political °flatlets in either cm' .' —Jewish Chronicle. 93 p 97 62 p 3 774,i 133% 110 ... 12% 61.4 42 3 / 4 6% 444 PIN 2% 15!4 7p 19,i 6 1 ,4 154 16% 10% 31,4 17 6 71 sm. •••••• - 74 1 1 A cll . ON -- 214 "E 4 454 4 . a,,„, . at4° '...44 t w CJ.2 An( 11 11 Ani And 4, T i Atid Oh! And The AS t IS y u til lt I TAN And Th e * As II And ' And Oh! Wag' ahp e R the 1 4 uet r4 InLk, .14ite Alim "II Th, ``C