The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-27 00:00:00

N VC; ! f ~`; A T._ DRURY-LANE. 3, 4 rimm i e ti a, in thret - ex., Wit1 . 0.06:1 etir. ant ; Don Caesar De Bazan, a rem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer I,l.azitrift, Mtstplol e. A.teilAvhiehe # netrand Christmas comic Pantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. The New and extensive Scenery under the direction of Mr. Grieve ; the Overture and Music by Mr. It. Hughes; the Tricks, Transformations, and Decorations by Mr. Blamire ; the Machinery by Mr. B. Sloman ; the Dresses by Mr. Bovey, Mrs. Balls, and numerous assistants. The whole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. INTERIOR OF GUILDHALL. Epoch—Lord Mayor's Day, .845—between the Dinner and the Ball. Magog and Gog (the City Giants—once at a premium, now at a discount), Mr. S. Jones and Mr. H. Horncastle ; Ge eral Tom Thumb (a Dwarf, but causing a great panic in the Giant market), Miss Dale. " Who'll kill the Giants? I, says Tom Thumb, As soon as I come, I'll kill the Giants."—Yankee Nursery Tale. The Genius of Pantornine (Chairwoman of the " Christmas Funny Club"), Miss A. Pa) ne.—How Tom Thumb takes the Giants down a pegjor two—" From words they'd almost come to blows "—Umpire and Referee, the Genius of Pantomime, who gives her decision In a - manner (it is hoped) satisfactory to her numerous patrons in boxes, pit, and gallery. Scene 2. COAST OF TIIE ISLAND OF LlLLlPCT.—Discovered A.D. 109. "Afer a storm comes a calm." Gulliver (having a passion for travelling, high and dry on a rock), Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. Gul liver (having a passion for her husband, in the same predicament), Mr. II nice. Extraordinary high tide, and great rush for places. Timely arrival of the Flying Island. Mrs. Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go up, up. up"—Gulliver leaves the rock to the tune of " Here we go down, down, down." The tide having ceased to flow, naturally begins to ebb, and leaves Gulliver to asto nish the Liliputians ! Peasants (the real " small natives"), Messrs. and Mesdames Tiny, Dumpy, Dot, Weebody, Speck, Short, Small, Trot, Littlejohn, &c. &c. ; Inspector of the A division of Lilliputian Police, Mr. Stumpy; Poltcemen, Messrs. Move-a -way, Clear-the way, Push-a-long, Walk• on, &c.; Engineer, Mr. Easer ; Stoker, Mr. Hot-birth. How Gulliver, alias the man-mountain, is BOUND over to keep the peace ; and how, "by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," he Is carried away to the coatt of the Emperor Lll liput. " And wasn't he a dainty dish To set before the King ?" Old MSS. in the British Museum. S ce n e 3. H ALL OF SCIENCE IN THE PALACE OF THE KING OF LA ,Mijesty the King of Laputa (very deep In Geome try—vi le, Flappers at his elbows), Mr. T. Matthews ; Lord High Chancellor Parallelogram and Lord High Chamberlain 'Equilateral (fond of " Figures," especially number " One"), Mr. Howell and Mr. Johnson. Lords in Waiting, with their attendant flappers, pages, ice. Mrs. Gulliver makes her " first and only appearance at Court ;" and bow, having lost her G , the Flying Island is placed at her disposal to recover the same. Scene 4. MARINE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPEROR OF LILLIPUT.-1119 " High" Mightiness Golbas to Moinaren Mully Ully Gue, Emperor of Lilliput, Miss Turtle ; her " equally" High Mightiness the Em press of Lilliput, Miss Midgley. The Lilliputian Court (the " high est" families in the land), and Lilliputian Imperial Guard (at least 1 ft. 6 in. in their stockings), servants, policemen, cooks, scullions, ste. se.—How Gulliver, having been let out of " durance vile," Hot only pockets the affront, but two policeman in the bargain. How he kisses the Emperor's hand, and the Empress's lips. Inspection of the Lilliputian Imperial Guard. How Gulliver swallows his dinner, and is only prevented from swallowing a Lilliputian, by way of dessert, by the news of the arrival of the Blefascadian fleet. Gulliver re gains his freedom, by towing in the enemy's fleet. The Palace on fire. Arrival of the Lilliputian Fire Brigade. How Gulliver saves the Empress, and is then obliged to save himself, which he does by taking a hop, step, and a jam p into Scene 5. CORN-FIELD IN PROBDlGNAG..—Longostretcho (a sub stantial Brobdignag farmer, and member of the Brobdignag Agri cultural Society), Mr. Monster ; Long-in-the-stride (his wife), Mrs. Strapper; Brobdignag Baby (in and out of a go-cart), Miss 11. Payne ; A very round Robin (the mother of a very fine family), Mrs. Redbreast ; Prize Pig (with silver medal from the Brobdlgnag Cattle Show), Mr. Snout. llow Gulliver goes a bird's nesting, and gets the worst of it, and how, after paying all proper deference to the " great-uns," he pitches into the " little-un" in the go-cart. Scene 6. REOBDIGNAG BED-ROOM ♦ND NllSSlSlM—Brobdignag " Gemini" (Anglice twins), Masters James and Elliott; Brobdignag Ritter', Mr. Pussey. For Ihrther particulars of this scene apply personally to the principal performers, who cau be seen in it every evening till further notice. Scene 7. COAST OF THE ISLAND OF LILLIPUT (as Scene 2), and re-appearance of the Flying Island ; from which Mrs. Gulliver takes a flying leap into Gulliver's arms —" We may be happy yet." Our old acquaintance, the Rock, introduces another old acquaintance, the Genius of Pantomime, Transformation of the Characters. Harlequin ...... Mr. Wieland. Clown .... • .11fr. T. Matthews. Pantaioon .• ....Mr. Howell. I Columbines .-Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. Scene 8. END OF COVENTRT-STREET, PICCADILLT.—Writing in Eight Lesions. The Experimental Squadron, with Hornpipe accom paniment. A Sudden Peep-into Leicester-square. Wenham Lake Ice. Sliding made pay. A great Fall in Provisions—viz. fish, fruit .and vegeb►bl - Scene .9,- - aowN's Lonoticos.—Bed and Window change sides, and Clown "goes down the middle and up again ;" great virtue in a blan ket. "To be well shaken before taken." The principle of elongation "Carried out." Clown is tossed up, and Harlequin comes down '"heads." 10. EXTERIOR OF GROCERS, FISHMONGERS, AND WINE MER CHANTS' Suoes.—Two active lads, versus active clothes-horse. Cask of West lola Produce and barrelled natives. Ladders ad infinitum, Putting up the shutters—the wrong shop. Try again. Ditto re peated. Great change on the premises, and " business removing. , , Scene' I I. Iliono,trE-HILL, with extensive view of the neighbour hood of London. Railways remember the 30th November. Grand Railway Steeple-chase to the Board of Trade. Arrival of engines from all the country round. " A clear course and no favour." Off they go. Clown and Pantaloon in difficulties, and ending in a "dis solution of partnership." Scene 12. FLEET-STREET DURING THE REPAIRS, with Glass Shop, Tinm in's, an 1 Railway hrinting•ofilce. Railway Prospectus and Provisional Committee; publishing made easy. Orders to any &count punctually attended to. The Great Guy for 1845. Great battite of stags; "they - come—they come." No thoroughfare. The •Ahortest cut to the Board of Trade, producing a great smash among the crockery. Scene li. EXTERIOR OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, and Probable Ge neral Midway Terminus. Scene 14. WATCHMAKERS' AND BOOKSELLERS' SHOPS.—Teachlng the young idea how to shoot. Illustrated London Noose. A " pinch err carry powder." Watch on a new movement. Queen's Visit to Germane, awl all eyes directed to Scent 15. THE Cur! OF COLOGNE, as it appeared on her Majesty's arrival. Owing to this great attraction, immediate application should be mad, to JOHN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. THEATER ROYAL. RAYMARKET. THIS EVENING . _ Wi!l he repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Sevmoar. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seytoa, Miss Feyton. To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caultie.l4, and Mrs. Stanley. TILEATnE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS OF THE Noit , or, The Prisoner of Shlusselbourg Alexis Rornanouski, Mr. Webster; Triptolemus Kront, Mr. Wright; Eliza beth, Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pau tamitne, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEIVANG FLIREEDREFLOBEED.V.EBUSKEEBANG; or, The King of ilia Cannibal Islands. Ha*.iequin, Mr. I'. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Fl'mang ; Cl.wb, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitchenson. T.IIEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM THU, EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. Th• Prjr‘cipal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, 31r. F. Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley (her Fifth Appearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Ilrovst , o, an -t Miss Turner. After which will he produced a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, Tntitletl TILE ENCHANTED HORSE ; or, Prince Firoux Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; tiles• dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. 'PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-SThEET. THIS EVEN.H4G Will be repeate I a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE :RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plush, :lir. Compton. To which will he added THE BRIGAND. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM; or, HAlt EQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. H Harvey; Columbine, Miss hulks ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE .COLE LESSEE Al D MANAGERESS, MISS KATE HOWARD. THIS EVENING Will be Dresented a Domestic Drama of powerful interest, entitled THE L.A..01 - OF ST. TROPEZ. G, orge Maurice, Mr. J. Browne; Count D'Auteeve, Mr. Brookes ; Hortense (the Lady of St. Tropez), Miss L. Melville. To be followed by THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Col Trielove, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Lady Freelove, Mks L. Melville. And c ,, ncluding with the now Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, . called FORTUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. rortunatus, Mid Hamilton; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy Queen, Mies Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr Charles ; Clown, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIIT/TFATRE OF ARTS. IMOPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZE PPA. Embracing the whole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Stud. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. After which will he repeated a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan tomime, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA; <ar, Sancho Panza, and Dulcinea of Teboso, with new Scenery, Dresses, Mechanical Changes, &c. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING. RICHARD PLANTAGENET, in Three Acts, supported by Messrs. Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, T. Fredericks, Higgie, Dale, Herbert, Searle, and Misses Vincent, Richardson, Eliza Terrey, Mrs. G. Lee. After which, Professor HEMMINGS and his SONS will give more es uparalleleil feats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet has been ex hibited, and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself. To conclude with a new gorgeous Pantomime, called TIPPITY WITCHET ; or, HARLEQUIN TIM BOBBIN and the COMICAL WI re trEs of LANCASHIRE. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Colum bine, Mks Le Vit, ; the Two Clowns, Messrs. E. Blanchard and 3PDonall ; the Two Pantaloons, Mr. Franklin and the veteran Tom Blanalard, tie eery King of Pantomime and Prince of Pantaloons. DAVII)GE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE MENDICANT SON; or, The Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames 11. Vining, Martin, and Daly. After which, a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or, The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack; Columbine. Miss Smithyss; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring; Pantaloon, Mr. Anderson; Sprite. Mr. Stilt. THE WEATHER.—Sox OFFICE, DEC. 26. TuF.IOIO3IETER, Lowest, 34; Highest, 44; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 30.08.—WIND W.S.W., cloudy. lirt.it WATER AT LONDON-RRIDGE TI-118 DAY. 3i "talt 0 miqute: after 0 I Evening .. 21 minutes after 0. 11,1111.11••••• ..?„, . a .„.., ~ .eAdVig: 6 -,... ~ ,4, ,?'l . "4t? , ~, -: i . iv'._ !ir 1p i* :4rmar ilk ‘....? R r! 7 ‘ ' "..11 •• •, ,'" , *.'. ' , ~..• - ,,,,, d , ; . 7,; ,' -",‘ -' ,-, , V.;"6:1" , Z. • m `-.)."' if I's' . ,": zio - ii - i'Vsfts:' , 4. ' -•`,.... ' . 111 amain t LONDON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1845. whence all the established clergy and aristocracy, and a vast maj ority of the middle classes, draw their lite rary auoieoge, no ~t" belle!. The Bible and the Reformation are alike slighted or condemned; the traditions of the fathers and the inventions of priests and designing men are preferred to the great truths inculcated in the former, and the latter is denounced as a great crime, from the dire ef fects of which nothing can save the nation but speedy repentance and the adoption of the tenets laid down as perfect by the infallible representative of ST. PETER. The Roman Catholic Church is regarded as the only pure church, and all the sects that have sprung from the Reformation, including the Lutherans, the Eng lish Protestants and Presbyterians, and Dissenters of every denomination, are denounced as Heathens and unbelievers. For a time this Jesuitical sect retained its position in the Church and the two Universities, spreading its baneful influence around, and receiving large stipends and salaries, appropriated only for Pro testants; but latterly the more scrupulous of the party have become, from the universal indignation of the public, ashamed of their perjury, and have openly gone over to the Church of Rome. Large numbers, however, still remain, acting on the principle, that it is justifiable to do evil that good may come. Many of our bishops are infected by the new doctrines, aed have been striving by the most deceitful prac tices to bring over the people by degrees, and pave the way for the full establishment of the Catholic religion throughout England. The late ad dress of Dr. PEPTS, Bishop of Worcester, to the can didates for holy orders in his diocese, comes therefore very appropriately at the present time, and forms a striking contrast to the vague, timid, and we fear Puseyite pastoral letters and addresses of such wa verers as the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and the Bishops of LONDON and EXETER. He leaves no doubt whatever on the subject. He asserts, and proves, by quotations from Catholic works and the Thirty-nine Articles, that the doctrines of the Puscyites are at direct variance with the reformed religion, and the sacred oaths taken by such men as Pussy, and NEWMAN, and WARD. These men, not only put tradition on an equal footing with Scripture, but they give it a pre cedence, because the doctrines which it conveys is derived from the Founder of our religion, while those contained in the latter have no better authority than the writings of the Apostles. The sixth article, in which the Puseyites expressed their firm belief at their ordination, contradicts this dogma, as he justly asserts, in the most express and emphatic language. In like manner he goes through the leading tenets of Romanism, and shows that they are at utter variance with those of the Reformed Church. The address altogether we recommend to the attention of our readers, because it cannot fail to produce a beneficial effect, and, as a proof, has already excited the dire anger of a morning Con temporary, notorious for its hatred of liberty and the noblest institutions of the country. Brazilian Legislature, adopting Art. 1 of the con• vention of 1826, legally proceed to treat trazilian slave traders as pirates, and though we cannot make the Emperor of BRAZIL responsible for the failure of the Brazilian Legislature to pass such an Act, by treating it as a casus belli, we are still entitled to claim the exercise of all the influence of the Brazilian Executive to get such an Act passed ; and it it but just to say that the Brazilian Government does not seek to repudiate this claim. After protesting in the strongest terms against our late legislation, the Brazilian Minister proceeds : " Nevertheless, the Imperial Government preferring to all other considerations the noble sentiments of jus tice and philanthropy, by which in all its acts it is ani mated and guided, will continue to employ all its efforts, in accordance with the laws of the country, for the sup pression of the slave•trade ; and the Imperial Govern ment earnestly desires that the Government of her Britannic Majesty may accede to an agreement which, whilst it respects the interest of the legal trade of Brazilian subjects, may obtain the desired end of causing that commerce to cease, the existence of which is de plored and condemned by all enlightened and Christian Governments." The protest of the Brazilian Government, which we printed at length yesterday, against the recent Act, empowering our Admiralty Courts to adjudicate Brazilian slavers, seized by our cruisers, has come by no means unexpectedly ; nor can we say that the Brazilian Government protests unreasonably. The Act in question was passed at the end of last session, in a hurry, against the strong remonstrance of Sir THOMAS WILDS. Sir THOMAS WILDE'S opinion has been confirmed by the recent decision of the Judges in the case of the Exeter prisoners. The gist of the protest is the point urged by Sir T. WILD; and affirmed by eleven of the Judges against twat—that an agreement by treaty on the part of the Brazilian Executive that Brazilian subjects carrying on the slave-trade shall be deemed and treP:ted as pirates is not sufficient, without an Act of the Brazilian Legis lature, making the carrying on of the slave-trade piracy, and liable to the punishments of ordinary piracy, and punishable hy English tribunals, to justify interference by our oourts with Brazilian subjects or their property. We believe that our own commercial legislation has been the chief difficulty which the Brazilian Exe cutive has hitherto had to contend with in the Bra zilian Legislature ; and that the future settlement of this question rests more with our President of the Board of Trade than with our Foreign Secretaries. Many proofs have been lately furnished by the Bra zilian Legislature of their disgust at our persevering proscription of Brazilian sugar. The slave-trade question was indeed in a fair way of settlement in 1841, when Lord PALMERSTON left the Foreign office; and the policy of the new Government with respect to the sugar duties in 1842—when the insidious, and, as it has proved, illusory distinction between slave sugar and other foreign sugar—changed the dispositions of the Brazilian Government to nego tiate, and everything was unsettled. Free commercial intercourse with Brazil would be an infinitely more effectual means of promoting the cause of humanity in that country, than treaties powerless against a war of tariffs. Fiat justitir:,, ruat calm. Deeply as we should deplore an I f diminution of power to suppress the slave trade, we are bound to discountenance any illegal extrcise of power ; and, in admitting the reasonable /less of the important protest of the Brazilian Govern ment, we are no more justly open to the charge of abetting the abettors of the slave-trade, than, when we recently justified the reprieve of Mr. PALMER'S murderers, we could have been supposed to be insen sible to the cold-blooded atrocity of their conduct, or to the sad, untimely fate of a brave and meritorious young officer. The terms of the convention with Brazil for the suppression of the slave-trade are thus correctly and clearly stated : "By Art. 1 of the convention, concluded between Brazil and Great Britain on the 23d of November, 1826, and ratified on the 13th of March, 1827, it was agreed that, from and after the expiration of three years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications, it should be no longer lawful, ander any pretext or in any manner whatsoever, fur Brazilian subjects to be concerned in the carrying on of the slave-trade, and that the carrying on of the slave-trade after that period, by any subject of his Imperial Majesty, should be considered as piracy. " By Art. 2 of the said convention the high contract ing parties agreed to renew, as effectually as if the same were inserted word for word in the convention, the seve ral articles and provisions of the treaties concluded be. tween his Britannic Majesty and the King of Portugal on this subject, on the 22d of January, 1815, and on the 28th of July, 1817, and the several explanatory articles which had been added thereunto. " One of the conventions thus adopted and renewed by Art. 2 of the convention of 1826, having been that of the 28th of July 1817, which established the right of visit and the mixed commission, and one of the expla • natory articles likewise adopted and renewed by the aforesaid convention of 1826, having been the separate article of the 11th of September, 1817, by which the right of search and the mixed commissions were to cease after the expiration of fifteen years from the date of the abolition of the slave-trade, it is evident that the right of visit and search exer cised in time of peace, by the British cruisers against Brazilian vessel!, and the mixed com missions established for the adjudication of prizes made by British cruisers, or by Brazilian cruisers, expired on the 13th of March, 1845, the period at which were com pleted the fifteen years subsequent to the total abolition of the slave-trade, conformably to article 1 of the con vention of the 23d of November, 1826, which was ratified on the 13th of March, 1827." The right of visit, and the mixed commissions established by treaty, ceased on the 13th of March last; and all that remains is the agreement of the Emperor of BRAZIL that it shall be unlawful for his subjects to carry on the slave-trade, and that if they do, they shall be treatei as pirates—which agree ment of itself is worth just nothing. We do not suppose for one moment that the Brazilian Govern inent, when it became a party to the convention of 1826, intended that it should thus come to nothing, any more than we suppose that the English Government made that treaty, with its eyes open to the insufficiency of treaties for law making. Possibly the expiry of fifteen years without the two contracting parties being able to agree as to the machinery for carrying out the abolition of the slave-trade was never contemplated. However, so it is : unforeseen difficulties have arisen, and the 13th of March, 1845, has arrived without any new provi sior.s being agreed upon ; and we are now left with only article lof the convention—a fine-sounding de nunciation of the slave-trade—and nothing to rely on for rendering the denunciation effective except the good faith of the Brazilian Executive in pressing its own Legislature, and the willingness of the Brazilian Legislature to give legislative effect to a treaty made by the Brazilian Government. The sanction of the Brazilian Legislature was given to the right of visit, and to the courts of mixed commission, established under the treaty of 1826. But the Act of last session, giving jurisdiction to our Admiralty Courts, was passed, not only without the sanction of .he Brazilian Legislature, but even without the consent of the Brazilian Government. Well may the Brazilian Government taunt ours with inconsis tency, in a sentence of the protest, which seems to us unanswerable :—" If England had considered herself authorised by Art, 1 to capturo and adjudi cate in her courts Brazilian subjects and vessels engaged i n the traffic, she would not have sought to obtain by Article!. 2, 3, and 4, special authority to visit, search, and capture, the said vessels; to have them adjudicated upon by mixed commissions, and various other measures in the like sense." Sir RODERT PEEL disregarded Sir TIIOMAS WILDE'S obj ections, and relied on the counter-opinion of his o wn Attorney-General, wh ose opinion, he is pro bably satisfied now bears about the same relation of value to Sir THOMAS W'ILDE's as Mr. Baron PLATT . S which, at the time, fortified the Attorney-General's, does to that of the assembled Judges. It is gratifying to find, amidst the general back asliding of our bishops in the cause of Protestantism nd the defection of many clergymen to the Romish Church, one bighop, at least, firm in his faith and determined to maintain the great principles of the Reformation. To that glorious revolution England owes much of her present prosperity and her high rank among the nations of the earth. It destro3r d the shackles of despotism; it lessened the power of kings, freed the mind, in a great measure, from the thraldom imposed by a wicked, selfish, and un believing priesthood, and taught the people to look to the Bible alone as the guide of their faith and conduct: The Puseyites have been labouring for years to undo all these great blessings ; they have, by cunning, stealth, and every Je suiticArsclterritr; been undertnitiing- the bulwarks pf the Protestant Church, and polluting the sources Though we cannot, in the absence of an Act of the We have received Madrid journals of the 17th and 18th. With the exception of the appoint ment of Committees to draw up the Address, in reply to the QUERN'S Speech, no business was done in the Cortes. In the Senate all the members of the Committee were supporters of Government, and in the Chamber of Deputies only one, Senor SEIJAS, belonged to the Opposition. The other Members were ALCALA GALIANO, BRAVO MURILLO, MUNOZ MALDONADO, Luis ARAIERO, BENAVIDES, and J. CASTRO. On the 18th the Funds were not so firm. The Three per Cents. dosed at 39, and the Fives at 231, both for the account. The accounts received in Paris, on Wednesday, of the failure of Lord Joust RUSSELL to form an admi nistration, and the recal of Sir ROBERT PEEL, pro duced a favourable effect on the stock and share market at the Bourse. The Three per Cents. ad vanced from 81f. 95c. to 82f. 20c., and the Fiver, to about the same amount. Most 9f the railway shares also closed better. Owing to the severe weather and teary fall of snow in the north of France, the Lon don papers of Monday had not reached Paris. The storm on Monday night was very severe, and on Tuesday' morning came on a hurricane, accompanied with a heavy fall of hail and much lightning and thun der. The Journal des Dibats, however in the absence of precise intelligence, takes for granted that Sir ROBERT PEEL is the only man that can form a Ministry. Most of the other papers contain articles on the Ministerial crisis, but they are without interest. The proposition of the Minister of Commerce for reducing the import duty on iron has been the sub ject of deliberation in the Chambers of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce ; and on Monday they met especially for that purpose. The following is an outline of the proceedings, as stated in the papers :—" The proposition effects two interests, the maritime and the metallurgical. The councils, from the commencement of the discussion, were unanimous in admitting the necessity of placing the merchant shipping in as favourable a position as possible. The question, therefore, under discussion was merely to ascertain the best means of aiding the merchant shipping. In the last session Al.l3mtayEa had pro posed as an amendment to the Customs' Bill, to grant a premium of 15f. for every 100 kilos. of iron employed in maritime constructions. This amendment had been rej cted by a small majority. It was again taken up in the three councils by MM. C. DUPIN and DARELAY. The first-named gentleman proposed to increase the amount to 201., whilst the second, though adverse to the principle in the abstract, pre ferred it to the present system, which the Govern ment seemed inclined to favour. M. TALABOT also declared himself willing to support the system of premiums, but he desired at the same time that other measures should be adopted to insure freight to mer chant vessels, and wished to see the transport of coal, tobacco, and some other articles, restored to the French flag. The seaports, represented by M. CLEEC, of Havre, M. BETTING DE LANCASTEL, of Nantes, and M. Discos, of Bordeaux, gave the preference to the free admission of foreign iron, and thought that the system of premiums offered grave inconveniences. M. ORTOLAN, of Toulon, was of the same opinion, and wished to see the admission extended to the con structions of the military marine. M. Discos, of the Gironde, went further, and demanded a complete mo dification of the entrance duties on iron. M. HORACE SAY supported the same side of the question, appeal ing to the principle of commercial liberty. M. Dunn again addressed the Council in opposition to the argu ments of the last speaker. Messrs. VINTRY, SCIINEIDER, and LEGENTIL, were also heard. The custom is, in the meeting of the three Councils, to 1 - ave no vote in common, each voting separately. The second meeting is to take place on Monday next, when the first question on the order of the day is to I be the discussion on iron proper for the fabrication of I steel." The accounts from Algiers are said to be favourable, and some anticipate the speedy capture or death of ABD-EL KADER. According to a letter in the Consti tiorenel, his lieutenant, Bou MAZA, has been killed, not by the French, but by one of the Arab tribes. The following particulars are given, but we are not in clined to place much credit in them : " The mail from Oran brings us an important piece of news, viz., that the real Bou Maza has been killed. The details are wanting, but one point appears certain, that we took no part in this event, and that the famous preacher perished by the hands of the Fittas. The war riors of this great tribe, it is said, seeing themselves surrounded by our columns, and feeling great irritation against Bou Mass, who was preparing to quit them, tell on him and deprived him of lite. Other persons attri bute this act to the jealousy of Abd- el Kader, who never acknowledged the chief as his emissary. However he may have perished, his death will give the finishing blow to the insurrection of the centre. The amen is de manded from all sides, and it is not granted on easy terms ; guns and horses are inexorably demanded from the supplicants. M. de Bourjolly, appointed lieutenant general, returns to France, and in consequence the com mand of the column of Mostaganem has been conferred on Colonel Pelissier. The fine weather favours our expeditions, and it is probable that before the rains commence all shall be restored to order. A long respite will then be given to prepare, according to circum stances, for the invasion of Morocco or the conquest of Jurjura." " According to the accounts from Algiers of the 17th instant, Abd el-Kader does not appear to have advanced far into the interior of the province of Orleansville. On the 11th he was encamped at 10 or 12 leagues from that place, On the 12th, learning that Colonel St. Arnaud had arrived with his column in the night, the Emir re treated with his goum towards the south," We subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the papers " Their Majesties received on Monday evening the Neapolitan Ambassador, the Portuguese Minister, Mar shal Soult, the Ministers of Justice, War, Finances, and Commerce, the Count de St. Aulaire, Count Charles de la Tour du Pin, Viscount de St. Priest, General Bau drand, Fabvier, and de Chabannes, M. Barthe, and M. Liadleres. " Count de Percy Monchamps, the last representative inlNormandy of the noble house4which, after the con quest w..s the stock from which the Percys, Dukes of Northumberland sprang, has just died at his estate at St Clair, near Vire, aged 78. _ " It is known that our steam navy has only two frigates of 540 horse power—viz., the Descartes, which is afloat, and the Vauban, which is building. The Mogadore frigate, which was put on the stocks in 1840, is the only vessel above that power, which is in the'course of ext.cution, and this is only advanced to the extent of 9-24ths. This vessel will be of 640-horse power. If we are well-in formed, the Minister of Marine has given orders for the building of two other frigates of the same class. We do not know in what ports they will be built, but we have reason to believe that the engines have already been ordered of Messrs. Cave and Schneider." " The Dias io of Rome announces the arrival of the Emperor of Russia in that city on the 13th instant, tra velling under the title of General Romanoff. His Me. THE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY NIOnNING, DECEMBER, 27, 18,15 jetty took up his residence in the Palace Giustiniani, the ' seat of the Russian embassy, We extract the following on this subject from the Quotidienne:— " We have received letters from Rome of the 13th. The Emperor Nicholas had arrived durieg the night ; anti in the morning at eleven he weht to the Vatican in the carriage of M. de Bolitehieg who was seated at his right, and alone with him. The aides•de-camp followed in two other carriages. The guard at the palace paid the honours shown to crowned heads. The holy father went to receive the Emperor in his hall adjoining his ca binet. The Emperor bowed, and kissed the Pope's ring, and then the two sovereignsembraced. After having made some inquiries as to the Emperor's journey, the Pope introduced him into his cabinet, where he remained an hour and a quarter with him and M. de I3outenieff. Car dinal Acton acted as interpreter. On leaving, the Emperor presented to the Sovereign Pontiff the persons of his suite, and after a few words the Emperor withdrew. It is of course impossible to tell, or even guess at the re sult of this interview. But we could read in the face of the two Sovereigns rather an expression of friendshtp than distrust. We may also allude to the previous state of things. It is known that the Emperor comes to solicit a dispensation for the marriage of his daughter with the Archduke, and it appears that he had never given any orders which conld have authorised the recent persecu - tions by a schismatic bishop, and had promised that rigid investigation should take place, and the bishop be exiled to Siberia, if the charges against him were proved. On his side, the Pope had demanded that a nuncio should be received at St. Petersburg, and that the liberty of the Catholics should be acknowledged. Other letters speak of the question of the hats, to which the French Cabinet attaches so much importance. The French Ministry had set a trap for the Court of Rome. It was desirous in the choice of the prelates to obtain a disavowal of t lie French Episcopacy, but the snare was easily detected. The Ministry will not obtain the two hats that it was desirous of." Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto Extensirn Great Munster 2 l /2 ****** ****** •11•11,041 Great North of Stotlaid 2 1 A...... 3 - . _ , _ Great North of Ergland..loo 212 Ditto New 5 Do. New ........ 2 ...... -- k4reat Western BO ...161 160 164 162 165 Ditto % Shares 5O Ditto li t Shares 2% l5 17% 18% .. Ditto Fifths Guildford, Farc'm,Ports. 5 .. Harwich Elul! and Selby 5O 102% ... ..... ... Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares 2 Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland l% — Isle of Axholme Killarney Junctions I ili Kendal and Windermere 1% L utcaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal- . lvmena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Biding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and Bedfard... 225. Leicester and Tamworth 425. Liver!,. and Manchester.loo . Do. % Shares Dr Quarters 25 ive: I& Leeds Direct 2% 2 .. 20% I 181 , i 102% 213/ 2 1 ~ - I % P $ /4 P On the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 30c.; the New Loan, at 82f. 10c• the Five per Cents. 118 f. 40c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 10c; the 50c. ; Rouen, 9721. 50c. ' • Northern, 735 f.; Havre, 777 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 905 f. ; Vierzon, 6401.; Bordeaux, 622 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 512 f. 50c.; Troyes and Montereau, 425 f. ' • Basle, ' 237 f. 50c. • Fernpoux, 5621. 50c. ; Lieppe, 470 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 39%. - - ~. :rpooi&i,‘ •• ••• ',p001., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction LA ndon and Birmingtanloo 222 . Do. Thirds Do. 14 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ......1 London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9 1 4 Do. New Ditto Extension :4 ..-.. 4 Londor • and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 40 Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 22% 22% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford .. London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d I O I,E 10 Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — Londcn Hounslow. and Western Lond. & S.Westeni 411 6s 10d 76 Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & Sonth Essex 23 / 4 London and York London and Windsor ... 1 ••• London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Lcndonderry&Coleraine 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds .. 76 l3l Ditto Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 1 . 12% 14 ........ Do. Sixteenths ... 5 1 % — Manchester and Birmm. 40 79 77 •• Do. Quarters 4 ...... 12% Do. New Quarters 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction. Manchester and Rugby Direct Manchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland lOO .....155 154 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New M idland, Birm., Derby...loo 122% ••• Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western ( Irish) ... 2 1 ,4 ...... ......... .... Do. Extens. to Sligo... OA ..... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ..-.. 56 60 .. ...... Do. New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport & Abergavenny ...... New Ross and Carlow.. 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. Norfolk Extension 214 7 % P 22% N orth Briti,is Do. Half Shares - .., Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1 1 % 2 1,4 3 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon 2 .. ... ...... ......, North of Norfolk .. Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 Do. New 4 P 60 M'4 14% - PA .•• ...- N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2%" 78 North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3 3 / 4 % p.. North Wales ...... North and South Wales and Worcester 1 Northern and Southern Connecting i 2% Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% 1 34 ......... Nottingm., Erewsh.Val ley, and Manchester.. 1% — Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth, & Southamptn 425. — ._ . .. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Perth and Inverness ... 2 1 / 2 ... .......... Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 — Portsmouth Direct 3 3 A — Preston and Wyre Do. 1 /,, Shares Reading, Guildford, and t Reigate Richmond 5 — Rugby, Derby, and Man chester ............ Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington,s4d Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester..... 42s. .`..cottish Central Scottish Midland 5 — Do. Extension Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2 1 / 2 .... . 4 1 4 Shropshire Mineral 42s ... .. Shropshire Union Hirewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp , & S. Staffordsh. June. 2 1 Sligo and Shannon - Somersetshire Midland 2% _ _ ..... 4% South Devon 25 - South Midland 42s. South & 111idlands June. 42s — ... South Staffordshire June, 2% — South Eastern & Dover 3312 a 4d... 37 1 / 2 3 4 37 ... , Do., No. 1.. l2 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 Do., Ne. 4 __ _ 2% 31% 131 60% 77 12% 21,4 p .. 251 ,4 -71 n 2% 4 1 4 p 33/4 •••• 13/4 14 1 / 2 1% Southampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 42a St. Alban's, Fiatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... , 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — South Wales ..... ... 2 1 ,i 3 l / s l4 3 3 1 ,i.. Taw Vale Extension ... - ••• •• ••••••• Teen and Dove Valley 1% % Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2 1 / 2 ...... Vale of Neath 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% ....• . . ~.141 A x n 41 / a v di g . 4 3p .. 38 Warwick and Worcester 425. W aterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall ...... 2 ... .. West Yorkshire West London,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth .. .... ..... 21ih Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and Gloucester 42s. — Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2 3 /4 ....... ••••.. Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... .. 1% Worcester and S. Wales 425..._.. Worcest er,Warwick, and Rugby . 42e........ ... Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 ...... Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 3 / 4. 2!,(%... ........ York and Lancaster 2 54, York and Nin th Midland 50 lOB Ditts % Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension IGO ... 3 1 / 2 18 o•• ..... 3% ,•• -, 2 FOREIGI 1 RAILWAYS. Ang cselgian Barbadoes . 1 ...... ;lo• Bel .. 3 Boulogne and A inlet/ <Z.. 10 lO7 11 10%. Bordeaux & Mediter ran. 2 Bordeaux, Touloust , and Cet tk , (Mack enzie :8)... 2 .. ... ••• Do. (Espelete's). ..... 2 ...• • Calais, Dunkrk,.an dWest Flanders ....., .. — ...... ... Callao, Lime., and .Pacific Coast... 1 •• ••• - ••• •• ........ • b ..... . • •••• Central of S pa i n 2 Ceylo• Der 4 ..... r 4 erara ... .. ........... ,g l h .. .. Andre Valley ...........2 .• Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 e iv. 1 IL, T Dutch Rhenish„. ...... ... 5 ,- - •?: SA% , 2% 107 3 / 4 .. 53 - 53 1 ,4 ~ 76 ~ 29 10% ••• •••• 8 4 East Indian ... _ Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / 2 Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 oeat North. of Fniict Constituted 5 ...... .a/ 4 ,4 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss . Great Western Canada... 31% Jamaica S.Mid. Junction Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica............ 1 Orkaris and Vierzon 10 ...... 17 ... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 11 1 A% Over Yssel 413 s 4d Faris & Lyom (Laftitte's) Parts and Lyons (Gan neron'5)... Paris & L y ons,(Calon's) 2 ..... Paris &Lvons (Sud Est) 2 ['aril and - Orleans 2O .... 47% Paris and Bouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) . Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quent in Rouen and Havre ...... 18 - •••• • ....... • o•pal North of Spam ... 2 ...... ••• • Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Bassett...—. 4 Tours and Nantes(Mac kenzie's) Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona... 3 West Flanders 4 l~~sie... 1o ; 2~a ...... 31;4 11% 47% 21 % 4 3 / 4 Real del Monte Unregd. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind S.W., fresh b eeze and cloudy. DOVER, DEC. 25.—The quarter-deck and stern frame of a vessel, having a round-house painted yellow, with the letters " Wdod" on part of the frame, the others broken away, were pafosed yesterday, Dunkirk bearing S.W., distant 12 miles, by the Princess Mary steamer, from Ostend, Bror,Fonn, DEC 24.—The Ness, Nicholas, from Demerara to Bristol, was stranded at the entrance of this harbour yes terday morning, and is full of water; crew saved. PHA., Ds.c. 25 —lt has- blown a strong gale since yesterday from N.N.W. to N.N E.—A barque from Gloucester to Car diff has been driven ashore to the east of Portshead, but lies well on soft mud. A frow loaded with coke, and a schooner from Lidsey with coals, are; reported to be sunk at Ports head ; crew saved. The Lady Douglas, from Liverpool to Africa, has been forced up the Channel, with loss of fore -card. _ _ _ MwronT, DEC. 25.—The Silurian, of and from this port for Hull, got on shore on Cardiff Sands, and has put back with loss of anchors and cables, and making three feet water per hour, and has gone into dock to discharge. LivEnroor ' DEC. 24.—The William and Charlotte, of Prince Edward's Island, was passed 30th ult. ' in lat. 45, long. 56, dMnasted, water-logged, and abandoned. The Howaro, hence to Savannah, which was driven up the River Dec. inst., has been towed round to this port, with loss of main and niizen masts. THE PANTOMIMES, &c. DRURI-LA2 Iler:cquin Gulliver, or Ci[ar s and Dwarfs, is the taidng title of the Drury-laic t rutcznime, rnd it is certainly one of the best It dared fur years. alLeit Gulliver's travels have heim6 ii:••ished ma chinery for a pantomime, We recollect a llarkquin Guilltra Sr. Ives, DEC 23,—During a heavy gale from about north this morning, the Dorothy Hulling, of Sunderland, from Newport to Goole, went on shore in the eastern part of the bay in a very perilous situation; crew saved and cargo ex pected to be. Sciu.v, DEC. 23.—1 t has blown a strong gale with heavy sea for several days past, particularly on the 20th inst., when the Pomona, Rees, from London, parted her cables, and was run on the beach at Port Mellen. _ _ _ " In our yotilig tletg; When George the Third was Kind;" yet the adventures of the Surgeon-captain contain materials sufficient to furnish from them many more such, and the li sriegttfe list night teal by no means a copy of his predeeesSa. The opening scene is the interior of Guildhall On Lord Mayor's day, 1845, between the dinner and the ball. The City Giants, Gog (Mr. S. Jones) and Magog (Mr. H. Horticastle),descend from their pedestal to make merry with the remains of the feast. They are just about to attack an American pippin, when the apple opens, and out walks General Tont Thumb, admirably acted by little Miss Turtle, who, in the words of the playbill, " takes the giants down a peg or two." From words they almost come to blows, Pantaloon and Clown appearing and taking part with the Giants, and a diminutive Harlequin and Columbine appearing as the allies of Toni Thumb. The Genius of Pantomime (Miss A. Payne) appears as umpire, and ends their differences by determining that giants and dwarfs shall each furnish their quota towards the new Christmas pantomime. The scene then changes to the coast of the island of Lilliput, and Gulliver (Mr. W. H. Payne) and Mrs. Gulliver (Mr. Hance) are discovered shipwrecked on a rock and signaling and calling out for help; The Flying Island appears in sight, and Mrs. Gullivet taken up into it, while Gulliver himself tumbles oft the rock into the sea, and is washed ashore on the coast of Lilliput, where the inhabitants assemble round the Great Man-mountain. The Lilliputians have made, it would appear, great progress in civilisa tion, for we have a brigade of Lilliputian police who disperse the mob and take Gulliver into custody, ands Lilliputian locomotive, by means of which he is dragged off to his place of destination. We are then conducted to the Hall of Science of the King of Laput (Mr. T. Matthews), where we find his Ma jesty attended by his flappers, who rouse him from his mathematical reveries, and introduce Mrs. Gulliver at Court, who obtains for her the line of the Flying Island, to travel in search of her husband. The scene then changes to the Court of Lilliput, where the Great Man. mountain is introduced to his Lillipu tian Majesty, and drills the troops, making them march between his legs, and creates a famine by his enormous appetite, and captures the Blifuscadian fleet, and saves the Empress from the fire at the palace. This scene was admirable. Payne's Great Man-mountain was one of the richest bits of burlesque ever seen. His reviewing the troops a la Napoleon, striding about and taking snuff, was vastly funny. The Lilliputian army, too, went through their exercise with the greatest precision; and as to the fire brigade, at the burning palace, they could not have acted more efficiently had they been superintended by the great Braidvvood him self. At the conclusion of this scene, Guilliver takes a hop, skip, and jump into Brobdignag , and the Nobdignag men and women, and children, and birds, and pigs, are capitally ma naged. Gulliver gets into all sorts of scrapes in the Brobdignag nursery, and dances the polka with a cat, in the most grotesque style imaginable. Then comes Lilliput and the rock, as in scene the first. The Genius of Pantomime, attended by a brilliant cortege, appears, and the transformations take place, Wieland being the Harlequin, Torn Matthews the Clown, Howell the Pantaloon, and Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale the Columbines. From this moment the fun never flags. The pantomime is what it should be—a running comment on the absurdities of the year; and, albeit there are certain incidents which are matter of tradition, and which on e expects to meet with in every pantomime, yet they are introduced after a new fashion. F or instance, the street scene of a maie, during which, the clown takes all sorts of hats, coats, cloaks, Sce•l from the passengers, is here produced by the clown, rubbing the pavement over with two large bloat; 01 Wenham Lake ice, and thus throwing down every one who attempts to pass. As might have been ;ex pected, there are divers hits at the railwayree n We hava a grand railway weeple-chase from g _ Highgate to the Board of T ra de, endl in a grand blow up, the probable gene.ril railway terminus. Mr. Punch is exhibit ed es till,. great guy, nor did his Grace of Norfolk Paa k s and noticed. A placard, " VS , hat to eat, drie avoid," is unfolded at a touch of the l!a, rie d g o ll u i b n l ' e s wand, and we are told to eat roast beef , drin k w as X, and avoid Norfolk curry powder. vi This hit received with shout; of laughter and applause' which Here renewed by the Clown presenting Ps an taloon with a red hot poker as " something wa rm a comfortable." The concluding scene is a most meg' nificent diorama of the city of Cologne, as it ar peared on her Majesty's arrival there last sull:pe r. The city is first seen by daylight—evening cone` on, fireworks are discharged from the boats on fb ° , Rhine, gradually the city becomes illuminated, an ° amidst the most gorgeous display of illuminated buil'iings and triumphal arches, the curtain falls on certainly the best pantomime that has bee n produ c eded at Drury-lane for years. The house vlasticcri:athe to excess, and the audience were enth usias applause throughout the performance. „.. WEXFORD, DEC. 22.—The Welcome, of Cork, from Liver pool, was wrecked on the south side of Small Salter Island, during the night of the 21st inst. ; crew saved. ATERFORD, DEC. 22.—The Kate, Callings, of Bristol, from Liverpool, after discharging here, capsized, and sunk in deep water ; four of the crew drowned. litmus'', DEC. 21.—The John Begg, of and from Galway, has arrived in r:catlarie Roads, leaky. HOLY ISLAND, DEC. 23.—The John Crosley, Taylor, of Glasgow, got on shore this morning, inside the Partin Steel, at this island, but expected off. WHITBY, DEC. 25.--Thar Jane, of North Shields, went on shore last night, and sunk near Robin Hood Bay ; crew saved. BLAKENEY, DEC. 23.—A boat, marked Young Adam, was picked up here this morning. YAnmouTu, Disc. 25.—The Seville, Richardson, of Sun derland, from Hamburgh to London, has been towed in here, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, and part of cargo thrown overboard. _ _ LOWESTOFFE, Dscc. 25.—The Oscar, Trapps, from Gothen burg to London, drove on the main, 23d instant, during a hem y gale at N.N.V. to N.N.E., and remains full of water; part of cargo saved. MILFORD ISLAND.—The schooner, James Peacock, of Ayr, for Ballina, parted yesterday, and went on shore in Trarnare Bay, and expected to become a wreck. SCILLY, DEC. 23.—The stern-post of a vessel's long-boat, marked on the outside " Agnes Ewing," was picked up hare yesterday ; also the mizen-mast of a large ship. CARDIGAN, DEC. 23.—The Louisa, Forbes, of Perth, from the Clyde to Gibraltar, Messina, and Malta, was thrown on shore in this bay this morning, thumped heavily, and filled ; crew saved. _ _ — . ELLS, Disc. 23.... The sloop, W. T. R. Ducking, of Boston, is ashore at Brancastet, but is expected off. HAnwrctt, DEC. 25..—The Ashley, Nicholas, of Londor, was stranded 23d, on the Heaps, and abandoned—since towed in here with loss of masts, &c. ; crew, and part of cargo, saved. VM DEAL, D7tc. 25.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Bolivar, Tem vick, Bombay; Horatio whaler, South Seas; Jongi Aree, Surinam. 24. Arrd. from the River, Robert Ilidelle, Baker, Fernando Po ; Belle Creole, Muirhead, De. nerara ; Castries, Hind, St. Lucia; Joseph Sums, Thompson, Hobart Town; Guineaman. Stanfield, Africa; Isabella Wood, Naylor, Deme rara; Sir Charles Napier, Bingham, Mobile; Planter, Pettin g ell, New York. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Oriental QQueen, Jeffery, Mauritius; Rapid. Jamaica. Sld. Blundell, Calcutta; Simon Taylor, ditto; Varuna, ditto; Brunswick Coppell, Aden and Bombay ; Navarino, Dalstoo, St. Helena, Bolivar, St. Vincent's ; Ada, Jamaica ; Caroline, ditto ; American, Samson, New York ; and the whole of the out ward bound. POWIVIOUTIL—SId the outward bound ready for sea. THE CORN CROPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. HAYMARKET. At this theatre last night there were three pieces produced one of them, A Cure for ache, was got !up and gone through in a style of elegance and efficiency worthy of the Haymarket. Hudson was brisk, happy, and attractive, as usual ; and his many little gratuitous but well-timed hit' told with unmistakeable effect. Farren's best par t was his endeavours to make a speech, in which h; was invariably interrupted by causes the rflo f the Heart._ unexpected and annoying; but the yawning ° his audience—that is, the tailor and. his O P —called forth such observations ' as, "Oh ! r u g yawn as if you had been accustomed to beef, speeches in Parliament." Hudson also went thr°, u g„a his many girations of lover and grateful fr ' e "te in his own happy way; and his attempts to e xtrics h himself from his manifold dilemmas, in each of vvi i L ie r he was detected while on his knees, by him or ' 4 l whom of all the world he would least wish or exil e to see, were such as to keep up an almost unipterci rupted course of applause. Grandfather Whitehee ' followed, and though it was a piece of short d urath° and one not containing much to interest or amuse' yet Farren's Grandfather was such a perfect personv ficatiun of the natural feelings of one placed as he wssi that it was received throughout with those marks ° favour which hia " old men " cannot fail t o elicit' Then came the grand piece of the evening, Th° Bide and the Orange Tree. This was got up upon the o fairy tale of that name; but it was got 01} most exquisitely, and was made the medium • conveying many happy hits against the present fr om way mania. The scene opened with a chorus fr°ll3. s " Old King Cole," and when it had concluded, ill Majesty announced the manner in which he meant to portion off his royal scions, to the third of who m declared For thee, I've nothing now left but my prayers, Unless, indeed, some forty railway shares. Th.e dutiful son declined to lessen the royal treasurit because, he said, Siß,—We have of late been favoured with the reports of a certain Commissioner on the social state of Ireland, and I think, Sir, that if it could be afforded, you or some of your contemporaries would be doing good service in sending a Commissioner into Wales. The abject state of the agricultural population in this portion of the kingdom, both as to education and personal comforts, is pitiable; and the same wants sifting by some skilful hand. The small ness and bad qualities cf the crops will, it is expected, press fearfully on the population before another har vest, and I hear that in one or two of the border counti,s some of the farmers are already beginning to purchase grain for their own consumption, and that they also express their conviction that the sliding scale should be abolished. The Welsh landlords are continually inflicting scourges on the country in en closing and frittering away the common lands, in the face of the fact, that the land already under cultiva tion is not, nor can be, half cultivated by the occu piers; and, besides, the continual enclosure of com mons engenders bad feelings in the minds of the small landowners and cottagers ; the system is fri.ught with mischief, and should by no means be encouraged by the legislature. When the high rents of the Welsh tenant farmers, and their heavy pa) ments in the shape of rates, taxes, and tithes, are looked at, it is no wonder that the march of agricul tural improvement is so slow in the principality. I roman, Sir, &c., Gwent, Doc. 24, 1845. VERITAS. THE WEATHER AT BOULONGE. — The wind has been so high since Saturday, that for three days no boat could enter the harbour. Early on Sunday morning the Queen of the Belgians arrived, after a most boisterous passage of above three hours, conveying the extraordi nary courier of the Times, with the third edition of that paper, of Saturday, published at half•past three o'clock in the afternoon, and with great difficulty succeeded in reaching the harbour. The Queen of the French ar rived later in the day, and having struck against the pier, breaking her bowsprit and knocking off her figure-head, made two more ineffectual attempts to enter the harbour, but finding it impossille to do so without sacrificing the vessel, and in all probability the passengers on board, tacked about and returned to Folkestone, to the great dissatisfaction of the crew. A scene of the greatest ex citement prevailed on the arrival of the Times' courier at Boulogne with a copy of the Queen of Spain's speech, which appeared in the Times of Monday. The directors of the steam-boat company used every endeavour to prevent the captain from leaving ; but his reply was, "Is the Times' courier disposed to go ? if so, push her off.' " Consequently she started, and atter having had everything washed off her deck, reached Folkestone in safety. The wind had somewhat abated about half-past three, and the couriers arriving with the overland mail dispatches, the Ondine left, and 20 minutes after the Queen of the Belgians. We regret to announce that the Ondine suffered very much from the journey, and was obliged to go to Dover to be repaired. The opinion entertained here is, that the Ondine is by no means a fit boat for a rough sea, and I believe she does not intend to start again unless the weather is propitious. The Prince Ernest arrived from Dover on Wednesday night, and announced her intention of returning on Thursday morning, at six o'clock, at which hour 75 passengers embarked, and the. vessel left. She made two ineffectual attempts to get out of the harbour, and after starting the third time suddenly stopped, her engines having broken. The sea was very high at the time, and had she been half a mile further out the vessel and passengers must have been all sacrificed. The Queen of the Belgians arrived from Folkestone about this time, landed all on board with every possible speed, and relieved the Prince Ernest of her passengers, conveying them to Folkestone. Too much cannot be said in praise of the intrepid conduct of Captain Jenkins, Captain Mon t er, and Captain King, and the Steam Packet Company are most fortunate in having such able men to conduct their vessels.— Times. NARROW ESCAPES FROM DROWNlNG.—Thursday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, as two young men were rowing in a boat nearly opposite the Peniten tiary prison, one of them let loose his scull, and in en deavouring to regain it he overbalanced himself and his companion into the river. The accident was observed by two lightermen, named Shard and Jessop, who put off from shore in a skiff, and reached the two youths just time enough to save them from being drowned. Lord Metcalfe, has left town fur Lis seat, Fern near Windsor. • " To rob you, Sire, of such, would be a crime, ~ We can have but one railway king, Sire, at a time ' TLe scene then changed to a ma-shore cave, wh ere an ogre lived, and lived on nothing but railway directors, secretaries, and surveyors. This ogrft in his metrical address to the audience, defended 1119 cannibal propensities upon many grounds, such as " Sempstresses who live to die by slow decay, „ May let their bones be picked in any other way. And " To eat up men and wives would be less cruel Then let them slowly starve on water gruel." Then followed a series of hits of the like kind, ever,' one of which was directed against the present rallW a y system, and all of which told admirably, and were loudly applauded. Altogether the entertainments afforded the highest amusement to the audience : which was very crowded, and the novelty of the 10' piece was duly appreciated. ADELPIIL The Adelphi Theatre has at this festive season greatly extended the reputation which former su ccess' ful years had earned for it, for the spirited directress, Madame Celeste, not contented with merely furnisb. ing an original pantomime to the play-going page, has added to it the no less welcome gift of a ile: q historical piece of more than average merit, and ' ln l° order we suppose to give the holiday folks f ull ca for their money, a farce pleasantly filled up the in' terval between the drama and the pantomime, afford,i ing the mercurial Wright, and his bulky and gifte friend, Paul Bedford, an opportunity of approving their well- earned position as the first of hum oristsl by the plaudits and hearty laughter of a crowde d house. Yesterday g evenin s amusement comm ence with the drama, entitled I'he Lioness of the North.ti or the Prisoner of Shlusselbourg. The scene is 181 in Russia, and the period chosen is that succeeding the death of the Ist Catherine, and when Elizabeth worthily filled the throne of Muscovy. The incide nt: are in themselves few, and the interest of the p iec e rather depends upon the development of the fill e t passions, than on the dramatic character of the pin i as fitted for stage representation. Count Shuol n t (the Minister of Police), gr. Selby, suspecting tit Alexis Romanowski (a young cavalry officer), Webster, has had an intrigue with his wife, confine; him in the prison of Shlusselbourg, where he find another lady-love to console him in the persoo Feedora (Miss Chaplin), daughter of Mayor P uffe r dorff (Mr. Lambert), the commandant of th e I(4' The following are the quotations for other lines : Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), Bf. 50c. premium ; ditto (Colon), 71. 50c. ; Union, 18f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 71.; ditto (Lapinsonniere), 7f. 50c. ; Sud-Est, 5f.; Ardoin, 5f.; Alessageries, 71. ; Receveurs-Generaux, 91. ; Paris and Stras bourg (Ganneron), no quotation ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 16f. 25c. ; ditto (Lecointe), 10f. ; ditto (Com pagnie Meridionale), 5f.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 500 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 81. ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 4951. The Lyons Definitive Shares sold at 901. premium ; the Strasbourg ditto, 25f. ; Tours and Nantes, 551. Sir Robert Peel is expected to return to town on Monday, from his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Mr. Gladstone is expected to arrive in town the same day from Wales. Sir James Graham is expected early in the week, and others of the Ministers are also expected to assemble in the metropolis. Mr. Gladstone's appointments will require him to vacate his seat for Newark, where it is understood that his re-election will be opposed by the Duke of Newcastle. It is confidently stated that the same Duke intends to carry his principle of " doing what he likes with his own " so far as to oppose the re election of his son, Lord Lincoln, for South Notting hamshire. Tits EARL or CARLISLR,—The Morning Chro niele states that a ttport had been received in town of the death of the Noble Earl, to which it attached credit, but we cannot, on inquiry, trace the report to any authentic source. No account of the kind had been received at the Reform Club. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From ThP Sun of Last Night.) The markets at Liverpool and elsewhere were closed yes terday. We have therefore no information to oommunicate upon the subject of the wholesale departments of trade. The contents of the mercantile advices, in the aggregate, may be said to favour the idea that business, as soon as the festivities of the year have .erminated, will be conducted on a 'scale of increased vigour. At the same time, it must be observed, that much will depend upon the propositions of the Ministry as to the corn-laws. _ _ _ The National Securities are extremely firm. Consols for Account have just advanced from 94 1 / 2 to 954 ; but the rate is now 1 4 per cent. lower. The premium upon Exchequer bills is firm at from 235. to 255. Bank Stock has advanced to 204, and the Reduced Three per Cents. to 954 to 1 / 2 . Much firmness has been displayed in the Foreign Stock Market to .day. The Portuguese Four per Cents. have ad vanced to 60, the Spanish Five per Cents. to 29%, the Three per Cents. to 40 1 / s %, the Dutch Four per Cents. to 94, Pe ruvian to 42, Buenos Ayres to 41, and Mexican to 31 1 / 2 . Generally speaking the Railway Share Market is firm this morning, with a fair sprinkling of business. oxL PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. bank Stock CLOSING FRICZ,S. 204 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 1 4 per Cents 96% 97% 1 4 97% Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 10 9-16 Ditto 30 years,Oct. 10,1859 India Bonds, 1,0001 37 37 Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... .- 37 37 Consols for Account .... . . ... 9 4 34% 95 , A 95 94% xchequcr 8i115,'1,0001., I%d 25 23 pm. 23 Ditto 5001. ... 25 23 26 pm. 26 Ditto Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES t RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 — Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 Der Cent 4l Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent — Ditto Deferred 53 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 87% Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent 21% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3 1 3 / 4% Ditto, Deferred lB Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 42 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Account 6l Ditto, 4 per Cent 5 9 1/ 60 Russian Bonds ............ Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 29 28% 29% Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account 40% % Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto. Account — 61 3 / 4 Ditto. 4 par Cent.PCelrDt: BUSINESS DONE CLOSING A. fi A c T ate o s ii 3 o % .CL 94 PRICES. Aberdeen PRICES or A ATLIVY SHARES Aberdeen .. 5 Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% — Belfast & County Down 2% — Bideford andTavistock... 1,6 — Binnin and Gleucester. 101) 127 125% Ditto New 17% - Birmingham and Ox icrd Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 425....... ........... Boston, Stamid, & Birm. 225....... Bridgewater & Minehead 425...... Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... ........... Bristol and Liver. Junc 21,4...... ............... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension ... ...... 3 1 / 2 ....... Cambrian & Grand Janc 42s Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 Do. New Cambridge and Oxford 1 ...... Canterbury and Dover l?6 ..... ...... •• Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury... 1 - ..... • ........ Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale J unction 5 Cork ;Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 / 2 Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bin and Leicester l l4 — Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter ierby and Crewe ... Derby, Gainsbro', and • Great Grimsby ... 1% Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 2%...... 87% 21 1 4 31 1 / 2 18 28 3 4 2914 40 IA 125 1 / 2 1 di• P 14% siA Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's)...... 5 1 / .... .. Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway._ ~ 4 Dudley, Madely, and Bruseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% Eastern Counties 141. 165....20% 21 20N 214 Ditto New 61. 16s. 6/4 7 Y2 P•••••• Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1 61. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto. No. 2 41. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'm andNoech 1 ...... Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 3% — E I It ; — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2% Do., Camb. and Ely.. East Lincolnshire East & West of England Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ... Ditto Half Shares 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 A. ••• Edinburgh and Perth... Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 5 Enniskillen and Slip?, ▪ Essex and Suffolk .. 1%...... Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2a4. Glotic.,Abelystwith,and Central of Wales Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares SO Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union IN l% Great Eastern &Western 2 1 A ...••••••••• ** GreatGrimsby and Shef• field e 111