The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-02 00:00:00

IHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JA.I•4"tiARV 2, 1345. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Immense Holiday Attraction. THIS EYENIN. G will be performed Balfe's grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe. The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes, Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss Carson. SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance ; Puck (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro vide the usual Christmas fin for " Children all, both great and small," Miss A. Payne. How Puck gives new life to the author by giving life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances; luny Messrs. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste, and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe. SCENE 2. Coast of the island on which Crusoe was wrecked, with the ship high and dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. H. Payne. How Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck ; his private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonished by an unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de termines in his turn to astonish them. SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a passion with everybody else), Mr. T. Matthews; Hankipanki (his club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince Parramatta, after wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, con lemned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ; trincess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending terself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley— how Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the trying-pan into the fire, i.e., the water. SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy (the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in hopes of his turning out "a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. How Pariboo and Ilankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its two insides—and how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with Bird's-eye View of Robinson Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by— how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over mountain," set off in pursuit—and haw it is supposed they were lost in fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at SCENE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box office, from ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to the great Princess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in chort, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the hut, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge. SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs Manufactory ; Duet, in two flats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, hire we go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia tor ; a clear stage and no favour; patent violoncello, warranted to play on itself grand discord. SCENES 8 and 9. Curlers and Fancy Loather-dressers, and Throne room in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another— a whole skin is better than a skin in holes. SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the poor Debtors ; Knockers Full bells versus thieves ; imebody's coming; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors; the t'hles sud denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes ; " Ladles of the Round Tub :" Soap at a prem'um ; Mangling done here ; Arrival of " the trades of London, with their respective .young ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; Husbands go to bath; Boiling water versus cold r cure ; The washing-tab in a storm, and general confusion. SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ; " Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Tilde quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for Harlequin ;" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lightne Chandelier. " The happy family we all know so well, " The still happier family we all love so well." SCENE 13. A Stone Quarry; A - mon ster meeting, with a tail arid without one ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art and r 'oinmerce lend their assistance to produce SCEN . 3 14. A most extraerdinary 'Change, leading to r more extra.,. :•.rary one, viz., SCEN 13 Grand emblermatical and national tableau of her 31ajesi:, .riristening the Ro.tl Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. 'IBIS EVENING Wit. perform'd a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD FIE ADs AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket air. S. rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe s ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of Fbmpion, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthorl, Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA. AND PERCINET. King Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Gracicsa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude wi.h a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. TORIAL TOUR 1N SWITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and Oac Guinea and a.Half each Alcki is and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.office, train Fen till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esl.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some 31rBells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck O. Smith ; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright ; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin., son ;S r Joseph Bowley, Bart Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. kiudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortescue; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilllam. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki g of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Salvers. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, sir. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-odice open from even till Four. Private BUN to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORMSTREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING 'WIII be O read an English Version of the ce' ebratedOpera Buffa, in Two ep Acts te , called THE ITALIAN IN ALGIERS. Ihe Music by Rossini. Muitapha, Mr. P. Corfi ; Lindor, Mr. Allen Taddeo, Mr. Leffler; Haly, Mr. Mattacks; Isabella, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Elvira, Miss Grant; Zulma, Miss Brentnall. After which, first time, a new Divertissement, called The SALON DE BAL. Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, bliss Marshall, Mdile. 'reresine, M. J, Bourget, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Gilbert. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Giindoffi Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Belmar, Mr. Granby; ti th er, Mr, Corri , G olotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emde n, Machinist, Mr. Edmu n d B ra d welL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Galls Is. Half-price at .Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes. Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. arum Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. D oors to be opened at Halt. oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the 'Theatre. LHEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, f. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Mica Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO Is ARR Y. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker Ms. Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Histori Romantic Pantomi mical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss (hove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF A DMlSSlON.—Balcouy Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Bd. Second Price—Balcony B o xes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d". ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on tho 14 , lic‘my Tier (t.olding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Fier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private B •xes on the Pit 'Fier (holding six persons), One Guirea. T le Box.olicei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc. (lan of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. --- Great Hit of the Equestrian Comic Pantomime at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ART?, Proprietor and M..uager, Mr. W. BATTY. Will be repeated a New S lb EVENING peatacle, entitled Man ROYAL FOX HUNT ; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage end in the Circle by living Fos and real Pack of Hounds, purchased b 7 Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Lpsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse- Inanship. To conclude wit h a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Wttch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis . , Columbine, _id, M J. W. Colyer ; Clo wn , M r. T . Barry ; Pantaloon,r. Bradbury. Accing and sta_ge-mAnager, Mr. W. I.l.liznadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by it smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to aaquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests froir the country, and by spacial desire, he has formed arraneements to pre sent, during the Christmas Holidays ' a S rice of EQUESTRI AN /MORN.NO FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. A NCE.3. to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Hall-past : consisting of Batty's Sdlend id Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. OAVIOGE'S ROYAL SURREY CHEATRE As usual, the bee' Pantomime of the Searoa! A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved ! Laughter, Wonder, and Delight !! ! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New !! I! THE SPECTATOR, Next SATURDAY, January 4, THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, JAN. 2. 1845, will devote a whole-sheet SUPPLEMENT, of Twenty- rHERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest. 40 ; Noon, 37. four Pages, to the RESULTS o f th e NEW ZEALAND INQUIRY, the Materials derived from the House of Commons' Blue Book of BAROMETER, 31.10.—WIND, N. 1,200 Pages, and other voluminous official Papers. Principal Topics of NOTR.--The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and the Supplement :—Some Passages in the History of New Zealand—Na t ural Resour ces an d Ad van t ageous C o mmercial Position of the Islands, i "Highest" denote th e l owes t an d hi g h es t sta t e o f t h e (with a Map)—The Aborogines—The Missionaries — The Treaty of Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All Waitangi—Hobson-Shortland Administration—Hobson-Shortie:id Co lonizatlan—Hobson-Shortland Finance—The New Zealand , : -mpaii,v's the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at Settlements—Auckland and the _Northern Settlements-1 t.,c Massacre 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on at Wairau—The Company's Charge against the Government—Pro- Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and ceedlngs, Report, and Resolutions of the Select Committee of the "Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather House of Commons—Notices of Mr. Stephen of the Colonial Office, Lord Stsrilpy, and Governor Fitzroy . when the mercury falls below 30. 9, Wellington-street, Strand. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. vier: lag 14 minutes after 7 I Evening.. 41 minutes after 7. many thousands of annual income. We have always felt, that even fm. a Minister of Qo cold and 7 , :' 1 9 , 11 temperament as Sir Komar PEEL, it was a reach of consummate self-collectedness to propose to the Le gislature of Great Britain to exact no greater pro portionate contribution from his own splendid patri mony than that 11, hich should be taken from the starving incomes of official clerks ; from the full and half-pay of our military and naval officers, coming just within the range where the turn of the balance over 1501. subjects all the pounds, on the other side, to be mulcted 7d. each. This inequality is far greater, however, than such a statement of it would infer. The vast majority of incomes ranging from 1501. to 5001. are earned by severe and unintermitted labour— manual, mental, or intellectual. The lame class of incomes, next to the wages of the industrial com munity, agricultural and manufacturing —pay the largest share of indirect taxation in the charge upon excisable and other articles of consumption. The great majority of incomes from 5001. to 1,000/., or 2,0001. per annum, and all above the latter amount, are notoriously enjoyed by those whose labour of any kind is either of the slightest amount, or, for any pur poses of the comparison, absolutely nil. It is clear, that upon every principal of political adjustment or political equity, the former class (the smaller incomes) ought to contribute to a property-tax in the lesser pro portion ; the latter class (the larger incomes) in the greater. How Sir H. PEEL could bring himself 'o propose that his princely income should pay no more poundage to the wants of the State, pro rata, than that of any one among the small Tamworth farmers for whom, the other day, he was to buy a Birmingham bull how Parliament can ask Mr. JOSEPH ADEY, the unclaimed dividend hunter, to give up sevenpence in the pound, on his surplus income above 1501., and require no greater rate of payment from the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, on his Grace's surplus of somewhere between 2001. and 100,0001. (or whatever else be its extreme amount), we cannot di vine. But this we know, the gradual, but certain, operation of a tax so favourable to great wealth—so oppressive pon small incomes—so light upon the aristocracy of rank and money—so harsh upon the community of small-incomed tax-payers—is working its destined mischief. For some time to come, the coffers of the Treasury may exhibit no decrease in the yield of the property-tax ; but that fact will nut re move the fatal tendency of such an impost to cripple domestic trade ; to reduce the wages of labour ; to diminish the market of employment ; to contract the operations of all occupations which administer to ele dent, and to conquer without fighting ; but, once more we say tL., trick biia failed, tnd it will beconi The following are the remarks of the Prase on the same subject : _ " The discussion on the Address may change the disposition of men's minds ; but to triumph over it, it will not be sufficient for the Ministry to display great talent in the tribune, they must prove that they have reason on their side, and that they are wanting neither in sincerity, ability, nor firmness The vote for the nomination of the four Secretaries has scarcely been less significant than that for the four Vice-Presidents, for the candidate who obtained the greatest number of votes was M. Lacrosse, and M. Ravin only wanted three to reach the absolute majority. The Chamber will seek, in its bureaux on Wednesday, to appoint the Committee on the address. It is not supposed that the discussion will open brfore January 15. Ere that period comes round, the 110 Deputies wh o are a b sent w i ll have time to ar rive. Under present circumstances, all negligence on their part in attending would be a grave dereliction of duty, for which the country would have a right to call them severely to account." On Tuesday M. SAUZET took his seat as President of the Chamber of Deputies, when the Minister of Finance made the annual statement of the public income and expenditure. It was on the whole favour able. Though there has been a considerable increase of the salaries to public servants, and many new posts created, the estimates are balanced, and the general prosperity of the country is placed beyond all doubt. The Chamber at its rising adjourned till Thursday. gant luxury land refinement, and even to the progress of science. Moderate households are reducing their establishments, and withdrawing their orders from their tradesmen, on the plea of the pressure of the income-tax. Publishers and booksellers attri bute the dulness of their business to the same cause. A general feeling of despondency is superadded to the vexation and annoyance inseparable from an impost so harsh and inquisi torial in all the elements of its machinery and collec tion. Thirty years nave elapsed since the last general peace. At such a time—under such circumstances— on a plan of taxation so palpably unfair and unreason able in principle, will the Premier venture to propose its continuance ? Sir ROBERT PEEL is a good man at expedients. The property-tax has admirably served his turn for three years. If he would retain power for three years to come, we feel satisfied that he must THE BOURSE--TuEsDAy, DEC. 31. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Pric e . Price. Price. French Five per Cents•• •• .• 120 40 .• 120 40 .. 120 30 .. 120 30 Three per Cents." 84 95 .. 84 95 .. 54 80 .. 84 95 Bank of France 3195 ..8195 ..3195 ..3195 Laflitte Bank, LOOK BhareBlo92 50 —1092 50 ..1092 50 ..10t , 2 50 Belgian 8ank........•• •• •• 630 .. 630 .. 630 .. 630 1841.. — .• .. Belgian Flves.lB4o .....• 1120 104/ 1120 1041 .. 1120 1041 .. 1120 1041 Spanish Threes.. •• •• •• •• •• 3 8 1 38f .. 38* .. 381 Active •• •• •• •• 3 6 4 .. 36 - 4 .. 361 .. 361 Passive • • 6 1 • • 6 4 •• 61 •• 6 1 Neapolit an .........• •• ••• 96 • • 96 .. 96 .. 96 Rothschild rescrlpts 99 85 .. 99 85 .. 99 85 .. 99 85 Roman • 1041 • . 1041 .. 1041 .. 1)41 RAILWAY SHARES. Ver5ai11e5,R.8............. 485 .. 485 L. 8........... •• 375 .. 380 Ronan.. •...............1047 50 . 1047 50 .. 485 •• 375 ..1047 50 •• 485 •• 380 50 Rouen to Havre.-- ..•... 822 50 . 1522 50 -• )4 822 50 .. , _ ..1047 822 50 Orleans .. •• .1135 ..1140 —1135 —ll4O Strasburg to Bale— •••• 305 .. 306 25 •• 302 50 . 306 25 Avignon to Marseilles.... •• 930 .. 930 .. 930 .. 930 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN 3. St. Germain •••••••• • • •• ..1017 50 ..1017 50 ..lul7 50 ..ICI7 Versailles, 11.8 .... ••• • • . 485 • • 485 .. 482 50 • • 482 50 L. 8.--.••••••• 380 .. 380 .. 377 50 .. 377 50 Rouen.. •• • • • • 1055 • - 1055 ..1042 50 • • 1045 Rouen to Havre .• •..,. 827 50 .. 827 50 .. 821 25 .. 822 50 Orleans .••• • • ..... •• •• •• ••1130 ..1140 ..1130 ..1140 Strasburg to Bale•••••• 305 .. 306 25 .. 302 50 .. 303 75 Avignon to Marseilles...." 927 50 • • 930 . 922 50 .. 922 50 THIS DAY'S NEWS immediately substitute some financial expedient in lieu of his property-tax. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. PUCKLE, Chairman, and a Bench of Madrid papers of the 25th ult. have been received , but they bring no news. On that day the Bourse of course was closed. Magistrates.) Lucy George, a young girl, fourteen years of age, was found guilty of stealing two shawls, a gold ring, a half- sovereign, and other articles, the property of her aunt, Ann Murray. It appeared that the prisoner lived with her aunt, and took an opportunity of plundering the house and then absconding. The aunt begged the Court to deal lightly with the prisoner, whom she stated to have been led away by bad acquaintances. She was a well-educated girl, and had hithert , ) bf•hiaved well. The COURT sentenced the prisoner to fourteen days' solitary confinement at Brixton, with a view of placing her in the Surrey asylum for the reformation of juvenile prisoners. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Walsh, a man advanced in years, was charged with stealing a pair of candlesticks from the house of a publican. It appeared the prisoner had just come out of gaol, after having suffered six months' imprisonment, and that he went into the complainant's house and took a pair of brass candlesticks, with which he was in the act of leav ing, when he was taken into custody. The prisoner's defence was, that he came out of gaol pennyless ; that having lost his character no person would employ him ; the pangs of hunger impelled him to take the articles with a view of procuring some food. He had no wish to conceal the facts, and would prefer being sent to gaol to remaining at large without the means of subsistence.—lle was committed. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A STURDY BEGGAR.—An Irishwoman, well known as a beggar, was charged with the following gross mis conduct:— She met a gentleman named Kelleck at the corner of Red Lion -street yesterday evening, told him she was a widow with a large family, and that she was starving. He refused to give her anything, upon which she said, " I'll stick to you like brick; I'll not leave you till you give me something." The gentleman again re peated his determination; upon which she launched out into a volley of abuse, called him a - Sassenach, and dogged him all the way through Lamb's Conduit-street, and, fearing that her abuse would be understood by the police, gave full vent to her fury in the Irish language. At the corner of Guilford•street Mr. K. gave her into custody. Although she said she was starving, there was plenty of money and food found on her person. Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced her to twenty-one days' imprisonment. Mr. Kelleck said he never had given anything to street beggars, but handed over 10s. for the poor-box. Mr. GREENWOOD thanked him, and said he thought his resolution a very prudent one. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jex. 2.—Wind northerly, fresh breeze and cloudy, inclining to snow and rain. OFF DOTER, JAN. I.—Warlock, Shields, for Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind N.B. to E.,--Arrd. Tartar, Legom ' London for Madras ; Welli ngton, Lon don, and sailed for New York. LIVERPOOL, JAN. I.—Wind S.S.E., light, thick fog.— Arrd. Aigle, Charleston. Off, Theresa Jane, Maranham. CLYDE, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Calypso, Brown, Maranham. DUBLIN, DEC. 30.—Sld. Success, Demerara ; Char lotte, Harrison, New Orleans. 31. Hugh, for Trinidad. CORE, DEC. N.E., light breeze.—Acrd. Helvellyn, Tullidge, Singapore; Monkey, C ampbell, Jamaica, for London, muck strained, and with loss of foremast, &c. KILRUSH, DEc. 30.—Arrd. Defence, Miramichi, and sailed for Liverpool. . SUNDERLAND, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Symmetry, Quebec. DUNGENESS ROADS, DEC. 28.—Arrd. Banjo!, Har kin, Cornelius, Bernaud Edouard, Mellena, Batavier, Welgu. 30. Vangalau, Prins Mennitz, and Stadt Utrecht, Jaski—all from Batavia. MILFORD, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Abeona, Port Madoc, for London, leaky. KILRUSH, DEC. 29.—Arrd. Defiance, Douglas, St. John's, for Liverpool, short of provisions. SHEERNESS, DEC. 31.—A brig, painted black, with a red streak and billet head, is reported ashore on the up per part of the Maplin Sand ; and on the Shoebury Ness Sand, a schooner painted black, with yellow streak. ISLE OF WHITHORN, DEC. 29.--The ketch Betsy, of and from Maryport for Newry, came on the rocks at the entrance of the bay this afternoon, and is expected to become a wreck ; crew and part of the stores saved. TYNEMOUTII, DEC. 30.—The Highland Lass, Grant, of and for Coldingham, struck the North Car Rock 24th inst., sank, and has gone to pieces ; crew saved. PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind E.—Arrd. Belisaire, Martinique, for Havre. OFF FOWEY, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Lady Flora Hastings, Hoseason, Calcutta. OFF THE LIZARD, DEC. 31.—Indiaman, Calcutta. BRISTOL, JAN. I.—Sld. John Cock, Ichaboe. LYNN ROADS, JAN. I.—Arrd. Amelia, Brunton, St. John's, Now Brunswick. SowiliwoLD, JeN: I.—The Ceres, May, of North Shields, struck on Haisbro' Sand on the 30th ult., and was abandoned in a thick fog ; crew saved. HULL, JAN. I.—Wind N.Y., light.—Arrd. Ida, Robinson, Quebec ; Redwing, Stuart, Miramichi. lenAnox.—Arrd. Mary Halket, Brazil ; Formosa, Laidley, Liverpool, r f CABINET CouNcm.--We understand that the first Cabinet Council previous to the meeting of Parliament is appointed for the 9th inst. Sir Robert Peel is expected to come to town, from Drayton Manor, by the 7th of the month." PASSENGERS FROM INDIA.—The following is a list of the passengers landed at Suez, from the Bentinek : From Calcutta —Mrs. Money, two children, and ser vant ; Mrs. Sheriff and child, Mr. and Mrs. D. Smith and two children, Lieut. and Mrs. J. Machonochie and child, Capt. Mitchell, Dr. Hart, Capt. D. Lauder, Mr. D. Low, Mr. Johnston, Lieut. Martin, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. Gubbins, child, and servant: From Madras—Mrs. Major White, Mr. Row, Mrs. Sayers and two children, Mrs. Whitemore, two children, and two servants ; Mr. Ashton, Major Messiter, Mrs. Ford, M. de Comp&re, Mr. Mottet, Mr. W. Dent, Chevalier J. D. Kruseman. From Ceylon—Mrs. Leighton, two children, and two servants ; the Hon. Mr. Drummond. Almost the whole of the above passengers intend to proceed to England by the Oriental. ". LICHFIELD FARMERS' MARKET.—It is in contem plation by the town council, to erect a handsome and spacious room in St. Mary's-square, adjoining the Market-hall, for the use of farmers and others while transacting business on market-days ; the trustees of the Conduit lands have given the munificent sum of 5001. towards the completion. It will be a most de sirable and usef u l ornament to that part of the city. METROPOLITAN M ORTALITY .--We regret to ob serve that the death s w i t hi n the " b ill s, " l ast wee k , were I,249—the average for the past year having been 946. A few weeks ago the number was fluctuating between 900 eases continues to b e observed, as compared with the and 960. The i ncrease of mortality from infectious dis averages of past y ears, b ut it has not advanced ; and, indeed, appears less than it has been recently. The deaths from diseases of the lung s were last week 415, upwards of 100 more th an the five years' average, or than the number some month or so back. r REMARKABLY Low TlDE.—Yesterday at noon the river presented a most remarkable appearance in c°llBe qtrence of the tide, which was considerably lower than it has been for some years. From Waterloo-bridge to Blackfriars-bridge the river was scarcely navigable. Extra lighters at the several steam-boat piers were thrown out to facilitate the landing of the passengers, who were not very numerous above bridge. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW WS ( 0 ! 1.8,T.E.1i To TirREE. Tne sal u, e 3 of Cotton ::: Liveri,,oi yesterday were only 1,500 bales, ow i ng to N ew Year's Day.—Shares were firm, with a considerable business doing. Birmingham and Gloucester, 1051 ; Bristol and Exeter, 701 ; Ches ter and Birkenhead, 364 ; Eastern Counties Perpetual, No. 1, 235. ; Glasgoid and Dumfries, 18s. 6d. Grand Junction, Half, 113 f ; Great Western Half, 901 to 91 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 14 ; Liverpool and Man chester, 217 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 374 to 38. London and York, 5 4i ; Churnet Valhi, 3i ; Man chester and Leeds, 125 126 ; Ditto, Ilalves, 55 ; Mid land Counti es , 117 ; P reston and Wyre, 18 ; South- Eastern, 41-i a ; Ditto, New, 14i ; Trent Valley, 10 ; Paris and Lyons, 70s. 71s. 6d. ; Paris and Strasburg, 60s. ; Northern of France, 61. ss. 61. 3s. 9d. ; Boulogne' and Amiens, 51. The fact of the re-occupation of the New Royal Ex change by those to whom it most especially belongs ought to be generally recorded. To a partial extent the opening occurred yesterday. As this is holiday time, there was not that bona fide attendance of " the mer chants of the city of London" that might naturally have been expected. The " grand show" will be to-morrow which is " post d a y," an d w h en no question the attend ance will be full indeed. From the circular of the Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor, of Manchester, just received, we extract the following:— " A very steady business has prevailed throughout the month, and the extent of sales has been quite up to the expectations of the manufacturers. Prices have con tinued almost without any change, with the exception of 40 inch 66 reed skirtings, weighing about 71b., which declined as low as 7s. 3d. As the production of this quality has been considerably lessened, the price has rallied, and is now firm at 7s. 6d. Stocks of every description of goods are light, and as the demand is expected to become active early next month, many manufacturers are already calculating upon an advance in prices, and are refusing con. tracts until the . turn of the year. Symptoms of an improved demand, also have shown themselves during the past week. We have no doubt ourselves that prices will rule higher during the next two months. The Cotton market within the last fortnight has been rather more active ; both the trade and speculators buying rather freely. An advance of about id. to kel. per lb. has been thus effected. Whether this improvement may be maintained, or otherwise, will depend, in a great measure, upon the business operations in this neighbour hood after the turn of the yt ar. Our stocks are light, money is yet cheap, and, from all we can learn, the pros pects of most of the Foreign Markets, as well as our own home trade, are encouraging ; we are, therefore, in clined to the supposition that a good trade will be done .• ;t: the beginning of the year, and prices will, doubt k..), be advanced." There are accounts a day later from Buenos) Ayres, but they add nothing to our previous information. 'The Stock Market continues quiet, but, on the whole, firm. Consols are look 1 ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 1031 to 4 ; and the Three per Cents., 100 f 4. Bank Stock is higher again, viz., 211 to 211 i. Exche quer Bills obtain 635. to 655. prem. ; and India Bonds, 775. prem. The Foreign Investments are without any particular alteration. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 2714 , and the Three per Cents. 36k to 4. Portuguese Converted are 60 to 59. g. Mexican have been 350 1, Colombian, 141, and Peruvian, 291. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 6311. The Share Market is buoyant to-day, and there is a fair business doing. Great Western and Bristol and Exeter are very firm, and South- Western Old Shares have rallied. French are not quite so good. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2llf 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 10 0 4 ,14 New 3i per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16 f India Bonds 1,000/ — pm. Ditto under 1,000/ 77 pm. Bank Stock for Account. Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. lid. 1/d. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ..... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 351 f Ditto for the Account ... 353 Ditto Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted 6O 59} Ditto for the Account 6oi 59 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 27ai Ditto for the Account. Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto foi the Account. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 105 Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester.. Caledonian 5 4 -4 Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet 'Valley Dublin and Belfast Junction 24 ...... 5 Eastern Counties Eastern Union ... 10 Great Western Ditto, Half Shares ... Ditto Fifths Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham ...100 228 to London and Blackwall l6/ - London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 524 London and Greenwich ...... 124 ...... 9i London and South Western.. 41/ ...... 75 Ditto, New London and York... ..... ...... 24 ... .. 4444 to Manchester and Leeds 7O 1254 Ditto 4 Shares Midland lOO ll7 Newcastle and Berwick_ l4 74 to North British Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 ...... to Rugby Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 24 South Eastern and Dover ... 334 - to Ditto New Trent Valley West Cornwall l4 ... .. 4/ ...... to York and Nortk Midland ... 50 ...... Ditto 4 Shares. Ditto, Extension Boulogne and Amiens Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans . 20 ...... 44 Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasburg... 2 ...... 24 ...... to 3 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DEC. 31. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Money — 3 per Cent. Reduced 34 Stock 1024 Ditto Money 34 per Cent. Debentures Long Annuities Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Ditto, 4 per Cent 4 per Cent. City Debentures — 4 per Cent. City Debentures, New. 4 per Cent. Ballast Office Debentures — 4 per Cent. Pipe Water — Kingstown Railway Debentures. . 212 37 LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Dublin and Kilkenny Railway lOO 215 Drogheda Ditto' 6O 724 Great Southern and Western Ditto Scrip Ditto Extension 24 Dublin and Belfast Junction 24 Dublin and Cashel ditto Mullingar and Athlone Railway 24 Belfast and Ballymena 24 Waterford and Limerick Dundalk and:Enniskillen 24 Wexford and Carlow 24 Hibernian Bank 254 Royal Bank lO 134 National Bank National Insurance Patriotic ditto lO lO4 Mining Company of Ireland 7 l4 Wicklow Copper Mines 5 lBf City of Dublin Steam Company Ditto Ditto, 1836 5O 534 Steam Ship Building Company British and Irish Steam Company.... 50 554 Limerick Extension Railway Peninsular and Oriental Ditto 5O 664 Irish Great Western, Dublin to Galway 24 — Dublin and Glasgow Steam Company 50 44 THE CABlNET.—Yesterday circulars were trans mitted to the several members of the Cabinet, calling for their presence in town early in the ensuing week. The marriage between the fair and youthful daughter of Mr. and Lady Julia Lockwood and Lord Napier will not take place before April. Lady Julia and her daughter are at p resent _ at Constantinopl e . BREAKWATER IN TORBAY.—Lord Courtenay visited the Brixham breakwater in Torbay on Monday last, and, after having inspected the same with marked atten tion, %las pleased to express his approbation of the work itself, and of its great utility, as affording shelter to vessels of all classes needing a harbour of refuge in run ning up and down the Channel. There will be, when the work is completed, enclosed about six hundred and fifty acres of water, with a bottom of the firmest and best kind, so that ships coming .4 ‘ ithin it, need have ne ap prehension about danger from any wind, however bois terous.-- Western Luminary. John Plummer, Esq., of New Parks, the owner of Alice Hawthorn, has generously proposed to give the whole of the money which this celebrated mare may realise in 1845, to the inhabitants of Easingwold, pro vided they will construct a branch railway from that town to the Great North of England Railway.--Tyne Mercury. PEDESTRIANISM.—On Christmas- day, the Scots wood-road was thronged to witness a series of foot races. The first was contested by Rt. Angus, of New castle, and Joseph Blake, of Monkseaton, distant 120 yards, for 51. a-side. The Newcastle man was the winner by about two yards. The next race was be tween R. A. Martin and John Bucton, of Whickham, distance 130 yards, for a like amount. After a hard struggle Martin was the victor. Another race, of 110 yards, for 3L a side, was run by Frank Robson and Peter Melross. which ended in a dead heat. Other races were also run between younger aspirants for pedestrian laurels.— Tyne Nei cloy. ' - (s, ~.4 . Li tom . . „. 4 .1n11 . SECOND EDITION. tnilt LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1845. A petition for the total abolition rainin o g f r t e h l e ies op o p f r f e e s u s d iv a e l game-laws—one of the few em barbarism—is now in course of circulation in the county of Nottingham, and has already, we under stand, received an immense number of signatures, not a few even of the local squirearchy having affixed their names to the document. From this petition, which is expressed in terse and nervous phrase, and is ad dressed to the House of Commons, we quote the fol lowing passage :—" We, your petitioners, have long viewed the game-laws as a source of evils of the greatest magnitude, and most direful in their opera tions on society, but particularly so to the rural po pulation of this country. Driven by distress, priva tion, hunger, and the promptings of parental affection, they are too often driven from necessity to the act of poaching for a meal for their fa milies, for which offence against the game laws, if taken and convicted, they are consigned to the gloom of a dungeon, to be the associates of felons for so many months, imbibing the felons' worst principles and evil advice, so as to become ruined men both in character and morals. During their incarceration their homes are broken up, and they are driven to their dernier resort, the Poor law Union, as pauperised families, whose fathers linger in the prison's gloom, for having taken a hare to sustain nature's wants." This is forcibly put, but it is not the worst of the evils consequent on these execrable laws, whi ch are in direct violation of every principle of justice. Suppose the poor poacher re leased from prison after a brief, or it may be, a protracted incarceration. 'What follows as the inevitable sequel of his imprisonment ? Why, just this—namely, that he is a ruined man—ruined in his prospects, and—what is a far more hopeless case— ruined in his own self-esteem ! The sense of pride and honour NN iihin him is fallen, never to rise again. He sees himself abandoned by his former employers ; he sees his discreet, respectable neighbours, who have no notion of exhibiting disinterested sympathy for a shipwrecked character who is obnoxious to the 'squire of the parish, avoiding him as though he were plague-stricken; and seeing this —feeling, too, that there is scarcely a hope of his being able to retrieve himself, he begins at length to fancy himself the poor, lost, abandoned crea ture he is supposed to be—becomes desperate— reckless--callous—takes to downright dishonest courses as a matter of necessity; and possibly winds up his career by holding aloft the blazing torch () f " Swing," and standing on the scaffold, a spectacle of mingled pity, horror, and disgust to thousands of his countrymen ! But for the atrocious game-laws these things could not be. One of the worst temptations to which he can possibly be subjected would be taken away from the poor man; and our courts of session and assize would not year after year exhibit such a fearful muster-roll of crimes as has long been the case with them. What is the leading principle of the game-laws? Not to do justice between man and man —not to maintain unimpaired the undoubted rights of property—no, but to establish the astound ing fact that a hare, or a partridge, or a pheasant is of more value in the eyes of our country-gentle men legislators, than human flesh and blood ! The game-laws lay a trap for the conscience of the poor man, and then persecute him for falling into it. In stead of removing, they place temptation within his reach—under his very nose—and then punish him for not nobly rising superior to it. Never yet did a more dishonest—demoralising law deform our statute book. It reflects far more disgracefully on those who framed it than on those who suffer under it ; and a poacher—startling as may be the assertion—is in our estimation a far less inju rious member of society than the bigoted, tyran nical squad of country Members who still insist on upholding the game-laws. But not only is the poor labouring man victimised by these iniquitous statutes, but the farmer is equally injured by them. Immense is the damage annually done to his crops by the game in the ''quire's pre serves; and yet he has no redress; he must submit in silence to his lot, and be thankful that it is no worse. 'We have abolished slavery in the West Indies, but in the game-laws we have a species of domestic slavery which is nearly equally intolerable, and which we cannot too soon get rid of in toto. Mi nisters, we have reason to believe, are at this moment directing their attention to the subject; and at the Cabinet Council which is to be held on the 9th inst., a measure for the revision, if not for the entire aboli :ion of the game-laws, will, it is supposed, be taken into serious consideration. With the present opening of the new year and the approaching opening of a new session, how many hopes and fears connect themselves. It is true that no salient points of absorbing interest present them selves either in the political horizon of our foreign relations—or in the aspect of our domestic condition --which were not observable at any time during the last five weeks. But we believe that there are not many among us to whose impressions this repose will appear synonymous with tranquillity. On the con trary, it seems the general feeling that under this little agitated surface of things there flows a current of tempestuous waters, which must, ere long, force their passage into light and activity with a violence and destructiveness that will fearfully contrast with the silence of their accumulation. If, in Spain, the elements of civil conflict have ceased for a brief time to afflict that much suffering country, there is abun dant reason to infer that they will presently resume their destroying activity, and scatter over the most devoted of European States their disastrous and de solating ravages. It is not in Spain —it is not in Switzerland—still less is it in Russia, or Sardinia, or the Italian dominions of Austria, that we can hope with any confidence to trace the guarantees of per manent repose. Wearied, therefore, with the vain endeavour to arrive at any tangible evidences of the probable consolidation of unbroken European peace throughout the various continental kingdoms, we turn our consideration homewards. From the multipli city of topics which at once suggest themselves, here, we select one, not because it is of paramount interest or importance, but because it is of immediate appli cation to the business of session 18 45. " Will the property-tax be renewed ?" This is a question, the bearing of which is felt far beyond the sphere the eof those who are the direct payers of the tax . Into expedient or inexpedient character of the impost, we do not now enter, although we belong to a school which d oes not i ns i st upon t h e unmo difi e d application of every abstract principle to every possible case, within th e category to which it may seem specially adapted. W e are not sure that direct taxation upon income or prorrty—(in a free and commercial coun try where the absence of all unnecessary restraint or c:nitrol is the first essential to the development of capital)—that such direct taxation is a sound resource of fiscal policy at any time. In a period of profound peace this seems to us more than doubtful. In 1845, however, it will be less a question of principle than of policy, whether the existing pro perty-tax should be renewed in its present form The principle will be neither more nor less open to objection, than at its first imposition. There can be no doubt that it ought to be, of all other imaginable taxes, the most carefully graduated. It is the height of absurdity, as well as the most wanton excess of injustice and oppression, to make the hard working recipient of a bare 2001., or 2501. a year, contribute, in the same proportion, as the hereditary possessor of The French Opposition journals are loud in their exultations over the speedy downfall of M. GUIZOT. This result they regard as certain, but what other re sults are to follow, they do not state. Little is said about M. THIEES, but a great deal about Count MOLE, who is the ostensible agent in this movement for dis placing the " Man of Ghent," and who has been em boldened to take this course, not from the strength of his own party, but from an amalgamation of all the discontented and disappointed Members in the Cham ber, including men of all shades of politics, from the extreme Right to the extreme Left. A change of some kind appears absolutely necessary to give life t.) the Parliamentary proceedings. M. Guizor has re mained in office far beyond the usual period allotted to Prime Ministers of France, having guided the destinies of the country for nearly four years, a circumstance without precedent during the reign of the Citizen KING. He will not, however, resign without a struggle—at all events without a speech in defence of his policy, and, judging both from the qualities of the orator, and the course of events during his administration, it will be a speech of no ordinary interest. Since Louis PHILIPPE ascended the throne so many remarkable events, all honourable to France and creditable to the Ministry, have not occurred, we will not say in the same period, but during all the other years of his reign. Public credit has greatly increased ; additiosnal impulses have been given to trade and commerce ;:the war in Africa has been, at least to all appearances, concluded ; the differences in Morocco have been siettled, in a way redounding both to French bravexy and modera tion ; the KING, chosen by the people, has done what no French] King eler did before, paid a friendly visit to an English Sovereign ; and what is a greater proof than all of G UIZOT'S wise ad ministration, the whole of France enjoys the most profound peace and security. Haw Count MOLE, with a firebrand at his back in the shape of Miens, will mend matters, we cannot see, but if the Members of the Chamber wish to make the experiment, and think a coalition of heterogeneous politicians prefer able to a Cabinet whose principles they know, no one has a right to object to their choice. The leading Ministerial journal, the Globe, says Count MOLE is the soul and end of the coalition, leaving little TRIERS entirely out of view ; but the most ominous fact admitted by that journal is the backwardness of the usual Conservative sup porters of GUIZOT. According to that journal not fewer than 119 were absent from their iposts at a very important crisis—either " snowed up," like the Canservative Members in 1834-35, or waiting for promises of place or preferment. This journal, apparently apprehensive that M. Guizor will be beaten, justly maintains that the policy of the new Cabinet will remain the same. The following are the remarks of the Globe on the present crusts " M. Debelle) me has been nominated Vice-?resident of the Chamber, but only by 172 votes to 168 given to M. Billault. This result is grave ; we do not wish to dis semble it; but we think that it is necessary to explain it. First of all, we cannot impute it to the Conservative party, properly so called. The number of Voters was yesterday 340, so that there were 119 absentet s. But, out of these 119, an account drawn up very correctly shows that there are 80 Depu ties notoriously supporters of the Ministry. They have been much in the wrong not to be found at their pasts, in the combat where the duty of defending their principles called them; but, in fine, it must be declared that the Conservative party is by no means dissolved, notwithstanding the sad defections which might be witnessed yesterday, and that it still reckons 172 votespresent, and 80 which will soon arrive, forming altogether a tolerably nice total, for which M.- Billault would willingly exchange his 168 coalised rotes. Yes, M. Billault had only coalised votes; and every osne knows at the Chamber that Count Mole is the soul a d end of the coalition. It appears that, after having cumed coali tions, Count Moli has been reconciled to them, .and has thought fit to use them for his own account. Legit imatists, Radicals, Left, discontented, or, in other words, umplaced Conservatives, all have precipitated themselves. into the .up of the _President of April 15. Now this is - the little calculation of those gentlemen. To attack a Ministry like the present openly in the tribune, is not ads ;sable, for several reasons. First, because the speakers wh to attempt it come o ff with great damage; next, to ask the Cl 4 amber to condemn the Speech from the Throae,which this • year is, in its essential parts, only an expose of the foreign poi 'icy, is to d 'mend tkom the majority to condemn the poliel i upheld by themwAves for four years. But such a thin ag it is impossible to obtain. Besides. if the policy u F peace, cincord, and the entente cordiale was blamed, du follow ing Ministry would have a war programme read , traced for it; and, without any doubt, the King, the iG lumber of Peers, and the country, would not allow that,. There were, therefore, nothing but dangers and impo ssibilities in a frank and open struggle; and, on that account these gentlemen had formed the project of btranvling the Cabinet during the preliminaries of the sessiot luckily, th ese gentlemen forget that the repress Mu ave Governme at is nut a regime of mutes. A rna..?lc its mouth. a lay be applied to it, but a gag cannot be placed The attempt has, therefore, completely _ .in ; t in.. trigue is going to be named and de fi ed in the ine. Certainly it would have been a very convenient thing to , dispense with giving explanations, and to have ballotting balls i n t h e place of re..sons. This year, in patiicular, the declami story speeches will be poor. Otaheite. thread bare; Prit chard is worm-eaten; New Zealand, Monte Video, an d t h e exequatur are become antiquit ies—tthe re is not, i n fact, the smallest novelty to offer the pub li c. It was, th crefore, a capital invention to overturn the Cabinet by a silent vote on the election of a Vice-Ften- THIS EVENINfI %Übe repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End or Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corn (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H Hughes, Neville, R Hoarier, Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. R . Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, , HILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN S. It M . Harlequin, r. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry CorH; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places aqe Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box Wier, fro.n Eleven to Four. ROYAL THEATRE. Extraordinary Success of the VICTORIA New Comic Pantomime. - Ef ENING Will he produced MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sur. ported 13 , Mr. 0 baldiston, Henry Howard, J. T Johnson, T. H. Higgie, J. Herbe r t, E . Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E Terrey, and Miss T re b le. After which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL MURDER. To conclude with a New Grand Christian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT COD LINS ; or, Th e Li ttle Old Wonsan and Mr. the Demon of the Metal ine. Harlequin, M. Chapino ; Clown, Le Vite. Blanchard; PantalooMn, M Coney; Columbi ne , Mdllc " THE RULING PASSION STRON G IN DEATH: '— Yesterday afternoon Mr. W a kl ey, M.P., held an inquest, a tthe Flag and Lamb, Clerkenwell-green, on the of Frances Gardiner. It a pp eare d that the deceased °4••- was greatly addicted to dri n k, an d t h at s h e frequently almost deprived herself of the commonest necessaries inorder that she might fully indulge her propersity for arden, liquors. Her husband, who is a most abstemious m an , returned home on the ni g ht o f t h e 28t h of last month, when he found her drunk, and craving for more drink. In order to get liar to bed he gave her rum. Upon awaking in the morning he found her a corpse at his side. Verdict, " Natural death." Mr. Wakley said that he lately held an inquest upon a lady inordinately given to drink. ller medical attendants informed her husband that she could not live without drink, but that drank would kill her. The husband, of the two evils, chose what to him appeared the lesser, as it secured him peace, and gave her what drink she desired. In tw© months she drank 137 bottle: of port wine and brandy, exclusive of malt liquors. Sh e s h or tly afterwards was seised with mortal sickness, and such was her craving for drink, even in the agonies of death, that her attendants wo cmpelled to keep constantly in her mon th a rag • MtiValerAillititindy. .I"mprzorrnrEß.LOOM WEAVERS.—OH Fri . -`day- thio t of power-loom weavers, at the ootto n , n t`u of Moroi. Tattersall and Mellor, Lyor Mill, Olabigkiterminated,- One masters having consented f ree, the liatid; fromthe clkargo wade for gas. The object of the strilth was to abOin an advance of wages ; an,: the ixemptioni from thOharge for gas will be equivalent to iperai of about sixpence a week for each pair of i lochns.—lefancloiter Guardian. ATATIKET NlF.',Ars ~.:~ .: Useful ditto, 41 16s to 5/ 4, ; ane Uptauti 63 to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 15s to 1/ 17s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 18s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CtiMISERLAND.—COarSe Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 41123 ; Useful ditto, 41 14s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 Gs to 5/ 12s ; Clover 11ay. 4/ 10s to Si 18.; , 0:i! to ii 19,5; IN host Strata. I." 16 , 1 to 2/ per b..; but :: , nit-d, and trade rather dull„ W aITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3110 s to 4/ 10 ; Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to Si lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 11 18s per load. Trade throughout tolerably steady, at full prices. Suppi MEAT re/A2,20.a7::5. SOUTHALL,t JAN. I.—Although the supplies of fat stock on offer here to-day were limited, 13,,th as respects numbers and quality, the general demand ruled heavy, at drooping currencies. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 454 d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3a 10d per Sibs, to sink the offal. Supply:— Beasts, 30; Sheep, 960; Calves, 20; Pigs, 40. ROMFORD, JAN. I.—For prime old Downs we had a steady sale, at full prices, but otherwise the trade was dull, on easier terms. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s t3d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 19/ each. LEWES, DEC. 31.—Beef, from 2s 8(1 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Blbs. A limited supply, and a heavy demand. COAL in.a.R.ICET. - Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Chester Main, 24s 6d ; W. E., Acorn Close, 25s ; W. E., Bell and Brown, 26s ; W.E., Heaton, 26s ; W. E., Wharn cliffe, 265; W. E., Lambton, 275; W. E., Lumley, 25s ; W. E., Stewart's, 27* ; W. E., Adelaide, 27s ; W. E., Evenwood, 25s 6d ; W. E., Seymour Tees, 26* ; W. E., South Durham, 265 ; Brancepeth Coke, 30s ; Garnant Stone, 26s ; Graigola, 24s 6d ; Lewiss Merthyr, 22s ; W. E., Killingworth, 25s.—Ships arrived, 23. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec 24, 1844, made up from the Returns of the In pcctor , in the different Cities and Towna in England anu Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat ......... 45s 6d I Oats 2os 10d Beans ......... 35. 7d Barlcy ... ...... 34s 3d Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. BA RLEY. i OATS. I EYE. BRANS. 1 TEASE Nov. 23.. 45 10 ,352'218/30 2 39 6 36 2 30 45 4' ni 1 21 8 :'2 9 38 0 35 11 I Dec. 7.....„ 45 2 34 9 2t 10 81 C 37 5 36 4 14 ..... 21 ... 28 ..... IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS Wheat ..... .... 455. 4d. I Oats Barley 34a 6d. Rye ... ...... 31s. 81, Pea5e.........355. 114. DUTIRS ON 701LICIGN CORN. Wheat 2O. od, Oats Barley I 4s. Od. Rye FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. (ttECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, DEC. 30,:--The Senate voted to-day, with out discussion, the project of law relative to a credit of 121,000,400 francs for the department of justice. The Chamber then formed itself into a Secret Committee, to deliberate on the treaty with the Zoliverein. We are assured, that in consequence of the King's indisposition (announced in y, sterday's illouiteur) his Majesty's return from Paris may be Somedelayd days. ) A letter from Carlsruhe, of the 21st of December, says, " The Roman Catholic clergy of the Grand Duchy of Baden have just addressed a collective petition' to the Government, requesting it to forbid the plying of steam boats on the lake of Constance, and all travelling on the railway in the Roman Catholic parts of the Grand Duchy on Sundays and holidays, that the devotions of the faithful may nut be disturbed." In consequence of this step the shares in the railiaays and steamers have expe rie,:eecl a slight decline. THE HAGUE, DEC. 28.—T0-day, at two o'clock, the Minister of Finance went, in the usual form, to the Second Chamber of the States General, to present the triennial budget for the years 1 846-7. The Minister, in his speech, entered into highly inte resting details respecting the state of our finances. We are happy to announce that the favourable estimates respecting our finances have not only been realised, but that the result has even exceeded all expectations• that the budget of the expenditure of 1846-7 presents adimi nution compared with that of 1844-5 of three millions of florins, and of nearly five millions compared with that of 1843; that the ways and means proposed to cover the expenditure of 1846-7 may not only be considered as suf ' ficient, but that the service of those two years will be closed with an overplus receipt of 250,000 florins—in a word, that our financial positicin' is now definitively brought to a regular and entirely satisfactory state. THE HAGUE, DEC. 29,—AcCording to the accounts of the state of our rivers, they were yesterday all frozen over, and the water was falling. The dykes were every where in good condition ; in some places everything was ready in case any accident should occur. A letter from Soerabaya of the 21st of August an nounces that his Majesty's schooner, the Zephyr, had arrived in the roads of that town, and had taken troops on board for an expedition to Borneo and Macassa. This expedition will take five or six months. MORTALITY in the METROPOL The following are the results of " A Table of Mortalit) in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 28th of December, 1844." I%e Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General : Weekly Total. Average of ars Y e e Epidemic, Endemic, and C o nt ag i ous Di seases 223 Five 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat ll2 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses lBO 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and (itaier Organs of Respiration 415 285 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c ll 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. l7 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles lO 6 Diseases of the Ski n , &c. ....... ... Old Age, or Natural D ecay 9O 71 By Violence, Privatio n , or I ntemperance 51 26 Causes specified. ............................1249 942 Deaths from all Causes ...... . .................. 1239 946 DEATHS FROM TILE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Weekly Average Consumption l6O of Five Year s , 147 Scarlatina Pneumonia . Dropsy .. ... .. .. ••• 20 35 Hooping Cough 34 33 Typhus 3 31 Small Pox 5O 15 Disease of the Heart Measles ... 29 28 Apoplexy .......... ... .... Diseases of the Brain ...... Diarrhea.. ........ 9 12 Sudden Deaths 3O 15 DISTRICTS. West North 234 171 Centrall 224 188 East 250 207 South 371 242 Total ... ..».......1249 HEALTH OF LORD WARD.—It is not true, as stated by a Saturday Contemporary last week, that Lord Ward is seriously indisposed at Paris with a tertian ague. A few weeks ago his Lordship had a slight attack of an endemic fever, from which, we are happy to say, he has Perfectly recovered, and has been for some time in the enjoyment of health. It is probable the report may have arisen from an accident having recently befallen one of his Lordship' trustees, Mr. Benbow, M.P. for Dudley, by a fall from his horse, which at one time promised to be serious, on account of the Hon. Gentleman's ad vancing age, but from which, we are glad to hear, he has recovered, in proof of which, 1) • may state OW, he is now amongst his constituents at butney, and is taking an active part in the Worcester and Tring Railway, for which his son is one of the solicitors. To this we may add—and we do not speak without authority—that Lord Ward's interest is not, and never has been given to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line of railway. His Lordship, at present, suspends his judgment, which he will form strictly for himself, though, it is probable, the scale will turn in favour of the Tring Company.— Worcestershire Chronicle. DAY MAIL TO WORCESTER.—We are glad to find that the question of a day mail to Worcester has been re-opened with the Post-office authorities, and that John Dent, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commerce, having, at the suggestion of General Lygon, made a re newed application to the Postmaster-General on the subject, has received a letter from Colonel Maberly, ac knowledging the receipt of such application, and pro mising that it shall have " immediate attention." As the Railway Act of last session gives increased facilities for the conveyance of mails, we think there is at length some chance of Worcester having a day mail.— Worces. tershire Chronicle. We understand that a marriage is on the tapis between the Lady Louisa l'itsmaurice, only daughter of the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Hon. James Howard, brother to Lord Andover. The Rev. the Earl of Guildford, during last week, ordered to be distributed to the necessitous poor of Wal dershire, and the surrounding parishes of Whitfield, Eythorne, Shepherdswell, and Coldred, a most abundant supply of good meat and warm clothing. The Noble Earl has above two hundred children from the above parishes educated at his Lordship's own expense. The children of the Free Grammar School, at Dalton, amounting to 175, were treated last week to a dinner of excellent beef and plum pudding, by Mr. and Mrs. Bald win, who, with their servants and a few others, cut up the viands, and waited upon the youthful but grateful recipients of their bo unty._Cumberland Parquet. Earl Fitzwilliam is at present entertaining a large family party at Milton Park, Northamptonshire. Viscount and Viscountess Milton, the Hoe. George Wentworth Fitzwilliam, and Mr. and Lady Mary Thompson, are among the guests assembled at :he mansion. TRANSFER OF THE GREENWICH RAILWAY TO THE DOVER RAILWAY CODlPANY.—Yesterday niornit g the Directors of the Dover Railway Company took posses sion of the whole of the Greenwich Railway, and pro perty appertaining to it. Extensive alterations will be made at the London bridge terminus; the present station will he razed to the ground, and a handsome building erected, in the same 51)10 of architecture with the Briv ton, Dover, and Croy - den station. The whole of the lit e will undergo a thorough repair, as some parts are In a very oilapidated state. The servants employed at the station and on . the line will be retained for a short period. Zr 4 g :IC; -5 ;1,44, if &tia . 5 r,..,t; 1,74 A - 1.4 -- t.l-2 it r Vutatr Oputtori. f 1 1 ,2, • r•vr, reel On Moo(lay the lint; of tli, 1% each presided at a Council of Ministers h.-ld at the Twieries. On Tuesday M. Sauzet; took his seat as President of the Chamber of Deputies, when the Finance Minister brought forward the budget. The receptions at Court on the occasion of the new year will be as usual. The diplomatic corps will ta", re ceived at four o'clock. The grand receptions for ladle ° and gentlemen will be on Friday and Sunday evenings , at half-past eight o'clock. Several of the journals announce the arrival of Admi ral Dupetit-Thouars in Paris. Two or three of the OP: position journals, however, say he is at Versailles, and remains th ere en c h arte pr i vee ( i n seclusion) by order o f the Ministry. The Constitutionnel says:—" The nomination of Cardi nal de Latour d'Auvergne, as head of the Chapter of St; Denis, is give n as pos i t i ve. It i s added that he is Daniell Grand Almoner, and that the ordonnances wijl appear on Jan. 2." The sale of the splendid collection of paintings belong ing to the late Cardinal Fesch is to commence a t Rome on the 17th of March. There are at present 1,430 medical men practising in Paris, being 340 more than in 1833. A Constantinople letter, of the 13th inst., says—" For very many years we have not had so hang a continlfee of bad weather in the Mediterranean or Black Seas. - The wind has blown with such violence for a whole fortnight from the north-west, that nearly all the numerous steam' packets that traverse them have been delayed, some four some five days. A letter from Barcelona states that the excessive cold which reigned for some time in that neighbourhood was put an end to on the evening of the 21st by a violent tempest, which caused considerable damage. So much rain fell that some quarters of the city were completely inundated. The gardens between Barcelona and Mont' juich were covered with water of several moStres' d e pth, and the inhabitants of San-Beltran were taken off in the middle of the night in boats. All the parts of the forti fications, which had been undermined last ye a r, fell down with great noise. The lost sustained is estimated at several hundred thousand francs. On Wednesday the tragedy of Werner was to be per formed by the English Company at Paris, Macready of course playing the part of Werner. 31.11‘11 AND 70 0L1C7311. Sir John Dodson sat in the Admiralty Court, and die posed of assignations. This was the default day after last term. Dr. Dauheney sat in the Consistory Court, and heard assignations, this being an extra Court day. At the Surrey sessions Ann ‘k inter and Ann Wright were indicted with having unlawfully uttered and put off, at Croydon, two counterfeit half-crowns, well knowing the same to be false and counterfct. TLe prisoners, who belong to a well-known gang of c , residing is the low haunts of Westminster, offs-rej nothing in their defence, and the jury, without i ,, sitution, rt-t , :rned verdict of guilty. Sentence twelve months' imprisonment each and hard labour at Brixton Ilmtte of Correction. Sir James Duke presided at tl.e Cioiikihall, and re' manded for further examination Charl.;s Richard Au' stead, late a collecting clerk at Mr. Hubbard's, a tobac conist in Barbican, charged with embezzling moneys received on ac coun t o f hi s employer ; andj James Dixey, the overlooker of the porters at Measly. Meeking and Co.'s, drapers, Holborn-hill, charged with embezzling various sums, amounting to 301. A young man, named Ashford, respectably dressed, was brought up at Bow-street, charged with breaking into the house of Mr. John Henry Jewell, solicitor's ' clerk, of Alfred-street, Tottenham court-road. The prisoner alleged in his defence that he found the door open, and could not resist the temptation to walk in and help himself. Mr. Twyfurd committed him for triaL Jame, Horne, charged by Mr. John Cox, of No. 9, Gibson-square, Islington, with having burglariously entered his dwelling-house, and stealing various articles of silver plate, was fully committed from Clerkenwell. Robert Pratt was placed at the bar at the Lambeth PO' lice Court before Mr. Henry, on a charge of grossly ill treating his son, Richard Pratt, a child five years and to half old. The prisoner had for many months been ie the habit of ill-treating the child, and at length the neighbours determined to interfere. On one oc casion the child was hanging from the hauls' ters by a rope which was tied round his neck, and would have been strangled had not a neighbour cut Mal down. The poor child was in a shocking state from the barbarous usage he had received. Mr. Henry, address' ing Dunn, one of the beadles of Lambeth, said the case was one which should be prosecuted by the parish, and he should therefore request that the vestry-clerk should be informed of the particulars, with a view of prosecute ing the prisoner at the sessions. To afford the necessary time for this, he should remand the prisoner until Mon day next. The prisoner was accordingly remanded. At Marlborough -street Mr. Hardwick received the fol- lowing letter. It relates to an individual who was under examination at this Court about six weeks ago, charged with having given cheques to various parties in payment of goods, well knowing there were no funds at the bankers to meet them with:— 14, Chester-square, Dec. 30, 1844. " Dear Sir,—ln" conformity with orders received from my Government, I take the liberty to request your obliging assistance in giving publicity to the fact, that by royal ordinance, dated Dresden, December 12, and published in the Leipsic Gazette of the 20th December, the name of M. Moritz Dam Van der Pforte (see police reports of the 11th and 13th December), has ceased from that day to be un the list of the Gentilhommes de le Chanabro of his Majesty the King of Saxony. —I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your most obedi en t h um bl e servant, " DE GERSDORFF., " Minister Resident of his Majesty the Ring of Saxony. " To J. Hardwick, Esq." At the Thames Police -court two men, named William Smith and Edward Smith, brothers, were brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with keeping a private still, in an unentered place, where the apparatus for conducting dis til:ation on a large scale was discovered. The evidence having been gone into, Mr. Broderip said it had been his lot to hear a good many cases of this description, but he never knew one clearer than this, and he convicted the prisoners under the 7th and Bth Geo. IV., cap. 53, and sentenced them to pay a fine of 301. ear-h, and in de fault to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months. Thit prisoners were committed. Ci. - /VlVar •-• I'4-Jo nxow.A..-tsAlk, The Earl and Countess of Limerick are daily expected to arrive in this country from New South Wales, Intel ligence having been sent to his Lordship some time since of the demise of his brother, the late Lord C lentworth, by which he became heir apparent to the Earldom. The Dowager Lady Holland is passing the Christmas recess in town. The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal have arrived at the British lintel, Brighton, from Bath. The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies Browne have arrived in Mansfirld-street. The Earl and Countess of Warwick have left Patter son's Hotel for Warwick Castle. The Marquis of Lansdowne has been entertaining e. large part• at Bowuod this Christmas, Mr. Moore, the poet, and Mr. Albany Fonblunque have been among the visitors. The Earl of Auckland and Lord Alvanley have been among the distinguished guests at Bretby Park during the Christmas festivities, where a large family circle have been partaking the hospitality of the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield. The Duke of Devonshire has left Devonshire House for Chatsworth. The superb presents recently sent to his Grace by the Emperor of Russia have been removed to Chiswick. The Count and Countess de Jarnac will not leave for Paris so soon as was expected. It is probable they will prolong their sojourn at Mivart's Hotel three weeks longer. M15C 11311 4 , 16.711310171111. The Duke of Wellington has already sent out the invita tions for the opening dinner of the session of Parliament, which it is expected r. ill be very fully attended. The Rev. R. B. Paul, M.A., formerly Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, has been presented to the per petual curacy of Kentish-town, St. Pancras, Middlesex. Value 2604 Patron, the Vicar of St. Pancras. The thick !fog which overspread the metropolis on on Sunday appears to have extended over most of the country. In Manchester the darkness on that day and on Monday rendered artificial light necessary, and in Scotland also the fog was equally dense. It will be recollected that a short time since a meeting of the leading counsel practising at the Chancery, Rolls, and Vice - Chancellors' Courts was held for the purpose of devising some plan to lessen the evil and inconveni ence of the separation of the Vice-Chancellors' Courts from the other equity judges, in Westminster-hall., w hich has taken place since the creation of the two nr.Ar Vice- Chancellors. A communication was made to the Lord Chancellor on the subject ; the consequence is, that two. temporary Courts are being erected in Pakee-yard, close to the entrance of Westminster-hall, which are in a Yell forward state, and will probably be finished by next term. This arrangement will get rid of a great deal of the evil, though it can hardly be a permanent one, es there will be means of communication to the other Courts from these. Application having been made to the Commissioners of Customs, from Cowes, complaining of the delay and inconvenience occasioned in ascertaining the weight and charging duty upon samples of coffee landed froth vessels arriving at that port, and waiting for orders as to their ultimate destination, the Board has decided that samples imported in pelages as such, not exceeding half a pound weight each, may be passed duty free, pro vided that the officers shall be satisfied that they are in. tended for samples only. An order has been issued by the CotamiAsioners of Police, for the better regulation of the tarts and wag guns wing to Covent-garden market ; and the police constabh- s are appointed to see that they draw tip in the centre of the streets, so as to alltei‘ a free each side, an d a clear space over the crossinzs. MY; person off en di ng i s liable to be taken into cu s tody, subject to a fi ne of 40s. for each offence. passage oil Lord Eglinton's game old horse, the Potentate* the ‘lctor of many well-contested races, has been turned out to roam in a park for life. This is good treatment to a faithful servant. tal4 doniaa Mercury. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 2 7.—The weather is not 6° cold as it h as been ; the thermometer yesterday (th e 26th) was, at seven in the evening, at 25 ; and to-del (the 27th), at one o'clock, it was at 33. ~!' •• . ''~ on at of in P" uni Th if 1 legi of t POT reef poi] wh( in t qUes as tc Offic lane to v frou brew will -bun; LC . ArO v j lk 6 f `iii Q ' Opt