The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-31 00:00:00

To be had of all Booksellers. pEPY S' DIARY—CHEAP RE-ISSUE. vol. I. Is NOW READY, price 61. This complete Edition of Pepys' Diary and correspondence con taining alt the passages restored from the original manuscript, and all the additional notes, will be published hr I've Monthly Volumes, post Bvo., with Portraits, &c., price 6s. each, bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post gvo., S I A NOVEL. 0 0 D. " The author, we are convinced, 1., young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a 'writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, ana by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions en the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays matters that are the prima mobilla of the actions which cha acterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraells, Man items, and Smythes."—Observer. " Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Ocrdon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and beat of them all. "—Morning Post. _ . Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street: THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. The Performances (during the Holidays) will commence at Half- p 'at Six precisely. Doors open at Six. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants The First Part of HENRY IV. The Ring, Mr. Cooper; Prince of Wales, Mr. J. Anderson ; Hotspur, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Falstaff, Mr. Barratt ; Lady Percy, Miss F. Vining. After which (fifth time) an entirely New Grand, Historical, Em blematical, Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, Municipal, Juvenile, Paatomical Pantomime, lay the popular author of •• Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," E. Fitzball, entitled HARLEQUIN and HUMPTY DUMPTY; or, Bobbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Lun'un, Private Boxes, W. 35., 2/. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. 1 is. 641., and IL Is. To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co. ; Andrews and Alcroft, Bend-street; at Jullien's Music Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street ; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Bond-street ; Ransford and Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, is. each. First Price —Dress Circle, ss. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully I ntimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserTed after the First c t ofthe Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, The Single Act of the Second Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. Henry IV., Mr. Macready. To be followed by the JEALOUS WIFE, in which Mr. Macready will appear. After which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie. Principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fltzwilliam. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGE.NE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Corrnack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massinghaun ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. Attu* which an. entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F.-Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and 'Lonna ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with TILE RINGDOVES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Re-engagement of Mr. G. V. Brooke. THIS EVENING, Will he performed THE STRANGER. To conclude with PRINCE DORUS ; or, The Romance of tho Nose. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING _ _ The Grand new Spectacle of KENNILNS ORTH ; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the 'Magnificent Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes, also, for the first time in England, M. Ghelia, with his three highly-trained Steeds, M. Nicolo Plige, the great Barrel Equilibrist, and the Bro thers Francisco, from the Hippodrome, Paris. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGHUE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. Box-effice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGII WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE TIM Day —Morning 13 min. after 12 I Evening 36' min. after 12 To Itoasow—Morning 1 min. after 1 I Evening 24 min. after 1 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, DECEMBER 31 j THERMOMITER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'86. WIND W. dull, dirty weather, with rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. PORTSMOUTH—W ind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind N.W., calm—overcast. Ha sTINGs —Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind S.W., calm—foggy. FOLKESTONE —Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. BastEasToKE —Wind S.W., calm—overcast. GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. LEIGHTON —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BIRMINGHAM —Wind S. W., calm— partially cloudy. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S.W., calm—cloudy. YARMOUTH—W ind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LYNN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CREWE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. LIVERPOOL—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. MArrcitzgrEn—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. W A rray—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. SHAP—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CA RTISLE Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. BEATTOCK—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. EDINBURGH —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : Coal(—Wind S.W., light breeze—cloudy. M ULLINGAR—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Poour —Wind N.W , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHTON—W ind S., calm—cloudless. BIRMINGII.I3I—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. L imps Wind N.W., hard wind—overcast. etrtnin LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1850. Notwithstanding the natural tendency of the human mind to look hopefully to the future, there is something irresistibly mournful connected with the last day of the year. Ere entering upon a new period of timefraught with the happiest anticipations, we cast " a longing, lingering Nook behind," while, perchance, we contrast the promises of the last January with the very different realities witnessed by the succeeding months. Very few can listen to the midnight chimes of the thirty-first of December without re-echoing that lamentation of the Roman EMPEROR over a lost day, and many lost days—very few can witness the close of a year of life without a sigh for what it has failed to bestow, or perhaps a tear for - what it has taken away. Both as a nation and as individuals, we have had cause for sorrow daring the past twelvemonth, but, thank GOD ! we have had cause for rejoicing also. Not again have we had to mourn over the fearful ravages of pestilence, yet the hand of death has been sadly visible. A royal Prince- has been added to the happy group in Windsor Castle, and a royal Prince has been added to the silent dead at Kew. Less illustrious by birth, but more illustrious in position— illustrious by the conspicuous place he held in life, and yet more illustrious by the heartfelt and uni versal lams-ntation poured upon his tomb— Sir ROBRRT PEEL, since last January, has passed from among us. Saddest among the days of 1850, the 21 of July will be long re membered with regret. Aided to such themes of common sorrow, the individual experience of most of us can too readily suggest ample reason for regret over the past year, even while, undismayed by disappointments, we turn hopefully towards its dawning successor. Seldom has the name of a coming year been so frequently upon the lips of every one, and the theme not so much of speculative conjecture, but of assured gratulation, as that of 1851, the year of the great Exhibition. Cause, indeed, shall we have for rejoicing next December if one-half , •••• i .. _ 44,- ' lier; ~ -- \ • dr . -7 • sv i aid, r 44 ,- if . ,•Ie • ' ' - ^": t , - - ..,o ' , • •,-- itA,.•• ., - :84-s ..."A .. ~,,, , N , „ L.,,rib . .:,. a c . 7 ,,,,,,-77,, , ,f . ..: .. ,....„.. e: - lr • yO . 4 '.'-; < :^, ''' THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENITIG, DECEMBER 31, 1850. of the public anticipations be realized. Cause, indeed, shall we have for exultation when the true Peace Congress shall have been held in London, and the representatives of all nations shall have met together in peaceful and " twice-blessed" rivalry. With this auspicious event in prospect, it is but natural that 1851 should be greeted with even more of hope and satisfaction than his predecessors. While trusting in PROVIDENCE for the happy issue of these expectations, let us remember, one and all, the old say ing respecting "good intentions"—good intentions which are worse than fruitless, unless consummated by good actions. One and all, rich and poor, wise and simple, have their part to perform in the drama of human life. None are so insignificant as to be excused from their allotted post. Such thoughts, which are always worthy of re membrance, are more especially suggested by the arrival of the thirty-first of December. Both in a public and private capacity, both as a nation and as individuals, let us remember that it is useless to lament lost opportunities, unless from that lamenta tion we are led to better performances. It is vain and futile to build up castles in the air for the future, un less we at once set about laying their foundation in the present. Chastened, but not depressed by former disappointments, cheered, but not too much elated by anticipated success, let us greet the new year now about to dawn upon us. How many aching hearts and weary brains are looking forward to that new year for a solace to their suffering and repose from their toil. To how many of the friendless chil dren who crowd our thoroughfares, and the sinking, starving labourers who toil in the garrets and cellars of our cities, will not the coming year be fraught with good or evil, perhaps not only for time, but for eternity ? A moment's pause in the giddy whirl of life, a moment's contemplation of the state of so many of our fellow-creatures and fellow-countrymen, cannot ...men and onnress every feeling heart and thoughtful mind with a sense of overwue...-", sponsibility. At the hands of every one of us will their blood be required—those unhappy ones who die in sorrow or live in sin, because when ignorant children we have not taught them, and when strug gling, suffering men and women we have stretched forth no hand to succour or to save them. Sad, indeed, are the thoughts associated with New Year's Day to the unfaithful steward—to the legislators, who forget their primary duty, as the people's guardians, to the masters, who impose unjust burdens, and forget that the labourer is worthy of his hire ; in short, to one and all, these periodical days of reckoning are themes for reproach and repentance, for how many, when weighed in the balance, are found not wanting ? Solemn and serious as these reflections are, they are not inappropriate to the closing hours of the year, when the brightness of spring and the bloom of summer have given place to_the darkness and desolation of winter— " Dead, alas ! are buds and blossoms—dead, dead Like the blushes of a virgin they have bloomed and fled; In the dust the reeds are lying, To their roots the sap is flying ; Faint and feeble—all its beauty shed— See the Old Year dying." In society we ever find persons most eloquent in deprecating the vices to which they are secretly in clined, and that eloquence will become absolutely overwhelming if their favourite predilections happen to be in any degree suspected. The " blackleg," who gains an infamous livelihood by swindling the com munity, is continually speaking of "his honour,'' so that so far as mere words were concerned, you would suppose him to be a model of integrity. He would scorn to take any unfair advantage. He would lay down life itself, before he would be guilty of any act that could in any degree impair his high and unblemished reputation ! He would not, under any circumstances, postpone payment of his gambling debts, or, as he would term them, " debts of honour, even for a single moment; but, notwithstand ing all these professions, woe to the unfortunate dupe that sits down with the worthy man to any game of chance or skill, or enters into a match on the turf. The cards will be marked, the dice loaded, or the steed drugged ; or, even if these precautions he dispensed with by,the " man of honour," he is enabled, by the sleight•of--band and dexterity acquired by long practice, to render it anything but an equal match, so that the result of the play is certain. Then, indeed, he is inexorable in enforcing the prompt and satisfactory settlement of his unjust demand, and GOD help the unfortunate debtor who is compelled by the amount of his losses to seek any indul gence at his bands. He absolutely rises into moral dignity in the power and strength of his vituperation, or in the withering denunciations which he hurls at the devoted head of the betrayed and cheated victim ! So it is with the bullionists, they raise a parrot cry of "keeping faith" with the public creditor, and impute the grossest dishonesty to all who venture to suggest that justice should be rendered to the public debtor. They have " packed the cards," " cogged the dice," and " drugged the race-horse" by their acts for the restoration of cash payments, for the abolition of small Dotes, and for the separation of the issue and banking departments of the Bank of England, and compelling the directors to keep a large amount of bullion buried in their vaults, of no greater practical utility than an equal weight of quarry stones. By these artificial restrictions they have greatly enhanced the value of the pound sterling, so that they have for many years past been extracting from the pockets of the industrious population of the country, who, as a matter of strict and equal justice should not be called on to devote any portion of their earnings to the liquidation of debts contracted by their fore fathers, far more than they had any right or any claim to receive, and yet the moment a word is uttered respecting an equitable arrangement of the outstanding liabilities, a torrent of low scurrility is poured forth against the hardy aggressor, in order to deter him and all others from again offending in a similar manner — something analogous to the " appeal to the pistol," the challenge to mortal combat, with which the worthy " bonnet" answers the remonstrances of his victim. Such arguments may, however, be carried a little too far, and provoke inconvenient recrimina tions scarcely anticipated. What, for instance, would the Times say if the right of the parties, by whom the national debt was contracted, to mortgage the labour of their descendants through succeeding gene rations, were altogether disputed ? Our Con_ temporary (in its leader of the 27th instant) says, " As we can recognize no distinction between a private and a public debtor, we will take an indivi dual case." It then gives a sketch of the proceedings of a certain Earl of ENTAILS, who, being engaged in sundry lawsuits and divers speculations requiring an extraordinary outlay, has fallen into the hands of Jew money-lenders (and what a mine of wealth does the unfortunate nobleman prove to that estimable class, according to the showing of our contemporary !), and grants bonds for 1001, the real consideration received not being more than 301. It then asks, what should be his Lordship's con duct if, by some fortunate accident, he came into possession of means sufficient to liquidate all his lia bilities to the uttermost farthing ? We accept the new illustration, although we believe the case of Sir GODFREY GREENHORN (a more fitting namefor the bor rower) was, in 1847, during the commercial panic pro duced by our infamous monetary code, the favourite example of our Contemporary. W e shall,however, carry the case a little farther. Let us suppose that the Noble Lord has been gathered to his fathers, that a hatchment is placed on the family mansion, and that the eldest son (Lord FAIRPLAY) has succeeded to the hereditary titles and estates, and a number of younger children are left utterly unprovided for, the Noble There having lived up to the full extent of his income. here is a sound of mourning in Israel—the goose that laid the golden eggs, that paid 1001. for every 301. borrowed, is no more. The new Earl has succeeded to the wide-spread domains without any incunibrance ; his father had but a lire interest, as his usurious creditors well knew, and they took care to charge him in proportion to the infirmity of his title and the precarious and limited nature of his tenure. The young Lord may, if he pleases, set them at defiance. So far as the law i s concerned their bonds are no better than so much waste paper, or, to use a stereotyped phrase of the bullionists, " worthless rags." What will be their condition if they institute legal proceedings ? or, to adopt the langdage of our _Contemporary " How would[they fare in a court of justice ?" There can be no difficulty as to the acswer. Their case would be scouted out of court, and they themselves mulcted in costs for their unfounded demand. Bat, again, let us carry the case still further. The portionless children have forgotten their aris tocratic birth; and condescended to earn an honest livelihood by their own exertions. One has been so fortunate as to obtain a seat in Parliament and a Lordship of the Treasury, or some of those comfort able situations that reward the labours of statesmen in embryo. Another may be a barrister in good business ; a third a popular preacher, with:a fair pros pect of a mitre. The army and navy will have a fourth and fifth ; and if the " detrimentals"—as we believe the younger sons are termed in the vocabulary of match-making mammas—be very numerous, some may even condescend to embark in trade, commerce, or manufacture. They are thriving in their several vocations, and anxious to redeem the memory of a revered, although an impro vident, parent from every imputation. There is a family meeting to decide on what course to be adopted. Would they be considered robbers and plun derers if : they proposed to pay the full amount ac tually contracted with reasonable, but not usurious interest, to restore the thirty pounds per cent., and to a fair usance for the money ? Far from it, their conduct would be• con sidered beyond all praise; the creditors would bless those whose high sense of honour led to so noble a proposition, which would be gratefully and thankfully accepted. The Times, then, should avoid such to pics, or those of whom it is the avowed organ may have little reason to be pleased with its advocacy. No question can be disposed of by using gross or abusive language. It will henceforward do well to observe the salutary caution of Mr. MUNTZ, and " to avoid blackguardism," or it may find that others can call things by their right names, and place matters in a very different point of view. Althougn no 'Amy, 7 , children the necessity of liquidating the debts of their forefathers beyond the amount of assets which they may have received from their ancestors, and which were disposable, and could be alienated by them, we do not desire to repudiate the national debt, or, slight the claims of the public creditor. We only wish to render equal and impartial justice to all —to the debtor as well as to the creditor—and nothing but such unfair and unjustifiable arguments as those recently put forward on behalf of the bullionists can endanger the rights of the latter; and we sin cerely hope that henceforward the matter may be dis cussed in a calm and temperate spirit, and that all unnecessary violence of language may be avoided on either side. We cannot conelude without directing the attention of our readers to an admirable article of our esteemed and talented Contemporary, the Derbyshire Courier , which will be found extracted into another part of this day's impression. It will well repay perusal. In another column of our journal of this day, a statement will be found detailing the grounds and cir cumstances of a dispute which has recently taken place between the Hon. and Rev. FRANCIS RICHARD GREY, the Rector of Morpetb, and the :churchwar dens of St. Mary's, in that town, to which we invite attention. It appears that the, churchwardens had received from the Duke of MANCHESTER, as chair man of the National Club, a pamphlet containing certain "suggestions" to laymen for putting down Romanizing practices in the Established Church. For some time past they, in common with others of the parishioners, had been subjected to constant annoy ance by a system of chanting the psalms and prayers, introduced by Mr. GREY into the service of the church there, and they were resolved to make an attempt to procure a discontinuance of those objec tionable practices. With this view they recently sought, and obtained, a personal interview with the Rev erend Gentleman, and, with more ingenuousness than worldly wisdom, directed his attention to the "sugges • tions" transmitted to them by the Duke of MANCHESTER. The request theypreferred to the rector was that he would relinquish the chanting of the creed and the psalms in the parish church on the first Sunday in the month, and in St. James's Church every Sunday. During the conversation, " Mr. Churchwarden KING" appears to have made, or been entrapped into the admission, that but for the publication of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S famous letter to the Bishop of DURHAM, the church wardens would not have thought of asking the rector to change the mode of conducting the service. Such rare indiscretion, if it be true, on the part of " Mr. Churchwarden KING," has, in our opinion, seriously marred and retarded the very good cause he and his colleagues were promoting. It is but justice, how ever, to that gentleman to say that he denies making the infelicitous admission. The day after the interview Mr. GREY replied by letter to the request of theshurchwardens,in which he announced his intention to make a trilling conces sion to them, but absolutely refused to discontinue the choral service at St. James's Church. This letter of Mr. GREY, however, is chiefly remarkable for the defiant, and, we may be permitted to say, gra tuitous language which he holds towards Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his Grace the Duke of MANCHESTER, whom he designates " foreign extra-parochial agita tors." "I do not see," says Mr. GREY, " what right foreign extra•parochial agitators, however high in office or in rank they may be, have to interfere in my parish. Ido not see why we should give their sug gestions' a moment's consideration. In plain words, I do not recognise Lord JOHN RUSSELL as the Prime Minister of England, or his Grace the Duke of MANCHESTER as the chairman of the National Club, as having authority of any kind whatever, ecclesiasti cal or civil, in the parish of Morpeth. . . I should, however, be sorry to follow the example set by those high in office and in rank, and to walk in the path which they have pointed out—the path of agitation and strife." Now we take leave to say that, as respects Lord JOHN RUSSELL at least, this is an extremely unmanly and undeserved attack upon his Lordship, seeing that it does not appear that his Lordship has ever in the slightest degree, or in any manner whatever, inter fered in the parish which is blessed by the:Hon. and Rev. Mr. GREY'S clerical oversight, and that the Rev• Gentleman must have well known when he penned the words we have quoted. We gravely suspect that in these times the Premier of England has other fish to fry than to seek to pervert the parishioners of Morpeth from their allegiance to their rector. Even supposing that the sending the printed " suggestions " of the Duke of MANCHESTER to the churchwardens of Morpeth,was fairly chargeable as an act of interference in the Rev. Gentleman's parish, it was in the highest degree disingenuous and unworthy so to construe the letter of Lord Jolts RUSSELL to the Bishop of Dun 11111,e1, for which his Lordship has since had "to blush to find it fame." This correspondence is lamentable, as discovering in a remote part of the kingdom, another among the many attempts that have been made in recent years to revive and engraft obsolete usages upon the beautifully simple and devotional liturgy of the Church of England, and so to pave the way, though perhaps unintentionally, for that scheme of aggres sion originating in the insatiable lust for ecclesiasti cal domination which now assails the Constitution of this realm in a vital part. But to find an attempt of this kind made and promoted by one ennobled by the illustrious name of GREY, and by family ties with " the blood of all the llowanDs," indissolubly inter woven as these names are with the history of a series of memorable struggles for political freedom and human progress, had not:entered into our comprehen sion, and must be a humiliating consideration to many who with ourselves have heretofore identified the immediate ancestor of the Rector of Morpeth with the advancement of liberty and civilization. We regret to learn that early in the present week Lord Dalmeny, M.E, was dangerously attacked with pleu risy, and lies extremely ill at Dalmeny Park, near Queens ferry, the seat of his father, the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery.—Glasgow -Daily Mail. The trustees of the late Colonel Cheape, of Gir genti, are now, in terms of his bequest, paying over to the i❑firmaries of Edinburgh,Glasgow, Dumfries, Aberdeen, and Inverness, the sums realised from his estate. It was ex pected that each of the charities would receive 2,0001., and, though the whole of the estate has not yet been disposed of, 1,8001. has already been allotted to each. CORNISH GRANITE TOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION. —A very large block of granite, being more than twenty feet long, of the finest quality and colour, has lately been raised by the Cheesewring Granite Company, at their quar ries on the Cheesewring Hill, which iS intended to be sent to the Urea; Lzbibition of 101. THE FRENCH RIPUBLIC. We have received the Paris jouaals of yesterday. The " great party of order" is n a state of most admired disorder, and the various fractions of " the honest and moderate " are, in terrs the most vehe ment, accusing each other of dislonesty the most flagrant ; the Ministry and tle Asembly are at open war, and hitherto the defeats and the humiliations have all fallen to the lot of the Minstry. On Satur day, as we stated yesterday, the Asembly, in despite of the opposition of M. ROUHER, voted the immediate liberation of M. MAUGUIN, At tIE conclusion of the division, M. ROUHER declared to those around him that he would oppose the executin of the order of liberation by force ; how he =nod out his declara tion will appear from the follovvin; narrative, which appears in the Be bats : " After the vote of the Assemblyon Saturday evening M. Baze, one of the questors, went immediately to the Debtors' Prison, accompanied by several representatives and by one of the ushers of the .assembly. He took with him the order of the day moire, signed in form of ex-equatur by M. Dupin. M. Bze - srderal the usher to knock at the closed door of the prison, and to require its being opened in the name of the National Assembly. The door was opened, and M. Baas proceeded to the re gistrar's office. As the director wss absent he was re ceived by the registrar. M. Baza called his attention to the entry in his hooks relative to l)1. Mauguin, and de manded that he should transelibe opposite to it the order of the day motive of the Assembly. The registrar at first pleaded the absence of his chief, but having been warned by the questsr that the assistance of the armed force would be called for if necessary, he no longer re sisted. and M. Mauguin was immediately set at liberty. It is affiimed that M. Cheron, the creditor of NI. Mau guin, and at whose suit the latter was arrested, intends to bring an action for damages against the director of the prison for releasing his creditor. It appears that, on his part, M. Mauguin has given notice of appeal against the sentence of the Tribunal of the Sine, which placed him under arrest. The affair, it is said, will come on immediately before the First Chamber of the Court of Appeal." M. ROUHER, like Sir JOHN FALSTAFF, thinks " the better part of valour is discretion." But this is not the " unkindest cut" which the Ministers have received. The dismissal of M. Yon was demanded by MM. BAROCHE and CARLIER as a credit, i f s n et the rilapienOPPe_ of their own YON is the condemnation of MM. BAROCHE and CARLIER. The demand for the dismissal of M. YON was formally made to the Bureau of the As sembly by M. BAROCHE, and Monday was fixed by the Bureau for the consideration of the demand. So important did the Elysee consider it to secure the dismissal of this officer, that all the Bonapartist journals of Monday have articles on this subject; the least violent of which, that of the Consti tationnel, declares that, " if, which however is impos sible, the decision of the Bureau should be in favour of M. Yox,: it will be a blow not only to the execu tive but to the judicial power." That blow the Bureau has struck, for it has decided in favour of M. YoN. The Pcthrie gives the following account of the decision : "The Bureau of the National Assembly met to-day to come to a resolution relative to the demand for the revo cation of M. Yon, addressed to it by the Minister of the Interior. The discussion commenced at noon and lasted till five o'clock. The Bureau decided by a majority of eight to six that M. Yon should be maintained in his functions as special commissary of the Assembly. The votes were divided as follows :—For the revocation, MM. Limn Faucher and Paul Daru, Vice-Presidents; Lacaze, Berard, Peppin, and Beckeru, secretaries. For the maintenance—MM. Dupin, president; Bedeau and Be ncit d'Azy, vice presidents; Chapot and Arnaud (de l'Arlge), secretaries; Leflo, Baze, and de Panat, ques tors. This decision will certainly produce a painful and profound sensation in the country. We can already affirm that it was received with equal regret and surprise iu the Salle des Conferences. It was stated that a con siderable number of representatives propose to bring the question before the Assembly in public sitting." It is evident that the whole matter must now come before the Assembly, and that MM. BAEOCHE, CAR LIER, Yorr, and D UFIN, and the pilgrims of Wiesbaden and of Claremont, must make clean breasts of it. All the intrigues in which the reactionaires have been engaged, from the moment of the proclamation of the Republic, will now probably be exposed, and the honest men who have been made the victims of the most unscrupulous knot of police conspirators that ever retailed perjuries per order of the Prefect, re stored to their proper positions in society. " The rogues have fallen out." PARIS BOURSE, DEC. 30.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 94f. 95c. ; Three per Cents., 56f. 90c. ; Bank of France, 2,237 f. 50c. BUSINESS DON_E IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 30. Anglo-Italian (late Italian and Austrian), TV A —Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 153—Dutch Rhenish, 3►4—East Indian, ll%—Luxem bourg, PA—Ditto, 2 , 4—Namur and Liege, 8 3 / 4 —Northern of France, 15—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Rouen, 27th —Rouen and Harre, 11—Sambre and Meuse, 3 1 A — Tours and Nantes, 5 ex div. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS raid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. SO 8 8 8 10% to 10% 'X % dis. 5% —5% dis. 3.6 - 1 P. 29 -30 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 13 14 0 10% -11% 100 17% 75 -77 17% - 18 10% - 10% 5% -5% 16 -VT 13% - 14 78 6 8 •. •. 25 —23 Elie, nti -3 % 2LA -2% 1%-1 1 -1% % -1 6 -6% 6 13 4 6 :3 4 % 14 P 36 dis• —% P 10% - 11 55 -57 55 -57 4% . - 6% p 6% - 7 . 4►( -4% 19 - 1934 12 -12% 214 -2% 31% -324 28 .- -- 30 6 -7 2% 1 1 0 1 % - 2 % - % 8 6 8 17% - 17% 6% -6% 10% - 11% 12% - 12% 2% 100 38 -40 %- ii P• 242 - 245 77% - 41A - 99 -49W:L , 11 13 ,i 47% 100 23% 11% - 26 - 57% - 10% - - 1% - 78% 3% die, ~ 6% p. 27 p 5834 , 10 dis., 7 dis. 1% dis. 128 - 132 6 .- 334 - 3% - ii,6 - '4 - 15 11 6 3, s}fi die , 2X dis. 3 die. X dis. if P .% = *i% 136 N - 8734 10% - 1N 57 -GO 57 -60 100 12 15 4 20 100 137 - 11% - 23g - 3% —4% p. 4% p. 2% —2% p. 77% 78% 11% 10% dig. 10 9 dis. 2►4-2% p. 100 42 13 -15 4% 334 dls.l - 27 4 2 0! 10 11% 9%-10% 129 16 0 100 47% 2 12 0 —2% die. 47% 48% —18 X 24 -26 128 - 130 *i% = "i •• .... •• 21 —23 15 —l4 dia. 16 —l7 4% ag 8k —8 db. 17% - IS 41% - 42% 7% - 8 % P. 18 18% - 19% 6U 7% - 8 114- I%p. 25 13% - 14 25 - 734 22% 6 13 4 20 10% % dis. 6% 6 34 P Par 10% % 12 }4 173 X 1I %11 1234 78 7734tir6Yi 71 57 56% 57% [s7k 55% 56 4 lii% [55% [122% 123% 128 124 20% % 1% 26}t 26 34 Gq - 5N die. 5% —4% die. 9% 10 dig. 47% % 46% 15% % % 12 —l3 6 —6% 9 —lO I% 1 Ms. 13% 14 3% —3% Ws., 14 16 11 13 3% —3% dia. 22% 23 .. - .. 22 -23 3 - :T SD 2% dis.l • • • • 9 7 dia. 734 634 dir. 3 5 1634 18 OS ••••• .. 20% 21% •• - •• 8 - 834 44 - 45 1s —l9 - 6 619.1 31i 2jl Ws. 16 —l7 3% ,N 22% 23 1% 1 clic ICON. 2 -2% 8% -8% 15% - 16% 47 —4% dis.x.d % 1 pm. he pm Pm. 1 -14 2%-2% 8 914 15 - 15 1 ( 4 -3h dis. 31 -36 27 27% 6!;1 —S X die, :10N 11% —33 • • • . I 0 !,/, —9% (Bs. ad .. - •. 1% - 13, !K BANKS. 28 -31 3( 4 . 24 -43 9 3i- 10 25 25% 18% - 27 % - 28 17% ..._ is 42 43% 15K 15% 34% 35 12% •--. 13% •• = •• 36 9 % % % 17 34 7% 2216 [3224 8 % % % lb 4 % 4 3N, z.int. 9 }i 9% MINES. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day - . Anglo-Mexican(is. 5/. p.) 100 .. Asturian .... • • • • • . • • • • 15 Australian •••• • • • • 4 334 3 Barossa Range .. ••• • • 113 0 —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 .. Bolanos Scrip •• • • • • —.• British iron.. ••..•• • • • • 13 5 • • —• • Brazilian Imp (is. 51. p.) 243{ Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 • 3% 314 Do. St. John del Rey• • 15 14% 14% Cobre Copper ...... • • 40 32% —35 Copiapo ..... •• • —• 5% 5 Genera 1................ 20 13% 13% Real Del Monte, Unreg. 1i % Do. Black Debentures. • • Do. Red Debentures .. • • • • Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 9 —7% Tin Croft .............. 7 10% 11 United Mexican— • 28 28% 6 1 A —5% 5 % 56 MISCELLANEOUS. Canada •• •• •.•• 32% 4234 —44 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 263 —27 Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 891 —BB Royal Mail Steam .. •• .. 60 73 —74 [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and will not be influenced by interested con espondents.] MONEY and COIVIMI , Ai.CiAL NEWS CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken on spe culation. The market closed steadily.—ln Railway Shares only a limited business was done, and prices had a downward tendency. The Colonial Markets re-open to-morrow. The Foreign Exchanges are expected to exhibit some improvement this afternoon, though there al e parties who feel sceptical as to whether the alteration will be permanent. The abolition of the gold coinage in Bel gium may cause some amount to be forwarded hither, but there is no silver here at present to give in barter. As supplies come in from the United States, si • shall readily be able to dispose thereof for gold. The fall of the exchange against England at Paris from 25 27, on 26th July, 1850, to 24 85, on 91st Dec., 1850, and the similar fall at Hamburgh from 13 71, on 26th July, 1850, to 134, on 21st Dec., 1850, was of ne cessity occasioned by a superabundance of bills en London offering at these places—that is to say, the bill for 11., which would sell for 25 27 in July, would sell for only 24 85 in December, be cause more £.'s were offering at the latter than at the former date. This increased quantity of bills on London appears to have been occasioned by the desire of foreign brokers and others to obtain silver. The first - nn Loudon sai at Paris, turned his bill into silver at once. ine Zt at a pro portionate price for the purpose of remittance to London did so, in a great number of instances, with a direct view of having the proceeds of the bill returned to him from London in silver. Hence the rapid fall of the exchange on London at Paris, and hence, also, the rapid fall in the premium on gold at the same place, in spite of the non-arrival there of any gold from England. The exclusive and enormous demand for silver rendered gold an ineligible mode of remittance until the time should arrive when, the fall of gold to par at Paris, combined with the state of the exchange, and the privilege of using gold in France as a legal tender, should at length render gold so much dearer in Paris than in London as to justify its exportation from hence. That time has now arrived ; gold has began to flow into France, and the probability is, that the recent anomalous state of things will be speedily corrected. When that correction has in some measure taken place, - and the extraordinary de mend for silver on the continent has ceased, the quota tions of the premium on gold at Paris will be watched with much interest. If that premium should permanently disappear, or be replaced by a discount, there will be stronger grounds than there are at present for supposing that the Californian mines are beginning to disturb the relative value of gold and silver to each other. In the meantime, we may rest content with the assurance that the, real exchange between this country and the conti nent, as regulated by the trade in commodities, is not against but in favour of England. At Hamburgh, last Friday, the rate of exchange on London was 13 Of, being f lower again. The quotations at Frankfort on the 28th inst. were 731 for Austrian Metallics, and 341 for Spanish. The English Funds, are very inactive. Consols have been quoted 961 and the New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. 981 Bank Stock is worth 213. Ex chequer-bills are 58s, to 625., and India Bonds 78s. prem. The Foreign Investments have been heavy. Mexican are 341 > for the Five per Cents. for Money, and 354 for Account. Spanish Five per Cents, are 17k, and the Three per Cents. 394. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 59. In the Share Market the account is Bullish, and high rates of " continuation" being demanded, many parties have preferred to sell. We believe, however, that the speculation is by no means so enormous as has been asserted, and that full advantage is taken by those having capital to make borrowers pay handsomely, in consequence of the advance in discounts at the Bank of England. Consols ... Ditto Account QUARTER TO THI?Eg. ... 96i it ex d. CLOSING PRICES. 213 97% 985 7 3 / 4 75p 78 p 961 A, ONE O'C LOCK. . ..... 213 PRICES OF BRITISH rinms B ank Stock 3 po, Cent. Reduced Anna. Sew 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna ...... 93 1 % Long Anna. tnexpire Jan.lB6o .. 7 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 7 fir& Bonds, 1,000/... Ditto under 1,000/...... Consols for Account 9 6 1 , 2% Ex_eileolD-3r 1 1 / id. & 24 1,000/. June . 5m4.11. Juue 5B 62 p _ 62 p CLOSING PRICES. ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. M ,xican, 5 per Cent.lB46; with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 34% A i % Ditto, Account ..... •.. 3 5 14 Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840 Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London French Rentes, 5 per Cent 9sf. 50c, Exchange Butch 2 1 / 44 per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certifleates — 34 3 4 354 17-A 39% 59 903/4 LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 31.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze, and dull boxy weather, with drizzling rain. DEAL, DEC. 30.—Wind W.—Arrd. Rotterdam, Ness, Batavia for Rotterdam . Arrd. from the River, Magnus, Bahia; Cornelius Grumell, New York; Tom Cringle, Cuba. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Lancastrian, Port Philip. BRISTOL, DEC. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Stratford, Mauritius. NEWPORT, DEC. 29.—Wind W.—Sld. Cambria, New Orleans. Hum., DEC. 30.—Wind W.—Sld. Tamarae, New Orleans. CowEs, DEC. 30.—The Alfred, Newcastle to Malaga, has put in with damage from contact with a brig off the W ight. LIYERPOOL, DEC. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Courier, Towerson, Calcutta; Roderick Dhu, Williams, West Coast; Laura, Campbell, Miramichi; towed round from Waterford, Queen of England, China; Anne Melheusb, Calcutta; Robert Pulaford, ditto; Navigator, Buenos Ayres; And over , C eara; Erin-go -Bragh, New Orleans; F. B. Brune, Baltimore; Vanilla, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick; Albion, Richibucto; Hindoo, Quebec; Gip sey, Prince Edward's Island. Sld. Reindeer, Hong- Kong; Lanercost, Valparaiso; Rajah, New York. Put back, Jeasee, Savannah, leaky, bore up from long. 9.; States Rights, New York, towed back from Queenstown with loss of topmasts. The Hants, from Africa to this port, lost main and mizentopmast, &c., in a squall on the 18th inst., lat. 37, 10ng.:34. SHEERNESS, Disc. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Wil helmina, Honduras. FALMOUTH, DEC. so.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Crane Packet, Rio Janeiro, left 12th Nov.; on freight about 10,0001. in gold and diamonds. Possedone, Odessa, with rudder damaged and bows stove, had been on her beam ends 23 inst. off Cape Finisterre. HULL, DEC. 30.—The Pearl, Shields to Carthagena, has put in leaky, having struck the bar in leaving the former port. YARMOUTH, DEC. 30. —The Bernard, Newcastle to London, makes 13 inches water per hour, having been on Carton Sand, but will probably proceed with extra hands. The Phenix, of and from Montrose to London, has put in leaky, having been on Barber Sand. ALMERIA, DEC. 10.—The Constantine, of Sunderland, Alexandria to Liverpool, went on shore four mil€-Et off Itquetas Point during a severe gale at W. yesterday, struck very heavily, came off, filled, and was abandoned; crew and one passenger saved and arrived here this morning. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 111.1.4411111:ITilsi. ; - A*IITIEIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/15a; Clover, 3l Os to 4/ Os ; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 7s per luad. A full average supply, and a dull trade. CUMBEILLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 16s ; Clover, 3/ Os to 410 s; and Straw, li Is to 1/ 8s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3l 15s; Clovcr, 3/ Oa to 410 s; and Straw, 1/ is to 117 s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) The Epiphany Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced this morning at the Sessions-house, Newington-causeway, before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full bench of magistrates. Tho calendar contained the names of 45 prisoners for trial. The grand jury having been sworn, The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed them, and dismissed ;hem to their duties. • BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A young man named Charles Durden, the landlord of the Somerset-house beer-shop in John street, Totten ham-court-road, was charged with having stabbed a policeman. Police-constable A 332 deposed as follows:—About half-past one o'clocl! I was on duty in Middle-row, Holborn, when the prisoner, who was standing by the pump, flew at me and knocked me against the shutters of a shop. The prisoner then said, " Where am I?" and I replied, " You are in Holborn; get on home. You are not so drunk as you pretend t o b e ." H e retort( d , 6 , I tell you what it is; I have got a stiletto here, ari'.-lih strument you know nothing about, and I will put itfiito you as far as I can if you come near me." He then went along Holborn flourishing a large knife, and vow ing that he would stab every b-- Englishman he came near, A boy named Crow, who saw that I ryas afraid of the prisoner, came up to me and asked, " What can I do for you?" I replied, "You run and bring the nearest cons , atie you can find." He did so, and in a few minutes he returned with Caleb Davis, 22 F, who asked what %t as the matter. I said that man there, point ing to the prisoner, has got some weapon in his hand. I did not know what it was then, rind sid he must be very careful with him. The prisoner then turned round to go in another direction, %Olen we rushed behind him, and each of us laid hold of either arm. Mr. HENRY—Had he the knife still open in his hand? Witness—He had, your Worship. I got he'd of his left arm and 22 caught hold of his right, and while I was trying to take the knife away from him, I said to Davis, " Mind, my lad, or he will stab you." Davies replied. " By God, he has done it already," and then dropping the prisoner's arm, he said, " I feel the blood trickling down into my boots." The boy Crow then took hold of his right arm, while Davies picked up the knife, which the prisoner had thrown down, and then sprang his rattle. A third constable then came up, and the prisoner was with some difficulty carried to the station. On the way. there he conducted himself in a very frantic manner, an d kept swearing and cursing, declaring that he knew what b-- Englishmen were, and he would let somebody know it, for he had got something else up his sleeve which w.uld do for them. Mr. HENRY—What became of the constable who was stabbed? ¶1 itness—He was brought to the station in a cib, and Ire m thence he was Wit to King's College Hospital. Mr. liEnny—llave you seen him this morning? Witness—Yes, Sir; he was still bleeding very Innen, and the surgeon would not allow him to leave his bed. The prisoner said he had no questions to put to this Inspector Dodd said I was on duty at the Bow-street station between one and two o'clock this morning when the charge was brought in, F 22 came in and said to me, " This man (pointing to the prisoner) has stabbed me in the thigh with this knife," handing me the knife, which I now produce. (It was a long sharp-pointed in strument.) The prisoner said nothing, but being very drunk he behaved in a wild, ridiculous manner, vowing vengeance against all h— Englishmen, I directed F 22 to return to the cab and go off directly to the hospital, where the wound, which was a large one, and had it b een an inch or two deeper, Wetuld have caused instant dead), way dressed, and the constable was put to bed. 11 ° is still suffering, and will not ate able to leave his bed for some days. Mr. HENRY asked the prisoner if he had anything to . say in answer to the charge, giving him the usual caution that what he did say would be taken down in writi n g' and might be used against him on his trial? The Pri soner, who had deep black hair, and a dark sallo w cots ; pitxton, Milt] I um, orry for what has occurred, but have not the slightest knowledge of it—l am very sor indeed. Mr. HENRY—Do you mean that you were so drunk that you have no recollection of what occurred? 13 soner—l have no recollection whatever of it. Mr. HENRY—I must remand you until the wounded constable is able to attend. I will remand you till ss tnrday, in the hope that he will be able to attend then. The prisoner was then removed in custody. THE LEICESTER-SQUARE SOUP KITcHEiv. We are happy to inform our readers that the under., mentioned tradesmen most liberally contributed to wards the dinner of roast meat and plum pudding given at the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen to the poor on Christuia6 Day, as well as to the r a gg e d schools in the neig h bor ing parishes :—Meat Salesmen and' Butchers —,11%, Cooper, 54, Great Portland -street, 1501bs. meat, Messrs. Slater and Cooke, 47, Jermyn-street, 1511354 lir c i J. Moore, Marchmont-street, 151b5.; Mr. Payne , Oxford Market, 20ibs.; Mr. Anstee, Oxford Market, 6110 P 4 llen Or' Hawkins, Oxford Market, 221b5.; Mr. Snow, o' street, Hanover square, 121b5.; Mr. Homes, Silver-!treets 561b5.; Mr. Cooper, Newport Market, 481 b5.; Mr. Bl!neli Church-place, Piccadilly, 101bs.; Mr. J. Bannisters Threadneedle-street, 36ilbs.; Messrs. Saul, Nerigat4P. Market, 201b5.; Mr. Prentice, Newgate Market, 'f ibs " Miss Ward, Rose-street, Newgate Market, 12110.$ Messrs. Duckworth and Kennedy, Newgate Market 201b5.; Mr. King, Leadenhall Market (13"11 meat), 70Ibs. ; Mr. Jeffties, Leadenball Market, 1841b5.; Messrs. Stubbing and Son, Leadenhall M arket ' 401bs. Bakers—Mr. Adams, 7, St. James's-strees flour 2 bushels; Mr. Barker, 3, Bury-street, baked Pe. pudding; Mr. Cook, 50, Duke-street, plum pudding; suf . Davies, 19, George-street, Portman-square, plu m P "" ding; Mr. Crufte, 188, Piccadilly, flour two qu artern_l l ! with ingredients for a plum pudding; Mr. Bragg, Z.: Wigmore-street, large baked plum pudding; Mr. We" ber, 81, Lombard•street, bread 1001bs. Tea Dealers.-- Messrs. Stericker and Co., Fenchurch-street, tea 1 12 lbs.; Messrs. Bennett, Brown, and Co., Cannon-Alvah Leicester-square, tea 5 1 bs.; Messrs. Mansell and Co.. Bucklersbury, tea 6lbs. The tradespeople serving th e kitchen also contributed towards the dinner. We t2O ; derstand the committee is now about to carry o ut i ts project of putting a stop to destitution and mendicanci in the metropolis; and as much depends on the supPorli in contributions of food, it receives from charitable an benevolent householders and tradespeople, we would re commend that, whenever the " collecting basket" of a le Leicester-square Soup Kitchen is passing their doors, they would throw in a loaf of bread, piece of meat. " any broken food which might be at hand. GERMANY. HASSENPFLUG and HAYNAU, protected by a strong military escort, arrived at Cassel on the 28th. Prince SCHWARZENBERG and Baron MANTEUFFEL arrived at Berlin from Dresden on the 28th. The KING gave a grand dinner on that day to Prince SCHWARZENBERG. The Prince was to return to Dresden on the 30th, until which day the Conference would be occupied with preliminary proceedings. The address with which Prince SCHWARZENBERG opened the Conference has been published. The first part of it is a recognition of the advantages Ger many has derived from the constitution of the old Bund, the chief of which was the preservation of peace for more than 30 years ; though he contended it had done much good in other respects, which some had misunderstood and others had not understood at all, because it had not worked according to their views, or had not produced all the good of which it contained within itself the germ. He contended that the bases on which the Bund rested were not only sound and true, but that they were the only ones adapted for a system which was to in clude a community of states like Germany. All at tempts to construct another system on an entirely new basis had failed. At the same time he recog nized the defects of the old constitution, one of the chief of which was the weakness of the executive ; to strengthen it by regula tionsenableas it for the future to uphold the great that necessity would the monarchic principle, and to " oppose a dam to the torrent of revolution." In the sitting of the 26th, under the presidence of Baron DE BEUST, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saxony, four committees were appointed, to whom were referred the revision of the laws of the alliance of 1815. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople of the 15th an nounce the arrival in Aleppo, as governor, of MEHEMET PA C HA, late Ambassador from the Porte to the Court of Great Britain. ITALY. Accounts from Rome of the 18th state that it bas been determined not to garrison the Roman States with Neapolitan troops. The Romans entertain the 'greatest contempt for them, and the King of NAPLES fears their contact with the Liberals of the Roman States. REWARD FOR THE APPREHENSION OF MRS. SLOANE.—We have received a letter, signed "I. D., Vauxhall" (which shall appear to-morrow), suggest ing the propriety of offering a public reward of 501. or 1001. for the apprehension of Mrs. Sloane, and inclosing 21. 7s. 2d., "being the amount subscribed by his fellow-workmen for this purpose," and request ing that should the object for which the above was subscribed be already obtained, the amount should be banded over for the benefit of Jane Wilbred. We entirely agree with the writer in thinking that "it would be a national offence to allow any person to escape charged with so grave an offence without a thorough investigation into its merits," and consider that the working men of London have done them selves great honour by taking the initiative in this work of justice and humanity, and have put to shame those whose duty it was to have done so long since. HEALTH OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCRISS of GLouessrmt,---Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester was better yesterday. Dr. Hawkins attended her Royal Highness yesterday, at Gloucester House, Pic cadilly. DEATH OF MR. J. G. CAMERON OF ELGIN.—The Elvin Courier announces the death of Mr. J. G. Cameron, banker, which took place at his house at Haughland on Wed nesday last. MARRIAGE IN TRIPOLI, BARBARY.—On the 28th November, Don Joaquin de Zugasti, Vice-Consul of her Catholic Majesty, was married in the British Consulate by the licence and in the presence of G. W. Crowe, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Agent and Consul• General, to Ann, eldest daughter of the late John Dickson, Esq., surgeon in the British Royal Navy. The marriage was celebrated by the Superior of the Catholic Mission according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church, under dispensation from his Holiness the Pope, the bride being a Protestant. This is the first marriage which has taken place in Tripoli, ac cording to the provisions of the recent Act of Parliament for "facilitating the marriage of British subjects abroad. Malta Mail. THE RECTORY OF ST. MARY'S, SOUTHAMPTON.— This valuable living, recently vacated by the resignation of the Earl of Guildford, has been presented by the Bishop of the diocese to the Venerable Archdeacon Wigram (not Wrangharn, as stated by a contemporary last week), who will shortly enter on his duties. Arrangements are in pro gress for dividing the immense parish into four or five dis triets.—Hampshire Independent. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Richard Burgess, 8.D., Rector of Upper Chelsea, to be a Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral. Eailwaya. Aberdeen.. .. .• • • Do. Preference • • • • AraLergate, Nottingham, _Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • lic dfast said Comity Down, 13( :rks and Hants Exten. (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent.) .. Birniinghain and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Birming., Woiverhamp-1 ton, and Dudley, calls' duly paid, or with a guarantee • • • • • • Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenhead, Lancas., and, Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter.. •• I Bueli in gh amshire • • ••I Caledonian .. .• • • D.i. 1 01. Preference • • 1)0. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead Do. Preference .. .. Clarence .. • • .. • . Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d do., 5 per cent., 1)0. Gov. I oan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lona. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct.: Dundalk and Enniskillen' East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. .. Do (181. E.& II.) .. Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (51.) 7 pr. et. Pref. Do. (71.17307 p.c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. .. Do. Exten., b per cent. No. 1 • • .. • • Do. No. 2 .. .. • • Do. New Preference, 6 per cent. .. • - Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • .. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., It & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. .. East Lancashire .. • • Do. New quarters • • quarters.fifft, pref. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • • .. • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • . Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do.. pref. consolidated . Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Gloucester & Dean Forest Great Northern .. .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref... Great Southern and Western, Ireland • . Do. eighths .. .. .. Great North of England . Do. new 40/. .. .. Do. new 30/. .. Do. new 151. • .. Great Western .. • • Do. New, 171. .. - • Hull and Selby .• • • Do. half shares • . • • Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. • • • . Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • • Do. F. 201. .. .. _ Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. .. .. Do. ?Waders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds arid Bradford .. Leeds and Thirsk .. Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 3 1)0. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • • London and Blackwall .. London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .. Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. .. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference . • - Landon and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. .. .. Do. 10/. sh., 3f. &13 (c) London and S.-Westera . Do. new 50/. .. Do. new 401. .. • • Do. new preference • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. Do. do. 6 per cent. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • - • Do. half shares • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • . .. Do. quarters, No. 1 .• Do. new, 101. preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • • . • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares • • • • Do. 111. ming & Derby Do. Cousol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. .. ' Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. 1 Newcastle and Carlisle.. 1 Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. .. Do. extension scrip • • Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • . .. Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • .. • • Norfolk • . .. .. • • Do. New 201. shares • • DO. Extension .. • • Do. guar. 534 per cent. 'Jo. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British...... Do. Preference .. .. North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. • • Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre .. Do. Halves (A) .. • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • • ~ Royston and Ilitchin .. I )o. Shepreth Exten... Scottish Central Scottish Midland .. .. Do. new . .. .. S srewsbury & Birming. Class A. • • • • • • Do. Class 8.. • • • • De. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Halves .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • • • Do. New.. .. • • Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union • • .. South Devon • . .. _ Do. Preference • • .. South Staffordshire • • South-Eastern .. • • Do. do. 434 per cent... South Wales.. .. • • South Yorksh. and - River Dun .• .. • • • • Shed., Roth., and Goole, N. I)iv., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, &c. law Vale Extension .. !Thames Haven Dock anti Railway .. .. • • Vale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., and Dublin .. .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed • • Do. do. Do. do. West , Jornwall .. • • Whitenaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. . • .. Wilts. Somerset, & Wey mouth• • • • • • • • York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. .. .. • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • • • Do. • • do. .. do. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway • • York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Anglo-Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian) • • Boulogne and Amiens • • Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) • • Demerara . •• Dutch Rhenish • • • • East Indian • • .. .• Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula. • Ditto ditto . • .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg • • • • • • Ditto • • • • • • • • Madrid and V alentia Namur and Liego .. • . Northern of France • Orleans aad Bordeaux .• Paris and Orleans • • .. Paris and Rouen • • • Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse .• Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan•• den, and Hasson • • West Flanders .. • • Aristralasia ............ British No-th America.. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National. Provincial Eng. Do. New . • • . • National of Ireland .. • • Provincial of Ireland • • • • Do. New .. • • •• .• •• Union of Australia .. • • Union of London • • 1:11.19n of Madrid . • 13 5 3 9 12 3 THE MARBLE ARCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As the Times made some very earnest observe' tions on the recent operations in St. James's -park, nears Buckingham Palace, if is presumed that a knowledge tt the sealed fate of the unfortunate marble arch, whicii elicited those observations, will not be unacceptable . It is a fact that the Chief Commissioner, on his °Yil d s responsibility and of his own free will, has determine that the said marble arch, which cost the nation from, 80,0001. to 100,0004 is to be placed at Cumberland -gets' Now, it must be obvious that this will be not only ati unwarrantable sacrifice, but an absolute breach of goo taste, inasmuch as a feature of such a character ought 1° be a propos to something dignified, or, at any rat e, i° something architecturally important. Imagine, theme triumphal areb, flanked by the prese nt small lodge ( d ; among ordinary brick houses), opposite an oblique SOII curved line of drive, instead of being a terminus to. formal vista or avenue leading directly to, a nd p al P ab _ l belonging to, Buckingham Palace, for w hich it We° originally built The grand question, however, is, whether the Publ i . ° has not a right to have a voice in such matters, Pg,tr tle , cularly where the disposal of the public money is h a; stake. The simple taking down of the arch from front of the palace cost 7001, and to rebuild it will pr.o: bably cost 3,0001. ; consequently the total sum for ttl perpetration, of most preposterous violation of go ut ' taste may reasonably be estimated at $3,700 1 . I am, Sir, yours, Sec. , AN ARTIST. COUNTERFEIT SOTEREIONS,—At BoW-street Yee" terday Jane Williams, alias Harris, a young woman: il neatly attired, was charged with uttering counterfeit so , a reigns. On Saturday afternoon the prisoner entered Snign.` oyster-shop, in the Strand, and requested to be served with_ a lobster. She selected one for is. 3d., and gave a soverel: in payment. The shopman returned her the change then said she thought the lobster was to be only a 3111 " i% refused to have it, and desired the sovereign to be returned to her. The shopman gave it her, and at that time two 'lrv! entered, and engaged his attention. The prisoner left ti vn shop, and almost immediately returned, have the lobster, tendering what seemed to be a soverer: He gave the piece to the waitress, who said the coin ; spurious. The two men rushed out of the shop, leaving their change upon the counter, and the prisoner was detained.n seemed that the two mes were companions of the prise f 7,1. saying she Auld and endeavoured to engage the attention of the sho P an da the purpose of preventing him noticing the piece. nsPe for Dodd said the prisoner had fresuently been in custo d y! passing counterfeit coin. She and a man were chargeo! fortnight since for uttering a counterfeit half-sovereign coffee-house in Covent-garden. She was discharged andinfoq companion was committed. He bad been impison eu fourteen days, and was found engaged in his nefarious trans' r. actions within an hour after his release from gaol. Die u t t i g soner, who said nothing in her defence, was remanded the Mint solicitor was informed of the charge. THE STATE OF THE CITY SEWERS.A COr_11; -- c hild spondent informs us that about a fortnig ht ago a nearly eaten to death by rata in Carter - la ne, in the 111 7 • ns cradle. During went The parents, it would appear, lived on the first floor, in a out he t r o ab n s l floor heard the child screaming in a most piteous under, and after some time they went up to see what was the matte r• the child alone Upon entering the room they beheld several rats knitv one of the child's hands, two fingers of which they PS., actually eaten off. The child was almost immediately taanel persons living on the gro to the hospital and had the lacerated parts cut awa7 , A are gig: fortunately no fatal consequences ensued. The rats osed to have effected their entrance from the drain undo; heath the house, communicating with the main sewer, 113 0 1 but for the timely interference of the occupiers of the gitiy, floor, there is little doubt the child would hav e been erit"-bie eaten up. The circumstance has occasioned considers. sensation in the neighbourhood, and shows the danger vib i t . . g e may arise to infants from the easy access of the nutulier'— rats which infest the city sewers to the dwellings of the ill . habitan ts. THE LATE COLLISION ON THE EASTERN Yiila RAlLwAY.—Yesterday James Hertield, the drifer ; the Enfield express engine, which came into collision withbt dAef i le i ar n r g e d n t e h g a l i t g t e h n e i y fe d Irthb.e: bound train at Stratford, on the 28th, during the fog, was br" lth before y baN. the Stratford bench of magistrates, charged I/.• the examination of engineseveral witnesses, the Inag is , tr l i ad un to dismiss the complaint, the defendant was discharged. ‘wentc FLAMBOROUGH LIGHTHOUSES. — Ne arl y -. - vessels have ring been on the rocks near these lighthouses di' • the foggy weather, v,hich has prevailed to such an ext little the commencement of the present month. There beingj, into a , pasrasern:eirr-t.iratines o i ff tt e wind, and the sea smooth, they were eventually all how' off or less damaged. Sunderland Herald PROGRESS OF THE PANAMA RAILROAD.-- , l ,sae . rrb Pa' naina Railroad Company are collecting materials bourers, an with a view to commence operations as soon ns e L n u . dry season sets in ; 400 men, exclusive of officers and gineers, have gone cut from the United States, an d v r - 0 t laden with timber and other materi .1s are leaving aa n-s daily. No less than 28 sail, comprising vessels of all classe,: have left for the general depot of the company at NavY 13 ,! , c ; also six steam pile-drivers. These have all gone out since the Ist of October; 14 vessels were loading for this last at one time. The steamer Gergona sailed on Saturday 11,, for the same destination. She is designed to run on Chagres river, for the delivery and transport at i on of nul l terials at various points on the line of the road, they Intl be needed —New York Journal of Cinnmerce. The Bishop of London, in answer to a letter Writ" ten to him in the name of the deputation who presented bill! with .a memorial Tecillesti9g,h4 to reconsider his Okr. rt: 11 , er to-Mr. Bennett's resig.t*Rfb:As declined cussion, and now w - •to ft? t,ht - • fcirtnal gent eman s A nation, , , , -The noble estate ,of Lord,- Ribblesdale At Malha ti rj :l in Yorkshire, comprising upwards of 10,000 acres,,,has..i; been purchased by Mr. James Morrison, of Basildsiag' decisionq 60 p ;} °~`Rw. ' l64 i :t