The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following seals of Prices of Admissicn for public approval: Private boxes, U. 35., 21. 12s. 6d Stalls, s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery -0 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallery THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Operatic Play of ROB ROY MACGREGOR ; or, Auld Lang Syne. Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Diddear ; Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. Rafter ; Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. James Anderson ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Emery ; Diana Vernon, Miss Rafter; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Tanen. To be followed by a New Grand HisteriCal, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 t Use golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by NebodY" knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the compesition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. .Adanis, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W. lilarnire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced ander the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMOILT ALS. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry ; The Spirit of Punch, Ml 5: Eunice; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchansen, &c., by kc., &c. 21. 25., It. lls. 6d., and 11. 1s ss. each. MoaTal.s. Goof Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Ancy Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lov e ly Bobby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, H. Deulin; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ' • The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry ; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Alanderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapino; M a id s of H o nour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers, Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, aad other Mores, by the rest of the company. CHRIST vIA-S COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But although be comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going ? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY Or DEPARTED FUN. This oity is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes— " Who's dat knocking at der door ?"—Come and see —" J. Anderson's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—bat the answer, it is hoped, will I e satisfactory— Poor Tra-g,e-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to A SPLENDID HALL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS, We ROW come to Historical Facts, therefore, as tke Clown at Astley's would sac, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fast, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspl raey—Sir Walter Ralegh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quite In a frizzle, and Lori Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary. It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the GRIND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig! the Royal Ruff!! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! ! ! will make their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." These are followed by GOOD QUEEN BESS _ _ en deshabille, as she Is represented he a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon witch to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTES ONES : Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa, Prince Alenon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " ♦ hunting she will go" —and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMXOR HALL BY MOONLIGILT—WiIion. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketchy—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Love's half-way house, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy I"—It can't be said, " he makes no bones about It "—They part, " more In sorrow, than in anger," but, " being cone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza : " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty dad to see." And so they do. . _ KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and ' paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by disoovering " that the course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " competi tears," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, snore properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel en a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA! _ _ By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a "Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all ehange their clothes— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M Dentin. Lord Rurleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Devlin. The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Ameur of Columbine, Madlle. Theodore. All we have thrther to say for Good Queen Bess is—Yivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tie Ion; shwa we met 1" " Here we are 1" " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Butter and Butterflies—Hungarian Knock-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway Oflice* to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Dtaconnt—Clown Cooks Aceompts, and Railway King in Tribu lation—Change to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS ! SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—A Transformation--Clown Puzzled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of tho Establishment—Police Police !—and Change to EXETER HALL. Meeting of the Peace Co gress--1"Iow to get up a Row—Prosylites Beware—Humhug the Order of the flay—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTBREit'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "NOBBY DANCE." Heads Win the Prize. Teta.oes all [rot —ToSI and Buy—Three real Epping Samag,es, and Bread, tier One Penny—A Mad Bull—Fork Tennis Tahh!es —A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield sdarket —lloloway's Purifying Pills-- New Tariff—Gin ,reatly Reduced—Warranted mot to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Ifttisume—Go it, Bricks —and Sudden Tratisfoi matien to A SALUBRIOLD3 SPOT. STREET AND LOJOING-HOUSES. What will be seen here is of little use to those who hare no eyes. —" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen, w en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LODGING-J(O,7SE, eenifortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's Notion of Warns mad Convenient Arrangements—Good Nlzht—Late Tlsltors—A Troublesome Customer —Mr. Walker, an intruder — Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Nlght—Clown and Pan taloon In Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—aril General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?--Boy the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—TemperAnco Hotel, J. Frost.—N.B. Iced Champagne— Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England I—Sports of the Glneeartzm— " Platstrs d'lliver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it won't go down, though he does. FATIIER THA RES' RETREAT, 1 , Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brae Door and Gingerbread Knoclter. General " Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the lty Aborninations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the" Silent Ighways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAND MOVING DIOIIAMA, leslgned and painted entirely by Stunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of intorest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystole Lighthouse—Passing the Lan , t's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and ArriYal at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred inure Scene the Last. •TIIS PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Aederson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dana, Musical Director, Mr. G. 11. Rodweli. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise. eenie Artist!—Messrs. Brunnin;, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and As =istants. Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRB ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, ;tole Les 2ee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will bs performed a new Comedy, entiled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. WaHack, liuckstone ; Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with TILE SlvfH STATUE; or, The Jewels and The Gent. Principal characters by Mr. Munvard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. The Box-oflae is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TILEATRIC ROYAL, ADELPIII. Ilad3r the Aireetlnn nf Maflame Celest, THIS EYENING Will he performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW 410PSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRANKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zaraiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewinez, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E Harding. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. RUNBURY'S XpOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Beb Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Mise Brooks. :LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. nder the Nianagemeat of Madamc Vestrte, •ole Lessee. Mr. Charles Maths ws. THIS EVENING. Will be performed NOT A BAD JUDGIE. After which THE ISLAND OF JENVEL3. To eon , lode with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes Si. • tipper Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATIC E. Mr. J. M. Iladdoic, Sole Lessee and T Will be uerformed DO IIIS EVENING. N GI Manuer. To conclude with KING JA OV MIE A ; NNI. or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flex wore ; Columbine, Mimi Fawcett. ASTLE I'S ROYAL A.MPRITHEATRZ, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENTS,. A Grand Juvenile Wight, commencing with the Pantomime. Mr. BATTY ka.s great pleasere in announcing that he has sac. ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from tke Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly_ trained Steeds, " Sonora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angelo is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. Ste will make her ap. pearan, at Astley's Ampitheatre This E ven i ng. Re-appearance of Madlic. Cadone. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee, called HAR LEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, rho came to Town upon his little To be folowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a farourite Afterpiece. Box-oillco ()pea froui Eleven till Fort'. .itage ritan“er, Mr. W. West. THE DIKE OF MARLBOROUGH'S EXAMPLE.—The Great Duko of Marlborough addresses Sidney Herbert on his emigration scheme. To the which, he, the mighty Duke, " declines to lend the influence of his example." From his Grace's antecedents, nobody could have expected him to give any thing; but it is a little close, even for a Marlborough to refuse to " lend" a platter of such inconceivable smallness as his Grace's " example."—Punch. Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 Tols., T"E HON. C. STUART SAVILE'S NEW NOVEL, LEONARD NORMANDALE ; Or, THE THREE BROTHERS. " This novel has many claims cn attention. It is full of incident, contains a considerable amount of anecdote and adventu e, and is written with and for a purpose. We recommend it to all our read ers."—Weekly Chronicle. " The evil of primogeniture is vigorously depicted in this novel. The incidents are numerous and cleverly drawn, and the descriptions of character very happy."—Messenger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA. COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ' Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre, which will commence on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, Jan. 7, by the production of a new Opera, in Three Acts, entitled LE VAL D'ANDORRE. Principal characters by Madlles. Charton, Guiehard ; Messieurs. Chollet, Lac, Killy Leroy, and Nathan. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appeaarnce), M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Besse of the Opera Comique, Paris, his first appearance), M. Killy Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, ' Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, M. Buguet, M. Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mac. '2otti, &c. FOE THE COMEDY AND VAUDEVILLE.—M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, 31. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeac (of the The t , re Du Vaudevil l e) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; Mdl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre its l'Odcon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, Jannsry 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled "Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest success. The Music by M. F. Halevy ; the Libretto by M. De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters :—Stephan (jenne chasseur des Pyrenees), IL Lac ; Le Joyeux (capitaine de milice Francaise et recrnteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnin (garde-peche du Gave), M. Kill) Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux cheerier), IL Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. fulchard , Georgette (cousine de Stephan), Mdlle. Cotti; and Rose de Mai (servants de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Twe Acts, entitled "Le Cald," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " flaydee," the character of Ilaydee by Mdlle. Chattels. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannet et Colin, Nicole ; Le Rol d'Yvetot, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Anber; Le Macon, Auber ; Le Sirens, Amber; Lully et Qui nalt, Nic le ; La Perruche, Clapissoa ; Le 'Valet de Chasabre, Ca rafa ; Uae Folie, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of some of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Raster, •n Monday, April I, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francaia, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per form with Mdlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage ; and subsequently M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of Hay, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre dee Varietes, after a severe aid protracted indisposition, has bee i attended with her accnstomed and unrivalled success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin a Paroles, La Jeunease de Lully, &e. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by IL Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Ildlle. Figeac, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in 31. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel will also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled "Le Molneaa de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " l'hedre," " Les %traces," " Audromaque," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro fessors engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, IL Deloffre, 3L Newsham, M. Barret, IL Baumann, U. Pilet, 31. Vaudreland, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director of the music and Chef-d'Orchestra, 31. Charles Hanssens. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers's and Hookham's, Old Bond-street. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven tit Five. WATER AT LONDON BRUME. Tin' DAY orning, 22 min. after 5 I Evening, 49 min. after 5 To-Moscow—BLJrlung, 14 min. after 6 Evening, 36 min. after 6 • tion for having possessed. the courage to come forward at once, in the light of day, for the purpose of hurling such assertions back in the teeth of the calumniator. The rebuttal is a logical and conclusive disproof. It demonstrates, beyond the faintest possibility of cavil, that instead of being the paramour of the Countess DEMBINSKI, the injurer of her distinguished husband, the rival of General PERCZRL as the leader of the Magyar democracy, and the enemy of Count BATHYANY as the chief of the Hungarian aristocracy —Kossurs has beep, from the first moment of his flight into Turkey, the protector of the Count and Countess DEMBINSKI, the sworn friend of PERCZEL, and the intimate associate of BATTBTANY. So far, more over, from his having selfishly striven to gratify a lawless ambition by the seizure of the command of the bands of the banished, it appears from the avowal of one who accompanied the exiles from Widdin towards Shumla, that the military chieftainship has been all along entrusted to the hands of our renowned fellow countryman General GUYON, while liossura himself only receives the homage, the respect, and the obedience spontaneously shown to wards him in consideration of his career and his achievements. After this terrible exposure of the inaccuracy of the statements made by the foreign correspondents of the reactionist newspapers we are sanguine that the public journals of England will be no longer tar. nished by the publication of similar imputations. Our feelings as a journalist are interested in this aspiration, seeing that occurrences such as the one we have just particularised are in no respect calculated to reflect honour upon the Fourth Estate. In their public capacity, celebrated men, whether of our own or other nations, are, of course, open to vituperation : but the delicate details of personality should be eschewed, and the precincts of their domestic circle should be viewed as sacred and inviolate, guarded not as of old by the Lares of Idolatry and the Penates of Paganism, but by the justice of Civilization and the truthfulness of Christianity. Yes ! in GOD'S name let the homes of public men be the magic circles within which the obloquies of political animosity may not penetrate, where, as in the days of chivalry the fugitive found shelter in the cathedrals, they also, in the midst of their overwhelming peril and responsibilities, may ever find an impregnable sanc tuary. Let them still be open to the attacks of every bold political assailant, but in the name of all that is sacred and venerable, shield them from the anony mous assassin of every pure and lofty reputation. The financial condition of the country at this the commencement of a new year is worthy of attentive consideration. At no former period was there so large an amount of bullion stored in the coffers, but it remains there idle and unproductive. The indus trious classes are not benefited by the golden mass. There is a manifest unwillingness on the part of capitalists to invest their wealth in undertakings calculated to develop the national resources, and to afford employment to the people. The country has not yet recovered from the shock to credit that occurred during the disastrous year 1847, and a want of mutual confidence and general distrust is percep tible. The fatal Act of 1844 still exercises a malign influence. Money, indeed, can be obtained at an easy rate of interest by the "favoured few," but it is as difficult of access and scarce as ever to the multitude. The public funds have attained high quotations but almost every other description of security con tinues depreciated. The extraordinary preference that has been exhibited for the idle moneyed interest, the great " appreciation" in the value of money that has taken place, have induced many to wind up their affairs, to withdraw from trade and commerce, or other business pursuits, and to make arrangements for living idly upon the interest and dividends of their realised capital. The " enterprise," for which the merchants of England were once so remarkable, is no longer discernible. Legitimate and well matured commercial adventures are regarded as rash and gambling speculations, deserving of the utmost censure; while "the unprofitable servant," who buried his talent, appears to form a model fur imitation. The desire is to maintain the accumulation of past years unbroken, and to relinquish any effort to increase them. Fluctuations in the money market similar to those which have occurred within the last few years—and which may, and in all human probability will again take place at no distant period, if the monetary code be maintained in all its stringency--may defeat the most judicious operations and accurate calculations, so that heavy losses—even absolute ruin—may be the results of the best devised and most auspicious projects. How; then, will the condition of the small mer chant or tradesman, the skilful artisan or industrious operative, be ameliorated by the fact that there is at this moment no less than 17,080,642/. sterling of bullion in the Bank vaults, or that it is nearly half a million more than the highest sum ever previously attained ? Or wl - at advantages will be derived from the reserve of unemployed notes reaching to 12,481,2201., more than three times the amount calculated to be required by the Bank fer carrying on its own business ? If these great re soirees were judiciously applied, all classes would participate in the general prosperity ; but, unhappily, at present they are starving in the midst of plenty. The long expected harbour may be in sight, but they cannot live to reach it, or to enjoy the safety and happiness so temptingly displayed before them. The " integrity of the standard " is preserved, the " convertibility of the bank note " is secured, but have not their best interests been sacrificed thereto, and has not the nation paid the penalty of the auri sattra fames ) I —have not the greatest misery and wretchedness been sustained by the masses during the struggle ? THE WEATHER.—SON OnxcE, JAN. 3 THERMOMETER., Lowest, 31; Higher, 38; Noon, 36. BAROKETER, 30.26. WIND S)utberly—drizzling rain. There is, we are told, every probability that the influx of gold will still continue—that the stream has set in steadily towards our ports—that we may expect large remittances from Russia, from South America, and from California. Many well-informed persons appear to think that the greater portion of the produce of the " diggins " will eventually be deposited in Threadneedle-street; but what will all this avail if the present system be maintained ? Nothing, literally nothing. The artificial scarcity, however, cannot long prevail. The people will not be satisfied to suffer want in the midst of abundance. A general demand will arise for a revision of our monetary code, and the adoption of salutary laws, that will afford to the nation the advantages of a cur rency adequate to the wants and exigencies of the population. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and the Royal Children walked this morning in the Home Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, went out shooting this forenoon. In attendance were Lord Elphinstone, Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lieut.-Colonel Seymour, and Baron Knesebeck, Her Majesty took a drive in the afternoon, accom panied by her royal visitors. In the first carriage were the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary. In the second carriage were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Prince Alfred, Prince George of Cambridge, and Prince Frederick of Hesse. In the third carriage were the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Augusta C`.l.- dogan, Lord Elphinstone, and Mr. Birch. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitsroy and Lieut.• Colonel Seymour, rode on horseback with the august party. 1 The royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and. Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses Prince George and the Prin cess Mary of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, the Ladies in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, La'..ty Augusta Cadogan, the Dowager Countess of Mansfield, Lady Elizabeth Murray, Baron Knese'oeck, the Commanding Officer of the Grenadier Guards (Colonel Thornton), the Commanding Officer of the Ist Life Guards (Colonel Parker). _ Lord Charles FiWroy has arrived at the Castle, and has relieved Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Q ueen , and Lieut.-Colonel. Francis Hugh Seymour has relieved Colonel Bourerie in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. CHEAP :MEAT AND BitEAD.—At Plymouth, Devon. port, and other towns in Devonshire, best beef is selling at sd. to 51d. per lb. ; inferior 3d. to 4d. and sd. ; mut ton, 4d. to sid„ Fine bread at 9d. the 81bi. loaf; aud utconds at $d THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARV 3, 11150 i'tiE FREINCIi REPUBLIC. We have received such of the Paris journals as appeared yesterday. They are filled with accounts of the receptions and merry makings on New Year's day. The PRESIDENT of the Republic received, on the occasion of the new year, the Mar s h a l s o f F rance, the Grand Ch ance ll or o f the Legion of Honour, the deputations of the Cour des Comtes and the different Law Courts, the Councils of t h e U n i versity and the Institute, the Prefects of the Seine and Police, the Municipal Council, the Sub prefects and Mayors, the deputations of the Tribunals of Commerce, the Chamber of Notaries, and other corporate bodies, and the officers of the army and the National Guard. Nearly the entire of the officers of the National Guard paid their respects to the PRESIDENNT on this occasion. There were no speeches delivered. The Courier Francais, which is supposed to be the organ of M. TRIERS, urges on a war with ROSAS, and it is whispered that such is the ill-humour of M. THIERS at finding his plans frustrated for the restore tion of a Monarchy, of which he should be Prime Minister and Master, that he is actually prepared to join any party, no matter of shat colour, which %Nil; aid him in his endeavours to place himself at the head of affairs. The Siecle, speaking of the recent division on the La Plata affair, says— " Ever ) body remarked the affectation with which M. Thicrs and several of his friends voted in favour of the amendments which were proposed, and, amongst others, in favour of that presented by M. Jules Fevre, while M. Mold, M. de Malleville, and M. Odilon Barrot sys tematically voted the other way. While M. Darn was explaining away his previous language, M. Thiers could not conceal his ill-humour. It was also noticed that the Legitimatists voted different ways." La Patrie announces that several Members of the minority who voted on Monday against the amend went of M. DE RANCE will demand, at the sitting of the Assembly on Wednesday, that the ballot be annulled. The Assemblie National, the organ of the Priests and the Monarchists, rails, as usual, against England and the English. The friends of M. LAlCkartNu will be pleased to hear that his health is considerably improved, and that it is expected he will take his seat in the Legis lative Assembly next week. The Bourse was well attended yesterday, and a considerable quantity of business was transacted. The Five per Cents. opened at 92f. 55c., and closed at 92f. 750. ; the Three per Cents., at 56f. 80c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares , 7901. ; Rouen, 5601. • Havre, 2401. ; G reat Northern, 455 f. ; Avignon, 218 f. 75c.; Vierzon, 342 f. 50c.; Basle, 1161. 25c • Bor deaux, 408 f. 75 c . ; P aris and Strasburgh, 357f.' 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK -EXCHANGE, JAN. 2. Boulogne and Amiens, 74—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1334—East Indian, 4—Northern of France, 1 3 ,4 dis.—Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have arrived. It was rumoured that Mox was about to rejoin the Ministry as Minister of Finance. The Pais announces that M. ZARAGOZA, the pre sent political chief of Madrid, would replace M. GT.TEIPO as Under-S ec r e t ar y of State of th e Mi n i stry of the interior, in which case the post left vacant by- M ZARAGOZA would devolve on M. ARTATA. Ac cording to the same journal, the provincial intendants and political chiefs are to be suppressed after the Ist of January, and their functions to be filled by the governors. _ It being a holiday, the Bourse remained closed, but ,he Three per Cents. were done out of doors at 301. GA N Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES, PRUSSIA. The report that an alliance offensive and defensive had been concluded between Prussia, France, and England, was circulated at Berlin on the 30. h ult. The object of such an alliance must be to check the ambitious advances of Russia and her satellite Austria, in Germany and the East. That Russia entertains the design of turning her alliance with Austria to purposes of self aggrandisement is evident from what is at present going on in Poland, while the answer of the Minister of the Red Serf of the Cams who reigns over Austria, to the Prussian note, on the subject of the Erfurth Parliament, proves that he also is prepared to co-ope rate with his master in the subjugation of Germany, henever a favourable opportunity may offer. The following is the substance of the Austrian rejoinder to the Prussian note " The Austrian Cabinet is sorry to find that its for mer communications, instead of producing the desired effect upon Prussia, have elicited replies which, though evasive, ar• still full of significance. In its former re monstrances the Austrian Cabinet fully stated its view of the question, and of the consequences of the step which Prussia was taking. Since those remonstrances were unheeded, Austria will not condescend to wags a war of words with the Prussian Cabinet, but, reserving all her objections, protests, and rights till a future °ppm tu • nity, she wi,hes it to be understood that her silence is not to be construed into an acquiescence with the Prus sian project, nor into a dereliction of her rights." AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. A letter from Vienna of the 28th ult. says that it was positively stated that the Austrian troops had en tered the kingdom of Saxony, but we have no con. firmation of this direct from Saxony. At Vienna, on the 27th, a sentinel fired at and killed a medical stu dent, who had refused in insulting terms to cease smoking his cigar, in obedience to the sentinel's order. The Wiener Zeitung of the 28th ult. officially denies the assertion of the Ost Deutsche Zeitung, that the Diet of Bohemia had been convoked without the sanction of the Minister PIMERSDORF and his coad jutors, and says that the Minister gave his consent thereunto upon the petition of the chief burghers, and a letter from Baron Tnuat. The new Constitution was solemnly proclaimed at Pesth on the 26th ult. POLAND. The Allgemeine Zeitung publishes the following from the Polish frontiers, dated Dec. 202 " We have received the almost incredible intelligence from Cracow that the Austrian troops hare actually en tered the kingdom of Poland. A large body arrived by the railway at Czenstcchan, where a portion of them stepped, while the rest proceeded by the next train in the diree tion of Warsaw. We give the intelligence as we have received it, without vouching for its authenticity." PERSIA. The Journal de Constantinople of the 15th ultimo has news of an insurrection at Ispahan. It is said the palace of the Governer was att ac k e d , storme d , and the Governor and thirty of his servants put to the sword. TURKEY. The Journal de Constantinople of the 15th ult. states that an Italian corps, which had fought under the com mand of General BEM, have come to Adrianople, where they met with a brilliant reception, The son of the Pacha of ADRIANOPLE, advanced with a Small body of troops and saluted them with all mili tary honours. Advancing to the city with music and flags, the Italians were conducted to a church, where mass was read fur the souls of the victims of the Hun garian war. Baron Trrorr and Count STORMER, the Ambassadors of Russia and Austria, have entered a protest against the Pacha's conduct. was believed that M. Bust, late Secretary of the Provisional Government of Tuscany, and director of the Alba was about to return in consequence of the amnesty._ TheGiornale di Roma of the 221 ult. states that Count JOSEPH MArrAT, brother to tte Pore, arrived at Cetena on the 10th, and haying had some long con ferences with Count ODOARDO FADDRI, Bet out again for Sinagagli. A letie'r‘from Rome of the 19th ult. says—" The Commission of Cardinals issued a notification to the effect that the Government refuses to pay to the Roman Itink the 1,100,000 scudi which it had been compelled to advance to the Government of the Re public, in consequence whereof' the bank is placed by this act in a state of bankruptcy, the Government having by its authority decreed the forced currency of its notes. At the same time the Government seizes upon all the capital in the bank. This step, which threatens the ruin of all its shareholders, has likewise created great alarm amo: g the small traders; bank notes are accepted with the greatest difficulty. Loud complaints are raised on every side, and the Govern ment is placed in the greatest embarrassment; it is hoped that it will still revoke this most imprudent and unjust measure." THE MEDITEttitANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING.—The Pe ninsular and Orientai Steam Navigation Company's ship Madrid, Captain J. Olive, has just arrived here, with ship letter bags of the following dates, which were her days of sailing :—Genoa, Dec. 19; Leghorn, Dec. 17; Civita Vecchia, Dec. 16; Gibraltar, Dec. 26. The Aladrid has experienced fine weather on the homeward voyage. She brings 21 passengers and the following on freight -35 bales silk, 48 bales waste silk, 36 bales lambs' skins, 57 boxes, 20 pipes, and 5 half pipes oil, 10 boxes sweetmeats, 2 boxes silk velvet, 7 cases pictures, 9 cases essences, 8 cases paste, 12 cases leeches, 4 cases Malaga figures, 10 cases sculpture, 3 cases marble, 1 marble statue, 6 packages straw goods, 5 packages works of art, 8 packages books, 3 packages wool, 110 tub s c h eese , 17 cas k s d ates , 1 bag specie, and 65 packages sundries. Her Majesty's ship Porcupine was at Leghorn. The American frigates Jamestown and Constitution were at Genoa. Her Majesty's steamer Janus was at Gibraltar. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Ripon, with the outward Indian and China mails of the 20th of December. from Southamp ton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 25th, and sailed again OR the 26th for Alexandria. The Pacha arrived on the rame day, and was to leave Gibraltar on the evening of the 25th for Southampton, touching at Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo, to take in the Peninsular mails. She may be expected to reach Southampton on Friday morning. According to advices from Lisbon of the 23d ult., received via Gibraltar by this steamer, we learn that her Majesty's frigate Leander and Conflict steamer left the Tagus on the 221 of December, and the Scourge steamer on the 23d, all steering for the south. All was quiet in Portugal MONEY and CONIME R.CIAL NEWti. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were e.ti • mated at from 8,000 to 9.000 bales, including 4 ; 000 taken on speculation. and comprised 6,000 American ; 300 Pernlm and Maranham, at 64,1 to 6il; 300 Bahia, at, 6-,id to 6-1,1; 100 Egyptian, at 7d to 7id; 1,500 Surat, at 4d to 4a I; and 150 Sca, ',land, at 1 id to Is 83 per lb. The marks t was very firm, and prices of American and Surat were l per lb dearer.—Railway Shares opened firm, but closed dull, and prices had a downward ten. dency. _ _ Die six weeks' average price of wheat is 39s 51 per quarter, and the sales last week, in the towns which make, official return 9, were 95,192 quarters, bring rather small. The official returns of the Board of Trade for the mouth, and the eleven months (tiding the sth iwt%;nt, are out ihis morning. The total value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures !rum the United Kingdom stands as follows: 1848. 1849. Month to Dec. 5 ....... £ 4,316.168 I ..£4 691,161 11 months, „ 5 This girt s an increase therefore of 374,9931. on the month, and no less than 9,681,897/ on the year. The amount of colt, n manufactures increased from 13,989 8441. to 17,082,0651, of linen manufactures from 2,289,6211. to 2,851,247/ ; of woollen mane. factures, mitt red by the piece, from 3 214,504/. to 4,188.845/, and of those by the yard, fr, m 1,662,2451. to 2,153,7771. Metals, on the whole, show an increase, but not nearly so marked as that in textile goody. The exports of hardware and cutlery were larger, and in glass there way a slight increase. A large quantity of silk manufactures was shipped. In the exports of foreign and colonial merchan dize for the United Kingdom, we find an increase in the quantity of coffee from 23,241.1931b5. to 33,992,1681b5., a decrease in cotton yarn, at. increase in flint cut-glass, and a decrease in white flint glass, and a great augmentation in rice, silk manufactures, spirits, foreign sugar, tea, tobacco and colt n, and cheeps' wool. Upon ail these foreign pro ducts, although merely sent here in transitu, or kept in bond until a demand arises for it on the continent, the British merchant naturally gets his profit, and the ship owner his freight, and this is due to the facilities afforded by free trade. . _ The imports into the United Kingdom for the eleven months show an increase in coffee, corn, flax, silk manu factures, raw sugar, brandy, tallow, tea, and sheeps' wool. In rum and tobacco there was a falling off, and no great increase in wine. With regard to the shipping employed in the foreigi trade, it stocd thus : Tons. Tons. Entered inwards, month to Dec. 5. •.. 520„595 517,071 Eleven months .• •• •• ••••• • .. • • 5,095,860 .. • • 5,678,663 Cleared outwards, month to Dee. 5•• 382,7p6 ...• 390,552 Eleven months .......... ••••• .. •• 4,678,485 .... 5,120,341 Theee are gratifying figures, but in connexion with the coasting trade there is a slight falling off, owing, no doubt, to railway competition. The half-yearly meeting of the South Sea Company took place this day, for the delaration of the usual divi dend of 14 per cent. on the company's stock, for the half-year • nding the sth instant. In the Amsterdam Bourse, on the lit, not much busi ness was done, but prices were firm. Dutch Two-and• a-Half per Cents. were 53 5-16. Peruvian rose I per cent. at Frankfurt on the 29th. Austrian Bonds were 86k, and at Vienna, en the 28th, 95k. The purchase of a large sum in Long Annuities, made just before the close of business yesterday afternoon, has given a tone to the Consol market under the impression that the sellers of the Annuities will hare to re-invest in stock. The broker who bought being of influence, viz Mr. Mullens, also has its effect, and an extensive spccu• lator for the rise who was preciously disposed to realise some of his profit is now holding tack. Consols have been 964 and New Three-and a Quarter per Can's. 981 Bank Stock is supported at 2031 to 2041. Ex chequer-bills have been 58s. to 61a. premium. Long , Annuities are 8 9-16. The Foreign Market has been more buoyant. SpaniNh Three per Cents. Lave been about 371 to 4, and Portu guese Four per Cents. 364 to 37. Mf-xican Bonds have been done at 29k, and Peruvian have risen to 60 and 61k. Danish Five per Cents. are at par. There has been more business done in the Railway Share Market, and advanced prices have been obtained for Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Great Western, North- Western, and South-Eastern. North Stafford are dull, the month's receipts being low. French shares are nearly all better._ The week's Railway Receipts, as far as ascertained, aro as follows: 1849. North-Western £34,553 South-Western 8,561 Ca!edenian Brighton South-Eastern ..... .... 1848. £37,183 8,142 3,728 6,897 7,602 ONE ;L• , -.AO Pa :I,F• , i , R11O8:1 .IINU• , O'CLOCK. *RTC' ES. dank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Ami5.... New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... .... s B`4 % 98 1 % Long Arms. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 -16 8 5-16 Consuls for Account 96% % 16', 7 t / i xchequer Bills. 1 1 41 . Sr 2d 1,0001. June 5B 61 p 61 p 500/. June si 61 p 61 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE ;.1..(); , 17 , O'CLOCK. MICE , 4614 iii, 100 16% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent L i Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. 73 Ditto 5 Der Cent. ... Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. v:exican. 5 per Cont. 1846, with Coupons-- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred Portuguese S per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account . Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto. Account Do., Coupons... Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. 36 i 37e 1914 9 37th 9 Ai Beligan, 4 1 )4 per Cent. ',men 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. Ditto, 4 Dor Cent. Certificate? — PRICES OF TAM. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING .LAILWAY SHARES . AT ONE O'CLOCK. PlocKs Xberdecn ... 50 Do. Preference 1 mber. Nott., Boston, 8 5 ..- , . and Eastern Junction 6% ...... ••• kyrshira and Galloway.. 7 1 / 2 — .. 'ielfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 - ••• •• me iiirmingham and Ox ft rd Jtmct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 irming, Wolverh'ton, and D tdley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 ..... Do. Aithout guarantee 10 • B lining., Wolvcrh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... dirkenhead 2 Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 20 ...... .............. tristol and Exeter 92 ... .. ........ Ditto, Thirds - ".•uckingiiamrhire - . ... Caledonian % .. Ditto, New 101. Prof... 11) 7 3 / .i... ...... ..... Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 buster and Holyhead... 50 ...... .... ... Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 p e r Ct. 10 ............... Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Mblin and Belfast June. 40 Mndalk & Enniskillen 30 - •• ............ ast Anglian, 25/., L & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & N.— 18 Do., 3/. 10 3 ., Pref... 3 1 / 2 • •-. ........... ... —.... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per -" Cent., Preference... 2 . ' astern Comities... ..... 20 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 64 13s. 4d.... 3 % p. Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ... 50 ...... ............... Ditto. 5 per Cent-- 50 - Do. New 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C • •••• ......... Do. Seri (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 i — ... .. East Lincolnshire ...... 25 ..dinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ... Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport p , xeter.Yeovil, & Dorch 2 5 4, — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... -81. 6s. 8d.... ..... — ilasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consul. Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 :heat Northern Do., A Deferred Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 7 1 / 2 — . Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 121 rest ,youth. and West. (Ireland) rest North of England 100 ...... ............... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto 35 Ditto, New, 30/ 3O I)itto. New .15/... ...... 15 .. .. - . Great Western 100 Ditto. 1 / 2 Shares Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, New 17/... .. .. 15 ... .• 7 ti t ........ Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 - Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .......... Do. Quarter Shares._ 121/2 ............... .. .• Lancaster anti Carlisle... 50 .... "'• Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo ... Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares ... . . D DD o r . .. r.ic,hi fitr. Quart hdss e . r .. . 8 .... ... .. .. .. ...... 2 1 10 6 3 16 14 ..... 2:%•••••• •• Do. New Gua ranteed ft rer Cent.. 161/ 4 1 • 9 lA, 7 114 % p 11 1 , 2 58% 11% •• 107 s ..„. ... 53 12 1 4 • 4.0 4I- 4 14 . • Att: •• r• mu • • ••> ci• • • ' ; • • •• ITALY. The Risorgimento of Turin publishes a royal de cree of the 14th ult., approving of the union of the two banks of Genoa and Turin, under the title of National Bank. In the sitting of the 27th ult. of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, the verification of the elections was continued. The elections of MM. GUILLO, Sue- SARELLO, and SERRA. were annulled, on account of their being State functionaries. Count TERENCE MAMIANI has addressed the fol lowing letter, dated Genoa, Dec. 16, to the director of the Coraigliatore : " Receive my sincerest thanks for the interest you and your friends have taken in my election. I thou,7ht I had given sufficient proofs of the moderation of my opinions to spare the Ministry any anxiety on the ground of my election to Parliament; it appears I was mistaken. Banistn.d from Rome, excluded from the Piedmontese representation, I should have no ambition or desire, save that of returning to my dear studies, and of ending my days in repose and tranquillity, it I saw the liberty of this country sale. As usual, I have neither sought nor solicited the honour of bring a deputy; the suffrages of the electors have been spontaneously given to me, and I should have failed in my duty had I refused the oppor tunity of joining with th ose w ho share my opinions i n upholding the stat ute, from wh i ch d epen d s, as I f i rmly believe, the f u t ure tate of Italy. " The Nogionale of Florence of the 2.5 th ult. men• tions a case of violation of territory committed by some Papal soldiers on the Tuscan frontier, near Latnone. A Tuscan peasant had crossed the frontier to shoot some game, but being surprised by seven Papal carabineers, he hastened back to his own ter ritory. The carabineers having fired at him without effect, pursued him beyond the frontier, and repeatedly fired, but still without hitting him. Not content with this violation, they searched the cottage del Fiume for the fugitive, and ill-treated the inhabitants, and after committin g the same outrages at the cot tages of Vallone, retired to the Papal territory. The I?iforma of Lucca, of the 24th, states that Major CARLI ER , a semi-official personage of the French ,republic at Rome, is now at Florence, It eb - iening4 oNDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, leso. A triumphant refutation of the calumnies disse minated by the reactionist journals of England, against the character of KOSSUTH, and his illustri ous companions, has just been issued by a friend of the exiled Hungarians, and is this evening copied into our own columns from those of a Contemporary. To this authentic document we most earnestly and especially direct the attention of all the lovers of the principles of justice. They will there discover an exposure of the enormous turpitude which, for the gratification of party predilections, of factious animosities, and of the secret yearnings for political vengeance, prompts men to the pro mulgation of slanders more horrible than were perhaps ever before directed against the private character of any celebrated personage. Charges, it is true, of a still darker description were at one period preferred in this country against the mightiest of all the enemies of Great Britain—vituperators were found in London who were not ashamed to aver in print that the crimes of incest and adultery were branded upon the conscience of NAroLnorr; but it should be remembered that those most execrable lies were articulated at the time when the imperial con queror was presiding over the destinies of Europe in the midst of a pomp and grandeur which Armor; and the other historians of his reign declare to have been unparalleled in any preceding epoch recorded in the annals of the globe. With regard to the unfcrtunate leaders of the Magyars, it must, on the contrary, be borne in recollection that they are aspersed in the period of their downfal and mis fortune. Situated in a remote corner of the European continent, banished into the Turkish dominions, de prived by distance and other circumstances of the opportunity of refuting the atrocious charges hurled against them by their assailants, the refugees at Widdin, and afterwards at Shumla, have been unge nerously detracted, their good names being jeopar dized in the opinion of tthe multitude by the most horrible imputations. KOSSUTH, in particular, has been aspersed at vari - out times as a liar, a coward, a forger, a robber, a defrauder of orphans, a miserable debauchee, and an unprincipled demagogue. Be was accused of lying, whose whole life has been literally a martyr dom to consistency. He was charged with cowardice, who had dared the united vengeance of the Austrian EMPEROR and the Russian AUTOCRAT. He was said ' to be a forger, whose name had been the salvation of • the land of his birth from bankruptcy. He was de ; scribed as a robber, who had staked and lost the - whole of his little fortune in his efforts to work out the emancipation of Hungary. He was held up to the loathing of the populace as the defrauder of orphans, who had extended his majestic hands in protection over the heads of the children both of the Magyars and the Germans, saving the offspring alike of friend and foe from injury in the midst of a struggle of unequalled ferocity. He was branded as a libertine and a voluptuary, whose career was notoriously one of so much self-denial as to amount almost to asceticism, and whose devotion in all his domestic relations, as a son, as a father, and as a husband, had tended almost as much as his genius to endear him to the admiring hearts of his fellow -countrymen. He was scouted as an arrant and unprincipled demagogue, who was allied with the noblest and the most chivalrous of the Hungarian aristocracy in perilling name, fame, life, and property in th e sub lime labours of patriotism. Such have been the illustrious hero calumnies raised a g ainst this hero when he was far removed from the reach of his slanderers, when he was bowed down by the weight of his own mi s f o rtunes, and by the calamities which had befallen his beloved country. Feeling that each and all of these charges had failed in shaking the confidence of the public in the integrity and mag nanimity of the Hungarian Dictator's character, one of his anony mous enem i es has dared to accuse him of being guilty of an adulterous intimacy with a pure and noble lady, the youthful bride of the young Count DEMBINSKI. It is this dastardly accusation which has been refuted, triumphantly refuted, in the document already referred to, a document which wi,l be found in another part of this evening's impression. Our gratitud e , the gratitude of every one inspired with a homage for Truth, is due to the writer of this rernArkable coinmunica- DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Bliss Vendenhoff made her first appearance for the season last evening, in the character of Pauline Des chappelles, in Bulwer's Lady of Lyons. It is some years since she appeared on the metropolitan boards, but the reception she met with last evening proved that in the interval she had not been forgotten. It was enthusiastic in the extreme. ber acting last evening she showed a perfect knowledge of all the resources of her art, which it is evident she has studied most carefully. There is not an artiste on the stage who understands so thoroughly as does Miss Vanden hoff the force of contrast, and by her supremacy over this branch of her art her acting last evening was rendered very effective and full of power; the energy with which she gave the more impassioned scenes contrasting beautifully with the tenderness and pathos which she infused into the more senti mental portions of the character. The whole of the last act was excellently performed, and inthe course of it Miss Vand, nhoti not unfrtquently compelled the audience to pay to her the tribute of their tears. Mr. Anderson was the Claude Melnotte, and as he is de cidedly the best Claude Melnotte on the stage, so is Claude Melnotte, with the exception, perhap, of Huon, his best character. Mrs. Winstanley made an admirable Madame Deschapelles. She seemed a perfect incarnation of haughtiness and pride. This lady has already secured to herself a high position, and she may aspire to one still higher. She is the only lady at present on the stage who can approach Mrs. Clover in her peculiar line. The theatre was crowded in every part, and considering the short time that Mr. Anderson has been in pos session of the theatre, he has done wonders in getting together such a company, and in putting plays on the stage in the manner he has done. EXETER HALL. Mr- Sims Reeves has resumed his position as tenor singer in the concerts given here on Wednesdays, after a long absence, during which he has been fulfilling provincial engagements. The notoriety and favour he enjoys with the general public ensured him a warm reception by a very crowded audience. The programme was a little better than usual, as regards some of the selections, and the vocalists. The former included some of the best pieces from Lucia di Lam mermoor, together w ith some m i sce ll aneous vocal pieces, one or two of which were good, a solo (the fantasia on airs from Otello) by Ernst, and a piano forte solo by Thalberg. The vocalists were, in addition to Mr. Beeves, Miss Dolby, Miss Lucombe, Miss Poole, Miss i jEyles, Mrs. A. Newton, Mr. Land, and Mr. Leffler. PANORAMA OF THE ARC TIC EXPEDITION. An exhibition of peculiar interest is now opened to public inspection in the Haymarket—being Hamilton's grand moving panorama of the Arctic expedition and discoveries. A visit to the gallery of the exhibition, which is almost immediately adjoining the little theatre in the Haymarket, will be amply re paid, the spectators having there an opporiunity of wit nessing, for the first time, all the magnificent scenery of Baffin's Bay, Davis' Straits, Lancaster Sound, Prince Regent's Inlet, Leopold's Island. Fury Beach, &c., &c.; also, the perils of the expedition—winter quarters—cutting through the ice—nni all the most interesting discoveries made by Sir James Ross, Parry, and Franklin, with the manners and customs of the Esquimaux (from authentic drawings by Sir James Ross, Captains Lyons, and Beechey)— a novel representation of the extraordinary phenomena of the aurora borealis, and other luminary effects peculiar to these mysterious regions being likewise introduced. • A FUNERAL AFTER SIR JOHN MOORE'S. (From Punch.) Not a mute ono word at the funeral spoke, Till away to the pothouse we hurried, Not a bearer discharged his ribald joke O'er the grave where our " party " we buried. We buried him dearly with vain display, Two hundred per cent. returned, Which we made the struggling orphans pay, All consideration spurning. With plumes of feathers his hearse was drest, Pall and hatbands and scarfs we found him; And he went, as a Christian, unto his rest, With his empty pomp around him. None at all were the prayers we said, And we felt not the slightest sorrow, But we thought, as the rites were perform'd o'er the dead, Of the bill we'd run up on the morrow. We thought, as he sank to his lowly bed, That we wish'd they cut it shorter, So that we might be off to the Saracen's Head, For our gin, and our pipes, and our porter. Lightly we speak of the " party" that's gone, Now all due respect has been paid him; Ahl little he reck'd of the lark that went on - - - Near - the spot where we fellows had laid bim. As soon as our sable task was done, Not a moment we lost in retiring; And we feasted, and frolick'd, and poked our fun, Gin-and-water each jolly soul firing. Blithely and quickly we quaff'd it down, Singing song, cracking joke, tellieg story; And we shouted and laughed all the way up to town, Riding outside the hearse in our glory ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN FRANCE AND ErzoLszto.—The concession signed by Louis Napoleon and the Minister of the Interior, M. Dufaure, granting to Messrs. J. Brett, Tocbil, and Co., the right to establish an electric telegraph line between France and Engl an d by a sub marine communication across the Channel, ar rivel in town on Monday. The company propose to establish, by means of the electric telegraph, an instant communication between the two countries. The patentee guarantees that this telegraph shall, by the aid of a single wire, and of two persons only (the one stationed in France, and the other in England), be capable of print ing, in clear _Roman type (on pap e r), 100 messages, o f fifteen words each, including addr,sses and signatures, all ready for delivery in 100 consecutive minutes. The architect holds just now but a poor place in public opinion, and the profession have Themselves, in a great measure, to thank for it. At one time a poet felt obliged to say, that— When a stately pile we raise, You never hear the workman's praise Who used the lime and worked the stones, But all give praise to Inigo Jones." Now, however, both workman and architect are in the same position. When a church is consecrated, a theatre opened, alms-houses inaugurated, or a new school finished, the " liberal proprietor." or " active committeeman," who gives the breakfast, stands a much better chance of being named to the world next morning than he who, with thought and labour (more or less, it must be admitted), has imagined and parried out the structure,--Builder. Ditto 1 liiidtterAield And Shelf.) 5O - Dn. (W. Biding (Juion) 10 ...... 3 ..... 3 Do. (Pretor. & Wyre) 25 Du. 1 , , , Shares (A)... 10 Leed, .nd ••• I..radford 50 Le :!(18 and Thirrk ..... 50 De., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 ,4 — rio.. do. N o . 2 .7 1 / . D.'., do. No. 3 5 ...... `IA... ........ .. er., Pref. 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Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Par', an..; Orl,mis ...... 20 Paris andßotte , i Part, ,nd mra.,,bourg Rouen and;liairre 97 Sambre and Meuse 2O ....• 2A, Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 rours and .1 antes l3 ...... -- Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt West Flanders ..... - ..... 8%..... —. MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Coin... 15 ..... LLO YD'S SHIPPEN G—( 'THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 3.—Wind at noon, S., light breeze and dull, hazy weather. DEAL: JAN. 2.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Thomas Snook, Capp• Coast Castle. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2.—Wind S.—Arrd. Ashburton, Bunting, New York; Black Prince, M'Pherson, Arica; Balker, Risier, Demerara; Josiah Bradley, Mansfield, New Orleans; Empire Queen. Port er , S avanna h ; Georgi a , Mills, ditto; Canada, Quebec. Sid. Gecian, La Guayra ; A nn C ooper, Calcutta; John Wood, r ditto; Eliza Bowen, Lima; Northumberland, Valparaiso Boehm., Pernambuco; Enrequita, Havannah; Patriarch, Mobile; Asia, ditto. Off port, Ophelia and Ann. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—Sld. Trent, steamer, West ane JERSEY, ~ J AN. I.—Wi id N.E.—Sld. Dia& m, iro. SCILLY, DEC. Adeno, Davis Mauritius; Eldon, Gillespie, Quebec. Sld. H. M. S. Strothboli to the westward, with provisions to the home ward bound. The Charles, of Newfoundland, was fallen in with under jury masts and short of provi 'ions, Dep. 3, on the banks of Newfoundland. SWANSEA, JAN. 2.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Sultan, Co• quimbo; Ancient Briton, ditto. Su lELDs. Ski. Martin Luther, Havannah. HULL, JAN. 2.—Wind W. —Acrd. Emma Edgard, New York, for Bremen; put in on account of the ice. BELFAST, JAN. I.—Tho Pursuit, which was on shore at Ball)halbert 7th ult., has been brought in here to repair. HARWICII, JAN. 2.—The Soellerken, of and from Newcastl e , was assisted in to day leaky, &c., and two of her crew; must discharge to repair. BrZIDLINGTON, JAN. 2.—Several boats and the stern of another were washed on shore, 30th ult., marked or speetively " John Dunn," " William Catclipole," of Sunderla n d," and " William Barber, SpriPg: of Yarmouth," and a qusntity of planks, spars, Iku MARKET N EWs.—(THIS DAY.) NEMTGATZ 4 %.IITADZNHALL. These raarke•s rul e d steady to-day, at full price r . Reef, from 2 s 4d to 3s 6J; Mutton, 2s 10d to 31 1 00 / Veal, 3s Od to 3s 10d; and Pork 2s 10d to 3s 10a per Sibs. by the c arcase. , riusammirs SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 . 5s to 31. 103; Clover titto, 3/ Os to 41 8s ; and Straw, d 1/ 23 to 11 81 P er load. Both H ay and Straw move off slowly, at our quotations. CUMBEELAND.—Meadow Ray, 2 / 1 1s to 31 11$; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 8s ; and Straw, 11 35 to 11 96 per oad. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. WIUTECILLPEL. --- Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3 1 106 ; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 41 los; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1183 Per load. Trade dull, at late rates. 2% 77% 16N( 19% 237 i 7% 13% 2% Mr Ile h a Priso n eilliEd e Zeeill Th e The The aitt e d J o h n was eh ball -c o Th; th e hot eut and but did .tll4 gi e', I t h id be E ball fro a fart attongAt or t wo I the xtret larkijh 8110 P-dol which h h Y his c Pers oo , , c ustody A wit Ptill the t hrow it ttoythi ni o rderly Pro ved n Mr, a gainst Wer e di, I Pia th e Cit di s i Th( of , claf for sL j Ri~~ th e wit o , Wilk] stab', Po Pri so , ~harg veto