The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

IsTEW STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE, by the Author of -P'7. . is "MARGARET 3IAITLAND." Now ready at all the Libraries, in A. 3 Toll., NI E R K L AST OF SCOTTISH LIFE. N D. ORY Ry the Author of ' Fast ales in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunny Side," a New Edition of which may also nciv be had in 3 vols. "The most gratifying work of itr class since the great delineator Of Scottish manners ceased to write."—Tait's Maga7Ane." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great :\tarlborough-street. Just ready, in 2 vols. post SVC., 7.71 t ] CAPT. CR A.W F ORD' OF A NAVAL OF With Sketches of .3,du-dra's Si: OF and other IstiniTu!,zl7 ed Henry Colburn, Pubiliber, 13, Gr.; l'ortraitg, 211. boand, IEAIINISCENCES ICER. 9r B Rowell Carew, Marlborough-street , Now ready et all 4 21 e T !n 2 volT., post Bvo., 0 0 D. A NOVEL. " The author, we are convinced. is young, Istl:ersvise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and cnthusi.istie sympathy in be half of his heroes a:KI heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religien, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this croon the glowing lan guage in which he isrpres,cs his fealincs, ser fli,7eins, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story aredropied, ,}ntainir:x most eloquent essays matters that are Lite rrinla inebilia of the actions which cha acterise nature's nobility. The writer eviler::ly belongs, though be has marked per so peenler'ties, to the school Cl the Disraelis, Man leases, and Smythes."—C;ecrver. ' 4 ' Silwood' is no cri'ini::ry - work ; It cnnlr. l-,, passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure arid foreltie language, with great good taste and power.- It is one oF the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present seecen bee projuced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have Creao7 spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest votee'=.r. cftl. , 3 truth of what we have .aid. The other ladies who play c3-.r.,3leaoris parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beau's; Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fetid of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—M , zning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. VIEA'A . RE; ROYAL, HAYMARKZI. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Ole Brompton. On THUR,;DAY. Will be performed EPLEY ONE HAS HIS FAULT. 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, Lcbarr, Buckstone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. On THURSDAY Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. 111 , - ;l'.es, Boyce, 0. Smith, P.-Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. litzwilliam. To be fol!owccl by a new Extraysganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Alias Woolgar, Miss E. Cha,,lia, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, ^. After which a new Farce called TIIE SCHOOL FOP. TIGERS - or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kitellyer, Mr. Boyce; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, `ir. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE., OXFORD-STREET. Under Cu,: Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. On THHESDAY, Dec. 26, Will be performed THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. C. Kean ; Mrs Haller, Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Comic Christma; Pantomime, called ALONZO TILE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Crown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. CormaCk ; Pantaloon, air. Paula ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Clercq. Pr.,-ata Boxes, &e., to be had of at the Booksellers, and of Mr. Mmsincritain ; or whom also plattzs may e taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Cz. , dr o'clock. ROYAL LY Under the !..la nag, TIIEAT: ent of Ma:lan' Vestris. Sole I.esFce, Cn TACT Charles Mathews, .DAY, Dec. '2.6, performed THE HAND'TOME HUSBAND. Attu* which an entirely Ile , : and c , eginll F,.iry Extrav3gannti, t.) be mad KING CHARMING ; or, the ffri.l :Wl* I ot* Baradisp. Characters by Mes:Ts. C. Mathews, F. Matthew:, Iforneastle, Sutet, Bellingham, and Bonner : Madarne Vestris, 3,1r3. Fr mit 4atthevn, Miss E.lis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and M 153 Martindale. To collet:lde with THE RINI-MOVES. ROYAL OLI'lleIC "C Re-engagemenl. or Ztr. G. V. Blooke. 01 THURSDAY Will be performed THE' MERCHANT OF VENICE. To conclude with PRINCE E01“.,":S; or, The Romance of the Nose. - : Under tin Pair{ ; i : yß Highness W. Er qy eS. Se: :rid week of the Extraordinary ser to 3:0"_11i Golden Days The Grand new S'rec of the Vir,;lll QT:" Together tech i' the,. Magnifiety• The whole ec•:: 1 , time these five Extensive prey' • a new and for this Theatre, i. e, introducing rial , a (fur the first rricAle f; , * t production cf • - pt mix,?, written expressly &Y, D NVill be produced P - 1 t DlllCStriallCht:S: l l'Z''' , by the author of " S5O, ti grand historical sty for this Theatre, ; To say that ffs "mounted," is 1 0 sa: no .I , ie mil be superbly ocrected ; coming, as it does, s-rrouh:d wltit , cc'. It :has been s by s,,ine 1T19.t (.''Donewbue (but I don't know who) was :itr,oe:l of Ir eschewing whiskey, was always cliew:ag• water, and be et: (',eels) at the bot tom of the I.e':e ei - eyeeptin'T once a - when, finding himself taken w:•:: a:::imming in the read, he • - '.l pop up to the surface, and rriour,Yi: - charger, wou'd cha - c,c •to gallop across the Laite. - .acted. that so much gz'. would have thrown him !rise a piec• consumption ; has not proved the ease, for =3Eue e 5 not only he, but 111, ; t oo , i s sit u alive atd 7his hard galloplag, or Ga.loparding, always occurr - d on the E - va cf is -Day. The deririntion of hint is that be was tc•l-13 , . - .t not at al, too tall—that he was band"orde, and wouldld hand some whatever they desired - ta.;at his appearance was e the li:Ott cf Day —t'at cf an Electro-p,ated Knight; for he was covered r:1 over with a t'r.7ll Co: , .i; et t-i!ver—th:s Coat he could never weer on', because he wat alv:*c.; at home. But now to the Pantomime : TIIII GI, eiei The itag of Mischief, over a Peat is still trying to elicit from an Illicit Stiil the Evil Spirit of Ire' atil, in the form of WHISKEY : who, thoria.t - h still in the Sall, wcat't be still, but " busts his bider,' and stands cora7essed the RE U. POT EE ! This poweiftil Spirit is sent by the Hag of Mischief, under the disguise of Pr lbly Carey, to tempt and luta the followers of" Father Mathew" and the " Water Cue," wliom, site says, are the especial favourites of the " Water Drinking Fool," O'Donoghue. Whiskey se ears he'll de her bidding, for he'll fire them with drink, by making tla.m as drunk al blazes' Mischief parts from Whiskey with " a drop her eye," but Whiskey is not so affected ; fur he is Sure that where Whiskey ie, Lasciiief won't be far off. SCENE Till SECOND. THE LAKE are KILLARNEY. The entrance to the M:!nsion af Lord Bullfrog is on one side, on the other a title ion. It being in Ireland, the sign was to hare been " a Bull." but " brills" not being in fashion at present, it has been changed to the " Queen's ITeral." It being May-Day Eve, the Fairies of the Lake are seen dancing and strewing flowers on the water, as if sweetly BPAdamizing the road, preparatory to the ap pearance of O'DO.TOGIIU'F. ON HIS WHITE HORSE. He gallops across the Lake, says much that is well worth hearing, pats on the habit of a Beggar, and, " 0 Charming May," what a time :or making a little love ; se think the fair Kathie, n and her Lover Dermot Astore, but instead of making a little, they make a great deal. She relieves the P aegara wants, and then wants to have a little more love. It has long since been an established fact, that even Cupid, villa can chrt,, any man into a goose, sounethnes has his own " goose cooked," Iso it proves now, for Lord Bull frog's Cookey, discovering the ^ :erg, flares itta a " broil" ensues, and all are thrown into a perfla " stew." At leis critical moment, Lord Bullfrog, with his jovial nearilons, Alen from the chase. Lady Bullfrog (to see her Is to ' , tee her), with tier interesting little family, comes to meet him. S' e flies into her husband's anus—and thus (as many married ladies have done bell:: e) stands "in arms against her husband." Lord Ballfrog Is enraaael with the Lovers, so to punish Dermot, who is in his (liana he seizes his only friend, his Horse, by way of payment, but gets more kicks lean ha'penee." O'Doneghue, as the medleaet, aids the Lovers, and Delmot's Horse Is restored. Lord Bullfrog, being de's: mined t get of his plague • f a daughter, put s her up as " a i'rize," which makes her look very " blank," as h 3 exclahns— Whoe'er to-motrow b ineis 'ae tdreet ster, 7 . The one tha', lea ps the brat, it's greatest Shall have fair KatiCeen ye.a So try 'our leel.e, gaol V: All diapers lee ire Delmot a' ra,e he feels certain to win his hiart'e sir course of true love never sid ran way, and whl•ka aa ay his Horse ; Wit skey mot: , *as te gallops off with it. Dc' a - " Wate: Cure," by drown!, ghue, who promise , to le," and at on le takes to the ' ! , tr by who!e aii, ho e. " the ' comes in the inn' :And, rit ?art, hie tit .) a hone laugh, ,(AerCi,itis to try tie 14 prev,nled by O'Dono -e tar "Cie morrow's race, ilk II THE CO7 XL STA hero 0 7 Donoc , ,hue's Ws banquet, walte.ll,7o prime of " None o. but dines off his ilr - ce of PUMP SOUP, r, plateau of CORNED CLOVER WINE. IEII , " chaff," and having cal Dermot chooses a in a thousand." Ile changing his clothe,, •(1?A 3 STEEDS. home enjoying He is in the , iver has beans," of a TUREEN IECIIES, and a rlqwn by a bottle of he stands no .;s to a little dance. :ted, proves" one ape," and as he is the scene to Whiskey and Alisz:)lef meet so'= it? that he has obtained Deri -- .^:s f;:v r win the race, and thus trees enjoy the fbn, and thoug,7l :;pirit tells the Hag r.-td on it he hopes to their power. The !if'.'s Old ones, " laugh like Am 'ans." SCE:CM TLE 17C117.. MAY-DAY IN THE DILL •A Or , KILLARNEY. Here we find ..vi orris Dancing,, Fanning, in r. Seek, Grinning through a Collar, and ether delicate amusemerAs r. - , - ivions to the GREAT TRIAL! All the eca , zetitors seize ter sti7rar, r.nd some of them 4 ` put their foot in it." Bat where is Dermct ?If start without aim, there will to a start wi.li a vengeance. ! he is coming, aad very becoming ho comes. All is prepared; of they go. This proves true enoush, , r many go off over their ho'. es' necks. Der mot leaps his Lor:!r.bt , 's "gate" atter a "style" cr his own Whiskey being a lad of " spirt:," is not at Wi behind. Now for the Race, which is t decide all Kathleen trerabLs. Whisltey must put his streng , h to the proof. Kathleen takes courage, for to her Dermot is far too winning to lose—nor does he ; bat Whiskey getting possession of Kathleen and the Fairy Steed, flies off with her. All consterna tion—" Pursue, pursue" SCENE THE SIXTH. THE PURSUIT THROUGH THE LAUGHING FOREST. O'Donogbue again befriends Dermot, by lending itim his own White Horse--Cooky has mounted her Arabian steed, which, clever as she thought him, proves a perfect a SCErE TIIE THE LAKE OF KILLARNEY (as befire). The Evil Spirit and Kathleen fly across. The Horse knows his own stable, so vanishes beneath the Lake, and thus water overcomes the power of Whiskey. Derniot, ou O'Donoghue's White Horse, lies to the rescue of his love, and brings her safely to land again— when, as might be expected, De:lnot is c' anged to Harlequin, Kath leen to Columbine, Lord Bullfrog to Pantaloon, and. Jilossabella Brisket, the Fat C ok, to Clown. What follows comes - alter, and the Harlequinade begins. CHARACTERS IN THE OPENING. O'DOnoghue (the Fairy Prince of Killarney's Lake). Coralina (First Fairy). Waterlily (Second Fairy). Fairies of the Lake. _ _ Poteen (the Evil Spirit of Irelar,(l, commonly known as Whiskey). The Hag of Mischief (the Jenny Lind f o Bad Spirit.). Her Attendants —Murder, Forgery, &c. YOSTALS Dermot Aston (afterwardsllarlequin), Mr. W. IL llaryey. Lord Bullfrog (afterwards Clown), Mr. J. Henderson, hie t s ap pearance in London in that charaeer. Blousabella Brisket (afterwards Clown), Mr. Riyolti. Kathleen (afterwards Columbine), Mrs. W. 11. Harvey. Lady Bullfrog, Miss Bullfrog, Miss Weezy PCCIT Bullfrog, Master Brobdignag Bullfrog, the Baby. DUCK' SHOOTING.-1: i 4 Grgee the Duke of Buc cleuch and Lord John Sco' t visited Gran an Pier on Wed nesday, and abcut . twelve o"dock embarli , A in a steam-tug for Cramond, for the purpos‘; of duck sl;cDting. This snort • Eimengp,llyjiclformed dung the night, and to accompli-'hit sa6ces.4fallit:AKthe water very light berts are necessary. Ch - eirttr • tug. was what is called a ducking -boat, 7", - ;o f tl!elig,' est materials, aid half c,vered (fore and anvasa. John Scott, we understand, ngrand the celebrated duck-shooter Sin . mentioned b' Colontt . Hawker, for his - 11" ?:"-. ; iota. • endurance. %Ve have ;19 doubt the sport irn,re t i..:urate with the skill of the sportsmen..— .Ka s 1 , x, :ev . v:l, Cf COP. =,:r.s ) , 7 e THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1.6b0. HIGH WATER AR LONDON 'IE. TirtrarAT - . .lltarrilit , 26 min. after 5 (Eve:ring 53 min. after 5 'fa! •Zlo)ntow—Merning 15 min. altar 6 ! Eveirhit 45 auu. after 6 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE. =ism% 24, THER3IOMETER, IN THE SE" Ail E. 33—highest since noon yesterday. 28—lowest this morning and dur3tz 21. e night 35—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.42. WIND S. W.— dull, hazy west* jaer. DAILY WEATHER TA ISLE. State of the Wind and Weather at eacik of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morni eg.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PORTSMOUTH—Wind N.W. calm— overea St. Brttoirrolc—Wicd N.E., ca lm—cloudless. Seurrmtalyrox—Wind N.W., gentle breeze . -foggy. Tusnmuem—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—faggy. BASINGSTOKE— Wind N.E., calm— foggy. GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breez e- -sharp frost. CoLcarsTEn—Wind N.E., gentle breeze— putially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—foggy. YARMOUTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—frolet. CONWAY—Wind W., strong breeze—cloua(ss. WHITBY—Wind S , gentle breeze—overca. st BEArroqc—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. BERWICK—Wind W., strong breeze—par&ally cloudy. EDINBURGH Wind W., strong breeze—o vercast. Tho returns from tha following places indicate the state of thn wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind S., light breeze—foggy. MULLINGAR—Wind S.W., calm—rain. POOLE Wind E., gentle breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—Wind N., gentle breeze—pact tially cloudy. TuNnuinGE—Wind S.W., calm—partially •cloudy. LEIGHTON—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcu st. YARMOUTH — Wind S.W., gentle breeze—h. Ard frost. MANCHESTER—Wind S., fresh breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—Wind S.E., calm—partially cloudy. --v-'? ti, . ~.i..,..,-,.,,,,,. 2 , 4'-;-1\- , • II kV-1 q t ''' ' ; 3 / 4 01 1 t - • • W'iriT , A.. j. •:, j* t t i ggl 7 7 . 4 4 :7' •at 0 - ' ' - ''''!'a -- t 2F L,.;: , •t % e, _ LONDON, TUESDAY. DECEWB ER 24, 1850. It is one of the proudest boasts of E nglhhrnen, that the British law knows no distinet 4 ;on of personr— thlt its protection is afforded to all vii bout exception, to the needy and humble as well af4, to the wealthy and exalted. Such is undoubtedly th,‘ constitut!ocal theory, which proclaims that none cara be injured or ill-treated with impunity, and tbal the rights and privileges of the meanest citizen ere as vigilantly watched and energetically vindicated as those of the SOVEREIGN herself. But, unfoetunaely, the practice is very different indeed. Wo to the unfortunate 'Night. who, being grievously inju red in person or property, claims redress through the criminal tribu nals of his country, without being posressed of means su itieknt to defray the expenses of the prs isecution, or at least to satisfy the fees which public officials, ap pointed by public authorities and paid out of the public funds, are permitted to charge, a nd without the payment of which insurmountable in ipediments and obstacles are interplEed at the very tt resholds of our courts of justice. The fee system is 'sufficiently bad in civil . cases ; it can hardly be deft ded or justitiLd under any possible circumstances, but it is infamous in criminal cases, and a great and o ibined exertion should be made to get rid of the incubus. Is it to be tolerated, that cases of great apparel t atrocity, im peratively demanding the most steir gent inquiry, should remain wholly without investigation, because the injured party is unable to meet the claims of the clerks of the indictments, or to pay charges which should never be sanctioned cr recognized—that a person, accusicd of the most b_utal and disgusting conduct to a helpless child, ilould be discharged without a tria.;l, because there w,”; no party willing to become respomsible for the expenses attending the prosecution ? The propriety of appointing a puiblic prosecutor has long been admitted; but the iireperative neces sity of adopting such a course has ue ver been more painfully apparent than in the case of a man calling himself the Count ADOLPHE DE WERIYINSIII, who had been committed for trial from the Police-court, Bow street, for a long-continued series of cruelties to- wards a young girl, under sixteen yes of age, who had resided with him under his Pole care from an early age, but who had been discibarged by pro clamation last week, no bill having hieen sent before the Grand Jury. In this melancholy case there was ;no public body on whom the unfortunate victim had any claim for assistance, so as to afford an opportunilty to the com mitting magistrate to press upon its usrwilling accept ance the duty of conducting end marrying on the prosecution. Although wholly without resources except those obtained from the alleged assailant, she had never been chargeable to any parish or relieved in any union workhouse. • humane and charitable lady had provided a home for the wretched girl from the time she left her persecutor, and therefore nothing would be done by those who should, un ler other circum stances, have assumed the responsibility. Mrs. FLEW. ING had incurred much expense and trouble in conse quence of her benevolent and praisewonlay conduct. it would indeed have been unreasonable to expect that she could undertake any further cut3ey. She had brought the case before the magistrate. The neces sary witnesses were all in attendance, but the clerks of the indictments were not propitiated. These gentlemen were anxious to know " who were the persons to whom they were to look for their fees The answer was not satisfactory. The police -consta ble who had Vie management of the case (! ! ) replied that the nominal prosecutrix (the unfortunate chill, MARY ANN RICHARDS) was wholly destitute, end that there was no other person who could be looked ta. This was an offence that could not he sufli• ciently punished. An example was to be made that would convince all similar offenders, however grievous their poverty, of the necessity of providing sops for the official Cerberus. The indictment was framed with a single count for a ccmmon assault, in the stereotyped form ; that was palpably inade quate. It was returned by the Deputy Clerk of the Pa.cp + , with a request that the Clerk of the Indict ments would consider whether additional counts were not required. None were, however, prepared, and it was openly stated that the nen-payment of the fees was the cause of this extraordinary occurrence. The case, such as it is, requires a searching scrutiny. We commend it to the notice of Sir GEORGE Gear, in order, partly, that he may indict c. sure, if censure he really deserved, but still more so, that he may introduce such regulations as may prevent the possibility of such a palpable failure of justice again occurring, and the majesty of the law from being brought into similar contempt and disrepute. It is to be hoped that the engine-drivers and fire men of the London and North Western Railway may, while there is yet time, consider calmly and dis passionately the probable results of the illegal and unjustifiable demands which they hare put forward, and with which it is utterly impossible that the direc tors can comply. The consequences of " the strike' on the Eastern Counties line last summer, and the ruin and misery in which it involved the unfortunate and misguided men who endeavoured to coerce their employers, should not be lost sight of. On that occasion the malcontents fell into three grievous mistakes, which rendered all their calculations erro neous. Ist, They believed that the directors could not possibly obtain competent substitutes, and conse quently could not carry on the business of the company without their aid and co-operation. 2dly, That the shareholders, trembling for their dividends, and alarmed at the pecuniary losses that must almost inevitably arise, would compel the directors to suc cumb, and accede to the demands, however unreason able or ui justifiatle ; and ally, That the public, influerced by the raw-head-and-bloody-bones reports of accidents, which h2d no fiundation save in the fertile imaginations of the narrators, would have taken an active part with the combinatory, and that the " pressure from Vi itVout" would have proved effectual. It is scarcely necessary to say how com pletely the parties to the strike were deceived on each and every of there points, and l'ew fatal to their own prospects was the mischievous course into which theyvs, may,hal solemnly , b a r n i :I fl y i u b , l e e r a t t e o l y enterel these mis takes under present circumstances, and we sincerely trust that it may b 3 received as a salutary warning by those who may perchance fall into similar errors, and who, most probably, afforded pecuniary assistance to the defeated combinators in the misery and desti tution which they brought upon themselves in the rash attempt to change their relationship with their employers, and make the former become their very humble and obedient servants, who should not ven ture to express or even to entertain an independent opinion. _ . . To their great surprise and astonishment, however, the directors stood firm ; they felt that it was not a matter in which they could, consistently with their own reputation, yield, or even give way in any de gree. It was a question in which every board through out the entire kingdom, every employer of labour, was deeply interested. If they had struck their colours, or even hesitated for a moment, it would be impossible to say where the matter would terminate, or to what lengths the victorious conspirators or their synapathisers on other lines might proceed. The situation was one of great difficulty and enormous responsibility ; but the directors showed themselves fully equal to the emergency, and their conduct on that trying occasion reflected the highest credit on themselves, and entitled them to the marked thanks of the community in general, and more especially of all persons in any degree interested in railway property. While they evinced every dis position to conciliate and to refrain from availing themselves of the advantage which the :reckless and intemperate. conduct of their employes placed in their hands, they also showed the utmost firmness and a thorough and unflinching determination not to bate a hair's breadth on any matter of principle. They held out the olive-branch by offering to accept the submission of the men, to forgive their past insubor- ' dination, and permit them to withdraw their notices ; but that which was done in mercy and charity to the unfortunate victims of their own folly was all that would be done. They would not sacrifice an able and efficient officer, who had done nothing worthy of censure, but whose management had given thelaighest satisfaction to his employers, to gratify the unwarrantable caprice of their subordinates. The result proved how justly they had calculated. They were enabled to fill up the vacancies occa sioned by the secession with competent and duly qualified men ; they had to make but a few ti ifling changes in the number of trains for a few dais, and before a single week, matters bad resumed their former appearance. The appeals to the shareholders, and to the public generally, were equally unavailing. The half-yearly general meeting of the company took place during the height of the contest, and printed add resies were cir culated, detailing the imaginary wrongs of the seceders. The simple and straightforward, clear and manly, statement of the Chairman, however, placed the mat ter in its true light, and carried with it the feelings of the entire assembly. There . was no differ ence of opinion ; never, perhaps, wes greater unanimity exhibited at any numerously at tended meeting, and some shareholders, who de clared that they would rather sacrifice their entire dividend than 3 ield to the unreasonable demands, were greeted with enthusiastic and rapturous ap plause, which showed that they only gave express ion , to the sentiments of their brethren. The public were equally unanimous. Occasionally some testy gentleman wrote a letter complaining of a trifling delay that might have taken place under the most perfect system, but the exception proved the rule, and the general feeling was, that any degree of inconvenience would he willingly encountered rather than that the direc tors should be prevented from obtaining a complete victory over the insurgents. That victory was achieved without a single circumstance that could cast a gloom over the picture, and none but the mis guided men themselves, and their miserable and un fortunate families, had reason to deplore the strike of the engine-drivers and firemen on the Eastern Colin. ties Railway. Let those who arc now entering on a similar con test be warned while there is yet time, and reflect on the more than probable consequences of their acts, Let them be well assured that the directors of the London- and North-Western Company will exhibit similar determination to that which gained for the Eastern Counties Boarelgolden opinions, and that they, likewise, will be supported by the shareholders and the public generally in any contest that may arise. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of ycsterdsy. Galignani's Messenger (which is published at two o'clock) gives the following account of the proceedings at the office of the Finance Minister yesterday morn ing, for the adjudication of the new French recite:— " This being the day appointed to receive tenders for the two millions of rents which the French Government had decided to dispose of, a considerable number of persons assembled at the Hotel of the Minister of Finance, in the Rue de Rivoli, as early as eleven o'clock, ancl, in half-an-hour afterwards, the room thrown open to the public was filled. It was generally understood beforehand that only two parties had lodged the re quired deposit, namely, the firm cf Rothschild, and the Barque ci'Escompte. Several of the receivers-general had united with the latter, whilst the houses of Hottin guer and Co. of Paris, and of :Baring Brothers, of Lon don, had, it was said, come to an understanding with M. Rothschild. It was also said that in consequence of the heavy ethictiou in which M. Rothschild and his family were plunged by the recent death of his grandson, that gentleman would refrain from bidding. At five minutes past twelve o'clock, M. Fould, the Minister of Finance entered the room, and directed a secretary to read the decree of the President of the Republic, authorising the sale of wife, and the conditions of the adjudica tion. From them it appeared that the amount of the ret te to be sold was 1,5 , 13,647 f. in Five per Cent. Steele, with the dividend of the 22d September, 1850; and 493.217 f. el Three per Cent. Stock, with the dividend of 221 December, 1850; the price cf the adjudication was to be at least equal to a minimum price fixed by the Minister. The payments of the sum agreed to be accepted for the above amount of recite were to be elf eted es follows:-20 per cent. on the 25th January, 1851; and 20 per cent. on the 25th of February, March, and April, respectively. The tenders were, as usual, to be sealed, and when once given in could not be withdrawn. " After the conditions had been read, the Minister placed on the table two sealed packets, containing the minimum price ho would receive for the two kinds of rente to be offered for, and then announced that he was ready to receive tenders. " A sealed packet was handed in by M. Biests, the director of the Banque d'Ebconnpte, and no other tender being forthcoming, the Minister said that he would wait a few minutes, to see if any other offer wag to be made. " After a delay of about twenty minutes the Minister again inquired if any other desired to tender, and no answer having been given, he said that he would now open the tender presented. " The tender was then opened, and declared to be from Receivers-general and the Banque d'acompte, offering for the Five per Cent. Rente 921. 40c.—(Murmurs.) " The Minister rose and said that the minimum price which he had fixed being 93'. 50c„ there was no adju cation.—(Bravo! bravo!) " The secretary then read the offer for the 3 per cent., which was 64f. 60c. "The Minister said that his minimum price being' 56r. 25c., there was no adjudication.—(Bravo 1 bravo!) " The crowd then separated." The Constitutionnel has the following on the gold currency question : "It has been said that the Ministry was about to sus pend the coining of gold which was flowing into the Mint, and a report has been even in circulation that it had given orders, if not to stop, at least to restrict it. There is no clause in the laws relative to this subject which can authorise the Government to interdict or limit the coinage of gold. The decree of 28 Thermi dor, year 111, stipulates that Every one who shall carry gold or silver to the Mint shall receive the value of it in gold or silver coin.' We find in the law of 8 Frimaire, year IV, that Every citizen who may wish to convert gold or silver into coin, may carry it to the Mint.' If, moreover, it be considered that the coinage is placed exclusively in the heeds of the Government, we shall be naturally led to conclude that it could never enter into the intention of legislators to allow it a power of suspending or diminishing it at its pleasure. The cause of the report that the Ministry had given orders to limit the coinage is this—lt is in presence of the in flux of gold into the Mint, that the Government took the measures call. d for by the limits of the means of coinage at present existing. Thence arose an order, which was issued by the Minister cf Finance on the 16th instant on the proposition of the Committee of Coins and Medals. It was stated that henceforth the maturity of the Mint orders delivered in payment of gold taken to the Mint shall be calculated in suck a manner that the director should only have to pay each day the sum of one mil lion, in rotation as the gold should have been dep,sited. There is in thing in this order like a fresh limitation. The Minister c f Finaece has only fixed the deliveries at one million a day because the means of coining will not allow a larger amount to be made. The limitation of the delivery is only made .equal to .the means of predstetion. There hza alto been an exaggeration in the account of the quantity of gold lately coired in the Mint. It has doubt less been considerable, but not equal to what has been etated,particularly during the lest mon:h. We are( nableri to state the exact amount. The coinage of gold, which vas only seven millions in 1647, rose to 38 millions in 1848 ; it again fell in 1849 to 27 millions, and rose to sb.ut 70 millions in the first eleven months of 1850. But what more particularly deserves attention, is the manner in which that 70 millions is divided between the different months. The first six months only produced 23 millions ; July produced 14 ; August, 11 ; Sep tember only 5 ; October 10, end Nuvember 6. Thus the moment of the greatest crinage corre:ponds pre eialy wish the !period when the femoral of gold from cirou!stion in Holland caused the preciouslnetal to flow into our marhet." The Algiers journals of the 15th announce the death of General DE GALBOIS. M. PEBLET, the celebrated actor, died on Friday, after a long illness. The Pouvoir states that M. DROTTYN DE LEM'S, who has arrived in Paris, is the bearer of an arrange ment concluded with Lord PALMEBSTON on the sub ject of the affairs of Germany, and of the conduct the Cabinets of France and England will follow with reference to the powers represented at the Congress of Dresden. It is also anncunced that General LARITTE will send a special agent to Dresden during the Conferencer. The Bourse was much crowded, and there was a considerable amount of business transacted. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 85c., fell to 941. 70c., rose to 95f., and closed at 94f. 80c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 20c. Orleans Railroad Shares. 860 f. ; Rouen, 6701.; Havre, 267 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 4811. 25c ; Avignon, 1951.; Vierzon, 4101.; Basle, 1361. 25c.; Bordeaux, 4031. 75c.; Paris and Strnsburgb, 356 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 2471. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Central of Franco (Orleans and Vierzon), 16 —Great Indian Peninsula, VA —Luxembourg, 2 5 ,6 Namur end Liege, 9;s,—Northern of France, 15 3 i Orleans and Bordeaux, 34 Paris and Rouen, 27X—Paris and Strasbourg, 9% Rouen and Havre, 113—Sambre and Meuse, n—Tours and Nantes, 54 ex div. GERMANY. The Wiener Zeitung of the 18th publishes the cor respondence between Lord PALMERSTON and the Austrian Government on the Haynau affair. I appears that as HAYNAU had declined prosecuting personally, Lord PALMERSTON did not feel disposed to institute an ex officio prosecution, and the Austrian Government declined to interfere further, reserving to itself the right of reciprocity in analogous cases. Accounts from Berlin of the 21st state that NAN TEVFFEL was to leave for Dresden on the following day. Baron vois LADENBERG took leave of the Directors, Secretaries, and officials of the Ministry of Public Worship on the 21st, in the following address : "I have to-day a mournful duty to fulfil. I hale to bid you farewell. His Majesty has been pleased to re• lease me, at my own request, from tho duties of thin Mini-try. His Majesty has had, at the same time, the goodness to retain me still in the service of the State. To the reasons which led me to tender my resignation, I naturally cannot further allude; and can only intimate, that my idea of the honour and welfare of Prussia com pelled me to take the unwilling step. I may have erred in my conception, but my euty as a faithful servant of the King compelled me to act, according to the feel ings I entertained. It was, I need scarcely repeat it to you, a resolution I was reluctant to take, the more so, in proportion as activiiy in the sphere I have to leave was valued by me. For twelve years I have been un ceasingiy employed in it and during the whole time I have had not only your if, but I may venture to say, your subjective support also. In parting from you, I wish, from my heart, that it may be given you to con tinue to labour for the good of the Church, for the deve lopment of tcience, and the instruction of the peolle, as far as they can be promoted from this centre, in the same spirit of cheerfulness, devotion, and trust in God. Pre serve a Lienrily remembrance of me, as I shall ever re. main attached to you." The oldest member of the section of the Ministry that has the control of the affairs of the Church, the Court Chaplain, EHRENBERG, replied in a brief ad dress, expressing the sense of the general body of the loss it sustained in the retirement of Baron VON LADENBERG, and the ceremony closed. Baron DE PECISLIN is appointed Danish Plenipo tentiary to the Conferences at Dresden. It appears that Messrs. VON DER PFORDTEN and VON LINDEN, Prime Ministers of Bavaria and Wurtem berg, as well as the prime or principanlinisters of almost all second and third class German States, will attend the consultations concomitant upon the open ing of the conferences, The Conferences were to begin early on the 23d. The proceedings would probably be opened by an Address from Prince SCHWARTZENBERG. The chief points of the settlement to be proposed will be the establishment of an executive power of the Confe deration separated from the Legislative body ; that this executive power will be exercised in perpetuity by Prussia and Austria together and in common. A reduction and re-distribution of the number of the votes of the states in the Diet will be made. Prussia and Austria will each receive two; four monarchies one each ; the other minor states will be divided into five groups, each group having one vote ; thus the central organ will include only thirteen votes, instead of seventeen as under the old Confederation. An order has been issued for the reduction of the Bavarian army. The following are the nominations already made by the different states of their Representatives at the Dresden Conference : • - "Austria, Count Pool- Sehonhaustn ; M. Prolieseh- Ostcn, the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin will also at tend them, and Prince Soh wartzonberg, the President of the Austrian Cabinet, will Le present at the opening sittings. " Prussia will be represented by Count Alvensleben, with Count Flemming as coadjutor. M. von Mamteutful, who was to have betn present at the first sittings only, will now most probably remain in Dresden during the whole o.nierenee, as it is hoped the business will be brought to a close sooner than anticipated. "Hanover has nominated M. von Scheele and M. von Monchnusen. " Bavaria sends the Minister of State, von der Pfordten. " The Government of Saxony is on the spot, and though the formal appointment of a Representative has not been made, the duties will probably devolve on the Minister von Beust. sends M. Harsenpflug, the fountain and source of the evil the whole Conference is held to re medy, or rather of the circumstances that brought the evil to its crisis, by occasioning a collision between Austria and Prussia. " Brunswick has appointed M. Liebe. " Nassau, the Minister von Win!singerode. " Hamburg, Syndic Banks. "For the tolc - hy of Holstein, as a state of the Con federation, the Kivg of Denmark (as Duke of Holstein), has nsined .711ron von Pechlin, the negotiator of the Treaty of July, 1849, who has represented Holstein in the Diet ef Frit.kfort for a long series of years. " Lubcck sands the Burgerrnrister Brehmer. '' Mecklenburg Schwerin is represenied by Count von Below. " The Thuringian States h ave not yet named all their represents tires. ' A dispatch from lie:se states that the Upper Tri bunal of Cassel has agreed with General VON PEUCWER, the Prussian Commissary, to put in force the orders of the Ch of September, reserving the question of legality to be dt cided after the termina tion of the Dresden Conferences. On the other hand, if the decrees are enforced, the Prussian and Austrian Commissaries will withdraw the whole of the Executive troops. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Danes have thrown a bridge over the Schlei at Csppeln, and have fortified so strongly as to make the passage of the Schlei at that point impossible. BOSNIA. By a telegraphic dispatch over Vienna it is re ported that the troops of the Seraskier have entered victorious into Tuzla. Mostar was in a state of in surrection ; it had sent a deputation to the Seraskier offering to submit, but with the condition that all the Turkish authorities should be displaced. POLAND. Letters from the Polish frontier of Prussia state that the reports of concentrations of Russians on the frontier between Silesia and Poland are well founded. In the middle of the present month Rus sian columns appeared without previous notice in the Polish towns near the Silesian frontier, which were immediately distributed among the villages Along the boundary line. The troops consist of lancers and infantry. The town of Czenstochau is crowded with them, yet it is not known from whence they have come or whither they are going. All the horses and waggons of the border country are pressed for the service of the army. The Polish inhabitants have to lodge and feed the troops with out repayment, end do not look on them as We l come guests. ITALY. A letter from Milan of the 16th inst. announces that from the Ist of January next there are to be no longer any foreign consuls or ministers of foreign powers resident in that city. The Paris Journal des Diktats says— " We regret to have to announce the news of unheard of vexations directed against the Jews at Iteme by the Pontifical Government. A letter which we have re ceived from that city, dated the 12th, informs us that one of the most respectable membi rs of the Jewish com muni.y, M. Tagliacezz , , had his house invaded by the police agents, and narrowly escaped being carriel off to prison for she at his residence a poor old woman, a Christian, upwards of 50 years of age, and without res , urces, and whom he employed through charity. M. Tegliactrz) only escaped the hu miliation and sufferings of a prison by his son presenting himself in his pkee, and who was condemned by the tribunal of police in the et-ad and place of his lather, t Ott days' imprisonment. On the intervention, however, of the chiefs of the Jewish community (NI. Ta4liaPezzo is himself a member cf the Consistor)), the Cardinal- Vicar reduced the imprisonment to five days, and on the 11th he was in fact set at Itbnty.” NAVAL COMMANDER- IN• EF.—Vice-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, C. 8., G.C.11., has accepted the ap pointment of Naval Commander-in-Chief of the West Indies, Halifax, and North American etati( n. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILIV)..YS Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • - Do. Preference .. • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and GaIIOWAY• • Belfast amlCounty Down - Perks and Hants Eaten. (Great "Western Ber petual 5 per cent ) Birmingham and Oxford Junction, ca'Ls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a, guarantee • . bo. without a guar. •• Birming., WoiverhamP., and Stour Valley •• Birkenhead, Lancas.,andl Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter.. Buckinghamshire •• • • •• Calcdoniaa •• • • • • D. 1 C I. Preference .. Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence , Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct.l Do. 2d de., 5 per cent.] _ Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and BelfastJunct. Uuudalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & •• • • Do (181. E. & •• Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per, cent. Preference •• I Do. (5/.) 7 pr. ct. Pref.l Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref.' Eastern Counties .. • • Do. Exten., !) per cent. No. 1 • • .. •• I Do. No. 2 • • • • •• I Do. New Preference, 61 per cent. .. • • • • .Nortt. and East. 6 per cent. • • .. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., Ifew • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. da. Do. do., t & C stares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • • • East Lancastiro •• • • Po. New quarters .. Do. 6 per cent. prof. quarter shares.. • - Eat-Lincolnshire, gus. 6 per cant • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Ediu., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. consAidated - 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. eigntha Great North of England . Do. TIEW 401. Do. new 301. Do. new lhl. . .. Great Western .. Do. New, 171. .. hull and Selby .• Do. half shares .. • • Do. quarter shares Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancathire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. F. 201. .. • • .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent . • Do. Budder's. & Sheff. Do. West Biding Union Leeds and Bradford • • Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p et No. 2 Do. pref. 6 P ct rz . N n o. 31 Do. p ref. qrs., 1848 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. . London and Blaekwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydsn thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference •. • • Lendon and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., M.li B (c) London and S.-Western Do. new 50/. .. • • Do. new 401. .. • • Do. new preference • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per tent. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • • • Do. half shares • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Manchester, ghellield, & Lincolnshire • • .. Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new,lol preference Do. 111 anchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. De. 501. 211aTC3 • • • • Do. Li cuing & Derby; Do. Consol. tristol Birming., 6 per cent.; Do. Bristol & Glouccs.l Do. do. do. •• ; Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Lcic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. • • Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlcsbro' and Itedear, 6 per cent. guar: .. Newcastle and Carlisle•• Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. Do extension scrip .. _ _ Newport, Abergavenny,l and Ileretbrd • • • • Newry & Enniskillen Newry, W arrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • • • • • Norfolk • • • • .. • • Do. New 201. shares • • I Extension .. guar. sy, per cent., Do. Waveney Northern Counties Union North British...... Do. 1 reference .. North Staffordshire .. North-Western •• Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and \Vyre Do. Halves (A) •• •• Reading, Guildford, andl lietgate.. • • • • Ito;; stun and Ilitehin J. Shepreth Exten.• . Sew.lish Central Seott;sh Midland Do. new • • • • • • Sarowsbuu & Birming. Claf• 3A .. • • _ Do. Class 8.. • • • • De. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbur y & Hereford hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Hal - yes .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • . • Do. New.. .. • • • • Do. 8 p r cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union .• South Devon Do. l'reference South Staffordshire .. South-Eastern • • . Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. Soul h Yorksh. anffßiver Dun Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea & Loughor, &c. law Vale Extension .. names Haven Dock and Railway .. • • Vale of leath • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Water:or d, Wex., Wick., and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed • • Do. do. Do. do. West fl!ornwall .. • • Whitebaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Westcyn . • .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth • • • • • • • • York, .N ewcastle, & Ber wick .. .. • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • • • • Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway • • .. York and North Midland Do. Preference • • .. Manchester, Sheffield, dene at 134. do. .. do. .. Anglo•ltalian (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 Valentia Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France • • Orleans and Bordeaux Paris and Orleans • • .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre . Sambre and Meuse .. St rasbotrg ar d Basle .. Tons and Nantes Tournay, Jut bise, Lan liasselt • • West Flanders .. • • Australasia .......... • • British North America.. Colonial .....• ........ Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... LW.on and Westminster National rroyincial Eng. National of Ireland .. . Provincial of Ireland • • • • Do. New .. •••• • • • • Union of Australia .. • • Do. Now ....•••• •• •• Union of London •• •• •• Union of Madrid !• .. 80 8 i 8 Nominal Frices. 10% to 11 % % dis. 53y 5 3 ,4 diF. .. ~..... •• h -1 P. 29 -31 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 6 p 10% - 11 hi 75 -77 1714 - - I I 5% - 17 -1914 14U - 14% 23 —2l dis. 3% - 3 % 2% -2% 1% — 17 i I — l % % —1 0,6 —c% P 34 dis. P 11 dad, 56 -58 55% - f,71.4 5 - 7 p - 7 .. --.. 4X - 4X IPN - 19 1 4 13 -13;9 2 - 32 - 3 30 -31 7 - 7 i - 2 - 15 , /, 6 - 11% - 11 5 , 12y, - 1214. 39 —4l e P 242 215 79 —BO 3% —3% dis. 99 101 49y4 5034 22 —23 6s —73 6 7 p. 2G —27 p Wi sog lox, —lO dis 7 —6% dis. 1)4 1 dis. 128 - 132 —5% diß, 95% —965 q 14 —l5 3% —2l die. 3% 3 dis. i X die. P . 5i 7-:*.ii,‘ 87 -88 10 - 11 1 4 57 -LO 57 -60 137 -139 11% - 12 *i - 246 1264, -127% 4M -4% p. 5 - 5 14 1 ) . 2M-2 p• 79% - 80% 11 .- —la" die I 9 8 dis. 2% —2% p. 13 -15 a;~ ais.' 214 dia. 49% 18% —lB dis. 24 —26 129 - 131 28% 28 dig. [49% '50% 49% 50k 16% % % • • • ---• • 2% -3% 21 —23 15 —l4 (Hs. 16 —l7 4% 4)6 S l #- 4% - 7% - 914 5 1 ,6 7% dis, 19% - 20 42 -43 7;-.. -8% p. 18 4 , 7 ' -19% 7 9 4 - 8 1% -1% p. 13+37, - - 734 6 -- 5 - 9ii 5 8 - 1% - I 3 3 1 4 - 3% - 23h, 2*i - 23% 234 die. • •dla 3 -3% 4 - h Iq4 - 18 20.. -.. % - 21% **B = it}i 44 , -45 15 -193 -54 dis _2 die 17 —4% 100 • •• 50 23% 24 10 1 dis. and Lincolnshire 6/. Prefe: FORE: [ON. 6 13 4 20 2 -2!4 9% -9% 16% - 16% 4% 4 dis x.d I Pm. % - % Pm. N, - !' f3 Pm. I -1% 2% -2% 9 1 4 LSj 16 3% die. 35 —37 27% 2814 3% 514 11% 11% 3% 334, 8 N :NT STC 9%—^ did. ad - :K BANKS. 28 -304 42U -43 - 1 25 - 2514 18c- 19 27X - 27% 17% - ig 42 - 43% 15X - 15% 343 - 35 .. - .. 12N - IVA 1 % !4 2% % IA % 9 15% IA 3 s) % 36 36 hi 7h, 9% % 11% % 3%f( 5% Ni z.d Business done to-day. 101 % Anglo-Mexican(is. 51. p.) Asturian .. • . ........ Australian . Barossa Range Blacnarvon Iron and Coal Manes Scrip British Iron.. Brazilian Imp • (is. 5/. p.) - 3 - 3-)4 Do. Cocacs and Cnyibal De. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper .•.... • . Coplapo ..... • • • • • General • . Real Del Monte, Irbreg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... - 3 14 - 1414 32% - 33% 5%- 5 - 13% Tin croft .. • United Mexican ....... 10 9 —7% 7 10% 11 28 28% 614 —5% EISCELLtNEOUS. 32% 12% —44 14 263 —27 50 89% 88 60 73 —74 74 able for the errors of the Official Lists, an interested corresrondons.) Canada •• .. •• •• (len. St(•cm Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Mail Steam ..•• [We cannot be answers will not be influenced by vIONLY and ColvilviEßClAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti ma*ed at 8,000 baits, of which 1,000 Surat were taken on speculation. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 300 Pernam and Maranham at Sd. tv Ell.; 1,00 Bahia at FV.; 500 Egyptian at 81d. to 91d.; 2,000 Surat at sd. to 6 t.; and 100 Sea Ishnu at ls. 2d. to Is. sd. per lb. The . market closed very firm.--In Railway. Shares a god badness was done at improving prices. The Colonial Markets are closed for the holiday?. Tea is rather dull, and Tallow not brisk. The meeting of Mexican bondholders 3e2terday drew the most crowded atteedance of parties interested that we )et remember to have seen, and although there was necessarily a good deal of discussion, the difference of opinion was tar less then on many previous occasiors. It was conceded that the creditors have already made enormous sacrifices, the amount abandoned on this and former occasions being no less than 23,000,000 dollars ; but it is likewise felt that the better course seems to be to help Mexico nut of her . diffieultice, brought on by the late war, and to secure at least two and-a halt" millions of dollars from the indrnnity- money. With this sum, and the calh already in tle Beek of England, which the Mexican agent has et once handed over to the entire control of the committee,-and•etaa the amount of du ties that will come forward by the next packets, about 7 per cent. will be payable on the bonds, making the market price of 36 in round numbers, 29 ex dividend. As to the pa3ment of the indemnity, it is tolerabli certain, became Mesers.j Baring Brothers act for the Ilaited States' Government in remitting the amount from the States to Mexico, and can, therefore, readily -end it to England instead, upon authority being given. It is possible, likewise, that the American Government, upon an allowance of discount, would let the whole at once, for its treasury is amply supplied with the precious metels. A few weeks only will be recokite,probably, in order to complete the arrangements for paying an instalment of, say 2 out of the 7 yer cent. ; and Coked Facie is entitled to thanks for resigning further control over the money in the Bank of England directly the agreement was sauctio- ed by the meeting. As to the security apportioned for the future punctual payment of the three per cent. dividends, it is by com petent parties considered to be adequate• ' but M. Fel cermet, the new agent in Mexico of the foreign bond holders, has special instructions to press for fuller secu rity, sad fur an appropriation.of public lands, and there is fair reason to conclude that the customs revenue veiil improve, now the glut of goods smuggled rause the frontier during the American war is pretty well run out, and a more liberal tariff is to be adopted, so as to reduce the profit of contrabandises. Mr. Richmond dwelt with reason upon the improving state of Mexico, and the greater chance of her future „,prospfrity, from the fact that her standing army was almost destroyed during the war, that she now only maintains about 10,000 mein and that the American invaders, unjustifiable as was the course their Government adopted, serve now to guard against the Indians an extensive line of frontier. Moreover, the ambitious colt). eels and even smaller military aspirants, who stirred up pronunciamentos in the provinces every now and then, have disappeared nearly, being either cut off during the war or reduced to the necessity of earning an honest living. The Mexican Government is bound in the course ;X a few years to pay more than 3 per cent., and we trust ere long to hear that the Legislature agrees to some modification. The attempt to work up flax under the new pt., eess of M. Claussen, without steeping, &e., into a thread equal to that produced from cotton, appears to be going on most successfully at the mills of Messrs. John Bright and Brothers, at Rochdale, and, if report speak truly, those gentlemen are highly pleased with the result. The samples received in the City and shown by Mr. J. S. Christophers excite astonishment, so close is the re .emblance to cotton, in the judgment of some of our leading firms, and we observe that the Manche , ter Guar dian pronources the thread sent to them to be about No. 30 of very fair quaky. If flax can be adapted to the existing machinery, and displaces even a fourth of the consumption of cotton, how stupendous will be the re eu!ts to our farmers and manufacturers and the country at large At Amsterdam on the 22d inst., Dutch Two•ead-a llalf per Cents, were 57; and at Frankfurt, on the 21st, Austrian Metallics were 731 to a, and Spanish Three per Cents. 334 The' Funds are very inactive, but firm. The atten dance is very thin. Consols are 97 to s ; New Three. and-s-_Quar ter per Cents.; 99 to i; Bank Stock is 2134 to 214; Exchequer-bills are still 645. to 675. premium. Foreign Securities arc quiet. Mexican 35i to 36. Spanish Three per Cents. 404. Fror:ch Three pRr Cents. 57 to 58r. The fact of the loan not being taken is deemed of no moment, and a subsequent arrangement is anticipated. Railway Shires generally _are buoyant, and higher rates have been obtained for North Stafford, South- Western, Midland, Great Western,And one or two others. CIART.ER TO TfillE Combs ... .. ... Ditto Account ... 13 14 0 78 6 8 6 13 4 6 !3 tl 2% 1 1 CO I, 8 6 8 11 13 4 414 100 23% 11% 15 11 6 3 100 12 15 4 20 100 4 2 OI 29 16 0 5% dia. 4% dis. —6% 1 dls 14 3 dis 16 3 dis 24 5% 14 db. 4% dis. 13 5 3 9 12 3 17 Pi 1074 11 1; 4 11 V, 14 13% 1,2q4i is% % % % filii A _ 12% 180 79% Mi% 60M 59% M 4% % % 87% N [I2M4 126 126% 127 21% % 31 60 34 79% !4- ... 97 97* ex d. . ONE i RICES OF B RITIS El IeITN.Q9 O'CLOCK. Bang Stock ...,. 214 213/4 3 per Cent. Reduced I, nos. ... 7%14% ge w 314 par Cent. Anns ..:. --...... 99 99 1 ,, 3 Cons A•wne. to expire Jan.lB6o 7 34 irilia Bonds, 1,000/.__....... ...... ;- Ditto under L00M...—. . iouth Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities ,... 97 1 4 ;1013801a for Account 97 97 1 Exchequer Bills. 1 1 4 ti.ts 21 I,uoo/. June 64 67 p 5001. June Small. June 64 67 p CLOSING PRICES. 214 Vl 3 / 4 99 73 / 4 85 p 85 p 97% 97 67 I. 67 p 67 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. tli )xican, 5 pm - Cent. 1819, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account 11,1s3ian Bonds CLOILgk PRICES. 35% Ditto, 4% per Cent S,anieh 5 per Cont. 1840 Ditto, Passive 3 ; , 4 3 s n, Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Londor French 3 per Cent . s7f. 5Tc. 57f. 58c. Exchange Beligan, 4% per Cent ... — 90% vutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 24.—Wind at noon S.W., light airs and dull hazy weather. LITERPOOL, DEc. 23. - -Accounts from New Yolk st'to that a large American ship, with two anchors nut ahead, and ten wreckers near her, was seen on the 19th ult. cff Gunkey. AYR, DEC. 20.—Three boxes of muslin handkerchiefs, marked No. 434, 441, and 444, have been washed on shore, supposed to hays been shipped by the Adeline, Liverpool to New Orleans; which,was wrecked on Black water bank. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 21.—The Emma, Africa to Ant werp, got aground off Zaulitanue 15th inst., and remains. Tne Enterprise, Antwerp to Guatimala, aground near ltammeken, has floated off. The Teela, Newcastle to Lisbon, put into Flushing 15th inst. to repair damage. Henwicu, DEC. 23.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrd. Two Sisters, Shields, for London, assisted in with loss of bow sprit, &c., from contact with a schooner, name unknown. FALMOUTH, DEC 23.—An EngliA ship, with scroll. head, painted ports, name on the stern in gold letters on a blue ground, light loaded, was passed abandoned, with colours flying in fore and main rigging, 9th Dec., in 34 N., 11 W. DunLIN, Dr'e. 23.—The Georgiara, Limerick to Gloucester, on the rocks near F.,kerries, has broken up; about 200 to 3CO barrels of cargo saved. The Jane, of and forpork 'from Glasgow, makes 1 I feet water per hour. The fire on board the John Bryant, from SArannah, his to all appearance ben extinguished, and the cargo is now being discharged. WESTPORT, DEC. 23.—The barque Sea Nymph, New castle to Meets Video and Callao, has arrived in Black Sod Bay, with decks swept, cargo shifted, &c. ARCHANGEL. DEC. 7.—The Rose, of Waterford, hence to Co!chester, has been surveyed and condemned, and sal, with her cargo. DEAL, Dai. 23 —Wind N.W., foggy.—.Acrd. Nicola Jean, Richibucto and Miramichi. BRISTOL, DEC. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Whitehaven, St. John's, Newfoundland. FLEETWOOD.—And. Perthshire, Miramichi. QUEENSTt,WN, DEC. 22 —Wind calm.—Arrd. Ca • rena, Dtmerard making wa'er; Zl.4hyr, Ltguna. Lucy Ann, Valparaiso; Albion, Jamaica. Off port, James Hurt, Berbiav, fur the Clyde. The Unicorn brig, of and fur Londonderry from Phi lach Iphia, was abandoned on the 10th ult., in 36 N., 10 W., in a sinking state; crew saved. WATERFORD, DEC. 22.—'The Laura, Cempbell, r f Prince Edward's I hand, Miramichi to Liverpool, hits been assist' d in With loss of mainmast, s - ails, &c., and very leaky. F.AEmouTu, DE.c. 23.—Wind N.—Sld. Jessee, Hon duras; Aultri, Panama. ERIDGEWATER, DEc. 23.—Wind N,— ArrO. Ophe'ia Ann, St. John's, New Brunawiele. I 'VEEP. OL, DEC. 13 —Wind I.Y.N.W.—Arrd. Arthur, New Orleans; Josephine, Charleston; Ellen Maria, Nt w York; Thomas, St. John's, New Bruns rick. Std. Pi ccnix, Havannah; Cressida, Calcutta. Off port, Eleanor, Thompson, Sr. Domingo. SHIELDS, DEC. 23.—The Britannia steamer, from Leith, got in contact with the Ann nr,d Elizabeth big, of this port, in tow of a steam-tug toning her cut. The brig had her hiwsprit carri, el away, her b; as a!ove ir, had to put back, and will probably have to discharge. The tug also received considerable damage. BREMEN, DEC. 20.—The Lucirer barcoe Wt o s c " i abandon( Yd, 10th int.. in 48 N., 9 W. NEW ORK, DEC. s 10.—The Janet barque, !woo to St. S ephen, put into North Quoddy Bay , 2 d just, to stop* leak. The Curlew, Cornwallis, to Boston, o we on Cape Split. 23d ult. HALIFAX, DEC. 9.—A schooner is reported sunk, wi th top of mast above water, between Torbay ond Ne ff : harbour; and a schooner is on shore in Sheol Barbour; Wes on The Don schooner has been wreck at W hitehead crew saved. The Unity from Burnetto this port, was totally lost on the Frying Pans, 23d ult. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) HA zzem.zzoszTb SMITHFIELD.—Mead T ovi Hay, 218 , 3 .to 3115 3 ; Clover,: Si Os to 41 2s ; and Straw, 11 03 to 11 63 p er loso A mode! ate supp ly - , and a dull tsade. CIAIT MILAN% Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 3 1 IS T . Clover, 31 Os to 41 Os; and Straw, 11 13 to 118 s per lua Trade dull, at late rat's. 0/ )5 , ; WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 83 to A Clover, 310 s to 4125;; and Straw, 1/ Os to 11 63 per 'oat" Supply good, and trade dull. - -- BO W-STREET.—(THIS DA Was C ..•• . A juvenil.3 prostitute, named Smithers, with the following robbery : Y sjrned A gentleman named Levy, residing at n ruge a Bdgium, Ltats d that last night, between ten and elefehe o'c;ock, he was on his way to Norfolk street, whfieftd a w t a k s visiting a friend, when the 6 t but au . d him to treat her. lbe declined at ra , ber 6 became . so troublesome and annoying that he P enough shilling to get rid of her. This, however, Was Bat ;,1 threw - 6 prisoner came aP pad to induce her to go away, and she at length arms round his waist, and Euccreded in e x old, purse from his pocket containing 71. 10s. two 5/. notes but before she could eonceal it be in st l o f but 4 " „ it from her hand. The two notes were Ea% the 71. 10,. were missing, and he therefore called a , 1)'. iceman and gave her into custody. At the stationticari i, was d searched, and the 41., with some foreign colas w had in the purse, were found upon her. „d 0 0 Mr. JARDINE said it was a clear case, Sad 11° acrid it for trial. She 'The *,- in gold , and e prisoner denied having stolen the prig' ot ot picked it up in the stud, and the corapia. ll I have dropped it when he gave her the ls. •el lar The complainuut raid his resence was re c l uir % or mediately at Bruges, and it p would be a serious --c venienc to him to be detained here to prosee t n 0 die. Mr. JARDINE had no alternative, H er b °t charge the prisoner. : 1 ma r Ws . The money having been restored, the PTl, e I accordingly liberated, much to her ow n surPlse' & 0 . 1 511 • WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND c on- o f meeting of the members of this society, who,,,bYsP osition, are entitled to allotments in the Da torn tu Estate, near Hampton Court, recently enrcb3sl, beueg E society, was held last evening, for the purpose chair' for choice of allotments; J. Duncan, Esce , in l e , cool' The Chairman said, that he had been selected bY,,`" be bee mittee to occupy the chair on that occasion, cllitnt's, e yes lieved, from the fact that be was not an allottee, acceded to a member of the scciety, bat he had with pleasure botiland free pr; ill i a ent their invitation, believing, as he did, that societies were destined to be one of the n 2 ° s° a. - 1 " agents in accelerating social and political progreesios ioa. nugget, the secretary, then read the restrictions a gee tel l by the committee, which appeared to gill e et ibje c ha satisfaction. After some discussion on, tu an e of restrictions, Mr. W. Geesin and 1 " s ' et . etine e l ston were appointed by the meeting as st ole ° to superintend the ballot; the ballot having been C 'e be re the members adjourned to t Exeter- hall lintel' Where e d excellent supper was provided. After tile cloth wasith of Mr. Vine, who occupiel the chair, proposed t he Duncan, Eeq , who had on all occasions devo'cd Idea t ee bee. 010 10 to every description of rational reform, and great ] ) t e pee °.• extension of the freehold land movement. Inn the bore Mr. Duncan, Mr. Huggett, in returning thaks , 03 10 114 f mony to the devotion of Mr. Duncan in every racee bas oil) to elevate the pof the workin classea. Messrs. Vine and osition g Pemberton (two members of th?.if i oing who had distinguished themselves by their activits 'LiD(l'3l3e out the estate for building purposes, was proposed, a o r. the health of G. E. Dennes, Esq., the solicitor, Huggett, the secretary, which being duly acknovirr-oese? meeting adjourned, evidently much pleased'ith P lugs of the evening. HALL.--Mr.-its s ford APOTHECARIES' HALL. Mf. James e-- tll ose- 11 wood was amongst the gentlemen who pas ted their e tion on 'Thursday last. 245,? HER MAJESTY'S ROUTE TO BALSO`';,— re' YEAR. —At the anniversary meeting of the Ed i 9" ° ,3o , rayshire Mechanics' Society, last week, t h e chair' sieg to Thomson Gordon, sheriff of Edinburgh, in P r°l lore health of the Queen, said have had occasion be oep iu this room, to tell you my belief, that g raduallp o res step, her Majesty would at last touch the fAvoure %.icb I b e e Moray ; and I am in possession of information, ‘l At ay, ° is lieve to be tolerably correct, that next year, Prl o heen!it shall find her landing at Burghead, on her waY t,,ted This would lead to the inference that the lung PrQ` her 1 7; to Dunrobin Castle will be next year c arried ` y esty proceeding to Sutherland by s ea, and after starreiloah, ttime with their Graces the Duke and Duchess ofd t slte fr ,• will cross in the Royal yacht to Burghead, an and , Highland road to Balmoral, by Rothes,Toinantoui, graff.—eelberdeeo Journal. 1, to g if6 To :commi.eerate is sometimes more t- 911 . 0 .10 for money is external to a man's self; but b L ..e rsa coo' stows compenion communicates his own soul'' 1* Journal. DJ" he 11 0 IRISH REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP:. "I„ssiOe prelates who are to sit in Parliament the ensuing the Archbishop of Dublin, Bishops of OsesorY , Ol Killaloe. 6 , 1 0 ; 0 • SOHO THEATRE....--Last evening the in tragedian" made his first appearance on any stdg, e ,', o rotl i gLe tions from Hamlet and Richard the Third. This o 're lll. o has had no professional tuition- at least so the P r i ev et, infermi us ; this we beg most respectfully to „ t of ' 0 ( tuition is apparent in every sentence, and that ton 11 ,j e gre e highest order. The only thing that created anY ' surprise was the little fellow's retentive meolorY . ,, Obr i6‘ f tiO: INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS —The l ate i , F tison's collection of autograph letters wer e told qcoldjiulf, last week by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, of ;etar u s s ts , The sale extended over three days, concluding oi l lace z" t e The bulk of the collection consisted of commonq graphs, but there was a good sprinkling of rarities etc, des of more than ordinary interest, as the 11,11°I etla slo tracts from the catalogue, with the prices realize, 011,0, sale, will sufficiently show:—Lot 91, A letter oaettolt, Camden, 31.35. Lot 103, a letter of Charles ° p i h oles signed only, 11. 11s 6d. Lot 107, a letter of v:cliv e • of England, V. 13s. Lot 129, a letter of Nit t J, Crlel David Garrick, 21. Lot 137, a signature o f lic - f t lf well, 21. Lot 157, a wardrobe warrrant, signed V ai l 0 ,11, VI , Lot 159, a letter of Queen Elizabeth, slg o - c i 0. 2/. 12s. Five letters of David Garrick pro,dl le 'i s , ? 5 ,., • Lot 260, a lett , r sigued by Queen Henrietta Xati."l Lot 296, a letter of James I , signed only, 21 ' 11 - 0 0 t short note of Dr. Samuel Johnson, 21. • A . letter of Louis XIV., 21. Lot a letter of LouttarticA 41. Lot 441, a letter of Madame Necker to Das„,'i d , o len; 21. 4s. Two letters of air Robert Peel, 21. ss. 0 / ' of Pope, 41. Lot 549, a letter of Nicholas Poussin, A tel. s , Two letters of Samuel Richardson, 11. 17s. Lot 5°1 ,3 1. 1 p of J. J. Rousseau, IL 16s. Lot 562, a letter of Ruben4e, Lot 615, a letter, with poetry, of Lot 692, a very interesting letter of H. Kirke WTI, Editor of the Monthly Review, remonstrating W';,4/. to his unfavourable criticism upon " Clifton Grove , pieg,,,e William Sonaerrl!te Pop 184, a quaint letter of the Duke of Wellington, d ec o Sey t ief present a gentleman to her Majesty before he 1 1 13 „ ° t thing about him, " even though he be a graV i b - T e P' University," 14s. Lot 717, a charter, sign, c ,ld• s ol Duke of York, son of Edmund Plantagenet , pe. document was signed a few months before the ee" the memorable battle cf Agincourt, A.D. 1415. n T o m! , THE THREATENED STRIKE ON THE L OS r e ( Ved NORTH •WESTERN RAILWAY.— It is generally hot t he " l a the men will continue quiet for a fortnight, 'bat i eslo of that time a more general strike is looked for 0; of I , r first anticipated. In the mean time the directel London and North-Western Railway are taking P v i r a te caution in their power to guard against, or at l e retr, the danger and inconvenience which may be aPP' the postal communication and to the travellnip.' general. The • bl`' Tun ARMY IN NORTH A M ~° „ ( 1 1 Brunswick papers, under the head, " Generous and Rape Fir. ,e ge Conduct," state that the Ist battalion of the he Regiment, at present at Halifax, Nova Scotia,. aid Q ll , musty subscribed the handsome sum of 72/. Ws. 7rbe sufferers by the late conflagration at Fredericton. 15.00 tion given by the officers was 591.; private servan ts ' 'jib e nit and the privates, 9!. Bs. 6d. A bsoldier 0 - 0 tte- f regiment, named Arthur M'Quade, was shot in 11 1 ,st. to desert at Cape Breton on the 3d of October died of the wound on the 9th of Novt*ber. S‘ t g i d e A'r o DANGEROUS ENCROACHMENT or THE A , / 2, 1 IfOßD.—The recent heavy gales and tides, we Pr ( ' ard) regret to say, have considerably weakened etiged, beach at some places in this bay, and is particilleri,v dOv i si able at the boat-houses, one of which is in iram i , l3e. :l l /' off the road in front being completely was bet io s r l -me e f threatening the foundations of the bUilding• ecbre e ll i years past the sea has been found gradually to ens on 0 and those best acquainted with the powerful eclibe°,,, tides along the coast have serious apprehensions ° Re o 6 ,gef mate consequences to property situated near, t il l e str ° ,'lor . effectual steps can be devised before long to form f ez` g to barrier against the fury of the waves in tenepeettlo";o theof The hank of beach, east of the martello tower (wilse't-eol°,ol broke through in November, 1824, and deluge' the 121 ,' part of the town, &c., causing much damage), j 5 equal to resist a similar attack, should such a cala.,t. ti- of t fortunately occur here again at the height of sP f t , lll s o lll It is far from our wish to create any uuneeess ar f o o l' P 11; eo l) d the subject ; unhappily, beehowevr, every winter atoeof tells its own tale, and it will futile to.take OrecTit- egfo' measures should we be visited by another floo,ed. mo e sP fall of chalk under the cliff, thrown d ow n by to sion, is rapidly diminishing. „ eke be ° ,o 6 , ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL AT WINDSOR."'" 4 -, be , p al fd stone . screen enclosing the first cloister OC O a O3 decayed, the families of two late military knigihe r Campbell da and Major Wathen, have combined toge-it i h . p.y e e . restored two of the compartments into whi cil i o n le tb. (1, contrasting favourably with a very ugly ap t re looking window which has been recently rP en ts -d f ~1 1; 9,1 dean's residence close by : within the chapel its o`itleee" deal has been done within the few last years ill 113 s'e - f" ments awl improvements; both colour and gildi l/ gs • 14 1 1) 1 1. called in. in aid of these very praiseworthy olj ec :e ' d stained glass window has been erected at the east w t op a' e the 5° t oted° south aisle, and the whole of the windows 0 ern are now being filled in, in the same manner, a nd W,i e br pleted will add very much to the adornment of this r$ I place of worship.— .Builder. r O ef i le ,O P NEW BARONETS.—We hear that M.P; S'r Walter Gilbert, Mr. James Matheson, Richard Tufton, are to be created baronets. Ifob l p° We should possess dignity without p ride. !' without meanness, and elegance without affectation* e O l/ ' Cook's Journal. er 11 ;i, ;1 A RUNAWAY HEARSE.-011 Fl id:Y -ft ol ° ol while a hearse was drawn up at the door of 3 111- 10gr!' " : Blythswood-square, Glasgow, and the driver was e ll n 'ail, r s/ some way belline, the horses suddenly took frigh t, 5- e e- B ` . /, off with extraordinary rapidity, down West Gre r rele The unwonted spectacle naturally' excited considera., PO d prise and alarm. Fortunately, however, a stop r 7 i irg the furious career of the animals without ha rm tide any person.- Daily Mail. Mr. Parker, M P., Secretary to the A ,lll l h on a visit to the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel cil.s°e• I' %% 5 1 4 5 10 34 10 195( 10 16 [IS% 6 23%% 4% 3% V 3 1,4 3 43 44X 19% % % % 14% % 6 5% 21 3% % el's .3' ;tenet hate been 12% % Nominal Feces 1 13 01 13 5 -24% Business don. to-day. 2 3 raid. 100 17% 2% 100 100 42% 100 47% 2 12 0 3 % X 6 % % 1k9%