The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-26 00:00:00

MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT Reformation. To that glorious revolution England RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLESFIELD. owes much of her present pr os p er it y an d h er hi g h The Committee of Management have, after anxious and mature deliberation, come to the determination to dissolve this:Company as rank among the nations of the earth. It destroyed empowered by their deeds, but they have arranged an amalgamation on favourable terms with another railway company, which effects a the shackles of despotism ; it lessened the power similar object, and by which the scrip holders in this Cc mpany may of kings, freed the mind, in a great measure, from have an equal number of shares in th e o th er company. Printed copies of the report from the Directors will be sent to the thraldom imposed by a wicked, selfish, and un every shareholder who has signed the deeds, and may be obtaimed by the scrip holders on appldcation at the office. believing priesthood, and taught the people to look Those shareholders who do not wish to take the shares in the other company, may r ece i ve h ac k the amount of the i r depos i ts, to the Bible alone as the guide of their faith and minus the ex p enses. conduct. The Puseyites have been labouring By order of the Committee of Management, for years to undo all these great blessings ; JOHN DUNLOP, secretary. 19, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Dec. 23, 1845. they have, by cunning, stealth, and every Je suitical scheme, been undermining the bulwarks of the Protestant Church, and polluting the sources whence all the established clergy and aristocracy, and a vast majority of the middle classes, draw their lite rary knowledge, as well as their principles of belief. The Bible and the Reformation are alike slighted or condemned ; the traditions of the fathers and the inventions of priests and designing men are preferred to the great truths inculcated in the former, and the latter is denounced as a great crime, from the dire ef fects of which nothing can save the nation but speedy repentance and the adoption of the tenets laid down as perfect by the infallible representative of ST. PETER. The Roman Catholic Church is regarded as the only pure church, and all the sects that have sprung from the Reformation, including the Lutherans, the Eng lish Protestants and Presbyterians, and Dissenters of every denomination, are denounced as Heathens and unbelievers. For a time this Jesuitical sect retained its position in the Church and the two Universities, spreading its baneful influence around, and receiving large stipends and salaries, appropriated only for Pro testants; but latterly the more scrupulous of the party have become, from the universal indignation of the public, ashamed of their perjury, and have openly gone over to the Church of Rome. Large numbers, however, still remain, acting on the principle, that it is justifiable to do evil that good may come. Many of our bishops are infected by the new doctrines, aud have been striving by the most deceitful prac tices to bring over the people by degrees, and pave the way for the full establishment of the Catholic religion throughout England. The late ad dress of Dr. PEPTS, Bishop of Worcester, to the can didates for holy orders in his diocese, comes therefore very appropriately at the present time, and forms a striking contrast to the vague, timid, and we fear Puseyite pastoral letters and addresses of such wa verers as the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and the Bishops of LONDON and EXETER. He leaves no doubt whatever on the subject. He asserts, and proves, by quotations from Catholic works and the Thirty-nine Articles, that the doctrines of the Puseyites are at direct variance with the reformed religion, and the sacred oaths taken by such men as PUSEY, and NEWMAN, and WARD. These men, not only put tradition on an equal footing with Scripture, but they give it a pre cedence, because the doctrines which it conveys is derived from the Founder of our religion, while those contained in the latter have no better authority than the writings of the Apostles. The sixth article, in which the Puseyites expressed their firm belief at their ordination, contradicts this dogma,:as he justly asserts, in the most express and emphatic language. In like manner he goes through the leading tenets of Romanism, and shows that they are at utter variance with those of the Reformed Church. The address altogether we recommend to the attention of our readers, because it cannot fail to produce a beneficial effect, and, as a proof, has already excited the dire anger of a morning Con temporary, notorious for its hatred of liberty and the noblest institutions of the country. cate in her courts Brazilian subjects and vessels i engaged in the traffic, she would not have sought to obtain by Articles 2,3, and 4, special authority to visit, search, and capture, the said vessels; to have them adjudicated upon by mixed commissions, and various other measures in the like sense." Sir ROBERT PEEL disregarded Sir THOMAS WILDE'S objections, and relied on the counter-opinion of his own Attorney-General, whose opinion, he is pro bably satisfied now bears about the same relation of value to Sir THOMAS WILDE'S as Mr. Baron PLATT'S which, at the time, fortified the Attorney-General' s , does to that of the assembled Judges. Though we cannot, in the absence of an Act of the Brazilian Legislature, adopting Art. 1 of the con vention of 1826, legally proceed to treat Brazilian slave- traders as pirates, and though we cannot make the Emperor of BRAZIL responsible for the failure of the Brazilian Legislature to pass such an Act, by treating it as a casus belli, we are still entitled to claim the exercise of all the influence of the Brazilian Executive to get such an Act passed ; and it is but just to say that the Brazilian Government does not seek to repudiate this claim. After protesting in the strongest terms against our late legislation, the Brazilian Minister proceeds : TO ALL THE LADIES. MADAME TILEMAN, of PARIS, has just invented a new hook, to which she has gives the name of " Page," for its great convenience to ladies whilst walking, keeping up their dress from the pavement without the trouble of holding it with the hands. No. 2, Rue de Menars (first floor), Paris. PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. —On SATURDAY, the ?A of January, 1846, will be Issued, No 1., Price THREE HALFPENCE, of the PEOPLE'S JOURNAL, an Illustrated Weekly Periodical, combining Amusement, General Literature and Instruc lon, with an earnest and business-like inquiry int• the best means of satisfying the Claims of Industry. Among the more important arrangements already made, the Proprietors take the earliest op portunity of announcing, I.—Lectures to the Working Classes, by W. J. Fox, revised by the author for regular weekly publication in the " People's Journal," immediately after their delivery. 2.—Tales for the People, by Mary Howitt. 3.—Eminent Living Persons :—What have they done for the People ? The Literature by William llowitt and others; the Por traits by Miss 31. Gillies ; the Engravings by Linton.—No. I, Charles Dickens. 4.—Scenes from Society ; the Literature by Angus B. Reach, and others ; the Designs by Kenny Meadows ; the engravings by Linton. it.—Poetry for the People ; by Mary Howitt, Ebenezer Elliott, and others. _ . " Nevertheless, the Imperial Government preferring to all other considerations the noble sentiments ofjus tice and philanthropy, by which in all its acts it is ani mated and guided, will continue to employ all its efforts, in accordance with the laws of the country, for the sup pression of the slave-trade ; and the Imperial Govern ment earnestly desires that the Government of her Britannic Majesty may accede to an agreement which, whilst it respects the interest of the legal trade of Brazilian subjects, may obtain the desired end of causing that commerce to cease, the existence of which is de plored and condemned by all enlightened and Christian Governments." 6.—Home. fbr ths People ; with Designs and Estimates. Published at the " Artisan " Office, Wellington-street North, Strand ; where all Communications, Advertisements, Books, Prints, and Music, &c., fbr Review, may be addressed ; and where Prospec tuses may be obtained. BRILLIANT NEW LITERARY MAGAZINE. On the 31st of December will be published, N o . I. o f THE LITERARY ASPIRANT MAGAZINE To be continued Monthly. Price Half-a-crown. Each Num. ber 128 pages, handsomely got up in demy Bvo. We believe that our own commercial legislation has been the chief difficulty which the Brazilian Exe cutive has hitherto had to contend with in the Bra zilian Legislature ; and that the future settlement of this question rests more with our President of the Board of Trade than with our Foreign Secretaries. Many proofs have been lately furnished by the Bra zilian Legislature of their disgust at our persevering proscription of Brazilian sugar. The slave-trade question was indeed in a fair way of settlement in 1841, when Lord PALMERSTON left the Foreign office ; and the policy of the new Government with respect to the sugar duties in 1842—when the insidious, and, as it has proved, illusory distinction between slave sugar and other foreign sugar—changed the dispositions of the Brazilian Government to nego tiate, and everything was unsettled. Free commercial intercourse with Brazil would be an infinitely more effectual means of promoting the cause of humanity in that country, than treaties powerless against a war of tariffs. We have received Madrid journals of the 17th and 18th. With the exception of the appoint ment of Committees to draw up the Address, in reply to the QUEEN'S Speech, no business was done in the Cortes. In the Senate all the members of the Committee were supporters of Government, and in the Chamber of Deputies only one, Senor SEIJAS, belonged to the Opposition. The other Members were ALCALA GALIANO, BRAVO MURILLO, MUNOZ MALDONADO, Luis ARMERO, BENAVIDES, and J. CASTRO. On the 18th the Funds were not so firm. The Three per Cents. closed at 39, and the Fives at 231, both for the account. The accounts received in Paris, on Wednesday, of ,he failure of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to form an admi nistration, and the recal of Sir ROBERT PEEL, pro duced a favourable effect on the stock and share market at the Bourse. The Three per Cents. ad vanced from 81f. 95c. to 82f. 20c., and the Fives to about the same amount. Most of the railway shares also closed better. Owing to the severe weather and a heavy fall of snow in the north of France, the Lon don papers of Monday had not reached Paris. The storm on Monday night was very severe, and on Tuesday morning came on a hurricane, accompanied with a heavy fall of hail and much lightning and thun der. The Journal des Debats, however in the absence of precise intelligence, takes for granted that Sir ROBERT PEEL is the only man that can form a Ministry. Most of the other papers contain articles on the Ministerial crisis, but they are without interest. The proposition of the Minister of Commerce for reducing the import duty on iron has been the sub. ject of deliberation in the Chambers of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce ; and on Monday they met especially for that purpose. The following is an outline of the proceedings, as stated in the papers :—" The proposition effects two interests, the maritime and the metallurgical. The councils, from the commencement of the discussion, were unanimous in admitting the necessity of placing the merchant shipping in as favourable a position as possible. The question, therefore, under discussion was merely to ascertain the best means of aiding the merchant shipping. In the last session M. BERRYER had pro posed as an amendment to the Customs' Bill, to grant a premium of 15f. for every 100 kilos. of iron employed in maritime constructions. This amendment had been rej.cted by a small majority. It was again taken up in the three councils by MM. C. DUPIN and DARBLAY. The first-named gentleman proposed to increase the amount to 20f., whilst the second, though adverse to the principle in the abstract, pre ferred it to the present system, which the Govern ment seemed inclined to favour. M. TALABOT also declared himself willing to support the system of premiums, but he desired at the same time that other measures should be adopted to insure freight to mer chant ves-els, and wished to see the transport of coal, tobacco, and some other articles, restored to the French flag. The seaports, represented by M. CLERC, Of Havre, M. BETTING DE LANCASTEL, of Nantes, and M. Ducos, of Bordeaux, gave the preference to the free admission of foreign iron, and thought that the system of premiums offered grave inconveniences. M. ORTOLAN, of Toulon, was of the same opinion, and wished to see the admission extended to the con structions of the military marine. M. Ducos, of the Gironde, went further, and demanded a complete mo dification of the entrance duties on iron. AI. HORACE SAY supported the same side of the question, appeal ing to the principle of commercial liberty. M. DUPIN again addressed the Council in opposition to the argu ments of the last speaker. Messrs. VINTRY, SCHNEIDER, and LEGENTIL, were also heard. The custom is, in the meeting of the three Councils, to Faye no vote in common, each voting separately. The second meeting is to take place on Monday next, when the first question on the order of the day is to be the discussion on iron proper for the fabrication o stee' " The protest cf the Brazilian Government, which we printed at length yesterday, against the recent Act, empowering our Admiralty Courts to adjudicate Brazilian slavers, seized by our cruisers, has come by no means unexpectedly ; nor can we say that the Brazilian Government protests unreasonably. The Act in question was passed at the end of last session, in a hurry, against the strong remonstrance of Sir THOMAS WILDE. Sir THOMAS WILDE'S opinion has been confirmed by the recent decision of the Judges in the case of the Exeter prisoners. The gist of the protest is the point urged by Sir T. WILDE, and affirmed by eleven of the Judges against two,—that an agreement by treaty on the part of the Brazilian Executive that Brazilian subjects carrying on the slays-trade shall be deemed and treated as pirates is not sufficient, without an Act of the Brazilian Legis lature, making the carrying on of the slave-trade piracy, and liable to the punishments of ordinary piracy, and punishable by English tribunals, to justify interference by our Courts with Brazilian subjects or their property. Fiat justitia, real aelum. Deeply as we should deplore any diminution of power to suppress the slave trade, we are bound to discountenance any illegal exercise of power ; and, in admitting the reasonable ness of the important protest of the Brazilian Govern ment, we are no more justly open to the charge of abetting the abettors of the slave-trade, than, when we recently justified the reprieve of Mr. PALMER'S murderers, we could have been supposed to be insen sible to the cold-bloiided atrocity of their conduct, or to the sad, untimely fate of a brave and meritorious young officer. The terms of the convention with Brazil for the suppression of the slave-trade are thus correctly and clearly stated : "By Art. 1 of the convention, concluded between Brazil and Great Britain on the 23d of November, 1826, .i.nd ratified on the 13th of March, 1827, it was agreed that, from and after the expiration of three years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications, it should )e no longer lawful, under any pretext or in any manner whatsoever, for Brazilian subjects to be concerned in the carrying on of the slave-trade, and that the carrying on of the slave. trade after that period, by any subject of his Imperial Majesty, should be considered as piracy. " By Art. 2 of the said convention the high contract ing parties agreed to renew, as effectually as if the same wore inserted word for word in the convention, the seve ral articles and provisions of the treaties concluded be. Lween his Britannic Majesty and the King of Portugal on this subject, on the 22d of January, 1815, and on the 28th of July, 1817, and the several explanatory articles which had been added thereunto. " One of the conventions thus adopted and renewed by Art. 2 of the convention of 1826, having been that of the 28th of July 1817, which established the right of visit and the mixed commission, and one of the expla. natory articles likewise adopted and renewed by the aforesaid convention of 1826, having been the separate article of the 11th of September, 1817, by which the right of search and the mixed commissions were to cease after the expiration of fifteen years from the date of the abolition of the slave-trade, it is evident that the right of visit and search exer cised in time of peace, by the British cruisers against Brazilian vessels, and the mixed com missions established for the adjudication of prizes made by British cruisers, or by Brazilian cruisers, expired on the 13th of March, 1845, the period at which were com pleted the fifteen years subsequent to the total abolition o f the slave-trade, conformably to article 1 of the con vention of the 23d of November, 1826, which was ratified on the 13th of March, 1827." The right of visit, and the mixed commissions established by treaty, ceased on the 13th of March last ; and all that remains is the agreement of the Emperor of BRAZIL that it shall be unlawful for his subjects to carry on the slave-trade, and that if they do, they shall be treated as pirates—which agree ment of itself is worth just nothing. We do not suppose for one moment that the Brazilian Govern ment, when it became a party to the convention of 1826, intended that it should thus come to nothing, any more than we suppose that the English Government made that treaty, with its eyes open to the insufficiency of treaties for law making. Possibly the expiry of fifteen years without the two contracting parties being able to agree as to the machinery for carrying out the abolition of the The accounts from Algiers are said to be favourable, and some anticipate the speedy capture or death of ABD.EL KADER. According to a letter in the Consti tionnel, his lieutenant, Bou MAZA, has been killed, not by the French, but by one of the Arab tribes. The following particulars are given, but we are not in clined to place much credit in them : " The mail from Oran brings us an important piece of news, viz., that the real Bou Maza has been killed. The details are wanting, but one point appears certain, that we took no part in this event, and that the famous preacher perished by the hands of the Flues. The war riors of this great tribe, it is said, seeing themselves surrounded by our columns, and feeling great irritation against Bou Maza, who was preparing to quit them, fell on him and deprived him of life. Other persons attri bute this act to the jealousy of Abd-el Kader, who never acknowledged the chief as his emissary. However he may have perished, his death will give the finishing blow to the insurrection of the centre. The aman is de. mended from all sides, and it is not granted on ea , y terms ; guns and horses are inexorably demanded from the supplicants. M. de Bourjolly, appointed lieutenant general, returns to France, and in consequence the com mand of the column of Mostaganem has been conferred on Colonel Pelissier. The fine weather favours our expeditions, and it is probable that before the rains commence all shall be restored to order. A long respite will then be given to prepare, according to circum stances, for the invasion of Morocco or the conquest of Jurjura." slave-trade was never contemplated. However, so i is : unforeseen difficulties have arisen, and the 13th of March, 1845, has arrived without any new provi sior.s being agreed upon ; and we are now left with only article 1 of the convention—a fine-sounding de nunciation of the slave• trade—and nothing to rely on for rendering the denunciation effective except the good faith of the Brazilian Executive in pressing its own Legislature, and the willingness of the Brazilian Legislature to give legislative effect to a treaty made by the Brazilian Government. The sanction of the Brazilian Legislature was given to the right of visit, and to the courts of mixed commission, established under the treaty of 1826. But the Act of last session, giving jurisdiction to our Admiralty Courts, was passed, not only without the sanction of .he Brazilian LegislatureAut even without the consent of the Brazilian Government. Well may the Brazilian Government taunt ours with inconsis tency, in a sentence of the protest, w hi c h seems to us unanswerable :—" If England had conkidered herself authorised by Art, 1 to capture a nd adjudi. `• According to the accounts from Algiers of the 17th instant, Abd el-Kader does not appear t§ have advanced far into the interior of the province of Orleansville. On the 11th he was encamped at 10 or 12 leagues from that place, On the 12th, learning that Colonel St. Arnaud had arrived with his column in the night, the Emir re treated with his goum towards the south," We subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the papers :--; " Their Majesties received on Monday evening the Neapolitan Ambassador, the Portuguese Minister, Mar shal Soult, the Ministers of Justice, War, Finances, and Commerce, the Count de St. Aulaire, Count Charles de la Tour du Pin, Viscount de St. Priest, General Bau drand, Fabvier, and de Chabannes, M. Barthe, and M. Liadieres. " Count de Percy Monchamps, the last representative THEITSUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN] NG, DECEMBER 26, 1845. ,n Normandy of th a noble house, which, after the con quest vt%.'s the stock from -which the Percys, Dukes of Northumberland sprang, has just died at his estate at St Clair, near Vire, aged 78. " It is known that our steam navy has only tvi o frigates of 540 horse power—viz., the Descart es , which is afloat, and the Vauban, which is building. The Mogadore frigate, which was put on the stocks in 1840, is the only vessel above that power, which is in the'course of ex, cution, and this is only advanced to the extent of 9-24ths. This vessel will be of 640-horse power. If we are well-in formed, the Minister of Marine has given orders for the building of two other frigates of the same class. We do not know in what ports they will be built, but we hare reason to believe that the engines have already been ordered of Messrs. Cave and Schneider." " The Diet io of Rome announces the arrival of the Emperor of Russia in that city on the 13th instant, tra velling under the title of General Romanoff. His Ma jesty took up his residence in the Palace Giustiniani, the seat of the Russian embassy, We extract the following on this subject from the Qudidienne:— " ' We have received letters from Rome of the 13th. The Emperor Nicholas had arrived during the night, and in the morning at eleven he went to the Vatican in the carriage of M. de Boutenieff, who was seated at his right, and alone with him. The aides-de-camp followed in two other carriages. The guard at the palace paid the honours shown to crowned heads. The holy father went to receive the Emperor in his hall adjoining his ca binet. The Emperor bowed, and kissed the Pope's ring, and then the two sovereignsembraced. After having made some inquiries as to the Emperor's journey, the Pope introduced him into his cabinet, where he remained an hour and a quarter with him and M. de Boutenit ff. Car dinal Acton acted as interpreter. On leaving, the Emperor presented to the Sovereign Pontiff the persons of his suite, and after a few words the Emperor withdrew. It is of course impossible to tell, or even gness at the re. suit of this interview. But we could read in the face of the two Sovereigns rather an expression of friendship than distrust. We may also allude to the previous state of things. It is known that the Emperor comes to solicit a dispensation for the marriage of his daughter with the Archduke, and it appears that he had never given any orders which conld have authorised the recent persecu tions by a schismatic bishop, and had promised that rigid investigation should take place, and the bishop be exiled to Siberia, if the charges against him were proved. On his side, the Pope had demanded that a nuncio should be received at St. Petersburg, and that the liberty of the Catholics should be acknowledged. Other letters speak of the question of the hats, to which the French Cabinet attaches so much importance. The French Ministry had set a trap for the Court of Rome. It was desirous in the choice of the prelates to obtain a disavowal of the French Episcopacy, but the snare was easily detected. The Ministry will not obtain the two hats that it was desirous of." MONEY and COMMERCIAL SEWS CITY, QUARTER To THREE. The markets at Liverpool and elsewhere were closed y( s terday. We have therefore no information to communicate upon the subject of the wholesale departments of trade. The contents of the mercantile advices, in the aggregate, may be said to favour the idea that business, as soon as the festivities of the year hav e L erm i na t e d, w ill be conducted on a scale of increased vigour. At the same time, it must be observed, that much will depend upon the propositions of the Ministry as to the corn-laws. The National Securities are extremely firm. Consols for Account have just advanced from 94% to 954 ; but the rate is now 4 per cent, lower. The premium upon Exchequer bills is firm at from 235. to 255. Bank Stock has advanced to 204, and the Reduced Three per 1 ents. to 954 to %. Much firmness bas been displayed in the Foreign Stock Market to •day. The Portuguese Fo ur p er C ents. h ave ad vanced to 60, the Spanish Five per Cents. to 29%, the Three per Cents. to 40% %' the Dutch Four per C en t s . t o 94, Pe ruvian to 42, Bu enos Ayres to 41, and Mexican to 31%. Generally speaking the Railway Share Market is firm this morning, with a fair sprinkling of business. BRITiSH FUNDS I'lllB DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock • 204 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 95% 95 95% 1 4 New 34 per Cent. Annuities .... ...... 96% 97%4 Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860— Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 3859 10 5-16 India Bonds 1,0001 37 Ditto under 1.000/ 37 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 13 / 4 1 I%d. 1,000/. 5001 ..... .... ...... 25 23 26 pm. Ditto Small — .. .. 23 26 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... 41 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... . . Ditto Deferred Stock 63 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 87% Granada, 1 per Cent. . .... ...... Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 31 % 1 /2 Ditto Deferreu Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 42 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account .. 6l Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent ll3 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 2 8 3 /4 Ditto for the Account 29 28% 29% Ditto Passive Bonds 6 3 / 4% Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account. 40% % Venezuela. Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates .. 93% 94 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAM Aberdeen •......... 5 Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... 2%..... Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% to Aylesbury and Thame ...... ... 1% — & Belfast County Down Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1%.. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 .....,127 ...... to 125% Ditto New Shares Birmingham and Oxford Junct ion Birmingham and Leicester Direct 42s Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. . -.- Bridgewater and Minehead... 425...... Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 ..... 8 Bristol and Gloucester 3O ' — ... .. to Bristol and Liverpool J unc t. 2% Buckinghamshire 42s. ..... Ualedonian Ditto Extension Cambrian Gram: Junction ... 425. — Cambridge and Lincoln Ditto. New l% ...... to Cambridge and Oxford l% to Canterbury and Dover Central Kent 2% — to Chelmsford and Bury .. Chester and Holyhead Chester and Manchester Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction.-- ...... 5 Cork, Blackrock, and P assages 22s . ... to Cork and Killarn e y 2% . . .... to Cork and Wat er f or d 1%...... • to Cornwall 7 to Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester 1 Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425. Derby, Gainsboro', and Great Grimsby l% ...... to • Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2% Direct Manch. (Kemington's) 2 3 / 4 — ..... .to - Ditto (Rackstrick's) ...... 54- ...... to - rirect Northern ... ......... .. 2 1 ,( 2 l% to - Direct Norwich - Dublin and Armagh .... l% — to - Dublin, and Belfast Junction 5 - Dublin, Belfast, an d Coleraine 2% — to Dublin and Galway 4 Dudley, Madely, & Broseley 2% — ..... to - Dundalk and Enniskill en ...... 2% — to Eastern Counties Do. New 6/. 16s 6% p... to 7% Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d ... .. to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...4/. 13s. 4d — ...... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Ely and Huntingdon ... to Enniskillen a nd Sli go ... 2% — .. .. to Essex and Suffolk IA to Exeter,Dorchester,and Wey mouth . Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 23A Eastern Union Ditto U Shares Ditto Extension Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... lj B — . .... to Ditto Extension to Nonvich 2 1 / 2 ..... ... . to Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2 1/ — to East Lincolnshire l l4 ...... ...... to East and West of England 1%... .. ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O . ... • ••• to Ditto 1/ Shares Ditto New % Shares 7 1,4 — ...... to Edinburgh and Northern.-- 14 — ...... to Edinburgh and Perth l% Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central of Wales.. l% to Goole and Doncaster 425. Grand Junction 100 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares ... 50 Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25 GrndUnion(Notting.kLynn) 1% l% to Great Eastern and Western.. 2 1 ,E GreatGrimsby and Sheffield... 5 Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15 Ditto Extension Great Munster 2% to Great North of Scotland ...... 2% 3 - to Great North of England...... 100 .212 Ditto New ........ .... 5 Ditto New 2 — to Great Western BO ...161 160 164 162 to 165 Ditto, Half Shares ......... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 2 1 / ...... 18 17% to 18% Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fareham, Portms, 21,4 — to Harwich Hull and Selby 5O 102% ..... to Ditto Quarters ... ... ...... 12% 2 1 84 ...... to Ditto, Half Shares Inverness and Elgin Ipswich, Norwich, and Yar mouth - Irish North Midland l% to Isle of Axholrne 2% ...... 2%... .. to Killarney Junctions l l4 — to Kendal and Windermere l% to Lancaster and Car1i51e......... BO ...... ..... to Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 2%...... Leeds and Carlisle .... 2% — to Leeds and West Riding June. 1% — ...... to Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford 22s. Leicester and Tamworth 42s. ..... Liverpool and Manchester... 100 Ditto Half Shares SO Ditto Quarters ..... ...... ... 25 Liverpool and Leeds Direct... 2% Liverpool, Manchester, and NeweastleJunction London and Birmingham ...100 222 Ditto Thirds Ditto q Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension London & Blackwall... 161. 13s. 4d 94.- to Do. New.. ... iiA 3%% .. to Do, Extension London and Brighton Ditto Consolidated Bths 40 Ditto, Sixths 0 1,4 London and Croydon 13/. 158. 9d. 2212 to 22 3 4 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 8 London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 1% London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d lO% to 10 Ditto Preference London, Hounslow,&Western 2 . .... London and South Western.. 41,‘ ...... 76 Do. New consolidatedBths- 20 ...... -- to Ditto New ... ...... ... ....... 7 1 / 2 .. ... 17 ..... to 18 Do. New ....- . 6 ...... London and South Essex ..... . 2 3 4 ..... London and York... ..... ...... 2% ...... 4% 4 to -- London and Windsor .... ... 1 Lon.,Warwck,Kiddermnster 2% — to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 5 51attehestei and Le e d s 76 .. ...191 Ditto Half Sh ares .34 ...... to ...... to Ditto Quart ers Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 5 i•••••. Manchester an d Bi rm i ngham 40 Ditto Quarters Ditto New Q uar t ers ...... ... 2 Do. Contindation & Welsh Junction ... 1% — to Manch. Buxt in, & Matlock 425.... . 2%% pto Manchester Birmingham, and Mould Junction Manchester & Rugby Direct 42s — "' .. to Manchester and Southampt on 2 • 2% to 3 Midland 100 .. ...155 Ditto Fifths Ditto. New l2 ...... 28 1 AA to 31 Midland, Birm., an d Derby...lo ... ..122 Midland and Ea s t ern Counties 2 0 % —%...... to to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 2% — to Do. Ext ens i on (N o. 1) 2 3 / Newcastle &Darlington4une. 25 Ditto New Brandling Ne wcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle lOO Newport and Abergavenny. .2% — to New Ross and Carlow 228. Newry and Enniskillen ...... 2%...... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2%...... 2% to Norfolk Extension . ••••• ..... North British .. ... . Ditto Half Shares . 3% 74— .. to 7 Do. E x t ens i on to C ar li sle... 14 Do. Extens, to Dalkeith ... 25 Ditto ditto 5 .... North Devon North of Norfolk Northern and. Eastern 45 - ...... to ..... On the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 30c.; the New Loan, at 82f. 10c; the Five per Cents. 118140 c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares,l,lB7f. 50c. ; Rouen, 972 f. 50c. ; Northern, 735 f. ; Havre, 777 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 9051 ; Vierzon, 6401 ; Bordeaux, 6221 50c. ; Boulogne, 512 f. 50c.; Troves and Montereau, 4251 ; Basle, 2371 50c. ; Fampoux, 562 f. 50c. ; Lieppe, 470 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 39%. The following are the quotations for other lines : Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), Bf. 50c. premium ; ditto (Caloi), 71. 50c. ; Union, 18f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 7f.; ditto (Lapinsonniere), 7f. 50c. ; Sud-Est, 5f.; Ardoin, 5f.; Messageries, 71.; Receveurs-Generaux, 91. ; Paris and Stras bourg (Ganneron), no quotation ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 161. 25c. ; ditto (Lecointe), 10f. ; ditto (Corn pagnie Meridionale) , 5f.; Bordeaux and Cett e (M ac k enz i e ) , ; 500 f. ditto (Espeleta), Bf. ; Charleroi (Ky saens ), 4951 . The Lyons Definitive Shares sold at 90f. premium ; the Strasbourg ditto, 251. ; Tours and Nantes, 55f. Sir Robert Peel is expected to return to town on Monday, from his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Mr. Gladstone is expected to arrive in town the same day from Wales. Sir James Graham is expected early in the week, and others of the Ministers are also expected to assemble in the metropolis. Air. Gladstone's appointments will require him to vacate his seat for Newark, where it is understood that his re-election will be opposed by the Duke of Newcastle. It is confidently stated that the same Duke intends to carry his principle of " doing what he likes with his own " so far as to oppose the re election of his son, Lord Lincoln, for South Notting hamshire. TIIE EARL OF CARLISLIL—The 'Morning Chro nicle state' that a report had been received in town of the death of the Noble Earl, to which it attached credit, but we cannot, on inquiry, trace the report to any authentic source. No account of the kind had been received at the Reform Club. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 23.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 20th December, was 23f. 81c., and that of rye 18f. 33c. The exportation of wheat flour is now permitted on the payment of a duty of 25 centimes per 1,000 kilogrammes. Mr. Hart has just completed a medal of very large size, which will be struck in a few days, in commemorati on o f th e passage o f the Q ueen of ngland to and from Germany. On one side is the head, which is an admirable likeness, with the inscription, " "Victoria, reine d'Angleterre ;" on the reverie, round the arms of the city of Antwerp, in the style of the renaissance " Debarquement de la Reine, 10 Aout, enl'arquement 6 Septembre. Anvers, 184,5." The execution is no less remarkable than the likeness. A letter from Antwerp of the 22d informs us that the Princess Victoria steamer, which left London on Sunday morning, at ten o'clock, did not reach Ant were till six o'clock on Monday afternoon, in conse quence of the bad weather. She had on board thirty passengers, among whom was Mr. Janssen, of the department of foreign affairs, with dispatches for the Government. The Senate, in its sittin g of to-day, heard several reports. Baron Stapart presented a report on the supplementary credits for the budget of the public debt and the dotation, and on that for the department of j ustice. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Batisms, DEC. 24. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • • Ditto Three per • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto — Ditto, ditto, 1840 • • ... 99% Ditto, ditto, 1842• •• • • ......... .. •• • • 101% Ditto, 1844. •••• • • • • ....... • 97% Ditto, 1838 • • .• • • ••• • . ........... 74 Ditto of the City, 1833 ...... • • • . 102% Ditto, 1843 ••••••• • • • •• •• ....... • • 100 Bank of Belgium• • •• • • • 779 Brussels Papers. DEc. 2 ...... ...... to r Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35 Ditto Quarter Shares Diu,' New - ° 1 North Kent & Direct Dover - ) 1 / 2 2 4 , V1 to North Staffordst • '2. _.„.. otatlbrus. North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester North. & South. Connecting 2% Norwich and Brandon 16 Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Bost on l% Notting.,Erewsh.V a l.,&M anc . 1% l7.i Nottingham and Mansfield... - Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton... 42s. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnhcm 1%.. ... Perth and Inverness Pilbrow Atmospheric Portsmouth Direct . 3 3 / 4 — Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425. — Richmond 5 Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — ...... Rugby and Huntingdon Rugby, Leamington, ant Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Wor- • cester ..• .. Scottiz h Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 5 Ditto, Extension Sheffield and Manchester ...100 - Ditto 1 1 4 Shares 8 Shrewsburyand Birmingham 2 1 ,2...... 44 to • Shropshire Mineral - Shropshire Union ... 425. ... .. 3,1 dis... to Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2%..... Shrewsbury, ` W olverhampton, and S. Staftordsh. Junction 2 1 ,2..... Sligo and Shannon Somersetshire Midland South Devon South Midland 42s. South and Midlands Junction 425....... South Staffordshire Junction 2 1 ,x ...... SouthjEastern and Dover ... 33%...... 37 1 3 / to 37 Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 7 - to Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4............. 2% 3!4 ...... to Southampton, Manchester, anti Oxford Junction. ... 425. ... St. Alban s, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Staines and Richmond.... Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% — to South Wales Taw Vale Extension Tean and Dove Valley l% % to I'rent Valley Trent Val. & Holyhead June. 2% — to Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 5 1 4 — Ulverstone and Furness ...... 2% — t. Vale of Neath Warwick and Cheltenham ... 1% — to Warwick and Worcester 425....... Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick 71..... Waterford, Wexford,lVicklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia - Waveney Valley Welch Midland 2% West Cornwall West Yorkshire %Vest London, Old Sh'itles ... 20 West End & South. Counties 1 1 / 2 — Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1%..... Wilts,Somerset,&%Veymouth 2%...... 3 Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Worcester,Tinbury, & Ludlow 2 3 % to Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe Un. 1% Worcester and South Wale s .. 42 5 . — Worcester,Warwick,& Rugby 425. — Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 Ditto, New... ............ .. ... 17 . — York and Carlisle -2% £4%... to York and Lancaster 2% to York and North Midland .. 50 ......108 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro' Bran c h Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension hire 42s. _.. 32 ,• to -- ,• to co to to ....,. ... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. ~ to 14% to to to to Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes - to - Boulogne and Amiens lO .....,10% 11... to 10% Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2 - to - Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) - to Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders - - to Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 ...... - Central of Spain - to Ceylon - to Demerara. - to Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse 2 ... 1%...... to - Dutch Rhenish East Indian - Eastern Belgian Junction.... DA - - Fampoux and Hazebrouk 2 - to - Great Northern of France Constituted - Great Paris and Lyons - Great Western Bengal ss. - Great Western Canada - - Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - to - Jamaica North Midland 1 - to - Ditto Extension - Jersey 1 Louvain and Jemeppe Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia - to - Mauritius 1 - - Namtr and Liege - 4 - North Jamaica.. - to - Orleans and Vierzon - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ..... 113 E A to Over Yssel 413 s 4d.... - - Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2 - Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ... - Paris and Lyons (Colon's)... 2 . - - Paris and Lyons (Sud Eat)... 2 - Paris and Orleans... ... 20 - Paris and Ro uen 2O - Paris& Strashurg(Gannern's) 2 - . ... .. to - Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 - Ditto (Aymards) 2 14 - to - Paris and St. Quentin ...... ... 2 - to - Rouen and Havre . lB - Royal North of Spain 2 - to - Sambre and Meuse - Strasburg and Bale l4 - St. Laurence and Atlantic.... - - to - Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 4 - to - Ditto Ditto Lefebvre's)... 2.. .. 2M - Do. (O'Neilrs) ... ........ ... 2 .. ... - - TrinithAL. ........ ......... ..... 2% - to - Verona and Ancona 3 - ...... to - West Flanders - MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered - - to LOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind S.W., fresh b• eeze and cloudy. DOVER, DEC. 25.—The quarter-deck and stern frame of a vessel, having a round-house painted yellow, with the letters " Wood" on part of the frame, the others broken away, were passed yesterday, Dunkirk bearing S.W., distant 12 miles, by the Princess Mary steamer, from Ostend. BIDEFORD, DEC 24.—The Ness, Nicholas, from Demerara to Bristol, was stranded at the entrance of this harbour yes terday morning, and is full of water; crew saved. PILL, DEC. 25.—1 t has blown a strong gale since yesterday from N.N.W. to N.N E.—A barque from Gloucester to Car diff has been driven ashore to the east of Portshead, but lies well on soft mud. A frow loaded with coke, and a schooner from Lidsey with coals, arc reported to be sunk at Ports head ; crew saved. The Lady Douglas, from Liverpool to Africa, has been forced up the Channel, with loss of fore yard. NEwronY, DEC. 25.—The Silurian, of :and from this port for Hull, got on shore on Cardiff Sands, and has put back with loss of anchors and cables, and making three feet water per hour, and has gone into dock to discharge. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—The William and Charlotte, of Prince Edward's I s l an d, was passe d 3 0 th ult., in lat. 45, long. 56, dismasted, water-logged, and abandoned. The Howard, hence to Savannah, which was' driven up the River Dec. inst., has: been towed round to this port, with loss of main and m . zen masts. ST. Ives, DEC. 23,—During a heavy gale from about north this morning, the Dorothy }lolling, of Sunderland, from Newport to Goole, went on shore in the eastern part of the bay in a very perilous situation; crew saved and cargo ex pected to be. SCILLY, DEC. 23.—1 t has blown a strong gale with heavy sea for several days past, particularly on the 20th inst., when the Pomona, Rees, from London, parted her cables, and was run on the beach at Port Mellen. WEXFORD, DEC. 22.—The Welcome, of Cork, from Liver pool, was wrecked on the south side of Small Salter Island, during the night of the 21st inst.; crew saved. WATERFORD, DEC. 22.—The Kate, Callings, of Bristol, from Liverpool, after discharging here, capsized, and sunk in deep water; four of the crew_drowned. XILRUSII, DEC. 21.—The John Begg, of and from Galway, has arrived in catlarie Roads, leaky. HOLY ISLAND, DEC. 23.—The John Crosley, Taylor, of Glasgow, got on shore this morning, inside the P ar ti n S tee l , at this island, but expected off. WHITBY, DEC. 25.—The Jane, of North Shields, went on shore last night, and sunk near Robin Hood Bay; crew saved. BLAKENEY, DEC. 23.—A boat, marked Young Adam, was picked up here this morning. YARMOUTH, DEC. 25.—The Seville, Richardson, of Sun derland, from Hamburgb to Lond on , has been towed in here, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, and part of cargo thrown overboard. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 25.—The Oscar, Trapps, from Gothed burg to London, drove on the main, 23d instant, during a heavy gale at N.N.W. to N.N.E., and remains full of water; part of cargo saved. MILFORD ISLAND.—The schooner, James Peacock, of Ayr, for Wins, parted yesterday, and went on shore in Tramare Bay, and expected to become a wreck. Scrnur, DEC. 23.—The stern-post of a vessel's long-boat, marked on the outside " Agnes Ewing," was picked up hare yesterday; also the mizen-mast of a large ship. CARDIGAN, DEC. 23.—The Louisa, Forbes, of Perth, from the Clyde to Gibraltar, Messina, and Malta, was thrown on shore in this bay this, morning, thumped heavily, and filled; crew saved. WELLS, DEC. 23.—The sloop, W. T. R. Ducking, of Boston, is ashore at Brancastei, but is expected off. HAftwicif, DEc. 23. --The Ashley, Nicholas, of London, was stranded 23d, on the Heaps, and abandoned--since towed in here with loss of masts, &c. ; crew, and part of cargo, saved. DEAL, DEC. 25.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Bolivar, Tem viek, Bombay; Horatio whaler, South Seas; Jongi Aree, Surinam. 24. Arrd. from the River, Robert Hidelle, Baker, Fernando Po; Belle Creole, Muirhead, De nerara ; Castries, Hind, St. Lucia; Joseph Somes, Thompson, Hobart Town; Guineaman, Stanfield, Africa; Isabella Wood, Naylor, Deme rara; Sir Charles Napier, Bingham, Mobile; Planter, Pettin gell, New York. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Oriental Queen, Jeffery, Mauritius; Rapid, Jamaica, 51d. MAItKET NEWS--(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE-(FRIDAY.) Since Monday no fresh arrivals of English Wheat have taken place for our market, coastwise or by land carriage. To-day the demand for that article was steady, and the late advance in the quotations was fully supported. Free foreign Wheat was held on previous terms ; yet very little business doing in it, as our millers were disposed t o wa i t the result of next Monday's supply. We regret to announce the failure of an old-established firm here. The liabilities are about, 33,0001. The best malting Barley was quite a s d ear , b ut other kinds were neglected. There were inquiries for super fine Malt, at lull prices. In other descriptions next to nothing was doing. Another large arrival of Oats has come to hand from Ireland ; yet the prices of that article were supported. Beans, Peas, and Flour without alteration. Wheat. 5411 gra. Oats 1,410 ors' Fl aw . 24,87. 2 , 8 30 sks 3,650 ARRITALS. Barlay. 1,831 qrs. SOO 740 Malt. 1.790 nrs. SMITHFIELD. This being a holiday market, the supply of beasts on sale was very limited, yet the Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at about Monday's prices. We had 60 Beasts and 260 Sheep from Holland. Sheep, the numbers of which were small. moved off slowly, at unaltered quotations. In Calves, next to nothing was doing, yet the currencies of Veal may be con. sidered about stationary. Pigs were a slow inquiry, but n o t cheaper. Milch Cows were held at from 161. to 191. each including their small calf. Par sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d Inferior Beasts .. • . 210 3 4 3 acond quality ditto. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Prime Scots •• • 4 2 4 4 L trge coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto •• 4 8 5 Suckling Calves •• 18 I 30 0 Inferior Sheep - • . 3 4 310 English • . • • • • Irish Foreign 5,280 s. d. to s d . S eco nd quality ditto 4 0 4 . 4 ' Coarse-woolledditte 4 6 4 8 Southdown blethers 4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool ..... Large Hogs ••••• • 3 10 4 6 Small Porkers ••• • 4 $ $ 2 Quarter 21 0 Larribs 0 . 1 . d .. P . ig . 3 .. : ..........0 1 0 6 00 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep, Calves. I 431 1,400 22 NEWGATZ AND LEADENNALL. Very little business was transacted here, on the following .erms : I Pigs. 87 10 4 6 At per stone, by the Carcase. I. d. to e. d. s. d. to s. d. 3 0 3 2 Mutton, inferior •• 3 e 4 0 3 2 3 4 - middling. • 4 2 4 4 34 3 6 ____ pr i m e •. •• 4 6 4 g 34 1• _Pork, s l m a 3 3 10 6 410 b 4 Lamb. Os Od a Os Od. ' BOROUGH HOP MILIZIEET. The best Mid Kent's bags continue in fair request at very full prices. In all other kinds of Hops next to nothing doing, rg all e :: :: :: :: s yet the quotations are mostly supported. New Hops :—Sus sex Pockets 61 10s to 71 8s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 6/ lOs to 71 10s; Mid Kent ditto, 71 7 s to 91 10s; East Kent, 91 bs to 10110 s. . Beef, inferier...... - middling .... - prime large .. - prime small .. COa ONIAL. The markets closed on Tuesday for the holidays, not to re-open, as far as public sales are concerned, until the 6th of January. SUGAR.—There has been a fair demand for East India, at full quotations. Barbadoes, at auction, has been sold at 53s 6d to 55s for fine yellow. REFINED.--Standard Lumps bare been at 64s to 643 6d per cwt. East India, 3,898 bags Bengal sold at 56s 6d to .58s for fine white Benares, and at 53s to 53s 6d for mid. Mauritius, good yellow has been at 525, and fine brown at 461 per cwt. Foreign, Bahia 112 cases, 2 boxes, 1 barrel, one cask sold is to 2s lower : fine brown at 20s, and low at 16s to 16s 6d per cwt., COFFEE. -- There has been a moderate demand for 'Test India, and prices are without any particular alteration ; 1,174 bags Padang were taken in rather above the value—. good ord brown at 245, and good ord pale native Ceylon at 48s. Rio has been rather in request, but buyers have a fair chance. RlCE.—Bengal has been sold at 6d per cwt decline, good clean pearly bright at Iss, and Java at 15s 6d for mid. white. SPICEs.--Ther e has been scarcely anything doing inCassia Lignea, Pimento, o r P epper. Tito.—Thu in qu i ry i s moderate, and the quotat i ons have been without any material alteration. TALLOyr..—P.-Y.C. is 413 6d to 41s 9d per cwt. on the spot. Rum.—There is some firmness in prices, though there is not a great deal doing. CONTENTS THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. PROLONGATION OF THE SERIES. SIGNOR SIVORI FOR TWO NIGHTS. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that the arrangements for opening the Theatre Royal, Covent garden, at Christmas for Dra matic Performances, not having been brought to a conclusion, the Proprietors have in the most handsome manner offered him the use f their establishment for a further limited period. M. JULLIEN there tdre begs most respectfully to inform those ladies and gentlemen who have been disappointed in obtaining boxes for the past week, as weil as the public generally, that this Series of Concerts will be prolonged for One Month after Christmas. THIS EVENING The Series will be continued, and a Grand Concert, embracing Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, a Solo by Herr Koenig, a Solo by M. Baumann, a New Quadrille, &c. Also a Solo on the Violin by Signor Sivori, who has made arrangements to remain In London until the end of the present week, and will perform both to morrow and Saturday. GRAND lIAL MASQUE. The unexpected prolotigatiortof this Series of Concerts, added t• the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly on Mon day evening last, induces M. Jullien to announce another Dal Masque, which will take - place on Monday, February 2, 1846. etIEATRK ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of A. CURE FOR THE HEART. ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Hudson ; Frank Oatland, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessy Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. To :a, followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E. Yaruold; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P.. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING - . Wlll be repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS OF THE NORTH, or, The Prisoner of Shlusselhourg Alexis Bomanouski, Mr. Webster; Triptelemus Krout, Mr. Wright; Eliza beth, Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan tomime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEWANG FLIREEDEEFLOBEEDEEBITSKEEBANG; or, The King of the Cannibal Islands. Marlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss Fleming ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitcherson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEAETH : A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley (her Fourth A ppearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, anal Miss Turner. After which will be produced a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled TIIE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Fireuz Schith of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, lloward, Arden, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENIN G Will be repeated a Now Extrava,ganza, entitled JEAMES, THE RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plush, Mr. Compton, - To which will be adled THE BRIGAND. Te conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF TILE KINGDOM; or, HAR EQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. - Harlequin, Mr. W. II Harvey ; Columbine, Miss Bullen; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. SOLE LESSEE AND MANAGERESS, MISS KATE HOWARD THIS EVENING Will be p - esented a Domestic Drama of powerful interest, entitled THE LADY OF ST. TROPEZ. George Maurice, Mr. J. Browne; Count D'Aubr'eve, Mr. Brookes ; Hortense (the Lady of St. Tropez), Miss L. Melville. To be followill by THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Col. Ereelove, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Lady Freeloye, Miss L. Melville. And concluding with the now Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, called FORTUNATCS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. Tortunatus, Miss Hamilton; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy Queen, Miss Bromley' ; Harlequin, Mr. Smytbers ; Pantaloon, Mr. Charlgs ; Clown, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING. RICHARD PLANTAGENET, in Three Acts, supported by Messrs. Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, T. Fredericks, Higgie, Dale, Herbert, Searle, and Misses Vincent, Richardson, Eliza Terrey, Mrs. G. Lee. Atter which, Professor HEMMINGS and his SONS will give moilr unparalleled teats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet has been ex hibited, and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself. To conclude with a new gorgeous Pantomime, called TIPPITY WITCHET; or, HARLEQUIN TIM BOBBIN and the COMICAL WI fCHEtia' of LANCASHIRE. Harlequin. Mr. Chapin° ; Colum bine, Miss Le Vite ; the Two Clowns, Messrs. E. Blanchard and WDonald ; the Two Pantaloons, Mr. Franklin and the veteran Toni Blanchard, the very King of Pantomime and Prince of Pantaloons. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TI4EATRE. THIS EVENINC; Wlll be performed THE MENDICANT SON; or, The Jew ol Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, lleslop ; Mesdames H. Vining, Martin, and Daly. _ After - which, a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or, The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack; Columbine, Miss Sinithvss ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Anderson; Sprite, kr. Stilt. As MET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. rROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING the WM be Performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. E m b rac i ng whole Strength of the Company, aid e d by a D ou bl e S tu d . New scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. After which will be produced a New Grand Comic Equestrian Pan tomime, called HARLEQUIN DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCIII ; or, Sanwho Panza, and Duleinea of Teboso, with new Scenery, Dresses, Mechanical Changes, &c. TII E WEATHER. —Sox OFFICE, DEC. 26. TIPIHRMOMXTER, Lowest, 34; Highest, 44; Noon, 45, BAROMETER, 30.08.--WIND W.S.W., cloudy. alliff WATER AT I.ONDON-totiE THIS DAY. b ., 22 minutes after II Evening 63 minutes after 11. - -- -,. ,-- - t - ' ' - 1 • 114° - VI Vnin 11 vim dr\ LON') ' ' Ot\, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 , 1 845. al rat?. g _to find, amidst the ge nera l back - 4 r bishops in the cause of Protestantism, land Ole defection of man y c l ergymen to the Romish hurch, one bishop, at least, firm in his faith and determined to maintain the great principles of the 1. Essays on Modern British Poets. No. I.—Burns. 2. Recollections of Travel.: No. I. A Trial and Execution in Mexico, 3. Last of the Cuyahoga Indians. 4. Clara! sweet Clara! 5. A Day at a Parisian Swimming School. 6. Lights and Shades. No. I.—The Cockney's Story and its Sequel. 7. The Merchant's Talisman : a Tale of Venice. Chapters 1., IL, 111. 8. Oh ! trouble not the waters yet. 9. Alfred Tennyson and his Pension. • 10. Men of Genius. 11. History of the-Revolutions of Pirmasentz. 12. Mother, dear mother, forgive 13. The Old Pensioner. 14. What are Love's toes ? 15. Leaves from the Note-book of an Idler ; or Sketches of Men and Things. 16. Reviews of Books. 17: Editor's Monthly Letter. 18. Another Year ! 'it.. The above interesting articles are written in the first style, and the Public is earnestly, at the same time most respectfully, solicited to give this first Number of a new candidate for its favour, A TRIAL. London : W. Brlttain, 11, Paternaster-row. Sold also by Simp kin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-court; and Sherwood, Gilbert, And Piper, Paternoster-row. Now ready, Part 1., price ls. 64., or post frec 2s. 4d., T " NEW TIMON. A ROMANCE OF LONDON. The ' New Timon' is a composition which displays both beauty and power. It belongs to the school of Crabbe, and would not haTe disgraced the master himself."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Cr,reat Marlborough-street. Now ready, T WO ROMANCES. By B. DISRAELI, M.P. Author of " Coningsby" and " Sybil." 1. CONTAIIINI FLEMING. 2. ALROY. laprinted, with the permission of the Author, and comprised in 3 vols., with a Portrait of Mr. Disraeli. Ilenry Colburn, publisher, Is, Great Marlborough-street. IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING NEW WORK ON OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. On the 31st, Illustrations by Day and Haghe, and a valuable Map, octavo, C APTAIN FREMONI"S NARRATIVE 01 the EXPLORING EXPEDITION to the ROCKY MOUN TAINS in the year 1842, and to OREGON and NORTH CALIFOR NIA in the years 1843-4. By order of the United States Govern. ment. This work, besides containing the most accurate and authentic in formation, from actual official survey, will be found extremely inte •resting as a graphic description of novel and exciting scenes and adventures. Also, Gratis with the above, or separate, price 3d., A POPULAR LECTURE ON OREGON. By IIon.C.CUSHING, late Minister to China. Wiley and Putnam, 6, Waterloo-place ; and at all the Booksellers, Will he repeated a Grand Opara, in three acts, called MARITANA. Chafes the Sesemd, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cresar De Bazan, Mr. W Harrison ; I)on Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer; l.azarillo, Miss Poole. • After which, wll be produced a New Grand Comic Christmas Pan (+mime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. F "le , F , r ,„„ h . . • .:;',.... SECOND EDITION. . r Calcutta; Simon Taylor, ditto; Varuna, ditto; Brunswic Coppell, Aden and Bombay; Navarino, Dalston, St. Helens; Bolivar, St. 'Vincent's •; Ada Jamaica ; Caroline, ( " I " v t. American, 'Samso n , New York; and the whole of the o u t ward bound. PORTSMOUTH.—Sid the outward bound ready for sea. CLERKEN ''ELL. - (T HIS DAY*) ; • Mary M‘Mahon was charged with beating the,w ife a Lascar. The parties quarrelled in Lee street, on the previa night., and fou g ht a couple of "rounds," after which the prisoner succeeded in getting the prosecutrix under her on the ground, and then, with brutish fer ocit. ” fastened hi r teeth in the left ear of the unfortunate woman, rearing the piece quite out. Police Constable 115 E, swore that when he came up the woman 0 5 screaming and bleeding profusely from the wound. The prisoner was committed for five days. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, CHRISTMAS DAL—The uee n and Prin ce Albert promen a d e d i n t h e pleasure-Qgrounds before church this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Price° Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice Tie r. taken their, usual early airings to-day. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, Ladies and G en tl eman o f t h e C ourt , an d the Domes .° Houehold attend e d Di v i ne serv i ce thi s morning in l' s° private chapel of the Castle. After the morning ser vice the Holy Communion was administered. Lady Fanny Howard was in attendance on th e Duchess of Kent. The royal dinner circle at the Castle, this evening will included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Nen, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Sped), Lady Isabelle, Wemyss, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Airs• 11 / 1 , son, and Sir George and Lady Couper. Their Royal Hi g h nesses th e D u k e o f Cambridg e O a Prince George attended Divine service yesterday 1:0 63 ° . ing in GI osTenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Divine Service was performed yesterday (011 a day) in the' Chapel Royal St. James's The sem% was preached by the Sub-Dean. Lords Hawardell 6° Norreys were among the nobility present. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. THE CORN CROPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUlV:th the SIR,--We have of late been favoured w. l , _,_,. reports of a certain Commissioner on the . social 6 .i 4 ",.."' of aff or l d r e e d la , n y d o , u a o n r d so l me th o in f k y , ou S r ir , c.on th te a rn t Commissioner b . e doing good service in s ending a u both as to population in this portion of the kingdom, pol e o i am t rime c s ou w la oul ou d into Wales. The abject state of the agricultural vtps e oae d r sme u pts c :us a: wantst enf i eh e dna n rslfeu a hl ri s i d f t p i n e g r s b on y a some 0 me comforts,skilfa skilful s hand. pitiable; .T h e and ni t d c ness and bad qualities of the crops will, it is expec,_..W , g l e y arra o i on n thatthf o e r i population rn b t e we f oo o n r s e ouf n ul n tp O h t t ile bopA r ? l . l:: countios some of the farmers are already begiPW that they also express theirconviction that the 5 11 ,." — d e" scale . should b 9. abolished. The Welsh landloru.":, continually inflicting scourges on the country in s' e - b; closing and frittering away the common lands, in.".. face o . f the fact, that the land already under cult'''. tion . is not, nor can be, half cultivated by the occu. piers; and, besides, the continual enclosure of c oal smallmon s e l n a g nd en o d w e n r e s rs ba a d nd feo c li o n t g t : ge i rs o ; the th r e mi ; fraught with mischief, and should by no mean , : . encouraged by the legislature. When the hig h system fraught the payments e o n f ts th i e n tWheeslshhapetenoafnrtatfeasr,mers, and their . 11( 35 1 looked . at, it is no wonder that th t e al m es ; tural improvement is so slow in the principaliti" I reman, Sir, &c., ~rO. Gwen+, Dec. 24, 1845. VEl ll ' racrihdoftit.ahoes.,c7 s terd# NARROW ESCAPES FROM DROWNING , ' ouag afternoon, between one an d t wo o ' c l oc k, as t ni en itete men were rowing in a b oa t near ly o pp o site tile "•, 1 eir tiary prison, on e o f th em l o t l oose h is s cull, an". n d biS deavouring to regain it h e over b a l ance d himself who companion into th e r i ver . Th e acc id e nt was ° w h o par by two lightermen, named Shard and Jessup , o tbS off from shore in a skiff, and reached the o° l just time enough t o save t h em f rom b e i ng drowi le n d bi THE WEATHER A T B OULONGE ._ The W t o boar been so high s i nce S a t ur d ay, t h at f or t h ree days P oru ing could enter the harbour. Early on Sunday, r ° te as the Queen of the Belgians arrived, after a passage of above three hours, conveying the oar_ t hat nary courier of the Times, with the third e dition °c loc k paper, of Saturday, published at half•past three °,d is in the afternoon, and with great di ffi culty succeeah' reaching the harbour. The Queen of the French ier , rive d later in the day, and having :truck a gainst the,p ea d, breaking her bowsprit and knocking o ff her figure'_ur, made two more ineffectual attempts to enter the harly the most oeissordi_ but finding it irnpossil le to do so without sacrificing r d vessel, and in all probability the rear tacked about and returned to Folkestone, to the g dissatisfaction of the crew. A scene of the greatest ..est c ourie• n , citament prevailed on the arrival of the Times Boulogne with a copy of the Queen of s P a S a y, speech, which appeared in the Times of 3 " 11 „ s icl The directors of the steam-boat company f rom every endeavour to prevent the captain v i er coun ly leaving • but his reply was, "Is the Times' Passengers on bea disposed ' to go ? if so, 'push her oft."' Coese t t ue f i rit d ff she started, and after having had everything we. s ",f - ad her deck, reached Folkestone in safety. The win" r s somewhat abated ab ou t half-past three, and the co urt(' arriving with the overland mail dispatches, the O adivo left, and 20 minut es a f ter the Queen of the s. We regret to announce that the Ondine suffered vei much from the journey, and was obliged to go to ba t to be repaired. Th e o pi n i on enterta i ne d h ere is, rm . ", the Ondine is by no m eans a fi t b oat f or a ro ugh l e and I believe she do es not i n t en d to start aga in u nle s s the weather is propiti ous . Th e P r i nce E rnes t arrive d from Dover on Wednesday night, and announced her intention of returning on Thursday morning, a t , o'clock, at which h our 75 passengers embarked, an d the 74 vessel left. She made two ineffectual attempts tom out of the harbour, a n d a f ter start i ng th e third ton: suddenly stopped, h er eng i nes having broken. The s . , i r was very high at the ti me , an d h a d s h e b een h a lf a inu s further out the vessel and passengers must have b een all sacrificed. The Q ueen of the Belgians arrived from Folkestone about this time, landed all on board with every possible speed, and relieved the Prince Ernest ° her passengers, conveying them to Folkestone. much cannot be said in praise of the intrepid c onduct v Captain Jenkins, Captain Monier , and Captain Ni' and the Steam Packet Company are most fortunate A" having such able men to conduct their vessels.—Times• LORD LYTTLETON AND HIS TENANTS.—BIRMING; HAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—We have been informed upon good authority, that Lord Lyttleton, whose estate s are in this district, has sent circulars to his tenants, call 7 tioning them against disposing of their corn at injurious prices, and offering such accommodation as may b e necessary to enalde them to hold their stocks. The Noble Lord says that the present reduced price of w heat is the result of the recent political changes, but thas prices are certain to go up ngain ; and if his tenant* cannot pay their rents now due, th ) ey have only to apply to his agent, and time will be afforded to enable them to retain their corn until the markets resume their former stability. From the course thus pursued by his Lord ship, it would appear that he does not anticipate any material alteration in the corn-laws. On the contrary , his circular would seem to indicate directly the reverse. Yesterday morning the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans, according to usual custom at this season of the year, caused to be distributed amongst the poor inha bitants residing at Highgate 1 cwt. of coals, 1 cwt, of potat. es, and 161b1. of bread to each family, also a new pair of blankets and new flannel petticoats to the wives and children of all the labourers employed on their estate. On Wednesday morning the large number of married and single men, amounting to nearly 200, em ployed in the firm of Messrs. Coombe and Delafield, the porter brewers in Castle-street, Long-acre, received tickets to procure for the married men, their wives, and children each 5 lbs. of beef, 1 lb. of bread. and a pint of porter, and to all the single men 2s. 6d. in money. The gift is from Mr. Delafield, it having been the practice of his late uncle. Lord Metcalfe, has left town fur his seat, Fern Hill, near Windsor, (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, DEC. 25.—The district of Toxteth-141:k in this town has just been the scene of a dreadful 11.° '" dent. Liverpool has for some time past been badly stir plied with water, an d l arge t an k s were ere cted in Or i n ous places, with a view to i m p rov i ng th e s upply „ pon ' - of these, situate in W a t e r- s t ree t, T oxtet h- par k, "ip e t saining 1,600 tuns of water, elev a t e d some wive above the level of the street, burst this day at o'clock, spreading destr uc ti on on ever y s ide, atten d !, with serious i n j ur y t o many i n di v id ua l s . One T. woman, named Kitty —, was dragged out of th e cellar of a public-house at great risk to those who ye; Lured to her assistance, b u t th e ir a id came too late"--so was dead. Eight houses in Rock-street, whi ch runs the back of the water-works' premises, are partly de n; lishet', and th e i r ru i ns are momentarily exPec ted t° be i and it is fear e d th a t t h ere are sev eral persons n cellars of these houses, to whom no help whatever et be rendered, the influx of water to these aparttne_ rendering it impos s ibl e f or t h em to escape with life. " house at the corn er o f W a t er - stree t and Rock-stre et 2" in a most dangerous state, has already swa yed In coi ; inches from the perpendicular, and must s c° , ri neo hed, down. It is in too d angerous a sta te to be aPP•h-eep of and with it a sm a ll er h ouse attac h e d will be s ' fifry -five ruins —makin g t en h ouses , occup i e d by soni c indas tri• individuals, all of them in a low class of life ' ous, hard-working persons. oost on send this hurried account to save tu t' e I ne papers' exec s how' o be y ; will have fuller det a il s i n t h e Li ver p o ol n° men, t wo Since writing the f orego i ng , I find that, two „round women, and one child h ave b een d u g from e l a to the story of the ruined- ho uses . I saw them con"Y to tw o St southern hospital, and und ers t an d the injur ies the re are least are likely t o p rove f ata l. It is sup pt. yet several mor e i n th e ru i ns , an d every x ing made to resc ue th em . T o ren der assistanee s i thr. ha s ever a work of cons id era bl e d an ger. Ih e w houses forced its way from the front to the back o f the • .• togeth er in Rock-street, leaving the upper pat ts wo like an ill-cemented arch, and liable to meat. There are on four houses in L's sa ns J• o f per (double ones) occupie d by the tuber nu have stated. k which It seems this day was the first time this tan k+ W has been productive of so terrible an accidents 0 the fi led. surely some notice to the inhabitants 1 neighbourhood should have been given. fall u^L at •alf-Ystreert sha is apt spe CAI