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THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY . LANE .— . Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the fcllowing scale of Prices of Admissicn for public approval: - Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. lls. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s . s. d. . d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - -4 0 Bexsa - -2 e Pit - - - 2 0 Pit • - - I 0 Lower Gallery -1 0 1 Lower Gallery -0 6 upper Gallery -0 6 INo Half-price to Upper Gallery. TRIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Comedy of THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. Domten, Mr. Basil Baker ; Harry Dornton, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Sulky, Mr. W. Da vidge ; Mr. Silky, Mr. Emery; Goldfinch, Mr. F. Vining; Widow Warren, Mrs. Winstanley ; Sophia, Miss Baker. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff Ring Hal 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, " Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks so fast, Would gobble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast. 0 ! the golden days of Good Queen Bess, Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song. The Overture and 3! usic entirely new, composed by Nobody knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Rod well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke. The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame Louise. The Scenery painted by Messrs. Branning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and executed by Mr. W . Blamire. The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Mi s s Biggs. The extensive Machinery by Mr. Adams. The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson. IMMOILTALs. Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of Jo Theih, Mr. Darcie; The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Pam; Spirit of Punch, Miss Eunice; Spirit of Mother Goose, GtllliTer, Baron Munchansen, Src., &c., by &c., &c. lidonTits. Goo& Queen Bess, Mr. R. R omer ; Aray Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ; Her Lovely Babby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester, M. Dean; The Little Earl of Essex, r. Henr;The Unspeak able Lord Burleigh, Mr . Johnson ; The Rasher Lord Bacon, Mr. Barry; The Smoky Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Huards, atton Morris Dance, Mr. Chapi n Maids of Honour , Pages, Beefeaters, h G Jesters, Wildmen , Dra.geolls, and other Bores, by the rest of ,the company. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm reception—but where is he going? Why, to pay his yearly visit to the Spirit of John Rich, in the GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN. ThiS city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes — Who's dot knocking at der door ?"—Come and see—" J. Andersen's my Joe, John." and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can say ;we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will be satisfa to ctory— P o or Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, se we fly by night" A SPLENDID MILL IN THE PALACE OF GOOD QUEEN BESS. We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at .Astley's would say, " Let us be serious." It is an historical fact, that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess, therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out—Bacon gets quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's nothing in that, wha i Ker they may say to the contrary . It is an historical that Good Q ueen Bess was assisted at her toilet by many of h noblemen, therefore the GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE is introduced, in which the Royal Wig ! the Royal Raft' ! ! the Royal Blushes ! ! ! and the Reyai Petticoat ! ! ! ! will mate their first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " usual indulgence of a British Public." T GOODhese are followed by QUEEN BESS en deshabille, as she is represented in a picture at Hampton Court. —What comes next will certainly follow—and than will be seen GOOD QUEEN BESS in all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she scarcely knew upon which to decide"—and it is an Historical Fact that the following were a few of them. THE REJECTER ONES Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Injoa, Prince Alencon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden, Renry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William Piekering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen Bess appoints a meeting of these " wonderous proper men" at Kenilworth, but declares, that on her way, " A hunting she will go" —and haying got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIG4T—WiIsen. " Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Rest thee, au darling "—Ketchy, tetchy, kethily—" Put out the light, and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil worth—He stops at Love's half-way hotve, the Robsar Arms—" Oh, Susanna," or rather " Oh, Amy !"—lt can't be said, " he makes no bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but, " being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous young lady, who in her " deep despair," introduces her Lovely Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza " Come my babby, come along with me We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth, Your naughty clad to see." And so they do. KENILWORTH CASTLE As it appeared on the occasion of Good Queen Boss's Royal Visit. For further particulars inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester A visit, and ' paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity. for all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true love never did run smooth," for here he meets with some twenty " cornpeti tetra," and to him they do come " petit oars," for they prove per fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel on a grand scale, a sort of " tiff for the million," takes place, which, although beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of THE SPANISH ARMADA ! By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has Row done his worst, and Rich ending that even Rich must become poor if war continues, proposes a " Peace Congress," and brings all to a close by making them all change their elothes— The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M. . Devlin. Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Deulin. The Earl of Essex that of Clow*, Mr. C. Stilt, And Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amoar of Columbine, Madile. Theodore. All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Tivat Regina, and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tis ion; sines we met !" " Here we are'." " How are you?" PRESERVE AND PICKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE,' ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's The MONDAY which will commence on EVENING NEXT, Jan. 7, lay the production of a new D Ope ra in Thee Acts, entitled LE VALORRE. Principal characters by Madlles. Charton, Guiehard ; Messieurs. Chollet, Lac, Killy Leroy, and Nathan. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appeaarnce). M. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basse of the Opera Comique, Paris, his first appearance), M. Killy Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), Mdlle. Guichaxd, M. Iluguet, M . Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdlle &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND VAUDEVILLE. —M. Samson, of the The ttre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Francais, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country); M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeac (of the Theatre Du Vaudeviloe) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Va t e) ; Mdl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste Mdl e. Theatre de I'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled " Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Cemique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest success. The Music by M. F. Halevy ; the Libretto by M. De St. Georges. With the following distribution of the principal characters :—Stephan (jeune chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac ; Le Joyeux (capitaine de mince Francaise et recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnln (garde-peehe du Gave), M. Killy Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux ehevrier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Tal d'Andorre), Wine. Gaideard , Georgette (cousins de Stephan), Mdlle. Cetti; and Rose de Mai (servants de Theresa), Mdlle. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the eharacter of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be Liven, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Amber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of Haydee by Mdlle. Charts'. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannot et Colin, Nicol° ; Le Roi d'Tvetot, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Anber ; Le Macon. Auber ; Le Sirene, Aaber ; Lally et Qui nalt, Nicole ; La Perruche, Clapissoa ; Le Valet de Chambre, Ca rafe ; Une Folie, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of some of the most pe?ular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the mouths of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, April I, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per form with Mdlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francois) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; and ant:sweetly M. Regnfer and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successfUl Come dies recently produced In Paris. At the end *l' May, Mdlle. Dejaset, whos e re-a pp earanee at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee attended with her accustomed and unrivalled success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin d Paroles, La dimness* de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Taadeville will be supported by M. Lafont (of the Theatre des Tarietes), Mdlle. Figeac, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mdlle. Rachel will also perform, for the first time. in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled "Le Moineau do Lesble," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Meraces," "Andromaque," and "Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro fessors engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, M. Deloffre, M. Newsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, M. Pilet, M. Vaudreland, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director of the music and Chef-d'Orchestra, M. Charles Hanssens. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers's and Hookham's, Old Bond-street. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. OFFICE. Cupid and Clown—Batter andnuileitiles—llungarian Knoek-'em- Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo sion—Railway °flees to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares at a Discount—Clown Cooks Acconapts, and Railway King in Mau- lation—Chango to INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand. The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puseled —Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of the Establishment—Police l Police'.—and Change to EXETER lIALL. Meeting of the Peace Congress—Now to get up a Row—Prosylltes Beware —Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium, and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family, POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET. Stick no Bills, in case you should Kill Sweet William. A DOWNRIGHT "NOBBY DANCE." Hem's Win the Prize. S3IITHFIEL O. Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Satisages, and Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Ball—Pork Terms Tabbies—A Re port for Enlarging Smithfield Market—Holloway's Purifying Pills— ew Tariff—Gin (lreatly Reduced—Warrantednot to Produce Spon taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Punch and the City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transfoluaatiou to A SALUBRIOIES SPOT. STREET AND LOuGING-HOUSES. What will be seen here Is of little use to those who have no eyes. —•' Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrynaen, w' en you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere. BED-ROOM IN LOD QIN G-110 SE, Cerafortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's otioa of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late Visitors—A Troublesome Customer—Mr. Walker, an intruder -Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy ]Tight—Clown and Pan taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General Chamber Polka. CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND. What's to be done ?—Bny the Lady's Newspaper. FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES. Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost.—s.B. Iced Champagiss— Oh, the Roast Reef of Old England I—Sports of the Glasearum— " Plaisirs d'Hiver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get Skate, which he finds rather tough ; it woa't go down, though be does. FATHER THi RES' RETREAT, , Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door and Gingerbread Knocker. General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm —Summoning of the City Abominations—Arrival of tke Resident Director of the " Silent Wghways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the 'Forces—Grand Attack, and Tableau of Interest. SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL For California or anywhere else. GRAM) MOVING DIORAMA, designed and painted entirely by Brunning. Illustration of Her Most Gracious Majesty's Visit to Ireland, showing the following points of interest : Departure for Osborne —Passing Cowes and approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the Peet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—Passing the Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more Scene the Last. THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME. Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dann. • • Musical Director, Mr. G. 11. Rodwell. Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall. Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise, Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and Assistants. . . _ Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blau - lire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams. Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville. Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. Box-book-keeper, Mr..l. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, A.Oe Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will bs performed a new Comedy, entiled TIIE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which TIIE NINTH STATUE :or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with BOX AND COX. The Box-0113e is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TIIEATRE ROYAL. ADELPILL "Inder the dimet:ion n. Mad , krtie Ce THIS FXICNINO, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed fbrd, O. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which FRAINKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Eamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woolgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Ceveny ; ilridine, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURTS SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Yr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Baibury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mee. Highbary Barues, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame. VestriS., Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. Will be performed NOTaBAD JUDO& After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes, 53. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2 s-; Gallery, ls.. No tali-price to any part of the house. MI applications for Private Bozo* must be made to Mr. Allcroft, Aim Bond -street. PRLNCESS'S THE AT.6E. Mr. S. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. Will be performed a THIS EVENING, new and original comic Opera Principal characters by Me ssrs . W . H arr i s on, Weiss, Corr' , Wynn; Called MINA. m r . s . Weiss, and Miss Louisa Pyne. To conclude s, with KING JAMIE ; or * Harlequin and Mafia Fi ddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologn a ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown , Mr . Flex ore ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING,, Mr. EATTT has great pleasnre in announcing that he has Inc ..eeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELS, frem the Hippodrome, parte, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with hey highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademotsene Angfle is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare, 6. Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap pearance at Astdey's Ampitheatre This Evening. Re-appearance of Madlle. Cadone. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of TIIE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST; or, The Tournay of Love, In which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. To be lo' lowed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerleys scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. IrTo conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomi me, b y Nel- Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DEODLE, who came to Iliwtt upon his little Pony. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. - +no Manager, Mr. W. West. BuIMING THE DEAD.—An association has been formed, at the City of London .Mechanics' Institution, t o p ro mote the practice of decomposing the dead by the agency of fire. The members propose to burn, with becoming solemnity, such of their dead as shall have left their remains at the disposal of the association. The entrance fee i 3 is.; and the council meet to enrol mem. bers, asc., on the second and last Wednesday in each montb,-.. rho Asunder. MOD WATER AT LONDON REID(4I.. Tara DAT ~ .orning, 51 min. after 6 I Evening, 17 min. after 7 To-Nroalow—Morning, 45 min. after 7 I Evening, 16 min. aft,c 8 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JAN. 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28; Higho3t, 45; ►Noon, 36 BAROMETER, 29.49. WIND W.—fine frosty weather. the population. Theirs, consequently, are the labours which should be most emphatically reprobated by the rest of the members of the Fourth Estate, reprobated, we mean, as a disgrace to the character of English men, and as; being calculated, to affect in a very! in jurious manner the repute of an honourable, laborious, and responsible profession. The recent occurrence of the death of a pauper at Southampton, iton sheer exhaustion for want of food and exposure to the inclement weather, owing tot being refused relief at the poor-house, although furnished with an order from the parish surgeon to that effect, has naturally directed public attention to the defective organization of the staff of our Union Workhouses, to which the deplorable death, from starvation, of the unhappy arz A BETH BIGGS is mainly if not entirely, attributable. As the circumstances, attending this unfortunate case are about to be inves tigated judicially, in consequence of a charge of manslaughter having been brought agaainst one of the officials, we shall not make any further allusion to it, but shall proceed to point out the defect in work house organization, to which its occurrence is to be attributed, and to indicate a plan which, if adopted, would, we think, effectually prevent the recurrence of such misfortunes for the future, and would at the same time conduce materially to the comfort and safety of the permanent inmates of the workhouse. It appears that, according to the present system, a sick pauper requiring admission to the workhouse has, in the first place, to call at the residence of the parish surgeon (situated frequently at a distance of several miles from the workhouse), and having obtained an order from him, to present the same to the relieving officer, who may or may not grant the required admission, but without whose permission the master of the workhouse cannot admit the pauper, even should he present the medical certificate he has received from the parish surgeon. Now, considering the class of persons from which relieving officers are generally chosen, of which the late Mr. DZOUETT may be taken as an individual specimen, and the Mr. BUM La of DICKENS as a general type, it must be evident, on a moment's reflection, that too much power is by the present law left to the relieving officer, who is generally the last person in the world to exercise a sound discretion in the use of such power. But independently of this cir cumstance, the whole system is so slovenly that the marvel is that deaths from exposure and starva tion are not of more frequent occurrence. Suppose an unfortunate person, having obtained the surgeon's certificate, should lose it en route to the relieving officer, admission would be refused ; the ailing and starving applicant would have to return to the sur geon's house, and might, perchance, sink from ex haustion ere he could obtain a renewal of the certificate and again reach the relieving-officer. In such a case the death would be attributable not to the misconduct of any individual, but to the working of the system; and it behoves those who have the power to lose no time in remedying this most faulty organization. A remedy, which it appears to us would effectually meet the evil, would be to appoint a resident medical officer to every union house, whose business it should be, in addition to giving medical attendance on the permanent inmates, to examine all applicants for admission to the workhouse, and on whose order the master should be compelled to admit any person, the medical officer being responsible for the order so given. The necessity of a resident medical officer in every union house is obvious. Many of these houses contain upwards of 1,500 persons; few, we believe, have less than 700 inmates, that is to say, each union house contains persons equal in numbers to the crew of a line-of-battle ship or to a regiment of soldiers. Ought these persons (nearly double the number of the inmates in any of our hospitals) to be left without constant medical supervision ? Our convict depits have all resident medical officers, and surely the health of the honest poor man is of as much consequence as that of the convicted criminal. In many instances persons apply for admission to the workhouse who are known to the authorities as impostors, and these persons are, as might naturally be expected, invariably refused assistance by the relieving officer; in nine in stances out of ten he is probably justified in bis refusal, but in the tenth the tale of the professional vagrant imposter may for once be true—he may be really ill, really starving. In such a case the medical resident officer would at once detect the truth, and the knowledge on the part of the applicant for relief that he would be subjected to a strict medical scrutiny would, in most instances, prevent the imposter from applying for relief, and would thus operate as a heavy blow and a great dis couragement to vagrancy. It is abundantly clear that a system of organization, under which it is pos sible for such a Case as that of ELIZABETY BIGGS to oc cur, is so defective as to require immediate alteration, and we believe that the alteration we have suggested will meet the exigencies of the case. RICHARD Caosswann has abdicated. The City of the Violated Treaty, the last locality enlightened by the presence of that not over-dassling luminary which shed successively its beams of paly glory upon the housetops of Athlone, Youghal, and Kilkenny, now sits shorn of an equal moiety of her conjugal rights. The tears of a bereaved constituency may probably unite to swell the waters that roll by the ancient walls of Limerick; but to us, unimpassioned spectators of the scene, it really appears that Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL has never performed a worthier or more becoming act than the tendering his resigna tion of the trust reposed in him by the Parliamentary electors of the Mistress of the Shannon. We should indeed be loth to believe that the pressure of pecuniary embarrassment was so sorely felt by the favourite son of the Liberator as, of itself, to necessitate this disruption of the long-worn ties of public life. We prefer to believe that the Honourable Gentleman, not devoid of talents, and respected by all for his amiability of character, sees, better late than never, that the repeal delusion is irredeemably extinct; for delusion it has truly been since the summons of his wonderful father to a less troublous world. When Ireland's mightiest child expired far from the land he loved so well and long, the magic word that, uttered by his potent voice, could summon myriads burning with enthusiasm round regal Tara or mounded Mul laglimast, lost its maddening virtue. A band of freneied neophytes, whose talk was all of blood, whose deeds were a farcical abortion, grasped at the reins of an unruly team which had for many a year proved the matchless vigour of the wary charioteer, and all was forthwith plunged in irretrievable ruin. Of those misguided men some are exiled felons in the nether ends of the earth, others tearing out each others eyes in New York. Repeal, which Jour( O'CONNELL naturally looked upon as the Palladium of his native land, was by these dangerous fools defiled, defaced, draggled through the mire, until nothing was left of the idol but a shapeless and loath some mass of rottenness. Far better for his quiet and his fame had he then and there foresworn the desecrated cause, nor strove to summon followers, by the call of a penny whistle, around him in the halls where multitudes, with bosoms beating high with hope, were wont to rush at the summons of the Arch-Agitator's pealing trumpet. All is, however, now vanished like a dream, and wishing Mr. Joust O'Cosirsenx. lengthened years of health, of competence, and of every happiness in the honourable avocations of a professional career, and the smooth retirement of domestic life, we bid farewell to him as a public character without repro bation and without applause. Rumour assigns already several candidates for the vacated seat. Mr. RUSSELL (whom Heaven bless for his magnificent contributions to the provision market) on the Liberal interest—Mr. G. J. O'Cosircenr. on the Repeal dodge—and ; on Protectionist principles, Mr. VERERER, brother of Lord GORT, and Captain GOUGH, the only son of the Hero of So braon. With regard to the result of the impending election we feel no excruciating interest. Emboldened by the recent untoward discomfiture of the -Liberal interest in Cork, the Protectionist faction are now busy marshalling their forces in Ireland. They will, cy of the south, but we trust no similar of course, show considerable fight in the second s ti g ma will be permitted in this instance. The it me tropolis of Munster has su ffered itself to be si g nall y befooled through an impolitic division in the Liberal camp ; and although, protection apart, no more estimable representative could have been chosen by ite cleotore dm the popular and gallant Colonel who carried off the prize, the result should be a solemn warning to the enlightened constituencies of Ireland. Should, however, our anticipations be falsified, and the cotrum which at present maddens the Protectionist herd in the sister island be suffered to goad the bread tax retrogessionists in Limerick to rampant victory, we shall be almost tempted to view the electoral folly of the Garryowen boys in a venial light, if their choice should light upon the scion of a family long and justly honoured in their city—the son of a brave and beloved hero, who has bled freely for his country from the day when he struck down the Gallic eagle on Barrossa's bloody brow, until, after planting the triumphant British flag upon the coasts of the Celestial Empire, he smote to the dust the sternest chivalry of Asia upon the death strewn banks of the Sutlej. Although the addition of another unit to the ranks of protection can have no perceptible effect as regards the great and settled question of the Abrogation of the Corn laws, we should regret to see the good sense of this important city tarnished. Of the Protectionist agi tators of Ireland we would say nothing personally disrespectful—personal abuse we leave to others— but we cannot but denounce them as political madmen. Why will Lord GLENGALL misapply his unquestioned sincerity and . his admitted talents in the feverish pur suit of a phantom ? Must be not be conscious that he is, to say the least of it, fighing against fearful odds, that .he is leading a forlorn hope ? The days of Oligarchy are numbered. A blindediportion of the landlords of the empire may delude themselves into an intoxicating notion that the great machine of social policy can be made to recede at their behest, but they will ere long be compelled to confess, after toilsome expenditure of breath and ink, that they might just as profitably apply their ener g i es t owa rd s attempting a repeal of the Legislative Union, a rescinding of the Catholic Emancipation Act, a re• enfranchisement of the Rotten Boroughs, a restora tion of the Heptarchy, or a revival of Paganism, as in striving for that most futile and inane chimera, the Resuscitation of the Corn-laws. Common sense has pronounced their irrevocable condemnation —common sense forbids their blighting resurrection. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moni teur publishes a decree, signed by the PRESIDENT Of the Republic, dated January 1, 1850, appointing General jEROMB BONAPARTB a Marshal of France, on account of his services in 1807, 1809, and 1812, and in 1815 on the field of Waterloo, and for that, he, at the head of his division, was one of the last to put his sword back into his sheath when the enemy invaded France. At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday, the Members proceeded to elect the President and the Vice-Presidents for the ensuing quarter. The follow ing was the result of the ballot for President : Number of voters 470. M. Duns .. .. ... 288 M. MICHEL (DE BOUROES) ... 111 M. BARROT ... ••• .. 46 M. Dorm was accordingly declared to be re elected. . _ . After the election M. DABU presented the report of the committee on the amendment proposed by M. DE RANCE to the original motion for a vote of credit for the affairs of the Rio de la Plata. The report having alluded to the success which had hitherto always attended armed negotiations in South Ame rice, went on to state that while the committee could not accept the amendment of M. DE RANCE, they yet recognised the justness of the spirit which had suggested it. The principle of the amendment had then their approbation, and they accepted it, but in doing so they thought that the Executive should be allowed to decide on the way in which an armed negotiation should be carried out. It was in this way the committee understood the term action, which had been so much criticised, and he affirmed that the conduct of the committee had been perfectly consistent. He had in conclusion, on the part of the committee, to move the following amend ment : " The National Legislative Assembly invites the exe cutive power to support the negotiations which the latter proposes to undertake by forces sufficient to ensure their success and the safety of the French subjects in La Plata." M. DE RANCE then ascended the tribune, and argued at length in support of his amendment. He declared that he could see no middle course between armed negotiation in the decided and serious sense of the word, and abandonment of the Plate River. M. de LIUSSAT combatted this view. _ _ The debate will probably be adjourned. It is said that the Government will, not accept the amendment. In the committee it was resolved by a majority of 9 to 6, that the armed force should be sufficient to secure a solution becoming the national honour and the gravity of the interest at stake. Previous to the meeting of the Assembly, the the bureaux to name the for the month of February. Members assembled in 1 Presidents and Secretaries The following are the resu' PRUDENT& SECUETARIES. MM. Ist b. Lion Naucher. 2d Crouselles. 3d General Ralhiores. 4th De Lsussat. sth Baroche. 6th Molt 7th De Flavigny; Bth General Oudinot. 9th Buffet. _. _ _ MM. Do Riancey. De Tallouet. Denjoy. Favreau. Dampier d'Hormoy. Leverrier. Eschasseriaux. De Brias. De Mortemart. 10th Lepelletiercl Aulnai 11th Odilion Barra. 12th L'Amiral Cecile. 13th De Baliac. 14th Cotuerel. 15th General Leflo. Lesperut. De Lagrange. De Dampierre. Fre my. Gaslonde. Cales. In these divisions the Members of the porti-pretre opposed the Ministry, as they had done on the law relating to primary instructors. In the division in the first bureau they voted for M. EMAMIEL ARAao, a Member of the Extreme Left, in opposition to M. Laois FAUCHER, while in the tenth they started M. BERRTER against M. LEPELLETIER D'AtTLEAY. The division on the Thursday and the 'Ministerial majority of 29 is the subject of comment in almost all the papers. The Constitutiennsl says— " That is a very small majority, after the disgraceful and afflicting spectacle of which we were witnesses. We should have believed that there would have been as many repentant Members in the Moderate party yester day as there were renegades on the previous day. The majority bad before its eyes the sad example of the disorder and odious anarchy to which the national re presentation was subjected when a division took place in its ranks. All the voices, all the interruptions of the Montagnards rung in their ears the enormous fault which they bad committed in voting with them. They saw what a terrible pledge they had nearly given to Socialism, by the desperate efforts made by the Montag nards to retain that pledge which the rectified ballot tore from them." The Journal des Debats says— " The night thus brought counsel with it; the great party of order felt the necessity of rallying itself after defeat. In so doing it recovered its strength, and re gained the game which appeared to be lost! Out of evil corneat a the t go m od olo w ri e ty sh w o o u u ld lfi willingly say, tl if we might hope experience. Will not this sad incident be instructive? will it not be suffi cient to show once more that the majority may save all by its onion, as it may compromise and lose all by in ternal divisions and quarrels? A last lesson to be drawn from these two sittings is that the mode now adopted for taking the votes is intolerable. A process which opens the doer to such frequent errors and to such dis graceful scenes as we have just witnessed is definitively condemned. It must be replaced as soon as possible by some other; it is really a case of urgency." The parti•pretre, like their tools the Bourbons, have learned nothing, have forgotten nothing; th ey boast that they can command 110 votes, and that those votes shall be employed to harrass and embarass every Government which will not co-operate with them to restore the reign of the priests and Jesuits. The next revolution (and these persona seem bent on rendering a new revolution inevitable) will make short work with the priests, who have now com pletely thrown off the mask which they assumed in February, 1848 • they will not succeed i n deceiving the French people twice. The Turkish and English Ambassadors had long conferences with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. The Lijons Gate* of the 2d inst. announces the death, by cholera, of two soldiers in the military hospital of that city. The Bourse was dull today, and public securities declined slightly. The Five per Cents. opened at 92f. 80c., and closed at P2f. 65c. ; the Three per Cents., at 56f. 80c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 800 f.; Rouen, 572 f. 50c. ; Havre, 242 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 466 f. 25c.; Avignon, 215 f. ; Basle, 113 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 408 f. 750.; Paris and Stras burgh, 357 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 271 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-FICHANGE, JAN. 4. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 134—East Indian, 4—Namur and Liege, 7 —Northern of France, 1% dis.—Rouen .and Havre, PA — Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a notice of the Minister informing the persons who intended to bid for the quicksilver, deposited in Landon in the firms of Baron ROTHSCHILD and M. BARING, that one of those firms had sold during the last month in quintals of taergUry. It was said that the portfolio of finance had been offered to MON by NARVAEZ, and had been refused. . MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 28.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30 11.16 th for paper ; the Four per Cents., at 12i ; the Five per Cents., at 13 for cash ; the Debt without Interest, at 4 for paper ; and the Coupons, at 8. G E R NI A N I AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Kolner Zeitung publishes the following pro clamation, which the Prince of PRUSSIA has addressed to the troops in the Rhenish provinces:— " The present season induces me to express to the troops under my command the wish that the year 1850 may be a happy and glorious year for them. With part of those troops I have shared the happiness and the glory of a victorious combat, and the troops which remained at home have equally proved their devotion and fidelity to their King and country. So, indeed, did the soldiers of the Landivehr, especially those corps which have been called upon to supply the place of the 20,000 men now stationed in the Grand Duchy of Baden. May all those troops be mindful of their oath! May they be faithful to tue spirit of order and obedience which befits the Prussian soldier, and may they hold themselves prepared again to engage in the conflict! Our antagonists of the summer of 1849 will not keep quiet, their secret intrigues are more dangerous than their ranks in battle. We ought to be on our guard; let us be watchful at all times, and let us be con firmed in all soldier-like virtue, that we may be ready for the King, in case the King should again call on us to fight, and to conquer in his and the battles. God bless the King! " PRINCE OF PRUSSIA." BERLIN, Jex. 2.—Volentary Loan, 1062; State Loan, 89k; Marine Society, 10* Bank Shares, 93i. Rail ways—Dusseldorf-Elberfeld, 77k; Northern Railway, 422; Cologne-Minden, 952 ; ditto, Preference Shares, 1014; ditto second emission, 1032; funds and shares firm; business brisk. gtitning, ‘7:1,11t LONDON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 5, 1840. Another communication, from the same correspon• dent whose previous refutation of the calumnies against Kossum and the Hungarians was recently transferred to our own columns from those of a Con temporary, wi'l be found in another part of to-day's impression. It demonstrates the falsity of the other charges levelled against the Magyar Dictator, as clearly and irrefragably as it exposed the inaccuracy of the dastardly insinuations preferred against him in reference to the young Countess DEMBINSKI. Beyond this, moreover, it will be observed on an examination of this most interesting supplementary document, that the calumnies likewise disseminated in regard to PERCZEL and SIEMERE are there shown to be equally without foundation. The larceny said to have been committed by the latter turns out, on inquiry, to be a perversion of the facts of a little incident occurring in a ball-room, where a compliment is distorted into a felony, and a flirtation about a jewel delineated as a robbery of diamonds. Indeed the disproportion and difference of the occurrences and the imputations is such as to convince us that the slanderer, be sides being an arrant knave to boot, is quite as much of an ass as Goodman DooBERRY. He watches a little coquettry going forward in the mazes of a waltz snd is fain to cry aloud " Clear burglary I" Again, in reference to the accusation made against PERCZEL to the effect that he had forged for the purpose of screening his enormous embezelernents —it is sufficiently well shown that instead of being the defrauder he himself was the dupe, that instead of inflicting injury upon another he himself was, in fact, the only sufferer. What, however, is the explanation of the greatest ' interest to all those who sympathise in any manner with the cause of the ;Hungarians is the straightforward and conclusive refutation of the charge which, of all others, has been the most fre quently entered againstKossuT a, and which if allowed to remain uncontradicted would be most dansna tory to his character. It will not have been forgotten that the imputation to which we are alluding was that of having fraudulently appropriated to himself certain moneys entrusted to his care as the trustee and guardian of some orphan children. That he had deprived those sacred charges of their rights, that he had, to this end, sold certain portions of their property without the participation of the co-trustees, a participation absolutely and imperatively necessary to impart to the transaction any degree of legality ; that for this heinous offence against the laws orhis country and of universal morality he had been arraigned before a competent tribunal, and there publicly reprimanded— were the assertions made with unblushing effrontery by his assaillints, and reiterated with the most auda cious particularity. Now, according to the very simple explanations of the " Author of the Revelations of Russia," an individual personally cognizant of the whole transaction, it proves that in consequence of some blunder in the sale of such properties—a blunder arising altogether from the intricacy of the Hungarian laws in regard to the possession of orphan- wards—Kossmi, as one of the trustees, was rebuked simply for the irregularity of the proceedings, and that, too, not by a judicial tri bunal, but by a tribunal simply and entirely of a deliberative and administrative character. This re buke, moreover, let it be especially remembered, was " a rebuke to KOSSUTH as a lawyer, and intended no reflection on his integrity or good faith." In testi mony of which it is only necessary to call to recollec tion the circumstance that subsequently to this transact ion, KOSSUTH was formally nominated to the high and responsible office of Minister of Finance under the sign manual of FERDINAND the King and Emperor. Such is the exposure consequent upon the publication of these atrocious calumnies—an exposure as crushing in its completeness as the calumnies themselves were monstrous in their turpi tude. So, pray ye, may it ever be with those anony mous detractors who dare to violate the sanctity of domestic life, and who, for the gratification of a political grudge, are not ashamed to scatter the mud of their vituperations abroad in all directions, hurling it now at the remote victims of misfortune, now at some young matron's spotless re. putation. Out upon such FARINGHRAS of the Press, the Thugs of political life, the Stranglers of Jour nalism. Theirs are the hands which tend to rob one of the most important and civilizing institutions of ~ modern society of its MOP benetioent Wilionce over _ _ .k A„ a r ii.-hiA .` ' - '''. 4_,lr ', ~::•., • ..k -..; . to ~,f,-41 , , ~,- A ''.., ' l / 4 tlit ;,-.... --G5kr...7„,, ,, , .„ ' ''' . .- e ~,,r i ps i gi.• ': ,„ 49 1 ,,,,i, ;.'': - * , ; e`,,, ...nr ali:' . D 1,6 v , 0,..1.7,c,..4,1 , ,"- -"-4- ;' ". ,:-. ...., .41:„.....- •,. 1 ..,.; , , lk THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1860 AU STRIA. The Wiener Zeitung of the 29th ult. contained the State budget for the third quarter of the year 1349. It is, however, incomplete, as the returns from Tran sylvania, Croatia, Sclavonia, the Voivodina, and the Temesch Banat have not yet been sent in. The receipts were 35,126,536 florins, and the ex penses 76,899,631 florins, thus leaving a deficit of 41,773,095 florins. The outlay is divided as fol lows :—lnterest of National Debt, 17,220,631 florins; Imperial household, 963,764 florins ; Cabinet Council (Minister-Rath), 22,787 florins ; Foreign Affairs, 438,356 florins; Home Department, 3,975,470 florins; War, 45,357,943 florins ; Fi nances, 3,858,964 florins ' • Justice, 1,259,301 florins ; Public Education and Worship, 480,116 florins ; Commerce and Public Works, 5,832,820 florins ; Agriculture and Mining, 48,008 florins; Control office, 26,185 florins. In addition to the deficit above mentioned 90,727 florins were expended, though for what purpose is not specified, leaving a total of 44,863,822 florins. The Wiener Zeitung of the 30th, contains the budget for the nine months from No vember 1, 1848, to the last of July, 1849, during which period there was a deficit of 90,746,684 florins. The war expenses during those nine months amounted to the enormous sum of 105,559,310 florins. The Wanderer states that the promulgation of the Constitution will be delayed for several months. The National Gazette of Dresden, says that a great number of German subjects of other states bays been recently expelled from the Austrian territory, albeit possessed of property there, solely on the ground that they are Protestants, it being the desire of the Aus trian Ministers to extirpate Protestanism from the empire. HESSE DARMSTADT. The Chamber has determined not to vote any address, and have refused to authorise the Government to collect taxes beyond the Ist April. BAVARIA. MUNICH, DEC. 27.—The first battery of mounted artillery has received marching orders; their destina tion is not known with certainty, hut it is surmised that they are to be placed at the service of the empire. —Nuremburgh Correspondent. TURKEY. cclst Pe:leo osrreuLtrvnenteeedet served in arrivaltye iainnlsn countrymen from r tnoHh o f m parhuett ohnsEwiegmdi Co nstantinople neaeursniyeu: a nswer of t of f e the Emperorl 9 t h u l t. announce o u RUSSIAn to the last communication from the Sublime Porte. The CZAR has agreed to the terms proposed by the a rout n nor d tkhebaeyre t h e wethooo exp el led,t futurehr were e e era r raae P niyi Poles andloeupts ne con cerned theirohno pe r so n rr : ir it a ne r i ef e toTi whatsoever, without reference to the country under whose protection he may be, shall, whilst resident in the Ottoman Empire, be guilty of any act hos tile to the Government of the Emperor NICHOLAS, he shall, at the demand of the Russian Envoy, be expelled from the SULTAN'S dominions. KOSSUTH and the Hungarian refugees are to be con fined in a fortified town in the interior. They are not to be close prisoners, but their place of residence will he fixed, and they will be under the constant surveillance of the Turkish authorities. The Am bassadors of France and England have approved of the terms of the settlement, with, however, certain restrictions as regards the expulsion of persons who may be under the protection of either of their re spective Governments. When a charge of conspiring against the Russian Government shall be brought against a person provided with an English or French passport, a trial will take place in the presence of the Consul or other agent of the country under whose protection the accused may be, and after inquiry only, will sentence be pronounced. Notwithstanding the apparent settlement of :the question, diplomatic relations have not yet been re established with the Porte by the Russian and Aus trian Ministers ; we are therefore rejoiced to hear that the return of the French fleet to Toulon has been countermanded. These letters announce that the British fleet, under the command of Sir WILLIAM PARK/IN, left the anchorage at Basika Bay on the 16th instant for the Masconissi Islands, at the south-wes ternmost entrance of the Gulf of Adrymittee, opposite the northern side of the island of Mytilene. The ships will anchor between the islands of Eleos and Gym. ITALY It is said that the privileges of Civita Vecchia and of Ancona, as free ports, are to be suppressed. The Sardinian Chamber has completed its organization by electing GAETANO DB/MARCH' and PALLULL (the latter a Savoyard Deputy) Vice-Presidents ; Aasturz, PAOLO FARINA, ACRENTI, and CAVALLINI, Secreta ries; and Count FRANCE' and Signor VALVASSERI, Questors; the last-named gentleman and CAVALLINI are Members of the Left. A letter from Florence, in the Corriere Mercantile, states that the bishops of Tuscany have received a circular from the Government, desiring them not to authorise any priest to preach who had compromised himself in the late revolution. RAILWAY RET URNS RAILWAY TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— week in the previous yum.l.- 41. 5 . OA . Week Last a 4 end i ng NAME OF RAILWAY. week. E ?... t U.!: ....--- - X X Dec. 29 Aberdeen ...• ••,•_••••• • • • • • • • • • • 674 366 30 Amiens and Boulogne. - “ . ... 1,042 1,196 29 Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • • • 428 391 30 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 919 783 30 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 390 276 30 Bristol and Exeter •• .. ..... ....• .• .. 3,134 _ 23 Ca1ed0nian.......... 3,729 30 Chester and Holyhead. •••• • • • • ...... 1,195 Legg 27 Dublin and Drogheda. •••.•.•• • • • • • • 748 710 Jan. 1 Dublin and Kingstown ••.••••• .• • • .• 807 841 Dec. 29 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.. ••• • • • 9' 8 914 30 East Anglian... ••••.••••• • .• .• " " • • 650 737 29 Edinburgh and Glasg ow .•• • • . 29 Edinburgh and Perth • .... 30 Eastern Counties and North Eastern .• 15,477 14,350 23 East Lancashire •••••••••• • • • • .. • • • • 2,573 1,750 31 Eastern Union ....••.. • • • • • - • 1,874 1,182 29 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••- -. 2,705 2,411 29 Glasgow and Greeneck.• ••••• - - •• 857 876 23 Great Northern and E. L. ••••• • • • • • 2,968 - 29 Great Southern and Western ••.•• • .. 3,238 2,919 30 Great Western, Svc ••••••••• • • • •• • • • • 16,091 - 30 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••••• .• • • 10,173 1%407 23 Lancaster and Carlisle • .. 3,308 2,015 2$ Leeds and Thirsk ••••••••• • • • • • " • • 754 - 30 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • • 68 66 29 Londonderry and Enniskillen •• • ....• 98 99 30 London and North Western, &c •.. 37,163 34,554 30 London and Blackwall.• •••• • • • • •• • 547 573 29 London and Brighton . ..... ••••• • • • • 6,869 6,897 30 London and South Western .•• • • • ... 8,561 8,142 30 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,726 2,892 Si Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •. • • 23,920 22,664 30 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 942 - 857 311 North British ••..•••• • • - • • • • 29 Paris and Rouen .•••••••• •• • • • • • • 29 Rouen and Havre ...... ........ _•• ~,,,„ a ~,•_o''. 31 Scottish Central •••••••• _ _ • • _ • • ~• i , ii; s9O 31 Scottish' Midland •••••••• • . • • _ ~ •• 330 256 30 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... ••• • • • 1,692 1 ,6 58 30 Shropshire Union -..-..•.• • • • • • • • 429 - 29 South Eastern and Branches 23 Mouth Devon.. •. • ... •..••_• • • • • • 29 Taff Vale •• • .. .. . • - •••• •• •• 1,616 1,396 30 Ulster GSG 653 - Waterford and Limerick...... .. • •• •• - .- 372 23 Whitehaven Junction ... . . . - 30 York and Newcastle . ...... .•• •. • 11,241 13,112 30 York and North Midland . ... . Mr. Heald, the husband of the Countess of Lands feldt is now in town, and putting up at the Burling ton, in Cork-street. Sir Robert Peel has sent copies of his letter to his tenant-farmers—a printed circular—te some of his friends in this neighbourhood. One of these was ad dressed to Dr. Mackenzie, Eileanach, nho obligingly forwarded it to us, thinking the publication might lead to settle farmers' minds as to the chances of re-protec km—lnvirncas Courier. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet, the sales being only 4,000 bales.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done without alteration in prices. The Bank of England weekly return to the 29th ult . is of a different character to some of its predecessors. The circulation was larger, owing to the increased ad vances upon other securities, or more probably the pur chases of stock by the Bank, and this has likewise in fluenced the amount of the reserve of unemployed notes. The bullion is less, either from the like cause or from exports to the Continent, but we yet expect a further augmentation. The public deposits increased again. Compared with the previous week the following results are shown: — Notes Issued Decrease Rest ... ... 30,235,310 ... 46,320 ... 3,119,800 ... 5,641 ... 10,559,491 ... 295,787 ... 9,364,105 ... 124,475 ... 1,021,951 ••• 47.283 No alteration. .. 11,478,064 ... 617,499 ... 12,011,550 Increase ... ... Public Deposits Increase ... Other Deposits ... Decrease ... Seven Day and other Bills Decrease ... Government Securities .. Other Securities ... ... Increase ... ... Notes ••• ••• Decrease . . 469,670 Bullion ... ... 17,016,163 Decrease ... ..• 64,479 Active Circulation ... 18,226,760 Increase ... ..• ••• 423,350 There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in the rates at which bills of exchange were negotiated on the principal continental cities. Paper at 90 days was taken at 12 2 to 2i on Amsterdam, at 25 65 to 671 on Ant werp, at 13 1 l to 12 on Hamburgh, at 25 60 to 65 on Paris, at 122 on Frankfort, and 11 20 to 25 on Trieste. The exports of bullion from London during the week, to Thursday last, were confined to silver, amounting to 248,300 ounces to France, Belgium, and Holland. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are to-day again satisfactory. The Funds have been rather below yesterday's range, but are not weak. Consols have realised 964 to 97, and are now 964 Bank Stock is worth 204 to 204,1. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 981 I. Exchequer-bills maintain the premium of 595. and 625. In the Foreign Stock Market there are no particular changes. Peruvian Bonds have been flatter, however, at 61 to 61k ; Mexican were 29 to 29i. Equador brought 34 ; Buenos Ayres, 48k ; and Brazilian 881. Nothing has been done in Spanish or Portuguese. Dutch Two-and• a-Halt per Cents. have been 56. A London share agent, in giving his views upon the Railway Market, states:—" Now we see nothing in the present condition of railway property that is not capable of considerable improvment ; there is no cause for its depreciation, that may not be effectually and promptly removed. To the practical measures necessary for the resuscitation of railway interests we shall separately refer. The point we here insist upon is, that railway property has been most unduly and ridiculously depre ciated. Then referring to the Caledonian line and its traffic and prospects, though, of course, we leave people to receive the opinion for what it is worth, he says that the receipts to Dec. 17 show an increase on the total traffic of twenty-five weeks at the rate of 36 per cent., and an increase on the mileage of 20k per cent. "So thea with this enormously and progressively increasing traffic, with the moral certainty of the guaranteed claims being an reduced, with the line and works in perfect and substantial repair, with an additional increase in the mineral traffic alone next year of 20,0001.; and with a general saving in salaries, expenditure for small stores and working charges, as stated in the reports of the engineer—with all these advantages the shares of this company, upon which a dividend of 3 per cent. was paid last year, for sooth are at 78 per cent. discount. And why? Because the directors, who are about to be replaced by more efficient men, have been detected in acting with decep tion towards their shareholders; and because certain anonymous scribes have thought proper to send adver tisements to different papers decrying the line as in a state of bankruptcy." The Railway Share Market looks tolerably well again this morning, and there is atair business doing. ONE G ca , •ILITItSti O'CLOCK. dank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Arns 97% 96'X i 97 1 New 3 1 % per Cent. Ann 5...... Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 8 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10.1859 8 5-16 8% BAi India Stock India Bonds, 1,0004 ....... ........... p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 1 4 d. & 2d 1,0001. June 500/. June 62 p 62 p Small. June 59 p 59 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. oNE ;;Losiz 0 O'CLOCK. TRIC F.s Brazilian Bonds 86% 88 3 / 2 Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 4 8 1,E 48% Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... — Ditto, Account 2 9 14 29 2 ) Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account Portuguese h per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account.... 37 37% 36% sDhnle;il 5 INT Cent. 1840 Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 / i per Cent Ditto, Deferred ... g'A 9 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56 55 Z. , ,, Ditto, I per Cent. Certificates... 85% 85% PRICES OF rAID. .BUSINESS DONE CLOSI N. R AILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES =•berdeen 5O Do. Preference P.mber, Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 xyrshirs an,i Galloway.. 7 1 / 2 itelfast & County Down 28 ...... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham am. Ox f. )rd J unct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guaranteo 20 !Arming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead ' Lancashire, .. . anti Cheshire Junc.... 20 Bristol and Exeter 92 ... .. Ditto, Thirds ..- Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 baster and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Cless, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast Junc. 40 — Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 - ast Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & H..- 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref 3% Ditto, 71. 175,, 7 per Cent., Preference 2 . .... Eastern Counties... Do. New, Gua.6 peret lO 000000 •• Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.138. 4d.... 34 p Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O Do. New .......... 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C ...... 25 Do. Scri (6per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. ....... Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .• Exeter.Yeovil. & Dorch 2 sm ...... Exeter and Exmouth 215....... ... Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 Ureat Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent Pri Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% — reat South. and West. (Ireland) ... SO ...•• -- Great North of England 100 ...-. Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301......••• 30 Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .• .. Great Western 100 ...... Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 5O ...... ... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... -..... 20 ••• Ditto, New 171.- ..... 15 ... . .... .... -.... Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... Do. Quarter Shares 121 ,4 — Lancaster and Carlisle 50 ...... .... ... ..... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Ditto, ditto . Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares ...... 49 ... .. Do. Quarters ......... 231 — .. .. ......... Do. Fifths... Do. Thirds ....... ....... 164 — ........... ... Do. New Guaranteed 6! er Cent. ..... ..... 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) 5O •• ... ...... •• Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares ( A)... 10 -- ...... ••• Leeds and Bradtord 5O ......100 99 1 / 2 Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 31,x ... .. Do.. do. No .2 71,4 2 . Do., do. No. 3 5 . ... ... ........ .. Du., Pref. Quar , 1843 9 .. Liverpool, Crosby and MONO. ...... io _ ..... ~. ... ... ...... ......... Llndon Sr, Blnck 6s. 3d... 3%........• L moon, ;.ind south .....100 Do., New 61. ' guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 13 3 3 14 133% Lo. Guarani - . 5 per ct.. 9 De. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 ndonandGreenwich 12115 s 4d — -- Ditto, Preferr.p. .20 L )ridon and N. Western 100 lll 110 1 / 2 %...... 1107 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fifti , Do. 40/.Shares(L. M.) 35 Do. 107. ( M.I& B.) C. 1 Lond.& S. Western .....100 ..... Ditto, New 50/. ...... 42 1 4 — Do. New 401. ... 34 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry&Coleraine 25 ........ Do. 1 h Shares ~... 5 L•md)iiderry and Ennis killen ...... .... ....... 25 Do. 1 4 Shares 5 ...... Lowestcff, guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per et.) Manediesttniims.ton,and Matlock 5 ..•... lanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Do. l / 9 Shares (No. 3) 12 1 / 2 Do. NM 101. Pr0f..... 10 8 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ...—... 20 ..... ..•••••••• Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union. 41.25. — Midlind .. 100 43 1 / 2 % 3 4. Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares 30 ... Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per et, •••100 Ditto, Lirist. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto 75... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.h Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle 100 ...... Do. Quarters Newmarket ...... Do. Extension ...... 21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor N0rf01k..................100 Do. New 20i. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ........ ... 25 ..... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... •••• 8i .... Ditto Preference orth Staffordshire ... 17 1 / 2 7 %... North Wales . 3 l /2 North-Western .... oxiord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 Royston and Hitchin ... 4 1 / 2 .. 4 3 / 4 .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury arc Birm l2 Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... ....• Shrewsbury and Herefd. 5 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Oswe6try ....• 18 1 / 2 — . Ditto New Do. 8 per; Cent. Pref t3hropshfre Union .-.,outti_ Devon Do. Preference So Atli Statlordshire 8 1,4 — •••... 0000000 .. outh Eastern Do., No 4 Do., No. 3 ............. 30 — Do.. Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 S‘uth. Wales - 151 / 2 • •.. :youth 1 orasture, Don- caster, and Goole Shsffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 •••••• swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 7 Caw Vale Extension ... 8 'lames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 1714 — stale of I , i oath .. lO aterford and Kilkenny 20 . _ . Waterford and Limerick 47 1 / s ..... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do_ do. ... 15 - ... • west Cornwall ... 6 ... .. —. -• ei hiteli4veu & Furness 18 v . -, iudcor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 11 vy ilts, SGmerstt,& W ey - mouth York, Newc,s;!e, and Borwick. .... ... ........ 25 1,10, Newcastle Exton. 20 Do. G.N....Pre!orztnce d ..... 3% 1 ,42 .• i:0. Ihrtlepool Dock arta Railway .. 100 ...... -- .- Yor . k alli ~ik.rti. alidb..nd 5 , .. ..... 17 3 ,4 .. ..... Diti.,.;, Preference ...... 10 - ......... • ••••• a/REIGN RAILWAY. Angi Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... 54.••••• Boulogne aid Amiens... 20 Central or France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ......... ......••• 171 A — ••• Dutch Rhenish ..... 8 ... .. East Indian Ditto ...... ..... ... 2O Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... Do. Do. ... ...- 10s. Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 1 ,G — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege Northern of France l4/. 85... 1% dis... Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 - ........ .. ... Paris and Orleans .....• 20 .... .... .. Paris and Rouen 2O:-i,... - 23% ...11.41 •• • ..... Paris and - Strasbourg • Rouen and:Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 - ........ - Tours and N -- itc - ..... .ante*........ 13 ............ Tournay, Jurbise, L an . ... den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders ..... ..... 8% MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com... 15 Australian 13assora kange ... Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ...... British Iron ............... 12 ...... Brazilian Imperial . ..... 241 BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 ...... —.. Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... Cobre Copper .......... 40 General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... ..... Santiago de Cuba... lO United Ai exican. - 5-- .............. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia , 4O British North American 50 - ••• ..... Colonial ••••••• 25 ...... ....... .....••••• Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO .• London & Westminst er. 2 0 •••.• ..... • - LLOYD'S SHIPPING —.(THIS DAY'I LONDON, JAN. s . —Wind W.S.W., liht breeze 1 03 fine clear f rosty weat her.—The Persia, fr om Calcutta, g°, in contact, i n t h e P ool, with the Dundee steamer, a u"' received damage. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wi n d S.W.—Arrd. St. Patric k , of Lynn, North America. Arrived from the River, B r : tish Empir e , C a l cutta ; Toronto, Madras; Fanny , ritius ; Osborne,-Cape of Good Hope. COWES, JAN. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Achilles, Loren° sn, La, Guayra. FALMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind W.—Off port, Vict° l 2,. and Lise, Leforesteer, Gorraines, and sailed for 1 111 L, burgh; Quentin M e t sys , Mi chadsen, Havannab. A brig waterlogged and ab an d one d, w i th a long name on h et ' stern, black sid es w i t h a yellow billet head, beats ° 0 I 0 deck, and su pp ose d to b e English or American, passed Dec. 25. OIF PENZANCE —Jane Green, Mauritius; Albstro°,, ° ' Hausnool, B a t av i a , f or Amsterdam ; Gustav, Blanks' Charleston, for Antwerp. BRISTOL, JAN. 4 . —Wind N.W , Ac l4 venture, Connor, Miramichi. SWANSEA, JAN. 4.—Sailed Alex. Pirie E ga n, Cubt f HULL, JAN. 4 . — Wind N.W.—Arrd. Metes' St. John's, Now Brunswick, ta PLYNoUTR, JAN . 4.—Wind W.—Arrd. Bell, Qu' i St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, J AN. 4. -- Wind W.S.W. to W.11.W,1 Arrd. Ch ar l es B rownell, Slatt, V alpara i so ; Chau:llo2 Morris, Sydney, New South Wales ; John moorv: Withycombe, Bombay; Penelope, Scudd e r, maurit i 9 c ; Hero, Vid eman , C a lif orn i a; E st h er, J o h ns t o n, 1 % Grande; Dauntless, Johnston, Maranham ; John Bavel l : 0; Warnberson, Charleston ; Tartar, M'Gilrey, Virgiv o l d , Gertrude, Bailey, Now York; Jacobs Westervelt, „ 11° , i0 , less, New York ; P ar li amen t, B rown , B os t o n ; Du' Gibson, Cuba. b LOWESTOFT, JAN. 4.—The J o h n an d Susanna 0 leaky, baying be en on t h e b eac h , an d w ill pro b a bly hi' to discharge. CLYDE, JAN. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Rsga libeol3° Stewart, Calcutta; Tower, Blake, New York. VIENNA.—The official gaze tt e o f t h e em pire, W hiCP has just appeared, contains the details of a Collo tion between th e R uss i an and Austrian Ca bi ne ts !v eto respect to th e reciprocal extradition of Jewish subJ c r y, who bare committed political oftencts in either 0 00 " ,—Jewish Chronicle. 93 p 97 13% 16% 1014 7% 9 Lit 3 / 4 P 7% 4►4 10% 12% 77% 61 1 ,4 42 6% 2 5 ,1 7% 4% 14% - 214 15!4 7 Vs 19% 6 1 4 15ti 16% 104 3S 1734 Gii - 71i - % 74 1 1 ,4 do 35i .-- 21A "Ao COLBURN'S AUTHORISED TRANSLATION. 'Now Ready at all the Booksellers, T HE NINTH VOLUME of TRIERS' CONSULATE AND EMPIRE Under NAPOLEON, Comprising the period of THE WAR IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboreugh-street. (C Th e And " It The .1 011 As I, " St: u, " IL Th al Tha. Thu 'I Th ;And d And .. rii And ty Sbal II Th And Oh! Atid The AS t 48 ut Iyo Lif e And Tb e ' AS t And And Obi Vi' 4B to p ; i thoi the Itr e , lik e crate