The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.. The 41t!Relet PANTOMIME THEATRE, and the FIRST PANTO MIME COMPANY. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's Opera. entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. llorncastie ; La Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. D. W. King ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer ; Grisette, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which will he produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, he ng mixture of the h i s torical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND TIRE D the new and ex RAGON. The Overture and Music comp osed by Mr. R. Hughes ; tensive Scenery by Mr. Grieve, Mr. Telbin, and numerous as sistants; the Tricks and Transformations by Mr. Biamire ; the Ma chidory by Mr. R. Slomau ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bovey, Mrs. Bails, and a host of auxiliaries. The whole produced under the superin endence of Mr. W. West. Scene 1. ABODE or KALVEA, THE ENCHANTRESS.—Date and lo cality not exactly known, but considered by the Antiquarian Society to have been discovered " somehow or other," " some time or other," near " somewhere or other " Kalyba (the Enchantress, not by Balfe, mistress of all the elements, except those of " Arithmetic," having quite miscalculated her power), Mr. H. Horncastle ; Fiends and Fu ries (illustrating a common expression of speech, with anything but a common expression of countenance), Messrs. J. W, Morgan, Burt, Connell, and 11. Payne; Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. (the four Ele ments, with a strong love of mischief), by Dealers in each; the March cf Intellect (travelling " incog." as " Young England," a true bit of British blood, by Intellect out of Industry, dam by Science, out of Perseverance, has never been beaten, and can be matched against anything), Miss Annie Payne.—How the March of Intellect pays a " flying visit" to Kalyba ; and how, being empowered by the Committee on National Education, he gives the old lady sudden no tice to quit, by as su Ideely changing the premises to Scene 2. INTERIOR OF INFANT SCHOOL.—Schoolmaster, Mr. Big wig, who, at the request of his " IllustriOus Visitor," gives the boys a lialf.holiday on tits occasion. Scene 3. EXTERIoR AND EARBACAN OF COVENTRY CASTLE. The Earl of Coventry (Lord High Steward of England, and his own into the bargain), Mr. Mazzoni ; the Countess of Coventry (a good housewife, and supposed to have been the inventor of the ceebrated " Coventry Cake"), Miss Baines ; Head Nurse (with a good character from her l.st place), Mr. Clued ; Master George (afterwards cele brated for a battle he fougat with a dragon, but at present without any knowledge of " arms," except his nurse's), Miss Marks ; Masters Andrew, David. Patrick, Denis, James, Anthony (very youthful knights, but destined, with their "cousin George," to astonish the natives by and by as " The Seven Champions of Christendom"), Mas ters Coyle, Seven, Dix, Wei 511, Desborg, Francis.—How the youthful St. George is feted on his birth-day—how he makes his" first," and nearly his " last " appearance fa public on the occasion—how his " cousins " Andrew, David, Patrick, Denis, James, and Anthony come to , ish him many happy returns of the day—and how Kalyba shows her " love of children" by taking the " whole brood under her wing." NOTICE.—" Nothinge material to our historic" occurring during a period of fifteen years, the author trusts that the audience will al low him to cut it, and come again to Scene 4. KALTBA'S House or CORRECTION George of Eng land (a rum'un to look at, but a rare'un to go), Mr. W. 11. Payne ; St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales, St. Patrick Of Ireland St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy (all pretty much of the same kidney !) Mr. Heath, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Marks, Mr. Chapin°, Mr. Sanger, Mr. J. Haynes.—How St. George and his brother champions (considerably grown since their last ap pearance in public) are kept in durance vile, and on " very short commons" by Kalyba—how Kalyba pops her affections on St. George who " can't abide her"—in short, how—but we won't anticipate— merely observing, that the upshot is the Downfall of Kalyba, and the Emancipation of the Seven Champions of Christendom ! Scene 5. DOVER ROADS.—HOW the Seven Champions of Christen dom set out for their respective destinations—" the management having, in the handsomest manner,,' made special arrangements for that purpose with the various " Metropolitan Conveyance Com panies." Scene 6. BANKS OF THE NlLE.—Almanzor, King of Morocco (his own Lord High Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, &e., on his way to King l'tolemy's Court, to court King Ptolemy's daughter), Mr. T. 3lattttews ; Ptolemy, King of Egypt (rather a remote ancestor of Ibrahim Pacha, better known as Abraham Parker), Mr. Prierson. Moorish Sailors, Attendants on King Ptolemy, ttc. How Almanzor came to Egypt to be married—the Princess having a decided objec tion to their being " bound in Morocco ;" and how St. George, not Laving even "dipped" into the question of " lights," runs his steamer on shore, and saves himself on the funnel. Scene 7. GRAND HALL IN THE PALACE OF PTOLEMY THE FIRST, TLino or EGTPT.—The Princess Sabra, Mr. Hance, about to be mar ried to the King of Morocco, but patriotically devoting herself to the digestive organs of the Dragon (a gentleman, whose prodigious allowance of jaw enables him to speak for himself), Mr. WiePunl. How this " marriage in high life" is suddenly interrupted by the Dragon, who, Lot only forbids the banns ; but elopes with the bride; thereby plunging " her illustrious parents and several families of dis tinction at the west-end of the town into the deepest affliction," Fec. (vide Morning Papers). ROYAL PROCLAMATION. " Who'll kill the dragon ? " Or me he shall gorge ; 1 1, says St. George, I'll kill the dragon."—Old MS. Arming of St. George for the approaching Fight. Latest odds at the " Corner," LOW to 0 on the Dragon (taken). " May the best man win." Scene 8. THE DRAGON'S HAUNT IN THE DESOLATE VALLEY. — How the Dragon introduces the Princess Sabra to his " country quarters ;" how S.. George follows on horseback (the railroad not being quite finished) ; how he and the Dragon fall in, and then fall out. The Battle (ilir particulars of which keep your eyes fixed on Messrs. Payne and Wieland). How the result of the last round not only elevates St. George to the " Crown" of Egypt and the " five shilling pieces" of England, but at the same time introduces the audience to Scene O. GRAND" HALL OF CHIVALRY.—HOW St. George receives the " Battle Money" (alias the hand of the Princess Sabra). Re appearance of the March of Intellect. Introduction of Old Friends in Kew Characters. liarlequin •. • • Mr. Howell, Clown.. . • Mr. T. Matthews. Pantaloon...• • 'Mi. Priorson. I Columbine Miss Hicks. Scene 10. DEALER IN CURIOSITIES AND IRONMONGER AND CUT LER's SHOP.—lmproved Surgical Instruments. " Holding the mirror up to nature." " Fami.ies furnished" on a novel principle. A loud Report on the New Houses of Parliament. A fashionable complaint flies to the Clown's head. Scene 11. CORNCHANDLER'S SHOP AND GRANARY.—:Bore ways than one of being "in clover." Specimen of the very best "Britannia metal." Plenty of " game" in high preservation. Cabinet measures and corn measures. A lot of " chaff" in both. Harlequin gives Clown " the sack." Abundant specimens of the New Tariff. Scene 12. SIAMESE VILLAS AND NURSERY GROUND.—" To be let, to gether or separate." Ethiopian Serenaders provided on the shortest notice. " Get out of the way, Old Dan Tucker," and make way for "patent elastic India-rubber boots." Effects of "putting your feet in it." The Spanish marriage horticulturally illustrated. Spanish nut and Orleans plum. " A plague o' both your houses." Scene 13. TINMAN AND TAILOR'S SHOPS.—The original little Tin Kettle. Water always het. A grate mistake. " Going out a shoot ing." Grand Experiments in Gun Cotton, ending In an awful Catas trophe. Scene 14. INTERIOR OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN TOY WAREHOUSE.— Toys for We Million. Magic Cards. How to " cut and shuffle." Tack in the Box and out of it. First-rate teem and turn out. " See the Conquering Hero comes." Scene 15. THE STATUE AS IT Is; or, Wellington at Hyde-park corner. Scone IG. Tux STATUE As IT WAS; or, Wellington at Waterloo. " Look here upon this picture, and on this." THIS EVENING Rill he nerformed a new and original Drama, called THE FOUND OF WRONG; or, a Fireside story. Sir Arthur Foljattabe, Mr. swan ; Lichen, r. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Duc•aAtone ; Harwood. Mr. Howard; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mt s. W. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortascue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " La Bayad:Te," " Italiana in Algeria," " Guillaume Tell," and a Po lonaise. After which (by desire). the Farce of NICOLAS FLAM. Nicolas Flan], Mr. Farrell ; Shrimp, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Fuddicumbe, Mrs. Clifford. To conclude with an Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE • or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. BuckinAhatn, Miss Reyno:tl4, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Triumphant success of Boes new Christmas Piece. The new and splendid Pantomime every evening. A great hit. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albeit Smith, Esq.. called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha• rectors by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, 1:4 eley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. in whiel. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a New Comic Pantomime, entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Clown, Mr. J. W. Co'lier ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Miss Laldlaw ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. T tIEATr.E ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE COUSICAN SISTER. characters supported by Madamc! Celeste, Mrs. Yates; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Smith, kc. lictweentic pieces the ceIehrated , ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. Joint Lees and his three Pupils—the- Masters 'Unions, will ex hibit their wonderful Jena Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the 71a!let of LA GiSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the WWI Ilritle. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. CAlenibrd. 'Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, 3lisA Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PR INC ESS'S TII SATRE, OX FORD-STRE ET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lussee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will he per Ormed a Drama, in two acts, called BLANCIIE DE V ALAI Y. The characters will he supported by Messrs. Granby, If. Hughes, J. Vining, S. Cowell, Horner; Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs. IL llnglies. After which, a new and original Mus*al Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MA IDS OF MUNI .111 ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejambe, Mr. Letll2r ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Cornet ..hosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristleitach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Horner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Bonner, Hincks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Uriel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Chrstmas Pantomime, enti tled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. FleXmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John3litchell. last Appearance bet Two of the eminent Cornedlen, M. PERLET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Vaudeville, entitled LA DOT D'AIT VERiNE. Pierre, M. Dumery; Jerome, M. Pagenier ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Fouquet ; Felicite, Madame Dumery. After which will be produced the popular Vaudeville of I.F. SAVANT. In which will appear MM. Perlet, Langeval, Dorgehrct, Pascal, Tourillon ; Madame Grassau, and Mdlle. Vallee. To conclude with the favourite Comedy of LE PARIZAIN. The characters by MM. I'erlet, Dumery, Pascal, Pagenier, Priston ; 3tdlle. Angele, Madame Dumery, Mdlle. Celina Fouquet, Madame Grassau, and Mdlle. Leyder. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS (Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gormon) will have the honour of repeating their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre, TO MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday , during the Christmas Holidays ; doors open at Eight, and the Enter tainment commenees at Half-past Eight. And will (by desire) give a OR AND JUVENILE PERFORMANCE, on Wednesday Morning next, - Jan. 6 ; doors open at Two, to commence at half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2;.; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. T at ron i Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. sed by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. lied Albert, Prince of Wales, and Royal Family. Unrivalled of the ()rai d toreCtmas Pantomime, acknowledged success Prince by :the press cad the publi urpass all others for magnificence and novelty. THIS EVENING Will be performed aav —an "new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON MORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. To be followed by Batty's SCENES of the CIRCLE ; with humorous performances by Mr. Henderson, as Clow n. To conclude with the successfuleomleltquestrtanFalry Pantomime, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin and All Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite, Box -office open trom eleven till clock ' cl oek.—Doors open m. t o, and commence at half-past six o.—Stage Manager, Mr. vf, Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY 77 pHEAT"---0, ; Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Wilt be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND OF CARDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKES, DEATH. The characters will be supported by the whole of the talented Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lequin. Herr Deulln ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Dentin ; Columbine, Mdlle. The•l are ; Clown, Herr N. Paulin ; Mr. Punch, Herr E. Deulin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Reduction of Prices.—Boxes, Is,, Half-price, td ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.; Private Boxes, 24. The Victoria again victorious. Decided success of the new grand " Go-a-Head Pantomime." " The best Pantomime ever produced at a minor Theatre."—" The oldest in habitant of Lambeth cannot remember so excellent a Panto mime."—Vide Public Press. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss VIA.. cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Ed. wards; Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which will be prOdueed a grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled TIIE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Signor Osmond°, Harlequin, M. Lupino; Columbine, Aid le. Adele Lauri. RE-ISSUE OF BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY. Now ready, price ss. ART I. of BURKE'S lIISTORY JL of the LANDED GENTRY. To be Comfleted In Ten Monthly Parts, pilce ss. each. " A work in which every gentleman will find a domestic interest, as it contains the fullest account of nearly every known family In the United kingdom."—Messenger. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1847. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY 2HARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfbily equested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be lorwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds litune diately disposed of according to instru.ctlons. (Mem Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30; Highest, 35 ; Noon, 32. BAROMETER, 29.93.—W1ND E., fine. JANUARY 3. rdERMOMETER, Lowest, 25; Highest. 34 ; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, 29.80. WIND E., morning hard frost; evening snow. Illtili WA T AT LON DO.N -BRLI )0 THIS LAY. Morning .. 33 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 49 minutes after 3. AV - , A 2 A \ 740111 k, , ' • Pa k Min .leit4 LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 4,11847. In reviewing the different events which have occurred throughout the world during 1846, we yesterday afforded sufficient testimony of the accuracy of our assertions as to the extraordinary character of the past twelve months. We did this, moreover, merely by an enumeration of circumstances taking place beyond the shores of the British islands. Our proofs were of a cosmopolitan rather than of a na tional species. We glanced over the more memorable European, Asiatic, African, and American occur rences, reserving those peculiarly connected with these dominions for a separate mention. A cursory reminiscence of what has happened during 1846 in England and its dependencies, must agitate every patriotic mind with anxieties and anticipations about the possible events of 1847. We remember the miseries which have befallen this empire during the old year, and we dread their repetition during the new year. We remember that during the old year the Parliament achieved moral victories over the evils of centuries, and we marvel whether the session of the new year will be illustrated by comparable pro ceedings. We remember that the old year witnessed the disruption of parties, and we endea vour to conjecture the consequences of that disrup tion in the futurity of the new year. From all these conflicting considerations the re-assembling of the popular representatives and the Peers, at Westminster. on the 19th proximo, is looked forward to viith the utmost curiosity. Foremost among the events of 1846 were the re peal of the corn-laws, and the consequent annihilation of monopoly. After a toil for the realisation of free trade, extending over a period which might be counted by decades, after a toil which at first pro mised to be interminable and fruitless, the boon was obtained, whereby the national commerce was invigo rated, and the national agriculture relieved from a disgraceful and pernicious " Protection." Simulta neously with that brilliant success over the prejudices of many generations, the true principles of political economy were engrafted upon the mercantile code of England. The interests of the revenue were not forgotten, while the perfect freedom of trade was ensured. The ignorance or the covetousness of the so-called " country party " was repaid by the over throw of their venerable fallacies, but a respite of three years was at the same - r epad e d y t o,,i l iem , Then, _!tgain, _the Area . t , Conservative into fragments—the Peel Administration was compelled to resign. Many of those who during somewhere about a quarter of a century ha 1 associated themselves ss ith the late Premier, and who had ultimately, spon taneously, and deliberately selected him for their political chieftain, took the occasion of his noble con version to the Free-traders to asperse his character with a revengefulness, a bitterness, a ferocity, and a relentlessness to which the pages of HANSARD fur nish no parallel. Because he had the courage and magnanimity to avow the mistakes of a long and honourable career, and to announce, on the floor of •the House of Commons, and in the face of the whole world, that, after a painful and laborious con sideration of the matter, he had come to the conclusion that Free Trade was alone conso nant with the principles of Justice and the laws of Nature, his quondam followers maligned him with an acerbity more applicable to a malefactor than to a Minister of the Crown. For altering his opinion upon one question of policy, the Protec tionists declared that the whole life of the Premier was odious, from his continual tergiversation. They asserted that his whole life was execrable and repre hensible from his conduct having been invariably modelled upon expediency. Supposing this assertion to be correct, then does it recoil with redoubled impetus upon the very men who gave it utterance. For, if the life of Sir RoneaT PEEL was thus odious and thus execrable, sorry indeed must have been the character of the party who had wilfully selected him for their leader—poor must have been their combina tion of ability and integrity when they could only discover such a man to undertake their guidance— most miserable, most odious, and most execrable must they have been who were so long the obsequious followers of a man of such a shameless career ! On their own showing, the Protectionists are only worthy of distrust and contumely. But Sir ROBERT PEEL, when he invoked the hatred of a contemptible few, assured to himself the love and admiration of the million. By his proceedings in 1846 he has con signed his name to the grateful and perpetual remem brance of his fellow-countrymen, he has rendered it inevitable that that name will henceforth be uttered with expressions of gratitude "in the cottages of those whose lot it is to labour," he has assumed for ever a prominent place amongst the most pa triotic and the most illustrious of the statesme n of England. Another Member of the Commons' House of Par liament has likewise, during 1846, attracted towards himself, in a remarkable degree, the admiration of the public. In the past year RICHARD COBDEN consummated that great struggle for commercial emancipation with which he will ever be so honour ably associated. In that year, also, he com menced a pilgrimage of civilisation through the various states of Europe—a pilgrimage more honour able, if possible, than all his previous exertions. In consequence of the acceptation of the free-trade prin ciples by the Legislature, the Anti-Corn-law League was dissolved. Another remarkable association of a peculiarly popular character had been already, namely, about the commencement of 1846, dis solved in like manner—we mean the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. In 1846, moreover, the present Government, under the leadership of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, was installed in office; and from the known disposition of the dif ferent members of the Administration every con fidence is reposed in the intentions and capacity of that Government. In 1846 the condition of Ire land became more perilous than at any previous mo ment of he r hi s t ory. In 1846 a m i sunderstanding n Hall. In 1846 the theRepe fat a h le o r r s of in t h C o onc a i n li t a i- - tio st arose among slavery agitation, THOMAS CLARKSON, died. In 1846, the entente cor di ale was ruptured. In 1846 our quarrel with the American Government was brought In e of 18460105 e we sa had first od a p to os a it s iv a e tisf m actry ter c i o a n l cl p u rso i l. educational measur es w hi ch had been so long and so su c h h ave ardently desired. S uc h have been the con spicuous events o f th e bygone twelvemonth, most been the advantages realised, the evils avoided, calamities experienced during th a t memorable fat t e h r e val. As an incitement to yet greater assiduity in the population in general, and in the legislators in particular, 1846 may be most useful and most glorious is being the cause of emulatiou to the ' (possibly) more useful and more glorious year just dawning upon the world. We adverted on Friday to the new Charter for the Government of New Zealand, which received the royal signet on the 23d ult. This is a great fact, which will ever he remarkable in history. It will al ways be instanced as one of the most signal bless ings of civilisation, that the extensive territories, comprised in the New Zealand isles, whose inhabi tants, when first discovered, consisted only of barbarous and wandering tribes, powerful in form, and brave and fierce in their rude art of war, were, within a short period of their attachment to the British Crown, subjected to a scheme of provincial and general legis lation, based upon the representative principle, in which is involved the essence of the English constitution. So speedy an attainment of the choicest fruits of civilisation, so rapid an ac quirement of institutions, municipal, legislative, and executive, in a country where, a few years since, a hardy race of savages alone ranged free, igno rant of the sublime principles of their better nature, is without a parallel in history. This recent act of our Ministers, under the authority of Parliament, will be regardei by surrounding nations as the strongest proof of the reliance we have in the vigour and excellence of our form of government, and of the confidence we repose in the attachment and veneration which our compatriots uniformly feel for their native institutions, to what part soever of the world they may be impelled by circumstances to resort, and carry out the great work of universal civilisation. Nor can the experiment be regarded as a hazardous one. Frequent is the regret, and severe are the strictures, offered upon the social in equalities which prevail within the United Empire, notwithstanding that our power and progress as a nation has been a theme of wonder and admiration in every quarter of the globe. The uneven distribution of wealth, co-existent with the poverty and misery in many over- populated districts within our native dominions, are evils, which cannot be denied; neither can they be too deeply deplored, nor too promptly ameliorated Nevertheless, the consolation for these social ex crescences is not inconsiderable, when we find our great capitalists inviting the industrious and intelligent of a redundant population to avail themselves of their accumulated stores of wealth and, embarking for distant lands, to civilise the human race, to open up fresh sources of national affluence, and augment the several fruits of the earth, Thus, indirectly, and by reason of the social and ac cidental (but neither inherent nor incorrigible) in congruities in her system of polity, does England gradually fulfil her noble destiny of disseminating the seeds of civilisation to millions of ruthless and benighted barbarians scattered in various parts of the universe. Exception has already been taken to the principles laid down by Earl GREY for the acquisition and settlement of lands in New Zealand, and all future colonies in their inceptive state. It should be remarked, that the advocates for vesting exclusive rights of pro perty in the aborigines of any country, consist chiefly of two classes ; first, those who are actuated by the nicest sense of humanity, and are chiefly desirous to protect the native in his primitive rights from the rapacity and tyrannical abuse of power, into which even civilised man, largely tempted by self-interest, is prone to degenerate ; and next, those who have entered into extensive speculations, and, by a variety of stratagems, have fancifully secured to themselves, by inconsiderable gifts or trifling purchases, enormous tracts of land, from either the original (but ignorant and easily duped), or else pretended, possessors of the same. For the first class, and their philanthropic scruples, it is impossible not to entertain the greatest respect. Their error lies in the head, not in the heart. The honourable and deep-rooted apprehension which they entertain for the present welfare of the aborigines wins theit mind over to a principle quite incompatible with the establishment or maintenance of regular government in countries where the rays of civilisation have been but newly shed. For the second class we have no such sympathies, because it in their present or f r uCufFrefilYZ*l provided moderate and reasonable sums have been paid. So to act would only serve to prevent the influx of capital, check every spe cies of enterprise, and dry up the springs of pros perity. On the other hand, where fair compensation has not been, in the first instance, given for the pos session of land, where it has been obtained by fraud and imposture, it is right that the controlling arm of Government should be present to protect the natives from delusive or imprudent concessions, and to enforce justice and equity between the emigrants and primitive inhabitants. So that, in fact, even were it not consonant with international and colonial law, the principle that wild tribes of men cannot sell any land beyond what they themselves occupy or use in countries, the sovereignty over which has been effectually assumed in the name of a civilised nation, is the most conducive to the ends of humanity. The more civilised nations be come, the more jealous are they of their fame for honour rather than of power, and are consequently vigilant that this fame should not be tarnished by any public acts of delegated authority. The responsibility which governors lie under to the authorities of the mother country; and the wholesome influence of public opinion, which, no matter the dis tance, is now-a-days happily wafted on the wings of the free e b e e sptre preventivess s , wherever g a ßritish nst th institutionsinflictions prevail,a tyranny in all its hideou s s h apes , an d the surest guaranteesnrye for the spread of liberty, the mainspring of human felicity. We shall resume the further consideration of this subject. The experiments performed by Mr. MONTAGUE L. PIIILLIPPS on gun-cotton, an account of which, copied from the Brighton Herald, appears in another column, are most important. We fear the authorities have been somewhat too precipitate in deciding against the adoption of gun -cotton as an explosive power, inasmuch as Mr. PUILLIPPS'S experiments go to show that many of the objections to its use as applicable to fire-arms may be obviated. One objection was, that in consequence of its heating the barrel, coupled with its facility of ex plosion at a low temperature, its use could not be continued for any length of time. Mr. PIIILLIPPS, how ever, has shown that gun-cotton, properly prepared does not heat the barrel at all, and therefore this ob jection is exploded as easily as the gun. cotton itself. Another objection was that the acid adhering to it would rust the barrel, but, prepared according to Mr. Pummel's' formula it is entirely deprived of acid, and, so far from rusting the barrel, a gun which was for a month used with gun-cotton, was found at the end of the month quite clean inside. His discovery that grease or oil deprives the cotton of its explosive qualities is as valuable as it is curious, and his proposal for making snuftless candles is well worth the attention of the manufacturer. His proposition for using it as a motive power is worthy of consideration, and will, we trust. be submitted to the test of experiment. And here we would call the public attention to a want which has long been severely felt, and which, has, we are convinced, prevented us from deriving all those national advantages from chemical discoveries which, under a better system, we might have derived from them. It cannot be expected that any individual should carry out experiments of this nature at his own expense. It is sufficient that he gives to the nation his ideas, and the nation, which profits by them, should surely be at the expense of performing the preparatory experiments; but, unfor tunately, we have no public body in this country ana logous to the Academie des Sciences of our neighbours, to which scientific individuals can communicate their ideas with a prospect of having them fairly carried out, or to which Government can refer for information as to the real value of alleged important inventions. An Academie des Sciences would have years since set at rest the vexatee questioner of the long range and the ex plosive shell, and would have either convinced Cap tain WARNER of his mistake or have rewarded him as one of the greatest benefactors of his country. If these experiments upon gun -cotton should lead to the establishment of an Acadanzic des Sciences in England this will be one, and that not the least, of the benefits which the discovery of Settox iz.NlN will have conferred on the nation. 'he German Journal of Frankfort has the fellow. ing from Vienna, Dec. 22 : "M. do Rothschild is expected hereto-morro w . The Bourse is in a very excited state. Galicia is in a state of anarchy. It is feared that the political fanaticism of the masses will be transformed into one of a religious character. All the pm sants .of one village left their church in a body, because their cure spoke to them of the Decalogue. Their exclamation was, 'We do not went so many laws.'" The Post-ampt Gazette publishes a letter from Thorn, dated Dec. 29, which says " The Government of Poland have just arrested six Roman Catholic priests for having clandestinely intro duced from Prussia sundry publications, amongst which was the Polish Garette of Posen. The Catholic clergy find great difficulty in procuring passports from the authorities. They are obliged, in the first place, to pro cure permission to travel from the superior ecclesiastical authorities. It is said that the Government wish to pre vent them disseminating the doctrines of Christian Catholicism.* The Augsburg Gazette of the 27th ult. publishes he following from its London correspondent : " Lord Palmerston will submit to the British Parlia ment immediately upon its opening a series of authentic documents concerning the marriage of the Queen of Spain and the incorporation of Cracow. These docu ments will, it is said, prove beyond possibility of con tradiction, the important part taken by Louis Philippe in the direction of the foreign affairs of his Cabinet, and reveal the impossibility of a renewal of the entente cor diale." The Journal de St. Petersburgh, of the 6th De cember, publishes, in the shape of a letter, addressed from London to the Augsburg Gazette, the following defence of the conduct of the three Powers in relation to Poland in general, and Cracow in particular. It may be considered as the semi-official manifesto of the Russian Cabinet. " Lord Palmerston has forwarded to the Northern Powers a protest against the incorporation of Cracow, which will produce as little effect as the abusive language of the Ministerial newspapers of France. The Polish emigrants existed as a political body, and continually in. trigued. Applications were repeatedly made to those two Powers, particularly to France; protests were ad dressed to them against the right of asylum, taken in so wide an acceptation; the two Governments replied, that it was all right, and no change was pos• sible. What were the three interested Powers to do, under those circumstances, for their repose and security? They are accused of having violated the treaties 1 If those treaties were in reality violated, they would merely have done against revolu tion what the French have accomplished in favour of revolution. Have they not violated the treaties in Bel gium and Spain ? It is true that subsequently a new treaty was concluded as respects Belgium, but this was a long time after the fact had taken place, and was main. tained with the consent of France. At Cracow it shall likewise be maintained, but in this last case no treaty has been infringed ; the only Powers who concluded it have alone changed it. As regards the possession of Poland, respecting which so much is said, it is legiti mate, being guaranteed by a duration of sixty years and numerous stipulations. If the English and French should think otherwise, we will ask if the possessions of the English in India, and those of France in Alsace and Lorraine, were more legitimately acquired ? Sup posing that France declared to the Congress of Vienna, and that her declaration had been inserted in the protocol, that she intended, for instance, to erect Colmar and its vicinity into a free st a te, what would France do if there existed at Vienna a numerous party of emigrants from Alsace and Lorraine, constituted into a political body, holding regular meetings, publishing journals, &c.? What would she do if a special military school for Alsatians and Lorraines was established there; if the Austrian Government publicly supported those emigrants ; sent the pupils of that school for some years to the Caucasus, in the absence of an Algeria, to acquire warlike habits; and that, on their return, that Govern ment sent these men to Colmar, provided with resources of all kinds, in order that they might excite from them a re volution in Alsace and Lorraine ? If France had ad dressed numerous reclamations to Austria, and been an swered that she could not prevent these machinations and revolutionary projects ' • if, finally, an insurrection had actually broken out at Colmar, and extended throughout Alsace and Lorraine, and been suppressed by the rural population of the German portion of those provinces—it all that had occurred in France, we should be curious to know if the French, after witnessing those intrigues during 20 years, would have suffered the republic of Colmar, founded by themselves and without foreign co operation, to exist. Would they have allowed their Go vernment to wait for the adhesion of all the Powers of Europe whilst those intrigues were going on at Colmar and in Austria? The mere imrartial and logical exami nation of the fact demonstrates the absurdity of all the objections. Would all the obstreperous declamations of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, induce France to re establish the Republic of Colmar? Well ! all the noise now making in England and France will produce as little influence over the decision of the three Powers. This event, it is true, strongly shakes the position of Lord Palmerston and M. Guizot, and places those two Minis ters in a great embarrassment. Added to that, the Eng liih_lose a yalua l tole_dtesil 4fArrealeil goods,, which were Austrian and Russian dominions. The English, it is well known, are always dissatisfied when they expert one bale less than usual; and Lord Palmerston, on the other hand, finds himself under the painful necessity of making advances to re-establish the cordial understand ing. Nevertheless, whatever esteem we may profess for the character of M. Guizot, and however we may regret to create embarrassments for Lord Palmerston, such con siderations have exercised but a very secondary influence over the resclntions of the tkree Powers." The Madrid mail had not arrived in Paris on Tnursday. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Journal des Debuts, in a temperately written article, replies to the attacks of the Presse, and con tinues more strongly than ever its advocacy of the English alliance, without however abandoning the smallest portion of the position it has taken up on the subject of the Spanish marriages. On that subject it says—: " We are content to calmly maintain the right of France. But shall we now proceed to increase the irri tation which may still exist in England, and change a quarrel of self-love into a subject of national division ? No, a thousand times no 1 Let others assume that odious task ; we shall rather endeavour to appease men's minds in England, and to enlighten them. We shall not fear appealing incessantly- to the reason and wisdom of the English people. We s hall s e i ze on all occasions to set forth the profound motives which command England and France to remain united for the advantage of peace and of humanity ; and we answer that, in doing so, we shall give proof of true patriotism, true independence, and true dignity." The Presse, in an article on the short time ques tion,FßEßazD la, andudsthe agitation of Me ssrs . O ASTLER an d expresses a desi re th at t h ey may suc ceed. One of the reasons given by the - writer for this desire is, that by their success England may lose some commercial advantages. " But this consideration," adds the Presse with unnecessary candour, "affects us but little." Unpleasant rumours on the subject of the KING'S health were again circulated in the political salons, and it was even said that his MAJESTY would be obliged to receive the complimentary visits of the Ambassadors, &c., on New Year's-day seated. The Courrier Francais says— " We are informed that orders have been given for embarking a quatity of warlike stores, in a corvette, bound for La Plata. This indicates that the Govern ment does not consider the conclusion of a peace so near at hand as has been said." The weather continued to increase in severity in Paris and its neighbourhood. At nine o'clock on Thursday morning the thermometer (Fahrenheit) marked 21 deg. ; at five o'clock, 27f. The rise in the temperature was attributed to the approach of snow. The Paris Bourse was again flat on Thursday. It was,stated that for the last three weeks the Bank of France had been selling Government securities, and it was repeated that new overtures had been made by that establish ment to the Ban k o f E ng l an d to o b ta i n succour in the s h ape of bullion . The Three p er Cents, closed on the Paris Bourse, on Thursday at 80f. 40c.. the Five per Cents., 118 1 . 30 c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2571. 50e. •, Rouen, 916 f. 25%; Havre, 677 f. 50c.; G reat Nort h ern , 645 f. ; Mignon, 8751. ; Vierzon, 607 f. Na's - ; Bordeaux 565 E; Boulogne, 442£ 50e. ; ; Paris an d S trasburg, 488/ 7 5c. Paris and Lyons, 510 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. B or deaux and Cette, 451 f. 25c. ; Sp an i s h D omestic Debt:32%. LYONS, DEC. 29.-- and Marseilles, 8881. 7 5c.; Vierzon, 612 f. 50c. ; Northern, 652 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 512 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,2701. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE and Lyons Constituted, 8 Pad and Rouen, 9181. 75c. ; Avignon LONDON STOCX EXCHANGE, JANUARY 1. Boulogne and Amiens, 15s _East Indian, lA—Luxem bourg, lA Northern of France Constituted, 13 5 A—Paris 1 4--Rouen and Havre, 26X. _ -- --,--- -- FATAL FALL THRO UGH INTOXICATION. -On Thursday night l ast, Hear-yard, Cl are - market, returned home to her lodgings at a late ho ur , very much intoxicated, and while lodgers, on the landin ascending the stai rs s h e was heard to fall, by some of the an e lderly female, residing in yesterday morni ng when one of the inmates was gong out to work, who, on o— pening his room door, discovered g• but no notice was taken of it till i the deceased a lifeless corpse, she having broken her neck by the fall. A CONVERT TO TEETOTALISAL—At an inquest held at Leamington last week, on the body of a man w hose death, it appeared, was hastened by habits of in temperarce, the Coroner (G. C. Greenway, Esq. took occasion to remark that such repeated instances of death, attributable mainly to excesses of the kind, ought to restrain men from "lilting their hands too frequently to their mouths." lie had himself, at the age of sixty one yc ors, commenced water-drinking, and was now well satisfiel with the refreshing qualities of that beverage being much superior to those of champagne, hermitage, t or any of the choice wines in which he once indulged,--- Covenky Herald. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—Late accounts, both from England and China, have given a stimulus to shipments, and immediately after the arrival of the October steamer a purchase of 3,000 bales Broach was made at 86 rs. per candy; owing, however, to the inferior quality of stocks in the market there is now less disposition to purchase, and prices have slightly declined. Arrivals from the cotton ports con tinue to be very light, and it is reported that the quan tity to come forward this season will be unusually small. The following are the current rates: — Broach and Jumbooser, 80r. to 81r. per candy. Surat, Mr. to 84r. per candy. Dollera, 71r. to 74r. per candy. Compta (old), 72r. per candy. Since the departure of last mail we hear of the follow ing purchases having taken place :-3,000 bales of Broach, at 86r. per candy; 800 candies of Compta, at 72r. to 73r. per candy; 300 candies of Dollera, at 72r. per candy. QUOTATIONS OF THE BOMBAY EXCHANGE MARKET, DEC. 1. The Exchange Market has remained dull for some weeks past. Nothing particular has occurred to notice, and the following are merely nominal quotations:— BANK SIIARES.—Bombay Bank, 40 per cent. pm.; Oriental ditto, old, 25 pm.; new, 211- to 22 pm.; Agra, 52 pm.; Commercial, 4 pm. Steam Navigation shares, no quotation. Government Securities.—Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, no quotation. Five ditto, for 1825.26, 103 r. per 100sa. Five ditto, for 1829 30, 103 r. per 100sa. Four ditto, for 1832-33, 91r. per 100 sa. Four ditto, for 1835-36, Kir. per 100 Co's. Five ditto, for 1841.42, 99ir. per 100 Co.'s. Four ditto, for 1842-43, 87r. per 100 Co.'s. EXCHANGES. London, 6 months' sight, at 2s. Old. per rupee ; Cal cutta, 60 days' sight, 97r. per 100 rupee ; ditto, 30 days' sight, 97/ per 100 rupees ; Madras, 30 days' sight, no quotation ; China, 60 days's sight, 210 r. per 100 Spaaish dollars. PR/CES OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each, 11r. 2as. ; Bank of England notes, per 11. 101 r. ; Spanish dollars, per 100, 221 r ; German crowns, per 100, 215 r. ; Sycee silver, per 100 tolas, 103 s. ; gold leaf, per tola, 16r. to 17ir., range of quality ; gold bar, 97, standard, per tola, 16r. 1 la. ; gold mokuns, Bombay, each, 16r. ; Ditto, Calcutts, old, each 20r., new 17r, ; gold tomauns, 16 wals in weight, each 6r. and Freights—To London, 80s. nominal ; to Liverpool, 80s. nominal ; to Cl) de, no quotation ; to China, 12r. to 15r.—rather difficult to procure. ARRIVAL from SOUTH AMERICA. PORTSMOUTH/ JAN. I .—Her Majesty's ship Daphne, Captain Onslow, has arrived at Spithead. She came up about nine o'clock, after twelve days' tedious passage, from Vigo, into which port she had been compelled to put to obtain water and provisions. The Daphne has on board a freight in gold, bars of silver, and dollars, amounting in value to about one million and a half sterling, which will be sent to London by the South- Western Railway. The Daphne quitted Valparaiso in August, having taken in all the merchants' money which had been collected from the intermediate ports, and brought thither by her Majesty's ship Talbot. The Daphne arrived at Rio Janeiro in October, and left for England on the 20th of that month. The Curacoa and Griffin were the only men-of-war there. The Raleigh had not arrived. The Daphne did not touch at any place except Vigo. She has brought home Commander Barrie, promoted ; Lieutenants Aldridge and Jackson, from the Sampson, invalided ; 1)r. Slight, promoted ; and Lieutenant Pennington, R.M., with a few invalids from the Brazils. The Daphne was fitted out at Chatham, and will probably be sent there to be paid off. She encountered several heavy gales of wind in the Bay of Biscay, and has lost some sails and spars. MONTE VIDEO.--.FALMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Iler Ma jesty's packet Swift, Lieutenant Douglas, arrived to-day from Rio de Janeiro, whence she sailed on the Gth of November. Passengers—Captain Barker and Mr. Tom linson, R.N., and Mr. Cox. She brings on freight about 1.1,500/. There is nothing of interest by this arrival. She brings no mails from the River Plate, the branch ['ticket having signalised going into Rio as the Swift came out; but the Crane, remaining there, was expected to leave in a week after, by which the mails wil► arrive. As to the affairs of the River Plate, nothing would be done until Mr. Hood's return, or some one instructed as to the policy to be adopted by the Anglo-French authori ties at Monteo Video. At Buenos Ayres, the Firebrand remained blockading; and at Monte Video, the Eagle, Vernon, Alecto, Melampus, Rally, and Grecian. It was reported that some of the above were under orders for the East Indits. The Royal Princess would he chris tened in a day or two at Rio, for which much prepara tion had been made. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The pantomime of Saint George and the Dragon is one of the most success ful that has ever been produced, and the following dis tinguished members of society have already been to see it:—Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Earl and Countess of Har rington, the Earl of Munster, Viscount Cliffden, Counts Kielmansegge and D'Orsay, the Lords Strathmore, Thomas Clinton, A. Vane, Willoughby. W. Lennox, Templemore, Clifton, the Ladies Somerset, Dundonald, Blessington, Burgoyne, Graham, &c. The Marchioness of Conyngharn, Sirs J. Burgoyne, E. Codrington, H. Webb, C. Shakerley, B. Graham, R. Fitswigram, J. Lub bock, W. Curtis. &c., &c. The Hor. H. Stanley, 11. Baring, J. Macdonald, J. Jocelyn, F. Chichester, F. Stanhope, General St. Clair, Colonels Bentinck and Knox, Messrs. Clayton, Bernal, Purvis, de Bathe, &c., &c., and a host of authors. PRINCESS'S TILEATRE.—This elegant place of amusement has been nightly crowded to witness the attractive entertainments that have been selected for the holidays. The pleasing and wonderful drawing-room performances of Professor Hemming and his sons must be seen to be appreciated—they have all the talent of the Risley's, but being five in number makes the tout en semble more complete ; some of their groupes are the most classsical we ever beheld. The magnificent comic pantomime of the Enchanted Beauties of the Golden Castle ; or, harlequin and the One-Eyed Genii (written by Mr. Medex), is decidedly the best of the season. The scenery and splendid costumes in the opening are of the most costly description, and olicits shouts of admiration. The Isle of Parrots and the Golden Apartment are per feet gems. Too much praise cannot be lavished on the liberal manager, Mr. Maddox, for the manner in which this pantomime has been put on the stage ; nor must we omit Mr. Emden, under whose superintendence it has been produced, for the great care he has bestowed in get ting it up. We should advise those who wish to visit this house to go early, as money has actually been refused at the doors, the theatre having been more than crammed nightly. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The last perform ance this season of Handers beautiful and popular work " The Messiah " is announced to take place at Exeter Hall on Friday next, the Bth inst. The Conde de Montemolin has signified his inten tion of honouring the Lyceum theatre with his presence on Monday next, and for this occasion the Conde has chosen the popular piece of To Parents and Guardians, which will be performed, together with the new pieces of the season. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—STRAND DISTRICT. —On Friday night a public meeting of the assistants of all trades was held at the rooms of the association, 355, Strand, for the purpose of receiving a statement of the proceedings of the Strand district committee for the last quarter, and concerting measures for future operation. Mr. Sinclair having been called to the chair, Mr. Hunter, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the contributions of the assistants amounted to 71. 95., being an increase of 31. beyond the previous quarter. Evening shopping in the district had considerably diminished, and the employees were very anxious to encourage early closing. The report was adopted; and after addresses from Messrs. Fiefash, Reynolds, Way, and others, the PagOtiDg lePalitede MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton market at Liverpool this week has rallied about Ad. to id. per lb. Tha sales of the week are : I 31,810 bales, of whic‘i 20,000 bales were on speculation. The stock is 438,970 bales against 885,480 bales at this time last year. Shares were much the same. The principal points in the Bank of Ergland stitc ment for the week to December 26, compared with the previous week, are these:— Notes issued ... Increase ••• Rest increase ... Public deposits, increase Other deposits, increase Seven day and other Bills, in crease 14,0 M Notes, decrease 50,770 Rullion 15,066,691 Decrease 95,932 The later information obtained from India, Trieste, through the indefatig tble exertions of Mr. Waghorn, is in respect to political matters, of a more gratifying tenor. Cashmere being tranquil, and a temporary lull in other quarters—where the din of warfare has been heard so long, being likewise observable. The market for im ported goods at Bombay had, however, become lulled also, and prices were receding. 11. M. S. Daphne, from South America, furnishes no news of interest, though it brings the large freight of 1,500,0001. in bullion and specie. Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor, of Manchester, advise us, in their monthly statement of the piece-goods trade. that " the depression of this market, to which we ad verted in our last trade report, has continued unrelieved to the present. Although the business transacted, as s whole, has been very limited, yet quotations of prices, in , some cases, exhibit a very large advance on the rates pre" viou•ly current. This anomalous condition of things is the result entirely of the speculation in cotton at Liverpool' which, since the date of our last, has been conducted on a most extraordinary scale : in the three weeks end trig the . 18th December, no less than 207,702 bags having changed bands on speculation account alone, and in the same time, prices were advanced lid. per lb. on the pre vious high rates. It is manifest that spinners and manufae" , turers could not sustain this continually advancing cost of their productions, without some upward movement being made in the value of manufactures, and they se' , cordingly withheld their stocks, or refused contracts ex cept for higher prices; but notwithstanding the firmness which their necessities rendered imperative, the advances on fabrics are not yet equivalent to the enhanced cost o f the raw material.' Much firmness has been displayed in the Cons ol. market this morning. The price for the Account bas • just touched 94; for the Three per Cents. Reduced 941; for the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 951; an d Exchequer-bills are at 9s. to 10s. premium. • The only business done in the Foreign Stocks th is morning has been in the Grenada Deferred, at the low figure of 3,1-, in the Mexican Five p er _ Cents., for th e . Account, at 25 in the Portuguese Four per Cents. 36, in the Spanish Three per Cents. at 36i, in th e Dutch Two-and-a-Half par Cents. at 591, and in th e Four per Cent. Certificates at 93. In the Railway Shares and Scrips a full aversi° amount of business has been transacted to-day. several instances prices have risen, as the official '': is annexed will show : 10 ORE CLOSE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. E RIC 3 per Cent. Reduced 94% 9S n 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95 % 34 9 Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 13-16 7 15 ' Consols for Opening 93% 94 94 Exchequer Bills, 1000/.1%d. 910 p 10 P Ditto, 500/ Ditto. Small ONE c O'CLOCK r its 6:: ... £28,442,030 29,030 6,522 493,571 , 80,469 •••-1 VRICES OF FOREIGN _FUNDS. Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred ... 3: N Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, A ccoun t 25 2 - i Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. ...0., Ditto, Account 36% 364 Dividends on the above payable in London. 94 Dutch 2', per Cent. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 silo l PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLO-,A, RAILWAY SIIA PAID. RES AT ONE O'CLOCK. plilu• — .... ............_ _ Aberdeen ..,__ __ .. 25 Amber., Nott., Boston, ie . and Eastern Junction 2%.• ... 2% X. int ... 2% ei Armagh, Coleraine, and •••• Portrush 1%..... Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 — • 714 p Birmingham and Dudley 425. ... .. 7N 1 ,1 p........ 1,4 Birmin. and Gleucester..100 .., Ditto New 17% — ... ... Birmingham and Ox- 11 3 , 4 ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, , ....• and Cheshire Junc.... 234 Boston, Stained, & Birm. 225. ...- , Bristol and Exeter 75 ...• . Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... ...s . Bristol and Liver. Junc.. 2 1 / . 1 2 ...... - .. ~ Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2% 2 3/.t ji. •••• ••••• i• Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27% 2 5 3 /4 .............• ... Churnet and Blyth.. 2 ••• ..... ....., k_liesiei iiiia maiicticster 425. ..... Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clarence •••• ' Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, ...s. 4 per Cent. ...j . , , Cork and Killarney ... 2% — Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 — ....i , ,1 Cornwall i. Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 1 / 2 ...... A ••• Direct Lincoln, East Rot- ..• ford, and Shetld. Jonc. 2% --.. Direct Northern Scrip.. 3% — ..• Direct Norwich ..• Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12 1 / 4 — Dublin, Belfast, and - ...... Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 2 3 1,4 23 Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 pm ..., Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d — .... Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... ' #3 Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3% .• EastDerch'in andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union ..• Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 ...; Do. Exten.(Harwich) l "ii — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21/4...... po East Lancashire .0 , Ditto, New Do., do. (late Preston ~., and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 / 1 . East Lincolnshire ...... 14 4 3% j , ..,.,: East & West of England 1%...... .... ....,,, . Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• ......... ... •• _,: Ditto Half Shares ... 10 • Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214 ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 12IA —• ... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...... 1 , Ely and Huntingdon ... 12 1 ,2...... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 4 — ..• Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ...• Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New . 15 Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12! ! 1 2 ...... ' Goole Doncaster, &c... 2 Great Eastern &Western 2%...... ••• •• Great Northern (London and York Regd.) 2t/..... 3%... ....K .fieg( , . - . - Do. (Direct Northern 3'l Regd.) Great South. and West. ...• (Ireland) ~.., Great Munster ... 2% ...... ..., Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 ...... Great North of England..loo .., Ditto New 5 .., Ditto, New . .." Ditto, New Great Western Ditto y 2 Shares. 19 18% .. Ditto 4 4 Shares lO Ditto Fifths 7 4 Ditto, New Huddersfield & Manches. 13 .-- Ditto, Extension 3 ...... Hull and Selby 5O ..... Do. Half Shares 25 ••• Ditto 4 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 ...... Do., do., and Norwich 5 67 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 16s — Leeds, Dewsbury, &e..... 22 1 ,E — .. ...... ...... --'' ..- "'Do., Branch (Blue) ... 21 % Do.Extension(Green) 2 1 .. ... Leeds and Thirslc. 17%...... Ditto, New .., Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — Liverpool, Crosby, and Pi Southport .... .......... 2 Liverp., Mnehstr& New castle Junction .. 2 1 ,x ...... 2% i 01.4 London and Blackwell. 16/. 1.38.4 d Do. New Ditto Extension ~ 7JA ..... .. ........ ... .." London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. .. 47%0 Ditto, Fifths Do. Consol. Eighths 10A Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 LandonandGreenwich 12/ 15s 41 — -- Do. Preference ...18117s 2d...... London, Hounslow. and Westem London and N. WesternlCO 196% 197 1 99 Do. 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The insurrection in Cashmere is now fairly over ; the Sheik Emaun-ood-Deen sur- rendered himself into our hands on the 31st of Octo- ber, and the troops advancing on the lately dis turbed country were immediately ordered to return to quarters. Sir John Littler's forces commenced their retrograde movement on the 4th, and reached Lahore on the 12th ; the General himself having quitted them on the march and proceeded to Loodiana. The troops sent from Ferozepore to occupy for a time the Seikh capital moved out on the 9tb, and took their way in the direction of the Sutlej. The brigade of Colonel Wheeler were at Seculkote, in the Jullundur Doab, on the 10th. The Moult cn misunderstandings seem fully arranged, and there appears every reason to believe that the provi sions of the Treaty of Umritsir will be satisfactorily carried out, and our army within our own dominions by January, 1847—a triumphant answer to the cen surers of the pacific policy now for the first time tried in India, and likely to be gloriously successful. Sinde continues quiet: Rumours are rife of the immediate retirement of Sir C. Napier from office. According to one account he will quit Kurrachee on the 12th of December; according to another he will extend his stay till March; no one expects that he will remain till the approach of the hot season. The rumour menticned in our last, that the messengers bearing letters to her son from the mother of Meer Shandad had been pursued,, arrested, and stripped of their dispatches, by order of the Governor, after he had given them a safe conduct to Surat, proves authen tic. This most extraordinary proceeding is supposed to have been resorted to with a view of discovering some matters in the letters of a paren which might criminate the son and help to eke ou that singular species of justification of the conques of Sinde supposed to be contained in the blackening of the character of the Ameers 1 The climate within the Delta continued cool and healthy, but at Sukkur considerable sickness prevailed. Three companies of artillery, one regiment of cavalry, and five of in fantry, are about to be withdrawn from the country, leaving still behind a force of about 15,000 men. When the expedition, 13,000 strong, moved on Ba hawulpore in February, 9,000 were sent from Bombay to join them or supply their places : none of these have hitherto been withdrawn. The Bengal forces which returned to Upper India were about 6,500 strong. The local corps having been doubled , left a force, which still remains on the Indus, of nearly 24,000 men. By the proposed re duction of betwixt 7,000 and 6,000, it will still remain 16,000 strong. At this it stood when the Parliamentary returns showing that the country cost us nearly 1,000,000/. a year were made up ; from November, 1845, to November, 1846, the military charges must have been nearly doubled : the balance required to be drawn from India will now once more fall back to about 1,0001. a year. The Five per Cent. Loan, which this fearful drain has created, is filling up slowly, and one of six per cent. is talked of. The late Ministry are said to have been favourable to the restoration of the Ameers. The Whigs are restrained from this by the order of the Duke of Wellingtoa, who backs out Lord Ellenborough and the N apiers in all things ; and, unless Parliament interfere, a few years hence the finances of India may furnish an excuse for the increase, as they did in 1842 for the imposition of the income-tax. The Governor-General had by latest accounts reached Loodiana on his way to the Jullun dur Doab. The Commander-in-Chief had not yet quitted Simla. The Governor of Madras was on his way back from Bangalore to the Neilgherry Hills. The Governor of Bombay has returned to the presidency; as also has Sir T. M‘Mahon. At the recommenda ....... .• Ifial/11.410 411.Uit1'YIU4, bile imputy- Governor of Bengal has remitted the fine and impri sonment ordered to be inflicted on the editor of the Moulmein Chronicle by the Commission of the Te nasserim Provinces. The new Minister at Hyder abad, in the Nisam's dominions, has given much satis faction by the manner in which he has commenced his career. His salary is 30,0001. a year, independent of as much more in the shape of perquisites of office India generally is quiet and contented ; trade is dull, and money scarce, Up to the hour of going to press the steamer with the London mails of the 24th of October, due since the 27th ult., had not arrived, and her absence had begun to create considerable uneasiness. THE PUNJAUB. M fitters connected with the arrangements of the Go vernor-General, in refer ence t o t h e P un j au b , procee d e d most auspiciously, and there seems every reason to hope that the peaceful policy contemplated will be carried out in the spirit of the original treaty. We had scarcely gone to press with our overland summary of the 16th ultimo when letters reached us from Sir John Littler's camp, intimating that the troops advancing on Cashmere had received directions to retrace their steps. The in surgent leader had surrendered, and the insurrection was at an end. Colonel Lawrence, who had quitted Lahore on the 15th of October, had gone forward with the Seikh forces from Lahore and Jamoo, now united, and they were at the town of Kojote on the 30th of October. This is within the pass, and considerably ahead of the divisions under Sir J. Littler and Brigadier Wheeler. Here the raja to whom the town and district belonged came in to make his peace with us. The Sheik Emaum ood-Deen had actually quitted Cashmere on the 23d of October, the day originally named by him. Captain Edwardes, having been sent out to meet him, received him close to the Peer Punjul Pass on the 31st. The news having been immediately transmitted to Colonel Lawrence, the order already referred to was issued to the army in the rear the very day of the surrender ; it reached Lahore by express on the 2d, and was generally promulgated on the 3d. Captain Edwardes joined the Seikh camp with his charge on the Ist of November, when it was intimated that the insurgent leader was in keeping of the British agent. This is said to have con siderably displeased the Jamoo chief, who would most likely have desired to deal with his enemy, in considera tion of the trouble be had occasioned, in a manner some• what different from that considered most befitting in English eyes. The tidings of the surrender of the Sheikh reached Brigadier Wheeler at Bheembur, and here he halted on receiving them; when he retraced his steps to the right bank of the Chenab, and encamped there on the 4:11 of November. The troops belonging to Sir J. Littler's force which had not crossed the river were ordered to stand fast—those that had crossed were directed to re cross. On the afternoon of that day a divisional order wasissued, thanking the troops for the excellent service they had done, and intimating that there was no further occasion to proceed. Th e marc h b ac k war d t o L a h ore Immediately commenced, and the troops were once more in their old cantonments on the 12th. Sir John Littler had quitted them on the march, and gone to Loodiana. They had enjoyed uniform good health throughout, and been most abundantly provided with all sorts of supplies. The beauty of the country through which they had passed was the subject of universal admiration; and the prospect of return to the heat, dust, dirt, and imprison ment at Lahore, was regarded with anything but com placency by those who, before tasting the freedom and beauty of the mountains on the confines of Cashmere, had endured without a murmur the privations of which anticipation occasioned alarm. On the 9th the troops dispatched from Ferozepore temporarily to occupy the place of those sent out under Sir J. Littler began their return march to their own quarters. Colonel Wheeler's brigade proceeded to the Jullundur Doab, and had reached Seculkote on the 10th. Colonel Lawrence, on the surrender of the Sheikh, detained part of the Seikh troops within the pass while he himself crossed into Cashmere to examine into the causes of the insur rection, and see to the redress of existing grievances, if any such there were within reach of remedy, now that open violence was put down. He had reached his desti nation without molestation or annoyance. Thus all proceeds smoothly and swimmingly, with every prospect of the prophets of evil proving evil prophets. The much censured Treaty of Uearitsir appears likely to be worked out without interruption or trouble. The clouds have vanished from the political s k y , and t h e winter of ou r . bar T i h . p g o r s e s a es t discontent has become once more . glorious summer to n t the Beeas, and the sion of yr d by those who cen -1 thehn indis cretione lovers u c o s 0, v countries s tar ry o peace i ef ysebetwixt leavingec towmit xe a h n tet d o t bt Lahore h a : oso q rune u t ; ee l Ds l i. s t u sured it most, a consummation as generous as desirable for India. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of (;onzmeree Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, DEC. l.—Since the departure of last mail our market for imports has continued in a very de pressed state. The sales of the past fortnight are limited in amount, and prices generally exhibit a considerable reduction upon those current a few weeks ago : this state of things has been caused entirely by the gambling bargains in opium, to which we alluded in our last issue, and until the result of the Government sale of opium, which was to take place on the 30th ult. at Calcutta, becomes known here we cannot but have commercial distrust amongst the native ;Mingle caliaAity, 61.41 serious interruption to business. The Marwarree dealers are deeply involved in these gambling transactions, and in the meantime their purchases, usually large at this season, have been entirely suspended. Metals—A fair amount of business has been done in th Lese during the past fortnight. Sales have taken place n Swedish bar of 300 tons at 491 r., and of 200 tons ditto at 50Ir. per candy, which prices exhibit a slight decline on our last quotation. British bar has not fluctuated in value. Hoop and nails are also without change. Square nail rod has been disposed of at 47r. per candy, which is an advance on former rates of 2r. to 3r. per candy. For round nail rod 45r. per candy are now offered. In Spelter, we are informed of a sale of 3,000 cwt. at 11r. per cwt., being /r. below last quotation. The stocks of copper on hand are very light, but this article attracts little or no attention, and prices may be said to have undergone a slight decline. The offers for South American (select parcels) are not above 48r. to 49r. per cwt., and for inferior slabs considerably less ; but we hear of no sales. Cotton Manufactures—The prices for piece goods have generally ruled lower than they were, but the firmness i on the part of holders has prevented any great decline. No demand c2n be said to exist for any particular kind of fabrics in the present depressed state of the market. Grey domestics 45 to 50 in. continue to be saleable, but do not more than realise cost. Low grey jaconets and madapollams have been sold to some extent, but at mi serable prices. We also hear of a large sale of 45 in. grey shirtings at sr. 7a. to 6r. 6a. Lappets, and in deed almost every description of fancy goods, are quite neglected. Cotton Yarns—The market for Twist is extremely dull. Nos. 20 and 30 mule are inquired for, but at a re duction of i t to anna per lb. upon the prices quoted in our last. The higher numbers of mule are quite neg lected. No. 40 may be valued at Ba., No. 50 at No. 60 at 10a., No. 70 at 10ia. A large sale of No. 20 water twist has been made during the fortnight of ♦ery inferior quality, at 6ja. per lb. Woollens—Sales are reported to us of 475 yards drab cloth, 56 in., at 2r. 2a.; and 1,170 yards fine blue and drab cloth, 62 in., at 4r. Ba. We also hear that large sales have been effected in inferior qualities of scarlet, and at extremely low prices. Marine Stores—No change has taken place in the prices of these, nor have we heard of any transactions. Beer—A sale of Allsopp's has been made at 65r. per hogshead, andls hogsheads of Hodgson's have been dis po,ed of at 60r. per hogshead. Spirits—Sales have taken place in French Brandy (in wood) at rs. 3-2.0 to 3.4-0 per gallon ; in English Brandy of good quality (in wood) at 3 rs. per gallon ; and also in Gin at 2 rs. to 2k rs. per gallon. Saffron—A sale is reported to us of 7001 b. (inferior) at 8 rs. per lb., and some of this article damaged has been disposed of at 5 rs. per lb. Good quality is scarce. Cochineal—This article continues in good demand, and stock on hand is very light. Prices have an upward tendency, and we now quote an advance an former prices. A sale has taken place of silver at 4 rs. per lb.