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be affixed to the and approbation memorial, with my fullest concurrence ' the Irish soil polluted by blood. If "lister% of its object. avowed their intention of relying solely on I remain yours very truly - - R NORWICH. coercive measures, and declared that they hoped to appease the disturbed districts by penal enactments of extraordinary stringency, then, indeed, there would be justice on the side of the Irish Members when protesting against such a course. But such is not the desire of the Executive. Several measures of great importance have already been announced. The monster grievance of Ireland is to be abated—the state of the relations between landlord and tenant is to be placed upon a better footing—facilities are to be afforded for the disposal of encumbered estates, and a more solvent proprietary given to the country by means thereof. The Grand Jury laws are to be re modelled, and although there are many other points on which legislation is required, we have no reason to suppose that the Ministers will stay the progress of the necessary reforms, or that they will not proceed with all due diligence to the enact ment of such laws as may be required by the condi tion of the country.. All, however, cannot be done in a moment. Some time must elapse, even under the most propitious circumstances, before the benefi cial effects of the proposed ameliorations can be fully realised. In the meantime, from whatever causes they may have arisen, crime and outrage have at tained a fearful height in some localities. The re straints not merely of the law are set aside, but every dictate of religion and morality is violated. Human life is disregarded, and blood is unhesitatingly shed on the most trivial pretexts. We do not believe that the people generally are implicated as consenting parties in these sanguinary transactions but that they are intimidated by a few miscreants,, who, already stained with every crime, and with their lives forfeited to the offended laws, unhesitatingly commit any new atrocity. Granting to the fullest extent that this state of things has arisen in conse quence of the bad government and the unjust laws of former days—assuming that its origin has been accurately pointed out by the opponents of the Bill— surely that forms no valid reason why the reign of terror should continue, and the assassins be permitted to pursue their murderous course without molesta tion, until more equitable laws shall have produced a better state of society. The contemplated remedial measures form the strongest grounds for the concession of the moderate powers demanded. The outlawed disturbers of the peace must be taught that the law is sufficiently powerful, and cannot be violated with impunity—its majesty must be fully vindicated. They must not be permitted to boast that the mea sures which have emanated from the justice and equity of the United Legislature have been extorted from their fears, or that a course of reckless ille gality will be more effectual in procuring the desired ameliorations than one of honest industry, and the proper discharge of the duties incidental to their several positions. Mr. JOHN O'CorisiELL and his associates, however, insisted that nothing should be done to put down those outrages, to protect the peaceable inhabitants, or to enable the proprietors of the soil to reside on and improve their properties, until the other measures were introduced—measures in which no effectual progress could possibly have been made until after the recess. They ap peared to forget that Parliament had been assembled under most extraordinary circum stances, and at a most unusual season of the year ; they would make no allowance whatever, but wasted the public time in opposing a Bill, against which no valid or sufficient objection could be assigned, and thereby materially damaged their own characters and destroyed whatever influence they might formerly have possessed in the House and with the country. The loss of the late lamented LIBERATOR was never more apparent than when the Member for Limerick attempted to act as leader o: he Opposition against the present Bill. always been perfectly sane, and he was restored to society. All these cases prove that an inquiry before a jury is the only safeguard for the liberty of the subject, who may chance to be accused of insanity, and we confidently trust that the present reforming Government will not suffer this crying grievance to remain much longer unredressed. To the Lord Bishop of The Yesavio steamer has arrived at Marseilles, bringing intelligence from Sicily to the Ist. At that date considerable agitation prevailed in Palermo, and the Governor, to appease the people, had been obliged to promise the immediate adoption of measures of reform. The Madrid mail had not arrived in Paris when the post left. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. It was rumoured in Paris that ABD•EL-diADEIR had made his submission to the Emperor of Morocco, dissolved his Deira, consented that his officers should inhabit each by himself such places as the Emperor and the French Government shall appoint, and had chosen for his own residence a place in the neigh bourhood of Fez. The Journal des Debats and the Fresse express doubts as to the authenticity of this intelligence. M. GUIZOT is evidently trying to back out of the awkward scrape into which he has got himself by bis impertinent meddling in the affairs of Switzerland. The Journal des Debats says— " We, like the other journals, have published a note which we are assured has been, or is about to be, ad dressed by the Helvetic Diet to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France. Although we have reason to believe that up to the present moment the French Government has not received any communication of this kind, we have, nevertheless, no reason to doubt of the document published by the Swiss journals, neither do we make any difficulty in acknowledging that the answer of the Diet is conceived in moderate and proper terms. Our only regret is, that the acts of the Radical majority are not more in conformity with its language. The argument of the Diet goes principally on one point, to wit, that the five mediating Powers, in proposing to call into a common conference a representative of the Diet and a representative of the Sonderbund, appeared to acknow ledge in Switzerland the existence of two confederations, and to place them both on a footing of equality. The Diet protests with all its strength against that separation, which, according to it, would compromise the integrity of Switzerland. On this point we shall make one remark. The Diet, in addressing principally to the French Government its protest against that part of the col lective note, is deceived to a certain point in the direc tion. If we are not deceived, it was not M. Guizot who had the first idea of dividing the Diet officially into two parts. He had foreseen the obstacles which such a proposition would naturally encounter. It was more in conformity with the spirit of the compact and with the spirit of the sovereignty of the cantons that all the can tons should be individually represented in the con ference as they are in the Diet, and we know that a disposition of that nature formed a part of the project originally proposed by M. Guizot. It is not- that the French Government had a fixed opinion on that subject, as to which side was in the right, but it was not to it we believe, that the initiative in this official reco g nition of the two confederations s h ou ld b e attr ib ute d ; and,:per haps. if the Diet had been better informed on this point, it would have shown less vivacity in its protest. " As to the merits of the question, the reasoning is so worn out on both sides that we believe it to be super fluous to revert to them. We will only remark that it is necessary to understand the meaning of words diffe rently from what it has been since the invention of languages to affirm that there was no civil war in Swit zerland. The invasion of the seven cantons of the Confederation by a Federal army was only, according to the Diet, a simple measure of order and of interior police; and the eighth article of the compact deter mines that, in every case where a different majority is not specially required, it is an absolute majority that decides. But it is that very article that condemns the Diet, for the first principle, the fundamental basis of the compact, is precisely the guarantee of the sove reignty of the cantons ; that is to say, that in every thing having reference to that sovereignty nothing should be determined excepting with the consent of those interested. The Diet wished to cover itself with the compact, but it has rentit too much, and made too many holes in it, to make it now a mantle. We the less hesitate to do justice to the moderation adopted by the Diet in its language, that this very moderation is the severest censure that can be cast on its acts. To hear it—it only wants to restore peace to the Confede ration, liberty to the oppressed, their country to the banished ; all which does not prevent at the same time from occupying militarily the conquered cantons, proscribing the persons vanquished, and multiplying confiscations. This is not only unjust, but un skilful. The last events have, in a certain measure, changed the state of things to which the mediation was to apply, and have neces. sarily altered its terms. The Diet will now, no doubt have sent its reply to the Governments, the represents tives of which had addressed to it the collective note At length, after a delay of two years, the unfor tunate Mrs. CUMMING has had that property restored to her of which she was deprived, in consequence of the present most unsati'factory state of the law of lunacy. Our readers may, perhaps, remember that this unfortunate lady was, in May, 1845, seized, and, upon the certificate of two "skilful persons," incarcerated in a lunatic asylum, where she remained a prisoner until the month of September following. In that month a Commission de Lunatico Inquirendo was sued out against her at the suit of her daughters and their husbands, and a jury was assembled at the Horns at Kennington, to try the question of her sanity. Before that jury this un fortunate lady was brought, without a legal adviser, in custody of the keeper of the asylum. For one day she defended herself, and defended herself well too (no great proof this, by the bye, of insanity), and at the close of the day's proceedings a solicitor, who hap pened by chance to be present, offered his services to her, which were thankfully accepted. The inquiry was adjourned in order to enable him to in struct counsel ; and when the jury re-assembled they were astonished to hear that those who had sued out the commission had offered to compromise the case (as if it were possible to compromise a charge of insanity), and that Mrs. CUMMING, who had for months been incarcerated as a as soon as that communication shall have been made officially, it is probable that the Powers will have to make it the object of new deliberations, on which the ulterior conduct of the Diet will not be without in fluence." The threat involved in this last sentence will no doubt be estimated by the Diet at its true worth. The big words of M. GUIZOT will not fright them from their propriety. By this time they are perfectly well acquainted with "him and his means." Do., (guar. 6 percent) • • 000000 ••••, Fast Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 3 3 /4 ..... East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ' Ditto Half Shares 15 .. •• ...... ••••• Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 r.. • Edinburgh & Northern 22i...... Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... Ditto, ditto, New • •••• 2 1 4 ..... Exeter, Yeovil, & Porch. 57 ... ... Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and ••• Carlisle . ..... •81.65.8 d _ Glasgow,liilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New ......... •. 40 , ..... Do. Preference Consol l2 Great Northern l O l4 ...... 4% Do., London and York Great South. and West. Accounts have been received from the island of Bourbon to the 16th. There had been a serious oneute at St. Denis, the capital of the island, in conse quence of the arrival of two priests, the Abbes PoNcn- LET and MONNE; who had made themselves obnoxious. The white inhabitants assembled, and threatened to expel the priests by force. The military interfered, and dispersed the rioters, not, however, until several had been killed and wounded. At length the Go- lunatic, would be set at liberty, if she would make a vernor sent M. MONNE; the most obnoxious of the priests, from the island, and tranquillity was in con sequence partially restored. It appears that these priests were abolitionists, and that at one period of the emeute the slaves threatened to rise in their de• fence. disposition of her property in favour of those suing out the commission. To those terms she consented, and executed certain deeds, making the required dis position of her property. At the time this arrange ment was entered into we drew the attention of the public to the case, and gave it as our opinion that the agreement was void, inasmuch as, if Mrs It is said that a lively altercation took place on Friday between MM. GUIZOT and DUCLIATEL, the former reproaching the latter with mismanagement in suffering the Reform dinners to continue, and the latter retorting on M. GUIZOT his gross blunders in Swiss affairs. • CUMMING were insane, she was incapable of executing any legal document, and if she were sane her execution of the deed having been obtained under a threat of incarceration, the deed was void, because the execution of it had been obtained under duress. An action was brought by Mrs. CUMMING to recover possession of the deed thus extorted from her, and the jury found a verdict in her favour. Subsequently a rule nisi was moved for a new trial—the case was solemnly argued in the Court of Queen's Bench, and on Saturday Lord DENMAN, in giving the judg ment of the Court, fully confirmed the views we had all along entertained as to the invalidity of a deed so obtained. His Lordship said— On the trial of the issue, it was contended for the plaintiff that she was not bound by the arrangement, as it was made at a time when she was under duress. It appeared from the evidence that she had been confined in a lunatic asylum, and was brought from the asylum before the Commissioner; and it was sworn by the clerk of her attorney, that she acceded to the arrangement from fear of being taken back to a lunatic asylum. It was contended that that confinement was illegal ; and that even if she was in lawful confinement the argreement was not binding as it was executed under duress. On the other hand, the defendants contended that the proceeding was banci fide for the benefit of the plaintiff herself, 'and that the agreement had been sanctioned by the counsel act ing on the part of the plaintiff. Great weight would be due to this consideration under ordinary circumstances, but where ene of the parties is alleged to be a lunatic the par ties are not on equal terms. The object of the proceed ing under the commission was that she might not be de clared to be a lunatic, and that the management of her estates might be taken out of her hands. How then could the defendants, in the face of their own proceed ing, contend that she was in a fit state of mind to give her consent to such an agreement ? If she was in her right mind, she was entitled to keep the deeds ; and if not, she was incapable of giving her assent to the ar rangement. We need not question t h at her counsel did the best for her under the circumstances ; but as, by the hypothesis she was incompetent to make a contract, she was equally incompetent to appoint counsel to act on her behalf. If her counsel acted on the belief that she was in a sound state of mind, their proceeding is now being enforced. It might, perhaps, have been better for the plaintiff, if this agreement could have been carried out ; but we have no power to effect that object. The jury found a true verdict when they decided in favour of the plaintiff. The rule for a new trial must, therefore, be discharged." The Debals states that there is no truth in the re ports which speak of an insurrection in Sicily. The Three per Cents. were done in the passage of the Opera on Sunday at 75f. 27 BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—Central of France (Orleans and Vi , arzon), 15—Dutch Rhenish, 2%—Namur and Liege, 5 1 / 4 —Northern of France, 11%—Paris and Lyons, 5 1 4—Rouen and H avre , 19—Sambre and Meuse, 7 J.. 4 —Tours and Nantes, 4 —WestFlanders, 114. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) RAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD,_Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 12s ; Clover, ditto, 31 103 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 5s to 1/ 8s per load. A full average supply and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—IIeadow Hay, 21 105 to 3/ 14s ; Clover ditto, 31 103 to 4/10s; and Straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load, Supply moderate and trade dull. WHITECHAPRL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 12s; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4a to 1/ 8s per load. Trade dull at the above quotation. COAL INIARKE ♦dair's Main tiuddle's W. Hartley.. 16s fid Carr's Hartley Davison'sWestHartley 17s Od Dipton Tanfield lss Od Hasting's Hartley 175 Od New Tanfield l6s Od Ord's Redheugh Original Pontop South Pontop Stewart's Hartley Tanfield Moor 17s Od Tanfield Moor Butes lss 9d Townley l6s 6d West Wylam West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c Framwell Gate .... l9s Od Hedley Hebburn Ships at market :T.-YESTERDAY. Walker Washington Eden Main . 2os 3d Harraton Main ...... 161 6d Belmont 2os 3d Hetton . Lambton Russell's Hetton 20s 9d Shotten ...... ...... 20s 3d Stewart's Whitwell Hudson's Hartlepool 205 Od High Thorn ley Heugh Hall Leasingthorne Hartley 16s Od (Adelaide Tees Denison Richardson's Tees l9, Od South Durham l9, 9d Cowpen Hartley W. Bartley Netherton 17s Od , 155—sold, 87. DEATH OF LADY MONTFORT.—This lady expired on Friday last, at Lord Montfort's residence i❑ town. The deceased was daughter of Mr. Watts, and married in September, 1793, Lord Montfort, by whom she does not leave any issue. DEATH OF LADY GAEDNER.—We regret to an nounce the death of Lady Gardner, after a short illt,ess. The melancholy event took place on Wednesday last, at Kinmell Park, the seat of her father, Lord Dinorben, near St. Asaph. Her Ladyship had only recently com pleted her 33d year. DEATH OF SIR JOHN LEMAN ROGERS.—This respected Baronet died on Friday last, at his seat in Devonshire, in the 68th year of his age. Be had en joyed the baronetcy just half a century, having suc ceeded his father, the fifth baronet, in 1797. DHATII OF THE COUNTESS OF KINGSTON.—We have to record the death of the above estimable lady, which took place on Thursday last, at ber residence at St. John's Wood. Her ladyship, who was in her 76th year of her age, was the only surviving issue of Stephen First Earl of Mountcashell, and married in May, 1794, George, third Earl of Kingston, father of the present Peer. It is satisfactory to have this solemn decision of the Court of Quee n 's B enc h d e clari ng th e illegality of all settlements of property obtained by a threat of incarceration in a lunatic asylum ; but it only proves the absolute necessity that exists for the in stitution of some public preliminary inquiry into the stat e of m i n d of alleged lunatics, before authorising their incarceration in such an asylum. In this case Mrs. CummiNo had been incarcerated from May to September i n an asylum upon the authority of a medical certificate, and th ere she mi ht have re mained until t hi s moment had t not g an attempt been made t o get the control of h er p which involved the necessity property of an inquiry before jury. Mr. CAMPBELL was incarcerated in an asylum on the certificate of " skilful persons" for upwards of consequently he l y 1 11 . seven years, at the end of which tim e h e i nherited some be came property; nece s a sa n ry in , qu a i n r d y , b t e h f e or jeurayjdureyclacroendse We regret to learn that Viscountess Palmerston has been confined to her chamber since Friday last, from an attack of influenza. Iler Ladyship was somewhat better yesterday. ,aaq Lcus THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1847. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very flat, at the previous rates. Sales 3,000 bales. American realised 4d. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares had not been dealt in to any extent, and prices were lower. There have no: been any late colonial advices an nounced this morning. A somewhat uneasy feeling has been engendered in City circles at the early adjournment of Parliament for the Christmas holidays, and the unstable position of M. Guizot, the Premier of the French Ministry. To this, probably, more than to any other cir cumstance, may be ascribed the reaction in our Funds this morning, to which more especial atten tion will be directed hereafter. Should a change in the advisers of Louis Philippe occur, pending the recess, and any hitch occur in consequence—say in the affairs of Switzerland —prompt replies of our Foreign Minister, of our status with the new Cabinet at the Tuileries, would have to be postponed until the early part of February in the coming year. The accounts from the United States, received this morning by a steamer arrived at Havre from New Orleans, are considered, as far as the condition of the markets there, as favourable. Specie, it is said, must come forward, and that to a very considerable amount, to this country. The letters, of course, have net yet been delivered. At New York freight had been engaged for 2,000 barrels of naval stores for London. The advices from Bombay by special overland express state, that the news of several of the large failures here had arrived, but without any visible effect being pro duced. To new houses consignments were in progress. In the Consol Market the business transactions have been few. For Money the price is 85} without the dividend, while for the Account it has advanced from 84i to 851. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has run up from 6s. to lOs. India Bonds still remain at a very heavy discount. Bank Stock is flat at 186*. In the Foreign Bond Market Buenos Ayres Bonds have been sold at 31, Russian at 10?, Spanish Five per Cents. for Account at 17i, and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.. at 55*. • The Railway Shares are steady. Ditto Sheffield. and Lincolnshire 7 1,4..—, ...... ......... Manchest. &Southampt 2J ; i s • .. — -- 51ildand lOO lO7 108........... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares lO Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent. 100 ...... Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 ...... Ditto, ditto 71 .9s — ........ Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great West ern Irish B5 — Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters Newmrk et & Che- Ur% 42% 8 81% ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BItITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced A nne 84%1 i i% 84 3 % 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 85% 85% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. 86% 86 86 1 i 86% India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... .—.— 18 dis Consols for Account... ...... 85 85% 84% 85xd 85Axd Exchequer Bills. ad. 1,0001. 5001. Small ...... 13 9 p 9 p ox - E ctosniti O'CLOCK PRICES. 80 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Small Bl Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 3l Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..... Ditto 3 Der Cent — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto. Account' ..... ... .... Ditto, Small — Russian Bonds ..... lO7 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 55% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates pAiD. LIISO/NENEBO3,CLDrii. .. 'CPR011812C85211°61171847597:77:1:414:83:: PRICES or RAILWAY SHARES Aberdeen Amber., Lott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction' -- l4 ...... 17 3 4.. Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 13%.... .... ..... 114:: Birmmg.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 7%. Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto; Thirds Buckinghamshire 10/. 4s. — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares 3 3 /4 l% l% Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 37% 21% 21 .. ~; Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 - •••••••••• ..... Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO ..... .. Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 — Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25/., L. k E. and L. and D....... 25 Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 2 Eastern Counties Ditto (B) 20 Ditto,Latension, 6 par Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... ... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters Do., New ... 23 Eastern Union 5O .. ... ... ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 , — ••• Ditto, Thirds ........13s. 4d — 10 1 1 15 _.....ei aesterford 18% — ..... Do. Extension .........21. 12s — Newport, Abergaveany, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 — - ..... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% — .. ........ -.. Norfolk -.100 Do. New 201. .. 5 - ••• •••••• ••• Do. Extension .. Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Wayeney Val. 2 euey Vat. Northern Counties Union 4 ..... North British ... .... 25 ...... Do. Half Sharesi l2 %...... 12 Do. Quarters 4% — . .. .. Do. Extension •-• Ditt•N Thirds 2 ...... 2 ... ........ ... Nort' Staffordshire 7%•••”. 7 % North ,Wales •• North Western. IS Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — ... Scottish Central Scottish Midland 1 7 1% — Ditto, New 10 — Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Bina-. 6 Ditto ditto, Class A. 6 — Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 ...... Shropshire Union south Devon 4O ...... 24 ... ..... . Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 south Eastern & Dover. 33% 3 1 14 31 .. Do., No. 1 20 Do., Nc. 2. Do,, No. 3.. ..... ...... :5 ...... 9% ... .•• Do., No. 4 South Wales - south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole - Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ........... 17% Vale of Neatti ... .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13%. . — - Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wi c hl w , and Dublin West Cornwall .. 4 ... .. ..... .... Whitehaven & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... .- 52& ...... Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... - .... Do. Original New and Berwick .. ... 25 Do. North ShieldsPur. 25 — Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. De G.N E.Preterence 8 ...... 9% . 9 , A York and North Midland 50 Ditto Preference Do. Ditto, and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian... 4 — Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 ' - ............ •11111 Central of Spain ........ 2 Ceylon .. .... ss. Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rheni s h East Indian ... ..... .... 1% Great Indian Peninsular 58. Great Southern of Madras 5L - Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3% ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 —..— Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 ... Luxembourg. ..... ••••• .. 6 .•• - •• •• Lyons and Avigno n Madras 1 — Madras. Nellore, an d •• Arcot Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur aad Liege , l4 ...... Northern of France. ..... Orleans and Bordeaux 6 — Over Yasel 4/ 34 4d . ... Paris and Lyons ...... ... 10 ...... 5 1 4 s l,i Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre 2O — Sambre and Meuse ... .. 18 ...... 74 6 1 / 8 ..... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours aad Nantes ...... 8 Tourtiay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 West Flanders ...... .... 8 1 / 4 - - -- - lii p 225 Gr ( o l a r t e s lan or d th ) o7 ....... ..... a •• n • d. - ....... ....... ....--- .. Ditto, New 401. ......... 5 ...... _ Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 15/.. ........ 6% ....... _ Great Western B5 ...... 97 98 Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... _ Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifth 5............ 20 ...... 22% 223i Ditto, New 17/.......... 7 ...... 8 7%. .... ..... 7% Eludderstield & blanches. 22 ....._ _ ......... ... .. Ditto, Thirds 49 Ditto, 1 4 Shares.-- •• 12% 4pswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 ...... llu D ll it a to n , d i S ia el if by........ ... 0 Shares.... ... es... . .. 5 . 25 ..... ... .. 4, ............» __---- Do., do., and Norwich 15 ...... _ Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Lancaster 55 Ditto, Thirds lO ...... Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 •• Ditto, ditto C an a d ni C b. Carlisle... 50 50 214 ...... 5 5 Ditto % Shares . ... 38 ..... Do. Quarter Shares.. 14% — .. Do. Fifths 8 ..... SM, 7% Do. Sixteenths ...... .. 6 1 4 ...... Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. 4s. ... Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 •••• ..... Ditto 14 (late Hud- •••• dersfield and Shelf.) 33 Do.( Wakefield,Ponte tract. & Goole Do. ( W. Riding Union) 41.25 — Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 Leeds and Bradford .....• 50 Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% — •••••••••••••••• Do., Branch % Shares 12%.. »• DoNew Branch( blue) 2% Do. Extension (green) 2%.• ••• Do.NewExten. (pink) 2% ...... Leeds and Thirsk ......... 36 ...... 20 Ditto, New ............. 17% ...... —•-• ..... •••••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% ..... ' Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... .... ...... 2 ..... Liverp., blnchstr& New castle Junction 2% London and Blackwall..l6/.1.35. 4d- ...... Do.. New, No. 1 Do. ••»•• ••• • • .... 4 — : Do. Extension 17% ...... London, Brighton, and 22 opurte 1 New,E c No Coastn o . . 5 2 . :e . r .. .......... 5 1 500 3 s . ..:. ... . . . 4d ... .. _ . ..: .............. .. i : ... . . Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 ...... Do. Guarant. 5 per et. 9 ...... ...." " Loudon and Greenwich 121 15s 4d.• • Ditto, Preference ... 18/ I;'s 2d... London and N. Western 100 l5l 150% 150% Do., Quarters L. &B. 17 ...... Do., d0., New Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 ..... . Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.l%) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (bl. & B.) A. 7%...... 1114— .. Do. 10/. (M. & 13.) B. 7%...... _ Do. 10/. (M. & B . ) C. 1 Load. &,S. Western 41/. 6s. 8d...54 53% 54 1 ,4 x.n. 54%x.n. Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 ...... --• Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32 % .. .. 29 •••• ••• ex new ... 29x.rL Do. New 401 . 26 ...... -- Do. Tenths (Consol ) 50 •••••• "" -----. Ditto ditto ...... 4O ... ..... ••• Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d...• London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 1% ....- • -- Londorlerry&Coleraine 27% ..... • --- Londonderry and Ennis killen ...... ... ........... 23% •••••• ". ..... •-• blanch ester,B ux t on,and Mati0ck..........„_.. 3 ...... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire lOO ...... ... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ...... ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7%...... Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ........ 7 Ditto ditto JOINT STOCK BANKS, Australasia ••• •• British North American 50 Colonial 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO British Iron l2 Bolonos Scrip Brazilian Cocaes & C u ib a 30 ... • • Galvanized Iron ...... Ditto. New 4 Real id Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 14. —Wind E.S.E., light breeze and cloudy. OBr RAMSGATE, DEC. 13.—Margaret West, Batavia. OFP DOVER, DEC. 12.—Wanderer, Tims Prince Edward's Isl a nd. , OFF SrIOREIIAM, DEL 13.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Nancy, Pond, Quebec. MUMBLES, DEC. 11.—Arrd. Hero, Harrison, Dal housie, for Port Talbot. Sid. British Queen, Boston. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.—W in d E.S.E.—A rr d. Nemesis, late Brown, Calcutta ; Earl of Chester, Blackstone, Bombay; Stiriingshire, Rattray, Maranham, sailed 10th ult.; Wanderer, Jenkins, Laguna ; Actaeon, Daly, New Orleans ; Anne and Jane, Swift, Calcutta ; Mersey, Sham way, Mobile; William Prim, Michaels, Charleston; Esther May, Boston; Maid of Erin, Egan, Pictou. FaLluouTß,DEc. 12.—The Robins brig, of and for Glasgow, fro m B er bi ce , was brought in here, having been fall e n i n w i t h by t h e b arque British Isles, Robson, of and for London, from Cuba, 17th tilt., lat. 38 N., lon. 56 W.; foremast and bowsprit only standing, and aban doned with the exception of two seamen, who were taken on board the British Isles, when the chief officer, three seamen, and a boy were put on board, an d sue • ceeded in bringing her in hero, with the assistance of a pilot only. It is supposed that the ground ti er o f sugar is washed out. Cargo consists of rum, sugar, wine, &o. PETERHEAD, Doc. 9.—The Clipper, Stott, bound to London, has put back leaky and must discharge. The Prince of Wales, Wilson, which arrived is the river to-day, was struck by a sea on the 6th inst., in lat. 47 N., lop. 10 W., blowing a heavy gale at the time from N.N. W., when she lost bulwarks, water-casks, ttc. • cutwater started, and ha s th ree f eet of water in her hold. WEYMOUTH, DEC. 10.--. The American ship which was burnt to the water's edge, and the wreck of which afterwards came on shore on Rimmeridge Ledge, is the R. G. Shaw. IartISTOL, DEC. 11.—The Amity, Waters, from Car diff to this port, is on shore benesped above the river's mouth. MILFORD, DEC. 10.--A vessel, said to be a brig, was seen to go down in St. Bride's Bay 6th inst. A. large boom has been picked up on Newgate Sands, in the same bay, and some bees wax has been picked up. The Flirt, Roberts, from Odessa to Liverpool, which arrived here Bth instant, is leaky, and it is expected will discharge. The Lady Eleanor, Mills, from Liverpool to Galway ; the Jane (schooner), of Cork ; and the Agenoria, of Colchester, are discharging to repair. LLANMADOCK, NEAR SWANSEA, DEC. 12..—The Mi nion, Elliot, of Limerick, from Quebec, which was on shore on the Lagenny Sands on the 10th instant has become a total wreck, rigging and part of cargo saved. RANGLOSS, VALENTIA, DEC. 11.—The poop rail of a large vessel, painted light green and lead colour, and made of American elm was picked up here on the 9th inst.; the weather here continues very strong. DEAL, DEC. 13.—The JEgir, Antwerp to Smyrna, Was in contact this afternoon in the Downs, with the Fanny, of Prince Edward's Island, and has sustained damage. The Margaret West, De Boer, from Batavia, which arrived off Ramsgate to-day, was struck by a sca in lat. 46 N., and lon. 19 W., and sustained considerable damage. The out war d b oun d, w hi c h sai l e d this morn ing, h ave most l y put b ac k , an d anchored on t h e S out h Foreland. BEAUMARIS, DEC. 11.—The Mary, of Newry, which was ashore under Trecastle, has been got off, and beached Opposite this port. , DUNDEE, DEC. 11.—The Adah, Clark, from Arch angel, which got on shore at the entrance of the river, is leaky; nearly the whole of her cargo has been landed in a damaged state. WICK, DEC. 10.—The wreck of a Norwegian schooner, bound to this place, has been fallen in w i t h by another Norwegian vessel, which arrived here last week. The crew are said to have been five in number. NOTICE TO MARINERS. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. GENOA, DEC. 9.—The B oard of Health pu b l i shed a decree on the 3d inst., res ci nding the suspension of free pratique to all vessels arriving from French ports in the Mediterranean; and, at the same time, ordered Quaran tine to be performed by all vessels arriving from the lonian Islands which shall have sailed from those islands between the 18th and 30th ult. • QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) BAILEY AND ANOTHER w. CRITCHLEY. This was on action to recover 6301., being the balance of 1,3001., the amount of an advertising agent's bill. The plaintiffs wore the well known advertising agents of the City, and the defendant was ens of the provisional committeemen of the Paris and Strasburg Railway. The sum sought to be recovered was the balance of the plaintiffs' account for advertising the railway in the English newspapers. The defendant contended that as ho did not act upon the managing committee, or instruct the plaintiffs to advertise the scheme, he was not liable. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. CR IMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the COMMON-SBRGMANT and Mr. Alderman Gums.) James Harditnan, a barman, was indicted for stealing four sovereigns, the property of William Rowland Scares, his master. When the case was called on neither the prosecutor nor any of his witnesses were in attendance. The COMMON -SERGEANT (addressing the jury) said, that if the prisoner's witnesses happened to be absent, through any mistake or neglect on their part, or not expecting the trial to come on from the state of the paper, the prisoner would have no delay on that ac count. It was but even justice that the prosecutor should also be required to attend, and that the trial should proceed. The case therefore being left to the jury without any evidence, the prisoner was acquitted, and the Court di rected the recognisances of the prosecutor and his wit nesses to be estreated. Several other cases were called on, in none of which were the parti es i n atten d ance. In some the prisoners obtained delay on account of want of preparation, in one case upon affidavit. In another it was stated that it was arranged bet ween counsel, w i th the assent of one of the judges, to come on at a particular hour. At this the Common-Sergeant expressed great displeasure, and at half-past nine said angrily that he " would wait no longer." Mr. Alderman Gibbs said, "Nor I," and both immediately left the court. The jury seemed at a loss what they were to do, and were about to imitate the movement of the bench and retire also. But, on the intimation (as it appeared) of the officer of the court, they kept their places, until the return of the Learned Sergeant, at ten o'clock. Again the counsel were unprepared to proceed with a case which stood next on the paper, and a long discus sion took place, in which Mr. Ballantine, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. O'B r i en too k part. Mr. BALLANTINE submitted that it must sometimes occur that counsel may be elsewhere engaged in a case that occupies an unexpected length of time, when another of equal importance, and in which he is en gaged, may be called in this court. That was the position in which he was himself placed. A case of importance was proceeding in another court, which had occupied from eleven o'clock yesterday, and would yet occupy many hours. Mr. CLARKSON said that there was another cause of delay, in the great distances to which the jurisdiction of the court extended, and which rendered it impossible for witnesses to arrive at an early hour upon the short notice given of the day of trial after the committal of a prisoner. In a case just now called on the witnesses had to come from a distance of fifteen miles. After much further discussion the court was again adjourned for an hour. In the mean time the jury drew up the following memorandum, which was signed by twenty-seven of the jurors in attendance, and was pre sented to the Common-Sergeant on his return with the Alderman:— " It appearing to the jury assembled this 14th day of December that the hour of nine o'clock is alike inconve nient to all parties concerned, more especially at this season of the year, they beg respectfully to suggest to the authorities of the court that no earlier hour than ten o'clock should in future be appointed for the commence ment of business." Mr. PAYNE said the suggestion had the support of the whole of the bar. The COMMON. SERGEANT said he would lay it before the Judges and the Court of Aldermen, and the other members of the commission. John Wakeman was indicted for stealing a quantity of oats, the property of George Robinson, his master, from a granary at Chiswick. The defence was that the prisoner, who was a carter in the employment of the prosecutor, took the oats (three pecks) for the use of his horse. The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for six months, with hard labour. Ann Barrow, a married woman. was indicted for stealing 30 yards of lace, value 101., the property of William Goodman and another. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, on the 19th of November, made a purchase at the shop of Messrs. Goodman and Taylor, of Uxbridge, the prose cutors, and went away without suspicion. In the course of the next day the prisoner and her husband were given into custody for attempting to pass bad moiley. They were plac e d i n a cart to b e carr i ed to the station house, and one of the witnesses saw the prisoner stoop down and let something fall from her muff. On his re turn from the s t a ti on -h ouse h e f oun d the lace in ques tion, tied up in a s ilk h an dk erc hi e f. Upon inquiry at the shop of the prosecutor, it was found that a corre sponding quantity of lace was missing from the stock. Mr, PAYNE addressed the jury for the defence. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. There were two other cases of a similar nature against the prisoner, and The COMMON-SERGEANT observing that she was a common shoplifter, sentenced her to be transported for seven years. The Court was occupied the remainder of the day with indictments for passing bad money. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman 11. HuGHEs.) The Court was occupied the whole morning with the trial (continued from yesterday) of Burr, Brewer, Ralfe, and Carter, who were indicted for conspiring to defraud Mr. Kerrie, of Jamaica, by cheating him of large sums of money at cards. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Huddleston. The prisoners, Barr, Ralfe, and Brewer, were defended by Mr. Clark son, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant Allen, and Mr. Parry. Mr. Prendergast appeared for Carter, who has not been taken into custody. The evidence added nothing to the full details already published in the Bow-street police report of The Sun. The trial had not concluded when we went to press. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Saturday, the 11th, by special license, at the church of Holy Trinity, Brompton, by the Rev. W. J. Irons, vicar of Brompton, the Hon. Robert Fitzmaurice Tilson Deane, eldest son of the Right Hon. Baron Muskerry, of Springfield Castle, county of Limerick, to Elizabath Geraldine, eldest daughter of Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan, Esq., of Johnstown Castle, M.P. for the county of Wexford. The ceremony was attend e d by a num b er of the distin guished relatives of the bride and bridegroom. After partaking of a splendid dejeune given on the occasion by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, et their beautiful cottage in Old Brompton, the happy couple left town in a car riage he s seat t d o f f o four f e o r R I c h h t m l o i n o d n ,. a v n i r s o c u o t u e n for M A a n s t s r a i m r e n C e a st andle, Ferrard, county of Antrim, Ireland. RAGGED ScuooLs.—Yesterday the fourth anni versary meeting of the subscribers to the Union-mews Ragged School was held in the Portland Rooms, Foley street, Portland-place, and was attended by a large number of the neighbouring gentry. The chair was taken by Sir William Baynes, Bart., in the absence of Mr. B. B. Cabbell, who was to preside. The secretary read the report, which stated that the attendance of chil dren had considerably increased during the last year. The average number on Sunday evenings was ninety boys and forty girls, and on week days forty of the for mer and thirty of the latter. The report stated that the year's receipts amounted to 561., and the expenses to 691. The report was unanimously adopted. FIR E AT BERMONDSEY.—Yesterday morning, be tween ten and eleven o'clock, a very alarming fire broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Har board, rope-manufacturer, situate on Jamaica-level, Bermondsey. It commenced in the tar-house, and was occasioned from the leakage of one of the coppers filled with that combustible material. In the space of a few minutes the building became fired from the bottom, and penetrating the sides, another similar erection used as the stabling, an d a l so t h e yarn -h ouse , b ecame ignited. Three engines soon reached the spot, and owing to the combined exertions of all parties present, the fire was eventually extingui s h e d, b u t not until considerable da mage was do ne no t on ly i n th a t portion of the premises where the flames b ega n, but also to the furniture in the private house, by removal and water. The adjoining sustainedproperty, soOmMellp damage iedby b yM firer. R i a c n h d a rd water. son, Fortunately likewise Mr. Harboard was insured in the Sun Fire-office. r SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY, DEo.l3.—lhe fears en tertained for the safety of the American steamer Wash ington were groundless, as intelligence has come to hand from Bremen that she arrived off the Weser on Sunday, the sth instant, in 42 . hours from C owes - roa d s, thus making an unusually quick passage. The Washington was to leave Bremen for Southampton on the lath (to day) with the United States mail from Germany, and is expected at Southampton on Wednesday, to load for New York, her day of departure being fixed for Satur day, the 18th instant. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Montrose is expected to-morrow (Tuesday), with the Spanish and Portuguese mails, &c. ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR ABER• AVON.—ONE OF r TME R OBBERS S HOT.—As Captain Dean Lovering, of b r eath, wa s on hi s way home from Port 'Talbot (where his ship was lying), on Friday night last, he was attack e d b y two men, who demanded his "money or his life." He replied that he had no money, when they exclaimed, with an oath, that he had a "very good coat on his back," an d that he must also have money about him, and th a t h e h a d b etter give up both. Captain Lovering had fortunately been persuaded by his mate, on leaving the ship, to take a pistol with him, which he did; and on the robbers continuing to demand his money and coat, threatening instant death, he proeeeded apparently to t a k e o ff hi s coat, b ut d rew out t h e pistol, and fired it at ono of the men, whom he wounded in the leg. On seeing hi s com p an i on d ro p, the other said, in the most determined manner, "D—n you, you have not finished us both yet," and attacked Mr. .Lowering fiercely, when a v i o l en t s t rugg le took place, which ended in the defeat of the villain, as Captain Lowering used the butt end of the pistol most effectively. The police are on the alert, and will no doubt come upon the track of the robbers.—Cambrian. We are informed that Messrs. Heywood have re solved to adopt in their future banking arrangements the recent example of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.—Li. verpool Albion. TIIN ELLYENTH VOLUME OF IVES 01 THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, BY AGNES STRICKLAND, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. Y.B. The Twelfth Volume will complete this important work. Henry CoZion, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in post Bvo., price 10s. lid., with Portraits and Plates, ADVENTURES OF AN ANGLER In CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and the UNITED STATES. By CHARLES LANMAN. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ME, SSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE 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 Wanmesnar. at One o'clock, (instead of Tuesday and Friday, as hitherto), at the Hail of Commerce, Threadneedle street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be f.rwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds 'name diatelv disposed of according to instructions. N.B. Sales and purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares effected by private emtract, every day, as usual. lnB es, Hall nt Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY3fARRET. Era ter the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. lir Peter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creawick ; Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless, Mr. M. Yaudenhoff ; Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Moses, Mr. Webster ; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir Barry, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Brindal. Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer wen. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent. To be followed by MY WIFE'S MOTHER. 'Uncle Footle, Mr. Farren; Mr. Budd, Mr. Holl ; Mrs. Quickfidget, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. saudd. Miss Julia Bennett. To eenelnde with a new and original Farce, 'called WHO'S MT ? Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Ilumby. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren ; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3a. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Perroimance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPLII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed, the.celebrated Comedy of PAUL PRY. Frank Lardy, Mr. Stoker; Witherton, Mr. Cullenford ; Somers, Mr. Wor rell ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas ; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Eliza, Miss M. Taylor ; Marian, Miss Emma Harding ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Yates; Phoebe, Miss Woolgar. To he followed by a new Farce entitled VIE TIPPERARY LE GACY. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard Irsty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; r4flicemari, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD ;the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messra. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrt.. Laws, Ike., &c. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. linora open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Sevea ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Vniler the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lesgee, Mr. Charles Matkews. THIS EVENING, Will he perfermed a new Comic Drama called PEGGY GREEN. After which, a new Coterie Drama, entitled THE TRAGEDY QUEEN. After which, TEE RING DOVES. 'To conclude with a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Dress Boxes, Os.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 21. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The ~iew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of tee Colosseum. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Madame ANNA TIIILLON. TIT'S EVENING A new Comic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSADRESS. Duke de Vatberg, Mr. Bodda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fortunatus, Mr. Lef fler; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss Yillars ; Madame Barneck, Yrs. Selby; Charlotte,. Miss Anne Romer; Henrietta Madame Anna Thillou. To conclude with the Comedy of THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Cooper; Couut Montalban, Mr. C. Fisher; Rolando, Mr. J. ; Jacques, Mr. Compton • Juliana, Miss Cushman lrolante. Miss Susan Cushman. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. FRNITCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. .Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. TO-MORROW El-ENING, Will be presented LE CHEF-IXEUVRE INCONNU. Maitre ]Stahel, M. St. .Niarie ; Rolla, M. Fechter ; Stephan, Mdlle. Baptiste. After which, LE• REVEIL DU LION. M. Stadislaus de Fon blanche. M. Cartiguy ; Hector 31auleoa, M. Montaland ; Charlotte do Villedieu, Madame Valmy. To conclude with LE SECRET DE MON ONCLE. Desjobert, N. Henri Allis ; Ernest Dupare, M. Montaland. _ ...._ . , . A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-oflico of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. _ _ _ Boxes, 681; Pit, Z. 4d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, Ss ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Daridge, re. 1, Daridge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera of THE BONDMAN. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Horncastle, Rafter, Maynard. Jones, D. W. King, and Attwood ; Miss Poole, Mrs. R. Hughes, and After which, Dibdin's Ballad Opera of TIIE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. H. Phillips ; Lubin, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Solomon, Mr. Attwbel; Gillian, Miss Collett ; Floretta, Miss R. Isaacs. To conclude with the First Act or LA SONNAMBULA, A distiact entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had sightly of all the ern:wipe' Librarians ; and at the Box-etlize et' the Theatre, which is epen daily :rem Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, fid. AziTLRY'S ROYAL AMPRITREATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William natty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THIC CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirci! new Scents in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the d.stabli►hment. in the various modes of equestratfon. To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called THE WRITE FARM. . In preparation, a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which will exceed in splendour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and stage Manager, Mr. W West. THE THIRD EDITIONS OF "THE S UN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, IND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. * Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. WEATHEIL—Stui OFFICE, DEC. 14. THEADIOMITZI4 Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 45. BA RoIitRTEN., 30.12. —W1ND E.S.E. ; fin e. HIGH WATER AT LORDON-RTaDC4F. THIS DAY. Moulin— 58 minutes after S. I Evening .. 25 minutes utter G. !•te"rt.iii s m • 1 4C, •—• ' ') 11- ' • -A • • - - 4 :4 I 111 11111 k e ll i k 0 7;;;N:.* • A , • '4l•••"*.* V* • ' 0 , , • '` v. . • •it „ • ..,•• • .0! taming ni LoNDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1847. The Crime and Outrage Bill was last night read the third time in the Lower, and the first time in the Upper House, and in all probability it will be the law of the land within the week. Mr. J. O'CoN NELL, although he acknowledged the utter inutility of any attempt to resist the wishes of the great majority of the House, opposed the third reading of the Bill, in which he was supported by Mr. SMITH O'BaIEN, who was obliged by indisposition to absent himself during the earlier stages of the measure. The united influence of Young and Old Ireland was unable, however, to obtain a more respectable mi nority than fourteen, many of the Irish Members who formerly acted with Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL having remained away from the House, being tiuite resolved that they would not expose themselves to the charge of inconsistency , by no w opposing a measure which they had received with approbation, while others followed the manly course of the ildly 'Members for Meath and Mayo, and r ecord n e ec l es th t eir vote; in favour of a law, the pressin g to acknowledgoe:coTi,4bE 'ember for Kerry (Mr. MGR _ neces s it y which they were compelled in su m.) last night made a most A N JOHN creditable spee c h pointed o ut of the Bill, in which he r ut th e . manner in which clearly and forcibl y lantaer!ering with the it differed from former measu r es , i f being the first was hailed after ordinary law as little ai possible' measure offered to Ireland which w n preser e r d ' it an English model," the Hon. Member lie stated " that if the necessity of in Ireland was admitted, he did not see that preservin g /how of reason he could object to it ;" indeed, he wen tan' further, saying, "It was to be hoped that the Bill would work well, but if it did not, then, as it was their first office in that House to preserve order and to give security to life and property, he, for one, should not oppose the Government in the introduction of a mea sure granting still more extraordinary powers. This is the .just and proper spirit by which the Irish representatives should be actuated ; they should press firmly and resolutely for those remedial mea sures by which alone the prosperity of their country L ICE - SKS I - 1 -" )7 can be attained, but they should not appear as the aeLocates of the miscreants by whom the peace and , tranquillity of the nation is disturbed, and ./1 yz - A, No , '-yrr: a s 20% 44 ...... 731,2 7% 91% -~ -fl - 26% 1% 24 FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. STRAND THEATRE. Last night a domestic drama, called The Child i f s Crime ; a r , th e Vill age Outcast th , was produced a t nic , theatre for th e fi rst t i me. I t i s a version of the 0— . 6 story upon which th e d rama o f G race Mina° i s founded, and w hi c h was so successful when produce d at the Adelphi theatre a few years ago. Mr. lOg i c o l : son sustained poor Yates' character of Joseph liala t ` - b l e , very creditably ; and Sandy Smith, a villain of t x. , first water, was ably repre.tented by Mr. Yarnold. u berry, as Simon Mealbag, the village baker, was Ye% good. Miss Love, as Grace, acted with her accustomg care and judgment. Peggy, a village coquette re presented with spirit an d arc h ness by Miss Jane Cole man Miss Eliza Terry, as Ali ce Green, sustained the chß rl f ter in her usual style. The drama was perfectly SuCe cessfUl. The farce of Mrs. White followed, and entertainment, with th e l aug h a bl e farce 01. '17e ned Potcha's Pets, the principal characters being " 3° l ji g s by Messrs. Oxberry, Yarnold, and Rogerson, was Coleman, and Mdll e . L ou i se Bl anche. Th e house well attended. PRIVATE THEATRICALS. Y p COLLEGE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS, TNE , Last night was a ga l a at t hi s exce llent institution• The students having concluded the more serious label]. _ of the Michaelmas term, invited their friends resident .. 1 :: the vicinity to an exhibition of private theatricals, allot gether prepared and got up amongst themselves. withoutl. any external assi s t ance . ,Th e l ecture - r oom of the co lege was fitt e d u p as a th eatre , th e sce nery painted, dresses arranged, and everything completed for the Per formauce by the young gentlemen of the colleg•• At seven o'clock, an audience, consisting o f the most respectable inhabitants of the neighbourboo had assembled. The walls were hung round with IA; merous flags and b anners , an d w i t h various garlands o f evergreens, in which the Christmas holly was not for' gotten. The room was exceedingly well lighted, a nd there was a drop scene painted specially for the occasion by Mr. Christie, a student, which attracted much attew tion. The performances commenced with the overture t° The Caliph of Bagdad, which was extremely well give.° by the orchestra. The musical taste of the students 15 carefully cultivated, and th e c o ll ege consequent ly boast s an excellent band. The first piece was Planch6's cowl ! drama, The Jacobit e , with th e f o ll ow i ng cas t o f charec ters:— Sir Richard Wroughton, Bart.... Mr. Harris, Major Murray John Duck Mr. Aston, Lady Somerford Mr. Ashwa , Widow Pottle ... ... Mr. Sutton, Patty Pottle ... ... Mr. Davidson, ny m s r. ta A g s e h . being the first appearance of each of the actors IV ••• •.• Mr. Fothergiii, well made an uncommonly pretty La dl T, dy Sower tensions to good looks. All got through ford—we have seen many fair performers with leas P very ef f iciently, and exhibited much lees nervousness tha n ,1 might have been expected. Mr. Aston made ::rnintear, John Duck. He was perfectly at home in the ne s of and in some of his touches strongly reminu e- Aiff u tion their Partl s ! e . Buckstone, more particularly in his burst of in - e r a bat when he becomes jealous of the Major, bel i ‘ iv 'l t by it was Patty he had gone to visit. This was followe- ' Tromp' son, P o liti cs , i n w hi c h M r. Sutton as Mrs. Thl r ; son, and M r . Harris, as Florid, received much aPP I Z il s e The last piece w as M orton ' s f arce o f Chaos . Again, which exc it e d muc k r i s ibili ty . The e/e nia t be entertainments concluded with Negro Melodies, the young gentlemen having darkened their TiSligeS fo r n ee occasion. During the intervals of the perforlML o several selections of quadrilles, polkas, waltzes, e '. 11 ,. were very pleasingly given by the orchestra, and refr !,0 ments were provided in the adjoining room for audience. the Although much care must have been devoted by students to the getting up of the entertainment, there /v" s no infringement upon their hours of study or the gra?. pursuits to which their time should chiefly be devot ed Everything connected with the performances was pre: pared during their leisure hours, and the practical skil l ' which it is the object of the Principal and his assistants to confer, was thereby brought into operation. It is always desirable to provide innocent means of re creation. for young men approaching to maturity. They cannot at all times be engaged in study—there is truth in the old adage, " That all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy;" and it too often happens that those who perform all their collegiate duties efficiently, and make considerable progress in the course of study re quired, get into mischief, from having their leisure hours left unoccupied. A performance such as that which took place last evening will afford a motive for the employmen t of those idle hours that might otherwise be wasted o f misapplied. We trust that the beginning which bi ll/ thus been made may serve as a precedent for M ull ' years, and that we may have often to record similar 0" hibitions, so creditable to the students and se pleasing to the audience. Viscount Melbourne received a select party t , c) dinner, on Sunday last, at his residence in South-Str:Z POWER OF COURTS-MARTIAL AT CaAcovv.-- - " -- . Austrian governor of Cracow has published the folio ing decree:—" His Majesty the Emperor has though t right, under the circumstances, to ordain, by resolution of the 21st of November, 1847, that courts-martial O s try all persons guilty of high treason in the following specified cases:-1. Those who shall excite others t ° revolt or insurrection, with high treason in although without success. 2. Those who shall resist with an object of high treason the armed force. 3. Tho se w h o b e i ng arme d shall join a crowd, an d 0° obey the authorities who may enjoin them to withdr o 7; or who, durin g a revo l t , are seized with arms in t heir hands." BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., at Windsor, the wife of Captain Coch rane (late) Rifle Brigade of a son. On the 9th inst., at Harrow-on-the-hill, Madame G' Rualt, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., in William-street, Lowndes-square , t" wife of Robert Frederick Browne, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst., at Eltham, the wife of Henry RanisAY Baines, Esq., of a son. On the loth inst., at Loosleigh, Devon, the wife of Walter Ellis, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst., the wife of the Rey. W. B. Flower , 8 .A 7 Assistant-Classical Master at Christ's Hospital, London, O' a son. MARRIED. F. On the 11th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, the Baron Van de Capellen, toCatharina Van lioogstraten DIED. h Ep of Yesterday morning, Eliza, the wif e o f Mr. S. R. Bis h o p the Mitre, Downham•road, Kingsland, aged 34. On the 10th inst., in Lower Eaton-street, Grosvenor place, the Right Hen. Lady Montfort, wife of the Righ t lion. Lord Montfort. On the 6th inst., in Park-road, Mrs. Anna Brown, aged °. On the Bth inst., at Potternewton, near Leeds, C hal Frederick, infant s on o f C apta i n F re d er i c k Cleaveland, Bor g Horse Artillery. On the 10th inst., at Walmer Miss Staniforth , On the 10th inst., Sir John Leman Rogers, -uan-P Blachford, Devon, aged 68. __ -_---- . London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , a g 1129 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No.,- of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ii the colulq Middlesex, Tuesday, December 14, 1847. A pleasant little vaudeville, entitiecli;snche a Mancha, was produced here last evening, for the purpose of in troducing to an English audience M. Henri Allix, in the character of Montmedi. This Montmedi is an old veteran, who brings about a reconciliation between a Captain Geran (M. Tonrillon) and his lady, La Comtesse Aretheuse de Montabor (capitally acted by Madame Valmy), who are on the point of repa ration in consequence of the jealousy enter tained by the lady for a pretty soubrette, Marie, who has been introduced into the house by the husband under somewhat suspicious circumstances, a n d who has been dismi sse d by that lady. Montmedi, who knows something of the antecedents of the Coun tess, hints to her that he is aware of certain affairs in which she was concerned " long, long ago," and the Countess, imagining that he knows all, confesses that, some years before, she had given birth to a' daughter, and entreats him to keep the affair a secret from her husband, and also to seek out her daughter, o f whom age had long s i nce l ost s i g h t. H e consents, on condition that Marie shall remain. The husband Geran, also h as , a secret. He, t oo , h as h a d a daughter before his mar riage, and th a t d aug h ter : i s M ar i e. M ont medi re cognises in M ar i e a young g i r l whom he ha d sa v e d fro m insult some day s b e f ore , an d, f rom t h e papers confided to him by the Countess, proves that Marie is her long lost daughter. Marie marries Montmedi, and all end s happily. M. H enr i Alli x i s an excellent actor , full °( life, vivacit 3 , h umour , an d Lonhentinie. In person, voice, and style of acting ho hears a close resemblance to t he late Fawcett. The house was well and fashionably tended. LYCEUM THEATRE. A clever adaptation, by Mr. John Oxenford, of al French vaudeville :Tiridate was produced here l a !, evening with complete success, under the title of Th . Tragedy Queen. The tragedy queen is Mrs. Bn ic .. e d girdle (Mrs. Stirling), who has, by her acting, tarp') the head of a certain David Standfast (Mr. Parsell e i a law-student. Old Ebenezer Standfast s . Matthews), his father, an attorney of Banbury, fore's himself into .the presence of the ; tragedy ci ll 'h; and, bearing his testimony against the in i q u 'd s of stage plays and stage players, denial' 01 what she means by b egu ili ng h i s son fr° a his studies to fr equen t suc h w i c k e d past i me s, :i v , to seek to ally himself with a " stage woman." sets old Standfast's mind at rest by telling him she, eds soon cure his son o f hi s f o ll y ; an d when Davin "1„, for the first time an i n t erv i ew w i t h her, she rialel l ':a sentiment, poetry, and everything graceful, and is 'd coarse . and . boisterous that he leaves her in despair , The his life is in danger from his disappointment. ` t o father, more alarmed than ever, begs the trsg e he i r queen to come again to the rescue. Bridget , " pa .. servant (Miss Marshall), discovers that David is the F.,) l e tleman who had on one occasion saved Mrs. Braceg h- h , e from insult, and the actress herself finds that he is ', 9 d author of a beautiful tragedy, which has been accep t ed at the theatre on her recommendation. She seeks , r second interview with hi m , an d so c h arms h i m by hen manner of reciting so me exqu i s i te passages f rom his the tragedy, that he i s once more reconc i led to l i fe, a nd curtain falls. Mrs. Stirling acted the tragedy tltl-sb°°t to perfection. Th ese was a kind-hearted warmth 0 her inanner that was perf ec tly b ew i tc hi ng ; an d w° not surprised at the conversion of old Standfast from ht heresy of stage pl a y-h at i ng. Mi ss Marshall, as B r idget' made much of a lit t l e p art ; and F. Matthews made a. admirably stern o ld S tan df ast. The piece was c.-- pletely successful. r .~