biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-29

THE INDIAN NAVY.

• General Orders by Commodore Sir H. J. Leeke, R.N.,
K.H., Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy :
" Commodore's-office, Bombay, Oct. 12.

"General Memorandum.—The Commodore Com-
mander-in-Chief desires to express his very great regret
at losing the valuable services of so efficient an officer as
Captain Lynch, who is about to return to Europe on
leave, by the steam vessel Semiramis, on the 14th inst.

"In signing the order for Captain Lynch to deliver
over the command of the Feroze, the Commander-in-
Chief takes the opportunity of conveying to him the ex-
pression of the very high estimation in which he holds
his gallant and officer-like conduct during the whole of
.the war in Burmah, and of offering his most cordial and
sincere thanks for the meaner in which Captain Lynch
has conducted all the duties of a senior officer, upon a
detached service of no ordinary responsibility.
"The Commander-in-Chief, prior to Captain Lynch
leaving his ship, is desirous that he will convey his
thanks to all the commanders and officers, petty officers
and seamen, as well as the non-commissioned officers
and privates of the European Artillery, doing duty on
board the several ships of the Indian naval squadron,
who have served under him in Burmah,

" The Commander-in• Chief approves of their gallant
conduct, when under the fire of the enemy, as well as
his appreciation of the uniform good behaviour upon all
other occasions.

"The Commander-in-Chief further takes this oppor-
tunity of expressing his very great desire that the offi-
cers of the Indian navy, individually and collectively,
will follow the good example set them by Captain Lynch,
and earn for themselves the same high reputation and
character he has obtained, in that of being a most zeal-
ous, active, and gallant officer.
"H. J. LEEK, Commodore, Commander-in-Chief
of the Indian Navy."
Captain Lynch has had the honour of C.B. conferred
upon him, as announced in last week's Gazette, for his
war services in India.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ECHASES, FEB. 8.
permitting.)
idland Steeplechase.
Mr. Land's Needwoed
Mr. Blood's Star of England
Mr. Harvey's Little Char-
ley, aged
Mr. Higgins's Sir Philip
Mr. Davenport's Master
Croft (h.b.), 6yrs
Mr. Jones's br g by Algar,
dam by Wanderer
Mr. Jones's Maurice Daley
(h.b.), aged
Mr. Barry's Carrie
Mr. Balfe's Daphne

dling Steeplechase.
1 Mr. Jones's Cervus

Mr. Stathazn's Jesuit, aged
Mr. Jones's br g by Algar
Mr. Bretherton's Blue
Stockings, aged
Mr. Brown's Chatham

idicap Hurdle Race.
' Mr. Smythe's Wee Mickey
Mr. Cain's Luck's All
Mr. Blood's Star of England
Mr. Land's Melon, 6yrs
Mr. Evans's Teddesley (h. b.)
4yrs
Mr. Higgins's Maria Monk
Mr. Leigh's Beresford
Mr. Reynard's Newport,
aged

ling Hurdle Race.

Mr. Brown's Chatham

Air. Smyth's Wee Mickey
Mr. Blood's Barmaid, syra
Mr. Higgins's Maria Monk
Mr. Harrison's John Bright,
4yrs

We can state upon the best
London, England, 1853-12-29

OYSTERS-TO EPIC (TRES.

{) EENBOEOIIG R - and FAVERSHAM
• NATIVE OYSTERS.
T)ie most acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Barre
of the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S
Celebrated OYSTER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry.street, Piccadilly,
at ss. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs.
London, England, 1853-12-29

FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
The following testimonia, is another proof of the great efficacy
of this medicine :

" Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851.
"Sir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from
taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you
and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of
nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine.
I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion,
but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills,
I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief; and during
this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other
medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a
better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg
further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and
we know of nothing to equal it.
" I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
THOMAS PROVINCE.

" To Mr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London.
This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a
pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite he recommendation of a
mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re-
straint of diet or confinement daring their nse.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London,"on the
Government Stamp.
Price is. I d. and 2s. 9d. ner box.
London, England, 1853-12-29

CHANGE IN TIME OF PUBLICATION. .
riSHE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. XXXVIL, price 65., will be published on the 2d JANUARY.

CONTENTS: --

I. Niebuhr.
2. Modern Syria.
3. Recent Scientific Ballooning.
4. Coleridge as a Theologian.
5. Trades' Unions and Strikes.
6. Memoir of Dr. rye Smith.
7. Dante's "Beatrice."
8. French Literature under the Restoration.
9. The War—its Seat ,nd its Prospects.
10. Our Epilogue on Affairs and Books.
London : Jackson and Walford, 18, St. Paul's Churchyard ; and
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers' hall-court.

FRASER'S MAGAZINE for JANUARY,
Price 2s. 6d., or by post 35., contains—
The Birth of the Year. By Frederick Tennyson.
The Decline and Fall of the Corporation of London.—l. The Con-
stitution.
Dr. VOron's Memoirs.
General Bounce; or. The Lady and the Locusts. By the Author
of " Dishy Grand." Chaps. I. and IL
Lord Palmerston and the Presbytery of Edinburgh.
The Freight of the Jacobina.
A Visit to the Hospital for Sick Children.
The Principle of the Grecian Mythology ; or, How the Greeks
made their Gods.
Young Germany.
Cambridge Lite according to C. A. Bristed. With Notes by P.
Jenkinson.
Gallinaceana.
A Few Words on Irish Antiquities.
Derby ism.
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.

MINING. The ANNUAL REVIEW of
MINING OPERATIONS during 1853, (Including the GOLD
DISpOVERIEs), will appear in the " MINLNGPJOURNAL" of
Saturday next.—To be had at the " Mining Journal" °Mee, 26,
Fleet-street, London. and of all booksellers and newsmen, price Six-
pence.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—II.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
FIRST EXHIBITION of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES MAGNI-
FIED about 40,000 times on the Disc, with an ENTIRELY NEW

SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
LECTURES by Dr. BACROFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT
UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS-
TION, with Brilliant Experiments.
An HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE, illustrated with
DISSOLVING :CENERY, entitled " The ROAD, the RIVER, and
the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche
Young°, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every evening, except
Saturday, at Nine o'clock.

Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and
Children under Ten years of age, Half-price.
London, England, 1853-12-29

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.--At the Social
Re-unions of this Festive Season, the Fair and Youthful are
more than usually desirous of shining in
PERSONAL ATTRACTION

uniler the gaze of many friends; and the following unrivalled dis-
coveries for the Toiler are necessarily called into increased requisi-
tion, namely, ROWLANDS' MACAS4AR OIL, for creating and
sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ; ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, for
rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming; ROWLANDS' ODONTO,
or Pearl Dentifrice, for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth ;
and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous perfbme,
an essential accompaniment to places of public amnsement and
crowded assemblies. The patronage of royalty and rank and fashion
throughout Europe. and the well-known efficacy of these articles,
render them a peculiarly Elegant and Seasonable Present. Beware
of Spurious Imitations. The only genuine of each bears the name of
" RO WLANDS' " preceding that of the article on the wrapper or
label.

Soll by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London ;
and by Chemists and Perfumers.
London, England, 1853-12-29

OYSTERS-TO EPICURES.

0 lIEE NB Efftb Git and^ FAVERSHAM
NATIVE OYSTER S.
71te most acceptable Present at this 'season of the year is a Barre
of the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S
Celebrated OYSTER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry-street,
at ss. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs.
London, England, 1853-12-29

MECHI'S PREPARATIONS FOR
NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS.

Sensible that the season is approaching when love and friendship
give their tangible testimonials, MECHI has taken care to provide
an abundance of objects for tasteful selection.

None need deny themselves the luxury of giving, for the most in-
expensive as well as the most costly articles are to be found at his
Repository of Utilities and Elegances,

4, LEADENHALL-STItEET, London, near the India House.

England has always been renowned for its hearty Christmas libe-
rality, while " Le jour de I'an" of our lively neighbours the French is
equally consecrated to the gifts of affection. MECHI invites a visit
trom the natives of all countries to his emporium, where they may
be sure of putting their kind intentions into an acceptable shape.
In his Elegant Show-Rooms are displayed to the greatest ad-
vantage, a su ,erb stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen's dressing-
cases, work-boxes, tea-trays, work-tables, chess-tables, tea-caddies,
card-cases, &c. Those who desire to make really useful pre-
sents will find in the general department the best table cutlery, scis-
sors, thimbles, penknives, writing-desks, ivory and other hair-
brushes and combs, and a variety of goods adapted to every
exigency. Also bagatelle-tables, affording a charming amusement
on a wintry or wet day.
4, Leadenhall-street, London.
London, England, 1853-12-29

DELETERIOUS CON FECTIONARY.—Many
children hag been poisoned by eating the ornaments of
twelfth cakes, in cotiWequence of the general use of mineral colours
by confectioners, Messrs. PURSSELL, 78, Cornhill, near the Ex-
change, have introduced an entirely novel method of DECORATING
their CAKES with FRENCH RON EONS, &c., of delicious flavour ;
the colours, being prepared solely from vegetables, are quite harmless.
Ornamented cakes of every variety, suitable for country present*,
new year's gifts, &c. A great variety of fancy French and Swiss
pastry, mince pies, &c.—Messrs. Parnell, 78, Cornhill, near the Ex-
change only.
London, England, 1853-12-29

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.

U
and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
ILA SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and al. Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game. Soup. Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
guard to health.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street,
London, and 68. Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay
and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer-
chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce.
N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the naraes of "LEA
and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.
London, England, 1853-12-29

ie successful candidates.
ALFRED .LINCH SAUL, Sec.
853.

Those marked • are thi

Offices, RI, Cheapside, Dec. 28, 1

B AKER'S OVENS.
Mr. JOEIN LEE STEVENS,
1, Fish-street-hill.

sir,—l ani entirely satisfied with your PATENT SMOKELESS
OVEN ORATE, put np by Mr. BURTENSHAW, of Southwark-
bridge-road. in one of my ovens on these premises, and doubt not of
having_tbe invention adapted throughout my bakeries as convenient
opporfflnlttes occur. _ _

Besides subduing the smoke, it gives a quicker and better heating
to the oven than before, with a saving in coals of one-third ; and,
what is of more consequence to me, it leaves the oven free from soot,
which is otherwise so liable to spoil confectionery in the process of
baking. And I am, sir, yours truly,
20, Ludgate-bill, Dec. 27, 1853. JOHN R. PURSSELL.
London, England, 1853-12-29

all
all
100
,100

106
100
3i
100

Sb
10
St.
St.
St.

100
100
100
100
100
100

50
16i
St.
196
14

all
all
all
82
100
100

100-
42,i
34

100-
100
47i1
174
all
100

50
25
100
Bt.

100
31
,100

20
20
10
10

2.2
100
100
100
100

St.
10
St.
25

20
10
St.
25

all
51s.
100
20
11i
100

(Aberdeen ........
Ambg. Nottng. Bost.
& Eastn.

Belfast & Ballymena--
Btrmng. Wolverh. dr
Stour Valley..
Birkenhd. Lanesh. do
Cheshire Junet

!Do. Chesh. dr Birk.,l
£5O & £25 Cons.—
Do., £20........
IBlyth & Tyne original
£25 (iss. at £45)
Bristol & Exeter

Ca1ed0nian.............
l(Chester & Holyhead
iCork and Bandon....

:Cork, Black. & Pass.
'Cornwall

Dublin&BelfastJunc
Dundee Perth &Aber-
deen Junction .......
Do. New
East Anglian (£25 L.
&E.&L.&D.).....
Do., (£lB E. & H.)..
'Eastern Counties ..
:EasternUnion,A.stk.
IDo., do. B . .
'Do.NewA(lateThhds)
!East Lancashire ......
'Edinburgh & Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles...
'Edinb. Prth. &Dundee I
'Forth and ClydeJunc.
Glasgow & S.Western
Great Northern Stk..
IDo., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock
Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. )
Great Western..
Irish South-Easters.
Lancaster &Carlisle
Do., Third 5.........
Lancash. &Yorkshire
Do., Fifths
Do., Wet. Riding Un.
Leeds Northern
Liv. Crsby. &So nth pt
London & Blackwall
Lend. Tilb. & Sthend.
Lond.Bright. &S.Cst.
London & N. Western
Do. Fifths
Do. ,IG/.5h.,M&8...0
Do. Eighths
London & S.Western
Do., £40......
Lnndrry.&Coleraine!
Lndndrry. & Enuisk.!
Manch.Shef. &Lincln.
Do., Man. & Lin. Un.

Midland
Do. Birming. & Derby
Midland G. West. (Ir. )
Do. Shares .....
Newcastle &Carlisle..
Newmarket.
Do. Bury Extensions
Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry Warrenpoint
& Rostrevor
Norfolk.
Northn. Counties Un
North British
North Devon, No.l
Do., No. 2.. .......
Dc., A Deferred
Do., B Guaranteed
North London '
N. & S. Wstn., Hamp-
stead, and City Jn4

North Staffordshire
North Western '
N. & S. Westrn. Junc
Nuneaton, Hinckley,il
and Leicester
Oxford Worcester &
Wolverhampton '
Portsmouth
Scottish Central ...
Scottish Midland
Shrewsbury & Birmg
Do., L. & N. Westn
Guaranteed Stock
Shrewsby. & Herefd
Shrewsby. d; Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)....„
Do. Halves, do
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B,C, & D, fully
paid up at per cent
South Devon
South Eastern
Sotink Wales
S. Yorksh. River Dun

1D0...........
.....
.......

Staines,Wok.,&Wok.
Stockton & Darling
Stockton & Hartlepl
Taff Vale
Do. £lO shades
Do. Pref., No. 1
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath

Watcrfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Limerick
West C0rnwa11........

West End of London
and Crystal Palace
West London
Wmbledon &Croydon

York No wctl. dz Bcrw,

iDo. Extensions.
Do. G.N.E. Purchase'
York & N. Midland..
London, England, 1853-12-29

ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS,
SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, ,"69,-70," 71, 72, IS, 74,
and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs,
Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. •
London, England, 1853-12-29

BIRTHS.

OF A BON.
j,„rooth
On the 27th inst., at Farnborough-terrace, Ba''"--
the wife of W Sm, Esq.
On the 27th. inst.,ith at 19, Thurloe-place, the wife of J°l
Pugh Bridgwater, Esq.
OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 27th inst., at Brompton-barracks, Chatharat
wife of Frederick Beswick, Esq., 38th Regiment. e
ford,
of New Alr
On the 27th inst., at the rectory
Rants, Lady Maria Brodie, wife of the Rev.
e!Ai.

Af A KRIED.
At Woolwich, on the 27th, inst., Mr. Francis E...-4°,4,,011;
EfougT.
ton, youngest son of the late Captain Evelyn
R.N., to Miss Emily Dixon Gassiot, both of Wool,wl geo•
At 6, Ann street, Edinburgh, on the 27th inst., to
George Campbell, minister of Eastwood, Renfrewal.ltTp.•
Euphemia Harriet, daughter of W. Graham, ESC'', ij
of the Scottish Naval and Military AcademY.

DIED.
On the 25th inst., at Reddish-house, near Stock-P°raist
the 14th year of her age, Elizabeth Dreghorn,
-'°—
daughter of Hugh Beaver, Esq., of Bryn-Glas,
gomeryshire.
Suddenly, on the 26th inst., in her 74th year,
relict of Mr. Robert Harrild of houndhill. Sydenhanl•in
On the 27th inst R tral'
at Bath, ev.
thO
e S-th .) year of hi, age. Esq.,
the 28th iust , in his 70th year, Charles Stokes,
F.R.S., of Verulani-buildings, and the Stock Esehang°.
Elizabeth,

LONDON : Printed and Published by MI7ItDO Y0LT14...y
O'J
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TJe Sun Office, O.
04
Pol
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in thy °QV
Middlesex, Thursday, December 29, 1863.
London, England, 1853-12-29

DELETERIOUS CON FECTIONARY. —Man y
children having been poisoned by eating the oraaments of
twelfth cakes, in consequence of the general use of mineral colours
by confectioners, Messrs. PURSIELL, 78, Cornhill, near the Ex-
change, have introduced an entirely novel method of DECORATING
their CAKES with FRENCH RON BONS, &c., of delicious flavour;

the colours, being prepared solely from vezetables, are quite harmless.
Ornamented cakes of every variety, suitable fur country presents,
new year's gins, &c. A great variety of fan,:y French and swiss
pastry, mince pies, &a —Messrs. Pursed% 78, Cornhi:l, near the Ex-
change oely.
London, England, 1853-12-29

NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE
COMPANY.
NOTICE is -ItEREBY GIVEN, that' the FOITRTII INSTAL-
MENT of'll. per Share (making 51,in all), will become PAYABLE
on the shares of this Company on the 30th December next.
Shareholders are requested to pao the same at the banking-house
of Messrs, Mastersoan and Co., Nicholas-lane, London, whose receipt
must afterwards- he presented with the shares at the offices of the
Company, in, order that the amount of the call may be endorsed
thereon.
• ,' • By order of the 13oard,
GEO. FASSON, Secretary.
3, Adelaide•place, London-bridge, t6th Nov., 1853.
London, England, 1853-12-29

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS,
For Orphans and Necessitous Children, Wanstead.

PRESIDENT -JOHN MASTERMAN, isq., M.P.
A GENERAL COURT of the Governors of ti.is Institution was
held at the London Tavern, this day (Wednesday), the 28th inst.,
GEORGE MOORE, Esq., in the chair;

At which an Election of 12 children for admission into the schools
took place. At the close of the poll, the result was declared as fol-
lows:

BOYS.

j
Adderley, Henry „, ...... 3,094 M`Ribbin, James ........ *4,800
Bowden, Thomas Alfred.. 1,380 Mee, George Edward ...• 2,362
Cane, Frederick William.. 1,759 Phillips, Henry .... ..., 150
Ewing, Charles Henry.... *3,719 Sternberg, James Robert.. 1,741
Fox, William.. •• • • ...... *4,148 ,windell, Charles .....• .. 1,373
Hopkins, James.. ...... .. 3,607 Stockdale, James ........ *3,985
Howell, Richard Adolphus *4,002 Travis, G. Robert .... • • .. *7,142
Keene, George Henry.... 1,851 Tweddle, Latincelot Marshall 408
Kempsten, Robert.. • • .... *3,61 Williams, Robert Haworth *3,807
London, England, 1853-12-29

DERBY STEEPL:

(Weather p
Entries for the Mii

Mr. Mason's Oscar
Mr. Hive's ns. b. g. by
Priam, jun., aged.
Mr. Jones's Cervus
Mr. Boyce's Victress
Mr. Thompson's Burnt
Sienna, aged
Mr. Moseley, jun.'s Vain-
he pe
Mr. Moseley, jun.'s Trout
Mr. Choice's Spring, syrs
Mr. King's ns. Newman
Noggs, syrs
Mr. Barnett's Diana, aged

Entries for the Se]
Mr. Boyce's Cigar
Mr. Boyce's Victress
Mr. Blood's Slashing Painter
Mr. King ns. Lord Byron,

5 yrs
Mr. Davenport's Tom Bow-
ling (h.b.) aged
Entries for the Hai
Mr. Boyce's Alp
Mr. Boyce's Victress
Mr. Choyce's cby Drayton,
4yrs
Mr. Harrison's John Bright,
4yrs
Mr. James's Bullfincher

(h.b.).
Mr. Jones's br g by Algar
Mr. Tateson ns. Galileo,
syrs

Entries for the Se]
Mr. Boyce's Alp
Mr. Boyce's Victress
Mr. Jones's Cervus
Mr. Lowe's Sara Rosello,
syrs
Mr. Gent's The Friendless
Boy (h.b.), syrs

BROTHER TO AUTOCRAT.

authority, that the negociations some time pending for
the purchase of this promising yearling have just been
completed, and that he has become the property of R.
E. Cooper, Esq., the owner of his illustrious brother.
The price is reported to be 800 sovs., with heavy con-
tingencies in the event of winning the Derby, &c. The
only engagements to which the juvenile son of Bay Mid-
dleton and Empress, by Emilius, stands pledged, are in
the name of Mr. Herbert, when three years old in 1855,
to a Sweepstakes each at the Bibury Club and Salisbury
Meetings, and to the Derby ; nominated by his present
proprietor, in anticipation by many months of the pur-
chase, The Russian.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]--The Earl of Aldborough and Hol-
loway's Pills.—Au astounding cure by this miraculous
medicine after every other means had failed. See ex-
tract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina,
Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway.
Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected
a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all
the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the
Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the
waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) ADDEO-
Rouari." These wonderful pills will cure any' disorders
of the liver or stomach.—Sold also Holloway's ointment,
at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand,
London and by all medicine renders throughout the
kingdom
London, England, 1853-12-29

FRANCE.

The rumour is circulated in some Legitimist or
Fusionist circles that the Count de Chambord has
been intted to the English Court, and that the
visit wMtalie place in the month of March next,
when the—ex-Queen of the French has returned
from her visit to Spain, and when the united family
will be received by her Britannic Majesty. It is
added that a letter to that effect has been received
in Paris from Frohsdorf from a well-known noble-
man personally attached to the household of the
Count de Chambord. There is no truth in the
rumour already alluded to, but several persons pro-
fess to believe it.

It is said the good understanding between the
English and French Governments on the Eastern
Question has been further cemented by a very im-
portant act. In virtue of the line of policy agreed
to between the two Governments, a draft was sent
to London on Saturday last of a declaration to be
drawn up by the two Governments, and communi-
London, England, 1853-12-29

'CHRISTMAS GIFTS.—It is truly said. that
few things form a more welcome Present than an elegant
SHAWL, a Mantle, or Silk Dress, than can now be obtained at halt
their real value, owing to the Retirement of Mr. Merrett, and the
necessity for an immediate SELLING OFF. Every article is marked
in plain figures, and will fully sustain the high reputation enjoyed
during a quarter of a century by Warwick House, 142 and 144,
Regent-street, London.
London, England, 1853-12-29

" The Secretary of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce."

The specifications referred to by Mr. Fonblanque are
as follows. They originated, it appears, with the Brad-
ford Chamber of Commerce, in a memorial to the Board
of Trade :

"1. Woollen goods (comprehending all Pieces
goods of which either the warp or the weft„l and
or both are Woollen) 3 value.
"2. Worsted goods (comprehending all Pieces
goods of which either the warp or the weft, and
or both are worsted) . value.

.1 'Par ds and
value.
London, England, 1853-12-29

THE FIRST VOLUME
Embellished with 14 Portraits, price 7s. 6d. bound of the
CHEAP EDITION of LIVES of the QUEENS
of ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND.
Will be published with the Magazines, Dec. 31. To be completed
in 8 monthly volumes.
Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and
Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1853-12-29

" 3. Flannels .

"4. "Carpets—viz., carpets and druggets t Yards and
• made of wool f value.
PP „ carpets co posed of wool
mixed with cotton, Yards and
linen, or other ma- value.
terial

Pairs and

"5. Blankets

value.
"6. Shawls, woollen or worsted 1 ) No. and
value.
"7. Hosiery, ,woollen or worsted, viz ,) Dozens
stockings and
other articles) value.
"8. Small wares and articles, woollen or)
worsted, not properly falling under any of Value,
the foregoing heads
" Yarn, woollen
„ worsted

. Pounds and value.
.. Pounds and value
London, England, 1853-12-29

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS,

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
FIRiT EXHIBITION of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES MAGNI-
FIED about 40,40 times on the Disc, with an ENTIRELY NEW

SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
LECTURES by Dr. BACHOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT
UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
LECTURE' by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS-
TION, with Brilliant Experiments.
Any HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE, illustrated with
DISSOLVING -CENERY, entitled " The ROAD, the RIVER, and
the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Ecq., 'assisted by Miss Blanche
Younge, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every evening, except
Saturday, at Nine o'clock.
Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and
Childr n under Ten years of age, Half-price.
London, England, 1853-12-29

110 the CHARITABLE.—Members of Societies
and others, now preparing their cugtomary gifts to the Poor
at this inclement season, are advised that FLANNELS, BLANKETS,
and all similar materials, calculated to give not merely an empty
appearance, but the actual warmth and usefulness intended by
benevolent donors ; such are SELLING OFF at a great reduction
from their actual value, in consequence of the recent dissolution
of Partnership, at Warwick mouse, 142 and 144, Regent-street.
London, England, 1853-12-29

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 24
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases ,

. _
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, ando,Senses....„ 1
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 45
Diseases of th,_ t:Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration . ..
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 4
Premature Birth and Debility 36
Atrophy 3l
Old Age
Sudden
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 9l
Causes not specified

DEATHS FRO3I ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the

1851. of 1.852. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522 ~. 196
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females.

871 1,399
742
657

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

Total .

.. 1,545

CHURCH RATES. —The poll of the parish on the ques-
tion of a rate for restoring the Abbey Church tower, at
Malvern, took place on Tuesday last, when 291 votes
were recorded (under Sturges Bourne's Act) for the
rate, and 50 for a delay of twelve months. The num-
ber of the voters for the rate was 136, against it 34.
Lady Emily Foley came from Stoke Edith to record
her vote for the rate.—Biriningliam Gazette.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]-Fifty thousand Cures have been
effected by Du Barry'sdelicious Revalenta Arabica Food,
without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as it saves
fifty times its cost in other remedies).— Twenty-five years
nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from
which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi-
cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured
by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R.
Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dys-
pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and
I nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice
• /many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's
delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy
to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid.
lington Rectory, Norfolk." "Three years' excessive
nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and
general debility, which rendered my life very miserable,
has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent
food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen."
—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia,
nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency,
spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomittings, has
been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly,
Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Copies of testi-
monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart
de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Drs. Ure,
Shorland, and Harvey (gratis).
.In canisters, with full
instructions, lib., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ;
121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The
101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry aad Co,,
77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, Mason, and
Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1853-12-29

GIRLS.

I
Bradbury, Isabella Frances *3,322 Murray, Henrietta ..... . 1,706
Cockerton, Ann.. ...... .. 1,729 Patten, Jessie. .. .. .. • .•. 496
Cooper, Mary Helen.. •. . • *2,964 Taylor, Caroline King.... 846
Davis, Catherine .. ••.. .. *4,178 I Wilcox, Fanny Emily .. .. 2,265
Hextall, Elizaleth Adelaide*4,46s I

Those marked • are the successful candidates.
ALFRED LINCH SA.UL., Sec.
Offices, 81, Cheqpside, Dec. 28, 1853.
London, England, 1853-12-29

FOREIGN.

&atwrp & Rotterdam
Belgian East. Junct
Beziers to Graissessac
Central of Italy
Charleroi & Erquelin
Demerara

Dijon and Besagon
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Do. Extension
Gt. Indian Peninsula
Gd. Junet. of France
Gd. Trunk. of Canada
Shrs. and Bonds
Gt. Central of France
Gt. Westn. of Ca
Shares
Do. bonds(l i55.)1857
Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent •
Lake Const. & Basle
Lucca and Pistoja, 5
per ,cent. pref.
Luexembourg
Do. (Railway)

Do
Do. (Canal)
Do. 6 p. cent. pref.
Lyons & Mediterran
Madras
Maria Antonia
Do. New
Melbourne Dk. & Ry
Namur & Liege (with
interest
Do. (cx interest)
Northern of France
Do. 2U/. 3 p. c. Bds
[fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.]
NorwegianTruk. Pref
Paris and Lyons
Do. bonds
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Paris Caen& Cherbrg
Quebec & Richmond
Rouen and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Meuse
Do. 5i per cent. pref
IS.E. of France
Southern of France
St. Andrews & Quebec
Upper India Scrip
West Flanders
Do. 51 per c. Pref
Western of France
West. of Switzerland,
Wiesbaden
Zealan .........

i -
711
....--
London, England, 1853-12-29

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

Lefsee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, DEc. 29,
Will be la formed GWYNI,TETH VAUGHAN. Characters by
Messrs. Belton and Morgan, Miss Featherstone, &e.
After which, DELICATE ATTENTIONS.
To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the
Land of Toys.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckstone.

TIIIS EVENING, DEC, 22,

Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters
by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Buckstone, and W. Farren ; Mrs.
Buckingham, Mrs. Poynter, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Miss E. Grey.
After which, a Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called
HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEAR,, ; or, Little Silverhair
and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown ; Harlequin, Mr. J.
Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. 11. Marshall.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 29,
Will be perfornied THE LANCERS ; or, The Gentleman's Son,
Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon.
and D. Fisher; Ars. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq.
After which will he pres,nted a new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN-
TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN ANL) THE MILLER AND
HIS MEN ; or, King Salamaudar and the Fairy of the Azure
Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormaek ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; PautWoon,
Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough.

LYCEUM THEATItE.

Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
TIES EVENING, DEc. 29,

Will be perfsnmed A B.ICIIELOR OF ARTS. Characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes.
After which, an original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE
UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KENOS.' Principal cha-
racters by Air. Wright and Madame Vestris.
To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
Rare Christmas Amusements—The Great Attraction of London—
"One of the Sights of London"—The Sea of Ice and Marvellous
Adelphl Effects in the exciting new Nautical Drama of THE
THIRST OF GOLD," every Evening—A new Grand Fairy Spec-
tilde, NUMBER NIP.
London, England, 1853-12-29

This day, foolscap octavo, 2s. 6d. cloth, Vol. I. of the

POETICAL WORKS of JOHN DRYDEN,
with Historical and Illustrative Notes and Biographical
Memoir, containing New Facts and several Original Letters of the
Poet; now published for the flat time, being the commencement of

A NEW AND ANNOTATED EDITION
OF TUE
ENGLISH POETS, by ROBERT BELL.
To be continued in Monthly Volumes, 2s. 6d. each, in cloth.
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.
London, England, 1853-12-29

ACTON'S COOKERY BOOK.
The Twelfth Edition, in fcp. Bvo, price 7s. 6d.,
FLIZA ACTON'S MODERN COOKERY
reduced to a System of Easy Practice: With Directions for
Carving.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
London, England, 1853-12-29

Melbourne 'and Gee-

long 7os to 95
Do. Wharf Bss to 100
Adelaide
Azores
Bahia
Barcelona 40s to 50
Batavia and Sourabaya... 50
Beyrout 274
Bilboa and Santander 45
Bombay 40s to 50
Boston (payable abroad) _

_
17s 6d 6 20
Buenos Ayres sos to 60
Cadiz and Seville 40s to 50
Calcutta
Cape Town .......
Ceylon
Charleston
Cienfuegos
Demerara 5O
Gibraltar 17A
Guernsey 2O
Havannah '3ss to 40
Jamaica, Kingston 35s to 40
„ Falmouth 40s to 45
Jersey lss to 17i
Laguayra and Puerto Ca-

1:7e11;
Leghorn and Malta 2O
At Glasgow freights ru

Australia—
Melbourne Wrf. 90s to 100

Geelong 9os to 100
Barbadoes
Boston, U.S.
Genoa
Halifax and New York 6O
Hamburg 2O
Lima 6os to 70

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Business done
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 ,3
New 34 per Cent. Annuities 9si 5
India Bonds, £lOOO ....... ............
Ditto, under £lOOO
Consols for Opening 18th Jan.
India Stock for Account..
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£lOOO
2500 ..

931
2451

7 4 p
7 4 p
7 4 p

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto New, 1852, 4.1 per Cent 92i x d
Equador Bonds
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 42i
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St —
Ditto 4i per Cent 9Ba
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9O i i
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46f
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2ll 2

Dividends on the above payable:in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull 64i
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates......_, 96
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols for Opening 18th January, „ .... 93i x d
London, England, 1853-12-29

THOMAS SALT and CO.,
EAST INDIA PALE ALE BREWERS,
BURTON-ON-TRENT.
STORES.
London .• 22, Hungerford-whari.
Liverpool ............ 52, Henry-street.
Manchester •• ...• .... 37, Brown-street.
Birmingham •..., 26%, Lull-street.
Bristol Back Hall, 13aldwiu-stloct.
Nottingham •• .. 14, Milton-street.
Dublin ........ 4, Crown-alley.
Edinburgh • ... 17, Downie-place.
Dundee 13, New Inn Entry, High-street.
London, England, 1853-12-29

FIVE THOUSAND • Fresh, Large, and Fat
TURKEYS, .GEESE, FOWLS, and - OSTEND RARBITS,
which arrived too late, for sale on Saturday last, will be cleared off
daily without any reserve by THURSDAY next, by GEORGE and
EDWARD BROOKE, Salesman, Leadenhall-market.
London, England, 1853-12-29

ITALY.

-
From the Ticino Gazette, we learn the Federal
Government has obtained from that of Baden a
modification of the severe regulations existing.
that duchy with regard to the transit of arms 111;
tended for the Swiss cantons. The declaration 01
the canton to which the arms belong, signed bi
the Charge d'Affaires of Baden, need now n°
longer be sent to the central government for sr
proval, but it will be sufficient to show it to the
local authorities.
London, England, 1853-12-29

PERIODICALS FOR JANUARY.

B LAQKWOO D'S MAGAZINE,
No. CCCCLIX. Price 2s. 6d.

. .
CONTENTS.
A Painter in Persia.'..
The Quiet Heart. Part H.
Dives.
The English at Home—By a Frenchman Abroad.
The Past and Future of China.
The Last Fruit off ad Old Tree.
The Beverages we Infuse.
The Aberdeen Cabinet.
THE JOURNAL of AGRICULTURE and
the Tit. IN ,ACTIONS of the HIGHLAND and AGRICUL-
TURAL t•OCIETY Of SCOTLAND. No. %LIU., price 3s.' com-
prising an nee.at of "Bell's Reaping-Machine," by the
mlnventor,
the Rev. P. Bell, with Engravings.

pROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S CHEMISTRY
OF COMMON LIFE.

No.. 11., price Sixpence; contains.—
THE BOLT. WE CULTIVATE.
TUE PLANT WE _REAR.

PEOPLE'S EDITION.

ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE
Part IX. Price One Shilling.

Vol: 111., price Four Shillings in cloth.
To be completed in 44 Parts, forming 12 vols.
V.
CHEAP EDITION.

W ORKS OF SAMUEL WARREN.
Part V., price One Shilling..

Vol. L, price ss. 6d. in cloth, containing
THE DIARY OF A LATE PHYSICIAN
complete.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and Lonlon.
Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen, and at the Railway sta.
tlons.
London, England, 1853-12-29

CHANGE IN TIME OF PUBLICATION.
1 SHE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. XXXVIL, price 65., will he published on the 2d JANUARY.

CONTENTS :--

1. Niebuhr.
2. Modern Syria.
3. Recent Scientific Ballooning.
4. Coleridge as O. Theologian.
5. Trades' Unions and Strikes.
6. Memoir of Dr. Pye Smith.
7. Dante's "Beatrice."
8. French Literature under the Restoration.
9. The War—its Seat and its Prospects.
10. Our Epilogue on Affairs and Books.
London: Ja k‘on and Walford, 18, St. Paul's Churchyard; and
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers' hall-court.

FRASER'S MAGAZINE for JANUARY,
Price 2s. 6d., or by post 35., contains—
The Birth of the Year. By Frederick Tennyson.
The Decline and Fall of the Corporation of London.—l. The Con-
stitution.
Dr, Veron's Memoirs.
General Bounce; or, The Lady and the Locusts. By the Author
of Digby Grand."' Chaps. I. and 11.
Lord• Palmerston and the Presbytery of Edinburgh.
The Freight of the Jacobina.
A visit to the Hospital for Sick Children.
The Principle of the Grecian Mythology ; or, How the Greeks
made their Gods.
Young Germany.
Canforidze Lite according to C. A. Bristed. With Notes by P.
Jenkinson.
Gallioacerna.
A Few Words on Irish Antiquities.
Derbyistn.
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.

MINING. The ANNUAL' REVIEW of
MINING OPERATIONS (luring 1853, (Including the GOLD
DISCOVERIES), will appear in the " MINING JOURNAL" of
Saturday next.—To be had at the " Mining Journal" office, 26,
Fleet street, London, and of all booksellers and newsmen, price Six-
pence.
London, England, 1853-12-29

'Aberdeen .

Ambg. Nottng. Bost.
& Eastu. June.
Belfast & Ballymena
Birmng. Wolverh &
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Lauesh &
Cheshire &met—.

Do. Chesh. d; Birk.,
£5O & £25 Cans....

Do., £20...
Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (iss. at £45)
Bristol & Exeter
Caledonian. .... ......
Chester & Holyhead
Cork and Bandon

!Cork, Black. & Pass.

Cornwall
Dublin&BelfastJunc
Dundee Perth &Aber-
deon Junction

IDo. New ...............

(Fast Auglian (X 25 L.

& E. &I. ttb.)..,..

IDo., (XIB E. &
Eastern Counties
EasternUnion,A. stk
Do., do. 8......
Do,liewA(lateTLirds)
East Lancashire
lEd inburgh & Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles

idinl);Prth.&Duncieol
Forth and ClydeJunc.
Glasgow & S. Western
Great Northern Stk
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock
Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.)
Great Western
Irish South-Easters

Lancaster &Carlisle.
Do., Thirds
Lancasta. &Yorkshire
Do., Fifths
Do., Wst. Riding Un
Leeds Northern
Liv.Crsby. &South pt
London & Blackwall
Lond. Tilb. & Sthend.
Lond.Bright. &S.Cst.
London & N. Western
Do. Fifths
Do. ,16/.Sh.,M&B ...0
Do. Eighths
London & S.Western
Do., £4O
Lndndrry.&Coleraine
Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
Manch.Shef. &Lincln.
Do., Man. &Lin. Un.
Midland .......
Do. Birming. &Derby
Midland G. West.(lr.)
Do. Shares
Newcastle & Carlisle..
Newmarket......
Do. Bury Extensions
Newpt.AbergAHtfd
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry Warrenpoint
& Rostrevor
Norfolk..
Northn. Counties Un
North British
North Devon, No.l
Do., No. 2........
De., A Deferred
Do., B Guaranteed
North London ,
N. & S. Wstn., Hamp-1
stead, and City Jn..
North Staffordshire..
North Western........
N. & S. Westrn. June
Nuneaton, Hinckley,
and Leicester
Oxford Worcester &
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Shrewsbury & Birmg
Do., L. & N. Westn
Guaranteed Stock
Shrewsby. & Herefd
Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Do. Halves, do.
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B,C, &D, fully
paid up at per cent ,
South Devon
South Eastern
South Wales
S. Yorksh. River Dun

Do . . . .
Staines,Wok.,&Wok.
Stockton & Darling
Stockton & Hartlepl
Taff Vale...
Do. .£lO shades
Do. Pref., No. 1
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway...—.
Vale of
Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Limerick
West Cornwall..
West End of London
and Crystal Palace..
West London
. Wmbledon &Croydon,
York Nowctl. do Berw.
Do. Extension:
Do. G.N.E. Purchase
York & N. Midland
London, England, 1853-12-29

ITALY.

From the Ticino Gazette, we learn the Federal
Government has obtained from that of Baden a
modification of the severe regulations existing.in
that duchy with regard to the transit of arms
tended for the Swiss cantons. The declaration of
the canton to which the arms belong, signed bl
the Charge d'Affaires of Baden, need now n°
longer be sent to the central government for er
proval, but it will be sufficient to show it to the
local authorities.
London, England, 1853-12-29

no AKER'S OVENS.
Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS,
1, Fish-street-hill.

Sir,—l am entirely satisfied with your PATENT SMOKELESS
OVEN %RATE, put up by Mr. BURTENSHAW. of Southwark-
bridge-road, in one of my ovens on these promises, and doubt not of
having the invention adapted throughout my bakeries as convenient
opportunities occur.

Besides subduing the smoke, it gives a quicker and better heating
to the oven than before, with a saving in coals of one-third; and,
what is of more consequence to me, it leaves the oven free from soot,
which is otherwise so liable to spot; confectionery in the process of
baking. And I am, air, yours truly.
.20, Ludgate-bill, Dec. 27. 1853. JOHN R. PURSAELL.
London, England, 1853-12-29

No. 19,114.]

NOTICE.—VOLUME 111. OF THE
CHEAP RE-ISSUE OF EVELYN'S DIARY
vv AND CORRESPONDENCE,
Will be ready with the Magazines, Dec. 31. To be completed in
one more volume, price only 6s. bound.
Published for Henry Colbnrn, by his successors Hurst and Blackett,
13, Great Marlborough-street.

TIIE FIRST VOLUME
Embellished with 14 Portraits. price 7s. (id. bound of the
CHEAP EDITION_ of LIVES of the QUEENS
of EXGLAND. , By AGNIi,'S STRICI(LAND.
Will be published with the Magazines, Dec. 31. To be completed
in't3 monthly volumes.
Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Burst and
Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

FERIODICALS FOR JANUARY.

BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE,
No. CCCCLIX. Price 2s. 6,1.

CONTENTS.
A Painter in Perfia.
The Quiet Heart. Part 11.
Dives.
The English at Home—By a Frenchman Abroad.
The Past and Future of China.
The Last Fruit off an Old Tree.
The Beverages we Infuse.
The Aberdeen Cabinet.
11.
EIHE JOURNAL of AGRICULTURE and
the TRANSACTIONS of the HIGHLAND and AGRICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND. No. XLIII., price 35,, corn-
prising an account of " Bell's Reaping-Machine," by the Inventor,
tlie Rev. P. Bell, with Engravings.

PROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S OILEMISTRY
OF COMNIOICTIFICr--

No. 11., price Sixpence, contains—
THE SOIL WE CULTIVATE.
THE PLANT WE REAR.

PEOPLE'S EDITION.
ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE.
Part IX. Price One Shilling.

Vol. 111., price Four Shillings in cloth.
To be completed in 44 Parts, forming 12 vole.

CHEAP EDITION.

ORKS OF SAMUEL WARREN.
Part V.; price One Shilling.

• •
Vol. T., price 6d. in cloth, containing
THE DIARY OF A LATE PHYSICIAN
complete.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.
Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen, and at the Railway sta-
tions.
London, England, 1853-12-29

This day, foolscap octavo, 2s. 63. cloth, Vol. T. of the

pOETIdAL WORKS of JOIN DRYDEN,
with Historical. and Illustrative Notes and Biographical
Memoir, containing New Facts and several Original Letters of the
Poet, now published for the first time, being the commeacement of

A NEW AND ANNOT&TED EDITION
OF THE
ENGLISH POETS, by ROBERT BELL.
To be continued in Monthly Volumes, 2s. Gd. each, in cloth.
London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.
London, England, 1853-12-29

STRAND THEATRE.

Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs.

THIS EVENING, DEC. 29,

The Performances will commence with the Opera of THE IRISH
EMIGRANT'S DREAM. Principal characters by Miss G. Hodson,
Mr. H. Manley, Miss R. Isaacs, Miss Fanny Reeves, &c.

After which, a new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled
FIARLEQUIN AND KING NUTCRACKER; or, The World of
Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna;
Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Columbine, Miss Coward.

After which, THE PET OF THE PUBLIC. Principal characters
by Mademoiselle de Laney and Miss Eebecca Isaacs.

Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pitt, 28. ; Gallery, ls. ; Private Boxes,
11, ls., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
grand combination of attraction for the Holidays. The only Eques-
trian Pantomime in the Metropolis, and the wonderhsl Performing
Elephants.

THIS EVENING, Dze. 22,
(And during the week.)
The New Grand Equestrian Chinese Spectacle, entitled " THE
WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST; or, THE MAGIC GONG—
in which Mr. W. Cooke's wondrous Elephants will appear.
Followed by a series of Mr. Wm. Cooke'e matchless scenes of
Equestrianism in THE CIRCLE, by the talented artistes of this
establishment.

After which, a New Grand Equestrian CHRISTMAS COMIC
PANTOMIME, written expressly; for this Theatre, by Mr. NELSON
LEE, entitled BILLY BUT CON'S JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ;
or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Favourite.

New scenery, dresses, decorations, and appointments, magnificent
Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Columbine,
Mdlle. Christine ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman ; and Two Clowns, Mr.
C. Adams and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bradbury.
A MORNLNG PERFORMANCE on JAN. 2, commencing at two.
Juvenile Nigibt on THURSDIY, JAN. 5, when the Comic Panto-
mime will commence the Performances.

Boa-office open tom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
West.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1853.

State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude►.

TUNBRIDGE—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.

GREENWICH—N., strong breeze—cloudless.
STROOD—N., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock :
LIMERTCK—N.E., calm—cloudless—frost.
MULLINGAR--N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
FOLKESTONE—N.W., gentle breeze -overcast.
GREENWICH—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TEAS DAY —Horning 27 min.after 12 Evening 52 min.aft. 12
To-Noamovi—Morning 20 min.after 1 Evening 46 min.aft. 1

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, DEC. 29.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
33—highest since noon yesterday.
26—lowest this morning and during the night.
31—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.25—risen half an inch since yesterday.
WIND, N.E.—Moderate breeze, and fine, clear, sharp
frosty weather.
London, England, 1853-12-29

4, LEADENHALL-STREET, London, near the India House.

England has always been renowned for its hearty Christmas libe-
rality, while " Le Jour de l'an" of our lively neighbours the French is
equally consecrated to the gifts of affection. MECHI invites a visit
from the natives of all countries to his emporium, where they may
be sure of putting their kind intentions into an acceptable shape.
In his Elegant Show-Rooms are displayed to the greatest ad-
vantage, a superb stock of Ladles' and Gentlemen's dressing-
cases, work-boxes, tea-trays, work-tables, chess-tables, tea-caddies,
card-cases, &c. Those who desire to make really useful pre-
sents will find in the general department the best table cutlery, scis-
sors, thimbles, penknives, writing-desks, ivory and other hair-
brushes and combs, and a variety of goods adapted to every
exigency. Also bagatelle-tables, affording a charming amusement
on a wintry or wet day.
4, Leacienhall-street, London.