The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-03 00:00:00

HARMONIC UNION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—Raving observed in the reports given in one or
two of the papers of the first performance of the Har-
monic Union, that there are paragraphs which tend to
injure the professional reputation of Mr. Morgan (their
organist) in the opinion of the public, especially such
portion as were not present at the performance, in jus-
tice to him, I trust you will not refuse to find space for
these few lines in your valuable columns to correct the
unfavourable influence it may otherwise produce.
pre'
think it will only be necessary to state that I was,
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sent with a friend at the performance of " Joseph,
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carriage
was afterwards standing with my friend near the Fa 11TH
entrance of Exeter-hall, when Mr. C. Horsley (the ivurr.
poser of the Oratorio), after shaking hands withtir kesvefnor-
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should preside at the organ at any fu co
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plimented him for the efficiency °f
-t judge of the merits
Mr. Horsley must surely be. a b.
the Oratorio. Mr. Benedict (the
the performance of his
critics of one or two
own Oratorio than even the
I cannot help thinking their
papers I could name, and I
be
to call the attention of
remarks unjust ; therefore g
and adequacy of the organtstt:snieni
facts I have stated, if you will
insertion, as an act of justice to a pro-
kindly allow their
depending, ,c,r
hdiusctor) also
as he must do, to a certain ex-
fessional man,
public opinion. When I recollect the
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the musical
tent, so much on gse he received in Exeter-hall on the
tremendous aPP a .
solo
f his performing a to a crowded assembly,
occasion o
and although (according to the opinion of the late vice-
public to the
• ent of the London Sacred Harmonic Society) i
presld
created more enthusiasm among the audience than he
had seen since Mendelssohn was among them—when I
also recollect that no notice was taken of it by any of th
papers scarcely save your own—l cannot think the
musical reporters for the press have treated Mr. Morgan
fairly ; and as I know he is considered (by the very best
judges) possessed of extraordinary talent, your in-
serting the above remarks will, I think, be no more than
an act of justice to him.—l have the honour to remain,
Sir, your obedient servant,

A LOVER OF JUSTICE.

Dec. 27, 1852.
enclose you my card and address.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager

THIS EVENING

Will be performed the popular and highly attractive Comedy o.
MASKS AND FACE 3; or, Before and Behind the Certain—by
Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray. Stuart, and Parselle;
%Irs. Stirling Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Rosa Bennett, and 31iss
Fenny Maskell.

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After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitle! LEO THE
TERRIBLE.

To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and
SETTLE U.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.

THI3 EVENING, Jan. 3, will be performed the Comic Drama
called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Borncastle ; Miss F. Baker
and Miss C. Mitchell.

After which (7th time), a new and original Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs.
F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton; Madame Vesiri!.
Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson (her 7th appearance at this
Theatre), Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Mies Wyndham, Miss
ton (her 7th appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Rosins. Wright
will appear.
To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS.
Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Alleroft, 15, New
Blnti.street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.

Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste.

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THIS EVENING. Jan. 3, the already popular Drama of SLAVE
LIFE; ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen-
WO. 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgsr, Miss
Collins, and Mrs. Keeley.
Atter which, the gloriously niece; slid Comic Pantomime, called
NELL GWYNNE ; or, llarle,nin Merrie Monarch—by Mr. G.
Honey, Mr. Flexmore, and Mdlle. Auriol.

ROYAL PRINCEtiS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.

THIS EVENING
Will b 3 performed Shakspere's Play of KING JOHN. Principal
characters by Messrs. C Kean, W. Lacy, Ryder. Addison, Meadows,
J Vining, Terry, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett, Vezin. and Cathcart;
Nisi Phillips, Miss Desborough, Miss Murray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs.
Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with the new and criginal Grand Comic Christ-
mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR
STAR ; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the
Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. Milne (6th
appearance here) ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Car-
lotta Leclercq.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.

THIS EVENING will be presented Buckstone's Drama of
ISABELLE ; or, Woman's Life. Supported by Messrs. Farren,
jnn., Hoskins. Compton, and Shalders ; Miss IL Gordon and Mrs. A.
Philips.
A tter which, the glorious new Cemic Pantomime, entitled
ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the
World of Dreams. Harlequin. Mr. Forest; Columbine. Miss Marie
Charles; Sprite, Mr. G. Thompson; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner;
Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, who will introduce his wonder-
fully-trained dogs, Amy, Tasso, and the monster dog, Snarleyou.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence
of Mr. Edward Chatterton.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Immense triumph. The New Pantomime, the greatest hit ever
achieved in this Theatre ; which, with Uncle Tom's Cabin, and
wondrous Feats in the Arena, form the most varied and powerful
attraction in London.
On MONDAY, January 3, 1853, and during the week, the Enter-
tainments will commence with the increasingly successful Drama
of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.
To be followed by a brilliant Routine of Batty's peerless Scenes
in the Arena, supported by the most eminent Artistes of the day.
To conclude with Nelson Lee's Grand Equestrian Christmas
Comic Pantomime, entitled FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE
COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. Harle-
quin, Mr. A. /lemming ; Columb ne, 3ldlie. Christine Clown, Mr.
Gardner Boleno ; Pantaloon, Mr. Priorson; Sprites, Messrs. Hem-
ming' and R. Hemming.
Doors open at Hall-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven.
Box-ottice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tr is DAY —Morning 15 min. after 7 Evening 44 min.aft. 7
o-Nlonaow—Morning 16 min. after 8 Evening 52 min.aft. 8

THE WEATHER.—Strs. OFFICE, JAN. 2.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
49—highest since noon on Saturday.
45—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night.
48—yesterday at noon.

BAROMETER, 29.89.
WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, and dull, rainy weather.
Afternoon—fair.

JANUARY 3.
53 highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during the night.
43—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'78.
WIND, W.—Fine mild weather.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

MONDAY, JAN. 3, 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.
LIMERICK—S.,_ gentle breeze—overcast.
MULLINGAR— S. hard wind—overcast.
HASTINGS—S.S.W., fresh breeze—overcast.
SOUTHAMPTON—S., strong breeze—overcast,
FOLKESTONE—S.., fresh breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—overcast.
BASINGSTOKE—W., gentle breeze—scud, rain.
GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
STROOD—W., gentle breeze—overcast.
SWINDON—S., gentle breeze—scud, rain.
CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle bieeze—clondy.
YARMOUTH— S., gentle breeze—rain.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock
HOLYHBAD—S.W., hard wind—overcast, rain.
LANCASTER—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
WHITBY—S.W„.„ gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
DARLINGTON—S.W., stormy—overcast. showery.
SNAP—S., strong breeze—rain.

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LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1853.

The Ministerial re-elections are proceeding
merrily throughout the country. Many of the
new officials have already received the " renewal
of confidence" which they requested at the hands
of their constituents, without opposition, or even
question. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Sir WM. MOLES-
WORTH, Sir GEORGE GREY—who may be almost
regarded as an official personage—Mr. STRUTT,
Lord MULGRAVE, and the Hon. W. F. COWPER, are
already entitled to place the important letters
(" M.P.") after their respective names, while Lord
JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. CARDWELL, Lord PALMER-
/WON, the Hon. C. P. VILLIERS, and others will
ilPeedily be in an equally enviable position, voted
in by acclamation.
In the above cases, there has been neither
trouble, expense, nor annoyance—nothing but an
agreeable visit to the hustings, and candidates and
electors mutually paying and receiving " the
compliments of the season " in the most
agreeable and satisfactory manner. In many
instances, this immunity is granted from the
feelings of esteem and respect entertained for
those soliciting " the most sweet voices" of the
electors. In others from a desire to exhibit every
degree of fair play to the new Government, not
to condemn them until their measures have been
submitted for public consideration, and duly com-
pared with those of their competitors for popular
support ; while in not a few cases a walk over is
obtained, and a contest avoided, from a general
impression that a dissolution is not very far dis-
tant, and an unwillingness on the part of the aspi-
rants to senatorial honours to undertake the ex-
pense and annoyance of a contest, where no
" fixity of tenure" could reasonably be an-
ticipated. The " Ins," however, accept their
good fortune—no matter to what it may be
ascribable--with becoming gratitude. There
is occasionally a slight manifestation of the
turn
joy with which they hail a. re-
urn to the sweets of office—a little self-
gratulation, and a corresponding depreciation of
those whom they have been called on to replace in
her KiJESTY's service. It is a natural manifes-
tation, with which we are by no means disposed
to quarrel. "Itis a poor hear
•_ • t that never re-
joices, saith the old proverb ; and we are dis-
posed to place greater confidence inthose
permit their exhilaration to be perceptible, than who
others who attempt to veil it under a mask in
of
coldness, and endeavour to give no expression
t
the feelings which they are unable altogether too
repress.

Some few of the new officials are not, however,
quite so fortunate—finding, in place of a quiet
and comfortable " walk over," a formidable oppo-
sition to be encountered. Our old friend Sir
CHARLES WOOD is in this predicament. His
quondam, colleague, Mr. H. EDWARDS, who
was rejected at the last election, has
come forward determined to nail his colours to the
mast, and to poll to the very last man. It is said
that his chances of success are by no means unfa-
vourable, and that there is at least a possibility,
if not a. very strong probability, that the Presi-
titilt of the India Board—the only member of the
ev
li'4 farnilY who has been placed—may be re-
ed from.
of the tec,. II la attendance in the popular branch
we I,4lattlre.
would Zellbt that, in our opinion, such a result
welfare, or if
detrimental to the national
beabinet. Of the 11:ato
the
prospects of the New
be-gin made, that of thneYmaPPointments that have
13:-1 far the worst. Ztilat Honourable Baronet
finistry by his rnaudra Fined the RUSSELL
tional finances, and bin'y the ahration of the na-
determination which pervert
a" ob •
Pao •
eked obstinate
to profit by no I

lesson, however ktriking. No person ever ex-
hibited a greater insensibility to the signs of
the times. It was only a few days before
the virtual suspension of the Bank Charter, that

he declared himself unable to discover any distress
or difficulty whatsoever, and asserted that any
solvent person could obtain every monetary faci-
lity and accommodation that could be desired—
and this although our merchant princes' houses,
which it had taken ages to construct, were at the
moment falling in every direction, not from want
of means, but from want of the mere measure and
representative of value.
His conduct in reference to the Select Com-
mittee appointed to inquire and report on the
causes of that distress, and more recently to the
Eastern Steam Navigation Company, cannot
speedily or easily be forgotten. And although,
fortunately, he is no longer at the Exchequer, to
diminish our resources and damage our prospects,
he has been placed in the situation where he
can probably effect the next greatest amount of
mischief.

Yes, it is at the time when the renewal of the

East India Charter must necessarily be taken into
consideration that Sir CHARLES WOOD has been
nominated President of the Board of Control. It

would almost appear as if the intention were to fol-
low up the policy that placed an octogenarian ilene-
ral and a septuagenarian Admiral—who bad never
been afloat since steam was brought into practical
operation as a propelling power—at the head of
our military and naval forces at Rangoon and on
the Irrawaddy river. It might possibly be suppos-
ed that General GODWIN did not possess a sufficient

quantity of the vis inertice—that he might reck-
lessly run into acts of rash and desperate enter-
prise, and that, therefore, it was necessary to
supply a " wet blanket" to curb his martial ar-
dour. If such be indeed the fact, then was the
selection of Sir CHARLES WOOD peculiarly feli-
citous. Fabius Cunctator will soon be eclipsed by
the superior pretensions of General GODWIN, in-
structed by Sir CHARLES WOOD ! ! ! If, indeed, it -
be possible to destroy the prestige attached to the
British name, and to endanger our Anglo-Indian
Empire, it may be anticipated from such a combi-
nation. None but the electors of Halifax can
avert the inauspicious omen, and preserve our
Eastern dependencies from the fate otherwise
impending. If Sir CHARLES WOOD be rejected,
he cannot possibly continue at the India Board.
Sir GEORGE GREY—by far the most efficient and
able of the GREY family—has now a seat in the
House of Commons ; and as he would be certain
of his re-election, he might well replace his
faineant kinsman. Millions, aye tens of millions,
would have cause to bless the constituency that
rendered such an important service, and caused
the substitution of the energetic Sir GEORGE GREY,
or indeed of almost any other Statesman who
might aspire to the situation, for the do-nothing
Baronet of Hickleton Hall.

One would have thought that what with Kafirs
and Constitutions the Cape of Good Hope had
plagues sufficient. Misfortunes, it is always said,
however, never come single, seldom even double,
so the unlucky Cape must now have a Lord Bishop
squabble to add to the rest. To fight with SAN-
DILLA and MACOMO for cattle, and with Lord
GREY and Sir JOHN PAKINGTON for a charter, is
not enough ; they must also fight with a Successor
of the Apostles to retain their own previous Apos-
tolic equality. We do not profess to be au fait
in the ecclesiastical arrangements at the Cape.
We have hitherto thought that those matters be-
longed, if any did, to themselves ; and as little
stir has been made about them, we, having quite
enough on hand with our ecclesiastical magnates
at home, have thought clerical doings at the Cape
were no concern of ours. We have followed, in-
deed, with deep interest the journeys and the dis-
coveries of new tribes, new rivers, and, lately, of
an immense interior lake, by some who are true fol-
lowers of the Apostles, although belonging to cer-
tain of the ignored sects. They, however, appear
to create no disturbance, and their only am-
bition seems to be to Christianise and civi-
lise tribes which no Anglican Bishop cares
for. Now, however, the arrogance of a Co-
lonial EXETER has recently carved out not a
little work for our new Colonial Secretary ; and
the Duke of NEWCASTLE will soon be placed in the
false position of being obliged to put down his be-
loved Anglicanism in the Colonies, or to be as
unpopular as any of his predecessors. Canada
clergy reserves he must give up to the Canadians ;
grants of Church supplies to the little Parliaments
of the great gold Island in the South ; and to the
Cape he must permit the uncontrolled right to do
as they please about giving money and rank to
Right Rev. Fathers in GOD.
The present squabble is one about precedence.
A pretty one, in any case, for an Apostolic Bishop
to get into. We suppose, however, his Lordship
is a partial believer in the famous Myth and Le-
gend theory of the German Divines, and that he
holds for perfectly legendary an account of two
Apostles contending who should be greatest,
one wanting the right, and the other the
left, hand of their MASTER'S throne, and of
the severe rebuke their LORD gave them,
for such disputes about precedency, as heathenish
and worldly. No doubt all this was foisted into
the sacred text by some MARTIN-mar-Prelate of
the second or third century. Be that as it may,
it seems the good old Dutch Church in the colony
—the largest by far, as well as the oldest religious
body there—takes it for a real part of the Gospel of
JESUS CHRIST. Accordingly, in a document of
very dignified and Christian character, with which
they have recently met his Lordship's assumptions,
they declare, that, notwithstanding their numbers
and their long standing, they " claim no precedence
of any other branch of the Church of CHRIST, and
are desirous to live in peace, harmony, and bro-
therhood with all who, though differing as to out-
ward forms and principles of Church government,
maintain with them the grand principles of the
Reformation ;—" brotherhood" and "the principles
of the Reformation." Rich this, to meet the ears
or the eyes of an Anglican Bishop !"
Well, and of what do these brotherly-minded
Reformed Churchmen complain ? Why, " that, in
the Government Gazette of the colony, the title is
given to the chief pastor of the United Church of
England and Ireland at the Cape of Good Hope,—
LORD BISHOP of CAPE TowN ;" that it is stated,
"by authority, that the diocese of Cape Town
contains '750,000 souls, and that hence the whole
population of the colony and the adjacent districts
are included." That the Bishop designates him-
self " the first Bishop of the Church of GOD in
this land," and that they perceive " from an offi-
cial dispatch the claim to precedence made by him,
and the rank allowed to him by her MAJESTY'S
Secretary of State." Such is the bill of anti-
prelatical discontent preferred by these consistent
and staunch advocates of religious equality at the
Cape. To many English ears all this may not
sound as very important. We have been so long
accustomed to see our Primate rank next to the
Princes of the blood Royal, so used to Lord
Bishops of our towns, so accustomed to one Church
" ignoring" the existence of another, and claim-
ing the whole population as rightfully its own,
that it
enthamllsits perfectly easy on us. If we are '
High Churchmen we believe in it • if we are Low
Churchmen we laugh at it ; and if we are Dis-
senters we relieve our feelings, as Mr. PICKWICK
did. on FOGG or DODSON, by a little hearty reviling
of " Black Prelacy," and a
o on most imperturb-
ably with our daily business.lt is, however, quite another thing when all
this comes quite fresh upon a large majority of a
community who abominate the whole of it ; the
habits and prejudices it may be of centuries are
rudelyar violated isotlialltemdo;retloideiotuhdinto: and
them perhapsandui the epi-
thets,earthly reason why they should submit to‘ie i
t.s
Ant
the assumptions of the man himself they could
afford to smile. If he chose to call himself Lord
Bishop of the Bushmen and Kafirs, or of Timbuc-
too if he liked, it were no business of theirs ; but
when he worms himself into the Colonial Court,
and exhibits himself as the ecclesiastical superior
of an old and highly respectable Church of the
majority of the colonists, assuredly the worthy
colonists have a full right to complain. Hence
we cordially approve the sentence with which
'they conclude their memorial—" She," speaking

of their Church, " will not acknowledge the title
of any minister of religion which involves a claim
of superiority or of territorial power over her own
bishops or people—nor will she respect any claim
of precedence made by any religious body what-
ever." Less they could not have said with self-
respect—more they might have said but for the
happily improved tone of religious controversy.
Now, what will the Noble Duke do with this
and all similar cases ? We know what he and
Mr. GLADSTONE would like to do; but then there
is the Premier, a Presbyterian of kindred faith
with the Dutch Church. Lord JOHN, too, he does

not like Episcopal arrogance, although very fond
of Bishop-making. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH,
who most certainly ought to have been in the
Duke of NEWCASTLE'S office, he at least can show
them all a short and easy method to put the colo-
nies to rights in six months—the well-known one
of leaving them to manage theirown in ternal affairs.
To this it must come if we keep them otherwise than
by soldiers. Downing-street and Lambeth mun►t
equally let them alone. The sooner they adopt
this policy the better. As yet the colonies love
the Imperial connection as much as they detest
official intermeddling, and we hope that Sir WIL-
LIAM MOLESWORTH'S seat in the Cabinet is an earnest
that his colonial policy is to be promptly adopted.
Never, surely, can he bring himself to work
with a Cabinet which would perpetuate and extend
ecclesiastical domination and rivalry in our colo-
nies. As a Radical politician, Sir WILLIAM has
many equals, if not superiors—as a Colonial poli-
tician, none ; and if he do not make his influence
strongly felt in the Cabinet on colonial questions,
for his own credit's sake he had better quit it at
once.

It has hardly been adverted to of late, but what
reason is there why the good old plan of the
colonies electing a Governor for themselves, to be
approved by her MAJESTY, should not b. reverted
to ? A great part of colonial broils and mis
management are due to the utter ignorance of our
generally military governors or of our English
lordlings, respecting the state of society in the
colonies they govern, and the wants of the colo-
nists. It is notorious that in a large number of
cases appointments to Colonial Governorships
are made to provide places for members or
connections of the aristocracy who need them.
They have little to do with qualification. It
were invidious to recal the past : too many in-
stances are fresh in the memory of all who have
survived the Family Cabinets. How quietly and
successfully does each American State choose its
own Governor, who is, in a general sense, subject
to the PRESIDENT at Washington. The Colonies,
we fancy, are quite as competent to chose Go-
vernors, who should be subject to the Authority,
and, we should add, to the direct approval, too,
of Queen VICTORIA. A Governor thus chosen
would certainly have spared the Cape the present
ecclesiastical quarrel, and many other troubles
too. He would also have saved our Treasury
several millions of money.

COMPLETION OF THE MINISTRY.—It is stated that a
Privy Council is to be held about the middle of next
week, for the completion of the Ministerial arrangements,
by the appointment of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
the Lord Privy Seal, the Vice-President of the Board
of Trade, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the
Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, and other
officials, whose appointments were not formally com-
pleted at the first Privy Council for the formation of the
Earl of Aberdeen's Administration.

LORD PALMERSTON'S INDISPOSITION.—Lord Palmer-
ston is not yet sufficiently recovered to be able to attend
at the Home-office since his appointment as the head of
that department ; and it is feared that his lordship will
not be able to present himself to the electors of Tiverton,
where, however, we are glad to hear there is no prospect
of any opposition to his lordship's return.—Observer.
PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES.- -The government of Lord
Aberdeen will have a good majority in the House of
Lords, including the whole bench of bishops, without,
we believe, a single exception. In the House of Com-
mons, also, the adhesions are coming, in day by day,
from the " other side." Between 40 and 50 of the dis-
persed Derbyites, representing town constituencies, and
some from the counties too, have already fallen away
from an allegiance that has brought no benefit to the
" interests" which they fondly expected to serve.
Having stood together so long as party honour required
the sacrifice, they now feel themselves at liberty to judge
of men and measures, untrammelled by fanciful and un-
substantial party obligations.—Observer.
CONTESTED ELECTION PETITIONS.—On Saturday a
corrected alphabetical list was printed by order of the
House of Commons, of election petitions for the present
session. The number of members petitioned against is
132, of which number 8 cases are invalid or withdrawn,
leaving 124. It seems that seven of the members have
been appointed to offices under the new Administration.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.—It is understood that Mr.
Gladstone is to be opposed by the Marquis of Chandos.
THE REPORTED DEATH OF MR. HEALD.—We are
authorised to state that there is no truth whatever in the
the paragraph that has been going the round of the pa-
pers respecting the alleged death of this gentleman. By
a telegraphic dispatch which has just been received from
Southampton, it would seem that one of the Peninsular
and Oriental steam-vessels has brought the gratifying
intelligence that Mr. Heald and his party had safely ar-
rived at Cadiz. The entire story of the lose of his yacht,
and its consequences, must, therefore, have been a
fiction.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL PACKETS.—The Australian,
Captain Hoseason, now nearly a month overdue with
the mails from Australia, is daily expected at Plymouth.
From the delays which she had sustained before arrival
out, and whilst in Australia, she was not expected to
arrive until early in January. The Adelaide, Captain
Jackson, was not ready for the trial cruise on Saturday
as was anticipated. It was expected at Devonport on
Sunday morning that she would be taken out for trial
on the afternoon of that day, and if found to answer,
that she would sail with the mails, &c., in the evening,
or on Monday morning. The principal cause of the
delay has been the preparation and the fitment of the
new rudder, in the place of the newly-invented one,
which was found so inefficient as to be useless. The
repairs have been all effected by the artizans of the
Royal Devonport Dockyard, and under the superin-
tendence of Capt. J. Henderson, R.N., the newly ap-
pointed marine superintendent of the Royal Australian
Steam Company.
DEPARTURE OF THE NEW ROYAL MAIL STEAM-SHIP
ARABIA.—On Saturday, at noon, the magnificent new
steam-ship Arabia, Captain Judkins, built for the Cunard
Company, by Mr. Napier, of Glasgow, sailed from the
Mersey for New York, with a very large and valuable
cargo of merchandise on board, in addition to sixty pas-
sengers, amongst whom we noticed the Chevalier Hulse-
man and Sir Allan M'Nab. The mails were placed in
charge of Lieut. Striven, R.N., Admiralty agent.
Prior to her departure several of the local gentry, mer-
chants, &c., including the Earl of Sefton, Hon. S. Cu-
nard, Mr. Napier, of Glasgow, and Mr. M'lver visited
her and expressed themselves highly pleased with the
comfortable arrangements in every department. As
she sailed down the river she was greeted with loud
cheers, which were most lustily answered by those on
board.
THE STORM AND THE TELEGRAPH.—The recent storm
it appears has done great injury to the telegraph, some
hundreds of the supporting posts in different parts of the
country having been blown down, and the communica-
tion temporarily stopped.
BRUTAL MURDER BY GREEK SAILORS.—On Saturday
information was received by the metropolitan police that
a man named Timothy Harrington, residing in John-

street, Cardiff, who kept a small shop, and had given
some credit for articles that he had dealt in to two
Greek sailors, and was in the act of accompanying them
down Herbert-street to their ship to get payment, when
on reaching the east side of Bute Dock, near the ballast
crane, they suddenly attacked him with their knives,
flicting such frightful wounds that the unfortunate man
almost instantly expired.
DISTRESSING AND DETERMINED SUICIDE.—A great
sensation was created on Saturday evening in High-
street, Shadweli, by a report which unfortunately turned
out too true, that a fine young married woman named
Maria Edlin, had destroyed herself by cutting her throat
with a razor. An unfounded belief that her husband

had been faithless was the cause of the rash act.
DARING OUTRAGE IN LANCASHIRE.—Yesterday infor-
mation was circulated respecting the outrage committed
a fortnight since, when five men, armed with pistol,
crowbar, and knife, and with their faces blackened and
coats turned by way of disguise, entered the farmhouse
of Mr. Jonathan Hilton, at Middleton, in Lancashire,
and having forced him from the shippon into his dwell-
ing-house, then blindfolded him, and tied him to a chair.
They then attacked his daughter, who offered a stout
resistance, and having overpowered her, broke open four
boxes and stole 1791., 301. to 401. of it in silver, and
the rest in gold, with which they made off after tying
Miss Hilton to a chair to prevent alarm and pursuit.
One of the men is described as 23 or 24 years of age, and
5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, of slender make, with light
hair, and the skirt of his coat was observed to be lined
with plaid. Another, who appeared a year or two older,
and 5 feet 6 inches high, had sandy or auburn hair with-
out whiskers, wore a cap, and had the skirts of his coat
lined with red and white plush. A reward of 501. has
been offered by her Majesty's Government in addition
to 501., to be paid by Mr. Hilton's neighbours, for the
discovery cf the offenders, with an intimation that her
Majesty's pardon will be granted also to any accomplice
(not being one of the persons who committed actual vio-
lence upon Mr. and Miss Hilton) who will give informa-
tion and evidence as shall lead to conviction.
THE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS AT YORK.—The pri-
soners Alfred Waddington and James Barbour, who
were sentenced to death at the late assizes, have been
removed to the condemned cells, where they will remain
until the day of execution, whichl will probably be fixed
for next Saturday. Whether a reprieve will arrive be-
fore the time or not for Waddington remains to be seen ' •
but there can be little doubt that Barbour will end his
career on a public scaffold.—Leeds Mercury.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLoox. I
Saturday, being New-Year's-day, was a holiday
in the Liverpool Cotton and Share markets.
Summing up the Cotton statistics of 1852, Messrs.
Haywood and M'Viccar state :—The quantity of
cotton in the spinners' possession is probably only
50,000 bales more than at this period last year, so
that the consumption is estimated at the prodigious
increase of 3,800 bales weekly, that of 1851 being
assumed to be 1,662,540 bales, against 1,861,600
bales as calculated for the year 1852. Nothing
has ever shown the fallacy of an d priori reasoning
upon Cotton more than the events of the present
year. At the commencement, scarcely any one
believed in a crop of more than 2,800,000 bales,
and the general opinion was in reduction even of
such an amount. As the season advanced, the
large and increasing arrivals into the ports indicated
that 3,000,000 bales, or thereabouts, was more likely
to be the result. But the general prosperity of
trade, and the abundance of money, and the
large speculations which those circumstances
induced, have all contributed to counteract the in-
fluence of arrivals much larger than had at first
been contemplated. As prices advanced, confidence
seemed to increase, and the present season termi-
nates with this instructive fact, that with the
largest crop on record, and one 645,000 bales be-
yond that of last year, prices are now -id. per lb.
higher than at the termination of 1851, and Id.
per lb. above the lowest quotations of that year.
Much in regard to the future character of the
cotton market will turn upon the amount of the
coming crop in all countries. In India it is said to
be good, whilst the limited demand from China
may cause a larger proportion than usual of the
year's production to be directed to Great Britain.
From Brazil the import will also be an average one,
and from Egypt, likewise, there will be a full sup-
ply. But, on looking to this last country, the im-
port of the past year is, perhaps, not to be taken
as a criterion of the growth there, for it is affirmed
that the accumulations of several years have been
concentrated into the shipments of the present.
The very high prices of long stapled American
cotton before alluded to, as being current through-
out this season, have naturally tempted large pur-
chases in Alexandria, under the supposition that
Egyptian cotton was a certain substitute for Sea
Island. But in this, so far at least, there has been
disappointment. .A 1 compared with last year, the
American receipts are greatly in excess ; and
arguing upon this datum (which is, however,
always an uncertain one), the yield in the States
ought to be beyond 3,000,000 bales. Yet, as last
season did not eventuate in that short crop which
its early short receipts prefigured, but, on the con-
trary, in a very large one, the amount being
3,015,000 bales, so this year the large receipts may
prove to be equally inconclusive in relation to the
final result.
The following is from the Spanish Bondholders'
Committee :

"Madrid, Dec. 26, 1852

"My dear Sir,—l beg to hand you, 'for the information
of the Bondholders in general, the translation of my
correspondence with the President of the Home Com-
mittee of Spanish Bondholders, wherein I asked him,
and he promised me, his co-operation in order to obtain
from H. C. M. Government a satisfactory settlement of
the confiscated half of the overdue Coupons.
" I retnain, my dear Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
"DANIEL WEISWEILLER.
"James Capel, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of
Spanish Bondholders, London."
(TRANSLATION.)
" Madrid, 24th Dec., 1852.

" Excellent Sir,—l have the honour to hand to you
the copy of the memorial, dated the 18th instant, I have
addressed and delivered to his Excellency Senor Aris-
tagabra, Finance Minister, respecting the settlement- of
the confiscated half of the Coupons of the old Spanish
Consolidated Debt.

" I shall feel greatly obliged if you would please to
convoke the committee of the home bondholders, in order
to agree upon the most opportune resolution for sup-
porting and aiding my said memorial with her Majesty's
Government. Your committee being composed of Spa-
niards so distinguished and zealous of the dignity of the
country, I lime no doubt but thatl shall meet wtth the co-
operation demanded by the justice of the cause which we
advocate, and whose favourable resolution is so closely
allied to the credit of Spain.—l remain, excellent Sir,
&c., &c.
_ „

(Signed) " DANIEL WEISWEILLER,
" Representative of the English Committee of
Spanish Bondholders.
"To his Excellency Senor Don Joaquin
Aldeman, President of the Home
Committee of Spanish Bondholders."
(TRANSLATION.)
" Madrid, Dec. 25, 1852.

" have received, with much satisfaction, your
communication of yesterday, and the enclosed copy of
the memorial, dated the 18th inst., which you have ad-
dressed and presented to his Excellency the Finance
Minister, relating to the settlement of the detained half
of the interest of the old Spanish consolidated debt.
In manifesting to you my gratitude for your attention,
I, at the same time, assure you, that I will duly acquaint
the Spanish committee, over which I have the honour
to preside, with the said document, so as to co-operate
with their efforts in obtaining a favourable resolution for
such just reelamations. I have the honour to remain, &c.,
(Signed) " JOAQUIN DI ALDEMAN.
" Daniel Weisweiller, Esq., Represen-
tative of the English Committee of
Spanish Bondholders."
Foreign securities have been in moderate de-
mand. The Spanish Committee's certificate is at
41-, and the New Deferred bonds are worth 231,
ex. dividend. Portuguese 4 per Cents realise
461. In Peruvian 6 per Cents there have been
purchases at 1041, and in the Deferred at 641.
The Grenada Old Bonds are worth 221, and.
the Deferred 13i to 1. For the Turkish loan
premium has been paid. Sardinian Stock is
at 96. Dutch 2 per Cents have been 67* to
ex. dividend. Russian 41 per Cents are worth
104 ex. dividend.

The Phoenician, from Australia, has just arrived
with 65,000 ounces of gold. The dates from Syd-
ney are Sept. 21, the same day, we believe, as the
Australian steamer left. The Colonial Gold Com-
pany have advices that their manager has arranged
to work several quartz veins.
The Niagara steamer, from America, is tele-
graphed, but there will be no letters until to-mor-
row.

At a special meeting of the Eastern Steam Navi-
gation Company, this day, a resolution was come
to for the election of Mr. Geach, M.P., in the
place of Henry Davidson, Esq., who had retired
on account of his connection with the Australian
and Pacific Steam Packet Company.
The English funds are firm but quiet, and there
is no political news to act upon prices. Consols
are up to 1008. The New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. 1044 and the Three per Cents. 101/ 11.
Bank Stock is worth 2244, being very firm. Ex-
chequer Bills have been quoted 725., and India
Bonds 83s. premium. It seems to be expected
that the Bank bullion will in the next return show
a further material decline, the amount of gold re-
ceived last week being 245,0001., and the exports
490,0001.
The Railway Share Market has been tolerably
steady, but the dealings are quite insignificant.
Caledonian have been rather higher, Great Western
scarcely so good, and North British in request.
French Shares are quiet.
The Gold Mine Shares are in demand at fuller
prices, especially Agua Fria and Colonial Gold.
The Land Companies have advanced as regards
Van Diemen's Land and South Australian. The
banks are steady.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official Lie.)
Business done.

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOl4 i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New n per Cent. Annuities lO4l i i i
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 -16
India Bonds, £lOOO B3
Ditto, under £lOOO B3
Consols for Opening 18th January.
Exchequer Bills lid. March. June.
£lOOO 72
£5OO — _
Small 7O 72
PRICE OP FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.

4; iv enada Bonds, Deferred,
Ditto Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon 22 i
Mexican 3 per Cent 23R 1
Peruvian 6 per Cent.
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64A
Portuguese 4 per Cent. 4Ol
Ditto for the Account .
Russian Bonds,r4A per Cent lO4
Ditto q, per Cent l2l
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 49i
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 234 i 1 x d
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, 483 p c
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. 1 p
Belgian Bonds, 4A per Cent. Ex. 25fr .. 09i
Dutch Exchange '4 per Cent 674 i 7
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates...
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Opening 18th January lOOl 2 ex 'l.

PREFERMENT.—The Rev. 0. P. Vincent, M.A., to
the curacy of White Roding, Dunmon, Essex.
THE USE OF CHlCORY.—Notwithstandin the cancell-
ing of the Treasury minute permitting the admixture of
chicory with coffee by the licensed dealers, and of which
they had three months' notice, the use of it as an adul-
teration of coffee is stili carriee, on by many traders to a
large extent, so reluctant are they to give up so great a
source of profit. This defiance of the law has induced
the officers of the Inland Revenue to make purchases of
the compound known as ground coffee from a large
number of tea-dealer and grocers, and such samples are
now being analysed by the chemists to the Board of In-
land Revenue. As soon as completed, prosecutions will
be instituted against the defenders for this ccntinued
fraud upon, the revenue.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 1.

The Royal dinner-party yesterday consisted of her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene High-
ness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness the
Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting
to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, and
the Earl of Aberdeen, who arrived in the afternoon on
a visit to her Majesty.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended, and
played in the Castle during dinner, and in the evening
her Majesty's private band performed the following
selections :
Overture, "Faust" Spohr.

Selection, " Lestocq" Kuber.
Adagio d' Allegro a la Russe Reissiger.
Divertissement, "Le Prophete " Meyerbeer.
Being New-Year's-day, the band of the Grenadier
Guards assembled on the East-terrace at seven o'clock
this morning, and performed a selection of favourite
airs.

Her Majesty's annual distribution of food and cloth-
ing to about 620 poor persons of the Windsor and
Clewer parishes took place this morning in the riding
school of the Castle.

The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of
Leiningen, the Princess Adelaide, of Holienlohe, the
whole of the Royal children, and the Earl of Aberdeen,
attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the House-
hold, proceeded to the school at a quarter before ten
o'clock; to witness the distribution, which was arranged
under the directions of the clergy of Windsor and
Clewer, the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, and the dic-
trict visitors for the relief of the poor. The members of
the clothing club, established under her Majesty's pa-
tronage, received at the same time articles of clothing
according to the amount of their contributions, with the
additions provided by the Queen's bounty.
The Earl of Aberdeen left the Castle to-day for
London.

Colonel Bouverie has been relieved by Lieutenant-
Colonel F. H. Seymour in the duties of Equerry it
Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.

The Queen and Prince Albert drove out in an open
carriage this afternoon. Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey
was in attendance on horseback.

In the evening her Majesty gratified the numerous
circle of distinguished visitors by a grand performance in
St. George's-hall of a selection of music from the works
of the late Dr. Mendelssohn. The first part of the con-
cert consisted of the Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), com-
posed for a festival in honour of Gutenberg, the inventor
of printing. The first performance of this work was in
St. Thomas's Church, Leipsic, in June, 1840.
The second part comprised the published portions of
the unfinished oratorio, Christus, and a scena from
Lorely, an incomplete opera, on both of which works
Dr. Mendelssohn was engaged at the time of his la-
mented decease, in November, 1847.
A rich orchestra, handsomely and appropriately deco-
rated, was constructed at the east end of St. George's-
hall, and was crowned by the new and powerful organ
recently erected there by Mr. Hill.
The instrumental portion of the orchestra comprised
her Majesty's private band, aided by the addition of
many of the most eminent performers of the Philhar-
monic Society and the Royal Italian Opera. The chorus,
60 in number, were selected from the most efficient in
the profession, assisted by a most numerous amateur
party from the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter-hall.
The solo vocalists were Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss M.
Williams, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Whitehouse, of St. George's
choir, and Mr. Lawler. .

The orchestra, thus complete and effective, consisting
of upwards of 100 performers, was conducted by Mr.
Anderson, the director of her Majesty's private band.
Mr. Cusins, organist of her Majesty's private chapel,
presided at the organ.
The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty :
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene
Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness
the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting
to the Duchess of Kent. the Baroness de Speth, and
Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Tottenham.
The evening party consisted of the Countess of Mans-
field, the Ladies Murray and Lady Caroline Murray,
Lady Emily Seymour, Lady Caroline and Miss Barring-
ton, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Miss
Knollys, Colonel the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, the
Hon. and Rev. Henry and Lady Anna Maria Cust, the
Misses Cust. Captain the Hon. Mortimer and Mrs.
West, Miss Dallas, the Rev. Seymour Neville, the Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. Canning, and the Misses Codrington.
During dinner the band of the 2d Life Guards played
the following :
Overture, " Euryanthe" Weber.
Waltz, "La Rose du Matin" Carl Hoche
Pro peccatis, " Stabat Mater" Rossini.
Grand Selection, " Lucrezia Borgia" Donizetti.
Quadrille, " Ernani" Verdi.
Polka, " Zundnadel."
Golop, "Amazon"
"God save the Queen."

Karl Buller.

JAN. 2

The Queen and Prince attended an early service this
morning in the private chapel of the Castle, and took
the Sacrament of the Holy Communion, which was
administered by the Hon. and Rev. Dr. G. Wellesley.
The ladies and gentlemen of the Court, with the do-
mestic household, also attended divine service.

The Earl of Aberdeen returned to town on Saturda'
afternoon from Windsor Castle.

The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for his seat,
Bowood-park, Wilts.

. .
Dispatches for the Governor of the West Indian Colo.
nies were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial•
office.

The programme of the theatrical entertainments. to
be played before her Majesty and the royal family at
Windsor Castle, under the direction of Mr. Charles
Kean, has been arranged. The performances, which
will take place, as usual, in the Rubens Room, are fixed
for a succession of five Fridays, commencing on the 7th
inst. The selection comprises examples of the Shaks-
perian drama and the modern light comedy, and gives
free and liberal scope to the actor's art in representing
the passions and emotions of tragedy, as well as that
breadth of humour, and even drollery, for which the
English stage is conspicuous. Thus, on Friday next, in
Henry IV., Part the Second, Mr. Phelps as the King,
Mr. Wigan els the Prince, Mr. Bartley as Sir John
Falstaff, and Mrs. Daly as Dame Quickly, aided by
Harley and Meadows, will represent almost every phase
and colour of which the Shaksperian drama is sus-
ceptible.
On Friday the 14th instant, The Captain of the Watch,
in which Mr. Charles Matthews, and The Windmill, in
which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Meadows, and Mrs.
Winstanley will appear, afford a specimen of the come-
dietta and farce, in the one of which the quick and
vivacious acting of the liveliest of our light comedians,
and in the other our most humorous actor, will give
proof of their abilities.
It will be observed that on Friday, the 21st instant,
very great compliment of a " first night " of a " new
and original drama," in the presence of royalty, will be
paid to Mr. Douglas Jerrold. This, it is said, is a
consequence of the enjoyment afforded the royal audi-
ence by the same author's Prisoner of War, which con-
stituted-a portion of the court theatricals last year. The
success of the new piece will be powerfully aided by Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Lacy, Mr. Harley, Mr. Wright, Mr.
James Vining, Mr. Ryder, and Mr. Charles Kean.
Paul Pry, on Friday, the 28th inst., will give ample
room and verge enough for the drollery of Mr. Wright,
in all its fullness. The farce of The Lucky Friday on
this evening will also strongly bring out the careful
quaintness of Mr. Alfred Wigan's style.
Macbeth on the last evening, Friday, the 4th of Feb.,
will fitly close the series. Mrs. Charles Kean will play
the heroine. The magnificent manner in which this
tragedy has been " mounted" for this occasion, the cor-
rectness of the costumes and decorations, the tout en-
semble of Shakspearian feeling and reality that have been
achieved by the study and managerial skill of Mr. Kean,
will, no doubt, render the intended production of this
piece at the Princess's Theatre an equal triumph with
that of the King John brought out on the same superb
scale last season.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Mr. John Cane, who has
been collector for the Imperial Gas Company for some
time, committed suicide, on Saturday, in his lodgings,
43, Beaumont-street, corner of Devonohire-street, Mary-
lebone. The following are a few of the circumstances
connected with this distressing case. About seven
o'clock on Saturday morning the unfortunate man went
down to his kitchen to light the fire, as was his usual
custom. In a short time after his daughter Rebecca, al
young woman about 20 years of age, followed her parent,
when, to her horror, she discovered him lying on the
floor with a shocking gash in his throat, a razor lying
by his side. His immediate neighbour, Dr. Galeyard,
was instantly called in, and sewed up the wound, which
had severed the windpipe ; but human. skill proved un-
availing, and in little more than an hour the unfortunate
man breathed his last. A document was found in the
kitchen by his side, smeared with his blood. At the
bottom was written, "I am perfectly mad. The docu-
ment was signed " J. Cane."
Thu BANK.—Last year opened with. every indication
of a tendency to abundance in the money market, and of
a gradual recovery from that strange apathy which, since
1847, no argument or prediction had prevailed. On the
Ist of January, the Bank lowered th.e rate of discount
from 3 per cent., at which it had stood during the pre-
ceding twelve months, to 21 per cent., and this was fol-
lowed on the 22d April by a further reduction to 2 per
cent. Meanwhile its stock of bullion steadily increased,
until on the 10th July it reached 22,232,138/., an
amount of 4,818,5741. in excess of Oats highest point at
any former period.