The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-25 00:00:00

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T.....YESTE 111) AY.

Bate's West Hartley... 15a Od Lambton Primrose .i 17a 6cl
Buddle's W. Hartley.. 15s Gd Bell - 178 Od
Oarr's Hartley
Davison'sWevt Ilartloy 15s tid' Hetton . lBs 6d
East Adairs Main..... 13a 3d Haswell ISs 9d
HastinFc's Hartley lss 6d Hutton
Hedley's Hartley
North Percy Hartley lss Od:Jonassohns
New Tanfield ... 14s 6dlLEmbton
Old Tantield
Ord's Rodhengh
Ravensworth'sW.Hart 15s 6d!rinssell's lietton ..-- IBi 3d
South Peareth l4s 01 Stewart's
'Canfield Moor .... ..... 15s Od Caradoe ..... ......
Far:field Moor Butes... 143 ( d 'Cassop.. ..... ... • l7s 9d
Walker's Primrose ... 13s 91 Denison ... 16s 9d
West Adairs .... ... .. 14s Oa, ifeugh Hall
West Hartley .. lss 6d Kelloe
West Wylam
Wylam
Wall's End, &e i West Hetton l7s 31
Acorn Close
Brown's Gas . l3s 3d 'Adelaide Tees - 17a ed
Brown's ... l6a 3,1 Co, lddn T —17 s

,:own.._ -ses ... ..... . s ‘,.
Bensham .... ..
liewieke and Co. - l7s 6d 'Seymour Tees
Buraton Killingworth 17s OdSouth Durham l7s Od
Gosforth .....
Hedley - , 18s 9d
Barton
Hotspur is Od
Heaton .......
Morrison ls 6d
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Peareth

Percy...
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Eden Main

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS:
MANCHESTER, Dac. 24.
STOCK EXCILLNOE. Che transactions to-day were as
follow :—West Riding Union, 6% dis. Manchester and
Birmingham, Quarters (C ), p. —North Staffordshire, 10
dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 314 —East Anglian, 6 per
cent., 1 Clitheroe (No. 1), s—Leeds, Fifths, 6% dis.—
Peetwood, Is. :d.—Caledonian, Preference, 734 —Sheffield,
Preference, B—North Union (A), 226 Old DA-er, 19 c.—
Chitheroe, Preference, IN.
BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 24.
Sroct ExcrrAwas.—The only transaction to-day was—
London and North-Western, 1111,2.
YORK, Lose. 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Eastern Counties, 674—York and North Midland,
16% York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 16% —Caledonian, 10%

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEELV'S BENCH, Dec. 24.
(Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice EaLB and
a Special Jury.)
ALLEN V. DREW.

This was an action to recover compensation in
damages from the defendant, for the injury
which the plaintiff had sustained in consequence
of having been given into custody at the instance of
the defendant. The plaintiff is a manufacturing
chemist at Bow, and the defendant is a member of
the firm of Drew, Hayward, and Co., wholesale
druggists, in Bush-lane. The parties had had
transactions together for some years to the amount of
400/. or 500/. a year. The business transactions
generally took place between their warehousemen.
On the 6th of September the plaintiff received an
intimation from Bristol that a cask of tartaric acid
would shortly be required. The plaintiff and his
foreman communicated upon the matter with the
foreman of the defendant, a man named Ferrers.
He was asked by the foreman of the defendant where
he could get what he wanted. He replied that he could
not tai him where he could get it, but that he would
order a cask for him if he thought proper. Shortly
after the cask was ordered, and 60s. was paid for it
by the plaintiff, through the hands of the foreman of
the defendants, Ferrers. The plaintiff sent the cask
to Bristol. In the succeeding March the
firm of which the defendant is a member
found. that their foreman had been robbing them.
They ascertained that the cask in question, instead of
corn:tug from the manufacturers, had come out of their
own warehouse, and that the foreman had appropriated
the r.aoney to his own use; believing that the plaintiff
knew that Ferrers had stolen the cask, and that he had
feloniously received, he was given into custody, and
taken before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion •house.
He was remanded, but was admitted to bail. In a
week or ten days he was brought up again, and dis-
charged. For the plaintiff, it was shown that he was
taken ill shortly after, which was attributed to the
charge made against him. Ferrers was charged with the
offence at the Old Bailey, and convicted, but in con-
sequence of having given evidence against the
plaintiff, only received a nominal punishment.
Sir Frederick Thesiger was for the plaintiff, and
the Attorney-General for the defendant.
The, defence set up and relied upon by the Attor-
ney-General was, that there was a reasonable
ground of suspicion against the plaintiff, and that the
defenrants were perfectly justified in acting upon it.
The, jury, after a short consultation, found a ver-
dict for the plaintiff— Damages, 1001.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
SENTENCE.
The following is a correct list of the sentences passed
during the recent sittings of this Court!—
Sent enco of Death Recorded—Johanna Brown, Marga-
ret Forbes.

Trar,sportation for Fifteen Years—Henry Bathurst
Monkh.ouse, Ann Plummer.

For Ten Years—Harriet Jones, Julia Collins, Wil-
liam Macdonald, Caroline Hill, William Tyler, William
Peel, EL'zaboth Surridge alias Emma Surrage Robert
Whitehead, John Lees, Ann Elizabeth Phillips alias
Wiltshire, John Wright, Charles Cooper.

For Saven Years—William Rhodes, John Hardy,
Hannah. Crawley, Alfred Sinclair, Thomas Whitehead,
Richard. Ayres, William Baugh, William Hughes,
Henry Dubenson, Henry Caxall, John Sims, William
Berclly,. Ann Holmes, Ann Donovan, Amelia Hawkins,
Ellen fkandley.

Imprisonment for Two Years—Joseph Middletor,
\Fm. Tarbuck.

For Eighteen Months—Thomas Murray.
Twelve Months—William Dean, John Bartholomew,
Mary Guijon, Elizabeth Springfield, Charles Burkett,
Alfred Yepscombe, George Thomas, Sarah Spencer,
Thomas. 'Taplin, Jobn Clayton, John Crag, Patrick Fee,
Georg. Clark, Mary Beardmore.

Nine -.Months—Henry Pope, Richard Whitehead,
Josiah Thompson, John Herbert, Peter Young, Samuel
Marchan,t, William Harrison, Mary Bedle.
Six lf.;onths—Joseph Piz3y, William Rag, Elizabeth
Hillery, Ann llsnsley, James Kelly, Rachel Dean,
Joseph Dean, Robert Swift, Thomas Barr, Thomas
Pierton, John Williams, Thomas Brooke, Henry Wil-
liams areas Bryant. -Isaac Keates, Susan Harris, Mary
Ann Kelly, John Girvin, Thomas Winter.
Fuur Months—Jane Nicholson, John Woodward,
Mary Gatinore, Gustavus Hestruan, Frederick Burrell,
Joseph Surridge, William Hancock, Samuel Marlow
Philp.
Three Months—Elizabeth Neale, John Pottinger,
Robert Moore, Mary Draney, Eliza Wo,c,d, George Day,
James Thatcher.

Two Months—Edward Darling, Daniel Burton, Caro-
line Pratt, John Roberts.

For Ott Month an A unJer —Charles Hill, William
Wall, George Newell, George Terry, Mary Humble.
Accpaitnli—Hugh Sway', Willi%ca Lake, Thomas
Bernard Maeerthy, James Grady, George Grout,
Richard: IVebber, John Harwood, John Smith, James
Porker, Charles Smith, Alfred Humphreys, George
Hetherilgton, John Clegg, Henry Simon, Jane Cun-
ningham,

Bills "KA Found—Eliza Ann Frazer, Joseph Lahir,
Thomas Bagley, Henry Manning, John Frost.
Remands until next Sessi,m—JAtnos Welsh, James
Cramley, Daniel Fitzgerald, Francis Pratt, Robert Law-
ler, Alexander Waddilove, Edward Nairnes.
Prosecutions Abandoned—Thomas Freeman, Eliza-
beth Brown, Henry Johnson. These prisoners stood in-
dicted by the Mint authorities on a charge in each in-
stti,nce of making counterfeit shillings.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

An elderly man, named Daniel Blackmore, of No.
30, Fleet-bin; shoemaker, was charged with stab
ping, with intent to murder, Henry Alexander Mat-
tham, 213 of the City Police, while on duty in the
Old Bailey.

George Bloomfield, 286, said, about twenty minutes
past eleven o'clock last night I heard a rattle spring,
and the cry of " Murder" repeated several 'times
from the north end of the Old Bailey. I ran up
Skinner-street, and met my brother officer, No. 213,
being Jed along by two gentlemen. He exclaimed,
"Oh, my God, George, lam stabbed. I shall be a
dead man." From what I heard, I ran round the
corner into the Old Bailey, and found the prisoner
lying on the pavement on his back. The mob around
sit he had stabbed my brother officer, who had
knocked him down with his truncheon. Some other
constables came up, and they got a stretcher and
took the prisoner to the hospital, as he appeared to be
insensible.

Alderman Cluans asked, if he was really injured

or was simulating ? Bloomfield said, he did not think
it was feigned, but at the hospital they said he was
not hurt, and he was then taken to the station and
locked up.
Alfred Waddilove, of No. 2, Holborn-buildings'
said—Last night, between eleven and twelve o'clock,
I was standing by the porters' pitching block in the
Old Bailey, and observed the constable and the
prisoner a short distance from me.- There was no
one else near at the time; when suddenly I heard the
ofiher call out " Murder, murder !" and on rushing
to the spot he exclaimed, pointing to the prisoner,
" This man has stabbed me."
Alderman CHALras—How close were you to them
when the officer cried out? Waddilove—About 20
yards off." The prisoner said, "I've done it; I've
done it."
• Alderman CHALLIS—Did you observe anything in
his hand ? Waddilove—He held up his hand, but I
did not observe anything in it. I followed him a few
steps, and in consequence of my exclaiming to some
persons coming up, " Mind, he'll stab you," an officer
struck hien down with his staff, but who did I can't
tell, as there were several officers up nearly at the
same time. I then tent for the stretcher, and assisted
iu taking the prisoner to the hospital, and thence to
the station-house.
Alderman Cu.kuus-----You did not see the officer
stabbed Waddilove—l did not.
Alderman CHALLIS—Did the prisoner say anything
beyond what you have stated ? Waddilove—He
did not.
Alderman CIIALLIS—Hio the knife been found ?
Bloomfield—l found it about four feet from the
prisoner's head, when he was lying insensible on the
ground.
Mr. Charles Willis, of 16, Old Bailey, said, about ,
t.t.n o'clock last night I was standing talking outside
my door to a neighbour named Churchlow, when the
prisoner came from the direction of Giltspur-street,
and said, " The police have locked my wife up, and
I'll do for hill), and be locked up in Newgate before
two days are over."
Alderman CHALLIS—Had he been drinking ? Mr.
Wil'is—He appeared to be excited, but from what I
can't say. About half an hour after I saw the police-
man, and asked him if he had taken a womau to the
station-house, and Mattham replied that he had. I
then informed him that a man, who I thought was her
husband, bad been talking to Mr. Churchlow and
myself, and I told him what had been said about
doing for him. The policeman thanked me for putting
him on his guard, and left, after which I saw no more
of him.
Alderman CHALLlS—Prisoner, do you wish to ask
any questions ? Prisoner—l have none. I was
drunk at the time.
Alderman CHALLIS—But you said an hour before,
when to all appearance sober, that you would do for
the policeman? Prisoner—l do not recollect it.
Alderman CHALLIS—You were sober enough to
carry your threat into execution.

Sergeant Edward Harding, No. 3, said, about half-
past I i o'clock on Sunday night he was about thirty
yards from the corner of the Old Bailey, when he
heard cries of " Murder!" and " Police!" and, on
proceeding to the spot, found a crowd assembled, and
several officers round the prisoner, who was lying on
the ground senseless. Bloomfield told him what bad
occurred, and he asked where the weapon was, and
told hiR to turn his bull's-eye on, which was done,
and the knife was found but a few feet from the
prisoner... .

The knife, a shomaker's one, with a blade nearly
three inches long, was here produced.
Harding—l assisted in conveying the prisoner to
the hospital, and having ascertained that he had re-
ceiTed no injury, he was taken to the station-house.
I afterwards proceeded, both last night and this morn-
ing, to the hospital, and found Mattham in a very
exhausted state. The following was the certificate
given to me :
"St. Bartholomew's Hospital Surgery.

" This is to certify that Henry Methainwai admitted
into the hospital December 23d, having received a punc-
tured wound in the walls of the abdomen. His present
symptoms do not give sufficient information for me to
tell the probable result.
" Dec. 24." "J. KINGDOM, House Surgeon.
Alderman CHALLIS asked if there was any one
present who had seen the wound ?—George Viles, re-
siding at Bermondsey, said he was present that
morning at the hospital, when the nurse was dressing
the wound. It was a hole above the navel, a little on
the left side.

William Mobbs, 265, said he heard the spring of a
rattle, and cry for police, and on running to Skinner-
street he saw two gentlemen bringing the wounded
officer between them. Mattham exclaimed, "Oh,
Mobbs, take me to the hospital, I am stabbed ;" and,
finding he could not stand, a cab was procured, and
he was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Alderman CnimAs—Then he was very weak ?
Mobbs—He was exhausted, and only spoke three or
four words afterwards.

Alderman CHALLIS—Did you see the wound ?
Mobbs—l did. It is about an inch in length, and
about an inch and a half above the naval. It had been
bleeding, but it stopped before arriving at the hos-
pital. lie was also cut across the hand, which Mat-
tham said was done in his attempt to take the knife
from the prisoner.
Charles Thomas Price, 226, said—About 20 minutes
past eleven o'clock I was proceeding along Ne wgate-
street, and saw some persons together at the corner
of Skinner street, and about a minute after heard my
brother officer cry out " Murder." I ran over and
asked him what was the matter, and he replied, " I
am stabbed."

Alderman CHALLIS—Where was the prisoner at
this time ? Price—Within five yards.
Alderman CHALLIS-Did the wounded man say
who stabbed him. Price—l asked Mattham who did
it, and he pointed to the prisoner, saying, "That's
him." I went into the crowd with my truncheon
drawn, and before I could capture the prisoner Matt-
ham followed and gave him (prisoner) a blow on the
head with his truncheon, which brought him to the
ground. I then commenced a search for the weapon,
while other persons took the officer to the hospital,
and saw Bloomfield pick it up.
Alderman CRAWS—The charge was yours, and
why let Bloomfield take it ? Price—Because he was
there as soon as I was. I afterwards stayed to clear
the mob away.
Alderman CHALLIS asked if the two gentlemen
spoken of were in court ? Bloomfield replied they
were not, but they had left their addresses at the
station-house.

The prisoner declined putting any questions to the
witnesses, asserting that he was unconscious of what
had taken place.

Alderman CHALLIS remanded the prisoner until
Saturday next, to ascertain what turn the unfortu-
nate man's wounds might tale.

SOUTHWARK.
Ann Murphy, Ann Lee, Mary Reddington, and
Ann Reddington were brought 'Wore Mr. A'Beckett,
charged with knocking down and robbing Mr. George
Edward Lowe of his watch and chain.

The. complainant stated that on Saturday night,
between eleven and twelve o'clock, he went into the
Globe wine vaults, at the corner of York-street,
Montagu-close, and while taking some refreshment
at the bar, observed the prisoners Murphy and Lee
standing there together. He remained but a short
time in the house, and on quitting it, in passing
Montagu-close, which is rather an unfrequented
place at night, the woman Murphy, who must have
followed him from the Globe, came up to him, and
without saying a word struck him a violent blow on
the face, which stunned him for the moment; and
before he had time to recover, she rushed upon him
with such force as to throw him down. While he was
on the ground he heard his assailant call out
" Jem," and at the same moment lie felt
a tug at his watch pocket ; and on placing his
hand there, he found that both watch and chain
were gone. The assault and robbery were
perpetrated so instantaneously, that he had no oppor-
tunity of seeing the person who snatched his watch,
but he believed that Murphy was the woman,
although he did see a man come up when she called
out " Jem," but whoever that man was he could not
say; and he had reason to believe he did not interfere,
although he was present, and saw him (complainant)
lying on the ground. The complainant added, that
he had previously seen the other prisoners i❑ Mur-
phy's company before the robbery took place.
In reply to Mr. A'Beckett, the complainant said
that he had been drinking on the evening in question,
and was slightly under the effects of liquor, but that
he had a perfect recollection of all he had described
now ; he was convinced Murphy was the woman who
struck and knocked him down. The complainant
added that, although he had been so roughly used, and
robbed of his watch and chain into the bargain, still
he did rot wish to prosecute, and begged that his
Worship would dispose of the case summarily, so that
he might have no more trouble in the matter.

Mr. A'BECKETT expressed his surprise that such
an application should be made to him under the cir-
cumstances; the complainant's convenience, on such
an occasion, was not to be consulted, for the public
had a right that an outrage and a robbery of the above
description should be thoroughly investigated, parti-
ticularly at a time when highway robberies, attended
with ruffianly violence, were so frequent in different
parts of the town. The magistrate then asked Mur-
phy whether she wished to say anything on the sub-
ject of the charge ?

Murphy said that she: knew nothing about the
robbery, and, in proof of her assertion, said that no
watch was found in her possession.
The complainant said she had ample time to pass
his watch to the man who came up when she called
"Jetn," and that the other man disappeared altogether
before the policeman can to the spot.
The policeman said that robberies were very fre-
quent of a night near the same spot, which is situ-
ated close to the dry arches of London-bridge, and
used by pedestrians as a short cut to Bankside and
B lack Liars - bridge.,
Mr. A'BECKETT said that he shoull remand
Murphy, and in the meantime exertions should be
used to trace the complainant's watch. With respect
to the other prisoners, as there was no evidence
to implicate them in the offence, he should discharge
them.

HEALTH OF LONDON clurive the WEEK.
(Frem the Registrar-General's Report.)
In the metropolitan districts the deaths registered
in the week ending last Saturday were 1,043 ; the
weekly average of the last quarter of five previous
years, corrected for increase of population, is 1,162.
In the corresponding week of the year, 1846, 1,276
deaths were returned; in that of 1847, 1,946 deaths,
when the mortality was increased by influenza; and
in the same week of 1848, the deaths were 1,118
But though soil eonshlerably less than
usual, the weekly contingent now shows a
tendency to rise to the winter rate of mor-
tality, • and the present return shows an in-
crease of forty one on the deaths of the previous
week. In three succe:sive weeks ending Decem-
ber 15, the deaths from bronchitis were respectively
60, 86, and 89 ; last week they rose to 110, whilst
the average is only 68; from asthma there were 21,
16, 26, and 19 in the last four w eeks ; from pneumo-
nia (or infl unmation of theeeleg+aeas9o;
'The-mortality from -pne -is less ihtici
the average, occurs to a much greater extent among
children than aged persons; and the latter class are
now the principal sufferers from the increased cold-
ness of the weather. Three men and five women
died last week at 90 years and upwards; two of the
women had turned 95 years. From diarrhoea and
dysentery the deaths were 19; a woman of 70 died
on the 16th of December, in Great Pulteney-street,
from debility which succeeded en attack of cholera.
All epidemics are less fatal than usual, except measles,
which rather exceeds the average.
It is gratifying to find that in addition to the ana-
lyses which have been already drawn up at the
General Register Office, others have been undertaken
by private inquirers. And Dr. Guy has favoured the
Register-General with the following account of the
professions or occupations of 4,312 men of the age of
fifteen and upwards who were destroyed by cholera.
It will be seen that the disease in London was not only
fatal to the poor, but to many artisans, tradesmen,
shopkeepers, professional people, and persons of inde-
pendent means. Of the men who died of cholera, 135
were returned simply as gentlemen, or of independent
means, 6 were clergymen or ministers of religion, 16
medical men, 13 magistrates or lawyers, 11 archi-
tects or engineers, 11 merchants, 11 officers in the
army and navy, 25 master mariners. 100 clerks
or accountants, 11 Custom-house, 7 Excise officers,
14 builders, 14 booksellers, &c , 14 carpenters, under-
takers, &c., 13 cheeseniongers, 17 drapers, &e., 11
fishmongers, 12 fruiterers, 20 grocers, 13 oilmen, 42.
licensed victuallers, 5 wine merchants, 8 master shoe-
makers, 6 master tailors, 6 tobacconists, 19 travellers.
Of the classes returned as artisans and labourers, 52
were bakers, 32 butcher, 102 weavers, 80 tailors, 151
shoemakers, 47 bricklayers, 17 mesons, 20 plasterers,
70 cabinet makers, 111 carpenters, 28 coopers, 73
painters and plumbers, 33 sawyers, 20 shipwrights, 22
tanners, 18 turners, 16 coachmakers, 35 cabmen, 57
coachmen and cabmen, 15 saddlers, 52 carmen and
carriers, 37 grooms and ostlers, 6 drovers, 44 en-
gineers, 10 railway guards, 13 stokers, 16 letter
carriers and postmen, 99 porters or messengers, 24
policemen, 7 watchmen, 62 soldiers, 299 sailors and
Greenwich pensioners, 27 watermen, 18 bargemen,
7 ballast heavers, 52 coal porters and coalheavers,
25 footmen and man servants ; 756 labourers are
returned.
Dr. Guy has given "a rough approximation to the
ratio which the deaths bear to the living," in the se-
veral occupations. This determination is as difficult
as it is interesting. The occupations were only re-
turned for the metropolis in a very general way by
the Census Commissioners in 1841 ; and in the trades
masters were not distinguished from men. The re-
sults, which deserve most attention are those which
relate to well-defined, numerous occupations. " La-
bourer," "gentleman," " man servant," are terms very
loosely employed ; but .the statement that 1 in 67
labourers, 1- in 200 gentlemen, and. in 1,572
men servants, including footmen, died of
cholera, expresses something near the risk incurred
by the three classes in the epidemic. The domestic
men servants of London were 39300 in 1841, and
25 died of cholera; the clergy, doctors, and lawyers
did not exceed 12,000, yet 35 persons belonging to
the learned professions died cf cholera in 1849.
The mean daily reading of the barometer at
Greenwich Observatory was above thirty inches on
the last three days of the week ; the mean of the
week was 29 952. The daily mean temperature,
which was 51° on Sunday, gradually fell to 33° on
Friday and Saturday; the mean of the week was 42°,
rather more than the average of the same week in
seven years. The daily mean was about 10° above
the average on Sunday and Tuesday, and 6° below i
on Friday.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAT.
Tha extent and nature of the business transacted yes-
terday will be gathered from the subjoibel quotati Ina;
littlQ or no change will be found, and only one of the
Derby favourites, viz , Voltigeur, was i n force.
CHESTER CUP.
2,000 to 40 agst Capt. Hervey's Lismahagc—taken
50 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius—take 1,000
to 15
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. W. S;ebbings's Malton—taken
1.000 t) 15 agst Mr. Bumb)'s Velox—taken
3,000 to 45 agst Mr. Gregory's Damask—taken
1,000 to 12 agst Mr. E. Parr's Idle Boy—taken
2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Godwin's Hotspur—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Meiklam's Raby—taken
5,000 to 50 agst Mr. Isaac Dsy's Cockermouth—taken
3,000 to 30 egst Mr. E. R. Clark's Giselle—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Thringarth— taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Pedley's Chatterer—taken
2,000 to 20 agst Mr. B. Green's Cadger—taken
1,000 to 10 aget Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm—taken
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES,
2 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's Beehunter—take
9 to 4
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ghio—taken
DERBY, 1850.
17 to 2 sgst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—take
9 to 2
11 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—
take 12 to 1
11 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel—
take 12 to 1
16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian—taken to
251, and afterwards offered
17 to 1 apt Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—take2o to 1
20 to I agst IPrd Zetland's Voitigeur—taken to
about 2501.
1,000 to 40 agst Mr. PiAlley's Sweetheart—taken and
afterwards off.,red
1,000 to 35 agst Duke of Bedford's John o' Groat-30
to 1 also laid to 501.
30 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's William the Con-
queror—taken to 504 and afterwards off.
30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken to 1504
and afterwards off,:red
40 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Harding°
1,000 to 20 apt Lord John Se,)tt's Windhound—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Lord Palmerston's Yew Tree—taken
2,000
,to 20 agst Mr. Murphy's Brother to Dough
(Brandy B-t colt)—taken
2,400 to 20 agst Mr. C. Breton's Python—taken
DER/SY, 1851.
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Jamrron's Anchorite—taken.

DRAYTON MANOR.—The Right Hon. Sir Robert
and Lady Peel have enterteined a large party at their
seat in* Staffordshire since Tuesday last, on which day
they were honoured by the company of the ex-Kin., ut
the French, the Duke de Nemours, and the Duke
d'Aumale. The visitors at the Manor have included the
Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon,
Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, the Hon. Colonel A.
Gordon, the Dean of Westminster, Mr. Dugdale, the
Rev. E. and Mrs. Peel, General and Mrs. A'Court, Ad-
miral Repington, Mr. A'Courr, Captain W. Peel, 12. N.,
Mr. F. Peci, M.P., &c.

LEICESTER TRADE.—There has been considerably
less business doing this week ; bang the general period
of stock-taking, but few purchases have been made.
Still resumed activity is anticipated at the commence-
trent of the new year. The prices of wool and worsted
remain firm at the last advances, and the cotton list con-
tinues the same.—Nottingham Journal.
lIAMBURGII, DEC. 21.—The harbJur is almost
clear of ice. Several vessels came in this morning—
among them the steamers Archimedes, Thames, and the
ISl7„leutrn Browne; and several have quitted it. There is
a good deal of fresh ice forming in different parts of t'le
Elbe. The English schooner Nicholas and Elizibeth,
which put to sea ycsterdav from 'Cuxhaven, has run
aground at Steilsand.—liamburgh Borsenhalle.

—At the audit of George Maywood, Esq., of Busby
Hall, at Northallerton, en Wednesday last, that gentle-
man generously returned his tenants 20 per cent. upon
their half-year's rent:.--Newcastle Journal.

INSTITUTION CIVIL ENGINEERS.
The annual general meeting of the institution was
held on Tuesday, December 18th, Joshua Field, Esq ,
President in the chair, when the following gentlemen
were elected to form the council for the ensuing
year :
William Cubitt, President; I. K. Brunel, J. M.
Rendel, J. Simpson, and R. Stephenson, M.P., Vice-
- Presidents; J. P. Bateman, G. P. Bidder, J. Cubitt,
J. E. Errington' J. Fowler, C. H. Gregory, J. Locke,
DIP., I. R. M'Lean, C. May, and J. Miller, Mem-
, hers; and J. Baxendale and L. Cubitt, Associates of
Council.
The report of the council, which was read, alluded
to the past season of unexampled depression in the
engineering world, but at the same time held out
hopes of improvement, on account of the agitation of
the subjects of better supplies of water and gas, the
sewerage and drainage of towns, the construction of
abattoirs, and other sanitary questions; whilst the im-
provement of canals, in their struggle with the railways
for the heavy traffic, the construction and ameliora-
tion of harbours, the embanking and improving of
rivera, the recovery of marsh lands from the sea, and
numerous other work?, which had been neglected on
account of the more attractive railways, would resume
their former importance, and eventually afford ample
employment for the majority of the members of the
profession.
It was shown that the careful administration of the
funds had been attended to, and that a considerable
quantity of publications had been issued.
The alteration of the commencement of the session
was shown to have worked well, and in general the
report of the progress of the society was very satis-
factory, in spire of the had times for engineers.
Ile debt contrac*7ed for the improvement of the
house of the institution was stated to have been en-
tirely liquidated by the liberality of a number of the
Members.
Telford Medals were presented to Lieutenant-
Colenel Harry D. Jones, R.E. ; Mr. R. B. Dockrny,
and Mr. J. T. Harrison : Council premiums of books
to Mt esJs. J. T. Harrison and J. Richardson ; and
Telford premiums of books to Messrs. R. B. Grant-
ham, T. R. Crampton. W. Brown, and C. B. Mans.
field ; the President addressing a few complimentary
expressions.to each of these gentlemen on presenting
the premiums.

111-?rnoirs were read of the following deceased
members :—Altlrs. J. Green, P. Roth well, R. Sibley,
and D. Wilson, inenibers ; A. Mitchell, Lielitenant-
.-Coloprel- A. W. Robe, R.E. ; C: K. Sibley, W.
Mitchell, and J. C. Prior, associates; and J. Woods,
graduate.

- The following extract from the " Memoir of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel A. W. Robe" will give a specimen of
the meaner in which civil engineers treat aed speak
of the memory of their deceased brethren, whether
civil or military :
" Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Watt Robe, R.E.,
was born at Wcolsich on the 31st of January, 1793;
he commenced his military career, as a gentleman
cadet, at Great Marlow, removing from thence to the
Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and obtained
a commission in the corps of the Royal Engineers in
1811 ; finally attaining the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel in that distinguished corps in 1837. By a
remarkable combination of circumstances, although
he was continually appointed for active service, his
appearance was generally the harbinger of peace.
He joined the army of the Pyrenees in 1813, just
before the termination of the war in the Peninsula;
and in 1814 was attached to the forces under
Sir Edward Pakenham, in the expedition to New
Orleans, but only arrived at the cessation of hostili-
ties. Immediately on his return to England he re-
ceived orders to re-embark for the Netherlands, but
only reached the seat of war a few days after the
battle of Waterloo. He remained with the army of
occupation until 1818, and shortly after his return
was appointed to the Ordnance Trigonometrical Sur-
vey, the duties of which post he performed with great
skill and ability until 1841, when he proceeded to
Halifax, Nova Scotia, as second in command of the
Royal Engineers; and in 1843 was appointed com-
mandint of the Royal Engineers at St. John's, New-
foundland, in which command his honourable and
useful career terminated with his valuable life on the
2d of April, 1849, which was shortened by disease,
originating in over-exertion on the survey in the
North of Scotland, and aggravated by fatigue during
the great fire at St. John's, where he toiled inces-
santly for forty-eighthours in protecting the lives and
property of the inhebitants.
" Colonel Robe was descended from a line of an-
cestors who had all been in the military and naval
services ; his four brothers were also distinguished
officers, and two of them fell gloriously in the service
of their country. He was devotedly attached to sci-
entific pursuits, and was emininently aseful in pre-
motieg the object of the societies which he joined, and
for this his mathematical acquirements and topogra-
phical knowledge peculiarly qualified him. 119 was
elected an essociate of this institution in 1838, and
served on the council for come years, with great zeal
and attention, being continually present at the
meetings, and inducing the frequent production of
original papers, or presents of charts, tee., for the
collection.

" In the performance of his civil and military duties,
his zeal and ability were unbounded ; as a son, a .
brother, and a friend, he could not be surpassed, and
the public estimation in which he was held was fully
testified by the general mourning for his loss, at St.
John's, Newfoundland, where he died, and where it
was said of him, that it seldom fell to the lot of a
military man to be so beloved by civilians.' The secret
of this respect and esteem was the active and untiring
benevolence of his character, which was only equalled
by his unassuming manner, and the frankness and
mildness of his demeanour; and the highest eulogium
that cin be paid is that those who knew him best
esteemed him most.'"

The thanks of the institution were voted unani-
mously to the president, vice-presid-nt, members,
and aFsociates of council, to the auditors, scrutineers,
and the secretary, for their attention to the interests
of this institution.

The PRESIDENT returned thanks very briefly, and
and on retiring from the chair, after holding it most
worthily for the two past years, he recommended to
the members his successor, Mr. Cubitt, whose active
energy and high position in the profession rendered
him every way fit to occupy the chair of sub a
society.

The address wai very warmly received, and it was
proposed to the council to consider by what means
the eminent past presidents could be enabled to con-
tinue their valuable services, in conjunction with the
acting council.

The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 8,
when the following papers were announced to be
read :—" An Account of the Blackfriars Landing
Pier," by F. Lawrence ; and "A Description of a
Timber Bridge, erected on the 1'413 of the Lynn and
Ely Railway," by J. S. Valentine, Mem. Inst. C.E.

INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS
AND MSS.
Last week, on Thursday and following days, the
well-known Winston collection of dramatic MSS.
was brought to the hammer by Messrs. Puttick
and Simpson, of Piccadilly. The sale excited
much interest in the dramatic world, and th was
considerable anxiety to examine, and in som cases
to repurchase, letters long since forgotten by the
writers, whose altered circumstances and position at
the present day contrasted in many cases very re-
markably with those under which those letters were
penned. Rarely ever has there been amassed such an
amount of material for petty scandal as in the memo-
randa and letters composing this collection, aed
which we are gratified to know in many cases re-
turned to the possession of the individuals to whom
they related, doubtless for immediate destruction.
We cannot help thinking it is an obvious abuse of
confidence to preserve, index, amplify, and leave,
even to the chance of impertinent curiosity in
a public sale-room, letters written in an unguarded
moment, or on matters never intended to be
brought to the notice of a third party, revealing parti-
culars the publicity of which can effect no good ob-
ject, but may create much ill-natured remark end
private heart-burning. The collection now referred
to affords ample occasion for these remarks. Did we
su;:pect that every hasty letter we pen may one day
form an item in an auctioneer's catalogue, there is at
once an end to freedom in epistolatory intercourse.
With regard to the muniments, so to speak, of the
great patent theatres, also forming part of the collec-
tion, there must have been great carelessness exer-
cised in their custody, else we cannot understand how
they have been separated from the archives of the
theatres. The collection, on the whole, brought good
Pr • We may mention a collection of letters, &e.,
• -;ces
of Edmund Kean, lot 451, which sold for 8/. 155.;
lot 477, Vice-Chamberlain Coke's papers relative to
the King's Theatre, 1706 15, which sold for 121. 10s.;
lot 672, the original MSS. of the Rejected Ad•
dresses proposed to be spoken at the opening of Drury-
lane Theatre in 1812, 91. A collection of engraved
dramatic portraits closed the sale, and appeared to
p.oduce high prices.
On Monday the same auctioneers sold Mr.
Mitchell's small but interesting collection of autograph
letters. From the catalogue we extract the fallowing
as amongst the most interesting lots, with the prices
at which they sold :—Lot 14, letter of Lord Brougham
on Parliamentary Reform, sold for 11. Lot 21, letter
of Cinq Mars, sold for 11. ss. Lot 53, a short note
of Haydn, sold for 11.95. Lot 75, a letter of Moses
Mendelssohn, sold for 1/. 10e. Lot 89, a letter of
Smollet, the historian, sold for 31. 17s. 6d. Lot 105,
a letter of Voltaire, sold ler 11. 165. Several letters
of Lady Hamilton, and a curious document, being a
a bill for her funeral expenses, amounting to 281. 10s.,
sold together for Si. 4e. Lot 140, a letter of Mrs.
Jordan, sold for 1/. 13s. The sale concluded with
fifty letters of David Garrick, which were sold singly,
and for the most part were bought by Mr. Colburn,
the publisher. In one of these letters, written on the

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night of his first appearance in London, he says—
"My mind has always been inclined to the stage.
Last night I played Richard the Third
to the surprise of everybody, and as I shall make very
near 3001. per annum of it, and as it is really what I
dolt upon, lam resolved to pursue it." This interesting
series of letters sold at high prices, amounting in the
whole to about 1101.

UND FOR PROMOTING. FEMALE
EMIGRATION.
The sympathies of the public have recently been interested by de-
tailed accounts of the condition of the poor, and especially of the suf-
ferings ef some of those who are among the moot helpless of their
sex—the working women of the country.
In the metropolis alone, 33,500 women are engaged in the single
business of apparel•making. It is estimated that 28,500 of them are
under 20 years of age, and that of these a large portion are subsisting,
or attempting to subsist, on sums varying from 4M. to 2%c1. a day.
Throughout Great Britain the male population is greatly outnum-
bered by the female. By the census of 1341 it appeared that there
were 320,000 more women than men, and so great has been the
amount of male emigration during the last nine years, that the ex-
ams of females may be fairly supposed to have reached half a million.
In the British Colonies, on the other hand, the inequality is re-
versed: in 1817 there were in New South Wales only 41,900 females
to 83,000 males; in South Austra la only 13,000 females to 17,000
males. Similar disproportion exists in Yan Diemen's Land and other
Colonial dependencies.
It is proposed to take measures with a view to abate this doable
evil ; to supply the Colonies with tie population which is the crying
want of society there, and at the same time to redress this increas-
ing grievance of the mother country, to rescue from penury and mi-
sery those who emigrate, and, by diminishing the unnatural excess of
female labour, to better the conditon of those who remain.
With these views the following Noblemen and Gentlemen have
formed themselves into a

Comelier EZ.
The Right Hon. SIDNEY HERBERT, M.P., Chairman.
The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Westminster
The Most Notle the Marquis of Granby, M.P.
The Right Hon. the Earl ofeiarlisle
The Right lion. the Earl of Harrowby
The Right lion. the Earl of St. Germaine
The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere
Ties Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford
The Lord Ashley, M.P.
he Right lion. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.
The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, M.P.
The Hon. John Talbot, Q.C.
The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird
Sir Walter Rockliff Farquhar, Bart.
Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P.
The Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P.
C. B. Adderley, Esq., M.P.
George Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P.
John Masterman, Esq., M.P.
John Walter, Esq., H.P.
William Page Wood, Esq., M.F.
C. J. Bevan, Req.
The Rev. Joseph Brown
The Rev. W. W. Champneys
William Cotton, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Dale
W. F. A. Delano, Esq.
The Rev. John Garwool
William Gregeon, Esq.
Robert Henbury, Esq.
William Hawes, Esq.
M. I. Higgins, Esq.
Charles Hoare, Esq.
George Jelf, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq,
.8 untie' Jones Loyd, Esq.
W. G. Prescott, Esq.
The Rev. W. Quokett
The Rev. B. C. Sanger
William Shaw, Esq. •
The Rev. J. Sherman
The Count de Strzelecki,
J. I. Travers, Esq.
It is proposed to tike immediate measures for promoting Emigre-
tion t) the Bri•ish Colonies on an extensive scale.
Ass'stanze will, in the first instance, be extended to the class
which, as the poorest and most hel,,lese, has a reasonable claim to
early consideration -the needlewomen and slop-workers.
Offices will he immediately opened, at which such parties may re-
gister their applications.
Care ev,ll be taken to select such persons only es are of good cha-
racter an,l are well recommended, and whose age and habits render ,
them fit subjects for emigration.
Such arrangements will be made as will secure for them every
To-eible safeguard and care during the pessage out. Communic.s-
lions will be opened with the colonies, with a view to the proper re-
ception of the emigrants on their arrivel ; for their temporary as-
sistance, net to afford them facilities for placing themselves in
respectable positions.
The amount of the assistance, and the ferns in which it is to be
rendered to the emigrants, whether that assistance shall be by way
of gift or loan, or both, must depend upon the amount of contribu-
tions at the disposal of the committee, and be necessarily regulated
by the circumstences of each case.
A vast undertaking is proposed, a great ant growing evil is to be
met and remedied, vigorous action and large means are required ;
but the Committee look with confidence to the public for support,
daub Ing not Cleat in a land abounding with wealth, and in which t sere
is a self-denying and a Christian spirit, means will be provided for
accomplishing so great an end. They venture to remind the nation
of the great and grievous Mil ction which, by the Providence of God,
they have Just escaped, and they urge upon them the great duty of
showing their gratitude to their Divine Benefactor by assisting the
most helpless and needy of His creatures.
FIRST SUBSCRIPTION LIST.
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness the
Prince Albert, K. G. £5OO 0 0
Right Hon. Shiny Her- Sir J. Warrender, Bart. 10 10 0
bert, - 500 0 0 Hen. Lady Warronder 10 10 0
Most Noble the Mar- Captain John C. Gawen
quit of Westminster 500 0 0 Roberts, - - 10 10 0
The flight Hon. Lord Lord Radstock - - 10 10 0
Robt.Groevenor,M.P. 300 0 0 The Price of Two Bal-
Messrs. Truman, Han- lade - -1010 0
bury, Buxton, and Co. 300 0 0 Elliott Lockhart, Esq. - 10 0 0
Messrs. Courts and Co. 200 0 0 fhe Viscount Downe - 10 0 0
Messrs. N. M. Roths- The ViscountessDowne 10 0 0
child and Sons - 200 0 0 11. - - - - 10 0 0
Messrs. Smith, Payne, Puzey, Esq. - 10 0 0
and Smi he - - 250 0 0 Mrs. Meynell Ingram - 10 0 0
The Earl Manners - 200 0 0 \lr. Sergeant Heath - 10 0 0
Sir Edward North.llux- Harvey- M. Farquhar,
ton, Bart., M.P. - 200 0 0 Esq. - - -10 0 0
R. S. Holford, Esq. - 200 41 0 Mrs. Lawrence - • 10 0 0
IL, per the Rev. T. Dale 200 0 0 Rev. 11. G. Watkins - 10 0 0
Messrs.Phillipps, Shave, William Powell, Esq. - 10 0 0
and Co. - - 105 0 0 Jelin R. Godby, Esq. - 10 0 0
The Dowager Duchess Monies Somers Cocks,
of Northumberland - 100 0 0 jun., Esq., M.P. - - 10 0 0
The Duke of Sather- IL B. - - - 10 0 0
land, K.G. - - 100 0 0 George Filliter, Esq. - 10 0 0
The Duke of Portland 100 0 OW. W. Higgins, Esq. - 10 0 0
Right Hoe. Lord John Lady Blunt- - - 10 0 0
Russell, M.P. - - 100 00A. A. Genisinid, Esq. - 10 0 0
The Lord Bishop of Lon • Lord Wodehouse - - 10 0 0
don - - - - 100 0 0 Lord Hatherton - - 10 0 0
The Countess of Pern- •:311. R. H. Inglis, Bart.,
broke - - - 103 0 0 M.P. - - -10 0
The Hon. A. Kinnaird 100 0 & Viscount Mahon - - 10 0 0
The Earl of Clanwil- Collection, per the Rev.
Ram - - - 100 0 0 C. Camerose Wore-
The Earl of Nelson - 100 0 0 ley, Manchester - 10 0 0
Frederick Pigou, Esq. 100 0 0 Sir John Shaw - - 10 0 0
Messrs. Glyn and Co. 100 0 0, Williamßobertson,Esq. 10 0 0
Messrs. Strahan, Paul, 'Edward Harwood, Esq. 10 0 0
and Co. - - - 100 0 0 TheViscoantessSydney 10 0 0
E. W. Mills, Esq. - 100 0 &The Viscount Jocelyn,
I. Gellibreud Hubbard, I 31 P. - - - 10 0 0
Esq. - - - 100 0 9 The Earl of Theesbery. 10 0 0
C. J. Bevan, Esq. - 100 0 0131 r. Mount - - 10 0 0
Messrs. Drummonds - 100 0 0 Mrs. Gawen - • 10 0 0
Samuel Jones Lord, Samuel Roscow, Esq. 10 0 0
Esq. - - 100 0 0 General Sir W. Lumley 10 0 0
Roherrt Hanbury, Esq. 100 0 0 S.r C. E. Trevelyan,
Burton Borough, Esq. 100 0 01 K:C ,B. - - 10 0 0
Ditto . a 10 0 o,StephenA.Hankey,Esq. 10 0 0
Colonel Choltealey - 100 0 &Edward Penryhn, Esq. 10 0 0
Anonymous, per the E. B.'s Gold Chain - 0 0 0
Mon. Mrs. Sidney W. F. A. Delaae, Esq. 5 5 0
Herbert - - - 100 0 O,J. W. Gilbert, Esq.,
Messrs. Hoare - 100 0 0 F.R.S. - - -
Charles Hoare, Esq. - 100 0 0. Henry Hallam, Esq. -
William Page Wood, !James Hopgood, Esq. -
Esq., M.P. - - 100 0 0 Messrs. Hogg mid Ito-
Messrs. Masterman, 1 binson - -
Peters, and Co. - 100 0 ORd. Watford, Esq.
The Earl of Aberdeen 100 0 VG. A. Kilgan, Esq.
Sir H. Bunbury - -90 0 &Dr. Richard Fowler -
J. I. Travers, Esq. -52 10 0 Mrs. Goldsmid -
Messrs. Geoncock and IJ. 31. Parsons, Esq. -
Co., Bow Churchyard 52 10 0 Fred, Thompson,i Esq.
The Earl of Harrowby 50 0 OW. B. Marshall, Esq. -
The Earl of Mount I Henry Rich, Esq., M.P.
Edgecoinbe - - 50 0 0 Colonel Win, Douglas -
John Labeuchere, Esq. 50 0 O'Bev• W. K. Hamilton
The lion. John Talbot, G. K. Rickards, Esq.
Q.C. -—5 O 0 OH. S. - - -
William Cotton, Esq. - 50 0 0 Edward Heseltine, Esq.
Mrs. Quickley - - b 0 0 0\ Admiral Sir Edward
The Earl of Verulam - 50 0 0 Codrington -
11. Tufnell, Esq., M.P. 50 0 o'Wiliiam Shaw, Esq. -
The Earl of Strafford - 50 0 01Wm, Wingfield, Esq.
The Earl of Haddington 50 0 0,11. A. Hornby, Esq. -
The Earl of St. Germans 50 0 A. F. 11.
Lady Charlotte Ore- 'Joseph Reynolds, Esq.
ville - - - 50 0 OF. li. Sotherton, Esq.,
The Viscount Canning 50 001 M.P. - -
Gr,,gson, Esq. 50 0 0 Hr. Blset Hawkins -
George Jelf, Esq. -500 & W. Vansittart, Esq -
Mrs. Jones Loyd - 50 0 &Joseph Hume, Esq.,
G. Vernon Harcourt, I 31. P. - -
Esq., 31. P. - 30 0 &I
MrThe isses ClaPay
nnell
-
Frances Countess of • s. M
Charles
Weddegraye - -50 0 0 Lord John Manners -
Sir Thomas Dyke Ac- Mrs Col. Broughton
land, Bart., M.P. - 50 0 0 Rear-Admiral Bowles.
Laurence Sullvon, Esq. 50 0 0 - - •
R. A.,' Slaney, Esq , Rev. James Sherman
M.P. - - -50 0 0 Mrs. M aurice, per tke
The Earl Howe - - 50 0 0 Rev. J. Sherman -
Mrs. Byng —5O 0 0 Mrs. C. Denison -
M. J. 'Jiggles, Esq. - 50 0 0 Captain W. Peel, R.N.
Lord Ashley, M.P. - 40 0 0 Lieut.-Colonel Arch.
The Right Hon. J. Macbean -
Stuart IVortley,3l.P. 40 0 00. V• , - -
The Hon. Mrs. Stuart The Countess of Rose-
Wortley - - - 10 0 0 bery - -
Dr. Sutherland - -30 0 0 Mrs. Drury - -
John Henry Peill, Esq. 30 0 0 Capt. Powys (of West-
Russell Gurney, Esq., wood) - - •
Q.C. - - -3300 C. S. Searbrow White,
J. Polo Shawe - - 30 0 0 Esq. - - -
Wm. It. King, Esq. - 30 0 0 Lady Ann Tufnell (In-
Bight Hots. Sir Charles stalment)
Wood, Bart„ M.P., A. M. D.
Chancellor of the Mrs. Peale - -
Exchequer - - 30 0 0 Chas. Castleman, Esq.
Felix Prior, Esq. - 26 5 0 F B.
The Tisoonnt Sydney - 25 0 0 Iron. Mrs. Singleton
Sir William Ileath- James Singleton, Esq.
cote, Bart. - - 25 0 OS. C. -
Bight Hon. Edward George F. Pollock, Esq.
Ellice, M.P. - - 25 0 0 Rev. C. E. Kennaway
Captain Wigram - 25 0 0 Cantabrigiensis (Trin.
P. B. Duncan, Esq. - 25 0 0 CoL) - -
F. H. Janson, Esq. - 25 0 0 Messrs. Hemsworth
Sir John Pakingten, Bt. and Linley - - 2 0 0
M.P. - 25 0 OA.H. C. - - 1 1 0
Messrs. Wa-ker, Bro- Charles Penton, Esq. 1 1 0
there, and Co. - 25 0 0 Bev. Charles Ibbotson 1 1 0
David Solomons, Esq., A Curate - - - 1 1 0
Alderman - -25 0 0 Miss Gibbs - - 1 1 0
Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. 25 0 0 Robert Puzey, Esq. - 1 1 0
Peter Carthew, Esq. - 21 0 0 Rev. James Tenahles - 1 1 0
Lord James Stuart - 21 0 0 Geo. Murdock, Esq. - 1 1 0
Keith Barnes, Esq. - 20 0 0 flee Countess of Abingdon 1 0 0
David Reline, Esq. - 20 0 0 Miss lieddmg - - 1 0 0
J. E. Frith, Esq. - 20 0 OR. 31. Bromley, Esq. - 1 0 0
Mrs. B. Wood - 20 0 0 A London Clergyman - 1 0 0
Sir Philip Egerton, Bt. A Friend to Emigration 1 0 0
M.P. - - -2) 0 0 .psis Lewis - - 1 0 0
Rev. Dr. Thorpe - 20 0 o,Geo. Cartwright, Esq. - 1 0 0
Philip CazenoVe, Eeq. 20 0 0!J. H. E. Ridley, Esq. - 1 0 0
John Forster, Esq. - 20 0 0; Lieut. Henry Yule - 1 0 0
R. W. Lumley, Esq. - 20 0 OiXtrs. E. F. Butler - 1 0 0
Cap. Frederick Holland 20 0 o,llenry Ilensleigh, Esq. 1 0 0
Dr. Latham - - 20 0 0 Mrs. John Armstrong - 1 0 0
James W. Ferrer, Esq. 20 0 O,J. C. - - - 1 0 0
Rev. CI, orge Ron! - 20 0 0 Mrs. Pigott - - - 1 0 0
Lady Mary Wood - 20 0 0 Hensley - - 1 0 0
Rev. R. Winston, Ro- ID. 0. Edwards, Esq. - 010 6
Chester - - - 15 0 OF. H. Bliss, Esq. - 010 0
11011. F.Charterb, 31. P, 15 0 &
O,H. M. Temple - 0 0
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rW. G. Stirling, Bart. 15 Admirer - - 0 5 0
William Peek) Esq. - 15 0 &A Brother and Sister - 0 5 0
Thomas Sanders, Esq. 15 0 9 lir. Renard
W. Maxwell, Esq. - 10 10 0
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Donations may, if it be desired,
mull instalments.
The following bankers will receive money for the fiend :
In the City. At the Weet-end.
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. Messrs. Meares, Fleet-street.
Messrs. Glyn and Co.
Messrs. Ransom
Citoault,smann.lanCao.,csotr.,
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Cs.
Messrs. Masterman and Cs. mall.
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Messrs. Herries and Co., St,
Co. James's-street.
V3I. T. JULY, Hon. Secretary.
square, Dec. 24, 1549.

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be paid in two, three, or four an-

4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-1

LEAMINGTON SPA, DEC. 22.—The latest arrivals
at ihis fashionable watering place include the naTes of
Lord Tullamore, Lord Saltoun, Lord Lorton, the Mar-
quis Marohionesa of Queensbery, Lady C. Tolle-
Inacl e, Lord and Lady John Scott, Lady and Miss
Mon. g,,merie, Lady P. Browne, Lady Ame'ia Claydon,
Lady Evan Bailey, Lady Bruce, Hon. Messrs. Lefroy,
Ilan. H. L. Rowley, Count Menstrieu, Sir George
Bark fi. in, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Whitmore,&c.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India colonies.

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.—
Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON.
The Lessee respectfully begs to submit the following scale e: Prices
of Admissi:n for public approyal:—
PriTate boxes, 31. as., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 17. I Is. 61., and 11. 18.
Stalls, 53. each.
s. d. s. d.
FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE.
Boxes - - 4 0 Boxes - - 2 0
Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - - 1 0
Lower Gallery -1 0 I Lower Gallery -0 6
Upper Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gall3ry.
The Pablie is respectfully informed, that the Dramatic Season will
4011iMenoe on

WEDNESDAY, Dm. 26Th,
which occasion will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
Shakspere's Play of the
MERCHANT OF VENICE.
nke of Venice, Mr. Diddear ; Antonio, Mr. Cooper; Bassanio,
Mr. C. Fisher ; Salanio, Mr. Frazer ; Salaiino, Mr. Everett ;
Gratiano, Mr. F. Vining; Lorenzo, Mr. William Montague;
Shylock;Mr.`james Anderson ; Tubal, Mr. Barry : Launcelot Gobbo.
Mr. W. 11. Angel ; Old Gobbo, Mr. W. Davidge ; Leonardo, Mr.
Abbott; Balthazar, Mr. Henry ; Stephano, Mr. Eller ; Clerk, Mr.
Gough; Antonio's servant, Mr. Frierson; Gaoler, Mr. Bowtell ;
Portia, Miss Laura Addison; Nerissa, Miss Clara Tellett; Jessica,
Miss Fanny Huddart.
After which (First Time) a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical,
Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff
King Hal," to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ;
or, MERRIE ENGLAND IN TilE OLDEN TIME,
" Then the ladies with large ruffs, tied round about their necks
SO fast,
Would gabble up a pound of beefsteaks for their breakfast.
0 I the golden days of Good Queen Bess,
Merry be the memory of Good Queen Bess."—Old Song.
The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Nobody-
knowswho, assisted by Mozart, Bishop, Rossini, Ware, Handel, Roil-
well, Haydn, and the Ethiopian Serenaders. The Rounds are the
composition of a select Circle. The Catches are by Locke.
The Ballet Department under the superintendence of Madame
Louise.
'fhe Scenery painted by Messrs. Brunniug, Jones, Wilson, C.
Mains, and Assistants.
The Properties, Magic Tricks, and Transformations invented and
executed Mr. W. Blamire.
The Costumes by Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs. 7, The extensive
Machinery by Mr. Adams.
The whole produced under the Direction of Mr. T. Thompson.
IMMORTALS.
Christmas, Mr. S. Jones; The Spirit of John Rich, Mr. Darcie ;
The Spirit of High Tragedy, Mr. J. Parry; The Spirit of Punch,
Miss Eunice ; Spirit of Mother Goose, Gulliver, Baron Munchausen,
&c., &c., by &c., &c.

MORTALS.
Good Queen Bess, Mr. R. Romer ; Any Robsart, Mr. G. Watson ;
Her Lovely flabby, Master Butter ; The Great Earl of Leicester,
M. Deulin; The Little Earl of Essex, Mr. Henry ; The Unspeak-
able Lord Burleigh, Mr. Johnson ; The Basher Lord Bacon, Mr.
Barry ; The Smolcy Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Manderson ; The
Dancing Lord Chancellor Sir Christopher Hatton, Mr. Chapin° ;
Maids of Honour, Pages, Beefeaters, Guards, Morris Dancers,
Jesters, Wildmen, Dragoons, and other Bores, by the rest of the
company.
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR,
But although he comes in snow, he still hopes to meet with a warm
reception—hut where Is he going? Why, to pay his yearly visit to
the Spirit of John Rish, in the
GHOSTLY CITY OF DEPARTED FUN.

This city is composed of the Tombs of the by-gone Pantomimes—
'° Who's slat knocking at der door?—Come and see —" J. Anderson's
my Joe, John," and " I am Rich," that's more than every one can
say; we wish they could—How to make a Pantomime ?—" that is
the question"—but the answer, it is hoped, will i e satisfactory—
Poor Tra-ge-dy meets with no clemency, so we fly by night" to
A SPLENDID HALL IN. THE PALACE OF' GOOD
QUEEN BESS.
We now come to Historical Facts, therefore, as the Clown at
.kstley's would say, " Lot us be serious." It is an historical fact,
that the Earl of Essex loved, or pretended so, Good Queen Bess,
therefore he hated the Earl of Leicester, and thence arose a conspi-
racy—Sir Walter Raleigh fears his pipe will be put out —Bacon gets
quite in a frizzle, and Lord Burleigh shakes his head—but there's
nothing in that, whatever they may say to the contrary.
It is an historical fact, that Good Queen Bess was assisted at her
toilet by many of her noblemen, therefore the
GRAND PROCESSION OF THE TOILETTE
is introduced, in which the Royal Wig ! the Royal hull! ! the
Royal Blushes !! ! and the Royal Petticoat ! ! ! will mike their
first appearance on any stage, and trust to the " ussal indulgence of
a British Public." These are followed by
GOOD QUEEN BESS
en deshabille, as she is represented hi a pie' ore at Hampton Court.
—What comes next will certainly follow—and then will be seen
GOOD QUEEN BESS
n all her royal splendour.—lt is an Historical Fact, that Good
Queen Bess, like " Young Susan"—" had lovers so many that she
scarcely knew upon wh`ch to docile"—and it is an Historical Fact
that the following were a fear of them.
THE REJECTED ONES :
Philip of Spain, Prince Rupert, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Anjoa,
Prince Alengon, Marquis of Winchester, the King of Sweden,
Henry of Navarre, Archduke Charles, Earl of Arundel, Sir William
Pickering, Charles Blount, and the Earl of Arran. Good Queen
Bess appoints a meeting of these " woaderous proper men" at
Kenilworth, but declares, that oa her way, " A hunting she will go"
—and having got on the " High Horse," the story gallops on to
CUMNOR HALL BY MOONLIGIIT —Wilson.
" Coming events cast their shadows before "—" Hest thee,
my darling "—Ketchy, ketchy, ketehy—" Put out the light,
and then "—enter the Earl of Leicester on his way to Kenil-
worth—He stops at Love's half-way house, the Bobsar Arms—" Oh,
Susanna," or rather " Ole Amy !"—lt can't be said, "he makes no
bones about it "—They part, " more in sorrow, than in anger," but,
" being gone, Amy is herself again "—that is to say, a rather jealous
young lady, who in her " dee? despair," introduces her Lovely
Babby, to whom she sings the following pathetic stanza :
" Come my babby, come along with mo
We'll go to far-famed Kenilworth,
Your naughty dal to see."
And so they do.
KENILWORTH CASTLE

As it appeared on the OWasion of Good Queen Bess's Royal Visit.
For further particulars Inquire of Sir Walter Scott. It is an histori-
cal fact that Good Queen Bess paid the Earl of Leicester a visit, and
" paid the piper." This, his gorgeous fete, half ruined him ; there-
fore we pity his fate, but must admire his wondrous generosity, for
all he ever hoped for in return was—half-a-crown. The Earl fore-
stalls Shakspere, by discovering " that the course of true lave never
did run smooth," for here he meets with seine twenty " competi-
tears," and to him they do come " petit ours," for they prove per-
fect bears, or, more properly speaking, bores. A Lovers' Quarrel
n a grand scale, a sort of " tiff fur the million," takes place, which,
'though beginning in love, ends in war, and the total destruction of
TUE SPANISH ARMADA!
By Warner's Fulminating Blow-up—Tragedy has now done his
worst, and Rich finding that even Rich must become poor if war
continues, proposes a" Peace Congress," and brings all to a close
by making them all change their clothes—
The Earl of Leicester puts on the motley garb of Harlequin, M.
Pectin.
Lord Burleigh that of Pantaloon, M. J. Dentin.
The Earl of Essex that of Clown, Mr. C. Stilt,
Ind Amy Robsart dons the Robe d'Amour of Columbine, Madlle.
Theodore.
All we have further to say for Good Queen Bess is—Vivat Regina,
and off she goes." " Welcome, Old Friends, 'tie long since we
met !" " Here we are I" " Ilow are you?"

PRESERVE AND PacKLE WAREHOUSE, AND RAILWAY
OFFICE.
Cupid and Clown—Butter and Butterflies—Hungarian Knock-'cin-
Downs, and German Toys—War to the Knife, and Terrific Explo-
sion—Railway Offices to Let—Pantaloon becomes Tenant—Shares
at a Discount—Clown Co la Accopapts, and Railway King in Tribu•

lation—Chango to
INTERIOR OF CATACOMBS!
SIMPSON'S DIVAN AND TAVERN, Strand.

The most approved way of Cooking a Goose—Clown makes himself
Welcome—the Waiters at Fault—a Transformation—Clown Puzzled
—Calf's Head for One—A Kitten Wanted—Save the Credit of tha

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Establishment—Police ! Police'.—and Change to
EXETER HALL.
Meeting of the Peace Co❑press—llow to get up a Rory—Prosylites
Beware—Humbug the Order of the Day—Embracing at a Premium,
and Domestic Tableau of the Happy Family,
POULTERER'S AND SHOP TO LET.
Stick no Bills, In case you sh•uld Kill Sweet William.
A DOWNRIGHT "NOBBY DANCE."
Heads Win the Prize.
SMITHFIELD.

Potatoes all Hot—Toss and Buy—Three real Epping Sausages, and
Bread, for One Penny—A Mad Bull—Pork versus Tabbies—A Re-
port for Enlarging Smithfield Market —Holloway's Purifying Pills—
New Tariff—Gin Greatly Reduced—Warranted uot to Produce Spon-
taneous Combustion—Puff, the Order of the Day—Panch and the
City Nuisance—Go it, Bricks—and Sudden Transfoimation to
A SALUBRIOUS SPOT.

STREET AND LOUGING•HOUSES.
What will be seen here is of little use to those who have no eyes.
—" Lend me your ears"—" Oh, what a falling off, my countrymen,
when you, and I, and all of us, fell down."—Shakspere.
BED-ROOM IN LODGING-HOUSE,
Comfortable Quarters—Lola, and the Gallant Son of Mars—Clown's
Notion of Warm and Convenient Arrangements—Good Night—Late
Visitors—A Troublesome Customer —Mr. Walker, an intruder—
Novel Mode of Expelling same—A Stormy Night—Clown and Pan-
taloon in Great Alarm—lncantation Extraordinary—and General
Chamber Polka.
CHARING-CROSS AND STRAND.
What's to be done ?—Buy the Lady's Newspaper.
FROST FAIR ON THE THAMES.
Ice Soup—Temperance Hotel, J. Frost. —N.B. Iced Champagne—
Oh, the Roast Beef of Old England !—Sports of the Glacearum—
" Plaisirs d'Hiver"—Clown wants some Fish, but can only get
Skate, which he finds rather tough ; It won't go down, though he does.
FATHER THA kiES' RETREAT,
1, Tiddyball's Alley, in the middle of the Thames, with Brass Door
and Gingerbread linoe'ler.
General "Meeting of the Waters"—The Alarm—Summoning of the
City Abominations—Arrival of the Resident Director of the " Silent
flighways"—Fearful Resolve—Marshalling of the Forces—Grand
Attack, and Tableau of Interest.
SOUTHAMPTON WATERS, WITH VESSEL
For California or anywhere else.
GRIN') MOVING DIORAMA,
designed and painted entirely by Brimning. Illustration of ler
Most Gracious Majesty's iris t to Ireland, showing the followi.
points of interest :—Departure for Osborne—Passing Cowes an
approaching the Needles—The Royal Yacht passing through the
Fleet at Portsmouth—The Eddystone Lighthouse—Passing the
Land's End at Sunset—The Royal Squadron by Moonlight—and
Arrival at Queen's Town. Three cheers and a hundred more

Scene the Last.
THE PALACE OF PANTOMIME.

On Thursday, Moore'l Tragedy of THE GAMESTER, with other
entertainment•. . . _

.....
On Friday (first time these seven years) Shakespere's Play of
AS YOU LIKB IT. Rosalind, Mrs. Nisbett ; Orlando, Mr. James
Anderson ; Touchstone, Ur. W. H. Angel ; Jacques, Mr. Vanden-
hoff ; Banished Duke, Mr. Cathcart (his first appearance); Adam,
Mr. Cooper ; with other entertainments.
On Saturday, the Play of THE STRANGER, with other enter-
tainments. •

Stage Manager, Mr. James Anderson.
Acting Manager, Mr. W. Bennett. Treasurer, Mr. W. Dunn.
Musical Director, Mr. G. 11. Rodwell.
Leader of the Band, Mr. J. W. Thirlwall.
Ballet Mistress, Madame Louise.
Scenic Artists—Messrs. Brunning, Jones, Wilson, C. Adams, and

Assistants.
Decorative Artist, Mr. W. Blamire. Machinist, Mr. W. Adams.
Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. Prompter, Mr. C. Melville.
Costumiers, Mr. Palmer and Miss Biggs.
Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey.

THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, ,Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
On WEDNESDAY .
_

... .
Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE
LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean ;
Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack ; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; °Willa, Mrs.
C. Kean.

To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING
RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Vfallack , Ceunt
Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs.
C. Kean.

To conclude with THE NINTH STATUE; or, The Jewels and
The Gem.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Calcite.
On WEDNESDAY,

Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW
COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed-
ford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar.
After which FRANI:ENS TE IN ; or, The Model Man.
To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MILS. BUNBURT'S
SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bell Twinks,
Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. litaabary, Mrs. F.
Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEAT3E.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews.
On WEDNESDAY,
Will be performed NOT A BAD JUDGE.
After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS.
To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN.
Dress Boxes 5i.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Is.. No
half-price to any part of the house.
AU applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15,
New Bond-street.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager.
On WEDNESDAY,
Will be performed DON GIOVANNI.
To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle

ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
TO-MORROW,
Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has suc-
ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome,
Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly-
trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angels is
the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare,
" Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will make her ap-
pearance at Astley's Amp:theatre This Eveling.
The perforniance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a
Grand Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Cre.q, or the "'cur-
nay of Love, in which Msf. N. T. Hicks will appear; and a gran:;
Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee.
The attractions for the Christmas Holidays will compilse wondrous
Scenes in the Circle.
Box-offic 3 01 en from Els Fen tin Fos r.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.