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The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-11

JUDGXS,

Beasts and Long-wool Sheep—Mr. Thomas
Townsend, Mr. John Booth, Mr. Thomas Reynolds.
Short-wool Sheep and Pigs—Mr. John Ford, jun.,
Mr.. John Clayden, Mr. William Saxby:_

HONORARY SECRBTARY.-Mr. B. T. Brandreth
Gibbs.

OXEN OR STEERS.

CLASS I.—The first prize of 30 sovereigns, to No.
19—Mr. Richard Jones, Woodstone Lodge,
near Peterborough. A silver medal to the
breeder— M.r. James Cartwright, Win stans to w,
Salop. The second prize of 15 sovereigns to No. 4
—Mr. Stephen Gooch, Honingham, near Norwich.
The third prize of 5 sovereigns to No. 3—Mr.
Thomas Batson, Kynaston House, near Ross.
CLASS 2.—The first prize of 30 sovereigns to No.
29—the Most Hon. the Marquis of Exeter, Burghley
Park, Stamford. A silver medal to the breeder—the
Most Hon. the Marquis of Exeter. The second
prize of 15 sovereigns to No. 39 —Mr. James S.
Bult, Dodhill House, Kingston, near Taunton. The
third prize of 5 sovereigns to No. 31—His Royal
Highness Prince Albert.

CLASS 3.—The first prize of 25 sovereigns, to No.
45—Mr. Richard Stratton, Salthrop, near Swindon;
a silver medal to the breeder, Mr. Richard Stratton.
The second prize of 15 sovereigns, to No. 42—Mr.
Harvey Combe, Downside Farm, Cobham. The
third prize of 5 sovereigns, to No. 46—Mr. Thomas
Bond, Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton.
CLASS 4 —The first prize of 20 sovereigns, to No.
56—The Right Hon. the Earl of Leicester; a silver
medal to the breeder, the Right Hon. the Earl of
Leicester. The second prize of 10 sovereigns, to
No. 57—Mr. John Tucker, Abbey Print Works,
Stratford, Essex.

CLASS s.—The first prize of 15 sovereigns, to No.
69—the Right Hon. the E..rl of Leicester ; a silver
medal to the breeder—the Right Hon. the Earl of
Leicester. The second prize of 5 sovereigns, to No.
64—the Right Hon. the Earl of Aylesford, Packing-
ton, near Coventry.
CLASS 6.—The prize of 10 sovereigns, to No. 8—
Mr. Juhn Rob, jun., Tborpfield, near Thirsk,
Yorkshire.
London, England, 1849-12-11

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, DEC. B.—ln a convocation to be hold on
Monday next, December 10, at ten o'clock, the names of
the following gentlemen, who have been duly nominated
to succeed to the office of Select Preacher at Michaelmas,
1850, will be submitted to the House, viz:—
The Venerable Archdeacon Robert Isaac Wilberforce,
M.A., of Oriel College.
The Rev. Osborne Gordon, 8.D., of Christ Church.
The Rev. 133njamiti Jowett, M.A., of Bailie' College.
The Rev. John Gibbons Longuevillo, M.A., of Wad-
barn College.
The Rev. Robert Wheeler Bush, M.A., of %Vorcesttr
College.
In the same convocation the name of the Rev. James
Augustus Ilessey, D.C.L., of St. John's College, who
has been duly nominated in the place of the Rev. James
Garbett, M.A., of Brasenose College, resigned, will Le
submitted to the House.

F. C. PL'UMPTRE, Vice-Chancellor.

LINCOLN COLLEGE.

The name of Mr. Heaven, of Trinity, was inserted by
mistake, as the Craven Scholar, instead of that of Mr.
Charles Dacre Craven, commoner of Lincoln Coll'?ge,
who was elected.
London, England, 1849-12-11

20, Great Marlborough-street.
Mr. SHOBERL will publish immediately, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,
VLIES IN AMBER.
By ML:3S PARDOE.
Authoress of " The Pretty Woman," " The Rival Beauties," &c.
2. SCENES of the CIVIL %VAR in lIUNGAItY, in 1849-9; with
the Personal Adventures of an Austrian Officer in the Army of the
• Fan of Croatia. I vol. post Bro.
3. COUNTRY QU (TITERS. By the COUNTESS of BLESI'ING-
TON ; with PORTRAIT, and MEMOIR by her NIECE, MISS
POWER.
4. NA.PIEIt'S SOUTHERN AFRICA. 2 vols. Now ready.
William Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough• street.
London, England, 1849-12-11

T 1111

The father of the young woman, a respectably-attired
man, 6 :id somethieg must be done for the protection of
his daughter, or her life would go in damp r. He never
should Inv° consented to the marriage had the prisoner
not protested in the most solemn manner that he would
throw himself off Battersea bridge if he could not have
her, and, believing the prisoner was in earnest, he thought
it best to asFent to the match. _ _ _

The prisoner admitted ;hat he struck his wife, but it
was not until she had provoked him to it by the intem-
perance of her tongue; but if it would be any satisfaction
to her or her father, he had no obj, ction to part from
her, and allow her 6.1. lor her support. The fact was,
however, that his wife was the first aggressor, and she
not only abused, but threw a teapot at his head, because
he would not redeem a dress he had pledged to enable
her to go out visiting.
The father and wife being satisfied with his proposal,
Mr. HENRY c'nsented to adjourn the case fur two
months, and dirceb d that he should be again brought up
if in the Ent antimv he fai!ed to keep bis promise.
London, England, 1849-12-11

AUSTRIA.

The Vienna Gazette and the Austrian Corre-
spondent lately stated that Kossuth had deposited
2 000,000 of florins in the Bank of England. The
Figyelmezzo, Magyar paper of Yesth, contains a
declaration from the ex-Minister of Finance of Hun-
gary to the effect that Ko,sutli never had the handling
of any funds, and never received other money than
what was due to him as salary.
London, England, 1849-01-05

SINDE.

Our latest dates from Kurrachee come down to
the 27th ult. There seems nothing of the slightest
moment stirring on the Indus. The Golundauze, on
their way from Kurrachee to Hyderabad, had been
robbed of some treasure, otherwise they were moving
on auspiciously. A wing of her Majesty's 8111
Regiment had been ordered from Kurrachee to
Sukkur. They were to move so soon as carriage
could be provided for them. We regret to hear of
the death, on the 16th, of Captain S. Brown, senior
captain of the corps—this being the third captain they,
have lost in as many months. The 29th Native In-
fantry was also ordered up from Hyderabad so soon
as they could be relieved by a wing of the 24th, from
Kurrachee, which marched on the 18th ; so that
more troops, it seems, are still demanded on the
frontier. We hear that it is probable the 22d Foot
will be immediately dispatched to Kurrachee to sup-
ply the place of the Bth ; the 27th Native Infantry
has been sent from Bombay to take that of the 24th,
London, England, 1849-01-05

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the Patrona,ge of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince &Men,

-Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in
the 4fetroplis.--,A gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr Ilengler, the most
eitraordinsui Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the
Arena.,--The Arabs in their wondrous performances.—A new
.eomie Pantomime.

THIS EVENING,
The curtain will rise at
Sp SeYenectacle of thpe,
o'clock recisely to the magnificent
-
i• -WARS OF THE JEWS ; of, Tire Fall Of !Jerusalem.
4fter which,Berr Hengler on the Tight-rciPe. •
To 'be followed by an, !nimitablo disp!ay of SCENES IN THE
supported by the first Equestrian taint of the day.
co lode Nyith a • new Equestrian Pantominie, entitled BOLD
R°5lN '11°04; or,. The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted•Prin•
cess of shcrwood Forest.'
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itejeeted.communications cannot be returned.

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TaCIEII.OIOtEtER, Lowest, 11ighcat, 33,` Noon, 33.
BAONXTER 29.81.
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THIS EVENINO,

Will be performed THEME CHANT OF VENICE. Shylock,
Mr. Charles Kean; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean.
4fter which, an Arabian Night's 'Entertainment, entitle.]
CA.M..LRA.LZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved
the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley-, Mils
Horton, and Miss Reynolds.

THEATI ROYAL, ADELPIII.
ender the direction of Madame 47ele-ste

Dnring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the
original designs by Di;by Wyatt, ESE; , executed by Mr. Sang. .1.
new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tam Of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable.
London, England, 1849-01-05

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, JAN. 2.—The KING has addressed the fol-
lowing order of the day to the army :
"I address a new year's greeting to my splendid army
of the line and Landwehr. The sand of the melancholy
year of 1848 has now run out, and on this occasion I
must address a few grateful words to my army. During
this eventful year, in which, without Divine Providence,
Prussia must have sunk, the Prussian army not only
maintained its ancient glory, but it has acquired fresh
renown. The King and the people look with pride at
these brave -sons of their country. They remained un-
shaken in their loyalty, while revolt was undermining
the free development of thOse liberal institutions to which
I desired prudently to lead my people. Their banners
have been crowned with fresh laurels, when they were
called upon to aid Germany in the cause of Schleswig.
They overcame victoriously both fatigue and danger,
when &aired to quell the insurrection in Posen.
Their co-operation has maintained_ oider in Southern
Germany, whereinthes-htrtu,ssainan
a‘littaernmPe
I?..waassgmaiandeed
tfereisnh.
their Own country, which called forth
tfhhroionngoi intervention veweinhaterfosnofof the armed force andof the Landwehr.
The brave men of the Landwehr-cheerfully quitted
their families an their homes, arid nil, both line and
LAndwehrs, justified the confidence -which I had ever
pl;lced its ,t4itin, and likewise proicsi -the
,admirable
or!..ranivltion given by the late King to our army. Every-
thsaray has done its duty.
d•Bukgen more
is
....ese do li-11PMelate the atti-
adtetat,by the tuy in these latter ly ! time; (1)
bdBe calumnies,' andfo bribery, its
excelittokpirit irntlVoW -1-lAtiiv my army
from *bittsi-ver Part I called it, was ready itn• discipline,.
arid-,unshaken in-146,1ty:•,-Afte coidenet have
done more in the most glorious efforts of the Prussian
annals. _

---;;:fthank the generals, the officers, and .the soldiers
of the line and Landwehr, in my own name, and that
of the country.

" FERDINAND WILLIAM.
(Countersigned) " VAN STROTHE."
M. TIMM); Director of the Superior Provincial
Court of Justice at Munster, and late a deputy to
the National Assembly, has been arrested.
London, England, 1849-01-05

BANKERS'.

The opening number for the new year is enriched
with an excellent likeness of James William Gilbart,
Esq., the respected general manager of the London
and Westminster Bank. It also contains an interest-
ing memoir of the London and Westminster Bank,
the first of the joint stock banks established in the
metropolis. We are happy to find that it is the in-
tention of the proprietors to give similar notices of
the principal joint-stock banks throughout the king-
dom. The series cannot fail to prove both interesting
and instructive. The monetary review of the past
year, with which the number opens, points out the
fluctuations that have taken place in the value of
stack and shares of every description, and proves the
signal failure of the Act of 1844 in one, at least, of
the objects contemplated by its framers. " Letters
tog Branch Manager " are continued with the same
ability that has been so conspicuous in the former
contributions of the author. The all-important point
of " discounts" forms the subject of ,the present
epistle. There are many other interesting papers
containing the usual amount of valuabfe mercantile
information• We regret. howe'ver, to find
editors have given currency to one of a series' of
mischievous articles, the object of which is manifestly
to play the "Bearish " game, and to dopreciate railway

1849.

property. In every other respect the number is
worthy of the highest commendation.

,
• '' - • -TIIE'ZOIST.
The Zoist, a journal "of Cerebral physiology and
mesrneri§m, and their application to human welfare,
is almost wholly devoted to the subject of mesmerism,
and contains an account- of many wonderful cures
effected by its instrumentality. Among its contri-
butors- The Zoist numbers Dr. Elliotson

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICUL,
7'URAL SOCIETY-- OF, ENGLAND.
Vol. IX.

" Mr. Spooner: on Farm-houses—Mr. Loft: on
Varieties of Wheat—Mr. Charnock : on the Farming
of the West Riding—Earl Lovelace: on Agricultural
Meteorology—Mr. Hutchinson : on the Air-drainage
of Land—:Mr. Waters: Pleuro-Pneumonia—Mr.
Evelyn Denison, M.P. : on the Duke of Portland's
PlantAiomi—Sir J. P. Monteath : on Preserving Wood
Ir. Thompson : Report on the Exhibition of Im-
plements at the York Meeting, 1848 —Mr. Posey,
M.P. : on Paring and Burning Grass-land—Mr.
Keary : on the Management of Cattle—Lord Port-
man : on Draining with Fir-bough—Mr. Wolfe: on
Told: and Thin Sowing—Mr. Tanner : on the
Farming, of Devonshire—Mr. Milherne : on the
Farming of the North Riding—Mr. Chandler: on a
Water Drill—Mr. Pusey, M.P. : on the Putrefaction
of Bones—Mr. Rutley : on the Culture of Hops."
Such is a summary of the contents of this valuable
number of a very important work, to which is
appended an account of the proceedings of the Royal
Society during the past year.
London, England, 1849-01-05

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success which has attended it since its commencement—lTS .4..zsrium.
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In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from
that date to list December, 1847, 2141. per cent. per annum was
added at the General Meeting en the 6th of July, 1549.
The bonus thus added to 1-Alleles from March, 1834, to the 31st of
December, 1847, is as follows:
London, England, 1849-01-05

SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE.

Tho Colonial Magazine for January contains arti-1
ties on " Our Colonial Relations," " The Cultivation of
Tea in British India,"" The Establishment of Central
Sugar Works in the British Sugar Colonies," " The
Laws of the Winds," " Coral Reefs, a Cause of the.
Fever of the Islands near Singapore," and an indig-
nant protest against the annexation of Cuba to the
Slave States of America, together with colonial in-
telligence and a variety of matter of colonial interest.
London, England, 1849-01-05

DIVIsION OF PRoms.

The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the Annual Meeting, hell on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a
sixth bonus, i-arying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid
en each Policy effected on the profit scale.

EXAMPLES.
London, England, 1849-01-05

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
The Holders of York Extension Shares, in arrear, are informed
that unless all arrears, together with interest at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum, be paid on or before the 31st instant, they will for-
feit all claim to the Six per Cent. Shares in right of them.
By order,
C. P. RONET, Secretary.
Bishopsgate Station, January 4, 1849.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
H E ROYAL POLYTECIINIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
A Lecture en the Popular Subject of the Electrie Light, by Dr.
Rachhoffner on Tuesday, Thursday, and iatarday Evenings.—Po-
pular Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant Experiments, by Dr.
Ryan, daily, and en the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-
day.—First Exhibition of an entirely new Series of Dissolving Views
in Mexico and Switzerland, with historical descriptions.—Childe's
Phantasmagoria, with very curious new effects, Mornings and Eve-
nings.—Microscope at One o'clock daily.—New Chromatropc—
Diver and Diving-bell.—Working Models explained.—Musts di-
rected by Pr. Wallis.

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London, England, 1849-01-05

THE CHOLERA.

At Rotterdam, on the 2d, 5 new cases were re-
ported—deaths, 2 ; recoveries, 3. Total since com-
mencement of disease, I,2lo—deaths, 633 ; recoveries,
426. At Dordrecht 3 new cases occurred and 1
death ; total since commencement, 115 cases—deaths,
65 ; recoveries, 21. At Utrecht 35 cases were re-
ported—deaths, 30; recoveries, 3 ; total since com-
mencement, 370 cases—deaths, 196 ; recoveries, 130.
At Schiedam 2 fresh cases were reported—deaths, 2 ;
recoveries, 1 ; under treatment, 6. At Groningen no
fresh case occurred—deaths, 1; recoveries, 1; total
number of cases, 248 —deaths, 129 ; recoveries, 108 ;
under treatment, 11.—Dutch Papers, Jan. 3.

DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG-

HOLSTEIN.

The following is said to be the proposition of Lord
PALMERSTON for the settlement of the differences be-
tween Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein and the
Central German Power :—That Schleswig shall be
declared completely independent of both Denmark
and Germany fur the time being, and continue so
until its position and connexions shall be definitely
fixed by treaty, of which the mediating powers shall
be guarantees. The territory would then be eva-
cuated by the troops of the Confederation and of
Denmark, and left entirely to its own self-govern-
ment, with the full enjoyment of neutrality. This
temporary independence would not, of course, affect
subsequent arrangements, or be construed into an
acknowledgment or prejudgment of claims. It is
said that Russia, France, and Sweden approve of
Lord PALMERSTON'S proposition.
London, England, 1849-01-05

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London, England, 1849-01-05

LEVANT MAIL.

We have received Constantinople journals to the
14th ult. inclusively. Their contents are not of
importance. The Journal de Constantinople of the
14th states from Bagdad that since the accession of
the new Shah of Persia the Kurds of that country
have been almost in a state of revolt.
We learn from Athens, under date of the 18th ult.,
that deputations of the Senate and Chamber of Depu-
ties had presented addresses to his Majesty in reply to
his speech from the throne, and that the King had
returned suitable answers. The proceedings which
subsequently took place in the Chamber were of no
general interest.

ENGLAND.

fight's Gazette.)
7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0t
the 30th day of December, 1848.

'ARTIIIZNT.

Government debt . • 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,718,686
silver bullion .. .. • • 507,909

X 28,226,595
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
[849.
,EPARTMEN T.

Government securt-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 13,594.518
Other securities .• • • 10,957,933
Notes ••• • ..
Gold and silver coin • . 728,054

£36,377,465
M. MAUSIIALL, Chief Cashier.
London, England, 1849-01-05

ITALY.

King CLIA.RLES ALBERT is about to take up his
winter quarters in the fortress of Alessendris.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

A melodrama, entitled the Headsman, being a dramatic
adaptation, by Albert Smith, of a tale which appeared in
a recent number of Blackwood, was produced here last
evening with the most complete and deserved success.
The interest of the piece turns upon the law which pre-
vailed in the Low Countries during the middle ages,
involving the entail of the office of public executioner
upon the eldest son of the existent functionary, the
odium attached to the unlucky family in whom was
vested the exclusive privilege of wielding the re•
tributive axe often subjecting its members to
the insulting and dangerous hatred of the populace.
The drama illustrates the agony of a young man, the
offspring of one of the denounced and outlawed class,
who is called upon to decapitate a felon in consequence
of the accidental inability of the father to perform the
duty. The drama represents his ignominious expulsion
from a cabaret, the heroic sympathy of his sweetheart,
and his ultimate appearance on the, scaffold, when a
shriek from his betrothed unnerves his arm, and the fatal
axe, hanging over the head of the condemned, falls power-
less, amid the invectives and execration of the bystanders,
while the denouement is brought about by the disco-
very that he is not the son of the headsman, but the
illegitimate child of the reigning prince, and happily ex-
empt from the repugnant contingencies of his reputed
birth. The success of the drama depended chiefly upon
the gloomy interest of the last scene, when the spectator
beheld the scaffold in all its visible reality, lit with dimly-
burninglanthorns, and the wretched criminal, attended by
his ghostly confessor, awaiting bare-necked the impend-
ing blow. Mr. Leigh Murray exhibited the distress of the
youthful headsman with great effect, and his denuncia-
tions of the loathsome task which devolved
upon him were delivered with much manly feeling.
Ho was admirably supported by Miss De Burgh, as the
heroine. Miss De Burgh is a young lady now to the Lon-
don boards, and will become a great acquisition. She is
a most interesting looking girl, and her features, which
are very expressive, have a pensive cast, which suits
exactly with the character. She has, moreover, a sweet
voice, " a most excellent thing in woman," and in her
acting shows great intensity and pathos. She will soon
be what Mrs. Yates was twenty years ago. The quaint
dry humour of Compton, who acted the part of a relic-
maker, was a welcome relief to the more serious parts
of the drama. The piece was announced for repetition
by Mr. Leigh Murray, amidst the enthusiastic applause
of a very crowded house.
London, England, 1849-01-05

FRANKFORT.

According to the Cologne Gazette, in a sitting at
Frankfort, of the Commission of the Assembly, of the
28th ult., the important paragraph was adopted—
That the dignity of Head of the Empire was to be
conferred upon a reigning German Prince.

RUSSIA
Sr. PETEESEURGII, DEC. 23.—The St. Petersburgh
Journal contains the following statement respecting
the visit of the Archduke CONSTANTINE to Austria :
" His Imperial Highness quitted us for fur Olmutz
on the 19th, being charged with the mission to pre.
sent the
Emperor's congratulations to the Emperor of
Austria, Francis Joseph 11., on his accession to the
throne. His Majesty has confided this mission to his
illustrious son- for the purpose of testifying the high
value which his Majesty attaches to the maintenance
of those relations which have hitherto united the two
Imperial Courts. From Olmutz the. Archduke will go
to PragHe, for the purpose of expressing those senti-
tnents of sympathy and good will which his Majesty
s‘ill ever entertain for tho honour of his Majesty the
Emperor Ferdinand."
London, England, 1849-01-05

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STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
LIABILITY of the PROPRIETORS UNRESTRICTED.
MODERATE PREMIUMS in the Fire Department.
PECULIAR ADVANTAGES in the Life Department.
Policies, insuring the value of Leasehold Property at the termina-
tion of the Lease, are also issued.
Persons whose Policies with this Company expire on the 25th in-
stant, are respectfully reminded that receipts for the renewal of the
same will be found at the Head Offices in London and Liverpool, and
In the hands of the respective Agents ; and those who, preferring the
Security offered by this Company, may desire to remove their Insu-
rances, are informed that no expence will be incurred by such re-
moval.

DEW. HENDERSON, Resident secretary, London.
S7IB4BINT.ON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.
December 9,
London, England, 1849-01-05

TIII3 EVENING,

Will- be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROSIN GOOD-
FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey,
C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Keaworthy, Mrs.
Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley.
To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled /SLEPT'
RING HAL ; or; Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin,
Mr. Pologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Elezmore ; Sprite,
Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
ITnder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Rey's' Highness
Prince Albert, &c.
Enrnmous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in
the Ketropolls.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr Hengler, the m•st
extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the
Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new
comic Pantomime.

THIS EVENING,
The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the Magnificent
Spectacle of the
WARS OF THE JEWS; or, The Fall of Jerusalem.
After which, Herr Herigler on the Tight-ropof SCENES IN THE
e.
To be followed by an Inimitable display
CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day.
To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD
ROBIN HOOD ; or, Tho Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin-
cess of Sherwood Forest.
The Celebrated ARABS will appear.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

TO CORRESrONDENTS.
No communication can be attended to unless authenti-
cated by the name and address of the writer.
Rejected communications cannot be retu med.

TIKE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 5.
TiiamostaTza, Lowest, 32; Highest, 33; lifoon, 33.

BAROMETER, 29.82.

WIND E.N.E..; dirty foggy weather, with rain and sleet.

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London, England, 1849-01-05

TII IS EVENII,IO

Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Nit*. Dickens's Chrigt-
mai Book, entitled TAB HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr.
Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ce , Mr
Wright ; the Roy, Kiss E. Chaplin ; Milly, Miss Weolgar ; Mrs. Tet-
terby, Mrs. F. Matthews.
To be followed by TILE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul
Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste.
To eonclade with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRA.SHER
Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEAT I:E.
Under the Management of Madam Vestria.
Aole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma he
TUTS EVENIN'•

Will be perfirned A PECULIAR POSITION
After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF
THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve,
Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil-
lkm, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Madnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L.
Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris.
To eonelueie with AN APPEAL TO TFIE PUBLIC.
Dress i:oxe., his.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. Ne
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-oface, No. 2, Wellin? to- street, 's open to th,
public everyday, from Ten till Six.

PRINCESS'S TREAT t: .
Mr. J. M., Maddox; Sole Lessee and N.: onager.
During-the ,Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel-
lished in superb and costly manner i-y Mr II unvita. ♦
new Chan-
delier has been fitted, and the best arranz, men ts have been made for
the due Ventilation or the Theatre, and the counort and convenience
tithe audience. -
London, England, 1849-01-05

nerefordshire, Griffi;ll, Malta; Amaranth, Walker,
ditto; Eghete, Waters; C:aliz.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Ilea-
riette, A thin, NanteF. Sld. Wilhelm Gustave, Lur:d,
Cette; A pelline, Deane, Gibeslt ar.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind E.—Arrd. 3d, Annir
Morrice, Darrell,. St. MichatTa; Ver;roun, Muller, Gil-
diff, for Ilarnburgh, with loss. of
.jib-bocun, sail, 860.
JAN. 3. W N.E.—Arrd. 3dr Restless, Dick,
Dunkirk; Rapide, Foarney, Antwerp; Dania, Ore. Aar-
buns; Ootssee, Fast, Dantzie; Fenilla, Glaser, Memel.
Dovon, JAN. 4.--Wind E.—Sid. 3d, Ariel, -Griffith,
Bremen.

111-AB:K.ET NEWS.-(THIS DA 4.)

CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.

The quantity of Wheat received up to our market,
since. Saturday last, has not ,exceeded 2,410
,quarters;
By land cairiage the receipts bare been equally limited.
To-day, the stands nere scantily filled wi:h samples of
both: red andwhi'e. Picked qualuies sold
full prices; but all other kinds of English Wheat were
dralin sale, at barely late rates. Upwards of 41,000
`quarters of Foreign Wheat have come in, and been place,'
In bond. On the whole, the demand for fres parcels was
tolerably steady, at prices at about equal to those paid
on Monday last. In bonded qualities •no sales.
An immense supply of Foreign Barley (50,210
quarters) hai come to hand, and the supply
of Engli*h was good. The trade was exceisively
at a decline in the quotatiems of from Is to 2s per quar-
ter, at which reo progreis could ba made. Malt—the
Supply of which was moderately extensive—wcs very
dull in sale, and prices had a downward tendency. The
best parcels of Oats were held at full cure encies; but the
Middling and out-of-condition sorts were 6d to is per
quarter lower. All othcr articles were dull in the ex-
treme, and easier to purchase.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Barley. Oath. Flour
7,030 qrs. 7,570 qrs. 3,040 sk,
50
30,890 --

English
Irian...
Foreign

I Wheat
2,110 qrs.
150,210
Malt. 5,960 qrt
SMITHFIELD.
The supply of Beasts on sale in to day's market was
very moderate, even the time of year considered, and
of middling quality. The few prime Scots on offer sold
tat prices quite equal to thi;se paid on Monday last. All
other breeds vr..re a very dull inquiry, at barely late rates.
There were on show 191 Beasts from Scotland, 20 ditto
from Rolland, and 70 ditto from Spain. With Sheep we
were scantily supplied, nevertheless the demand for that
description of stock was in a bluggisb state, and in some
instances the quotations had a downward tendency, with-
out effec ing a clearance. Calves, the supply of which
was small, moved off steadily at full currencies. The
Pork trade was heavy ; iu
.prices, however, we have no
Change to notice. Milch Cows were quoted at from 141.
to 18/. each, including their small Calf.

41,230
London, England, 1849-01-05

THIS EVENING,,

Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD-
' YELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey,
C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Hiss Keaworthy, Mrs.
Weiss, and Miss B. Stanley.
Ts csnchide• with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF
XING ;. or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin,
Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite,
Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett:
London, England, 1849-01-05

from anarchy. The Ministers announced that on
the following day they would of themselves promul-
gate the measure.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 30th
ult., states that the Ministry intended to apply to
the French Government for a general officer to com-
mand the Piedmontese army. It had fixed upon
General Bedeau, and it was said that an envoy,
charged with that confidential misssion, had left for
Paris.
London, England, 1849-01-05

America,
Division I. handsomely bound, price 7s. Gd, ;
Also, a Second Edition of Part L, of 6,000 copies ; •
THE HISTORY of IRELAND, from the earliest
period of the Irish Annals, to the Present Time. By
TfIONIAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., &c., &c., Corresponding
Member of the National Institute of France ; Honorary Member of
the Royal Society of Literature, &c. ; author of " England under
the House of Hanover," "The Biographia Britannica Literaria,"
and other works illustrative of English History. Each Division
embellished with Six beautiful Steel Engravings, and each Part with
One, from Original Drawings. By 11. WARREN, Esq., President of
the New Water Colour Society.
" A good and authentic history of Ireland."—Dublin Evening
Packet.
" Mr. Wright's style is succinct and pleasing,"—DMlin Advocate.
" Should be in the possession of every man of literature."—Lime-
rick Chronicle.

London : J. and F. Tolls, 100, St. Jolut-street ; and all Booksellers

READING FOR THE MILLION !
'VALES and READINGS for the PEOPLE.
The First Number of this Weekly Miscellany of Useful Infor-
.
illation and Amnsenient will he published on the 6th of January. The
size will be royal octavo, Thirty-two Columns. It will be beautifully
Illustrated, and printed on excellent paper.
I'llbl:shed by Palmer and Clayton, Crane-court, Fleet-street ; sold
by Cleave, Shoe-lane and may be had of all Venders.
London, England, 1849-01-05

HOLLAND.

THE HAGDE.—Our Government has resolved to
grant a furlough of one year to all officers of the
land force, who may ask for it, on condition of their
retaining two-thirds of their pay. The conclusion
drawn from this act is, that the Government desires
at this moment to avoid all interference abroad. Count
ESTERHAZY, who has hitherto been the Austrian Am-
bassador at this Court, is to fill this post at Berlin.
He will be succeded here by Baron DODRLHar.
NETHERLANDS FINANCE.—The chief difficulty of
the Netherlands is its financial state. The Govern-
ment has a thankless task in prospect; and the first
work of the new Chambers will be to give a helping
hand to rectify the absurd mistakes that have hitherto
been made in the unequal imposition of taxes. The
finances are the shoals on which the Government
vessel has often struck and received much damage, and
it is now high time to avert a complete shipwreck by
some precautionary measures.
The deficit for 1848 and 1849 is estimated at
15,000,000 guilders. Something must be done in
this emergency,
but such is the state of the country
that fresh loans are out of the question. The nominal
capital of the national debt is estimated at
1,239,519,911 guilders. It is true that this:is merely
nominal capital for 816,516,100f1. are in the Two per
Cents., 120,856,861f1. in the Three per Cents.,
23,008,0666. in the Three-and-a-Half per Cents.,
252,188,950, in the Four per Cents., 8,000,0001 at

four-and-a-half per cent., and 9,000,000 A. at five
per cent. interest, but the yearly interest paid is
36,271,811f1. 53c., and this swells the budget of this
imall kingdom to,the enormous amount of 71,000,000f1;
Numerous retrenchments have been proposed and
adopted, both in the Royal household and other de-
partments, but at the very outside they do not amount
to more than two millions.

The Ministers, it is said, intend, at the opening of
the Chambers, to propose the following new taxes, in
some measure to meet the deficit : a tax of 5 per
cent. on the net profits of all landed property, a kind
of income.tax; 5 per cent. on large properties and
pensions, and a lower rate on smaller incomes ; a
scale of rates on patents, which shall be imposed on
various trades and professions hitherto exempt from
any patent ; and, lastly, the most important tax of
all, 5 per cent. interest on all Exchequer-bills,
whether home or foreign. There can be no doubt
that numerous will, and must be, the objections stated
against all and several of these taxes; but evenLif
they should not be imposed, the Legislature may
be able, after discussion in the Chambers, to
arrive at some conclusion, and discover some
method whereby the country may be saved
from the impending ruin which awaits it in its
financial relations, unless some decided measure be
speedily adopted.
London, England, 1849-01-05

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Two children wore brought before Mr. Bingham,
charged with having been found by the Mendicity
Society's officers begging about the streets.
The story of the eldest, a girl about eleven years
of age, was this :—Her father and mother, who,
with a shoal of paupers of all ages and sexes, had bean
sent from Ireland to beg in this country about six
months ago, were apprehended about a month ago
for begging. anti had been committed for a month to
the House of Correction. The girl, her sister, about
eight years old, and her brother, about six years uld,
were lelt in the streets totally destitute. They had,
according to the story of the girl, made application to
the parish authorities of St Giles's to be taken into
the house until their parents came out of prison, but
they had been peremptorily refused shelter. For
nearly a month they had wandered about the streets,
begging by day, - and sleeping in doorways or on
staircases at night. None of them had known the
comfort of a bed during the late inclement weather.
That morning her little sister was taken ill from cold,
want, and exposure, and a charitable person at the
house where they had been permitted to lie on the
stairs took her into her room and gave her some
coffee. The girl and her brother went out to beg for
their day's subsistence.

Mr. fiINGIIAM said, if the girl's 'statement was true
it was a case that ought to be attended to. Here
were three Irish children, whose father aed mother
bad been committed to prison for vagrancy, wander-
ing about the streets without a home to go to or any
means of obtaining support except by begging. Ile
really thought the parish in which the parents had
been apprehended ought to have taken the children
into their house at once. The Mendicity officer was
then directed to take the children to the workhouse
with a request for them to be admitted.
From " Sir Richard Sutton," 51.; from " J. G.,"
2/. ;" and from " J. R.," 11., for the poor-box, have
been received.
London, England, 1849-01-05

TO TIIE LADIES,

This lady had the following letter Inserted in the "Times" news.
paper •n Aug. 7, 11.46. Reader, remember, this letter was put hit .
the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me.
" Mrs. Weekicy, of No. 3, Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor-
runity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grinastone, of the Herbary, High-
;ate for the ekleacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having Com-
pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four =oaths,
and the whole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than
T ever was before the baldness appeared.
"Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to; the virtues of Mr.,G.'s
negenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
as I iP. bottle it they were as certain of Its virtues as she is, from ex-
revience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund-
snce, bat as a care of nervous headache ; as a toilet perthme RI far
beyond any to her taste. Sh• will feel a pleasure in answering :any
,ady of respectability to the above fact:.-3, Swan-street, Borough."
In eases it the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, ate w
drops •n the crown of the head occasionally. every week, will pre-
vent the hair from coming away with the comb, mime it strong, and
prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the
hair brilliancy, causing it to curl.

The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the
roost aromatic herbs and hewers with confidence ; its refreshing
odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion
to the toilet. In cases et neyeus headache, pour ten or twelve drops
en the crown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter et an
tour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces
hair an children's heads in a few appplicatiens. If used on infants'
Meads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence em the brain as to pre-
vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.--Sco
pamphlet of testimonials.
London, England, 1849-01-05

•
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maintained that his principal claim upon the recol-
lection and respect of posterity consisted in the cir-
cumstance of his having been the one who instructed
Queen Victoria in the art of government. The views of
the Edinburgh upon this point are so entirely coinci-
dent with our.own, that we should have a peculiar sa-
tisfaction in reproducing the remarks of our contempo-
rary, but that we are unfortunate restricted by the
length to which our own observations have here already
extended. But for the same reason we should, in
like manner, have transferred to our columns a para-
graph extracted-from the article on the " French
Benedictines"—beingl an impassioned and eloquent
apostrophe of admiration to the memories of Alcuin,
of Lanfranc, of Anselm, of Thomas A'Beckett, and
of other renowned men amongst the ancient ecclesi-
astics of the Roman Catholic religion. Most of the
other papers, already mentioned by name, are worthy
of simultaneous publication with the three to which
we have here particularly directed public attention.

THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.
The important merits of the Quarterly Journal
of Agricultuiv, and the Transactions of the highland
and Agricultural Society of Scotland, will be best
described by an enumeration of its valuable contents.
The new number of this journal contains an article
"On the Use of Lime in Agriculture," by
Professor Johnston ; " Decisions in the Supreme
Courts connected with Raral Economy," " The
Farmer's Note-book," containing a variety of sub-
jects of agricultural information " Annual Agri- .
cultural Report," Tables of the Revenue, Prices
of Grain, Foreign Markets," &c. The latter half:
of the joanal is deiroted to an account of the trans-
actions of the highland and Agricultural Society,
and contains a " Digest of Experiments with. Special
Manures," " Report on lately introduced Coniferm,"
" Report on Plantations in the exposed District of
Buchan," and " Report of the Directors on the ap-
pointment of a •Chemist?' -

THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY'
REVIEW.

This periodical is, of course,' chiefly. called..with
articles of Freemasonic interest..." With a joyous and
grateful satisfaction," it announces " the great stride
that Irish fraternity has made in advoaing the meg•
nificent principles of the order." An article on "The
Solar Spots," poetry, and literary criticism, occupy
those pages of the Freemasons' Journal not. devoted
to Freemasonry.
London, England, 1849-01-05

MARLBOROUGH-S7'REET.

Two children were brought before Mr. Bingham,
charged with having been found by the Mendicity
Society's officers begging about the streets.
The story of the eldest, a girl about eleven years
of age, was this :—Her father and mother, who,
with a shoal of paupers of all ages and sexes, had been
sent from Ireland to beg in this country about six
months ago, were apprehended about a month ago
for begging. and had been committed for a month to
the House of Correction. The girl, her sister, about
eight years old, and her brother, about six years old,
were left in the streets totally destitute. They had,
according to the story of the, girl, made application to
the parish authorities of St Giles's to be taken into
the house until their parents carne out of prisons but
they had been peremptorily refused shelter. For
nearly a month they had wandered about the streets,
begging by day, and sleeping in doorways or on
staircases at night. None of them had known the
comfort of a bed during the late inclement weather.
That morning her little sister was taken ill from cold,
want, and exposure, and a charitable person at the
house where they had been permitted to lie on the
stairs took her into her room and gave her some
coffee. The girl and her brother went out to beg for
their day's subsistence.

Mr. .13INGITAM said, if the girl's statement was true
it was a case that ought to be attended to. Hera
were three Irish children, whose father and mother
had been committed to prison for vagrancy, wander-
ing about the streets without a home to go to or any
means of obtaining support except by begging. He
really thought the parish in which the parents had
been apprehended ought to have taken the children
into their house at once. The Mendicity officer was
then directed to take the children to the workhouse
with a request for them to be admitted.
From " Sir Richard Sutton," 51.; from " J. G.,"
2/. ;" and from " J. R.," 11., for the poor-box, have
been received.