The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Qaecn and Court leave Osborne for '‘Viadtor
early this morning. The Fairy screw-'.ender is or-
dered to bc, roady by nine o'clock. Captain Lord
Adolphus Fi'zalarence has arrivcci at Portsmouth, to
be in readincss to attend on board the yacht.
Tile two oilicels, the assistant-surgeon, and crate of
the Fiy, 14, lately paid off at Devonport, frow Now
Z-alztlicl, who dcnrted the ship and went on a cruise
to they gold diggings, are on board the Impregnable
113F-sLin at Devonp.-)rt,
—rig a court -rnlrtial,
to Glace on them this day (Sa!'.ur:la.),),
the
O't hoard pregnabk—Commoiore Seymour
presid nt.

A 3 Soon
as • the books of the Impregnable are. ,re-
turned, which are now in London, that ship wLI be
~`f and re conamilsionea with a complement of
208 officers and men.
A court of
inquiry has been held at Malta on Mr.
Newbury; the engineer of the Medina steam-packet,
to investigate charges of drunkenness and insubor-
dination. Toe result has been reported to the
Admiralty.
Sharpshooter iron screw gun-vessel, having been
payed with Mr. Hay's composition, came out of dock
at Portsmouth yesterday.
Edinburgh, 60, screw-ship, will be taken into the
dock vacated by Sharpshooter on Monday.
The St. Vincent, 120, will be undocked on the 24th
instant, and will be completed
been painted under cover. by the 31st. She has
Sprightly steamer, Master Commander Allen, left
Portsmouth for Plymouth last evening, taking down
a party of seamen gunners (with their wives and
children) to join the Hotspur, to form a nucleus for
the new gunnery establishment at that port under
Captain Howlett. The Sprightly brings back a
barge and two cutters for the Britannia.
MALTA, Dac. 12.—A Neapolitan schooner, the
Cassiopia, regularly plying between Syracuse and this
island, was some few days ago, when on the point of
leaving the former place, boarded by a body 01 police;
Their first act was to turn the captain, Cassia, out of
his cabin, and then commence a close search of his
desk, lockers, Sze. Here were found several letters
and parcels, the seals of which being unscrupulously
broken, and their contents known, Captain Cassia
was permitted to proceed to Malta.
On his arrival here the mater was brought before Ad.
miral Sir W. Parker, who had Captain Cassia brought
before him, and the whole affair investigated. The
result of the inquiry was a resolve on the part of the
Admiral to enter a protest against the iniquitous
proceeding, and forwarded the information to the
Board of Admiralty in London.
Yesterday a sad accident happened on board the
Vengeance to a young gentleman, 11Ir. Hugh
Magrath, who, when employed aloft, fell from the
mizentop to the poop, by which accident be fractured
the base of his sku4l, and received a violent concus-
sion of the brain. The poor lad was removed to the
hospital, where he yet, I believe lingers, but has not
spoken since his accident. There does not seem,frcm
the concurrent opinion of all the professional gentle-
men who have spoken on the matter, the most remote
hope of the poor lad's recovery.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY, Dsc. 19.—Commander J.
Y. C. Campbell, of the Devastation steam- sloop, on
the West India station, arrived home on Wednesday
evening in the United States mail steam-ship Atlantic,
on Admiralty leave, to attend to pressing private
affairs. The Devastation, pro tern ,is commanded by
Lieut. Kynaston, of the Cumberland, flag-ship of
Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8.. the
Commander-in-Chief on the West India and North
American station.

The Cunabarland was towed out of Bermuda har-
bour on the 20th ult. by the Devastation, and sailed
on that day with the Sappho, 16, Commander Coch-
race, in company, for Bathadoes. After coaling, the
Devastation sailed on the 24th ult. to join the Cum-
berland at Barbadoes.

Letters state that there was the greatest excitement
at New York in consequence of Kossuth'a arrival;
and that the affair of Grey-town is also much com-
mented on ; a portion of the press is most violent on
the subject.

APPOINTMENT.

WooLwrcii, DEC. 19.—Commander Charles G.
Phillips (1848), having given up his study of steam
in May, 1850, before he had completed the requi•
site period allotted for that purpose before officers
are examin€d, in order that he might proceed with
Sir John Ross, in the Felix, has been again appointed
to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard,
to complete his course, and joined
,the other officers
studying steam to-day.
A series of experiments was carried on last week
before Mr. Lang, master shipwright, and Mr.
McDonald, master attendant, to test the qualities of a
life-boat, 21 feet long, with a breadth of beam of 6
feet 6 inches, and weighing only 11 cwt., being con-
structed on a plan of Mr. Clarkson, of Paris, of
material composed of alternate layers of sheet cork,
canvas, and wood, varied as circumstances may re-
quire. Mr. Lang and Mr McDonald have reported
favourably of the boat, and consider it well adapted
as a life-boat for small steamers, as it possesses
great buoyancy and is easily rowed. When filled
with water, and at the same time having one ton of
iron ballast on board, and one person standing on the
gunwale, it could not be upset. Several pieces of
the material joined with marine glue were tested at
the factory, one of the pieces being put under a pres-
sure of forty tons, which compressed it to three-
eighths of an inch without its spreading in surface,
and on the pressure being withdrawn it resumed
its original size in a short time without having sus-
tained any damage. It was subsequently placed
under Nasmyth's steam hammer, and at the first blow
of a footfall it yielded about one-third of its thickness,
but subsequently returned to its original size ; white
deal and oak timber when tested with a similar stroke
were broken into splinters. The piece of the mate-
rial was again placed under the large hammer with
a fall of two feet, and received three blows, calculated
to be about nineteen tons each, before it broke.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, FRIDAY.
The Queen and Prince took their usual early walk
yesterday !northing with the Royal Children. '
Sir George Grey remained on a visit, and left early
this morning for London.

The Marclioness of Douro has also left for London.
The' Court will leave Osborne to-morrow morning,
at half-past ten o'clock, for Windsor Castle.

filer Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent, at-
tended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, arrived at
Clarence-house, St. James's, yesterday morning, from
her residence, Frogmore, near Windsor. Her Royal
Highness paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester-house, and in the afternoon left town
on her return to Frogmore.
Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday from a
visit to her Majesty at Osborne, Isle of Wight. ,
The Oxford University Commission had a iftetellonrs
yesterday, at the official residence of the
of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present,
the Master
Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle,l-r.
J L. Dampier,
E, q., the .
of Pembroke, the Rev. H. J. Liddell,
the Rev. A. P.
pFreisrent, the
Stanley (Secretary).
t cif to the Governors of Hong..
Dispatches were
se3nlalts, and to the Lord High
Kong, Ceylon,
and
lonian Islands.
G. li. S. Johnson,
Commissioner of the

within
Ordnance authorities
•Thenumber of additional
days fur a considerable
F have FLOGGINGgiven instructions I N
THEARMY
enlargementgarris garrison proisf prison in Portsea,
the ABOLITION o
that establish.
-consequence of an intimation from the Commander-
ment, in ,
in-Chief 's oflice, of ilitar3.
the desirableness of sending ac many
serious offences as possible to the prison for punishment in
andTal:aitAfor'r a general extensive
lieu of flogging, which it is thought will be erased from the
cells to befeLvilt at them
Mutiny Act altogether before the close of the ensuing session
of Parliament. Be this as it may, the tenders for thel above
works have been received at the Ordnance-office, Pall-mall,
and their formation will be proceeded with as soon as the
authorities have decided on the various estimates which have
been submitted for their approval. The advocates for the
abolition of corporal punishment are therefore very likely in
a short time to see the accomplishment of their desires.
GREAT WESTERN ATMOSPHERIC EXTENSION RAIL-
WAY.—On Thursday Master Senior struck out the names of
Sir James Anderson (for whom Mr. Field appeared)and Major
Moore from the list of contributories, upon the ground
the mere fact of these two gentlemen having Attended
1,0...
tha
pre-
liminary meetings of the provisional committee wasthine ilielect to make them legally liable for
pro-
posed scheme. A claim by Mr. Taylortah;dilenibrtr.ing
for engineering, and another for 1,0001. 13. Mitchelltl'iiloir.
ther investigation.
Curiv..—lt is ascertained
advertising charges out of pocket, were adjourned for fur-
ther
OF THE VIOLET'S
of
that Captain Layton,alive, and has recovered
the Violet (the vessel de•
stroyed by the Riff pirates),
of the crew have died of cholera in
from his wounds.
captivity, and the merchant
under 4,000 dollars ransom for each.
give up the survivoi:s. .
who bought them refuses to
and no tidings Lave
E 13 Crosse, I':Sq•~ ovuer of the vessel,
—, , •7
been heard whether is unknown,
Alin VI AV$. master
is
Their place of captiv,itv

• THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-/ DECEM:BE
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vALITA.BLE CillasT HAS AND NEW YE AR'S GIFT. 1 this momentous epoch by a gigantic concourse like 1 ficial effect in the county courts to a limited amount. !On the 10th, the French ship of the line Henry ' THE SHARE MARKETS. ,
BA R N ES' TESTAMENT NOTES on NEW
.herded Sage, sailed from Cadiz for Toulon. The
that of the elective multitude in France is the utter- Now, if the judge be competent to decide where the i IV., belonging to the squadron which lately barn_
-41.•
and ISAIAH. 12 vols. bound in cloth (5,600 pages, with nu- BRITISH RAILWAYS.
naerous Engra • , Engravings, Map and Portrait of the Author), for One ante of a decree to which all human power should sum in dispute does not exceed 501., why should he
other ships of the squadron were to remain at Tan-
Guinea 1 Also, Notes on Job, unifarm, 2 vols., ss. Any of the bow
the head in obedience. The pious men of not be qualified to ten, twenty, or one hundred
gier and Mogador, awaiting the satisfactions required raid. 'Nominal Prices,
Busiaeas done
volumes may be had separately. The price will in a short time be by Admiral DUEOURDIEU from the Emperor of ______ RailwaYB.
to-day.
Britain)
raised. The Notes on Revelation kCopyright in Great old seem to have intuitively recognised the truth of times that amount, more particularly if every due
Britain) will be published exclusively in " Cobbin's Authorised ~...............- - •
dition." what we are here asserting, a truth forced facility for appeal be granted in every case where he 1110 ROCCO. Aberdeen.. .. •• • • all 1034 to 11 10% %
Post-office Orders payable to Partridge and Oakey, Paternoster-
upon our conviction by the supreme and overwhelm- may be supposed to have arrived at erroneous con- It being Sunday the Bourse was closed. Ambergate, Nottingham,
row. Boston, &E. A/laden 8% 4% - 5 5 •
ing testimony of experience, when they reduced the elusions, either on the law or the facts-the appeal ITALY. Belfast and County Down 37% .. ..! ..
H lINGE RF 0 R D-H AL L, STRAND Binning., Wolverhainp.,
The Piedmontese Gazette contradicts a rumour, and %our Valley - all 9 -10
belief to that famous aphorism, Voxpopu/i, vox Dei I in the former case being to one of the superior courts, i
UNRIVALLED COMBINATION OF ATTRACTION. has found its way to several foreign
ANIMAL MAGNET'S/1.-SOIREES LASSAIGNE every Even- It is from our sense of the reality of this fact that in the latter to a jury of twelve men, under the which, it says, Blrkenh., Lan., & Chest)
June., late 33/. 6s. Bcl.. 26 13 -11 d. '
I
lag (Saturday excepted), at Eight' o'clock. Admission Is., 25.,
,
would desire to witness the political difficulties of direction and with the assistance of one of our journals, of disturbances having broken out at St. Do. Chest. & Birkenlad.,
and 4s. Stalls and Reserved Seats may be secured at Mr. Sams
e'= we
Royal Library, St. James s-s ,
' treet •at Mr. Ebers's, Bookseller to her France, as well as of other nations of the European venerable and learned judges,? We believe that
of tthhee Julien, in Savoy. It adds that the most profound
tranquillity has not ceased' to reign in every part of 501. &251. Consolidated all 16 ..- 17
Do., d0.,201. •• .. .. 17% 6% - s%dis.
Majesty, 27, Old Bond-street; ant at the Manager's Office, Hanger- Bristol and Exeter.. - 100 79 -at
continent, submitted to the decision of the people most bigotted and pertinacious adherent
erd-hall. Caledonian •• •• •• 50 15% - 15%
THEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. a direct appeal to the secret wishes of present system, the most strenuous opponent the kingdom of Sardinia.
The Bologna Gazette of the 10th announces that
" SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES," Juvenile Amusements, by M. Tiebster and Holyhead .i
4a151 202 - 20% ma
themselves by
another band of brigands has been taken by the Dublinu anand aistounu.: au ! =S1
i'
and ktadanie Langlois, ot Farts, and the celebrated Indian Juggler, the Detnocracy. Those secret wishes can only be a any change, could not indicate any real danger of
Djaima, with Dissolving Views, Chromatrope, fcc., every Evening, at
obtained by the organizetion of a system of universal injustice that could possibly arise from the extension Austrian troops in Romagna. They have all been Dundalk and Enniskillen all . •••• ..
Seven o'clock. Aumission Is., Is. td., and 25. 6d. Dundee, Perth,and Aber-
DIORA.MA.-Every Day, from Twelve to Three. Prices of Ad- and by collecting the votes of the electors or generalization of the system, accompanied, as we tried by court-martial, and shot.
suffrage, loan Junction .. .. all 6% -7%
Mission Is. 64., Is., and Gd. Do., New .. .. .. all .. -..
BAzaAßg_open daily from Ten A.E. to Ten P.R. Admission Free. in the urn of the ballot. Such is actually have stated, with_a well devised and judicious power East Anglian (251. L. &
NrEhliTOO.OIlp)hiCURafTTS and the 3IAGNETOSCOPE. Dr.
Lager's Experimental
_Lectures every Saturdaybythings now re-established among our •of appeal, so framed as to guard against the probe- AMERICAN NEWS. E. and L. & D.) •• .. ail 3% -3%
Do. (181. E. & H.) •• all 2% ••••• 2%
Evening, at Eight. Admission Is. and 2s.the bold and chivalric determine- bility of frivolous and vexatious applications for the Eastern Counties .. .. 20 6% -6%
the
neighbours order o f
ae
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Lion of the first PRESIDENT of the French Republic. mere purpose of procrastination. A sufficient security ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. Eastern Union, class A,
TELEATILE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET. late E. U. shares .. all 4% - 5
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old aretupten. 'There can be no further doubt as to the considerations on this point could be attained by compiling the (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Do. do. do. .. 6 • •
THIS EVENING, Do. de., B& C shares all 3% -3%
AN' OF LAW. which compelled him, as the chief magistrate of the appellant to submit the points on which he LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. East Lancashire .. .. all 14% - 15%
' Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE M . . ~...
Marquis de la Seigliere, Mr. Lambert ; Raoul, Mr. L. Murray ,le Democracy, to adventure, at all hazards, upon his dissents, and respecting which he is anxious to By the Royal Mail steam- ship Asia, Judkina, Com- DC. New quarters •• -..
Destournelles, Mr. B. Webster; Bernard, Mr. Howe; Baron East & West India Docks
liantiert, Mrs. Stirling ; Helene de la Seigliere, Miss A. 17ining_•__
Es. recent course of proceeding. Had he not evinced take the decision of a superior tribunal, to the judge arrived in the Mcrae short) before mender, which . .y y and Hirai. June. .. all 49 -51
After which a now Farce, entitled THE TWO IsONNYcASII, nine o'clock, we have received advices from New East & West York. June. all .. - -
.0 ~.i. Back- resolution such as that which he incontestably dis- whose opinion is impeached, and authorising that
Mr. Bonnyeastie, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Bormycasti , -.- York to the 9th inst., and Boston to the 10th inst. Ecune.urpee
h„
aana ni a e Glasgow
u nt. ee t : 96
- 28
5 -5%
Ingham. played in the carrying out of his coup d'itat of the 2d functionary to impose such terms, in the shape of The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, oiaseewana'soute-wesi. 100 .. -.. 46
With A IC ISS IN THE DARK.
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of December, he himself would have been hurled security for costs, as may be deemed expedient. Commander, with the mails of the 26:h ult., from De. do. G. D. &C.steck 868.. - ..
x u.E.Ams. .e.,.+ X AL,
13* wesvered from his in-
'-'-'-'1""'" terGreat Northern •• • • all 17% - 18% 15
rTrrler tie direction of Mr. ignominiously from office-the conspiracy which his But a still better course would be the amalgams- Liverpool, arrived at New York, at 9 P.M., on the Do. halves, A, deferred an 5% -5% 5%
The popular Comedian, Mr. Wright, having Tee(' 7th instant. The Asia has 82,000/. in specie on
freight. Do. halves, Id, 6 per ct. all 13% ... 13% 13%
disposition, will appear This Evening. promptitude crushed would have triumphed over all tion of the superior legal and equitable tribunals-a Great southern and
Enormous success of the Yankee Comedian, Mr. josh Silsbee.
ordinary schemes of opposition-and ridicule would course which might very easily be adopted when Western, Ireland • • all 35 X - 35% 3.5% ta
,a is tIVEN mad
ordinary
FORESTThe failure of Messrs. Hicks and f New York
C 0.., Great Western .. .. 100 85% -86 33% 14 %
Will be performed the comic Dra_if!9;,..enti.toled have been directed against the very personage who is special pleading bad, as we suggested yesterday,
ROSE! and the YANKEE PLOULlttlau i • d aathan Ploughboy, had been announced.
Mr. J. Silsbee• Bellamy, Mr. Worred; Harriet Miller, Miss Col- now assailed, by the underhand enemies of freedom bsen totally abolished, and a simple state-Do. thirds •• - .. 11 13 4 11X -8% p
The President had dispatched his son, M. P. Lancaster and Preston .. 4714 .. -.. P
Hits; Sally Forest, Miss 1 PAUL; PRY. Colonel_Hardy. and of justice, with hatred and maledictions. Conse- ment of the facts relied on, and the re- Fillmore to New York, to welcome Kossuth on be- Lancashire ant) orkstdre 100 57% - 57%
To be lollowed by the E
C.
oc
mhaewpa►l 1 ty:i
go-
Ellen Chaplin. r. 0. smith;
Wright; Gras M'half of the Executive, and to invite him to visit Dpoo..
faiths
.1.1 area. .... aul3 .8.
14
--8..
d.
Mr. Emery ; Paul Pry, MT. •Mr. quences yet more fearful than this would have ensued. medy claimed, or defence set up in consequence
Willis, Mr. Worrell ; Marian'
:viler which, a new and lati4iatile Piece de Circonstance, France and not Lotus NAPOLEON alone would have of these facts, clearly and explicitly put forward. This Washington. Do. West Riding Union 11X 6 -5% d.
NI '
Flighty e Follies 01 a Day Mr. Agricola Advices from Nicaragua of the 14th ultimo an- Leeds Northern • • .. all 14 -15
entitled BI,COMERV.-r
2,,i
..,_ 130ance, Mr. Pani'Bedtord ; John been the sufferer. Europe and not France alone might be,accompanied with a power of interrogating Liverpool. Crosby, and
Green:Mr. Honey ; the opposite party. It would then be immediately nounce the defeat and capture of Minoq and all his seutepert .. .. .. 1734 .. -..
force.
irey, Mr. 0. Smith ; oar. r eakly, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Portia La-
would have been involved in the catastrophe.
,see, Woolgar. London and Blackwell - all 6% - 7
crezia Green,
Had the PRESIDENT been anticipated by his an- ascertained whether the question were legal or equi- Do. Tilbury Ext Scrip I% .. -••
London, Brighton,' and
x...),,z,, I.:II.I.sC,ESS'S THEAUB, OXFORD-STREET. Advices from Valparaiso, to the 25th of October,
unec: the .liztricgrin2r.in Mr. C. Kean. tagonists, Ltd the Legi-lative power of the Republic table in its nature, and there would be nothing to state the rebel iarray in Celli, numbering 13,000 men, South Coast .. .. 100 94 -95
l'lli' Ev,:,::;:tc;Lobidoan d N.-Westsria Ice 115% -116% 116 liase
he same judge or bench from ronouncin a had been repulsed by the Government troops, and a
Shakesoere's Comedy of THE mEgny WIPES OF WINDSOR. conquered the Executive, hal the occupant of the prevent t p g
large number killed and taken prisoners. do. quarters • • 22 3% -3% e
Principal characters by Ressrs. Barney,l Keeley A. Wigan, flea- Do. fifths .. .. .. 12 214 -2% P.
Elyi6e been removed once more to Ham, and the As- just decision. The necessity for courts of equity
do .v:•, Addison. Harley, J. Vining, C. Kean ; Mesdames WlnstanieY, Her Majesty's steamer Gorgon had captured the bon:. 101. sh., M.& E (c) 1 1% -1% p.
Keeley, and C. Kean, sembly taken upon itself the responsibilities of was supposed to have arisen in the first instance from
rebel steamer Araca, and taken her into Valparaiso. don and 5.-weatera 100 84% - 8.1% 84%
Alter which, a new and original Comedy, In two acts,
Administration, the country would necessarily-we the overstrict adherence to the too stringent rules of Peru, and Bolivia state Do. new 401. .. .. 34
Do. new 501. .. •.. 42% 8 - 7 dis.
entitled TENDER PRECAUTION ; or, the Romance of Marriage, Late advices from Ecuador, 7 - 6 dis.
in which Mr. and Alm Keeley, and Mr. and Yrs. Wigan will appear. re at it, and italicise it-necessarily have been the common law. A portion of the formal that those places are perfectly tranquil. Manchester, Buxton, and
51.nMactlhoeietker,
sh.enti.el.d..i all 2 - 234
Pr.v.ite 1-3 01,,,-.9 Bi,c ,to be bad of all the Booltsehers, and as Mr.
plunged forthwith into a terrible and irresist. part of every bill in Chancery states as a The United States steam-ship Ohio, from Chagres
3sag,ingliani ; el Atom also p!ft:es may ;.e ta:,:n at the Box-ordce,
c.i.:,,,i-stre,t. from Eleven till vivo l'eloeN ible revolution. France would have had for reason for interference, " forasmuch as your and Havannah, arrived at New York on the 7th inst., Lincolnshire .• .. 100 31% - 32%
___...... Do. Manchester •
and
hOyAL 1. r,:taiel rtlIAT:,,r., the moment not one chieftain but a thousand. orator is remediless in the premises by the strict with 15,175 dollars in gold dust on freight. Lincoln Union .. 4 2 0 31% -2% dis.
Under the Management 0. ~.I.danaz I'w:iris. The New York Money Market was easier. The Xidian,d --'" "' 100 55% -55% 5554 %
111 IS EVE SING, Anarchy would have been the result, and that rules of the common law." This is a necessary alle- D0..,0/. shares .• .- 35 •• -•• dis.
stock market was dull, but Government stocks and Do. Birmlng & Derby 100 27 -28 28 97
Vs ill to I.erformed anarchy the most frightful. Who would have gation, and if a legal remedy can be shown, a de-
FORTY AND FIFTY. other leading securities were firm. Little doing in Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4734 .. **
De. quarter shares .. all
To be f olewed by led in the confusion ? Why, every faction would have murrer for what strangely enough is termed " want foreign exchanges ; bills on London, 110 to 1101; Newcastle and Carlisle.. all .. -••
THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by
Norfolk 1l o s t r e v
.o. r :.. ••
.• : : 103110 2' ; -2.;
Messrs. O. ,ja,,thews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, 11. Baker ; Mrs. C. seizes the opportunity. Every party would have of equity," would be allowed. Now, it is manifest Paris, 51i; Amsterdam, 411 to 41i ; Humburga, Newmarket -.. .. all 7% - st 4 ayi
36* to 36k ; Bremen, 77f to 771. 'Newport, Aborgavenny,
Horn, and Miss M.. Oliver. grappled with its antagonists in a deadly struggle that the courts of common law have only to relax
Po conclude with and Ilereford .• .. 8 5% -5X dis. 2
The cotton market was firm, with an upward ten- Newry and Enidskillen .. 7 .. -.. dis.
A PRACTICAL MAN. for supremacy. The Legitimatists would have hailed their " strict rules" to render the Court of Chan-
dency. Bread stuffs are very firm, with an upward trorrY, Warrenpoint, &
the disordered condition of the Republic as the signal eery theoretically, as it has long been practically, use- tendency. Ashes in better demand, at 550 dollars
ee I: Al. vi... I ..rti., I::ic., 1...,,...
Lessee and m,,,,,,:,,r, mr. W. Farreu.
T711:4 f';V. 1.....-; 1 N(4. for a third Restoration. The Orleanists would have less, to remove the incubus that has during many sue - for pearls, and 4 871 dollars for pots. 00. New 201. shares.• is 14% - 13% dis.
Will be performed MT wIFE'S DACCIIITEIS.. Mr Hoskins. striven desperately for the power which slipped from Freights to London-Flour le. 9.1. to ls. 103. per IrioorrttlierznriCeuLties Malec 8% 3% - 274 die.
With PLOTS FOR PETTICO iTS. Frank kinish, ,
~. _ 8
ip. cessive ages oppressed the country. We may here add .. .. .. 1b 6% -7%
To conclude with THE LONELY MAN OF Til_K OCE.A:s.am_
es
the grasp of the modern ULYSSES, and would have in the words of BLAcEsTONE referred to by our cor! bbl.; measurement goods, 255. to 30s. pzr ton; naval North Devon • • .. 9% 754 -6% dis.
ported by Messrs. IL Farrell, W. 1 arren, stores, 2t. 3d. per 2801 b. to Liverpool ; cotton 3.16 North Staffordshire • . 17% 8% - 8 dis.' 9%
Bender, Norton, 3I ol
dreamt of transferring it to the uncertain hold of a respondent, that it is quite a mistake to suppose that f Huth-Western .. • . 19 .. -.. MS.
Fielding and J. Adams.
TuKatxr., new AsTrAxax or of a second TELEMACHUS. The •‘ it is the business of a court of equity to abate the o a penny per lb ; flour, ls. lid. per barrel ; heavy North a: Sth.-West.Jane. 3% %dis. - par
sclolrhetertrpton.. .. all 15 .- 15%
2.-I.LbC.H's YLAYIioUSN AND ST RA.
Liverpool. . goods, 155. to 17s. 61. per ton. Oxford, Worcester and
Lessee. Mr. W. R. COPELAND,
The Warmest Theatre in London. Socialists would meanwhile have exulted in that rigour of the common law-both are equally bound al ... 25 14 -1+54
Another New Fame. sudden disruption of the state, which must have CHARLESTON, DEC. 8.
by fixed rules and precedents-there is not a single Cotton is in good demand. 175 bales sold, 7i to Scottish Midland .. .. all 9 - 555
THIS EV ENING,
Will bo performed SIMPSON AND
,CO6 heun.led them on to one last and tremen" rule of interpreting laws, whether equitably or 8i cents per lb. Do. new .. ... .. 23X 7 - 8
Shrews. & Birm., Class A all 6% -6%
After which, BREAKFAST } OR IW. .
a new Farce, entitled CIRCUMSTANTIAL strictly, that is not equally used by the judges in the The Pacific's news caused a firmer market.
shrews. & Hereford.,Old 6
Do. Class 8.. •. .. all 4% -4%
dons experiment. What horrors might not
To be followed by 4% - 334 Ms.
EVIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Ro;crs, Belton, Bonier, then have been perpetrated, we may conjecture with courts both of law and equity." And again-" A Cotton firm and active. Do., do., New • . 5 .. -..
Misses Marshall and Mas'sell. 12,000 bales mid-
NetiEveW. ORLEANS,
sales DEC. 8.
Shrewsbury and Chester
With STROLLERS AND STRATAGEMS. some degree of certainty, now that we have wit- little liberality on the part of the common law judges, dling, at 7-1, cents per lb. Reel to of theday, ,
•
To conclude with a Farce, =Wei TEE FIFTH OF NOVEM- by extending rather than narrowing the remedial bales, being the largest of the season.-Times. Times. Do. Halves .. .. .. all 7 - 8
BRIe, by Messrs. Tilbury, Roger,, Hudspeth, :Wives Saunders and messed even their late feeble attempt at systematized Do. Oswestry .. .. all 1034 - 11% 10
Maskell. rape and murder in the departments. Communism effects of the writ of trespass on the case, might have
answered all the purposes of the Court ofDo. New.. .. .. • • 1 %- % dis.
The prices of admission are arranged as follow :-Orchestra stalls, Shrop,shire Union •• .. 634 3% -3% d.
4, ; boxes (first circle), Is.; (eecond circle), 2s. ; Pit, ts. would then have unfurled, once for all, that red flag effectually
Doors to be openel at half-peat Six, and the performances toREMOVAL of THE COURT PROM OSBORNE HOUSE Do., A, B, C, &D, ftilly
which even the sublime elcquence of ALPHONSE DE Chancery, except that of obtainingpaid up at per cent .. - .. .- ..
commence at Seven precisely. a discovery by the To WINDSOR CASTLE (THIS DAY). - Her Majesty and South Devon .. all 14 -16
A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nino o'clock oath of the defendant." Prince Albert, accompanied by their Seven illustrious chi)- South-Eastent .: :: 30 20% ••••• 20% 20% %
-flrat circle, Si.; second circle, Is. LAMARTINE could not again have repulsed under
But the reform we have advocated has already been dren, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely ( Lady in South Wales.. •• - all 28% - 29%
Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. those circumstances. Paris would have been in
Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirlinz. adopted in the United States. Our Transatlantic Waiting), the Hon. Caroline Cavendish (Maid of Honour), south Yorksh. and River
Sheff., Roth., and Gisela, 4 - a d. 11% 12
flames before the electric telegraph could have an-
ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. mounted the rising of the faubourgs. Property would brethren have already tried the experiment, and with the Hon. Colonel Charles P. Phipps (Keeper of the Privy Dun •• .. •• .. 15
Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal flightless Purse), the lion. Lieutenant-Colonel A. Gordon (Equerry to
South Division .. ..
Eti• ling end D int nnline all e -II
Prince Albert. have been delivered up to the rapine of those mina- the greatest success. There have been no complaints, tllloeuPserhinoelde)), CaonldonetlheMyddleton Biddulph (Master of the
Rev. Mr. Birch, left Osborne this Stockton and Hartlepool 16 2-3 11 -13
rn't) lotrr and Mn.nfwer, Mr. W. Betty. total marauders who have been already christened smorning, at ten o'clock, and embarked on board the Fairy Taff Vale .. - •. •• , 126 149 - 151
The most successful and popular Theatre in London- ° we believe, not even among the lawyers, as to the
Azad still continues the Star of the Theatrical World. truly and so terribly by Mr. MACAULAY---'‘ Heathens • Royal steam-yacht for Gosport. The Royal party were re- Taw Vale Extension • • 9% .. -.. dls.
THIS EV-ENING, improved system. We are not, therefore, recklessly ceived at the Clarence-yard by the usual cortege of military Thames Haven Dock and
Will be produced new grand Spectacle. from the pen of E. Fitzball, in the midst of Christianity, and savages in the midst •c •andnavalofficers, and thenceproceeded,special train, on ll'ailw4 ""-1816 - 18 dial'
Esq., and written expressly for this establishment, entitled
of .
...
.. ..
,AZAEL, in which will be introduced the same highly-trained CIVIIIZ '41.013.". As for the army-the nation must 'he South-Western R .ilway to the Basingstoke station, and Waterford -
cannot possibly be anticipated. They can easily be where another special train was in readiness to convey the Waterford and Limerick), all " ..
Horses and Camels that appeared in the Opera at her Majesty's
have looked in vain to it for
avethe restoration of order •• -. ...
Theatre, with an addition of Ostriches, Zebras, &c., &c., the whole calculated, and we have a valuable and aPProved Queen to Windsor. Her Majesty was received at the Windsor Wa terford, Wax., Wick.
of the well known resources of Astley's. It has been pronounced by either in the capital or the provinces. It would havestation by a guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards, and and Dublin .. .. 3 .. -..
public opinion to be the most gorgeous and effective production ever precedent to guide us in the pathway of reform, where her M willshortlyWest Cornwall -. .. 11 .. , dis.
proceeded to the Castle, ayesty
witnessed within the Walls of a theatre, assisted with magnificent found its authority stifled between the intrigues of if we decide on entering it. In truth ceive an illustrious circle. Whitehaven and Farness all .. -.•
scenery and brilliant costumes. The new Dramatic Performers"le York, Newc., & Berwick 26 17% -18 17%
having achieved an unparalleled trinmph, will have the the honour co° Generals. No single leader could have
tending we are suffering from the variety of tribunals, gal, LIVERPOOL. - The Liverpool and Philadelphia Ditto and Newcastle
of appearing every evening until further notice. posseased_in its regard an influence sufficiently power- f.quitable, ecclesiastical, maritime, prerogative, bank- Steam-ship Company's vessel, City of Manchester, arrived at Extension .. .20 7% -7 4.
With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest . . Ditto G.N E. purchase 9 3% -3% tl.
this port at midnight, having left the Delaware on the sth
Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British fill to reduce the other competitors to insignificance. rapt, insolvent, &c., &c. There is nothing to prevent inst.,York and North Midland 50 21% -22 21%
making the passage in exactly fourteen days, from
Male sod Female Artists of superior talent. CHANGARNIER would have had one portion of the
To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE.these different courts being all merged in one Cape May to Holyhead.
Tickets to he had Fit the Pox-office irom Eleven till Four daily. military assembled round him as their favourite chief- superior tribunal, assisted by a number Of local
ALARMING ILLNESS OF SIR WILLIAM COOKE.- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Stage Manaier, Mr. T. Thoinpson.
have hal another • and •„ft lag distributed
thrramhnnt th, ien,,,th, and
.......,----,_.---------..,....,------- taco. LAMORICIERE would 1 1..... g...... ..................... ._____,,..._..... ___ „,....... ___ breadth
Daring the last few days the deepest gloom has not only Leasing ' ~,, ,a,,..,„,,,, Business
pervaded the minds of the inhabitants of Doncaster, but ltailwaYL Companies. ' '"‘" '''"`"--"t11/66* aerie to-day,
PORTRAITS BEDEAU another ; and CAVAIONAC, with his im- of the land, save that foe to all improvement, a re- those of the surrounding districts, on learning that Sir - -----
Bcd f. & Blotch-
mense influence as an incorruptible Democrat _pent for " vested interests," or, in other words, for William Cooke was afflicted with a serious and alarming ill- lay Lon. Se N.W. all .. -..
Oz-
OF and, as formerly, the Dictator of France, must have the perpetuation of the right of plundering the come new, which placed his valuable life in a state of imminent Est ming •i, -
peril. Sir William had been labouring under indispositionl - '
SOU-LT AND
WELLINGTON, found yet another division of the soldiers and thath
, munity to certain privileged parties. Those who de- for some time previously; the symptoms
.became of a more guaranteed •• at. Wertern all 28 -30 23%
no unimportant one, rallying in thousands under his stroyed the bread monopoly will not, however, shrink alarming character, and the opinion of his medical advisers Do., without a
WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIMILIES OF THEIR HAND- afforded little or no hope that be would rally, and that his guarantee .. De .. • • all 25 -29
standard. Civil war, therefore, must have risen in from attacking the less powerful clique who are dis- life would be spared to his family, hi f ' d dth
~ , s nen s, an e com- Willa., Wolver.,
WRITIN'_IS.& Dudley, gua-
unprecedented fury in the metropolis, and in the pro- tributed in the neighbourhood of Doctors' Commons munitY* The latest accounts. from Wheatley declare, we ranteed •• Do .. .. all 8 - lot
are sorry to add, that Sir William was gradually sinking.- Do., without a
THE MOST longed and wholesale carnage that must have ensued, and the different Inns of Court. Doncaster Gazette. guarantee .• Do • • • • all 7 -9 p
SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT Liberty would have been drowned in the blood of DEFENCE or MALTA.-We stated last week that clvdes
Bnckinghanash. Lon. &N. W. all 17% - 18%
dale June Caledonian all 41 -43
that atrocious Saturnalia. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC the Hercules, old 72-gunship, was to replace the Ceylon, E. Lin., Guar. 6
EVER TAKE N, Happily for Paris, happily for France, hap- , • 42. as the superintendents flag-ship at Malta, and the latter trr Cent. •• G. Northern all 3234 -83
BY TV YON, _ was then to be broken U. Seeing that the port of Malta is Gloucester and
pily for Europe, the peril of that fearful out- We have intelligence of yesterday from Paris, but frequently left without a single seagoing ship of war, it 11 Foresteleenpike G,t. Western 29 134 - 234 p
FOR WHICH THE 'MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES • c I rk, New.,l
' break among the anarchists bas been dis- the journals have not arrived. would have been more advisable if the Admiralty, when and Railway 1 ant Ber. 5 all .• .•- ••
ToGLTIIER WITH A sipated. At the hazard of everything dear to In consequence of the great number of electors who g. .
dein away with the old Ceylon, had replaced her with a Emu sad Selby Yk. &N. M. au tot - les
PORTRAIT OF himself, life, power, and reputation, Louis thronged to the mairies to get cards, it was decided
seagoing s p .
ports have
hi . The admiral superintendents of the home
available two-deckers and three-deckers to carry Do. % Shares Do .. .. all 5134 - 52%
Do. X Shares Do .• .. all 24% - 95%
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON - 101% 101%
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern.. all 11% - 12%
from eight o clock in the morning till midnight, and afloat on such an. important station as Malta aship
first cry of success, must have sounded the alarm of
IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, - also, efficiently provided with the means of defence. At all events Lowestoft, Gcl. 4
insurrection. By incarcerating the principal leaders that the ballot would beprolonged on Saturday'
and it would have been more consistent and advisable had the per Cent. •• Norfolk .. all 14 -15
AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, of the Parliament, he has rendered those intrigues at Sunday from eight in the morning till six P.M. Admiralty substituted for the Ceylon one of the old converted De.. 6 per cant De .. •• all .. .r, .•
screw line-of-battle ships, the Edinburgh, for instance, and 21liddlesbro' and
PRICE ONE SHILLING. once and entirely innocuous. By arresting the most The Prefect of the' Seine has caused to be posted a so have secured a valuable addition to
defence of Malta. &CAM, 6p. ct StOciEt.B4Dar all .. ......
N. & East, 6
- ' -.. conspicuous among the Generals, he has avoided the notice warning electors of the penalties to which -United Service Gazette. per Cent. •• E. CountieB . all .. -..
_ _ _ _ _
___
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. they expose themselves by voting more than once, and Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. .. all 54 -56
Tars Da/ -morning 0 rain. after 0 1 Evening 58 min after 11 ruin and the civil war that must have resulted from THE SOCIALIsTS IN PRANCE.--A distil) • bed
guis Do New .. Do .. •• 43 4 -3 p
To-Moxisow-,Horsing 26 min. after 12 i Evening 50 min attar 12 the divided allegiance of the soldiers. By an instan-
non-electors, especially foreigners, that they will be nobleman has iVrittent_o, to NV :----" I have received let- 't
and L. &N. W.
rigorously punished for taking part in the elections. tars about Clamecy, la the south of France, containing de- Prestos and
.. i a
La.e.
y.} _ .
•-,.......
- - taneous display of resolution, he has spared France the The Bishop of CHAD:ins writes to the journal of tails of the proceedings of the Socialists during the time they Do. % Shares ADo .. .. 11 8% - 934 p
THE WEATHER.-Scrl OFFICE, DECEMBER 20. of the place, of the most f • h f Guild.,
necessity of a protracted and sanguinary conflict. He Chalon-Sur-Marne a letter of adhesion to the decla- held
yo possession d rig tal description. actl. Reigate S Eastern .. all 21% - 21%
THEMOMETEP, 114 TILE SHADE. ration of the Bisho U may de and upon .the truth
upo
.of the statements and if and
has accomplished all these things by one daring . pof CHARTRES. The reason he you can put the facts into decent languageshould' hold
you Roy. & Machin G. Northern all 7% -8%
45-highest since noon yesterday. gives is that "Gonwho eat
ea. Shep. Ex.. Do .. •• 6% 1% - 2 p.
is with the PRESIDENT." The them up to the good people of this
43-lowest this morning and during the night. and deliberate movement; and at the same time bas .
Bishop of LB MANS recommends his
clergy to give their muffins over the maudlin attacks of the
happy country eat Shet., Roth. and
Times upon Goole, 5 per ct. Lana. &York 1811 6 .. -..
49 -this day, at noon. called upon the nation at large to pronounce upon their active support to the prolongation of the powers Louis Napoleon." Our correspondent then goes on to say :- South Staffords. Mr. lid`Clean 934 2% - I%dis.
BAROMETER, 3018. those proceedings by accompanying his Appeal to the rP :
0. ... r.nce LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. " For 48 hours Clamecy was in possession of the ruffians. Wear Val. 6 par
11 .. -..
WIND S.W.-Morning, slight rain, with occasional sunshine; People by the restoration of Secret Voting and the The Minister of War has addressed a circular to Every woman and female child was violated, and some died
assaults. The Cent. gust. .. Stock.& Dar. a
28
29
Do. do. .. Do .. .. 25 -
Afternoon, cloudy. under repeated as . gendarmes being overpowered D d Do ••• • 25 .. -.•
re-establishment of Universal Suffrage. To-morrow the heads of legions of gendarmerie, demanding re- were
aMi2/60,-..----aa.....10L,••••,..........••••••••=1••••=.0.10 publicly • 'I •! I then murdered I:1 wilts°. &SO* ..
Gt. Western 100 9134 - 9254
.. ...-_____•,
. will be witnessed the completion of this new and ex- turns relative to those who have distinguished them. then disembowelled and stuffed with straw, and the Eastern niers'
DAILY WEATHER TABLE. -selves, and to the circumstances of the families of the on their insult again perpetrated. dead bodies!!! A boys'
traordinary era in the history of the French popula • entirely ►violated!!.! l fc " PREFERENCE SNARES.
State ot the Wind and Weather at each of the following gendarmes who have fallen in the recent disturbances school was
fc. Now, if these state-
' h. h
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.-The stations lion. The country will then have declared what are m. ea • ments be correct, oViic we fear there is little doubt,
e Minister of Jastic •
DANIEL, X- e, 13 re-appointed is there a sane man in France or out f F Paid, Nominal Prins. Basilian dos
o France, who pro- Railways.
are arranged in order of latitude. its own views in regard to this meat remarkable and to his former place of Procureur- General at Rouen, fesses to be a Christian, who would not prefer martial law to to--day.
pr,vmoirrn-Wind 5 , strong breeze-rain. momentous enterprise. Whatever that decision may and named officer of the Legion of Honour. the chance of seeing a state of things prevail as we have ---.....--..
B Riarreos-W hid S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. ..., •• all •• ".. •• - di&
LIASTINGs- Wind S. W., gentle breeze-overcast be, it must command the homage of the contemporary A decree appears appointing a consultation corn- mentioned? And if 30, Louis Napoleon deserves well of Aberdeenibr •
IT 2 7 rct 234 •• -••
Eocerusserroer-Wind S., strong breeze-partially cloudy- races of Christendom-as the sentence passed by a mittee for Algiers. France and of the sc
gulph of bloodshed, rapine, and
orld, for having saved society from a ojeddent ' °.
' P . .
an 10/. .. .. 10 7% -7% 7%
FoLKESToNE-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. The Petrie gives the following additional votes of • hto describe.- • horrors, such as no pen is Chester and Holyhead .. all 1534 -16 -•-•
TuNIttuDGE-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-partiaity cloudy, great nation on the head of its present ruler-a son-
the army on the question of the prolongation of the powerful enoug L-1110ratng Herald. Dund. Pen& Aber. junc. all 1 -iii d.
GREENWICH-Wind S. W., gentle breeze- partially cloudy. tents involving, moreover, the wishes of 35,000,000 DRURY. LANE THEATRE.-The fallowing is a brief gut "glint (31' b".) %2%
STaoon-Wind S.W., strong breeze-cloudless. of L powers OMB NAPOLEON :-Garrison of Bayonne • decorations •
I outline of the new s per cent. .. .. - an 2 -
at this theatre:-The whole Eastern Counties Exton.,
. . _ _...... _rs.,•tirdlo rhyrirlsr as to the form of their future government. Behobie, and SOOOS : Yes, 1,767 ; No, 297. Artil-- of the fronts of each circle, the ceilin .
s, proscenium, kc., &c., b per cent. No. 1 - all 34 - ~., P % Pis
...,A • A _ _ - ----- Tin No R .. .. .. all par -% p pm

state of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
p.kces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.--The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
Pr,Yourx—Wind S , strong breeze —rain.
Bpicurros—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
11ASTINGi—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
SOCITHX.IIPTOST—Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
FOLKH.STONE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
TunntuuDoE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—Wind S W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy.
ST woo —Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudless.
Swrinoar—W ind S. , gentle breeze —partially cloudy,
COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
Yinatotrni—Wind S. W , gentle breeze—cloudy.
BlRMlNGlrest—Wind S.W., calm—foggy.
DARLOIGTON—.Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
O'clock

LudisaiTat —Wind S., calm—overcast.
Mut.i..masat—Vt ind S.W., hard wind—rain.
PLYstotrra—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast-
S'Arnmox—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudy.
RANI
BilomcG—Wind S.W., strung breeze—partially cloudy.
LivuttrooL-7W Ind s E., gentle breeze—cloudy.
WiirrßY—VV 'fla '6.w., strong breeze—overcast.

TO CORRESPONDENTS
No communication can be attended to unless authen.
ticated by the name and address of the writer.
Rejected communications cannot be returned.

4-$311116
LONDON. SA.TURDA.Y. DECEMBER 20, 1851.

To-morrow, Sunday, the 21st of December, will
witness thii result of the appeal made to the French
People by LOUIS NAPOLEON. Somewhere about eight
millions of electors will then have been afforded an
opportunity of pronouncing their opinion in regard to
recent occurrences. They will have been enabled to
do this under the shadow of secret voting, and by the
newly re-established universality of the franchise.
Consequently there can be no hocus-pocus in this
most important, in this most vitally important
transaction. -Whatever the decision may be—
it must be respected by all parties as the ex-
pression of the real wishes of the nation in
regard to their future Government. As to the
possibility of any influence b-ing exercised over the
votes cast into the ballot-box by such a vast and
heterogeneous population, the mere notion of such a
thing is altogether preposterous. As well might any
given direction
living creature attempt to lure into ^.
the falling leaves of autumn—those leaves which are
impelled onwards irresistibly only in obedience to
the inscrutable breath of the winds of he3ven: There
can be no question but that the unanimity evinced at

We would earnestly invite the attentiou of the
community at Jarge, and more especially of 1 egal
reformers, to a :communication which will be found
in another part of this day's impression, on the all-
important: subject of Chancery reform. Our respected
correspondent, Mr. NV. CHALLINOR, offers some valu-
able comments on the opinion, now very generally
entertained, " that there is no necessity for retaining
the Court s of Chancery, as a separate jurisdictionifrom
the courts of common law ; and that, in fact, the
law of the country may be more beneficially and
cheaply administered by one tribunal." Mr. CIIAL-
LINOR, who is, a veteran reformer, to whose able pro-
ductions on the inherent defects of our so-called
equitable tribunals we have already had the pleasure
of directing public notice, briefly setsf orth the parti-
culars of a case which, as he asserts, " illustrates the
hardship and absurdity of the present state of things."
He also suggests an easy remedy for many of the
most crying grievances of the present system—viz.,
a simple enactment " that the jurisdiction of the com-
mon law courts shall extend to the recovery of any
demand in respect of a legacy under a will, a distri-
butive share under an intestacy, and of the balance
of a ari ,
p nershzp account."
If such a course were adopted, we should not find
the inlTaritance
of widows and orphans swallowed
up and destroyed, and the fun ortunate victim re-
duced to poverty and destitution,
executor of so
less cupidity of through the heart-
inanthe estate, to consmenet to the
some overc •
autious solicitor, who would
hnaovtipnegrmsoimt
ehiins
tcelrieesntt,
administration of the „sots
save through
the intervention of the Court, with all its
oppressive and elaborate machinery. The adop-
tion of the new Law of Evidence Act, ren-
pairvteiess,
will,to so soon as the
admissible
suits
deietrhienrg
fotrheoragainst
testimony
of
thelnse
practice of the Superior Courts is assimilated to that
of the county courts, by looking the wives of parties
competent witnesses, deprive Chancery of any sup-
posed superiority for eliciting truth. Indeed, the ad-
vantage will now lie at the other side, in consequence
of the viva voce examination and the power afforded of
instituting a close and searching cross• examination in
the presence of the court, and of any jurors who
might be empannelled to try any disputed question
of fact.

A decree appears appointing a consultation com-
mittee for Algiers.
The Patric gives the following additional votes of
the army on the question of the prolongation of the
powers of Louis NAPOLEON :—Garrison of Bayonne,
Behobie, and Socos: Yes, 1,767 • No, 297. Artil-
lery of tontaubau : Yes, 330 ; Nio, 47.
A number of political arrests were effected yester-
day. About four in the afternoon four large vehicles
conducted 40 prisoners from the Prefecture of Police
to the fort of Bicetre.

Tha following is a list of the representatives who
have been transferred to St. Pelagie :—M.M. Pascal
Duprat, Antony Thouret, Laydet (le ges4ral), Bixio,
Duvergier de Hauranne, Durrieu (Poulin), Joret,
Renaud, Besse, Belen, Cholat, Emile Pearl, Latrade,
Mint, Marc Dufraisse, Ricbardet, Bugard, Charles
Lagrange, Gambon, Valentin, Colfavru, Laboulaye,
Racouchet, Delbetz, Chaix, Agricole, Perdiguier,
Nadaud, Faure, Greppo, Benoit, Madet, Charles
Huguenin, Teillard-Laterisse.
The arms of the sth and 6th legions of the National
Guard, which have been dissolved, were conveyed
yesterday from the Tuilleries to the fort of Vincennes
under a strong escort.
It is forbidden to celebrate midnight mass this year
in the churches of Paris on Christmas-eve.
The public works have been discontinued on ac-
count of the excessive rigour of the temperature.
A decree is about to appear for the amelioration of
the navigation of the Seine, and for the clearing of
the mouth of the Rhone.
The Bourse was remarkably firm, and the amount of

THE SOCIALISTS IN FRANCE.-A distinguished
nobleman has written to us to say :—" I have received let-
ters about Ciamecy, in the south of France, containing de-
tails of the proceedings of the Socialists during the time they
held possession of the place, of the most frightful description.
You may depend upon the truth of the statements, and if
you can put the facts into deeent language you should hold
s vheogoeordtbe people of this happy country who eat
maudlin attacks of the Times upon
themth
eir umpuil to i the
Louis Napoleon." Our correspondent then goes on to say :
" For 48 hours Clamecy was in possession of the ruffians.
Every woman and female child was violated, and some died
under repeated assaults. The gendarmes being overpowered
were publicly *e *! I then murdered I! !
then disembowelled and muffed with straw. and the Eastern
man in France or out of France, who pro-
fesses
insult again perpetrated on their dead bodies !!! A boys'
school was entirely violated!!! ! &c." Now, if these state-
is ments
correct, of which we fear there is little doubt,
uristisn, who would not prefer martial law to
h
seeing such a state of things prevail as we have
mentioned
etnhtesre b
to be
ab
e a sane
Cit so, Louis Napoleon deserves well of
France
of the
he world, for having saved society from a
te chance
anl o f
o
gulph of bloodshed, rapine,desr
i t._ivo
anclhTinogrs,Rseruachlth
D aenough
ras no pen is
powerful
LAMBto b
l
lIELTRE.----The fallowing is a brief
u.
outline of the new decorations at this theatre :—The whole
of the fronts of each circle, the ceiling, proscenium, &c., &c.,
have been entirely redecorated in the style of Louis XVI.
The ceiling is painted in relief, and classically arranged in
compartments, consisting of coves and shields, alternate with
vases of flowers; these again being surmounted by a cornice
and balustrade, With panels, in which are figures in a re-
cumbent position, and the centre of ceiling filled in with a
blended ground representing the sky, and with garlands of
flowers surrounding the chandelier. The fronts of the
several circles are decorated in blue, white, and gold. The
upper and lower ones set out in panels with intersections,
and the two principal ones with draperies and fringes of dis-
tinct elaborate design. The proscenium, columns, cornices,
&c., are finished in white and gold. Her Majesty's box has
been exquisitely redecorated—the insignia of Royalty, &c.,
being highly emblazoned. A complete gas apparatus has
been laid down throughout the theatre, and a new centre
chandelier, manufactured by the eminent firm of Pellet
and Co.

business transacted was considerable. The Five per
Cents. opened at 1001. 50c., and closed at 101 f. 10c.
for the end of the month. The Three per Cents. closed
at 641. 30c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,022 f. 50c.;
Rouen, 6421. 50c.; Havre, 237 f. 50c.; Great Northern,
510 f.; Avignon, 215 f.; Vierzon, 488 f. 75c.; Basle, 175 f.;
Bordeaux, 395 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 4181. 75c.; Tours
and Nantes, 2771. 50c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 2701.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ditc. 19.

Boulogne and Amiens, 10%— Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 1917;3 Dutch Rhenish, 3 1/2—East Indian, 22%
—Luxembourg, 3—Namur and Liege, 614—Northern of
France, 16(A—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4ji Paris and Rouen,
25k—Paris and Strasbourg, 1414—Rouen and Havre, 9%,
Sambre and Meuse, 3%—Tours and Nantes, 7% ex int.

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 14th inst.

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The Gazette publishes a series of documents from
the authorities of Havannab, showing the loyalty and
devotedness of Cuba to Queen ISABELLA.
The President of the Council, the Marquis of
{The President
BERTRAM DE LIB, and the Minister
of Grace and Justice, received the Grand Cross of
Pius IX., on the occasion of the conclusion of the
Concordat.

Railway*. Paid. Nominal Prins. Nadie done
to- nlay.
Aberdeen all •• •• di&
Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 234 • • —• •
Caledonian 101. • • • • 10 7% —7%
Chester and Holyhead .. all 1534 —l6
Mind. Per. & Aber. Juno. all d.
East Anglian (31. 105.)
per cent. .. .. • • all 21/4 —2%
Eastern Counties Exton.,
per cent. No. I • • all 34 P Dm
Do. Na. 2 .• par P Pm
Do. New 6p. ceat. Stock 10 10% —ll
Eastern Union, Scrip
gnaran. 6 percent. .. all 9% 10%
Do. 101. Deben. Shares. all • • —• •
East Lancashire, 6 per
cent. quarter shares . all •• •—• **
E. &W. York. June. stbs all . • —• •
Edln. Per. &Dun. 51 p.et. all 134 1 dia.
Glasgow & 5.-W. Consul. 100 • • •-• ••
Gt. Northern, 5 per sent. all 18% 1334
Do.. sp. c. Redeem. Scrip 3% 34 % 3%
Great South. & Western
(Ireland) eighths .. all 134 —• 1% p,
Gt. western (Barks and
Hants Ex., 5 per Cont.) 6 p.
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201... • . .. 6 .. —• • dis.
Do. 6 per et. Stock .. 100 183 185
Leeds Northern, 6 par
cent., No. 1 o• .. 11 P
Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 .. •_7• p
London, Brighton, and
S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. 100 ..
De. prof., b p et. 5k,1851 100 • • —• •
Do. new gear.. 6 per et. 100 141 0— 143
Lon. & N. West. (Coy. &
Nuneat.) 5 per cent. • • 13% • • —• •
London &S.-W., new •• 5 —2% p.
Manch., Sheffield, and
Line., guar. shrs., No. 1 all 1034 11%
Do. new, 101. .. • • all 12% 12%
Do., 61. • • • • • • • • 3 % % P
Midland Con. 6 p.c. stock 100 ••
Do. Consel. Bristol &
Binning., 6 per cent. • • 100 132 133
Do. Bristol k Glouces. all ..
Do., Leic. &
8 per cent. guar. • 100 •• —• •
Do., Preference • • • • 5 —•%
dis.
Norfolk Extension•• all 15 34
i)o. guar. 534 per cent. all 4 —4s
North British • • b 5
Wor. &R' 01.1b1.6 p.c 8 % dis par
shrews. 8& Blr., nee" guar. all 10% 10
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 1534 —l6
South Devon • • • • .. 11 13
Senth-Eastern, 434 p. ct 10 .•
York, Nowc., and Berw.,
Gt. Nof E. Far. all 1534 1634
5 aDo.% 34
York and North Midland
IL and S. Fuca. .. 10 1% 1 dbl. 9
ronExcusr.
Boulogne and Amiens .. all 10% 10% 14
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) all 19 1934
Dutch Rhenish .. •• 8 4% 434 dis.
East Indian •• 18 2% —3 p. 20%
Do. do. do. .. 20
Greatlndlan Peninsula.. all % % P.
Ditto ditto 0- 334 % % P.
Louvain ala Sambre .. 7% .
Luxembourg 13 3
Ditto (Railway) .. 10 2%
Ditto (Canal) .. 2 34
Maria Antonia • • .. 17l 6s 8d —• •
Ditto, New • • • • 834 • • —• •
Namur and Liege .. aU 5 3 614
3 Northern of France .. 16 16 16% 16
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 9: 4% 436 d.
Paris and Orleans .. .. all 38 —4O
Paris and Rouen all 25 —253 G
Paris and Strasbourg .. 18 3% —3% dl2. 14 %
Rouen and llavro all 9 934 9%
Sambre and Mense • • all 3x. 4 3% 74
s t. Aaid r eves & Quebc . (A) 2 ..
Pours and Nantes ' 7 934 934 diS.x.l 7% % IE4
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and liaison E. afl
Wed Flanders n 8% ,3

The Herald° announces that Lord HOWDEN bad
presented to the Minister of Finance, in the name
othfetyhetermLoandcoonnfibsocnatdihonoldeorfs, a protest against what
the 50 per cent. which
wss diminished on the Coupons. Lord HOWDEN was
said to have caused the document to be legalised by a
notary of Madrid to use it at a proper moment.

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DRAMATIC INSTITUTION, GOUGH-STREET. —An
amateur performance took place here on Wednesday evening,
for the benefit of the Printers' Almshouse Fund. The pieces
selected were Mark Leman's drama the Loving Woman,
Morton's broad farce, Nig-:he performances were in every way
Wife's Second Floor, and Court-
ney's Time Tries All.
worthy of the benevolent purposes to which the receipts will
be devoted, the providing a home for those who would other-
wise be homeless—a secure haven for those whose storm-cost
barques would otherwise be wrecked. It would be invidious
to signalise any particular performer where each vied with all
in exertions for the cause they had at heart; we will, there.
fore, content ourselves with remarking that we were both
surprised and gratified to find amateurs so capable of "catch-
ing the living manners as they rise," and of giving expres-
sion to those " touches of nature" which "make the whole
world kin." The house was well attended.
THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MESSRS. COL-
LARD'S.—During the day the surveyors of the different in-
surance offices visited the scene for the purpose of learning
the extent of tho loss and, if possible, how the disaster
originated. Respecting the latter not the least idea could
be formed, and until the ruins are perfectly cooled it will be
impossible to state \via accuracy the precise amount of pro-
perty consumed—but ole thing is quite certain, that many
thousand pounds' wortl of instruments alone have been re-
duced to ashes. The whole of the workmen have likewise
been bereft of their toils, each man's stock being on the
average worth about 25!. The majority, we were informed,
were uninsured. Fortrnately none of the other premises be.
longing to Messrs. Colltrd sustained the least injury, so that
the business can be canied on as usual. Mr. Braidwood, in
his official report, describes the damage done as follows :
" The circular factory burned down, and NO3. 23, 24, 25, and
26, let out in tenements, have their back fronts scorched."
The report also refers to a scanty supply of water furnished
by the Hampstead Company.
THE LATE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT SOUND-
WELL, NEAR BRISTOL—The adjourned inquest on the body
of Thomas Waller, the unfortunate " vanger" who lost his
life at the late explosion at Lower Soundwell colliery, was
resumed yesterday afterroon at the Tennis Court Tavern, in
Warmley. The evidence given was confirmatory of that
which has already appeared in this paper. The only mate-
rial evidence in addition was that of Mr. Bush, engineer, of
Bristol, who chanced to be on the spot at the time of the
accident. He deposed that he saw the boiler a few minutes
before the explosion. It then had plenty of water in it, and
appeared to be in fair condition, but it was not of a good
construction, and was unequal to the pressure upon it. The
coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of
"Accidental death."

The course suggested by Mr. CIIALLINOR has, as
he points out, been already tried with the most bene-

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