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

APPOINTMENT.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 19.—Commander Charles G.
Pnillips (1848), having give❑ up his study of steam
in May, 1850, before he had completed the requi •
site period allotted for that purpose before officers
are examined, in order that he might proceed with
Sir John Itoss, in the Felix, has been again appointed
to study steam at the factory at IVoolwich Dockyard,
to complete his course, and joined
.the other officers
studying steam to-day.

I A series of experici2ents was carried on last week
Ibefore 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and on the pressure being withdrawn it resumed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,
hut 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 morning with the Royal Children.
Sir George Grey remained on a visit, and left early
this morning for London.

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

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, 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 ameeting
yesterday, at the official residence
of the Treasury, in Downing-
Carlisle,e
rePresent, the
the Master
Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of
of Pembroke, the Rev. H.
j. Liddell, J. L. Dampier,
Esq., the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, oft the First First Lord
and the Rev. A. P.
8
Stanley (Secretary).
Dispatches
and to the Lord High
Kong, Ceylon,
fad
then lonian Illands.
Commissioner 0
were_sstsoltffs,to the Governors of Hon g.

ToTAL
•
FLOGGINGegivn instructions within
the for a
e M'
IN THE AR
--The Ordnance
considerable number of additional
last few days
and also for a general extensive enlargement of that establish.
went; cells to be built at the military garrison prison in Portsea,
authorities
have
in consequence of an intimation from the Commander.eCommander. ABOLITION
serious offChierencesce, of
the desirableness of sending as many
as possible to the prison for punishment in
in-s offi
lieu of flogging, which it is thought will be erased from the
Mutiny Act altogether before the close of the enbuing 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 corprarpunishment 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 Major
Sir James Anderson (for whom Mr. Field appeared)andm thata
Moore from the list of contributories, upon the g
the mere fact of these two gentlemen having
insuffi.
liminary meetings of the provisional committee
dets of the pro-
posed to make them legally liable
f" the
eounting to 1,16E1.
scheme. A claim by Mr. Taylor amounting
Mr. Mitchell for
for engineering, and another for I,o,overe
adjourned for fur-
theritltverEded pre-
advertising charges out of pocket,
investigation.
'S CREW.—It is ascertained
NEWS OF THE VIOLET
that Captain Layton, master is alive, and has recovered
de-
stroyed by the Rift pirate
s)+
s
of the Violet (the vessel de-
from his wounds.
give up the survivors
captivity is unknown, and no tidings have
Their place of
E
been heard whether E. B. Crosse, Esq., owner of the yesael,
captivity, and theTwmuoender 4,000 dollars ransom for each.
merchant the crew have died of cholera in
chant who bought them refuses to
iti alive vr wt.

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4:.
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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMB:
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IV., belonging to the squadron which lately born-
On the 10th, the French ship of the line Henry ' TALLTABLE CHRISTMAS AND NEW 'TEAK 3 1 this' momentous epoch by a gigantic concourse like ficial effect in the county courts to a limited amount. THE SHARE MARKETS.
BARNES' NOTES on NEW TESTAMENT ,
that of the elective multitude in France is the utter- Now, if the judge be competent to decide where the
-41.
and ISAIAH. 12 vols. bound in cloth (5,600 pages, with nu- herded Salee, sailed from Cadiz for Toulon. The ance of a decree to which all human power should sum in dispute does not exceed .501., why should he BRITISH RAILWAYS.
onerous Engravings, Map, and Portrait of the Author), for One
other ships of the squadron were to remain at Tan -
Guinea I Also, Notes on Job, uniform, 2 vols., 55. Any of the bow
the head in obedience. The pious men of not be qualified to ten, twenty, or one hundred
Tan-
Guineas
may be had separately. The price will in a short time be l
bier and Mogador, awaiting the satisfactions required
permanently raised. The Notes on Revelation (Copyright in Great truth of times that amount, more particularly if every due by Admiral DÜBOURDIEU from the
to-day.
Britain) will be published exclusively in " (bobbin's Authorised old seem to have intuitive y recognised the
Edition." what we are here asserting, a truth forced facility for appeal be granted in every case where he MOROCCO. .....--.
Aberdeen.. .. .. • • all 10% 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.
ing testimony of experience, when they reduced the elusions, either on the law or the facts-the appeal Boston, &E. Jancion 834 4% - 5 a
ITALY. Belfast and Cotuaty Down 37% • • ••••• ••
UNGERFORD-HALL, STRAND
belief to that famous aphorism, Yox populi, vox Dei I in the former case being to one of the superior courts, Birm, Wolverhanap.,
H UNRIVALLED COMBINATION OF ATTRACTION.
which, it says, has found its way to several foreign'
The Piedmontese Gazette contradicts a rumour and Steer Valley - all It ••••• 10
Blrkenh., Lan., & Chesh
It is from our sense of the reality of this fact that in the latter to a jury of twelve men, under the
Dte 13.
chest.e.,i ateB,33l3l.irekse.nkeed.:, 36 13 -11 d.
ANIMAL MAGNETISIL-SOIREES LASSAIGNE every Even-
ing (Saturday excepted), at Eight o'clock. Admission Is., 25.,
and ds. Stalls and Reserved Seats may be secured at Mr. Sams 's we 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.
well as of other nations of the
Royal Library, St. roamJames's-stet at Mr. Ebers's, Bookseller to her European venerable and learned judges? We believe that the Julien, in Savoy. It adds, that the most profound
tranquillity has not ceased' to reign in every part of BDriosto., dl 0., 201... .. .. 1734 sye - mots.
501. & 251. Consolidated all 16 e- 17
Majesty, 27, Old Bond-street at the Manager's 001ce, Hunger-
submitted to the decision of the people most bigotted and pertinacious adherent of the
continent, France, its
and Exeter.. •• 100 79 -81
ord-ha.H.
the kingdom of Sardinia. THEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.
The Bologna Gazette of the 10th announces that Caledonian .. .. •• 50 15% - 15% 1534 %
e gontßEs MYSTERIEUSES," Juvenile Amusements, by M. themselves bY a direct appeal to the secret wishes of present system, the most strenuous opponent
could,not indicate any real danger of Chester and Holyhead .. all 20 - 2534 203
another band of brigands has been taken by the Dublin and Kingstown.. '
and Madame Larrgiois, 01 Paris, and the celebrated Indian Juggler, Democracy. Those secret wishes can only be of any change,Dublin and Belfast Junct. 4b 23 -21 d.
Djal with Dissolving Views, Chromatrope, &c., every Evening, at
ed by the organization of a system of universal injustice that could possibly arise from the extension Austrian troops in Romagna.all .• -
seven o'clock. Asmission Is., Is. 6d., and Is. 6d. othbetaDin
They have all been Dundalk and Esmiskillon all .. ..- ..
DIORAMA.-Every Day, from Twelve to Three. Prices of Ad- and by collecting the votes of the electors or generalisation of the system, accompanied, as we tried by court-martial, and skot. Dundee, Perth, and Aber-
safragel
mission Is. ed., Is., and 6d. Teen Junction .. • • all 6% ••• 7%
BAZAARS-Open daily from Ten a.m. to Ten P.M. Admission Free. in the urn of the ballot. Such is actually have stated, with's well devised and judicious power Do., New .. .. .. all ••- ••
MAGNETOID CURRENTS and the MAUNETOSCOPE. Dr.
East Anglian (251. L. &
things now re-established among our of appeal, so framed as to guard against the probe- AMERICAN NEWS. E. and L. & D.) -•. all 3% -3%
Leger's Philosophical and Experimental Lectures every Saturday the order of
ZYstaliag, at Eight. Admission Is. and 2s. neighbours by the bold and chivalric determine- bility of frivolous and vexatious applications for the • Do. (181. E. & H.) .. all 234 -2%
----•
see Eastern Counties .. .. 20 6% -6%
MEIMITIIII=2E-. ______--- ---------
ion of the first PRESIDENT of the French Republic. mere purpose of procrastination. A sufficient
security Eastern Unon, *liass A,
THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. into E. U. shares .• all 434 •-• 5
ler. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Ole Bromotoo• There can be no further doubt as to the considerations on this point could be attained by compelling the (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. Eaa
Dto.Ldane.o, B& C shares all 3% -a%
Do. do. do. .. 6 .. -..
THIS EVENING, which compelled him, as the chief magistrate of the appellant to submit the points on which he
Wm be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE MAI 4 Of LAW'
L Murray ; AL
ashire • • •• all 14% -16%
Marquis de la Seigliere, Mr. Lambert ; Raoul, Mr. L. Baroness de De. New quarters - all .. ..
mender, which arrived in the Mersey shortly before and Binn. June. .. all 49 -51
Democracy, to adventure, at all hazards, upon his dissents, and respecting which he is anxious to By the Royal Mail steam. ship Asia, Judkins, Corn-
Destoarnelles, Mr. B. Webster ; Bernard, Mr. Howe , yining.
i tit Y CASTLES.
Mrs Back nine o'clock, we have received advices from New East & West Ind ia Docks
recent course of proceeding. Had he not evinced take the decision of a superior tribunal, to the judge
Vanbert, Mrs. Stirling ; Helene de la Seigliere,_hTos
York to the 9th inst., and Boston to the 10th inst.
After which a new Farce, entitled THE TW,-, ,•-•-tto
- resolution such as that which he incontestably dis- whose opinion is impeached, and authorising that East & West York. June. all
Dir. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Bonnyca, , •
, Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 26 -28
Ingham. played in the carrying out of his coup cf Rat of the 2d functionary to impose such terms, in the shape of Edin., Perth, and Dundee 25
The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, Glasgow and South-West. 100 5- 5% 5%
With ,s KISS IN THE DARK.
riii.-.
• • - • • 46
of December, he himself would have been hurled security for costs, as may be deemed expedient. De. do. G. D. &C.steek 8 6 8 .. -..
rHEATRE "YAL, A"'ej'Webster
recovered from his in- Commander, with the mails of the 26th lilt., from
arrived at New York,at 9-meter tee direction of Mr.,111.;,3 ignominiously from office-the conspiracy which his But a still better course would be the amalgams- Liverpool,
reat Northern .. .. ' all 17% - 18% 18 %
P.M.P.m., on the Do. halves, A, deferred all 5% -5% 8%
The popular Comedian, Mr. Wright, ha'
promptitude crushed would have triumphed over all tion of the superior legal and equitable tribunals-a 7th instant. The Asia has 82,0001. in specie on Do. halves, E, 6 per ct. all 1334 - 13% 1334
disposition, will appear This Evening.
Yankee Cone an, 3fr. Josh Silsbee.
freight.
The failure of Messrs. Hicks and f New York. Great Southern and
Snoniaorui succeep of theordinary schemes of opposition-and ridicule would course which might very easily be adopted when
THIS .Ev EKING,
~in_rn,,a,entNed THE FOREST Western, Ireland • • all 3514 - 85% 15% 34
Will be performed the comic
Lo sil‘..,-,-1. Jonathan Ploughboy, have been directed against the very personage who is special pleading had, as we suggested yesterday, C0.,0
Newnt
yhoardk, dtoispwateclliceodmehiKs
ossolsun,th Aoln.
bPe... Great Western .. .. 100 85% -86 22% % %
ROSE! and the YANKEE P ' had been announced. • Lancaster and Carlisle .. all 78 -BO
Worred; Harriet miller, miss col- assailed, by the underhand enemies of freedom been totally abolished, and a simple state- Do. thirds .. .. .. 11 13 4 8% -8% p. P
Mr. J. Silsbee • Bellamy, Au* lib now
nal) •
Lancaster and Preston .. 47% .. ..
ups; Sally Forest, Miss E. Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, and of justice, with hatred and maledictions. Conse- meat of the facts relied on, and the re-
Mr. Lancashire &lull orkshire 100 57 % - 57% 57% 34
Edexecutive, and to invite him to visit Do. la esi -1 e. 4%
To be tollowed by the
lVdr. Wright; Gras
Paul Friari* 'an, Miss Ellen Chaplin-
. 0. Smith ; Mr.liTfimhoeofrePthtroeesi
Do. quarter glares - all .. -..
Mr. Emery ;quences yet more fearful than this would hare ensued, medy claimed,' or defence set up in consequence hFai
Willis, Mr. Worrell ;3 w and ,n.
•• • ••
e laughable Piece de Circonetance, France and not LOllls NAPOLEON alone would have of these facts, clearly and explicitly put forward. This Washington. Do. West Riding Union 11% 6 •-• 5% d.
After which, a 'l3l • or, estS , The Follies of a Day. Mr. Agricola
Leeds Northern • . • . all 14 .- 15
entitled BLGOME
been the sufferer. Europe and not France alone might be accompanied with a power of interrogating from Advices Nicaragua of the 14th ultimo an-
. Mr. Flighty Bounce, Mr. Paul Bedford ; John
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Green,' Mr. Ilon.liitt . lir „„___,
nounce the defeat and capture of Minoq and all his South - '
trey, Mr. O. scu ' ' " etuly, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Portia Lu- involved in the catastrophe. the opposite party. It would then be pert .. .. •• 1734 .. -..
asiss Woolgar. would have been
immediately force. London and Blackwell - all 6% - 7
create Green.
---- Had the PRESIDENT been anticipated by his an- ascertained whether the question were legal or equi- Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip 134 .. -..
orAL, PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Ad • vices from Valparaiso, to the 25th of October,
London, Brighton, and
Under the Mtuaagementof Mr. C. Kean. Republic table in its nature, and there would 13
tagonists, had the Legislative power of the e nothing to state the rebel army in Chili, numbering 13,000 men South Coast ... 100 94 -95 95 %
THIS EVENING. of theprevent the same judge or bench frompronouncing London and N.-Western 100 11534 -116% 116 115%
shekespere'l Comedy of THE 3IERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. conquered the Executive, had the occupant
principal characters by Messrs. Bartley, Keeley A. Wigan, Mea- ,tie been removed once more to Ham, and the As- just, decision. The necessity for courts of equity large number killed and taken prisoners. Do. fifths .. .. .. 12 2% -2% p.
dews, Addison, Harley, J. Vining, C. Kean ; Mesdames Winstahley, Ely."
responsibilities of Her Majesty's steamer Gorgon had captured the Do. 101. eh., M.& B (e) 1 I% -1% p.
Seeley, and C. Kean.the
sembly taken upon itself - • London and S.-Western . 100 84% - 84% 6434
After which, a new and original Comedy, in two acts, . . would necessaril -we the orerstriet adherence to the too stria rebel steamer Araca, and taken her into Valparaiso. Do. new 501. .. .. 42% 6- 7 dia.
Administration, the country y ingent rules of entitled TENDER PRECAUTIONS ; or, the Romance of Ma•rriage,
Late d• a vices from Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia state Do. new 401. .. .• 34 7 - 6 Via.
in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, and Mr. and Mrs. Wigan will appear.
repeat it, and italicise it-nteessarily have been the common law. A portion of the formal that those places are perfectly tranquil. Manchester, Buxton, and
Private Boxes, &e., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
Matlock •• .. .. all 2 - 334
into a terrible and irresist- partof Massingharn ;of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, plunged forthwith
'3lord-street. from Eleven till Five o'clock.
ible revolution. France would have had for reason for interference, " forasmuch as your and Havannah, arrived at New York on the 7th inst. Lincolnshire .. .. 105 3134 -32 h 32 34
./ Do. Manchester and
ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
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 •• 43 0 3% -2% dia.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVE NDIG, Anarchy would have been the result, and that rules of the common law." This is a necessary alle- The New York Money Market was easier. The Midland •• •• •• '• 100 55% -55% 5534 %Do. 501. shares .. • . 35 .. -• • die.
Will be performed
anarchy the most frightful. Who would have gation, and if a legal remedy can be shown, a de- stock market was dull, but Government stocks and De. firm2B 17
lag & Derby 100 22 -28
70E7 AND FIFTY- other leading securities were firm. Little doing in Midland Gt. west. (Ire.) 4734 .. -••
To be followed by led in the confusion ? Why, every faction would have murrer for what strangely enough is termed " want f • foreign exchanges •; bills on London, 110 to 110 f • Newcastle and Carlisle.. all .. -••
THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by
t De. quarter shares .. all .. -..
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. seized the opportunity. Every party would have of equity," would be allowed. Now, it is manifest Paris, 51i; Amsterdam, 411 to 414; Humburgh, Newmarket ••.. .. all 7% - 814
Born, and Miss M. Oliver. grappled with its antagonists in a deadly struggle that the courts of common law have only to relax 361 to 36f ; Bremen, 771 to 771. Newport, Abergavenny,
To conclade with
and Hereford .. • • 8 5% -5% die. 2
A PRACTICAL MAN.
---•--.... for supremacy. The Legitimatists would hare hailed their " strict rules" to render the Court of Chan- The cotton market was firm, with an upward ten- Newry and Etmlekillen • • 7 •
die.
-..-..........-.........-............. dency. Bread stuffs are very firm, with an upward Newry. WarrenPolnk aso I At.. manager, THEATKE. the disordered condition of the Republic as the signal cery theoretically, as it has
long been practically, use- te d A h •
n ency. ses in better demand, at 5.50 dollarsall -
Rostrevor • • .. • . .. ••
Lessee and Mr. W. Ferree.
Norfolk .. .. .. • • 100 20 -22
THIe EVENING. for a third Restoration. The Orleanists would have less, to remove the incubus that has d • uring many suc- for pearls, and 4 874 dollars for pots. Do. New 201. shares• • 15 14% - 1314 die.
Will be performed MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER.
sf Hoskins striven desperately for the power which slipped from Northern Counties Union 3% dis. S Frank Fintsb, r. , •cessive ages oppressed the country. We may here add Freights to London-Flour le. 9d. to ls. 10d. per
With PLOTS FOR PETTICOAT .
OF TUE OCEAN, sup.
North British•. .. • • 25 6% -7% 734 7
To conclude with THE LONELY MAN
Norton, Mesdames the grasp of the modern ULYSSES, and would have in the words of BLACKSTONE referred to by our cor- bbl. ; measurement goods, 255. to 30s. per ton ; naval North Devon .. .. 934 7% - 634 dia.
ported by Messrs. H. k'arren, W. rariCn, Bender,
Fielding and J. Adams. dreamt of transferring it to the uncertain hold of a respondent, that it is quite a mistake to suppose that stores, 2s. 3d. per 2801 b. to Liverpool ; cotton 3.16 North Staffordshire • . 1754 8% - 8 dia.' 9% 34
North-Western .. .. 19 .. -.. dia.
l'HeiC LI'S PLAYHOUSE AND sTit.A.-
Nip THEATRE. new ASTYINAX or of a second TELEMACHUS. The "it is the business of a court of equity to abate the of a penny per lb ; flour, ls. 14d. per barrel; heav y North &Sth.-West.Jetne. sir 34 dls. - par
Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPF.LAND, Liverpool.
Socialists would meanwhile have exulted in that rigour of the common law-both are equally bound goods, 15s. to l 7s. 6d. per ton. Oxford, Worcester and
The Warmest Theatre in tendon.
CHARLESTON, DEC. 8. Wolverhampton.. .. all 15 e- 1534
Another New Farce.
sudden disruption of the state, which must have by fixed rules and precedents-there is not asingle Cotton is •
Scottish Central .. .. 25 14 - 14%
in good demand. 175 bales sold, 71 to Scottish Midland .. .. all 9- 9% 14%
THIS EVENING,
e
MPSON" AND CO. hounded them on to one last and tremen rule of interpreting laws, whether equitably or 81 cents per lb. Do. new .. - .. 23% 7 - 8
Will be performed 51 - _
Shrews. & Birm., Class A all 6% -6%
After which, BREAKFAST FOR TWO.
The Pacific's news caused a firmer market.
To be followed by a new Farce, entitled CIRCUMSTANTIAL dous experiment. What horrors might not strictly, that is not equally used by the judges in the Do. Class 8.. .. .. an 4% -4%
EVIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Belton, Romer, then have been perpetrated, we may conjecture with courts both of law and equity." And a • " A
gain- NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 8. Shrews. & Hereford., Old 6 4% - 334 die.
Do., do., New •• 6
Atlases Marshall and Maskell.
Cotton firm and active. Sales 12,000 bales mid-
With STROLLERS AND STRATAGEMS. some degree of certainty, now that we have wit- little liberality on the part of the common law jud d • Shrewsbury and Chester
To conclude with a Farce, entitlel THE FIFTH
Bann OTEM- es ling, at 71 cents per lb. Receipts of the day, 18,000 (Nor. W. Min.) .. .. all 14 -16
mut, by Masers. Tilbury, Rogers, Hudspeth, Misses ers andfeeble attem t at 8 stematized
messed even their late p y by extending rather than narrowing the remedial bales, being the largest of the season.-Times. Do. Halves .. .. .. all 7- a
Haskell. rape and murder in the departments. Communism effects of the writ of trespass on the case, might have Do. Oswestry •• .. all 1034 - 11% 10
Do. New.. .. .. • • 1 % - % dig.
•el.e prices of admission are arranged as follow :-Orchestra stalls,
41; hOEWS (first circle), 39.; (second circle), 2s. Pit, would then have unfurled, once for all, that red flag effectuall-
y answered all the purposes of the Court of
Shropshire Union .. • • 634 3% -3% d.
REMOVAL OF THE COURT FROM OSBORNE HOUSEC, aD, Daily
Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to
which even the sublime eloquence of Aurnonsm DE Chancery, except thatofobtainingpaid up at per cent .• -
commence at Seven precisely. - Her Majesty and
S. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock T
L.AMARTINE could not again have repulsed under oath of the defendant." South Devon .. .. all . 14 -16
Prince Albert, accompanied by their seven illustrious chit- south
-Eastern -Eastern .. •• 30 20% - 20% 20% le %
-fret circle, Is.; second circle, Is.
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 But the reform we have advocated has alread been
y Waiting), the Hon. Caroline Cavendish (Maid of Honour), South Yorksh. and River
Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling.telegraph could have -
flames before the electric an
.., -- -adopted in the United States. Our Transatlantic the Hen. Colonel Charles P. Phipps (Keeper of the Privy Dun .. .. .• .. 15 4-a d. 11% 12
ASTLBY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
nounced. the rising of the faubourgs. Property would brethren have already tried the -
experiment, and with
. Purse), the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel A. Gordon (Equerry to She,ll., Roth., and Goole,
South sion .. .. I .. -..
Under the Patrona,;e of her Majesty and his Royal Highnesa
the Prince), Colonel Myddleton Biddulph (Master of the
Prince Albert. have been delivered up to the rapine of those unna- the greatest success. There have been no complaints, Household), and the Bev. Mr. Birch, left Osborne this Stirling and Dunfermline all 9 -10
Stockton and Hartlepool 16 23 11 -12
Pr. p ietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
rural marauders who have been already christened so morning, at ten o'clock, and embarked on board the Fairy
The most successful and popular Theatre in London. we believe, not even among the lawyers, as to the Taff Vale .. .. .. •• , 126 149 - 151
Azael still continues the Star of the Theatrical World. truly and so terribly by Mr. MICAULAT-" Heathens • Royal steam-yacht for Gosport. The Royal party were re- Taw Vale Extension .. 9% '.. -.. dia.
THIS EVENING, improved system. We are not, therefore, recklessly calved 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 Railway - .. • • 18 16 -15 die.
advocating a rash innovation the results of which and naval officers, and thence proceeded, by special train, on Esq., and written expressly tor this establishment, -
• lb .• ••• .. d.
lil entitledof • •1* t• " As for the
AZAEL, in which will be introdaced tho same hig y CIVI.I4II 10D.army-the nation must the South-Western Riilway to the Basingstoke station and
cannot possibly be anticipated. They can easily be • • ' ' ' IS;Va la
tee or
ffoNeath .. •
rd and Kilkenny all .. -..
Horses and Camels that appeared in the Opera at her Majesty's
have looked in vain to it for the restoration of order where another special train was in readiness to convey the Waterford and Limerick, all .. -..
Theatre, with an addition of Ostriches, Zebras, &c., &c., the whalecalculated, and we have a valuable and approved Queen to Windsor. Her Majesty was received at the Windsor Waterford, wax., Wick.
of the well known resources of Astley's. It has been pronounced by either in the capital or the provinces. It would have station by a guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards, and and Dublin .. .. 3 .. -..
precedent to guide us in the pathway of reform
public opinion to be the most gorgeous and effective production ever
I proceeded to the Castle, where her Majesty will shortly re- West Cornwall -• • 11 .. -. .. dia.
witnessed within the wells of a theatre, assisted with magnificent found its authority stifled between the intrigues of if we decide t •
on en ering it. In truth ceive an illustrious circle. Whltehaven and Farness all .. -..
scenery and brilliant costumes. The new Dramatic Performers
Generals. No sin le leader could have
contending g we are suffering from the variety of tribunals, legal, LIVER York, Newc., & Berwick 15 17% -11 :17%
la,ving achieved an unparalleled triumph, will have the the honour POOL. - The Liverpool and Philadelphia Ditto and Newcastle
of appearing every evening until further notice. possessed in its regard an influence sufficiently power- equitable, ecclesiastical, maritime, prerogative, bank- Steam-ship Company's veseel, City of Manchester, arrived at Extension .. - 20 734 -7 L
With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest
York G.N.E. purchase 9 3% -3% 4.
this port at midnight, having left the Delaware on the sth Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British ful to reduce the other competitors to insignificance. rupt, insolvent, &c., &c. There is nothing to prevent • k and North Midland 50 2134 -22 21%
inst., making the passage in exactly fourteen days, from
Male and Female Artists of superior talent.
CHINGANNIBE would have bad one portion of the these different courts beingall
To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE.
Tickets to be had at the Box-ofilce from 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 (COKE.- LINES LEASED AT rzizin 11136711TAZ1.
Stage Mana,ter, Mr. T. Thompson.
lain. LAMORICIERE would have had another; and judges distributed throughout the len hand breadth
gt During the last few days the deepest gloom has net only Railways. Leasing . Paid. Nombial Prices. Baele"
-,..g....).-. •
pervaded the minds of the inhabitants of Doncaster, but Companies. lens to-day.
PORTRAITS Baneeu another ; and CATAIGNAC, with his im-
mense influence as an incorruptible Democrat of the land, save that foe to all improvemeut, a re-
9pect for " vested interests," or, in other words, for those surrounding districts, learning
of the
William Cooke was afflicted with a serious and alarming ill- Bcdf. & Bletch- -
ley &-• Lou. &N.'.W. all ...- -..
OF and, as formerly, the Dictator of France, must have the perpetuation of the right of plundering the corn- npeesrisi. v'-lSirchlVillemd hLsarbrebnlelalli3foeuriinn a state ii.sf i.mmiuent Birming:- Da-
g under indisposition ford Jimcion,
SOULT AND WELLINGTON, found yet another division of the soldiers, and that
munity to certain privileged parties. Those who de- for some time previously; the symptoms became of a more guaranteed .. Gt. Western all 28 -30 ae%
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
WITS MEMOIRS AND FA C-SLY/L/E.S• OF THEIR HAND- afforded little or no hope that he would rally, and that his guarantee .. De .. .. all 28 -19
standard. Civil war, therefore, must have risen in from attacking the less powerful clique, who are dis- life would be spared to his family, his friends, and the coin- Birm., Wolver.,
WRITINGS.
& D
unprecedented fury in the metropolis, and in the pro- tributed in the neighbourhood of Doctors' Commons munity. The latest accounts from Wheatley declare, we
ranteedudley, g-ua-
•• DO .. .. all 8 -10 p
THE MOST longed and wholesale carnage that must have ensued, and the different Inns of Court. are sorry to add, that Sir William was
gradually sinking.-- Do., without a
• •
T Liberty would have been drowned in the blood of Bucklnghamsh• Lo • • all
Lon. &N
SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOUL Doncaster Gazette. guarantee • .
DEFENCE OF M e June Caledonian all et -- 43aime.-We stated last week that eivaesasi • • N. w.
all
17%
- "%
is
that atrocious Saturnalia.
EVER TAKEN, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, the Hercules, old 72-gun ship, was to replace the Ceylon, E. Lin., Guar. 6
Happily for Paris, happily for France, bap- • 42, as the superintendent's flag-ship at Malta, and the latter oar Cent. .. G. Northern all 32% -33
-.op_
was then to be broken up. Seeing that the port of Malta is Gloucester and
BY TV YON, pity for Europe, the peril of that fearful out- We have intelligence of yesterday from Paris, but frequently left without a sin le sea oin ship of war, it Dean Forest Gt. Western 25 134 - 234 p
g g g Hartlepl Dock c Yrk New. 7
FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES ; .
break among the anarchists has been din- the journals have not arrived. would have been more advisable if the Admiralty, when and Raw" i au', por.'3 all ... -..
TOGETHER WITH A. • ated At the hazard of everything dear to Sip • In consequence of the great number of electors who doing away with the old
.Ceylon, had replaced her with a Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 104 - 106
PORTRAIT OF himself, life, power, and reputation, Louts g
throethronged to the mairics to get cards, it was decided seagoing ship. 'the admiral superintendents of the home
ports have available two-deckers and three-deckers to carry Do. % Shares Do .. • • all 51% - 52%
Do. % Shares Do .. .. an 34% _ 25%
that yesterday and to-day cards would be distributed
their flags ; how much greater is the noee 'ty for keeping Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 10034 -10134 10134 34 1;
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON NAPOLEON leas strangled the con spiracy that in its
- " ' from eight o clock in the mornin till midnight,andafloaton such an station 381
- ship ' g
._ important. as Malta a that is Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% - 12%
Do., Prof. •• Do • • • • all 24 -25
first cry of success, must have sounded the alarm of •
IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, on Sunday from eight till four in the afternoon; also, efficiently provided with h
t e means of defence. At all events Lowestoft, Gd. 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 -is
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 cent De .. - all .. -..
laffiddlesbro' and
screw line-of-battle ships, the Edinbur h, for instance,and ltedcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all .. .... ..
PRICE ONE SHILLING. once and entirely innocuous. By arresting the most The Prefect of the Seine has caused to be posted aBo have secured a valuable addition togthe defence of Malta. N. & East, 6
--*-- 1 conspicuous among the Generals, he has avoided the notice warning electors of the penalties to which -United Suffice Gazette.
per Cent. •• E. Counties . all • . -..
- --
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. .
the civil war that must have resulted from they expose themselves by voting more than once, and THE SOCIALISTS IN FRANCE.-A distinguished
Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. .. all 54 -56
Tall! DAT -Morning 0 nein. attar 0 I Evening 58 min after 11 ruin and
non-electors, especially foreigners, that they will be nobleman has written to us to my :-" I have received let- Do. •New .. Do • • .• 41 4 -6 p
To-Mt:meow-Morning 26 min. after 12 I Evening 50 min after 11 the divided allegiance of the soldiers. By an instan- •
rigorously punished for taking part in the elections. *
tors about Clarnecy, in the south of France, containing de- . Preston and 3L.& N. W.l
_i,
Wre •• .. e &La.& Y. j 1`" •• -••--.• _
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taneous display of resolution, he has spared France the The Bishop of CHALONS writes to the • lof journal tails of the proceedings of the Socialists during the time they D0.34Y SharesA Do .. •. 11 8% - 934 p
THE WEATHER.-Sun Omcit, DECEMBER 20.
held possession of the place, of the
necessity of a protracted and sanguinary conflict. He Chalon-sur-Marne a letter of adhesion to the decla- moat frightful description. Read., Guild.,
THERmosIETEB, iN Tien SHADE. You may depend upon the truth of the statements, and if an
d Reigate .. S. Eastern .• all 11% - 21%
daring
has accomplished all these things by one .
ration of the Bishop of CHARTRES. The reason he you can put the facts into decent language Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern all 7% -8%
46-highest since noon yesterday. gives is that "Gob is with you should hold
00. Shop. Ex.. DO - •• 534 I% '' 2 P.
43 -lowest this morning and daring the night. and deliberate movement ; and at the same time has
B• hls op Of Li MANS recommends his clergy to give their muffins over the maudlin attacks of the country who eat Ref , Roth. and
Times upon' L e &York 18 11 6 .. ..
Goole, 5 per ct. an •
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. M'Clean 9% 2% - I Nab.
BA ROM ETSF , 30.18. those proceedings by accompanying his Appeal to theof
Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. " For 48 hours Claraecy was in possession of the ruffians. Wear Val. 6 per
WEND 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 Every woman and female
to child was violated, and some died
under repeated assaults. The gendarmes being Cont. gust. .. Stock.& Dar. all
Do. do. .. Do .„ .. 25 28 29
Afternoon, cloudy.g overpowered . e Do. do. .. Do • • • • 25 .. ...
re-establishment of Universal Suffrage. To-morrow the heads of legions of gendarmerie, demanding re- were publicly •• •I I then murdered Il 1 wilts & &men ,Glt. Weigel' toe 953 i -923 i
___
_those who have dis • •
turns relative to distinguished them- then disembowelled and stuffed with straw, and the Eastern
will be witnessed the completion of this new and ex-
D DAILY WEATHER TABLE. selves, and to the circumstances of the families of the insult again perpetrated on their dead bodies 11! A boys'
State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following traordinary era in the history of the French papule • violated II I I e. ,• x• PRETZRENC3 !MAUL
gendarmes who have fallen in the recent disturbances, school was entirely . . . .v.c. ..low, if those state-
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.-The stations tion. The country will then have declared what are
M. DATIEL- ex-Ministpr of Justip• J. ~._,..-.......:...._. merits be correct, of which we fear there is little tintiht_ I I 1

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
a-e arranged in order of latitude.
EPLart.ouirtt_ S , strong breeze—rain.
tufri N—vv ind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
RASTDIG4—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
touTHANirrox—Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
FOLKESTONE —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
ST ROOD —Wind S. W., strong breeze—cloudless.
S wtspors—W ind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CoLeffizsmit—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
CA-KBEIDGR—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
Yaßssourif—Wind S. W , gentle breeze—cloudy.
B utssincaLs.m.—Wind S.W., calm—foggy.
DARLUGTON—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 :

Ltbutatcx—Wind S., calm—overcast.
PLtMw ind S.W., hard wind—rain.
onru—Wind S.E., gentle breese—overcast.
Bv/11'1'311—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudy.
EitamiNcit,tx— Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
LIVERP,OL—wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudy.
Warrnr —Wind S. W., strong breeze—overcast.

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

its own views in regard to this meat remarkable and
momentous enterprise. Whatever that decision may
be, it must command the homage of the contemporary
races of Christendom—as the sentence passed by a
great nation on the head of its present ruler—a sen-
tence involving, moreover, the wishes of 35,000,000
as to the form of their future government.

We would earnestly invite the attention of the
community at Jorge, and more especially of legal
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
correspon dent, Mr. W. CHALLInsou, offers some valu-
able comments on the opinion, now very generally
entertained, " that there is no necessity for retaining
the Courts of Chancery, as a separate jurisdiction from
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. CHAL•
Ltmon, 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 sets forth the parti-
culars of a case which, as he asserts, " illustrates the
hardship and absurdity of the present state of things."
lie 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
then
intiatacnocuersoe were awd
so p
andt e d,
c_.! tnership account."
f
oVirpehasnhsousldwaniolot
wfinedd
up and destroyed,
, and the unfortunate victims re-
duced to poverty and destitution,
through the heart-
less cupidity of 80010 overc •
autrous solicitor who would
not permit his client, a, executor
of some party
having some interest in the estate, to consent to the
administration of the assts
save through
the intervention of the Court, with
all
lits
oppressive and elaborate machiner.Y....
The adop-
tion of the new Law of Evidence Act, ren-
dering the testimony of parties to suits admissible
either fur or against themselves, will, so soon as the
practice of the Superior Courts is assimilated to that
of the county courts, by making 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 voile 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.

We have intelligence of yesterday from Paris, but
the journals have not arrived.
In consequence of the great number of electors who
thronged to the mairics to get cards, it was decided
that yesterday and to-day cards would be distributed
from eight o'clock in the morning till midnight, and
on Sunday from eight till four in the afternoon; also,
that the ballot would be prolonged on Saturday and
Sunday from eight in the morning till six r.m
The Prefect of the Seine has caused to be posted a
notice warning electors of the penalties to which
they expose themselves by voting more than once, and
non-electors, especially foreigners, that they will be
rigorously punished for taking part in the elections.
The Bishop of CHALONS writes to the journal of
Chalon-sur-Marne a letter of adhesion to the decla-
ration of the Bishop of CHARTRES. The reason he
gives is that "GOD is with the PREbIDENT." The
Bishop of La MANS recommends his clergy to give
their active support to the prolongation of the powers
of Prince Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
The Minister of War has addressed a circular to
the beads of legions of gendarmerie, demanding re-
turns relative to those who have distinguished them-
selves, and to the circumstances of the families of the
gendarmes who have fallen in the recent disturbances.
M. DATIEL, ex-Minister of Justice, is re- appointed
to his former place of Procureur-General at Rouen,
and named officer of the Legion of Honour.
A decree appears appointing a consultation com-
mittee for Algiers.
The Paine 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 Montauban : Yes, 330 ; No, 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.

The following is a list of the representatives who
have been transferred to St. Pelagie :—M.M. Pascal
Duprat, Antony Thouret, Laydet (le gesoral), Bizio,
Durergier de Hauranne, Durrieu (Poulin), Joret,
Renaud, Besse, Belen, Cholat, Emile Pean, Latrade,
Miot, Marc Dufraisse, Richardet, 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 Turneries 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
business transacted was7considerable. The Five per
Cents. opened at 100 f. 50c., and closed at 101 f. 10c.
for the end of the month. The Three per Cents. closed
at 64f. 300. Orleans Railroad Shores, 1,022 f. 50e.;
Rouen, 6421. 50c.; Havre, 237 f. 50c.; Great Northern,
5101.; Avignon, 215 f.; Vierzon, 488 f. 75c.; Basle, 175 f.;
Bordeaux, 395 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 4181. 75c.; Tours
and Nantes, 277 f. 50c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 270 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Disc. 19.
Boulogne and Amiens, 10%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 19 LA—Dutch Rhenish, 3442—East Indian, 22%
—Luxembourg, 3—Namur and Liege, 644—Northern of
France, 16 LA —Orleans and Bordeaux, 41h— Paris and Rouen,
256—Paris and Strasbourg, 141,4—Rouen and Havre, 9 i,l3—
Sambre and Meuse, 334—Tours and Nantes, 7% ex hit.

DEFENCE or MALTA.—We stated last week that
the Hercules, old 72-gun ship, was to replace the Ceylon,
42, as the superintendent's flag-ship at Malta, and the latter
Seeing that the port of Malta is
frequently left without a single seagoing ship of war, it
was then to be broken up.
would have been more advisable if the Admiralty, when
deing away with the old Ceylon, had replaced her with a
seagoing ship. The admiral superintendents of the home
ports have available two-deckers and three-deckers to carry
their flags ; how much greater is the noeessity for keeping
afloat on such an important station as Malta a ship that is
efficiently provided with the means of defence. At all events
it would have been more consistent and advisable bad the
Admiralty substituted for the Ceylon one of the old converted
P 3, the Edinburgh, for instance, and
tripe,
addition to the defence of Malta.
United Bel vice Gazette.
TEE SOCIALISTS IN FRANCE.—A distinguished
sscorhewavleinseec-
nobleman has written to us to say :—" I have received let-
ters about Clarnecy, u the south of France, containing de-
oufr-ebda tat l ev
as
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 decent language you should hold
them up to the good people of this happy country who eat
their muffins over the maudlin attacks of the Times upon
Louis Napoleon." Our correspondent then goes on to say :
" For 48 hours Claraecy 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 • 'll then murdered!! I
then disembowelled and stuffed with straw, and the Eastern
insult again perpetrated on their dead bodies 1! ! A boys'
school was entirely violated !11l &c." Now, if those state-
ments be correct, of which we fear there is little doubt,
is there a sane man in France or out of France, who pro-
fesses to be a Christian, who would not prefer martial law to
the chance of seeing such a state of things prevail as we have
mentioned? And if so, Louis Napoleon deserves well of
France and of the world, for having saved society from a
gulph of bloodshed, rapine, and horrors, such as no pen is
powerful enough to describe.—Aferning Herald.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The following is a brief
outline of the new decorations at this theatre :—The whole
of the fronts of each circle, the ceiling, proscenium, Sac., &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 emblaioned. A complete gas apparatus has
been laid down throughout the theatre, and a new centre
chandelier, manufactured by the eminent firm of Pellat
and Co.

DRAMATIC INSTITUTION, GOUGII•STRICET. -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 Wife's Second Floor, and Court-
wneoyrt,
shy broad
ToinfTime
hTerb ceoiesefnaerjvll llfy
ent purposes to which the receipts will
The performances were in every way
be devoted, the providing a home for those who would other-
wise be homeless—a secure haven for those whose storm-tort
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 gratifiell 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'3.—During the day the surveyors of the different in-
surance offices visited the scene for the purpose of learning
the extent of the 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 with accuracy the precise amount of pro-
perty consumed—but one thing is quite certain, that many
thousand pounds' worth of instruments alone have been re-
duced to ashes. The whole of the workmen have likewise
been bereft of their tools, each man's stock being on the
average worth about 251. The majority, we were informed,
were uninsured. Fortunately none of the other premises be-
longing to Messrs. Collard sustained the least injury, so that
the business can be carried on as usual. Mr. Braidwood, in
his official report, describes the damage done as follows :
" The circular factory burned down, and Nos. 23, 24, 25, and
26, let out in tenements, have their back frosts 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 Seundwell colliery, was
resumed yesterday afternoon 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."

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Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.)
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201. .. • • • •
Do. 6 per et. Stock ..
Leeds Northern, 6 per
cent., No. 1.. .•
Do. quarters, 1848 ..
London, Brighton, and
S. Coast, guar. 5 per et.
Do. pref., 5 p ct. 5k,1851
Do. new guar., 6 per ct.
Len, & N. West. (Coy. &
Nuneat.) 5 per cent. ..
London &S.-W., new • •
Manch., ShelEeld, and
Line., quer. ahrs., No. 1
Do. new, 101. ••
Do., 61. • • • • ..
Midland Con. 6 p. c. stock
Do. Consel. Bristol &
Hireling., 6 per cent.• •
Do. Bristol & Gloncee.
Do., Loic. & Swanning.,
8 per cent. guar.
Do., Preference • • • •
Norfolk Extension

Do. guar. 534 per cent.
North British ..
Oe. Wor. & W 01. 1 51.6 p.c
Shrews. & Mr., new guar.
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent.
South Devon • • • • • •
booth-Eastern, p. ct.
York, Newc., and Berw.,
Gt. N of E. Fur. . •

Do. • • • • • • ..
York and North Midland'
H. and 8. Puck. ..

FOE
W

Boulogne and Amiens ..
Central of France (Or-
loans and Vierzon) ..
Dutch Rhenish - • ..
East Indian • • .. ..
Do. do. do. ..
Groat Indian Peninsula..

Nominal Prices.

.. •••, ••

7% —7%
1634 16
1 —% d.
24-2%
34 -%f ll
par % p
10% 11

liasiasas dole
to-day.

7% %
11%

t PS
POI
10%

13 %
3% ,i I

10% %

SPAIN.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the 14th inst.
The Gazette publishes a series of documents from
the authorities of Havanna), showing the loyalty and
devotedness of Cuba to Queen ISABELLA.
The President of the Council, the Marquis of
MIRATLORES, M. BERTRAM DE Lis, and the Minister
of Grace and Justice, received the Grand Cross of
Pius IX., on the occasion of the conclusion of the
Concordat.
The Heralds announces that Lord Hoymor had
presented to the Minister of Finance, in the name
of the London bondholders, a protest against what
they term a confiscation of the 50 per cent, which
was diminished on the Coupons. Lord HoWDEN was
said to have caused thedocautmaepnrtotpoe rbe
momentlegalise
.d by a
notary of Madrid to use it

Vi %
20%

Ditto ditto ..
Louvain a la Sambre

Lnaembonrg •• •: ..
Ditto (Railway) ..
Ditto (Canal) .. ..
Maria Antonia .. ..

Ditto, New
Namur and Liege
Northern of France
_ _

1716 s !MI
3i
all

........,
Orleans and Bordeaux ..
Paris and Orleans ..
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ..
Rouen and Havre .. ..
Sambre and Meuse
St. Andrew's & Quebc.(A)
Tours and Nantes .. ..
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and ilasselt E
W eat ilaudera tit rs

16 %
4%

14%
% z.l

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

R 2O, 'lB5l

Aria Fria ...... • • •...
Anglo Californian .. • • ..
ATO Maria ....• .• •• • •
Asturian •• • • .. •• • •
Australian ••..•• • • ••
Sarossa Range .. • • ...
Brazilian Imp, (is. 51. p.)
De. Cocacs and Cuiaba

Do. St. John del Rey..
Cobre Coprer , . ..
Coplapo .... ~...... ..

Mexican & 9. American
lircaveaa Monde ........
Real Del Monte, Uareg.
Do. Black Debentarea

Do. Bed Debentures.
Xantia.go de Cube .....

United Mexican.. :: ::
West Mariposa .. •• ....
JOINT

Antral:tea ....... .
Britioh North America
Colonial
Commercial •f London
London Joint Stock

Landon and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.
De. New ............
National of Ireland ....
Oriental Bank Coryerat.
Provincial of Ireland....

_
Do. Now ....... .
Union of Au.stralla

Union of London ......
Union of Madrid

NEX

Canada ••••• • • • • •--•••
Gen. Steam NaTigaiden .
POlllll. & Oriental Steam.

MINES.

Ditt• ditto
loyal Mail Stearn ...• ..
Settling days in the tao:
tered shares, 15th an

Paid.

ilv. cannot be anaweri
will Rot be influenced by

Nominal Prices.

2 - 134.
U- % P
% - N

1%- 24
3% -3%

1 13 0
2.4.%

113.% - 21
2.3 -343,
61/4 - 71/4
13% - 14
3% - 41/4
1 -1%
% -36

lON
7
,211 23%
'
' 11T01

4 -3%
G% - 8
3 -2
1 -%
IX BANXB,
38
46% -44
10% - 11
28 - 26%
18% - 17%
2854 - 2934

iczL:

nth of
ad 30th.
tble for
interest

13% - 1734
27 - 28%
4334 - 45
15% - 1634
35 - 3654
3 -3%
14% - 15%

11118111 CBS c OP
to-day.

111% 2 IX 2%

li X

ex .41.

1% %

4X 3i

LANE 01713.
48 49%
27% 28
72 —75
17% 18%
79% 80%
)ecember. Ticket days for regis-
Account days, 16th and 31st.
he errors of the Official Lista, and
d correspondents.]

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS

CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 6,000 bales. The market closed steadily,—l❑
Railway Shares very little business was done.
There were, during the week to the 13th instant,
many important alterations in the items of the Bank of
England account. The bullion increased considerably
again, and without anything like a corresponding ex-
tension of the circulation, and with a positive reduction
of loans or discounts. A reasoa, however, for the notes
of the Corporation being thrown back upon it is that the
public treasury is paying in large sums as the quarter
draws on. Compared with the previous week, the
changes are as follows:

... 30,279,620
... 376,690
... 3,129,894
Increase 3,399
Public Deposits ... ... 8,534,018
Increase ... ... 456,674
Other Deposits -.. 9,358,848
Decrease 180,340
Seven Day and other Bills 1,152,453
Decrease 4,410
Government Securities ... no alteration.
Other Securities ... ... 11,454,732
Decrease ... .„ 92,311
Notes 11,390,345
Increase ... 341,920
Bullion
... 16,920,988
Increase ... ... 402,404
Active Circulation... ... 18,889,275
Increase 34,770
The monthly circulation returns for England, Ireland,
and Scotland, made up to the 29th ult., may be thus
stated :—Bank of England, 19,571,3971, Private Banks
3,498,7621., Joint Stock 2,783,1901, Scotland 3,520,4594,
and Ireland 4,848,4064 This, compared with the pre-
vious month, shows a reduction in the circulation of all
the English banks, but an addition to both the Scotch
and Irish issues. The circulation was 461,2541. above
the amount towards the end of November, 1850.
The "Banking Almanack and Directory for 1852" has
been completed, and besides the usual general informa-
tion gives the banking statistics of the year, a list of
private and joint stock establishments corrected up to
the present date, with the London agents, and the names
of foreign bankers. The circulation of all the joint
stock banks is made up with great care, and the follow.
ing list is very useful for reference, being the dividends
paid by bankrupt bankers since October, 1850:
Oct. 11, 1850. Robert Campion, Whitby, Yorkire, se-
cond of is. 6d. on separate estate.
Nov. 30. George Burdis, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, first
of Is. 2d. Shareholder in the North of England Joint
Stock Bank.

Notes Issued ...
Increase ...

Rest

Nov. 36. Samuel Gnndey, Bridport, Dorset, one o
6s. on separate estate.

Deo. 4. Joseph Nash and Thomas Neale, Reigate and
Dorking, first of 6s.

Deo. 4. Joseph Nash, Reigate, 20s. on separate estate.
Jan. 31. 1851. Biddulph, Wright, and Co., Henrietta-
street, fourth of 2d. total.
Jan. 31. James and Samuel B. Soule, Saffron Walden,
final,ef 13.8 d. total.
Jan. 31. Charles Warren, Shrewsbury and Market
Drayton, third of ls. 6d.
Jan. 24. C. S. Penwick, Tynemoutb, third of ls. 10d.
Jan. 24. Nash and Neale, Reigate and Dorking, se-
cond of 2s. 6d., total Bs. 6d.

Jan. 24. Thomas Neale, Reigate, 20s. on separate
estate.

Feb. 14. John Wright, Henrietta-street, Covent-
garden, second of ls. on separate estate.
March 14. John Brewin and John Hedgers, Sheffield,
second, making 201. on separate estate.
March 24. John and Charles D. Matthews, Chipping
Norton and Chipping Campden, Oxen and Gloucester-
shire, fourth of 1 4d. total.
March 28. Broughton and Gannett, Nantwich, fifth
of id. total.

May 9. Nash and Neale, Reigate and Dorking, third
of 35., total 118. 6d.

May. 20. Messrs. Burridgo, Portamoutb, fourth of
14d. total.
May 30. C. S. Flood and H. B. Lott, Honiton, Devon,
second of la. 9d. total.

June 8. Whitemore, Wells,*d Whitmore, Lombard,
street, eighth of lfd. total.
July 4. John Vaughan Barber, Walsall, Stafford
shire, sixth of 6d. total. _ _

July 4. John Johnson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, first and
final of Is. 2d 9-16.

July 16. Hobhouse, Johnson, Phillot, and Louder,
Bath, Bradford, and Trowbridge, fifth of 4d. total.
Aug. 12. Field, Dun, and Barker, Cambridge, final of
total.
Sept. 26. Timothy Abraham Curtis, shareholder in
Bank of England, third of 213. total.
Sept. 26. Nash and Neale, Reigate and Dorking,
fourth of 25., total 13s. 6d.

The rates for Bills of Exchange were yesterday after-
noon for the most part very firm. Bills on Paris wore
negotiated at 25 40 to 45, and on Antwerp at 25 35 to
87b, being a slight advance. Amsterdam was ♦ery firm;
Ilamburgh barely so good, 13 9.1 to 104, and Trieste de-
clined to 19 40 to 45.

The letters received to. day from Yorkshire and Lan-
cashire represent trade as having been brisker.
The exportation of bullion direct from London, during
the week ending Thursday last, has been limited to
silver, viz., 172,3.00 ounces, but from Southampton there
will be a considerable sum also taken out to-day in the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer to Alexan-
dria, Ceylon, and Calcutta.

The arrival of the Asia steamer from Boston, with
12,0004 is telegraphed.
The Stock Market is firmer this morning, but without
any increase of business. Consols hive been at 962 4,
and are now 164 to 97. Exchequer-bills realise 48s. to
51s. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have been 981 to 4. The favourable accounts
from Paris have still a good effect.
Foreign Stocks are quiet. Mexican have been done
at 27, and are now 261 to 4. Peruvian Deferred Bonds
have been 464. Equador are at 3. Spanish Five per
Cents. are called 204 to 21; and the Three per Cents.
39f to 404. Dutch Four per Cents. bring 894 to 2.
Railway Shares have been steady generally, and
prices are a shade better in one or two instances. Fo-
reign Shares are scarcely so high.
Gold Mines are nominally dearer, especially Agua
Fria.

ONE
PRICES OF BRIT/RTI FUNDS O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Anne.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9B
New BIA per Cent. Anne.......
Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860
India Bonds, 1,0004 .....
Ditto under 1,000/......
Console for Account
troll eq tier Bills. I%d.
1,0001.
5001.
Small. ..
ONE

CLOSING
PRICES
97%
93
98
7

62 P
96% ex d

•
49 p
CLOSING
PRICES.
100

62 p

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent ........... 100
Equador Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Ct., ex Jan. Coups —
Ditto, Account .....
Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent -
Ditto, Deferred
Russian Bonds
Ditto, 414 per Cent
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 29
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 214 per Cent. 12 Guild —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

COURSE OF EX(
Amsterdam .... •• 11 16 li
Ditto, three months .. 11 14
Rotterdam .. •••• •• 11 1314
Antwerp .• ............ 2S 45
Brussels •••••• .. .... 25 44
Hamburgh .... • • M.B • 13 10
Paris, 3 days'sight .. •• 25 22;;,
Ditto, 3 months .. • • 25 45
Marseilles .• •••••• •• • • 25 45

51 p
48 p

Bourdeaux.. . • ..... .
Irrivakforton.Maine.... 121
Vienna, effee. flu ••• • • • 12 45
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 45
Petersbargh, Sit. Rble..

26%
8914
46tA

83 4
20%

Ysdrid

()tau •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49'
Barcelona ••
Bovine.. •• •• •• •• ••••

8334

:HANGS.—FRIDAY.
Gibra1tar..............
Leghorn .............. 20 85
Genoa •• •• •• •• •••• •• • 25 60
Milan .• ••••••.• • • • . •• ...
Veniee.......• •• • • ....
Naples ............. 40X
Palermo, peroa ........ 120
Messina .............. 120%
Lisbon..... .......... 62%
0p0rt0................ 5286
Rio Janeiro ........ • •
Buenos Ayres —• • ....
New York, 60 days'sight
Philadelphia .... • . • •

mole or BULLION, PBB OS.
Foreign Geld inbars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0
New Dollars ••.. •• 0 4 11%
Silver in bars ........ 0 5 0%

The Rey. John G. Lonsdale, son of the Bishop of
Lichield, has been appointed Reader at the Temple Church
London

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