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STUART had been attacked near Mundesore by the
insurgents, but they were completely repulsed,
and all their guns captured, when he carried the
war into their own camp. The rebels had 1,500
men placed hors de combat, while our casualties
were comparatively trivial.

Saugor, both fort and town still remain safe,
although the insurgents are in considerable force
in its vicinity. That is now the only point
respecting which there is the slightest anxiety.
On the whole, the intelligence is of the most
satisfactory. character, and better than our most
sanguine hopes had anticipated. We were not
the prophets of evil, having stated our implicit
confidence that Lucknow would be saved, but we
could not have supposed that our wishes would
so speedily have been realised.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
THREE EXTRA NIGHTS.

Piccolomini, Spezia, Giuglini, Belletti, Rossi, Vialetti,
and Aldighieri.
Tuesday, Dec. 29—Thursday, Dec. 31 —Saturday Jan. 2,
The following favourite operas will be given :
Tuesday—lL TROVATORE.
Thursday--LA TRAVIATA.
Saturday—LUClA DI LAMMERMOOR.
Prices :—Pit Stalls, IN 6d; boxes (to hold four persons),
pit and one pair, 2/. N; grand tier, 3/. 3s; two pair, it. 55.;
throe pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ;
pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s.

The Directors of the Bank of England yester-
day reduced their minimum rate of discount from
10 to 8 per eent. The Act of Indemnity is thus

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buokstone.

SATURDAY EVENING, to commence at Seven, with
SPEED THE PLOUGH. Characters by Messrs. W. Farren,
Compton, Chippendale, Mrs. Poynter, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam,
and Miss E. Tertian.

abrogated, and henceforward they are again sub-
jected to the restrictions contained in the iniqui-
tous act of 1844. It would have been fax better

After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle-
quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ;
Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ;
Clown, Mr, Charles Leclercq.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes.. ..... ........ 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
P.t
Tema Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery . . 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery.

if the Legislature had sanctioned the proposition
of Mr. MALINS, and allowed the exemption
to continue until after the meeting of
Parliament. No matter what might have
beeen the rate of discount. But the policy of
the "hard calculators" is to leave nothing to the
discretion of the authorities, and then, in true
Hibernian fashion, to blame them if they act

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Keay'.

erroneously.
We have now seen the act twice suspended, and
witnessed the almost miraculous relief afforded to

presented THE

On SATURDAY EVENING, will be
CORSICAN BROTHERS.
After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime,
entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess
Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess
Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor-
mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and
Columbine, Miss C. Adams.

the nation by its virtual abolition. Its injuri-
ous operation has been manifested beyond
the possibility of doubt or difficulty, and
yet there are persons (albeit not altogether disin--
terested) still ready to put forward arguments in
it 3 favour, and others obtuse enough to permit

THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
On SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. 26, THE WEPT OF
THE WISH-TON-WISH. Mr. Wright and Madame Celeste.
After which, a Mythological Extravcganza, entitled
HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND
PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mars, Mr. Frank
Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billin;ton ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ;
Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley.

themselves to be mystified. Can we wonder at
the stupidity or verdancy of the victims of ring-
droppers and skittle sharps when we find so many
of our countrymen accepting the fallacies of the
currency quacks as " proofs of Holy writ," and still
consenting to the intolerable incubus by which
they have been so long and so severely oppressed.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee
and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.—
TO-MORROW (Boxing Night), ANGEL OR DEVIL.
To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAII
ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU-
BADOUR, ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert.
Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White,
Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ;
Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Fitzhenry, Poynter, and
J. L. Took. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ;
Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites.
Herr Zeleski and Pons ; Columb'nes, Misses A. Malcolm and
Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans-
formation Scene.

We have now gone back not to a moderate or
a reasonable rate of discount, but to 8 per cant.,
the highest price ever previously exacted by the
rpeasi national establishment. It was the famine
price of 1847, which was abandoned after four
weeks, but 10 per cont. has been kept up
seven weeks, and we have only got
back to the worst state is 1847. We
should not have had the relaxation, but for
the simple fact, that Lombard-street was under-
bidding Threadneedle-street, and that " the Old
Lady " could not obtain custom at the exorbitant
and usurious charge demanded. She was there-
fore, although very reluctantly, compelled
to conform to the existing state of
affairs, and to accept 8 per cent. when
she could no longer obtain 10 per cent. ! She
has, however, in common with other hard calcu-
lators, realised very handsome profits during the
continuance of the crisis. " It is an ill wind that
blows nobody good," and the moneyocracy have
reaped a handsome harvest at the expense of the
working classes and the industrial community.
We fear that there will be severe suffering
during the winter—that many men, able and
willing to work, will find themselves deprived of

Morning Performance to commence at half-past Two.
First appearance of Mr. CHARLES DILLON on Monday
next.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The
i tz company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance o'
S.lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, die., viz.;—Miss Russell,
Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Bru-
nel', and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr.
Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Joue.s, J. Barker,
W. Melling, Senor Aronlo, E. L. !Time, and Mr. St.
Albyn; Slessrs. S. Collins, W. T. Critchgeld, and E. Mack-
ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master
; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
&MU o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock.

rIANTERBURY-HALL, Westminster-road.—
N.., GRAND MORNING CONCERT.
BOXING DAY, December 26, 1857, commenc'n,g at half-
past One o'clock. Programme, consisting of Solos, Comic
and Sentimental, and selections from the following Operas
Ernani, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata. Comic talent—Messrs.
S. Collins, W. J. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney.
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY—Morn., 46 min. aft. 7—Even., 17 min aft. 8
To-Moscow—Morn. 52 min. aft. B—Even., 23 min. aft. 9

employment in consequence of the monetary
crisis. We trust that all persons desirous of
fair play will take into serious censideratian
the causes of those privations, and will be
prepared to aid those who are toiling for the ge-
neral benefit. The currency, question must be
disposed of during the session of 1858, and on
the legislation that will then take place will de-

THE WEATHER —Surr OFFICE, DECEMBICII 25.
lIIIIMOMETER, IN WIZ SHADE.
I6—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night.
53 —this day at noon.
BArtomwrics,
WIND, W.N.W.; light, with fine weather.

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pend the future welfare, prosperity, and happiness
of the great majority of the peo pie of Great Bri-

tain and Ireland.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
entertained a select circle at dinner, at the Cottage, at
Kew, last evening.
—...-----
The Marquis of Breadalbane has left town to join the
Another telegram has been received at the Marchioness at Langton House, Berwickshire.
India House in reference to the recent proceedings
wTemheeEeacrloaetnlde,Csocuonttenssdof Minister have left town for
before Lucknow. It corrects the dates, and gives Count Gormanstonle and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
some additional particulars respecting the conflict. Preston and family have left Claridge's Hotel fl.
It was on the 12th November that Sir COLIN Dover, on their way to the Continent,
Lord Grantley met with a serious accident while
shootingt
hi ne
ptrheer e Iwe
no:0d sof ant t
hGi
crka n
fogtl eyo
eHe aollf ltahset
pwaeret
yk :
arrived at Alumbagh, and on the 13th the fighting
commenced, two guns were captured, and the shooting back at a rabbit, lodged several shot in his
fort of Jellabad destroyed. On the 15th Sir CoLIN lordship's legs. Medical assistance was immediately
occupied Delkosah and Martiniere. These were im-
procured, and the noble lord is going on as favourably
as can be expected,
portant points, which the rebels attempted to regain Lowrdatni bdLadySoouthaiT hptton have left the Clarendon
f but they were repulsed after a sharp struggle. 'N. hit The Countu le Lodge,
gneval and Count dent hr
Prissic have
On the 16th he made further progress, crossed the arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, from the
canal, took Secunderba.gh, and carried Samuch Cosnitr ill
Continent.
Jollifla will pass a portion of the holidays
after a seyerely-contested fight. On the 17th at Arninerdown Park, in Somersetshire.
communications were opened with the barracks. iotTerheeetßinighvtieHon.
hWie.cGon.entitaoyetoetre has left town on an
The mess-house was carried by assault at 3 r.ar. Mr. Douglas Baird has left Claridge's Hotel fir
The troops occupied the barracks, and CAMPBELL Paris.
Lady Charles Fitzßoy died on Wednesday night at
met OUTRAN and HATELocx. It must have been Lady Eleanor Balfour's residence in Grosvenor-square.
a glorious spectacle to behold the interview be-
up
rto a few daysladyahip was cbolncfikneedpptehaeredweteok bbee'ore
olarset„sai and
tween these heroes, after the faithful performance favourably. Her ladyship was daughter Port file late
of their arduous duties. Mr. James Balfour, of Whittingham Castle, N. 8., and
The list of killed and wounded is scarcely so
.A.ugestus Charles Lennox Fitzßoy, second son of the
great as might have been anticipated. We have, Duke of Grafton, by whom the lamented lady leaves a
however, only the account during two days, the youthfulD family.espatch
eor the Governor
16th and 17th, and we fear that there will be a
yesterday from the Colonial-officeof Canada were sent
.
heavier drawback to our triumph. It appears It
tuhneduerositoooodtahnaktoi
ft is
ert
thet Intention of
xtthme
edei rtieneg-
tosoif s that four officers have been killed, and that Sir ofr op
prrietors, to B
call up the propo'on Of the bank's
CoLIN himself, uhe had previously enjoyed an capital unpaid_ on the third issue of shares.
almost h I
almost miraculous immunity from steel and lead, in e
nits:
apt vwhich,
T T Emne.l7hAamr
eo ncge
as te e theo political
der
be :eel:
e•eer soc
f•
was wounded, but only slightly. The 93d their frequency is the undertaking of Lord Palmer ton to
must have had sharp work. Captain DaLZELL a Reform Bill. That a statesman_ wise not
only in his own, but through a succeeeding generation
handeofoifs a
was killed, and many of its officers wounded.
thanld have a
yards of
speechest the worki
oi n r nt
better— i f' ° uitsu necessity.
thin exploits iu the Crimea, where it formed " the Therefore, iyn full, cl, we believe,P not misplacerci
thin red line," which could not be broken, have reliance on the support of the Prime Minister, a
g for t
hhavtlisie transmittedy 0
fto hainrat i a a
already been the themes of story, both at home innuenimboll of
gentlement
g
and. abroad, and now there will be additional an educational franchise. It can hardly be dons ed that laurels for the brows.of the gallant Highlanders. it would be beneficial v
oice io to the ,
ew hi oi let
ore communitythos tol,give
The men who astonished the Russians at Balla- who have had
the advantagegof a liberal education.;'
clava must have appeared as veryßastaetts to the The property qualification is certainly not that best fitted
Sepoys and their camp followers. to define the limit of their parliamentary influence. Our
own peofes-iien is perhaps more imperfectly represented
A demonstration had been made by the
sttintaarnyt ooitehnecreinhtahsenloegsimslaatiliveei b.odyt o
; yet
be
hm ei:lo!al and
Cwalior rebels against Cawnpore. General discussiyon of questions touchingannthe health and u
socialthe
Virrlanuam, the hero of the Redan, was, however, welfare of the masses. We see with pleasure arnong-it
the names appended to this memorial, those of fourteen
prepared for them, awl, when they retired on
roost eminent members of the profession. We no wore
Calpee, had Wren the initiative by marching to desire to see Science seated in the curule chair wf
attack them. Theirposition • by '
19 no means legislative power than lounging in the "fauteuils" of
enviable under the circumstances.
fashion ; but it would befit this age to give to the
ofthe advanced intelligence of the professional classes that
At Delhi 24 members
Royal Family influence which it merits, and would most worthily
e.—Lancet.
have been executed under the sentence of a mill- us
ECRAPS PROM AMERICA.—A new church at West Phi-
tary coranl* •
Ismon or court-martial, as it might ladelphia, built at the instigation of Thos. Alliborne, is
more properly Lenow about being fietshed. The new bank, in Chestnut-
termed. It is only to be re- street, is also rapidly approaching completion, and its
gretted that the chief It
the erection up to the present has cost $250,000. It is said
Brummagem Mogul—did not share the fate of b.s , to be a magnificent structure, to have a granite front,
is relatives.
The incomprehensible leniency 'host elaborately ornamented ; iron doors of rich design;
I • -tithes-to exhibited a counter of the same material, and carved in the most
to the principal delinquent Well,we fear, b© costly manner ; a huge vault, of chilled iron plates,
" very erected in the centre of the banking-room, and covered
iljUriou3 to British int,rests in India,
with designs, displaying great artistic brevity ; ceilings
Cl.- GERARD, another of our Indian paladin, richly richly embellished in fresco, floors inlaid with marble,
has perished at the Lour of triumph. lie met the aoittleeovneer;ftohri n suchg di
sapipayuirupgo'sein falunt, athleavmiashna
expenditure
Joudpore rebels ou the 25th Nov., near Rat-noel, Which is approached by a magnificently wr.night spiral
and defeated them with great slau4ht:r and loss ears case of
eioroant,h t(.3hset)dleecoorf atthioenfsoraoriet saidure e"d tfiotbt) Mae
da-
bde
of all their uns, but his own valuable life was PniVethe'.ereatest luxury. The new bank i f Nichols
saerificed in the fearful discharge of his arduous lioa.z.utli:frriaeenii4nteellymopposite this, although an estab-
duty, It was a noble end, and his grateful
atantiovvei
iydeautellealonfhTlain g .
It important naturee
iltom, iseo
mention,
peas-
country will strive to alleviate the sorrows of his managed by our tr.°
awnsatuki.ug matters are sometimes
surviving relatives. outlay was going on thente brethren., that while this
wwl.iole capital of the bank,
amounting to $1,8A,000 In the neighbourhood of Agra Colonel RIDDELL bad been utterly sunk, en:i tilletk
irae
q CutOrridusstuodfio
$400,000,1k
and Major OLD bad been completely successful,
rinh ignorance
oenoef thwehofachtaebyal!,atn,i
manager, the studiously
yresealidt
ruin ,O,llereaviing the bank
having cleared the Uligour districts, and disersed ts;:lOse iti doors, and heaping
ffluenee -
A body of the Rohilcund mutineers. Brigadier fancied themselves in a • Tit
1
_ c
zuundetratudes who
le

LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 25, 1857.

touched, but large parties of rebels are in the
surrounding districts.

A part of the Madras column defeated a body
of the insurgents near Scorab, on the Jubbulpore
-, on the 10th of Nov., and took two guns.
Captain Fowerham (Tottenham ?) of the 4th
Madras Cavalry, was killed, and Lieut. Clarke,
the Deputy Commissioner of Jubbulpore, severely
wounded.

The Bheel disturbances in Candeish continue,
but the Bheels are confined to the hills, and will
be attacked in their strongholds when the jungle

is cleared.

The Minister of the Kolapore State was stabbed
in his office on the 23d of November by an Arab
soldier. The wounds are slight. The Arab was

actuated by private motives only.

From the Southern Mahratta country intelli-
gence has just been been received of a rising near
Moodhul.

A force was advanced from Belgaum to restore
order. The state of things in that part of the

country is not satisfactory.

The remaining part of the Bombay Presidency

is quiet.

Reinforcements have arrived in the Warrior
Queen and the Italian, but more are urgently re-
quired.

All is quiet in Madras and the Nizlre's country.

MARSEILLES, DEC. 23.

journal, but the sons of the Grand Duchess Maria
of Russia.

The Carmel has arrived with accounts from
Constantinople to the 16th. Admiral Mehemed
Pacha has come as a passenger in this packet.
She brings 2,600,000 f. in specie on freight.
Resohid Pacha was getting every day more
popular. He offered a Turkish frigate for Lord
Stratford de Redcliffe for his passage to Trieste,
but it was declined. The English residents at
Constantinople presented an address to his lord-
ship, expressing their regret at his departure.
M. de Lesseps had not yet made any applica-
tion to the Sultan relative to the Isthmus of
Suez.

Baron M. de Talleyrand lately gave a grand
diplomatic ball at Bucharest, the honours of
which were done by Lady Bulwer.
Violent gales of wind had lately prevailed in
the Black Sea. The llydaspe is expected here
(Marseiks) on the 27th, with 1,500,000 f. on
board, from Alexandria.

AUSTRIA.

BERNE, DEC. 23.
The Council of the States has adopted a resolu.

tion in favour of the Oron lino of railway. The
deputies of Vaud have declared that the canton
will submit to the decrees of the Federal Assem-
bly. The session closed to-day.

A letter from Prevesa, in the Trieste Observer,
states that Husni Pacha, who has been sent by
the Porte against the Klephts (Greek brigands),
has obtained some favourable results. Husni
Pacha having now been appointed Governor of
Janina, has left Hurshid Effendi to continue the
operations. Nevertheless, the Turks have little
hope of any permanent success, the Klephts being
protected by the Greek population. As a proof
of the extent to which this protection is carried,
the correspondent states that the famous brigand,
Dimitri Scalz:ijani, was seen walking publicly in
the streets of Prevesa, while Husni Pacha was un-
able to obtain tidings of him.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.
A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. -
The Emperor left Paris this morning for Ram-
bouillet, for a day's shooting.
THE BOURSE, Dec. 24. —The report which had
been circulated of the Bank of England having
reduced the rate of discount to 8 per cent.
was premature, and prices rather receded. The
market remained rather heavy to the close, when
the following were the quotations

Cash. fr. End of dronth.
44 per Cents
3 per Cents 67 55 67 95
Bank Shares 3150 Credit Foncier ...... 570
Credit Mobilier BO2 50 Roman ............... _
Do. Account B.O Austrian ............
Belgian 44 — spanish Threes...... -
Pisdmontese (5) — Home Debt ..... ....

VIENNA, Dec. 21. —The German Diet will sanction
the c(diven ti on con eluded bet we en France and Baden
f.r building a massive bridge across the Rhine at
Kehl ; but the fortifications which appear neces-
sary are to be made on the right bank of the river.
It is said tl at a strong tete-de-pont is to he con-
structed by the federal engineers at the expense of
the Grand Duchy of B Klen. The freedom of the
Danube is sure to be something more than a more
phrae, for it is seriously the question of reducing
the dues on all the so-called " conventional rivers."
France and Prussia have expressed their readiness
to levy smaller dues on the Rhine, and Austria has
tried to get rid of the onerous Stade dues. Baron
Bruck, after having done away with all the tolls on,
the Austrian part of the Elbe, endeavoured to per-
suade the Hanoverian Government to follow his
example. Negotiations were carried on for some
time, but they were at last broken off, because
Hanover and the other Riverain States demanded
a large capital as an indemnification for the pecu-
niary loss which they should suffer if they agreed
to the abolition of dues and tolls which they have
from time immemorial levied on all vessels navigat-
ing the river. It may be observed that the Hano-
verians have enjoyed the privilege of mulcting the
commercial public rather more than 800 years.

RAILWAYS—YOB CAM
tr. c. qt. o.
OTIOII/111
Northern
New Ditto 775 Strasburg ............ 6774—
Lyons and Med 855
_. Grand Central 1—
New Ditt0.......... 837 A— Sardinian .
Geneva 663 Austrian Corn. ...... 720

The First Chamber of Holland adopted, the day
before yesterday, a bill tending to alienate a part of
the land belonging to the Dutch mission at Con-
stantinople, that abolishing the legislation of 1807
relative to usury, and several local bills. The
chamber than adjourned for two days, when it was
supposed it would separate until after the first of
the year.

A Warsaw letter of the 17th, in the Cologne Ga-
zette, says :—" A dozen firms have suspended pay-
ment here, and great uneasiness prevails, as it is
thought that the commercial crisis will extend to
Russia."

The Zeit states that the saving which will be
effected by the reduction of the Austrian army is
not so great as was at first anticipated, not in fact
being more than between six and seven millions of
florins a-year.