The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-26 00:00:00

Now ready, at all the Libraries, father by means of arsenic. The evidence adduced
THB COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON'S
on the trial ofjthis wretched woman puts the question
NEW NOVEL,
" STRATYMN; QR, LITE AT HOME AND ABROAD." of her guilt beyond a doubt, and she has since made
A STORY OF THE PRESENT DAY.
Navy Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street a confession, wherein she explains her motives for
committing so dreadful a crime, and enters at some
length into the_ particulars of the revolting transac-
tion. The following is a portion of her narrative,
which we subjoin for reasons which the reader will
presently understand :—" I heard my half-sister one
day talking of a woman who had poisoned her
husband with arsenic, which she had bought under
the pretence of killing rats. The idea then
first entered my mind of poisoning my fa-
ther, and I thought I should be at liberty to go
where I pleased, and do as I pleased. If I could have
opened my mind to anybody, and had received a little
good advice, I am sure I should not have committed
the crime. I did not think I should be detected."
The tone of cool deliberation—we might almost say
of nonchalance—that pervades this statement—is truly
extraordinary. The daughter, it seems, was instigated
to the murder of her father from the mere simple cir-
cumstance of having one day heard an account
of a woman who had poisoned her husband by
arsenic ! She needed no further stimulus. The
train was already laid, the match lighted, and it only
required that it should be applied. But then she
adds, if she could only have received a little good ad-
vice she would not have committed homicide What
maudlin, self-deceiving cant is this! How
was it possible that she could have applied to any one
for advice, as to whether or not it was expedient to
murder the author of her being? The very remark
shows the cool indifference with which she regarded
the crime of parricide. It was evidently in her esti-
mation an act to be consulted about, instead of an
atrocity to be shrunk from at the very first
whisper of the impelling fiend within her. We urge
these points from no desire to excite public indigna-
tion still snore strongly against the wretched criminal,
but simply because we are anxious to expose the false
morality—the hypocritical cant—the whining mock-
humanity of certain individuals who have decided
on petitioning the Qurast in favour of MART
Gam.or. Among these are to be found
the Bishop of CHESTER, the Chancellor
RAIKES, and a great body of the clergy and gentry.
The reasons which these sentimentalists allege in
justification of a commutation of punishment are some
of them of the most unaccountable character it is
possible to conceive. First, we are told that pre-
viously to the commission of parricide, the prisoner
" had conducted herself as a teacher in a Wesleyan
Methodist school with strict propriety." Now, to
our thinking, the circumstance of MART GALLOP
having been a teacher of children aggravates rather
than extenuates her guilt, for it proves
that if she sinned it was not at any rate
from brute ignorance, or from any unacquaintance
with the rules of virtue and morality. Secondly,
the petition sates "that the dreadful crime which she
confesses of causing the death of her father does ni
appear to have been long premeditated, but to have
been accidentally suggested to her mind by a person
in her company." Why, this circumstance, too, which
the petitioners allege in her favour, tells most de-
cidedly against her. What sort of a mind must that
have been which could have been urged to the com-
mission of the most awful of all crimes, from the mere
casual small talk of a neighbour ? But the
Fourth reason stated by the petitioners is the
most extraordinary—" That should the QUBEN'S
mercy be extended to this miserable woman, she
'night prove of great use in being employed in teach-
ing young persons in one of the schools in any place
-o which she may be transported." Truly, the woman
if mature age and decent education who could com-
mit parricide from no stronger motive than that-
-0 quote her own words—" I should be at liberty
'l3 go where I pleased, and do as I pleased "—is
idmirably qualified for the sacred and responsible
office of an instructress of childood ! With what
-arnestness and sincerity of heart must she impress on
her young pupils the commandment which says,
Thou shalt do no murder." Children brought up at
he feet of such a mistress cannot but turn out exem-
plary members of society I But the whole affair is of
,o repulsive a character, that we have no wish to
~ursue it further. Enough, therefore, to state that
the Bishop of CUESTER, and all who have had a share
in recommending MARY GALLOP to mercy for the
reasons we have just specified, have not evinced a
healthy spirit of humanity, but, on the contrary, a
,naudlin, dangerous sensibility, that cannot be too
,everely reprobated.

land. The Repeal agitators have much to answer for
in their systematic and continuous opposition to every
Government proposition that does not exactly accord
with their own extreme views.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Immense Holiday Attraction.
MIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Dec. 26,wi1l be performed Halfe's
rand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK.
Aft& which will be produced the Grand Christmas Harlequinade,
called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe.
The principal characters by the unrivalled pantomime artistes,
Messrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss
Carson.

The last accounts from Madrid are of the 18th inst.
The Chamber of Deputies had commenced the debate
upon M. Mox's project of law for the conversion of
the outstanding debts of the Government into Three
per Cent. Stock. Several members spoke in opposi-
tion to M. Mox's plan, and M. Mox replied, after
which the debate was adjourned.

SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many
things, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Rance;
Puck (Envoy from the Court of King Oberon, with powers to pro-
vide the usual Christmas fun for "Children all, both great and small,"
Miss A. Payne. How Puck gives new life to the author by giving
life to his attic, which occasions an extraordinary stir on the pre-
mises, and introduces an extensive circle of old acquaintances; h rw
Messrs. Puck and Author form themselves into a Committee of Taste,
and decide in favour of Robinson Crusoe.
SCENE 2. Coast of the island on which Crusoe was wrecked, with
the ship high an 1 dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the
crabs, doe, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusee, Mr.
Payne. How Crusoe pays a morning visit to the wreck ; his
rivate opinion of the useful and the useless ; how he is astonished
by an: unceremonious visit from the Caribee Indians, and how he de-
termines In his turn to astonish them.
SCENE 3. Interior of the island. King Paribo (Autocrat of all the
Caribees, having a passion for Princess Tooraloora, and being in a
passion with everybody else), Mr. 'f. Matthews; Hankipanki (his
club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right lion.
the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince Parramatta, after-
wards " Friday" (King Parihoo's young brother, and old rival, con-
temned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland ;
Princess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending
ierself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made
for a Caribee Crusoe, fired with indignation, fires a volley—
how Pariboo and Hankipanki jump out of the frying-pan into the
fire, i.e., the water.
SCENE 4.—Exterior of Cavern on Sea Shore. San Domingo Billy
(the celebrated Pacific Shark, netted expressly for the occasion, in
hopes of his turning out " a great catch"), Mr. Longswallow. Ilow
Pariboo and liankipanki bolt from San Domingo Billy, and how
Billy bolts them—how Crusoe and Friday go out fishing—how they
have a " glorious nibble"—and how, the fish being landed, lands its
two insides—and how the exterior of the cavern naturally changes to
SCENE s.—lnterior of Cavern, with bird's-eye View of Robinson
Crusoe's Farm. How Crusoe and Co. give the Caribees the go-by—
how Pariboo and his warriors, to the tune of " Follow, follow over
mountain," set off in pursuit—and how it Is supposed they were lost
in fog, which will account for their not arriving earlier at
SCF.NE 6.—The House that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises
may be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. l'arsons, Ros-
elle', Rom ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his hut to
the great Princess and her little brothers—how ho gives Friday his
first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery'r—how the jollifica-
tion within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians from without ; in
short, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the
hat, and then to the change of the Old Wreck to the Jolly Young
Waterman and Crusoe's Departure for London-bridge.
SCENE 7. Exterior of Music Shop and Artificial Arms and Legs
Manufactory ; Duet, in two fiats, tune, " Here we go up, up, up, here
we go down, down, down ;" Roman Gladiator versus British Gladia-
tor ; a clear stage and no favour ; patent violoncello, warranted to
play on itself grand discord.
SCENES 8 and 9. Curriers and Fancy Leather-dressers, and Throne-
room in the Palace at Morocco ; how to leather Morocco and how to
dress its leather ; how to hide yourself to avoid hiding by another—
a whole skin bi better than a skin In holm.
SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the
poor Debtors ; Knockers ani bells versus thieves ; Somebody's
coming ; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors ; the tables sud-
denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the I'remises to
SCENE 11. Baths and Washhousea for the Labouring Classes;
" Ladles of the Round Tub:" Soap at a prem'um ; Mangling done
here; Arrival of" the trades of London, with their respective young-
ones ;" The bell invites us ; Wives go to dinner ; Husbands go to bath;
Bolling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub In a storm,
and general contlision.
SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging•honse
" Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle-
quin everywhere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for
Harlequin ;" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lighting
Chandelier.

The Paris journals of Tuesday, in the absence of
any stirring aspects to break the monotony of their
political horizon, are unusually grave and didactic.
The Debate, alone, devotes its columns to miscel-
laneous features of foreign news, such as that news is.
On the subject of Turkish affairs, we find this para-
graph :—" The Morning Chronicle, for some da3
past, recurs with affectation to a pretended collision
of influences, a rivalry of direction which is said to
have recently developed itself at Constantinople be-
tween Sir STRATFORD CANNING and our Ambassador,
immediately prior to the departure of the Baron
DE BOURQUENET. The fact itself is as unfounded as
the consequences which theZtforning Chronicle de-
duces from it. France, equally with England,
England equally with France, desire the triumph
at Constantinople of those principles of mo-
deration which alone can guarantee the existence of
the Ottoman Empire ; and the Ambassadors of both
Powers have always laboured together in that mutual
good understanding which is based as much upon the
reciprocal esteem inspired for one another by their
mutual characters, as on their perfect cognisance of
the intentions of their respective Governments."
The Times having lately announced, on this side
of the water, that considerable activity prevailed in
the dockyard at Deptford, struck a chord to which
the National, as might have been anticipated, is not
slow to respond. "At the end of this month," pro-
ceeds the National, quoting his authority, "a steam
war-frigate, of the first class, and of 800 horse-
power, will be launched. Her measurement will be
upwards of 1,800 tons. Another frigate, to be called
the Odin, is being built in the same yard. Two
war-steamer brigs, of which the Times publishes the
names, are at the same time to be constructed at
Deptford, and will contribute a new reinforcement to
the British navy. Every time that the press reveals
to us the efforts made by our neighbours to increase
their naval force, we are compelled to deplore the
inaction in which our dockyards, and our building-
yards for all classes of shipping, are suffered to re-
main. This inaction might have accomplished but
little in 1840, but, since then, it has accomplished
nothing at all. Admiral JOINVILLB might have truly
said six months since, that France could not engage
in a maritime war because we had not a fleet to supply
our losses, even in a case of A victory: He declared in
print that our forces and those of England were too
much disproportioned to risk a contest.' Nevertheless,
this disproportion is suffered to increase every day. A
moment will, however, come when England, already
so insolent with respect to us, will forbid us to fish
on our own coast, without our being permitted to
offer the least remonstrance. Our Ministry, which
sends our seamen to the other end of the world to
seize all manner of islands and islets, in order that
our flag and its best officers may be insulted there,
appears to see with pleasure the British navy in-
creased with new ships, whilst our own dues not
continue even stationary. Yet, notwithstanding all
the deceptions that are practised upon us, we still
hope that the Chamber will refuse to succumb, in
this particular, to the anti-national action of our
Ministry, and that it will, as in duty bound, take into
its careful consideration these continual extensions of
our neighbours' forces."
On the frightful condition of Spain the National
speaks out with much energy and eloquence :
" The impudent correspondence which the Spanish
Government addresses to the Paris journals, after it has
passed under the eyes of the French Ambassador, at-
tempts to justify the reactors in the atrocities which
they have committed. The only answer we shall give is
a summary of the list published by El Clamor Public°
of the victims who have been struck within the last
twelve months. This journal has taken only the
public documents, and, quoting the Madrid Ga-
zette, enumerates the persons who have been
put to death by this obdurate Government. The
total amounts to 211. All have been shut a ithout
trial, except about a dozen. Their identity once estab-
lished, all have been mercilessly murdered; and that in
virtue of no other authority than a royal order. Two
hundred and fourteen Spaniards killed in one year for
p )litical acts! Such is the exaggerated energy assumed
by this moderate Government with which M. Guizot
avows his sympathy. Add to these all those who
have fled in order to escape vengeance—add the
persons proscribed, the men imprisoned or put under
arrest, and an idea may be formed of the
boasted moderation of these reactors, who have
Narvaez for their chief, and De Meer, Breton, Roncali,
Villalonga, and the rest for their instruments. They have
not been satisfied with killing men—they have suc-
ceeded in destroying the institutions. What they have
done with the Constitution of 1837 is known; and it is
also known that they have left no remains of those gua-
rantees for the liberty which the Spaniards hoped they
had won and secured at the price of their blood. The
ancient municipalities have become no more than a vain
and empty name; the provincial deputations are made
subordinate to the caprices of military authority; the
Cortes represent no more than the sentiments of the
Government which has nominated them; the freedom
of the press is deprived of the trial by jury ; the execu-
tive power being invested with the right of putting its
own construction upon all the organic laws, the monarchy
is dispensed in future with annually convoking the
Cortes ; the sale of the national property is suspended,
and those who have already become purchaseri are
threatened with being deprived of what they 'have
bought ; all rights are thrown to the ground, and
trampled upon—all interests are given up to the mercy
of military despotism, without control, without the
slighter. check."
The National thus continues :
" Such have been the disorders which Spain has ex-
perienced in her political sytsem ! But the disorders
she has sustained in her financial system have been, if
possible, still greater. The public treasury has lite-
rally been given up to plunder. Since TORRNO'S
Government, its dilapidation has never been more scan-
dalous. By two mere decrees, the Spanish Ministry of
Finance has created national liabilities to the enor-
mous amount of 750,000,000 rials, All the resources
of the State have been alienated. All offices sold by
auction, as it were ; all public transactions and busi-
ness concluded to the detriment of Government, on
payment of certain moneys to the Government func-
tionaries ; and, by means such as these, immense for-
tunes, shamefully realised, are paraded, from night
till morn, without a blush before the public eye. NA R-
VAEZ, who entered Spain with no possessions beyond
his sword and his cloak, has thus amassed a fortune
of two millions in a few months. Every individual
who is connected with this venal power trafficks in
every kind, and acquires his share of the booty. Cor-
ruption ascends and descends through every stage,
daring, unrestrained, insolent, unblushing. The Go- 1
vernment is its spoil. The Siecle says :
" The announcement of the ominous project of M.
Lacave Laplagne with regard to the Savings' Banks is
already bearing its fruits. Less money is deposited, and
more is drawn out, showing the mistrust excited by the
proposed measure of the Government. The Savings'
Bank of Paris received on Sunday and yesterday, from
3,903 depositors, of whom 449 were new, the sum of
580,1891., but the amount taken out was much higher,
being E93,000r. The results have been similar for se-
veral weeks past, and they are evidently becoming more
and more intense."
The Bill confirming the commercial treaty con-
cluded by the Belgian Government with the Zoll-
verein continues to be an engrossing subject of
interest in Paris. It appears to have been passed by
the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, and is thus noticed
by La Presse

" The happy family we all know so well,
" The still happier family we all love so well."
SCENE 13. A Stone Quarry; A monster meeting, with a tall and
Without one ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art
and Commerce lend their assistance to produce
SCENE 14. A most extraordinary 'Change, leading to a still more
extraordinary one, ♦iz.,
SCENE 15. Grand emblematical and national tableau of her
Ifejooty christening the Royal Exchange.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 2fl,
WIII be repeated a Grand Opera Soria, called THE DAUGHT FR
OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr.
Rorrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W.
/Unison; atarina Cornaro, Nfes Rainlorth
To conclude with a Grand COMIC Christmas liarlequin.ide,
PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND tiOBINSO.N
CRUSOE, Robinson Crusoe. Mr. %V 11. Payee; Harlequin. Mr.
Wieland; C'own , Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ;
Columbine, Miss Carson.
'the Box-othoe is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places,
a id Tickets may by had on application to Mr. John Parsons.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARZET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EENING, DECEMBER 26,
Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts
salted OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HE A RTS. Colonel Rocket
Mr. S. rickland ' • Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe•• s Toxn Cokc
Mr. Webstes; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Barren
The Couet. as of a ~pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Ltdy Alice Hawthor,
Madame Veetris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Acnnett.
After which, a Gran MOVING DIORAMA ; or, PICTORIAL
TOUR IN SWITZERLAND.
To conclude wi:la a New Graod Musical Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. King Uxorious Mr. .1
Bland ; Princess Gra:icsa, Miss Jul a Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P.
Hort.:.n ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On: Guinea and a-Half each
rckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.oflice,
hint fen till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under tho Direction of Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER
%%111 be repeated (by special permissi-n of Char:es Dickens, Es;.)
a New Drama, entitled THE CH,MES. A Goblin Story of Som.'
Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck,
Mr. 0. Stni,b; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wr.g/+t ; Tugby, Mr. Wakin.
Den ; S r Joseph Bow'ey, Bart , Mr. Paul Redford ; Will Fern, MI
kind.on ; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Vick, Miss Fortescue; Mrs
Chickenstalk:,r, Mrs. Frank Matthews.
To be followed by a New Come Operetta, called the FOX
AND THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs, Hudson.
Paul Bedford. and Mrs Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with a New Grand 'Military and Comic I hrlstma
Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE ; or, Hatlequin and the Ki
of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lona-
dale ; Clown. Mr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San tern.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, ur Pitt ; Leader of th,
Sand. Mr. Mellon.—Box-odke open from Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORMSTNEET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. bi MADDOX.

THIS EIdNING, DECEMBER
Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE
OF AYMON; or. The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir.
Mr. Walton , Olivier' Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun.
Diehard, Mr. Himo ; Renaud, lir. Matiacks; Iron, Mr.
Meunier, Mdlle, Helen Conde!' ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fusbroke.
After wh‘ch will be produced a New G-and Romantic, and rather
Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE t.ILEER AND HI:.
MEN. Giindoff, Mr. Compton; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelma.,
Mr I franby ; tither, Mr. Corri , Go!otz, Mr. Walton; Claudine,
Miss E. Stanley; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke.
Dress Circle, 54. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, us. ; Galls ls. Half- price ai
Mine o'clock—Dress Circle,Us. lid.; Boxes, Us. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Psi.
Private Ilexes. Fwe Guineas and One guinea and a-Half ; Prosce-
nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Halt-
east Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The tox-othce, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham
Private Boxes and true Admissions for the Season to be had at the
fheatte.

The division among the Catholic priesthood in Ire-
and on the subject of the Charitable Bequests Act
ippears to be a more serious one than we had at first
anticipated. At a meeting of clergymen of that per-
arasion, which was held on Tuesday last at the
Cathedral of Tuam, and at which Archbishop M'IIALE
presided, the following energetic--perhaps we ought
rather to call it intemporate—resolution was passed,
among several others of a:nearly similar character :
Resolved, that on considering the hideous front of Pro-
testant ascendancy which this law exhibits to a Ca-
-laolic ration boasting of its growing wealth and in-
telligence, we know not which is most calculated to
excite our wonder—the insolence of the Ministry
that proffered, or the degradation of those Catholics
who court its adoption. And that the infatuation of
both can only be accounted for by the sinister
ascendancy exercised by those cringing creatures of
which the history of every country as well as Ireland,
ilas 1 at present furnishes instructive examples, dis-
tilling their political poison into every ear with which
they come in contact—fit disciples of the school of
CRONIWELL, the minion of Hamar, and, like him, am-
bitious to rise to a bad eminence on the ruins of their
religion." This is harsh language, but how is it
justly applied to those who have given that support to
the Charitable Bequests Act, and professed their
readiness to assist in earrying its provisions into exe-
cution ? These individuals, some of whom are of
high station and superior intelligence, cannot possibly
have acted but from the most disinterested and con-
scientious motives ; and there is not an Irish Catholic
endowed with the slightest power of reflection, and
whose judgment is not wholly perverted by his poli-
tical prejudices, but must at once acknowledge the
common sense that has dictated their course of pro-
ceeding. The truth is, the Act in question is a
wise—a salutary—a liberal measure—though, as Arch-
bishop MURRAY truly observed the other day, it is
lefective in some of its provisions—and being, there-
tbre, likely to win the favourable suffrages of the
more moderate and enlightened portion of the
Catholics, it has been vehemently denounced by the
Repeal party, in whose eyes a step in the right direc-
tion on the part of Government is a step decidedly
adverse to the question of the Repeal of the Union—
is, in fact, another heavy blow aimed at its popularity.
In another resolution, which was passed at this Tuam
meeting, it is stated that the policy pursued by certain
mercenary intriguers—who these are we are not in-
formed—in striving to induce ecclesiastics to become
,nembers of the Board of Charitable Bequests, and
hus corrupt the religion and crush the hopes of the
Catholic people of Ireland, must utterly fail. There
Is a wilful perversion of the truth in this statement
Lhat cannot be too warmly denounced. In what
.ray do those who support the Act in question
rend to corrupt the religion, and crush the
(lopes of the Irish Catholics ? The Bequests
Act is simply one to put the Catholic cha-
ities of Ireland on a secure, and, therefore, on a
better footing, than they have been. llow, then, is

HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA
HOUSE.
Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER
Will be produced THE CHIMES; AGoblin Story. Principal
Characters by Messrs F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, Matthews,
Collier, Emery, Turner. and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Mrs. ‘Voollidge,
)lase Grove, and 'qrs. Keeley.
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, HistericAl, Romantic,
Pantornimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE
AND GRSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews-,
Meadows, Wigan, Coll.er, furner, Kinloch. )(Arnold, and Keeley
I_llp. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs
Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. is eeley.
PltICEs OF A isallz,slON.—nalcony noxes. C.; Upper
!Sixes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, tad. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s.
tipper Bozos, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the kt:tlcony Tier
olling eight persons), Tao fluineas. Private Boxes on the Second
net- (holding eight persons), One Guinea and Private
Aix's, on the Pit tier (holding six persons), One Guinea.
e Bo:_. dice is open from Ten to Four &Clock, under the direr-
rims of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

Oreat attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet thii
Evening, at
ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ART,.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 26,
Will he repeated a New Spe:tacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX
HUNT; or, fhe Race.Hor.e and Lire's Course of Man and Steed .
Introducing unequalled Natiot al Fete,. Peal Inx.chase on the Stags
sad in the Circle by living Foy and real Pack of Hounds, purchased
by Mr. Ratty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production.
Epsom Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse-
tranship.
To conclude with a G. and Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime,
e lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the
Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine,
Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury.
Acting anu stag..minager? Mr. W u Broad:nen.
Rox.otrice open frswn Eleven till live. Lessons in the Art of Riding
by Mr. R. Smith daily.
Mr. BATTY begs to a'quaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his
Patrons, that, in compli awe with numerous requests from the
country, and by special desire, he has formed ar anvements to pre.
sent, during the Christmas Hoidays, a S rice of EQUESTRIAN
MORNING FELTS and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM.
AKE, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-past
Three consisting of Batty's Solen! id Scenes of Equitation in the
Circle. Thr first Three Morning Performances will take place en
Monday, Dee. 31, Wednesday, Jan. 2,and Frclay, Jan. 4.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY IHEATRE
THIS ENIN'& DECEMBER '26,
Will be produced THE SEVEN'AGES OF MAN; or, The End
of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr Henry Corri (from the
Theatre Royal Edinburgh), MeFsrs. H Hughes, Neville, It Hoarier,
Lewis, Heslop, and Seaman, Mrs. It. Homier, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W.
Daly, sad Miss Martin.
• To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomie, called
POUNDS, ,HILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARL mEQUIN
L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey ; clown, Ms. T. Ridgway;
Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter.
Places a id Private Boxes to be had of Mr. ILersohner, at the Box
sftee, (coin Eleven to Four.

i religions question, or what are the means by which
it tends to corrupt the prevailing truths in the sister

" Many persons have been astonished to see that seven
voices only declared themselves opposed to a treaty on
account of which the Ministry was kept in check during
ten long days. M. Devaux, one of the most determined
adversaries of that treaty, had previously explained this
anomaly by declaring, that if the treaty was again to be
made, the Opposition would prevent the Ministry from
concluding it ; but that, having been signed and ratified
by the King, it imperatively demanded the legislative
sanction, and that the Chambers could not refuse that

:ountry ? Th• Archbishop of Ttram and those of his
clergy who adopt his view of the case, must have
)een hard pressed for valid objections to the act in
luestion, when they resorted to such unmeaning
abuse as this. Another resolution of a still more ob-

ioxious character than that on which we have been
.-ommenting, was passed at the Tuam meeting. We
quote the opening sentence of this resolution :

sanction without causing the most deplorable perturba-
tion in the relation of the country with foreign coun-
tries. A number of Deputies yielded to that considera-
tion, and thence the result of the division."

That we would view with the utmost alarm any
plan of education which, without reference to the

liatinction of creed or the restraints of religious dis-
cipline, would mix Catholics and sectarians together
—a plan which could only originate in a spirit kit-
,lred to that from which the Bequests Bill has erna-

Street robbery and murderous midnignt assaults,
seem to prevail in Paris with frightful impuniV.
The somewhat tardy vigilance of the police and the
superior authorities, appears to be at length aroused

nated." The intolerant spirit of this passage need
❑ot be pointed out, for it must be obvious to the most

to the serious increase of these crimes. Misery
among the poorer classes, too, has attai nest
ling pitch.
" The transactions at the savings' bar's of Paris on
Sunday and Monday last (writes a corre.spondo. ot of the
7'intes) indicated a considerable falling off. T, he sums
withdrawn exceeded the deposits by n,p;varda of s 'OO,OOO
francs. Referring to this fact, the observe. s, that
the announcement of the unfor cunate resolve of M.
Lacave Laplagne to deal with the, vleposits in the se./t. ings'

d,tuse capacity. While such is the spirit that per-
vades a large portion of the Irish Catholics—though
+•s do hope that the majority are more liberal and en-
lightened in their ideas—we fear that the period is
yet distant when education on a rational basis can
be expected to be generally popular throughout Ire.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1844.

banks is producing its fruit. There is less money de-
posited and more withdrawn.' The Moniteur states that
the investments in the savings' banks of Paris, on the
42d and 23d inst., amounted to 580,189 francs, and the
reimbursements to 893,000 f."

" The terror inspired by the audacity of the hordes
of robbers and murderers assembled in the metropolis
has, it seems, awakened the attention of Government to
he defenceless condition of the inhabitants, and occa-
iioned a display of activity and a means of repression
calculated to check those miscreants in their career. The
Opposition journals despair,' however, of any perma-
nent amelioration so long as the entire military and
police forces of the capital and its vicinity are solely oc-
cupied with the preservation of the King.'"
The Three per Cents. closed at 85f. .50c. ; the New
Loan, at 86f. 75c.; the Five per Cents., at 120 f. 65c. ;
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,122 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,045 f.;
Havre, 812 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38i;
Passives, 6+.
The liteue de Paris states, that there was no truth
in the report that ABD•EL-KADER had re-appeared
on the frontiers of Morocco.

The approaching meetng of the Chambers was
looked forward to, in Paris, with very considerable
interest, but it does not seem necessary to transcribe
the conjectures hazarded there about th© probable
contents of the Royal Speech.
TIIE BOURSE::-TuEsDAY. DEC. 24.

First llighat iireo;t Last
Price. Price. Price. Price
french Five per Cents l2O 20 .. 120 40 .. 120 10 .. 120 40
lour-and-a-llalf l)3 .. 113 .. 113 .. 113
Three per Cents.•• .• 85 40 .. $5 50 .. 85 33 .. 45 'A
Bank of France •..•••• 3275 • • 3275 .•2275 ..3275
f.kteitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslllo —lll5 ..1110 ..111.5
5,000 f. 5tar.34.508.5 ..30910 ..50g5 ..50(jo
telgian Bank 620 .. 620 .. 615 .. 620
lelgian Fives, 1840 •••• •• • • 1041 .• 1041 • • 1041
1842 •••• • • • 1061 • • 1061 106 i 106/
Vanish Threes •••••• • • • • •• .. 39 .. .• 314
Passive .• • . ............• et • • 61 .. 61
eortngueee Five per Conti • • bq . , 581 •• 381 .. 561
,ieepolitan.. •• •••• • •• 55 • • 95 •• 94 • 9.5
imam .• • ....

RAILWAY SNARES.
St. Germain ..........1010 ..1010 ..1010 ..1010
Versailles, R.1i..• .... •.•••. M 7 50 .. 407 50 .. 495 .. 495
L. 8.•• .• •• •••• •• 390 .. 390 .. 370 .. 385
Rouen .................... lf 35 . 1045 ..1e35

.4045
Rouen to 820 810 Ilk .. 815
'deans . . 1125 —1126 25 ..1120 ..1125
Atrasbarg to Bale 305 25 .. 304 75 . 306 25 30$ 75
Avignon to Marseilles 920 .. 925 .. 120 .. 925
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAM. 3.
it. Germain lO2O ..1020 .4010 ..1010
Versailles, R.B.— ..•••• .• 507 50 .. 507 50 4so 496
L.B. ••••••• 400 •• 420 .. 345 .. 400
Rouen.— •• •• • .
Konen tolllavre•
Orleans •• ll3l ..1145 ..1122 50 —1123 50
itrasburg to Bale•• •• ..... ;":310 .. 310 .. 300 .. 387 50
Avignon to Marseilles— •••• 925 .. 925 • 917 ha .. 917 50

THIS DAY'S NEWS

VIONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
Yesterday having been a close holiday at Liverpool as
well as here, there was nothing done in the Cotton or
Share markets.
There are advices a few days later from the Cape of
Good Hope, the Mauritius, and accounts also to Oct. 23,
from Rio de Janeiro. At the Cape nearly all the in-
terest of local affairs is confined to the events on the
frontier, and at Natal, where matters seemed to be
tolerably quiet, the Governor, after his personal visits,
having established regular posts, so as to ensure a com-
munication direct between himself and the authorities in
Kafirland, and appearing at the same time resolved to
exact compliance with existing treaties. The
improvements going on in the colony afford very de-
cided evidence of the enterprise and intelligence of the
settlers, and the improvement of the navigation of the
Kowie river was a point taken up with much zeal. The
Governor had offered a reward of 2001. for the appre-
hension of the natives, about three or boar in
number, who murdered De Lange, the Dutch
farmer. Throughout his progress the colonists
gave Sir Peregrine a very excellent reception ; and
this was the more gratifying, as the thinly scat-
rated population can support none of the usual establish-
ments of" the old country," for tho accommodation even
of the poorest travellers, and private hospitality is the
necessary substitute.
The Mauritius and Rio papers contain nothing of ge-
neral interest.
The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders
are persevering in their endeavour to bring M. Mosquera
to book, by obtaining from him a statement of the
amount remitted for the- New Granada Bondholders,
and there are hopes, as Lord Aberdeen has interfered,
that the attempt will eventually be successful.
The Public Securities have been very quiet to-day,
but they are firm, Consols having reached 1001 f. Ex-
chequer Bills have given way a trifle, being 665. to 635.
premium. Bank Stock has risen to 210 and 2101. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 1031 to 1031,
and the Three per Cents. 100 to mi.
The Foreign market has been buoyant again, although
there is not so much doing. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been 27i to 28, and the Tkree per Cents. 381 to
[Portuguese Converted Stock has been marked 601 to
for Money, being an advance again. Peruvian Stock
is 29} to 30. Dutch TwO-and-a-Half per Cents. are
641 ; and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.. 1021.
Russian Bonds are 120.
There is rather an active market again for railway
shares, but prices are fluctuating, as the account day is
approaching. The quotations below given will show
that some lines have improved, while others have gone
back a trifle.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3} per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities, Expire 5t1h14.Jan...1.8..60.6.31 4 461.50132:11.
Consols for Opening ..... ........ 1004 i
it'xchequer Bills.
1,0001.
5001. ...
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 404
Danish, 3 per Cent ............... 89
Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent. ..... 291 30
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .........
Ditto Converted ...... ............ 6011
Ditto for the Account ................. 604
Russian Bonds
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 ...... 21.1
Ditto for the Account .............. 274 28 27
. Ditto Passive Bonds ................. .
Ditto 3 per Cent su

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 26.—Wind N.E., light.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Concord,
Oporto for London. Off, Anna Robertson, Munro, Ma-
dras, left Sept. 3, Cape of Good Hope Oct. 25 ; Queen
of the Ocean, London for ; Portley, Reed, 31auri-
titts, sailed ept. 30 ; Bland, Callan, Calcutta and Cape,
left Cape of Good Hope Oct. 23.
FALMOUTH, DEC.25.-W ind S.E.—Arrd. Lady Clarke,
Lawrence, from Calcutta, left July 25, Cape of Good
Hope Oct. 26 ; Constantia, from New Orleans in 40
days. Sld. Universe, London ; Great Britain, Economy,
and Galina, ; Mermaid, Hope, Liverpool and Co-
romandel.
Pozersatourn, DEC. 25.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Off,
Flora, Levegne, London, and sailed for Jamaica ; Vic-
toria, London, and sailed for New York ; Jamaica, Lon-
don, and sailed for Antigua. Sld. Avon steamer,
Southampton, after repairing.
PENZANCE.--Off, Repulse, 3fargias, Calcutta, left
Oct. 19, Cape of Good Hope Nov. 2.
BRIXIIAM.—Off port, Vigilant, Steel, Cape of Good
Hope, Oct. 25.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—
Arrd. Reis Effendi, Sutherland, Nassau ; Speedy, St.
Michael's ; Dido. Alexandria ; William Rathbone,
Africa. 25. Wind S.S.E., light.—Sld. Ilarkaway,
Nicholson, Philadelphia; The Duke, Manger, New Or-
leans ; Duncan, Henderson„Mobile ; Roger Sherman,
Boston ; Victoria, White, Ichaboe. 25. Arrd. Burley,
Frazer, Rio de la, Hague ; Nathaniel Hooper, Churchill,
Charleston ; Roscions, Eldridge, New York ; Vesper,
Dalhousie ; Slater Rebaw, Furze, St. Michael's ; Prince
Royal, Calcutta ; Swordfish, Green, Maramichi. Sld.
the Whitney, Savannah. 24. Sailed Wallace, Main,
Mobile ; Independence, Allen, New York ; Scio,
Beyrout ; Essex, Rice, Azores.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 25.—11er Majesty's steamer Cor-
morant, with Mr. Pitt Adams, the British Minister, on
board, arrived at Arica on the 2d of September from
Islay, and, not being allowed to water, fired shot and
shell upon the town; after which, permission was con-
ceded.
TORBAY, DEC. 24.—Off port, Vigilant, Holt, Cape of
Good Hope; King William the Fourth, Tjilatzop.
SALCOMBE, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Albatross, Denia.
GUERNSEY, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Isabella, Rio Janeiro.
JERSEY, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Ocean, Newfoundland.
BRIST')L, DEC. 24,—Arrd. Parmelia, Savannah.
GLOUCESTER, DEC. 25.—Arrd. Jupiter, Montreal.
SWANSEA, DEC. 22.—S1d. Arrieta, Ellis, Cuba.
SHIELDS, DEC. 23.—The Brancepeth Castle, has put
back leaky, and must discharge.
HoEvnEen, DEc. 23.—The Nicholas, Bavin, was got
off this evening, and brought into the harbour.
BLYTII, DEC. 23.—Several ships spars, marked "Esk,"
two logs of wainscot, and a box, containing hams,
Sic., has come ashore near here.
DEAL, DEC. 25.—Wind E.S.E., steady breeze.—
Arrd. Amelia, Mulholland, Mauritius ; Centurion,
Africa ; Brokesby, Thompson, Manilla ; Catherine and
Elizabeth, St. Vincent's; John Willis, Demerara. Ski.
Flora, Jamaica; Ann, Calcutta; Penyard, Park, Hobart
Town ; Lord Wellington, New Orleans ; Anna Maria,
Hobart Town ; Passenger, Cluna, and Victoria, New
York; British Isles, Demerara; Arachne, Ichaboe.
The French brig Modeste, Gauley, from Bordeaux,
got entangled in the Goodwin Sands, but extricated her-
self without assistance and proceeded.
MILFORD, DEC. 24.—Arrd. Millicent, Richards,
Prince Edward's Island.
WIVENIIOE, DEC. 25.—The barque James Barley, of
Scarborough, Doveday, from London to Hartlepool, has
been assisted is here by four smacks from off the Gun-
fleet Sands.

p„
.... 3.fq
Ditto for the Account 3Bili
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dutch 24 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cent.... ..................
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SJIARE.
Bristol and Gloucester....... 30 ...... 39 •• ••• to
Cambridge and Lincoln
.4:) ..... i . ... to 6
• 14 ....
.. r
Chester and Holyhoad
Churnet Valley 2 ...... 3i
Dublin and Galway
..2,55 .........
15015-41 141 to
Eastern 15
..................
:1001i1.
.. . .
.. . : .. . .
tt
oo —lO
II
Eastern Connate
Eastern Union
to
tGrreeaatt Swoe,,uttherannd W. (Irish)...
550
Ditto, Half Shares...
London and Birmingham .•.100......... 2274 to
London and 8right0n.......... 50 ...... 51i
London and Greenwich ..„.. 12/ ...... 91
76. to 754
Loudon and South Western.. 41i
...... 75i
London and Croydon ......... 13i
London and York 2i ..... 44
Manchester and Leed5......... 70 ......121
Ditto 4 Shares
Midland 100 ......1134
Newcastle & Darlington June. 24 ....•• 624
North British
North Kent
Norwich and Brandon ' 8 •••—• •..... to
Ditto, New . 1
South-Eastern and Dover... 33i
Ditto New
Trent Valley... . 2 ...... 104
York and North Midland... 50 ......
Ditto, Extension —
Boulogne and Amiens ...... .. 2 . 54 ...... to
Orleans and Bordeaux....„ 2
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans . 20 ...... 43i1 .. to
Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 41i ...... to
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...—. 14......... 12& 13... to 124

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
UAT ATARILETS.
SairrnnELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs :9 41 16s ;
Useful ditto, 4/ 17s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 5s to
5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4! lOs to 61; Oat Straw, I/ 14s to
1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 18s per load. An
average supply, and a Sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, Si 12s to 4118 s;
Useful ditto, 51 to Si 53 ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 8s to
6/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 14s
to 1/ 16s; Wheat Straw, 1/16s to 11 18s per load. Trade
throughout dull, at the above quotations.
WRITECTIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ I is to 4/ 15s;
Useful ditto, 41 16s to 514 s ; fin. Upland ditto, Si 5s to
51 los ; Clover Hay, 4110 s to 61 4s; Oat Straw, 11 13s to
1/ 15s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1118 s per load. Supply
good, and trade rather dull.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN.
For the Week ended Dec 21, 1814, made up hom the Returns of the
In pectot, in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
Imperial _per Quarter.
Whea ........ 4541 3d I Oats ..... .... 21s 104 I Beans .... 3ss 11d
Barlcy ~., ..... 34s 2.4 Rye .... ..... 323 Od Pease
AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS.
Wetts ending WHEAT. !AUST.! OATS. ITC. j DEANS. I
1 TIMM
........._..... ...............
•••••••.•••••• '............-
Nor. 16..,,..... 44 4 • 35 ...7
21 9 34 g ; Sit 4 33 7
23......... 43 10 35 2 21 8 ;,0 2 ; 38 • 38 2
30 ......... 45 4 35 1 21 8 , 32 g 138 0 35 11
Doc. 7.."•"•• 4S 1 34 9 21 10 31 f.: 1 37 5 36 4
14 ..... •••• 43 1 34 5 21 11 32 2 1 36 9 :a 1
91 ......... -45 .3 34 2 21 10 32 0 I 35 11 35 4
IMPEEIAL AGORZGATZ AVE/LAOIS or THE RIX WEEKS
Wheat„....... 45s 6d.
..
Oats ......... 21s. Dd.' 8eanr.........375. lid
Nu 1ty.... ..... Sis 111.1 Rye ....... 324, Id. pea5e.,......,35, 11l
DUTIES Od FOREIGN COEN.
Wheat ........• 2es. 04. I Oats ••••••••• 6s. 04.1 8ean5.....,... 3.. &I
Barley •••••••••• 411. Od. 1 Rye ......... 104, 64. pew
........ 7, Gd.

TO THE SHIPPING INTEREST. .
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS ABOLISHED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TWO SIMMS.
PALERMO, DEC. 5, 1844.
Sir,—We have the pleasure to inform you that, in
consequence of a royal decree lately published, all
quarantines from England, Gibraltar, and Spain, are
abolished in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, conse-
quently all ►easels arriving from said countries are now
admitted to free pratique on arrival.—We are, Sir, your
most obedient, humble servants,

LLOYD'S AGENTS.
To William Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's.

UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Ann Davis, a respectable-looking married woman was
brought up charged with stealing fifteen yards of Orleans
cloth from a linendraper's shop in the \Vestminster• road.
It appeared that on Tuesday morning information was
given at the shop of Mr. tioutledge, lineadraper, of
the Westminster-road, that a female was observed to
take a piece of Orleans cloth and walk away with it.
The shopman immediately went down Mason-street and
came up with the prisoner walking hastily away, and
having stopped her, and charged her with shop-
lifting, she denied it, and at the same time ex-
pressed her determination to give him into custody if
he persisted in making such an accusation against a
respectable married woman. The shopman, however,
not intimidated by such a threat, forthwith called a
policeman, and gave her in charge. When she was
taken back to the shop she dropped a piece of Orleans
cloth, containing fifteen yards, and in her defence before
the magistrate, she declared she had picked up the
article in the street as she was walking along. Her
friends, she added, were not aware of her present situa-
tion.—She was remanded until Saturday.
John Burgess, a well-dressed young fellow, was
charged with attempting to enter the house of a Mr.
-Houghton. in China -walk, Lambeth.
On the preceding night the complainant's family
being absent from home, while the servant was sitting
in the parlour she heard a man at the street door. She
opened it, and discerned the prisoner in the act of get-
ting into the house, the street door of which he opened
with a skeleton key, which was found in the lock.
There was another man with him, and they both ran
away, but the servant called " Stop thief," and the pri-
soner was secured.

The prisoner, who made a frivolous excuse, was corn
mitred for a month.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
A sickly-looking man, named Day, was charged with
tossing halfpence.
Police-constable Pascal, N 141, proved the offence.
The prisoner had 3s. 6d. on hun. It was yes-
terday evening. The prisoner acknowledged at the sta-
tion-house that he had been tossing during the greater
part of the day, and won 3s. 6d by it. The inhabitants
complained of the tossing as a nuisance. The place in
which he was tossing is a thoroughfare.
The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said
he worked fur a brickmaker, and named the employers
with whom he worked last week.
Mr. COMBS--Has he been in custody before ?
Sergeant Allen was not aware that he had.
The prisoner said l e had never been locked up before.
Mr. COMBE sentenced him to pay a fine of 108., or ten
days' imprisonment.
lie was locked up, not having the money.

ARRAN.--WRECKS. -On Wednesday night the
schooner Elizabeth Rancid, William Thomson, master,
went ashore at Lergymenoch, near Pladda Lighthouse.
She left Ayr that day, and was bound to Belfast. She
belongs to Belfast, is full of coals, but it is supposed will
go to pieces, as she is upon a rocky part of the shore.
The men were saved. We have a clear harbour to-day.
The vessels sailed hence yesterday morning (Sunday)
after a stay, some of them for a month. The wind has
prevailed from south to south-east this month, and it
was very difficult for vessels to get out to the offing. It
is to the east to-day (Monday)--fine dry weather.—Ayr
Observer.

THE HERRING FISIIERT.—WhiIe we congratulate
our fishing friends on the success which many of them
have experienced, we cannot look forward to the future
without feeling considerable alarm. The home voyage
has just terminated, and the catch has exceeded that of
any previous year for a very considerable period. The
boats have averaged twenty-one lasts each, and some
reached forty lasts. Mr. Samuel George has two boats,
which have made up 99 lasts ; one of them, the Saucy
Polly, having brought in, in one voyage, the enormous
quantity of 1.5 - lasts, or 201,300 herrings. This success
would have bi en truly encouraging to our labouring
population, where it not that they have been recently
deprived of what afforded them a valuable addition to
the precarious earnings of the fishery. For many
years, even centuries, the town has provided a suf-
ficient supply of lint (the term here used fur netting
previous to being made into nets), and norsels (pieces
of twine of a peculiar make, for nse on board the
boats) for all the boats sailing from this port. These
have been hitherto manufactured by the women and
girls of this town, who have thereby been enabled to
obtain an honest though humble subsistence. Of late
' large quantities of these articles have been brought
hither from Bridport, which has almost annihilated the
trade here, though we cannot learn that the fish owners
are much benefited by the change; but that change has
greatly aggravated theicondittott of the working classes
here, and hundreds who formerly obtained their
livelihood by twine spinning, braiding, and making
norsels, are without employment, and many totally
destitute. The cost of manufacturing the raw
material is about 601. or 701. a ton, so that the loss
of this one branch of our trade withdraws about 1,0001.
a year from the most necessitous families in the port.
We are glad to learn that one large shipowner positively
refuses to use any other than Yarmouth manufactured
net—an example we commend to his brother shipowners.
We cannot contemplate, without alarm, the prospect of
the poor for the coming winter. The number of boats
from Yarmouth, engaged in the fishery, is about 160.
Norfolk Chronicle.

MISS CLARA SETTON.—We have just seen an ad-
mirable portrait of this very talented artiste, which is
published by M'Lean, of the Haymarket. It is one of
the happiest efforts of Woolnoth, the great dramatic por-
trait painter. The likeness is admirable, and what is
better still the chszacterfiktic expression is completely
preserved. It is not a mere expressionless fmc-simile of
the:features. It is in every sense of the term a highly
intellectual portrait.

TDB WEATIIHR AND CURLING.—On Wednesday
last, we had a considerable fall of rain ; and the pros-
pects of the curler seemed fairly blighted for a period.
The wind, however, to the surprise of every one, still
kept a hold of the north-east, and by Thursday the frost
was as keen as ever. The dams and ponds had never
been entirely thawed ; and a few hours' congellation
served to put them in admirable condition for the
" channel-stane." The darn here has been crowded
ever since with curlers, skater; and sliders. Satur-
day and yeiterday the turn-out was especially large.
A great many ladies were among the promenaders,
whose presence vastly enhanced the interest of the
scene. As our columns testify, numerous matches have
been played, both " here and far awa'_;" and many
more are on the tapir, in expectation of the frost con•
tinuing. Amongst others, we hear that the Junior
Club of Kilmarnock, with the Earl of Eglinton at their
head, are to enter the lists against our Ayr Club, who,
it is to be expected, will be led on by Sir James Boswell,
Bart. The prize is the gold medal presented by the
Caledonian Club, and the contest takes place, we under-
stand, on Fail Loch, on Thursday first. May the best
players win.—Ayr Observer.
We understand that Miss Kelly opens her theatre
early in January, for the purpose of introducing to the
public a young lady of whom report speaks in the highest
terms.