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STRATITERN; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD." which the history of every country as well as Ireland,
A STORY OF THE PRESENT DAY.
Rely Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboroug/' alas ! 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
CROMWELL, the minion of HENRY, 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
defective in some of its provisions—and being, there-
fore, 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
members of the Board of Charitable Bequests, and
thus 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
that cannot be too warmly denounced. In what
way do those who support the Act in question
tend to corrupt the religion, and crush the
hopes of the Irish Catholics ? The Bequests
Act is simply one to put the Catholic cha-
rities of Ireland on a secure, and, therefore, on a
better footing, than they have been. How, then, is it
a religious question, or what are the means by which
it tends to corrupt the prevailing truths in the sister
country ? The Archbishop of TUAM and those of his
clergy who adopt his view of the case, must have
been hard pressed for valid objections to the act in
question, when they resorted to such unmeaning
abuse as this. Another resolution of a still more ob-
noxious character than that on which we have been
commenting, was passed at the Tuam meeting. We
quote the opening sentence of this resolution :
" That we would view with the utmost alarm any
plan of education which, without reference to the
distinction of creed or the restraints of religious dis-
cipline, would mix Catholics and sectarians together
—a plan which could only originate in a spirit kia-
dred to that from which the Bequests Bill has ema-
nated." The intolerant spirit of this passage need
not be pointed out, for it must be obvious to the most
obtuse capacity. While such is the spirit that per-
vades a large portion of the Irish Catholics—though
we 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-
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.

views of our own, of the spirit and earnestness with
which the Scotch are at length opposing the dan-
gerous experiment meditated by Sir ROBERT. This
circular is addressed

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.

Immense Holiday Attraction.
THi~.EIRIVING, THURSDAY, Dec. 26,wi1l be p-rfortned Balfe's
grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ;ST. MARK.
After 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,
3lessrs. W. H. Payne, Wieland, T. Matthews, Howell, and Miss
Carson.

" TO THE PROFESSIONAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL
CLASSES OF ROSS-SHIRE.
" A preliminary meeting of farmers, commercial
dealers, and artisans, connected with the counties of
Inverness and Ross, was held at Beanby, on the ult,
" Thereat the expediency of holding an aggregate
meeting for those counties, to take into consideration
Sir Robert Peel's threatened interference with the
Scottish banking system was fully discussed, and the
conclusion arrived at was, that, although it is extremely
desirab!e that a general meeting of those counties should
be convened, yet considering the advanced season of the
year, and the extensive range of country embraced—
equal in extent to ten or twelve southern counties—it
would, on the whole, be more beneficial to the great end
in view, that local meetings should be held at places
central to the different districts.
"6 A numerous committee connected with Inverness-
shire was appointed, to promote meetings in that influ-
ential county, and from the zeal and energy of those
taking a lead in the movement, we may shortly expect
the must decisive results. To the undersigned was
entrusted the duty of calling the attention of the pro-
fessional, commercial, and industrial classes of Ross-
shire, to the urgent necessity of promptly holding meet-
ings at which their opinions may be expressed on this
most important question, and measures organized for
giving weight and efficacy thereto.
" The strongly expressed opinions of Sir Robert Peel
on the subject of the currency—the tendency of his
Currency and Bank Regulation Bills—the slight opposi-
tion which he experienced in passing these Bills through
Parliament—his allusions to the Scottish banking system
during the last session of Parliament—and the cautious
silence of the organs of Government on the subject (a
silence, which, had there been no intentions of change
entertained by the Government, would not have been
kept in face of the all but universally expressed opinion
of Scotland) afford just grounds for the strongest
apprehensions that a measure is in contemplation which
will impair the usefulness of our present banking system.
" The apprehension of a change in this admirably
conducted system (and the apprehension itself has pro•
duced serious evils) has roused feelings of indignation
and alarm throughout Scotland. In almost every one of
the southern counties and cities these feelings have found
utterance at public meetings, and have been recorded in
petitions to the Legislature. In our northern county,
also, our landed proprietors have spoken out on the sub •
ject. Does it built the classes who depend ,oar their
industry and on their credit, to remain silent at such a
crisis ? Our locality has derived benefits greater,.pro-
bably, than any other portion of Scotland from the pre-
sent banking system—greater than in any other part of
Scotland would be the disasters caused here by a change
in that system, and consequent withdrawal of bank accom-
modation. Great in proportion should be our efforts to
oppose an injurious and uncalled-for interference with
a system under which our progress has been so rapid.
" On our brethren of the sister island it was deemed
inexpedient in lii42 to impose the income-tax. Ireland
is free from that heavy impost, Scotland now struggles
against the heavy impost of a gold currency and its
attending limitations. In this struggle let us—as it is
our duty and our interest—take the part that befits us,"
- (Signed by various Farmers, &c.)

SCENE 1. An " Attic " Story. Author (in distress for many
fthings, but principally for a pantomime subject), Mr. Hance;
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 lite 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 ;
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-f dry, the ocean slumbering in the back ground, the
crabs, &c, wide awake in the fore ground. Robinson Crusoe, Mr.
IV. H. Payne. How Cru ins pays a morning visit to the wreck ; his
private opinion of the useful and the useless ; how lie is a►tonished
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. T. Matthews; Hankipanki (his
club-bearer, an office equivalent to mace-bearer to the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor of London), Mr. Howell ; Prince 2 arramatta, after-
wards " Friday" (King Pariboo's young brother, and old rival, con-
demned to the cage during her Majesty's pleasure), Mr. Wieland
Princess Tooraloora (intended by Pariboo for himself, but intending
herself for his brother), Mr. Johnson. How, preparations being made
for a Caribee Pic-nic, Crusoe, fired with indignation, tires 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. How
Pariboo and Hankipanki bolt front 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
SCENE 6.—The house that Crusoe built. N.B. The premises
May be viewed nightly with tickets, apply to Mr. Parsons, Box-
(Alice, from ten till six. How Crusoe does the honours of his but to
the great "erincess and her little brothers—how he gives Friday his
first lesson in " Mrs. Glass's Domestic Cookery"—how the jollifica-
tion Within is suddenly interrupted by the Indians horn without ; in
rhort, how the appearance of Puck leads to the disappearance of the
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, " Ilere 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 is better than a skin in holes.
SCENE 10. Exterior of Insolvent Debtors' Prison ; Remember the
poor Debtors; Knockers aril bells versus thieves; Somebody's
coming; Poor debtors and heardhearted creditors; the tables sud-
denly turned by an Act of Parliament ; Change of the Premises to
SCENE 11. Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes;
Ladies of the Round Tub :" Soap at a premium ; 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;
Boiling water versus cold water cure ; The washing-tub in a storm,
and general confusion.
SCENE 12. Lamp and Chandelier Shop and Lodging-house ;
" Catch him who can," or Harlequin here, Harlequin there, Harle-
quin everyvihere ; Bagged at last ; " Off with his head, so much for
Harlequir" Eight heads better than one; Patent self-lighting
ChandeTder.

" The happy family we all know so well,
" The still happier family we all love so well."
SCENE 13. A Shane Quarry ; A monster meeting, with a tail and
'toitheut one ; How to convert a blockhead into a great man ; Art
and Commerce lend their assistance to produce
SCENE 14. A most extra,ordinary 'Change, leading to a still more
extraordinary one, viz.,
.SCENE 15. Grand emblematical and national tableau of her
Majesty christening the Royal Exchange.

Madrid journals of the 17th inst. have been re-
ceived, from which we learn that the discussiori on
the Bill for the maintenance of the clergy was looked
forward to with much interest, not fewer than sixty
Members having proclaimed their decided opposition
to the measure, The Clamor Publico publishes a. list
of all the capital - executions which took place in
Spain, from the Ist, of December, 1843, to the 13th
of December, 1844, under the BRAVO and NARVAEZ
Administrations. They amount to not less than 21.1.
The Three per' Cents. Were done at 32i at 60 days ;
the Five per Cents. at 22i- for cash, and 22i at 60
days; the Coupons at 261 at 60 days; and the Debt
without interest at 6 for cash, and 6 3-16 at 60 days.

THEATRE ROY At., DRCRY.L.A—NE.
f HIS EVENING, OECEMBEtt 2fl,
Will be repeated a Grans Opera Seria, called THE DAUGHTER
OF ST. MARK. Lusienano, Mr. Burdlni ; Andrea Cornars, Mr
Borrani ; Monce,go„ Mr. Weirs; Adolphe de Courcy, M. W
Harrison; 'atarina • ornaro, dies Rsintorth
To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequin ide,
PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND “OBLNSItN
CRUSOR Robinson Crosoe. Mr. W H. Payt.e; Harlequin, Mr.
Wieland ; C'own , Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ;
Columbit,e, Miss Carson.
The Box-ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
m the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Statls, Places,
and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 26,
Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts,
Cal!ed OLD EIE ADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket
S.rickland ' • Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Maths s : Toai Coke
Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. barren;
The Count, es of 1.. pion. Mrs. W. Ciford ; Lady -slice Hawthor
Madame Vostris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia ennrtt.
After which, a (Iran MOVING DIORAMA ; or, PICTORIAL
TOUR IN S vViTZERLAND.

The meeting of the French Chambers is now
looked forward too with some interest. His MAJESTY
will open the session in person, as will be seen from
the following order issued on Sunday by the Com-
mandant of the First Military Division :—" !The
KING will go.on Thursday, the 26th, to the Palaee.of
the Chamber of Deputies, for the opening of the .ses-
sion of the Chambers. The Lieutenant-General
commanding, par interim, the First Military Divi-
sion, informs the general officers who are in Paris,
and who may be desirous of accompanying his
MAJESTY on horseback, that the KING will, with
pleasure, see them join the cortege. They will as-
semble in the courtyard of the Tuileries at half-past
twelve o'clock." On the previous day the Chamber
of Deputies was to hold a preliminary meeting to
ballot for the Members who were to receive the KING
on his arrival at the hall of the assembly. It is
understood that M. SASSEY will act as Provisional
President, the two senior Members, M. GRAS PRE-
' VILLE and 111. DUPONT DE L'EURE, being absent on
purpose, on the ground of their strong political
principles. The contest for the presidency will be
between M. SAUZET and M. DUPIN, and the former
being the candidate supported by the Government
will probably be elected. This, however, is by r
means certain. M. DUPIN has a very- strongand will be supported not only by tl.,e Opposition.'
Members but by a considerable r• '`c
Ot other de-
puties, who were dissatisf .itube
,
Wi(Al M. AUZET'S con-
are desirous to see a man of
aduutcitlorlasityt
a,n,:dssfion,
a•Enness in the chair. The Journal des
Debats, nough a Ministerial paper, supports
M. DUPIN solely on these grounds—" We
supported," it says, " M. SAUZET when he
was opposed by other candidates than M.
DUPIN, and we would support him again under the
same circumstances. But are we to be prohibited
from adopting any other candidate than M. SAUZET ?
May we not be permitted to say, when the choice
lies between M. DUPIN and M. SAUZET, that the
former appears to us to be a more firm President, and
more capable of keeping the Chamber in order, and
governing the discussions, than the latter."
The domestic intelligence in these papers possesses
little interest. Great excitement continued to prevail
in Switzerland. The Government of Lucerne had
issued an order for calling the Landwehr, and it was
feared other cantons would follow the example.
The following are miscellaneous extracts from the
papers : 1

To conclude wiTJ.)-----SE:v—Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled GRA CIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring s Mr. J.
Bland ; Princess Gracicsa, Miss Jul a Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P.
Maim ; Duchess (irognon, Mrs. Stanley.
pnvate Boxes, Two tiuineas and On: Guinea and a.. Half each.
ficket.; and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. i-tr cher, at the Box-office,
trim l'en till Five o'Clock.

Ow attention has been called to a long letter,
signed " Scotus," which originally appeared in the
Edinburgh Evening Post, but has recently been re-
printed. It is an ably written and argumentative
protest, in effect, against certain doctrines advanced
in some of the speeches delivered at the general meet-
ing of Commissioners of Supply, Road Trustees,
Justices of the Peace, &c., for the county of Mid
Lothian, in September last, to consider of the changes
contemplated by the Government in the Currency of
Scotland. We give the intelligent writer full credit
for his demolition of the flimsy ground upon which
Viscount MELvILLE,!,at that meeting, endeavoured to
postpone the discussion of the important subject in
reference to which it was convened—namely, the as-
sumption that the meeting could have no sufficient
data before them from whence' to infer what the Go-
vernment proposals would be. This, in the face of
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S emphatic declaration of June
last, that in the now ensuing session he would bring
forward measures for the regulation of the monetary
system of Scotland:. similar to that which was then
before the House of Commons relative to the Currency
of England—was rather too ,bold a plea of evasion.
But we cannot extend our concurrence to the argu-
meat upon which " Scotus" endeavours to disprove
Lord DUNFERMLINE'S bold, but well-founded aver-
ment that the people of England bear the expense of
providing and maintaining the gold circulation re-
quired for the purposes ofScotland. In our opinion
both" Scotus" and Lord DUNFERMLINE take a limited
and one-sided view of the general bearings of the.
gold currency question. Lord DUNFERMLINE r.rgues
as if Scotland did wrong to moot the matter at all,
seeing that " she has had ;the advantage," of retaining
a small note currency, whilst England has been com-
pelled to substitute a gold coinage for her small-note
circulation, at the heavy expense and heavier incon-
venience, which his Lordship distinctly admits. If a
small-note paper circulation be an advantage to Scot-
land, why, we ask Lord DUNFERMLINE, should she
not retain it ? And if Scotland be entitled to retain
such an advantage, why should England be denied
it ? So much for the political equity of the case.
Our answer to the argument of " Scotus" it is not
necessary to extend beyond this point. Scotland, in
any case, can suffer from the expense or from the in-
convenience occasioned by a gold currency in a
relative proportion only to the vast aggregate of loss
of capital, impediment to trade,: artificially lowered
prices, depreciated wages, and increased poverty
which presses so fearfully on the energies of England.
But against this proportion of loss and inconvenience,
this fractional wrong sustained by Scotland, Scotland
has received and enjoyed uninterruptedly the entire
exclusive advantage of the small-note circulation,
which England has been deprived of for upwards of
three-and-twenty years. In these particulars we:
hold that" Scotus" is under impressions as erroneous.
as those which dictated some of the resolutions of the
Lanarkshire meeting a week or ten days ago—
namely, that it is possible for Scotland to be injured
by the PEEL nostrum, whilst England is benefited by
it ;—that it is unnecessary to the welfare of Scotland
could she succeed in rejecting that nostrum, that
England be not still drenched with it : that that
monetary system which is good—nay indispensable—
for Scotland (in the judgment of the vast majority of
Scotsmen) is neither good nor indispensable for
England, also. The truth lies in the converse of each
and every one of these propositions. England being
the great mart for the produce of Scotland, it is
evident that a system of metallic currency which
depreciates and keeps down prices here below their
fair remunerating level must speedily reduce the
prices Scottish produce can obtain, either within or
beyond her border, to the same fearful scale.
But we augur better things for Scotland and from
Scottish men. In the Inverness Courier we observe
a notice of an aggregate meeting (to come off on
Tuesday, the 17th instant) "of all parties in the
Town and Eastern portions of the County of Inver-
ness, favourable to the present System of Banking
in Scotland." The report of proceedings at the
meeting, which was to be held in the Castle of I
Inverness, has not yet reached us. It will doubtless
be an interesting one. In other parts of Scotland—.
Ross-shire, for example, the tenant-farmers are "up
and doing." Public meetings are being held at
various points, and Committees are in organisation
for the convening of more, with this great object of
resisting the contemplated mesmerising of the exist-
ing circulation of Scotland by the Great Bullionist
Professor. And we are gratified to find that the
parties who take the lead in this remarkable move-
ment, address themselves to the general principle and
the particular case with equal energy. They de-
nounce the whole scheme of the Gold•standard
Currency set up by Sir R. PEEL here, whilst they
express their determined resistance to its introduc-

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
Under thr, Direvion of Madame CELE-RTE.

THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 26,
Will he repeated by special permission of Charles Dickens, Es l.)
a New Drama. entitled THE CH IVIES. A Goblin Story of Some
Boils that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck,
Mr. O. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; 'rugby, Mr. Wilkin-
son ;S r Joseph Bowley, Bart Mr. Paul i3edfora ; Will Fern, Mr.
Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby' Meggy Welt, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs.
Chickenstalk2r, Mrs. Frank I.fattliews.
To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, called the FOX
ANT) THE GOOSE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson,
Paul Bedford, and Mrs Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas
Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the Ki g
of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. herand ; Columbine, Miss Lons.
dale ; Clown, alr C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. San•.er;.
Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter, or. Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box—odice open from Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 26,
Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE
OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanotr,
Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Alien; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun.;
Richard, Mr. Himo ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks; Iron, Mr. Lather;
Hermine, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Gertrude, lifts. Fosbroke.
After which will be produced a New Grand Romantic, and rather
Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called TOE MILLER AND HIS
MEN. GI indofT, Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar,
Mr Granby; Hiber, Mr. Corri , Go'otz, Mr. Walton; Claudine,
Miss E. Stanley ; Ravine, Mrs. Fosbroke.
Dress Circle, Ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Galle Is. Half-price at
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, Is. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Cd.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce-
nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half_
oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box-ottice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham.
Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the
Theatre.

I HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE
Under the Managewient of Mrs. KEELEY.
. CEMBE
Will be producedTHlS THE CHIMEVENING
ES;DE A Goblinß Story. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, Matthews,
Colder, Emery, Turner, and Keeley; Miss Walcott, Mrs. IVoollidge,
Mies Grove, and ,Irs. Keeley
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic,
Pantomimical, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE
AND ÜBSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews;
Meadows, Wigan, Coll.er. furner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley,
Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs
Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. i‘eeley
r ICE:, OE A Itolt)l.4.—datcony oats. 4:., Upper
Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, fid. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ;
sJpocr Boxes, Is. rid.; I'it, Is. Private Boxes on the di-I:cony Tier
,olding eight persons). Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
Fier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Halt Private
kine,, on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirel,
e Bos.,ithce is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc-
lien of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet this
Evening, at
ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ART*.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 16,
Will be repeated a New SpeNacle, entitled TisE ROYAL FOX
HUNT; or, The Race.Hore and Life's Course of Man and Steed ;
introducing unequalled Natio! al Fete,,. Real Inx.chase on the Stage
sod in the Circle by living Eo, and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production.
Epsom Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in tha Feats of Horse.
mansh ip.
To conclude with a G•and Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime,
c lied HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the
Blsck Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine,
Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. 'l'. Barry; Pantalo,n, Mr. Bradbury.
inagsr, qtr. W csivadosoi.
fiox.otfice open from Eleven till Five. lessons in the Art et Riding
by Mr. R. Smith daily.
Mr. BATTY begs to wiquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his
Patrons, that, in compli :lice with numerous requests from the
country, and by spacial desire, he has formed aratik.i.ments to pre-
sent, during the Christmas Hoidays, a S.ries of EQCESTRI AN
FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM.
A NCE, to commence at Half.past One, and terminate at Half-past
Three: consisting of Batty's Sulencl id Scenes of Equitation in the
Circle. Thy first Three Morning Performances wilt take place en
Monday, Dec.3l, Wednesday, Jan. 2, and Frday, Jan. 4.

" A report was current that the King of the Belgians
had made preparations to return to Brussels, in conse-
quence of the- reported division in his Cabinet. The
Siecle states that the King has suspended his prepara-
tions, and sent his secretary, Minister of the Household,
M. Va❑ I'raet, to Brussels."
The Phure of Bayonne, of the 20th, states " that M.
Capdevila, a merchant at Rosa; and performing the
function, of Vice-Consul of England at that port, has
been arrested by order of the Captain-General of Cata-
lonia, and sent under escort to Barcelona, on a charge,
it is said, of complicity in a plot to arouse the Lampur-
dan to insurrection against the Government."
" A
Constantinople letter of the 4th, in announcing the
return of Sir Stratford Canning from his excursion,
states that he has resumed his negotiations with the
Turkish Ministry relative to the affair of Trebisond,
but had no: met with the success which the circum-
stances warranted."
A. letter from Rome, December 8, says—" Mon-
seigneur Capaccini has arrived in this capital on his re-
turn from his mission to Portugal. He was immediately
received by the Pope and the Cardinal Lambruschini,
Secretary of State. Count de Boutenieff, the Russian
Ambassador, has just set out for Florence to present his
credentials to the Grand Duke. Several persons con-
sider this departure as a bad omen for the differences
existing between the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh and the
Holy See. Others, on the contrary, believe that the
Ambassador's absence will be only momentary."

DAVIDUE7, ROYAL SURREY •HEAT/tE.
TH DEC;;MBER
Will be produced THE SEVENINEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End
of Crime. l'rincipal Characters by Mr Henry Corri (from the
Theatre Royal kdinburgh), Messrs. H Hughes, Neville, R Hearer,
Lewis, Heblop, and Seaman, Mrs. R. Horner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W.
Daly, and Miss Martin.
To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called
POUNDS, -HILLINGS, AND Pk:NIOE; or, HARLEQUIN
L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; flown, Mr. T. Ricgway;
Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri; Columbine, Miss Slaiter.
Places a a 4 erivAte Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
oftice, from Eleven to Pour.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE:
THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 25,
Will be performed an Interesting Drama, entitled POVERTY;
or, A
T. H Tale of Sorrovr. Squire Graham, Mr. Watkins; Frederick
Mr. Niggle;
Patty Parrot Mr. Mis Henry
Terrey Gra
Howard ; Mary ham,
Mrs. W. Rignold Pa ;
After which, THE ROAD-SIDE INN. Captain Rambleton, Mr.
T. H Higgie; Tom, Mr. Herbert; Ellen, Miss E. Terr.y.
To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HA RLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Woraan and
the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapin° ; Clown,
Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney; Columbine, Milos
Le Vite.

THE BOURSE—MoNDAT, DEc. 23.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents • • • • • • 120 45 .. 120 50 .. 120 30 .. 120 35
Three per Cents..... 85 60 .. 85 60 85 40 .. es 40
New Loan .• •• 86 90 86 90 .. 86 90 .. 86 90
Bank of France 3275 • • 3275 3275 ..2275
Lailitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslll7 50 .•1117 50 —lll5 ..1115
5,000 f. SharessoBo ..5085 ..5088 ..5f8.5
Belgian Bank • ...... 640 .• 640 •• G3O .. 630
Belgian Fives, 1840 •••• •• •• 1041 .. 104} .. 104 .• 104
Spanish Threes • • •••• •• 38 .• 38 .. 38••
38
Active •• • • 331 •• 331 .. 331 • • 24
Passive • •••• 61 •• 61 .. 61
Portuguese Five per Cents.. b 8
.• 58 .. 58 . • 58
Neapolitan•••••• ...... . 56 10 .. 96 10 .. 96 10 .. 96 10
Boman •• • • ..... •••••• •• 1041 • . 104/ .. 104

HIGH WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE THIS DAf
&Sol-hip& ... 51 minutes after 2 I Evening ... 7 minutes after

• • 144

RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles, R.B.— •• R •
•• • 520 .• 520 .. 511 25 •• 511 25
L.B •••• •• 405 .. 415 .. 390 .. 400.
Rouen...
....... ...... 1087 50 . 1087 50 ..1050 ..1060
Rouen to Havre•• •••• • • • • 83.5 837 50 • 825 $32 .50
• .. .....1145 .•1150
.•1125 ..1132 50
Bala— • . .• 320 .• 320 • 311 311 25
25 .•
AgOrtrvlirnmeabnousng—to. to
m•ar6eilles ••
937 50 .. 937 50 .. 925 .• 925

RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT. JAN 3.
St. Germain
Versailles, It.B. .
L. 8......• •• .... 400 420 .. 385 .• 4(0
Rouen lO9O ..1090 ..1041 25 .•10G0
Rouen to Havre ..... 837 50 .. 837 50 .. 817 50 .. 830
Orleans •• ••••• •• •• ••1147 50 ..1150 ..1121 25 ..1130

Strasburg to Bale•••• ..
Avignon to Marseilles 937 50 .. 937 50 . 925 .. 945

CHRISTMAS AND THE POOR.—The inclemency of
the weather, and the prevalence of contrary winds, hai
within the last few days produced a considerable rise in
the price of those important essentials of life, coals and
potatoes. In many parts of the metropolis the price of
the former is Is. Bd. to 2s. per cwt., and very inferior
potatoes are sold at the ordinary charges of the best.
Both on Saturday and Tuesday the supplies at Covent-
garden and Spitalfields markets were not nearly equal to
the demand. On account of the late abundant harvest,
however, the price of bread at the eastern and poorer
districts of the metropolis remains at 6d. and 6.0. per
quartern loaf. The leading environs of Whitechapel
and Shoreditch were yesterday supplied with meat of
excellent quality, at the average prices in these districts.

tion into Scotland. Sir R. PEEL is likely to be
lurched, we think, in spite of the backing and silent
game which he has been craftily playing against
Scotland. He must, at any rate, show his cards.
Our readers, however, will be better enabled to judge
for themselves, from the circular which has ust
reached us, and which we subjoin, than from tiny I

THE SUN, LONDON,_ THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1844.

CHRISTMAS.

YOUR COUNTRYMAN.

THE FROST.—THE PARKS.-The weather con-
tinues exceedingly cold, the wind being most keen and
cutting, accompanied by frost. The thermometer at the
Receiving-house, Hyde-park, was during Monday night
down to 31 degrees, but at seven o'clock onTucsday morn-
ing the mercury had risen to L'ai- degrees, and by twelve
o'clock (noon) to 34 degrues. In the early part of the
morning the wind shifted from N.E. to nearly S., but in
the course of the after noon, it veered back again to
At seven o'clock in the evening the thermometerhad
fallen to 321 degrees ; and the time of tne full:moon 129
minutes past.seven, P.m.), Mere was a fine sleet dr'iving
with the wind, which was -still -East. The era of
skating disported themselves 119 considerable' nut ,fibers in
the various parks during the do,. No accidents occurred,
except in the Regent's-park, wh ere two or tb tee gentle-
men got into the water, but were speedilyi released by
the officers of the Humane Society.
FUNERAL OF Mlss CLAR A WE' The
mortal remains of this talented and 1 `testing actress were on Tuesday consigned to their la. it resting place in the General ('emetery, liensal-reel 1. 'The funeral pro-
cessionleft the late residence of tiv ,deceased, in Upper Norton-street; shortly after one o' 'clock, the cavalcade
consisting of a hearse drawn by for it b orses, two mourn-
ing coaches, and two private rarri ages. The chief
mourners were Mrs. Webster, tl 40 m other of the de-
ceased, - The coffin bore
the following inscription--"Cla' Vest ris Webster, (Jbiis
Dec. 17, 1844 ; mtat 21."

MR. POLK ON THE TARIFF.
(From the Pennsylvanian, alit 31.)
As a bct•off to the duzru of letters of sir. Clay on
this fertile topic of Whig 4-10(11.m-ice, we once more,
in the closing hour of the canvass, republish Mr.
Polk's letter to Mr. Kant. It is the only expo-
sition of the views of our candidate, embarrassed
by no antAgofiist expo,ition, but addressed to all
parts of the Union, a ithout modification. or :ipology.
We offer it to our friends, as a renewed
trssur-
ance that under Mr. Polk's administration all the
inftTvsts of the country, so f'ar as the President
can control them, will reci..ive a fair and just protec-
tion; and to his opponents, V‘e offer as a consolation
in their anticipated defeat, that this protection, just
and Lair, will be ex.ended to them with the rest of the
couinitihity,

TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
If there is a season of the year when the hearts of
an entire people glow with kindred le:slings—if ever
the high and haughty unloose, however slightly, the
armour of selfishness which guards them -impervious
from the contamination of the vulgar-e-if ever the
poor may dare to hope—to dream of reatising those
bright visions of happiness, which ever haunt them,
aggravating their distress ;—yes, if ever there is a
time when the wide gulph between high and low is
partially closed up by kindly feelings, it is now—at
Christmas—once a year—this one oasis in the dreaty
desert, when the happy few who have homes and friends
assemble round the domestic hearth to close the year
in sympathy and love, and even the hapless, hopeless
multitude, though bowed doWn by sorrow and crossed
by fate, feel a momentary glow of pleasure, and pause
one moment as on hallowed ground. A stranger
ignorant of the ways of men, on viewing the inter-
change of kindly sentiments which marks this hits.py
epoch, would hail with joy the daa n of better feel-
ings, would look forward to a happier system—end-
less improvements, universal sympathy, the poor
raised from their fallen state, and all men wiser,
kinder, better. Yes, such are the anticipations
such a scene might call forth, such the desire,
often •formed by the sanguine. 13itt are they,
can they, ever be realised ? This is the ques-
tion I would ask the English people. I
would ask them now, when their hearts are tilled
with kindly feelings—when their pride is hushed to
rest, I would ask them why, year after year, the
spirit of selfishness pauses on its destructive cousse
tor a brief period—alas! how brief !—but to continue
with its old vigour, freezing all around, casting its
deadly chill on the heart's best thoughts? Does it
not check the happiness of this hour to think that all
the good wishes, kind intentions, firm resolutions, and
bright hopes, which crowd around this day, are empty
forms—shadows without a substance—they were,
they are, and they will be; each Christmas witnesses
them—each year declares their vanity. Is it not so ?
Many will exclaim against this sentiment; but I would
ask t hem if England has been better since last Christmas?
Have the hopes of the new year been realised--does
'44 bear written on its page the records of any
greater deeds or better feelings than its predecessors?
Alas! but one answer can be returned to those sad
questions. Last year was hailed, as all years have
been, with good wishes and prophecies of better
things—happy faces crowded round its cradle, and
the torch of Hope illumined its coming path. Its
race is nearly run: it is about to sleep with its fathePa.
Who mourns it ?—who grieves for the old year ?
all turn to greet its young successor—the same hopes
and smiles await his infancy. Shall they, too, perish
—shall '45 go to the grave the same brief record of
clouded aspirations, countless tears, of broken pro-
mises, and endless sorrow caused by the wickedness of
man ? D 6 we not recoil from such a picture,
yet is it not a true one? Why is this. Why, In the
hineneenth eentury, in the days of knowledge and
wisdom, do the wise and the great play the hypocrite.
In the land of freedom and industry, why are the in-
dustrious starving and slaves ? It is the spirit of self
that governs England—the golden rule which all
obey—" that they shall take who have the power, and
they may keep who can." It has been asked how it
can be that now, when the country is flourishing and
unrivalled in power and glory, when our fame is
spread to the remotest parts of the earth, while the
commerce of England sheds its blessings alike
in the palace of the Eastern monarch as in the
hut of the poor savage, how is It, that
while industry makes- our land to flourish, the
children of industry, to whom we owe our grandeur,
struggle in vain, and are left to perish in their
wretchedness—even as the higher we raise the stately
edifice, the deeper the base, the support of all, must
be buried in the earth? Is is not thus with us, and
is there no remedy ? Forbid it, Heaven ! Are not
all equal ? If the poor are compelled by the stern
laws of nature to toil for their daily bread, have the
great no duties ? Does property make a man irre-
sponsible—is money to be the standard of right and
wrong? Have we not made it so? Power is given
t? be We'll employed—wealth to be properly diffused.
" Yes," thq'great may reply, " and we diffuse it well
—do we not give clothes end blankets to the poor—
do we not give alms to all who ask—are not our names
foremost in the subscriptions for charities ?"
This may be true—charity is a holy and blessed
thing—but it is not charity the people want, it is
justice ; it is not alms-giving, but the higher and
holier charity that looks on all men as brothers. This
is the duty of the great, and how do they fulfil it ?
How many Noble Lords and Honourable Com-
moners, whose names are foremost in the lists of
charity, now sit in their happy homes, enjoying all the
comforts and luxuries of life; proudly deeming that
they are the most virtuous of men if they give from
their abundance a trifle to the poor, while many a
wretched father and tender mother see their darling
children cry for bread they cannot give them, because
these virtuous, chiritable men place a tax on the food
of the poor, and rob the hungry of their bread ; they
withhold the just rights of the people, the very staff
and prop of life, and then at Christmas they
charitably • give alms. This is a solitary
example—would it were the only one. This
year of promise is drawing to a close,
unmarked by any great or benificial change.
How many things were to hare been
done last session ? The rulers of the land assembled
to legislate for the good of the country, and what did
they accomplish ? They were asked to remove the
tax on the people's food—they were asked to abridge
the hours of labour; they were asked—but what avails
it what they were asked, suffice it they did
nothing ! Yes, I believe they passed an Act about
dog-stealing. This is mournfnl—but who will dare
to say that it is not true ? I cannot look back on the
gloomy past without asking you—the British people
—if the future must remain the same ? Must all the
good feeling be thrown away ? Must the hopes of
this new year be quenched ? Shall our bright aspi-
rations of Christmas not survive the winter's snows,
but, melt like them before the scorching heat
of self-love ? Shall good intentions vanish, and ice
and frost but be eternal in the human breast. Not
so. , Though hoping is in vain, again I will dare to
hope. I will greet the New Year with fond expec-
tations,
and they must be realised, for they are based
on the certainty that the English people will not be
A SLAVERaye ob
sAuTveGd Lao u
prettyCEST little rakish craft which
ER . —Many of our readers
wanting to themselves. Can a nation which has ever'has been have
for some time lying in the Gloucester and
been the foremost, not only in the battle field, but in Berkeley Canal. She is the Emmeline, and is the
the good fight for principle—can such a nation be • property of Mr. E. N. Harvey, of Over Ross, and
backward now ? It is in your power to be as great
leh attired
in th.s port with a cargo of guano from
de Her former pursuits were, however, of a less
within as you are glorious without. Let principle be peaceful and unobjectionable nature. She was, in
your guide. Let high and low combine. Are a e fact, a slaver, employed in carryingß caipturetnlienhegroers.
not • brethren ? Throw pride, and self, and hesita- awrds sailingPu
from the coast ,-;f Africanttoefitheas Brazils, fee
ree‘rg
tion to the winds. Hesitate not. The welfare cPaPeabilhitiesw;asbuwt'ehle;"-EioiWags7 is so confined, that to
of each depends upon all—the good of all are the well- : look at her and contemplate the Llndredsof unhappy
being of each. Join then, and let the kind feelings of human beings who were packed togethei. in ttecali.
raoscrulls
r
Christmas endure through the year and for ever; and spaceeffi c makesfles h one
and
shudderat
wviallsanyof carried .on
I her.
traffic
let this new .year be the commencement of a long She was captured in 1843 off St. Helena, by the
course of general sympathy and mutual benefits ! Spy, and condemned. She had on board at the time
" Your final triumph she was taken no less than 538 miserable blacks,
Shall be the Resurrection of the Poor, chained together in gangs, and packed and stowed away
• In those last days, when all mankind shall live
between decks, like so many of inanimate goods.
la one fair confraternity of Love !" Some idea may be formed of the inadequate space . p
portioned to these poor wretches, when we state that
That such may be the blessings of this Christmas the vessel was capable of carrying only about 120 tons,
is the heartfelt prayer of one whose proudest boast is and, in addition to her human freight and her crew, she
`o remain was of course provided with water and other bulky
stores. She will lie at our port during the winter, where
her present owner is fitting her out as a pleasure yacht,
and she is intended to join the Royal Yacht Squadron in
the season.— Gloucester Journal.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—BLAENATON.—On the 11th
instant, Thomas Pritchard, a mason, in the employ of
Mr. C. 11. Leigh, was working upon the roof of the_
heost forge_
called the Glynn, when by some mishapl
balance, and fell through the roof, directly upon the
T lm
fly-
wheel, which turns round with a resistless velocity. he
work of death was soon completed ; he was so mangled,
crushed, and torn, that an endeavour to recognize him
would have been vain, had not his dress been identified.
The day after the funeral his jaw-bone was found.t,, Ace An.
inquest was held upon the body, and. a verdict o i
dental death" returned. The poor fellow has left a wife
and two children.—Hereford Times.
EDUCATION IN FOCUATIERS.--The late Mr. Milne
of Philadelphia—a native of Fochabet•s—bequeathed the_u.
munificent sum of 20,0001. sterling, for e.reetitg d
ante() be
cational establishment in the place of his. nativity-swithin
free to the children of all Christian denornination
The greater
the town of l'ochabers and parish of Bellie.
the directors
of the be.-west being now realised,effect
the
Parliament for carrying into
appointed by Act of
lately requested the
the will of the bet.,evolen.t testator,indesigns
for the building,
following gentlemen, to give
Mr. Henderson of Edin-
viz., me. Simpson a Aberdeen,.
Elln, Messrs. Jones of York,
burgh, Messre. IZeid
a: in.
After several meetings of
and Mr. Mackenzie of considerationt of the various
the directors, and the, „
in ny alackenzie were
elegant designs, those given
+us Courier.
preferred and-69alqited.—/nvera •

" Cohinibia, Tt,tmessee, June 19, 1844

" De it Sir,—l have received recently several let-
ters in rett-rence to my opi;.ion on the suhjtct of the
tariff, and, strong others, yours of the 30th tilt lily
opinions on this iuhject have heen oftrn wiven to tr:e
public. They art? to he found in ins' public act., anti
in the public dtscirsions in which I have partiep,ited.

" I ion in t,ivour of a terA for revenue, such a one
as will
.} i&d a ,ufficiel.t amount to the Treasury to
defta th., exp. lisps or the Ciovernment economically
admmi,teted. In adjusting the details of a revenue
tariff, I rive heretofore sanctioned ,uch moderate dis-
criminating dutiesßS would produce the amount of
revenue need,d, ;old at. same time aff,rde,d
able inci.ieund protection to our home indu-try.
'lln "ppo,ed to a tariff Tor prWection meret,, , and TOT
t, .1' revenue.

Acto,g upoo the,.e genered principles, it is
known that I gave my support to the nolicy of Gen.
Jai•ksoo's Adootustration 011 the I vortd
ag..oist the Tariff Act of 1828. I voted fur the Act
.of 1832, whivh C4ll itaile.l modificatioos of of
the oljectionable provisions of the Act t f 1828. As
a tuetiini-r of the Committee of Ways and Meaos:of
the House of Iteprtsolitativt s, I gave my assent to a
Bill reported -oy hat. Commntee in December, 1832,
Making further modifications of the Act of 1828, and
making also di,,eritnitinfions in the imposition of the
dutirs which it proposed. That Bill did not pass, but
was supel-spded by the Bill commonly called the Com
promise Bill, t'or which I voted.

" In my judgment it is the duty of the Govern-
ment to extend, as fir as it may be practicable to do
so, by its revenue laws, and all other means within its
power, fair and just protection to all the great in-
terests of the whole Union, embracing agriculture,
manufactures, the mechanic arts, commerce, and
navigation. I heartily approve the resolutions upon
this subject passed by the Democratic National Con-
vention lately assembled at Baltimore.—l am, with
great respect, dear sir, your obedient servant,

" JAMES IC. POLIO.
" John K. Kane, Esq., Philadelphia."

SiR HENRY PoTTINGER.

The following address has been transmitted to Sir
Henry rottinger by the Directors of the Glasgow
East India Association :

" Glasgow, Dec. 5, 1844.
" To the Right Hon. Sir Henry rottinger, Bart.,
G.C.8.,
" Directors of the East India Association
of Glasgow beg very respectfully and heartily to con-
gratulate you on your return to your native land,
laden with well-merited honours, and possessing in a
degree which has seldom before been awarded to
public service, the gratitude and confidence of the
commercial body in the United Kingdom.
" The Directors of this Association, though, from
particular circumstances, behind others in presenting
to you this address, cannot admit that they fall short
of any in their sehse of what is owing to you as the
instrument by which such signal honour has accrued
to the arms of Great Britain, as well as to her mo-
deration and diplomatic skill.
"Everything that could be done on your part has
been accomplished ; but, it has been the opinion of
this board from the beginning, that, though no stipu-
lation appears in the treaty with China whereby its
fair and liberal tariff should be met by a corresponding
fairness and liberality in regard to duties on our side,
yet that it is evidently expected, and is morally due.
Without it, in short, your achievements, both military
and diplomatic, are left in an unfinished and almost
fruitless state.

" We, therefore, earnestly hope that this deside-
ratum may speedily be supplied ; that you may see
the full effect of your operations, and be long spared
in health and honour, in some distinguished field of
usefulness, to enjoy the consciousness of having so
greatly promoted your country's welfare—of having
so materially helped to open a way for introducing
into China the blessings ot civilisation and Christianity,
and of possessing the grateful respect of all your fel-
low-subjects.
" Signed by order, on behalf of the Directors,
"D. WALKINSHAW, Chairman. -
" A. IiVARDROP, Secretary."
To the above, Sir Henry has sent the following
reply :

" 80, Eaton-place, Belgrave-square,
"London, Dec. 13, 1844.
" To the Directors of the East India Association of
Glasgow.
" Gentlemen,—l have had the honour to receive an
address, signed on your behalf by your chairman and
secretary, which you have been so good as to transmit
to me, accompanied by your congratulations on my
return to England from my recent mission in China.
"I beg that you will believe that I am very truly
obliged and highly flattered by the sentiments which
that address contains towards myself personally, as
well as of my procehdings, and it is perhaps almost
superfluous for me to add that I warmly unite my
humble voice in the applause which you bestow on
her Majesty's forces of all arms, and from whose exer•
tions such signal honour has accrued to them.
" I cordially concur in the view you express as to
everything being done that circumstances will permit
to meet the Chinese tariff by liberality on our side,
in regard to duties; and it is most highly satisfactory
to me to be further enabled to say, that I consider
the commercial interests of the two empires to be so
completely identified by the treaty, that what is bene-
ficial for one party, must, I conceive, be equally so
for the other.

"In conclusion, I request that you will individually
and collectively accept my best thanks for your kind
wishes.

" I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your very
obedient and humble servant,
" HENRY POTTINGER."

Sir Henry, in transmitting the foregoing answer,
says that " he will have great pleasure in dining
with the merchants of Glasgow when he goes in that
direction, which will be in the spring."

THE WEATIIER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 25.

TITERMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 32 ; Noon, 30.

BAROMETER, 30.35.-WIND, E.S.E.

NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Termometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon. 'Water freezes at
32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on
Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and
" Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather
when the mercury falls below 30.

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