The Express. — London, England, 1848-12-20 00:00:00

SHIPPING. Cuoigoaturv, Dee. 17. —The Soviseige, Assorlsa to Loa. eta. wee wracked, 16th lam., at liewstroad, to Grartass. hammy Bsy. I:mucous% Dos. 19.—Tho sae/WO Eris has pat is bon with los al Wow% heat sesta* with the Wok see M Laradocad. MADAM, Do. from Glue foe Las . dem, Yea obese oa Toesesees She B. C. Bayley, trees Nowt ook a tho Clyde, is an oboes es the lased a Limas, MI water. CLIDII. Deo 16.—Salled: iams NOM. Now'OftillOg. Smsookis. Des. 19.-71.--Sabol; Liss, sad Catlisriso, Bb JOIOWO. PADITOWt Dio• of Namara, IWO& to ribminstb, has host ssilated is bore leaky. carp dammed, La., basis, best ea lbor brook-soda, Illth Ism PosTorotruc, Dee. 19.—8. to 8.11.-Belkil : Leads., Now York. 9114. BM , cloudy. Des. 111.—Teo lease ill Viasset ita llordossz to Cork, went ea 'hers this sonde( is Tremors y, and w probably be o total wreck. Bitterns., Des, 19.—B.N.B.—Arrivsd ; C sato, and JANA New York. Coca. Dec. 17.—Arrived: Sonde, Bells Gee. P. S. Maw. Bosom • Amelia, Shier-sea • Deems, Prises Ed ward's blend Plymouth, St. Johi'e, N.B. ; Lady Elgin, Goebel*, with sails split. Livearpot., Dec. 19.—N.N.W.—Arrivod, 18th • Sea, sad Booties, New Vert. 19th : Andes, Pernamtbuce Carmelo, New Orissa, encesintered, in 100. 60, a sucessioa . et tioleat gales. &needed w th thunder sad lightaing. Abhey Prau, New Orleans, heeling encsuntared, an tho 1481 inst., is los. 16, • violent pie, veering (roles B.E. to N.W. N D. Shepherd, South Corolla., - Monterey, and Clanks, New Orleans and Portsmouth, N.H. ; Monterey, Charleston; Macedonia, Philadelphia; Arrow, Mansillee • Icarus. Antw.rp ; Four Misters. Alezaadria. 20th, gas, eloudy. Sadist • Dublin. Calcutta; Lerd %aerie, B.nahay; W. 11. Recheck, and Argo, Ni., OrtOSIO; 011tatiO, Charles. H. ton ; Memnon. sad Misuses, Now York. Pat book: S• r Smith, Lir York. Of Port: Looped, Clubs& CULII.IIEIICIdL h MARKETS. MONIIIf MARKET Az CITY IN fIILLIGENCt. 7um o' efock.—The Stock Exchange often runs into strange extremes, without rhyme or reason apparent. Two days ago Commis made a sudden bolt upwards of nearly 1 per cent., and nobody could say for what reason ; yesterday and to-day, reckoning from the highest to the lowsst rates in each caw, the fall or rebound ha been equal to 1; per cent., yet nobody an tell the wherefore. Consols hare been sellers this morning at 871 ; before yesterday they were buyers, at 88g. We have a slight recovery t t o r nrom the lower rate noted, and quote them 871 to „. ex dividend for the opening, with the market rather looking upwards. Reduced Threes are 87' to 1. Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents., 87Z to I. Exche quer Bill., 40a. to 43e. premium. Bank Stock, 189 to 191. We have an improvement in some foreign stocks, without, however, truch business doing. Russian are now called 1021 to 31. Peruvian have unaccount ably advasced to 42; to 31. Brazilian are better, at 74 to 6. Chilian are 84 to 6. Venezuela, 141 to 161. New Grenada, 12 to 13. l)aniah, 65 to 8. Belgian, 72 to 4. Spanish Fives, 121 to 13 ; the Threes, 281 to 7. Passive, 3 to 1. Portuguese, 25 to 6. Mexican, 22 to 1. Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Conte., 481 to 9; the Foam, 731 too. FUNDS. pray Plot. I* St lic:Cat 6.4. 2. 3 . 73 I I par CIL lel •664.1311 I Pm 0 1644 , I per La Aar, diva 444 wan, te 43.. prom Noftillslll Ma. 12 13 per 412. t e. *Mk Ts 4 Grads Deferroi W., 2 wean... Mo. Ct 1416, 6 I Dab \w..16 4 " It. I C% -is Antala., 36 3 =rt. Itam alraeYa a lr i tea 36 Utto uo Co,o l l*. 1144.. PerCt APIA WI 316 T C•112 1 . 1 b 14 . 1, 1.4. 4 14 I rig lidEns4 OIL— S gat el I.alt , ,tt 544. 45 11 NW. Pamlve 114 pet t.. 1. Inach 441 i 9 4 4./01. Wads C4...134 4 Itzgl ib leassee4 I s t 141 146 RAILWAYS.—The market is rather worse foe shares, and also for French shares. Croydon Thirds ham been done at 91. per shsre; Eastern Union 6 per rents. done at 2t dia. ; Eastern Counties 6 per Cents. sold at 235. 6d. prom. ; Great Northern, clans B, at 21 die. dALISO 11/ViteTED UP TO two TRIM DAY IN I.OIIDOO. /VreteedaVe oleo. Oh oe !Doll In hiss papa WOO and Leon Ilk*, 141 No., Oat, end La New 101. Oiledonloa, 201 Prrt.„ 101 Do Qrs., I North Musk 114 De. WM 1 Prot, Ds. 11111•10,1 Q Prow & Peg, IN liso. QM, 2 1 iorern imt2224 14 • Do. TWO. 4 Do. New Ow. 4 pee Ct., 1111 N. Oraleardddro 11 I Tanewido 0 pre OM. rat oaf" Wore, Of *W 444 , 14 4 2 4 M• , 0 I Scotia Corsa, a. Limmesiiim, Ss f Shroora & Bko. (A), oisat IkOhen, Ds. OIL 1 Do. Halos A, WA, 4/ 6 Da New Dear, q Do. Nor pre Oro Ono., 4 S. norm 44 St 01202 22•24.212.:111 711 Da Ns I, ISI 14. DwlWreaN No. Not, lee 10 Do. We.. 104 6 Do. No. 4, IS D D POO, 1711 Do What No. 4, Do. New 174 St South Wake, Loc. Ss Carbide, SI Wilt; Wootrest, rd Woo., 441 Iwo. rod Tort like.. WI IN Tont Noe lterc. 24 Do. the. di Do. Orig. Sow. & 3 % I I Do. N W ew. Clow. s per Cl., SI Do. Giro No. (Tort nod Do. W. IL Cake, if Nora.), 111 Viand o BldkO, 011, 44 41 S De. la. No. I (New. end Bar.), and ecker lerk. Whitton, and S. C., WI 101 Do. O.N.E. Par., Da Pot Go, 444 York all N. 11id.,1121 • lan. &N. Weetern, 121 I Do. Prot, 11111 Do Nee gm, 7i 66 Ds. it. w. 112,111 Do. let Mt a (B). 104 Ihroloore and Aveiro 7/ Dam (C), S Dereerona 4 Lank S. warm% 1144 borwilweek 111 Do. II I di N. of Irmo. II el 2 Perk awl Iletwo, IS Mi te ba .A. cosset met, HI 10 Awls and knehows, Da airroloinoby Der, 34 roes sad Ron. 4I De. aril.. WO O awl Or. 4 Ombra and Woo prase, 120 UVWOOL SAL. Dm The market gm NM man is at., Uwe., a Chia. Ja., Odeksho PAL, Se. 44. 4 11 p Not Liworddre PM, low& Tort. M, 41 Lam& ft La m a.. & ele, 141 & North Worm; INN Do. New Qra, I§ p Ds M. & N. Qra (1:3: 4•16. Neff Men. , k Us. let Oa Do. Weft Orisolte WI. de.), WI 4 Tao WO, Loa, &Cho Ws C. & S. per 001.112 Or. WrrOwo 1 IQ, Len. kN. also NM Goo Ileas4. p Leo & Tart. (W. 1.11.), 3 LIG d Do. (Prat Were Pro. I, WI MANCHE/Ma 11.4 There was a wrodarale mate re.estiee is pekoe, the =OWN lext.Ohro, k coo. (leir C. Al 11.4.1 3 k Wlndonowe. 4 Ur. k Tort. Mky 11 Ds. W. I. U., Ds. Prot. 1145 D. Prot k I 1444 Ls re N. Wort Qn. (0), p There erseicriocil west scarcely so well se 11. 34 et N. Meat sir. (B). 4 d De. hod, 1 4. win 19,—Ows Votofcc. 'Kona was,. Omit Northam 10( 4 De. (11), Si Ow Maim if a Ds. (034. L DAM, SO SlNlBmilk% U. Os. IL e d Osali Pardi Vals• (ALd.fie fig essellsb L Ds. K ls Dow. fie a 4. le York No. Nod Dm (0. N. L f0z.).114 Dian w sat so saaels day, we wive the prises quite Tads pd., NI 144. 4 Great trerUtera. Leas sad Mr* 144 BIUTOL SAL The market was Ana, sad Ot. Weetwe 21 4 d Do. 171. eh., . _ YORK Ot Northern, St North Bridal% Thirds, 41 PRODUCE. MINCINO-IANE, 2.0. Mrs has not been a public isle of Sugar to-day, bat a fair mama of butinew ku been dose by private coat:eat, at fall =Relined market steady.—Coree Priming firm good ordinary native Cel los sold In public' sale 305.; a shads inferior, 29,., which were yeAtny's 100 bags Java (foreign), bought in at 30s.—Saltpstre 2,000 bag* were offered in public sale, and bought is at full prices; a past rubeegoeatly sold at previous rates.—Cottoa eastutass very line.—ltice steady, but aot active.—ls Other (articles so motorist alterst'oa. . . Dirty paid ea Seger to lest week la Lambe, Limpid, cwt. Br Ilall, sad the Opde 8,189,717 To Os MUM period het par brim la tl3 some rum a. TEA 111 INS ,v LAW wm. I. Laudon .... 111.1111.9112 476411 6.D0. Holm, l A d . dodbrdeln, art di O. d 4, le 8.111 York, Nee., se Mr. Ph. I, d Do. (0. N. S. re.), Me di Laa, neceerma at et beeisew, with a West &Was &Mealy weaker. I Nark., I■ll.oll L. Prof., 10. 7-111 Do. (Wanly 11It. oh.), d Do. MI. oi.), 7 d Strew% 11111ra. Pflil, 6. .f Oaer, stj m, Do. fle.4, 7) Demon IL basis" doss, bat priest I se yostirday. let h . t r hk aierdir/V 4 Not* Brithi 109. 6 Doom= 19. isms Inareted is shares Jo ao ans. NIL, 9 d I W. Lass Uslos. Si d N. OullanWara, Si d Id, Osman 19. risme sem lolly upheld. I BIWA dal Saner Old, SS d Dumas 19. York, N. &Bor. Es No. 1, 14 Do. O.N.L. Fur, 7j '/$8:703 217,123 1.481.143 MA8,311 *Mew leener. Metal Wok, receipt. awl &health at Tai at Utheimpel red lethal then the 3th Nov. le the Mk Dee, 1141 IrletoL iteek Nev. 3, 1844 17,1 1 .4%Tt1b. 1.332,382 lb. lleedthel cortthee MIN Liverpool Bristol Clpd• lens Um la ISO. gimbal red Siam Ong,lse Nam aoresapties 11,11170111 1.410.4110 - - ... ll.llB VIII fa" !t44!! :: lisisii ii,iii Dub. S. ISO 10.529.131 MASI Dee. ••Vends aft bieleded : Aden sad Dlebey 1,210,094 3111.1111124 T. hp. *NI. . 11:111 1... • • ilsop.. • 1e... • • .•ri °M. ~ li 0.-. • • Ihnilek . —.— II is"u • !RUMS CC ••••9, for wt um ram ff. i5i15.11.9.9111‘ SS& Id TeNow &Om N 0.. 37 6 14a• ...... SI •...Y • Ilawftins. 119701 •.. SS 6 TOD, 54 5...91 • Plas. ..... 90.11504019,9 l7 6...5S • Toldow 0 6...0 • 0 5...4S 149=1900 SS Oral awl 0500 III 5...61 00120. N C. 54 1677.7A . _ 44 .0 I• Bowl. Woe laral -09 —.. 0... IS 0 o_ Y 0 MI C. 140 • 00105. poi Ire e. se 6 •51l 1199awy 0... SS 0 ...... SI • • %Ara 11... • lII C= era = ••• • 15 1111 rad ro- 1 deos II 5... IS • Tea. 0 per lb. Ct•••••••••••• • • ... Rm. pot wt. Bowl • .. IS • Ism sadl 11e0199 7 •.. IS • Par. dorsi .... 14 0.. 97 6•0140. Lam. at gar Uts. k ........ beit 14 • .111 'Mgt..-- IT C. • IS 10 • lbi ...... IS le.. • NM at Oilidei IS IS— • Otia._ per arlipaid. 14. nr, rm. lab IS— 0 straw.... Mom li millow S4 C. SS at 0...06 =dam 64 • ..0 Oad. ll4 1• ...11 I lost\ 505...., SG 14. X p. 1• • 411 4 0:141604111m11... 46 Coosa /411 IS 0....11 Wm% Its PK Umead U 0-24 Parnms6 per mt. latiar-0466. Ist 4O C. 30 4this SS • NI MM • 0... • Daft. W. 0 0— • Limerisk do SI 0..64 Oarlotr. W..-- 7 4 0.4106 310=4 • S.. • W Mot. res Mslia. pot .. • •-. • Prim Um ' • • 0 Poet, pins... SO o_ll2 lloms.rork. Lark t win , Ds, Salim .... Moog. Watorlird. no wt. 1.4 0...0 • 00 0.. U 0 ard. arrior* do 1 — ll4l6•6prtrk I A . L.. " W Ditio tarklgt p l2 11-72 • lin u t. "A 2ol Om, at me lb. B. A. mal IL Video, Vtol M. 44 N. 4e • 2...• 111 = 1 : 17 .. 0 • ...4 0 0 • I II KM dry • 14...0 11 Usak Veg. dry a 5i...0 4 WWI 0 11...0 0 Mit iodlo 0 4 ...0 161 Kt milieiLV.." : : :..• t I. Amor. large. pt bids ..... ...... .. 4 • ... 11 Wm* ditto • • ... I DTS woos, at pm, raft. Is=slurids" 11 11... • ..... 4 1.. 4 I Commely • 0...0 Rao* Jogision 6 0— 0 Nkaressa. kw sad solid 10 0. IS 0 0...10 Una. 13 10...1 1 Nairn Slam.— IS 10.. 12 Zed goodors. $ 10. 0 I 4.40.1 .. 1$ • 44 lan at pre - Leeward Peed .. 1 7 ... 1 4 Doman" n 10 u per ewe' O.E .. . . 1 Jaraaka;: 701; II per rest. U.P. .. 3 I Favourite narks ... 4 0 Weedy. let tweeds .. 10 &WWI apirtes. 44 10 0 0 Irtitt lO ... 0 o VIA; per tan. 1110.P.T.1L SU 0...40 0 I. Petannws. • • 0. Ustab and bawd& U O. 00 0 Viloiland -- IS 0...05 0 .. Hum st per as. iLitsentisistlimata• 1.0...11 I) ooMalmot barmier sa ie... • Weis NUM 113 10..14 combat pow . 31 10.. : • Vanilla ...... 33 C..... 0 Mat laths Saw.— Is 0...33 n may; II 0... N 0 has Tut, at pa vat. MASI I. 0... 0 0 4tratta Cum to blot& l9 0... 0 0 lama. per at tau. Ilass TALLOW.—The Tailor* mutat bee taken a turn. for the last fortnight tr. ere has been no disposition to pur chase except from bend to mouth, and speculators bare taken advantage of the circumstance to prom sales. Buyers have at reagth mane forward, and the bears decline to pro coed with their sales. The market may be quoted 6d. per cwt. better this afternoon for forward deliveries. Peters burg Y. C. on the spot, 43.. 31. ; January to Merck deli very, 42& 11. to 6d. ; February to March delivery, 425. 6d. to 6.1. ; espersta soothe &livery. 435. to 43a. 3d. WOOL—HUDDLINVIELD, Dec. 19.—Th. Wool trade has rather fallen off dariag the put week, partly swing to the wawa of the year, and partly owing to t►e West Ridiag eleetioa. Prices mains area, with an upward tendency. The Ftbruary sales of Colonial Wools are looked to with great anxiety, and with an anticipation that Wools will go op ; the wore particularly so, as the French buyers will be in the whet. MANUFACTUREB.—DeDDIRSFIILD, Dec. 19. — Oar Piree-hall has been pretty well attended to-day, and a tail busine a none for the new year's amount. Confidence is getting established, and oar commercial transactions are cer tainly more stable, end we we hill of hope and confidence kw the future. Fluncs.—According to the last accounts from Lyons the price of silks has considerably increased. and business. which wee suspended during the election for President of the Re public, las resumed activity. At Lille, also, and indeed throughout the department, there has been a mark. d im provement in business M . general since the middle of Mat week. The rise in pfiCIPS IS mid to be about l 0 per cent. CORN.—MARK-LANIL—The attendaDos of buyer. in Mark-lace tb. Morning wu lisited, even fora Wedaes• day, portly owing to the new approach of the balidays ; the %riding sales effeettd were at about Monday's rates for all articles of oar trade. The following are Monday** gnashes's : 81tMeL Osidient mw %WOO r Wasmo. Wow sad ltd, _rod SS to 42 to 48..orblem 4S to 44 to 12 Norfolk mad 36 to St to 47... do lt to 80 to 34 WOW& (Mei or doWdlt Ousb. i Us" rod... W to 44 to 47...wh1te.... 43 to 44 to U Northumb. mod Imola do.- to d 0...... - to - to - kink do OM. nain.nr. Forstinn. imgwqr. floes Wow OAT, 04 Ike r0md........16 to 111 Ifs -to -• Mod, .., IS to If to 208 Ott...pouts IS to 334. Od lonia MOW lood IS to 2164d...rum SI to 33m 04 kith Imod SSWs polotio..-...-.-.... ..... ... 19 to 21m Od %ALT a iii.. l 6e; W.Va." to so es Pau, /ray at to 37. U to 38 42 to ... 44 to 46 WWI, 31 to St to II 88mom, llmoommo- ft to IS. Ake 3O to SS..AId - to - UMW/ to 34 to 88..0id TAR" Wow Spins per WA. --my Water 10 om 11...01d - to - normals, Sow Unisn CM" SW MIL to 111 10.. Pm art a !Um haws, Tows.msoka, dathawa........ 44 lo4B...loolotwiltoid 38 to .1 liorlolk sad .• U /14.1hombortwit, Urals. awl Tertian 1101111014. Wszar, Motile mod SI to $1...1110 s7 is If PonwoommodkoWsk, mod woos. 41 81 to U is7e — ali — oid bruboaii — — Daub& and limabstrof lrrrr ........ 41 to 41 . Boyd= —to to 42 47 =ioe. hirt — to — us to --Australian 3l to Si 24 is 11.6...114,211141, $11.40 ..L TIL Ayr Smarr. Frallmt...-- .. lostssOsat. ..---- 16 to II Um% al ." - Fasorseas aid ONdssad.- - to - Suollit tol Dada . lassiml sag Deli Ler l7 to 10 - to - Sur. list. - to - hal. 61U , to .. .—.. Lanett -is raw. -to --Naps ls Loma. lads sad Itosiss. l4 to N to N NallOormas rd Odom- - to NI to 4i lausso - to - Jtomprol II to 14 Wass Csars.fres of dota. w par.. 8 6 Is. to t 6 ler. Imam Cos" DU* sad X 6 Its. It. It 9 Os. DIM Math tad Amami X II ILA* it 9 les hoes. Amara. pa arra of 19411 s NI to P 3 Made sal llaaborr.. - to - Oman WOW. pa ask a MOB. from St a 40 111.111 INTO LONDON FLOM 16M DSC. TO UM DIU Ors. rastish. Lai. OWL Minot I 110 1 Itonsy 42 1 4.0 1 1". $l6O ASSr,Lii.4 *I ; arras. MA SAO WI INPUIAL ATUAGIts. a i; ss ...... 1 .0146. i Ilya. 116401 3e irs. Nev. 1 ... ... Hs 14.11T 1 1 8 4104 74316 14376 Id 74 II ... ... SY Ml* 74 306 104 306 Id 37. Idlll6 Id IS ... ... 31r 2413414 14.10. id 3116 111‘114 lON id 13 ... ... Ile 1143116 1.3115 1.130. 106116 I MI6 id it D 66. 1 ... ... Mk 31;326 Od i lfd 11431. NM M— -2 ... ... 10. 91116 *VI% id IN Id 310 7 M 6 mild IR. Mar. ;L - Waft 102121. KM 21.212 - a Drev.-1 1 1220012; 11/2122, la ; 0•12. Is, Id.; Rye. ow" red Pen. Y. IfYass.4 8r1874 , Sls KM lON, SY WM 7d 31 . Ss• a 4131. g 114 Sb SY i^r,_3l3 I 411. 11018. 4d, .61. 1114116-IF4 tYYw Nev. 4 Nov. II Nov. IS. Nov. IS. D. f. SS•... . Si • ... 48 . Des. 9 . Etna, Dee. 19.-The basins ht every article of the trade hoe boas meet United daring the put wink, and lo own roma immeninory. To-day's market was met by • hop sop* of homo-grows Wheat, the bulk in bad ecnitieu. Proem tours rather samosa Wine, and Udk_added to a proviondinsinatits to buy in the pen of mode Me node wry hwy, and ft. to B. ins mean Bed to be emlnitnd to when sales wen Wined. fro the Gad Wheat was barely lower. Mon inguin ika rferVii Meek but at low Flom withdra The boa of on befog l ehembared, is vhne4 wn Br Om t. Wider When; are @boost umnlealie, thank etihrnd as w e low toms Barley remaimeat ata ß, mad low prises an takes he ben mudtimg sad gmerign a e m and deal of floal is Nig to low, ere a drup, afirequitr a =Mid dry. Th. of oar supply is saw, gesmally soft I. quality. Ifeidas doing in Oats or say itof Per. Limmitmt Lineal Cakes unhand Is I value. Roponel tome lowing in but Oakes &Balt to mall. Ong Mem an kir rain TY k lswW are present priors Wben, par qr., red, 489. to 411 a.; sew, 425. to 44e. ; white, BM to les.; now, 46e. to 48s. Donnie ' 60e. to 640.; Lows. DAB and Ramberg, 411. b 46e . . Barley, malting, 281, to era. ; griading, 31e. Ms 3fit. Oats, to 22e. ; Us to 188. ; liPriodmmd, Ifs to 21s. • Ronan, 1 1 3 7r i tt i ka. Bean. 30e. te 38s. ; 211 a. to '34e. Peas, whin mad yellow, 30e. to 34a.; gym. , Linesod, armehing, 36. to 40e. ; 40s. to 445. per 10 quarters, 24d to 281. Cane, B per tom, IL 71. Rape Caken ITe. dd. Boom, 86s. to R. Ono°, 41. to Of. fos. Inic roo liress the tad of Die. to the Bth of Dee. iselosive: ihnigo, 6,343; Basin, 6,648 ; Oa*, 1,087 ; Bean, 1 ; Penal Tarn, 286; Linseed 8 , 286; Rapeseed , 2,142; Ca" 322; Rape Cakes, 140 ; Bono, 128. bunco, Dec. 19.-The show of Wheat to-day was good, devand wry limited. Prime gave way about le. per qr. Good malting Barley °Wood menses ratm. Imßrior sorts slow ens, but nave sot further resided to who. Beaus sad Peat le. per quarter lower. Oen us lest quoted. 1. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1148. tney have but recently moved nes a new set of offices provided for them attheTressuy. How is this consistent with the promise of Mr. Basin, put forth towards the latter Gado/ the parliamentary mesh" that the report of the commireion would be ready in about five weeks? That gentleman is likely to butane famous for his rash emotions. The two-shilling piece was ready, 11 according to him, a year and a half eipal when the engraver, absorbed with private be& ness, had not touc hed the die. The Penlasaler medals, too, were ready long siooe, though sat • single officer has yet received one. They seem is manage matters quicker, if not better, in Austria, ef which we reed that, "au the 611, a distribution of medals took place at the head quarters of Priam Wits DISCIICIHATZ, at Behonbrunn, to those soldiers who had distinguished themselves in the siege of Vienne." We may presume toe mind of the Vienna engraver was not distracted by private and pecuniary interests. What is singular enough, though the public have been waiting long and impatiently for this now coin, the engraver of the Mint has, in the mean time, been distributing specimen pieces amongst his friends, and siding them to others at a very great profit. We were told, that the name of the coin had not been agreed upon, which was assigned as a reason for the delay; but in the piece we have seen, the word "florin" is stamped upon it legibly enough. We may ask, has the engraver authority to issue these coins on his own account ? Han he the uncontrolled privilege of a private press? If so. we apprehend it is a very dangerous power to entrust to any man, as it is quite contrary to the cautious restrictions of the Mint indenture. We have no suspicion whatever that the present talented gentleman who holds that office would abuse that trust; but, as a security to the public, the indenture very wisely places no trust ur confidence in man, or even princes, permitting no work to be done in relation to the coinage of the country, without abundant checks against fraud and collusion. This salutary injunction is, we are a dare, constantly deviated from in the Mint by reason of the helplessness of the local board (some of whom are parties interested in abuses) and the total inefficiency of the officers of control. The die department, which properly has the custody of the dies and the commit of the presses, has de generated into a kind of sinecure, the proper officer attending on the average about once a week, and thus the engravers by degrees have obtained a monopoly and free use of machinery and labour. On the other hand, it is enjoined that the moneyers shall coin no money without the presence of a check, called in the Mint report, " the surveyor of the money presses ; " but we have ascertained that this proper regulation is not strictly enforced, as it shoulA be, so that the moneyers, if so disposed, might fraudulently coin base money,— a possibility sgainat which the rule was evidently en acted. It is true the present officers may be men of the utmost integrity ; but that is no palliation of a breach of a necessary regulation, drawn up to com prehend all possible cases. The appointment of the Mint commission was, in the words of the instrument, designed to discharge a two-fold duty—namely, to reduce expenditure if pos sible ; and to enforce a satisfactory discharge of the public service. This could only be effected by a rigid inquiry into every branch of expenditure, as authorised by the Treasury at the instance of the b eard, and into the several duties of each department, or distinct officer, as the case may be, with the view of ascertaining the competency of each officer, and in what manner his duties have been discharged in times past. Nothing can be easier than such a routine business., because we presume the business of each is sufficiently defined. 'lle constitution, proper func tions, and the efficiency of the Mint board, as a local , body, to carry out the indenture to the letter, are 1 points, too, of considerable importance, not to be overlooked. And we think, too, that parties who may have performed meritorious services might be encouraged either by promotion or otherwise, while those who may have been found wanting or incompe tent by habit or education should be removed. Now to these points of necessary inquiry we be. lievo the commission have paid little, if any, atten tion. We have taken some pains to acquire informa tion, and we can confidently assert that abuses are allowed to go on which have not come under the cognisance of the commissioners. Some of these facts, elicited from an authority on which we place implicit reliance, we shall hold back till we see by the forthcoming report to what actual extent the inquiry has been carried; but in the meantime, we may, by way of illustration, refer to one which, if not vouched for, would seem incredible. We have in former articles asserted that parties in the Mint were by sufferance or usage, allowed by the board to use public materials, labour, and machinery in the pro motion of private work, entailing thereby great ex pense on the public. This is evidently a privilege extremely liberal and accommodating. But will it be believed that with the knowledge or connivance of the board, officers of control, and other parties concerned, the refiner, receiving bullion from the public to refine for the coinage, is allowed to sell it in the msrket as his own silver in order to obtain possession of so much capital wherewith to carry on his private r,-coileit'ons ? The amount in value is very considerable, sometimes as much as 20,0001., which paying no interest, as we may assume, enables him to carry on his private work to very great advantage. Bat it is not the amount, but the principle, we condemn; and after such a fact coming to light, who will accuse us of injustice to wards the officers who can tolerate day by day and month by month so undeniable a breach of the Mint indenture? We do not see how any of them can exonerate themselves from the charge of a gross dere liction of public duty. Nor can they plead iriorance; for we are assured the fact is notorious to every one in the Mint. Now this is an abuse the commissioners should have inquired into, and immediately abolished; but we have strong rea sons for believing that they have, in their cursory, superficial, and imperfect inquiry, wholly overlooked it, while the supreme . ° reri was not likely to produce it without asking. Our correspondent is quite correct with regard to the " foreign engraver, " who his not yet finished the Waterloo medal, because the Mint authorities were simple enough to pay bim for it above twenty years ago; who has a hou a in the Mint to the ex clusion of others, ,to whom such a thing might be an advantage ; who receiveshis full salary, and does nothing for it ; as a reward for holding a situation without duty. Bar his non-residence is not an exception. Though the officers of the Mint gene rally are provided with handsome houses, few, if any, reside there • and, we understand, not one board officer ; so thin, in cue of fire or any other casualty, we do not know to whom the public property would look for protection. It might naturally be asked, why those, paid too well to reside, should not relinquish their privilege in favour of the " working men " or industrious bees, to whom a residence might be an object in more respects than one. In reply we may safely say that all men become selfish as they are pampered, just within , become avaricious in proportion to their wealth. This question of residence is one, too, which is not un worthy of the attention of royal commissioners se lected to do something. Why should a man uncon nected with the Mint, and permanently residing away . from it, have a house appropriated to him ? This is one of the strange inconsistencies of that sin gular and anomalous establishment. Why should not the house be given to some cone whocan make a beneficial =sof it? But,in truth, it is not the characteristic of those holding high offices and enjoying fat livings in the state to care about the underlings who, nine times out of ten, do all their muter.' work and receive scarcely t hanks for it. Pure, griziding selfishness everywhere prevails. The public is the great cow from whose uptowns udders all draw sustenance ; but the great drink the cream, and dole out the skim milk to unhappy and famishing clerks. As an illustration of this, me the report on the miscella neous expenses, where the assistant secretary to the Treasury, enjoying his fat 2,6001. a year, recom mends, as a measure of public policy, that all clerks should be paid at the rate of 1001. a year, end no more, and that they should have their eonyi without fee or pension whensoever they might break down or utter a word of dissatisfaction. So much fur the kindliness or public officials! A great and mighty cry is raised about the enor mous expenses of public offices ; official men in and out of parliament knit their brows and look thunder ; the well-paid look grave • poor clerks tremble on their seats—sad what is tlie certain end of this h ypo- critical P Poor clerk. are out down, ' and mewed, weak and unresisting : the great escape and are flattered. As Elwin says of the law, it is a sort of net in which small flies are caught, but greet ones break through. The result of all commie. Lasts, be.. 19.-Our artivela of Wheat keep moderato, l may,Vlore is a* dispaeitisa to mayhem Wpm' the presene. ai4 'tag we ham eel/ a limited Ilessaad, have Manama la. pea v. from Friday. N a y coma cods to bands nod. s a t tolsgamry slime wool% the _timbre/1y Is for Asellas. Oats a Shelling without dlssadia, Beans sad ether ettiales. Lomas, Des. 19.-We kayo expaisseed a dull trade for Wheat, at a &Mhos of 94. per qr. from week's amtations. Barley Moody at le. to 2 s . per qr. lower. Oats, lease, aid Pees very lithe Ingsfrod for. Pekoe: What, ad, white 141. 10e. to 141. 16e. • red, 131. 10s. to 1 41. • new, white 111. to 13L 10a. • red, 91. to 111. 10s. Hari 30s. to 335. Oats, lea. 2ik . . Be. 34e. to 37c Peso, a. to M. LfirsarooL, Dee. 19.-Fartker arrivals maks the import of States sad Canadian Flour for the lest sewn days shoat 33.000 bons* aad cif Amiga Wheat upwards of 17,000 qta bat Me balk of Use supply of other prAuese as mated below bad come to head matins to Friday. the 16th imtast. Moat of the gratliern Irish markets are firmly supported, and many of them quoted dearer for Wheat, and the - English are geogrally reported steady for all good qualities, up to the close of the week, bat the infiuence of large foreign supplies still casts a gloom over Mark lane, which any improved tone here or elsewhere has for the present tailed to disperse ; the London reports of yesterday, therefore, check materially the disposition to amendment recently maaifeseed lame, sad our ambit this miming, though wall attended by millers and dealers, was in most remeeta devoid of animation, and Sieges* ral traaasetious upon a limited scale only. English, Irish, sad font daty-paid Wheats must be noted Id. to 24. per 7016.; wet Flour, 61 , and sack Flour, except p!ime parcels, le. lower than this day week. Bolded Wheats were held firmly for the improvement noted on Friday, but Flour partially lost the amended rates of that day, some sales 01 Western Canal being made at 26.9 d. Prints qualifies of malting Barleyand Malt being coarmand our quotation. Pegs (talkie., and most kinds Beans le. par to. cheaper; Egyptian Beans unaltered. Oats and Oatmeal in tolerable reouest, at previous rates. India* Cora neglected, and we reduce our quotations Is. per qr., and for Indian Meal, 31. to Gil. per barrel. Preset prices: British: Wheat, per 701 b., English, red, new,6s. 10d. to 7e. 24 ; old, 7s. 3d. to 7e. 61. ; white, new, 7s. 3d. to 7s. 7d.; old, 7e. 3d. to 7s. Bd. ; Irish, red, new, 6e. 7d. to 65.94.; old, 6a. 94. to 7s. Id.; white, new, 6s. 3,f. to 71. ; old. Is. to 7s. 34. Barley, per qr., Bag ., new, 32a. to 345.; Chevalier, 35 8 . to 375.; Someh and Irish, per 601b5., 4s. to 48.24. Malt, English, per qr., pale, 688. to 628. Oats, Boglish and Scotch, per 461 b. ofd, 3.. 2d. to 3e. 44.. Welsh, old, 3s. Id. to 3e. 2d.; Irish, floe sorts, nes , 2s. Bd. to 2a. 10d.; old, 3e. 14. to 3s. 3d. ; general, new, 2s. 64d. to 2s. 80.; old, Is. to le. AL Beam per qr., ling., new, 364. to 38s. Od.; old, 375. to 395. . • Scotch and Irish, per 1801 h., new, 30s. 04. ta 325. 01.; old, 314. to 3: 4 . Peas, English, pm qr., white, new, 36e. to 40i. ; ditto and Irish, grey, 30s. ta Us. Flour, per 2801 h., English and Irish. fine, 36e. to 384.. superfine, 314. to 395. ; extra, 39.. to 41e. Oatmeal, per load of 2401 b., hush, new. 235. 61. to 24e. 64. ; old, 21s. to 224.6,1. ; Canadian, old, 224. to 235. Bran, per 241 h.. 10d. to Is. Foreign: Wheat, per 701 h., Canadian, red, 6s. 91. to fn. lid.; white, 7s. 24. to 7s. 4d. ; Uni t ed States, red, 7s. Id. to 7e. sd. ; white, 7s. Bd. to Ba. Id. ; Dentine, mixed and red, 7s. 01. to 74. 3d. ; high milted, 7e. 9d. to Be. 3d. Lower Baltic and Hamburg, red. 7s. 3d. to 7s. 3d. ; white, 7e. W. to 7s. 9d. ; Rigs and Petersburg, red, Os, 9d. to 7e. Id. ; Archangel, 61. 7d. to 6s. 9d. ; Odessa, common, red, 6s. Id. to lb. Oil. • Polish, 7s. Od. to 7s. AL ; French, SWIM. and Italian, red, 7s. Od. to 7s. 3d. ; whits, 7s. 3d. to 7s. 6d. ; Banast and Marianopoli, red, 7s. Id. to 7s. 3d. ; Egyptian, fre. 64. to 6e. 81,, Mediterranean, 4k., hard. rd. ss. 10d. to Os. 24. Omen, qualities, in bond, rod, 6s. 6d. to 7s. Od. ; white, 68.94. to 7e. 6d. Rye, per qr., Baltic, itt.,286. to Mk. Barley, per GOlb., 4a. 24. to 4a. 4d. Oats, per 461 b., 24.24. to 3s. 4:1.• ' Human, 2a. 114. to 2s. 10d. Deans, per qr., European, 3 24 .04. to 31s. 6d.; ligyptian, per 4801 h., 28s. to 295. Peas, per qr., Baltic, de. white, 33a. to 375.; Ca nadian, 32. d. to Ms. Flour, per Farrel of 196 lb., Canadian, sweet, 275. to 275. 6d. ; United States, sweet, free, 27e. to 275. 6,1. ; in hood, 24e. 6d. to Mc 61. ; Uaited Stutes and Canadian. sour, 25e. to 265. 6d. Indian Corn, per 4601 b., Ame rican, white, 30s. to 31s. 6d. . • yellow, 328.64. to 34 .; Euro pean, yellow, 338.64. to 36 .. Indian Meal, per 1961b5. , 16e. 3d. to 164.94. Arrivals into Liv:rpool and Runcorn from the 12th to the 18th of Dee. inclusive: Wheat, 17.964 ten. ; Barley, 392; Malt, 6 ; Oats, 1,061; Beans. 603 • Peas, 1,602; Indian Corn, 3,379 ; Indian Corn Meal, 11 iiarrels ; Oatmeal, 6,904 sacks; Flour, 4,037 sacks, 32,917 barrels. LYNN, Wee 19.-A goad supply of b ith Wheat sad Bo ley, and each ls per qr. lower. Wheat, 60:be. to 6211 e., 42.. to 46e. • whits, mu. beet runs, to 30s. ; tine, :11s. limas, old, 448. per qr. to the growers. PLrmorTie, llae. 19.-Then was a fair attendance of millers at this morning's market, and the sale on good foreign Wheat continues at fully last week's prices. Flour a steady sale. at 40'. &mom' nv , Dec. 19.-We had an excellent supply of grain to-day, hut the incemant rain roused a very thin at madame', and comequently many tom des remained un opened. The greater portion of the Cora was in very bad oondition, and at • trifle lower, though, not quotable, which met an extremely heavy trade. Barley maintained its late ligation a to price for the best samples, and the transactions lin other descriptions were unworthy of note. The late dulness in Oats Beam. and Peas, was again manifested, but , we make no Oat., in price. The supply of Malt is on I the increase, and the /Nitta are in favour of the consumers. The supply also of Flour is good. Wheat, 40s. to 565. Bar ley, 275. to 34.. Oats, IS.. to24s. Peas, 365. to 445. Beans, 33a. to 424. Malt, 604 to 66$ per qr. Best Floor, 38s. per sack ; second, 364. is 37e. 1 Comeraarrixon.z, Dee. 6.-A considerable trustier of Times have arrived here from the Black Sea with grain : many are loading for England at very low freights at 7s. to 71. 3d. per qr. Prime of grain are the same as my last. We hear no more Um of cholera, either at Salooica, Varna, or Satyrwa. CiALATZ, Nov. IR.—There is 00 want of muds, LI those which were at Ibiail when that port we' closed on the 16th, hays all goes to that port. Good Wheat is much sought after, and sells high. Wheat is from 110 to 14S pias. the kilo., according to quality. Indian Corn, 96 to 110. Rye, 50 to 63. °DRINA, Nov. 18.—The pries of Wheat at Odom is, for soft, 6to 74 rashes; for haul, 642 to 0 72. Rye, 4 30; and Oats, 4 67. Ia &pout, 750,000 ehatwerts of soft, 30000 hard Wheat; Rya, 10,000; Oats, 10,000; Barley, 6,000. The frost hag sat in. CATTLE. Dgisr, Dee. 19.—The sale for all kink et fat beasts was good ; and, considering the large member of fat beasts, and mazy of the beechen having made previous protases, there was a considerable amount of busi ness minuted; there were hut few left unsold. The Sheep pens were but moderately fillet, although the Sheep, on as average, were good. The supply of fat Pigs was decidedly the wont we have sees fur several pest years ; there were several lots of Irish Pigs, but the demand was generally flat. Beef, 614 to 7d.; Mutton, 614. to 61d.; Veal, Gd. to 60., per lb.; Pork, tls. 13d. to 9s. psi Nom Niwourras, Deo. 19.—The supply of all kinds of stock at this day's 'await wee very extensive, calls more especially, among mina conesquesos of the approaching Carbon's) wen mural of finarsto guilty. The sale was rather sluggish, end avenge peke about 6s. 64. per stone. In the Sheep market. the sale was use dell, at prices from •tl. to 6d. per lb. Good Porkers brought from 6e. to his. 6d. per stone ; bat the demand for the interior Pigs was exceedingly AM. At the close of the market a quantity of stock was left saseid. Far Yager*? s ~hags see fag page Eke OrprefiL M The error deer Me MAI Ilezednor bthe Dellteneara, =ad" lard Ortle. bre. Haetran, eta be ore rea re OIS Da The Me Dr Tr% OiLkatais, Maim Ortr. sad Mortar sal be ark vot at re et re 27th Doe. Tao abaft kr eeMw Arsore. er the Mei Mr will be =dew oaths ereera et the lath Dee. The Ms Ihr New death War, Tea Oforea% Lod. sad New Mead wlr be are Ea se the raft at the lot lea. The male tar the West Dort et Mr sad Mara 1711 be each ea as the re~of re Ist ha. n. west Me* Madre Donsatle. Nem; Hanes, e illettant.Paw Cur Iltair mad afdadiall rase ter urArleli s. ampa. Saw Orrade, Chill, sal Pero, wilt be are up as the ramie el re Dot Jr. The ear tx Marre. the Ontelle, sr Bums Ayres, eat be err up ea the ewers *Me eth he. The ~bad smile Or firer, Weir Orem, the Irian lam* ggypt, e rr bs, Ms, Deas.itar and ae, lostrar. tea, will to saes the warm el the Nth ha. SION WARR AT LONDON BRIMS. T.,. D.. —Maim IMA pima IA ; Afte , one. W pri IR To messear—SawskAg. urn we ll 1 Mumma. sada. past D. LONDON. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 20. Luis our correspondent "Anti-Humbug," whose letter appears in another part of our impression, we have been waiting patiently for the results of the Royal Mint Commission, and like him we begin to think they are exuenielitardy in their operations. If, however, they are paid twelve guineas a day (we have been told ten guineas each), and the secretary at the rate of 5001, • year, we require no other reason to explain their inertness Resides these heavy charges, we understand that the gentleman brought from India to reform oar Mint here, is to be paid the fall salary of 3,5001. allowed by the Fast India Company, and all his expenses to boot. Bo much for the wise economy which promoted this manceuvre, under the notion that the English Mint was an imitation of that at Calcutta, the ravers being the case, and that the Calcutta Mint was well managed ; whereas it now appears to be conducted in the most slo venly meaner, without any strict principles of integrity, and positively at enormous expense. We say positively, because while the Mint-master shows a profit on the coinage, a great part, it n o t the whole of it, is falsely created by debasing the stan dard, as any one may inform himself by asking a bullion merchant the average amity of the rupees recently imported. The expenses of a Mint, or any manufactory, are not to be asoertained by the exhibi tion of a Wanes of prat and loss, but by the actual working charges, as contrasted with an analogous case. 8 0 far from the oommimion showing any signs yet of bringing their labours to a termination, it appears _ is 29 "ions hitherto imbue, first,to pare down small Warns, and make a great show of combo my, and then set to to multiply places under the pretext of publics exigency. While the Mint Commisalaners are probably prying into the soormities of hutbdreds to see how a ten per cent. may be saved, the thousands spent on junkiest men they dare not tenth. In 'training at a gnat public economists very often swallow a camel, as may be instanced in the great " well jobs " going on in the Mint, d and superintended by an officer who if all economy, and by non-attendance to his duties leaves the job to have its swing. We hope next ses sion of parliament some member will call for a return otall the expenses incurred in sinking this well, and other tributary jobs ensuing from it. We hear they are so considered in the Mint, and if so, they must be bad enough. After what we have said here, and in previous articles, our readers will be satisfied that a reform of the Mint is required, and if the commissioners fail in their duty to the public, we cannot, in our humbler capacity, be accused of failing in ours. Their pub lished evidence and report will prove how fu they have acted up to the grave and important duties im posed upon them by the crown. We can see no reason whatever for the illiberal triumph displayed on acoount of the result of the West Riding election. If the tory candidata carried the day, he did so from his having become a convert to much that is liberal in principle. If the reform candidate failed, he certainly owed a portion of his failure to the facilities of misrepresenting one who had lent some portion of his time and countenance to intolerants. Mr. DENISON congratulated the men of Yorkshire on having changed, and on being civil to him in 1848, whilst they hooted him in 1841. Mr. DENISON should have confessed that the change was in him, not in Yorkshiremen. He was a protectionist in 1841 ; be accepts free trade and the repeal of the corn law in 1848. That the conquest of free trade is final, we need no better proof than the ground which Mr. Detirsox took up, and the allies whose neutrality enabled him to conquer. But, indeed, neither one candidate nor the other seemed to know where his strength lay. Both took it for granted that religious motives predominate above all others, whether liberal or economical, in the West Riding. Mr. DElvisox declares now that his chief merit and recommendation to the electors has been his desire to keep church and state closely wedded together. Sir CULLING EARDLEY evidently reckoned upon his anti-catholicism being his most popular and powerful device. Yet what said the men of the West Riding ? They shrugged their shoulders at the religions zealotry of both. The cry, in which both candidates joined, of the church in danger from the Pope, remained on echoed. In the same way, the twin exaggeration that religion would be extirpated by secular or state education, was equally scouted. The electors of the West Riding evidently disclaim the character of an ecclesiastical council. And it is one of the most re markable signs of progress in the English mind, this evident tendency to judge even religious questions with lay calmness and sense. If, however, to judge by the barometer of the Yorkshire election, free trade seems irrevocably a fail accomplc and religions cries are considered out of place on or before the hustings, we cannot congrstu tuLate ourselves on the sentiments evinced by the men of the West Riding for either retrenchment or reform. The demand for them they have certainly in some degree ignored. And if the farmers are still to be saddled with the malt tax, the townsmen with the wiedow tax,and with an income tax on their precarious earning, equal to what the landlord pays on his sempiternal rent, the farmers and dealers of Yorkshire may thank their votes for the neutral and the do-nothing Deimos. The West Riding, through one it its members, will dance the goose step next session and thereafter, stirring not one peg in advance, notwithstanding a world of preaching, shouldering, " right about face," and " as you were. Already, indeed, we see the bad effects of this cunuchism in other quarters. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S son counts on the DENISON principle of expe diency and ambiguity in the election of Leominster. l And Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON Deems quite afraid, notwithstanding his desires, to take any broader or more liberal ground. Sir EDWARD Butwaa Lerrost represents himself as a country gentleman, equally proud of his descent and his liberalism, and claiming the sweet voices of the Leominster., evi dently more on the spirit of the pest than the pro mimes of the future. Sir EDWARD points to his very liberal votes, and he might have quoted very able and liberal speeches of his. But be haggles and doubts About the repeal of the Corn Laws. He is ararmed by organic changes. He is for the ballot, indeed, and retrenchment. But he is only for so much radicalism as will not soil his gentility. We are not surprised that the electire of Leominster are puzzled, that they show small en thusiasm for either candidate, and that they should look on with such blank and undecided faces, that Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON declared, " if they did not make up their minds he would take ap his hat and go." Let Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON rather make up his own mind, and stay ; let him speak the language he did fifteen years ago, and he will soon raise yeas and nays. We are for Sir EDWARD BULWER LTTrotr, one of the first of English geniuses, if he will prove as frank a politician as he is a poet. Bat if he will not, it is not fair to have Leominster tickled by a semi-liberal and a semi-con servative. If Sir E. BULWER LYTTON retire, Mr. JOHN PHILLIMORE should be called forward again. He at least can speak out. Tim conquest of the Punjaub is still a future event. The steamer front Calcutta has brought tidings no more decisive than those conveyed by its immediate predecessor from the Western Presidency ; and, in truth, all that we have learnt by the despatches of yesterday is contained in the brief sentence—that the ten days, from the 20th to the 30th October, witnessed no row exploit of moment, either by General WEITBII or his enemy. The interesting circumstance in the news of the last mail was the adroit departure of SHIRE SINGH from Moultan, and his reported junction with his father, Count:it SINCH, at some point to the north-west of Lahore. The exact position of these wive chieftains does not appear to be even yet very aoctimtely ascertained. It is certain that at least one of them is not far from the capital, for a pontoon bridge established by Major *NAIR across the Rave., at a trifling distance from Lahore, has been twice subjected to night at tacks from advanced picquets of the Sikh army. The task of keeping these troublesome neighbours in check has been entrusted to Brigadiers GODBY and Cuarrow, and it is possible—probabilities in this slow campaign are another thing—that we may learn by the next arrival of some pitched fight or severe skir mish between the troops commanded by these two officers and the levies under the Sikh leader. In Peshawar, it is gratifying to learn that Major LAWRENCE is still able to maintain himself, but how he continues to do so must be elucidated by explana tions more connected and explicit than those which transpire through the present casual intercourse with that extreme corner of the country. In the districts between the frontier and the capital there is more room for the leisurely exercise of Bri tish vigilance, and General WHEELER has been keep ing the people of that pert of the country very effectually in mind of his presence by attacking, over powering, and reducing to an untenable condition two forts of some magnitude in the neighbourhood of the Beam. We must again repeat that as to the ultimate Moue' of the campaign there cannot be two serious opinions. The force we poesess, even on the Bengal sides of perfectly overpowering steungth—a force greater by four and five times than the armies to which we are indebted for the series of conquests which have given us an empire wider and better consolidated than that which at any period acknowledged the sove reignty of the Mogul Emperors. Reckoning only upon those troops which are either actually in cantonments o the westward of Delhi, or which are under orders t o proceed in that direction, there is a body of up- Ira k ds of 40,000 men of all arms ; and, deducting f ro m this aggregate strength, the troops already be fore Moaltan and employed in other parts of the Pun jaub, there will still remain a reserve of at least 26,000 L nen boasting a perfect discipline, and in the highest state of efficiency for field service, uptm whom the commander-in-chief can depend for the prosecution of any line of operations he may think proper to propose. In the presence of snob an army as this—an army eight timt as that which routed the myriads of tia rti s • Dowlah at Plassy—ten times as greet as cost snatched the sceptre frosa the race of Beindiaate„:• —and six times as great as that brave followers, by whose aid and his own ittrepec t ; CHARLES NAPIER vanquished th e most warlike of western India at Meeanee, it wou ld b e a libel vs.-- the English nation to suppose that the faoati ci d2 diem of the Mahe can offer any effectual re""' Nevertheless, it would be a gross * A partiality to overlook the lapses of ji e b 4 the perpetual occurrence of vacillating 0 ,47, confusion of details, and the imperfect pfta. anoe of many of those minor duties which tribute to the energetic and expeditions e ite - ; melds of an army —which have already t u „, fared with the advance of the army 0/7. Panjaub. It is no secret that the curs / nu:l arrangements at Ferozepore are exceedingly 41--""4 and that by an oversight excessively usfervu x4 3 l the present state of the company's exchenie., thi provisions which might have been obtained et ` proper time at a reasonable or even a chiepa:. will now have to be procured from a limited influenced by the inexorable necessities of s• b c ,,;4 20,000 men and 100,000 camp foll owers. same way there is a general outcry against the d i k . tivo preparations for the transit of artillery al troops. Next to food in India, the mans of isc uw lion are the most urgent necessity, and an army** . out oxen, and destitute of camels, might u almost be composed of Chelsea pensioners te t t wooden legs and defective eyesight. All these are topics upon which, we appub t a the returns from the financial secretary will e t "; the Court of Directors to require some very explici t information. In the meantime, there is one ru m which will excite surprise. It is now asserted the the unfortunate delay which retarded the app euut , of an efficient force before Moultan, was expru s iy contravention of the emphatic advice of t a it Gouurn. The precise cortrary of this his u m hitherto the general impression. It wu b t , lieved that the proc-astination which whiled aw r y the summer had its staunchest defender in the Cam, mander-in-Chief. If it shall in the end turn out that the highest military authority upon a diem* frontier, was decidedly in favour of a strong and b b , mediate display of force, and found himself oven* by other, and what would appear to be inferior, 030. Clll4 it assuredly will be not only a new phenotoetu in our Indian history, but a phenomenon shish cannot safely permit to pass nticnquired into. Tardy, however, as may be the steps whirl IN conducting us to a second military rectipeiu al the Five Rivers, every fresh mail seems to Odd PM strength to the apprehension that the materielish bond fine native government are not to be loood—o are only to be collected at an expenditure of time ui means utterly beyond the value of the object. If nth a government could be rallied up in this impatig territory—a government able ard willing to respect our own ancient boundary of the Sutlej, and to defend its own natural line of demarcation, the Indio—thee can be no doubt whatever that the recaguition mate I support of such a power would be the wisest pohey c r the British. But in the absence of such a resource ire must cast ourselves again upon that propitious fatal which gave us Moran to settle and concilinte the ceded districts, and which raised up %tem to found our rule in Central India upon the hearts of de people. FRANKFORT, Du. If. The canvass for the imperial crown goes on teigiy. After the some of the Archduke John came the Uri; of M. Kamphausen, the King of Prussia's envoy to the Central Authority. Rumours of all kinds are ia culation,end it is impossible to detect wheretrath era and falsehood begins. It has been reported for tom days that Bavaria is strongly opposed to the =Ss the King of Prussia Emperor. M. Voo Elena, tbs Bavarian envoy to the central power, wrote a cam. phlet some time ago to prove that Austria with all its provinces Sclavonian, Magyar, ad Italia— ought to be annexed to Germany. This diplomatil is now at Olmutz, where he has been joined (from Berlin) by Prince Charles of Bavaria. It is generally known here that Bavaria is attemping to Agents the minor courts of the south of Germany to exert themselves in favour of an Austrian prince, and against the King of Prussia. While these intrigues were in progress, we in Frank fort were in all the excitement of a ministerial mirk M. Schmerling, the repreeentalve of what hula therto been the policy of Austria, was at odds vriththo other ministers, who begin to discover that they haw been deceived. The Prussian party did their be to thrust him out of the cabinet, and introduce in hi stead M. von Gagern, tv ho is generally beloved, a& withstanding the impression which prevailed at hit return from Berne, that he was bent upon placing the King of Prussia at the head of Germany. And, to you see, they have succeeded. M. Schmerling wu to have asked the parliament's leave to negotiate with the Austrian government, in order to cone to an agreement as to the conditions on which it will either remain in the Germanic union or maintain M. mate relations with it. The party which monists ups the unity of Germany ought to be adverse to this p pond ; tor the ground upon which this party talee its stand ut, that the German state embraces t el all the territory of the former Germanic confe of which Austria formed a part. But the Prude party would gladly get rid of Austria in order dal Prussia may be the leading power in Germany ; Rai Gagern is in the main predisposed in favour d Schmerling's plan. In the division on the pus's* of the draft of the constitution which went to recegeo Austria, as connected with Germany, but not a put of it, they voted for that proposal. Gegern, thm. would have supported Schmerling's motion, bat tho Prussian party cannot. One must be a diplomatirt to escape losing the thread which is to guide one through this tortuous labyrinth of intrigue. Affa'reat Frank. fort are intentionally disturbed in order that desighthi men may fish in the troubled waters. With the exception of a few intriguers, who will have a Prussian Emperor at any price, members Iv frain from committing themselves, and no one am guess what is to be the upshot. Some begin to kig that the German princes may agree to get rid of the Frankfort Assembly, as the Aesemblies at Bedm and Vienna have been got rid of ; and, by granting the empire a constitution octroyle, after the Puma fashion. The Frankfort Post-Anita Zeitung hall actually threatened the parliament with such a eat d'ltat. But this seems to me a sufficient reason ht believing that nothing of the kind will be attetaptel. There was no threat uttered beforehand at Berlin, ant would there be at Frankfort if it were in. tended. It would be the height of folly Is dissolve such an assembly as ours. It is docile to!i degree that trenches on the ridiculous, and were it dissolved all Germany would say, " We must begin from the beginning again." Neither its own strength or energy, nor the public confidence, could save ths Frankfort parliamentuat now; but its feebleness end want not easily find t wil lofcharacterndso manageable save it The an iutrum eGetman prey could t is its stead. they ß will Best I w n in ot attempt pos i tive einpt to abort parliament- When absolutism has t a ken the tiedstep, it is not easy to say where it will /top. Itsprobable, probable, however, that an effort will be ma de to p s ' serve appearances with regard to the parliament; fort do n w ot i h th in o g ut ; t n h o e t i e ven ,ritanan that by treating it as the Berlin Assembly has belt treated, the second revolution would be aceelemM whereas quasi-concessions may retard it. ROHS, Dec./. " On the mixed deputation of peers and commons% with Prinoe Corsini at ita had, which left Rome kr an interview with the Pope, much expectation rests& as I said in my last These envoys of the Rarest people returnel yesterday, not having been permipeP by the Neapolitan government to cross the frontier; but they were allowed to communicate thence hi letter with the prisoner of Gaeta, and received a rePI/ signed by Cardinal Antonelli, referring them to the ' paper of the 27th Nov., by which a g overnmenbll oommission had been created for the interim &dun* tration of the Papal States. What became of that paper and of the members appointed you have learnt from me—the document fell still-born, and the junta itself scattered in every direction. To insist on sorb an arrangement as a sober reality was an incredible instance of hallucination on the part of the Comas; and when the deputation came back to announce the Pope's reply to their demand for an audience, the astalis' hed Romans shrugged their shoulders and cut up their eyes to Heaven. Indignation, however, gale way to pity, and a strong recollec i ion of aremed the many personal virtues and good deeds of Pwi IX. to au chi 24 tit W pail pent g a II l oon The i plc Ger;: Poe oa Pop p op , it M i - self 274 ha earl the put car lid pri an tail doi