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JONF.ft, Asnan* 1847, will bi Seerelary. ---- 'KEAr L-77--'7INGS CO Gli LOZENGES, a certain R e medy for all dbiordem of the pulmonary organs. In dia . a t hreathiwr in re dundancy of phlegm, ix incipient conMUMp. bog," (of which cough is the moat positive indicat ou), they are of ',erring etcacy. In Whin and in winter cough they have been e gelom known to fail. lin/times Cough Lozenges are free from every * *wimp. ingredient ; they may therefore be taken at all times by delicate female and by the imungeat child ; while the public Ra ker and .he pro'e•sional u• singer wilt find them invaluable in allay jag the h r,r,ene- and Irritation incidental to mail execution, and on equently a posited auxiliary in the production of melodious tininnation on of a Let er from COLONEL II KF.R the wo&-Anotres Author on Gana and Shooting). L ffl :Tetri. , h Roue, near Wbitrehurch, Ilantn, Oct. 21,1816. cionnt resist informing you of the extra codiairt ogre that that I here experienced by tektite only a of tour IffefltAlF.e!. 1 hall a ugh for neeeral weeks that defied awefee bid been nrracnbed 4m me co and vet I pot comp'etely rid of it by wane about half a !mall box of your f (neuters, which I find are me win ones that reltenc the cough without deranging the stomach miteiceorennn.--1 am, sir, your humble servant, To Mr. Keating. &c. lIAWKER. m e wed eel stkl in bonen, 1.. 14d., and tin., 2n. 9d.. 4s. Gf., and tos.e, etch, be Thome. Keating, chemint. &c., No. 78, nt. Peuicine l'n mmellyant (sa lon. and retail by all drupelets and patent med vendors at the kingeont. -------=----_ A NEW VOLUME. Non made. Vol. I 4 medium eve. 16e. cloth Metered. of the pICTIONARY of GREEK and ROMAN BIO GL'PHY IL GRA PHY and MYTNOLOGY. fly carious Writeta . Edited pr, WILLIIII Sarre . Illustrated by oWnerol3ll Enara togs on cod ratent4 of Vol. IL : Far , nus to Nev. %. Vol. L. It. Ira. cloth lettered. Vol. 111. (in course of publics- In) all complete the work. Lean: Valor ritsl Walton, 28, Upper Cower-street; and John Ilienty, AlbesearleAtreet. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. z No. 93.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINGiDE4I7, 1846. Pd. INS SO as ra ion s. d. 24 15 5 14 7 3 20 1 10 51 0 7 9 6 0 IS 10 0 744 244 224 474 202 541 THIS DAY. Four o'Clock. Paris papers, and letters of Tuesday, reached us this morning by express. The French press, of every section and shade of party, the ministerial organs alone excepted, is en grassed with the discussion of the difficulties which beset the Cabinet, and in enumerating, not without so me malicious hostility, the many prognostics of its fill which are matee-ted. However the p ar ties, scattered in the Chamber from the extreme right to , the extreme left, may differ among themselves on other questions. they exhibit a very cordial agreement on this, that the vessel of the Guizot Cabinet has been conducted. by the waladresse of its pilots, into the whist of shoals and breakers, in which it can scarely fail to perish, soon after the opening of the Chambers. To attempt to place before the reader of an English journal even a small fraetior of what is advanced on this subject by the various opposition journals, would be as incom patible with the limits of our space as uninteresting to our friends. The prominent topics, however, are, the inculpation of the cabinet for the rupture of the entente e.rdiole by the Spanish marriages; the abortive attempt to denounce Lord Palmerston as a factious agitator, and revolutionary to the other cabinets of Europe ; its hostility to all innova tions and reforms ; its subserviency to Prince Metternich. in discouraging the advance of Liberalism in Italy and Switzerland, a subser-H viency contemptuously returned by the marriage of the Count de Chambord, and the absorption of Cracow. Such arc a few of the many grounds of attack adonted by the opposition journals on Tues day. Zr Sislete, one of the most powerful organs of the opposition, assails M. Guizot on the grounds of his alleged had faith towards England in the negotia tions which preceded the Spanish marriages. We wish (says that Marvel) that the ministry, which has destroyed the crud relations between France and England, for a motive difficult to he avowed, and which haft thereby placed itself at the feet of the aleolute powers which have treated it with disdain dud outrage —we de-ire that it may put its rood faith evo-d question. It has wanted prudence and tonight and has shown itself maladroit and unsneemulfnl in its negotiations with England. Throughout the Cracow affair it has shown itself at once a boaster. and 31 coward : but let it at least he acquitted, in the fare of 'Furore, of falsehood :red trickery. This is th. neel,mtion of its former friends, the lint sh it is thus that they clettle 'Fes:selves from joining it in soy o cm' n internationtl action. if this charge be unfounded.— it Lord Palmerston himself can he convicted of having sacrificed, to absurd rancour and puerile considera tions of self-love. the alliance of the two nations, he will not escape the just reprobation of liberal Ettroee. But while we regret it, we must acknowledge that the antecedents of our ministry afford no pledge of such a result. Which of their partisans, however small be big sense of honour, would venture, upon their simple assurance, to contradict those who accuse them of , baring violated pond faith and loyalty in their negotintiona ? The idea of a European enngress to readjust the international relations of Europe seems to be a fa- 1 voarite project with the ministerial party in Paris who have been gratified by observing a similar sug gestion thrown out in some of the German journals. The Bey of Tunis left Paris on Tuesday morning, on his return to his own states. He was to stop for two days at Fontainebleau, where preparations had. been made for his reception and entertainment. As was anticipated in our correspondence ofvester- - day,the King of the Belgians, accompanied by his Queen, left Brnssels for Paris on Tuesday. where he was expected in the afternoon at the Tuileries; the royal family having the preceding day arrived there for the wither season. The King and Queen of the Belgians are to re main a week in Paris, after which, it is said, they will proceed to England on a visit to Queen Victoria, charged, as is understood, with a mission of peace and reconciliation. A Spanish courier passed through Paris on Mon day, bringing funds for the payment of the half year's Interest on the Spanish Three per Cents. A free-trode meeting was held in Nantes on the 11th, at which a society was constituted similar to those already formed in Havre, Bordeaux, and Mar seilles, the olic et of which was declared to be the defence of national labour, and a progressive reform of the customs' duties. The following are the transactions for money : Pim% Dec. 13. Thrre per (onri Al II ' • Five per Cents., 118 50 ; Four per Cents, 1 0 0 40; !Man' Fire ,MT Cents., 11140, 1001 ; Ditto, ditto, 1012. l lj :Naples Rents. 102 55; Roman loan. 100; Rank tharso, 3;97 10. 'Exchange on London, 20 days, 25 421, 23 40; Dino, 90 days, 23 30,25 271, Paws, DEC. 13.—Paris and Orleans, 1270; Paris slid Rouen, 91 0 ; Rnurn and itarre, 691 25; vtritsbure and P.nle, 220; Amiens and %loupe, 410; llonleaus; - 365; Nom,. CSS 7.0 • Paris nnd .trA•bnrrs 407 ; Taus* and Mantra, 4'15; S'”); Paris .. Lions, 515; Montereau and Troyes, 813; Dieppe and Feeatrip, 303 75. The Spanish mails of the Rth and 9th, due at Paris on Monday and Tuesday, did not arrive. owing, as was supposed, to the severity of the weather. The accounts from New York by the Acadia, ar rived yesterday at Liverpool. though but four days later than those received by the Great Western, fur nish some items of interesting news, for which refer ence must be had to another page. In commercial matters there is little change to notice. With respect to the cotton crop, there appears no reason to alter the estimates previously received. The trade in bread-stuffs was still active at slightly ad vanced prices, and the demand for tonnage continued as urgent as before. In New York alone there were 300,000 bushels of grain and I4 *A O bare Is of flour awaiting shipment to different European pdrts, but by fir the larger proportion was for consignment to this country. Political interest kerns to have been chiefly absorbed by the approach ingineeting of Congress to be held in a few days; and speculations were rife as to the views and recommen dations to be disclosed in the President's message. As respects this document nothing important had transpired, but the general opinion appears to h ave been, that Mr. Polk's tone would he eminently Warlike, and that the policy of the cabinet in this reaped would probably find support even from parties Itbo have been opposed to hostilities. The feeling entertained by some of this party now seems to be, that matters have gone so far that it is impossib le to recede, and that the war mnst be prosecuted, not for the sake of confine-!, but pith the s.le object of ° Mitering a peace. The most strenuous exertions were making to master and equip the nine new regi- manta recently ordered. These are to the army of General Scott, who mence operations with the siege of In the meantime Santa' Anna is not has collected a large army at San Luis a position to intercept General Taylor'' form a juncture with reinforcements from _ the evacuation of which place by the Mexican cannot be considered an indication of weakness, Much as it was consistent with the policy of Santa Anna, and the arrangements he had made fur the conduct of his defence. In fact the American army seems to have made no progress, so that the issue of the war must be considered pending ; the solution will perhaps be a battle at San Lids Potosi, unless some change should, in the meantime, drive Santa Anna from power. There were indications of disunion in the Mexican cabinet, bat, according to Vera Cruz papers, Santa Anna had been solicited to assume the Presidency, which he declined. These papers add that an insurrection against the Americans at Los Angeles California, in September, terminated in the death of Mexican leader and a few subordinates; that M. Gagged, French Consul at Monterey, was in custody of the American squadron, for 'Retesting against the seizure of California; and that the United States sloop, Cyane, had been repulsed at Guayamus, with twenty men wounded. • The New York Courier thus discusses the war with Mexico : " The public mind is intent upon the meeting of the two congresses, that of Mexico, and that of the United States, in the course of a few days—as upon the proceedings of these two bodies must depend, in a great degree, file solution of the question of peace or war. The congress of Mexico is to meet on Sunday, December 6, that ot the United States is to meet on Monday, the 7th. The nu stage of the acting Presides% of Mexico, in the disorganised condition of the mashy, can afford little light as to the real views either of the semlaheration or the legislature. That of the President Le tir t ime ihtited States must and will be more explanatory and t. When so short a time is to elapse before the tram ion of these messages, it seems almost idle to speculate upon their probable tenor; yet all seem to look for them with impatience, and hazard conjectures as to the tone sad opinions they wiliexhibit. As already stated, we anticipated little real insight either lath the conditions or the designs of Mexico from the message of its acting President. That of President Polk, it is be lieved, will hold the language of confident defiance towards Mexico, all the while accompanied with professions, which we believe sincere, of o desire and willingness to make peace, if to he made on terms compatible with the views of the United States in entering upon the war. In that, ' if,' ' however, consists the great difficulty, As a matter of fact the ear is more onerous to this' country than to Mexico, albeit our arms are victorious. Yet 1 the conquest's we make are barren of any resources for ns, and little impair those ot our enemy. We are obliged to make large expenditures for the main tenance of the army in the enemy's country —of which the supplies, although paid for in cold, are in sufficient for the troops. Having penetrated from the Rio Grande to Monterey, and established a line of poste between, the forces of General Taylor are at a pause. On the other hand, Santa Anna having trenched San Luis de Potosi, is there endeavouring to organise an army with which to make head against Taylor, if he should advance upon Saltine, and thence to San Luis de Potosi. This, however, does not seem to he his purpose, but rather to fortify himself in the good quarters and defensible position which Monterey affords, and bide his time and the course of events. Meantime, large reinforcements (seven or eight thousand men) have been called for by the President, and the com manding general of the ar.ny . General Winfield Scott is now in this city, on his way to the seat of war, to assume the es m nand-in-chief. " On the Pacifies silo 0 , the continent, the United States' flag flies everywhere in Upper California, as Gen. Kearney, who left Santa Fe early in October, at the ht ad of 400 cavalry, was informed, when two slays out on his march, by an express from Coramodore Stockton. The general imme diately.sent back 300 of his men, and proceeded with the remaining 100 towards the sea coast. " General Wool's column would fill down and unite with General Taylor at Monterey, and altogether their forces would amount to 10 or 12,000 men—more than sufficient to hold Monterey against any army that Santa Anna can muster to attack it. " Under all these circumstances, we repeat, the indica tions are anything but favourable to a speedy peace, which now can only be obtained from Mexico by more decisive conquests. " It is with a view to such, doubtless, that General Scott has been ordered to the field." The accounts from Canada are not important. A Quebec paper mentions a diabolical attempt to fire a powder magazine at St. Pierre, Newfoundland, with the intention of destroying every house in the place. From thirty to forty houses are said to have been blown up, and two lives destroyed. The guilty villain fell a victim to his infernal designs. Tees- I COMMERCIAL Sf MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Half -past Two.—The funds are quoted rather better this morning, with Consols at 931 to 11 for the opening, at which quotations they still remain. The dealings, how ever, are not of au active eh:meter. The weekly Board in the Bank parlour was held to. day as usual, but no notice has appear, ii of any resolution for al tering the minimum rate of interest. from which it may , perhaps, be concluded that, for the short term to come of the present year. at least, no change is contemplated. This abstinence from action msy tend, perhaps, to give a firmer tone to the stock market, if not to influence prices. Exchequer Bills are 10s. to 13s. premium. The unfavourable tenour of the advises from the seat of war in Mexico, received, yid thellnited States, by the Acadia steamer this morning, has had an unfavourable effect on Mexican stock, the sudden advance in the prices of which was noted in yesterday's Fzpress. The present quotations are 23i to 41 ; and should the dividend be paid, as reported, but of which an authenticated assurance is still wantieg, these prices will probably be supports d. Spanish Fives are 26i to ; the Threes, 374 to I. Portuguese rather better, at 37 to 8. We have not much business going on. Bank Stock, 2064 74 I per Ct. Red., 94 I per Cent.Consols, shut FOREIGI 5 per Ct. Austrian Bds., 91 44 per Ct. Belgian Bds., 95 24 per Cent. ditto, -- 5 per Ct. Brazilian Bds. 85 7 5 per Cent. New Braz.Bda, 81 6 6 per Ct. Buenos Ayres Bds., 42 5 6 per Ct. Chdian Eds., 95 7 9 per Cent Columb. def. Bd., Columbian Equador lid, 31 6 3 per Ct. Danish Bdu, 86 8 24 per Ct. Bute, lids. 694 4 per Ct. Dutch Certs., 921 ENGLISH FUNDS. Ditto for Acct., 933 3 3i per Cents., 053 3 Exchequer Bills, 100. 13s. FUNDS. 1 per Cent. Grenada Bda., 195 203 Grenada Deferred lids., 33 1 S per Ct. Mexican, 1848, 233 4 6 per Cent. Peruvian lids.. 36 Portuguene Cour. Ma., 37 8 S per Ct. Bosnian Ms., 110 12 5 per Ct. Spaninh &In, 20 4 3 3 per Cr. Spanish Bonds, 3, i 3 Spaninh Deferred fide., 17 5 Spanish Passive Ms., 53 1 I I 2 perCt.Veneruela lids., 39 41 Venezuela Deferred lids.., 115 124 RAILWAYS. The market is quiet. and prices with little variation since yesterday. The French mail is in, but the prices of French lines do not appear, so far as known, to have come with any improvement. SALES EFFECTED CP TO TWO THIS DAY IN LON DON. (Yesterday's prices will be found in last sage.) Bir. and Oxford Jo., 91 1 Man. & Leeds Extension, 111 p Bristol and Lai tee, New, 7 Midland, 127 Buckinghamshire, 1 d Do. New, 311 I Caledonian, 231 Newcastle and Berwick, 341 1 Do. Halves, 21 Newer, Warren., and Rost., Cornwall, 11 Noticilk Mayes, 12 E. Counties, 221 N. Counties Calm., 11 ' Do. New, 1 p North British, 371 Do. York Extension, 3) Do. liaises, IS IS) East Linedobire, 2) Do. Quarters, 4 3) Goole, Dom., & Sbrff.. &c., 21 Do. Eaten., It Great N. of England, 237 Do. Third., 3 4) Great Western, New, 6) North Stafford+ ire, 81 A nun and Selby, 107 Royston and Machin, 11 Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds, 101 Scottish Midland, 15 Ikeda and Bradford, 75) Shrewsbury & Bir., Class A, 51 41 LOD., Man., & New. In., 2) Do. Do., B, 21 Lon., Brig., and 8. Coast, 581 1 South Wales, 31 Do. Consolidated Eighths, 14 Vale of Neath, 11 Do. do. oared 5 per Cent., 1.01 West Riding Union 11 p London & W es tern, 185 41 York & Newcastle:3S Do. Quarter% New, 15141 Do. New, 12) 1M Fifths, 11 York & N. Midland, 95 Do. 10/. shares, M. & 80. C, 8 Do. Selby, 781 Lou. and Western, Tenths, 51 Do. Extension, 381 Do. Scrip, 51 Do. Pref., 121 Do. Do., 41 Do. E. and W. Riding Es., 17) Lonrho and York, 2) N. of France Con., 101 Lynn and Ely, 161 Orleans and Vierson, 131 31an. and Leeds Quarters, GI Orleans and Bordeaux, 81 Do. Fifth+, 10) Paris and Lyons Constituted, 21 Do. SLetcenths,; 7 l SIANCIIESTER Birk., Lamps., &Ches., 11 i p Birm. & Oxford Juno.. 7 1 11- 18 P Tie., VY'ulc., & Str. Val., 21 P Direct Northern. A d `East Lancashire, 3) p Do. New, Scrip, 1) p East Lincolns hi re, .p Glasgow and Dumfries, If p Gt. Grimsby & Shef. Jn., 81 d Had. and Man. R. and C., 52 Do. Thirds, 1)-It p Leeds and Thirsk, New, per Liv. Malt., and Newem., d Loss., Man., end Birm., Do. Quarters. (C), 61 BIRMINGHAM Amis., Not., and Boston. A d ihr.,Wol., &Dud1ey,51.115.34.51 p WoL,& 1., 48e. &1.188.9& North Staffordshire, 31 p Shrews. & Sir., A., Ws. 3d. 2 p HULL SAL N. British, 301 Do. Halves, 1.55. 16s. &I. Do. Eaten. Sc., 20 e. 205.9 d. p LEEDS SAL Fast Lancashire, New, 3 1 P Do. Do. Scrip, I/ p Leeds & Dewsbury . , 10) p Do. Halves, 6 5 15-16 p Leeds and Bradford. 131 P East LincoinAire. 1 50 . P. Leeds & Think, 21 d 1)0. Preference, ISs. p DIJBLLN BA LIKE. IN ERCIOUREL Gt. S. & W. Ex. from Templem. to Nen. & the Shan., LINES PAVED IN 1815 & 1816. BeltMt and Co. Down, 2e. 3d. ALES. Dec. 16. Lon. and S. Western, Scrip, 1 p Man. and Leeds Eaten., /. Man. and South., Ifs. 19s. 6d. d North Staffordshire, 3 7-16 p North Western. 1 p N. Counties Union, 11 d Oldham Alliance, i p Presto & Wyre Illre., (A), 2 1 p Do. n Sixths, Shrew.. & Birm„ (A), I/ 15-16 Slim. Union B. and C., 5-16 d S. E. and Dover, No. 4,4 p S. York. Doncaster, &c., 1 p Trent Val. Middle. &G. J., p West lading Union, 1 11-16 p SALES, Die. 16. Shrews.o4 Bir. 8., 1/ p shrew„Wol., & S. Staff se:.tl p Shrop.Utgon R. it C., 'cp., Reg,/ d S. Stafford. Reg. (lateJn.), d Do. do. (lateTnt.VaL), lU.9d.p SS, Dec. 16. Do. Thirds, 2f. 16s. 6d. 21. ICap Arab., Nott., Bastes. &e., d Northern Counties Union, 33.. ES, Dee. 16. New Thirsk, par Huriderelield and Sheffield, 4/ : p Midland. Prerrenoe. 41 p North Weste rn , 12 s. Os P Carlisle Eaten., 208.6 d. 195.6 d. p North Staffordshire, 3/ p E. and W. Yorkshire, 15s. d Leeds, Wakefield, & 10a. d Dec. IS. Bel., & Col. In., 34.0d.3e.f.d. Dun., & ants, & Nil. Jo.. _ 245. I , w a t.,wex., wex.. Pen EDLNIMEIII a Aberdeen, 24 Direct Northern, 40e. &L 41a. Dundee and Perth, New, 101 Fart Lothian Central, 43e. &lc 6d. Eaat of Erle, 424. Os. Edln. and Gloagow, 751 t din. & N., 15t Do. New, 95a. 96e. Do. Newport, td. 6.. 61 Do. Do. New, 60e. DM. 13. OW., Dumfries, and Qui., Si. As. 011 a, KU., & Ardros., 49‘.49a. &L North Itritish, Thirds, 8 87s. Do. Quarters, 20s. 765. Do. New gra, ails. 6d. 31& Hoottish Dreamt. 211 1 &Wing & Dunferm., 628. Us. id. Strathearn Junction, 00s. 82s. ed. Feet Indians, 12s. GLASGOW SALES, Der. 13. Aberdeen, 231 OW., Kilm., & Ayr, 381 Ayr and Galsiway, 2 7.. Do , Balmy Si. Ile. Od. 81.12.. Caledonian, N. 454. (it Ginn., EiL. & Ardroa., 48e. 44e. Ild CAledoni.d. & Dumb., 36a. Glos., Aird., & Monk ht., 43a. Direct Bombay & Madras , , 3e. ild. Kikna. & Ayr Direct, 35a. 371. Dundee and Arhroash, 45 Man. it South., 29.. I.d. 29e. 3d. E. Ga nn ett. .. York Ex., 72.. 6d. North Bridal), Thirds., 80e. EMI of Fife, 44e. Do. New Quart ra, Scrip, 32.. Edin. k Glue. 15.1 w, 20 Scottish Grand Junction , 15 a. Mao., Dum ., &Car., 61. 6,5.61. 71. I btratheasuJunction, 77a. 78e. ADVERTISENDINTS for the " DAILY NEWSY" are received et Xt. DEACON'S General Advertising Ofilee, alteook, at preelesty the Mme charges sr at the cam or the PaPer• EITHIOPIAN SEEENADERS.—ST. JAMES'S 11 THEATRE.—Aimus. P i t l y in arringtim. White. Stnwood , sad German, the celebrated Seremelers, will repeat their inimitable entertainment TIIIS VE.NING and on SA ITR.DAY NEXT. The Progn‘game will Meiotic several novelties. The per fOnnAMe commences at halt-past Eight precleMy. The Reriu and idelodks, as sung by the above party, are osmr publiAted et klitebell's Old illood.street. home and etas we, lot secured at llitthell's Royal balmy. SS, Old Bond-street ; and at the Bel Oflice or the Theatre. -- - T HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM. Under the Management of MRS. KEELEY. On Monday, December 21, will be ted, a Drama founded on the New Christmas Annual of RLKS DICKENS, Erg., and IdaPted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author. from LIVE.Pr Sheet') by Albert Smith, Eaq., called THE BATTLE OF Primed* characters by Mr. P. Matthews, Mr. Leigh Murray Nbtret appearance here), Mr. V. Vining, Mr. Turner, Mr. Meadows , Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Wirollidge, Mies Drily, Miss May (her first appear ance here,) Miss Grove, Miss Poster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the laughable Puree of MRS. WRITE. Characters by Mr. Turner, Mr. °sherry his first appearance in this company), Mr. IL Butler ; Miss Arden, Miss Vilkm, and Mrs. Wigan. To onne l ude with the sumeeefial Comedy of, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. 7 z /:',l . ~ 2 ( 1. z 1 'Tr • be attaehed to P7-4 ""---- ) 1 ....._ ._ _ ___ _ , , . . ° A i l/era & m a i !: II / ili I ---- . / not idle. Ile i_ Ir Luis Potosi, i,u 1; - - lor's march to I . . from ibmpico, A - ,111 AiA .... -.., Mexican troops % , „......, weakness, etas- I fte erpreoo. MAILS. Tb, overland mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian blends, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China, ria Soutnampton, will be made up on the evening of the 19th December. The ovvrlaM closed mails, via Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong Kong, ay., will be made up on the evening of the 24th December. 'The malls for Vigo. Oporto. Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, , will be made up on the morning of the 28th DecembSr. The mails for New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zea'and will be made rap on the evening of the Slat December. 'the West India math, including dine for :demioo, Honduras, awl the llavannah. will he made up on the morning of the 2nd January. The mails Pot British North America, Bermuda, and the UMtett States, will be made up on the eveniag of the 4th January. The mails for the Smells, the River Plate, Monte Video, Pernam bum, Bahia, Madeira, and Buenos Ayres, will be dispatched on the evening of the eth January. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot notice, in any way, any communication that is sent to no anonemously ; but those whochosse to address us In contldenco will find tlwir confidence respected. NEITHERCAN WE UNDERTAKE T,) RETURN ANY SLANUSCRIPT 4 WHATEVER. •.• Advertisement,. intended for The Repress, London arming tamer, must be at the Office by Two o'clock on the day of publication. MGR WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE. This DAT. —Morning, 37 min. post 0; Afternoon, 0 min. past I. To-Monaow—Morning, 22 min. port I; Afternoon, 43 min. past I. LONDON, THURSDAY, DEC. 17. THE free-traders of France have begun where those of England coneladed; the agitation of the League was a process of self-inettuction its leaders were learners while they were teachers, and no better proof can be given of the narrowness of their ori ginal views than the title of their first official organ is Manchester, the rlnti•Bread-tax Circular. Hence the English struggle for the greater part of its early was practical rather than intellectual, deriving stages aid from literary . skill, and not perfectly sus tained by economic science. It was not until the metropolis became the centre of the agitation, that Manchester prejudices were thrown aside ; so soon as the provincial Anti-Corn-law Associat'on became a National League, the views of its leaders were enlarged with the sphere of their operations, and as its orators "thought aloud" in their speeches, the same processes et thought which enabled them to correct and purify, while they . developed, their principles, were equally influential in raising their followers to the same level. In France the science has taken precedence of the practice : nearly all the leaders of the free-trade movement are men honourably distinguished in the world of letters and science. HORACE SAY is the most eminent living disciple of ADAM SMITH ; BIANCHI is the best - historian of political economy; FREDERIC BASTIAT one of the most acute logicians that have appeared in modern times; and LEON FArenea is almost the only Frenchman whose views on the social, physical, and economic condition of England are worth the trouble of perusal. The French League, therefore, already commands the audience which the English League had to win ; and the duty of a French CiIIIDEN is that of an interpreter rather than a discoverer; he starts with a definite creed and fixed articles of faith. The difficulties with which the French emancipa tors of industry have to contend differ equally in kind and in magnitude from thorn against which the Eng lish League had to contend. So far as the agricul turists of France can be brought to think upon the subject, they see that free trade will be a direct ad vantage to them. But the agricultural interest in France has no unity or organization, and it does not possess a preponderating influence in the electoral body. On the contrary, the manufacturers interested in the maintenance of their several monopolies, are I well organized, firmly banded together, commanding great political influence both over the legislature and the public press. One of the difficulties of the English leaguers was the apathy of their adversaries ; so incredible did the successof their agitation appearto the recognised leaders of what is called the English agricultural interest, that they could hardly be induced to offer any resistance. Long before the Dukes of RICHMOND and BUCK INGHAM had organised their rival associa tion in New Bond-street, the fight was vir tually won. A great part of COBDEN'S suc cess with the farmers was owing to his being the first to treat them as rational beings ; their land. lords commanded them to believe, he invited them to reason. This new form of exercising their intelli gence had the double charm of novelty and excite ment ; and even those farmers who withheld assent from COBDEN'S matter, were half won over by his manner. There is no apathy among the monopolists of France ; they are as active and vigilant as can well be imagined , They have pre-occupied all the posi tions which the English League found all but unde fended. The Due d'HARCOCRT well compares them to proprietors of hothouses associated to prevent the importation of foreign fruit. Their central com mittee has been in existence since 1842, and the government has been accustomed to regulate its tariffs at their dictations. They preponderate in the councils of the North and of the Lower Seine, the most wealthy and populous districts of France; they have their discipliued corps of orators, of lecturers, and of writers; they will dispute every inch of ground, and they will forego no prospect of advantage. It is gratitying to observe that the free-tract... France do not underrate the difficulties which they have to encounter. They have taken the field, well aware that the contest will be arduous and pro longed. Their official' journal, Le Libre Echange, edited be FREDERIC BASTIAT, and contributed to by the most eminent economists, is conducted with a calm reliance on principle, and not with the fevered enthusiasm that leads to attempting success by a con ) ) de main. A single instance may serve to illustrate the nature of the benefits which they seek to confer on their country, and the obstacles which their patriotic course is impeded. No monopoly in France is more onerous or more nationally injurious than that of iron. A travelkr finds its blighting effects everywhere; in the in feriority of the agricultural implements used by the husbandman; in the clumsy tools of the carpenter; in the limited use of iron for purposes of construction, and in the slow progress of railways. The iron masters of France could never have compelled their countrymen to submit to the multitudinous dispdvan tages and inconveniences arising from these causes it they stood alone in their monopoly ; but the ironstone of France not being. as it, England, interstratified with coal, the manufacturers are obliged to use large quantities of charcoal in their furnaces, and thus they have secured the sympathy and support of the pro- 1 prietors of forests. Now, as the House of Orleans dawns the greater proportion of the forests of France, it is easy to see that "the great charcoal interest" is a very potent ally to the monopolising iron interest. The iroumasters of France not being able to pro duce sufficient to meet the national wants, and thus commanding a market in which demand exceeds supply, it would seem to follow, that they must all 'be assured of large profit' and certain fortunes. No such thing: monopoly, like a bear, endangers those whom it hums. Monopoly, indeed, ensures high prices, but these are far from being identical with high pr fits. The cost of production has more than kept pace with the advance of price; many fur noses at the present moment a re working at such „„thu.s• „deal. W 4 f ii.nroo• • be Mkj, PRODUCE. MINCING-LANE, H - altf- - pas tlic7o.—The Sugar mar ket is steady, and opinion seems to be strengthened as to presetit races being Sustained. A limited amount of business only has been done; but it should be ob.erved that the quantity on show in the West India market is small. A small public sale of Bihia and Manilla went off without any material alteration •, the brown qualities were bought its. Relined : this description continues to be freely bought by the grocers and standard quality is now held for 645. The public sale of 600 bags plantation Ceylon sest - ol j steadily, prices chi, fly ranged from 475. to 66e. Rice.-1,400 hag, low middling white Bengal sold freely 17s. 64.; 800 bags Madras also sold at lie. 6d., which prices rather exceeded those paid in the recent advance by private contract. . _ . Cotton folly maintains the prices of yesterday, hut there is rather has burin( to done. In other articles no alteration, as customary, so near the end of the year. Importers do not bring forward large sales. TALLOW. We have to report a further rise in the price of Tallow. There are now buyers et Petersburg Y. C. on the spot sos. 3d. All the year dell‘ering January to March delivery CORN,__ BASINGSTOK DEc. 16.—Wheat here to-day was was very dry, and much of the best quality. The advance for prime sampl, a writ from 2s. to 3s. per qr., or at least 10s. per load. Dry red Wheats were also 29. per qr. dearer, in other quality Is. do.; best white Wheats made 171. per load; red do., 161. to 161 10s. per load. Flour, beat, 50a. to 525. seconds, 465. to 4`e. per bag. Barley, fine malting, reached 48,.. to 50r. prr qr. ; fine grinding do., 40e. to 445. ; disco loured and light. r lots, at from 30s. to 355. per qr. Barley Meal, 225. per bag. Malt, fr. in Bs. to 9.. per bushel. Beans, the best new tick, were 50s. per qr., at an advance of 2a. per qr. Peas, white, were also Is. per qr. dearer; grey do. was also brisker. Oats, five potato and Poland samples made from 30s. to 325. per qr. ; weid black and other samples might be had for from 264. to 289. ; light but sweet samples, at from 245. to 2-ss. per qr. Indian Corn out of the market. Tares not much in request. -—-- - - • HAYWARD's HEATH, DEC. 16.-Considerable busi ness was transacted both in bulk and sample, with our usual good attendance, at the following quotations: Wheat, per load, white, 151. to 171.; brown, 14/. 10.. to 151. 10s. Oats, per qr.. new, 245. to 286. ; old, 30s. to 325. • Peas, 445. to 48s. ; ans, 425. to 48s. ; Barley, grinding, to 42e. LEWEs, DEC. 15.-Wheat, white, 60s. 6d. to 665.; red, 58s. to 60s. ; Barley, 36e. to 455. ; Oats, 265. ; Beans, 425. ; Pew, 434. to 445. 1/01sLiN, Dec. 15-We have again a hard frost, and our canals are closed by thick ice. Our supplies have, however, this day been as liberal as for several past markets. On the opening of business. an advance of Is. to Is. 6d. per barrel was submitted to nn Wheat, but towards the close it was not maintained, prices settling at tittle over the rates of Friday. Barley was Is. and Oats ad. per barrel higher; and Flour and Oatmeal a ready sale at previous terms. The following was the general currency to the farmers: Wheat, per 2801b5., red, 375. to 425. ; white, 40s. to 445. Oats, per 196145., 19s. to 21s. 64. Barley, per 2241b5., 235. to 28s. Oatmeal, per cwt., Vs. to 245. Flour, per cwt., seconds, 21s. to 235. BELFAST, DEC. 14.-We continue to have bard frost with a light fall of snow; this keeps back supplies, and has caused an advance of 24. on Wheat, and enables farmers and dealers to sell Oats and Oatmeal freely at the advance. White Wheat, 13s. 6d. to 14a. Bd. ; red, 13s. to 14s. 6d. Oats, 9s. 64. to 101. 9d. Oatmeal, 18a. 6d. to 20s. per cwt. Bakers' Flour has advanced le. per cwt. to-day. Indian Corn Meal sells freel. at 16/. 10s. to 161. 15s. per ton, being an advance of ss. per ton. AYR, DEC. 15.-Old Wheat at market sold at 335. to 345. per boll ; new, 28s. to 31s. ild. ; average, 30s. OM. Oats, new, 245. 64. to 265. 64.: average, 24e. 84d. Oatmeal, , new, 255. 6d. to 265.; average, 255. 9d. HOPS. BOROUGH MARKET, Two daa . k.—Messrs. Patten den and Smith, Hop Factors. report that there continues a good demand for all Hops, with colour and quality, which seldom have been so scarce at this time of year as at present, yearling and old olds ore more in request. Tee Ameican Hops Imported some time past, and which caused a little alarm tqthe holder of Hops here, were yesterday put up for public Ole in Mincing-lane, but as no person felt disposed to pur chase them for home consumption, they were, as usual, bought in by the owners ; many of them were quite useless for brewing purport , . Prices remain the same as for some time past, but with a tendency to advance. Mid and Kest Keats, from rae eWt.fsOs. to .C 6 10s. Weald of Kent. „ 4 0 to 5 0 Ruses, from Yarnhums • Yearling Kerb„ 3 to 4 4 Yearling sumeg...' se $ 0 to 4 0 Old Mops „ 2 0 to 4 BASINGSTOKE, DEC., 16.—The trade is a trifle better than hithett , , best Farnham, reaching from 61. 104. to 71. per cwt. ' • best Alton. and Crondalls, from 5/. 10s. to 6/. ; by the small quantities, at from Is. 3d. to Is. 3d. per lb. HAY. ' - • SMITHFIELD, TWO o'clock.—Mesers. Cooper and Davi., Hay ano Straw Salesmen, repor the trade be , ter. Prime Meadow 6llt to 7 I fle Clover Mt Inferior dit frOs to G SA Straw '6. to 32e to 4 Rowen SKINS. BASINGSTOKE, DEC. 18.—Sheep Skins, the best Downs making 3s. 9d. to 4s. per skin ; inferior, :Is. 61. ; Half bred, at from 4s. to 4s. 641. each ; 0: Hides, of the weight of 801 M. to 1001 M. from 30. to 4d. per lb. ; from 601bs. to 70ibe, at from 3d. to 31d.; Cows and light Hides, 21d. to 3d.; Calf Skins, 4d. to &I Horse Hides, 10s. to 12s. each. CATTLE, &c. BAst NG STOK E, DEC. 16.-'f he market was tolerably supplied with fat Beasts and Sheep for the Christmas con sumption. The best Oxen were purchased at Ils. to 12s. per score Ihs. ; Cows and inferi es fat ditto, sold at 103. to 105. 6d. Fat Sheep made the priers of from da. to ss. 4d. per 8 lbs ; lean stock were dull of sa'e. Fat Hogs at from 9s. to 10s. per score lbs. ; Porkers, 10s. to Ils. Lean Hugs are looking up ; stores being sold at an advance of 4s. to 55. per head higher. Sows and small Pigs also from 2s. to 33. better. EAST GRINSTEAD.-At this fair the supply of stock, consisting principally of Welch and Devonshire beasts, was considerable, the chief portion of which found purchasers at fair prices. As on former occasions, we were visited by troops of evil characters of both sexes, whose object was to " pick up" the half drunken and unwary ; and in some cases, we are sorry to learn, they were too successful. It is much to be regretted that these seasons of business transactions cannot occur without the introduction of such a magi of filth and vice, the injurious effects of which, especially to the young, are evident long after the ocavion has passed away. ATE, DEC. 15.-There were 40 head of cattle in the market. Milk Cows sold from 8/. to 13/. Beef sold front Bs. 6d. to 10s. per tron stone. There were 14 score of Sheep in market. Blackfeced Ewes, 12s. to 17s. GLASGOW, DEC. 14.-There was again a large supply of cattle at market to-day, including a considerable proportion of Irish Beasts, but few animals of 6r,t-rate quality were offering. Prices were a shade higher than at last week's market, namely -Beat Beef, per stone of 220 bl , sinking the o ff al, 103 . 41 . ; sec ond q ualit y , 9s. Bd. ; Cow and ordinary, Bs. 9d. The supply of Sheep was also pretty large : best black-faced Wethers, 295. to 30s. ; Ewes, 12s. to 225. No Cheviots in the market. SKIPPING. M A ILS ARRIVED: 3, Dublin; 1 , Donag hadee ; 3, Water ford ; 1, Flanders ; 1, Bo.toe, LONDON, Dec. 17.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W., moderate breeze and fine. DEAL, Dec. 16.—W.N.W. to N.N.W.—Sailed . Britain, Mauritius; Victoria, New York• Emma, St. Helena. WEYMOUTH, Deo. 15.—Arrived Recovery, Miramichi. MARYPOET, Dec. 14.—The Belvoir Castle has been got off without damage. BRD,TOL, Dec. 16.—N.N.E , fresh.—Sailed Miranda, Cape de Verdes. Off: Acadia, Queli.e. I.s,—The Mayfloer, schooner, of Liverpool , was passed, abandoned, with los. of ' rudder, batches, &c., on Ist inst.; by the Highland Lad, ar rived at Bordeaux. OFF SWAVAGE, Dec. 15.—Helen, New York, for Antwerp. CLYDE, Dec. 14.—N.E.—Arrived : Sarah Botsford,Deme rare ; Toni and Jessie, Porto Rico. Coax, Dee. 14.—N.W.— Sailed Ireland, Havannah. Off: Fenella, Africa, for Liverpool, with loss of sails, and short of provisicaux MARIVITH, Dee. 16.—About five quarters of linseed, taken out of a brig on shore on the Gunticet Sand, 13th, have been landed here, by the Benevolan, of Colchester. ••• For Yesteriay's Markets us the Jed rags' / a disedvastaga that in spite of an increased desnand. tbe,preprietors dare not venture to enlarge then, and there is little doubt that thaw who have andeitalum to supply mile, &c., to the great Northern Railway, will be unable to fulfil their contract, unless the restrictions on importation be relaxed, and when these are relaxed, it is morally certain that many of 'the least prodactive furnaces must go out of blast. 'Under monopoly men have speculated wildly, and they require monopoly to be retained, that others should be compelled bo pay the cost. In the French struggle the interest of class on one aide and the interest of the nation on the other is more 'direct and obvious than it was in England. Beyond the channel there can be no mistake about the proportion between producers and consumers, a matter which so grievously perplexed our Heralds and our Poets. There is, therefore a novelty in the ' free-trade agitation of France, which renders it interesting, and even exciting, to thew whose atte)ition was jaded l the interminable debates of last session, and we shall, therefbre, watch its phases, and record its progress. PUBLIC attention has recently been very much attracted to the Military Academy at Woolwich. It is, as our residers know, an institution, on which very much depends the efficiency or inefficiency of those important arms of service, the engineers and artillery; for it is from it that their officers are drawn. Some persons not incompetent to form an opinion on such a subject have, indeed, doubted the wisdom of allowing the British army to be dependent upon any pablic institution for engineer and artillery' officers, and have advocated the substitution of a sys tem of examination as to the competency of the can didates for commissions, leaving the youths, who are selected by the Ordnance dezirtment to obtain their edasekliion where and haw their parents choose. But the current of professional opinion runs strongly in favour of government schools; and this latter opinion is certainly supported by the past efficiency of the officers educated at Woolwich, as well as by the con current practice of other countries. Be this however as it may, there can be no doubt as to the great impor tance of the Military Academy so long as it has its existing monopoly. At present a cadetship at this academy is an object difficult of attainment, both as to patronage and quali fication. The number of applicants far exceeds the demands of the service. A previous course of study is indispensable to the admission of the boys, whose friends are fortunate enough to be successful in their applications to the Master-General of the Ordnance; and of the number who do, when so favoured by opportunities, gain admittance, not a few fail to qualify themselves in the academy to pass through that severe examination preliminary to entrance into the service. Parents are thus, in an y . case, put to very considerable expense in the previous education of their children, and this expense may be altogether thrown away by the incompetency or the misconduct of their children. It is no secret that the late Master- General of the Ordnance perpetrated most cruel injustice on many parents and families, by placing ou the lists of candidates youths who, from the numbers having precedence thereon, had no chance of being admitted to the academy within the prescribed age. I Unconscious of this inability, fathers were, at great cost, misdirecting the education of their sons ; and on the accession of the Marquis of Astetesee to the Ordnance-office, it became at once an act of duty and of kindness on his part to strike off the list, which his predecessor left him, the names of boys thus situated. And this very proper reduction has produced any thing but friendly feelings towards the academy in many quarters. We are, however, far from attributing the atten tion that has been fixed on the academy to this cause ; it is, on the contrary, owing to the state into which the institution has fallen, as indicated by a series of expulsions that have been resorted to for the preservation of the discipline and the efficiency of the service ; expulsions, which recently became too numerous not to draw notice beyond the circle imme diately interested in the academy. Without relying on the statements of disappointed parents or on the letters of unknown correspondents, which a newspa per has only to encourage to be flo oded with, we have made inquiries into the subject where really authentic , information could be obtained, and we find that, , whilst, so far as regards professional education, the academy stands higher than ever it did, there has been a very serious declension in the morals and habits of its pupils. The system of fagging is, we learn, carried to a most unjustifiable and even tyran nical excess ; the liberty which it is usual to grant the elder youths beyond the academy has been abused and' disgraced by intoxication and its attendant vices ; and disease of a loathsome character has been introduced into the hospital. These are lamentable facts ; but for them neither the professional nor educations:l authorities at the academy are pri marily answerable, so far as we can learn. The explanation which we have received states, that in order to place some check on the in creasing number of applications for cadetships, the standard of preliminary qualification for admis sion into the academy has of late years been very much raised ; that to enable boys to pass these initia tory examinations, they are obliged to be sent to what arc called " preparatory . schools," of which there are several around liroolsvich ; that the sole object of the masters of these schools is, to fit their pupils for such examinations in the shortest possible time; that at these schools there is no attention to dis cipline, morals, or conduct paid ; and that, in point of fact, it is from them that the evils which have grown so rank at the academy have been imported. Of the accuracy of this statement we have no doubt • and its fidelity tends very much to relieve the auth orities of the academy of the imputations which a reckless and ill-informed contemporary has levelled against them ; for in the number of expulsions tkat have recently taken place, there is irresistible evidence that most vigorous efforts are being made by them to purge the academy from the vices contracted at the " preparatory schools." Of the strict and rigid impartiality of the authori ties at the academy, not even malice can raise a doubt ; and we may mention that it has recently been exercised, at the expense of a nephew of Sir Bestirs PEEL, and of* near relative of Lord HARDINGE. Of the sufficiency of the education given there, the high professional reputation of the distinguished corps of engineers and artillery is the best proof. Still vices, such as those we have mentioned, must be checked in an institution of this sort. It is there fore with pleasure that we hear a commission has been appointed to inquire into the state of the Mili tary. Academy at Woolwich. And, that such com mission will adequately fulfil the object which Lord ANGLESEY had in appointing it, we have a guarantee in the fact, that amongst its members is the Lieutenant , Governor of the Academy—an officer whose abilitiee, honour, and integrity, are beyond all assault. of - - in the Mr. ROWLAND HILL'S appointment Post-office is a great triumph of right and common sense, and the ministry deserve all praise for doing, ',zero molu, so just and wise a thing. The Postmaster-General, Lord CLANRICARDE in accept ing Mr. HILL'S services as his Secretary, has shown a prudent sagacity. We are disposed to hope that Col. MABERLY'S congratulations to Mr. Row- LAND HILL, on his taking office, were signs of re pentance, better late than never. Thus, with a willing administration, a chief who will hear reason, a smiling colleague, and a strong public at his back, Mr. HILL has the ball at his foot. It will be his own fault if he do not win the game. He is sent to St. Martin's-le-Grand expressly to do so, and win he must, or resign, and tell all of us the causes which obstruct him. Let us hope that there will be none. Of Mr. ROWLAND HILL'S abilities as an inventor, it is needless to speak, but we may notice his success as an administrator, in another field, of which the public have recently had ample evidence. Under his chairmanship of the Brighton Railway, that line became one of the cheapest and most accommodating of metropolitan railways, whilst, at the same time, the value of the property was increased more than fifty per cent. Public and private benefit were made to reciprocate on each other, just as ought to be the case with the public accommodation and the Post office revenue. And we believe that especially in the case of the transmission of mails by the Brighton rail road the arrangement was unusually satisfactory and beneficial to the public. Assuming that Mr. HILL enters the Post office armed with ample powers to effect what he has again and again pledged himself to, as being essential to carrying out his plan of Post-office Reform, it will be well to remind our readers of the good things in store for their correspondence. We will, however, on this occasion, confine our remarks chiefly to the probable forthcoming improvements, which apply to London correspondence. Mr. Hui, will now only have to perfect the con- . j'‘...7. solidatioa of the genera 011btet - r . t % carriers, so bog TeCOMMentled by him. or; d official (*petition, this measure , was adopted by the Post-office before Mr. limes * appointment, and the absurdity of having two letter-earners knocking At the same door, at the same mirtute—the one with general and t he other with district letters—already numbers among the things of the past. This measure has also accelerated the delivery et general post letters, particularly in the suburbs ; but • groat reform has still to be accomplished in the general delivery of metropolitan letters. The collections of let ters has still tobe made more frequent, and the deliveries more rapid. This is only to be done by dividing the overgrown metropolis into districts,and establishing • working post-office m each. The principle is alry in operation in the suburbs. At present a letter posted in Piccadilly to be delivered in Half-moon street, is made to travel two miles and a half to St. Martin's-le-Grand and back again the same distant*. though its destinatioa was within a furlong of the post-office which received it! The result is that at beast two hours and a half must.elapse between the posting and delivery. We speak by the card. The experiment of eending a letter this morning, posted at 10, at the south-end of St. James's-street, showed that it reached the Opera Arcade at a quarter to 1, is two hours and three-quarters. Beyond the threes mile circle, this time is extended to three hours and three-quarters at the very least. Establish district offices, where letters should be sorted and despite-had, and there would be no practical difficulties against accomplishing the delivery of the majority of metro. politan letters within an hour of their being posted; for it is a singular fact, that take any given receiving post-office, say at Cornhill or Charing-cross, and it will be found that the proportions of the letters posted there bear a precise ratio to the distance of their a•i tination : the greater number will have to be delivered nearest the post-office, say within a mile ; the fewest the farthest off, say beyond ten miles. In the first instance we will 130 content with a delivery every hour from eight to eight. When this is done and found, as it will be, to be most profitable, for every increased facility has hitherto amply remune rated its outlay, we may ask for such a diminution of time in the delivery of letters as shall entirely supersede the necessity to employ private messengers foe the sake of economy of time. Such a change al this obviously involves mccl dt t ill, and it would be impatient to expect it to be eal!s.sl in less than throe months. But there is another proposition of Mr. HILL'S respecting the district letters, not only of London, but of all post towns, which wants nothing but a Treasury minute to determine it at once. Lord CLANRICARDE and the Chincellor of the Exchequer, could settle it in a morn ing. This is to increase the scale ff weight of local letters, allowing at least two ounces to a penny ; and to abolish the limit of weight not only on district but all letters whatever. In the item of weiglit, as respects district ktters, the penny post actually curtailed the facilities. Before its establish ment, twopence carried a packet of less weight than a quarter of a pound. The penny post has advanced the price to eightpenee—a result totally antagonistic to its principle of increasing accommodation. Now then especially is the opportunity to make this change, when parcel mails and parcel posts are attempting to compete for the business, which they will get, unless the ost-office is sharp enough to out bid them with offers of superior accommodation. It would certainly be a source of great profit to the Poet-office, and is the more to be desired, because not only London, but the whole of the kingdom,would par ticipate in the advantage. It would be ominous to all the country, that Itowtssin 1111.0 s due influence was beginning to bear fruit. The same Treasury minute should likewiseabolish the restriction of weight which at present attaches to parcels under sixteen ounces weight. and give the public the option of sending par cels of any weight they please at the rate of twopence an ounce. We can see no sense or justice in giving lawyers only the privilege of overstepping the boun dary. At present legal deeds, provided tho parch ment ends reveal their nature, are permitted to go by the post without limit of weight. The Post-office, no doubt, dislike pare( Is. It is not, acording to these authorities, " the legitimate correspondence of the country." We would make it so. Official opposition, if it. still exist, is very idle. It is inimical, too, to the interest of the Post-oifice revenue, because every one must see that it must cost much less to receive, sort, send and deliver one packet for fifty pence than fifty separate reeeivings, sortings, sendings, and deliveries of SS many individual letters. We doubt not the officialn will contend that St. Mar tin's-le-Grand would not be big enough for the forte don of these odious awkward parcels. Perhaps not, when the public has become quite alive to the advan tages of the privilege, though there cau be no reason able dread that the Peet-office will be often burthened to carry a hundredweight, at the charge of nearly lot., as the penny rate of a penny the half ounce would in fact impose. But, in the mean time, whilst this profitable traffic was increasing, arrangements would doubtless be making to establish district offices, especially at or in the immediate neighbour hood of the great railway termini, and thus the pressure on the inland office at St. Martin's-lc-Grand would be relieved as soon as it was felt. object FRANCE.—ANOTITER MURDER DISCOVERED DT CIRCUMSTANTIAL ETI DE N Cla —Some months ago, a shephoel tending • dock in a wood near the village of Corneilles (Seine-et-Oise), UM a piece of blue printed cotton on the ground, and taking hold of it, met with a resistance which induced him to rake up the earth, on doing which he found part of the body of. a female, which had been buried. The aut orities were apprised hy him of what he had discovered, and the body, which was in an advanced state of decomposi tion' was taken up,and examined by some medical men, who declared that it was the remains of a female of about 17 or 18 years of age. As a girl of that age, named Hoyer, was missing, and it was known that she had been last seen with a young man, named Hronart, he was arrested on a charge of murder, and thrown into prison, where he remained far some time, until, fortunately fur him and the cause of justice, the girl, who was not deed but ha I removed to another part of the country, came forward, and he was set a liberty. As • mistake had taken place in the identity !if the body, the po lice began to inquire whether any other female was miming, farm, companyne between f 2 .0 01 t hh au.: man,e .300 satu f ee r franc, L b e h. a d o. and ascertained that a woman named Catherine, who had been living as a servant at a farm in the neighbourhood. ii w u j ry l i e t an ted re t s h a h t e e r th h i d r sam vi sa ce e ved in had lured her away under pretext of having procured her a better place, and had himself quitted his service, and that part of the country. This woman had not since been heard of. Several persons who had known her swore to the dress , in which she was found, and near the spot bad been found other articles of dress, the contents of the bundle which she carried when she left the farm. The only circumstance which would warrant any doubt as to her identity was the evidence of the medical men, who had examined the body. auto. cinnerme wan. This, however, they explained, by stating that the boils of i to im b it t i coneigrerralmost an idiot, would ,to• extent as present the sante physical character as that of a female of half that age possessed of teutid intellect. On the other hand, the charges against Quenneville, who was arrested al most as soon as the body bad been identified, were very strong. It was proved on the examination before the exa mining magistrates, that he had told his fellow-servants that he would one day get hold of the savings of Catherine by pretending to find a place for her, and, on her accompany ing him, getting her money and quitting her. They le ft the farm together, Quenneville carryiug one of her bundles. He was traced from piaci. to place, spending much more sport where he could account for ; his knite was found near he spot where the body was buried. It was proved that he had dropped, near that spot, and quite out of the road which he pretend ed to have taken, a certificate of service which he had re turned to claim, The death of the female was caused by he view of s t ra ngulation. It appeared th at Q uenneville had in the first instance hanged her to a branch of a tree, with having it supposed that she had committed suicidt •' but' when some days had elap s ed, and he knew that the body Lad not being discovered, he returned and buried it. 111 order to procure, without exciting sespicion, the tools required for this purpose, he pretended that he was about to go to work with some paviors, and purchased a epode, pickaxe, &c., for ten francs. The night after this purchase he was seen near the wood, and on the following day he sold the tools fur one halt the sum that he had paid far them, snd.,left the neigh hood for good. He could not on his examination account for the way in which he had p ssed the night on which, according to the indictment, he had interred his victim, . except by stating that he had slept under a ha) - stack. As he had mouey in his pocket, however, and had been at two puolic-houses in the course of the same evening, at either of which he could have had a bed, this explanation was not at all satisfactory. The prisoner was brought to trial on the 10th before the Court of Assize for the department, and the trial, from the immense number of witnesses called, lasted three days. In his deter.ce Quentrae vine denied that he had ever expressed an intention of rob bing Catherine of her money, and attempted to account for his having spent more than he was known to resew), by stating that he had saved Mfr., which he had concealed in a sta'ale until be quitted his service. He admitted that he had told a falsehood in saying to the poor woman that be had obtained a place for her, but asserted that he had only ac companied her a short distance, when they had a dispute and separated. This defence, agtii.st a host of strung circumstan tial evidence, was of no avail, and the jury brought in • ver dict of guilty without extenuating circumstances. Ile wee consequently sentenced to death. A Rlct' about fifty left his r- . . I i 1 1 , t i , I i I ''' i 1 i `. lently sentenced to destn. Lice LEGACY.—A young tailor, named Lebon, Ity Tears ago, when just out of his apprenticeship, native town, Rhodes in the Aveyron, to court his tor- Ke• KAM 40a c of I . Asti le