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13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. -THE LANDED GENTRY. Subscribers, and the public in general, are requested to take notice that Mr. BURKE'S " HISTORY OF THE LANDED GEN TRY "is now COMPLETED, by the publication of the FOURTH PART; and they are advised to complete eir sets as soon as not s sible, to prevent disappointment, as the Parts and Volumes will long continue to be sold separately. ** Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Collsurn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., MEMOIRS OF T HE LIFE OF GENERAL PEPE. Comprisin ,, THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY AND* POLITICAL EVENTS OF MODERN ITALY. WRITTEN New BY HIMSELF. street. Ri c hard Bentley, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) RAILWAY SHATI.F.S BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LA.M.()ND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, arc. take place every Trasnav and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, 'Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, (with a reference), are respectfully favours, containing instructions requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being ffred ; and advices of results will be forwa rded by the firstpost e after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lavenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ; A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Rafter ; Ferdinand, Mr. King ; Philipps, Mr. Ronan! ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Don Juanita, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda, Miss Poole i Gaetana, 3liss Rebecca Isaacs. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale' Paris, ender the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoco, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilei ; MM. Huguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be revived the Comedy of SECRETS WORTH KNOWING. The characters will be supported by Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Stuart, Lester, Buckstone, Tilbury, Farren; Mrs. E. Yarnolo, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Glover, &c. After which, a new Farce, entitled STORY TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. Dr. Hardenber, Mr. Farren; Raps, Mr. Buckstone ; Grab, Mr. Rogers ; Rose, Mrs. Humby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Pre aux Clercs," " Clementinen" (Maumrka); " Carnelllon" (Galop) ; the " Esterhazy" (Wa.lzer); a New Overture ; and a Fantasia by Mr. F. Reed, " La Sonnambula." To be followed by the Drama of SUZANNE. Mr. Drh.sly Bounceby, Mr. Webster ; Simon Swallow, Mr. Buchstone ; Suzanne, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a New Operatic Drama, called THE YOUNG PRETENDER. Captain O'Neal, Mr. Hudson ; Captain Cocker, Mr. Buckstone ; Chevalier Charles Edward Stuart, Mr. Braid ; Mrs. Craggie, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Arrnadale Miss P. Horton. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, .kDELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING WIII be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, tha Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the popular Musical Comedy, in two acts, of SWEET HEARTS AND WIVES. Characters by Messrs. Lambert, Selby, Wright, Worrell, Cullenford ; Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Tates, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Brooks. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GAMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Alunyard ; Miss M. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantiz. Opera, in three parts, entitled TUE NIGHT DA.NOERS ; founded on the Story of Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss Georgiana Smithson, Mss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Rolla, Walton, T. Hill, limner, Peren, Sce. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAINBOWS. In the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Perlen Waltzes." - - To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed LE CODE DES FEMMES. Panl Fauvel, 31. Rhozevil ; Mignonet, 3[. Cartigny; Romain, M. Pag,enier ; Louchon, 3f. Priston ; Emma, Madame Angele ; Femme de Chambre. Mdlle. Leyder. After which, Mollere's celebrated Comedy of LE BOURGEOIS GEN TILHO3I3IE. M. Jourdain, M. Perlet ; Nicole, Mdlle. Brohan. To conclude with LE MARI ET L'AMANT. Col. Saint Leger, M. Langeval ; Ernest, M. Berou ; Frontin, 31. Dumery ; M. Motus, M. Tourtillon; Madame Saint Leger, Madame Adele Deluc ; Lisette, Mdlle. Brohan. Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD TIIE THIRD. Duke of Gloucester, Mr. J. P. Scott ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. E. F. Saville ; King Henry, Mr. Heslop ; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Fredericks ; Tressel, Mr. Johnson ; Queen, Miss Richardson ; Lady Anne, Mrs. Saville. After which a grand Military Ballet of Action, entitled LE REVE DU SOLDAT. The characters supported by Mdlle. Theodore and the Deulin Family. To conclude with the New Drama, called PASSION'S SLAVE ; The Outcast Son. Supported by the principal talent of the 'ornpany. .A.STLEY'A ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, and itoyal Family. Notwithstanding the present concentration of novelties, and the ex pensive engagements entered into with the most eminent British and Foreign Artistes for the Christmas Holidays, Mr. BATTY has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers, Leo pards, &c. Likewise in preparation, a splendid Comic FAIRY PANTOMIME, with other Gymnastic and Equestrian novelties. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the grand Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE - OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersal. Box-otlice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six an I elmmence at half-past six o'clock,—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL VICTORIA TBEATRE, The success of the reduction of prices of admission at this Theatre is without precedent, nightly overflows being the result. Boxes, Is. ; Half-price, 6d. ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, .3d. Continued success of the splendid Drama of " The Black Doctor." TIIIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Mims Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. R. Barnett, and Messrs. Edwards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which TIIE STAGE-STRUCK LOVERS. Tommy Tape, Mr. Forman ; Sally Scragzs, Miss Lydia Pearce. To conclude with JACK RANN ; or, Sixteen-string Jack, and the Knaves of Knaves'-acre. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DECE3IBER 7. TIERMONETEII, Lowest, 33; Highest. 40 ; Noon, 39 BAROMETER, 29.95.—W1ND N.N.W., fine. IllUli WATEtt AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 1 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 22 minutes after 5. • ;2 . 2 1% - 'I,•P ; AAA 4.. 'Afc ' eV ' • DI R e • -s ATOM% t *lnt LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1846. Within a few weeks Parliament will re-assemble. The session of 1847 will commence under circum stances as unprecedented as those which were inau gurative of the memorable and glorious session of 1846. On the latter occasion the opening of our august Houses of Legislature was preceded by Ministerial fluctuations of the most extraordinary character. On the former occasion the arrival of the hereditary senators and the popular representatives at St. Stephen's will have been immediately pre ceded by a series of occurrences which threaten to destroy the talisman by which the tranquillity of continental Ewope has been so long preserved. In 1846 the Parliamentary session commenced with the most astounding revelations and the most gigantic propo sitions. In 184: the Parliamentary session will un questionably commence with revelations no less astounding, but taose revelations will be of an inter national, rather tan an internal interest. In 1846 the attention of Government was directed to matters appertaining more t. the Chancellorship of the Ex chequer than to any other of its departments the Prime Minister and his colleagues then en deavoured to effect a remarkable expurgation of the revenue by the abrogation of certain unnatural im posts; they were desirous of emancipating the people from a statutory thraldom, rather than of exciting them to fresh exertions in their bondage. In 1847 the whole energy of the Administration will be neces sarily directed, first of all, to the embarrassments which have recently surrounded our foreign policy; there will be a necessity for immediate and candid explanation as to the course which has been latterly adopted in regard to the faithless and insidious nations with which we have hitherto maintained a credulous alliance. So great has this necessity already become, that we are most solicitous as to its consequences. We are solicit ous not so much as to the cepacity of our statesmen to cope with those of the continent, not so much as to their readiness to compete with external cajoleries, or their ability to uphold the dignity and honour of the Briti,h empire, as we are solicitous that these deplorable misunderstandings with our neighbours may not retard to an indefinite period questions of the utmost importance to our population. nature of those Let us glance f or a moment at the ve referred, international diffe rences to which we h and the almost simult aneous recurrence of a which will necessitate such prolonged explanations in Parlia ment. These differences may be speedily enume rated, and their enumeration will at once testify the reasonableness of our anxiety. Our friendly relations with France. have been scattered to the winds by the disingenuous machinations of his Majesty .....—...- —,...,....—..........—.....---. King LOUIS PHILIPPE. The cinctu - e by which the bundle of sticks was bound together has been broken ; the entente cordiale has been destroyed; the alliance of Albion and Gaul, like the alliance of ALL DIN and the sorcerer, has continued only as long as the inte rests of the latter rendered it convenient. Our friend ship with Spain, in like manner, has been cooled by the shameless hypocrisy of ISTURITz and Queen CHRISTINA. With Portugal, again, we have become in some mea _ sure implicated on the occasion of the late insurrec tions. Our negotiations with the sanguinary chief tains of the Rio de la Plata have signally failed, and our emissary, Mr. HOOD, has returned homewards without having effected a single compromise. In India the quietude which had been so dearly bought by the carnage of Sobraon, by the deathful struggles of Ferozeshah, and the blood of Sir ROBERT SALE, has been jeopardized by the temporary incapa city of GHOOLAB SINGH, by the instability of the Durbar of Lahore, and by a fanatical revolt in Cash mere. Fortunately, however, these difficulties have been prematurely dissolved,:and an Oriental tranquil lity is again rendered feasible. In the forcible seizure of Cracow, however, consists the principal obstacle to the perpetuation of European peace. By that flagitious act our reliance upon the faith of King FREDERICK WILLIAM, of the Kaiser FERDI.• NAND, and of the Czar NICHOLAS, has been utterly dissipated. In that violation of the treaty of Vienna we recognise the fact that the volcano has only abated, that it has not been extinguished—that we have been slumbering during thirty-one years among the deceptive verdure which has sprouted up upon the crater—that beneath that verdure the ashes of the last eruption are yet warm, and the latent elements are still struggling to accomplish another catastrophe. Upon the merits of these unfortunate occurrences the national repre sentatives will have to decide. Her MAJESTY'S Minister for Foreign Affairs will have to shrive him self to the Parliament, and through it to the people ; and the nature of the measures thereupon to be adopted in each particular will require an instant , decision. -------- Before any permanent and satisfactory peace can be arranged in Europe the recent proceedings of the Courts of Paris, of Madrid, of Lisbon, of Vienna, of St. Petersburgh, and of Berlin, will have to be defi nitively accounted for; and, beyond this, the indepen dence of the German principalities, the general re forms which are being effected in the Papal States under Pope Pius IX., and the compromise of the sectarian squabbles in Switzerland, will demand a serious investigation, and, if necessary, a cordial assist ance. Tontil these advantages, or, at least most of these advantages, be effected there will be no reasonable hope of an enduring friendship among the empires and principalities of Europe. On their settlement the progress of civilization would be won derfully expedited ; the humanizing influence of com merce would extend to the furthermost limits of the globe; it would embrace the most distant of the South Sea Islands us well as the most northern of the whale fisheries, it would penetrate the interior of China, it would expose the riches of Japan to the competition of the most enterprising, it would termi nate the troubles and enmities of Kafirland, and elicit all the agricultural and mineral wealth which yet remains dormant in Australia. Mexico might then aspire to safety from American avarice, it might awake to a consciousness of its own capabilities for power, it might advance with the advancement of knowledge and the diffusion of happiness. In the present condition of affairs such anticipations are undoubtedly little better than Utopian, but ultimately, under the guardianship of a free Commerce, an accessible Knowledge, and a generous Morality, mankind will be in a fair way of reaching that most desir able goal. Meanwhile we are solicitous as to the imme diate effect which these European disagreements may have upon ourselves ; we are solicitous that whilst Lord PALMERSTON is striving to heal the wounds recently inflicted by the duplicity and self ishness of our psuedo-allies the admirable political programme of the noble Premier may not be injudi ciously postponed. Lord Joni% Russuis. has guaran teed to the citizens of London, and consequently to the electors of the United Kingdom, sanatory and educa tional measures of the highest importance. We would see nothing interfere with the introduction of plans so earnestly desiderated. We would see the miseries of Ireland abated, the ignorance and the physical wants of the community transformed into knowledge, and health, and cleanliness. If there was a necessity for dispatch and exertion in our repre sentatives during the session of 1i46, there is a yet greater exigence in that regard during the session which is approaching. Numerous deputations from the influential meet ings lately held in our leading cities and towns, in favour of a reduction in the duty on tea, had an inter view on Saturday with Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the former. Whether we regard the number of the deputations, the importance of thz places they severally represented, the extent to which it is likely to affect the commercial, manufacturing, and shipping interests, as well as the views, social and moral, which are necessarily bound up with its considera tion, the proposed diminution of nearly 100 per cent. of the existing tax upon tea is as grave a question as can well be propounded for the reflection of the Go vernment. The united voices of Liverpool, Edin burgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin, Leeds, Black burn, and Norwich, were echoed on Saturday in Downing-street, on behalf of an immediate and ex tensive approximation towards establishing freedom of trade in tea. 'What power, influence, and intelli gence were here represented ! What public bodies more competent to suggest and advise with the Government upon fiscal matters I We had not here the mere representative of numbers, which Mr. COCHRANE, in his recent interview with Sir G. GREY upon the question of opening the ports, seemed to think the one essential for forcing the Executive to adopt any measure ; but we had the concentrated intelligence of our leading marts of commerce, indicating, under the auspices of moral force, "an extraordinary ne cessity, by a certain class of statistical facts bearing on the condition and circumstances of the country." That the Premier felt the pressure of the argumen built upon the mass of figures brought under his notice, is evident from the short reply which he made to the memorialists. His Lordship was "fully im pressed with the importance of the subject, and pro mised it should have the early consideration of the Government. More he could not say, nor could it be expected of him." A more favourable response could not, we admit, have been reasonably anticipated, seeing that concession to the desired reduction must be mainly influenced by the interests of the revenue. Had we no other guarantee than the Minister's promise, upon which we place every reliance, that this question shall have the early reflection of the Cabinet, we should find a sufficient one in the present state of our trade with China, which is deplorably reduced. Few can forget the universal joy which was diffused throughout our mercantile community by the announcement of the masterly treaty which Sir HENRY POTTINGER effected on our behalf with China at the conclusion of the late war. The liberal tariff which we thereby secured with the Chinese was hailed as the harbinger of unprecedented prosperity. Why has this tide not set in ? Simply because we have maintained such an extravagant duty upon tea, that at commercial reciprocity became nipped in the bud. Tr.e folly of our fiscal proceedings is rendered glaringly annifest in this : that whereas, by our own arms, we placed not only ourselves, but other nations, upon a most favourable footing with the Chinese, in regard to mercantile intercourse, America, for in stance, and other countries, where either no import duties on tea prevail, or only in a very moderate de gree, are prosecuting a flourishing commerce, whilst our own is seriously declining. Were there any probability of regularly obtaining teas from China at lesser prices than what our merchants now pur- chase them for, a ray of hope for commercial im- provement, of a very mitigated character, might be let in; but this, we know, is not the case. An ex- tract from the observations of Mr. lloasram., of Liverpool, to Lord JOIIN RUSSELL, will be service.. able, as showing the high sense of honour by which our merchants are uniformly characterised : .‘ We had secured for other nations the same advan tages in China that we ourselves possessed; but whilst in no other country was tea charged a higher duty than 6d. per lb., and in some it was entirely free, our con sumers had to pay 2s. 2-d. per lb. He then pressed on the Government the injustice of our forcing upon the Chinese a tariff, the lowest of any nation with whom we trade, whilst we impose on the principal article of their manufacture so exorbitant a duty. /t was contrary to the feelings of Englishmen to oppress the weak, the powerless ; and he hoped that so great a blot on our national character would soon be wiped away." Again, in the memorial of the East India Associa- ' tion of Glasgow, adverting to the point of the pre sent duty being at variance with the principles on which the commercial relations of our country are now based, it is happily observed, that the duty is " so inconsistent, indeed, as must induce the suspicion amongst nations, whom it is desirable should follow our footsteps in free trade, that the principle cf reci procity is only to be practised when not interfering with the Exchequer, and to be laid aside when dealing with a vanquished and comparatively weak nation." In their promised revision of these duties we hope the Executive will not be unmindful of the unfair manner in which, by the principle on which they are at present levied, the poorer classes are oppressed. At this moment the affluent and the needy pay the same rate of duty on what they consume, whatever be the difference in the value of the tea which they respectively purchase. This is the reverse of justice. Neither would it be politic to adhere to this leviable rule. The Exchequer must suffer a temporary loss whenever a reduction is sanctioned. We have advo cated that the reduction should be a large one, because, although the deficiency in the public finances would in the first instance be thereby increased, it would nevertheless, by the extended demand for tea, be more readily supplied. Any reform, then, of the tea duties should be an ad valorem. It is in this way only that the Government can look successfully to invite the humbler orders to use an article to such an extent as that they may safely face all apprehen sions touching the revenue, consequent upon a con siderable abatement of the existing noxious duties. Mr. O'Corminx has often asserted that "he is the best abused man in the kingdom." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman might have added, not only in he kingdom, but in the world, and his claim to the itle would long since have been fully established. There is no form of calumny, no measure of invective, that has not from time to time been freely poured forth upon his devoted head. If apublic meeting was held of his political opponents, good, hearty, unmiti gated abuse of Mr. O'ConstELL was sure to form the chief subject of debate; it usurped the place of reason and argument ; if sufficiently gross, it was sure to be received with the most rapturous applause. The widest scope was afforded to the fancy of the orator ; it was not at all necessary that his arguments should be founded on facts ; the most ridiculous, the most absurd non sense, was swallowed with the greatest avidity. If Mr. O'CONNELL was made the hero of the tale, there were no bounds to the credulity of the hearers. A statement that the speaker had heard somebody somewhere say that he would not be surprised if Mr. O'CONNELL had formed certain projects, was forth with looked upon as " confirmation strong as proof of holy writ." Of late years, however, though still the butt at which many shafts were aimed, there were not so many direct accusations hurled against him. The triumphant vindication of his character, by which he so often exonerated himself from every foul imputation, and heaped shame and con fusion upon his slanderers—the more perfect know ledge of his true conduct, character, and the motives by which he was actuated—the generous and disinterested assistance which he was ever ready to extend to the injured and oppressed, no matter what might be their creed or politics, removed in a great degree the bitter feelings of personal hostility with which he had been regarded by many; the improved tone of society, the greater degree of liberality which has existed of late years, has made such accusations less acceptable, and justice has been rendered even to O'CONNELL, and some proof has latterly been demanded of the authenticity of the charges before general credence has been given to them. The direct and positive charge has, there fore, generally speaking, been abandoned, but it has been replaced by " The shrug, the hum, or hal these petty brands That calumny doth use;" and scurrilous insinuations are thrown out, and hints whispered that are almost as injurious to the reputa tion of the venerable patriot as the more direct and tangible aspersions of former times. One of the chief grounds of attack, at all periods, has been an alleged mal-administration of the funds of whatever association Mr. O'CONNELL for the time has been connected with. In olden times, " when GEORGE the FOURTH was King," it was openly as serted that " the Catholic Rent" was entirely applied to his private purposes, that the National Fund was pocketed by him with the most undisguised and un blushing effrontery. The same story was told of every other fund, by whatever name it might be des signated, that was collected from the Irish people for political purposes. The winding-up of affairs, the final auditing of the accounts, the satisfactory explanation of every expenditure, and its end and object, that was invariably afforded, crushed the falsehood at the moment ; but scarcely had it been suppressed when another of a similar description, of equal virulence, and equally unfounded, sprung up, like another head of the fabled hydra. Within the last few days a like in sinuation has been promulgated with respect to the funds of the Repeal Association. The organ of " Young Ireland," of the " physical force phalanx," has backed and supported the organ of the ultra- Tories in the hints which it has thrown out with respect to what it calls the " missing funds" of the Association. A prompt and ready justification of the Learned Gentleman was at hand. Even at the moment that the poison was wafted on the wings of the press throughout the length and breadth of the land, the antidote was in readiness. The accounts were made up, the books posted, the vouchers, not only for the present year, but from the time of the very foun dation of the society, for the most trifling and in significant sums, were retained, and were open to the inspection of any member who wished to see them. The accounts, as the Learned Gentleman stated, might challenge a comparison with those of any mercantile house in the city, nay, with those of the Bank of Ireland itself. Every item, even to the amount of three halfpence, had its corresponding voucher, amounting in all to no less a sum than 73,3481. sterling. All the documents were to be seen posted in the books, numbered, dated, and easily referred to. Here is a plain and distinct statement, susceptible of immediate contradiction if anything erroneous has been asserted. Surely "Young Ireland" has the means of testing its accuracy in the most satisfactory manner if any part of it can be cavilled at or impeached. They have clearly proved that they do not want the will to injure the man to whose extraordinary sagacity, sound judgment, and indomitable perseverance they owe the liberties, the privileges, they now possess—the man who had, as the acknowledged head of the party to which they themselves until within a few short months belonged, during a period greater than that ever previously enjoyed by a leader of the people, been placed in circumstances of the most extraordinary difficulty, and who achieved a bloodless victory, a social revolution, a total change in the condition of the people by moral force alone, and has not in his hale and vigorous old age to reproach himself as being the cause of the spilling of one single drop of blood. If, therefore, the statement remains undis puted, it may be ascribed to the want of ability to controvert it. The Learned Gentleman also refuted another of the petty and vexatious attacks that was made upon him It was a matter insignificant enough in itself, and one would think scarcely of sufficient importance to form the foundation of a weighty accusation ; but anything appears to be considered fair in the guerilla warfare that has been carried on against him. The gravamen of the charge was, that on a former occasion, some twelve months since, Mr. O'CONNELL had been invited to a dinner by " the Reform Club" of Dublin, of which be is a member, and that he then refused to attend unless " the repeal of the Union" was given as a toast ex cathedra, but that recently he consented to preside, and gave from the chair the toast of " Prosperity to Ireland," with out in any degree alluding to the repeal of the Union, from which, they asserted, it clearly followed that he had abandoned the policy to which he had pledged himself in the most solemn manner. Now, we are no advocates for the repeal of the Union ; we are honestly and conscientiously opposed to any proceeding by which the integrity of the empire— the national strength—might be impaired or dimi nished; but we give full credit to the honesty and sincerity of those entertaining different opinions, and who do not dread the dangers which we fear would result if the project was carried into execution ; and we should deeply regret to see anything which could take away from the respect we entertain for Mr. O'Coismt,, and which his great and important services to the cause of freedom entitle him to. He himself fully explains the causes of the refusal on the first, and the omission on the last occasion : the first was a dinner proposed to be given to himself, a tribute of honour to his political character. He refused to accept that honour unless the toast of " Repeal" was given. The pro priety of the dearest object of his life was recognised, as he felt that no entertainment would be a compli ment to him if it was not drank. On the second occa sion, he attended as an ordinary member of the Club ; he could, of course, make no stipulation as to the toasts that should be given ; nor could he, with pro priety, as chairman, give a toast likely to occasion differences in the convivial party over which he was invited to preside. We congratutate Mr. O'CoNNELL on kis triumphant refutation of these, the latest calumnies by which he has been assailed. The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 30th ult. says there is reason to believe that the French Government was not kept in entire ignorance of the intentions of the Northern Powers respecting Cracow, and quotes the following from the Mannheim Jour no/ : "If the incorporation of Cracow did not take place with the consent of the French Ministry, it was at least, if we are correctly informed, apprised of it before hand, and the Russian Cabinet undertook to convince the French Government of the necessity and propriety of the measure. This appears to have been perfeetly successful, for Louis Philippe and M. Guizot have made reservations and objections merely for the purpose of sheltering the Government from the attacks of the Op position. Russia is said to have given the French Go vernment to understand upon the conduct of France in this affair would depend that of the three Powers re specting the Spanish marriage." A letter from Cracow of the 23d ult., says— " Five Polish women have been just arrested. In Galicia the peasantry are more closely watched than ever. An ordonnance from the Austrian Govern ment forbids every peasant to leave his dwelling after sunset, to hold any communication with his neigh bours, or to attend any assemblage. The whole country, in fact, is militarily occupied, like a place in a state of siege." A Frankfort journal states that great financial difficulties exist in Electoral Hesse and the Duchy of Brunswick. In the former the Ministry has exceeded the budget voted for the army, and the States have refused to allow the excess. In Bruns wick there is a deficit of 230,000 crowns in the budget of 1845. There is said also to be great want of money in Wurtemberg, and that a loan is impracticable. A letter from Berlin, of the 28th ult., in the Cologne Gazette, says—" It is confidently stated that the Provincial States will be soon convoked. A sort of fundamental law, it is said, has received the assent of the agnates of the Royal Family. According to this law, the Provincial States are to be convoked every three years, like the States-General. The budget and all important organic laws are to be sub mitted to them, but they will only have a right to give advice. It is beyond a doubt that this constitu tion will be considered as a gift from the Throne, and that it will not be permissible to discuss it, or to examine if it ought to be accepted." The Universal German Gazette gives the following as the composition of the present Russian Ministry : Minister of the Imperial Household, General Prince Volchonski ; Foreign Affairs, Count de Nesselrode ; War, General Prince Tschernitscheff; Marine, Ad miral Prince Mentschoff ; Interior, M. Perowski ; Public Instruction, Count Uwaroff ; Finance, M. Wrontschenko ; Imperial Domains, General Count de Kiselew ; Justice, Count Paniz. The statements published in the Russian papers of the defeat of SCUABLYL are contradicted by letters which have been received from Tefflis and Trebi sond. In fact it is impossible to place the smallest reliance on anything which appears in the official journals of St. Petersburgh. These letters state that the cholera, after ravaging Bagdad, was progressing towards the north. Madrid papers of the 2Sth and 29th ult. have arrived. The Gazette of the 29th contains the following letter from Don Erutrcaus to the QUEEN, dated Brussels, Nov. 19 : " bladain,—Desiring on the one hand that my conduct may cease to appear obscure, and on the other to give to your Majesty on the day of your ate a testimony of respect and attachment, of . patriotism and profound de votedness to the constitu tio nal will of your Majesty, and the decisions of the legitimate representatives of the nation, I have resolved of my spont aneous w ill , f ree f rom all influence, and yielding only to the impulse of my conscience, to annul solemnly my protest signed at Ghent on the 9th September last, so that it may at no time have force, or produce the least effect. Deign, Madam, to receive with favour the expression of my sentiments of devotedness, and the respectful homage of the attachment and fidelity of your affectionate and sub missive cousin, who kisses the feet of your royal Majesty." The Progressistas will return about forty Deputies to the Cortes, and the Absolutists six or eight. There will be an increase in the number of the Deputies be longing to the Moderado Opposition, but, notwith standing all this, the Ministerial majority in the new Cortes will, according to El Tiempo, be immense. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 28.—The Three per Cents. closed at 34 9-16ths ; the Four per Cents. at 21 ; the Five per Cents. at 211 ; and Coupons not Capitalized, at 191. The 29th being Sunday the Bolsa was closed. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The French protest against the annexation of Cracow to Austria was dispatched to Vienna on Thursday. The Presse publishes the following as the substance of it : " The protest of the French Cabinet against the in corporation of Cracow was sent off to Vienna yesterday, and to-day will be dispatched to Berlin and St. Peters burgh. If we are rightly informed, this document will differ from that of Lord Palmerston, inasmuch that its terms are more explicit than those used by the English Government. The question of necessity will be found discussed in it by M. Guinot, without neglecting that of right, on which the Minister princi pally insists. The incorporation was not necessary for the tranquillity and security of the possessions of the three Courts; and putting aside this, it is a manifest violation of the treaty of Vienna. Such are said to be the two points insisted upon by M. Guisot. We may add that the Government has considered, as we do, that this act of the three Courts gives henceforth to France a com plete freedom of action, and, at the same time, should an occasion arise, it may turn greatly to her advantage. This is stated in the clearest terms in the following and most important passage of the protest The Cabinets of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, havine , ceased to hold themselves bound by the treaty of 181 g , as is the manifist result of the incorporation of Cracow with the states of Austria, France from that moment considered herself released from the obligations of the same treaty; and should any case occur in which her interests should make her disposed to act as if they were abrogated, she would not hesitate to do so.' The Conetitutionnel of Friday again reiterates its assertion, notwithstanding the denial of the Minis terial journals, that the French Government, after the interruption of the entente cordiale with England, endeavoured to get up an alliance with the Northern Courts, and was prepared to sacrifice the cause of liberty in Europe to the formation of such an alliance. After speaking of the Montpensier marriage as a fault, it thus continues : " Once that the fault was committed, you turned towards the friendship of the Northern Powers. It is in♦ opposevaia tha an t energeti c ythis ; to your formal denegation we persevering, a phrase rin a n d naffirma- tion. e of Russia, pronoun ce d on hearing o f t h e mar riages, has Let us be told, in f not been announced as i f a piece o f po li t i ca l news com mented on, and rep eate d w i th j oy. Wh a t h a s not been o e f e rttha Emperor said, in the same sense, of the language used by the Russian Minister at the official reception of the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier ? Let the negotiations entered into with Austria relative to Switzerland be borne in mind ; let the provincial Ministerial journals be referred to, proclaiming as they did, under the inspiration of the Government, that the time for new alliances had ar rived; it will then be seen if it is possible to deny the ad vances made to the Northern Powers. We direct attention to these facts, not to add to the embarrassment of the Ministry, but because we are forced to do so. Finally, in order that this policy may be completely judged of, let us renal to mind in a few words what an internal situation has been produced for France, at the very time that she has been isolated from the rest of Europe. Was not the Government warned of the risks that our finances and credit must incur, from public works being commanded, as they were, without measure, and from the money market being l oa ded with such masses of shares ? It paid no att en ti on to these warnings. At present the Northern and Lyons railways are only at their second calk, and yet a crisis is declared ; capital is withdrawing ; public credit is shaken ; the companies are abandoning a great number of railway lines, and by ' their withdrawal condemn you. The disasters of the weather complicates the situation. It is not certainly your fault if the harvest is bad ; yet not long since you reckoned the fertility of the country amongst the merits of your policy. But what is a just cause of complaint against you is that you paid no attention to the counsels of foresight and prudence, which were so lavishly given to you both in the Chambers and by the press. Thus then, by your own acts, a financial embarrassment is added to scarcity of food ; and both coincide, in point of time, with the most serious of political positions—the isolation of France." The financial crisis which is evidently at hand in Franc., and which seems to have taken the French Government completely by surprise, is now attracting the attention of all political parties, and will ere long, probably, engross it entirely, to the exclusion of questions of foreign policy. The following extract from a long article on the affairs of the Bank, which appears in the National, represents the monetary affairs of France in a very gloomy light We, a few days ago, mentioned the great projects of the Bank, and we bad hoped not to have had occasion to return to the subject. Yesterday, however, the directors, continuing under the influence of the same panic, enter tained the question of raising the rate of discount. A few days since they debated as to whether they should not limit their discounts to bills having thirty days to run, instead of three months, as at present. Plans abandoned and resumed, fatal agitation, which, coming from the Bank itself, throw difficulties in the way of business and lessens credit—this pri vileged establishment, whose principal duty is to create security, produces fear, uncertainty, and distrust. She ought to have foreseen, more than three months in;o, the effect to be produced in Paris by all the causes which she was acquainted with in common with every one else. Is the shortness of crops a new fact? Was it not known that a certain quantity of specie would be applied to the purchase of wheat and other grain? Was it not known what a weight the railroad shares would be on the market? As for us, we called attention over and over again to these subjects. All other circumstances which at present exercise their influence on credit were as well known then as now. The Bank ought to have taken measures and been prepared for all contingencies, for she is in possession of all means, and is richer than necessary. If she had been sufficiently foreseeing to render her capital available, she would not now expe rience any inconvenience. What does she do now? Frightened at the increasing diminution of bullion in her cellars, she wishes to limit her transactions and reduce the amount in hand of discounted paper. She ought to prevent, but she creates a crisis. Whence arises this panic under which she labours? Have speculations been carried to excess? Is production beyond measure? Have we had here the counter-shock of those great crises with which the trade of other countries is sometimes visited? Have we seen in France the imprudence of production create those perturbations which shake the strongest houses and overturn the rotten? Nothing of the kind. The quantity of specie in the hands of the Bank is reduced ; it does not exceed 80,000,000 of francs. The quantity has never been so low ; and as the decrease goes on the Bank gets frightened, and threatens to make the trading public victims of a state of things which has been caused solely by her imprudence, and which is daily increased by her indecision. She has been more than a week negotiating a loan of 50,000,000 francs from the Bank of England, and nothing is done. If there is so much fear it is time to come to a decision. Nothing is so fatal to credit as these fluctuations of fear, and, instead of coming quickly to a conclusion, they shuffle, they discuss upon gold or upon silver ; the Bank does not see that the most ina • portant and urgent thing is to quiet the mind of the public and her own. They do not see that when the Bank has 50,000,000 more in her cellars she will have no occasion to touch them, and that she will soon see her stock of specie doubled. Is it by acting with timidity that a great establishment is to be conducted ? Is it expected that little means and digging little gutters will bring money back to the only reservoir of credit ? Is this the way in which the directors understand the importance of an exclusive privilege, dna the obligations it imposes ? Many causes have been: mentioned as ac counting for the disappearance of specie ; the amount required for the purchase of wheat has been greatly exaggerated, but it has not been said that for several months French money has been been going to Bavaria, Prussia, and Austria, to be employed in support of the projects of our enemies. Nothing is said about the loan of 80,000,000 of florins contracted at Vienna with the house of Rothschild ; nothing has been said of the specie taken from the bank by M. d'Eichthal for a similar pur pose. No notice has been taken of our five franc pieces converted into bars, to supply the wants of Germany, which was exhausted. Our confiding and blind country looks with indifference on the warning given by the press in days of quiet ; and like the swallow in the fable, only believes in danger when it is come." The prosecution of the three Polish journals has been virtually abandoned, the Court having deferred giving judgment sine die. On this subject we find the following remarks in the Constitutionnel of Saturday : " The trial of the three Polish journals is over. The Court has not delivered judgment, but has contented itself with deferring it au premier jour (in other words - sine die). The public Minister, in fact, abandoned the prosecution. This is an act of good sense, upon which we congratulate the magistracy. We, indeed, always thought that in this affair it did not play an active part. It is now quite evident that the magistracy is too clear sighted not to perceive that it is too late to punish for a pretended offence a periodical publication which has ex isted for ten years, and every number of which has been deposited at the office of the Procureur du Roi. If, in the course of these ten years no prosecution has been insti tuted, it certainly must have been because no infraction of the law was discovered. These journals, written in the Polish language, and confined solely to giving the news from Poland and to discussing the acts of the Russian Government, ought to participate in that exceptional position which our legislation - has made for the Polish refugees. Was it reasonable, was it just, to subject to the most impitiable exigencies of the fiscal law exiles deprived of their fortunes, and to whom France granted succour ? Would it not be much better to leave to the Poles, scattered over all Europe, journals in their own language, forming a common tie between them, as a last souvenir of the country they have lost ? It is evident that this prosecution of the three journals at the moment when the Government was endeavouring to conciliate the Northern Courts was a purely political measure. It was wished to make a public reply to some friendly expres sions fancied to have been received from the Emperor of Russia. The events of Cracow have spoiled these petty tactics, as they have falsified many other calculations, and, when too late, it has been found that the unlucky moment had been chosen for persecuting the journals of the exiled Poles." The Russian Presse is, of course, outrageous at finding that both the Journal des Debats and the Constitutionnel admit the necessity of an alliance with England, and differ only as to the means by which it may be renewed. The accounts from Algiers are to the 30th ult. A telegraphic dispatch, received from General DE BAR, states that eleven French prisoners who had remained in the power of ABTh•EL•KADEB had been liberated by order of the EMIR, and conducted near to Melila, where they were admirably well received by the Spanish authorities. They were embarked on the 27th at Djemma-Ghazahouat. Nothing was known of the movements of Bon- MAZA. ADD.•EL-KADER was at Ain Zebra. A letter from Bordeaux of Nov. 30, states that the Marquis DE VALDESPINA, Colonel MENZANO, and the ecclesiastics GONZALES and AIETE, Spanish refugees, whom the Government had confined in the citadel of Blaye, have obtained permission to leave it. The Moniteur publishes a report to the KING, from the Minister of Commerce, recommending a modi fication of the duties on corn in the French West India Colonies. The report says— " Our Antilles and the island of Bourbon usually obtain their corn from France. This is rather an important market for our agriculture, and the tariffs have been applied in such a way as to preserve it by taxing at a high rate the foreign corn imported into our colonies. But under existing circumstances, the mother country having in the first instance secured a supply for herself, that of the colonies would become difficult if the present duties were not reduced until a new harvest shall permit the corn trade to resume the regular course of exports. I have therefore the honour to submit to the approbation of your Majesty the draft of an ordonnance substituti ng, provisionally, simple duties o f control for the t axes es tablished on the Ant illes and the island of Bourbon upon wheaten flour, and also upon Indian corn (mail), and dried vegetables." This report is followed by a royal ordonnance, fix ing the duty on wheaten flour at lf. the 400 kilo grammes, on dried vegetables 25c. ditto, Indian corn in grain sc. ditto, in flour 10c. The decline in the price of wheat and fl our in the Paris corn market has received a check, and prices are again rising. The Press e accounts for this or this in the following manner : " Exaggerated fears first caused all species of corn to rise beyond their real value, but a sudden change in public opinion, caused by the circular published by the Minister of Commerce, produced a panic in a contrary sense, and then the price of wheat fell suddenly 3f. and 4f. the hectolitre. The panic seized several large growers, wbo endeavoured to realise the current prices, as the circular of the Minister left no doubt as to France being sufficiently supplied. But unfortunately this panic was but momentary ; and, after a few days' reflection, it was discovered that the Minister's circular was not correct, and the fall in prices was checked. At Provins, for example, it lasted but one day, when it was found that buyers came from the department of the Aube to supply themselves. At Paris the millers have raised their prices in consequence of the want of flour in the department of the Marne. At Marseilles the price of corn has risen, and in Germany prices have risen at Dantzic and at Mentz." It betokens on the part of the Minister of Corn. merce great carelessness, or something worse, to have issued an incorrect circular on such a subject. Couplingthis admitted incorrectness of the Ministerial • circulg with the rise in price, notwithstanding the recent large importations of corn into France, it would appear as if there were some foundation for the following " Questions to the Ministers," which appear in the National of Saturday:— " Is it true that Algeria, in consequence of razzias and had government, is at this moment suffering from faminu? Is it true that M. Rothschild has been engaged to provide for the provisioning of Algeria, and that one of the conditions imposed on him is, that he shall cause all his ships to touch at Marseilles before proceeding to the Algerine coast, the object of this mancsuvre being to deceive the people of Fiance by fictitious importations of foreign corn ?" The Paine has the following : " Several journals have alluded to a species of conflict which has arisen in the Mauritius between the Consul of France, M. Barbet de Jouy, and the English Admiral Dacres. According to the Gernien, a journal published in the island, the following are the circumstances : On the 15th of August last the French Consul received from Captain Stanley and his officers an invitation to a ball on board the frigate President, bearing the Ad miral's flag, but commanded by Captain Stanley. On the following afternoon two officers of the frigate, in uni form, presented themselves at the French Consulate, and withdrew the invitation, which they informed him had been sent under the erroneous impression that the Consul bad paid a visit to the Admiral. Surprised and in dignant at such a proceeding, M. Barbet de Jouy had great difficulty in suppressing his feelings. He returned his ball-ticket to the officers, after having given them his opinion of the nature of the message which they had taken upon them to deliver, and reproached them with having extended the principle of passive obedience be yond its natural limits.' Notwithstanding appeals to the Governor upon this outrage, it does not appear that, at the date of the last accounts, M. Barbet de Jouy had received any reparation. The Governor of the island of Bourbon, on being made acquainted with this incident, sent the steam-ship Crocodile to the Mauritius, which came to an anchorage outside the space covered by the flag, and her boat went into the port to hold a communi catizn with the Consul, but did not salute either the forts or the English ships." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 82f. 45c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 40c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,258 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 8951. ; Havre, 655 f. ; Great Northern, 648 f. 75c. ' • Avignon, 890 f. ; Vierzon, 5901. ; Borde aux , 557 f. 50 c. ; B ou l o gne, 445 f. ; Basle, 221 f. 25c. ; Dieppe, 355 ; Paris and Strasburg, 483 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4921. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 50.3 f. 75e. ; Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4751. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 55 1 / s ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37 1 . ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 32%; Ditto Pas sives, 5 1 / 8 . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECIMBER 5. Direct Bombay and Madras, IA —Luxembourg, '—Na mur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France Constituted, 10% —Orleans and Vierzon, 12 3 / 4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 1 / Ft —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 4% —Sambre and Meuse, el. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) A large business was again done in Cotton at Liver pool on Saturday: sales, 12,000 bales, half to specula tors, and the rest to the trade, at fully previous rates. Shares were much the same, and not a great deal doing Notwithstanding almost all the more influential mer cantile bodies at Liverpool, at Manchester, at Hull, in Scotland, including the various chambers of commerce in all the principal localities of the provincial districts, have commenced a vigorous agitation in favour of the reduction of the enormous duty upon toes, yet the London merchants still hang aloof from partaking in the movement. At the combined deputation from all the places named, to Lord John Rus sell, on Saturday last, to press the subject upon the attention of the Government, not one of the influential firms in the City connected with the East India and China trade appeared. In short, there seems to be a belief here among the trade, that should the re duction in the duty take place, the great bulk of importations n©w received in the port of London will be so distributed among the outports as most materially to damage the interests of those who now deal so largely in the leaf in the estn mercial walks of the metropolis. It is under stood, however, that a requisition is being pre pared to the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of his Lord ship's convening a public; meeting of the citizens upon this very important subject. It is a matter which must, if carried out, do good to the general mercantile body, and to the middle and lower classes of the metropolis, and certainly they ought to memorialise Government in favour of a reduction of the duty upon tea, as well as their provincial fellow-countrymen. It is considered evident, from the reply of Lord John to the deputation of Saturday, that the matter will be seriously considered. And why not commence progressively in the asked-for reduction ? Practical men think, and no question, cor rectly, that were the duty reduced to ls. per lb. on all qualities next session, no very large ad dition to our imports could be expected in the season of 1847-8. Let, then, the duty be ls. 6d. (with the 5 per cent. additional) till the close of the last quoted year, and let the ls. duty be receivable on and after the commencement of 1849. Ample time would thus be given to the Chinese growers and llongs to pre pare for a most important increase in their trading operations. As yet there are not any tidings of the West India steamer. There are not any late advices announced from the British North American Colonies to-day. Business has been comparatively brisk in the Consol Market this morning. The price for the Account opened firmly at 95k, but now only 951 can be realised. Consols for transfer to-morrow have just receded from 95 to 954, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. from 961- to 96. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is 7s. to 10s. ; upon India Bonds 21s. ; and Bank Stock has realised 2061. In the Foreign Funds a considerable amount of busi ness has been transacted, principally in Spanish, at 27 and 24 for the Five per Cents.; in the Three per Cents. at 38i to 374 s ; in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 601 A ; in the Four per Cents. et 92i ; in the Portuguese Four per Cents. at 39+ 40 ; in the Grenada Bonds at 20+ ; in the Buenos Ayres at 42- to 43 ; and in the Brazilian Five per Cents. at 854. In the Railway Sharo Market the dealings have not been considerable this morning. The accurate list of prices realised is annexed, but we note a slight decline in North Stafford, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Brigh ten, North-Western, and Eastern Counties. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISFI FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRIcEs. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 94 M 94 94M 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 1 / 2 14 95 1 / New 34 per Cent. Annuities 96 % 14 56 96 Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 l O l /8 10% South Sea Stock 208 Bank Stock for Account .. .. Consols for Account 9 5 1 / 2% 95% Exchequer Bills, 10001. PA& ... 710— p 10 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto. Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'C LOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto Small Buenos Ayresßonds, I Bonds, per 6 C n e e o r t .Cent 2401/ 211 20M 43 43 Granada Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 22 1 4 Ditto, Account . — 3 - 9 1 / 40 4 0 1 A 22% 0 2 4 Porirtiutro,eAsemßooonndts, 4 per Cent 112 112 R u ssian Bonds 27 26 71 /13 26 1 / 2 Spanish Ditto. sper Cent. Account lB4O. Ditto, Di t t ° D 3 i Account...... i per c d c o oneud Dividends nt ;t;1:t:h: e . above .—. Ditto, Passive payable in London. 5% 38 37zji 38% 37:.%7/ 8 3 . 73 A 95 % 514 an VA per Cent Certificates 92% 1 Ditt o , Account 60 3 4 1 / 2 60% D B e u DD l t g c iit lh tot , o, 2 , A l / 2400p p oe s ur r n C ct eennt.t. 9 . 61 6 BUSINE 9 S 3 S DONE CLOSING 93 PRI CES OF ' PAID. 2 lIIIL WAY SHARESAT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Armagh, Coleraine, and ~. Portrush M ...... Belfast & County Down 4:% 4 ..... . Birmingham and Dudley 423. ... .. 5% p. . ..... . Bi D rm it i t n o . a N n e d w G .. l . e . ................. .. . 10 17 0 % 32 ... ....... Birmingham Junction a ti 0 n m . l . . ! ) ... - 2 ford Biarkodenchehaedshi,Lrae Junc.... 2% Lancashire, ...... 9 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Liver. June 2 IA .....• Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2 1 / 2 — Cambrian & Grand June 42s Chester and Holyhead... 27% — Claurnet and Blythe 2 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 — • Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 21 4 Cerk and Waterford ... 1% — Col nwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 1 ,1 ...... ......... Cornwall& Cent'l Devon 2% — ... Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shetld. June. 2% — Direct, Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12 1 ' Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s 2 2 34% Ditto New l2/. 16s — Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d 34 p Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... % pv.. Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%%34 EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 35 • .... 53 a ... 53 1 4 Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% — Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 7 / 8 — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)..... .. 5 ..... Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire ... •• 1 1 / 4 ...... 2 % 1 % East & West of England 1% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — ••• ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...... --. 23% 23 71 4 P P A P 3 3 / 4 5314 18% 9% - 18 1 ,i Ely and Huntingdon ... 13 ..... . ......... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — ............... Exeter,Ycovil,&.Dorset ............... Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., v, Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ...... ............... Glouc.,Abelystw ith, and Central of Wales .1%-“-•• ........... ". Goole, Doncaster, &c. Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2% ••••.•••'.. GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2 lO ...... ..... Great North of Scotland 2 ..... ........ Great North of England-100 23614............••• Ditto New Ditto, New Ditto, New 11/2. Great Western B5 132 133 ............ Ditto % Shares ...... .. 50 78%.••.••••••••••• Ditto ti Shares lO - .......... Ditto Fifths Ditto, New .... 2 Huddersfield & Mulches. 13 Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby Ditto 1 / 4 Shares Do. Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% 1 2 14M.....•••"" Do., do., and Norwich 2% 2% 3•• ••' Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ••• ... . .... ...... Leicester and Bedfard 225....... ............... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c 22% 33 4%•••••••• Do., Branch (Blue) .. ... .. 2% — • ..... Do. Extension( Green) 2% - - 0 . 0 ... 0 .. •.. 0 . • di/. Leeds and Thirst - 17 Ditto, New Lpool., Mnchstr &New castle Junction ........ Bverpooi and Bury London and Blackwall. 16/. 138.4 d. 8 %.• ......... .. Do. New .... ••• Ditto Extension ~ 7 l /...... '• .... London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 .. ..59% 58% ...... Ditto, Fiftks Do. Guarant. 5 per ct 9 London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... 9 1 4 ........... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — ........... London, Hounslow, and ... Western London and N. Westernloo l7 -194;: ••• • • • •11•111. Do. Quarters ..... Do., ao., New Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/. Shares(L. M.) 8 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) 40 - ........... ............ 4d ..... «.••••••• Do. 10/. M. & 8.5 Al 5 '''' . 12%'''•'•" Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 'l2%,ii '''''''''''' Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 Lon ‘. &S. W estern 41/ 6s 10d — ''''''''''''''' Do. New Consol. Bths 40 .... Do. New - .. —' ............... Do. New — 1 8"" Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 ....... Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 ••• .... London and York Do. Extension London and Windsor . 2 1 21 i . • ----- .. ••••• London ...................... ............ London, Salisbury, and - ...... Yeovil ". ... .. 2;4'••••• -- ...... '" ...... Londonderry &Coleraine+ 15 - *".. .... Londonderry and Ennis- ow"' killen l5 ..... ........ Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham ;5 ............ 1156 t 6 1 116"....... Manchester and Leed s B2 lO6 ..... ' ..... ..... ••• Ditto 1 / 4 Shares - ... • ••••• Do. Quarters 2 ...... 64 ................ Do. Fifths 5 . .... 1 0 % ...... .. ..... Do. Sixteenths m D an o : th E es x te t r e , n ß s ulton,and 462:4. I 4 . P.. ...... .......... ......" Matlock 42s. ...... p•.... 28% ..... . ..... 12% ;;Ii 1 5% -- s% 4 j 95 25, 01 . . . ii 4 11 5 4 16 0 106 j 0 14 p 11,01 __ _.... ... Mancnester Birin., and '''''' ••• Mould Junction .... ...... '' --, ....... Manchest. & Southampt. 2 .....• 1 * ; .... ••• ...... Midland .....127,1* ". .... " , ........ Do. Fifths 2 ...... ;,/ ......... .. Do. New Ditto, New Do. thrill., and Derbyloo 2 .......... 2% ••"'" Midlnd& ' .... : Midlnd& East. Counties 2%...••• --. .. •'" Midland Great Western .... Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 15 ............ 34 / 4 .................... . Do. North Shields - ............ Newcastle and C arlisle 100 ...... -- ;,, L ........... Newmrket&Chesterf r d 5 .... u7v .............. . Newport & Abergavenny 2%•••••• -- ......... •• .... Newry and Enniskillen 7 ...... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. Norfolk _ _ Do. Half Shares Do. Extension North British . ....... ... 25 Northern Counties Union 2% 35% 3 ° ..• . Do. Half Shares ll --- ..... . . . ... Do. Fifths .. Do. Quarters ............. Do. Extension %...... Northern and Eastern Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — ............. Do. New "2%...........,...............................:: Ili vs $2 1 4 6 ii% ............. • ...... 65 • .... 13gd Ow ..... North Staffordshire 5 83/4 %.;.........• North Wales Northern and Southern 9% C Oxford, Iy 0n Wolverhampton Worcester, 2 rc p e to st n er, and % .- ............... "% 12% .............. Oxford, Witney, and Royston o oi C pc i y • h t l so s m : ih i t o e u n s t h h h a a in D r :i s ; Direct t l% — .............. 33/ .. .......... .. Preston and Wyre Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/ . 12s. .................. Richmond Hitchen 6l: ............ —l3 / 4 ........................... " ......... ...• . Shrews., ocoh Scottish kpoDuurtettoothhlstl ,i. Do.st. sspQhreuiC Midland dlea.lseoorv,n. Devon aeo t n rri Extension l ecxr rht Shares eeawnmse i p. 0 . n , 1 148 2 122 ; 1:i ................ 1 • • •• • ... i ... .. %.. 1................ " - ... • •• • s S s h lhiErg e eo ffi olootp.. e e l l d din , es, B oi3 u ni s sah t n o ire n eh , je L ust e ne e er k 1001; ......... .... .. _ .. ....... ; ............ -- ......... as & hnidr G es re hu a ann t ni G oon r n imi-b . y .. . 10 ........ - -34 " . di5. .....2, ••".. ShrewsburySfforaodlshd film 3 .... ..... .. South Eastern & 11:r D e si j o ul u v n e -c r e .. .. " 334212 ii 2 1/g •;;••• Sligo 1 ...., ........ : .......... 40 ...• ..... Do., No. 1... Do., "cc 2 . ......... Hertford Junction ' Do., N o , 3 Staffordsh. & Shropshi . -- ..... .... . 15 ...... .. ...... ... Do., No. 4 T t av u wa t ii ) ;. Wales ale LouL ou St.Alban's, Hatfield ,and . . 4 1 2 2 2 0 ;1. ................. ... . . 1 ... 41 % ................. .. .•: i . and .... ••••• Extensiongho r & Ca - e - 5 2 4 ............... 'k 7s •.. / 11 .... ..: .. ...... .... ' Ivva m alke eron's Stm. C0a1... , 2 ...... " .. v . .•''...... ...... .• e o fi f e N ld e ,P at o h ntefract.& 2 ...... 1% Yg ••" ... ..... Goole - ...... .......... Warwick and Worcester 425. -.•-• --- ............... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 ...... --- " . .... '... Waterford and Limerick 224 ...... --• ....... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford; ‘v aterford, and ........ Valentia - .... .. •• ........ ... Waveney Valley ..... Welsh Midland 2%. ..... ... .. ..... `VestlN .V e e x a t Rid ing focrodr Co r nw all Union ..•••• 425....... 1% • p';,,,.•••''' ss iA r c no i Wilts, st S th o e r m: n e v r da s a l e Ci r t w a , & r i l e :NV: a n eY ... d . : 22% ... .. = ...................... '0: 15 ...... -- ••• . ••'"';. Rugby York and Car1i51e......... 2 3 / 4 - •-•"'". ...... York and Newcastle. . .. 25 ....... Ditto New 5 .........: — 714 .... ............. Do. Preference York a:id North Midland 50 .... ... 92 ........... ... Ditto 1 ,4 Shares 25 ...... .... ....... ...... Do. Selby 4O 791,4...... ... Dn. Extension •• ............ Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid- ~...• i n g Extension FOREIGN RAIL WATS. ..... . Anglo-Belgian.... 4 Barbadoes -- ....... ..... .• .. Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2 1 % ............ ---7 ...................... . ... Boulogne and Amiens l6 ...... •• ............. Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 ...... -- ..... .0 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and .. .. .... ..... Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 .. ... -- ............... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk,andWest 2 ..... ........ Flanders ••••• Calcutta and Diamond ........... Harbour ....... ....... . 7a. . ......... --- •0„ Callao, Lima, and Pacific ....... .• .. Coast 1 .. ... -- • Central of Spain ... . 2 ...... 1 /4 ....... ............. : .... ~...". Ceylon " .." ss. ...-• •-- "*".... •---- ............ . .... Demerara 21 / 4 ..• " ............ Dendre Valley 4 ..... .-- Direct Bombay and ..• •• b ss • ~, • ..... Madras Dutch Rhenish ......... .. .... . fle ,. East Indian ... ..... .... ss. ..... -- ............. . ,„,.. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 ...... -- •.............. ..,.. Great Indian Peninsular ss. • ...... ..... ........... .... Great Western Bengal ss. ...... -- .......... ...._, Great Western Canada... 3 q ...... ............... Ili Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ••• - — l5/ _ ......... „. ...... ...,, Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 ...... 7V J l e o r u s , e3, a , i n . a . .. 1 .. Sambre.. . ... .. ...... 6 1 ...... ... . _ ...- - - 3/. 14 : •• ••••••••••?.............. 24 Luxembourg...... ..... •.. 4 - ..... ..... /4 ... ..... .. ..... ...• Lyons and Avignon ..•••• 2 ...... __ .............. Madras .................... 1 ...... •••• Madras, Nellore, and . , ...... ... ..... ..... ...., Arcot .................... Vs ...... 3Mizsudrriitdivasn.d. V..a..1.e.n..t.i5......... 2 1 .. .... ... .. ____-- ......................... .... ::: 5 % Namur and Liege ...... 8 .. 10 3 / 4 % ............ -- 4 Nii of France Constituted 5 ..- . ...... ....... .. ...... " North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 ..... 4.1 ............... l i Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 •••-• 'n ...... ....... .... . Orleans and Bordeaux... ' ............. 64 ..- 20 ...... -- ... Paris and 0r1ean5........ ..... ...... .. .. ...." P Over aris & Y s L s y e - 1 0 n . ; C .' o - n . ;.. .. ................. .. ..................................... .......... ' L. - Paris and Rouen ........ .20 ...... ... abi,if Paris and Strasbourg ........... Roczatintdutffeda;r.e................ 20 5 ........... 2 - ' 5 % .................... ...--_, 4 ....... ........• ...r li 8 . ..... , .... l'-• StrasbourgSandambre a Meuse nd al; .. .. .. t , , LAtironca & Atlantic --! • N.:..••.... *6 .... ... ..... .. , ............. ..... .. 14 1% ... t l'i ' •....• 11d cr 'ft 14 0 , 5 8 gil ,74 ,w . ~''';' / Tou r , etitt T ° 4 171, den '• 41.4 1 4 West 2i, ib o( k 10t 10 10 5 kX) 10 0 air -‘4lt THE SUN, LON)ON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1846