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All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, toe day orevlous to their being offered ; and ads-ices of results v► ill he lorwarded by the first post after the sale, att.( the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. °Mem Bail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Opera. entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horticastle ; La Valliere, Nlr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a - p, opos, Mr. Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer ; Grisette, Miss bebecca Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballot, called THE WAGS 0F WAPPING (performed at the Academic Royale' Parts, under the title of Betty.") In which will appear Millies. Sophie Fuoce, Loulsv. Benart, Mad,me Giuhilet; MM. Huguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Prlorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, MAYMARKET. Crider the Management of Mr. I:. Webster, sole Lessee, THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled STUB r TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. Dr. Hardenberg, Mr. W. Farrell ; Frederick Vandervelt, Mr. Caulfield ; Raps, Mr. Buckstone; Grab, Mr. Rogers ; Theresa, Miss Teibin ; Rose, Mrs. IThmhy. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, "Cheval de Bronze ;" " The Armen " (l'olka); " Czarina " (Mazourka); " Douro" (Walzer); and a New Overture. After which an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LE.U'; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Were, Mr. Holt ; Mr. Brandon, air. Howe; Mr.Hartlman, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; T , m Tilley, Mr. Bucksione; Miss Brown, Mrs Glover ; Clarlbel Oddington, Miss Forteseue; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. :Co concMde with a Comic Drama, entitled USED LT. Sir Charles Caldstream, Mr. Webster ; Mary, Miss .Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterbnek, Mrs. Humby. Box-office open from Tweire tiii Four ; under the direct!on of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. riIEATIIE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA G:SELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by. Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. C illentiod, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which, the Drama of TIIF, CABIN BOY. Monsieur Tienrl, Mr. Worrell; Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Coquin Ballandicr. Mr. Munyard ; Largarcette, Mi. Bedford ; Madame Celeste ;• Clara, Mrs. Emsley. To conclude with a Terpsichorean Barletta, call d POWDER AND CALL; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Principal characters by Messrs. Lam bert, Worrell, Wright, Munyard, Mrs. Matthew, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romanti3 Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Criselle." The principal characters personified by Miss tlcorglana Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. ~eater, Allen, Bodda, Walton, I'. llill, Homier, ]'eren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAINBOWS. To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir ChadesMarlow, Mr. Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Itardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. itoxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. itirlhig; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Hardcastle;Mrs. Fosbrote. FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs to announce, that the Rehearsal of Scribe's Play of BERTH %NI) ET RATON having been interrupted by the indisposition of Mdlle. BROMAN, it has been found impossible to produce that Piece this Evening; in consequence of which there will be no Performance before Friday next. Wednesday, December 16. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Re-appearance of the celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Ilarrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, who, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable Entertainment at the above theatre TO-MORROW EVENING, Deg. 17. and of continuing the same every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening, during the Christmas holidays. The programme will include " Old Joe," " Lucy Neal," " The Coloured Fancy Ball." "My skiff is on the shore," and the cele brated Ra lroad Overture. Various novelties are in rehearsal. The public is respectfully cautioned that the Songs and Melodies, as sung by the above party, are published only at Mr. Mitchell's. Doors open at eight, commence at half-past. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s.—Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Michell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre.—Open from 11 till 5. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mr 3. Frances Dayidge. THIS Will be performed ABELARD EVENING AND HELOISE. The cha racters will be supported by the principal talent of the Comrstny. After which a Comic Ballet d' Action, called " L'AMOCIt ET LA FOLIE. In which Mdlle. Theodore and the Devlin family will appear. The Infant Sable Wonders antl Negro Metodists will sing their favourite Songs. To conclude with the ropular Drama of LORD DARNLEY. AST LL ri ROYAL AMPIIITHLAIRE7 I— Mr. W. Batty. Peronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Splendid Equestrian and Dramatic Novelties. Continued success of " The Demon Horse and the Twelve Wishes." The celebrated Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, &c. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. In which 3lrs. Batty and the Equestrian Ladies will appear on their trained steeds. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the popular romantic Drama of ROB ROY MACGREGOR ; or, The Mountain Outlaw. In active preparation, a variety of novelties for the Christmas holidays ; among the rest, will be brought forward a Grand Comic Equestrian Pantomime, produced on a lavish scale of splendour, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Har:equin and the Rob ber's Cave. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock—Doors open at six ant commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadlbot. ALARMING FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.—Last night, shortly after eleven o'clock, a tire broke out in the pre mises, belonging to Mr. Olney, fellmonger, in Upper Russell -street, Bermondsey. The flames were first dis covered by a policeman. An instant alarm was raised, and information sent to the engine stations. In the course of a few minutes the parish engine, with several others, arrived. There being plenty of water cm the premises, a couple of the engines were taken within the gates of the works, and by leading the hose up the stair case the firemen were enabled to discharge copious stream s of water upon the fl ames, by which means the further progress of the fire was stayed, but it was past twelve o'clock befor e the firemen had succeeded in en tirely extinguishing the flames ; by tha t _ period the dry ing stove three floors hi h, the wool l oft adjohi . eg g w as nearly burnt out, and severely damaged. The cause of the fire could r.ot be ascertained. WEST INDIA PINE APPLES.—Yestertlay the un usual occurrence at this sea,on of a sale of West India pine apples took place at Keeling and Burst's, Monu ment-yard, ex Royal Mail Packet Tay. There were about 500 of the description termed Bird's Eye, and in very good condition, and they brought very f air prices. b e jelf 4* k 41 44,1 11. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1846, CABINET COUNCIL. A Cabinet Council was appointed to meet at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, at the Foreign office, Downing-street. Lord JOHN RUSSELL arrived in town this morning to attend the Council. Lord CLARENDON also arrived from his country seat in order to be present at the meeting. Most of the Cabinet Ministers were expected to attend. Since our observations upon the temporary resig nation and speedy reinstatement of the Isturitz Ad ministration, a variety of changes have occurred at Madrid. The present Government could not be in a more precarious condition. By the tergiversation of its leader; by its subserviency to the wishes of King LOUIS PHILIPPE; by its acquiescence in the odious marriage of the heir presumptive to the throne ; by its truckling and unconstitutional policy, the present Ministry has estranged itself from the hearts of the Spaniards. Nothing can re-elevate it to the confidence of the community. It has fallen as irreparably as ever did the llumpty Dumpty of the nursery rhyme. Among the non-electoral as well as among the electoral members of the population it is abhorred. In the districts to which the franchise has not yet extended, as well as in those districts which are entitled to a representative, PIDAL and MoN, are regarded with detestation. The slight con fidence which was originally reposed in the President and Minister of State has been frittered away by the readiness with which he connived at the Montpensier alliance, and the jealousy with which he has been subsequently regarded is increased by a multitude of collateral circumstance. Little doubt is now enter tained throughout the Peninsula that the days of this obnoxious Administration are numbered. There is not, indeed, the slightest probability that a much longer retention of office will reward Senor ISTURITZ and his colleagues for their nefarious proceedings during 1846. Never was a Cabinet composed of more brittle and fragile materials ; never was an apparent homogeniety produced from more hetero geneous particles ; never did statesmen act more entirely upon the execrable principle of expediency. It is satisfaction, however, to reflect that such a shameful abuse of authority is on the eve of receiv ing its invariable recompense. It is some sort of consolation that the power which the Minis ters have endeavoured to retain by so many atrocious acts, is about to be torn from their unwilling hands. ISTURITZ and his associates have aided in the destruction of the Spanish nationality, but in doing so they have precipitated- their own dis comfiture. It is LA FONTAINE'S fable of the rat and the tree all over again. After a feverish enjoyment of authority the Afrancesado Administration will be driven into obscurity ; the members of that Adminis • tration are pursued by the avenging spirit of the na tion ; their NEMESIS is the People. During the last fortnight intelligence has reached us at intervals from the Peninsula, clearly indicating the approach of some Ministerial catastrophe. Every packet has ‘ brought fresh omens of a portentous cha racter. The shadow of coming events was clearly discernible, and from the outline of that shadow it has continued to be manifest, during many days, that the Spanish elections will be the ad vent of a new epoch. Those elections are being carried forward with considerable enthusiasm, and their results are, in a vast majority of instances, proving inimical to the existing Govern ment. Even in the capital itself, where the Cabinet is presumed to have its stronghold, and where, according to a very prevalent rumour, votes are being purchased for so many dollars by the Ministerial can didates, even in Madrid the vigour of the Administra- tion is shown to be a mere phantom, and that phan tom is betraying symptoms of its evanescence. In the six colleges of the metropolis— in Maravillas, in Prado, in Lavapies, in Vistillas, in Barquillo, and in El Rio—the want of influence to the Government assumes a negative and sometimes a positive appear ance. On the evening of the 6th ultimo the majority of votes in the first district was 81 in favour of the Progressista; in the second, a majority of 113 for the Progressista; in the third, a majority of 83 for the Progressista; in the fourth, a majority of merely 13 for the Ministerialist ; in the fifth, something like a majority of one for the Ministerialist ; in the sixth, a majority of six for Don PEDRO JOSE PIDAL, the Minister of the Interior. By the dis patches of the following day, just transmitted to us, it is almost a matter of certainty that three Progressista candidates will ultimately be returned for Madrid. Accounts from the provinces are of a similar descrip tion : the Ministerialists are being discomfited in all directions, and the Progressistas are gaining a marked ascendancy. The consequence of this is ob vious : the Cabinet must succumb to the torrent of popular sentiments. 'With the tide running against them, and their oars broken, they must yield to the current and be drifted away at its pleasure. If we discovered any signs of the diminution of French influence in the Peninsula, we should rejoice at this inevitable dismissal of IsTuairz, of SANE, of CANEJA, and of their partners in the Administration. The contrary, however, is in disputably the case. Louis PHILIPPE has forged the chains of Spain with too many precautions, and with too much art, to admit of their being shaken off so readily. They differ from fairy gold only inasmuch as they are changed in character after a time, instead of disappearing altogether. They are transformed from hymeneal chains into poli tical chains. The transition is graduated with in finite adroitness, but it is perceptible notwithstanding. With the retirement of the present Ministers the Afrancesados will not have been subjugated, they will not have lost one jot of their influence at Court; the royal couple will still continue to be cbedient to the direction& of the Count DE BRESSON. A number of incidents have very recently disclosed the prepon derance of French influence not merely in the palaces of Madrid and Lisbon, but in the bosoms of the most dissimilar personages. The communication dispatched by the King-Consort to his brother, Don ENRIQUE, and the reply of the latter thereto, have shown very significantly the power of per suasion possessed by his Gallic MAJESTT. The INFANT E has fallen from the elevated situation which he had attained by his bold and independent pro ceedings. Those who anticipated greatness from him will have been marvellously disappointed by the sud den alteration which has been effected by the Royal logician of the Tuileries. Don Ezinicttra has forfeited his very enviable popularity for the indolence of a Court life, for the luxury of a palace, for the softness of ermine. He has thrown away an opportunity but seldom granted to so young a Prince. He was the idol of the Spanish population in his banishment; he has returned to Madrid, and he is a mockery and a de- rision. Spain must look elsewhere for the meanso, extricating herself from her present abasement Never was she so degraded ; never were her children more faithless to that nationality for the preservation of which their forefathers fought and bled ; never was there a greater necessity for the advent of an in- corruptible patriot. There is a whisper abroad that NARVAEZ Aill be restored to authority on the resig nation of ISTURITZ. Unless the nature of that ruth less soldier be completely metamorphosed Spain should avoid his domination as a curse. We have asserted that estates in Ireland are at this moment as good securities as they have ever been for the several sums advanced upon them, and that the greatest inconvenience that any prudent encumbrancer can be subject to, is the affording of a temporary hi dulgence to his debtor, and allowing him a prolonged period for the payment of his interest, an incon venience which h less in amount than that which he must sustain if he should forthwith file a bill in equity ritiE StIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1846 THE WEATHER.—SIM OFFICE, DECEMBER 16. T'IERMOMETER, Lowest, 23; Highest. 30 ; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 29.72.—W1ND N.E., fine. to enforce the immediate payment of his charge, and act in the most harsh and oppressive manner towards his unfortunate debtor. 'We have already (in The Sun of the 4th instant) pointed out the fearful sufferings that would be entailed on the proprietors of encumbered estates, the enormous waste of money in useless and unnecessary litigation, and the serious national injury that would be occasioned by such proceedings becoming general. To that the encumbrancer may reply, how is he affected thereby, and why should be be expected to give up any of his rights ?—that he will give no indulgence, but will enforce immediate payment by every means allowed and sanctioned by the law. lire trust there are but few who would use such an argument, and who would seek to exact their pound of flesh under such circumstances; but, as there may be some so utterly selfish, and regardless of every higher consideration, it is desirable to show, that by adopting such a course, they would deprive them selves of the payment of any interest whatsoever for several years, a period much longer than that which would be rendered necessary by the urgency of the distress and the difficulty of obtaining payment of rents throughout the greater portion of the kingdom. Should they decide on filing a bill, a considerable time must be spent in obtaining the necessary in formation to lay before the equity pleader, in order to enable him to prepare the draft. The engrossing, serving subpoenas, and getting in the answer of the principal defendant, would also occasion so great a delay, that an order for a receiver could scarcely be obtained over the lands, under the most favourable circumstances, before next long vacation ; there would then be the time that would elapse while the Master was approving of a fit and proper person for the office ; and, when appointed, the new receiver would be allowed a period of fifteen months to pass his accounts. The Master would then fix a time for him to bring in the balance in his hands, before which period the creditor could not hope to obtain a single shilling on account of interest, on his demand., He would also have a heavy outlay to his own solicitor, no part of which could be repaid until the final termination of the suit. This simple statement, showing that between two and three years at the least must necessarily elapse before even any portion of the interest would be paid, may sat'sfy such a person as we have alluded to, that it is not his interest to throw the property into Chancery so long as there is a reasonable hope of his obtaining payment by other means. HIGil WATER AT LONI)0S-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. minutes after f Evening .. 17 mtnates after 12. The sufficiency of the security must be estimated by the value of the estate, and the amount that could be obtained therefrom, when brought for sale into the market. The latest public sales of property that have taken place will fully establish that neither the present distress of the country, nor the heavy sums presented at sessions, under the Labour-rate Act, nor the state of the Money Market, have had any effect in depreciating the value of real property in Ireland. Take for example the prices realised for parts of the estate of the late Earl of BLESSINGTON, which were sold under the decree of the Court of Chancery, within the last few weeks. The sale commenced on the 23d ultimo, and was continued, by adjournment, until the 7th instant. It would be impossible, therefore, to contend that every circumstance of the times that could awaken the fears of purchasers were not fully known, and maturely considered ; and yet we find that some of the property in the county Tyrone produced no less than from 35 to 39 years purchase, a rate as high, we venture to say, as almost any that had ever been obtained in Ireland. Scarcely any were disposed of at less than from 2.5 to 27 years' purchase, and it is said that several of the sales will be opened by over-biddings. Whatever, therefore, may be said of the unfortunate condition of the landed proprietors, and the ruin that awaits them, it is manifest that it has not had the effect of deterring capitalists from investing their money in the purchase of land. In order to show that they have not formed a rash judgment, it will be necessary to inquire into the circumstances of the people, and the burdens that may be placed upon real property by reason thereof. It is now generally admitted on all sides that the able-bodied poor must not be allowed to become destitute, but that a sufficient quantity of employment must be provided to keep them in constant occupa tion. The landowners themselves admit the claim of the labourer to a maintenance out of the lands on which he was born, and to which he belongs; they avow themS'elves ready to adopt any measures calcu lated to effect that great object, and they only a.k that the labour may be expended on the cultivation of the soil, in works of a beneficial and reproductive character; they seek that they may be permitted to direct the exertions for which they must pay into the most favourable channel. This is a moderate and reasonable request, and there is no doubt that it will receive the attentive consideration of the Legislature. Within a few short weeks Parliament will re-assemble, and Ireland its affairs and prospects, its exi gencies, and the means necessary to overcome its difficulties—will assuredly form the most prominen topic for discussion. The measures that will be in troduced for the employment of the people will not be of a similar character to the Labour-rate Act of last session. We have the assurance of the Noble Lord at the head of the Ministry that the provisions of that Act were carried into execution in a spirit totally different from that which was contemplated by the Ministry when bringing it in. It was intended merely as an auxiliary to private exertion—it was made the chief, if not the only source of occupa tion. The embarrassed and badly-disposed occupiers made it an excuse for withholding the scanty and in adequate quantity of employment • which they had been in the habit of affording, and permitting their lands to get, if possible, into a still more disgraceful state than usual, while those who were willing to perform their duties faithfully, and to provide the quantity of employment that would fairly be chargeable against them, were unwilling to bear a double portion of expense, and to be taxed for the negligence of their neighbours. They, consequently, in many instances, discontinued the works they had commenced, and cast their la bourers also on the public fund. Such a state of things could not continue, and the very magnitude of the evil will, to a certain extent, be valuable, as it will serve as a beacon light and a guide to the Senate, pointing out the dangers that are to be avoided in the new enactments that may be introduced. The public works that have already taken place, and which may be carried into execution before the introduction of the new system, cannot be considered as injurious or unprofitable, or as entailing any very severe burden on the land. The amount already ex pended may be taken in round terms at half a million, and if we allow a further expenditure of one million and a half sterling, which would provide occupation for 400,000 labourers (representing about two millions of people), for a period of fifteen yr eeks, by which time the new measures will be brought into operation, it will amount to less than one-sixth the rental of the kingdom, but, as the payment will be spread over a period of ten years, the stkm to be levied will be some thing less than threepence-halfpenny in the pound, or one and a half per cent. per annum on the rental of the country. There is nothing so very formidable in this to fright th e i s l e f rom i ts propr i ety, or toin duce persons to occasion real danger, in order to avoid a phantom. It is less than half the charge for income-tax which many persons in England are ob liged to pay, and from which Ireland has been exempted. The value o f th ose pu b l i c works that are now in progress, and the other benefits to the land owners, far exceeding the responsibility to which they will be subjected, we shall show on a future occasion. A letter from Athens, of the 30th ult., says— Th e opening of the third session of the Congress seems to prove that, notwithstanding the illness of the President of the Council, M. Coletti, the Ministry will not only be strong enough to contend with its enemies in the Chambers, but even to maintain its majority. It is true that the Opposition has succeeded in ob taining the election of M. Anastase, one of its candi dates, to be a Vice-President of the Senate, but this is rather to be attributed to the fault of the Ministerial party than to the strength of its adversaries. Beside s, the Government has got all its candidates chosen in the Chamber of Deputies. The Opposition candidate for the Presidency, M. Flachos, had only 22 votes out of 85. During the last fortnight the health of the President of the Council has been improving, and it is hoped that he will soon be able to resume his place at the head of the Government. On Friday the King visited him, and sat by his bedside for nearly half an hour ; his Majesty in formed him that the King of Bavaria had conferred upon him the grand cross of the Order of Merit. On retiring, the King expressed to M. Coletti's family his joy at the approaching.re• establishment of a man so gene rally beloved in Greece. Prince Oscar of Sweden ar rived in Athens two days ago, and it is said means to make some stay." The persons comprised in the affair of Rimini, and who, after taking refuge at Fiume, on the coast of Dalmatia, had been imprisoned by order of the Austrian Government, have arrived at Ravenna, with passports sent to them by the POPE, who has forgiven their offence, and given them leave to return to their native country. Letters from Rome state that the differences be tween the Government of Spain and the Holy See have been adjusted. We read in a letter from 'Warsaw of the sth— "The ukase relative to the dress of the Jews has produced a great change in their social relations. A great number of the Jews of this city are much pleased with the ukase, as it enables them without dread to assume the modern costume. Many of them retained the old dress only out of deference to some members of their families." A letter from Tarnow (Austrian Galicia), in a ' Frankfort paper, states that several bands of armed peasants have been formed near Mount Feilra, with the famous SZELA at their head. Intelligence has been received at Vienna that M. DEMBINSKJ, chief of the insurgent Poles, who had disappeared after the defeat of the nobles of Galicia, near Lissa, has been arrested at Cilly (Carniola). He had bee n concealed i n H ungary , an d b y means of a false p assport, arrested. The Uni v e rsa l German Gazette mentions a report BORDEAUX intends in the spring to that the Duk e Da was travelling with a lady when fix his residen ce at Troves. The Polic e G azette of St. Petersburgh, of the Ist, contains an or d er in the name of the EMPEROR against the making of explosive cotton by private indi viduals, on account of the dangers attending the pre paration, and also against all experiments with this new substance, except by special permission from t h e authorities. _ I We invite the public attention to a letter signed " VIGILAXS," which appears in our columns this day. The subject is one of paramount importance to a vast body—to all pos'essed of slender means, who are not enabled to pay the higher fares demanded by the railway companies for the conveyance of first and second-class passengers. A great improvement has of late years tak en pl ace i n the accommodation We have r ece i ved the Paris papers of M on d ay. afforded to the less we a lth y por ti on o f t h e pu bli c b y They contain l ong accounts of the elect i ons o f the mayors and assi s tant -mayors several of the better m an a ge d li nes , b u t muc h remains_____ of the different arron still to be done, and we are conv i nce d t h at t h e b es t dissements of Faris, which were then proceeding. On interests of the companies th emse l ves w ill b e pro - Monday mornin g R . BARBET, the f r i en d of AL rooted oted by due attention being p a id t o t h e com f orts o f TIMERS, was at th e head of the po ll . Hi s e l ect i on , all classes. On the first introduction of the railway ; will be considered by the Opposition as a great system an erroneous idea appears to have prevailed I triumph. amongst the directors, that it was necessary, by every I It appears from the following article in the Porte means in their power, to discourage all p ar ti es w h o Ifeui//e, that the protest against the valuation of might have resort to the cheaper class of carriages, either from motives of economy or necessity. Third class passengers were subjected to every description of inconvenience. They were conveyed almost ex clusively by slow trains, that consumed double the time in the journey that was occupied by the more favoured ones. They were dispatched at the most inconvenient hours of the day, and in carriages that would seem to have been constructed for the express purpose of ascertaining how great the quantity of discomfort the public could be brought to submit to. The vehicles were wholly uncovered, without seats of any kind; the passengers were huddled toge ther like a flock of sheep, without means of sitting down during the journey, or resting them selves in any way. In summer they were scorched by the heat, in winter they were exposed to the in clemency of the weather; and at all seasons they had no protection from the cinders or ashes that might fly from the engine, next which they were generally placed, that they might receive the chief danger in the event of any accident. We have no doubt that the seeds of disease and death were sown, in many in stances, on such journeys, and that numerous widows and orphans might trace the loss of husbands and fathers to illnesses originated from such sources. Cracow, after it had been drawn up by M. GUIZOT, was submitted by the KING to a secret council of irresponsible advisers, consisting of Count MOLE, the Duc DECAZES, the Duc PASQUIER, and some other friends of the dynasty, and was by them considerably modified before M. GUIZOT was permitted to submit it to the responsible advisers of the Crown. We know not whether this is the usual manner in which "they manage these things in France," but we know that if in England the SOVEREIGN were to submit the official documents drawn up by her responsible Ministers to an irresponsible clique, that the respon sible Ministers, no matter to what party they might belong, would at once resign. M. GuizoT, however, seems rather pleased than otherwise at this manifestation on the part of the KING of want of confidence in his responsible advisers. The following is the article in the Portefeuille:— " 'The first point was to decide whether the protest was to have the character of a note or of a dispatch. In other words, was it to be sent directly to the Court of Vienna or to M. de Flahault? The form of a dispatch appeared preferable, because it gives to an able diplo matist the opportunity of employing all the resources of his personal influence. M. de Flahault possesses a perfect tact, uses most conciliatory language, and his mode of acting is marked by the most perfect polite ness; he enjoys at Vienna general esteem; all the highest society frequents his drawing-room; he is on excellent terms with Prince de Metternich; he is consequently in the best possible situation to make use of a dispatch from his Government. That point being decided, it was necessary to fix the character of the protest. It was meditated at length, all the terms were carefully weighed, and, before being submitted to the approbation of the Council, it under went, we are assured, considerable modifications. We believe that we can even affirm that some high person ages, admitted within a sanctuary closed to vulgar eyes, were consulted. Their experience, their age, their ele vated functions—the part they have taken in the affairs of thecountry—rendered them worthy of such confidence. They all, it is said, approved of the changes effected in the language and spirit of the protest. We believe we can also state that two eminent members of the diplo matic corps were allowed to see it when modified; and probably M. Guizot informed them of nothing: new when he read it to them. The wording in its corrected form received the approbation of the Council of Mi nisters. We are well pleased that the matter passed in this way. If the sentiments of which the Presse had made itself the imprudent organ had prevailed, who could say what the consequences of the protest might be? We have already hinted at them, and we persist in saying that in a menacing protest, particularly in the present state of our relations with England, there would be both folly and weakness. Let us be grateful for the prudence which knew how to preserve France." According to the Esprit Public, M. TRIERS was asked to join the secret council of irresponsil:les, but he very properly declined to do so, alleging as his reason that, " should he feel disposed to criticise it before the Chamber of Deputies, he would rather do so on the assumption that the document in question was the work of Ministers." The remarks which have appeared in the English papers on the reception given by France to the Bey of TUNIS seem to have caused considerable excite ment in Paris. The France seems to be of opinion, that M. GUIZOT will have to pay dearly at Constan tinople for his petty triumph in Paris : " The reception of the Bey by the French Govern ment has already roused the susceptibility of Great Britain. Our jealous neighbours seem disposed to be angry at the very slight satisfaction which M. Guizot has given to himself. One London journal has even laid hold of the circumstance in order to launch out into absurd declamations against us. According to this journal, it is a great liberty on the part of the French Government to receive the Bey with the honours due to a sovereign prince, when the other Powers, par ticularly England, refuse, out of respect for the Porte, to give him that quality. These scruples do not come very well in the present circumstance. We know, thank God, that the English are much less scrupulous when it is their interest to be so, and we shall take care not to advise - the French Cabinet t . ,0 give way to the reproaches which are addressed to it. But, at the same time, ought we net to fear that the effi cialmanifestations of M. Guizot to war d s t h e B ey o f Tunis may become for France a sorry recommendation at Constantinople? England will take care to turn this circumstance to profit, and to ruin the little influence which we may still retain with the Porte. In our opi nion, it would have been easy for the French Cabinet to have avoided this disadvantage, It might have given to its reception of the Bey of Tunis a less official charac ter, and have shown less vanity in its petty triumph. The result would have been the same; the conduct of France less significative, and foreign susceptibility less lively. Successes, however, with the Cabinet of the 29th October are so rare, that it cannot afford to pass them over in silence, even at the risk of showing its incapa city and its ignorance.' The meetings in England on the subject of Ota heite are evidently producing a great effect on the public mind in France. On this subject the Con titutionnel Says— " We know how little importance is to be attached in general to these declamations. The orators of E ng li s h clubs do not observe much reserve in their expressions. It is not rare, for instance, to hear the niyrophilcs ex press themselves in terms still more violent, if pos sible, in speaking of the owners of slaves, without distinction of rank or character. But, under existing circumstances, these meetings, which take place with a strange simultaneousness on so great a number of points, indicate new efforts. The Protestant missionaries wish to turn to account at Otaheite The experience that has been acquired on this topic has afforded the strongest evidence of the erro neousness of the early opinions on this subject. In every instance in which the experiment has been tried, it has been found that increased facilities to travellers, whether by reductions of fares or other ameliorations, have also increased the profits of the companies. Witness the effect produced by the alterations introduced by the North-Western Com pany, by which great advantages were given to the public, and large additional gains acquired by the company. It might naturally be supposed that re sults so favourable to all parties would have induced other companies to have acted in a similar spirit, but such, unfortunately, is not the case : there are some parties so blind that they must be coerced even for their own benefit. But there is another element that must enter into the calculation as well as the pecuniary interests ,of the company. A vast monopoly has been sanctioned by the Legislature; the ordinary modes of conveyance have been set aside, they could not contend against, or co-exist with, the gigantic power of the railways. The several statutes autho rising their construction, and incorporating the com panies, provided certain rates of fares that should be charged . to the different classes, and there was an implied contract, on the part of those to whom these concessions were made, that they would provide suffi ciently for the public accommodation, by taking pas sengers of all classes at convenient times, and by proper vehicles. It was found, however, that the duty to the public in that respect was not fully car ried out, or regarded in that equitable point of view that might reasonably have been hoped for. Parliament accordingly interfered, and by a statute passed in 1844, by which almost every railway company in the kingdom is now bound, provided for the conveyance of third-class passengers by what are termed the Parliamentary trains, such trains to start at hours to be approved of by the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council, to travel at a rate of not less than twelve miles an hour for the whole distance, including stoppages, to take up and set down passengers at every station which they should pass on the line ; the carriages in which passengers should be conveyed by each train to be provided with seats, and protected from the weather, in a manner satisfactory to the Lords of the said committee, and the fare, not to exceed one penny for each mile travelled. There were other pro visions in the same Act for the amount of luggage to be allowed for each passenger, fares of children, &c. Here, then, we have the direct interference of the Legislature for the protection of third class travellers, and a special enactment " that the carriages shall be provided with seats, and protected from the weather, in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Trade." The power of that Board is transferred to the Railway Commis sioners by the Act of last session, and it is supposed that a general control and supervision of all the ex isting railways will be placed in their hands. It is not too much to hope that the Commissioners will use the power in their hands, and see that the carriages are properly sheltered from the weather. A mere covering is not sufficient, with a thorough draft rushing through them and chilling the unhappy passengers ; they should, as " VIGILANS" states, be ' divided into compartments, and properly glazed; Make the other carriages as much more luxurious as you please, but see that the health of the piorer classes is preserved from injury. The sanatory condition of the public has attracted the at tention of our Government; there are few points more necessary to be provided for than that to which we have adverted. If the Commissioners possess the power with respect to all the trains that they have in the Parliamentary ones, they should exercise it with out any unnecessary delay ; if they have not, it should forthwith be granted to them. The public comfor and the preservation of the public health must be re. garded as well as the public safety. the rupture of the friendly relations between France and England. They have proposed, amo► gat other means of forcing us to quit Otaheite, (De which would consist in making a desert of ti,' island by favouring emigration. The population would be distributed amoung the other islands of the Archipe lago, particularly Raiatea, where Pomare has her re sidence. The Missionary Society is rich enough to be able to carry this project into execution, if it has only the tacit consent of the English Government. If it should be executed, not only should we have to support all the privations of our isolation at Otaheite, but also to dread the continual incursions of the refugee popula tion of the neighbouring islands. Our Ministry would then have to expiate the fault that it committed in re nouncing the extension of the Protectorate over these islands, which have always been inhabited by a warlike people." In consequence of the severity of the weather, neither English, Spanish, nor South German mails arrived in Paris on Monday. The Money Market in Paris is improving, the prices of funds and shares have risen, the stock of precious metals in the Bank is increasing, and busi ness in general has assumed a more healthy ap pearance. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 81f. 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 1181. 65c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 f. ; Rouen, 9101. ; Havre, 6601. ; Great Northern, 655 f. ; Avignon, 892 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 605 f. ; Bordeaux, 565 f.; Boulogne, 438 f. 750. ; Basle, 2201. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4851.; Tours and Nantes, 495 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 5151. ; Lyons and Avignon , 485 f.; Belgian Two and-a-Half per Cents., 55 3 / 4 ; Spanish Actives, 33%; Ditto Three per Cents., 38 lA. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 15. Dutch Rhenish, 4% —Great Western Bengal, 4—Jamaica South Midland Junction, I% Luxembourg, 3 /—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, I—Northern of France Constituted, 10%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8— Paris and Lyons Consti tuted. 5 1 4—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 3%. THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You have always shown great attention to the sufferings of the poorer classes of the community; for that reason I hope you will exercise your able and powerful pen to put down the open third-class carriages on railways. I see a poor woman died in one of them the other day, and I have no ;doubt that hundreds of others have silently died from the colds and fevers that have been caught in inclement weather in these un christian conveyances. Many poor people may die, and none take notice of it. Let the directors put to death one Noble Lord, one Member of Parliament, in the way they have punished to death many of the afflicted poor, and some remedy will be applied. It will then be seen that if no open third-class carriages were allowed by law, and second-class carriages were by law divided into compartments, and glazed and made comfortable, while the first were made as luxurious as you like, that the interests of the railway companies and of the public would be consulted by more first-class places being taken, and by numbers having their lives spared to travel men t upon . n the i d e again, instead of being killed off, a s they now are. I n ti m es gone by the c oach proprietors Ch r i s ti a n principle of making all their passengers , and out, as comfo rtable as they could. All thel be coac h e s had cushions on the out s id e seats and they t ; f o und this system answer. The merciless , unchristian, t mon opolising railway director s persecute th their wicked open third-class carr i ages, and epoor b y make he second-class, with great reluctance, tenantable, on the covetous and unhallowed principle of compelling, by torture, the poorer to p ay more than they can afford, and the respectable middling classes to travel by first class conveyances. By calling attention to this subject you will do great good, and remedy an enormous abuse of power. Your obedient servant, VIGILANS. TITEWISTMINSTE R REFORM SOCIETY.—Last night, at eight o'clock, a full meeting of the committee of the Westminster Reform Society was held at Stannard's Hotel, Upper Wellington -street, Covent-garden, for the purpose of further considering the representation of Westminster, Mr. Geesin in the chair. Several new members having been introduced, and the subject for which the committee was convened having been taken into consideration, Mr. Prout proposed a resolution to the effect—" That all are resolved to place a candidate in the field who will conciliate all sections of reformers ; and to that end the committee are directing their united attention." Dr. Bainbridge, of St. Martin's, seconded the resolution, which was agreed to unanimously. Thanks were Oen voted to the chairman. and the meet ing, separated. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 12,000 bales, including 4,000 American on speculation, 800 Pernam and Maranham, 500 Egyptian, and 2,t00 Surat on speculation. The market was not so animated as on Monday. Shares were duller. The sale of Railway Shares, yesterday, at Messrs. La mond and Co.'s, did not go off with much spirit, although there was no great alteration in prices. The following are a few of the principal sales : Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia £0 3 9 Madrid and Valencia 1 0 6 Great Luxembourg East Indian Eastern Counties, York Extension 3 10 6 Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 14 6 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certficate 0 10 0 Churnet and Blythe Manchester and Southampton, 1847 1 9 6 I South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 Taw Vale Extension. and Dock Vale of Neath 1 9 6 Shropshire Union and Canal North British, New Thirds ...~ Paris and Lyons 5 2 6 Worcester, Warwick. and Rugby London and York, Extension ... 2 0 0 South Yorkshire, Voncaster, and G001e... 2 4 0 A most interestirg discussion was anticipated at the East India house to-day, on a motion that it be re ferred to the Court of Directors, to make better provision for the Native Army in India, as a reward for past services, and with the praisworthy idea of advancing them to that high position which they moat unquestionably deserve. The notice of motion, however, was declared, by the chair man, to have been adjourned, pursuant to the request of Mr. Sullivan. The subject, however, will not be lost sight of. The Cotton speculations at Liverpool are progressing at an awful rate. There must be a settling day, and long " time " bargainers may rue the day in entering upon such extensive operations as have been noted of late. Truly, it may be said, the spirit of speculation has departed from the vicinity of Capel-court, and centred in the cotton market of Liverpool. However, time will, questionless, unfold a tale in this, as in other rash and reckless business trans actions, from the result of which a moral may again be gleaned. There are not any late arrivals announced from the colonies today. Accounts have just been received of the arrival of the Hamburgh mail. We do not hear of any very parti cular information, except that in Sicily great destruc tive inundations have been reported to have occurred. The weather was extremely severe in all parts of Ger many and Holland. The navigation by canals was all but closed. Consols for the Account have been rather firm to-day at 93 to 934 ; the Reduced Three per Cents, have just dropped from 94k to 93k. Exchequer-bills are at 14s. premium. Bank Stock at 207, and the New Three-and u-Quarter per Cents. at 954. This is the pay day in the Share Market, and the settling and pay-day in the Foreign Funds. Little business has, consequently, been in progress, but the receipt and liquidation of differences. There have been bargains in Buenos Ayres, at 42 ; in Mexican, at 234 4; in the Four per Cents. Portuguese, at 37; in the Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents., at 541; and in the Four per Cents. at 924. The prices of railway shares and scrips are pretty firm to-day. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock ....... .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anrs 93% 941, 93% 94 1 ,E New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 9570 /4 96 95% 95 3 / LongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 9 15-16 % 9% South Sea Stock — Ditto New Annuities Consols for Opening 9 3%%% 93 1 ,! Exchequer Bills, 10001. 1 1 %d.... 11 14 p 13 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto, Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES r'ItICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Do., New, 1843 .......... Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 42 42 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 23 % 1 /8 24 Ditto, Account . — 24 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Passive Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 2% per Cent 5 4 14 54 1 4 Dutch, 2% par Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 92!4 PRIcEh or BUSINESS DONE CLOSING It 1 / 2 .ILWAY SHARES PAID ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE: , Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ...... 1% — Belfast & County Down e t Birmingham and Dudley 425. ... Birmin. and Gltucester..loo Ditto New 17% ••• ••••• Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 4 Boston, Stamid, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter 75 - •• ...... •• Ditto, New Bristol and,Glouc,euter... .... Bristol and Liver. June.. 2 1 / 2 .. ...... Buckinghamshire , Jaledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2 1 / 2 — Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27% — Czuniet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... . Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 /. z — C9rk and Waterford ... 1% -7. ... 5 p Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% ...... Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shetld. June. 2% — Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22 Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d % p... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%'/ 3% EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 i.astern Union 35 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% — Do. Exten.(Harwich) - Do., Camb. 'and Ely.: East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip... ..... East Lincolnshire ... ...... East & West of England 1%...... --......... •••• _ _ Edinburgh and Glis'gow 50' .....• 75 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 ...... — 3 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 21 /4 ...... 18... .......... Edinburgh & Northern.. 12 1 / 4 ...... ............ Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ............ .. —. Ely and Huntingdon ... 12 1 / 4 — ..... . ......... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 4 ............... --- Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 , 4 — ............... Gaslgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ... ............... 5 ... Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New ......... .. 15 , — ......... Do., 14 Shares (5 per ... ...... • cent. guar.) ... ...... 12 1 / 4 ,„, _ ... G o ol e , Doncaster, &c. .. 2 Grand Union (Notting- ..... ... ...... and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 21/4„ ....- '• ...... ..... Great South. and West. •••••...• .. (Ireland) - Great Munster _ 2l /2 ••• • • ......... 1/ Great North of Scotland 2q..,... ..._ Great North of England..loo 237 238 Ditto New ............... 5 Ditto, New ... ........ 15 ...... 54 1 / 4 Ditto, New .......... .1% . Great Western . .......... 65 13l Ditto % Shares Ditto I,f Shares lO Ditto Fifths ............ 20 Ditto, New 2 ... 2 Huddersfield &Manches. 13 Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby 5O Do. Half Shares 25 — Ditto 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% lO% ~.. Do., do., an d N orw i c h 2 %...... ... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New - Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 164 Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% — .. ...... ...... Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — ••• ...... DoExtension( Green) 2% Q ..... --- Leeds and Thirsk 17% 14% ex new.... 14% x n Ditto, New Do , Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% Lpool., Mnchstr &New castle Junction 544 17 7 4, 291/2 - 10% 4% London and Blackwall. 16/. Os. 4d. Do. New Ditto Extension ~ 7 l /2...... .. London, Brighton, and .:South Coast Ditto, Fifths Do. Consol. Eighths.. 10 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - ••• .. •• •• ••• London and Greenwich 12/ 15s4d Do. Preference ...18117s 2d London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westemloo 195 194 194 Do. Quarters Do., do., New Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 Do. -t,i Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/. Shares(L.M.) 8 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 5 ( • - : Do. 10/. ( ( IVi. & B.) B. 5 — Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham — •• ••• -- ••• 00000000 •• Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 62 63 62 1 ,4 6 2 1,4 Do. New Consol. Btt s 40 Do.:New Do. New Ditto Tenths Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto .......,.... 4 Lyndon and York 2 14 2% ... 2% Do. Extension 4-Z - --) ,-,„ ~ „,; . .. , 4-. 4,. - ..,.. (7 - c — "It; `. -.. . ..,..., L .., • - , I L , i .....- 'iz 04.4' , A NAL . > ,:e 1—)!**A...... A tity . .-..-• A • ,-- , . ‘---' i ' Ai. , firev i , ~,..„.›,..--„, i_ . - 1 -aico - .., , • .. -... ezmut. ,:''''. .•".- - ;=-.--; " - --. . .'' - Iti" -- _ _ . _ London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 24...... ............... Londonderry & Coleraine 15 ...... -- N•••»••'" Lon:;enderry and Ennis killen - ...... .. . . .... Lynn and Ely ..... -..... 15 ...... 16%..•••• ........ Lynn and Dereham l5 ...... ..... . ......... Manchester and Leeds B2 ...... ............... Ditto 14 Shares - ..... 2 . ...... ' Do. Quarters ..... ........... Do. Fifths 5 • •••• ..•,.N.......• Do. Sixteenths Do. Extension Do. Liverp. and Bury 4 2 26 : 1. 4 ...... ‘----- P ................... . . . *::'..... ....... Do. do. Fifths ...... - .- ........... Man<thester,Buxton,and Matlock 425' •-•••-- p ............... Manchest. & Southampt 2 ...... 1% - ........ Midland Do. Fi ft hs ....... .10 0242 .................. 1:1„: .............. ,•••.••• Do. Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm ~ and Derbyloo ......103 104 ..... •. ..... Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 ...... 34 5 ANN •........ Do. North Shields - ......... . Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .• •••• -- ...... " ..". 5 % ........... .. Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavenny DA." — .......... Newry and Enniskillen 7 - ..... .... .... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevcr Norfolk Ditto Half Shares 10; ) 9; ... ............... 1-- -- 3°Ik. • : : :: * ...... ...... ...:. Do. Extension Northern Counties Union 2 6 % ............ -" i l i ii .5.;:::*" . . 374... ....... ... North British ... ..... Do. Half Shari s ll "•••• 16 ......... .. ... Do. Fifths 5 ...... ............... Do. Quarters - 14...... a% 4 , 4 ........ 5. 1 1 / 2 % -- .. Do. Extension Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern 5O ...... -- ..... ....... Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 ...... -- ........... Do. Quarter Shares 12% ...... --' ....... . *'"........ .... Do. New 29 %.. ..... North Staffordshire 5 •••••• 8 .. North Wales - •.. Northern and Southern Connecting North Western Oxford, Worcester, and 22% IAI ............ -- .. .. .. ......... ........................ Wolverhampton - ... Oxford, W itney, and ~.....• ...... Cheltenham.... •• ... Portsmouth Direct 3 3 ' . """ ...... " . . ........ .. .. Preston and Wyre ...... •• ,• I A ... Do. Shares - Reading, Guildford, and ..• Reigate -- ....... '. 3/. 125....... -- d ig ' ..... ........•••• Richmond Royston and Hitchen - ........ . .......••• Scottish Central - •• , ...... Scottish Midland 12%. ' .......... Sheffield & Manchester 100 - " ..... Do. Quarter Shares 8 ..... -- •••• ....... Do.LincolnshireJunc l4 ...... '' ........... Do. & Great Grimsby lO .... -"- .... ...: Do. do. Extension 425. .. ...• --;,, .. . '•••"'' .• • Shrewsbury and Birm 3.. 4 is -..... .... OW Shropshire Union - .. Shrews., Wolverhamp , &S. StaffordsL. June. 2% ..... -- " •".' South Devon 4O .......... South Staffordshire June 2% ..... - ---„ .. '.. ... "' South Eastern & Dover. 33% .... 38%9' • ...... ..... Do., No. 1... 2O ....• 23 ............... Do., Nc. 2. 15 Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 - ............ .....14 1 /4 ......• .. .......... St.Alban's, Hatfield,and ... .••• ••' . Hertford Junction - ....... Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 .• •••»' South--- .............. South Wales ..... ... 5 ...... -- ..... Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2 •..... •-• '" ' . .., ..... Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ...... -- •'..... Vale of Neath 2 ...... -- "•....••Wakefield, Pontefract. & .. • ........ .. Goole - • . ........... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 • •••• --- ". ........ Waterford and Limerick 27%....• -- ... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, ............. and Dublin - . Wexford, W aterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 21%.. I%.••Waveney •---- ................ . •• Welsh Midland - .. . ... ..... West Riding Union - •• .........,.. West Cornwall ...... 2 ••• • • . .... ''.. Wexford and Carlow ... 31 / 4 ...... -- ....... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- ... ........... mouth York and Newcastle. . 5 - -- ......... Ditto New Do. Preference .....(* .............. York and North Midland 50 ...... 46 1 ,4•••• ........... Ditto % ••• Shares..... 25 ..... ~r• ..... ' " ...11. Do. Selby 4O ...... ..... „„ ...... -- . Do. Extension Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid- 17% 1 / 4 1 A ''....... ing Extension FOREIGN RAIL"YS'. .... Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... -- ..., ..... Barbadoes 1 ...... --- ........ ... Belgian Eastern Junctn 2% ...... -- ............... Boulogne and A miens l6 ". .......• -'' .......... • Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 ...... -- ...... ' Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 .. ... -- ............. .. ........ Do. (Espelete's) .... . •••.. Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond ".. ---. ......... Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific 1••••••••• ...... . . Coast 1 .. ... ... •,.•N•'•'' ..• Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara Dend re Valley ... / Direct Bombay and 244 ....•• --- ::: ...... .......... :.:::.:.:1: '''''' Madras .. / Dutch Rhenish 6 ............. . , East Indian ... ..... .... ss. ........ ".....• / Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 .. .... ..• .., Great Indian Peninsular ss. .... .... Great Western Benga1... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 ,4 .....• ...... ' ........ • '"' Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... .....• Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ..,,,.. ...., Jersey ...... .. . ........ 1 Louvain ii. la Sambre ... 6 ... • ••••" . ..... •"' Luxembourg 4 ...... •• ..... ..... ...- . ..... •• ~ Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... •-- •• .... 1 ...... -- ....... ...• Madras, Nellore, and .... .. ...... . 0 # N Mauritiussl a a a d d r r r u c i ao d r st and ...... : .. -- - ... ..... ''.: : : : : .... tO; 1 ...... -- ............ 1 and Liege ParisN oNv n o er o rt f h F J r a a I: Jamaica e a i C e a o n . f . i . t . 11 . .t.e . d . . .. .. . . . .. . ............... 5 10 1 / 1 7 s ... ..... ' Orleans and Vierzon "" ~ . ...• ...... ,-, tti Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ....... -- '. ....... 6,11" ..". .......... . ~. ti l l s ;o i nsConstituled 3B 5 4d ....... ....; 1 ) 01/ : 14 . ..! d o: : . 0 . :: '.. ..... Paris and Orleans 2O -- ...... ........ ..... Paris saaocm Paris ioebnnr sae and t n a i at n d nu d i : deiN u l e n Strasbourg ......... , . ~. - 20 ...... •-• Havreeuse 1020 ..”..... ........---. ....................... .. .... ..; _. .. . ! ............. Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic ....• --* ....... ....., Tours and Nantes Con- •0'" ... PO stituted ............... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- 5 % ........ .......... den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad - ... West Fland ...... .... •••• lers .. 6 JOINT STOCK BAN °. ... ; .. /S Australasia Provincial of Ireland London & Westminster. 20 ..... . 27W .......... "*. ( %4 Union of London lO . ..... ...... MINES. ..... ". t - ...... 34 ..... " d. Real del Monte Unregd. rs a op. clear p L OENAfriEs ty N D , Ew p c.e E a C t . h l e 6 r TWirld N.N.W., ^' l . LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(Vo 00 h'zh br e. ,10 11 ' , sb v p°' v Ar l c, alt* 15.—Wind N.W. to N. by -,... - L o r , ..-f Cuba. Arrd. from the River and sailed, ‘""" ' d j, merara-; Leander, Louth, New Orleanffs ~.bee..,,i s trfr OFF DOVER, DEC. 14.—Tino, Sawyer, ic e "., - 0 , - JP ,ati COWES, DEC. 15.—Wind N.N.E.-L-A l'l4. '" - ' 10° 2 Ate .46 Havannah and Portland, N. H. WEYMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind N.N.E• ----- LW' Graham, Miramichi. PLYMOUTH, DEC. lb.—Wind N.W.—• ,„ r it e a , Arrti• °v isa' Martin, Rio Grande,with mainmast and Wi er 'r e rell o.- 0, BRISTOL, DEC. 15.—Wind N.E., fresh._Sld. $ 0 . 10 1 chard, New York. ~, mode r oo o bel, LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Wind N.N.pri., A eg , . 155 ,,, , Speed, Pringle, Manilla; Nereides, 0a° 8 .., -I ,estrO'4ol o v - Zephyr, Kirtley, Africa; Parker, Risien, I),,e''',4os; Griffiths, Antigua; Themis, Leighton, New Uri ' Oh' 11° °. Thomas, New Orleans; Victoria, Cornish, Ss% ti le j, 111° BA LLYWATER, DEC. 11.—A head board, i v i ; Ow - tt " Duntroon Castle," in gilt letters 011 a b' ri " hOO tj ,l A 0.- so , picked up here yesterday. - BALLYCONNELL, DUNFXAGIIIt, DEC. l ir ‘ ..l " g il t' (111 went on shore on the island of Innishafen during 7 0 011 0 " remains. A bucket and two handspikes bi ll _A ill' shore, marked " Friend." • 0 1 7610 4 WELLS, DEC. 15.—A boat, about 12i feet lotto r „, st" side and out, but without mark or name, b ils up here. , if P: 4 01v ;e1. 1 CORK, DEC. 12.—Wind N.—Arrd. Wi u -p e• e t' v w r,"loP - John's, New Brunswick ; Elizabeth, Moses, .°-et JO 0 - LIMERICK, DEC. 14.—Wind N.E.—A I / d ' Miramichi. ~ Ots ti°' GRANGEMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Arrd. liatoP- -° ' ditto. be John's; Retreat, Allan, Quebec; Onyx , „ ll° ; „dt rt aatl oP l BRIDLINGTON BAY, DEC. 15.--Arrd• ne - b e ecto siv¢ HULL, DEC. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Riche ( 1 , 00 0 6 0 WivENttoE, DEC. 15.—The Dwina, Hodge; but London, got on the Gunfleet Sand 13th instan ' Os last night after discharging. or NOTICE TO MARINERS' frora The following has been received at Lloyd% df 0 DI v drographic-office:— - v ili, IN° ~st "COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA. —EE ' --17 ''', ON BEAVER ISLAND. the °°lltllol ' . "A revolving light has been established 01 1 , 2 00 A part of the outer Beaver Island, on the coast ' 9 ` o , w hict i s ioil The light revolves every two minutes, dar int le r o a / On visible one minute and a half, and invisible t_. sod V., -0 half minute. It stands 70 feet above the 0 with therefore be seen 15 miles. ildilig' Ir l i ad e°6B " The lighthouse is a rectangular white IX _ ndo in Are al' black balls painted on its seaward face. It 011 ` wa t of 0. 44 deg. 48 min. N., and lon. 62 deg. 20 ming de IV, l e° ' with. " The light bears from the Oute r Bird If 14 1 0 1 (May), 414 miles; from the Beaver Shelflq; r g thl i o, 4 from the Yankee Jack E. 3 / 4 N., 8 miles; 1 . 3 0 1 _,' 4 -,, house Black (or Harbour) Rock bears N. i i' r Ow iny' "Vessels intending to run for Beaver 1101 1 . 3° 00 dl l ,, the Lighthouse Island a berth a three-qt,-r e „,tonod, to avoid a rock which projects from it W a t i Tos 15P ... . 0 0 . :,/ SOUTH-WEST LIGHT ON ST. , r P 4 TrA i th oo 7,l fOP A bell has been added to the So" • ' - niance Paul's Island, and is tolled during the condo weather. A WO °s s . 0 4 1 COAST OF NORWAY AND - A i r SW _. tlo,f LIGHTS AT HOUGE SOUND A-i•N I ) ''' Oat noir . The Swedish Government has given. notice,cios, yi of December 'a ezed light, visible n: all dire 233 / 4 2% 223 / 4 21 /s 2 1 / 8 --P, 1 126 1 ;4 3 , 01 23, ~ ~~ i% P 41 , A ..- , 10 0 ci a