The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 11th of October have been received. The following interesting state ment forms the " postscript" of the South if; icon Com mercial Advertiser of the 10th of that month : POSTSCRIPT. The Frontier Yost arrived last night, at ten o'clock, having been detained by heavy rains. The following, from the Graham's Town Journal of October 3d, is has tily extracted:— " The records of the past week, though they tell of the death of two more of our unfortunate fellow•colonists at the hand of the treacherous Kafir, are, upon the whole, encouraging. Colonel Somerset has been again doing good service in the field, and with results which may well convince the colony of the zeal, gallantry, and unceasing activity of this cfficer. " Overtures of peace have been made by the Gaika chiefs." _ . The Governor's terms in substance were -Ist. That these tribes should lay down their arms. 2d. That they should give up all the colonial cattle. 3d. That the country as far as the Kci should be placed under British control—those who remain on this side submitting to such regulations as may be made for their future government. " Macomo, it is said, seemed disposed individually to agree to these conditions, but by the others they were entirely rejected. They stated they never heard of a conquered people being required to give up their arms— that most of the cattle were dead, and that they were tired of the war, and they were determined not to fight any more. They were under our feet, and our com mandos might go to their kraals without any resistance on their part, but that to give up their guns was out of the quertion. " Such is affirmed to be the substance of the reply given to his Excellency the Governor." Summary of Colonel Somerset's proceedings, extracted from his dispatches to his Excellency the Governor : " Sept. 22, 1846. " Shot 4 of the enemy, took 4 prisoners, 15 horses, 112 head of catte, and 3 guns, belonging to Seyolo's tribe. " Sept. 24, 1846. " Captured 1,100 head of the Gaika cattle, and 30 horses, and shot 5 of the enemy. " Sept. 29, 1846. " Secured by mid-day on the 27th, 3,000 head of superior cattle, mostly colonial, and a few horses. " In these operations twenty-two of the enemy have fallen, but without casualty on the side of the troops." Commercial Advertiser•office, Saturday morning, Oct. 10. (From the same Journal.) Mr. Deputy Commissioner-General Palmer left Simon's Bay, on Thursday, in the Inflexible, not the Thunderbolt, as inadvertently stated in last Advertiser. Government is now procuring mules and waggons for service on the frontier. As it was reported in town a day or two ago, that one of the returned burgher force, Mr. Metcalf, of Swellandam, was landed from the Thunderbolt, in Simon's Bay, in a state of extreme suf fering and debility, and left to find his own way in a strange place, being refused admittance into the military hospital, &e., it is proper to state, on good authority, that before leaving the Thunderbolt, Mr. Metcalf, had an order for admittance into the Naval Hospital, but preferred the hospitality of a private family, where every attention and kindness was shown to him, though un happily in vain, as he was in the last stage of an incur able complaint. It is difficult to come at the exact truth in such cases, and in the present state of the public mind, justly exasperated by many painful circumstances, the version that implies most blame is most readily re ceived. SOUTH AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ANTELOPE. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.—ShortIy after noon to-day it was reported that the steamer Antelope was entering the river from South America. Her passage up the river excited great interest. Her obliging agents, Messrs. APTear and Hadfield, favour us with the fol lowing:— " The auxiliary steam-ship Antelope, has just arrived here from the Brazils, having left Rio on the 2d ult., Bahia, the 13th, and Pernambuco, the 19th. She has been retarded on her passage by easterly winds, but on the whole her voyage is very satisfactory, occupying a period of three months and eight days out and home, calling at the ports both ways, and discharging and taking in full cargo. She brings fifteen passengers and voluminous correspondence. The Emperor of Brazils honoured the Antelope with a visit previous to her leaving Rio, and enjoyed a sail in her round the bay. Every facility and encouragement has been given by the autho rities in Brazil, who are most anxious to promote quick communication with this country, and it is to be hoped our own Government will be influenced by this successful experiment. The Antelope does not appear to bring any political news of importance, either from Brazils or the River Plate; but there has scarcely yet been time to analyze the papers-received." THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—Iier Majesty's stag hounds, whkh have not been hunted since Wednesday, the 9th inst., in consequence of the continuance of the late front, ra:>t yesterday morning at the kennel at Ascot. About 100, including Major Parker, Captain Seymour, Messrs. Ricardo, Cox, Wemyss, Willis, Wor ley, Mills, &c., were present. Earl Granville, who has not yet recovered from his late accident, attended the meet, in a carriage from the Royal Hotel, at Slough, and witnessed the uncarting of the deer, which took place on the kennel piece at Asc.)t; the deer taking away across the road on to the race-course, making down the New Mile course to Su:ininghill-wells and Kingsbeach, where it doub'ed to the left to Mrs. Fester's plantations, on to Broomhill waste, ar.d thence to Windlesham, doubling to the left for Chr.bham, and over brooks and ditches which abound in that vicinity. Here, from the numerous spills and duckings which took place, in consequence of the rotten state of the ground, in taking off and landing, several of the field gare in. The deer made from Chob bam for Knap-hill, on to Mill. brook Farm, and was there taken, at Mr. Stiles's, between Chobham and after a very fast run of an hour and a quarter, over a line of country heavy at all times, but rendered particul irly so from the rapid breaking up of the frost. The royal stag hounds will hunt three days more during the week. The fixtures have been ar ranged as tollows:—This day at Kingsbeach ; Thursday, at Salt-hill; and on Saturday at Bedfont-lane Gate. GUN Tow APPLIED TO BLASTING.—On Tuesday, through the kindness of Mr. APCallum, of the Lady Mill Qtarry, a gcntkman who has been a manufacturer of gunpowder in the west of Scotland for the last twenty years, and who has of late turned his attention to the manufacture of gun tow and gun sawdust for blasting purposes, proceeded to blast some whinstone rocks of the most solid description, in the presence of Professor Penny and a number of other scientific gentlemen, wl;o declared all the experiments quite exceeded their ex pectations ; and the rocks, instead of presenting rugged surfaces, as in blasting with gunpowder, produced a el. an split, which saved a great deal of time to the workmen in forming the stones of a proper shape for causewaying and other purposes. The first experiment was in a bore of three feet in length and 2A- inches in diameter, which was charged with nine ounces of gun tow (31b. of gun powder would be requisite to fill the bore necessary to blast) ; th e e ff ec t s were sp l en did , b r i ng i ng d own all the rocks adjacent, to the extent of about 10 tons. The second experiment, was with a bore of 3 teet 4 inches, and 21 diameter, and was charged with 11 ounces of tow and cotton mixed (41b. of gunpowder would be required); the effects were fully more apparent of its strength than in the previous case, bringing down about 13 or 15 tons weight —Glasgow Argus. DETENTION OF THE MAILS.---Our citizens, along wit'a their brethren in all parts of the cour.try, have been much put about by the protracted detention of the mails. We do consider that the Post-office authorities might have done better by the public in this instance; for example, the mail from London might have been sent yid Carlisle, as the communication by this route is open. As examples of irregularity, we may state that the mail which leaves London on Saturday morning did not arrive till ten on Tuesday morning, being more than forty-eight hours beyond its usual time. On Thursday night, at twelve, no fewer than five matls from London were due. The mails frotn the north have been exceed ingly irregular in arrival. In their case, however, there are difficulties and impediments, which we cannot take for granted in that of the London mails.—Ediaburgle .Evening Post. ROBBERY BY A SHAM COACH-OFFICE PORTER.— Yesterday morning a fellow, having the appearance of a coach-office porter, succeeded in defrauding the servant of Mr. Vander, of G u ildf or d street, R ussell-square, of ss. 6d., being the amount due for the conveyance of a hamper that he said had arrived by the Eastern Coun ties Railway. The family were from home at the time; and as the fellow threatened t o t a k e t h e hamper back, from one end of which there protruded the tail of a phea sant and the feet of a hare, the servant paid him the amount. Mr. Vander, on his return, proceeded to exa mine this unexpected Christmas present, which proved to be oyster shells and rand covered with hay, the fea thers and feet being fastened inside to give the package the appearance of containing game. SALISBURY AND BISHOPSTOKE RAILWAY.—In accordance with our announcement last week, Mr. Locke and so m e o th er gent l emen surve yed the line on Wednesday last. A train consisting of two carriages left the Bishopstoke s tation and tra ve r s ed the line as tar as Alderbury. We have reason to believe that the state of the works was considered satisfactory ; and that lug- ' gage traffic will almost immediately be commenced. 'There is still much work to be done at the Salisbury terminus, but advantage has been taken of the present tine weather, and the works are rapidly progressing.- -Poole Rerald. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, a woman named Young, residing in Crown-street, was going through the narrow lane lead ing from the King's-road to the river, in front of Mr. George Gosling's house, with her milk pail, when she Suet a heavily -laden corn-waggon having a blind horse in the shafts, driven by a lad. It is presumed she attempted to get into the garden gate, but before she reached it the fore wheel of the waggon caught her, and crushed her between the iron palli3ading and the tire of the wheel; the horizontal bar of the railing was pressed into her forehead, and the tire of the wheel was pressing the back part of her skull. So firmly was she fixed, that no exertion could move her, and to move the waggon either backwards or forwards must inevitably have been instant death. Mr. Sumner, of Duke-street, ran to his yard, and produced a long crow-bar, and prised the iron railing from the top of the wheel, and broke off some four or five feet of the pallisading. The poor woman immediately fell ins gore of blood, and abe was conveyed to the ho s pi ta l , where she lies in a frightful condition, with a dreadfalcontusion of the head and s se rious injury to the spine.—R ea di ng Mercury. The Count d'Abrantes, who was sent by the Go cnonioenlu,de a treaty at B er li n with Go vernment of Brazil to has embarked f or Ri o de the German Customs U Janeiro, having been unable it is said, to agre e upon the boo of a treaty. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 33 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 56 minutes after 3, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1846, NOTICE OF A CHEAP RE-ISSUE OF THE NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES, EDITED BE SIR HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. In Fourteen Monthly Parts, Price only ss. each. The First of which (illustrated with a fine Portrait and fat-simile) will appear with the Magazines, on the Ist of January, 1847. With the object of obtaining for this truly National Work a widely extended circulation, Mr. COLBURN has determined to re-issue it in Fourteen Monthly Parts, at only ss. each, commencing on the Ist of January. 1847. An opportunity will thus be afforded for every private as well as public library to become possessed of this unique monument to the memory of the greatest Naval Hero that ever existed. The Nelson Letters (observes the " Globe") will hereafter be the Manual of the sailor, as the sister service has found a guide in the Dispatches of the ])uke of Wellington. They will range side by side. Englishmen will associate their heroic deeds, and point their sons to these kindred works as the best memorials of their lives. *** Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry• Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY WILLIAM HOWITT. Now ready, in 2 vols. Byo., with numerous Illustrations, by William and George Measom. Price 2 0 s. bound. T HE HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE BRITISH POETS. By WILLIAM HOWITT, Author of " Vlsit4 to Remarkable !lases," " The Book of the Seasons," &c. Richard Bentley, New Ettrlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) ILLUSTRATED TALE IN " THE MIRROR," Price Is. On January 1, 1347, Chapters 1., 11., 111., and IV., of THE MISER'S WILL; Or, LOVE AND AVARICE. An English Tale. By PERCY B. ST. JOHN. The Mirror will continue to be Edited by Mr. St. John, assisted by several eminent writers, and will be Illustrated in the first style of art by Hine, Archer, and Walmsley. Now ready, Vol. 1., new series, price ss. 6d. H. Hurst, 27, King William street, Strand. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Poultry, Mansion-house, London. The ANNUAL DINNER of the Members and Friends of this Society will take place at the London Tavern. Bishopegate-street, cn WEDNESDAY, December 30, 1846, at Five o'clock precisely. HOBERT WILCOXEN, Esq., in the chair. GEORGE STOCKDALE ,Chairman ef the Stewards. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAAIOND 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, &C. Like place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advises of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Rail of Commerce. Threadneedle-Street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Last Night but One of Mademoiselle SOPHIE FUOCO. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's celebrated Opera, entitled THE MAID OF ARTOIS. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani; Jules de Mentagnon, Mr. D, W. King; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdini ; Synnelet, Mr. Weiss; Niaka, Miss Isaacs; Isoline, Madame Anna Bishop. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale, Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoco, Louise, Benart, Madsme 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 performed a new and original Drama, called TIIE ROUND OF WRONG. Sir Arthur Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buck stone • Harwood. Mr. Howe ; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortsscue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. After which, an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled STORY TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. Dr. Hardenberg, Mr. W. Farren ; Frederick Vandervelt, Mr. Caulfield ; Raps, Mr. Buckstone ; Grab, Mr. Rogers; Theresa, Miss Teibin ; Rose, Mrs. Humby. _ During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Cheval de Bronze ;" " The Armen" (l'olka) ; " Czarina" (Mazourka) ; " Douro " (Walzer); and a New Overture. To be followed by the admired Drama of Glt A.NDFATHER WHITEHEAD. In which Messrs. W. Farren, Stuart, Tilbury, Rogers, Caulfield, &c. ; Mrs. E. Yarnold, and Mrs. Stanley will perform. To conclude with the Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Holl ; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe; Szoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham; Mrs. Scorsup, Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will he performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha• racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray (his first appearance here), Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May (her first appearance here), Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the laughable Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Mr. Turner, Mr. Oxberry (his first appearance in this company), Mr. 11. Butler ; Miss Arden, Miss Villars, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'HI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the 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 Comic Drama of THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Selby, Boyce, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a Terpsichorean Burletta, call, d POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Principal characters by Messrs. Lam bert, Worrell, Wright, 31wiyard, Mrs. Matthew, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAINBOWS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Granby, &Cowell, Henry ; Mrs. H. Hughes, and Misi E. Ilonner. After which, a new and original Muiiical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNI :II '; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejamly., Mr. Leffler ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; ornet Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Baron Bristle , ach. Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Bonner; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, E. Homier, Mucks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Urlel, Miss MarAnall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs. Fosbroke. To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Wynn ; Yoang 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. llardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Vaudevile, entitled LA DOT D'ALTI VERgNE. Pierre, M. Dumery ; Jerome, M. Pagenler ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Fouquet ; Felicite, Madame Dwnery. To be followed by the Vaudeville of L'AMBASSADEUR. Cha racters by MM. Perlet, Laugeval, Berou ; Mdlle. Celina Fouquet and Mdlle. Brohan. After which a new Comedy, entitled LES TROIS CRISPINS ; oil, La Familia Poisson. mond Poisson, M. Perlet ; Marianne, Mdlle. Brohan. To conclude with the first act of Regnard's Play of LES FOLIES ANIOUREUSEs. Albert, M. Cartigny ; Eraste, M. Felix ; Crispin, Mdlie. Vallee ; Lisette, Mdlle. Brohan. Boxes, Gs.; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE The celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable Entertainment at the above theatre THIS EVENING, De.ember 21, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening, during the Christmas holidays. Due notice will be given of their first Morning Performance. The programme will include " Old Joe," " Lucy Neal," " The Coloured Fancy Ball." "My skiff is on the shore," and the cele brated ha 'road Overture. 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 ei.gaged at Michell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre.—Open from 11 till 5. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. I'a'ronised by her ➢lost Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Last Three Nights previous to the Christmas Holidays. 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 Mrs. Batty and the Equestrian Ladies will appear on their trained steeds. _ New and entire change in thit SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the popular romantic Drama of ROB ROY MACGRF.GOIL ; or, The Mountain Outlaw. On SATURDAY next (Boxing-N•ght) a double rotation of Eques trian and Gymnastic Novelties, and first night of the Grand Comic Fairy Pantomime, written by Nelson Lee, Esq., entitled TILE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin All Baba and the Robbers' Cave, in addition to the present successful Spectacle. P.ox-ollice open front eleven till five o'clock.--Doors open at six an I ommence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 22. rPERMOMETER, Lowest, 34; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 40, BAROMETER, 29.12.—W1ND W., fine. Cliening LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1846. Unfortunate Cracow ! unfortunate Poland ! but most unfortunate France! If the late Ministerial proceedings of France may be regarded as an accurate indication of the political condition of that country, then have all the dearest aspirations of LAFAYETTE been unfulfilled, then have the dismal and bloody ordeals of the Great Revolution been in a vast de gree ineffectual, then have the National Assembly, the Convention, the Directory, the Consulate, the Empire,. the Restoration, and the Constitution of " thirty," been merely the forerunners of her more peculiar and unprecedented abase ment. After waging a war of liberalism against the despotism of the European continent, France now assumes to herself the character of a nation capable of truckling to that same despotism, of conniving at its iniquities, and of pandering to its pernicious ambi tion. In this respect France is the most inexplicable of all phenomena. The Sphinx was nothing to it. Comparing the position of France at the present mo ment with the acts of France during the last seventy years, we see in the national will nothing but a monstrous anomaly, and in the French Government a continual antithesis. M. GuizoT has, in'his recent note respecting Cracow, transmitted to the Foreign Ambassadors in Paris, and to the French Ambassadors at foreign Courts, fully divulged the degenerate nature of the policy of la grande na ti on . W e are aware t h at t h e authen 4city of the document has been in a manner denied CI.I • 343.4 VAC . 74. 4 ..4-411111w • • -tii\ Az& -." T• M 0 T „iT. by the Cabinet of the Tuileries, but this I denial is ostensibly a very paltry prevarica tion. It is already notorious that the pro test forwarded from Paris to the Northern Courts, in allusion to the recent incorporation of the Cracovian Republic with the Austrian empire, has been remarkable for its courtesy, or, more strictly speaking, for its subserviency. It is well known that that protest has been nothing more than a most amiable remonstrance. Aware of their late shortcomings in regard to what is called the inviolability of treaties, the Ministers of his Majesty King Lours PHILIPPE have evinced their embarrassment in commenting upon the later crime of the three Governments, already odious by their partition of Poland. They have felt that in insisting upon the culpability of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, they have been thereby acknowledging their own criminality. In speaking of Galicia, they have unwillingly implied the Peninsula. In alluding to Cracow, they have virtually referred to Madrid. Their violation of the solemn engagements of PHILIP of Orleans, has been the counter-part of the violation of the compact of the Allied Sovereigns. In the remarks uttered by the Guizot Administration upon the Treaty of Vienna, the Treaty of Utrecht has been, what grammarians would define, the ablative absolute. According to the France, however, the note transmitted by M. GulzoT contains this preposterous observation :—After maintaining that " no power can enfranchise itself from treaties without enfranchising the other powers by the same act," it goes on seriously to assert—" France has not given any similar example of an attempt against the policy of conservation and peace ;" and again, " It is she (France), who, above all, is occupied in the maintenance of the rights required by others, and in respecting their independence !" We can scarcely credit the report that such sentences are literally contained in this official document. We can scarcely credit that any Prime Minister could have the moral impudence to propound such ridiculous arguments. What ! France has maintained the policy of conservation and peace ! Has she so, indeed ? With one of her Royal Highnesses tra velling through Spain, attended by a pacific retinue of chasseurs and artillery! With insurrections fomenting in the northern and eastern provinces of Portugal ! What ! France has continued to respect the independence of others ! Is it possible that any Minister of Lours PHILIPPE could utter this as sertion while BRESSON and DIETz are among the living, without a blush ? But the " note " is on the whole a masterpiece of politeness. It insinuates its displeasure with the most apologetic tenderness. Its words of remon strance are sugared with leniency. From the tone of the note it is certain that France would infinitely prefer assailing its enemies with a shower of bonbons, as the ladies do in the Roman carnivals, to attacking them with the " leaden rain of bullets." Meanwhile the Austrians are treating France after the most supercilious fashion—they are speaking of France with the utmost contempt ; they are treating her military and naval power with the greatest contumely. To this unenviable position the French Government have driven themselves by their own faithlessness. They have dug their own pitfall, they have forged the instrument of their own castigation. opinion as to the increased value which will result from the drainage, and report on the whole to the Commissioners This is an extended and important sphere of duties, and will require the assistance of able and intelligent men ; but every one acquainted with the state of Ire land and the habits of Irishmen will at once concede the necessity of a strict surveillance being kept over the expenditure of the money and the due and proper execution of the work. The increased value of the lands, in consequence of the drainage and other works, in proportion to the cost thereof, will afford valuable data to the board to enable them to form sound conclusions as to the profitable nature of other works of a similar character. Thelrelief-inspecting officer of the Board of Works is to fix the number of, and nominate the labourers to be employed on each work, from the list of the destitute re siding within each electoral division or barony, as is now usual for the road works. The landed proprie tors, farmers, and stewards, connected with the works, are invited to scrutinise the list of the destitute, and to insure that none who have other means of support be employed. As the land is to be assessed for the works, it is the interest, as well as the duty, of the rate-payers, to prevent the admission of labourers who are not really fitting objects of bounty. Many other projects, by private persons, have been put for ward, some of considerable value, and others quite impracticable. It will be our duty to examine such of them as appear calculated to produce beneficial results. Some excellent suggestions have been offered in an anonymous pamphlet, entitled " Observations on the Evils resulting to Ireland from the insecurity of Title, and the existence of Real Property, with some Suggestions as to a Remedy," many of which are de serving of attentive consideration. The evils are boldly and well exposed, and the proposed remedies are, at least, steps in the right direction, on which useful legislation may be founded. The country is deeply interested in the pure administration of justice. There is no one thing the English regard with greater pride or jealousy—pride, from the belief that the meanest of her MAJESTY'S subjects is not left without redress for any injury he may receive—jealousy, lest the laws, by which their sacred rights are guaranteed should not be strictly adhered to, or lest those intrusted with their due enforcement, and impartial administration, should, by levity of conduct, loss of temper, or from an over weening sense of their judicial excellences, weaken the confidence with which the people of this country have ever regarded our system of judicature. It was owing to this innate love of justice, by which the English are especially characterised, that there was spread such heartfelt satisfaction throughout the empire when GEORGE THE THIRD rendered the judges of the land independent for life. By rendering these grave functionaries, when once appointed, only removable from their high and dignified offices by joint addresses, condemnatory of their conduct, from the Lords and Commons, a step was taken by That Monarch which gained for him golden opinions from all ranks. The nation re joiced to think that the legal personages of the realm had herein had secured to them a position which placed them in the discharge of their important duties above the breath of suspicion, and in which they _____ could fairly be presu me d t o b e f ree f rom any bi as o f The position which the Royal Agricultural Society authority, how influential or supreme soever such of Ireland might have filled with so much credit to authority might be. No English Sovereign ever themselves and advantage to their country, upon the commenced his reign with an act more dignified, partial suspension of the 14th general rule, but which more gracious, or more wise, or with one that was it was forced to abandon in consequence of the resig- m sre enthusiastically welcomed by his liberty-loving nation of many of its most influential members, will subjects, than did the grandfather of Queen VICTORIA, at length be occupied. The urgency of Irish affairs, in freeing the judges from any sense of servile de the difficulties, and exigencies of the country ; the peudence on the Crown. certainty that measures of the most enlarged and Good laws are of the first consideration ; the comprehensive character, deeply affecting all those in next is, that they be righteously administered. any way interested in land, will speedily be submitted Both of these are blessings of inestimable to Parliament for its sanction and approbation, and value ; but they must stand or fall together. the vast importance of communicating to the Govern- It is almost just as futile to expect beneficial re ment, through some efficient body, full information as sults to flow from righteous laws, perversely exe to the state of the country, and offering such sugges• cuted, as to anticipate ought but the worst possible tions as the measures about to be brought forward, results from the faithful administration of a vicious may render advisable, has quieted the fears and and tyrannical code of law. Looking to the nature mutual distrust, and appeased the petty disputes and and expense of the education which candidates for differences that have so long unhappily prevailed, and the English bar, for the most part, receive ; to the which have hitherto prevented that cordial co-opera- toilsome career which they must run for years, exhi tion amongst Irishmen of all creeds and parties, that biting talents of the highest order, before they can is so essential to the welfare of their fatherland. It obtain pre-eminence as advocates; to the moral cha now appears to be the wish of men of all shades of meter and independent spirit which gentlemen of the politics that a meeting of landlords should be hel,l long robe maintain as a body, and to the responsi previous to the meeting of Parliament, in order t( bility of Ministers whenever they recommend an in devise measures which shall, if possible, receive the dividual to be raised to the bench—all these are points unanimous support of the Irish Members ; and at s which, coupled with the knowledge that the judges most influential assemblage of landed proprietors, at- are appointed for life, cause the people to repose im tended by representatives of every class of political elicit confidence in their integrity and ability. It is feeling, it was resolved that a committee should be rarely that their confidence is abused. Whenever a formed for the purpose of collecting suggestions to be judge should, in an unguarded moment, disappoint laid before the Irish Members of both Houses of public expectation, and display an unfitness for his Parliament, as to the measures that ought to be office, public opinion has generally been found to be brought forward during the ensuing session. Thit a sufficient corrective, and the intervention of Parlia is as it should be, and if the happy commencement client is now-a-days never required. should be followed up, as we hope and believe it will We have been induced to offer these preliminary be, by a total abstinence from all such abstract poli- observations in consequence of a remarkable scene tical questions as must necessarily lead to the expres- which took place last week, in the Court of Exche sion of opposite views and feelings—if their discus- quer, between the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. sions are restricted to the points by which the des- COCKBURN, Queen's Counsel. We blush for the titute and famishing peasant may be fed, the distress Chief Baron ; we admire Mr. COCKBURN. In the removed, the vast quantity of labour now remaining case of GOLDICUTT v. BEAGIN, which was an action for idle and unproductive, turned to the most useful and breach of promise of marriage, a verdict had been beneficial purposes, and the agricultural capabilities obtained last Hilary Term for 3001. The action was of the island fully developed--it is impossible to over- tried at Guildhall before the Chief Baron. A rule rate the national advantages that may be derived from nisi for a new trial was granted on the ground of sur the proceedings of such a committee. prise, and was subsequently made absolute. On '1 here is now little tim e t o be lost. Within a few Thursday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, Mr. weeks Parliament will be convened, and the first COCKBURN, engaged for the defendant, inquired of measures that will b e l a id b e f o r e the Legislature will his Lordship, whether he would take the case up at undoubtedly relate to Ireland. The circular of the that advanced hour, and intimated that he should have Board of Works points out in some degree the nature to examine witnesses at considerable length. The of the Ministerial propositions ; it demonstrates that Chief Baron decided that he would not, expressed his public works are to cease, and other s of a reproductive surprise at the parties intending to try the question character to be substituted for them; it indicates that over again, and stated his recollection to be clear that, works connected with thorough draining and sub- when the rule was granted, there was a distinct un soiling with the spade are chiefly to be resorted to, derstanding that no second trial should be had, the and that they are to be executed by task-work, each object being to afford time to the parties to come to individual labourer having a portion allotted to him an amicable arrangement. Mr. COCKBURN informed sufficient for a fortnight or three weeks ; he is to he the judge, that between granting the rule nisi, and allowed to avail himself of the assista nce of his chil- making it absolute on the usual terms (the defendant dren, aad if by their aid he is enabled to complete paying all the expenses of the ,first trial), his client his task in a shorter period than that appointed, he had offered to marry the plaintiff, which had, how will have earned a sufficiency to. support his family, ever, been refused. The Lord Chief Baron rejoined and will be enabled to devote the surplus time to in;these words : " Taking all:the circumstances into ac farm labour, or to any other occupation that may prove count, it seems little short of insanity f o r th e d e f en d ant most beneficial. This is a most admirable regulation ; to proceed with this second trial now, and exa it holds out an inducement to exertion and industry mine witnesses after the verdict already given." Mr. that must be turned to account. The Irish labourer COCKBURN, feeling naturally that such observations may be lazy, and inclined to skulk, as his detractors falling from the Bench, would very much prejudice allege, but give him a motive for industry, and the 'his client, hereupon observed, " with the most pro opportunity of exertingit, and neither Englishmen nor found respect, that he felt it his duty there publicly Scotchmen will surpass him in close and patient toil, to protest against the practice of any judge prejudg frugality, and providence ! So says Mr. nem°, the ing a case, especially in the presence and hearing of eminent engineer, whose extensive acquaintance with the jury whose duty it was to try it." The Lord the labourers of the three countries enables him to Chief Baron replied, th a t h e felt sure the j ur y form an accurate judgment on the subject, and who would not be prejudi ce d b y hi s o b serva ti ons —th a t h e appears to give a preference to the Irish labourer. Is it had merely remark e d upon th e p ru d ence o f th e not confirmed by our own e x perience ? Who that has seen course about to be t a k en b y t h e d e f en d an t. Th e next the amount of harvest work performed by them morning Mr. C OCKBURN presse d t o h ave th e tr i a l during their a nnua l v i s it s t o thi s country, but will postponed, in con sequence of the Chi e f B aron h av i ng admit that, if ad equa t e l y remunera t e d, n o men can used the term "ins an it y " i n t h e way a l rea d y ment i one d . toil harder or mor e e ffi c i en tl y ? Th e L an d Commis- The judge refused th e app li cat i on. Th e f oreman o f t h e sinners say, "If you show to him in what manner the jury warmly repreh en d e d M r. COCKBURN f or suppos application of that labour may be rendered most con- ing they would be influenced by what had fallen from ducive to his own com f or t an d permanen t b ene fit, and the Chief Baron, and d es i gnate d suc h a suppos i t i on as assist him with money or materials, w hich hi s l a bour t 4 di s creditable." Mr. COCKBURN at once disposed of cannot supply, you will generally find the Irish pea- this shameful scene by stating, that he " best con sant ready to co-operate with you in effecting im - suited the interests of hie client, the proper admnis provernents beneficial alike to himself and to the tration of justice, and his own feelings and judgment, country." And again, " When we consider this state by withdrawing from the conduct of the case." of things, and the large proportion of the population Having bowed to the Bench, he immediately quitted that come under the head of agricultural labourers, the Court. The trial then w en t on in the absence of we have to rep ea t th a t t h e pat i ent endurance wh i c h counsel for the defendant; the Chief Baron summed they exhibit is deserving of high commendation, up emphatically in favour of the defendant. The and entitles them to the best attention of the Govern- notwithstanding, gave 400 / . d amages , b e i ng jury, ment and of Parliament." The foregoing authorities 1001. more than was given upon the first trial ! speak in the strongest manner of what the labourers Such is the outline of this remarkable exhibition will do under proper regulations, and the proposed i n a British court of justice. It is almost plan appears well calculated to stimulate them to the utmost degree of indu s t r y. nee dless to comm en t upon i t —th e f ac t s speak for themselves. The dignity of the bar was well upheld District inspectors of drainage are to be appointed, by Mr. COCKBURN. The rebuke he administered to whose duty it will be in the first instance to eesemine the judge was richly merited. Technically speak the site of every work presented for, to determine she i ng , when a new tri a l was gra nted, the litigant extent of land to be drained, and mar k it s b oundaries ,' 'ties stood in court, just in the same position as on the Ordnance plans ; to lay out the works con- though the merits of the case had never been pre nected with the main or open drains; to determine • to; and the judge was bound to bring viously gone 14, ; . the depth and all the details belonging to the covered his mind cial consideration of them with to the jua. impartiality drains ;to estimate the cost of the drainage per acre ; . . the like to value the land in its present state, and give his thing of the incidents of tho dab-_e' as i ';' . he had never known any.. -_, should be then and there developed to the Court and jury. What t h eopening would of be thought a trial t om o o f r L r o o w r d D E aif, morning, N of the merits of which he might have happened to have become casually informed, he were to brow beat the counsel, telling him that both he and his client were mad for attempting to submit their case to a jury ? Such conduct could not be suffered for one moment without producing severe remonstrance ; and how childish would it not be thought for the Chief Justice to contend that such monstrous extra judicial remarks could not have any weight with the jury ! Men are but men; and it is notorious what an influence is likely to be imparted to the minds of jurymen by judicial, or extra-judicial dicta. It was very honourable in the foreman to reject the belief that the verdict of himself and his colleagues would be in any degree swayed by what the Chief Baron had let drop. Still, the foreman could only answer for himself; and the very vehemence with which he expressed himself argues the probability that he was not in a frame of mind dispassionately to discharge the impsrtant duties the law had imposed upon him. The fault lay with the judge. That his Lordship meant well is not to be doubted; but that a greater legal indiscretion was ever manifested on the bench, it is almost impossible to surmise. What makes the matter worse is, that a letter has since been published by the solicitor to the defendant, alleging that, but for the extraordinary conduct of the judge, they meant to have called witnesses who had never appeared at the first trial, and whose testimony would have given a different complexion to the entire case. But, of course, they naturally enough considered that any evidence would be of no avail for the purposes of a fair trial when they had been stigmatised in the outset, in open court, by the presiding judge, as being little short of insane. Even without this evidence, the report runs, that the judge summed up emphatically in favour of the insane parties. This, of itself, was a piece of judicial conduct highly inconsistent, to say the least of it. If it were meant as a sort of " aniende," it signally failed ; the mischief had been irreparably committed; the jury heeded not the judge, but im mediately gave increased damages. We resign this subject with feelings of deep regret that the Chief Baron should have suffered himself to lapse into so serious an error. Distinguished an advocate as Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK proved himself at the bar, it is much to be lamented that he has shown himself, at times, to be grievously deficient in the high qualifications indispensably necessary to con stitute an efficient judge, particularly where he is appointed to be the chief of his court. If Sir FREDERICK PoLLOCK be desirous of standing well in public opinion, we recommend him to dispense largely with that dogmatical loquacity for which he has already acquired an unenviable distinction. A grave and dignified deportment is of no mean account in a judge; but the habit of fre quently interrupting the counsel, by bawling out in stentorian tones, will never conduce to the desired demeanour. If Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK be ambitious of improving himself, let him turn his eyes to the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and he will be readily supplied with a model he would do well to imitate. It appears that the ambassadors from the Northern Powers to the Swiss Republic have determined to quit Berne for Zurich as soon as the Government of the former enters on its directive duties. This is re garded as a protest against the new Bernese constitu tion, and as a prelude to intervention in the internal affairs of Switzerland. The English Ambassador will, we are happy to say, remain at Berne, but the French Ambassador accompanies the northern diplo matists to Zurich. Under these circumstances, the following passage from a letter written by the Neuf chatel correspondent of the Journal des Debats, is somewhat suggestive :—" An enzeute of a somewhat grave character has recently broken out in the Ber nese Jura, on the occasion of the installation of a new prefet. The general desire of the inhabitants of this portion of the country, particularly in the Catholic localities, and where French is the language spoken, is to be separated from the canton of Berne." Is S wit zerlvnd to be treated like Poland, and partitioned among her more powerful neighbours ? Is France to take, as her share of the spoil, the Jura provinces, where French is the language spoken ? If so, we can understand why it is with only " bated breath and whispering humbleness " that M. GUIZOT protests against the annexation of Cracow. Madrid papers of the 14th have arrived. The last account of the elections gives, out of 171 elections, the results of which were known, 127 to the Moderados and 44 to the Opposition. Among the Moderados returned were M. Donoso Cortes, ex- Secretary to the Queen; M. Gonzales Bravo, ex- President of the Council, and now Spanish Envoy at Lisbon ; M. Mayans, ex-Minister of Justice ; M. I3enavides, ex-Political Chief of Madrid ; and General Jose de la Concha, Captain-General of the Basque provinces. The Progressistas had returned at Seville their principal leader, M. Cortina; and M. Antonio Gonzales, who was President of the Council under Regent Espartero, had also secured a seat in the Cortes. M. Salamanca had been returned in the province of Alicante. The election of M. Olozaga, whose conduct towards the Queen in 1843 seemed to be most resentfully remembered by the Court, had given rise to the meeting of a Cabinet Council. According to the _Espanol, no thing would be decided as to the admission of M. Olozaga into the Chamber of Deputies " until the dispositions of the new Moderado majority were better ascertained." It is rumoured that the Ministry, alarmed at the unexpected successes of the Progressistas in several districts, notwithstanding the persecutions and op pressions directed against them, is meditating a coup d 7:tat against MENDIZAI3AL, OLOZAGA, ANTONIO GONZALES, and several other Progressista leaders. The following, the only intelligence from Portugal contained in these papers, appears in the Clamor Publico : " We have seen a Lisbon letter which records one of the most atrocious crimes that can be attempted, but one which is, fortunately, of rare occurrence in the annals of nations. It appears that the Cabralists, unable to con quer their enemies by the sword, have determined upon committing a fearful crime in order to get rid of them. Secret agents have been sent to Count Das Antas's head quarters, with the mission of blowing up the powder magazine and poisoning his troops.. Count Das Aatas happily detected their project in time to save the lives of his unfortunate soldiers, to whom 5,000 poisoned loaves had already been distributed. What a horrible deed !" We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Moniteur Parisien of Saturday evening, which has succeeded the defunct Messager as the autho rised and acknowledged Ministerial organ, has the following, respecting the circular note of M. GuizoT on the subject of Cracow, a translation of tftc Opposition, from mpe i cxohs statect i , hitte efornnoai it ne m c uawe Lssnhsadaiinteeyhrpersonalaohfhe Fran ce , ha giving s w e b r g ao a nu v yg e h y et este r d a y : " The journal La France publishes, this morning, a note, entitled ' Circular Note of M. GUIZOT on the affairs of Cracow.' We are authorised to declare that this note is altogether inaccurate and incomplete." The Natonal has a furious article against M. GUIZOT, for having removed M. BARBET from fhaefyrA olli Na tional nist t escapeheo erf the Mauritius, and accuses the Government of having cowered before " the insolent menace of Lord PALMERSTON." In commentin g ot cover nvt t et h part e cko s o seizure i u r twp u h oh r e nei which ha o hr f it hm t oe l o a f s th t e o Friday, by the Government, the Constitutionnel cha racterizesxtphl eanaa affairs s s himself country. "He agitates himself," says the Constitu tionnel— " He declaims, he assumes an air of arrogance and of violence. He makes a great noise to deceive his friends, to deceive himself, as WI the gravity of the situation in which he has placed France. Unfortunately for him facts speak plainly, and have no need even of a com mentary. France is isolated, and will, most probably, so remain for a long period of time. The Cabinet which represents France has quarrelled with all the great rowers of Europe. The Liberal cause, which is the cause of France, has experienced an immense check at Cracow, and all the addresses of our Chambers have been flagrantly and cruelly belied. The policy of our Government,based upon the English alliance, has been de stroyed in 24 hours by a coup de tete. The system of peace, of the peace of minds, as M. Guizot defined it, is destroyed. The only hope of our Cabinet is, that at some future period, more or less distant, the Absolutists may conde scend to accept of its assistance to perpetrate inlsome country or other, in Switzerland, for example, some.new crime against liberty. We may at any hour see revived against us a coalition, at all events a diplomatic coalition of all Europe. In the meantime our pecuniary resources are engaged for the next ten years, the financial crisis perpetuates itself like a slow fever, and we are so far from enjoying either glory or grandeur, that we have not even prosperity or security." The writer concludes by recommending the law authorities to impeach the real authors of these mis fortunes, the Ministers, instead of getting up legal proceedings against proprietors of newspapers. The severe frost which had prevailed for some days in the French capital had been succeeded by a rapid thaw. The Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S, on Sunday morning, at 80f. 80c., but, on the arrival of the London papers of Friday, announcing increasing fitmness on our Stock-Exchanges, prices rose to 80f. 92:1,-c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 21. Luxembourg, `,i—Namur and Liege, 3 1 4—Northern of France Constituted, 10%—Orleans and Vierzon, 13 % Paris and Strasburg Constituted,4lA. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS . CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton-market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet. Sales 3,000 bales, half of which was on specula tion. Prices were Id. to id. per lb. lower than last Friday. The sales included 2,000 bales American at sd. to 7d. ; 200 Pernam at Bd. to 81d. ; 100 Bahia, at 74d. to Bid. ; 100 Egyptian at Bid. ; and 400 Surat at 4d. to 44d. per lb. Shares were firm, but Birmingham and Oxford Junction did not advance quite so much as here, being 9 to 94. premium. It would appear from the accounts received yesterday from Portugal, that the financial affairs of that country are more favourable. The value of the Portuguese Stock has consequently rather improved At a meeting of the General Committee for the relief of the sufferers by the great fires at Quebec of 1845, the Treasurer laid before the Assembly the amounts received which were 160,3131.98.8 d. •' the amount expended is stated at 150,240/. 3s. sd. The balance in the treasurer's hands is 10,0731.65. 3d. It was resolved—" That the president of this committee shall make a report to the General Committee on the petitions of the different public charitable institutions, informing them that, since the receipt of their petitions they are unable, in consequence of the various sums voted by the General Committee to the ministers of the different religious denominations in this city, to grant the assistance requested in their petitions, and, that it is the opinion of this committee that a portion of the monies, so voted by the general committee, should be employed in restoring the efficiency of the said public charitable institutions through the instrumentality of those who have been chosen by your committee to hold the said monies in trust and to distribute them at their discretion. The :Public Securities have been firm this morning. Consols for the Account have just been quoted at 931, and the same for Money, with the half year's interest taken off. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is some what heavy, at as 11s. Reduced Three per Cents. have been sold at 94i; India Stock for the Account at 25.14; and Long Annuities at 9 15-16. A few sales have just been made in the Old Portu guese Five per Cents. at from 82 to 83. The Four per Cents, are at 38 to 38k. For Spanish Consols the value is 26i ; for the Three per Cents., 37i 38 ; for Dutch Four por Cents, 93 ; and for the Two-and-a-Half per Cents , 64. _ _ _ There have not been any alterations of importance in the Railway Shares or Scrip-market to-day. _ ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 94 1 / 9 94 94 1 4 ) New 34, per Cent. Annuities 95 % 3 /4 95 3 / 4 Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 . ,76 15-16 9 15-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... Consols for Opening 93 % 3 /4 ex div 93 3 / 4 India Stock for Account... ..... 254 3 / 4 ex div 254 3 / 4 Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 1 lAd. ... 811— p 11 p Ditto, 500/ Ditto, Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 43 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 3 3%% 23% Portuguese 5 per Cents. B2 83 83 Ditto, 4 per Cent 3B 38 Ditto, Account 3 Bl Russian Bonds lll Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . — Ditto, Passive Ditto Deferred l7 Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... --- Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 37% 38 38 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. ...... 95 3 / 4 95 3/ 4 Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 3 / 4 93 93 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen - •••• •• ....... - Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.• ... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1%..... Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 BirminghamandDudley 435...... 6% p 67 p Birmin. and Gleucester..loo 119 Ditto New 17% 31% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester SO 49 Bristol and Liver. June.. Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares 2% 2 V 2... ...... Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 Chester and Holyhead... 37 % — Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham 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 21 4 — Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 ...... Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shetßl. June. 2;4 Direct. Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12 Dublin, Belfast, and _ Coleraine Dublin_ and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Easterneounties 14/. 16s .. Ditto New l2l. 16s 7 ll p... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61. 135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... p Do., York Extension.. 2 3 1 h• East Dereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 35 Ditto, Quarter Shares 8 3 % — Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 7 i 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 East & West of England 1N... — Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ... •• Ditto Half Shares 10 .............. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...• — .......... • Edinburgh & Northern.. 12 % — ......... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...........••• •• Ely and Huntingdon ... 121 / . ......... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%., .. Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 5% ............. Gaslgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle . 39 111 26 1 4 26% 5% 17 11 1 / 13 %P 2 1 / 2 ...._ 251/2 -- % 2 1 4 ..... VA P 1 / 2 P 31/2 17% Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New .. 15 Do., U Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12% — Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 2 Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2 %...... ••• •• Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2% Great North of Scotland 2 1 / $ — GreatNorthof England..loo ...... Ditto New Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western B5 127 Ditto % Shares. Ditto 1 4 Shares - Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ... 2 Huddersfield & Manches. 13 ...... -• 2% Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares Ditto 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% 13% 13% Do., do., and Norwich 2%...... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - Do. New Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22 1 , E i2 .. ...... ..... 32 Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2 1 % .-.. Do. Extension( Green) 2 1 / 2 - ... Leeds and Thirsk 1 7 14...... 15 1 Ditto, New 5 4% ..• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% Do., Mnchstr & New II I castle Junction .... 2 1 ,4 ...... 2% London and Blackwall. 16/. 1 . 3 . 8.4 d Do. New Ditto Extension 7 ........ London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths Do. Consol. Eighths lO Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 London and Greenwich 12l 15s 4d — Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — London, Hounslow, and 16% 4;.i Western London and N. Westernloo 19 4 1 /2 193 I A 195 Do. Quarters .. Do., do., New Ditto Fifths Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 Do. 401. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & 13:) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 . -.... Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham ond. & S.Weatern 411 6s 10d 63 ............... Do. New Cons( I. Bths 40 o. New l' 0. New Ditto `faiths Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 - ............... Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... • 4 L ndon and York 2 14 — Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil •. . ....« 24.... ............... Londonderry & Coleraine 15 . «......'••"'. Londonderry and Ennis killen...... ...... ..... 15 Lynn a - .d Ely Lynn and Dereham l5 ...... Manchester and Leeds... 82 10 5 3 /4 ..... « ........ Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Quarters 2 ...... ..... ....... Do. Fifths 5 ...... ............... Do. Sixteenths 6 14 - ..... « ........ Do. Extension 42 s. l% p......••.'.. Do. Llverp. and Bury 24 - ....... . ..... Do. do. Fifths ...... ... 1 - ... ........... Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... 1% 1 p......... Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 136 - ........ - Midland lOO ...... 127%...... ........ . Do. Fifths 2 ...... .... .......... • Do. New - ............. New Ditto, 2 ..... 6%....• ...... .. Do. Birm., and_Derbyloo lO3 ........ « ..... Midland Great Western Irish - ......... **" Newcastle and Berwick 20 Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo - ... ........... Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 Newport&Abergavenny 2 1 ,x — .............. Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk . Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension - .. .......... ... Northern Counties Union 21/ - ............... North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 1 3 Northern and Eastern 5O ...... 79%34.... 4. . .. ............. Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12%., — ............... Do. New North Staffordshire 5 .....: 8% .. •" ..... ..... North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting - __ .. .. .. .... ....... North Western 2% ............. _ Oxford, Worcester, and '- Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and 17% *************** Cheltenham.... - .............. Portsmouth Direct 33/4 —.. ............ Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 125....... dis. .. ..... ... Richmond Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — .... ' ....... Scottish Central Scottish Midland Sheffield & Manchester 100 '— .. ............. Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 % Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. .... -- ..... ""' : Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... • 5% 5 ..... "... Ditto ditto, Class B. VA 2%....•..••'• " ., . Shropshire Union South Devon 4O •••••• •••••..• .. South Staffordshire June 2% ...... --• •• ............ -outh Eastern & Dover 3 3 14 ...... .. ............ Do., No. 1 Do., Ne, 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No 4 -1 2 561 71 ........................ ... .. ..........•:. St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. - ........... ... Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 —, , ............... 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 Waterford and Limerick 27% . . .... ..--• ........... "" Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, ...... and Dublin 1 W 1,4•..• •-- ........ Wexford, aterford, and 2121 1 4: . ....... .....-- ... .......... .. ........ Valentia «,...•••• Waveney Valley ..... " 2 ..-- ..... .. - ........ Welsh Midland - .... ...... West Riding Union 42s. . ..... •"- '*** .... ....... 2 West Cornwall ........ Wexford and Carlow ... 5%7. ... : ---- .............. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. . Ditto New ...... 5 ...... 12 tA 1A... ........ 7 ...... 7 14, ............ Do. Preference . "' ..... York and North Midland 5 0 •• ••• --- ...... Ditto 1 /Q Sharea..... Do. Selby 4O ...... ...... •• .... • Do. Extensiox 2O ...... 39 - ...... •••"' Ditto, Preference Do. East and NV est Rid ing Extension . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes - 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2 1 ' — .....«.. Boulogne and Amiens... 16 Bordeaux S.: Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Celle (illackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, buillirk, and West .... Flanders Calcutta and Diamond .... Harbour ....... ..... Callao, Lima, and Pacific .-- Coast. 1 *• •- ... .. ......... Central of Spain ... . ... 2 .... Ceylon ....... --........ ..... Demerara 2l ............... , 4 ...... ............. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and ...- Madras ...... • .............. Dutch Rhenish 6 _ ..... East Indian ... ..... .... ss. ..... 1 / 2 ........ - ..... ..... Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 ...... -- .......... ".. "*. Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. - •••• ........... ..... Great Western Canada., 3 1 6 -- •••.••"" ..• • •••••• ........ Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... .... ..... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction I Jersey ...... 1 -- • ..... "° • —, 000 000 ••• ''.. - ........ oo Louvain ala Samb re 6 ... . .....:...... Luxembourg Lyons and Avign on 2 _ - 7 ... 0 Madras 1 - ....'•••• •• Madras. Nellore, and . ...... Arcot IA —... -0 ... ..... Madrid and V a l en ti a .... 2 ... Mauritius .. ....... Namur and Liege ...... Nn of Fran ce C ons tit u t e d 5 ...... ........... North Jamaica... ...... Orleans a n d Vi erzon ... 10 ... . Orleans and Bordea , - -- 6 -- ann. Bordeaux... ••• •• • OveK Yssel 4l3s 4d Parii &Ly - ons Constituted 8 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 10 .... — 3E85:44 ************************************************************************************** Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tours and Nantes Con stituted ***** 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ****** 6 11E4% ****************** ********************* JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Provincial of Ireland 25 Union of London lO ........•••••" Union of Australia British North American 50 -- •••••.. Commercial of London 20 Colonial 25 •••••• .... ••• • ••• ..... . London & Westminster London Joint Stock lO -•• •••••••••.••• • ... National of Ireland 22% •••••• .. ....... 0. National Prov. England. 35 Real del Monte Unregd. MINES. ............... i r . e .o . ..... - ..... •• „40 Eartarunt.—ln yesterday's List, read East Lallegib Scrip 2% instead of 3%. 16. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BausegLe, DEC . Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .. •.-••• • •• - • *-- Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••-•• •• „.. Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.• • • '''.• Ditto Three per Cent.. .... Ditto Thirty-seven. Millions, ditto • • • • •• Ditto, ditt0,1840......... -............. 100/4 Ditto, ditt0,1842,... ...... .. ...... 101, Ditto, 1844..... Ditto, 1836... - .................... •• •••" Ditto, 1838 ............ Ditto of the City, 1832 ........ • • •• • • .. 100%z Ditto, 1843 ............ . . ..... .. •• 95 ' Bank ofßelgium•..... .., !• • .. ........ .... -Brussels Papers, Dec. 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VI NA• DO' 1 75•4 5 per Cent. Metalllquea •• • . - 4 per Cent. ditto.. • . •• ...............• •• 99 /1 3 per Cent. ditto.. • ............... •• •• •• ~-,. Loan, 1834 .......................... •• su• 90 Bank Shares •• •• • . • • • • • • •• • • •• • ..... •• 15 Esterhazy's Loan -••...• •• .. .• .. .. .. ••••• RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... -• 17 6 % Gloggnitz •. - .... .. -.. •• • Vienna—Milan .. ••••••••••• •• • • •• •• '• 1 1 4 9 3 % Perth ...................... „ ...... •• , Sienna ......... ..... ........ Grosetto ............... •••• •• 94 Oldenburg .... - - ........ ••.•••• • • • '• .-- Pesth Bridge .................. ••••• • •• •••- Apennincn ---•• • • • • • ... •• •• '• •• .... -Allgemeine Zeitung. Dce. 10. 4., 15. DUTCH FUNDS. —.AXISTZILDAL . ,-, 4- • SP Money. 5,4 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 59 7 1 4 Ditto, 3 per Cent • • 713 9234 Ditto, 4 per Cent.•..... ••••••• • • • •• _ 92 ..... Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent. •••• • • • ..,, 17 44 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • .• ", .... East India Loan, 4 per Cent. ••••• • • " i •- , 97 Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • •• " 90 Two months.• •••••• • • • • • " 11 6 9 On Hamburgh, at eight •• • • 35 25 Two months . ••••• • • On Paris •••••••• • • •• '• " --___ 114 Twomouths. • • •• • • • • •• •• •• Dec. 16.1 - 60' Dutch Pal ST. CLEMENT DANES' SAVINGS B ANS Ag tor- VERN MENT ANNUITY INSTITUTION.-From the ea • s tatement recently passed by the trustees and rol l f t bio at their annual general meeting, it appears tb • s ob savings bank received during the year ending ;boot., ult., the sum of 37,8971. 3s. 4d. from 8,634 Pr 4 4 ; exclusive of interest from the Government 011 tf„a, pital at the National Debt-office. And that ggriiiiP 380,0001. has been paid to Government from the tutiou on account Of Osyins Bank Ailavi“"h i 26 3 4 21 5 i 54 54f .... 16% 105 S 49 yo 1% P 2e4 - 1P 1% 1271/4 6% .. 34% 7% 36% 14 - 746 2~ .16 2 .., 34 2P 31q 12% 39 1234 1814 ••••• ..... 1 .4 ;; 00 414 - X 94