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On January 1, 1847, Chapters 1., IL, 111., and IV., of THE MI SE R'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 Walmslcy. Now ready, Vol. 1., new series, price ss. Gd. 11. Hurst, 27, King William street, Strand. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND 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. take place every TDEJDAT 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 resnested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates; must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, awl the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to instructions. ()faces, flail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. TiIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Opera, entitled TIIE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horncastle ; La Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, - Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss Bebecca Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. 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 3ldlles. Sophie Fuoce, Louise, Benart, 3laclpme Giubilei ; MM. lluguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. ♦Vebster, sole Lessee. TIIIS EVENING Will be pet formed the Comedy of SECRETS WORTH KNOWING. The characters will be supported by Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Stuart, Lester, Buckstone, Tilbury, Farren; Mrs. E. Yarnolo, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Glover, Sce. 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 Telbin ; Rose, Mrs. Humby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Clieval de Bronze ;" " The Armen " (Polka); " Czarina" (Mazourka); •' Douro" (Wit4er); and a New Overture. To be followed by the petite Comedy of PERFECTION. In which Messrs. Tilbury, Hull, Clark ; Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Humby will perform. To conclude with Buckstone's Farce, entitled THE IRISH LION, Principal characters by Messrs. Huds.n, Brindal, Tilbury ; Miss P. Horton, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. BuckinJiam, Miss Woulds, &c. L'ox-office open Irons Twelve till Four ; under the direction 01 Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. I.7nder the Manazement of Mrs. Keeley. On MONDAY, December 21, Will be perthr►ned a Drama, founded on the Now Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albeit Smith, Esq., called TILE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray (his first appearance here), Turner, F. Matthew* F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, 3liss 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), MT. H. Butler ; Miss Arden, Miss Villars, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with the successful Comedy of TO PARE XTil AND GUARDIANS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII ENDER 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 Wilis Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullentirrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which, the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Monsieur Henri, Mr. Worrell; Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith ; Coquin Ballandier, Mr. Muayard ; Largarcette, Mt. Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste ; Clara, Mrs. Emsley. To couclade with a Terpsichorean Burletta, call d POWDER AND BALL ; 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 romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by 3liss eeeralana Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. IHII, Ilonner, Peren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAIN COWS. To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of S'IIE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony I.umpkin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardeastle, Mrs. Stirling ; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Ilardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING NVill be performed Scribe's favourite Vaudeville, entitled LEs GRISETTES. In which MM. Tourillon, David, Lucien, Sold. Madame Deluc, Mdlles. Vallee, Khin, Pascal, Fcuquet, Leyder, and Cordely will appear. After which will be produced the celebrated Comedy, entitled BERTRAND ET RATON ; ou, L'Art de Con.pircr. La Ccnite Bertrand de itantzau, M. Perlet. The other eharactet s l.y 31dlles. Brohan, Vallee, Madame Grassatt ; MM. Langeval, Pascal, Felix, Cartigny, Rhozevil, Px,enier, Dorgebret, and Ma.squillier. Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Re-appearance of the celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and (lemon, who, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable Entertainment at the above theatre TO-MORROW EVENING, December 19. and of continuing the same every Tuesday, Tkursday, 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 Ralroad Overture. Various novelties are in rehearsal. Th• public is respectfully cautioned that the Songs and Melodies, as sting by the above party, are published only at Mr. Mitchell's. Doors open at eight, commence at half-past. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphit,heatre, 2.s.—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 II till 5. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A MPH I THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, and Royal Family. i,'i;lendid Equestrian anti Dramatic Novelties. Coutinued success of " The Demon Horse and the Twelve Wiskes.'"flte 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 Mrs. Batty anti 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 ROI 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 en a lavish scale of splendour, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin and the Rob ber's Cave. Box-office open from eleven till flva o'clock.—Doors open at sli an I commence lit half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. THE WEATHER.--Surt OFFICE, DECEMBER 18. TUERMOMETER, Lowest, 24; Highest. 37 ; Noon, 29. BAROMETER, 30.24.—W1ND N.E., fine. - - Itt(lu WATER AT 1.0ND0Z.4-11RLDGE Tills DAY. 11fornIng .. 23 minutes after 1. I Evening .. 45 minutes after I. ' .... •Q,:t.6, . igi t . ;,,, . . .4. . ..., tez. k....,f 9 4 , .: ,_ ..II f : 0.,w 4011L 7 ' 'r :!' ~' -. . ~,- ~ 4 ;‘, ' ., , ..,.:.-• . .41111 . ',...;''..g l'''' -, , - , „., , r_• , 7,...• T•m o . ,:;,.. J,,,... .7 i i i tingsr ,1 . ~,....--:". - ......„ .„- • • ~:•.,'• ~.ir. . ,:,, .. .; ,,, A ~...; ; e.,r1.1 4 ,,V, , ...... 1. • - - " VI : 1 ,) L.) LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1846. CABINET COUNCIL. --- - - Summonses were issued yesterday to all the Cabinet Ministers, to attend a Cabinet Council this after noon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. All the Ministers were expected to be present with the exception of Lord CLANUICARDE and Mr. LA BOUCEIERE, who are both out of town. SIIAKSPERE was right in saying that troubles come not singly, but in battalions. The private ex perience of each individual is illustrating this truth incessantly. The national experience of all times and of all countries has placed the accuracy of that aphorism beyond a doubt. In the recent accession of miser) to Poland we have foreseen a speedy extension of it:. sufferings. So much temerity in the associated despots of northern Europe was, we felt satis fied, only the prelude to the exhibition of still great temerity from one or other of them in elividually. These anticipations have not been illusory —those fears for the shadow of nationality which has hitherto been preserved to the Poles have not proved chimerical. A still more heinous viola tion of international honour, of the code of humanity, of the divinest principles enforced by the spirit 4af the Christian religion, is meditated. It is not only me di tated, it is inevitable . The seizure of Cracow is to be followed by a deed more guilty and more damning than any yet perpetrated against that People, which under the banners of SOBIESKI saved I..urope from the doom of infidelity, from the decrees of the Koran, from the sword of eYlr n P • Th e annexation o f th e Cracovian territory is only a n ap r • elimi - nary to the incorporatio n of the k Polish d om i n i ons to t h e empire of R uss i a t By a in of the former, th e CZAR g the palt ry concess i on from the Kaiser s h m endeavoured t o purc h ase the opportunity to _extend his sway by a lawless occupati on . What will be the consequence of this odious com pact on the part of the Austrian EMPERO R ? :--R Wh y , the consequence will be this Russia will, by th is incorporation of her Polish dependen c i es , stretch forth her inexorable yoke into the very core o f continental Europe. That monster system will I thereby be placed in a dangerous proximity with the Germanic confederacy. There will be no further barriers between Russian ambition and the less powerful states of Austria, of Prussia, of Italy, and of Turkey. The vast plains of what was once Poland will no longer girdle in the territorial avarice of its spoiler. There will be no further check to that ag grandisement for which the Government of St. Peters burgh has so long yearned. After these miserable disclosures, it cannot be matter of astonishment that sentiments of wrath and indignation are roused against the policy of the Em peror noloLas in the civilised West. Those who are rejoicing under the blessings insured to them by constitutional monarchy must inevitably experience feelings of justifiable rage at this stupendous deed of spoliation. Apart from all considerations as to the balance of power on the Continent, what can be more at variance with the principles of justice, or with those of civil and . religious liberty ? Here_is a country which, from a thousand causes, is incapable of being combined with such a dominion as that of Russia. With a different language, with different customs, with a different character, and with a different religion, it is hopeless for the Cabinet of St. Peterabugh to expect that there can be any cordial co-operation between them. And, be yond this, it is cruel to attempt any junction of a people so diametrically opposed to each other. What, however, are the qualms of a Russian conscience in such an emergency ? They are as incapable of con ception as the gentleness of the Farm. The con science, indeed, is as disproportionately small in com parison with the selfishness, as was the bread con sumed by FALSTAFF with his allowance of sack. The intense perfidy and lawlessness of the whole transaction is as discreditable to the CZAR as it is threatening to the rest of Europe. There are such peculiar dangers to Germany in the approaching in corporation of the Polish dependencies with the Rus sian empire, that it is but natural some change should be already apparent among its different prin cipalities. The hostilities of the continent towards the Government of St. Petersburgh must necessarily extend along the banks of the Rhine ; for, unless some decisive measures be taken by Central and Western Europe, the avarice of the Autocrat will be diverted from Byzantium to Berlin, from the sea of Azof to the Lake of Geneva. The spoil already accumulated in his possession will only tend to enlarge his appetite, first, for further dependencies, and, ultimately,for their complete incorporation. Cracow fell, and England and France protested against its seizure. Poland is about to be proclaimed an integral portion of Russia in Europe—what will be the nature of the supplementary prothsts forwarded to St. Petersburgh from London and Paris ? Will Prince METTERNICH allow his SOVEREIGN to be cajoled by the diplomatic tools of NICHOLAS ? Will not Germany and the Papal States combine with the more western nations in branding the CZAR as an enemy to the human race, to the preservation of peace, to the advancement of civilisation, to the decrees of man, of religion, and of GOD? Russia has sown the storm—she shall reap the whirlwind. Having in our article of yesterday, shown from Dr. MILLINGEN'S own letter that those assertions in which he declared that there was not one syllable of truth, were confirmed in every particular by himself, we feel that we are entitled to pass over without notice, not only his personal vituperation, but also all his uncorroborated assertions, except so far as that vituperation and those assertions involve admissions against the law, of which Dr. MILLINGEN has put himself forward as the champion. We, therefore, pass over without notice his imputation of ignorance, but we cannot pass over his assertion that Lord DEN MAN uttered nothing of the kind imputed to him. llad this affair been a matter of " physic or farces," in the compounding; of both of which Dr. MILLINGEN is, we admit, equally skilful, we might, perhaps, have been content to defer to his authority; but it is an affair lof short-hand writing, and Dr. MILLINGEN must excuse us if we prefer accepting the report of Lord DENMAN'S judgment, furnished to us by " skilful persons" in the art of stenography, which report was transcribed by those " skilful per sons" from their notes, written a few hours after that judgment was delivered, to Dr. MILLINGEN'S month old reminiscences. It is true that the Act of the Bth and 9th VICTORIA enacts, as stated by Dr. MILLIN GEN, " that no physician, surgeon, or apothecary, who, or whose father, brother, son, or partner, is wholly or partly proprietor of, or a regular profes sional attendant in, a licensed house, &c., shall sign any certificate for the reception of a patient, &c.; that any medical man infringing this clause will be guilty of misdemeanour ;" but it is equally true that the same Act requires, in as express and explicit terms, that the person certifying should state, upon the face of his certificate, the facts that led him to the con clusion that the person was insane. Now, Lord DENMAN has decided that a certificate which does not set forth the facts which led the cer tifier to the conclusion that the person was insane, is sufficient to justify the detention of any alleged lunatic. Nay, more—that it is monstrous to suppose that a " skilful person" should set forth those facts, although expressly directed to do so by the Act of Par liament; and, as Lord DENMAN declares that the pro visions of the Act need not be strictly abided by in one instance, why need they be abided by in any ? The principle of Lord DENMAN'S " luminous judgment " goes fully to this extent—Do we deny the validity of the law as thus laid down by the Court of Queen's Bench ? On the con trary, we admit that it is the law, we accept it as such; but, so accepting it, we say that the law is a bad law, and requires alteration. Proceed we now to the next section of Dr. MILLINGEN'S letter, in which he speaks of medical certificates, and of the impossibility under which a " skilful person" labours of specifying minutely the nature of the delusions under which a supposed lunatic suffers. lle says— " Such a statement is not required, for, in most in stances, when a medical man is called upon to visit a supposed lunatic, he is an utter stranger to the party, and can only form his opinion from the incoherence of his conversation, when his actions are not violent; or from the account of the patient he receives from the parties who have called him in." We admit fully the exposition of the law of certificates as laid down by Dr. MIL LINGEN, and we are obliged to him f or ' the important admissions, which he has made. Dr. MILLINGEN is one of our most useful allies in the war which we have been long wageing against this iniquitous law of lunacy, for he here admits that the law authorises the detention of any person as a supposed lunatic upon the certificate of a medical man, " is all Utter stranger to the party, and can only form his opinion from the incoherence of his conversation, when his actions are not violent, or from the account he receives from the parties who hate called him in." Who is safe as long as such a state of the law continues ? Who shall say that the medical man himself is not the person incoherent in conversation, and the patient the coherent person? But even incoherency in conversation is not requisite ; for, if the medical man receives a certain account from the parties who have called him in, he is authorised in granting his certificate. Such is the law. How does it work ? There is a certain person possessed of large property about to make a will dis inheriting his heirs. Those heirs call in a medical man, bribe a medical man or men (for be it remembered Mr. FLETcHER, the will forger, was a medical man, and these certificates can be purchased in the market; ,herefore it will not do to set up the immaculateness of the medical profession) ; these heirs bribe two medical men to certify that this person is a lunatic and upon that certificate he is transferred to a lunatic asylum. He applies for a writ of habeas. It is use- less ; the certificate is sufficient; it need not set forth, according to the decision of Lord DENMtN, the grounds upon which the " skilful persons" formed their opinion. Nay, it is not even necessary, ac cording to Dr. MILEINGEN'S gloss upon Lord DEN MAN'S law, that the patient should have exhibited even any incoherence in conversation—" a certain account from the parties who have called him in (the bribers) to the medical man (the bribed) is sufficient to authorise him in granting his certificate.' Be it remembered this is not the assertion of "one utterly ignorant of the subject." It is the exposition of a "skilful person," of Dr. MILLINGEN, of the state of the law, as laid down by Lord DENMAN, of the state of the law as it exists at present. It is the ex positi9n, not of the opponent, but of the champion and defender of the law. We are content to rest our case THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EyENING, DECEMBER 18, 1846. against the law upon this statement of Dr. MIL LINGEN, and we ask whether it is constitutional, whether it is just, whether it is moral, whether it is right, whether it is safe, that the law should be permitted to continue in its present state ? The Doctor then goes on to state that these certificates are examined by the Commis sioners, and that certain books are required to be kept by the proprietors of lunatic asylums. There is little use in keeping these books if the public are denied access to them ; and as to the inspection by the Commissioners, we repeat what we before have frequently said, that such inspection is necessarily a " mockery ;" that, from the paucity of their num bers in comparison with the duties they have to perform, it is physically impossible they can minutely inquire into every individual case of lunacy which comes under their notice; that they constitute a secret tribunal, and, therefore, that their proceedings are open to suspicion, and that when their proceedings have be come known to the public, as in the Hay dock Lodge case, they have not been of such a nature as to lessen the suspicion which necessarily attaches to all secret proceedings. It is more than probable that the ccnduct of the Commissioners of Lunacy will ere long become the subject of Parlia mentary inquiry, and, such being the case, we pur posely abstain from making any further observations on their conduct. In the case of Mrs. SHUTTLE.. WORTH, as in that of Mrs. CUMMING, we take no in terest except in so far as it illustrates the defects of the law of lunacy. We cannot but re mark, however, that Dr. MILLINGEN speaks of her as " Mrs. RHODES, an unfortunate lady in a state of imbecility of mind, who had assumed the name of SHUTTLEWORTH: This is a curious fact. Throughout the whole pro ceedings it struck us as most remarkable that this case should be fought on both sides by strangers. The minister of the parish, a stranger to the lady, considers it his duty to have her removed to a "com fortable asylum." Does this charitable minister cause every person whom he finds in his parish " in a state of utter destitution, in rags, covered with ulcers and vermin, and without the common neces saries and comforts of life," to be removed to a comfortable asylum ? If he does, then is he a pat tern of a minister, and ere long the parish workhouse of St. Peter's, Pimlico, will be to be let. Is this as sumption of the name of SHUTTLEWORTH one of the delusions (not set forth in the cer tificate) under which this unhappy lady labours ? Is this delusion the cause of her being at the present moment an inmate of York House, Battersea ? Who pays Dr. MILLINGEN for her board and maintenance ? These are questions that naturally suggest themselves cn reading this passage in Dr. MILLINGEN'S letter. Dr. MILLINGEN then puts the following question : " Now, Sir, do you think that the judges of the Court of Queen's Bt•nch would have been justified if, on an al leged inaccuracy in the medical certificates, they had discharged this poor er( ature, and replunged her in her former melanc%oly, destitute state, because, forsooth, an Old Bailey quibbler sought to prove that a cJnversation was not a fact?" For an answer to this question we will refer Dr. MILLING EN to one of the most upright men, one of the most accomplished lawyers, one of the most learned judges that ever graced the English Bench—one to whose transcendant merits Lord DENMAN himself has not unfrequently borne most willing witness—one whose opinion is of such high authority, that every judge in Westminster Hall, when he differs from it, feels it his duty to state that, in consequence of such difference, he has deemed it necessary to carefully reconsider the grounds upon which such differing opinion was formed, and to express his regret at the existence of such difference, —we refer him to Mr. Justice PATTESON, who, in giving judgment in the Bail Court in this very case, said, "My own opinion is that the certificates are not valid," and this is the opinion which Dr. MILLING EN, with the characteristic modesty of " skilful persons," deems it decent to stigmatise as an "Old Bailey quibbler." Dr. MILLING EN proceeds to say that this application was not made at the request of, or by the authority of, the patient Would any keeper of a lunatic asylum permit a lawyer to have access to any of his patients to receive instructions to sue out a writ of habeas 7 This case of Mrs. SHUTTLEWORTH, like every other, case, demonstrates the necessity of an alteration of the law. The writ of habeas was ap• plied for on the affidavit of Dr. QUAIL, a "skilful person," who alleged that the patient was not insane. It was resisted on the affidavits of other "skilful persons," who alleged that she was insane. Here, as in the case of Mrs. CUMMING, we have opinion against opinion, and unless the grounds upon which the opinion is founded are set forth, it is impossible to come at the truth. These cases, coupled with Dr. MILLING EN'S admissions, make it more and more evident that it is absolutely necessary, to the proper security of the liberty of the subject, that no keeper of a lunatic asylum should be authorised to keep any of the QUEEN'S subjects under restraint, except by a warrant of some public officer, who shall have pre viously instituted a public and open inquiry into the question of the sanity or insanity of the alleged lunatic, at which inquiry the alleged lunatic should be present, and should have the power, either by himself, or by his legal representative, to cross-examine viva voce the "skilful persons" who testify to his lunacy as to the grounds on which they had founded their opinion, and for this purpose, we repeat, no tribunal can be found so efficient and at the same time so inexpensive, as the coroner's court. We trust the time is not far distant when the law of the land will prohibit the detention of any person as a lunatic, except upon the warrant of the coroner, founded upon the verdict of 6 jury empannelled to try an inquest of lunacy. We, on Wednesday, proved that there was nothing very formidable in the amount of the sums that may become chargesble upon real estates in Ireland by reason of the public works now in progress of con struction, or which the relief of the existing distress in that country may render necessary. Assuming that the future expenditure will amount to three times that which has already taken place ; that two millions of persons must be provided for, and supplied with the necessaries of life for fifteen weeks from the present time, which will bring us to the beginning of April— before which time works of a reproductive character, sanctioned and aided by the Government, will, we doubt not, be in full operation—the charge therefor n amount to less than threepence-halfpenny in the pound on the rental for a period of ten years, less than half the income-tax payable in this country, no matter from what source that income is derived. It must not be supposed that these works will be value less, or without advantage to the people; undertakings of a similar description have ever been found pro ductive of the greatest benefit to all classes broupht within the sphere of their operation. The report of the Devon Commission, published last year, speaks in the highest terms of the utility of such works, and of their great importance in a national point of view. It quotes the opinions of the Commissioners of Public Works, and states tht.ir entire concurrence with the sentiments there put forward, that " the execution of such works leads to the adoption of improved modes of cultivation and the abandonment of the rude and primitive implements in common use, and opens to the officers of justice and the local authorities places which had been the secure haunt and the impenetrable refuge of the outlaw and the robber;" and that " they conceive that the advantage of affording aid to the promotion of such works, in a statistical, moral, or political point of view, are too obvious to make it ne cessary to dwell on the subject at greater length.'' And the Land Commissioners, in reference thereto, say, "that they hope that much opinions, now again stated by a board which must have the best means of knowing both the wants and the capabilities of the country, will have much weight with the Legislature, and that there will be a disposition to promote, by liberal pecuniary aid, the execution of such public works as shall, upon due examination, be found likely to contribute to the general advantage of the country. We refer particularly to the opening of ex tensive mountain districts by the formation of roads;" and add, " that they believe the principles of sound policy and of a wise economy ought to lead to the undertaking, at the public cost, of works of this nature, even although the inhabitants of the district, or the proprietors of adjoining land, are unable or un willing to contribute." We have extracted thus largely from this able document, because it must be obvious that the opinions of a number of gentleman of zeal and intelligence, whose especial duty it was to institute the strictest investigation into everything calculated to encourage the cultivation of the soil, and to extend a better system of agriculture, promulgated, too, at a period when there was no such extraordinary necessity for the means of providing occupation for a starving peasantry, as has unhappily recently been the case, must be far more valuable than any suggestion now offered for the first time. It is • true that many projects have been wildly and recklessly put forward, and sanctioned, without due inquiry or fair con sideration being given thereto, and that, in too many cases, the special sessions violated the trust and betrayed the confidence reposed in them by Parlia ment, and passed every presentment brought before them, en masse. But, happily, the fiat of the Board of Works was necessary before any of these works could be carried into execution ; and, severely as they have as they have been strongly y ome when the cordial reprobated, the censured, the and time s w tro u n l thanks of the public will be rendered to that body for their extraordinary labours, their able and efficient exertions, during the present emergency —indeed, they have already received the approbation of the more reasonable and intelligent portion of the community, of those who do not suppose that a Government or a public body can work miracles, and exceed the doings of ordinary mortals. We are satisfied that such works only as would be of public benefit would be sanctioned by such a body, and we are also satisfied that they will be cheaply purchased by an average rate of threepence-halfpenny in the pound for ten years, and that it will hereafter be said (in the words of the Select Committee on the state of the poor in Ireland), " That the effects pro duced by these public works appear to have been extended cultivation, improved habits of industry, a better administration of justice, the re-establish ment of peace and tranquillity in disturbed districts, a domestic colonization of a population in excess in cer tain districts, a dimunition of, illicit distillation, and a very considerable increase to the revenue." The circular, of the 4th instant, that has just been issued by the Board of Works to the county en gineers and surveyors, has confirmed the opinion that had long been formed by every one acquainted with the state of Ireland, viz., that the employment of the destitute on roads, and other public works, must soon terminate, and reproductive works be substituted for them. The allowance that we have made of their continuance for a period of fifteen weeks, and the daily employment of four hundred thou sand labourers thereon, is, in all human probability, much greater than there was any necessity for, but our object was to show how totally groundless was the panic that had arisen on this subject; and we, therefore, mide our calculations at the very highest rate that could be required, to satisfy the public how trifling the burdens that will fall upon the land by reason of the public works that have already been commenced or may be re quired. Every writer on Ireland has spoken of the extra ordinary capabilities of that:country, its great natural advantages, the fertility of its soil and climate, and deplored the imperfect cultivation and inadequate produce of its lands under tillage. They have mar velled at the fatuity of the landowners, who, with such an extraordinary quantity of labour at their disposal, which could be obtained at the most moderate price, have refused to expend anything in bringing the lands into good order and condition. To use the words of the Land Commissioners once more—" No person. acquainted with Ireland, or who takes the trouble of referring to the evidence collected by us (the Com missioners), can doubt the importance of encouraging agricultural improvement throughout the country.'' This improvement, so desirable in every respect, will now be effected; the want that has so long been deplored will be supplied. Labour must be ex pended on the l an d s , th e necessary cap i tal will be laid out, and an ample return obtained far exceeding the expenditure. From this cause therefore there will be no reasonable grounds of panic for those possessed of charges affecting real property in Ireland; on the contrary, it should be looked on as increasing greatly the stability of the securities, and giving them increased confidence. We trust that we have established our proposition, " that estates in Ireland are as good security as they have ever been for the several sums advanced upon them, and that the tem porary indulgence which the creditor may be re quired to afford is a far less inconvenience than he would sustain by throwing the property of his debtor into Chancery, and thereby ruining the owner and seriously injuring himself." Severe laws defeat their makers. Unless the pu nishment decreed to attach to the offender against the law be justly proportioned to the offence, juries will refuse to convict, and thereby frequently allow the guilty to escape. Juries may be told over and over again, not only by the counsel for the prosecution, but likewise by the judges, that they have only to decide upon the fact, aye or nay; still, if they are aware that their finding a verdict of guilty will bring upon the prisoner a heavier sentence than that with which the offence charged ought, in their opinion, to he visited, they will, in very many instances, acquit him though the evidence adduced be ever so conclusive as to his guilt. When capital punishment was affixed to the crimes of forgery and rape, juries constantly refused to convict. Nothing could be more danger ous than such a state of things, Criminals escap ing with impunity rendered crime more prolific, and the law, rendered impotent, was brought into contempt. Public opinion forced itself to he re spected. The Legislature was compelled to mitigate and mould legal punishments so as to have them in better keeping with the feelings of a just, benevolent, and enlightened people. The consequence has been, that serious crimes, which formerly increased, because juries would not convict where sentence of death was to follow, have considerably diminished, by reason of the prompt, certain, and juster punishments which are now sure to overtake those who dare to commit them. This result, too, is not to be detracted from, because the number of trials for forgery, rape, &c., may appear to have been greater in some years than it was before capital puni s h ments, in these wellt thebea s law, borne juries eps a t i r on ai a t t e s m o u f s re ns i p ei e sn c da t s r , et w hma a to s , r d eu o nw n d e iel rl a i w nt hg a e y t iom w pp i t 2r h . 00 ; sveec f d o u r t se , convict ; and, therefore, it may very well be, that particular crimes have diminished, though, upon first consideration, the calendars at the assizes and the verdicts of the juries, might not seem to justify a contrary conclusion. And yet, though much has un doubtedly been done towards rendering our criminal code more acceptable to us as a civilised community, its present deformities, incongruities, and deficiencies demand immediate and extensive reformation. When we punish, we punish upon no principle of uniformity. The most disproportionate sentences are frequently passed upon similar offences. Oftentimes a comparatively trivial breach of the law draws after it a very severe sentence, and vice verse ; con sequently-, persons who traffic in crime, regard it as a species of lottery. The law is so uncertain they reason, that they may get off just as lightly for com mitting a serious crime as for another of not so grave a character. Besides, we have done literally nothing towards reforming the character of the prisoner. We incarcerate and punish him, and then we turn him adrift upon the world, wounded in his feelings, and expEct him to gain an honest livelihood in a sphere where, naturally, the respectable portion of society are at enmity with him. All around him he perceives he is an object of distrust and suspicion. He is chilled back to his old haunts and companion; and, from very despair, re news his former vicious courses till he is again en thralled in the iron clutches of the law. The cruelty of this system—that of neglecting the moral culture of those who hate deservedly for a time forfeited their liberty, and of not providin— g- some industrial ordeal, by which, whilst they are in prison, good habits may be acquired, and a good certificate of character handed over to the prisoner when he is about to regain his liberty, and mingle once more with the world,—the cruelty of our system, and of these our acts of omission, tells upon no class so soverely as upon juvenile delinquents. Such is at length felt to be the harshness and folly of our proceeding, that public sympathy is being roused in favour of the un- fortunate beings of tender age who have been un warily seduced into temptation. On A m W en a d d rfi ne e s n d t ay of the Law evening th e S oc i e ty f o r Promoting the held a special meeting at their offices in Regent-street, for considering the subject of juvenile offenders. Mr. M. D. HILL made an interesting speech, and showed that in various dis tricts the reformation of youth had been successful in many ways, and at a far less cost than that entailed upon the country by the prosecutions which must ensue, if the youthful criminals were not early reclaimed. What occurred only last week before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, at the Middlesex Sessions ? A little boy, only seven years old, not three feet ten inches in height, was convicted by a jury of picking a lady's pocket of half-a-crown. The child had evi dently been instigated to the act by two older boys, who were watching his attempt. What was the Learned Judge's opinion of his own position, com bined with our lack of proper provision for juvenile delinquents ? Addressing the jury, Mr. Sergeant ADAMS thus gave vent to his feelings : " What could be done with this little child? It would be ruination t ) send him to a common prison. These scenes were positively heartrending. Was he to pass over the cases of these children as though the fact of their being brought to that bar was to be regarded quite as a matter of course? Was he to change his nature and so to steel his feelings against the claims and helpless condition of so small a creature as that now before the Court? What could be done with this child ?" The Judge ultimately decided upon allowing the child, after an hour's imprisonment, to be handed over to the parents, who, both in the utmost distress, implored to have their little son restored to them. Cain any one doubt that Mr. Sergeant ADAMS adopted the most humane as well as, under the circumstances, the wisest course ? On the other hand, can any one doubt that such a course of leniency is apt to be taken advantage of by older thieves, and used by them as a stimulating argument to induce inexperienced children to follow their wicked counsels ? Yet, until our prison dis.• cipline be materially improved, in instances like the one we have alluded to, we repeat the question put by Mr. Sergeant ADA MS, " What can be done ?" A Bologna journal says—" The political prisoners who remained confined at Civita Vecchia, but have had the amnesty extended to them, have just arrived at Bologna. The people hailed with joy this new proof of the clemency of their SOVEREIGN." The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Con stantinople, dated the 26th ult. :—" The Ottoman Porte has declared to the mediating Powers in the dispute with Persia, that it is very anxious for a termination of the affair, and that if it be not settled within three weeks it will break off the negotiations, as none of the obstacles to a termination of the dis pute have been on the side of the Turkish Govern ment." The Nuremburg Correspondent of the 11th, an nounces, but without quoting its authority, that the partisans of the Count DE MONTEMOLIN are about to publish, in addition to the mani festo, addressed by the Pretender to the Spanish nation, an address to the Courts of Europe, re. vealing to them the way in which the abdication of Don CARLOS was obtained by the intrigues of the French Government. They intend, it is said, to show that Don CARLos was induced to abdicate by an assurance that the Cabinet of the Tuileries would bring about a marriage between Queen ISABELLA and the Count DE MONTEMOLIN. The Official Gazette of Vienna publishes a con vention between the Emperors of AUSTRIA and RUSSIA, the object of which is to promote the com merce between the two countries, and fix their reci procal relations as regards navigation. By this treaty, which is for eight years, and the ratifications for which were exchanged on the 28th ult., the commerce and vessels of the two states in the respec tive ports will be placed on an equal footing. The President of the States of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein held, on the sth, a sitting with the Deputies who had not withdrawn from the Chamber, and who form the minority of the whole body, for the purpose of adopting the minutes of the sitting of the 4th. On this occasion the royal com• mission announced that the sittings of the Chamber would be suspended for ten days in order to give time for him to receive further instructions. It was supposed that his instructions would be accompanied by a decree for the dissolution of the Chamber. None of the Madrid papers have arrived, but ac counts from Bayonne of the 11 th give the result of several of the Spanish elections. Out of ten elections in the northern provinces, seven have been in favour of the moderate party, and three in favour of Pro gressists. On the Sth the results of six elections in the capital were announced. Two Moderados, M. MoN and the Marquis DE POVAR, and three Pro gressists, MM. MENmzanAL, SALAMANCA, and SAN MIGUEL, were returned. On the 9th there was to be a second ballot between M. PIDAL and M. DEL SOCORRO. IVe have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The National has a characteristic article on the subject of the recal of the French Consul at the Mau ritius. The National admits that it is possible M. BARBET may have misconducted himself, but claims for him, in his quality of Frenchman, the right of insulting a foreigner with impunity, without giving to the foreigner any, satisfaction, and declares that, because the disavowal of the impertinence of M. BAR BET is asked for, that is sufficient to jus tify his Government in upholding' him. "To consent to the recal of M. BARBET," says the National, "on the order of England, would be to commit an act of meanness, and something worse. At bottom, the person of our Consul interests us but little. But the question is not about him at present; he is the diplomatic agent of France; he represents her on a foreign land, and it is in that quality that he has a right to the protection of his Government. The Minister who named him will blame him if he has been in the wrong ; but it is enough that it is wished to impose en us his disavowal, to Cause us to maintain firmly his situation against every one." This article in the National is certainly a most laughable and exaggerated exhibition of the national failing—varsity. The Journal des Dads, in the course of a long article on the subject of the incorporation of Cracow, thus replies to the allegation of the Northern Powers, that such incorporation had become necessary as a measure of police : " While representing the destruction of Cracow as an affair of police, the German press raises a question sthich somewhat alarms it. Since Cracow, it says, is punished for having conspired, why was it not punished at the moment when the conspiracy wrs discovered? Since there wes a conspiracy, and a judicial inquiry to dis cover the conspirators, why did not the northern Courts wait till the end of the investigation, and the pubic...auu of saio proofs, to punish at o n e and tin' same time the delinquents and the city which encouraged them? The incorporation came either too late or too soon. Too late if a war measure, too soon if a judicial sentence, because the trial was not finished. This ques tion, put by the German press, is so silly, that it ruins its own argument, founded on the law of police. The incorporation of Cracow can never be considered as an exercise of a police law ; it is a political matter, testi fied by the division of Europe into two camps, watching each other's movements—the three Northern Powers on one side, and France and England on the other side. There has been a misunderstanding in the camp, of which the other party took an immediate advantage. This it is that has m a d e the affair of Cracow significant in the policy of Europe." The Constitutionnel has a long article sneering at, rather than controverting, the arguments of the free traders. The writer, " Willing to wound, but yet afraid to s t r ik e, Just hints a fault , and hesitates dislike." Marshal BtroEAUD has been carrying matters with somewhat too high a hand in Algiers. lie has been interfering with the freedom of religious worship in the colony, and has, in consequence, drawn upon himself the censure of the Government. The Presse says— We have recently spoken of a serious d 7 spute be tween Marshal Bugeaud and the Protestant Consistory of Algiers. It may be remembered that the Governor- General, joining the spiritual ponti fi cate to his num erous military and administrative attributions, believed he could, of his private authority, suspend the Consistory, and maintain over the Protestant churches the domina tion which was looked on Uith suspicion by the Con sistory. The Government has thought fit to take notice of this abuse of power, and has just sent to Algiers the pastor Cuvi er , to examine the facts which we have just stated. Whatever may be the result of this mission, i t is evid en t i t i mplies a blame on Marshal Bugeaud s conduct." he King and Queen of the BELGIANS arrived at the Tuileries on Tuesday. Pants 13ou RS; WEDNESDAY.—The market continues firm. The Threes opened at 81f. 30c., and after some variations, during which they for a moment touched 81f. 10c., they closed at the opening price. After the Bourse they were done at 81f. 35c. Nothing was done in Spanish. For Account Fives have risen 20c. ; Three, , , sc. ; Belgian Fives have risen li. The other Foreign Funds are unvaried. For ) Cash, Fives have fallen 25c.; Threes are unchanged. This was the day for declaring the, primes for the half-monthly meeting of Railway Shares. The primes were in all cases taken up. The continua tions, though higher than far some settlements past, were still moderate, as with the exception of St. Germain, which were at from 2f. 50c. to 2f.; Orleans from 2f. 25c. to If. Mc.; Rouen If. 75c. to If. 50c.; and Avignon from lf. 25c. to If. 50c. ; they we. e all below If. For Account, St. Germain, Avignon, Ilavre, and Vierzon have risen sf. each ; Rouen 3f. The. ; Orleans, Versailles (Right Bank), Strasburg, Northern, and Bordeaux, 2f. 50c. each ; Boulogne, If. 25c. Nantes, Lyons, and Versailles (Left Bank) :are unaltered. For Cash, Rotten hare risen 101 ; Northern 7f. 50c. ; Ver sailles (Left Bank) 3f. 75c.; Bordeaux, Strasburg, and Nantes '2f. 50c. each ; Lyons are nnvaried ; Orleans have fallen 2f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 17. Demerara, 3?3 —Northern of France Constituted, 10% —Orleans and Yierzon, 13,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8A 3 — Faris and Lyons Constituted. 5t ex int.—Paris and Stras. burg Constituted, 4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Liverpool Cotton market was quieter yesterday. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 were on speculation. Prices were a shade worse. We fear that when it be comes known that the Bank of England have not ad vanced their charge for discounts, the fever of specu lation may again recur. Shares rather improved at Liverpool. We are glad to learn from Canada that there had been two Commissioners appointed under the Act of June last, for a loan not exceeding 100,0001., to the suf ferers by the Quebec fires, for rebuilding ; but it was understood that no debentures would be issued until some preliminary steps had been taken. The only advantage to the sufferers should the money be raised, will be getting it at three per cent. upon giving good security for the repayment. Three thousand a year, will be the utmost of the bonus to Quecec, should the whole or the 100,0001. be issued. Some, parsons, seem, however, to have imagined, seeing the remissness of Government, on several occasions, that repayment would not be exacted. The demands on the public chest for debt, interest, and current expenditures, will, however, no longer permit of former indulgences. The arrivals in the ri ver are extreme l y limited, on ac count of the weather, and supplies of fruit and other articles in great request at this season are consequently kept out. '!'he circumstance of the Bank of England not having advance d its terms for the discount of bills, has given much satisfaction in the City, and there is an expectation that we Lhall go quietly over Christmas, and enter upon the New Year with something like the confidence and bustle of legitimate trading opsrations. The public securities have been to-day very steady, and are a shade higher. Consols realising 934 :I, for the account. Bank Stock is quiet at 206. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 95,i to 96, and the Three per Cents. 94 to 941. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 10s. to 13t , . premium. Long Annuities are 9-1, to 9 fifteen-sixteenths. In the Foreign house there has been no partic u l a r movement and the speculative Stocks have been quite neglected. Spanish Passives are sf. The Five per Cents. Portugta se have been marked 82k. Mexican Stock has realized 23k, being a shade under the previous rates. Brazil Stock has bean quoted 86. Russian Bonds have been at 1111, and Dutch Two and- a-llalf per Cents. at 601. Shares are rather better to day. Birmingham and Oxford Junction have risen to 10 and .0,1; Caledonian to 284 and 29; Brighton to 581 and 59; North Staffi,rd to 8i 7 1; Shrewsbury and Birmingham to s i l *; Northern of France to 104 and 11; and Paris and Lyons to 5-a ex interest ; East Lancashire are 11 ex. new. Os E . CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS, O'CLOCK. PRICES. sank Stick 3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5........ 94% 94 94 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 96 9511 95% Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 9 15-16 % 9% Ditto 30 y - ears, Oct. 10,1859 9 11-16 9 11-16 Consuls for Opening 93%3/ 93% Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 1 1 Ad. l3 10 —— p 10 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto, Small ONE O'CLOCK CLOSIN PRICES t RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds ' Alexican ' 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account . 23% Portuguese 5 per Cents. B9 l /2 Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account — Russian Bonds .. .... 111 1 ,4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 212 per Cent . Ditto, Account 60% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 1 4 92 3 4 PRICES Or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING II lILWAY SHARES AT ONC O'CLOCK. PRICE. Aberdeen / 2 Amber.. Noa., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.• ••• Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Belfast & County Down 4% .... Birmingham and Dudley 425....•• 51 %2 p. ...... Birmin. and Gl,ucester..loo 129 Ditto New 17% ... . Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 2% — Boston, Stained, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter 75 - •• , •• , • , • , • , •o Ditto, New - ..• Bristol and,Gloucester... 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. June.. 2 1 / 3 ....... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares.— 2 1 / 2 24%...... ....• 2 Ditto, Clydesdale Junc 25 Chester and llolyhead... 2712 — 0 - iurnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxfo r d 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 Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% — Direct Lincoln, East R e t- ••• ford, and &eta June. 2% .... Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast Junc. 121j2 — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 165....... Ditto New l2l. 165 — Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, Is 1....... 61. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... % p... Do., York Extension.. 2 .....• 3% EastDereh'sn andNoech 1 Eastei a Union 35 •• Ditto Quarter Shares 8% Do. Ditto, 1% — ......... -- Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire Ditto, New ... ....... .. 5 .. Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... .. 5 — Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire ... .. 1 1 4 1 4 2 1 4 East & West of England 1% 3 .-- .... Edxnburgh and Glasgow 50 ...--- 75 1- ..... -- Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 12 1 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 .....• Ely and Huntingdon ... 12%...... ............... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — ............... Exeter, Yeovil,& Dorset 5 % 314 .............. . Gaslgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 Ditto, New ......... .15 . •••• ••• Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 121/2.., ............. Grand Union (Notting- .. ••••••... Goole, Doncaster, &c. 2 ..... ... .. 22% 9,1 P 31,4 214 - 75% 13% - 34 end Lynn Great South. and West ........ •• • •• (Ireland) 27% ...... 27 3 i,;.... . ......... oreat munster ......... Great North of Scotland 2% ..... . GreatNorthof England 100 ...... Ditto New ............... 5 ...... Ditto, New ~, ........ 15 . Ditto, New ..... . I% •••• • -- Great Western.,,..... 85 Ditto 4 Shares ..... ... 50 DD Di tt t tt ti , r i 4 : l s T i f e S tl l ; h s a . r . e . 3 . .......... .•.• .• 2 1 2 0 3 / 4 0 1 ,4 Huddersfield & Manches. 13 Ditto, E x t ens i on •••••• ... ... Hull and S e lb y 50 Do. Half Shares 25 Ditto 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% Do., do., and Norwich 2 1 / 2 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 •••• •••• •• •• Do. New ..... Leeds and B ra df or d 3O Leicester and Bedr.)rd... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% — Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2 1 / 2 — Do. Extension( Green) 2 1 2 —. Leeds and Thirsk 1 7 1 %2 14% Ditto, New 5 — Do., Prefer., 6 p er Ct. 3 1 / 2 —•-• Do., Mnchstr & New; castle Junction....... 2%...... 2 1 4 London and BlackwaU. 161. 132.4 d Do. New ... .. ..... ...... •• • • ... Ditto Extension ~ 7 % ...... .. London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. .. 59 58 1 / 2 Ditto, Fifths Do. Consol. Eighths lO Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - ••• •• •• ..••• London andGreenwieh 12115 s 4d 9 Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — .. London, Hounslow, and Western - .. ..... • , ••• London and N. Westernloo 194 195 Do. Quarters .. 2 Do., no., New Ditto Fifths ... ......... .. Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 5 ....... Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 Do. 40/. (51. ..... ..„ & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 101. (1)I. & B.) B. 5 ,„.„, Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...... London, Oxford, and Cheltenham — ........ Lond. & S.Western 411 6a 10d 63 Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 . Do. New Do. New • ........... • 18 .• • • --- Ditto Tenths ',Mt() 'fewlis ... ..... 4 Pi t to Scrip Ditto ditto ........... 4 L-ndon and York 2 14 — .•..•••••.••••• Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil -- -"" 2 % - ............... Londonderry & Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely .....«..... 15 --• .............. Lynn and Dereham l5 — ............... Manchester and Leeds... 82 Ditto IA Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths 5 . .... ............... Do. Sixteenths 614 - ..... " ........ Do. Extension 42q 1 IA p..•.......•• Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 Do. do. Fifths 1 Man;:hester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... p.... ........... Manchest. & Sonthampt. 2 Midland lOO 126% 127%..-- Do. Fifths Do. New Ditto, New ...• •L Do. firm~ and Derbyloo Ilid'a id Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carli51e...100 Newmrket&Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 6 — .............. Newry and Enniskill en 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk 100 •••• ..... ...... Ditto Half Shares .. 9 ..•••••••"Do. Extension . 6 ..... Northern Counties Union 21/ ............. North British . ....... ... 25 Do. Half Shams ll ...... 15%16 ..• ••••• Do. Quarters ...... Do. Extension Ditto Thirds ..••.. ...... Northern and Eastern 5O .......... Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% l9 ............ '........ Do. New. - 1 .- .....• North Staffordshire 5 ...... 83 , 1, .. . ......... North Wales Northern and Southern . . Connecting .... North 'Western 2 l /2 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, an d Cheltenham.... Poi i.mouth Direct l 4l ..... ........ ...................... . ........................... Preston and Wyre 25 ..... ... ..... Do. % Shares - - ......... Heading, Guildford, and .• Reigate 3/. 12s. — die. •• ..... . Richmond ~.... .... .. Royston and Hitchen ... 1% — ............ Scoaish Central .... Scottish Midland 12% 14% . ........ ........ Sheffield & Manchester 100 ... .. Do. Quarter Shar e s... 8 ..... Do.LincolnshireJunc. PA -- .• •• Do. & Great Grim s by. 10 •••• Do. do. Extension 42 5 . - .... .. •• Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 2IA% ........... ... •• ••• Shropshire Union ... •• South Devon... ..... South S taffordshi re J unc. DA .......... south Eastern & Dover. 33% — •• ........... Do., No. 1 2G .... Do., N€ , 2. Do., No. 3 16 1 / 2 ....... ••••••. ••••: Do., No. 4 .... - - St.Alban's, Hatfield,and .. .."„ Hertford Junction ... 425. - ........... .. Staffordsh. & Shropshire 214 — ....... ...... South Wales . 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca . • .• meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ••• .... '". ... Taw Vale Extension ... 2 .... Vale of Neath ... . 2 114 ......... Wakefield, Pontefract. & . Goole .... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . ...• - ' ..... Waterford and Limerick 27% — ****** Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, * ..• ...... and Dublin Wexford, ‘I aterford, and - Valentia ...... .. .. Waveney Valley ... 2 - ..... ' ..... . Welsh Midland 2%. ..... ---- ... . ..... „... West Riding Union 42s. - '' ....... "' --- ....... West Cornwall 2 ... .. ..............• ,Vexford and Carlow Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- - ........ 38 . .. mouth " ...... ........ . . 124 York and Newcastle. . Ditto New ... ..... 71/9 .... ....... Do. Preference ...., York and North Midland 50 ...... .......... . ......... Ditto % Shares-- - •••• •- .... Do. Selby . .... • ••• Do. Extension 2O Ditto, Preference ..... . 2 . ...... Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian.— 4 - .... Barbadoes ... 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% Boulogne and A miens... 16 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 ___ _ dordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 „ .• •• • ......... Central of Spain ... . Ceylon— ............. Demerara 2 l /2 — ••••• Dendre Valley ...... 4 ............... Direct Bombay and Madras - ss. Dutch Rhenish •• • 6 ~• ... 4% ............... East Indian ... ..... .... ss. ..• .... , Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Penins u l ar s s . Great Western Bengal... ss. ...... ........................ Great Western Canada-. 3 1 ,A Italia. and Austrian. ... 4 ... - ••••••• •"' Jamaica S.Mid. Ju nc ti on 1 • ****** ''. .. . ....... ..... ...„4 Jersey ..... ..... Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 •... . —..--• ....... ~. Luxembourg...... ..... .. 4 . , .... .... Lyons and Avignon ... - .. Madras ..-• .......... ...... ....• Madras, Nellore, and Arcot .................... 1 / 2 •"' ..... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. ........ 1074 Namur and Liege „„. Nn of France Constituted 5 .. .... North Jamaica... .... ... 1 ..... ........ 84 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 - , Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ............ g % Over Yssel 4l3s 4d 5%14 , fist.•••''' --' Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen 4.......... ~ Paris and Stra s b ourg Con stituted ....... 26A Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 4 Strasbour 1 / 2 ............. ''''' .... ... ...„ g and Bale ... 14 .... St. Laurence & Atlantic ..... Tours and N an t es C0n ...... stituted .... ...... 5 ...... . • Tournay, Jurbise, Lan ......... .„, den, and Hasselt....... 8 ... .... Trinidad ...... West Flanders ...... .... 6 ....... ... JOINT STOCK ... 8ANK5........... i ili _ ....... ... .... Provincial of Ireland . . Union of London Union of Austialia MINES Real del Monte Unregd. - ..... ..if .5e E RRATIMI.—In yesterday's List, read East Lan casbire Scrip 2% instead of East Lincolnshire. _ . 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAja;fl LONDON, DEC. 1 8 .—Wind light airs at VP calm, with frost.•S'W.' Pb DEAL, DEC. 17.—Wind N.W. to W.N NV. Co ° ' Anderson, Lawrence, Porto Rico; John Daltcrn' Calcutta ; Britannia, Sin.monds, Demerara. 9 0 ` — PonTssiotrir, DEC. 17.—Wind N.—Sld. Victorhh New York_ LITXRPOOL, DEC. 17.—Wind N., moderate.—A nd ' 1 -I°Sl mode, Steele, Pernamluco, 61d. 30th October, an Paraiba 14th ult.; Virginia, Eaton, Charleston; yet,,' Snow, Baltimore • Nicholas Biddle, Knight, il e 'cbar' Montezuma, Lawber, ditto; Waterloo, Allen, ditto ;,,,,qals l : Challoner, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. San ,1" -- g rilla Arias, Havannah ; Zephyr, Anderson, Santa M arto Diadem, Carr, ditto ; Mary Campbell, Harmah,Ne vi ,,,,, Dauntless, Rogers, Charleston ; Portland, Stalker, eu,'"" to . Jttr PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—The Hampshire, Gain, , Il f os tao A cone, which capsized and sank'in the harbour, - - t"; o lace,.; anti subsequently raised, has been pumped out, a rl "" in the Camber in the dockyard, where she will disci's°. remainder of her cargo. i g FALMOUTH, DEC. 16.—The Edward, Moller, ' 11) .,,,„ 5 -borg borg to Dublin, which put in here 13th inst. leaky, surveyed, and must discharge. Mast il t LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—The George Canning. , v- hence to Maranham, was totally wrecked to wind/ 0 1 " / A Para, Oct. 18 ; crew saved. The Elizabeth Holdernts*Toso to this port, ran aground in the Miramichi River absd, tober 26th, but got off without assistance, and pro,c' ee ny ie, of DUNFANGHT, DEC. 14.—The sloop James, ltr p-e— polle . Inverness, for Liverpool, was put on shore at Ma ho n gal, on the night of the 10th inst.; four of crew dr_ot ru es toft , HULL, DEC. 17.—The Wiliam, Rackham, from Jws_ f t, 15th' has put in here with damage, having been in eon tac ctsr inst., with the Gazelle steamer, from Antwerp. T 1 3410 04 man, of Mahnoe, was fallen in with in distress, off. beer and taken in. tow by the Waterwitch steamer, orrilMesfe but the ropes having broken twice she was comp led bet her. A fishing. smack was near and would probablY loW into safety. The Victoria steamer, which left 18 , 133 5 t and 14th inst., and Cuxhaven 15th, reports strong .I.° snow at the time of her leaving. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA" CORN-EXCHANGE.—FRI DAIr ' The present week's arrival of English Wheat having b ee wa s ti very trifling, the show of samples of that article her,°,li unusually small. All descriptions commanded a very trade at fully Monday's quotations. The demand forair:s foreign Wheat, for shipment to Ireland, was extensive. further advance in prices of from 2s to 3s per quests prod` was in short supply, and the best malting parcels proario, o s r l i n g h w t a i s m i p n r o g v o e m d e clear . ed oft s ; pi e u t ,g a Is per quarter more money. The supply' of M alt "sell° other kinds of dearer. request, tin ;Lawn, Wheat. 2,640 qrs. ARRIVALS. I Barley. 1,410 qrs. Oats I irloarL, • 1 leo 4rs6 ,690 "j ..-- 5,720 I .....-- 9,9 W . English • • • • • • Irish •.•• • • • • Foreign .... • 9,350 Malt, 1,480 qrs. SMITHFIELD.eII, , but For the time of year, our market was tolerably 2,390 2 3 1 / 2 23% 82% 38 111 1/2 J 1/2 55 /s P 129 IA 2jg 273! 17% 6 -- 14% 58. i 914 14% of 5s 1% - IN 1% P I%P 1214 1% s - 4 . % 37 ist 19 8% 13 i - 44 1 4 4" 12 1 A 17% "i; a•••••_ • - / fc ( t