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LI'T'ERATURE. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Vol. 1. by John Saunders. As this publication has appeared periodically, we bare frequently taken occasion to comment upon its numerous excellencies and advantages. We can now do, little better than recapitulate our commendations. It would be unjust to mention the People's Journal without observing that it is essentially entitled to that dignified appellation. It is essentially the school master of the people ; it lives for the instruction com- and the moral improvement of the masses. On its mencement we feared that the object was too magni ficent to be realised with any degree of efficiency D y so small a publication . Our fears have been altogether dissipated. The editor has as • aembled around him such a group of eminent fellow-labourers, that failure was impossible. Miss Martineau, with her sound and genial com positions ; William Howitt and Mary Howitt (we cannot designate them more formally), with their picturesque and generous-hearted essays; Ebenezer Elliot, with his earnest poetry ; Charles Mackay, with his unaffected ,vritings ; and a number of other equally distinguished persons, have assisted the work by their contributions. A variety of neat, and occasionally superior, eng avings, are scattered through the pages, and the entire volume is most agreeable and singularly miscellaneous. Edited COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert promenaded on Wed needay afternoon in the vicinity of Osborne House. Earl Grey left Osborne House yesterday. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort, accompanied by the Royal Children, walked on the sea beach yesterday forenoon. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yester day at Gloucester House. A deputation from the Royal College of Physicians had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Horne-office. The deputation consisted of Dr. Park, the President ; Dr. Burrows, Censor ; Dr. Francis Hawkins, Registrar ; Dr. Todd, and Dr. Nairne. Mr. Ricardo had an interview with the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation of Directors of the Charing-cross Bridge Company, consisting of Mr. W. Hawes, Mr. Cory, Mr. Waller, and Mr. Mellor, accompanied by Mr. P. P, Baly, civil engineer, had an interview with Vis count M.)rpeth yesterday, at the office of the Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place. TheTlev. Dr. Wordsworth had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Lord John Russell returned to his residence at Chor ley wood on Wednesday evening. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the appeal— " Her -Majesty's Pi octor v. the Solicitor of the Duchy of Lancaster." Mr. Parker, Queen's Counsel, was beard, an .I was followed by the Attorney-General of the Duchy. The case was again adjourned. RACES TO COME. The following list of the fixtures already made for the next eeasos, will be useful to those stewards who have not gatormined on the time of holding their meetings:— 114 RCII. Covently Warwick Spring APRIL. 5 Epsom S. ... • l6 13 Newmarket, F. S. 13 Chester Newmarket C. Bath Catterick ...... MAY. Newmarket, S. S. 4 I Epsom JUNE. Ascot Heath 1 I Stockbridge IT An pton B.bury Club JULY. ,svmarket Liverpool 6 I Goodwood AUGUST. 33 rightpn Wolverhampton * Chelmsford Lewes ll *Huntingdon 26 York Warwick D JnCfti ter SEPTEMBER. . i I *Lincoln 14 I Newmarket, F. 0. OCTOBER. Isl>wmarket, S. 0 l 1 j Newmarket, F. O. ... 25 [The meetings against which we have placed an as terisk have not been officially announced, but in all pro bility will take place at the time mentioned.] O'BRIEN ♦. CLEMENTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—ln the report of this case, which appeared in your paper of Tuesday last, you make the Attorney- C aeral, who appeared as counsel for the defendant, sttte iu his address to the jury that the action was one of a series of actions against newspapers, and that an action had been I:rought by the plaintiff against the pro prfetors of the Plymouth Times for a similar libel as that iiv;lich gave rise to the above action. Now it so happens t.' at the article containing the libel cpmplained of did n'); appear in the columns of the Plynzouth Times, and c(,nsequently no action has ever been brought against us a: the proprietors of that paper, as stated in your report. We will, therefore, thank you to insert this letter in your n-z.t publication by way of correcting the error into .rich your reporter has fallen, and oblige, Sir, Your obedient servants, SCOTT and HOPKINS. Proprietors of the Plymouth Times. Plymouth, Dec. 10, 1846. THE REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER. On Wednesday evening a meeting of gentlemen inrourr.ble to the nomination of the Earl of Lincoln at the next election for the borough of Manchester was hell at the Albion Hotel. About 150 merchants, manu ftvtturers, and others were present. Mr. Alderman NEILD was called to the chair, and opened the proceedings by stating that, in his opinion, L.,rd Lincoln was a fitter candidate fur the borough Lb an Mr. Bright. Mr. J. PEEL gave an account of the interview which he and other members of the deputation had had with the Earl of Lincoln, and read the following letter, which his Lordship wrote to him on the 30th-ult.:— " Drayton Manor, Nov. 30. " Dear Sir,—l am now able to consider myself free from any implied engagement to another constituency, ail I have therefore no longer any hesitation in express ing the isexe than willingness that:l feel to become a can di tats or Manchester, in the event of such a requisition being presented to me as shall justify me in aspiring to that honour, and that shall warrant the belief that a majority of the constituency are willing to accept my services as their representative. "I feel sensibly the honour of having my name asso ciated with the representation of such a town as Man chester, and if eiceted, my best services will be devoted to the important duty which will devolve upon me." The ineetinf was afterwards addressed by Mr. Gar nett (of the Manchester Guardian), Mr. J. A. Turner, Mr. M. Ross, and others, when a committee was nomi nated to promote the electio❑ of Lord Lincoln. There quisition to his Lordship has been signed by about 1,500 electors. SOUTH-WESTERN EXTENSION RAILWAY. —At a court of compensation at the Horns Tavern, Kensington, yeAterday, before Mr. R. WaMager, assessor, and a special jury, the case of Joseph Petchew, claimant, against the South-Western Extension Railway Company respondents, came on in pursuance of a precept issued under the provisions of the London and South-Western Motropolitan Extension Railway Act, to assess the amount of compensation and damage the claimant was entitled to in respect of certain leasehold premises held by him, situate No. 61, Westminster-bridge-road, Lam beth, and which were required by the South-Western Railway, for the purposes of the extension of that rail way from Nine Elms to Hungerford-bridge, and also for compensation for the goodwill and less of trade in his business of a saddler, occasioned by the removal. The cia want, after receiving notice that his premises were required by the company, sent in a claim of 4,2701., in cluding a sum of 1,8001. for goodwill of trade. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Lush appeared for the claimant, and the Attorney-General, Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Merewether for tfie company. The usual evidence having been taken, the Attorney-General, at consider able length, addressed the jury on the part of the com pany, contending that the claim was a most gros and ex:ravagact one, the claimant seeking to rccovk r 1,364/. for that which only a few years since he paid but 516/, and that with regard to the claim of three years' com pensation, the utmost that had ever been awarded was one year ; and, instead of the profits being 6001., the claimant had himself stated they were nut more than 3COI. per annum, which sums were all that he was fairly entitled to in addition to the fixtures and interest in the ba,:k premises and stables. The Learned Assessor having briefly summed up, the jury retired, and, after being aLsant half an hour, returned a verdict of 1,9001 for the whole, being 2,370/. less than the amount claimed. The oe.e occupied the court until seven o'clock, which was er ,wded with tradesmen of the same neighbourhood, the question of the compensation for goode ill being ap pleiable to other cakes in which claims have been made ete the same princip!e, and rejected by the company. itOIIIIE2IBS AT THE CATTLE SIIOW.—LaSt night information was received by the -lice of the fiAlowing tviheries at the cattle show:—On Wednesday, from the eo n of Mr. Thomas llenry Payne, a gentleman re aiding at Leicester, a pocket-book containing about 1501. in Vats and bank notes; from the person of Robert Sto,wart, a tamer residing near Norwich, a purse con taining lonsteen sorereirms and some silver. On Thurs day, trout the pe rson of Mr. William Rose, of Upton, a gold watch and seals, by a well-dressed man, who, after anatchlag the watch from Mr. Ro'se's waistcoat pocket, crowd; from the person of Mr. Langley, a gold union pin. The tg in their exertions to keep sus ,ut, notwithstanding their vigilance, , ob got in, and no doubt reaped a well filled pockets of the wealthy Company are about to adopt the convey to any part of London a 18 ounces in weight for a penny. ese- .. d tgracingSt — tiie s ' ~‘,. V • k a taroti , iv Of . L • lt i o d lz;ZlE. Lull " r ±: ,CI, ~ - -'' _ rqrqi ,e 1 .. 1 1 I.rr1 . rr - '7 ~ * e l/ ~ •. C -tve;., •''' ' to . • .. 4111E:Fe • 'tug At :a - THE SUN,__LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 11, 184 i. , with Portrait, price 15s. bound, THE "A.IEMOIII OF TIIE LIFE .AND TIMES OF 111 CHRISTOPHER lIATTON, G., By Sir N. lI.UU NICOLAS. Are Now Ready. Richard Bentley - , New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. In Sv4 13, GreAt Marlborough-street. T HE AUTHOR OF " HITEFRIAR'S " NEW WORK, " C.F.,;Ait BORGIA," Is now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 yols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 111 ESSRS. LAMOND and Co. , R AILWAY 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, Ste. take 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 equested 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, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed or according to instruction. Ottices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Opera, entitled TIIE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Flore ville, Mr. Rafter ; Moliere, Mr. Ilorncastla ; Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. liarridon ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss Rebecca Isaacs; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OE' WAPPING (performed at the Academie Roya:e . Paris, ander the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoco, Louise, Benart, Madome Giubilei ; MM. lluguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell. THEATRE ROYAL, MAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Woolngs and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashlefgh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Holt ; Mr. Brandon, Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buekstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Claribel Odffington, i Fortescue ; Mary Odnon, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortime M r, ss Mrs. Yaruold ; Fann di y gt Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which the petite Comedy of PERFECTION. In which Messrs. Tilbury, 11011, Clark ; Miss Reynolds (her first appearance), and Mrs. llumby will perform. To be followed by a New Operatic Drama, called TUE YOUNG PRETENDER. Captain O'Neal, Mr. Hudson ; Captain Cocker,G Mr. Buckstone ; Chevalier Charles Edward Stuart, Mr. Braid ; Mrs. Craggie, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Armadale Miss P. Norton. During the evening the Band will perform tue Ovetture, " Pre aux Clercs," " Clementinen" (Mtuourka) ; " Catnellion" (Galop) ; the " Esterhazy" (Walzer); and a New Overture. To conclude with the Farce of MAKE YOUR WILLS. Messrs. Buckstone, Tilbury. Brindal, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Stanley will sustain the principal characters. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of 31r. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 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. O. Smith, Mr. Callenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the original Domestic Drama, called THE WRECK ASHORE; or, The Bridegroom of the Sea. Marmaduke Magog, Mr. Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GAMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss 31. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lwssee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Uiselle." Zits principal characters personified by Miss Georgians Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Lefler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Homier, Peren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled TILE TWO RAINBOWS. In the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Perlen Waltzes." To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SIZE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr.: Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Hardeastle, Mr. Granby; Tony Lumpkin. Mr. Compton; Hastings, Mr. Rozby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling ; Miss .Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke FRENCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed LA 3IARIt A LSE. M. de Jerdy, M, Mas quillier ; Edouard, M. Boron ; Madame do Ner.s, Millie, Vallee ; Cecile, Mdlle. Leyder. After which, LE. CODE DES FEMMES. Paul Fauvel, 31. Ithozevil ; 3lignouet, M. Cartigny ; Romain, M. Pagenler ; Louclion, M. l'riston ; Emma, Madame Angelo ; Femme de Chambra, Millie. Leyden To be followed by a new Comedy, entitled LES TROIS CRISPINS. Raymond Poisson, M. l'erlet ; Mar nne, Mdlle Brohan. To conclude with the Vaudeville of L'AMBASSADEUR. Cha racters by MM. Perlet, Laugeral, Berou; Millie. Celine Fouquet and Millie. Brohan. Boxes, lA.; Pit, 3s. &I. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBT 3. Sir Giles Overreach, Mr. J. R. Scott; the other cha racters will be personified by the acknowledged talent of the Company. After which a grand Military Ballet of Action, entitled LE REVE DU iOLDAT. The characters supported by Mdlle. Theodore and the Deulin To conclude with the New Drama, called PASSION'S SLAVE ; er, The Outcast son. Supported by the principal talent of the Company. AST LEY'S, ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pa'ronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, 'Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Notwithstanding, the present concentration of novelties, and the ex pensive engagements entered into with the most eminent British and Foreign Artistes for the Christmas holidays, Mr. BATTY has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers Leo pards, &c. Likewise in preparation , a sp l e ndid Comic AIRY PANTOMIME, with other Gymnastic and Equestrian novelties. TIIIS EVENING Will he performed a ;rand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled TILE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the grand Military Spectacle of BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gornersal. itox.ottice open front eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six an ! c , nntnence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. llroadfoot. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. 'I he success of the reduction of prices of admission at this Theatre is without precedent, nightly overflows being the result. Boxes, Is. ; Half-price, 6d. ; Pit, Gd.; Gallery, 3d. Continued success *1 the splendid Drama of " The Black Doctor." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Via cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. R. Barnett, and Messrs. Edwards, Bird, Searle, Furman, &c., will perform. After which, the Burletta of DICK AND HIS DOUBLE. Dick Deubleton, Mr. Fornan ; Isabel, 3lrs. It. Bennett ; Isabella, Miss L. Pearce. To conclude with JACK RANN ; or, Sizteen•string Jack, and the Knaves of Knaves'-acre. • I LIE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 11. T :ERMUMETEIt t Lowest, 25; Highest. 44 ; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 29.66.—W1ND N.W., sharp frost. 111,11 W AtEti; AT LON 'O DAY. Vnrnlng .. 7 minutes after 7. I Evening .. 16 minutes after 7. lately perished from sheer starvation. Nine ! Death farnin,2 has been the verdict of the coroners' juries upon those nine emaciated corpses. One man, who had ineffectually applied for aid to the local relief committee, and a woman, who was incapable of working from her extreme debility, died at 'furlough; another man at Bellina ; two more at Crossmolila ; another at Cloonralogh ; one at Notish ; one at Bally moholy ; and another at Shangurta. We shall abstain from dilating upon the torments and the desolation by which these cruel deaths must have been preceded, because we conceive that in so doing we should be profaning the sanctuaries of an unrepining destitu tion. A people dying away through want of the commonest food, without the means of obtaining a mouldy crust, or the chance of earning a halfpenny by the toil of their limbs, is one of the most awful spectacles in artificial society ; but that spectacle is immeasurably more awful when the land in which they are perishing is: proverbial for its fertility, and the Government, under whose shadow they are falling, is so illustrious for its potency. It is not, however, so much to the Government that we should look for the prevention of this calamitous decimation—it is to the local authorities, it is to the relief committees which have undertaken to decrease the adjacent sustain if he forthwith filed a bill in equity for the purpose of enforcing payment of his charge, and acted in the most harsh and oppressive manner to wards the unfortunate owner. Every prudent lender, before he consents to advance his money on the security of land, or, being already advanced, before he will be satisfied to suffer it to remain outstanding, will have ascertained that there is an ample margin to cover any losses that may be sustained by reason of bad seasons, deficient crops, defaulting tenants, and the innumerable other de scription of losses to which the proprietors of land are subject. In addition thereto he must also allow fur the expenses of a foreclosure suit and of a receiver, in the event of either being rendered necessary by the neglect or default of the borrower. There should also be a surplus for the maintenance and support of the owner, otherwise there would be little prospect of a regular payment of 'interest, as the necessities of the debtor would most assuredly lead to the appropriation of any sums of money on which he could lay his hands ; an embar rassed and needy man would have little regard to the abstract rights of his creditor. The general rule , when called on to money, is never to a a d d o v s t e e d r e b s p y e l t e i r g ) g a a n p r advance e r o s f recommend a client to lend more than one-half the present value of the property—indeed, scarcely so much, for the interest to be paid should not exceed half the annual income. Under any other circum stances it is not the interest of any party that things should remain in state quo. The creditor cannot hope for punctual payment, the debtor will be kept in a constant state of annoyance and difficulty ; he cannot discharge the duties incidental to his position, he will be unable to encourage or assist his tenantry to aid in the improvement of the lands, to make judicious allowances, to act the part which humanity would dictate in the event of any misfor tunes happening to those who are dependent on him, and who look up to him for that fatherly care and protection that a landlord should extend to his te nantry, which the nature of their mutual relations demand at his hands. The attempt to retain the po sition of landlord in such circumstances is, therefore, injurious to all parties —to the creditors, to the owner, to the tenantry, and to the public at large. We trust that some measure will pass the Senate during the ensuing session for simplifying the transfer of such estates. The parties in every such case should, by mutual agreement and co-operation, strive to have the lands disposed of in the most expeditious and cheapest manner. Our observations, therefore, (which the want of space compels us to postpone for this day,) must be taken as directed to cases where the charges and encumbrances do not exceed half the present value of the property." The news from Portugal, brought by the Cyclops, is of a very contradictory character. " It appears that Spain has been actively interfering in support of the Afrancesado party, and has furnished CASAL, who was driven into Spain by SA DA BANDEIRA, with arms, ammunition, and every sort of assistance. CASAL returned to Portugal, and purchased his vic tory over SA DA BANDEIRA by a liberal expenditure of the dollars which he had received froto Spain, with which he corrupted the two regiments of the line, who deserted from SA DA BANDEIRA in the midst of the battle. DAs ANTAS still continues in Santarem, where he is well supplied with provisions. If he can hold his position for a few weeks, SALDANIIA must either at tack him or retire, as during the rainy season the plains about Santarem are flooded. _ The following is the latest account of the move ment of SCHWALI3ACEI and Bomrim. The latter has completely out-manceuverad the QUEEN'S General:— " Schwalbach's intention being to join Saldanha, he proceeded from Estremoz to Coruche, closely followed by the insurgent General Bomfim, his object being to reach Salvaterra, and Bomfim's to get to Santarem by flanking him. Saldanha knowing Bomfim's intention, sent 600 men across the Tagus to Schwalbach's assist ance, with orders to him to turn back and give battle; but taking another direction, out-generalled his op pcnent, and got to Santarem on the 28th. Bomfim had 1,600 men, and Sehwalbach about 1,000. The city of Evora has now upwards of 2,000 men in arms, and is ex pecting 500 or 600 more from Algarve. Bomfim has 250 irregular cavalry, well mounted, armed, and drilled, and commanded by regular officers from the army. One of his guerilla parties captured 18 contos (4,5001.) at Alcacer do Sol, and delivered every farthing of it to Bomfim at Monte Mor, with which he has paid his troops. He has an excellent staff. The whole of Alemtejo is now in the possession of the popular party, who are organiz ing troops, juntas, &c. Elvas has only 150 men in gar rison. It is the only place in Aletnttjo that obeys the Queen's Government. Celestino is with Bomfim. Count de Mello is Governor of Evora. The people there are in high spirits, and well able to resist any attack. All that is known from Oporto is, that Sada Bandeira is now there. lie was worsted in the affair with Casa! at Valpassos, but no particulars subsequent to it are known. The Duke of PALMELLA has gone to Gibraltar, laving been ordered by her MAJESTY to go on his ,ravels. The Marquises of Valloda, Minas, Niza, and Fay al, Counts Ribeira, Rio, Maior, Arcos, Alva, Al cacovas, Galveas, and other noblemen, have either left Lisbon for Cadiz, or have sought refuge from per secution on board the English squadron and French brig of war. The Diario publishes a decree for the union of the Bank of Lisbon and the Confianca Company : " The joint establishment is to be called the Bank of (in paper c hi e fl y ) o f 11 , 000 '1 2,400:00U It is to h ave t h e exc l us i ve ears of issuing no t es, an d i ts notes are capital e t, PPr : oir b rtvtt e i°ul esg li a g urel floarbnon withut 30 Y der s. The notes of the now extinct Batik of Lisbon are to continue in circulation, to the amount of 5,000 contos, and to be legal tenders, fur the whole of every payment, to the end of June, 1847; fur two thirds, to the end of 1848 ; and for one-half, from that to the period of their b.,ing finally paid off—for which purpose the Bank of Portugal is to set apart an annual sum of 216 contos." Madrid papers of the 3d have arrived. They con tain no intelligence of importance. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 3.—The Thr€e per Cents. closed at 34i ; the Four per Cents. at 21 ; the Five per Cents. at 21k; and the Coupons not capitalised at 194. We have recived the paris papers of Wednesday. The Presse gives the following as the analysis o the protest of M. GUIZOT against the annexation o Cracow : " The explanations which we have given of the pro test addressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to M. de Metternich in reply to the notifi cat i on made to the former of the incorporation of the Republic of Cracow with the Austrian states having been contested. We have had recourse to fresh information, and we can now fully confirm, at least as far as regards their groundwork, the first explanations we published. This protest bears rate the 3d inst.; it is in the form of a dis patch, addressed to Count de Flahault, our ambassador at Vienna. It contains six pares, and, if we are well in formed, it was read on Sunday last to Lord Normanby, M. d'Arnim, and M. de Kiseleff. The character of the document is serious and gloomy. It bears the imprint of a deep conviction of the moral disorder which must result from the act of the three Powers in the situation of all the states of Europe. It may be conceived that, in a document of this nature, all the expressions in which should be seriously weighed, the opinion of the French Government, however energetic it may be as far as concerns the act complained of, indicates rather than expresses the consequences saich France may one day draw from this attack on the European order of things rrs founded by treaties. It is not a declamation of a journal addressed to superficial understandings, but a serious and. severe judgment, calculated to excite the consideration of cabinets. Such a document as that alluded threats, er: t wo o it; ctuhbgahtt the ed n e o ue t nl a t r o er afi c tei o co n tni t n a go i n f e e n iih ah e ru r s ia recriminations ,r oe o er r Pow have e ardentuisbe wished desirefind d f social ini t perturbation a toef and others,vi .energeticould expression of th e profound injustice, the want of wisdom of the act of th e 1 6th November, and of the conv i ct i on that it gives to all the powers of Europe the most entire freedom with regard to treaties thus destroyed. The French Cabinet expresses in the first place its deep and painful surprise at the resolution of the Powers. It shows that they have yielded to secondary and accessory motives th e general and more po.werful. reasons which commanded respec t for treaties—of those treaties, the object of more than one resistance, and which have created sufferings of more than one kind. It calls to mind, in lively terms w hat Poland has been, and shows that there was no reason to feel surprise at seeing the scatt ere d members of t h at gr eat state sovio lently destroyed still experience some convulsions. Poland has lost i n the political world the rank which she has preserved in history ; she has been destroyed, suddenly cause taking possession of Cracow. It result from th em. The French Cabinet rtifutes. the e t a r u e s a e tie t s o which disap 'recognise g t t b i i e s e not reasons given by the Court of Vienna . to justify the divided, e s c u o c n h ie f s ac w ts bi d eb o the facts. The King's Government, it sa):s, cannot Vienna, and the treaty of admit so many assertions contrary to principles. It m a y were not the establishes that the articles of the ode of 3d explains or contests exclusive work of the three Powers, and that the fate of Poland was regu l ate d b y a European deliberation. It was not, therefore, peraiitted to the Th three The to suppress the r esu l ts o f th a t deliberation. e dis patch solemnly protests against the act of the three Powers. France, it says, might congratulate herself on jan act which would au tho r ise her, by a ust reciprocity, in henceforward only consulting her interests and cir cumstance:,; Lut such is not the feeling which she enter tains, and it is strange enough that it should be her which tindi herself obliged to take on herself the defence of the faith of treaties, and to call the attention to them . . or Powers who have so grievously failed. Such is the conclusion of the dispatch. In order that it may not be a useless appeal to respect treaties, the Minister has taken care to point out that to power can release itself from them without at the same time releasing all the others who are parties to them. Such are the contents, with diplomatic reserve, of this protest, in which it might have been desired to have found a deeper discussion on the point of right, but which establishes with dignity and a great elevation of thought the situation of France in this affair. After having read it, no doubt can be any longer felt on the question now discussed by the German press;as to whether the French Cabinet was informed before-hand of the resolution of the three Powers. There• results from it also the con- viction that France regards herself as released, and that the Powers have freed' her from the treaties of Vienna by releasing themselves from them. This is said in whits clear as diplomatic reserve and circumstances permit. France has, therefore, prix acts (taken formal notice of) of the infraction committed on the treaties of 81 5. We shall return, on the first opportunity, to the situation that results to her from it, cilia we sliall point out all the , extent of the right which is acquired to her, and of the perturbation caused in Europe by the resolu tion against which she has just protested." The state of the corn market is producing a feeling of alarm throughout France. Prices are continually rising. Those who are well versed in the statistics of the corn trade declere that, notwithstanding the recent importations, there is not at the present moment a sufficient quantity of corn in France to supply the wants of the population till the next harvest. The supply, they say, is short by 25 days' consumption o the whole kingdom. On this subject the Debats has the following : " The most extraordinary and erroneous accounts are daily given on the movement of corn in France. It is, however, easy to attain precision through the agricul tural statistic published by the Minister of Commerce from 1837 to 1841 inclusively. Although the facts it presents may not be of absolutely rigorous exac'itude, they are certainly as near the truth as can be, for they are the results of a special inquiry made officially under the control of a public administration. The following is an analysis of the numerous tables which this document gives on this subject. The quantity of land used in growing corn in France is nearly 14,000,000 hectares (the hectare is about two acres and a half English), and, therefore, extends over a little more than one fourth of the superficies of the country, which is 52,768,610 hectares, or nearly three-fourths of the cultivated I,nd. The (Abele cultivations, in fact, occupy together about 5,500,000-'-hectares, nearly 2,000,000 of which are covered Witt - vineyards. The totality of the cultivatedt land in France reaches, therefore, to '20,000,000 hectares, and thus represents 38 parts out of 100 of the soil of the nation. The annual produc tem of corn amounts, in ordinary years, to nearly 183,000,000 hectolitres, (the hectolitre is equal to rather wore than two bushels and three : quarters English), that is :to say, 70,000,000 in wheat, 12,000,000 in meteil (mixture of rye and wheat), 28,000,000 in rye, 17,00(1;060 in barley, 49,000,000 in oats, and 7,000,000 in maize. Out of the total quantity the seed-corn takes a little more than 28,000,000 hectolitres, or 15 per teat. Consequently there remains for consumption in food 155,000,800 hectolitres, deducting from which the proportionate part of the oats, leaves fur the nourish ment of man , 116,000,000 hectolitres ; others say 12.0,000,000. Taking these last figures, which appear to be the most exact, there is for daily consumption in France about 329,000,000 hectolitres, making 343 litres per head per annum, of 94 hundred parts of a litre per head per day, or about 700 grammes (24 ounces and three quarters English). This is about one-third more than is consumed in England, and as near as may be one-fourth less than each inhabitant consumes in America. The annual importation of foreign corn into France is about 1,000,000 hectolitres, the major part of which is re exported either in the grain or in the flour. Thus, as will be evident, an infinitely small portion, not more, perhaps, than one three-hundredth part, is added by purchase from abroad to the native production; but it is nevertheless proved that this, with the aid of reservations made from the produce of favourable years, is just suffi cient for the national wants. The cultivation of corn in France, therefore, cannot be neglected without danger. In bad or medium years it is absolutely necessary to have recourse to foreign countries for corn; and the im ports rise to three, four, or five millions of hectolitres, which may suffice to supply food for the country fur ten, twelve, sixteen, or seventeen days. Scarcely ever does this importation exceed this limit. In 1832, however, it ap proached seven millions of hectolitres, or food for about 22 days. This is the largest quantity of corn which France ever received from abroad. It represented the current value of 90,000,000 francs. We have, however, had years in which scarcity of corn was much more sensibly felt thhn in 1832, and when, notwithstanding, the im portations were much less. This may have arisen from there being a less abundance of corn in the foreign markets, and also from accidental difficulties attending the transport. The conveyance of corn by sea may, from the state of the weather or from the want of shipping, and from other causes, meet with great obstruction. To transport only one million of hec tolitres, no fewer than 300 vessels, of from 200 to 250 tons burden each, are required. An idea may from this be formed of the number of sea-going ships and of boats or barges, and carts or waggons re quisite for the transport to the shore and conveyance into the interior of the country, of between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 hectolitres, as has been done this year. It may also be judged from what we have said of the extreme susceptibility of the corn trade, since a deficit of only a few days' consumption in the harvest excites the must lively alarms in the minds of the people, and gives extraordinary activity to the speculators, and thus raises the prices beyond all measure. But it results also from an examination of facts, during the last 25 or 30 years, that purchases of foreign corn, even when well directed, have scarcely sufficed to re,establish the balance of quantity, to allay the fears of the people, and reduce considerably their sufferings and privations. This is what will infallibly happen this year. We will now remind the public that the farmers have in this century gained a great and valuable auxiliary to their produce of corn—we mean the potato, which 50 years ago pro duced in France scarcely 30,000,000 hectolitres, and which now yields 100,000,000 hectolitres, that is to say, a quantity which, in a few more years, may double the production of the land for the special food of man." In reply to the statements that have appeared in some of the papers, as to the probability of an ap plication being made by the Bank of France to the Bank of England, for assistance, the National says— " We hope that the Bank of France will not put the well- known prudence of our neighbours to the test. In fact the Bank of France is in no want of assistance. It possesses more wealth than is required to meet all de mands. Besides its en caisse is increasing, and this will without doubt, strengthen the nerves of the directors. They w ill, without doubt, learn by what has passed, how culpable they were in testifying such extreme alarm, in creating anxiety to commerce, in abandoning themselves in short to an excessive panic, when they had in their hands the means of giving ccnfidence to themselves and to the public." We mentioned a few days since that a dispute had taken place between the French Consul at the Mau ritius and Admiral DACRES. The following version of the affair, and of the steps adopted in consequence, are given in the Constitutionnel : " Some journals have lately spoken of a coefliet which, they declared, had taken place at the Mauritius between M. Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul, and Admiral Dacres, in command of the English station. The follow ing are the facts, such, we understand, as they really were :—Admiral Dacres had his flag on board the Pre sident frigate. This officer, wishing to give a ball on board to the principal persons of the island, made the necessary preparations, and sent out his invitations. M. Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul, received one like the rest ; but some hours before the ball two officers, in the uniform of the British navy, called on M. Barbet, and informed him that they had been sent by their command ing officer to withdraw the invitation which he had re ceived ; they added that the cause of their visit was an infringement of the rules of etiquette, of which N 1 Barbet had been guilty, in not having gone to visit t 2, 11e 1. Admiral, although he had been some time there. Barbet, offended, wrote immediately to the governor r the island to demand reparation ; he also wrote a letter to Admiral Dacres breathing great indignation, and in ' which he rendered to that officer insult forin s s h ul ou ., id adding sen that were it nut for his peculiar situation he d him a challenge. In a report sent te w t e he ar l , e linister informed, of Foreign Affairs, M. Barbet relates,_ as . all that we have just narrated, and, in . addition, trans mitsa letter from his colleague, the Consul to the Minister h M e Consul of the United States at t e . auri ius, affirming that he had been present at the . Admirals ball, without any opposition on the part of the English officers, and without having, any more than M ;Barbet, paid hima visit. On his side, the Admiral, as it appears, trans mitted to the Foreign-office the letter which M. Barbet s e n t him. This letter is annexed to a dispat c h w hi c h Lord Palmerston sent to Paris a few days back. The British Minister demands that M. Barbet de Jouy be recalled, and announces that if his demand be not at tended to, the erequatur of the Queen of Great Britain s hall be withdrawn from that person. S uc h, i t i s sa id , is the state in which the affair rests." A letter from Algiers, of the Ist December, says, that the release of the prisoners was only obtained by paying a ransom of 30,060 f rancs to the Arabs, who had them in their custody, and who refused to obey the orders of ABD-EL-KADER for their liberation until this sum was paid to them. Marshal BUGEAUD has refused to permit the celebration of a funeral service at Algiers for the late Marshal BOURMONT. The Alloniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, open ing a credit of 500,0001. to the Minister of the Interior, fur the repair of the damage done to the vicinal roads by the late inundations ; and an ordon nance, granting a credit of 800,000 f. to complete the payment of the premiums of encourage:nent to the whale and cod fisheries. A report was current on the Paris Bourse on -Wed nesday of the death of Prince .....MtITERNIOII. The Three per Cents, closed on. the Paris Bourse on that day et 80E 80c.; the FiveTeretehti., 118 f. 30c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,255 f. ; Rouen, 885 f.; Havre, 8521 50o.; Great Northern, 642 f. 50c.; Avignon, SSW. 50e.; Yierzon, 5854 ; Bordeaux, 556 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Mentereau, : 4 . of fit tF pv I • 1144 , )114,‘1C-v0 r. . 4 17. 0 • ,‘•••• .-• • ••-efe'`•l!' t I Ee •••••,' mpoverishment, it is to the magistrates, the landlords and the wealthier classes generally in the several ba• ronies. Unless the more competent and influential pro tectors of the peasantry bestir themselves betimes, unless they are sedulous in their researches after the penni less and the foodless in their neighbourhood, unless they abstain more from the refusal of applications for relief, these nine famine-stricken Irish are only the predecessors of so many hundreds. It is not only for the more immediate salvation of the destitute that so much exertion is required from the less afflicted members of the community—it is for the ultimate advantage, and maybe for the imme diate preservation of the latter. Extreme want is as powerful an incitement to crime and insubordination as the evilest of evil passions. Goaded on by the ra vages of hunger, the most peaceful are transformed into the most rebellious, the utmost gentleness Into the most obdurate cruelty, the most virtuous citizens into the most desperate criminals. And in Ireland famine is rendered an infinitely more powerful excitation to violence, inasmuch as it is act ing upon men naturally passiont.te and enthusiastic. There are already unfortunate evidences of the formidable consequences of the still existing visitation. Instead of welcoming the individuals deputed to bestow upon them the wages and employment determined upon by the Board of Works, instead of receiving the officers of that noble institu tion as their saviours, the half-maddened peasants subject them to maltreatment. If -we may credit a hideous rumour in a respectable Irish newspaper, one of the appointed overseers has recently been assassinated in the county Clare, having been actually " cut to pieces with reaping-hooks." Whether this almost in credible intelligence be based upon an actual or an imaginary occurrence, it is indisputable that the agents of the Board of Works are frequently mo lested in the discharge of their generous and bene volent duties. Sometimes they are treated with extreme brutality, and their lives are continually in peril. What a horrible condition is this for a civi lised people ! What a bitter mockery to the advance ment and diffusion of knowledge—to the spread of morality—to the vaunted happiness and grandeur of the British islands I Such an accumulation of misery is unknown amongst the Carribeans, or the inhabitants of the Marquesas. In destroying the officers of the Board of Works, the Irish peasantry are immolating their benefactors as dastardly, as vilely, as cruelly, as did the Dantonists the lovers of peaceful regeneration. The heinous guilt of those crimes, however, is not attached to the mass. it is attached to the lawless perpetrators alone, By delivering these disturbers of public tranquillity up to justice—men who have the deplorable audacity to deride the laws both of GOD and man — the more gentle and unrebellious sufferers may hasten their own extrication from misery, and, in doing so, simultaneously remove a curse from their native land. Unless the righteous members of that community act thus boldly, and thus honestly, the anticipation of the Irish melodist can never be realised, " the rain bow of hope " to Ireland can never emerge, " Bright through the flood Of her tears and her blood." Unkss such a natural course be pursued, the peasantry will still continue to perish in their cabins like dogs, the visible ban of poverty will still remain upon that misgoverned and afflicted country. We yesterday pointed out the great differences ex isting between the cases of the proprietors of lands and of the parties who have advanced their capital on the security of those lands. The first class are spe culators in the value of the soil—they will reap the entire benefit of any improvement in its price, and should therefore be fairly responsible for any loss that may be sustained. They enjoy all the rights and privileges incidental to the possession of that description of property, they are likewise bound to perform 'all the duties appertaining thereto. The other parties, on the contrary, have a certain fixed sum, which, under any circumstances, they must re ceive ; they cannot claim more in seasons of extraor dinary fertility and prosperity ; they cannot be re quired to receive less in times of scarcity and famine. The property in the land is respon sible to them fur a certain fixed amount of money ; on payment thereof, with all interest, it will be discharged from any further liability, no matter what may he its improved value ; and it cannot be exonerated for a lower amount, whatever might be its depreciation. For ages the landowners have had the best of the speculation ; it is notorious that the value of ;and has within the last 70 or 80 years (and there are many charges on estates in Ireland of a much longer date) been more than quadrupled, while the value of money has materially fallen. And it would be in the highest degree unreasonable, now that cir cumstances are in some degree altered, to suppose that any portion of the present burden or loss should be cast upon the mortgagees or encum brancers. There is no possibility of the Legislature sanctioning any principle so unjust and inequitable. But, even supposing that such a project were in contemplation, what would be its immediate effect ? Why, manifestly, that every encumbrancer would take the most summary steps to enforce the payment of his demand. The Legislature could scarcely be asked to enact a suspension of cash payments in favour of the landowner ; they could not be required to blot out all debts chargeable on, or payable out of real property, or to reduce them by a certain per tentage. The right to sue, to demand the immediate payment of his principal, must still be reserved to the creditor, whenever the time stipulated for the repay ment has expired, unless every law of credit, as well public as private, is to be violated and destroyed, and that we should collectively and individually become a nation of repudiators. There is, therefore, little pros pect that Parliament will recognise any proposi tion so monstrous as to subject the mortgagees or encurnbrancers to any portion of the burdens al ready incurred, or which may hereafter be imposed. Neither would it be for the benefit of the landowners themselves that such should be the case; on this ground, therefore, there is no reasonable cause for the panic to which we have alluded. The foregoing observations are general in their ap plimtion to every landowner and encumbrancer throughout the entire kingdom. What we are about to state with respect to the only other ground that could justify the fears of the creditors, and which, if well founded, might induce them to institute pro ceedings for the recovery of their debts, viz., an inabi lity on the part of the landlords to meet the de►nands for interest, in consequence of the present distressed state of the country, and the great difficulty expe rienced in the collection of rents, must, to a certain extent, depend on the circumstances of each parti cular case—the relative value of the estate to the amount of the charges with which it is burdened, the state and solvency of the tenantry, the number and size of the farms, and a variety of other circum stances too numerous to specify in detail. We hope, however, to be enabled to establish that estates in Ireland are as good securities as they ever have been for the several sums advanced upon them, and that the greatest inconvenience that any prudent encum brancer can be subjected to, is the affording of a temporary indulgence to his debtor, and allowing him a prolonged period for the payment of his interest, which, in fact, is less in amount than what he must lit) LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1846. After a temporary abatement of the destitution experienced by the peasantry in Ireland, the dismal indications of famine and contagion are again be coming of frequent recurrence. As the season be comes more inclement, and the necessity for warmth and nourishment more pressing, the destitution of that miserable people is more and more apparent. Not all the ostentatious, but disproportionate bene volence of the baronies; not all the pomp of charity, paraded by many of the relief committees; not all the draining of quagmires, and breaking of stones, and repairing of highways, said to have been under taken, have been sufficient to relieve the population from the agonies of disease or the pangs of starva tion. We would to GOD that these calamities could be prevented by an immediate opening of the ports or by any expedient of a like simplicity. We would to GOD that the hunger of millions might he appeased by an order in Council, or by the sudden abrogation of a hateful enactment. Were such a re medy possible the miseries of Ireland would be short lived, their days would be numbered. In the gene rosity of the Government the population of that island would then find its panacea. The power of the Administration to extricate so many millions from their difficulties would then be proportioned to their anxiety to afford assistance. The mar kets would be replenished, the penniless would obtain a remunerative occupation, the agricultural, mercantile, and labouring classes would again be in a thriving and peaceful condition. As it is the Legis ture cannot effect miracles, the Ministry cannot with the stroke of a pen obliterate the phenomena of nature, the sAgacity of statesmanship cannot, like the imagination of OVID, produce a moral or physical metamorphosis. Rapidly as the evils of national penury have arisen and extended, they can only be removed by remedies as gradual in their operation as that rapidity has been extraordinary. The whole of Ireland has been convulsed by the late visitation, the throes of sickness and inanition have penetrated its very entrails—its whole social structure has been shaken to its foundation. Nothing but the most assiduous care and the most incessant precaution can counteract the consequences which would be other wise so disastrous. Even then individuals are liable to be overlooked, casual units are neglected in the distribution of assistance, and the famine, which had threatened the destruction of thousands, fastens here and there upon a solitary victim. The justice of this terrible reflection is now being demonstrated in our sister island ; the Demon of Want has not been exor cised, its power has been only restricted. Nine wretched beings have, according to intelli- gence from Ireland, published in another column 3351. ; Basle, 220 f.; Dieppe, 352 f. 50e.; Paris and Stras burg, 478 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 490 f.; Paris and Lyons, 507 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 470 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 10. Bordeaux, Toulouse and Cette (Espelete), "fr s —East In dian, ;g—Jamaica South Midland Junction, I,4—Luxem bourg, ~—Namur and Liege, 3 5 8 —Northern of France Con stituted, 9—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Lyons Constituted. 43'8—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4 Sambre and Meuse, 41! 2 ,—Tournay, Jurbise, 'Auden, and Ilasselt, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday con tinued good. Sales, 15,600 bales, half on speculation. There was no advance in prices, but the previcus quota tions were fully _maintained. The sales included 7,000 Americans et sd. to 7d., 7,000 Surat, at 4id. to 51d., 600 Egyptian, at 7-id. to Bd., and 450 Pernam and Maranham, at 6-id. to 7d. per lb. Shares were dull again. An important exposé of the present state of the resources, the population, &c., of the whole of China, is about being made public, which may, and doubtless must, prove highly satisfactory and important to all parties connected with the history of that yet almost unknown country. The work is undertaken by Mr. R. Montgomery Martin, lately her Majesty's treasurer for the colonial, the consular, and the diplomatic services in China, and a member of her Majesty's Legislative Council at 'Hong-Kong. The object in view is stated to be, to awaken an earnest in- terest in England on behalf of one-third of the human race; to offer in a condensed view the past history and present state of China in its domestic and foreign rela tions; to investigate the causes which prevent four hun dred million industrious, sober, obedient, pacific, and educated people, holding the position to which they are entitled among the other kingdoms of the earth; to examine our own political, commercial, and social position in that vast country, in order that the statesman, the merchant, and the philanthropist may be the better enabled to direct their course of action to the production of some beneficial result equally conducive to the welfare and concord of England and China. Unquestionable facts demonstrate that whatever position England may acquire in China, it will not be for her exclusive advantage; the time is happily arriving when nations, as well as individuals, learn that a benefit conferred returns to the donor with a blessing—that in juries reflect punishment on the perpetrators—and thus, even in a selfish point of view, the exercise of good is a far better policy than the commission of injustice. A conviction of the truth of this divine precept is slowly darning on the minds of men ; it is the high behest of England to prove the reality by its practical application. No sphere could be more appropriate for its exercise than China, where myriads of our fellow creatures seem specially adapted for, and prepared to receive, the influence of a Cnristian civilisation. It is impossible to estimate fully the effects of such an influence on so vast a mass of mankind ; it is difficult to calculate the extraordinary com mercial power which would be created by four hundred million active and intelligent beings, with numerous desires, keen perceptions, and indomitable industr', having full scope given to their singular energies ; it is deeply interesting to confider the physical, moral, and intent ctual results which would accrue, not only to the continent of Asia, but also to those f Europe and of America, from the christianization of China. Under Providence, this glorious consummation may be wit nessed by the existing generation ; but, whether this be permitted or not, it is the bounden duty of all Chris tians to aid in its accomplishments. Consols for the Account have been quoted only this morning at 93i and with the half-yearly dividend deducted. These rates are but a mere shade lower than those of yesterday morning. The transactions have as yet been very slight. Exchequer-bills command lls. to 12s. premium; Bank Stock, 2061; the New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., 96k; and the Reduced Three per Cents., 94k The Committee of Portuguese Bondholders, in ad dressing the Finance Minister at Lisbon, upon the sub ject of the intended 20 per cent. deduction from their dividends, remark that " they do not impugn the motives which actuated the Council of Ministers in the measures they have thought proper to adopt, as far as regards levying taxes on the property and subjects of Portugal, in which may also be comprehended the holders of local inscriptions, or the internal debt of Portugal, but the committee cannot sanction or recognise the principle of taxing British subjects to meet the exigencies of a foreign state, they having no voice in the Legislature ; nor are they in anywise amenable to the laws of Por tugal. The committee, therefore, condemn the contem plated appropriation of 20 per cent. on the external debt, as set forth in the fourth article of the said decree, and they view in it not only a gross infringement on their rights and property, but a violation of faith on the part of H. M. F. Majesty's Government, both uujustifiablc and without precedence, in proof of which the committee respectfully refer your Excellency to the conditions of the various loans contracted, and espe cially to the terms comprised in the bonds under the decree of the 2d of November, IS4O, wherein the rights of the foreign creditors are fully recognised, and by the sth and 6th articles the integral, or entire reimbursement and payment of both principal and in terest as the coupons respectively fall due, is faithfully guaranteed, declaring that both shall be kept inviolable, and shall in nowise be effected by any political change or circumstance whatsoever." In Portuguese Stock there has not been any business done this morning. Mexicans are at 23i and 1. Spanish for the Account at 26; Belgic Two.and-a-Half per Cents. 54; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 60q; and the Four per Cents. 92k. We cannot quote any important alteration in the Railway Share and Scrip Market this morning. The official prices are annexed. ONE CLOSING PRICES or BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 94 1 / 4 Al 94% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 with div 95 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Annuities 9 6 1 /4 96 96 1 4 96% New 5 per Cent. Annuities 121 121 Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% 9 7 / 6 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO% 10% Consols for Opening 9 3 1 3 /4 ex div 95% Exchequer Bills, 10001. 1 1 Ad. ... 12 11 p 14 p Ditto, 5001 Ditto, Small .. 912 p 14 p ONE OLOSINti O'CLOCK PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto, Account . 23 % 5 /8 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account ... . — Russian Bonds ••• .....••• Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto. Account . ... 26 Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, `2 l, per Cent 54 55 Dutch, 2i4 par Cent . Liao. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 th 92:!4 PRICES Or BUSI NESS DONE CLOSING It:IILWAY SIIARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% V"ti r gi Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% ...... Belfast St Countx_Down _4% Birmingham andbudley 41i. •••• • ..... Dirinin. and Gleueester..lo o ...••• 1 ` 29 Ditto New 172.••••• Birmingham and Ox -8% 9 .......... ford J unction ......... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June . —. gi . -_ ............. B u o ri s s t t o o n i , A S n t a am E t x 'd -- • ..... • •••• e Si ter li .. i ....... 75 B l3r r p i i s s i t t t o o t i l o a ; nnNddeElloeurc.:eit.ukir.c....... 8 3 5 42 0 5 ix: ........... _ ... - 7 4 .... ................. Buckinghamshire ... 25 •.. 23 t/ Y ealedoman ....... Ca l =t i n ia l t (Tr h aTi s it;n •. c . 4 2 2‘ 2 ............ -- Chester and Holyhead... 27% ...... 25 „•• I.:!aurnet and Blythe 2 ...... .. Chester and Manchester 425. .... ..... .... .. Ch e ltenham and Oxford 2 ...... ___ Clarence .. .......... ... lOO ..... .. Do. Ist C,lass, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ... . •••••• Do. Government Loan, Cork,cl3 l, - t a . 1 . 4 e s s s p d at e g a r ie l a e s C e J k r e t i n . I .o i t . c e l k t . .i . . , 0 . . ..... .1 ; 1 .: : : ! 2 l ° ) ..... •••• 1 . 1 . ( : i . 225. Cork and Killarney ... % 2 Cork and NV aterford ... I% ‘ — Cornwa ll Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 1 / Q — Direct Lincoln, East liet ford, and Sheffd. June. 2v — is Direct. Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 121 12 — • Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dubliu and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 227.‘ 23 Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... % p Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... % p... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3 1 / 2 % EastDerelern andNioech 1 Eastern Union 3s_ .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 Do., Catnb. and Ely.. VA East Lancashire Ditto. New ....... 5 .. Do., do. (late Preston and Orniskirk)... .. 5 Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire ...... 2 1 A 1 East & West of England 17 8 ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 75 1 4 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 i Edinburgh & Northern.. 12 1 ,4 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 1 3 14% Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 2 — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 1 4 .... Glasgow, K ilmar.,&Ayr 50 Ditto, New .. 15 Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Goole, lloamtOr ) &c 2 ...... 2 1 4 Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &'Western 2 ••• Great Seuth. axed W est . ( I re.lar,d) ..... . ......... 27 11 Great Mun5ter............ 21/ z ...... Great North of Scotland 2%...... G reatNorth of Erlicland„loo 23 6 1/ Ditt9 New... 5 mg.. - --• Ditto, New . l5 •••••• -- 00000000000 ..•• u _ I _. Ditto, New .N Great Western B5 -............... Ditto 1 4 Shares 5O ...... - ............... Ditto 4 Shares lO ...... -- ••• ........... Ditto Fifths - ............... Ditto. New . Huddersfield & Manches. 13 - ......•••..• •• Ditto, Extension 3 - .............. _ Hull and Selby 5O ..... 107 .• ....... 1 .... Ditto 1 4 Shares - ............... Do. Half Shares 25 -•• • ........... Ipswich & Bury St. Edna. 11 1 / 2 - .................... Do., do., and Norwich 24 - .......... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - ............... Do. New Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 225. - ............... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% 3 2 14.. ........ .... Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% Do. Extension(Green) 2%.• - ............ • Leeds and Thirsk 17% -'...... • •••• ......... Ditto, New Lpool., Mnchstr & New„: castle Junction London and Blackwall• 16/. 135.4 d. 814......•'•"' .. ' Do. New Ditto Extension - •• ........ London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths Do. Consul. Eighths lO - ••• .. ......... Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - ..• •..• ..••• London and Greenwich 12/ 15s4d - ......... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d - ............ London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westernloo 194'h....... .• ...... Do. Quarters .. Do. , (10., New Ditto Fifths - . 2 .....• 1914 ........... .... Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 5 ...... - ......... ".. Do 40/. Shares(L. M.) 8 ...... -- ......... . ..... Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 ...... - ..... "'''..... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 ...... ...... ............... Do. 10/. (51. & B.) B. 5 ...... - ............... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham.„ .., -- ••• . Lund. &S. Western 411 6s 10d London, :. - Do. New Consol. Bths 40 - ........... .... Do. New - ............. Do. New 18... . -- ............. Ditto Tenths Ditto Tenths ... .....4 d••••• Ditto Scrip 5 .. 514% ............ Ditto ditto ...... . - ........... . •..• Len and York 24••••• -- .......... • ... Do. Extension -- •••• . . London and Windsor • 16.•• .-- ''" ........ London, Salisbury, and ....... Yeovil - "; '• 2%...... ..... .......... -- ..••••• ...... Londonderry& Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis- ..,,...• killen l5 •••••• -- ........ Lynn and Ely, .........• Lynn and Dereham l5 ..... 16 1 / 4 ............. Manchester and Leeds B2 ....... 10 5 % ............ • Ditto % Shares .., . ••• Do. Quarters 2 ...... -- .......... ....... Do. Fifths 5 ..... -- . . ... .. .... Do. Sixteenths 614...... -- ..... " ..... Do. Extension 42s. - p ................ Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 -- . . ... Of • ....... Do. do. Fifths ..... -.• 1 Manthester•Buxton,and . ....... Matlock .. 425. ...... • . • . p• .. " . .... Man chest. & Southam pt. 2 ...... 1.14 ......... •..... Midland lOO .. .... 126 125%.• ... . Do. E iftlis 2 ...... -- .... ....... .... Do. New .. . .. Ditto, New ...... ~... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo ._ . .... - ....... ....* Midlnd& East. Counties 2% . ....• - ......... . Midland Great Western .... ...• Irish - 134 .... ... Newcastle sad Berwick 20 ...... 3414 .. •• .... .• Do. North Shields - ....... •••• Newcastle and Carlisle 100 ...... --- ~ . ... ......... •• Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 ...... P/s7 11 " ~.•••' Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... -- ....... .. ..... Newry and Enniskillen 7 ...... •-• ........ Newry, Warrenpoint, ...••"'' and Rostrevnr 5 ...... '-- '' , ...... Norfolk lOO ...... -- •" ....... Ditto Half Shares 9 ...... --"` .......... •••• NoDrtoh.elr,,nxtceonusniotnies Union 6 2y ...... --..... •••• ............... ....:: 2 .......... North British ... .... 25 Do. Half Shuts Do. Fifths ll ..-.. ----- .. .. ... ... .... ::: 5 ...... ' ........ Do. Quarters I 1 1 4 ...... 34 . - ............ Do. Extension 5111..".. 11 ..... ..... Ditto Thirds ...... , 1 •••-• Sh .. , ...... Northern and Eastern 5O ...... --- .............. Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 ...... --- .................. Do. Quarter Shares 12% ...... -" .. •••••• ' Do. New North Staffordshire Northern North l V Wales and Southern 531 %:::::::: :8-341715: 11. 4.1: :: :.:.11: Connecting 2% ...... --- .... OW ..... North Western 2 I,G ...... -- Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and 17% ...... ..... .. .. . ... Cheltenham.... - ........ Portsmouth Direct 3:r --- .. ..... 4 ............ Preston and Wyre - ........ ............. Do. 1 4 Shares - ....... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Royston and Hitches ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland Sheffield & Manchester 100 112214 1-21415:2 ,.......... ................................................. Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1U • --., ' • ............. . Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 - .. ............ Do. do. Extension 425. .... .... ..... ......." Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .. ' 4 X .. ''' .. . ......... Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh..lime. 2 1 / -.. • ....... .. South Devon... South StaffordshireJunc. 2 1 4 - ••• ........... South Eastern & Dover. 33% - ............... Do., No. 1 - . .. ... - ...... ...... Do., Nc •2. - ........ . Do., No. 3 - ..... . ..• a Do., No. 4 - ......... .. ..... 71A 75% 32% 8 1,E 15% 59, 47:4 i;i% - 23 141 i 194 v;i 4 1 A 1 05 " i ~P 1 10 gB~ og 23% 23% 7 % P 3 / 4 P a ./Ei P 3% 2 34 2 75 14 236 ... St.Alban's, Hatfield,and - - ~•." Hertford Junction ... 425. Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% - '''''''' ... 0 South Wales ..... ...... ... i Swans. & Loughor & Ca- .., .• meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 2 A- - .",... Vale of Neath ...... 2 ...... -- . 0 . __. . 10, T 34 14 PO' i% 414 '4l li `l° . 57 4 . ii Wakefield, Pontefract. & ... ....... T a n ani d idd W KL o iii r mk ce ee s rn t inc e yk r 4 21 2 2 2 2 1 8 % 14 . : ... .: ... .........- - - - ...... .. ..• ..• : • : : :' ..' .: .. .. ... .. N Waterford WarwickGoole a , 14 ...... Waterfd,W xf r d,Wi c kl w 1 v a e n x d f O D r d u , l:. t in aterford, and „•, ' V II a s, eliFeztli Midland ........ a a l n l d ey ..... 2 2 1 : 9 : ............. 7 ,.. •" - .......................... :. . N ‘ V v a e West Riding Uni on • ................. N yv V e e x st fn C r o d rn a 425. ...... •-- • ... • Cornwall Carlow 2 21 ,4 ... •• .--; .. .. ......... ... Wilts, Somerset, & Way - ...... ......... mouth ........ . •: 15 ...., ..• ..•.....• York and Carlisle ."'.. . 23/...' ". • -- ....... • York and Newcastle. . Ditto New 5 ...... 12 1 4 ,_ ' ..... ilo. Preference 2 . ..... 7 6 A ''' r ....... York and North Midland 50 ..... 94 ............... Ditto % Shares.-- - ..... ''''. Do. Selby - ...... • ..,.•• E Do. Extension 20 2 .............. 1 ;4 .. .. .......... .. .... Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN ijAIL WAr 0 . ...... Anglo-Belgian • .... 4 ...... 3 ...... Barbadoes - ... .. Belgian Eastern Junctn 2 l / 5, ............ -- ............... '. Boulogne and Amiens 'l6 .....• --"' " ............ Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 ...... -- ...... Bordeaux, Toulouse, and ... .. o• Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 .. ••• —' ................ Do. (Espelete's) Calcutta and Diamond ......... Harbour ....... ....... . 7i. ... • --". ...... Callao, Lima, and Pacific .. •• ..... .• Coast I .. ... ...... .. ..... Central of Spain ... ..... Ceylon •• ••- ss. ...... ..... ....... ....... Demerara 2% .....• •-- ''' ............ Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 5 65. ............ --' 4.5zN . ... ....... : ........ ••••:. East Indian ... ..... .... ss. .... .... -- is .................... ''..: Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 . ..., .. ..... Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. - '''. ............. . Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 - ....... ' Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ... - '' ... .••••".. Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Jersey ...... .. . ........ 1 - • ..... .....'" Louvain it la Sambre ... 6 . --- ''.... ..... ••• • ......• Luxembourg 4 ...... --- " .. ... . ... .... Lyons and Avignon 2 --- ••• ......... ......... Madras ... 1 ...... -- ... Madras, Nellore, and . ...• ''.. Arcot l /4 ...... -- •• .......... Madrid and Valentin, 2 ....• ...... ••••''... Mauritius .............. 1 . '-'' ..... .•••"''. ........ Namur and Liege • 8 ...... •-• ......... Nn of Frau ce Constituted 5 ...... -- ' ..... ....••••. ' North Jamaica... ...... - .............. Orleans and Vierzon - '.2 - .• •"" 8 % .••••• ... Orleans and Bordeaux 6 -- Over Yssel 4l3s 4d ...... -- ........ ..••' Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 ••• •• 5 ........ ." ........ Paris and Orleans 2O ...... -- .... .... Paris and Rouen .... Paris and Strasbourg .... Constituted 5 ..... -- Rouen and Havre ..... 7 . ....: .............. 20 ... 10 •• ••: . 4% .............. Sambre and Meuse .......... Strasbourg and Bale , l4 ...... -- .............. ~ St. Laurence & Atlantic -- ..... --- Tours and Nantes Con- ....•••"*. - i t ii stituted - " ' / / 4 ...... j Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- 6% ......... 0, ..... den, and Hasselt. ..... . 8 ...... Trinidad - .. 5 4 ""*" West Flanders ...... MINES: , ..... .. ..... • , $) Real dcl Monte Unregd -- •••••___•. , pit le„ ---• .....0141 ht Amy LLOYD'S SHIPP I?4°. co . N.W. ,ii ii 10 4 i •d at noon • f 02 i"" LONDON, DEC. 1 L.—Win f Atnelandr r° r_ ill * it and froqy. The Catarina, 0 _, t Efelvo B -7 4 .0 b, , Aftift o Y- , 0 ' , s te ta rd te r, was towed into the c , taonNaia ........Arrxvi; 10_0: DEAL, DEC. 1.0. -- • Wind SliChbebreSt ..I.dba lest°...4o.fr!, day, Quebec. 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