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NEW WORKS OF I , IOTION, BY .T. FENIMORE CoOPER, :Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. poet Bvo., It A V.E,NS NE S T; Or, niE RED :SKINS. By J. FENIMORE CO( )PEII, 1;4. Author of " The Pilot," " Ibe Prairie," " The Deerslayer," Sce. " one of the ablest productions of the great American novelist." By the same Author, THE CHAINiIiaLER. 3 Toil. sATAxsToE. 3 vels. Rickard Bentley, New Burlington-street. P.AILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co„ AILWAY . SHIRE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to annoance that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Btc. 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 requested 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 Drunc dlately disposed of according to instructions. (Vices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATIZE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TII EVENING Wlll be performed a new Opeia, sifting,' THE BONDMAN. Ma-quis de Vernon, Mr. Wciis; Flurcylle, Mr. Batter; Morliere, 31r. llornea,tl4 ; La Valliere, Mr. Gall ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a Propos, Mr. Barley; Madame Corinne, 311ss Homer ; Urisette, Miss Rebecca Isaacs; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After th , ! Opera, will bs presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS of WAITING (performed at the Acao.cmie Boya:c . Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fitoco, L. wise, Benart, 31adome Ginbilei ; MM. Baguet, Adrien, Paid, ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessce. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE 'YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. Dc Were, Mr. Holl ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster ; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glower ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtin,gton, Mr. Holt: Sir Arthur Love], Mr. Howe; Szoroup, Mr. Buckstoue ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, "Pre aux Clercs," " Clementinen" (liazourka) ; " Camellion" (Galop); the " Esterhazy" (Walzer); and a New Overture. To conclude with the Farce of HIS LAST LEGS. Characters by Hours. Hudson, Holl, Tilbury, Mrs. Clifford, &c. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the directien of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATME ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founfled on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. C:llenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the orig;nol Domestic Drama, called THE WRECK ASHOITE ; or, The Bridegroom of the Sea. Marmadule 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, Altuiyard ; Miss 31. Taylor, and 3llss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lit!See 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 Miss Georgian* Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Honner, Peren, &c. After which an esairely new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAINBOWS. In the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Palen Waltzes." To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SIIE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. Roaby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling ; Miss Neville, Mrs .Ilughes ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. On MONDAY EVENING Will be performed the favourite Comedy of LE CODE DES FEMMES. Paul Fauvel, M. Rhozevil ; 3lignonet, M. Tourillon ; Romain, M. Pagenler ; Louchon, 31. Priston; Enuna, Mdlle.Angele ; Fetnme de Chambre, Mdlle. Leyden To be followed by the first Act of Moliere's celebrated Comedy of LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHO3I3IE. 31. Jourdain, 31. Periet ; Nicole, Mdlle. Brohan. After which a new Comedy, entitled LES TROIS CRISPINS ou, La Famille Poisson. Rayinond Poisson, M. Perlet ; Marianne 3ldlle. Brolian. To conclude with the popular Vaudeville of UN MONSIEUR ET UNE DAME. Un Monsieur, M. Dumery ; Une Dame, Mdlle. Brohan ; Une Aubergiste, Madame Dumery. Boxes, Os.; Pit, 3s. ficl. ; Stalls, 33.; 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 perforraed Shakspere's Tragedy cf RICHARD THE THIRD. Duke of Olo!looster, - Mr. J. R. Scott ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. E. F. Swille ; King Henry, Mr. lleslop ; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Fredericks ; Tres,cl, Mr. Johnson ; Queen, Miss Richardson ; Lady Anne, Mrs. Say:l!. After which a grand Military Ballet of Action, entitled LE REVE DU SOLDAT. The characters supported by Mdlle. Theodore and the Wallin Family. To conclude with the New Drama, called PASAION'S SLAVE ; or, The Outcast Son. Supported by the principal talent of the Company. ASTLEY' ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pa'ron!sed by her Most Gracious I%ialesty the Queen, Prince Albert and Royal Family. Notwithstanding the present concentration of novelties, and the ex pensive engagements entered int 3 with the most eminent British and Foreign Artistes for the Christmas nolidays, Mr. BATTY has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers, Leo pards, &c. Likewise in preparation, a splendid Comic FAIRY PANTOMIME, with other Gymnastic and Equestrian novelties. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titlel TUC; DEMON HORSE ; or, Thy Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. In which Mrs. Batty and the Equestrian Ladies will appear on their traiaed steeds. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conch Lie with the grand Military Spectacle 01"1"11E BATTLE OF WATERLGO. Napoleon, 31r. Gomersal. ?lox -olllce open from eieven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six an C , mmenee rt half -past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfcot. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. The success of the reMation of prices of admission at this Theatre is without precetb nt, nightly owril , ws being the result. Boxes. Is.; Half-price, 6d. ; Pit, Cd.; Gallery, 3d. Continued success of the splendid Drama of " The Black Doctor." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin 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 DOU , LE. Dick Deubleton, Mr. Forman ; Isabel, Mrs. R. Bennett ; Isabella, Miss L. Pearce. To conclude with JACK RANN; or, Sistcen•string Jack, and the Knaves of Knaves'-acre. t WEATHER.—Strti OFFICE, DECEMBER 11. T , ERMOMETER, Lowest, 25; Highest. 44 ; Noon, 32, BAROMETER, 29.66.—W1ND N.W., sharp frost. :',At AT 1...)N00N-Etitit/til•: THIS DAY. Morning .. i minutes after Evening .. 42 minutes altar $. fliøruing uTh LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1846, 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 Turlough; 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 impoverishment, 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 passions to 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 these 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." Unless 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 recently pointed out the great differences ex isting between the cases of the proprietors of lands Ind of the parties who have advanced their capital on he security of those lands. The first class are spe culatqrs in the value of the soil—they will reap the -ntire benefit of any improvement in its price, and hould therefore be fairly responsible for any loss that cosy be sustained. They enjoy all the rights and ivi!eges incidental to the possession of that lescription of propel ty, they are likewise bound to perform all the duties appertaining thereto. The other parties, on the contrary, have a certain fixed -um, 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 :nosey ; on payment thereof, with all interest, it will be discharged from any further liability, no matter what may be its improved value ; and it cannot be exonerated for a lower amount, whatever might be its Jepreciation. For ages the landowners have had the best of the speculation ; it is notorious that the value of land 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 (sf 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 encurabrancers 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. 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 nd nourishment more pressing, the destitution of aat miserable people is more and more apparent Sot 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 he prevented by an immediate opening of the ports or by any expedient of a like simplicity. We .vould to GOD that the hunger of millions might be ppeased by an order in Council, or by the sudden brogation of a hateful enactment. Were such a re nedy possible the miseries of Ireland would be short 'ived, their days would be numbered. In the gene osity of the Government the population of that land would then find its panacea. The power of ie Administration to extricate so many millions from leir difficulties would then be proportioned to leir anxiety to afford assistance. The mar its would be replenished, the penniless would stain a remunerative occupation, the agricultural, ;ercantile, and labouring classes would again be in thriving and peaceful condition. As it is the Legis ire cannot effect miracles, the Ministry cannot with le stroke of a pen obliterate the phenomena of iture, the sagacity of statesmanship cannot, like the aagination of Ovin, produce a moral or physical etarnrlrphoi.i4. Rapidly as the evils of national uury have arisen and extended, they can only be moved by remedies as gradual in their operation as at rapidity has been extraordinary. The whole of .:eland hat been convulsed by the late visitation, the .roes of sickness and inanition have penetrated its •ry entrails—its whole social structure has been .akPn to its foundation. Nothing but the most •siduouA care and the most incessant precaution can .unteract the consequences which would be other- Ise so'disa.strous. Even then individuals are liable be overlooked, casual units are neglected in the itribution of assistance, and the famine, whi c h h a d reatened the destruction of thousands, fastens here Id there upon a solitary victim. The justi ce o f thi s rrible reflection i s now being de h m as onstrated in our ,ter island ; the Dem on of .;ed, its power has been on l y rest riote n d ot been ex " - Nine wretched beings have, according t o i ntelii :nce from Ireland, published in another sly perished from sheer starvati on . Ni ne ! Deatl: tartans has been the verdict of the coroners' juries The foregoing observations are general in their ap plication 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 demands 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- 1 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 uraporary indulgence to his debtor, and allowing hi m a prolo nge d per i od for the payment of his interest, which, i n f act, is less in amount than what he must sustain if he forthwith filed a bill in equity for the purpose of enforcing payment of his charge, and THE SUN,_ LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER l2, 1846. which finds herself obliged to take on herself the defence of tho faith of tre:st!ce, and to call the attention to them of Powers who have so grievously failed. Such is the conclusion of the dispatch. In order that it ma y n o t b e a useless appeal to respect treaties, the Minister has taken care to point out that no 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 f oun d a d ee p er 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,* to whether the French Cabinet was informed beforehand 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 terms as clear as diplomatic reserve and circumstances permit. France has, therefore, pris acts (taken formal notice of) of the infraction committed on the treaties of 1815. We shall return, on the first opportunity, to the situation that results to her from it, and we shall point out all the extent of the right which is acquired to her, and of the perturbation caused in E uro p e b y t h e 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 of the whole kingdom. On this subject the Dibats 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 exactitude, they are certainly as near the truth a s can b e , f or th ey are the results of a special i nquiry 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 land. The other cultivations, in fact, occupy together about 5,500,000 hectares, nearly 2,000,000 of which are covered with vineyards. The totality of the cultivated• 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 tion of corn amounts, in ordinary years, to nearly 183,000,000 hectolitres, (the hectolitre is equal to rather more 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, 17,000,000 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 cent. Consequently there remains for consumption in food 155,000,000 hectolitres, deducting from which the proportionate part of the oats, leaves for the nourish ment of man 116,000,000 hectolitres ; others say 120,000,000. 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 for ten, twelve, sixteen, or seventeen days. Scarcely ever does thi s importation exceed thi s li m it. 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 than 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 wagg.ne 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 most 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 th e t est . I n fact the Bank A' France is in no want of assistance. It possesses more wealth than is i requiredt o meet all de mands. Besides its en caisse s increasing, and this will without doubt, strengthen the nerves of the directors. They will, without doubt, learn by what has p asse d , h ow culpable they were in testifying such extreme alarm, in creating anxiety to commerce! in abandoning themselves in short to an excessive pan i c , when they had in th e i r hands . the means i of giving confidence to th emselves and We mentioned a few days since that a disput e h a d taken place between the French Consul at the Mau ri tius and Admiral DAoafs. 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 conflict which, they declared, had taken place at the Mau r i t i us b etween M. Barbet de Jouy, the French Consul, and Ad m i ra l Dacres, in command of the English stati on . Th e follow ing are the facts, such, we understand, as t h ey 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 M. Barbet had been guilty, in not having gone to visit the Admiral, although he had been some time there. M. Barbet, offended, wrote immediately to the governor of 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 for insult, adding that were it not for his peculiar situation he should send him a challenge. In a report sent to t h e Mi n i ster o f Foreign Affairs, M. Barbet relates, as we are informed, all that we have ju s t narrated, and, in addition, trans mits to tho Minister a letter from his colleague, the Consul of the United States at the Mauritius, affirming e t t i t t t. e hdi m O . to n t This Foreign side, letter th . e office i sa e l n t Admiral, letter a t s o i a t that he had been p resent at the Admiral ' s ball, without he s exed any opposition on t h e part of the English officers, and without .. having, any more than M. Barbet, paid him av whichm dispatch appears,.wt Barbelrba incsh nLord Palmerston sent to Paris a few days back. The British Minister demands that M. Barbet de Jouy be recalled, and anno unces that if his demand be not at tended to, the exe guatur of the Queen of Great Britain s hall be withd rawn f rom that person. Such, it is said, is the state in which t h e affair rests. " A letter from Al g i ers, of the Ist December, says, that the release of th e pr i soners was only obta i ned b y paying a ransom of 3 0,000 francs to the Arabs, who had them in their custody, an d w h o re f use d t o obey the orders of AIM-EL- RADER for their liberation until this sum was paid to th em. Marsha l B UGEAUD has refused to permit the c e l e b ration of a f unera l service at Algiers for the late Marshal BOURMONT. The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance , open ing a credit of 500,000 f. to the Minister of the Interior, fun the repair o f t h e damage done to the vicinal roads by the late i nun d at i ons ; a nd an ordon nance, granting a credit of 800,000 f. to complete the payment of the premi ums of encourage ment to the whale and cod fisheries. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 10. Bordeaux, Toulousa and Cette (Espelete), 74—East In dian, %—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 14—Luxem bourg, '3 R —Namurand Liege, 3' s B —Northern of France Con stituted, 9;A—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Lyons Constituted. 4'7 B —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4 Sambre and Meuse, 4 1 A—'Tournay, Jtubise, Lauden, and Hassell, 6!,:). MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday con tinued good. Sales, 15,000 bales, half on speculation. There was no advance i n p r i ces , but the previcus quota tions were fully maintained.. The sales included 7,000 Americans at sd. to 7d., 7,000 Surat, at 4cl. to 50., 600 Egyptian, at 71d. to 81., and 450 Pernam and Maranham, at 64d. to 7d. per lb. Shares were dull again. The sale of railway shares, today, at Messrs. La mond and Co.'s, went off much better, and firmer. East Indians had improved ; and more buyers being present, a good business was done at fair prices. The following ate a few of the principal sales : Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush £o 5 6 Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 16 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. Vale of Neath 1 9 0 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certficate 0 10 6 Shropshire Union and Canal Churnet and Blythe East and West India Docks and London and Birmingham Jucction Eastern Counties, York Extension 3 11 0 Paris and Lyons 5 0 0 Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0 East Indian Liverp. blanch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 5 0 Northern Counties Union ........ 1 2 0 Newport and Abergavenny 0 14 0 An important expose of the present state of the resources, the population, &c., of the whole of China, is about being made public, which may, an d 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 or 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 dawning 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 hundi ed million active and intelligent beings, with numerous desires, keen perceptions, and indomitable industry, having full scope given to their singular energies ; it is deeply interesting to consider the physical, moral, and intellectual results which would accrue, not only to the continent of Asia, but also t o th ose 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 938 and 4, 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., 961; and the Reduced Three per Cents , 248 g. 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 ulso 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 IL M. F. Majesty's Government, both unjustifiable and without precedence, in proof of which the committee respectfully refer your Excellency to the conditions of the various loans contracted, and espe &ally to the terms comprised in the bonds under the decree of the 2d of November, 1840, 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 23f and -11: Spanish for the Account at 26; Belgic Two. and-a-Half per Cents. 54; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 60k; and the Four per Cents. 928. We cannot quote any important alteration in the Railway Share and Scrip Market this morning. The official prices are annexed. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 20 6 1A 206 I / . 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns....- 94 1 4 IA % 94% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 with div 95 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 3 1 % per Cent. Annuities 9 6 1 /4 96 964 96% New 5 per Cent. Annuities 121 121 Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 9% 9% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 1 0 1,4 101 %s Consols for Opening 93% 3 4 ex div 95 3 / 4 Exchequer Bills, 10001. I%cl. ... 12 11 p 14 p Ditto, 5001 .... 12 —— p 12 p Ditto, Small ONE CLOSI N _. O'CLOCK PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN F UNDS. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 Ditto, Account . 23%% 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 MEMO Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 2% per Ceat 54 55 Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 92% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES, Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2 %...... 2A% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Belfast & County Down 4% 23% 26 5V2 37N Birmingham and Dudley 42i .........• ... Birmin. and Gleueester..loo 129 Ditto New 17% — ... ... ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 % — __. Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22 5. _ Bristol and Exeter 75 — Ditto; New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Bristol and Liver. June.. 2 1 / 2 .-- ............... Buckinghamshire Caledonian 25 . ...,. 234 N ............ .... Ditto Half Shares.-- 2 1 /2 — ........ ............ Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s , 25 ............. . Chester and Holyhead... 27 1 / 2 Churnet and Blythe 2 ...... Chester and Manchester 425..••••• Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clarence lOO .... ! Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 ......... ...7 ••••• • ••• Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ... Do. Government Loan, .... 4 per Cent. " ........ . . 1 " ........ " Clydesdale Junction.. ..• 20 Cork, Blackrock, and 225. Passages ..... .. y _....: 21, — ...... Cork and Killarne _is ........................ .............. Cork and Waterford ... 1% Cornwall .................. 5 . . ..... _ ............... Ditto, Half Shares ... . 41 / 2 — ............ ... Direct Lincoln, East list ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% — ............... Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc 12% — . Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine ' Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 _ EastemCounties 141. 16s .... . 22% 23 Ditto New l2l. 16s 714 p 7l/ii p Ditto Perpetual, 5 par Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d... 3 / 4 p 3' Ditto ditto. No. 2... Gl. 13 s . 4d... 5( 3 p... )ii P Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%% 3% EastDereh'in andNoech 1 Eastern Union 35 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% Do. Extem(llarwich) 1% — ......... ••••• Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 / 2 .-- East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)..„ Do., do., New Scrip East Lincolnshire ...... 1 1 / 4 East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• 75 1 4 ... ... .. Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214 ... .. • Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% Edinburgh and Perth... 3 23% A report was current on the Paris Bourse on Wed nesday of the death of Prince METTLIZNICIL day at :SOf. 80c. ; the Five p er C ents., 118 f. 30 c . ; The Three per Cents. cl ose d on the Par i s B o urse on that the Orleans Railrop.d Shares, 1,255 f. ; Rouen, 885 f • ; Havre, 65 21 50 c. ; Great Northern, 642 f. 50c. ; Avignon ' , 882 f. 50c. ,• Viermen, 585 f. ; Bordeaux, 556 f. 25e. ' • Troyes and Montereau, 335 t. ; Basle, 220 f. ; Dieppe, 352 f. 50c. ; 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 Cett e, 170 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., :38i. 2 3 % 2 1 4 1 7514 Ely and Huntingdon ... 12 1 /4 13 1 4 %......, Enniskillen and Sligo ..• 21 Eseter,Yeovil,& Dorset 54 •—• Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., 1 / 1 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Goole, Doncaster, &c. Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2% — . Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster i 9 1 Great North of Scotland 24 ...... ...... GreatNorthof England.. 100 ......236% ..... Ditto New Ditto, New . . Ditto, New Great Western B5 Ditto % Shares.. ...... . 50 Ditto i( 1 Shares lO Ditto k ifths Ditto, New Huddersfield & Manches. 13 Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby SO Ditto 1 / i Shares 1)o. Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. lidm. 11% Do., do., and Norwich 214.-- Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New •••• •••• Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedfjrd... 225. — Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% 3214 Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2 1 4 9 8 Do. Extension( Green) 2IA .. ... Leeds and Thirsk l 7 l / 2.- • Ditto, New Lpool., Mnchstr &New,: castle Junction London and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d. By 4 Do. New Ditto Extension London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. .. 5814 59 .... Ditto, Fifths .. 40 ...... 4714 Do. Consul. Eighths.. 10 Do. Guarant. 5 per et. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — _ _ London, Hounslow, and Western - ea •••••• London:and N. Westernloo 194% , Do. Quarters Do., no., New Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 8 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 ...... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham ... — •• ••• ••• 000000 Lond. & &Western 411 6s 10d 6 2 1. 12 Do. New Consol. Bths 40 — Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4 Lmtion and York 2 14 Do. Extension London and Windsor . 1,4‘,... . .... ...... , London, Salisbury, and "Yeovil Londonderry & Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis killen l5 Lynn and Ely ..... ....... 15 Lynn and Dereham .15 Manchester and Leeds 82 lO 5 l /e ...., Ditto 1 4, Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 5 . •••• ...... .••• Do. Sixteenths ... 64 — ..... ...... Do. Extension 42s. — p , Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths Manaiester,Bukton,and Matlock 425...... p Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 1 1 A; Midland lOO 126 125 1 / 2 .. .. Do. Fifths Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Mid Ind& East. Counties 2%...... ...... •—• Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newmrket&Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 ,6...... — Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 5 Norfolk 100 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension - Northern Counties Union 2% North British . ....... ... 25 Do. Half Sharts Do. Fifths 5 Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 1 ...... 3 A •• 5 % ..... ... Northern and Eastern 50 Do. Scnp (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 •••••• 8%% North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting ___ North Western 2j /2 — 000000 • ...• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3N Preston and Wyre 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. l l /2 dis. ..... Richmond ..‘... 15 Royston and Hitchen— 1% l 3 /4 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l2l /2 l 4 l /2 . Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do.Lincolnshire June. 114 — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 4% .... Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsl.. ionc. 21 /2 South Devon South StaffordshireJunc. 2%..., iouth Eastern & Dover. 33 1 4 — Do., No. 1 2G Do.‘ Nc 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction Staffordsb. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — South Wales Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Sun. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Vale of Neath 2 NVaketield, Pontefract, & Goole 22% ......•••••• Warwick and Worcester 425. - ............• Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . ...• Waterford and Limerick 22% ...... ' Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - .._.. .. • . _ • . Wexford, Iv . aterford,and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 ...... Welsh Midland West Riding Union .....• 425....... ........... ~ West Cornwall Wexford and Carlow Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York and Car1i51e......... 23/4 York and Nevvcastle. ... 25 .. ................... Ditto New ............... 5 Do. Preference 94 York and North Mid land 50 Ditto % Shares ..... ... 25 Do. Selby ............... 40 Do. Extension .. 38% Ditto, Preference Do. East a nd West Rid- .............. , Noe. •• i 0...-- ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian... I 3 arbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2 1 / 2 ...... •• Boulogne and Amiens... 16 Bordeaux & Mediterro- - ...... ...an. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cate (Mackenzie's)... 2 Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 • Calcutta a n d D; Harbour .....—.. ia .. n . 1 . 0 . ..... 7s. Callao, Li ma , an d P acific Coast 1 .. ••• -- ••• •• ......... Central of Spain Ceylon . r ......... .... .. Demerara 2 lh ... .. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. 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 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... • ••• Luxembourg 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 — Madras 1 — Madr as, Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 .• • • Mauritius 1 Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 North Jamaica... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris &Ly-ons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and ttouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lO .... 414 Strasbourg . Laurence rasbourg kA and Bale tlan ...ie _ 14 — St Tours and Nantes Con stituted .............. 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 6 MINES. Reid del Monte Unread .... m it 4 ' ,4 t- •A - • 0 , S o t nu. • act, 'l‘ PLE TEO.' L •41' 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 for 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 adopted by legal practitioners, when called on to advise respecting an advance of money, is never to 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 statu 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 BANDETRA, 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 from Spain, with which he corrupted the two regiments of the line, who deserted from SA DA. BANDETRA 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 SCHWALBACH and BOMFIM. The latter has completely out-manceuvered 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 bim to turn back and give battle; but Bomfim taking another direction, out-generalled his op ponent, and got to Santarem on the 28th. Bomfim had 1,600 men, and Schwalbach 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 Dior, 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 Alemtejo that obeys the Queen's Government. Celestino is with Bomfim. Count de Mello is Governor of Evora. The people there arc in high spirits, and well able to resist any attick. All that is known from Oporto is, that Sada Bandeira is now there. lie was worsted in the affair with Casal at Valpassos, but no particulars subsequent to it are known." The Duke of PALMELLA has gone to Gibraltar, having been ordered by her MAJESTY to go on his travels. The Marquises of Valloda, Minas, Niza, and Fayal, Counts Ribeira, Rio, Maior, Arcos, Alva, Al cacovas, Galveas, and other noblemen, have either left Lisbon for Cadis, 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 Portugal, with a capital (in paper chiefly) of 11,1)00 contos, or about 2,400,0001. It is to have the exclusive privilege for 30 years of issuing notes, and its notes are to be legal tenders. The notes of the now extinct Bank of Lisbon are to continue in circulation, to the anaemia of 5,000 contos, and to be legal tenders, for the whole of every payment, to the end of June, 1847; for two thirds, to the end of 1843 ; and for one-half, from that to the period of their bring 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 BOMA, DEC. 3.—The Three p,..r Cents. closed at 34i ; the Four per Cents, at 21 ; the Five per Cents. at 21k; and the Coupons not capitalised at 19k. We have revived the paris papers of Wednesday. The Presse gives the following as the analysis of he protest of M. GIIIZOT 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 notification 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 pages, 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 wlich France may one day draw from this attack on the European order of things as founded by treaties. It is not a declamation of a journal addressed to superficial understandings, but a serious and severe judgment, calculated t o excite the consideration of cabinets. Such a docudocu ment as that alluded to ought not t o con t a i n e ith e r recr iminations or threats, or that declaration of war against the three Powers which the unreflecting enthusiasm of some, or the ardent desire of social perturbation of others, would have wished t o fi n d i n i t ; b ut a mo d erate and energetic expression o f t h e profound injust i ce, the want of w i sdom of the act of th e 16t h N ovem b er, and of the conviction that it give s t o a ll t h e 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 the general and more powerful reasons which commanded respect for treaties—of those treaties, th e o bj ect of more than one resistance, and which have created sufferings of more than one kind. It calls to mind, in lively terms, what Poland has been, and shows that th ere was no reason to feel surprise at seeing the scattered members of that great state so 'vio lently destroyed still experience some convulsions. Poland has lost in the political world the rank which she has preserved in history ; she has been destroyed, divided, The treaties which recognise such facts do not suddenly cause to disappear the agonies which result from them. The French Cabinet refutes the reasons given by the Court of Vienna to justify the taking possession of Cracow. It explains or contests the facts. The King's Government, it says, cannot admit so many assertions contrary to principles. It establishes that the articles of the acte of Vienna, and the treaty of 3d May were not the exclusive work of the three Powers, and that the fate of Poland was regulated by a European deliberation. It was not, therefore, perl itted to the three Powers to suppress the results of that deliberation. The dis patch solemnly protests against the act of the three Powers. France, it says, might congratulate herself on an act which wou ld aut h or i se her, b y a just reciprocity, in henceforward only consulting her interests and cir cumstances; but such is not the feeling which she enter tuns, and it is strange enough that it should be her zo 56 ~.. 13% .. 236%2 ,••• 67 75% 32 1 / 4 8% 15% 59 471/4 14% 194 % P [5 l 3% 1% 3% l/ ( ?is 14 1 / 2 3' 5 4 3 - 3/4 Genoa ........ Milan .. • • .. . • Venice ...... Naples ..... Palermo, per 0x...• • • 120)4 Lisbon. ••• • • 53 • Oporto .. •• • 53% Rio Janeiro •• • • 26 Bahia .... ..... .••• • • • -- Buenos Ayres • .• • • • • " New York, 21 days sight _ Philadelphia .. • • • • • • • • PRICES OF BULLION, pysv••••• Foreign Gold in bars.' ,1•3 17 0 Portugal Gold Coin :New Dollars •• • • 0 4 104 - ; S pan i s h Doubloons •. -0 0 Silver in bars ...... • • -0 5 Ofd •, COURT CIRCULAR. , The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the pla n tions of Osborne House on Thursday afternoon. in There was no addition to the royal dinner cirew A her the evening. Yesterday morning her Majesty alk. Tal Consort took their usual Ally walk. heir Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, rr i°e° Alfred, the Prin ces R o y a l, and the Princess Alice, rode d e on ponies y es t er d a y. H er Royal Highness th e Princes h / Helena was al s o t a k en an a iring yesterday in te • sure grounds of Osborne House. • la His Royal Highn ess th e Duke of Cambridge Igo . and inspected the Smithfield Cattle Show yesterdsibrut :, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of c asi honoured the performance at the Hayma rket Theatre with her presence yesterday evening her The Duke and D uc h ess of Cambridge yes visitor f at r Royal Highness the D u ch es s of Gloucester te Gloucester House. oh TICS The Rev. R. B. Townsend and Georg e ßev. -6 „, § Caulfield had an interview with Sir Gr9J--' terdav at the Home Office. twi Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview yesterasi.• Sir George Grey. Mr. Wilberforce had also an llit t e h r e view with the Right Ho n . Baronet yester da y at Home office. raorg e Mr. Meadows White h a d an i n terview with Sir -- Grey yesterday. g The Judicial Committee of her MainstP 2101 1 od ed nourable Privy Council sat yesterday, and motor the hearing of the appeal—" Her Majestpr„,.."--At,goe. the Solicitor of the Duchy of Lancaster: rseh—ed ney-General for the Duchy of Lancaster .aneial address, and the Queen's Advocate was be t " Judgment was not given. and Dar. Mr. Sergeant Ch anne l, Si r J o h n BaileY' tobsr . , Wigram, Q.C., were heard on an appeal frora Crawford v. Spooner." The case was ad) . ol lr° 7l._ Lor d. The Lords present were the Master of the IteT t, Brougham, the Judge 'of the Prerogative C° ‘ , - ° .'nvi sill Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of = and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. FLANDERS MAIL' 10 0° 8.0 BRUSSELS, DEC. B.—The average price ,fif 261. 4 -- the week ending, Saturday, sth December, wa s Aes seSs!: and that of rye 21f. 33c. These prices show a ;boss of 12c. on rye per hectolitre compared 114 ° 4 the preceding week. m ineeq.: The Chamber of Representatives, at the e e de Garew ment of this day's sitting, received from N-L . , et of th e the report of the Central Section on the beig Aiseu ssiell war department. The Chamber deferred the ".„ m enee d to another opportunity. The Chamber then eom — s - n ise the discussion of the budget of ways an d rae rs o s pOse d to amendment of M. Eloy de Burdelle. who P - J oon 'r a e st lay on foreign sugar the duty o f t hree _ to o centimes, was not adopted. M. Rodenbach.,.; spi' on occasion of the article r e l a tive to the du ti f e req ueetitf:, rituous liquors, the objection which be ba s t - A lison S be ie . made to the injurious way in which that dull se d by petty retailer. Hi s o b serva ti on s were sup Per Wes' Verlayen, but th e Mi n i s t er d ec l a red that it " Is se sible to comply with th em . o f 0115 f t he The sitting was concluded by the observe° r iff s o ral Members on the necessity of raising the ta ' sn tbet,' 4 tolls. The Minister of Finance assured th e ~f dutie s was impossible, on account of the multiplicitf proje? d which must be considered in order to dra w T tor,l l of law for such a revisal. "It is a useful la f ool!: the Minister, " which can only be introdueetg, for tr and I shall propose in a few days a project so ,,,be• a revisal of the tariffs of the tolls on the Low!L ie l o ye At the commencement of the sitting 31. oc esslil f M Rodenbach warmly insisted on the tirg el e ) %te tel l of th e vote of 1,200,000 francs for the ne a r sh w e Centrt of the prevailing distress. It appear s vote crei di " Section will propose to augment the Berms Be" 1,500,000 francs. r tenti ar Y ein M. Nothomb, the Minister Plen' in his P lat lin, arrived at Brussels, and was to da y D eter the Chamber. n,„ i two , - A very deplorable event—a real dr a r with a most tragical termination -4°- i z P to enter en in this city. Two women were the at h a l e d church of Finnisterre very early in t- e t the 0- I a discharge of fire-arms was heard, and ha d jos moment a man ran away at full speed. fi'll;,,, jo asen fired a pistol almost point blank at one et I , a . eet , The Providentially the assassin had failed in his oil, to the go.n,,lace shot was intended for his wife, who was going bonn et yesterel church with her sister; the bullet only grazed the. 1 "'1116 of her sister-in-law, and just touched her hair: tast e author of this criminal attempt stopped at sol 3 le l d i neW at the corner of a street, and there ma d l y We out his own brains, and instantly expired. i bis • have inquired into the causes which -induced l t he man to commit this double crime. We hav e learnt"' folloxinir, particulars consequence of a tle e - t he rooted animosity the wife had applied for a divoree'. o 4 proceedings had been commenced, and the vvi. tile g - ive ei ere to appear yesterday before the magistrates '' ° „;: t of their evidence of the facts brought forward in oPl' oc eot the application fur a divorce. The rnelancholl.4o 02 • wideh we have just recorded has put an end to 9t - ,,bio happy m conflict in so suddea and depm a manner. ° Pe Tte re ' • TRIESTE, Nov. 30.—Lloyd's steamer, the I o r Of which left here on the 20th, encountered verl_ o , our , weather, and near the Punta Grossa its nise hili _ e r tfire isa;tained injury, which induced the captain to seager Trieste, which he reached yesterday. The k i . s . , s otb e goods, &c., will be conveyed to Alexandria 11' seri steamer. bee° o rg, VIENNA, DEC. I.—Prince Mettcrnich has e ivei e .q c is ously ill for some weeks past with feverish e„„ st'!!_ le frequently interrupted by a complete prostrstwo i sli t e ti ` e prevents his lying in bed, and obliges him t° ! l ee n ha ll nights on his couch. When these attacks bed Prince is often heard to say, " Igo a , the aril ° k never rise again." VIENNA, DEC. 2.—His Royal El i g"., 43 , ess at tl t sjfl l ll°. s w e t Duke Alexand, r left this city yester n ,lj a , obje° - „p on'-' eight, to return to St. Petersburgh. Ow e G l 5O visit was to condole with the Grand Dit°7,-of the be en the part of the Emperor, on the dee, t- l e o I "'' 4019 I ri ) d i I s h p e oeo s rrs s kteadels Maria. sreef for 'tw elve s o i n Grand ic days p D as u t e . he ss ,",: e s lV r e e so li c ti o ss i t. th t e ''e m h ) ain h s av o e f athrreivGedranbderleiLiewhheosssivforis tO Petersburgh. pg . 0. DUTCII FUNDS.--AmsrEspO g ig o nef• Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.... •• •• • 71)4 OA. n t i ) , o i i t r t t t t y 4 3 n r r e C C 3 elt t A r— t• 8 8% 9 7 - 2 5. 138% 11 6 •••• Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 05 East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • •• 12 91 Exchange on London, at sight • ••'• • • 18 5 6 Two months. . 35 On Gamburgb, at sight • • •• • Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • • -- •••• On Paris • .• ••••• • • • •• -- Twomonths... • • • • • • •• '• B --.Ditch Papers. Dec. 9. PO. 6 • 00ri PRUSSIAN FUNDS:EBtx'' St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• • ''''' • 93 - rst„. Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent • • • • • Foreign Exchanges .• ..... • • • • • • • • • ' Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 3f0n th5.......„ . , BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussEIA Actual Debt, 234 per Cent ....... ••• :•. •-•• Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••" •• - Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • ••• •• Ditto Three per Cent • • • ••,• • • •• " • • . • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .. .. .. . . 9 9g Ditto,ditto,lB4o...• • • •• • • • • • • .. l ye Ditto, • • • • •• • • " ........ •• 6 711 Ditto, 1844..... •••••••••• • • " " • • • • •-• Ditto, 1838 .... • 0034 ••••••••• • • • • •• ••.. . I_, Ditto of the City, 1832 •• • • •• • • •• . girs Ditto, 1843 .. • • • • • • • • •• • • •• " " '• •• .. 925 Bank ofßelgium• •.• • • ........ • • ..... -BruSSeLS Papers, Dec. 1. DSc. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, 1080 5 per Cent. Metalliques ..... • • • • • •• • • • .. .. 99* 4 per Cent. ditto .... ...• ••• • • • .... 7 2 3 per Cent. ditto• ••••••• •• • • •• •"' •• • 15 6 , Loan, 1834 ••• • • • .... •••••• •• " • 120ris Ditto, 1839 •• • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• " • • • 1510 Bank Shares •• • ... •• •• •• • • ..... • • Esterhazy's Loan .... •• •• ......... ..... RAILWAYS. 514 Th e Northern, or Ferdinand .• .• • •• •• •• `• -1 9 .. Gloggnitx ................ - ..... ....... .. 1 . n 2. Vi enn a—Milan • • •• • ...... ......... Perth ••.••• •• • • .•74 Sienna • • • .. Grosetto .• ...... ....... ..... Oldenburg .... • ..• •• ............ ..... • • • • •• •• •• • .... Pestoja • Perth Bridge ..... ..... • • • • • • • • " ** .. • Apennines ••.• •• •• •••••••••• • • •' ..... All/remelne Zeittmg, Dec. 4 ACCIDENT COTTON. --rial afte g ri: ...........................wo rßom GuN coirToNe___Thu noon, Edgware-road, dagr ea a yre y , . . o ar u ow t a n do , r, kwinamedworking chemist, d John rying S s m o me resid i n g d g , a n appre 0 t i c e to tre et , stooping plate before the fire, when it exploudneilici. The t'' — . l ., he ooping over it to turn it at the time, consequerl'liieb received the full force of the explosion in his facepiwnoth of threw him violently to the ground. He was f0 .. .r a 'lr time insensible, and, if he survives, he Wilt b • figured for life. viliaier MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT ROCHESTER . ir. -,. 0 tITIPOWSII,7S:: 1,4101 da afternoon, between three and four o'clock, tinaveni; habitants of Rochester were alarmed by * fire 5 u ,74,11'. bursting forth from a building ie occupatin n _; o d Dadd, builder, of Chatham, at Lb back of gag'. ed n e place, on the common, which for a time threaten ... n f struction to a number of small houses, chiefly binitille;, wood, as well as stabling, slaughterhouses, and °.„l/ outbuildings. The building on fire, composed ental'ihe of wood, extended over a considerable space, with the flames were spreading in every direction, but wit.. o o c , assistance of the fire-hooks, and by cutting and ~..kn „ .ol ing away supports, the blazing masses were tarv_ii, clown, and, being forced inwards, the fire was at leng; subdued. The floor of the building in which the ' llt broke out was strewed with shavings, but has been up for some time, and at present its origin is coveter in mystery. CORONER'S INQUESTS ON THE CAUSES or F0 155 : -. :1 The revival, in the metropolis, of the good old custoet,L, instituting judicial inquests on the causes of firf„t u ,l7, led to the adoption of measures, at Liverpool, for t he r e establishment of the same practice. A resolution te___ei;; effect was unanimously carried in the Council last_nr, when it was stated by Mr. Horsfall, who moved "I'fie4 solution, that d uring the last five years a million of 3:0 4 , 7 4 has been consumed in fires at Liverpool aloilee"" Rader. COURSE OF EXCHA: Amsterdam C F. 12 Ditto, at sight..... 12 I,'; Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 5 25 95 Hamburgh ......31.8. 13 12 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles •..... .. 25 95 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 1 4 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... •• Berlin .. :. ;... Vienna, effec. flo ••• • • • 10 5 Trieste, ditto.... ...... 10 5 Madrid ••..•• • • • • 35 Cadiz : .... 36 IA Bilbao.. .. Barcelona • • • . . • • • Seville.. • ...... .14TGE.—(YESTERD AY.j. { Gibraltar.. ..... . • • • Leghorn .. • • • • • • • .... 1 19414 ..... 14% . . . . . 161 / 2 ~. . . 1051/2 ••• 1 ,2 125 1 A .••• - 3IN ,•• 34 .. 4, , . 14 dis 38 • 12% • 6 3 / 4 • 94 1 % p 38% 14 .31 1 44 17!.4