The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-05 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO ARUNDEL CASTLE. Annum, FRIDAY.—The Queen has expressed her self highly Owed with the visit to Pctworth Ho use Yesterday, mad his Royal Highness the Prince Consort was equally; gratified in viewing the rare assemblage of works of art brought together in that splendid seat. Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham received t he illustrious party, which comprised, is addition to the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Duchess of Bedford , the Marchioness , of Douro, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Morpeth, and the Hon. Miss Napier. Her Majesty and the Royal Prince were conducte over the principal suite of rooms by the Gallant Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham. After the planting of the trees yesterday afternoon, the Queen and Prince were conducted to the orangery, by the Duke of Norfolk, from inspected whence her Majesty and party proceeded to the ancient church, and what remains of its former splendour and :architectural magnificence. Most of the interior of the building is in a state of decay, originating in rough treatment by the soldiers of Oliver Cromwell, who deprived the splendid tombs of all their enrichments, and converted the edifice into a stable. It was nearly five o'clock before the royal party left the church, on return to the Castle. The Duke of Wellington, when out riding yesterday, proceeded as far as Littlehampton, and visited the bat tery at the mouth of the river Arun. His Grace, who was accompanied by the Countess of Ellesmere, was received by Lieutenant A. Wall, of the Coast Guard, of whom the Noble and Gallant Duke made numerous inquiries. The Earl and Countess of March, the high sheriff of the county, Mr. W. T. Mitford, the Rev. G. A. F. Hart, and the Rev. M. A. Tierney, had the honour to join the dinner circle last evening. The party at the banquet was in other respects precisely the same as on the previous evening. The Queen retired shortly before ten o'clock to the state saloon, where her Majesty and the ladies were subsequently joined by Prince Albert and the remaining guests. The Distin Family, the well-known performers on the Sax horns, had the honour to play a selection of their favourite pieces to the royal circle. Miss Loder also performed on the pianoforte in the presence of the Queen. At the conclusion of the first part of the programme the Distins retired for a brief interval. Her Majesty and the illustrious party then joined in a " carpet dance," the Queen and the Earl of Arundel and Surrey opening the quadrille with Prince Albert and Lady Adelisa Howard, visa vis. The military band was stationed in the corridor. The royal party again commanded the attendance of the Distin Family, when the remaining portion of the programme was concluded. A country dance then took place in the library ; the dance comprising eleven couple. Her Majesty gave her hand to the Duke of Norfolk, and Prince Albert danced with Lady Mary Howard. After partaking of refreshments in the corridor at twelve o'clock, the festivities terminated by the retire ment of her Majesty and the Prince Consort to their private apartments. This morning the Duke of Wellington took his de parture for town shortly after nine o'clock, the Noble and Gallant Duke proceeding on horseback to the rail way station at Littlehampton. Lord and Lady John Russell left for the metropolis previous to the departure of her Majesty, and Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston closed their visit this after- noon. At half-past nine all was in preparation for the Queen and Prince Albert departing for Osborne House. A troop of the Arundel and Bramber Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Captain Sir Dent Goring, Bart , with the full band of the corps, mounted, entered the quadrangle, and took up a position directly in front of the porch which forms the principal entrance to the castle. Captain John Abel Smith, M.P., Captain Evans, Lieutenant M. T. Smith, Mr. Montefiore, Mr. Grey, Mr. Gratwicke, and other officers of the regiment, were also present in full uniform. The royal carriage entered the court-yard a few minutes before ten, and punctually at that hour the Queen, attended by the Duke of Norfolk, followed by Prince Albert and the Duchess of Norfolk, descended from the staircase, and after taking a final leave of the Duchess, her Majesty and the Prince Consort entered the carriage, the band striking up the National Anthem. A royal salute was fired from the artillery in the park on the departure of the august visitors, and the royal standard, which had floated from the keep, was lowered as the royal carriage passed the precincts of the castle. In the other royal carriage were the Marchioness of Douro and the Hon. Miss Napier, lady in waiting and maid of honour to the Queen, and the equerries in at tendance, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. The Duke of Norfolk, on his illustrious visitors enter ing the royal carriage, mounted his horse to precede the Queen as far as Chichester, and would afterwards ac company her Majesty to Portsmouth. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Elles mere, Viscount Morpeth, and Lord Brooke remain at the Castle until to-morrow, when the party will se parate. RETURN OF THE COURT TO OSBORNE HOUSE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Her Majesty and Prince Al bert, attended by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, the Marchioness of Douro, the Hon. Miss Napier, Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and others of the royal suite, and attendants, returned to Portsmouth, from Arundel, this day at a quarter before one o'clock. The Royal party travelled in three carriages, and were escorted into the garrison by a detachment of the 12th royal Lancers. Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.8., and his aide-de-camp, met her Ma jesty about half a mile outside the Portsea fortifications, and then led the escort into the dockyard. On her Ma jesty passing through Lion-gate, the royal standard was hoisted. Her Majesty and the Prince and suite passed to the King's stairs in the dockyard by the same route as on Tuesday. Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Rear-Admiral Par ker, the captains and commanders of the ships in the port, in full uniform; the officers of the Dockyard, the field officers of the Engineers, Artillery, 2d and 13th Regi ments, and Royal Marines, were drawn up in attendance at the King's stairs to receive her Majesty, and a guard of honour, furnished by the Royal Marine Artil lery companies. The carriage in which her Majesty and Prince Albert travelled was driven up close to the passage leading to the stairs, and in two minutes her Majesty, the Prince (having previously spoken to the Admiral and General), and suite, were in the royal barge, and the standard hoisted. The barge was steered to the Fairy yacht by Captain the Right Hon. Lord A. Fitzclarence, and the royal party stepped on board cheered by the crews of the ships, and the numerous spectators that were assembled in the dockyard. On the royal standard being displayed, her Majesty's ships St. Vincent, Victory, and Excellent fired royal salutes ; all the ships in the harbour were dressed with flags. The Fairy sipped the buoy rope at one o'clock, and in a few minutes was out of harbour, cheered as she passed the ships by their crews, who manned yards. At half-past one o'clock the Fairy yacht was off Osborne Creek, the tide admitting the royal party to land at that jetty. The streets of Portsea, through which her Majesty passed, and the dockyard were crowded with people, who cordially welcomed her Majesty on her return ; many houses were decorated with flags and evergreens, and the approaches to the dockyard gates were kept clear through the arrangements of the local police. Her Majesty looked remarkably well. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk having taken leave of her Majesty and the Prince on the stepping into the royal barge, returned immediately to Arundel Castle in one of the royal car riages, and the detachment of the 12th Lancers will go back to Hounslow to-morrow. COURT CIRCULAR. Count Alexander lfensdorf left Frogmore House, Windsor, the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, for the Isle of Wight. Sir Henry Pottinger, the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, is slowly recovering from his long and painfully severe illness. Mr. Aston Key continues to attend the Baron, together with other medical gentlemen. The Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster• General, arrived in town yesterday. His Lordship had an inter view with Lord John Russell at his official residence in Downing-street, and also visited the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Earl of Zetland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office. The Marquis of Lorn had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Sir De Lacy Evans had also an interview with the Noble Earl. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing•street. Major Brandreth had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of the Faulkland Islands. Lord and Lady John Russell returned to their resi dence in Chesham-place yesterday afternoon, from a - Visit to the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle Sussex. Lord and Lady Alan Churchill have arrived at Far ranee Hotel, Belgrave-street, from Blenheim. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and concluded the hearing of an appeal from Bengal " Rewun Persad v. Mossumat Radha Beeby•" An appeal from Jamaica, " Gordon v. Horsfall," was opened. The case was adjourned. Triennial Stakes are beginning to spread, and in a few ye ars w ill, we h ave no doubt, be found in the pro gramme of every respectable meeting in the kingdom. Newmarket, Ascot, and Liverpool, hare already been advertised, and Catterick comes out this week with the Easby " Triennial," and a list of forty- five subscriptions. A similar stake is opened at Newcastle, and several other place s are about to " pronounce" in favour of this novel engac't.re , ?.nt. CIRRIER. PIGEON.—A paper was on Friday eel.- noon found on the beach m_ar Dungeness lighthouse, attached to a carrier pigeon's leg , which it appeared had been shot, containing the 3.. IJ b m (12) Paris, 30 Nor. s° g 117.80 Orlean s 1225 Vierz' 572 Lyon 498.75 Ast. „ Rouen 865 Boul. 435.'4 Strasb. 477.50 3" s ~ HaTre 631.25 ford. 545 Nantes 487.50 Int. ~ Avig. 11. 863.75 Nord 63;) blew,. ~ Mad. 24 c. 3' 6 WE je 5q.„ FJ sh (1032 " Change 25 47%, A 5 30 js 25.35 A i` 90 js. 735 , 934 , 99. THE QUEEN V. RICHARD DUNN•—The trial of this indictment is appointed to take place at Guildhall, on the 15th instant. A special jury will be summon e d at the instance of the prosecutrix , Miss Burdett Coutts. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will he performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled TIIE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the 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. GIMP'S TEA AND TURN-01,TT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss eieergiana Smithson, Miss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Ilonner, Peren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE 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 ; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling ; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. ON MONDAY EVENING Will be performed the Comedy, entitled L'HOTEL GARNI. Cha racters by MM. Langeval, Berou, Cartigny ; Madame Deluc, and Mdlle. Cordely. After which, Moliere's celebrated Comedy of LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME. M. Jourdain, M. Perlet ; Nicole, Mdlle. Brohan. To conclude with LE MARI ET L'AMANT. Col. Saint Leger, M. Langeval ; Ernest, M. Berou ; Frontin, M. Dumery ; M. Motus, M. Tourtillon ; Madame Saint Leger, Madame Adele Deluc ; Lisette, Mdlle. Brohan. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 641. ; 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 a New Drama, called PASSION'S SLAVE or, The Outcast Son. Supported by the principal talent of the Company. After which the popular Farce of THE WET NURSE. Mr. Grubb, Mr. Neville John Pry, Mr. Lewis ; Tom (;hipp, Mr. Webb Mrs. Grubb, Mrs. Lewis ; Patty Crimp, Miss Terrey. To conclude with the favourite Nautical Drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Messrs. Heslop, Webb, Johnson, Lewis, Phelps, Pelham, Neville, Saville ; Miss Terrey, Mrs. Daly, &c., will support the principal characters. ASTLEY'iI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public that, in addition to his present extensive Establishment, he has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers, Leopards, &c., being the same beautiful animals that the cele brated Mr. Carter, the American " Lion King," performed with in lithe principal towns in England and on the Continent. THIS EVENING Will he performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE 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 THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersal. Box-otilce open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six an - 1 commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Ur. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Immonse success of the alteration of the prices of admission to one general level, so that all parts of the house shall bear a just and liberal proportion—Tiz., Boxes, ls. ; Half-price, 6d. ; Pit, 6d • Gallery, 3d. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vim. cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. It. Barnett, and Messrs. Edwards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which THE STAGE-STRUCK LOVERS. Mr. Forman ; Sally Scraggs, Miss Lydia Pearce. To conclude with THE SHIP OF DEATH ; or, The Children of the Deep. Tommy Tape, 'ETHE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 5. TiIERMOIETER, Lowest, 29; Highest. 38 ; Noon, 34. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND W., fine. lIRIH WATER AT LONDON-BULDGE:TIIIS DAY. Morning .. 10 minutes after 3. Evening .. 29 minutes after 3. . ic,.. c . ~ . . 7 : 1;_f!'" ' 1 ,•" . . 1 ," - : . 4 4 4 l. 1:131i • Am ' ~...-' l, -Amilt, c . P illig ct . It, 1.1..% ,. , ~,‘• lila • 1,,,, , ,, 2'-.1 : to b: : ,11' - I r. " ;d1116: 4 FIF "k 4 11 111 11 11111, ' l l ''' CN; \ " ' 4 :&" . r . ‘" ,.. 41 '.....,;" ' ~.•.,. ..,.., ,.._- , } , : 4,037A-Ak111i.,15:471‘,. ~..:'4 SIG , .... SECOND EDITION. THE SITN, LONDON. SAZURDAY E'VENING, DECEMBER 5, 1 1846. or destitution will be impossible. The whole nation will receive an impulse which cannot be resisted ; they will be carried away in the whirl of commerce; the blood of the world—money labour, and provisions, existed, is enforced by the language of Mr. MEEHAN himself. His reverence let the cat out of the bag : " Mr. O'CoNNELL's new resolutions contained a prin ciple so obviously false and servile, that nearly all cultivated men have long ago abandoned it : the it is siqful to overthrow established and under any provocation.' principle tyroituy in that a ny country, We see no reason for classing M r . MBZIssN among cultivated men, and therefore hold it of little consequence what principle he either aban dons or cherishes. But if the principle here laid down is to have any meaning or practical import, which, from the bluster they make about it, we suppose must be intended, it can signify only this, that England tyrannizes over Ireland, and that the provocation is so great that it would not be sinful to upset the English Government. It must mean this or nothing. This argument, then, is plain, down right rebellion. Such is the view taken of it by Mr. O'CoNNELL, and, independently of his high attain. ments as a criminal lawyer, and his vast experience in political matters, no rational man can doubt that he has done right in weeding out from the ranks of the Association such reckless doctrinaires. "No reason," observes Mr. MEEHAN, "has been urged for yielding our conscientious convictions to the will of Mr. O'CoNNELL, but might equally be insisted upon for the betrayal of nationality, honour, or religion." This is to be taken, we imagine, for irony. Be it so, it is miserable twaddle. A major cannot be contained in a minor' s ; and if Mr. MEEHAN cannot concede that Mr. O'CoririELL's past struggles and successes afford a presumptive reason for subjecting his opinion to the judgment of Mr. O'CoNNELL, we can only regret that his intellect is so devoid of elas ticity. We are not bound to furnish him with an understanding. If we did this for one, another would soon be asking for the same boon. In all probability the Rev. Dr. O'C ARROLL wou ld be the next candidate for the favour. This gentleman seconded Mr. MEEHAN, and ex pressed his disapprobation of " priests and bishops mingling in politics, because it gave a tone of secta rianism." Then, what possible business had Dr. O'CARRoLL with the meeting in question ? Why set his opinions and actions fisticuffing against each other ? Dr. O'CARROLL elsewhere observes that " neither priest nor bishop should join any party, for he thought the people's own power and knowledge and influence should suffice to work out their independence." This is precisely our own opinion. We, there fore, recommend Dr. O'CARROLL to remain in future quietly at home. But where was Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN during this farcical pa rade ? Great generals, we know, quietly seat themselves on an eminence, whilst a forlorn hope is advancing to breach the enemies' walls. We are not aware, however, that the Member of Limerick has, as yet, done anything to entitle him to such dignified repose. " Discretion is the better part of valour," and we should not be surprised if the war-cry of Young Ireland, under the advice of their acknow ledged general, were soon to resolve itself into " Sauve qui peat." anger with which he was said to be animated. There is no statesmen amongst his adversaries who would not take upon himself the responsibility of his conduct in the affair of Cracow. On this point the French Govern ment is, if we are rightly informed, still in the prelimi nary stage. It is desircus of making a manifestation which shall amount to an acte, and everything leads us will circulate freely and generously among them ; they will be animated by the wholesome fluctuations encited by the din, and morally elevated by the inter course with their fellow-men, consequent upon inter to believe that M. Guizot, who on the first day was de cided as to the spirit, is now closely occupied with the form. This will be a real event, and it will not long be delayed." national traffic. Once place Ireland directly in the track of the commercial orbit by which the other According to the Presse, M. GVIZOT communicated on Wednesday, to his colleagues assembled in Ca binet Council at the Foreign-office, the substance of his answer to the note announcing the incorporation of Cracow, The same paper states that the Due DE BORDEAUX and his bride are about to visit England. kingdoms of the globe have become so prosperous and so powerful, and her miseries are for ever dissi pated and her glory is already predoomed. In the prospectus of the Wexford and Valentia Railway Company we recognise the indication of the first step towards the commercial orbit to which we have alluded. It will not have escaped the public recollection, that it was originally proposed by this company to connect Wexford and Valentia by a direct line of communication running across the south of Wexford, transversely through Kilkenny and Waterford, through the centre of Cork, and thence through Kerry to its destination. That scheme has been abandoned, and we think judiciously. A new proposition is made by the provisional directors—a proposition much simpler, much less expensive, and, to our thinking, much more efficacious. To condense the scheme into: one sentence—it is proposed that there shall be a line of railroad only forty miles in length from Killarney to Valentia, that line being connected at the former spot with the lines granted during the last session ofParliament. By this admirable arrangement a most enormous outlay is avoided while all the original advantages are secured. The 251. share will be reduced to a 101. share, and thereby the liabilities of the shareholders will be wonderfully decreased. _ . . The Journal des Debats, in answer to:the observations of the Constitutionnel, which we published yesterday, after a long introduction, reminding the Opposi tion press of the occasions on which they had com promised the alliance with England, says-- " It must not be supposed that the outcries of the Op position journals have been without result. The irri tation that they have caused in France they have pro duced also in England. We are perfectly convinced that the affair of the Spanish marriages would have been viewed by our neighbours with a calmer and juster eye, were it not for the secret resentment which so much abuse kept brooding at the bottom of their hearts. They seized on the first pretext which offered to send us back our reproaches of avidity, of un satiable ambition, of perfidy. An alliance, which they beheld dependent on four votes in so paltry an affair as that of the Pritchard indemnity, appeared to them to merit but little confidence. No; the present difficulties are not the work of one day, but of six years. We pay at the present moment for the follies of the Opposition. We are now gathering the fruit of their declamations against a Government and a people who were stretching forth their hands to us. When everything has been done to destroy the entente cordiale, with what a good grace any one can come forward and say the accord be tween France and England is the most powerful guaran tee of peace and liberty ! Peace and liberty! This, then, is what the opposition has been near to sacrifice to a foolish self-love, or something worse—to its rancour against M. Guizot in the Pritchard affair! At present, it is true, the Opposition turns round. Is it for the purpose of coming to the aid of its country in a difficult position? No; but to join its abuse to that of the English journals—to become the accuser of the French Government. It alone has broken the alliance ! England has good cause to be irritated ! The proceedings of M. Guizot have been in famous ! For a dowry, for a mere family ambition, the accord which best guaranteed peace and liberty has been broken I Might there not be some means of re esta blishing this precious accord ? Perhaps there might. Fer instance, if Lord Palmerston accepted as a suffi• cient reparation the sacrifice of M. Guizot, would not all be terminated—to the satisfaction of M. Thiers ? Would not the alliance bloom forth again under the auspices of the two Ministers, who agreed so well together in 1840? The plan is excellent, and we recommend it to the admi ration of France. In this way would be explained these sudden accessions of sympathy for England, these hypo critical tears shed for the rupture of the alliance ! But what matter to us are your plans ? public honesty will treat them as they deserve. Your plans will fail, whilst your declarations will remain. You are par tisans of the English alliance. We are so lik wise, and we have the advantage over you of having been always so. We proclaimed before you, and we do so now with you, that this alliance is the surest guarantee of the peace and liberty of the world. Therefore it is that we do not believe in a definitive rupture. The peace and liberty of the world will not be sacrificed to paltry interests. The English nation is a noble one. The cloud will disappear, and the alliance of the two countries will be renewed on a more solid foundation than your miserable combine tiors of persons. We shall wait. As to the two questions whieh you submit to us, and which you consider, no doubt, exceedingly insidious, nothing is so easy as to reply to them, or rather we have already done so. You ask us if it is not true that the French Government has endeavoured to fortify itself by an alliance with the Northern Powers, and if it was not after having seen this project fail that we have turned anew towards Eng land? We reply, in the most peremptory manner, No! This is all the embarrassment you cause us!" It is certainly rather rich to find M. GIIIZOT sneer ing at an alliance as is a mere miserable combination of persons. What, we ask, was the entente cordiale but a " mere miserable combination of persons," who sacrificed the honour of the two countries to mere party interests ? We, however, feel firmly convinced that " the cloud will disappear, and the alliance of the two countries be renewed on a more solid foundation," more solid because it will be a real alliance between the nations instead of an entente cordiale between factions. The National begins to reckon up what France has paid for the Montpensier marriage, and thus gives the result of its inquiries as to what it has cost the country to secure a dowry for the son of the KING : " For those who wish to have in figures the glorious results of this marriage—for those who wish to know what our country has lost while M. Guizot was receiving the dot, wo beg to recal the fact that the Minister has already added two millions to the budget, which have been employed in couriers, missions, presents, and ex penses of police. This is the smallest part of the cost. What is worse is the general position of commercial affairs and of general credit. It is the rarity of cash and the high price of money. To set a value on the embarrassment, the loss sustained by private industry, is impossible ; but at all events we can compare the prices of the funds at the moment of the marriage and at the moment when the Cracow affair was announced. We have made the calculation, and we give it without com mentary. The total diminution in the value of the rentes and railway shares is no less than 304 millions of francs. This is pretty clear. Let us boast of progress ! Let us be proud of being a free people who manage our own affairs. Here is France agitated,:Europe shaken, and all interests suffering—because a prince and a princess were to be married." The National publishes an amusing bit of scandal, on the subject of the preliminaries to the Spanish ------. The advantages of the proposal which we have just explained, while they are obvious to every reflective mind, are of such extraordinary importance that some allusion to them is absolutely requisite. We should be incapable of appreciating the value of geogr2- phical position and mercantile opportunities, were we to allow this remarkable scheme to pass without an immediate and emphatic approval: It must be remembered that Valentia would by this arrange ment be placed in direct communication with the capital, and that, being the nearest har bour to America, and one of the noblest ports in the United Kingdom, it would thereby ensure to itself an endless and gigantic traffic. As was ad mirably implied at the Court of Baronial Session assembled in Cahirciveen, on the 9th of November last, the western portions of Ireland would be no longer dependent upon the eastern ports and channel navigation—always a tedious and precarious medium of transit—for Government stores and provisions. Vast expenses would be thereby re moved, much time would be saved, infinite trouble avoided. It is not, however, in these de tailed advantages that we recognise the excellence of this projected line. It is in its influence upon the Irish population generally. Although covering a length of merely forty miles, we conceive this Va lentia and Killarney Railway to be of a national itn portance. By it in a great measure Ireland would be placed immediately in the current of in tercourse ebbing and flowing between the new world and the old. It would share largely in the profits of commercial speculation between the two hemispheres. It would render Ireland a path for Europeans and Americans to traverse. Gigantic markets would be opened directly for Irish produce and Irish manufactures. Such an impetus would be given to industry and enterprise in the island as would act upon all classes of its popu lation—upon its agriculturists, its manufacturers, its landowners, its tenantry, its farm-labourers, its artizans, its shop-keepers, its ship-owners, its mer chants. Every one would be materially benefited by the stimulus, work would be afforded to those out of employment, provisions would necessarily be more plentiful, large additions of capital would be em barked in the undertakings which it would render inevitable. For our naval forces the magnificent har bour of Valentia, would then present many advan tages. Situated on the most prominent and central of the peninsulas of Kerry, between Dingle Bay and the mouth of Kenmare River, it is immeasurably more accessible than Cork, and infinitely more con venient for American traffic. No proceeding of this nature can of course in terfere with the importance which has been so justly acquired by Liverpool, as the medium of intercourse between Great Britain, the West India islands, and the American continent. In the construction of the Valentia Railway there is no destroying the interests of one locality for the benefit of another—there is only the greater diffusion of the blessings of commercial, so cial,and intellectual traffic throughout the United King dom. After all, SYDNEY SMITH was right—the people of Ireland should not so much cry out " .Erin-go bragh!" as "Erin-go-bread and cheese ! Erin-go thatch to keep the rain out ! Erin-go pantaloons without holes in them !" Those very sensible if not very poetical aspirations will be realised only by such plans as this of the Valentia Railway. We read in a letter from Limberg (Galicia) of the' 26th ult.:— " The sentences on 31 of the persons, all military men, tried for having taken part in the revolt at Przierris, have been published. Two officers were condemned to death, but the punishment has been commuted to 20 years' imprisonment in a fortress ; the chaplain of a regiment is sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment; several non-commissioned officers and soldiers are to labour from "six to eight years on the fortifications ; and one officer and one soldier are acquitted." Aberdeen marriages. It would appear that whilst Louis Philippe's agent, his Excellency Count Bresson, was intriguing about the Montpensier match, he was commissioned by the Queen Dowager, Maria Christina, to procure for her daughter everything " most splendid, and of the most recent mode," in the " magasins" of Paris. This commission his Excellency entrusted to his lady. Madame Bresson or dered at one shop a quantity of beautiful lace of the value of 22,000 f., it being stipulated that it should be forthwith sent to Madrid, and, if not approved of, as promptly returned. About two months having elapsed without either the lace or the money being heard of, the loser by this royal bargain has determined on bringing an action against the Queen-Mother's " intendionte" of the large property she has in France. After the action was brought, an offer was made to return the lace, but the seller refused to receive it back, alleging, with much reason, that the delay which had taken place was quite sufficient to autho rise him to consider the sale as effected, and on Fri day the case was to come on for trial. "If the tradesman," says the National, " were an inhabitant of Madrid, it is possible, considering the delightful system of government under which the Spaniards have the happiness of living, that this escapade might cost him very dear. In France, unfortunately, the im prisonment of a tradesman, for demanding that which is due to him, is a matter somewhat more difficult of accomplishment. If perchance the young Duchess of MONTPENSIER, who is, at the present moment, visiting the curiosities of Paris, should find herself, on Friday next, at the tribunal of commerce in the Bourse, she will hear a trial in which she cannot but take a great interest. She may, perhaps, be enabled to write to her Lady Mother, that there are to be found in France lawyers so audacious as to plead against her, and judges so ill-instructed as to condemn her." The Constitutionnel states that the King of the BELGIANS is expected to return to Paris by the 15th inst., and that this visit will be followed by one to London, with the intent of endeavouring to bring about a reconciliation between the two Cabinets of France and England. The Three per Cents..closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs day at 81f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 95c.; the Orleans Avignon, 875 f. ; Vier zon , 57 81. R a il roa d Shares, 1,2 35 f. ; Rouen, 8721. 50c. ; Havre, 633 f. 75c. • Great Northern , 638 f. 75c. ; 75c. ; Bordeaux, 5501. ; Balse, 2181. 75c. ; Paris and Stras burg, 478 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 487 f. 50c. ; Paris and L yons , 5021. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4 87 f. 50c. ' • Bor deaux and Cette, 4701. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37i ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECIMBER 4. Bordeaux, Toulouse and Cette (Espelete), 3 '-Italian d Austrian, 2 1 / 2 —Jamaica South Midl an d J unct i on, t— r Luxembourg, 3 %—Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern -- of France Constituted, 106—Orleans and Bordeaux, vy Paris and Lyons Constituted, s—R ouen an d Havre, 25A:4 Young Ireland is making a great spurt—the party is actually trying to assume an attitude. They are evidently sorely vexed with their own diminutive ness, when contrasted with the stately stature of their powerful antagonist at Conciliation Hall. However, young Ireland has got into the field, though into the worst part of it. How the creature reached it no body knows ; but it certainly is there. The croaking noises that grated the ear, led the public to turn round and search for the intruder. This living curiosity was discovered concealed in some very rank grass. Its body is excessively swelled, and its palpitations are distressingly manifest. Some say it is so swollen with rage, it will assuredly burst. It seems the sight of its lord!y opponent on the same ground has led to this comical scene. The fable of the toad and the ox is faithfully brought to our recollection. A meeting " of the Dublin Repealers opposed to the present policy of Conciliation Hall," was packed in the Round-room of the Rotunda, on Wednesday night. A sprinkling of the juvenile political de linquents appeared on the platform. The chair was filled by one Mr. COMYN, of Woodstock. His opening speech was well cheered, first, we should think, on account of its exceeding brevity, which is the soul of wit, and next, for the ex cellence of its matter, whereof the end-all and be-all was, that the present Government was the worst that ever undertook to manage Ireland, and that coalition with any English party was highly to be deprecated. All this was received as sublime truth, and so would have been any other nonsense that he might have chosen to utter. Let us proceed. The secretary, Mr. M‘GEE, next strutted forward. His trick was a very good one. He announced that he had a letter from an eminent professional gentleman, marked private, which he could not therefore read, offering 1001. to any repeal organization that would enable Young Ireland to do their duty at the next election. This was good by-play. The secretary is un doubtedly an adept at the game of hocus pocus. So fortunate, too, that the letter was marked private, coming, as it did, from a professional gentleman? The communication tickled the fancy, and the meet ing was so good-humoured that this little piece of delusion went off agreeably enough. Mr. RICHARD O'GORMAN, jun., gave vent to some choice rhodo montade. He would have it that the answer to the Cork Repealers was unsatisfactory and deceitful, and grew very lachrymose when he declared, that Conciliation Hall had degenerated so low as to be the committee room of an English faction. He reminded the meeting that he was unplaced, unpensioned, and unbought, and only wanted moral force to obtain repeal ? whereas Mr. O'CONNELL desired to use it in support of a Whig Government. The Rev. C. P. MEEHAN, C.C., tried his hand at oratory, and expatiated upon a report drawn up by their committee upon the origin of the dissensions between Old and Young Ireland. Both the report and the reverend gentleman were equally facetious. Their joint manoeuvre consisted in attempting to prove that Mr. O'CoNNELL, and not themselves, forced the secession. How many sane persons they expect to persuade to this, we cannot surmise. But we are satisfied the report will re main a monument of their own folly. That Mr. O'CoNNELL would ever have dreamt of voluntarily weakening the repeal party by severance, unless lie felt convinced that the very existence of the Association was endangered by the avowed principles of Young Ireland, is sheer nonsense. That this pregnant danger DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—A very numerous deputation from Liverpool and the principal provincial towns in the north of England, waited on Lord John Russell this afternoon, in Downing-street, and had a conference with his Lordship on the subject of a reduction of the duty on tea. WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.—Count Augustus Mansdorff left Frogmore this morning for the Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Con sort. One of her Royal Highness's carriages, with post horses, conveyed the Count to the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway. Captain Coddington, the Inspector-General of Rail ways, was prevented on Thursday from sanctioning the opening of the Norfolk Railway branch from Wymond ham to East Dereham (twelve miles in length), owing to the recent fall of snow in that part of the country, the whole of the works being covered to such an extent as to render inspection of the line impossible. `IIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUA IiTEIC In the Liverpool Cotton market yesterday the sales were 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 to 4,000 were on spe ulation, the market closing very firm. Shares at Liver pool were not quite so good yesterday. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool during the week have been no less than 78,020 bales. The stock is now reduced to 483,500 bales, against 929,000 at this time last year. The advance in prices this week is jd. to id. per lb. The weekly statement from the Bank of England made last up, shows a decrease in the notes issued of only 4,2951. A decrease in the Rest of 2,7221. An increase in the Public Deposits of 571,1701., or to 8,447,5601. An increase in the other Deposits of 43,3331., or to 8,018,3911. A decrease in seven days and other Bills of 892,3551. An increase in other Securities of 209,1471 . , or to 13,562,822/. An increase in the notes of the banking department of 215,8501., or to 8,325,745/. The quantity of bullion held by the Corporation is now returned at 15,008,1321., or an increase of 84,360/. Should, as reported, the managers of the Bank of France require aid from the directors of the Bank of England, in consequence of their stock of specie being very low indeed, not a doubt exists but, either directly ,Jr indirectly, the assistance required will be cheerfully given. • - The arrivals to-day are but few, and none of those of later dates than those before received. The West India mail is now due. There is little doubt that her advices will be received before our next Monday's report. The Consol Market has been flat to-day, and without any business of importance having occurred. Consols for the Account have been quoted only at 954, for the first transfer day next week at 951 I, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 96. Exchequer-bills are heavy at 7s, premium. Bank Stock is firm at 2061. As some doubts appear to be thrown upon the report pnblished yesterday, that Santa Anna had seized 2,000,000 dollars belonging to British subjects, the market for Mexican Stock has rallied to-day to 224. Such a course of proceeding would of course damage considerably, for a period, all those who have a lien upon the property. The price is now a shade lower. Portu guese Four per Cents. have advanced from 3Si to 39k. Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds are rather in demand, as well us the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Brazil Five per Cents. continue at 86. The Railway Share and the Scrip Markets are not brisk this morning, but it is not in many instances that the prices have receded. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .20 6 1/ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 1 1 /4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9 5 1 / 4% New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds 1,0001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account ..... Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small lO 7 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 43% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 59% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent — Do. Deferred Ditto for the Account Portuguese 4 per Cents — Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Do., 1838-40, div. fm. May, '4O Ditto 1845 21% Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account .... 37%% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O Ditto Deferred .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cents BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. 20 Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2%. .... to Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush ly - 8 to Belfast and County Down .. 4 3 4 .. .. Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425. ... . 6 p to 5% p Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ...... Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.).. 17 1 / 2 . to Birmingham & Oxford June... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2 3% — ..... to Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. - Bristol and Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool Junc... 2% Buckinghamshire B4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Cambrian and Grand Junct.. 425. Chester and Holyhead 27% ... Churnet and Blythe.. ...... .. 2 Chester and Manchester 42s. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction 2O ..... Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney 2 1 , x...... Cork and Waterford liA t — Cornwall ...... to Ditto, Half Shares Cornwall and Central Devon 2% to Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction 2% to Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12 1 / 2 to Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 / 2 to Dublin and Galway ...... ...... 4 ...... to Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22 % 8.... . to Do. New l2/. 16s — Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,61. 13s. 4d... .. Do., d 0....... N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d.. Do., York Extension ...... 2 ...... 3% 3 / 4 East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Extension to Harwich ...... ••• to Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2 - _ East Lancashire Ditto, New Do. ( late Preston SL Ormsk.) 5 ... ,„ ...... to . . East Lincolnshire - PA.-- 2 1 / 44... to East and West of England 1% — to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% lB% to Edinburgh and Northern ... 12%...... Edinburgh and Perth 3 . Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo 2% — to Exeter ,Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 / 4 — Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. I% Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% Glouc., Aberystwith, and Len. of Wales Goole,Doncaster,Sheffid., &c. 425. Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 13,1 — ... .. to Great Eastern and Western... 2% — . ..... to Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% — to ' l, - Great Munster 2 is, — ...... to Great North o Scotland 2% to Great North of England 100 .. Ditto, New Ditto, New l5 —.- ... to Ditto, New Great Western ._.. 50 Ditto, Half Shares 10 Ditto, Fifths 20 Do. New 2 ...... 7% to . . . ... . -- HuDdidtteers,fiEexldteannsdion Manchester 13 1 ... .. Hull and Selby 5O ...... •.. .. to ...... to Ditto,Ditto, 25 12% ..... ___ Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% l2l ... to Do. do. and Norwich Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... Do. New 5 ...... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle L e i ces ter and Birmingham... 225. Lei'ester and Bedford ......... 22 5. .. .. to Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 22% 33% to Ditto, Branch (Blue) ... .. ).. 21/2. 2% ... to Ditto, Extension (Green Leeds and Thirsk .............. 17 1 / 2 164 to Ditto, New ..... ~ . ........ ~ 5 . .... Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ......... and 2% 2% to -- Liverpool and Bury ......... .. 24 London lir Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d — to Do. New........ .. . Do. Es' Extension ...... Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Fifths 4O Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London,Hounslow.&Westem 2 . .... London and North Western..loo ......195 Do. Quarter Shares ... 2 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J. 12% — to Do. New Quarters ...G. J. 5 Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 63 1 4 x n to 64 Do. Now consolidated Bths.. 40 Ditto New ........... ~ ....... 22 %... .. Do. New lB — to Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 5%t,4... to Ditto Tenths 4 Ditto Guaranteed 5 ...... 5 3 4 %... to Ditto ditto London and York... .... ....... 2% 2 1.4 to Ditto Extension London and Windsor - to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds B2 .....108 Ditto Half Shares ...... -- ...... to Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto S:xteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4 — ...... • vo Do. Extension Manchester and Birmingham 40 — to Ditto _ iito Quarters (A) Ditto Quarters (13) Ditto Quarters (C) ...... .. 1 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ManchesM . , Birmingham, and MouldJunction — Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland lOO .....128 1 4 to Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo lO5 Midland and Eastern Counties 2% — to MicUd. Great Western(lrish) 15 8, New Durlington-street, Dec. 5, 1846. IVIR. BENTLEY WILL I MMEDIATELY PUBLISH TILE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS: — I. 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One vol., with Illustrations, 15s. bound. Now ready. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &C., ake 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 advicea of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds 'mune diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borraal ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. Rafter ; Devllshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes; Arline, Miss Rainforth. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale' Paris, under the title of Betty,") In which will appear Mdiles. Sophie Fuoce, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilei ; MM. Huguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rasbleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. Do Vere, Mr. Hull ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe; Mr.Harklman, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which an original Operatic Drama, called TEE YOUNG PRETENDER. Captain O'Neal, Mr. Hudson ; Captain Cocker, Mr. Buckstone ; Chevalier Charles Edward Stuart, Mr. Braid ; Davy, Mr. Coe ; Mrs. Craggie, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Armadale, Miss Horton. During the evening the Band will perlbrm the Overture, " Pre aux Clercs," " Clementinen " (Mazourka) ; " Camellion " (Galop) ; the " Esterhazy" (Walzer) ; and a New Overture. To conclude with a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Holl ; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. 111 ‘ • LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1846, Among the numerous propositions for the relief of Ireland, among the 2 divers schemes which have been propounded in succession for extricating that fertile but misgoverned country from her enormous national embarrassments and for enabling her popu lation to work out their own prosperity and happiness, the minority have been specious and illusory, the vast majority impracticable, and not one —no, not one—calculated to effect any permanent or catholic improvement. The removal of disabilities upon those who might enter upon leases equally profitable to landlord and tenant is, unquestionably, a propitious and important plan. The encouragement of agricul tural enterprise, of tile draining, of extensive liming, of scientific irrigation, of employing chemical and artificial manures, and of cultivating something more nutritious and remunerative than mere esculents, is likely not only to turn a naturally fruitful soil to the greatest advantage, but to afford an extraordinary amount of empinyment in farm labour. The removal of the taxation upon foreign speculation, by the free-trade measures, in itself is an enormous boon. Temporarily, again, the public works undertaken by a paternal Government have materially benefited the destitute. In striving to prevent the wholesale evictions of the peasantry, to compensate the retiring tenant for tibe improvements effected upon the land during the interval of his lease, and to render absentees and re sident-landlords severally interested in the welfare of their subordi nates, the Legislature has been both benevolent and sagacious. Admirably, however, as these arrange ments were suited to the more immediate exigencies of the people, there has still remaincwi a necessity for the adoption of some more comprehensive system for their general and perpetual advancement. Their ambition must be excited by emulation. The love of exercise engendered in their breasts by the climate must be developed into a con tinuous and organized industry. Th e Irish must be by scme means removed from the • /political and mer cantile isolation in which they have been plunged, not by their geographical position, but by the mere casualties of circumstance. They must be placed someho w in the crowded and stirring - track of civiliza tion —once placed there, withdrawal, .or sluggishness The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 30th u. says— " A new law is daily expected at Limberg respecting the forced labour of the peasantry, and containing many concessions in their favour. It is said that Tarnow will be the seat of government of Western Galicia, that Cracow will be fortified, and that all the commercial privileges and franchises now enjoyed by Podgorze will be extended to it." The Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette, of the 30th ult., states that so great is the distress of the labouring classes at Berlin, that they are compelled to pawn al most everything they possess to procure bread. The crowd is so great at the doors of the pawnbrokers, that it has been found necessary to place sentinels there to procure order. We learn from Berlin, 26th ult., that the deputa tion of merchants and traders, who had arrived there from Breslaw for the purpose of representing the in jury that the commerce of Breslaw would probably sustain from the incorporation of Cracow, had been received by the Ministers, CANITZ and BODEL SCIIWINO, who obtained for them an audience of the KING, in which his MAJESTY declared that every thing proper would be done in the negotiations with Austria to protect the commerce of Silesia. It has already been stated from Berlin, that there was no truth in the rumour of Austria having, in return for the annexation of the territory of Cracow to her empire, given Indemnities of territory else where to Prussia and Russia. This contradiction is bow officially given by the Austrian Observer. A letter from Bologna of the 25th November, says : " During the last week an occurrence took place at Bassano, in the province of Bologna, half a league from the Duchy of Modena, which had fatal consequences. A party of young men at a tavern, while regaling them selves, were singing the popular hymn in favour of Pius IX., when some carabineers of the police interposed, and an altercation ensued. The soldiers withdrew • but, in the evening, as the y oun g m en were retiring, the sol diers fired upon them and killed M. Minelli, son of the cure, and another person. The exasperation of the people became so great that they went to the barracks where the carabineers retired, and commenced a riot, which was only appeased by the intervention of the magistrates of the town, and the delivering up of the offending carabineers, who were 'con ducted to Bologna, and there committed to prison to take their trial. On the 16th and 17th there were disturbances at the University of Bologna, and in the evening of the 25th at its theatre, during the performance of Christian VIII. King of Denmark, in consequence of its allusions to the oppressions imposed upon Denmark by foreign states. The officer of police ordered the curtain to be dropped, and stopped the re presentation. The public thereupon became enraged, and tore the curtain down, destroying everything within their reach. The armed force did not venture to show itself ; but the officers of the civic guard interposed, and put an end to the riot." The POPE is still engaged in the promotion of libe ral measures. He has recently commuted the punish ments of several political offenders, and is about to issue a decree diminishing the duty on salt. Since his HOLINESS has established civic patrols, nocturnal attacks have entirely ceased. Madrid papers of the 27th have arrived. The Heraldo notices two rumours current in Madrid—one, that the Government, dreading to meet the new Cortes, intends to dissolve it immediately after its organization ; the other, that the Ministry will be dissolved, and be replaced by a Ministry of which the Marquis of MIRAFLORES will be the chief. The Heraldo says it does not think either of these rumours entitled to the slightest degree of credit. The Heraldo announces the arrival in Madrid of the Count DE TUOMAR (COSTA CABRAL), the new Envoy Extraordinary to the Queen of PORTUGAL. The Espanol mentions a report that CABRERA had not only entered Spain, but had actually arrived in the province of Madrid. This is very improbable. The Fomento of Barcelona states that on the 22d ult. an engagement took place near Susqueda between a detachment of police of twenty men and a band of fifty Carlists. The affair, however, was not of any importance, for no person was killed, and only one was wounded. There is no intelligence from Portugal in any of these Papers. MADRID BoLas, N ov . 27.—The Three per Cents. closed at 344- 2 ; the Four per Cents. at 21 ; the Five p er Cents. at 211 3 ; and Coupons not Capitalized, at 19k. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. On the subject of the rumoured change in the Ministry, the Revue Nouvelle, which is supposed to have access to official sources of information, says— " We caa affir m th at t h ere i s no question of replacing , or even modifyi ng the present Cabinet b efore the next meeting . of Parli amen t. M. Guizot has just accom plished the inte rva l o f th e sessions a great diplomatic work. He alone can explain, and, if necessary, defend it in presence of the Chambers. Another error of the public is the belief that, since the Spanish affair, no re lations are possible between the two statesmen who direct the foreign affairs of France and England. The sad event which has occurred in Poland has just proved the contrary. Lord Palmerston has not indeed adopted the suggestion made by our Government for a collective demonstration, but he has taken care to explain to it the motives of his refusal in the most proper and cleverly guarded terms. If he has been desirous of preparing the elements of a new policy from which we may have to suffer at a later period, he has not, at least in his re ply to the French Minister, suffered to creep out the ........-.-- - - Newcastle and Berwick o Do North Shields Newcastlo and Carli.de lOO ...... ...... to Newmarket and Chesterford 5 - ...... to Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 % - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 1% - N:orfolk Do. half Shares - to •• --- ...... to -- Ditto Extension Northern Counties Union .... 2 1 ,4 ..... - North British - Ditto Half Shares. ll ...... 154 xis to --- Ditto Fifths - Do. Quarters 1 lA. ..... 3% x3s to --- Ditto, Extension ...... 1%.,.... to -- Ditto, and Eastern 5O ...... ...... to -- Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 45 ..... -- ...... to -- Ditto Quarter shares - ...... to -- Ditto New - to North Staffordshire 5 ...... 87( 3 3A ... North Wales 3 l/e ••••• ...... to -- Zl'orth. & South. Connecting 2%...•• -- ...... to -- Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1.7 1 1 ............ 1 - 3 ........ .. .. t o -- 012% ;3/1..... 4y...... to -- Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre - ...... ...... to -- Q 4 ...... .... to -- Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate Si. 1 2 5.... dig. .** to .....' Ri c hm on d l5 •• ••• ..... to -- . to -- Royston and Hitchen Scottish Central ...... __ ...... to --' ...... to --- Scottish Midland . Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot to --- teries, and Crewe .... 1Y - ..... 8 to Sheffield and Manchester ...100 ...... to --- Ditto 1 A Shares 8 ...... -- ..... to .... Do. and LincolnshireJunct 1 1,4•••••• ..... .. -to -- Do. and Great Grimsby - ...... t o Do. do. do. Extension . ...... ... ..... 514 %„, to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 42s 3 ...••• ...... to -- Shropshire Union - Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, to and S. Staflordsh. Junction 2 1 %....• 4 "". to --- -- " I% . Sligo and Shannon ...- South Devon .., .... ........ . 35 ...... -- ...... South Midland 42s. ...... -- " to t° ....--. South and Midlands Junction 425. ..... --- •••• .. to South Staffordshire Junction 2% ..... --, ..... to ...- South Eastern and Dover ....... ........ .. t ttooo ............. Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l2 . ........: 4 Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 ...... -'' ". to Ditto New, No. 4. ...... - ...... St. Alban's, Hatfield, and to ' Hertford Junction - •• " to ..... Staines and Richmond.... . - ' to " Staffordshire and Shropshire - 2 3 4 ...... -- ... .. to .." South Wales Swans. and Loughor and Ca- to meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 ...... --- ...... to --"' Taw Vale Extension - ....... to " Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 5 1 / ...... --- .... W ... 4 Vale of Neath ...... Wakefield, Pontefract, and -- ....... to " Goole ... ... 22%...••• --- .... . to " Warwickshire and London... 425....... -- "'.to ' Warwick and Worcester 425....... --- ''' .to " Waterford and Kilkenny ll ...... 5 .... to '... Waterford and Limerick ... - ..... Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, • , to' and Dublin - • Wexford, Waterford, and to ....'.. Valentin - ".. .. .. to Waveney Valley . . 2 ...... -- ..... to Welsh Midland 2% ...... -- .... .to " West Riding Union 425....... -- ' to West Cornwall 2 ... -- ...... to West London, Old Shares - ...... to Wexford and Carlow - ""' "' to Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 ...... -- ...... to ' Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... -- '" '. to Worcester,Warwick, & Rugby 425... to --- ..... to York and Carlisle - . York and Newcastle 25 ... .. 3 81 4 ..... to to . ...- Ditto, New 5 .. ... -- ..... to Ditto, Preference l4 ". to York and North Midland - ...... to Ditto, half Shares ...... --- •, .. .... to Ditto, Selby - .. to - -- 0 -- •••• tp 10 Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West hiding 2 11% 12 ' • 17 3 / 1 / 4 " t°-.. Extension . FOREIGN RAILWAYS' to Anglo-Belgian ...... to " ...." Barbadoes 1 ...... --' ..... ~, .... Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2% ...••• " . ... • ' 4 , .... Boulogne and Amiens l6 ...... ''''' . .... . 1 ' Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 ...... --- to - Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette __ ...... (Mackenzie's) 2 ..... to Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 2 ............ ---- . ....... .. .. to Calais, ": Calcutta & Diamond Harbour is. ..... -- ...... t o " Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 .'"'" ----- ....... to Central of Spain - ..... to "- Ceylon - ..... to Demerara. --- ...... to Dendre Valley - ...... - IL, . to ... - .... Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... • ..... to .-- - . Dutch Rhenish 6 ..... • -- ...... to East Indian - -- .. to Fampoux and Hazebrouk 4 ...... __. ...... .0 .••• 0, Great Indian Peninsular ss. •••••• • to . ' .... --• . Great Western Bengal ss. ...... . ...- ••to Great Western Canada 3 l /4 •••*" .... / Italian and Austrian - .... lo .... Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ...... -- . •. 1 ...... --- "'" to Jersey Louvain ala Sambre - tA Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon - Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % — ..... / Madrid and Valentia . 0 ..0 Mauritius Namur and Liege •• "" to '. Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 - ... 2 . to North Jamaica 1 •••••' to -'Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d.... - ..... to Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen . - •• ''. to ..... Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 ...... .... :to Rouen and Havre - -•''' to Sambre and Meuse - ...... to ..; Strasburg and Bale l4 ..... --- '''. 0 ...... „.. St. Laurence and Atlantic — ...... --- ..... w Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 ...... -- • ..„ o Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, 8 ..—. --' ...'.. 1 t ...- ° - and Hasselt ...- •-•"' to Trinidad.. ........ ... 2% . .......... --- West Flanders S. to Australasia British North American jOlNT 8 .. T °400 50 K . BANK.. : .. ::::.-::* to tt° ..... o - Colonial .... ...... t o •••• Commercial of London London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster. National Provincial of Engld 35 ..... .... -" .. to -.- National of Ireland 2 21 1/ ...... .... •••' to --. Provincial of Ireland - . ..... to •-- ..... --- ..... Union of Australia Union of London ... 10 ...... MINES- Real del Monte, Unregistered - COURSE OF EXCHA. Amsterdam ... C.F. 12 5 Ditto, at sight ..... • 12 2 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 5% Antwerp..~ liamburgh M.B. 13 12% Altona. — Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 70 Ditto, 3 months ...... 25 95 Marseilles ............ 26 0 Bourdeaux .... ..... .. 26 0 'Frankfort on Maine.... 12134 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Vienna, effec.flo ••• • • • 10 6 Trieste, ditto.... ...... 10 6 Madrid .............. 35% Cadiz • • ... : _.. 36 Barcelona ............ to 31/2•'.. 07 ..... soo .• 5° I Gibraitar.• Leghorn " .... • " ~.• ••••, Genoa • • • • • • ,„ .• 401. Milan . • • • ......, Venice.• • . 120 0,4 NaP le ' Palerillo• Lbsbon.• • ' • .. .0 Rio Jane ir° ... e •• Bahia • ;$ BUe llO5 d o •0 OP New • I I/ ! ph iladelf. , - -- ; yin" fr , - 0 1 . rd ? slog a 0 4 10P Foreign 0 01 , 0 coin 0 0 , Portugal G o ' • New Do11 0 : 00 , 2 0 .; 0 Spanish Pon_ Silver in bars Ito LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--fT clb s •A a v , e A r l a n n is d , A th u e re ß ii i ea liti pi.' LONDON, DEC. s.—Wind IV, light bre ,i, vir., fropril, trot frost. DEAL, DEC. 4.—Wind N.W. to N. , - • A,07,00 e e ib "A l i itt a l4 er e :ri t ioP" --4g: Elhinstone Young Hobart Town • A 1e11 438 11 ' s l ' ~ Quebec; i Six,B aibnebi Lidng Sydney; Champion, Mosey, New Orleans; Si 6h 0 10 Mauritius. BRISTOL.—Wind N.E li 1 t Sld. ~ gl . Geor,.. ge, 1 00, Vince • Vincent , Randoll, Smith, Barbadoes. , e boo. 0140 e CARnIFF.—Arrd. Regina, Reynolds, LI I3 d..A 03 , 0 V LIVERPOOL.—Wind N.N.E., light.--Arv.rAooP--;00.00i Smith, Calcutta; Middleton, Milligan, ~;;00sliey, dloo, mela, Bell, Berbice; Eleanor, Wakehatn, A' tros s ; o d. d osi gable, Marwood, Quebec; Highland kriar?,'foue_cl,,.o.o,oest Agenoria, ditto; Symmetry, Williams, . 01 , e n oon', ; Tbioi South Stockton, Rands, Batavia; Ann, oW a gani 3 , l3 l,o lo , l) , Mary, Forshaw, Africa ; Flirt, Ponstic, iso , f,,foof'" Wade, New Orleans; Louisa Bliss, Creigno' rtes, ,410 Cambria steamer, Halifax, &c. Arrd• ol'A t iebe e • 0 a- p GLASSON DOCK.—Arrd. Aurora,Scottt 4 , 13019° Cade CLYDE.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Cover es,Pir DUBLIN.—N.N.W.—Arrd. Lady NaPie.:Qaehpo,lP-. John's, New Brunswick ; Industry, Ste, v : o n r, - al lev- , ,may John's, KINGSTOWN.—Arrd. Sir Henry 1:„.0tt: ‘ ,. 14° Que b , a o, -- s o lo l° ' WATERFORD.—ILITd. Margaret, tleuseioer.- $lO. OFF DovEn.—Wind N. and N.N.liir."-ilorchell' 010 PLYMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Arrd. Eliza, •-- i1t , ,,,,36 10 ' i Susan and Sarah, Thobwin, Quebec. ~. A.Jcb , "; s • P:deb NEwronT.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd tli`i•boto s 11,"/00. Quebec ; Egerton, Owen, Dundee for St• eth gol f lY" Arkley, Dundee for llavannah ; Eliza') Car dsff Pt London for Grenada; Trial, Morrison, illi , r oor Sld. Susanna, Kidd, New York. 10 ° •sbo ~01 , ROCHESTER, DEC. 4.—The E s peren ce 2 t he 11 1 '2 itiCv - Hartlepool to Dunkirk, was abandoned on (hop of Sand on the 3d instant; crew saved by the 4 r b 0 112 It Fuller, at Rochester. ~,r o f v iehf PALMoUTII, DEC. 3.—A very large 11 0f 11111 0;e,l es °3 1.1. 11Y. Ad, elms and birch, and one only of fir, on thirty pd ord,P;so least seventy eet long, were Pass- d ha re. l o t , j Scilly , by the William, Watkins, arrive , ,Lositio, t he oo r, 0 0. $O O. Rr,Dcart, DEC. 4.—The brig Margaorevitin t 1 t h for Leith, from Middlesboroug h, in t rove °u tile f eO t es ,l last night, parted her two lines, and d 01l b and went to pieces last tide. TT 9 1301.590 , ow 0 W hi 1),V 11$ 0 PLYMOUTH, DEC. 4.--The ....ere 9 the ootb the near Queen Anne's Battery on_ol o n I c t 4 0 got off. The Alpha, Harper, which vr d olage, OP',,,Pe __ The ,ose r ,_,,,, but . ..hofh the 20th ult., has been floated off, vessel'lcu bottfitrotuo tat ST. IVES, DEC. 3.—A coppered ve ssel arr ive rtott e ka rd a V passed 30 miles from this port, by a la , tta, fr l9lla r bes v- lab YARMOUTH, DEC. 4. Hull, got on the Hasbro' Sandy est a e _ 0 :•; 1 '; us t die'o7 1;000 off, and assisted in here very leay, and stesu ler ' It., b liS LIMERICK, DEC. 3.-- 20 13 fro o which was driven on shore at Easter Ili e ' I# l Ltd for r, got off, and arrived here to-daT• ____ k _ o f a _ " r ev WELLS, DEC. 4.—The Maria,evs n r ' d o f this P .kotol4l Newcastle, got on shore to the If wt . * here. f Se." 0 The S has been assisted offend broulitag. „ . ., 1 , 0 0, o but cs HARWICH, Dr.c. 4.--The Sasrterhd3l;"`' lornirlP aosbeff got ashore on Haisbro' Sand ye JegeP hli' Si dtlej' and an ived here very leakY• , v. E ....- Frame, r- • p a ad• euantenr ay, BELFAST, DEC. 3.--Wind N.N.E.— Sid. bee' LEITH, DEC. 1.--Wind. N.. , • ~. Qo,llsot l TaY ,(3 " 011 ,1 New South Wales. d• C olllslbi ri.r Arr ci. HULL.—Wind N.W.---Arr .: i .,. d k ' S IT .... ABERDEEN, DEC. 2. Tyli-, Elliot, Quebec.