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IOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATR E, t OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. On Monday, January r,th, will be performed ShaksPere's Comedy the MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, and the New Grand nristmas Pantomime of HARLEQUIN BILLY TAYLOR ; or The flying Dutchman and the King of Raritongo. r, and the Pantom i me . T ue sday, 6th, The Iron Chest , Betsy Bake WednosdaY, 7th, Hamlet, and the Pantomime. Thursday, 6th, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and the Pantomime. Friday, 9th, The Theatre will be closed in con sequence of the Royal Performance at Windsor Castle. Saturday, 10th, Twelfth Night will the be repeated asp layed at Wind sor Castle, by Royal Command, and Pantomime. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE -STREET, WEST STRAND. The Nobility, Gentry, and Public are respe info ctfullyinformed that this new and elegan t Theatre will positively be opened on Mormxv, January 11th. with a TROUPE of MARIONETTES selected from the principal Theatres of Italy. The performances will consist of Original DTaraftS, Burlesques, and Ballets. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr Royal . MitchLibrar ell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond - st reet ; Mr. m's y, St. James's -street ; Mr. C. 011ivier, New Bond-street; and at all the prineipal libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This National Establishment, having undergone the most costly repairs and decorations throughout, a series of superb embellish ments having been introduced, a new gas apparatus laid down, and a new centre chandelier suspended, is OPEN for the SEASON. THIS EVENING, MACBETH, with the whole of Locke's music. Macbeth, Mr. An derson ; Maoduff, Mr. Belton ; Hecate, Miss P. Horton ; Lady Mac beth, Miss Glynn. To be followed by a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN 110 GARTH ; Or, The Two London 'Prentiees. The whole produced under the superintendence of Mr. W. West. INTRODUCTION. Sam I. TRIE HAUNTS OF IDLENESS AND IGNORANCE. How Idleness and Ignorance lay their heads together, and deter mine to cheek the fhrther advance of Industry and Knowledge by the establishment of a manufactory of " fetters for the human intel lect," " clogs on the understanding," " stumbling-blocks in the wa y of useful knowledge," &c. ; also the School of Idleness, ho lyday all the year round," " all play, no work." How Indu str y and Know " ledge suddenly make their appearance in the enemy's camp, and produce Sena 11. AN EXTENSIVE CHANGE ON THE PREMISES. How the subject of the pantomime is resolved upon, arid being re - Ho solved upon, the " work goes bravely en" with the immortal Fla Earth's " Two London 'Prentices." Scares CITY SIDE OF BLEXKFRIARS-BRIDGE, 1751. How the " two 'prentices" made t h e ir way to the city of London, and at last arrived at their master's house, the for the Golden Temasquerade a Kettle, on Ludgate-hill. Departure or the Fi g sby family at rganelugh-gardens, and first introduction of the "two 'pren flees" under the hospitable lid of the Golden Tea Kettle. SceNz IV. DOUBLE-BEDDED - ROO M. How the • to 'prentices" retire for the night, one to his virtuous bolster and e other to his vicious courses. Visions of the fliture, showing the difference bet , veen a pleasant dream a n d a ni g htmare. Sczta V. THIEVES' KITCHEN. HoW the " id 'prentice" fs into bad com p any, becomes a high. R le man and a gentleman, all and takes the " oaths and his seat' accordingly SCENE VI. THE SHOP. Hot, the " indtistriom 'prentice" oversleeps himself, but makes uP for lost time by the nearest approach to " perpetual mot ion e ared r witnessed. How the " idle 'prentice" makes his appnce, not only bolts with his master's till, but with his master's daughter into the bargain. SCENE VII. CELLARS AND VAULTS. How the . 1 industrious 'prentice," at considerable personal incen yenienee, saves his master's cheese, then his master's daughter, and finally his own bacon. The result of all this not only proves which is the " loetter man," but also introduces the audience to Sczaz VIII. THE FAIRY BEEHIVE, With the Queen Bee and her Court. How the " industrious 'prentice" receives the battle money, alias thee,and of the fair Jemima. Re-appearance characters. and Know ledg and introduction of old friends in new SCENE IX. BEI,LOWSMAKERS, FIREWOLTERMAKERSRKMAKERS, AND FI . Rockets warranted to go sky high—Balloons ditto—the Water Questiorand n debated by the proper Authorities ; a regular Set of Pumps ; (, Pyrotechnic, Hydraulic, and Aerial display. Scams X. 110CVS FOCUS," AST SUN "MOON, GER, "MN," OPTICIAN, AND SUN TAVERN. Clown turned Conjuror—Consultation with the Stars nightly— Set-to between the Sun and the Moon ; the former gets his " day lights" darkened, and the natural result is a total eclipse of the sun, 1831. SCENE XL M-E5. BUDD'S SEMINARY FOR YOUNG GENTLEXEN. DOCTOR FROST'S ACADE SLY FOR YOUNG LADIES, &c. Mr. Bndd, washerman and nurse ; Mrs. Bloomer, tailor, &c. The world turned upside down—Flowers " all a blooming, all a blowing "—A change comes over the state of affairs—Babies taken in and done for—A lesson for ladles. ,SCENE XII. STREET AT THE WEST END BY MOONLIGHT. Coffee always hot—Admission to the stalls gratis—Clown in his enos--" Set a thief to catch a thief "—Vegetarians at Christmas— Retarn from the ball—New m idnight polka, and a Boxing-night revel is the streets of Loudon. SCENE XIII. IDXTERIOR OF THE BULL AND MOUTH INN. Old English customs—The wat-box on the look-out—The pepper box not to be sneezed at— ch " Welcome, little stranger " A. Christmas box that comes only once a-year, secured in a strong Lea. Sorsz XIV. THE GREAT FIZ-NVIIISTLE RAILWAY. Aecidenb and offences —Cheap travelling—Life Insurance Com pany -Paying dear for a whistle—" Fallacies of the faculty" —The thrashiug machine of great service —Departure of the last trait' on the Fix-whistle Extension Railway. SCENE XV. HABERDASHER'S SHOP AND COFFEEHOUSE. A lesson to shopkeepers—" Cut your coat according to your eloth"—How to turn out of bed—Reaping machine—The danger of playing with loaded firearms (American ones especially) fully illus trated hi a revolution in England—Here we go round, round, round, till we arslve at SCENE XVI. AND LAST. TRIUMPH OF INDUSTRY, One of the most elaborate and extensive scenes ever introduced on the English stay, and which none but the resources of this theatre could possibly have prepared. Box-othce open daily from 10 to 4. PRICES OF ADMISSION. The former scale of prices has been revised, and a rate of admission adopted suitable to the convenience of all classes of soci 6s ety:— Dr•ss Circle •. •• • Upper Boxes Pit .. • • Amphitheatre Gallery .. 2s. 6d. HALF PRICE. Dress Circle Upper Boxes Pit.. • • Amphitheatre _ Gallery • • • • • • •• Os. 6d. Private Boxes, Z 3 35., .£2 25., and Zi I Is. 6d. Orchestra Stalls, B s. Stage Manager, Mr. _I. M. MORTON. Director of Spectacle, Mr. W. WEST. The whole under the management of Mr. BUNN, LESSEE. is. 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. E. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BromPton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPER A . Captain Macheath Mr. W. Harrison ; Mat-o'-the-Mint , Mr. W eiss ; Filch, Mr. Mrs. BucFitz k- stone ; Polly Peacham, Miss L ouisa Pyne ; Lucy Lockit, will am. After which a new Fairy Burlesque, called THE PRINCESS by DIAN E AND THE STORY OF MAYFLOWER. Characters Messrs. Buckstone, H. Bedford, J. Bland, Caulfield, C lark, Plinsmeri, Mrs. Fitssilliain, Airs. Buckingham, and Miss C o llins . _To conelude with the Farce, called THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. B°nnarcastle, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. BormYcastle, Mrs. Buck intham. THEATRE ROYAL, 13 "". bir• B. Webster. thre.:zon or • recovered from his in. The popular Comedian, Mr. Wright, having ADELPHI. disposition, will appear This Evening. Anormous success ci theYankeeComedian. 31 r• Josh Silsbee. Tllly EVENLN (4, o ed THE FOREST Will be performed th e comic Drama, en titled P loughboy, ROSE! and the YANKEE PLOUGHBOY. Jonathan visa COl- Mr. J. Silsbee • Bellamy, Mr. Worred ; Harriet Miller, xi i n . : Sally Forest. Miss E. Chaplin. Night. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Mr. Bobtail, Al . • , • - To conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, 7LE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfra m , Baron of Burlibtirg Our" named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford ; g Scragg enheim, Mr. Butler ; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Hoodßidin) , MI" Kathleen Fitzwi ll iam. called LIT- ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Managementot Mr. C. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WDTDSOR. P incipal characters by Messrs. Bartley, Keeley A. Whom. Mean flows, Addison, Harley, J. Inning, C. Kean ; Mesdames wi n ., Keeley. and C. Kean. y, With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQtIN BILLY TA.YLOR ; or, The Flying Dutchman and the King of Ita ritongo. Harlequin. Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Flesmore ; loon, Mr. Paulo; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leciercq. r_vnto Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of m r . lissmingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oleford-itreat, from Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Manage ent of Madame Vestria. m TFIIS EVENING, will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. How, and Miss M. Oliver. To ,oncladr with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Testris, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Resins Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Horticastie, Butler, Wri gh t Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Loasoe and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, win be performed LUCILLE; or, The Story of a Heart. St. Cyr , Mr. H. Farren ; Vernet, Mr. Diddear ; Igak, Mr. Shalders ; Von Metz, Mr. Cooke ; Lucille , Miss. L. Howard ; Julie, Miss Fielding. To conclude with RED RUFUS ; or, Harlequin Fact, Fiction, and Fancy'. Red Rufus, Mr. Shedders ; Clown, Mr. Edwards; Harlequin, Mr. rareSt ; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Columbine, Miss Lees. .M.M1•10. 1.M..............-..- on'S PLAYHOUSE AND STR A N D TH EATRE. ft ril s' — ' R COPELAN Lessee. Mr. W. R. D, Liverpool. The Warmest Theatre in London. THIS V. VENING. e rmed TFIE TWELVE L ABOITRS:OF HERCULES. Will be Per. o _,.„. - Q rsTER FROM INDIA. After which, " ai -- n - ew Chinese burlesque, called THE MANDI - be followed by a -- or, will ow Pattern Plate. Characters by AIN'S DAUGHTE a , Messrs. J. Reeve, Roger% Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Madam.. shall, Sanders, ten, and . as e . Mar Bell, Egg . 11 kll To conclude with a Farce, entitl e d THE FIFTH OF NOVEM- B", by M . Tilbury, Rogers, H u dspeth, Misses Saunders and Maskell. rue _ prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 48 ; D°Xee (first cireae), 3s. • (second circle), 2s. Plt, is mances to Doors to be ope Lei at i t a f _past six, and the perfor commence at Seven precisely, A second price wi/1 b e tan to the Boxes only at Elm o'clock _ arat arras, 25.; second circle, is. Private Boxes On e G u i n ea and a Half each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. AsTL.EY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIF-A.TRE. Under thy, l'atrOaNlo oi tier Lliot..vty and Lis Ingnag Avd,r-t. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most succesatu! and pooniar Theatre in Lone.oll., THIS EVENING, . _ _ Will be produced, for the 10th time at this Theatre, a Magnificent Spectacle, entitled BLUE BEARD ; or, Female Curiosity, in wl:ieh will be introduced a pair of highly-trained Elephants, ma le and fe male, allowed to b e the m ost docile pair ever brought' into Europe. With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest ',gnomes/1 Company in Europe, represented by F oreign and Br i t i s h Male euid Female Artists of superior talent. A ne w Grand Pantomime, written expressly for this Amphi theatre by Nelson Lee, Esq., founded on the l u di crous exploits of yi r iggs 50 facetio usl y set forth b y the inimitable •" Punch, " entitled — mit and MRS. BRIGGS ; or , Punch's Festival—Mirth, Wit, and ;:.ne.‘Y Har l e quin, Mr. Harvey ; Columbine, Mrs. H arvey ; p'anta ......A•fr Ruckma n ; Clown, Arthur Nelson, who will in the co arse , t , ' eaeh everting play a number of favourite airs on the Bock liar. likomp to to had at the Box-office from Eleven till For daily, Ot a go Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. .~ ~ ~ \"~ f_ • CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENT FOR THE JUTENILV3. RUNGERFORD-HALL, STRAND. UNRIVALLED COMBLYATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ANIMAL MAGNETISM.—SOI REES LASSAIGNE every Eve ning (except Saturday) at Eigh t o'clock. Admission Is., 25., and 4s. Stalls and Reserved' Seats may be secured at Kr. San Royal Library, St. James's-street at Mr. Ebers's, BookseLler to her Majesty, 27, Old Bond-street; ant at the Manager's Office, Hanger card-hall. THEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES," Juvenile Amusements, by M. and Madame Langlois, of Paris, and the celebrated Indian Juggler, Dialma, with Dissolving Views, Chromatrope, at at Se Tall 'clock. Admission is., is. 6d., and 2s. 6d. DIORAMA.—Every Day, from Twelve lo Three. Prices of Ad mission ls. 6d., Is., and 6d. BAZAARS—Open daily from Ten A.m. to Ten P.M. Admission Free. MAGNETOID CURRENTS and the MAGNETOSCOPE. Dr. Leger's Philosophical and Experimental Lectures every Saturday n ing,at Eight. Admission ls. and 2s. TRIBUNALS of COMMERCE. —The meeting of the General Committee and the Subscribers is for the present POSTPONED, for important reasons, which will in due time be made public. 12, Mark-lane, Jan. 5, 1852. FRANCIS LTNE, Hon. Secretary. —, ----- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY —Morning 15 rain. after 12 I Evening 39 rain after 12 To-Moizow—Monaing 0 min. after 1 I Evening 24 min attar 1 THE WEATHER.—SITA OFFICE, JANUARY 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45 —highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and daring the night. 39 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, went down to 29 . 59, now 2981. Wn W.N.W.—fine cold breeze and sunshiny weather. Heavy rain in the morning. MONDAY, JANUARY 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 26—lowest this morning and during the night. 36-this day, at noon. 3027; a rise of three-quarters of an inch since yesterday. Wom S.W.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATFIRB. TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday moruing.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. _ Prmfouni—Wind N.E., calm—foggy. POOLE—Wind S. W.—fine. SOU THAXPTON— Wind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Eiwurnox—Wind S.W., light airs—cloudless, frost. lacriawrox—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CO LOREBTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Cemtmem--Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH —W ind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BIRMINGHAM —Wind S.W., calm—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. LivEnrooL—Wind S.E., gentle breeze— cloudless; Wurrny—Wind S., gentle breeze—principally clear. DAIUM‘GTON—Wind S. ge ntle breeze—sharp frost. Si:LAP—Wind S.E., calm—partially cloudy; snow on the mountaiks. BRArrocic—Wind S., strong breeze—heavy rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : - - Lmartioc—Wind S., calm—thick fog. CARLOW—Wind S.W., hard wind—cloudy. MIILLOIGAR— Wind S., calm—foggy. Laricesran—Wind S.E., calm—overcast. Wl:may—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. DARLENGTON—Wind S. by W., gentle breeze—cloudy. 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Nal Nt, A 7' ;i4tl A -t; r • Tio' , A.' , Ort;r'2 " CIL I lamina ,; , '•4w7 LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1852 M. BAROCHE was right when, in addressing Louis NAPOLEON on New Year's Eve in the Palace of the Elysee, on the occasion of his announcing to the PRINCE his election by a majority of 7,439,216, he exclaimed, " Never, in any country, has the national will been so solemnly manifested !" In that magni ficent vote in the affirmative, the French people have plainly declared their approbation of the coup d'etat of the 2d of December. Their suffrages were given under the sheltering secresy of the ballot—conse quently they were the genuine expression of the wishes of each individual, uninfluenced by bribery or intimidation, by gold or the bayonet. Every male adult in that immense country, moreover, was, unless incapacitated by crime or idiotcy, em powered to raise his voice in pronouncing the formal decision of the national judgment—con sequently the result is the expression of the will of the entire population, and not of a mere section of it, of the whole and not of a part. Elected originally by six millions, ,the PRESIDENT is confirmed in his august position by votes ranging from severe to eight millions. The significance of this sentence, besides, is something more than a declaration of confidence in the patriotism of his views in regard to the Future. It is the announcement of the popular approval of his policy in referen ce to the Past. By bestowing upon . "" i5 NAPOLEON this overwhelming maj orit y the people ofFrance have avowed t heir satisfaction in the three Past yea rs of his administration, while they h ave elected him for ten y ears lon g er as the head of their Republican Government. T he im p ort, therefore, of the decision recently announced by the President of th e Consultative C o mmission, and by the nvades cannon of the H otel des I 1. is twofold in its character—it comes to Lo uis NAPOLEON at once as an expressionlof gratitude and of encouragemen t. The distinguished statesma n , ' wh ose words have alread y been quoted, was right, cause 16tuvltly e i - i tes having) been w hen he added, in allusion to these 7,439,2 given under the system of th e b l suffrage, "Never did any t an d universal Government obtain a similar assent ; never had it a • basis more ex tensive, an origin more legitimate and more worthy of the respect of nations." Disappointed in their hopes of the discomfiture of the Pausna traducers in this country have, we obs erve, his endea voured to depreciate the value of his present success by a miserable sarcasm directed against the entir e French community. They remark, with sarcastic effrontery, that as the nation has accepted Louis NeroLEoN's, so it has accepted every preceding ' Government. Not so, however, says history. Ap ) peal to its records and hear their answer. You will find that in no instance since the first and greatest Revolution has any form of administration received so marked or so unanimous an adhesion as that which • has recently greeted the Administration of Louis NAPOLEON. You will find, indeed, that the vast majority obtained no direct recognition at all by a reference to the opinions of the departments. Among the earlier revolutionists of the last century, the Jacobins were the favourites of what was at first an obscure and fanatic club ; they were never the re presentatives of the community. In like manner, the Feuillants, and other petty distinctions, among the then diversified throng of politicians. The Gi rondins, though, when it was too late, the lamented favourites of the more susceptible and generous part of the population, Ns ere during their lifetime only I the exponents of the ideas entertained by a small but 1 important division of the Assembly. The Triumvirate—to the credit of humanity be it said never applied to the nation for its sanction of their system of atrocities— and the Reign of Terror was the misfortune of France while it was the: infamy of those three men, COUTHON, ST. JUST, and ROBESPIERRE. So also, as the result of a poli tical intrigue, is the formal approval of the community found wanting in the instance of the Directory. The Consulate, born out of the daring movement of the 18th Brumaire, received, it is true, subsequently, the sanction, or rather we should say, the applause.of the very numerous votes accorded to its illustrious chief tain by the electors among the French multitude. But it should be remembered that the number of those electors at the beginning of the present century was altogether insignificant when contrasted with the number obtained now•a-days under the system of universal suffrage. The same arguments apply in like manner to the number of rotes polled throughout the electoral districts of France when NAPOLEON BONAPARTE was elected Emperor by the will of its population. With reference to the Kings of the Restoration, it is needless to observe that in their in stance the wishes of the people were in no manner consulted. Louis XVIII. was Monarch by the bayonets of the allied Sovereigns, and CHARLES X., his successor, by the divine right believed in by the Legitimatists. As to the monarchy under Louis PHILIPPE, the whole of Europe has known for upwards of twenty years, that it was based, in the first instance, upon a trick on the Stock Exchange, and subsequently upon a well-organized scheme of legalized corruption. Let us have no repetition, therefore, of such folly as that which compares the election of LOUIS NAPOLEON to any one of the preceding French Governments. Until the calumniators of the PRESIDENT can contrive to dissipate the fact of his being elected by from seven to eight millions of citizens, of their free will, as expressed through the urn of the ballot, it will require a miracle to show that he is not the choice of the great European Republic. Accounts of the gorgeous ceremonial which inau gurated, at Notre Dame, on the Ist of January, the new era of the Democratic Government, coincide in assuring us of the enthusiastic joy diffused by the triumphant majority in favour of the PRINCE PRESI DENT. At all times disposed to welcome a pageant with delight, the rarisians seem to have regarded with more than ordinary pleasure the pomps of this great festivity, religious in the cathedral and courtly in the palace. They appear to have regarded it with the gratification of men who beheld in the success of the PRESIDENT not only the revival of many popularly beloved and glorious souvenirs, but the vindication of the national will, and the utter confu sion of the anarchists. With a view, doubtless, to keep these souvenirs before the eyes of the multitude, Louts NAPOLEON, " wise" enough " in his genera tion," has, it will have been observed, restored the eagle as the imperial emblem to the standards of the army, and to the crosses of the Legion of Honour, announcing almost immediately afterwards his removal from the Elysee to the Palace of the Tuileries. Such have been the:events which have marked the entrance of the French people into that new year of 1852 which was awaited until very recently by the majority with such unutterable trepidation. Whatever may be the ulterior result of these proceedings, the friends of Liberty cannot but wish for our neighbours their continued preservation from the perilous seductions of Socialism. On the first day of the present year we directed the public attention to the large amount of specie now lying idle and unproductive in the vaults of the Bank of England, and the immense quantity of notes unemployed in the banking department of that levia than establishment. We also alluded to the fact that, notwithstanding the extraordinary and unprecedented advantages offered to purchasers under the Encum bered Estates Court in Ireland—the safe and unques tionable title, and the concise and simple deed of transfer, and, also, notwithstanding the certainty that eligible investments must speedily be in demand, in order to provide remunerative employment for capital—real estate in Ireland was still a drug in the market, selling at little more than one-half its actual value, or at an average of twelve, or at most thirteen years' purchase on well-circum stanced properties. There is, then, every inducement for persons having money at their disposal, and anxious to turn it to the best advantage, to investigate closely the circum stances and natural capabilities of the various pro perties about to be offered for public competition under the auspices of the " auctioneers" par excellence of modern days, the mighty three who have already disposed of property to the amount of several millions of pounds sterling within a single year, to whom the sale of ten or twelve estates, to the value of fifty or one hundred thousand pounds sterling in a morning, and the substitution of new men for the quondam proprietors in whose families the "dirty acres" had remained for centuries, is a mere nothing—a trifle unworthy of notice or comment. Many persons, however, although fully appreciating the numerous and varied advantages thus tendered for their acceptance, are unable or unwilling to avail themselves thereof. Some feel that they are not pre pared to sever old associations and to seek a new home in their declining years—that Irish property will be chiefly beneficial to those who can, to all intents and purposes, become residents and give the " master's eye" and the "master's superintendence" to the cultivation and improvement of the soil! Others are,_ still labouring in their respective vocations ; although they may have already accumulated " something handsome," more must be realized, to achieve the easy indepen dence, with which they can seek the otium cum digni tate of retirement from the ,cares and turmoils of business, to live upon THEIR OWN ESTATES, which they can manage according to their own fancies, and for which they have no rents ,to pay. A variety of other causes may deter parties from:endeavouring to become the purchasers of properties now for sale in their individual capacities. This is, however, a wonderful age—what cannot be accomplished by individual exertion, will be achieved by joint-stock enterprise. Few among us would contemplate undertaking a journey to California or Australia, with all its incidental dangers, annoyances, and privations, and yet there are myriads who could not be tempted ,from their own firesides and snug chimney corners, where they can enjoy their Christ mas festivities with all the creature comforts about them at reasonable and moderate prices, who will still enter into mining speculations in the modern El Doradoes, and endeavour to obtain portions of the au riferous soil or the gold-sprinkled quartz through the exertions of more energetic adventurers, who contri bute a portion of their gains; in return for the benefits conferred upon them by the companies and the ad vantages of combination and co-operation, and all the materials for disposing thereof in the best market and under the most favourable auspices. In like manner, we may find many who, although they will not repair to Ireland to become resident proprietors, or embark sufficient capital to purchase estates for themselves, may yet desire to have an in terest in the soil of the sister kingdom, and to partici pate in the advantag es to be derived from p urchases made at the present low quotations. Such persons will have an opportunity of indulg ingvariety their fan cies. It is strange that among all the of objects pri se has been app lied, so little has hitherto been d on e in the way of " land investments" in the United Kingdom. W e have had " Waste Land , to which joint-stock enter- Im provement Societies," but nothing in the way of the purchase of lands already under cultivation. The West of Ireland Land Investment Society have, however, entered as pioneers on the promising field of speculation, and joined with it other objects which must ensure the welfare and prosperity of the tenants on the purchased estates, and the labourers in their vicinities. As we have recently noticed, at considerable length, on two separate occasions, the able pamphlet of Mr. Wu, h th h the has cle Llam DIGBY SE YMOUR ,* the pr i nc i pa l promoter of the company, it is scar ce l y necessary aga in to allude c at any length to th e po i nts adver t e d to by the Learned Gentleman, and h i unequivocal testimony w in favour of the production and manufacture of beet root and flax, and also the cu lti vat i on o f c hi co ry in ar, brought distinct, forwardand A' 6 , How to Employ Capit a l i n W estern Irelan d, &e." By William pigby Seymour. Third Edition. London: Effi D gbam Wilson, and Ridgway. 1851. Western Ireland. We would, however, invite attention to an article which we have extracted from an esteemed and talented contemporary, the Bankers' Magazine, and which will be found in another part of this day's impression. On all connected with the investment of capital our contemporary is a high authority, and therefore its testi mony in favour of the new company is peculiarly valu able. There is only one point on which we do not quite agree with our contemporary. It suggests that the company should in the first instance restrict itself to the " obtaining land," leaving out for the present " the manufacture of produce." Now it appears to us that the combination of these manufactures will eminently promote the success of the undertaking. A ready and convenient market will thereby be afforded to the occupiers, and the company, as landlords, must participate in the prosperity of their tenants. If, therefore, no profit could be derived from these manufactures, they would prove exceedingly beneficial ; but, as Mr. SEYMOUR has shown they must be very remunerative in them selves, they appear to us to constitute the most im portant features in the undertaking. From those who may entertain any doubts or difficulties on the sub ject, we only ask a calm and attentive consideration of the arguments put forward by Mr. SEYMOUR, which will well repay perusal, and after which, we are satisfied, they will no longer continue sceptical. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. On Saturday the adj u di ca ti on o f th e Ly ons t o A v i g non Railway took pl ace at th e h o t e l o f th e Minister of Public Works, in the Rue St. Dominique St. Germain. Two tenders only were presented — Seguin, brothers, and from that of h rs. Th e f ormer o ff ere d to reduce f t r h oe the subventioncompanyx oafs t 6 of e o ,000,000 f., which the State was to grant, by a sum of 10,051,0001., and the latter by 11,000,000 f. In consequence the Lyons to Avignon line was declared to be duly adjudicated to the com pany of the Forge-Masters, otherwise the former company, Talabot. The lifoniteur of yesterday pub lishes the decree of adjudication. Neither the Russian nor the Austrian Ambassa dor was present at Notre Dame on New Year's-day. The Russian Ambassador, M. DE KISSELIEPF, has officially explained that his absence was occasioned solely by an accident ; h e h a d sprained his foot and was unable to m ove . Th e A us trian Ambassador ha s as yet offered no e x pl ana ti on . The Constituti onne l says The Russian Minis ter at Paris has handed to M. DE TURGOT, Minister of Foreign Affairs, an autograph letter of the CZAR addressed to Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON, in which the Emperor of RUSSIA congratulates the PRESIDENT of the Republic on having served the cause of civiliza tion by the great act of the 2d December." M. SEGUR D'AGUESSEAU, member of the Consulta'- tive Commission, has written a letter to the Journ a l des Dibats, de c l ar i ng th a t the account given by that journal of hisproposition that "M. Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE should be requested to fix his residence at the Palace of the Tuileries, as the only pl;ce worthy of him," tended to misrepresent the motives which had led to that proposition. His object was not, he says, " to give a vain satisfaction to a question of personal propriety, such an idea being as unworthy of the PRESIDENT of the Republic as of him (the writer), but to cause just attention to be paid to what the national dignity dem an d e d." M. SEGUR D'A GUESSE AU then gives the text of the remarks which he made when presenting his proposi tion, and in the cou rse of which he says, that "the fact of upwards of seven millions of the people having declared in favour of Prince Louis NAPOLEON proved that the nation wished for a stable Government, and above all things, as an essential and primary condi tion, for an executive power, strong, grand, and re spected. The humiliating position intentionally im posed on the h ea d o f the State during the last three years had been a permanent offence against the dig nity of the nation, and such a scandal ought to cease. The commission ought to declare openly that the PRE SIDENT of the Republic ought no longer to r ema i n thrust apart in a corne r of the capital, but that the ancient palace of the hereditary kings of F rance was the only resid ence w orthy to receive the representa tive of the French people." Such M. SEGUR D'AGUESSEAU declares were the motives which alone actuated him in making his proposition. A decree appears in the Moseteur of yesterday, ordering that henceforth all moneys coined at the Mint shall bear the effigy of Loo's NAPOLEON. Accounts have been received of the celebrations of the religious ceremonies on the Ist inst., at Lille, Rouen, Arras, Amiens, and other great towns. At Rouen, Arras, N avers, and Meaux, the Archbishops officiated in person. The attendance was everywhere numerous, and everything passed off with the greatest order. _ _ _ _ The PRESIDENT of the Republic will dine to-mor- ' row at the Hotel de Ville. Covers will be laid for two hundred. There will be an extraordinary representation at the Grand Opera on Tuesday next, to which the PRESIDENT of the Republic has invited the delegates from the departments. M. Ali.urAs, the Prefect of Police, has made one official return of the killed and wounded among the civilians in Paris on the 4th December. The total number killed was 215 ; of these 137 fell at the bar ricades, and 88 have since died; 115 persons were wounded. Of those killed the report states that ten only were persons not concerned in the insurrection. It has been arranged that M. DROUTN DE L'Huys shall return to England as Ambassador. M. DUPIN had an interview with the PRESIDENT of the Republic on Saturday. The creation of two new battalions of Chasseurs of Vincennes is announced. Gen era l F ORET i s charge d with their organization. The colossal statue of Liberty, which was placed in the front of the Chamber of Deputies in the year 1848, has been taken down by order of the authorities. The Moniteur announces that the electric telegraph has been placed in communication with the town of Dieppe. The Illoniteur contains the following article, signed " Communique" : " A journal pretends that the recent importation of gold into France has caused a corresponding export of silver. It is sufficient to oppose to that allegation the returns of the amount of gold and silver imported and exported, as certified by the Customs, from the lit Jan., 1851, to the 20th Dec. last:— Value of gold imported ... Value of silver imported... Francs. 118,130,4 00 ... 171,711,900 Total ... - 289,842,300 Value of gold exported ... Value of silver exported ... ••• 16,530,900 - 87,768,700 Total 104,209, 600 it it appears from those returns that in place of di miaishing, the silver coin has increased during the above period by 83,943,200€." The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Patrie by M. FRASER, priest of Paris, Commander of th e P on tifical Order of St. Gregory the Great, a n d Ch eva lier of the Legion of Honour : the senior parish " Monsieur le li 6 lacteur,—The regards me the exact account of w h at passe d at the re ception on Wednesday last a t th e Elyacia:—Monsignor the Archbishop had the ki n d ness to presen t me to the President. The Prince a dd resse d some c ourteous words Par J. i J n a g n is as fa . 3, 18 52 . to me, and gave me so me h onoura bl e marksofinte r a rest s . I hastened to approach him, and with the accent of the most sincere joy I said to him,—' Prince, whilst I con template you I am warmly penetrated with the sublime and profound reply of the w l'ceuvre de Dieu reui ss i ra quan d menu." M. BASE, the e x - questor o f t h e National Assembly, has addressed the following letter to Al. NETTEMENT, editor of the Opinion Publique ; " Chateau de Ham, Jan. 1. " My dear Friend,—You have published in your jour nal an article, borrowed from the journal the Pays, on the prisoners of Ham. The details and appreciations which this article contains, as concerns me, are com pletely inexact. I even flatter myself that for you and for those who know me, the denial which I give to them is quite superfluous. Will you, nevertheless, be kind Eviiv M eer u z c opn h e,rs b 4 u co s ef i .: n ;t e st s . s aswoitisa:sn e t number of b m f y y d bu ea r r ie fr u i rl e i n ici l i ,..lo ß i e n e s e e iv rt e, th s, i e s . ,!etter in the next Bourse, and the Securities continued to arise. The 104 f. 25c., and closed dranastacted on Saturday at the at 104 f. 60c. ; the . Three per Cents. closed at 71f. 40c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,100 f.,• Rouen, 690 f.; Strasburg, 492 f. 50 Havre, 265 f.; Great Northern, 600 f.; Avignon, 285 f.; e.; Tours 295 f. e a N I x a n ' t 4 e 4 s s , f . 3 ; 3 P 0 f a . r ; i Bou logne,sandßUSlNESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 3. Boulogne and Amiens, 11% Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 20% —Great 3%—Namur and Liege, 6% —Northern of France, 205±. ; B andor d 13 1 .—Orleans and Bordeaux, 81,,—Paris and Rouen, 26 1 4 Paris and Strasbourg, 173A—Rouen and Havre, 10% — Sambre and Meuse, 41 /s—Tours and ranted, 9 1 ,4. —Great Indian Peninsula, 4s/—Luxem bourg, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 29th and 30th ult. have arrived. It was said that Lord HOW DEN would resign his post as British Ambassador in consequence of the withdrawal of Lord PALMERSTON from the Cabinet. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 30.—The Three per Cents. were done at Madrid, on the 30th ult., at 38i paper ; the Five per Cents., 17i ; Coupons, 8i ; Debt with out Interest, 5 7-16. GERMANY. Accounts from Vienna of the 30th ult. state that the trial of Count PoTocKI is to take place in a few days. The treaty between Austria and the Holy See, on the subject of the reimbursement of the expenses of the occupation of several legations by the Austrian troops, has been definitively concluded. By it Aus tria is to receive an annual indemnity of 500,000f1. The Protestant bishopric which was founded ten years since at Jerusalem, under the protection of Eng land and of Prussia, having become vacant, will now be filled by a prelate chosen by the King of PRUSSIA M. VALEGTINER, a Schleswig ecclesiastic, who had been obliged to quit his country in consequence of political events, has been selected for the post. He has just left Berlin for Trieste, whence he will em bark for his destination. The Cologne Gazette states that numerous domi ciliary visits have been lately made at the residences of workmen at Munich and at Nuremberg. The Cologne Gazette contains a telegraphic dis p etch from Vienna, dated the Ist inst. It states that several Imperial decrees have been published. The Constitution of the 4th of March, 1849, is abolished, and the privileges then announced are abrogated. The foundations of the future organiza tion of the State are defined. The Constitution is to be altered in a conservative sense, and with due con sideration for all preponderating interests. A civil and penal code will be gradually introduced into the Crown lands. The district functionaries and Govern ments will appoint committees of conservation, selected from members of the 'wide,. proprietary and the commercial classes. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, JAN. 2.—The following are some of the most important privileges accorded by the Ne therlands to the states of the ZAlverein, by virtue of the treaty just concluded between the Netherlands and Prussia, in the name of the Zollverein The differential duties which still exist to the pre judice of the products of the Zollverein for importa tion into the Netherlands colonies shall be suppressed. The duties on many of the products of the Zollve rein—for instance, on mineral waters, on Nuremberg toys, silk stuffs, &c.--is greatly lessened on their im portation into the Netherlands colonies; the vessels of the Zollverein are to be placed, in the colonies, on an equal footing with the national flag, both as to ton nage and import and export duties. Finally, the transit duty through Holland is to be reduced consi derably. In consequence of the delay which has intervened in the carrying out of the treaty of trade, commerce, and navigation between the Netherlands and Bel gium, and which was to have come into force on the Ist of January, it has been decided by the respective powers that the status quo shall continue till the treaty has obtained the sanction of the First Chamber of the Netherlands—the Senate of Belgium. SWITZERLAND. The Suisse of Berne says:—" The explanations which have taken place on the subject of French re fugees especially concern, it appears, some of those refugees who were the authors of an insurrectional proclamation, dated Lausanne. It appears also that the fact has been proved, for the Federal Council has ordered the expulsion of the refugees from Switzer land." TURKEY. Accounts have been received from Constantinople to the 17th ult. A project has been brought forward for the construction of a railroad from Constantinople to Adrianople, but it is doubtful whether the Govern ment will grant the projectors the necessary con cession. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. By the arrival of the Royal Mail steam -ship Nia gara, Stone commander, at ten o'clock this evening from Boston, we have received advices from New York to the 23d ultimo, and Boston to the 24th. She has 277,250 dollars in specie on freight. The United States steam• ship Hermann, which sailed from Southampton on the 4th ult., arrived at New York on the 234 ult. The Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, Lot com mander, with the mails of the 6th ult. from Liver pool, arrived at New York on the 23d ult., after putting into Halifax for a supply of coals. The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Com stock commander, with the mails of the 10th ult., from Liverpool, arrived at New York at four P.R. on the 23d. ult. The Niagara passed the Royal Mail steam-ship Canada at 6 P.M. on the 26th ult., four hours' sail from Halifax, and at 3.30 A.M. on the 29th ult., inlet. 49 and long. 42, passed the steam-ship Franklin. The United States steam-ship Georgia, from Chagres, arrived at New York on the 25th ult., with 2,946,000 dollars in golddust on freight in the hands of passengers. Kossuth left New York for Philadelphia on the 22d ult. ; 25,000 dollars had been subscribed for him in New York, besides a large amount deposited in banks to his credit. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 19th of November state that a squadron of five English ves sels of war had appeared off Vera Cruz, but the object of their visit was not known. Late advices from Chagres state that a terrific storm swept over the Isthmus of Panama on the sth ult., which destroyed upwards of half the town of Cruces. Money plentiful and markets easy at New York. On the 23d ult. the stock market had an upward tendency for most securities. Exchange firm. Bills on London 104 to 10i-; Paris 5.15. The cotton market was dull ; prices receded a half cent per lb. after the receipt of the Europa's news. All descriptions of breadatuffs were in better re quest, at enhanced prices. Freights to London—Flour, ls. 9d. per barrel ; cheese, 305.; and dead weight, 255. per ton; to Liverpool, cotton was 3-16chs of a penny per lb.; flour, ls. per barrel ; dead weight, 15s. per ton. NEW ORLEANS, DEc. 19. Sales of cotton to. day, 4,000 bales at 'lie. to for middling ; sales of the week, 42,000 bales. The receipts are 130,000 bales ahead of last year. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived at New York—Brilliant, from Newcastle; St. Patrick, from Liverpool; and Emanuel, from Ant werp. Arrived at New Orleans—Lord Elgin, from Cork; Upland, from Bremen; Zanonian, from Havre; Helen, from London; Actium, from Liverpool. Arrived at Philadelphia—Tonawanda, from Liverpool. Arrived at St. John's, N.B.—Perseverance, from Liverpool; Palindar, and Teal, from London; Diadem, from Newcastle. The ship British Queen, from Dublin for New York, was totally wrecked on the island Muskeyet, near Nan tucket; four passengers died of cold; the remainder saved. CONFLAGRATION AT WASHINGTON. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 11.30 A.M, We have received the following important tele graphic communication from Washington, via Halifax : "WASHINGTON, DEC. 24, 9 A. 31 " The Capitol is in flames. The fire was disco vered about daylight this morning. Already the valuable library of Congress is destroyed. Weather cold and frosty, water scarce, and impossible to use engines."— Time& LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAIL WAY. Traffic—Week ending Jan. 3, 1852 ... £8,094 7 7 Traffic —Week ending Jan. 4, 1851 ... 8;315 17 1 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 8,094 7 7 Total of the half-year, to teas date,.lBsl ... 8,375 17 1 Total number of sengers—Week ending Jan. 3, 1852 ... 48,760 ....£6,351 2 0 ... 1,743 5 7 Passengers ... Goods ••• Total... £8,094 7 7 Total miles open, 1852, 173 1 4 ; ditto, 1851, 171 1 4 London Terminus, Jan. 5, 1852. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress have taken up their residence in the Mansion-house, and on Plough Monday, will, accordingtoancient custom, entertain the household at dinner. Ma. ROEBUCK, M.P.—We regret to learn that our Member, Mr. Roebuck, is labouring under rather severe in disposition.—Sheffield Independent. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR FREDERICK P. ROBIN SON, G.C.B.—This distinguished General Officer died at Brighton (where he had long resided), on the Ist inst., at the advanced age of 88 years. His first commission in the army was as ensign in the 17th Foot, and was dated so far back as the 11th of September, 1778. DOVER, FRIDAY, JAN. 2.—The screw steam-vessel Megwra, appointed to convey the Rifle corps from Dover to the Cape, arrived here yesterday. The troop s were a ll safely on board at about twenty minutes before eight o'clock this morning. They were transported from the s h ore to t h e troopship by the Government mail-packets, and appeared in good spirits. It was intended that the vessel should sail im mediately, but a strong south-west by west wind having un happily set in, the Megxra weighed anchor and proceeded at half-past three this afternoon to the Downs, where she will await more favourable weathge. Saturday, Four A.m.— The weather has moderated, and it is expected the Megiera will weigh anchor this morning, and proceed upon her voy age. A portion of the 67th Regiment, intended to replace the Rifles, ordered to the Cape, arrived at Dover from the Isle of Wight on Friday, at half-put one o'clock. THE SHARE MARKETS. rcataTxsH RAILWAYS. Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices, Aberdeen • . .. • . Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncior. Belfast and County Down ['Arming., Wolverhamp., and Btoar Valley .. Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331. 6s. Sd.. Jo. Chest. & Birkenhd.,, 50/. &351. Consolidated Do., do., 'AUL Bristol and Exeter • • • C aledoni an • - • • • • Cheiter and Holyhead .. _ _ _ >nblin •nd BelfzLitJunct. .)üblin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Faaniskillon D indee, Perth, and Aber- teen Junction .. • Do., New .. •• • • East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. &D ) • • •• Do, (181. E. & II.) •• Eastern Counties .. •• Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares •• Do. do. do. • • Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • D.. New quarters ••1 East & West Ind to Docks and Birm, June. • 1 East & West York. June. Edinburgh anti Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgow and South-West. De. do. G. D. & C. stack nreat Northern •• Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, IT, 6 per ct. Great southern and Western, Ireland .. Great Western Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do_ thirds .. • . Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and 1 orkshire Do. quarter Si area .. Do. fifths .. • .. Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern • • .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Westarn l Do. do. quarters • • Do. fifths Do. 101. ah., M.& Ti (c; r.ondon and S.- Westerx Do. new 501. Do. new 401. .. .. Manchester, Seaton, and Matlock • • .. .. Manchester, Sheffield, Oc Lincolnshire .. .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland .. Do. 501. shares •• •• De. Birming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle •• De. quarter shares •• Sewmarket • • •• •• Newport, Abergavenny, and Llereford •• • • Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor .• .. • • Norfolk .. • • •• •• Coo. New 201. shares Northern Counties Union North British • • • • • • North Devon • • • • • • North Staffordshire •• 1 Nerth-Western • • •• North & Sth.-West.Jnne. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton•. .. Scottish Central .. .. Scottish Midland .. .. Do. new .. .. .. Shrews. &a 131 rm., Class A Do. Class 8.. .. Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. .. .. Do. Oswestry .. .. Do. New. .. „ .. Shropshire Union .. •• Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent • • South Devon • • .. .. South-Eastern .. • • South Wales.. .. • • South Yorksh. and River gheff., Roth., and Goole, • South Division •. Stirling and Dsnferrnline Stockton and Hartlepool Taff Vale .. . .. •• , Taw Vale Extension •• Thames Haven Deck and Railway .. • • • • Vale of Neath • • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wei., Wick. and Dublin •• • • West Cornwall •• •• Whitenaven and Farness York, Newc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension ••. -1 Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland LINES LEAS: FIXED 'T.dIS. Leasing Railways. Companies. Paid. No m inal Prices ' done ßusiness to-day. ----- Bcdf. & Bletch ley . Lon. & N.W. all, Rirming.: & Ox ford Juncion, guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 28 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. .• all 28 —l9 WolTer., & Dudley, gua rantee d •• Do .. all 8 —lO p Do., without a guarantee Do .. .. all 7 9 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 111 34 Clydesdale June Caledonian all 413 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 oer Cent. .. G. Northern all 32% —33 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 1 34 234 p Hartlepi Dock r Yrk, New., / and Railway t an a Ber. Hull wad Selby Yk. &N. M. all 104 106 106 Do. 34 Shares Do .. all 52 —53 Do. 34 Shares Do .. .. all 2434 253( Leeds and Bras. Midland .. all 10134 10234 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% 12% 113( Do., Pref. .. Do .. .. all 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk •• all 14 —l5 De.. 6 per cent Da Middlesbro' and Redear, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all N. & East, 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 55 —57 Do. New .. Do • • • . 43 5 7 p Preston and S L. &N. W. all 44 —46 Wyre • • •• t &s La.& Y. Do. 34 Shares A Do 11 834 —9% p Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 21% - 21% Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern all 8 —B% )0, Shep. Ex.. Do .. • • all 8 8 1 4 Shot., Roth. and Goole, 5 per et. Lanc. &York 18 11 6 —• South Statfords. Mr. M'Clean 934 2% dis. 7% Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all .. —• • Do. do. .. Do .. 25 28 29 Do. do. •• Do -- 25 .• • Wilts &Somers, Gt. Western 100 92% 933( 'REFE: We Railways. I Pahl' all 10 all all SH.&ILES. Nominal Priem. rnainoss doze to-day. 2 —1% Ws. 7% -7, 16 -16% 1 -34 d. 2% -2% % p - % P 10% - 9 % -10 i • •••. • • 1% ••••• 1 dii• 1334 1 3 % % I% I%Po .. - . p. .. • dia. 134 136 .. -.. p 144 .. 147 li - 2 N P. 11 - 12 12 - 12% %- % P 134 -- 136 • • .." •• - % 1 4% -16% 5 '• dia par 9% Paid. Nominal Prices. Basuto% derv to-day. Agua Fria 2 1 4 Anglo Californian P Ave Maria . • • % 1 Australian ............ 4 1% —2% Rarossa Range ...... 113 0 834 —8% Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 24 34 —•• Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba all .. —•• Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 19% —2l d: Cobre Coprer 40 33 343( Copiapo 14 634 73f i General ••• • . • • all 13% —l4 Mexican& S. American 9 334 434 Nouveau Monte 1 —1% Real Del Monte, tit:reg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. — • Saatiago do Cuba .... 10% —3% Tin Croft .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 76%-8 United Mexican— •••••• 28 2 8% 3 —2 West Mariposa .. • • .... I 1 1 % JOINT STOCEL Australasia •• • • all 38 39% British North America 50 4636 49 Colonial 25 IN 11 Commercial of London.. 20 25 -- 26 London Joint Stock .... 15 18% 17% Lenrlon and Westminster 20 2834 29% National Provincial Eng. 35 National of Ireland .... 2234 18% 1 734 Oriental Bank Corporat. all 27 28% Provincial of Ireland.... 25 43%, 45 Do. /New all 15% 16 34 Union of Australia .. • • all 35 36 34 Do. New .. 234 3 3 34 Union of London •••••• 10 14% 15 34 Union of Madrid all •• 211ISCELL.ELNEOUS. Canada ••..•• • • • • 3234 48 49 34 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 2736 28 Penh'. & Oriental Steam. all 71 —72 x.d x.d Ditto ditto 10 17% 18% Royal Mail Steam •• .. 60 793 8034 80% (We cannot be answers will not be influenced by all 71 — —72 x.d 10 17% 18% 60 79% 80 .astern Steam, 27%. able for the errors of the 0 interested correspondents: tcial Lists, and MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed heavily, with prices of all kinds in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 100 Per naru and Maranham at sid. to 6d., 60 Bahia at sid., 100 Egyptian at 50. to 614 d., and 700 Surat at 2id. to 31d. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull at lower prices. There iz an advance of ls. to 2s. per quarter in Wheat this morning. The letters from France, Germany, and Italy are fa vourable. Last year 1,877 vessels arrived at Amster dam from foreign parts, and the tonnage arrived at Antwerp was 337,781 tons. Tho New York letters have just been delivered. They are to the 23d ult. The Stock market was a little agitated by the French news of the coup d'etat. Re ferring to Kossuth, the opinion is expressed that the Government will be very cautious not to commit itself to a warlike policy. In some remarks on the state of railway investments, Messrs. J. S. Tripp and Co. notice the general improve ment in prices on the Ist instant as compared with the corresponding date of 1851, and draw favourable conclu sions for the future, stating as follows : " The market prices at the conclusion of the past year compared with the previous year show a general im provement. The London and North-Western is the only exception to this remark among the principal lines. The reason of the London and North-Western having receded in value cannot be assigned to any unsatisfac tory result as regards its traffic, for we observe the average receipts per mile per week for the last half year have been 101/., compared with 891. for the cor responding half-year 1850. But it may be more justly attributed partially to the distrust occasioned by the competition of the Great Northern, and to the coming tug of war with the Great Western, when the latter reaches Birmingham; and also partially to the fact that many persons have been induced to exchange their North-Western in terest for other less developed and more improving property. Nevertheless, we believe that the very law price of London and North-Western Stock will be inviting to capitalists, and probably before next month we shall have to note a very considerable improvement in its value. The Great Western shows the largest pro portionate increase in its average receipts per mile per week, and there can be no doubt that in the value of these shares there is room for very considerable improvement. The East Lancashire, and its ally the Lancashire and Yorkshire lines, that have been more than any others uninfluenced by the Exhibition traffic, present a steadily increasing development of business; and maintain full market values. The Midland, con trary to the tears of many persons, has, notwithstand ing its competition with the Great Northern, suffered is decrease in its traffic of 1,000/ only on the halt year. But, as on the past half-year 30,0001. odd interest was saved by the 50/. shares participating in the general dividend, instead of receiving a preterential interest of 5 per cent., the dividend earned on the past half-year will give an increase of, at least, at the rate of per cent. per annum. Much has been said and gain- Bayed respecting the disposal of this line and its interest to the London and North-Western Company. We speak advisedly when we say the matter has been under the consideration of the directors of both companies. In Midsummer next 'he London and North-Western will have to contend with the Great Western Company, 00 the west, whose evident determination is le push on to Birkenhead, and on the east, the Great Northern will be competing for the traffic from London to York. It is, therefore, certain that it will be absolutely necessary for the London and, North-Western management to hav e t h e uncontro lled command on to Leeds, as any di,union between that point and Birmingham would give to the Great Wes tern on the one side, and the Great Northern on the other, a power subversive, if net ruinous, to the London and North-Western interest. Hence we conclude that the Midland Company must be had by the London and North Western, though even at a cost be' yond its abstract value. On the prospects of the Great Northern there is a diversity of opinion. The Manchester , Sheffield, and Lincoln is steadily improving in traffic; the Great Grimsby Docks, we are informed, will he opened in May next, and then connecting, as this rail' way will, our principal eastern and western ports, a traffic will no doubt arise which must necessarily ire prove this property." The English Stock Market has been looking firm this morning, but this without much doing. Consols are 97 to 11, New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 98i 4, and the Three per Cents. Reduced 971 to 97i• The more favourable representation of the quarterly re' venue, and the satisfactory advices from the continent have given strength to the quotations, in the absence of mercalr tile failures; and there is generally an improved f e eling., The unsettled s t ate o f t h e M inistry is now the ch i e f drawback. Bank Stuck is worth 2151 Exchequer' bills realise 56 5 . t o 59 3. prem i um, and India Bonds 683. to 71s. Foreign Securities are looking up, and with more doing. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted 22k' and since 23 4 . The Three per Cents. are 41k. Porn!' guese Four per Cents, are 33i, and Brazilian New 92 - p Chilian Stock is worth 102. Mexican Bonds have beea 2Si to 1, and Peruvian 94. Russian Five per Cents have been 1131, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents• 59i 4, without the dividend. A bargain has been effected in French Three per Cents. at 70 25, w ith the exchange at 25 25. Railway Shares are in more demand. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols for Opening, Jan. 16 97iex div. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIC ( From the Official List.) :sank Stock 215 3 % 8 per Cent. Reduced 9 7 3 /4 71 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. nas 9 8 34% ndis Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 65 71 p Consols for Account 97 % Ex , twoner Bills 114 d. 1,0001.... 56 59 p 56 59 p Small 56 59 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE . • Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent....... Ditto, New, 1843 ................. 92% Chilian Bonds, 6 pe r C ent ...... 102 M fkican tlonds, 1846, ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account ... Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94 Portuguese Bonds,s per Cent Ditto 4 Der Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 113% Ditto 4 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B B l4 8 9 8 1 / 2 7 4 zpanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto D p it a to ssi A r c e co ß u o n n t ds. .. ...... prveai nnd cei shnb L4RBs eoonnnt de the e 33 a p pb e eo r r v C ce eepnnat.tyin London 70f. 25c. EXCilange 2sc. 25f. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Ceroiticates LLo y D'z's z•HIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. s.—Wind at noon S., fresh breeze, ova fine clear frosty weather.—The British Queen, from Dublin to New York, has been wrecked on the Mtiv keyet Island, near Nantucket; four passengers died of cold, the remainder saved. ST. DAVID'S, JAN. 2.—^The Feronia, Davies, from Llanethy to Dublin, sprang a leak yesterday afternoon in St. Butle's Bay, an d sank last night a b out t h re e miles off the land, in twelve fathoms water; crew saved' HOLYHEAD, JAN. 4.—(Per electric telegraph), the City of Wexford steamer is a total wreck at Trefadog, in E( 0- lyhead Bay; crew and passengers saved. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind S.W. to W.—Art.(l. Clydesdale, Woodgate, Leghorn. FALMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind W. to S.W.; 4th, N.N.Wo fresh Inezes.—Arrd. Dundee, Patrick, Akyab; Lady Peel, Johns, St. John's, New Brunswick ;:Ann Pearce , St. Michael's. Off port, 4th, Renovation, Quebec. CLYDE, JAN. 2 .—Arrd.Venus, Randolph, Alexandria . Sld. Isabella, Kerr, Trinidad. KINGSTOWN, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Anne Kenny, Hayes, St. John's, New Brunswick; Pegasus, Ibraila. WATERFORD, JAN. 3.—Wind N.W. to Arrd. Victoria, and Adelphi Cunupaiotti, Galatz. QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 2.—Wind N.W.; 3d, S.W., strong' —Arid. Voliant, Young, Demerara; William Gibsoig White, St. Domingo; Britannia, Dwyer, St. Job° fy New Brunswick; Lady Mansell, Barton, Zante. DOVER, JAN. 3.—Wind W.; 4th, W.N.W. to N.N. \ l7 ' —Sid. Ing,er Johnna, Christiansand. OFF MARGATE, JAN. 3.—Rose, Lange, Savannah. 11AMSGATE, JAN. 4.—Wind W. to N.W by W.—An . • Clara Dorothea, Riga , DEAL, JAN. 3.—Wind W.; 4th, W.S.W.; W.N.W.—Arrd. Arab, Buenos Ayres; Anterior, Du!-Ci . tanzas; Elizabeth, Brown, Quebec; Sophia, Alexandri a Lady Sarah Bayly, Honduras; Dorcas, Hill, Newfoun d , laud; J 9124 Weglay, Alexpadria; Wrap, Dec" Aberdeen Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. Ct. Caledonian 101. • • • • Chester and Holyhead • • Dand. Per. 84 Aber. Jane.' East Anglian (81. 10a.) 6 per cent. .• • • • • Eastern Counties Exton., per cent. No. 1 • • Do. No. 2 • • • • .. Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaraa. 6 per cent. • . Do. 101. Deben. Shared . East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. & W. York. June. sths Edin. Per. & Dun. 51 p.ct. Glasgow & S.- W. Coesol. Gt. Northern, 5 per sent. Do., 5 p. c. Redeem. Scrip Great Seuth. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. • • Gt. w warn ( Barks anA Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Lancashire and York shire, F. 401... • • • • Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds Northern, S per cent., No. 1. • • • • • Do. quarters, 1848 .. London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. De. pref., I p et. 5k,1851 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & Nnneat.) 5 per cent. • • London & S.-W., new • • Stanch., Sheffield, and Line., quer. shre., No. 1 Do. new, 101. .. • • Do., 61. • • • • • Midland Con. 6 p. c. stock Do. Cones!. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... Do. Bristol & Glonces. Do., Leic. & Swanning., S per cent. guar. . Do., Preference .. Norfolk Extension .. Do. guar. 5% per cent. North British .. Ozf. Wor. &W 01. 151.6 p.c Shrews. & fir., new guar. Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cont. South Devon • . South-Eastern, 4% P. ct, York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N • E. of E Pur. . _. Ao York and North Midland U. and S. Purch. .. gortlogme and Amiens •• Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) •• Butch Rhenish •• •• East Indian •• •• •• DO. do. do. • • Great Indian r ening ula • • Ditto ditto •• Louvain ala Sambre •• Luxembourg •• •• •• Ditto (RallwaY) • •• Ditto (Canal) • • • • Maria Antonia •• •• Ditto, New •• •• Namur and Liego •• •• Northern of France •• Orleans and Bordeaux Paris and Orleans •• •• Paris and Rouen • • .• Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre .. • Sambre and Mons° .. St. Andrew's & Quebc. (A) Tours and Nantes . Tournay, Jurbise, Lao. den, and Haaeelt p West Elude= ia 1534 - 16 11 -13 lag 1634 8% 414 1% ..... % die. 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II -13 149 - 150 16 —l5 dis. a. .. -.. dia. 113 -18% I —6% d. 3% —3% 4. 22% 33 Business done to-day. 12 1136 4 2 0 100 16 2-$ 126 3”i 87 87 60% 614 97 96% L 1754 15% 573( 118 21 % % % 30 1 8 34% 22% T 11% % 19% % 8 % % 17% % 103 t 11 ~~. - ~- THE SUN, LONDON, EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1852 17i 100 100 6 1 13 4 47% 100 100 42)4 100 47% 45 9% 17% 19 11% all all all 1 6% lb all 1% •si 7% % 21 % % 9 % X GI AV SE ♦e pr 5, , 64 111.1