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Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW ROMANCE. FATHER EUSTACE ; A TALE OF THE JESUITS. " This work will awaken eager curiosity in certain circles. It will strike people WI h dismay; it will confirm the creed of :once, and disturb the opinions of others."—Atlas. Henry Colb trn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • Just ready, in 3 cols. post Bvo.. price 11. 1 ii. 6d. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF GENERAL PEPE. Comprising THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS OF . _ MODERN ITALY. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) ILLUSTRATED TALE IN " THE MIRROR," Trice Is. On Januiry 1, 1847, Chapters 1., 11., 111., and IV. I of THE MISER'S WLL; Or, LOVE AND AVARICE. An English Tale. By PERCY B. ST. JOHN. The Mirror will continue to be Edited by Mr. St. John, assisted by several eminent writers, and will be Illustrated In the first style of art by Hine, Archer, and Walmsley. Now ready, Vol. 1., new series, price ss. 6d. 11. Hurst, 27, King William street, Strand. ItAILWAY ;:II RUES BY PUBLIC SALE. LAAIOND and Co., RAILWAY • :IHAItE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the ruble for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Ilan of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), axe respectfully requested to be addressed. Scrip and Share Certificates moat be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instre.ctions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ON SATURDAY NEXT, DECEMBER 26, Will be performed Balfe's Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; 3lorliere, Mr. Horneastle ; La Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After wh!c't will be produced the Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, entitled HARLEQUIN, AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. T REA rItE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. On SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. 26, Will be performed a new and original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG. Sir Arthur Fotjambe, Mr. Stuart; Lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buca stone; Harwood. Mr. Howe; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. After which the New Comic Drama of STORY TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. In which Messrs. Fanen, Buckstone, Miss relbin zed Mrs. Humby will appear. To conclude with (first time) an Original Grand Fairy Extrava ganza of the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynold 4, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. tinder the Management of Mrs. Keeley, On SATURDAY. EVENING Next. Will be performed a Drama,founded on the New Christmas Annual of Churl( s Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by th. exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Aibe:t Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal elm ,*acters by Messrs. Leigh Murray (his feurth appearance here), Turner, Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley; Mrs. \Voollidge, Miss Daly, :Miss May (her fourth aprearance here), Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a ':New Comic Pantomime entitled THE BUT TERFLY'S BALL. Harlequin (Ist time), Mr. John Lauri; Clown, Mr. J. W. Colier ; Pantaloon, Mr. Gough ; Columbine, Mrs. Laid law ; Attendant Sprites, Masters. C. and F. Lauri. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. DER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. On SATURDAY EVENING Next Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. „Wright, Worrell, Bedford 0. Smith, &c. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. Jo'm Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Ilanlons, will sm. titbit their wonderful Jetts Gymnastiques. After which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. I'. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. On MONDAY EVENING Next Will be performed L'ECOLE DES MARIS. Sganarelle, M. Cartigny ; Vetere, M. Langeral ; Ergaste, M. Lucian ; Artiste, Frere de. Sganarelle, M. Dorgebret ; tin Commissaire, 31. 3lasquil lier ; lin Notaire, M. Pagenier ; Ist belle, Mademoiselle Angeles Ele. nor, Madame Founnet ; Lisette, 3ldlle. Khin. After 'a hich, LE PARRAIN. M. Durand Rentier (Le Parrain), 31, l'erlet. To conclude with MONSIEUR PIQUE ASSIETTE. Piqt e- Ass'ette, .Monsieur Perlet. Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2a. Doors orened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. It is esp ctfally announced that this evening being Christmas• eve, the ueewil b.• no performance: but ihis Inimitable Entertainment wi I be t e , tnred ca SATUE DAY EVENING NEXT, and centime' every, 1 uesday, Thursday, and Saturday; and, in compliance will. nfvm:r• us a , plications, they will give a GRAND MORNING PER FORMANCE on WEDNESDAY NEXT, commencing at Half-past Two o'Ciock.— St. James's Theatre, Dec. 24. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pteronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Ptinc. AP.crt, Priuee of Wales, and Royal Family. Grand Christmar Holiday Fetes. On SATURDAY next (flexing-Night) a doubt, rotation of Equestrian and Gymnastic Novelties. The "Demo Horse ; or, Th 3 Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit." Herr Iscuparte, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist. On SATURDAY EVENING Next Will he performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en• titled TIIE DEMON MORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and tin Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To erm,ln le with the Grand Ginistmas Comic Fairy Pantomime. entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Alt Baba ate the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har. Tcy ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarint ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. ..oa opea !rem eleven till five o'clock.—Lours open at %.,) ant c , rnmerice et half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. I,ssee, .11r1. Frances Davidge. On SATUR.D.I Y EVENING Next Will be performed an original Drama, entitled THE HAND 01 CARDS—GAME, LIFE, STAKE'i, I)EA I 11. The characters wil be snpported by the whole of the talented Company. To condo !e with a grand filly Pantomime, e;;Iled THE KIN( •;!' THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreamy. Itar. lequin, Herr Detain; Pantal .on, Herr R.Deutin ; Columbine, Milk Theodore; Clown, Herr E. Dentin. THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, DECEMBER 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 34; Highest, 42 ; Noon, 39 BAROMETER, 28.8 —WIND E., rain. HIGH WATER AT LONI , ON'-litt11)(41; THIS DAY. Morning .. 17 minutes after 4 I Evening .. 41 minutes after 4. • • 5 ., QUI • 41,: , •1114011 - go o / , • "e • \' —4l " ;; Y ' 743IISIIINIFiwi PIE U N • 6 , • • int antra Pi" LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1846. Perplexed as the Government have been, and stil continue to be, with the complicity of Irish affairs. they cannot but feel grateful for the disinterestec manner in which many individuals, public as well a. private—men of figure and of considerable ability— have come forward from time to time, and samitted in the shape of public letters, the various views ane schemes which they severally entertained as the best th. Executive could adopt for extricating Ireland from he unhappy condition. Among these patriotic and in tellec tual contributi.ins, we have been favourably impresser with a series of letters which have been addressed b) Mr. RIGBY WASON to Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Inde• pendently of the excellent simplicity with which he handles a momentous subject, viewed either as to the principle he advocates, or the statistical details ht furnishes in support of his recommendations, the value of his advice is enhanced by the consideration that he has himself experimented, extensively and successfully, in the reclamation of waste lands. A similar territorial redemption in Ireland, it is nos universally conceded, would go further than any thing else to restore to her the blessings of pros perity. Any advice, then, emanating from such a source should be seriously reflected on. This gen tleman's counsel is tendered to us in the most favour able manner, because it is practical and upheld by the fruits of his own individual experience. Apart from the good service of suggesting a sound, economical, and reasonable plan for the steady and sure amelioration of the present distracted social con dition of Ireland—not in its entirety (for that, it is admitted, can only be expected to be effectuated by a series of well-digested measures, acting in: harmo nious combination), but to a prodigious extent—Mr. RIGBY WASON has felicitously demonstrated by actual figures, that Mr. POULETT SCROPE'S scheme is quite impracticable. He shows that the limited sum of 2,000,0001., proposed by Mr. Senors to pur chase the fee-simple of lands, and to bring into cultiva tion the waste tracts, amounting to 3,000,000 of acres, would not even suffice to meet the expenses of enclosure. At first we were dispcsed to review with becoming calmness any suggestions of Mr. ScaorE, unsound as, at the very outset, vt e described them to be ; but the violent tenor of his subsequent produc thie deons has compl e t e l y c h anged this disposition. When s endedt o unseemly vituperation, and because the Premier, forsooth, did not think fit to embrace his hold own Peculiar policy, so l emnly averred he should Lord J. Itusszu. responsible for every death regardoccasioned mr bys starvation a in v l c r . eland, we could only safelyiious it fanter, and one whose counsels might bei 7rcd to pass un heeded. Sir GEOI GE G RIT, the Poor-law Union of 'afterSkibbereen recentletter to noticing the fact that 300,000 men are at present public works, used the following la relieved by i nguage, ma t he propriety and truthfulness of which every of common sense must at once concur :—"I am, bow.. ever, desirous of stating distinctly the conviction of THE SUN, LONDO N, THURSDAY MORNIN(2, DECEMBER 24, 1846. the Government, that they cannot, by any measures within their power, meet all the cases of severe pri vation and distress which are to be found under exist ing circumstances in Ireland." - - To return to Mr. WASON'S plan. It is as follows : —Proprietors, willing to reclaim their own lands, and to mortgage them to the Government, stipulating to repay advances with reasonable interest, at stated periods, to be so assisted by the Government. Next, the lands of proprietors, either unwilling, or inca pable cf bringing them into cultivation, to be purchased by Government, under Act of Parliament, :and resold to capitalists, ready to develop the resources of the soil. Every pre caution is to be taken, under the authority of competent persons, that the required outlay will be remunerative, so that the public funds shall not be ultimately endamaged. It is computed that 10,000,0001. would suffice to render Ireland, in an agricultural point of view, invaluable as an integral portion of the United Empire. Such a sum, with the certainty of repayment, is, upon a comprehensive view of the subject, quite insignificant, compared with the great advantages of the revolution, social and moral, it would be designed to effect. Neither will it be presumed, that, if a case can be fairly made out, as we believe it can, to justify the expenditure, Parliament, which so munificently voted 20,000,0001. for emancipating the West Indian, would in any wise hesitate to sanction the required outlay. We rejoice to find that Mr. RIGBY 'VAsoN, and that ex cellent Irish landlord, Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, are pretty much on a par in their respective views ; and we rejoice all the more in that the Government, by their latest Treasury minutes, have already evinced a disposition to bring the material portions of them, at the earliest moment, into effective operation. Should there, however, be found any men in St. Stephen's indisposed to co-operate with the Govern ment in their benign views towards Ireland, they would do well to con over a paragraph in Mr. SHAR MAN CRAW FORD'S letter to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with which we shall conclude : "I have shown what the landlords have to answer for. I have no disposition to screen my own class from their due responsibility ; but they are not the sole do- Unguents. I arraign the Imperial Parliaments, and the different Governments which have been in power since the Union, with the commission of bad legislation, and the neglect of good. They knew by the reports of their committees and commissions, both the evils and the remedies ; and if the landlords of Ireland neglected their duty, and the members for Ireland neglectefftheirs, it does not absolve the Governments and the Legisla cure from participation in the continuation of bad sys tems, and the neglect of the remedies required to amend 11( m." While the public attention is distracted by so many occurrences in different directions—by the accumu lating miseries of Ireland—by the complicated policy r.f the French Cabinet—by the territorial thefts in Northern Europe—by the approaching sessions in Paris and Westminster—by the disjuncted state of parties in the Swiss Confederation--by the pusil :animity of Cashmere, the avarice of the United States, the indecision of Mexico, the protracted troubles of La Plata, and even by the paltry squabbles of a Consul in the Mauritius— it is refreshing to contemplate the small and feeble glimmerings of hope by which the gloom of the Peninsula is chequered. But that experience has demonstrated the importance of those indications of the future which are apparently the most insignificant, we, should be inclined to dis regard the circumstances to which we allude as un worthy of observation. ALEXANDER POPE is not the only individual who has indicated " What mighty contests rise from trivial things." All history has verified the fact; all biography has been illustrative of its actuality. Various circumstances have recently foreboded an alteration in the political and social condition of Spain. In defiance of French diplomacy, in &fiance of internal contention, in defiance of BRESSON, of Louts PHILIPPE, and of CHRISTINA, there have been these consolatory indications. So frequently, however, have there been auguries of a similar character, and so repeatedly have those auguries proved to be mere delusions, that we are inclined to look with the greatest suspicion on those which have recently made their appearance. We regard them as indications only of a temporary change, not as forerunners of a permanent reformation. Still, as inaugurative of the most transitory movement, they deserve at the least to be recorded. To these circumstances we shall refer in succession. First, there is a rumour that a serious misunderstanding has taken place between Queen ISABELLA and Queen CHRISTINA, a misunder 4anding so serious as to threaten the destruction of the Afrancesado influence. Some accounts even mention the retirement of the latter from the Peninsula as not in improbable consequence of the disagreement. Long as this wily and unconscientious Princess has domineered over her daughters, and long as she has thereby fostered the evil nfluence of France in her adopted country, the period of her power seems to be approaching its :ermination. It is not—it cannot be a matter of ,stonishment that a woman cursed with such violent Ind devouring passions, a woman without shame for :he publicity of her immoralities, and a woman who is estranged by her Neapolitan birth from the king dom of her departed husband, should have little 4cruple in promoting her own personal interests by iacrificing those of Spain. The character attributed Co step-mothers gen?rally is proverbially odious C lIRISTIN A, by every act of hers during her widow hood, and subsequently, as the wife of the Duke DE fiIANZARES, has been a worthy representative of the 4-enus. Her cruel domination over Queen ISABELLA and the Infanta Donna LUISA. promises now, how .ver, to close with her contumelious banishment. Such,,at least, are the surmises most prevalent in Nladrid, and those surmises are said to be deduced from the fitful appearance of the Camara, though we ire fain to regard that Camara as a mere vehicle for lie reflection of the variable and passing opinions of he day, and as, in more significations than one, a mere camera Obscura. Secondly, there is a rumour that the Spanish .hrone is no longer in a fair way of being iccupied by the INFANTA or her descendants. ft must, of course, still continue to he a sort of " contingent remainder" to those members of the Royal Family, but it will be a remainder of a icarcely attainable character. The assertions which have recently been so frequent as to the pregnancy of ner Majesty Queen ISABELLA are now being uttered with confidence; and, in the event of that assertion proving correct, an inestimable blessing will be as sured to Spain, and a fearful misfortune will be simul. taneou3ly prevented. All the perils which have been courted by Louis PHILIPPE still thereupon prove fruitless. The guile of M. BaEssoN will he recom pensed by—nil. The marriage of the Duc DE MONT PENSIEB, with the exception of the magnificent dowry of his bride, and her possible offspring—nil. The rupture of the entente cordiule with England—nil. In every respect the labours, and troubles, and dangers of the recent machinations in the Tuileries will have been commenced in selfishness and consummated iu disappointment. While these various reports are being bruited about the Spanish Court, while the capital and the provinces are engaged in all the ex citements of electioneering, there is another instrument of Peninsular regeneration actively em ployel—a solitary pilgrim—a stranger-- an English manufacturer—a member of the British Parliament. Unnoticed by the contentious squabblers frplace, Con- DEN is travelling through Spain on his mission ofjustice and humanity. The Apostle of the new Age, he is dis seminating throughout that country the principles which must not only produce commercial freedom and monetary prosperity, but must ultimately secure to mankind the benefits of political advancement and the blessings of international cordiality. From Madrid to Cadiz, from Cadiz to Seville, from Seville to Barcelona, the Conqueror of Monopoly has already proceeded, and his presence has been everywhere acknowledged by the welcome of the more enlightened Spaniards. Ills words have been listened to at the banquet-tables, and distributed from the printing-offices of the ......nthern provinces, and the cause of Free Trade has already in consequence among the inhabitants of the Peninsula. Little as the Legislature of Madrid may regard these proceedings, little as they may think of the enthusiasm evinced towards the ill us t r i ous E ngl i shman, there is a mighty engine at wor k among the middle climes of that people, rooting out the prejudice of centuries and planting in their stead the seeds of Reason and Truth. The reception of RICHARD COBDEN in Spain is no idle ovation. The state of Ireland it is now universally admitted will form the chief topic of discussion during the ensuing session of Parliament. Measures of the most enlarged and comprehensive character will be introduced; means will be taken to provide for the adequate employment of the labouring cla3ses, and to compel the proprietors of the soil to provide for the, support and maintenance of the population of their several estates. The doctrine "that property has its duties as well as its rights," will be recognised to the fullest extent, and enactments will be passed for the purpose of enforcing the due performance of those duties, of obliging the landowner to perform his part of the implied contract which the original grantee, the person from whom he derived his title, entered into with the State when obtaining the property in the lands. That property was granted to him for the national benefit, it was conceded to him that he might use it, and not suffer it to lie waste and unproductive. Every man is so bound to act with respect to his pro perty that others shall not suffer either by his acts or omissions. With respect thereto he is as much an offender against the law, by omitting to do anything which the common good requires, as if he committed a direct act tending to the public annoyance. Com munities or individuals may be indicted for not repairing a highway, if the duty is cast upon them of so doing ratione tenurce, by reason of the possession of property which is responsible therefor. Why may not the principle be extended, and every person in possession of lands be bound to improve them and make them productive, or to part with them to others who will have both the ability and the will to do so? We do not desire unduly to interfere with what are termed the rights of property, but it cannot be con sidered either just or reasonable that the interests of those who fully and fairly perform all that can be required at their hands should be sacrificed and made subservient to any delicacy or scruple with respect to the negligent and careless proprietor, or an unwilling ness to go to the very root of the evil, and to remove the real causes of the national distress by the most active and efficient remedies. In order to form a correct judgment as to the measures that may be necessary for the welfare of Ireland, it will be desirable to investigate the sources from which by far the greater portion of the present calamities have had their foundation and origin. Why is it that in a country of extraordinary fertility, possessing the greatest natural advantages, the soil should be left unimproved, or not half cultivated, un drained, fenced only with rude banks of earth, with out suitable farm-houses, or offices necessary for the proper management of the land ; large portions of that land covered with rushes and weeds, remaining idle for a series of years, while the remainder is exhausted by scourging crops ; rivers, and water-courses, that might, by a trifling expenditure, be turned to the greatest advantage, overflowing their banks, and con verting rich and profitable meadows into useless and unproductive marshes; the produce, such as it is— not half, scarcely a quarter of that which might be obtained under more prudent management—exposed to the weather, and insufficiently secured, while the labouring classes are insufficiently employed, in sufficiently fed, insufficiently paid, a burden to the resources of the country, instead of being the pro ducers and creators of national wealth? In entering into this investigation we shall, as far as possible, abstain from any discussion of those abstract political questions on which there will necessarily be conflict. ing opinions, and inquire into the state of the law and practice as to the occupation of land in Ireland, and the causes which lead to that want of proper cul tivation of the soil, that inadequate employment cf . ' the population. Perhaps the chief causes now in operation, by whicl these lamentable results are produced, may be stated to be the "insecurity of tenure" and the thraldom it, which real property is bound, the restrictions by which its free transfer is fettered, what may be termed the "land monopoly ;" and, secondly, the want of capital, , the embarrassments and pecuniary difficulties 133 which a large number of the landlords are encumbered and oppressed, and prevented from applying the value of the produce of the soil, or any portion thereof, it the improvement and better cultivation of the from which it is derived. If the first of these cause: was removed, if what Mr. STE\YART has happil3 termed "a free trade in land," could be fully obtained, the others would be removed in process of tint( Capital would be freely invested in the acquireme❑ and improvement of land, a class of small proprietor, the most valuable for the nation would spring up cultivate their own lands for their own sole profit bringing all that energy and steady perseverance' which men will apply when they know that they ar,' working for their own profit, that there is an absolut certainty that they themselves, or their families, wil, have the full and entire enjoyment of the fruits o that industry without hindrance or drawback. It cnnfirmaticn of the accuracy of this opinion we ma 3 quote the report of the Land Commission, which says— " We believe that there is a large number of person. in Ireland postessing a small amount of capital, whicl they would gladly employ in the purchase and cultivatioi ~ f land, and a still larger number, now resident ii different parts of the country, and holding land fui uncertain or limited terms at a rent,' who would mos. che( rfully embrace the opportunity of becoming pro• prietor3. The gradual introduction of such a class o men would be a great improvement to the social conditioi of Ireland. A much larger proportion of the populatior (Ilan et present would become interested in the pre ,ervation of peace and good order, and the prospect o gaining admission into this class of small landowner, would often stimulate the renting farmer to increases exertion and persevering industry." We must reserve the consideration of the means b 3 which these causes may be removed to a futui day ; we are satisfied, however, that they can be full 3 and entirely done away with, and that the most be neficial results to our sister island may be looked fot under an improved law of real property. A letter from Hamburgiiinforms us that the Senate of that city has, on the application of the Consul eneral of Austria, issued an order, by which tilt 'author of any publication criticising the Austria►' Government is to be fined 27 rix-dollars (87f.) It is added, that an application was also made for tht expulsion from Hamburgh of M. CHUSELKA, wh. has written a pamphlet against Austria, and of N. RoNGE, who has founded there a German Catholic Church, but this demand was rejected by a large majority. A letter from Lubeck informs us that the Danisl Government has at length, on the representations of the Austrian and Prussian Governments, and to pre vent an appeal to the Germanic Diet, consented t, permit, on reasonable conditions, the Lubeck and Hamburgh Railroad to pass through the Duchy 0: Holstein, without which permission the railroad could not not have been completed. The Revue de Geneve of the 16th states that tht report of the committee appointed to draw up a phi for revising the constitution will be shortly termi. nated. Mr. JAMES FAZAY has been named reporter. The following are to be the bases of this document : —First, an extension of electoral rights, ae several classes of citizens who, after the consti. tution of 1842, were omitted, are now to be in cluded; secondly, the direct election, by the whole 0' the electors, of the Executive Council, which is to by for the future composed of seven members, and the faculty for the electors assembled at a general meeting to dissolve the representative council, and to proceed to new elections in case of 'disagreement be tween the two councils; thirdly, the re-organisation of the municipal constitution, so as to place it in accord with the new political organisation, based on the recognition of the principle of popular sove reignty in its widest sense. In addition, the question of the eventual revision of the constitution is to be submitted every fifteen years to an assembly of the electors. The Grand Council of Berne held its first sitting of the winter session last week. It was opened by a speech from the President, in which he expressed at some length his disapprobation of the conduct of the Northern Powers in the affair of Cracow, and his sympathy for the Polish cause. A statement having appeared in one of the Swiss journals rela tive to an interview which the President of the Grand Council held in Paris with M. GUIZOT, he declared that the interview was not connected with any mission from the Grand Council, and that he could not without indiscretion say more of what had passed than that M. Gozzor had convinced him of his kind intentions towards Switzerland, and his desire to see the country preserve its inde pendence, but that he did not conceal the fears that he entertained as to the intestine divisions that existed. It was announced at this sitting by the Director of Finances of Berne that the budget of 1847 shows a deficit of 800,000 Swiss livres (1,184,0000 The judges of Lucerne have set at liberty, after twenty months' detention, the Advocate SCHNYDER compromised in the late events. Captain PFIFFER has also been liberated, but both are to pay a fine to the State ; that of the latter gentleman is 6,000 f. Madrid papers to the 13th have arrived, and letters have been received bringing intelligence from that capital to the 15th. Of 274 elections, the results of which were known, the Moderados had gained 195, the Progressistas 56, and the Pacheco party and Absolutists 22. It was confidently reported that Senor MoN would be appointed President of the Council. The account of the renewal of the contract with the Bank of San Fernando is confirmed. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 12.—The Three per Cents, were done on the 12th at 34i for cash. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. We yesterday published a paragraph from the Honiteur Parisien officially denying the accuracy of the version of M. GUIZOT'S circular note on the affairs of Cracow, which had been published in the France of Saturday. In allusion to this denial the France of Monday says— " We read in the Moniteur Parisien—' The France has published a note under the title of Circular Note of M. Guizot on the Affair of Cracow. We are authorised to de .Aare that this note is altogether inexact and incomplete.' We will remark, in the first place, that the official journal Toes not deny the note; it merely declares it to be inexact and incomplete. We have an explanation to offer in order to remove this double reproach, which appears to us to be a miserable subterfuge. The copy which was com municated to us was drawn up hastily, and several phrases were rendered unintelligible by abbreviations. We were therefore compelled to guess at some words, and to add others; so much for the inexactitude. As to the reproach of having published an incomplete dour tnent, we have nothing to say, except that as two phrases from the badness of the writing were not clear to us, we suppressed them. But in its ensemble the document has been neither changed nor mutilated. Let M. Guizot publish the original, and the public will see in what points it differs from the copy, which was communicated to us from a good source." The France then goes on to state that an attempt had been made at Vienna to induce Lord PONSONBY to unite in a protest with the French Ambassador, but, as might have been expected, Lord PONSONBY was too astute a diplomatist to be caught in such a clumsy trap. In the same journal we find the following account of the more than Bourbon baseness of the Infant Don ENBIdIUE We believe we can affirm that in consequence of counsels coming simultaneously from Paris and Madrid, he Infant Don Henry delivered up his whole corre ,pondence with several members of the Progressist part) :o a diplomatic personage of Brussels, and that it was 'orwarded to Paris and Madrid. The Spunish Secre tary, who accompanied Don Henry in his journey, having attempted to rersuade this weak prince from Acting in such a manner, received, on the express de nand of the Prince, as the General Gazette of Prussia confirms, an order from the Belgian police to quit the country forthwith.' The National has a long article on the Cracow iffair, in which it affirms that both Lord PALMERS roN and M. Guizor were some time since officially informed of the resolutions to which the three Powers had come. The communications made to these Ministers, says the National, were on the three following points :—lst. The incorporation of Cracow. 2d. The destruction of everything that could recal a recollection of the ancient existence of Poland in the Russian dominions. 3d. A. new pact of alliance between the three Powers, to lefend the actual state of things, and also whatever Iv may hereafter believe it useful to accomplish ir concert. The National then goes on to trace the Jresent disorganised state of affairs throughout Europe, the troubles in the Austrian dominions, the uneasy state of Prussia and Germany, the unsatisfactory nature of the relations existing let ween England and Prance, the disturbances in .he Peninsula, eventuating, as those disturbance:- riost probably will, in the re-appearance of Don \IIGUEL and of the son of Don CAimos, to the in rignes of Russia. " The Holy Alliance," says tilt. Vational, "is reconstructed, or, rather, it has again tsumed the offensive." The Bey of Tim Is has found a sturdy champion in the Commerce, which thus defends his claims to be - ,reated as an independent Prince : " Great Britain refuses to recognise the independent, if Tunis, which she regards as placid under the guar lianship of the Porte ; and it appears that the greate. lumber of the other powers of Europe, with re.spect to his 114rbaric state, share the opinion of Great Britain. f we are to judge by the absence of the diplomati, .orps from the concert given to the Prince at the hotei ,t Foreign Affairs. The independence of the Bey 01 runis, however, does not appear to us contestabl. either as a matter of right or as a matter of fact. Th . -t.rnily now reigning has been on the throne since 1705. vhen it succeeded that of Murad. No interventioi if the Porte took piece at its accession. The succes .ion to the throne, which remains amongst the member: this family, is not regulated by any fixer aw ; the Bey during his lifetime designates a. ois successor ono of his near relatives, who ap }ears to him most adapted for the task of government. Ahmed, the present Bey, has, in this way, named as hi, successor Sidi- Hamds, one of his cousins. The Bey of Tunis pays no tribute to the Sultan ; he merely send, ram presents, as a sort of homage rendered to a su orernacy purely religious. The regency is governed b: its own laws, emanating from its own authority, and not by the legislation of the Divan. The Prince coin, noney, and consuls of foreign nations are accreditet lirectly at his court. It is, no doubt, allowable for at Porte to regard as proof of the dependence, the annu ,resents sent by the Bey of Tunis ; but in the intercourse setwcen him and the European Powers, it appears to m ,hat this species of feudal homage ought to be completell ,verlooked, and to lose all signification, in face 01 he very positive and very real political independence of Ahmed Bey. In the point of view of international right. that is a dependence which is manifested by only a ,imple and sterile offering of presents, and which doe, bot prevent a state from existing under its own laws [rona having an army of 25,000 men, considerable nava, forces, and from acting on all occasions, both at horn, and abroad, according to its own good pleasure env intent? And can the sovereign power of a Tamil) landing down the throne to its own members for up wards of a century, be considered a mere vice-royalty? The little fit of the pouts, therefore, which Engine( ind the Ambassadors of the continental Powers exhi bited a few days back, cannot be justified by any serious •eason." The Courrier Francais says that the BEY is about to appoint a Consul-General for Algiers and consular igents at Oran and Bougia. In the same paper we find the following amusingly ridiculous exhibition of spite at England : " As soon as the Bank of France is suspected of hay ing need of the Bank of England, John Bull is unwil ling that this service should be claimed on the score of reciprocity. He pretends to have all the merit of aidinp as, and will not hear of having ever been obliged by us. Never, since Waterloo, has more insolence (outrecui dance) been seen in attributing to one's self a usurped glory. Every one knows the pretension of the English to claim the victory at the battle of Waterloo the morning after the battle. The movement of retreat on the B russe l s roa d , t h e t err ibl e c h arges of our Cuirassiers breaking into and sabering the English quares, careering for two hours in every direction over the high ground of Wat er l oo in the midst of the Eng lish army at their wit's end—the tears of despair shed by Wellington at the sight of this frightful carnage, the most terrible th a t hi story ma k es ment i on (if—the miraculous arrival of the Prussians to snatch the victory from our hands, and who alone saved the English army from the most complete destruction—all this, we say, was for gotten the day after the battle. They not the less assume the merit of our defeat ; and it is as a uFurped glory that Waterloo is dear to them. Their monuments, o th f e l i v r a s t t e re rl e o t o s, I their quays, are so many commemorations have Waterloo-bridge, Waterloo. place, Waterloo Column This habit of attributing to themselves a usurped g l ory i s i n d ee d one o f th e dis tinctive signs of the English character ; and why, there t;tre, should it be astonishing that they refuse to the Birk of France the ho nour o f h av i ng ren d er ed a service to the Bank of England ?" We hope that " the tears of despair shed by WEL LINGTON at Waterloo" have been preserved in a phial ; they certainly are worthy of a place in Punch's Cabinet of Curiosities. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Mon day al 80f. 75c. ;" the Five per Cents., 118 f. 55c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,261 f. 25c.; Rouen, 905 f.; Havre, 860 f. ; Great Northern, 646 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 878 f. 75c. • Vi er ron, 607 f. 50c. ; Bord eaux , 561 f. 25c. • Boulogne, 442 f: 50e. ; Troyes and Montereau, 350 f. 9 ; Basle, 218 f. 75c. ; Dieppe, 370 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 486 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 490 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 510 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 445 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38%; Spanish Domestic Debt, 32 3 4. MARSEILLE.% DEe. 16.-Marseilles and Avignon, 877 f. 50c.; Northerll 648 f. 75,..; Paris and Lyons, 50M. BUSINESS Do:NE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON s,,TOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 22. East Indian, 54._,,j , uxembourg, :y l -Paris and Lyons Con stituted. 8 1 ,f-Paris as Id Rouen, 35;4-Tours and Nantes Constituted, 434. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool 3 ester)a yes very tame ; sales 2,500 bales, of which 1,200 ;ere imerican on speculation. Shares were firm. The decision of the jury in the case of Newton and another v. Stewart, in the Court of Queen's Bench, yes terday, has been the topic of much conversation in the City today. Varitis as have been the decisions of juries, who have followed the dicta of judges upon the point of law, whether a provisional committee man was liable for expenies incurred in the for mation of a scheme, the decision in this case under review is held to be most wholesome. How the de fendant could expect a decision in his favour, after hav ing paid a sum of money as his share of the " expenses of formation," seems to all who are connected with' business matters, a pure novelty. Much cavil has been raised by parties connected with railway schemes which have proved abortive,:at the cost of the advertisements. k is in periods of adversity " time and labour" appear to be very little regarded. In all cases where advertisement agents have given credit upon the faith of " good names" inserted in a prospectus, surely a right of action ought, in equity, to exist on the part of bona fide creditors to claim for expenditure, on behalf of the provisional or the managing committees, whether for advertisements or services actually rendered. Accounts have been received from the Cape of Good [rope this morning to the 15th of October. It is satis factory to find, by papers received at the Jerusalem Coffee-house and the North and South American Coffee-house, that not far short of 8,000 of the stolen cattle had been recaptured. The state of the military forces was good. Nothing had been settled as to the establishment of a permanent boundary line. That an attempt at fraud has been committed by somebody connected with Mexican Bond conversion transactions, has long been suspected. The fact is now established beyond a doubt, the Messrs. Schnieder and Co. have publicly announced the circumstance, that bonds to the amount of 97,5001. have been circulated, and that too without the least authority. The occur rence is but a renewal of the Mendizabal notorious project, but in the present case the same success has not resulted as that which followed the late 'cute Financial Minister at Madrid. A very firm market has prevailed for Consols and the other public securities to-day. The value of Consols for the Account has ruled from 93i to 934 ; the Three- and .t-Quarter per Cents. from 9511 to 958 ; and for Reduced Annuities from 94 to 941 ; Exchequer-bills remain at Bs. to 1 Is. premium. Bank Stock has fallen about 1 per cent., viz., to 203. Business is extremely slack in the Foreign Stock Market to-day. Mexican Stock has been quoted at 231; Spanish Thiee per Cents. have been sold at 38 ; the Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at O i l ; and the Peruvian Six per Cents. for the Account at 381. The Railway Share and Scrip Market is active this morning. The North Staffordshire Railway Scrip has been in excellent demand, and has improved to 91, or 4/ premium. Nearly all the trunk lines are favourites for investment at the present moment. ONE CLOSING i.RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICEs. Bank Stock 205% 205 205 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 94 1 / 8 94 944 944 Yew 34 per Cent. Annuities 95 3 / 4 71; %%s 95% L;ong Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 9 11-16 3 / 4 9 3 4 Bank Stock for Account ... ..... — 206% Consols for Opening 9 3 % 3% 94 Exchequer Bills, 10001.14 d. ... 811— p 11 p Ditto, 5001 ... 811— p 11 p Ditto. Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds - Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account 24 23% 24 1 % Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, 4 per Cent 38% 38% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto. Account 3B Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, Account 60% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates - PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RIILWAY SHARES D . AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2 1 ,4% 2% I rmagh, Coleraine, and _ _ 6034 6 0 3 4 93 _ Porfrtish ..... 1%..... P.elfast & County Down 4/4...... • Birmingham and Dudley 421. ... .. 6% p 614 p Llinnin. and Gleucester..loo 12 9 1 /2 129 1 /2 Ditto New l 7 l /2 3 2 1,‘ ... ... 32% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 23/4 — 3oston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. % p fristol and Exeter - •• ••• ......... Ditto, New iristol and Gloucester 3O ...... 50 1 / 2 Bristol and Liver. June.. 2 1 / 2 ...... Buckinghamshire aledonian Ditto Half Shares-- 2 1 / 2 2 l / 2... ...... ..... 2% Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 - 3hester and Holyhead... 271,4 - Caurnet and 81ythe...... 2 ~. ...... ..... Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 Clarence lOO Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. :,,ork aid Killarney lork and Waterford ... 11 `orriwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 24..... f-ye y 2 ✓irect Lincoln, East liet ford, and Slieild. J one. 2 5 / —. Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June. 12 1 / 2 — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Oundalk & Enniskillen 10 astern Counties 14/. I6s. 2371, 23 Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, IS o. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... P 74 6 % 50%2 2 3% Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3 1 / 2 % EastDerelein andNor'ch 1 astern Union 4O .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(llarwich) 1% — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... .. 5 . ..... Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire ... •. 1/4•• • • • • VA 4,ast & West of England 1/...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .4:dinburgh & Northern.. 12 1 / 2 l5 ••• , :dinburgli and Perth... 3 ...... iy and Huntingdon ... 12 1 / 2 4:nniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 2 — 4:xeter,Yeovil,& Dorset W I - 31asgow, Kilmar.,& - Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ' ;oole Doncaster, &c... 2 ireatEastern &Vl'estern 2 1 / 2 ...... ••• • treat South. and West. (Ireland) great Munster 2 l /2 ..... Ireat North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 ...... ireat North of England..loo ......238 Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . . l5 ...... 55 54 1 / 2 ... Ditto, New ;reat Western B5 127 126 126 Ditto 5 Shares Ditto Jr% Shares Ditto Fifths 2O — Ditto, New Huddersfield & Manches. 13 Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby 5O Do. Half Shares Ditto 14 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - 00. New -............- Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 165....... 4 dis % dis. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22 1 / 2 •• ...... •••••• - Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2 1 / 2 Do. Extension( Green) 2 1 / 2 - ... Leeds and Thirsk l 7 l / 2...... 16 Ditto, New 5 — - • Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% 5 Do., Mnchstr & New castle Junction .... 2 1 4 A...••• London and Blackwall. 161. 1 - 35.4 d 84 8% 76% 2% 27 1/...', 54!..4 1 31 / 2 43/4 4 3 / 4 3 Do. New - ...... •••.... Ditto Extension .. VA....-. • London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto Fifths Do. Ditto, Eighths lO ...... 14 1 / 2 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 ...... ... .. .. London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18117a 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western ........ ....... 2 London 'and N. Westernloo 195 194 194 Do. Quarters . . 2 D0., do., New Ditto Fifths Do. q Shares (G. J.) 5 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. I London, Oxfore, and Cheltenham .. 1%..... ... Lend. & S.Western 411 tis 10d 6 3 1/i 62 3 4 Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 ...... Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto .....•..... 4 L'uion and York 2 1 4 2% ..... Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .. ........ 2% — Londonderry&Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis killen l5 Lynn and Ely l5 Lynn and Dereham l5 Dtanchester and Leeds— 82 lO7 Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths ...... ..-..... 5 - . 10% Do. Sixteenth. 6 Do. Extension 42e... IAN p 1 p 14% 14 3 4 191/ 62% 5A 4% 5 3 / 4 4% 2 1 / 2 2,/,'3 6% 10% Do. Liverp. and Bury 2 t Do. do. Fifths Man..!,hester,linNton,and Matlink- 425....... w s p l ys p Manchest. & Southampt. 2 Midland lOO l2B 127 127 Do. Fifth!' 2 Do. NPW Ditto, New Do. isirir., and Derbiloo Midland Great Western Irish Newelstle and Berwick 2Q Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Newmrket&Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavenny 24...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevcr Norfolk . ... .. 100 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 ._. .., Do. Extension Northern Counties Union 2% North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares Do. Quarters Do. Extension i s l l /2 Ditto Thirds 1 ... .. 3% 4 Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 ...... 8% 9 1 / 4 ' North Wales •• Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..~ Portsmouth Direct 3% — Preston and Wyre 25 — Do. % Shares - Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. — dis. Richmond 15 Royston and Ilitchen ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland l2ll l5 . Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shires... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1% — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 54% ...... ..... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1% — Shropshire Union South Devon 4O ...... 32 1 / 2 South Staffordshire Junc. 2% South Eastern & Dover. 33% 39% Do., No. 1 2O Do., Nc, 2. Do., No. 3 - •••• •••• •••• Do., No. 4 St•Alban's, Hatfield ,an d Hertford Junction ... 425. — ........ Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — South Wales 5 ...... ..... ... Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Vale of Neath 2 — Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... Waterford and Limerick 27% — ••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, 1► aterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s. — West Cornwall Wexford and Carlow ... 3 1 / 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. . .. 25 Ditto New 5 ...... 12 tA, ..... . ........ Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 Ditto% 5hare5........ 25 Do. Selby Do. Extensio' Ditto, Preference .....• 2 Do. East and %Vest Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian ... 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. Boulogne and Amiens... 18 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast' Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley ... .. 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 ..... 4 3 % East Indian..... ss. Fanmoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great. Western Canada... 3 1 A ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ..... Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Jersey Louvain ii, la Sambre ... 6 ... . ....... Luxemb0urg............. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 11 ad ras Madras. Nellore, and Arcot 18 — Madrid and Valenti:.... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 ...... North Jamaica Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux.— 6 ....„ Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d Paris &Ly - ons Constituted 8 Paris and Orleans, 2O .. Parrs and Rouen i'aris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lO .... 4 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Laurence & Atlantic Fours and Nantes Con stituted ..... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan dau, and Hasselt. 8 Trinidad West Flanders 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London lO British North American 50 Commercial of London 20 MINES Real del Monte Unread. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENT AT CROSBY HALL—The series of seven entertainments on the songs of Scotland, which Mr. Wilson announced at Crosby Hall, came to a conclusion on Tuesday night, when he was honoured with a brilliant and crowded room, and as usual the audience were highly delighted, and very en thusiastic. Mr. Wilson was in excellent voice and sung with great effect in all his styles, pathetic, humorous, and heroic. The programme contained a great variety of songs ; among those that were not Scotch, the " Sol dier's Dream " produced a great effect—in fact, it wa s as fine a piece of musical declamation as we ever listened to. Many of the songs were encored, and in addition to those in the programme, Mr. Wilson sang " The Lass o'Gowrie," and the excellent song of " Tullochgorum." At the end of the performance Scotia's own minstrel was much cheered, and gave delight to his friends by announcing that he would resume his entertainments in London in April. In the meantime Mr. Wilson visits Dublin, and several of the provincial towns of England and Scotland. FAKTRAORDINARY RISE IN THE Pawl 0? BREAD.— On Tuesday a very simultaneous rise in the price of bread took place throughout the metropolis; the household quality being advanced from 7d. to 80., and the best wheaten from 90. to lOid. In the market, on Monday, flour rose 3s. per sack; and it is stated among many of the most experienced bakers, that, before the expiration o the week, the 41b. lo a f will reach the price of I Id. ®EXTRAORDINARY SUPPLY Or POULTRY.—In Lea denhall and Newgate markets on Tuesday morning there was such a bountiful supply of poultry of all descrip tions, that fine geese of 111 b. weight were being sold as low as ss. and ss. 6d. each. One salesman had about a ton weight of geese consigned to him. Turkeys were sold at 6s. and 7s. each ; fowls at 3s. and 4s. a couple. Game of every description was equally cheap ; tine pheasants might be had for 4s. the brace. The markets were crowded, and several hundreds of geese were bought to supply the various " goose clubs" held in the metropolis.' DEATH FROM STARVATION IN LIVERPOOL.—An inquest was yesterday held on the body of Martin Fin nigan. Catherine Freeman, a widow residing in Lace street, said, deceased and his wife and three children came to lodge in her cellar about a fortnight ago. They appeared to be in a very destitute state, and got their living by begging. The wife and children left the house on Friday morning, about nine o'clock. He went out along with them and did hot return until nine at night, when he was brought home by four men. He then ap peared very ill. He was put to bed and died about two o'clock the next morning. No surgeon saw him until after his death. During the time he was living in the cellar he had not sufficient food, and had nothing but what he procured by begging. His wife had applied at the parish-office, and had been relieved twice with bread, but the deceased had had no relief. John Connor, a police-officer, found deceased, on Friday night, in Standish-street, about ten o'clock, standing against a wall. Witness thought that he was drunk and went to him, but found him sober, and hardly able to stand or to speak. On the way to Bridewell witness ascertained where he livod, and two men took him to convey him home. Witness saw him dead on Saturday night. Witness asked him some questions, but could not under stand what he said. He appeared to be in a state of destitution and starving. Mr. Kilner, surgeon, when he was called, found deceased dead. On a post mortem ex amination he found that death had been caused by disease of the lungs, and the want of sufficient food combined. The want of food was the principal cause of death. The jury returned a verdict to the effect stated —disease of the lungs, aud want of sufficient food. The cellar is a most miserable place, and the body was stretched on a litter of straw. The mother (who is very ill) and the children have been taken to the workhouse. In the same house in which the poor creature died there are no fewer,than eightsick persons.--Liverpool Standard of Tuesday. 8 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 213: 4 317 8 63/4 36% 151/2 31 lAi 334 9% 4% 1/, dis 3214 39 IA 2% 38% 12 t/2 By the arrival of the Tartar, at Dover, from the Cape of Good Hope, we have received papers from thence to the 15th October, and from Graham's Town to the 7th. They are five days later than the former ac count:. The following official dispatches, received from Colonel Somerset, are from the', Cape Frontier Timer'- " Head-quarters, Camp near Fish River Mouth, Ceded Territory, Oct. 1. " Colonel Somerset, with a detachment of the second division, has been employed since the 16th of Septeraber in scouring the country on the other side of the Kies kamma. The following extracts from dispatches re ceived from that officer report his proceedings : Near Chalumna River, Sept. 22. " Sir,—l have the honour,to acquaint you that during the operations of the last two days, although the weather was most inclement, my troops shot four of the enemy' : took four prisoners, 15 horses, 112 head of cattle, and three guns, belonging to Seyo!o's tribe.' " Camp Goolah Heights, near the Buffalo, 24th September, 1846. " I have the honour to acquaint you for the Coin' mander in Chief's information, that I fell in with the . Gaika cattle yesterday on the Buffalo, about six mottle Mount Coke, and ca ptured 1,100 head of que and thirty horses, and shot five of the enemy. Having had a long march and it being late I was not able to more.' " " ' Bridle Drift, Buffalo River, Sept. 29, 1846. " ' Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of his Excellency the Commandevin•Chief that I moved from my camp on the Go olah on the afternoon of the 27th instant (the moment the weather moderated), with 750 men, and making a to the Gahoon River, I established. myself by midnight in the midst of Umhala's tribe, without their having the slightest intimation of my move. Lying Pe rdu until day night march dawn, I dispersed the troops in various directions, ittl,, although the enemy drove off their cattle and abandone their kraals with the utmost expedition, I pursued them „ to the Gonuble River, and by midday the troops had secured 3,000 head of superior cattle, with a few norsli Almost the whole of these cattle are superior colons cattle,, h with a moderate number of draught oxen'tlia t we , ' The enemy called out to us this morning A i n to had now taken all their cattle, and they a' n — t her live upon. We have experienced very s evere wee, 0 ; which much impeded my operations, but the troops us continued healthy. oba.tion of the "' I must express my unqualified apPr ed -, these e o x pe e r r a titoionneso.Twenty-two f all theciffi eers of and the troops enemy have had no casualty.—l have the hono ur to bey °L` your obedient servant, fallen ;,„! .. e , (Signed) " H. SOMERSET, Colonel, Cow. Difision• " ' Lieut.-Colonel Cloete, &c Sic t, Reg " 7-S.—l have directed Ca . tain Tench, 4 54 ' -- t to ment, whom his Excellency sent P with a went my support, to recross the Keiskamma, and hold,, cu' on the opposite side till I cross with the cattle. -..t is By the above it will be seen that Colonel botioes still actively and successfully engaged in his oPer-ifkr, in against the enemy. This officer seems to be al„ motion, and neither to take nor to require rest- ' ye n seems that the Amaponda chief Fake, whose len. ments towards the colony had excited some aPP, re n , to sion, has returned home again without attemP"bthe take the colonial cattle which were depasturing it banks of the Bashee. He does not seem to have AO. any hostile ingredients towards Kreli, although h e ig the re ported to have fallen upon some native tribes in . r neighbourhood of the Bashee, and robbed them of tl.lO cattle. Major O'Reilly returned home this itor, ul t n if:, having spent the night in patrolling the c ountry ,11 , neighbourhood of Driver's Hill. He reached I,r Plaats at two o'clock A.m. this morning. lie neither saw any Kafirs, nor the indications of the preseneewl Kafirs. Report sent in that about fifteen or twe.,,Y . Kafirs had been seen in the neighbourhood of 311. *! l rie loney's residence, Howison's Poort. No aid Olga rendered from town to pursue these marauders. CONFERENCE BETWEEN COL. Jnrric STON E - AND THE GAIKA CHIEFS. Satu rd ay MONDAY.—lnformation reached town on Sateru tb , ac cede to the that the Gaika chiefs had refused to terms submitted to them by Colonel Johnstone, 0 onpart of the Commander in-Chief. the place on Thursday afternoon, the (not on the having t toy 30th ult., as stated in a former page) , been Chumie River, near Drift, a message the who had Inas.° over previously sent to Macomo— by Lieut.-Cot tures on the part of the Gaika chiefs— ld meet them Campbell, that Lieut,-Col. Johnstone vvou dilla, Bot 181; hienst.rneeting there. The chiefs present were Macomo, Sandilla, te• man, Souto, and all Macomo's sons, bout 300 There were also several councillors, and about 300 Kafirs, a great number of them mounted an; armed with muskets, all of which were apparel l Y_ excellent older, the barrels burnished and cleaned veryas" one only excep a expressly for the occat.ion. Macomo looked ill, and . weak, and was labouring under a severe attack of dr, sentery. There was no difference in the appearance 01 the other chiefs. Boman looked as fat and sleek to ever. They did not seem to be humbled, but they all, however, appeared heartily tired of the war. Besides Colonel Johnstone, who conducted the negotiation, Major Smith and sever at others were present, amongst whom was the Rev. Mr. Calderv, ood (formerly Macomo S miss:onary), not, however, as the tearer of dispatches, as erroneously stated by a contemporary, or as li Government e agent, but at the special request his Excellency the Governor. Colonel Johnsto ne informed the chiefs of the determination of al Governor, which was in substance—that be not want war and loved peace ; but that he was dete r ,: mined there should be an end to the outrages whi" had for so long a period, in defiance of treater, bee: committed upon the colonists by the Kafirs , and whht'ile t the chie's either would not or could not restrain. Tf he had taken possession, in the name of her Majestl , i'd their country as far as the Kei River, which wlt i , henceforth be the colonial boundary. That it ayes ' I , intention to locate the Fingoes and Hottentots, and sue,. Kafirs as had not joined in the war, in the ceded tT,. ritory, That such of the chiefs and their people of; agree to give up their arms, and restore , or assist in restoration, of the cattle stolen from the colony, be allowed to remain in the country between the biefs kamma and the Kei, not, however, as indep endent or tribes, but as subjects of the British Governments,and that those wh o refused to submit to thoe teartio would be driven over the latter river, and t h° . c tlf taken by force of arms. Macomo apP 0 Y e ared i e s il c d i e g n e a inclined to accept these conditions, but n ot watched by the other chiefs, who w ere 3acon , o s posed to submit except on their own terms b a s bas h a , d A sons particularly— w i t h whom, it is said , to several t quarrels lately—were determin ed of h ot ling. Sandilla and liotman dis.ed goou oie pt auteur, though there was an absence of that in ; s m ilar rudeness which had been usually exhibited at of meetings. They, as well as Macomo, were desircea, 0 being allowed to return to their former abodes,,tatoan regarded the surrender of their arms and booty, - I °' t i was sad, in refe rence t o th e f ormer , th a t s uch a deE e°ll t her --- never made by one nation that conquered a.n h e " t heir, their guns were their property, bought wit en ded money, and could not, theref o re be dollen was them. The cattle, he said, were dead—and wipe -The taken in war was taken, not again to be resto re°• chiefs were told, that whilst they were talking °f Prof their people were committing aggressions in the st rain , in every direction. To this they r e plied in the old ain, that hose were thieves whom they could not ost:de and who should be shot. Sandilla said they we wou ld termined not to fight any more—that his pcoßg e go on cultivating their gardens, and that th e r tbsc might come and kill them. They were then told 000, having declined the Governor's terms. they hedbrcke nothing to expect but war. The conference t han from up, the Kafirs retiring to the Amatola mountains k o t y whence they had come) in an orderly manner. Diec°ool it is supposed, will yet submit, and accept the tetiog offered him, in which case the confederacy etiLed, between the Gaika chiefs will be materially w ee p if not entirely broken up, he being regarded by p r os' as their principal head. Amongst the guns in the 'fie session of the Kafirs assembled on this oece ei°l3 'lo understand several of the Cape Corps d ou ble-barr e te a guns were noticed, and several of them were its 0 on Cape Corps Horses. One Kafir was wraPP i t is cloak belonging to the Cape Corps. The women, -.00. said, are cultivating patches of ground in every direct* to This should be at once stopped, if it be ilat e t eci con subjugate the Kafirs and bring the war to a sP et "' ia elusion. These women are described as bele : g o , the wretched plight : some of them were seen burnies',oo hair off bits of skin, which they then pounded het"osta two stones and greedily devoured. Report that the Kafirs are suffering very much from dYse, e- col' From Colonel Somerset's Camp we have We 1%010 lowing :—" Colonel Somerset has captured emirs 3,300 head of cattle (amongst which are Ine n i The colonial) and GO horses, and killed 22 Nafirs• The Kafirs are so frightened that they won't stand• vat. captured cattle belonging principally to Pato, Je, e , : ,,, s ted zoe, Umkye, and Umhala. The Kafirs have clui . " -- 001. all their gardens, which are looking very green ' bat..,,op Somerset told them they would not be allowe dt° them. We have had a great deal of rain, and t he f ° of try is looking very beautiful. We go out in votive-eat, about 100 men, and take cattle in every direction. • O'Reilly took 400 head yesterday, after exch so g L he Kafirs shots, and those at 150 to 200 yards distance, will not face us any longer." LA Or TUESDAY.—Received a communication from tu - o re taken: frontier, from which the following ext racts ten' —" Captain Sutton, with the Kat River Ilotte tots, has been very active in patrolling the countrY tween Eland's River Post and Fort Beaufort , algiweek often accompanied the patroles himself. T he - a of before last they took from the Kafirs about 170 hea rts, cattle, some goats, a number of horses, and several c o o killing four Kafirs. Last week they again sh e me Kafirs, and took upwards of 60 head of cattle, Joa some sheep and goats. Last week Lieutenant-Colonel o° stone, who succeeds Colonel Hare in command ofh.,,k. 2d division, met Sir Andreas Stockonstrom , at J3m-ad water, to arrange plans for protecting the colony, end future movements. Sir Andreas intends dividing, on . Hottentots at present at Eland's Post, into severs campments, better, as he thinks, to protect the c ol on ; and also to get some melie, pumpkin, and other the into the ground. Sir A. was to proceed t() ...ther Tarka 'post, to make arrangements there for fui';ro operations. He has been, it seems, collec ting tile Dutch Burghers." Another letter states-- 111 4 , - 44 beginning of last week, the Kafirs commenced " we re Phillipton; a very good house and carpenter's sb O P w att burnt down. Two days afterwards, a great blaZ be e t he seen in the night, and the next day it proved to be chapel, which has been totally destroyed. This w l d Ito a great loss to the London Missionary Society, 20 t he the Hottentots. Unless protected, no doubt Iwo. buildings will be burnt, as also those of B alfour ; Ears are no doubt doing - this 914 of revellgo t 39% 13% 15% 4 3 / 4 3 IA 10'% 8 IA