The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

MR. BENTLEY HAS JUST PUBLISHED, YANG CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S NEW ROMANCS, In 2 vols. post Bvo., IL is., THE TWO BARONESSES WRITTEN IN ENGLISH. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW WORK. Immediately, in 3 vols. post 8 vo., T HE LANCASHIRE WITCHES A ROMANCE OF PENDLE FOREST. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Manager, Mr. BUNN. GENERAL REDUCTION OF PRICES. The repeated representations that have been mad eto the manage sent respecting a reduction of prices, in order to meet the exigencies K the times, have led to its present adoption. In complying with so _, general an expression of public feeling, it is only accessary to state that precisely the same character of performance w3ll be given, sup ported by the same artistes, and aided by all the gorgeous parapher 2aiia of the establishment, presenting a series of attractions on a admission suitable to all classes, without any precedent in so aTheatre. SCALE OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle in the Grand Tier Six Shillings. First Circle . . Five Shillings. Upper Boxes. • ... • ... • Four Shillings. Pit .. Lower Gallery One Shilling and Sixpence. Upper Gallery One Shilling. Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas ; Stalls, Seven Shillings, • _ . Half-price at Nine o'clock. Dress Circle, 3s. ; First Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; P. 31. 6d.; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. _ THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Lucy Ashton,lle. liissen; Edgar Ravenswood, Mr. Sims Reeves. After which, the First Act of TIDE AMAZONS. Josh's., Mdlle. Louise ; Nisida, 3ldlle. Plunkett ; Don Ethur, M. Petipa ; Don Oscar, Mr. W. 11. Payne ; supported by Mdlles. Celeste Stephan, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, Horne, Sophie, Annie Cushaie, Le Vete, Lowe, and Fenton ; Messrs. Paul and Jules. To conclude with a New Divertissement, entitled LE BAL MASQUE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. For the Renelß of Mr. PAUL BEDFORD. Will be performed the Comedy of MONEY. Evelyn, Mr. Charles Kean ; Clara Douglas, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, SLASIER AND CRASHER. To conclude with HOW TO PAY THE RENT. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL under the direction of Madame Celeste. orMng the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decor a t e d , t he designs by Dizby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. new stage, curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, Sec., Sec. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered THIS EVENINmore comfortable. G Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Tom Baggs, Mr. Wright ; Madeline, Madame C e l es t e . To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Xl[r. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. _To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Geodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Elba Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mat he ws. THIS EVENING, Will bo performed THE MERRY WIVES 0 F WINDSOR. Cha facters by Messrs. Granby, F. Matthews, C. Mathews, Cooper, Bel- Ingham, Meadows, Selby, Hall, Binge, !loaner. F. Cooke, Charles, Miss marshal], Madame Vestris, Mrs. Yates, Mils K. Fitzwilliam, sad Mrs. Macnamara. To conclude with an APPEAL TO TFIE rCBLIC. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2 . ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-ofilce, No. 2, Wellington-stre , .t, is Opel to the pribte every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATV,E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arralwe men ts have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the c,ouuort and convealence Of the audience. THIS ETENING, Will be performed the first act of the Opera LA VITA2TDIERE, To be followed by a New DITERTISSEkENT. After which, a new Farce, entitled THE MODEL COUPLE, is which Messrs. Oxberry, G. Cooke, Mrs. Selby, and Miss E. Stanley will perform. To conclude with the comic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Hawthorn, Mr. Charles Braham ; Young Meadows, Mr. Allen; Hodge, Mr. Oxberry ; Madge, Miss Emma Stanley; Rosetta, Miss Juliktiarland. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheuti. cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. I I THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, DECEMBER 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest. 51; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 29.08—since risen to 29.22. WIND S.W.; fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 19 mu after S Evening .. 57 min. after 8 V 1O4:.1 41- , 9 ,,.,,. ..V. ~ 41 1 'N. 6 .l* - ' 3 ' .. , , , al 4 •V` i" 4 / 7.„-' lb a.' ' • ,, it-.' 1119 Ar 0.. g, 1 ...,r • va„, ,, ,,,,tz ~ , Li ' r .,4 1 4 ' :it- - _ • LAar,', 11 ` 5, ' . '''''%,--. mn zAt LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1848. After a contest of unusual earnestness :General ZACHARY TAYLOR, the Conqueror of Mexico, has been elected President of the United States. There is deep cause for congratulation on this result of the struggle between the partizans of the Whig candi date and the Locofoco candidate. The discomfiture of llExar Cass is an omen of prosperity and a guarantee of quietude for four years, at least, to the North American Republic. Had the consequence of the election been otherwise the New World would have been doomed to a career of agitation, the whole some policy of WASHINGTON abandoned, the egres sion of Polak surpassed, another Texas would have been monopolised, another Oregon carved by the keenßess of diplomacy, another California occupied by an army of predatory democrats—the vast territories of the western continent would - have been ravaged by the supporters of a system of wholesale annexation. Fortunately, however, for the United States themselves, and for their more immediate neighbours, these pernicious dreams of spoliation have been dissipated by the re velations of the ballot- box. Votes beyond the num bers required to constitute the absolute majority were marked with the name of old " Rough and Ready," attesting the regard of the American citizens for those principles of constitutional probity and pacific administration with which the career of ZACHARY TAYLOR had gradually become identified. The Pre sidential contest among the Anglo-Saxon democrats having terminated, therefore, in this satisfactory re sult, the turmoils, and the jealousies, and the rancours of party warfare have abruptly subsided, and the population of the United States are looking forward with calmness into the perspective of their future government. For the indulgence of those anticipations there re mains ample leisure and opportunity. Until the fourth of the ensuing March the administration of the newly-elected President, ZACHARY TAYLOR, and of the newly-elected Vice-President, MILLARD FILL MORE, will not commence. Beyond this, the next House of Representatives will not assemble before the December of 1849—notwithstanding the remote , pees of which date, it is already calculated that the majority of the Whig members will prove very con considerable. Some estimates of the proportion likely to exist between the supporters of the Government and the ranks of the Oppo sition are, in fact, of such a micr osco pi c e1:192110,er, that the exact extent of the superiority of the Whig_ representatives i s s t a t e d a t twenty-thr ee . rurathefsre circumstances it is mani fest that f u ll t i me is a ff orded to the antagonist s o f the Locofocos t o mature their tactics, and to perfect the scheme of their legida, e ,a zaign before the expected Congress is i naugnrated before Preside n t TAYLoR is installed in his official res elapse December lf o r e nce at Wash ington. That the interval which must e l the arrival, first, of March, and secondly, o f will not be filled up by the active preparation s o f a; Whig statesmen and their supporters, we do not i n any respect dread, seeing that the chief characteristic of this powerful class of politicians in America is their vigilant and consummate prudence. The pre sent generation of Whig-Republicans will not belie the renown of their ancestors. While the millions of the United States are emerging from the brief and bloodless battle for the Presidency, while they are looking forward with com posure to the.:advent of a pacific Administrator like General TAYLOR, it is not surprising that some of the more reflective citizens of the great Trans atlantic Democracy should begin to contrast the tranquillity of the Western with the turbu- lence and distraction of the Eastern Hemisphere. The difference of the condition of the American con tinent and the European continent in 1848 is too striking - not to challenge observation, and the deduc tion derivable from that difference is too flattering to the political institutions of the former not to excite the patriotism of its enthusiastic people. Light and darkness, crime and virtue, youth and decrepitude, trance and delirium, are not more opposite to each other, iry does not afford a more t which presents itself to us 'D. Europe on one hand, and other. howeYer: takihylerunga of hist()) ,•Atthitis. that irs -1.11X.-.41310441:1 1111( 4z. . dirge can be sung over the former, and a paean chaunted over the latter ; before unconditional praise can be bestowed on the one and unmitigated condemna tion pronounced upon the other; before America can be eulogised (as it has been eulogised across the ocean), as containing the model nation and the model govern ment ; before Europe can be scouted (as it has been scouted from the same quarter) as an agglomeration of administrative baseness and popular depravity — some few facts, bearing rather intimately upon the question at issue, should be candidly and studiously borne in recollection. Foremost among these is the circumstance, that while each of the continental races of Europe is striving individually to conquer its inde pendence without. encroaching upon any of their re spective dominions, the model Republic has been availing itself of the shallowest pre texts to aggrandize its own dominions by incursions upon the dominions of the contiguous countries. True it is that the despot of Prussia, screening himself under a masquerade of liberality, endeavoured, by force of arms, to rob the crown of Denmark of its hereditary appenage of Schleswig— true, again, that tyranny strove to trample out the germs of freedom sprouting up among the Posenese, the Lombards, and the Hungarians ; but in each instance the cries of execration which resounded from the surrounding nations caused the crowned aggressors to desist in their unholy efforts at repres sion. With the model Republic of the United States it has been wholly otherwise. There the wiles of diplomatic chicane and the audacity of mili tary expeditions have been sedulously directed to the acquisition of new provinces, to the subjugation of unoffending races, to the massacre of the patriots of Mexico, and to the desecration of the golden halls of the Montezumas. While again French democracy has, even in the agony of her own struggles for existence, decreed the abolition of slavery in all her possessions, American democracy clings with the tenacity of fanaticism to the bloody sway exercised over the negro population by her free and enlightened citizens ! The WILMOT proviso is as flagrantly repudiated by the legislators of the United States as ever were the local bonds of Illinois:or Pennsylvania. It were well consequently, if the journalists of North America, before exulting so vain-gloriously over the virtues and eminence of the United States, when compared with the vices and degradation of Europe, would simply put two and two together and see whether or not they come to four. Stones of abuse hurled from glass-houses are liable to provoke reprisals ; and marvellous, indeed does it appear to us, that, while our Transatlantic contemporaries are exulting over the pacific character of their republican institu tions, the principal representative of that pacific po licy is the very man who overran with his soldiers the mountains and savannahs of Mexico, and advanced with fire and sword from Monterey to the capital. Old ZACHARY is not the least anomaly, amongst all the huge and multifarious anomalies of the United States. The condition of Ireland still constitutes the chief difficulty of the British Government. It is, however, no longer the political, but the social condition of that unhappy land, that awakens the Ministerial anxiety, and forms the subject for discussion at Cabinet Councils. The agitation that so long prevailed throughout the country no longer exists. The fierce excitement that might have been witnessed in every district has subsided. The aspect of the political horizon is no longer • threatening. But a tnoreformid able danger has arisen. The wail of misery and distress is to be heard from every quarter. The residrnt gentry are impoverished, the occupying tenants pauperised, and the labouring population reduced to the most melancholy state of destitution. The entire resources of the country is scarcely sufficient to feed its poverty. Little remains either for the use of the proprietors, or the satisfaction of the charges and incumbrances by which they are overwhelmed. All classes look to England as the only quarter from which they can hope for aid and assistance in their emergency. There is no possibility of any beneficial change un less the iniitative is taken on this side of St. George' s Channel. The ordeal to which Ireland has been subjected during the last three years has paralyzed the energies and exhausted the resources of the nation. It has sunk into a state of exhaustion, and is unable to arouse itself from the stupor into which it has fallen. Some slight restoratives, some trifling temporary assistance judiciously applied, will, however, awaken it from its lethargy, and restore it to a state of health and activity. England should render the required help to her fallen sister. It is not, however, by the expenditure of large sums in maintaining the population in unproductive idleness, but in developing the industry of the country by directing the enormous mass of labour into beneficial channels, by providing useful employment for every person able and willing to work, whether male or female, juvenile or adult. There are ample means of affording that employment. No country in the world possesses so many opportunities, so wide a field, for industrial employment, and in none have these resources been so deplorably neglected and misapplied. This can no longer be the case; for our own sakes—if for no higher motive than the mere selfish and personal one—it is essential that Ireland should be rescued from the melancholy position in which she is placed, that she should be elevated in the scale of nations. We have long dwelt on the means by which this desideratum might be attained without any ultimate loss to this country. The reclamation of the waste lands is one of the most obvious that suggests itself to every mind the moment the question is started. Six millions and a half of acres remain wholly waste and uncultivated, of which, according to the most unquestionable authority, nearly four millions could be reclaimed, so as to return fully ten per cent. on the amount expended, and the whole of that outlay would be applied in payment of wages for labour that now remains utterly useless and unproductive. Nay, the very able-bodied paupers, who now crowd the several workhouses, or clamor for out-door relief, could, without the outlay of an additional shilling, bring thousands of acres into cultivation, and materially increase the food of the coun try. The Government fully recognised the national advantages derivable from this source, and in the programme put forward by the Premier in the commencement of the session of 1847, it was stated that 1,600,000/. sterling was to be applied in that manner, and that a Bill for the purpose would be introduced in the course of the then session of Par: liament. These favourable intentions were, however, unhappily not carried out, difficulties were said to have arisen that prevented the realization of the hopes then excited. The impolicy of interfering with " pri- vate enterprise" and "private property" was the ar. gument put forward to justify the disappointment of the fondly•cherished expectations of the country . The fallacy of that principle has been well exposed in a letter which will be found in another part of our impression this day. Mr. RIGBY WasoN, many of whose valued communications have already appeared in our columns, has again directed his at tention to the subject, and purposes to address a St:fries of. Letters to Lord J. RU SSELL , f or th e p ur p ose showing " that the reclamation of the waste lands f orms one of the best means of alleviating the social condition of Ireland." and successful ex gladly hail so able and energetic a eollabo i rateur, whose practical expe rienceeriments in reclaiming vast tracts of land entitle his Opilniorlasnother part of the country vats enterprise of the country is such that 1 3 t ara137 is now to peculiar weight. Pri zd—the condition power. That it is the ea a nnot be brought into operation save by some other State alone that can supply theasgmeintost7rieg; i p l a t o n s w d . property has its duties as well admitted axiom, and it cannot for a mome i nt s n be ow an gued that the possessor of thousands of barren acres is justified in permitting them to lie waste and un productive, while the country languishes for want of employment, and the neighbouring proprietors are suffering from his neglect and apathy, by being compelled to support many families that might be provided for if he discharged his duties to society- the essential conditions on which he was permitted to. hold that very property. The rules that may be very properly acted on under ordinary circumstances, must be altered when a pressing emergency arises. The diet suited for a healthy man will not be good for a patient suffering under a severe disease. The present eenclitiQn et IrelAnd is bad iadeed, gad A We are rejoiced to find that although our diplo matic relations may be suspended with Spain our scientific relations are as intimate as ever. Visits such as this of the Marquis DE lii.rosA cannot but be of advantage to the people of both countries as they dispel those prejudices which rulers are but too apt to expleiter to their own advantage. We this day publish an important document on a subject of national justice, in which the public cha racter of England is concerned—being a letter to Sir JoAN CAM HOBROUSB, Bart., President of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, by RUNGO BAPOGEE, the representative in this country of the Baja of SATTARA. Much as this question has been hitherto discussed, both in Parliament and at the India House, still we think that the arguments and facts adduced by RUNGO BAPOJEE are so forcible, so clear, and so convincing, that the reader can come to no other conclusion than that the late RAJA has been most shamefully treated by the officers of the East India Company. Let us, however, hope that justice, so long denied to the RAJA, may yet be done to his legal and natural representative. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. No authentic intelligence had been received as to the whereabout of the POPE. The Bien Public says he has arrived at Marseilles, another rumour was that the Government had received a telegraphic dispatch announcing his arrival at Malta, white some persons affirmed that he had not quitted Rome at all. The fact however of his flight appears to be beyond doubt. The Lyons Gazette publishes the following extract from the Marseilles Courier, of the 29th : " The Mentor steamer, commanded by Captain Le veque, which entered this port yesterday, having left Naples on the 25th, and Civita Vecchia on the 26th, has brought the important news that on Sunday, the 26th instant, Pope Pius IX. has quitted the Roman States on board the Tenare steamer, to come to Mar seilles or to Toulon." The Lyons Gazette also states that several travel lers had arrived in that place, who had left Rome on the 24th, before the departure of his HOLINESS was known. At that time the citizens were in a state of great agitation. The Univers publishe3 the following letter : "Paris,Thce. 2, 1848. " Mr. Editor,--Iraving learnt that people have re marked on my having abstained in the vote relative to the expedition to Civita Vecchia, I believe it to be my duty to declare that, at the same time that I am determined to support all the measures which may be required to guarantee efficaciously the liberty and authority of the Sovereign Pontiff, I was not able to support with my vote a military demonstration which appeared to me to be dangerous even to the sacred rights which it was in tended to protect, and of a nature to compromise the peace of Europe.—Receive, sir, the assurance, &c., " Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE." On thi9 letter the Uniocrse thus comments : " The Government, according to the language of General Cavaignac and M. IJufaure, only thought of protecting the person of the Holy Father, and guaran teeing his individual liberty. In this letter, M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte speaks of the liberty and the autho rity of the Sovereign Pontiff. We hope that ho inserted this last word designedly, and that, in case of need, he will not forget it." Marshal BUGEAUD has at length made up his mind to vote for Louis NAPOLEON. He has written a letter to the Constitutionnel, in which he says, " I join in opinion with the mass of the men of order, and I de clare that I shall vote for Louis NAPOLEON BONA PARTE. The false interpretation put on the words in my former letter oblige me to make this declaration." M. BERRYER, M. MONTALEMBERT, and M. MOLE, also, it is said, intend to vote for LOUIS NAPOLEON, as does M. CREMIEUX. An electoral committee, appointed by the inha bitants of the quarter St. Eustache (Paris), held a meeting on Friday night to elect their president and secretary. 19 members were present, of whom 16 declared themselves in favour of General EUGENE CATAIGNAC, and 3 for M. LEDRU ROLLIN. A general assembly of the delegates of the sections of the city of Lyons, and of the rural cantons, was held in that city on Friday last, when it appeared that the sections of Lyons gave 81 votes to General CAVAIGNAC, and but 6 to Prince Louis NAPOLEON. Six out of ten of the canton; outside the walls gave 143 votes to General CAVAIGNAC, and but 70 to Prince Louis. Two of the four cantons, which had not elected delegates, had written to declare that they would vote unanimously in favour of General CA TAIGNAC. It is stated, further, that General CAVAIGNAC'S intervention for the protection of the POPE has created an immense feeling in favour of the General amongst the clergy and the religious portion of the inhabitants of Lyons. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 4. Luxembourg (101.), 1 3 A—Northern of France, s%—Or leans and Bordeaux, 15.1 i. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have arrived. The Gaceta publishes the following decrees : " WAR OFFICE—ROYAL DECREES. "In attention to the reasons which Lieutenant-Gene ral Don Fernando Fernandez de Cordova has exposed to me, I hereby relieve him from the charge of Captain- General of Catalonia, in order that he may fulfil that of Director General of Infantry, which he also holds. " Given at the Palace, the 23d Nov., 1848. Is signed by the Royal Hand. The Minister of War, "FRANCISCO DE PAULA FIGUERAS." " Taking into consideration the excellent circum stances that concur in the Lieutenant-General Don Manuel do la Concha, Marquis del Duero, I hereby name him Captain-General of Catalonia." (Signed as above.) The Barcelona papers of the 23d mention that POZAS and MoNsEuRAT entered the town of Sabadell on the afternoon of the 21st, having burnt the town gates in order to get in. The soldiers in garrison there retired to their strong house, where they re mained blazing away R henever any of the Carlists came within sight, but the latter, after spending the night in the town, went away at six the next morning. They had arrested several of the inhabitants, both male and female, in consequence of the money they demanded not being forthcoming at first ; but as they set them all at liberty again, the money had probably been paid. A letter from Reus, of the 20th, says that the corporation had received a dispatch from the Carlist o v h ,i i t e he i ra iN tmh la eo s s ot o l ouLT, the previous day, i n w hi c h h e s ummoned them t o pay hi m a contribution in money equal to th ree quarters of their fixed contribution d blockadeof taxation, if it and wer menacede notm co them plied buyersil e s e p e r r Passive Cents. a n with. M ADRID BoasA, 7.—The Th ree per C ents. er Nov. ihe close, 9-16 to b uyers. Dl : eub b yt u e, y rs e 3, 7 4 , 69 k seller s ; C oupons 5i Bank Sh ares, 41 notes 1/. E xc h ange on Londonlsl4l e b Br u s3 y .s e . r D s - s a c o s u e n l l t e rosn; Dispatches were received office from yesterday at th e Colonial the Governors of the West India Colonies. powerful remedy must be applied, if we desire to restore her to a sound and healthy state. The Spanish General, the Marquis DE lILJOSA DE ALAVA, left London on Sunday for Paris en route to Madrid. The Noble Marquis was sent to this country some months ago by the Spanish Govern ment, as chief of a military scientific commission for the corps of artillery and engineers, with the view of examining our naval and mili tary establishments, and collecting information on the progress of our national institutions. Our Govern ment, with that enlarged liberality which constantly characterises its policy, whatsoever may be its rela tions with foreign countries, has readily afforded to the gallant General all necessary facility for the fulfilment of his object. This distinguished noble man is one of the most eminent mathematicians Spain can boast of. We are informed that whilst he re sided in London he has commanded unanimous respect and admiration by his high scientific attain ments. The Royal Society, the Astronomical, the Geographical, the Geological, and the Antiquarian Societies, which the Marquis DE Hu OSA constantly visited since their re-opening, have vied with one another by inviting him to their evening meetings, and many of their more distin guished members were greatly gratified to make his personal acquaintance. In the last meeting of the Society of Arts, a beautiful mathematical instrument, invented by the enlightened General, and which bears his name—" Hijosa's Angle Trisector," was ex hibited in the saloon of the society, and 'was much admired by our renowned engineers, Mr. BRUNEL and Mr. PARE; for its simplicity and useful application. We regret that the termination of this:scientific Spanish mission will deprive us so soon of the presence of a gentleman who is so able to enrich the scientific world with the results of his valuable discoveries. We are, however, glad to understand that he has entered into correspondence with several of our scientific institutions, and that he will forward to them, on his return to Spain, the pub. lications containing the results of his mathematica labours. G E Al ANy AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Prussian National Assembly met at Branden burg on the Ist instant. BRUNNECK took the Presi dent's chair at eleven o'clock. After the call of the names had been concluded, the President announced the numbers to be 260 present, and 15 absent but agreeing; which altogether gave 275 acquiescent, and 131 absent. NI. SCHNEIDER then mounted the tribune, and read a paper agreed upon by about forty of the Left Centre, to the effect that they had come forward because Government had manifested the in tention of calling on their substitutes ; and that if UNRUH, PHILLIPS, and others of the Left Centre, were not present, it was because they remained at Berlin, seeking to persuade the remainder of the Left Centre and Left to follow them to Brandenburg. M. PARICENS then proposed that, in order to give time to M. UNRUH to move, the sitting should be adjourned until Monday. This question being put, was negatived by 145 to 113. SCHNEIDER then returned to the tribune, aad declared that, as the proposition of adjournment was not agreed to, he and his friends were resolved to retire, which they did forthwith. In the midst of the up roar and confusion arising from this proceeding, .M. BAUMSTARK rose and stated that the name of UNRUH had been coupled with that of " President," whereas M. Uratuu was not President, and could not be so until re-elected. M. Bnusismcic then proposed that the House should proceed to the nomination of a ?resident and a bureau, but as, on counting the slips of paper dropped into the ballot urn, only 172 names 'vere found, M. BRUNNECK declared that the election oust be null. Whereupon M. SIMoNs proposed that the Assembly should request Ministers to convoke be substitutes of all those members who had retired, tais retreat being tantamount to abdication of their seats. This being put to the vot e , 73 vo t e d i n f avour of the motion, 9 against, and 82 abstained. M. FRUNNECK then declared that he would communicate the result to the Ministers, and the House broke up amidst indescribable confusion. On the 28th ult. the Board of Aldermen of Berlin proceeded to Potsdam, to present a congratulatory address to the KING, on the 25th anniversary of his marriage. In the course of his reply the KING said--- "You have spoken about your loyalty ; I shall now speak of mine. Under different circumstances, loyalty assumes a different aspect. The orders which I have been obliged to issue of late were given with a heavy heart, but according to the dictates of duty and con. science. It was for you that I was acting, in order to free my good old city of Berlin from men of blood, tyranny, and slavery. Nevertheless, be convinced that I shall not retract that which I have promised—th at I fulfil my promise s . My'support will never be wanting to you." The - KING added, " The late address from the alder men to their fellow-citizens is an historical document, and is one of the best I have ever read. I am fully aware that the gentlemen of the aldermanic board may just now be of very great service." About the time that this scene was passing in Potsdam the mill tars were ransacking the house of Herr HILDEN HAGEN, one of the secretaries of the National As sembly, and seizing all his papers. BERLIN, DEC. 2.—The residence of the Deputy HILLENHAGEN is now occupied by the milit ar y ; t h ey were an hour and a half gaining admittance per force. Of course every thing has been searched, and the papers seized. Two carts full of them have been taken away, under military escort. M. lIIL LENHAGEN had under his charge the bureau of the Deputies assembled at Berlin. The Gazette du Rhin et Moselle reports a serious affray at Coblentz on the 30th. A large number of individuals belonging to the Landwehr and the war reserve had convened a meeting for that evening i n the Coling Hall. But just as the sitting was a b out to be opened, a number of soldiers of the 26th regi ment of infantry, who had assembled before the doors with sabres in their hands, began grossly ill treating the persons who were repairing to the place of rendezvous. An affray was the consequen ce , i n which several individuals, soldiers and others, were seriously wounded, and some killed. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 29.—The TViener Zeitung of this day, contains an address of the communal council, in the name of the city, to Baron JELLACIIICII and to General Czauicu, thanking them for their timely appearance for the relief of the city, and their gal. lint and huma ne concurrence w ith Prince WINDISCII.• GRA.TZ, in the restoration of order. The inha bitants are preparing an address to the EMPEROR praying him to return and again take up his residence in his true and loyal city of Vienna. The following is the actual amount of the force to be sent to Hungary :- Ist. From Vienna, 45 battalions of Infantry ; 1,300 men ; 21 single companies of 200 men each ; 59 squadrons of cavalry of 150 men; 14 companies of pontooneers ; 238 cannon of various calibre. 2d. From Croatia 30,000 men regular Infantry. I 3d. From Cracow the corps of General Scuracx, 8,000 men, and the corps of General Simme, 6,000 men. 4th. From Styria the t roo p s o f G enera l N UGENT, 7,000 men. sth. From Transylvania, the troops of General PUCIINA, 8,000 men. Gth. Prom Servia the Viroywocle-supplicaz, with 15,000 men. _ The corps of Prince WINDISCITGRATZ fOriliS the basis of the combined attack, which will be made I simultaneously from various points. Great prepara tions for defence are making in Hungary. The Allgenteine Zeitung says— " In Eger, where, within the last few days, the re presentatives from Bohemia have had a meeting with the German Representatives, it is said that an address was handed to many of the Austrian Members of the German National Assembly, which it is reported that the Assembly of Representatives had forwarded to the German Parliament, as the latter were said to be uni versally favourable to the proceedings going on in favour of the German Constitution. " The question upon the sections 2 and 3, which wish for the personal union with Austria, had been referred in Eger to a committee. " This committee has put forth an address to such of the German-Austrian deputies as were in Frankfort, which pronounced that a considerable portion of the German population in the Imperial States were undoubtedly in favour of the personal union, but that it might be still desirable that a second deliberation should take place, by which such a state of things might be arrived at as would do away with the necessity of a separation from Austria, by which the material interests of the latter empire would be violated, and which would also be op posed to the duty she owed her subjects. Ile who wishes for the greatness of Austria,' says the author of the report of the commission, ' must be convinced that she cannot stand without Germany, if she would continue to be free. With Germany we must stand or fall. It has been said that we Germans in Austria form the link which binds the east to the west; but I say to you that without Germany we are not the link, but really the dust which will be trodden under foot.' Violent appro bation followed these and similar statements, which we recommend to the notice of the Vienna press, who now seem to make so light of the dependence of Austria and Germany upon each other, without considering that the importance which belongs to themselves can only be acknowledged when Austria and Germany are one. After a discussion of the foregoing proposition, the whole of which went to show that Austria must lean for support on Germany, the address brought forward in the sitting of November 23 was put and carried, and was forwarded to the National Assembly. It appears the Rumburg is to be the place of Assembly next year." The EMPEROR has accepted the resignation of Baron WESSENBURGH of the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, DEC. 4.—The Chamber of Representa tives has commenced the general discussion of the budget for foreign affairs. By the propositions of Government, the budget for 1849 would be 5 00,000 f. 66c. less than the budget for 1848, and if the reduc tions proposed ,by the central sections be adopted, this reduction will be 625,8431. 64c. This question is expected to give rise to considerable debate.— Brussels Papers, Dec. 4. RUSSIA. The Wanheini Zeitung, in mentioning a report which stated that a treaty had been concluded between the Russians and SCHAMYL, gives an extract from a letter that bad been received from the Polish border, to the following effect : "In the German papers the news has gone abroad that Russia had concluded a treaty with the Caucasian people, by which their freedom and independence is ac knowledged. I can, on the contrary, assure you that these reports require strong confirmation. The last letters from Tiflis, at l ea st, say that th e pos i t i on of the contending parties remained entirely unaltered. The above report may have arisen from the fact of some of the Daghestan tribes who had succumbed to the power of Russia had made a proposal for a treaty to Prince Woronzow, and also from the fact that a body of troops, some 5,000 strong, formerly stationed in the Caucasus, had received orders to march to Poland." The Russian papers now give an official report, which throws some light 'von the last expedition to the Caucasus. From widely-disseminated reports we also learn that SCHAMYL, on the 10th of Septem ber, with an imposing force, had repaired, during the feast of Achti, to the Kamurschen border, where he had attacked G enera l R OTH , w h o h a d d r i ven him back ; but being subsequently attacked himself by r a heavy body of t roops , a severe ac ti on t oo k place. 'The Russians giv e th e i r l oss i n thi s ac ti on a t 15 killed and 152 wounded, and estimate the loss of the enemy at 300 in killed alone. Mr. W. J. Fox, mX interviews with ~ and Lord Seymour had Su George Grey., CEMI3 E R 5, 1848.7- ITALY. The whole of the corps diplomatique left Rome when the departure of the POPE became known. MARIAM arrived in Rome on the 23d. When the last accounts left General ZUCCHI was at Bologna, and General GARIBALDI at Ravenna. It is said to be in cantemplation to erect Lombardy and Venice into an independent kingdom for the Duke Of LEUCHTENBERG. The majority of the Lombards themselves would prefer the Duke of LEUCHTENBERG to CHARLES ALBERT. The Itililan Gazette of the 24th contains an official denial, on thepart of Marshal RADETZKY, that he ever wrote the letter imputed to him, addressed to the Archduke Louis, who has for some time past retired from public affairs. The Alba:of Florence states that great agitation reigned at Naples on the 26th, and that an outbreak was hourly expected. It was believed that the Nea politan Ministry had resigned, and that they would be succeeded by M. SAVARESE, who would give the Portfolio of Finance to the Prince of ANGRI. A rumour waslprevalent that the King of NAPLES, had declared war against Rome and Tuscany. The elec tions at Florence, which had been interrupted on the 22d, were to be recommenced on the 27th. The Concordia, Turin journal, of the 29th ult. deplores the departure of Pius IX., who, it says, abandons Rome and Italy, and confides their destinies to foreign hands. That journal hopes that the Roman Ministry and people of Rome will be equal to the circumstances, and prove that the person of the PONTIFF was not absolutely necessary to the temporal administration of his dominions. EGYPT. IBRAHIM PACHA died on the the 10th ult. from a pulmonary affection. ABBAS PACHA, his nephew and successor, who is about forty years of age, was absent at the time, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and until his return, his uncle, SAID PACHA, acts as Regent. MEHEMET ALI enjoys good bodily health, but is perfectly imbecile. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The best play Sheridan Knowles has ever yet pro duced —The Hunchback—was acted here last evening with Mrs. Charles Kean as Julia, and Mr. Charles Kean as Sir Thomas Clifford. Mrs, Charles Kean acted very finely —the early simplicity and devotion to Master Walter was charming, as the latter scenes were ter rible in their impassioned intensity. The conflictions of prido with the tenderer emotions were truthfully delineated, and the burst of power in the famous scene with Master Walter in the fifth act, beginning with the " Show me some way to 'scape these nuptials! Do it!" was equal to the finest tragic acting we have witnessed, and akin to the withering passion of Rachel in the ce lebrated curse in Les Boraces. Sir Thomas Clifford was acted by Mr. Charles Kean with a refinement of style and a depth of poetical appreciation which elevated the character far above its accustomed exposition. Mr. Charles Kean has shown his judgment in choosing the character of Sir Thomas Clifford instead of that of Master Walter. Although hitherto considered as a mere walking gentleman, because, when the piece was first pr o d uce d, Sheridan Knowles, who could not act Sir Thomas Clifford, chose to cast himself for Master Walter, Sir Thomas Clifford is, next to Julia, the great part of the piece, and exquisitely did Mr. Charles Kean develop the hitherto unappreciated beauties of the character. He left the heavy Master Walter to Mr. Creswick. Mr. Webster was exceedingly quaint and amusing as Modus, and Miss Julia Bennet was as espiegle as could be desired in Helen. The prin cipal performers were called before the curtain and rap turously applauded. The house was crowded. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. A comic drama, called The Witch of Windermere, by Mr. Charles Selby, was produced at this theatre last night. Its dramatic pretensions do not amount to much, but there is a broad surface for the purposes of Mr. Buckstone, who manages to keep the two acts alive by his amusing personation of an uncouth rustic, striving to be genteel in order to please a village beauty who has ♦ague notions of refinement, and been especially smitten with the mincing fopperies of a London livery servsnt, to the prejudice of her rough but honest admirer. Buckstone's jealous paroxysms and in continent attempts at suicide aro droll enough, and re vive many a hearty laugh upon an old basis. Ho is well supported by Mrs. Fitzwilliani, who plays the coquette with her accustomed piquancy, and exhibits much natural feeling at the end, when the rustic restores himself to hfr good graces by an unexpected act of heroism The l i.:oe was extremely well received. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THE DUMBOLTON ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. There was a private performance of this new company 0 " Darkies" at the St. James's Theatre last evening, and judging from what we heard we imagine that these Dew aspirants for public favour will be even more suc cessful than their predecessors. They have better voices and are better musicians, and consequently in the con certed pieces are much more effective. They gave the "Phamtern Chorus" from the Sonnanibula most effectively, and were I eudly encored in it. " Rosa Lee," a sentimental nigger tong was beautifully given by White, and was also encored, as was the " Niggar's History of the World," cvhich was given with much humorous unction by Parker. " Stop that knocking at the door" and the " Coon Hunt" were also admirably sung. The instruments are two banjo:, an accordion, tambourine, and bones. The Tam bourine is a glorious fellow, superior even to the tambourine of the original company, but Bones, although very good, does not quite come up to Pell. The per formances were very amusing, and the audience ap peared delighted with them. We predict a great suc cess for the Dumbolton Serenaders. BAN VARD' S PANORAMA of the MISSIS SIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS. The largest painting in the world fs now on ex hibition at the Egyptian Hall, Picadilly. It is a moving panorama of the scenery of the Mississipi and Alisscuri rivers, during a course of upwards of 3,000 miles, and it covers three miles of canvas. The painter is an American, John Banvard, who determined to pro duce the largest painting in the world, and who has suc ceeded. The painting, although occasionally somewhat coarse, is exceedingly effective. The atmospheric phe nomena are delineated in a manner marvellously true to nature, and the scene of the Prairie on lire is most sub lime. Mr. Banvard himself is in attendance, and as the panorama moves on explains the locality exhibited in the most quaint and humorous style imaginable. His Yankee twang is delicious. SHIPWRECK or THE ARRIETTA.--The above named barque was lost on Monday night last, when almost within sight of her destination. She sailed from Cuba on the 13th of October, laden with copper ore, for Swansea. She made Lundy, Caldy, and the Helwicks " all well." About midnight the vessel struck the lower edge of the Mixen (a well-known shoal a short distance off the Mumble Head). The master, finding that the vessel would not come off; deemed it expedient to get out the lung boat. As the crew were endeavouring to get into the boat a heavy sea drove her up against the ship's bows, by which John M'Dougal, the second mate, was knocked overboard and perished. The deceased was a married man, his family residing in Swansea. The master and rest of the crew (thirteen in number) then proceeded in the long boat through the Sound into the Mumbles. Here they met the Dragon Fly, Neath steam-tug, the master of which evinced the greatest ma.• diness and alacrity to assist, and no time was lost in reaching the vessel, with the view, if practicable, of getting hor off. On approaching the barque, however, it was found that the sea was breaking over her, and that the steamer could not, without imminent risk of sacri ficing the lives of all on board, get sufficiently near to be of service. The attempt was consequently abandoned, and the crew made the best of their way to Swansea Harbour. The vessel has since become a complete wreck, the whole coast being strewed with portions of the unfortunate craft. Tho Arrietta was consigned to the Cobre Company at this port, with 450 to ns o f copper ore; she was the property of Sir J. Pirie and Mr. Lang, and is believed to be partially insured. The loss is esti- - mated at 8,0001. Neither the master no r crew were able to save any portion o their clothes or other property. M'Dougal's body has not yet been recovered. WALWORTH.—Last night the annual meeting of the South-West London Auxiliary to the Church of England Young Men's Society was held in the Lecture Hall, Carter-street, Walworth. The Venerable Arch deacon Hare, one of the vice-presidents, presided, and the meeting was addressed by the chairman, the Rev. J. W. Watson, the Rev. J. R. Foot, Mr. Cummins, and others. It appeared from the report that this auxiliary has been established about three years, during which time, in ad • dition to providing extensive means of information on subjects connected with the history and defence of th e Church of England, it has contributed nearly 170/. tothe Pastoral Aid Society, the Colonial Church Society, the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, and the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East. A reading-room and library containing 1,400 volumes have been established for the use of members of the parent association; and the report stated that it was in contemplation to provide similar advantages for the auxiliaries. The proceedings occupied several hours. The chimpanzee that was exhibited lately at Wombwell's menagerie, we understand, is dead, owing to the climate of England being so much colder than that of Sierra Leone, of which it was a native. The body is now in the possession of Mr. Waterton of Wal ton Hall, and is about to be added to the splendid mu seum of that gentleman,—Durham Advertiser. The following is the letter addressed to the Marquis SAccuETTr by the POPE, announcing the intention of his Holiness to quit Rome:— Marquis Sacchciti,—We confide to your well•known prudence and integrity to inform the Minister Galletti of our departure, authorising him and the other Ministers not only to pref.( ct the palaces, but much more the per sons therein, who were entirely ignorant of our resolu tion. We take the more interest in their safety, because, we again repeat, they were entirely ignorant of our in tention.—Signed Pius IX., Nov. 24, 1848. Counter signed G. GALLETTI, Minister of the Interior, Nov. 25, 1848." The Abbe Rosmizu has not left Rome, nor, it is said, does he intend quitting the Eternal City. The Gazetta di .Roma of the 23d announces that the new Ministers have given up half their salaries to the public treasury. The POPE was, it is said, accompanied in his flight by Cardioal LAMBRUSCIIINI. Total merchandise c?593,440 1,141,586 1,221,002 Specie Duties received Rates of duty The Canadian winter had commenced, but the navi gation still remained open. The ships were getting away with all possible dispatch. The advicos from the Continent, received to-day, are regarded as favourable, and our Money Market feels the influence accordingly. The Funds are strongly sup ported by the speculators for a rise, and it is conceived that the large transactions for the " put," during D e . cember, of Consols at 87 a and /, for which per cent. has been given, are connected with operations for ad vanced rates, those who have bought largely for time, being anxious, probably, to protect themselves against a serious revulsion. One per cent. only would be the extent of loss, where parties bought and "put" at the same prices. If they have done the latter only, they can gain but by a fall of about one per cent., and should the market rise they lose their per cent. and commission. Consols have been 87} for Money, and 87i for Account. Exchequer-bills have been at 41s. to 445. premium, and India Bonds at 38s. premium. East India Stock has risen to 240 and 241. Bank Stock is firm at 188/ to 190. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 86/ and the Three per Cents. 86-4 , g. The election of General Cavaignac will be hailed here, both in monetary and mercantile circles, with much satisfaction, and it is conceived that the Red Repub licans by voting for Ledru Rollin will assist his cause. The Foreign Market has been very quiet again. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 24i Portuguese Four per Cents. have been nominally 24 to 25; and Mexican 2li to 4. Peruvian are marked 36k; Vene zuela, 14k; and Buenos Ayres, 20g. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been 47i to 471. Railway Shares are firm, although at present exceed ingly quiet, and far from realising their fair value. An improvement, we still feel persuaded, will occur early next year. Midland, North British, and Eastern Counties are better. ONE CLOSING p , th'ES OF VRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock l9O 188% 188% 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms.. ..... 86 1 i, ‘ 86A 3 per Cal% Consols Annuities 87 5 / % % 88 New 34 per Cent. Aren5........ 861% E62/1 4 LongAnns. to expire Jan. 1860 8 9-16 8 9-16 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... 8 5-16 8 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 8 13-16 India Stcck 240 241 24 India Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001. . ... 38 p South Sea Stock Consols for Account 8 7 % 3% Exchequer Bills. 24d. & 2d. 1,0001. June ...... .......... 5001. June Sln all, March .. 41 44 p Small, Juno PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS O I 7E O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds CLOSIN (3 PRICES. Ditto, Small — 75 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 2 O IA 20 1 / 2 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 211, Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3 61 37% Russian Bonds . Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account ...... ...... 24 3 / 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2,,i per Cent... 14 5 / 8 Ditto Deferred 4 1% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,6 per Cent., 12 Guild 47%1 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES, Aberdeen 5O Amber. Nott., Boston- and Eastern Junction VA...-. Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 Belfast & County Down 19 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct. calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 . ••• Bianing, Wolverh'ton, u, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ....• Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 145... . ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June._ 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 .....• Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds .... Luckinghamshire... 14/. 4s. - ••• •••• • •••• Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 8% ...... Do. New 10/. Pref..... 5 ... .. 4% Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 13 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. .. lO Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 35 •••••• Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D... ... 25 ...... ... ••• Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 - Do., 3/. 108. Eastern Counties.:...... 20 .....• 11 %% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. . .. Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d.... % p % P Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ~.... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters Do. New ... 34 ...... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O .... Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 13% 19 1 % 13 11% . . . - Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. &E.) guar. 5 per cent............ 21 / 2 ~, — East Lancashire ......... 25 ••••..••• ..... Ditto, New , 2l .••". ••• ......... •• Ditto, New Quarters WA Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 64...... - ... .. - East Lincolnshire ...... 25 , 24%1 2 4 1 /2 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. ••• Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport ls Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% l l / 1% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... ..8/. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., : I ft ,„ A Deferred ... 12 1 / 2 ...... 4 .... Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6 1 / 2 3 Do. Extension 2% — ••• !;roat South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo •••••• Ditto, New, 401 4O .... 1% 61,4 4% 3% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 7,000 bales, principally American. The market was very quiet, at previous quotations.—ln Railway Shares there was but little business doing, and without altera tion in prices. The state of the mercantile markets in the metropolis is still rather dull, and a disposition to ask fuller prices has checked the sale of raw cotton, as well as of manu factures, at Liverpool and Manchester. In review of last month's operations Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewes bury inform us that:—" During the early part of the month the Foreign and Colonial markets were very much depressed, owing to the large quantities brought forward by importers, who manifested every desire to realise, even at some concession on ruling rates, without, however, inducing dealers to purchase, except for their immediate wants ; after wards a better feeling became prevalent, which, without establishing any advance in prices, caused a considerable business to be done in sugar, and also to a smaller ex tent in dyes. During the past week the same improve ment has not continued general, and prices have re sumed their downward tendency, cochineal and lac dye being almost the only articles which maintain their po. sition. The arrivals continue large, and stocks aro still heavier than at the corresponding period of last year, but are not excessive, when compared with the increased consumption." The letters and papers per steamer America, have been delivered, and appear to give general satisfaction. The excitement of the election being over, it is con cluded that business affairs will flow on in the usual channel, and the election of Gen. Taylor is certainly a matter for congratulation. In a report dated from New York at the latest period it is stated that— " The Stock Market, during the past week, has been more buoyant than we have noticed before for a long time. Prices have in many instances improved, and the sales have been unusually large. A portion of this advance has been caused, no doubt, by the relief expe rienced in the Money Market, and partly by the changes which have taken place in the prospective value of some securities for investment. Government Stocks have been in demand at better prices, and the large amounts weekly issued at Washington, on foreign accounts, have given holders here more confidence. The favourable reports which have been put in circu lation, upon semi-official authority, relative to the future wants of the Government, have had a ten dency to improve prices. The ' fancies' have been more active than usual, and a disposition to purchase on time, so as to have contracts mature in the early part of next year, has been manifested. So far as Government Securities aro concerned, there is every probability of the improvement being sustained, but as regards the fancies' it does not look so encouraging, as there is in reality no basis for it. We have ra long and dull winter before us, and the season invariably has an influence upon such sensitive securities. Money may be more abundant than it has been for some time past, but the absence of the proper class of speculators makes it diffi cult to sustain prices. The brokers have to carry the bulk of all the • fancies' in the street, and it is likely some of them will break down under the burden before the close of the winter." The value of merchandise and amount of specie im ported into the New York district, exclusive of that sent to warehouse, and the amount of duties on the same, for the week ending the 17th ult., in each of the past three years, were as annexed:- 1846. 1847. 1848. Free goods Dutiable goods Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New, ...... 14 .. .. Great Western 9O ...... 71 Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, 'A Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171... ..... 13 ... Huddersfield and Manch. 30 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Ditto, lA Shares Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... Ditto, Thirds . _ . . Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 — Ditto, ditto Ditto, IA Shares Do. Quarter Shares... 17 1 / 2 ..., Do. Fifths... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 1 ,4 4th Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 .. •.. ~, Do. New, Gaa. 6 per ct. 5 Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 — Ditto 1 h (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 Do.(Waketishl,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 10 Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 Do. (Preston k; Wyre) 25 - ..... ........ .. Do. % Shares (A)... 9% - Leeds and Bradford SO - ...... ••••• ••• Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 - Do., Half Shares Do., (blue) Scrip 2%...,.. - Leeds and Thirsk - ••••••.. ...... Ditto, New ...... ....... 35 - •• ••• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%...... - ••••.. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 31 ,2 _ f.i verp., Manchester, and Newcastle June pion... 2% - London & Blackwell -13/. 6s. 8d - Do. Extension ..... ... 22%,,,,., - London, Brighton, and South Coast SO Do. Guarant. 5 per ct., 9 ...... 8 %:Y, . Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et 50 .. ... - .. Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 - ... Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. .... ..... 4 - London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... - . ........ Ditto, Preference... 18117 a 2d... - 'London and N. Western 100 ......117 116 Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 ...... - Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. - 2 ...... 5 Do. 404 Sliares(L.M.) 25 - Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 - • • Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 - ••••••••• ...... Do. 104 (M. & B.) C. 1 - Lon , 4. &S. Western 5O ...... 38 ... ......... .. Do. New 50/. ... - ..... ........ Do. New 404 .. 34 - ....... Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 - •• •••• ••... Ditto ditto , 4O - Ditto, Thirds.. ......13/. 6s. 8d... - Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ...14 13s. 4d... - ...,........5., London, Salisbury, and Yeovil - .. Londonderry &Coleraine 28 3 4. - ....... ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen 27%.„... -. ... Lowestoft (4 per et) -. 20 - Ditto (6 per ct.) Manchester,Baxton,and Matlock.-- .......... 4 - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo - ... ... ........ Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 10 - ~,..»,,. ••• Ditto, New 104 Pref... 10 - Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40 - •• Ditto ditto . ......... ]3 -....- ......- . Ditto ditto - ...... -...... Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . ... - Do., Grimsby Dock... 20 - Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. - Midland ... 100 ..... 78 77 1 , 4 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - Do., do., SOL Shares.- 28 ... .. 8% ...... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo - ••• Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... - Ditto, Grist. & Glocstr. 38 ...... - Ditto, ditto „.... ...... 144 188.... - Ditto,Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo - ...... Midland Great Western Irish 45 - Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. - Newcastleand Carhsie...loo - ... Do. Quarters Newmarket ... ..... . - , .... ... Do. Extension .........21. 125.... - Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - ... ..... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O - .., Norfolk lOO - Do. New 20/. - lO - ••..•. Do. Guaranteed,s p et. 20 - Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... - . Northern Counties Union 4 -... ..... North British ... ..... .... 25 ...... 14% Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters: 6 14 3 .............. . Ditto, Extension O% ..... - ..- ........ .... Ditto, Thirds ...... - ............... North & South-Western 2 - ... . North Staffordshire \orth Wales ... ....... -. 3% - North-Western . lO - Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading; Guildford, and Reigate lO - Royston and Hitchin ... 2 - ScettisiVentral Scottish Midland 25 - ••• ••••••••.• ~ Ditto, New - .. ... Sheffield, Rotherbam,;& Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 7% -. Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... - Shrewsbury and Birns... 9 - Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 - - ... ....... ... Shrewsbury and Herefd. '2 - Shrewsbury & Ch es t er (Nor. W. Min.) - .. Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 1 , 2 .... - .. .... Ditto Oswestry ..... 17% 9% Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO - .. Shropshire Union - • • ..... .• South Devon 50 - ... Do. Preference .„ South Staffordshire 6%...... - ........ .. Siath Eastern 22% ... Do., No. 1... 24 - Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 .-... ...... 25 ...... 13% Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 South Wales - South Yorkshire, D on - .• caster, and Goole 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 - ... raw Vale Extension ... 8 - ••• so .... Thames Haven Dock .. V. and Railway ..... ...... 17% - Vale of Neath ... - Waterford and Kilkenny 17% - ...... ......... Waterford and Limerick 47% - Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. .. 4 2 34.- - . Do. do. do. ... 25 - Do. do. do. -. 10 - ... ..... ... ~ West Cornwall West London - Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 - ...... ••••••••• Do. Do. 2d Class ... 20 - N hitehaven & Furness 13 - Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 9% - Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth - ......,„.... N York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ......... 25 .. .- - Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 . - ... ......... ... Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 - York and .North Midland 50 - Ditto, Preference ...... 10 - ......... Of ••• Do. East and Westßid ing Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 4 1 / 2 — Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 17 a Ceylon Demerara ...... ......... ... 15 ...... Dendre Valley... Direct Bombay and Madras 6s. . •• • - Dutch Rhenish ......... N..... .. ...... .... East Indian 3 14 — ...... - ..» . Great Indian Peninsular M — Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg.... 7 Ditto ... lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. -. Northern of France...-. 12 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Lyons ll O. NI ... Do. Do. . Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... MINES. _ _ Bolonos Scrip ...... .. .. —;.:" 2% - - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY') LONDON, DEC. s.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, DEC. 4.—Wind W, to S.W.—Arrd. Ells* North America. Put back, Hopewell, for jAIIITiCtii Christina, for New York. CARDIFF, DEC. 4.—Wind Ross-shir e ' Feaster, Quebec. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Webster, Quebec. SHIELDS, DEC. 4.—Wind. S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Quinton, Quebec. BRIDGEWATER, DEC. 3.—A rr d. B acc h us , Day, PrinCe Edward's Island. BRISTOL, DEC. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Glenborvie, Fullerton, Matanzas. It blew a heavy gale of wind last night from the south, accompanied with heavy rain. KILLYBEGS, DEC. 2.—The schooner Sarab, of sa d from Queb ec t o Sli go, put i nto Bruckless Bay l a te lig night during a heavy gale from the westward, with fore mast cut away. RAMSGATE, DEC. 4.—During th e a ft ern oon it ble w a heavy gale of wind from the S.W., but at seven P *** -. ' more moderate. DEAL, DEC. 4.—lt blew a severe gale in the Dower 38 p 96% 881 A 40 p 41 p 44 p 41 p 24 1 / 2 14% 4 1 / 8 47% 72% 4:g 4 1 / 4 - 5% -: ~~~ .~ 13:24 716 - 10 1 4 ss% .... 9a/ --- 914 117% 14% 8% 21!‘ 25% 14g 9% ii% aYi 16% 25% 24 11% 11% ";% ........ 1 111 - i% 2% I can it of stn. To descr blads, chars quote taino not i suppl SIM' ditto, load: Col/ Clove ] 11 lOs Clove r Per loi , The Line°ll ) ( -)f the defend E a Scotc collect the cas , reveren enees tl from it the Vi, Under t or cosi sin( Ea fror ligh all i fron gale Craa nig' whe Bon Thus ing Lauri lost rives with able and taker expo] place TA spot, A The