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MISS BREMER'S NEW CIIRISTMAS BOOK. Immediately, in one vol. post bvo., 10s. 6d. bound, T " MIDNIGHT SUN. By FREDRIKA BREMER. Translated from the Unpublished Swedish Original. By MARY HOWITT. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry 031 burn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. Immediately, in 3 vols. post Bvo., LUCILLE BELMON T. A NOVEL. Henry Cclburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., H E DIAMOND and the PEARL. By MRS. GORE. "In this work Mrs. Gore may be fairly said to have excelled her self. The characters of the two sisters—the Diamond and Pearl of the story —are admirably pourtrayed."—John "One of Mrs. Gore's most animated and life-like productions. Among the characters are some whose portraits, drawn by her prac tised and skilful hand, will easily be recognised. These sketches, while they pique curiosity and excite interest, will assuredly heighten her reputation as a novelist of society."—Britannia. Henry Golburn, Publisher, 13:Great Marlborough-street. MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW WORK. OR Wednesday, the 20th, in 3 vols. post Svo., T HE LANCASHIRE WITCHES By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, LIAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs aad alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Amyott, Mr. Charles Kean ; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean. To be followed by Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Rogers ; Young Marlow, Mr. 11. Holl ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Keeley ; Rastings, Mr. H. Vandenhoff , Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. G'over ; Miss Neville, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Miss Mardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with the Farce of DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. ender the direction of Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Tom Bags, Mr. Wright ; Madeline, Madame Celeste. To be followed by Tu E ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATriE. Under the Manageme2t of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles ..414 he r s. TUIS EVENING Will be performed a comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR A CHANGE. Characters by Messrs_ Harley, C. Mathews, Honner; liaiss K. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Marshall. After which I , ,ED UP. To be followed by an APPEAL TO TUE, r ÜBLIC. To conclude with MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME, in which Mr. John Reeve will appear. Dress ;:ones, 5a.; Upper Boxes, , ls, ; Pit, 2 ; Gallery, is. No half-price to any part of the house. The Box-office, No. 2, Wellington• She f, is open to the Public t'c€l7 day, from Ten till 41x. PRINCESS'S T HEAT Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been redecorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner 17 31r. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best atirary;,- men ts have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the en , ii,:nt and conveaience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD. FELLOW. To be followed by a New DITERTISSEMENT. 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 Julia Harland. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS. This celebrated Troupe, whose performances hare excited univer sal admiration throughout the United States, will repeat a short Series • 1 their popular ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre THIS EVENING, December 13, and on Friday. The Programme will include a variety of original Songs, Glees, &c., entirely new to this country, written and composed expressly for this company. Doors open at Eight, the Entertainments to commence at Half past Eight. Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bard-street ; and at the Box. office of the Theatre. TO CORRESPONDS S TS. &o communication can be attended to la:leis autheiati. caked by the name and address of the writer. tlOectod communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 13. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 54; Noon, 56. BARC METER, 30.13. WIND S.W ; beautiful mild weather. HIGH WATIf;R AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 34 min after 3 I Evening .. 57 min. after 3 •fts krt4,4 ' 3 _ • N' • ,3410 47: " 4 4V . •," ' .ri; • • • nk nine‘ 2it)t LONDON, WEDNESDAY,IihCEMBER 13, 1848. ' could be more conspicuous, that despotism is, with us, not only obsolete in every particular, but that the last vestiges of feudality have been long since scattered abroad to the winds . Where MARY would have punished VICTORIA sues. Where Prince PHILIP would have obtained satisfac tion by means of the thumb-screw and the Scaven ger's (laughter, Prince ALBERT demands protection by an affidavit taken before the Court of Chan cery. The old regime has passed away before an embrasure has fallen from the cloud-capped towers or a tile from the gorgeous palaces. A new age has grown over us imperceptibly, and the political world ii canopied by a new sky, studded with new constel lations. With a sense of this beneficent change in England as a constitutional monarchy, the thought recurs to the mind simultaneously that what so many millions are struggling to attain through desolated streets and desecrated fanes, through death and agony, in defiance of the bullet and the scaffold, in the midst of cannon arid conspiracies, we already enjoy in their utmost plenitude. That, indeed, is the secret of our tranquillity. We have liberty of speech, and liberty of the press, and liberty of meeting, and liberty of petitioning. We have personal inviolabi lity and inviolability of home. 'We have a po pular representation and an annual revision of the budget. We have responsibility of the Ministers and a perfect freedom of conscience. We have trial by jury and authority over taxation. What the nations on the continent are aspiring to possess, we have long since treasured up as the palladia of our empire. The dreams of the foreigner are our realities. The holier precepts which philosophy has depicted as the guiding influences of existence, in Arcadia, in Utopia, and in the visionary recesses of Icarie, have been legibly inscribed upon the leaves of our statute-books and accepted by the sagacity of our successive Parliaments. Much unquestionably remains as yet to be accomplished, but our future labours must be those rather of modi fication than of creation. For, inasmuch as the case this day brought under the consideration of the Court of Chancery has elicited this gratifying comparison between the state of England and that of Continental Europe, we are satisfied that the par ticulars given elsewhere by our reporter will be perused with avidity and satisfaction. The only tangible ground put forward by the opponents of an extensive reclamation of the waste lands in Ireland is, that a fair return could not be obtained for the necessary outlay—in other words, that it would not pay as a mere pecuniary specula tion. In support of this view they put forward a few solitary instances in which parties who have tried the experiment have not succeeded to the full extent of their expectations. Many causes may have contri buted to these failures, if failures they have teen. The requisite skill might have been wanting—too much might have been attempted in the first instance, more than the amount of capital at the dis posal of the parties could justify. A hundred other causes may have contributed to the untoward results. We have no doubt that if the cases of alleged failure were fully and closely investigated the most satisfactory explanations could be given as to the real causes thereof. It is not because two gentlemen who brought 9 ,0001. or 3,0001. to the undertaking, abandoned it in despair at the end of five years, or because the monks of Mount Meilleray, after having reclaimed five hundred acres of boggy mountain, thought proper to take a large farm of rich land in the county of Tipperary, in addition to their moun tain holding, that the experiment of reclaiming other waste lands must be abandoned as a hopeless under taking. Against the cases thus cited by the Irish Peer we might adduce innumerable instances of the most successful results, where the parties em barking their capital received the rewards due to their industry and enterprise, and realised large fortunes for themselves, while they were affording employment to hundreds of labourers, and conferring permanent benefit on the entire country by bringing new tracts of lands into cultivation, and thus in creasing the food available for the general support. The best answer, however, that can be given is a statement setting forth the present value of the lands, the probable amount of expenditure ne- cessary for their reclamation and their probable value when brought into cultivation. If we find a variety of different estimates, all made by men of competent skill and experience, agreeing that there would be a return varying from six to ten, and in some in stances twenty per cent. on the outlay, and that twenty-five years' purchase could readily be obtained therefor, the beneficial character of the speculation will become apparent, notwithstanding the doubts and difficulties of the Irish Peer with respect thereto. The letter of Mr. RIGBY WASON, which appears in another part of our impression this day (the third of a series directed to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to which we invite his Lordship's most earnest attention), con tains calculations that must prove conclusive on the question. Mr. WAS ON is no ordinary witness. His statements are not founded on mere hearsay, nor does he jump at a conclusion on insufficient grounds. Few men have laboured more energetically , or, we rejoice to say, more successfully, in bringing new land into cultivation, and thus adding to the resources of his country. While possessed of a seat in the Legislature he acquired a character for great practical knowledge and sound judgment. The opinions of such a man must at all times com mand the greatest weight, snore especially when those opinions are founded on matters that came immediately under his own cognizance, are in fact the results of his own experience. Mr. WASON being resolved to keep on the safe side of the question, has framed his calculations on the very highest estimates. It is no torious also that the facilities for reclaiming land in Ireland are much greater than in Scotland, where Mr. WASON'S operations have chiefly been carried on. Lime, perhaps the most essential ingredient, is to be obtained in greater quantities, of a better quality, and at a cheaper rate in Ireland ; it will not be necessary either to expend so much labour in bringing it to the lands. The labour is equally abundant in both countries, perhaps something cheaper in Ireland than in Scotland. All the advantages are, therefore, on the side of Ire land, and much larger profits will be realised even than those referred to by Mr. WASON ; and he has proved that if the poor -rate was struck on the same valuation that existed previously to the reclamation, the profits would amount to no less than 87,5001. on a capital of 131,250/., What capitalist could desire a more promising field for investment? Towards the conclusion of this memorable year of revolutions, it is a circumstance in no degree of small significance to find the SOVEREIGN of England coming iato her own courts of law as a supplicant for justice. No more felicitous evidence of the elaborate, gigantic, and yet infinitely delicate structure of our Constitution could by any possibility have been af forded. It is an incident not unworthy of comme moration, even amidst the astounding events which are now either agonizing or paralyzing the nations of Christendom. It illustrates the harmonious work ing of our system of government in a manner beau tiful beyond all expression. And, beyond this, it contrasts with singular vividness the exquisite tran quillity enjoyed by the population of this country and the dismal panic which has descended like a rain of fire and blood upon the distracted millions of the continent. While the other dynasties of Europe are shuddering in their palaces, the captives of a mob of re volutionists ! or are flying in dismay before the threats of an unarmed democracy, the fugitives from a race in furiated by evil passions or by the recollections of despotism ! the dynasty which has presided over the destinies of Great Britain since the last political con vulsion of 1688, still reposes, in the persons of its living representatives, amidst the pomps of Windsor, agitated only by a slight invasion of the royal privacy, and by the purloining of a few etchings from the portfolios of the royal cabinet. The occasion is too remarkable not to demand the comments of the journalist. The coincidence is too intimately blended with the remembrance of our peculiar felicity as a people not to deserve at our hands some passing allusions—allusions addressed, be it observed, immediately to our fellow-countrymen themselves, in the language of pride and congratula tion. These sentiments do not originate, by any means, from the simple fact that the Court of St. James's is flourishing in unmolested luxury, while almost all the other Courts of the eastern hemisphere have been filled with mourning and dismay. We exult, not because Queen VICTORIA passes her life in thei enjoy ment o f domestic quietude, now at Osborne h ouse, now at Windsor Castle, and now again at Bucki ng h am Palace —while Lou ' is PHILIPPE exists in gorgeous obscurity at Claremont ; while . Louis of Bavaria is forced to an ignominious abdication ; while FREDERICK WsenuestEErnrersclasms sullen anxiety at Sans Souci ; while F Cputdwindles into an ex- Emperor at 011mutz ; while his sword retains fir:twhi, perpetual his crown only by grasping gratitude vigilance; while Pm Norio we e p s of the Romans in his banishment asticiliss-aw; while FERDINAND of Naples rules the two execration of all save the dep rave d Lazzae theith while MARIA DA GLORIA beholds the bulwarks her throne crumbling away in the cabals of h er statesmen; while ISABELLA of Arragon and Castile hears in her orgies at Madrid the rumoured triumphs of her enemies in Navarre and Catalonia! Our exultation at the contrast afforded by the position of affairs in this country, and in the other countries of Europe, arises, not from the superior fortunes of her Britannic MAJESTY, but rather from the circumstance that with the happiness of the Monarch of this vast empire is secured the happiness' and prosperity of the British multitude. Yes ! it is this consideration which overflows our heart with emotions of gratitude and renews our admiration for the wisdom embodied in our Constitution. Mr. WasoN has assumed the value of the re claimed land to be ss. per acre per annum, and has also calculated on a permanent poor-rate of 10s. in the pound thereout. We believe that very few of the waste lands in Ireland, even those affording the greatest opportunities for improvement, could be esti mated at more than 2s. per acre ; this would make considerable difference in the result—a difference which would altogether be in favour of those em barked in the speculation. The poor-rate, too, would, as Mr. WASOX justly remarks, be materially reduced nroughout the union, b the employment of so great a number of the population as would be neces sary for reels of This, again, would be a mate rial advantage to the new 'proprietors and occupiers of the reclaimed land. Again, Mr. WAsoN pheras calculated the cost of reclamation at 10/. f r This is, un doubtedly, a high rate, aand far beyond addae.ln deed, the. drain previously that have hitherto beena deed, those estimates have seldom exceednie age of from 61. to 9/. per acre, including then age, mhieh would render the land prey' usly varlued io at 2s. per acre worth, at the lowest calculation, 20s. per acre per annum, or at least ten per cent, on the cost; indeed, the estimates of Mr. ItIcuARD GRIFFITH were framed on this basis when he reported that 1,425,000 acres of land, now waste, was improvable into arable, and 2,330,000 into pasture lands. Surely, no further arguments are required to re fute the vague assertion of the opponents of all im provement. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The poll for President closed last night, and if we are to judge from the returns already published, there can be no doubt but that Louis NAPOLEON has been elected President by a very large majority. It must, however, be borne in mind that these are the returns only of the Bonapartists themselves, and that yesterday they published a statement of the poll as taken on board the Civita Vecchia fleet, which gave Louis NAPOLEON an overwhelming majority, whereas the official statement proved that the majo rity was upwards of 400 in favour of Genera CAVAIGNAC. The following returns are given by the Presse CANTON OF ST. GERMAIN.—VOTES, 4,843. Louis Napoleon ... ... .. 3,811 Cavaignac ... ... • • ... 913 Ledru Rollin .. • • 57 Raspail .. ... • • .. 20 Lamartine ... .. . • ... 17 Votes lost ... • • • • 25 SEVRES.—VOTES, 1,866. Louis Napoleon Cavaignac Lamartine Ledru Rollin Raspail Votes lost 906 770 669 52 Other reflections, arising from the case of " His Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT v. "WILLIAM STiIANGE and Others," 'a cold be sufficient to impart an interest to the trial this day taking place in the Court of His Honour the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE. To the havers of forensic eloquence and legal erudition, to the admirers of the prose and poetic fictions of contemporary literature, the report fur nished in another portion of this evening's impression will present a variety of attractions; but to all classes of the community, without exception, the hint therein afforded of the lull, the security, and the thriving freedom of England, compared with the terror, the uncertainty, and the suffering prevalent throughout the continent, will be accepted with feel ings as peculiar as they are unprecedented. The in cident reminds us in a manner, than which nothing RAPID SALE. --We hare hardly yet had an oppor tunity of looking into Macaulay's splendid History of England, and now the book is out of print ! Revolu tions of late have been carrying all before them i❑ the political world, and now they are extending to the literary ! Just fancy a large impression of an historical work walking off in a week ! This is something new even in Paternoster-row. 1 4, 10NTMARTRE. Louis Napaleen Cavaignae Ledru-Rollin Raspail . Larnartme Ilenri V. .. Bugeaud Cabet MONTAIOREN . CY. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAtY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1848. ••• . . 2,643 602 375 ••• 303 .57 Louis Napoleon 925 Cavaignac • • 141 The following is the poll of the fleet stationed on the coast of Italy : Cavaignac ... 4,000 Bonaparte ... • 300 Lamartine 15 • • ••• •.• Ledru Rollin 35 ••• At Lille and Dieppe General CAVAIGNAC had the majority. At Rouen the numbers were : Bonaparte ... .. 11,000 Cavaignac • 8,000 At Elbceuf Louis NAPOLEON had 4,171 votes and his opponents 700. The Moniteur de Soir announces that telegraphic dispatches had been received from the departments which announce that the elections had every where passed off with the most perfect tranquillity. In the sitting of the National Assembly on Mon day, it was decided by a majority of 358 to 204 to include among the organic laws, a law relating to to the organization of assistance to be given to the poor, and of works to be reserved for men who are either in bad health or unoccupied. The Moniteur of yesterday says—" The President of the Council will not receive on Thursday next nor the Thursdays afterwards." General CAVAIGNAC and his friends will be the first to bow to the will of the country declared by universal suffrage. They will have recourse to no coup d'etat. They will be guilty of no factious op position. The National says, " What is to issue from the electoral urn is still a mys tery; but, whatever it may be, we shall consider it as the will of the country, and shall respect it as such. As long as the struggle lasted we fought with all our energy; we neglected nothing that could throw light on the great question of the Presidentship. We believe that in doing so we performed our duty towards the coun try and towards ourselves ; we have now another duty to perform. We declare that whatever name issues from the electoral urn shall be that of the Chief Magistrate of the Republic. In advance we recognise it as such. As long as he remains within the limits of the Constitution, the President shall be for us the President. Should the ballot show that we have been in the right, if it raises to power the influence in the triumph of which we seek the triumph of the Republican idea, and of the interests of the country, our position will be perfectly simple —we shall be the sincere but severe friends of the new power. If; on the contrary, it is the opposite in fluence which prevails, we shall forget that we have been its most energetic enemy, and we shall regard its acts, with the Constitution in our hand. The Constitu tion is our symbol of political faith, for it consecrates that great principle of popular sovereignty for which we have so long fought, and which is the basis of all mo dern society. It will be our rule in the line of conduct which we shall have to follow, our arm in the struggles which we may have to support. It is around the Con sti ution that ought to be grouped all good citizens, all who desire the re-establishment of order, the restoration of confidence, and the end of revolutions—in a word, all the elements of progress which French society contains. The first condition of so desirable a future is the sincere application of the Constitution : we never forget it." GERMANY • So long as Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE is con tent to act loyally as President of the Republic, he will be considered by all true Republicans as the re presentative of the Republic; he is in no danger from the intrigues of the Republicans. But he is in danger from the intrigues of the reactionaries, the Thiers, the Odilon Barrots the Moles, and the Emile de Girardins, who will use him as a mere warming-pan for the Comte DE PARIS, and who are at this moment plotting his overthrow. It is said that he visited M. ODILON BARROT on Monday, and afterwards returned to Paris and dined with M. "'MERL The reactionary journals give the following as the list of his first Ministry. M. LEON DE MaLLETILLE, Minister of the Interior ; M. ACHILE FOULD, Minister of the Finances ; M. DROUYN DE LHUYS, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. LEON FAUCHER ' Minister of Commerce ; M. BARTHELEMY ST. HILAIRE, Minister of Pub lic Instruction ; M. ODILON BARROT, Mi nister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals ; and General OUDINOT, Minister of War. It is thought that General CHANGARNIER will retain the command of the National Guards of Paris, and that Marshal BUGEAUD will be appointed Comman der-in-Chief of the Army of the Alps. It is also said that M. THATErt, the son-in-law of General BER TRAND, is to be appointed Prefect of the Seine. It is said that M. EMILE DR GIRARDIN has proposed himself as Prefect of Police, but both M. THIERS and N. ODILON BARROT oppose his appointment to any office. _ _ ,Fa.~`=J THE NO STATES. Count MOLE, who sentenced NET to death, will, it is said, hare some high office, and M. DESAYES, the Director of the Political Department of Foreign Affairs under M. GUIZOT, is to be the Ambassador to England. Now, unless Prince Louis NAPOLEON has Esau-like sold what he considers his birthright for a mess of pottage, he will not send any former em ploye of M. GuizoT to England in the character of Ambassador. M. TIERS can tell him what are M. GuizoT's ideas of the duties an Ambassador owes to his chief, and unless Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON wishes to be betrayed, he will not employ any friend or asso ciate of M. GUIZOTas Ambassador. AUSTRIA. Intelligence from Vienna of the 7th instant has been received. Notwithstanding all the boastings of the military Absolutists of Austria, notwithstanding all the wilful misrepresentations of the reactionary press in England and in France, it is evident that neither WINDISCHGRATZ nor JELLACHICH relish the idea of the Hungarian campaign. The fact is the Magyars have everywhere conquered their opponents. JELLACHICH invaded Hungary at the head of his horde of Croats. He declares that he took several cities and won a series of victories ; if this be true he must subsequently have evacuated all those cities, and suffered a series of defeats, for not a single Bar barian Croat pollutes the soil of Hungary, and JEL LACHICH himself is and has been for the last two months, with the exception of his recent journey to 011mutz, at Vienna. Hungary was to be invaded by SIMMONICU from Gallicia. SIMMONICH too, accord ing to the reactionary press, won a series of brilliant victories, but one fine morning he found himself and his whole army in Moravia, and since that period he has not yet faced the Magyars. A month since we were told that WINDISCHGRATZ, JELLACHICH, and SIMMONICH were advancing simultaneously into Hungary from different quarters, and that before Christmas, 1848, the Magyars would be destroyed. The Magyars, however, still continue in possession of their country, and of all the frontier towns which it contains, and the advices of the 7th frcm Vienna, which have been just received, state that the Hun garian campaign is to be postponed until all the troops have taken the oath of allegiance to the new EMPEROR. The fact is WINDISCHGRATZ dreads a winter campaign in Hungary. On the 6th there was a distribution of medals at Schonnbrunn to those soldiers who had distinguished themselves during the siege of Vienna. The medals were of gold and silver. Money also was distributed to the troops. WINDISCHGRATZ, JELLACHICH, and the staff were present, and salvoes of artillery were fired while the distribution took place. This distri bution of medals to the troops for such a service proves that the Absolutists regard the people as ene mies and rejoice in their destruction. Instead of con sidering the slaughter of their fellow-countrymen as a painful event to be mourned, they consider it as a grand victory to be rejoiced over. It may be replied that the Viennese were guilty and deserved punish ment ; but so is the miscreant who is executed for the commission of a cold-blooded murder deserving of punishment; yet we do not present a gold medal to the hangman, neither do we salute him with sal voes of artillery. The house of ROTHSCHILD has, it is said, advanced 100,0001. for the use of the army. On the sth the EMPEROR received at 011muta the staff and officers of the garrison. He also received a deputation of the University, and promised that he would protect the sciences and the arts. The EMPEROR replied thus to a deputation of the Diet :—" Gentlemen—Present me speedily the pro ject of a constitution, that my people expect with impatience, in order that I may examine and approve of it." The young Prince Mmoscu ORRENOWIC H and General STRADINARIWICH arrived in 011mutz on the 4th instant. The EMPEROR was to preside for the first time in the Council of State on the 6th. Neither the EM PEROR nor the Council were expected to leave im mediately for Vienna. The Diet of Moravia was to present an address on the 6th Prince LOBKOWITZ, Count MORITZ -DIETRICHSTEIN, and Count A UERSP.EZG have all been dismissed by the EMPEROR. Orders have been issued to all the journals, com manding them not to speak of the present state of the army, and the changes that may be effected in it, or respecting its movements. Severe penalties are threatened in case of disobedience. The fact is the army has not been paid, and the promises of payment made to them have been so repeatedly broken, that the soldiers are disaffected, and would have no great objection to join KOSSUTH, if he could guarantee to them the regular receipt of their pay. The Allgenteine Zeitung, speaking of the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH, Say 'S— The lifeniteur publishes two decrees in execution of the Bill passed on November 21, the one directing 2,500,000 f., Three per Cent. Rentes, to be inscribed in the Grand Livre, to the account of the holders of Treasury Bonds, with dividends commencing from 22d June last, and also 90,000 f., Five per Cent. Rentes, to be inscribed on the Grand Livre to the account of the subscribers to the National Loan, with dividends commencing from 22d March last. Both these credits are to be subject to ulterior regulation. The second relates to increasing the inscriptions of the consolidated accounts in the savings' banks from 71f. 60c. per cent. to 80f., according to the same Bill. " The young Emperor has had the advantage of a very careful education, and he has carefully studied several of the sciences. His talent for languages is very great, and his style highly cultivated. He is very fond of military science, and is acquainted with its most minute details. He has been present at several of the engagements , which have taken place in Italy during the late campaign. Great pains have been taken to make him early acquainted with various modes of life. A very favourable• impression has been produced by his styling himself Francis Joseph—the name of Joseph is inexpressibly dear to the Austrians, and by this stroke, whether intentionally or not, he has gained much popu larity. Two years ago the young Monarch was for some time in England, whence he returned full of enthusiasm for the British Parliament." BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 12. THREE o'CLocx.—The rise in the French Rentes has made further progress to-day. The confidence inspired by the great and overwbelinning majority in favour of Louis Napoleon is becoming daily greater, as he is sure to es'ablish a strong Government. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have risen lf. 65c.; Five per Cents. have risen 3f. 05c.; Loan has advanced 50c.; Five per Cents. ha ve r i sen 2 f . 40c.; an d t h e L oan y 1 2 f t. 60c. 90c F .; BaunrkMoofne, Three p er C en t s . have risen If. France Shares have improved 40f.; Belgian Bank Shares and Two-and-a-Half per Cents. not quote , l; Roman sire lf. better. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 47i; ditto (90 days), 25 37i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 12. Luxembourg x(7l 1 4—Northe rn o f F ra nc e , 6%—Orleans and Bordeaux, —Samb re an d M euse, 3. PRUSSIA. Advices from Berlin to the 9th have been received SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th inst. have arrived. The Gaceta contains the royal ordonnance for the levy of 25,000 men, on the contingent of the year 1849. The greater part of these troops will repair to Catalonia about April next. The following letter from St. Petersburgh has been extensively circulated :—" Queen CHRISTINA and NARVAEZ, wishing to profit by the general agitation of the public inind in Europe, had sent an agent here, hoping to get the Government of IsABELLA. re cognised by the EMPEROR. Not only has the recog nition not taken place, but neither the EMPEROR nor M. DE NESSELRODE would receive the Envoy, who has quitted St. Petersburgh." MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 6.—Three per Cents., 20; Five per Cents., q. Exchange on London, 48 50. On the representation of the police authorities, General WRANGEL has rescinded his order directing the fair of Christmas-eve to be held on the Donhof platz, and given permission for it to be held in the usual locality, the Schloss-platz and its vicinity. If; however, there is the least disturbance of public order, he reserves the power of closing the fair altogether. The General has also given power to the local com mittees for the relief of the poor of Berlin to hold their meetings. The congress of the representatives of, all the Burgher Guards of Prussia will be held on the 15th, at Breslau, instead of Berlin, as had been originally intended. Deputations from various municipalities, with ad dresses of thanks for the grant of a constitution, have been received by the KING at Potsdam. The 31st of this month, the last day of the year, is fixed for closing the receipts on account of the volun tary loan; all contributions to it now must be in coin—bullion and plate are no longer received. The Minister of Finance also thanks those who have offered sums of money for the service of the Treasury to prevent any inconvenience from the withholding of taxes by those who have acted on the resolution of the late Assembly, but declines the offers, as the Treasury is not in a condition to resort to such means of supplying its necessities. The refusal is not made because the Exchequer is full, but because it cannot venture to contract new and indefinite obligations ; such loans would be a kind of debt of honour, repay payable on demand. GREECE. Advices from Athens to the 28th ult. have been received M. DE HADZIKOS has been appointed President of the Chamber of Deputies, and MM. D. L. CONDU- ItIOTTI and JATROS, Vice-Presidents—they belong to the Camarilla. Tatato.—The vacancy in the representation of this borough, caused by the death of Mr. Turner, will be supplied by Mr. Humphrey Willyams, of Carnanton, a Liberal of sound political principles, and a gentle man highly respected by all parties in Truro. He .has long been looked to, in the event which has now •occurred. STATUE Op THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN THE TOWER . — Yesterday afternoon the marble statue of the :Duke of Wellington, executed by Mr. Milner, was placed 'within the Tower of London, of which his Grace is High 'Constable. The figure was deposited on a granite pe liestal ten feet in height, midway between the White 'tower and the green fronting the flight of steps leading :from Traitor's -gate. The figure is about eight feet high. :His Grace is represented uncovered, attired in a plain :military coat, a cloak loosely suspended from the L-houl niers by cord and tassels. DEATH OP SIR EDWARD J. WALSH, BART.—This ;gentleman died on the 6th instant, at his residence, .Uallykilcaven, Queen's County, after a long and painful iillness. The deceased was a magistrate and a deputy ]lieutenant of hi s native county, in which he was a per =anent resident. The baronetcy was created in 1777; the first holder, John Allen Johnson, Esq., assumed the .ame of Walsh on the death of his maternal uncle, Dean Ralph Walsh. The brother of the deceased, Sir henry Allen Johnson, was created a baronet in 1818 ; he was also created a Knight of Wilhelm by the King of the Netherlands, for his services as aide-de-camp to his Majesty when Prince of Orange, during the Penin silar campaign. A new Telegraph Company has been established, called the Scottish Electric Telegraph Company, for supplying the chief towns and cities of the north. SAXONY. By a new law of the kingdom of Saxony, the press is declared entirely free, and the censorship for ever abolished. POLAND. RUMOURED RESTORATION OF THE POLISH KINGDOM. A letter from Posen, dated Dec. 6, which is quoted in the Cologne Gazette, says--" Prussia, on condition that Russia should re-establish the kingdom of Poland, and place the Duke of LEUCHTENBERG over it as King, has ceded to Russia that part of the Grand Duchy of Posen which, according to the line of de marcation traced by General Vox SCHUFFER BERN STEIN, has not been incorporated into Germany. The formal act of cession will take place on the Ist of January. The arrival of a Russian Councillor of State at Kalisch has reference to the execution of this important treaty. Similar negotiations have been commenced with Austria, on the subject of the cession of Cracow and the Polish part of Gallicia, but the reality of thisis not yet determined. The new kingdom of Poland . will have a constitution granted to and will be placed provisionally under the protection of the th ree Powers. All this may be considered as an attempt to satisfy the Poles and extinguish that important focus of revolution for Eastern Europe. If the attempt should fail, the whole of Poland will return under the domination of Russia, and the po pulation of the Grand Duchy of Posen hopes confi dently that the cession to Russia will be effected. The Gazette of Poland, however, asserts that it does not give full credit to this strange intelligence. The ,Breslau Gazette, on the other hand says : " There are in the kingdom of Poland 100,000 men ready to fight, and who are at the disposal of Austria whenever she chooses to call for them. Should Austria be reduced to the necessity of requiring them, she may in return abandon (Alicia to the CZAR which would perfectly sati s fy hi m. " , The frontier bey een Poland and Russia will shortly be opened. It is even asserted that this also is to be the case in regard to Cracow ; and according to another report the kingdom of Poland will be re instated in its ancient form, and Cracow will again be a republic. Such are the accounts given by some of the best informed journals, although they are not in accord in regard to facts. It nevertheless seems pretty certain that negotiations are pending, and that some change will shortly take place in regard to Poland. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, DEC. 12.—The Iler mann, Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship, having had the repairs to her machinery completed, lett this day for New York, with a tolerably good cargo and passengers, under the command of Captain Crabtree. The Washington, from Bremen, may be looked for on the 17th instant. The banquet to be given by the autho rities of the town, together with the inhabitants, to Captain Spaulding and the officers of the American war-frigate St. Lawrence, now l3ing in our river, will take place to-morrow evening, and will be most aurner oudy attended. Extensive preparations are being made to render the entertainment worthy of the guests. Both the borough members have signified their intention of being present. 1,500 282 MEUDON.—VOTBS, 828. Louis Napoleon .. . . Cavaignac • • ... Lamartine ... .., Ledru Rollin ... ... Raspail ... ~, Votes lost .. ••• ... 9 VILLENEUVE ST. GEORGE (SEINE ET OISE VOTES, 1,132. Louis Napoleon .. Cavaignac ... ~, Ledru Rollin ~, .. ... ~ Raspail .. .. .. .. 2 The Courrier de la Somme contains the following relative to the departments of the Somme and the Seine et Oise:— 677 130 875 283 SECTION OF HANGEST.••••VOTEB, 1,077. Louis Napoleon ... ... ... 986 Cavaignac ... ... •• • .. 81 ~.. SECTION OF ALLONVILLE.•--VOTES, 231. Louis Napoleon .. • • .. 229 Cavaignac ... ••• .. .. 1 At Breteuil (Oise) Louis Napoleon has had all the votes. THE 18TH REGIMENT AT VERSAILLES.—VOTES, 819. Louis Napoleon .. • • .. 800 Cavaignac ... .. ••• •• 19 LAROCHE GUTON..---VOTES, 1,200. Louis Napoleon ... .. .. 730 •• Cavaignac .. .. ... 120 BONNIERES.—The same proportion. ARGENTEUIL. Louis Napoleon ... ... Cavaignac ... ... Bugeaud ... ... Ledru Rollin Bulletins annulled ... ... MONTMORENCY. Louis Napoleon ... ... Cavaignac _ 882 144 PALAISBATJ. Number of voters inscribed Number who voted Louis Napoleon ... Ledru Rollin Raspail Lost votes ... 2,800 ... 200 NEARLY LE ROI. Electors inscribed Ditto voting . Louis Napoleon ... Cavaignac ••• • ••• Ledru Rolli n ••• ••• Lamartine Raspail ••• ••• ••• Lost votes ... The Estafette says— " The 18th Regiment of Light Infantry, which has voted at Versailles, has given 800 votes to Louis Napo leon Bonaparte, and nineteen to General Cavaignac. A representative of the Somme has communicated a letter from a canton near Amiens. Out of 1,089 votes, M. Louis Napoleon has obtained 1,000, and General Ca vaignac eighty-nine." In the section of Naours ninty-eight out of every hundred votes were for Louis NAPOLEON. In the second section of Boctemil (Vise) Louis NAPOLEON was unanimously elected. The same was the result in the canton of Maignelay, and nearly the same at Picquigny. In the section of Allonville, in which 236 voters are inscribed, 231 voted, and the following is the result : .. 1,201 .. 1,016 ... 832 ... 156 ... 16 Louis Napoleon .. ... • 230 Cavaignac . •• • • • • 1 In the canto n o f Sevres the following is the suit : 2,694 Voters .. Lous Napoleon Cavaignac .. Lamartine .. Ledru Rollin Raspail .. Sobrier ... Barbes .. Lost votes .. ••• .. .. We have received the following returns : CALAIS AND ST. PIERRE. Louis Napoleon Cavaignac .. 2,177 .. 382 .. 16 .. 54 • • . MA RQIIISE.. Louis Napoleon Cavaignac . . ... 2,558 ... 1,475 ... 2,321 ... 493 SAMER AND ITS ENVIRONS. Louis Napoleon Cavaignac ... ... ••• ••• DEVRES AND ITB ENVIRONS. Louis Napoleon Cavaignac ... ••• ... ... GUINES AND ITS ENVIRONS. Louis Napoleon ... ... ... 3 609 , Cavaignac .. ... ••• ... 629 AMIENS AND ADJOINING CANTONS. Louis Napoleon ... ••• ... 18,772 Cavaignc ... .. ••• • . 1,425 Ledru Rollin .. • . .. 322 Votes obtained on board the Darien at Havre : Louis Napoleon ... ... •.. 158 Cavaignac .. .. ••• 64 Ledru Rolli n ••• .. 3 Lamartine ... ••• 3 The Gazette de France says that the artillery corps at Vincennes have voted en masse for Louis NAPOLEON. ... 2,031 714 SEINE INFERIEURE. Louis Napoleon ... ... Cavaignac .. ... ... ... 2,333 503 LILLE. Cavaignac .. Louis Napoleon .. 41,000 .. 8,000 ORLEANS. Louis Napoleon Cavaignac .. .. 21,000 ... 9,000 DIEPPE. Cavaignac .. Louis Napoleon ... 8,000 ... 4,000 ... 1,444 .. 1,142 BOURGES. Louis Napoleon .. .. .. 3,660 Cavaignac ... ••• ••• ... 1,191 Ledru Rollin ... .. . 420 The foll ow i ng i s the result in the section esta blished at the National Assembly for the members of the House and the electors in the immediate neigh bourhood : Louis Napoleon General Cavaignac. Ledru Rollin . Raspail ••• Lamartine .. Charras .. ... ••• ••• ... Bedeau ... ... ... ••• 2 The following are the returns from different ar rondissements of Paris : 987 642 137 45 30 FIRST ARRONDISSEMENT, COMPLETE. Louis Napoleon ... •• .. 17,072 Cavaignac .. • • .. 5,309 • • SECOND ARRONDISSEMENT, COMPLETE. Louis Napoleon .. •• 12,500 Cavaignac sENN . r aa u pp 00 7,000 Cavaignac ... • • FOURTH ARRONDISSEMENT, NEARLY COMPLETE. Louis Napoleon ... ... ... 4,583 Cavaignac .. ... ... ... 3,543 FIFTH ARRONDISSEMENT, NEARLY COMPLETE. Louis Napoleon . • • ... 4,884 Cavaignac ... .. 2,948 • • .. SIXTH ARRONDISSEMENT, COMPLETE. Louis Napoleon ... • • .. 10,621 Cavaignac • • ••• .. 7,504 ... ... 7,097 5,109 • • ••• Louis NapoleonElGilrit ARRONDISSEMENT. The LS EnviLouis... 12,689 ... Cavaignac ... ... 5,518 ••• • • TENTH ARRONDISSEMENT, COMPLETE. Napoleon • . ... 22,326 •• • • Cavaignac . 11,217 I3anlieue : following Voters ... • i • s • the result lathe 28 sections of the IAIee.OOI.nnR"D..I.S..SEmZNT, COMPLETE. • • Cavaignac . .. Ledru Rollit;. Raspail Latnartine ••„ itms • • Louis Napoleon ST. DB . rtis . Cavaignac Ledru Rollin ••• Raspail • La mar ti ne ••• .. 42,918 ... 20,345 . 12,599 ... 4,586 .. 2,632 .. 508 .. 3,576 .. ],934 • • 236 ••• 142 • • 32 ITALY. The Tempo of Naples contains the following letter of the POPE to Cardinal PATRIZI : " If there was ever need to address God with fervent prayers, it is at this moment. Sins, blasphemies, sacri legious acts of all kinds, and contempt of the most holy things, force us to have recourse to the Divine mercy. Cause, therefore, Mgr. Cardinal, prayers to be offered up. —for prayers are always good —prayers for us, poor pil grim, now become a cause of dispute. To that end we give you full powers. Receive from us our apostolic benediction, which I give with eyes bathed in tears to you, to all good men, and in particular to all who pray for me. " Nov. 24, 1848." " Pius IX. The same journal contains a proclamation to the soldiers, from which it appears that part of them are accused of acts of violence, which are severely repre hended in the said document. The Opinione of 1 urin, of the 7th, states from Brescia, 4th instant, that the municipality of that town had resigned on account of the tyranny of the military authorities. At Turin the Ministerial crisis has not yet subsided. Letters from Rome of the 4th say, that on the receipt of the protest of the POPE, with the nomina tion of a commission to carry on the Government, the Ministry immediately summoned the Chamber of De puties to an extraordinary sitting. This sitting commenced at midnight. After a very long discussion it was decided that the rescript should be disregarded, the principal reason given for that decision being that it had not been signed by any responsible Minister, and that nothing proved that while the POFE was in a foreign country he had acted of his own free-will. The Assembly also decided that a deputation, com posed of Members of the two Chambers, should be sent to his Holiness, praying him to return to Rome, where he would be treated with the greatest respect. The Chamber has drawn up two proclamations, one addressed to the Roman people, and the other to the Civic Guard, in which they explain the late proceed ings, and recommend the people to maintain order and obey the law. The Alba of the sth says, the Royal Family re turned to Naples on the 30th ult. The POPE has decided to remain at Gaeta, at least for the present. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. The amusing opera comique the Pet of the Paticoats, which was produced some twenty years since at Sadler's Wells, was revived at this theatre last evening, but minus the greater portion of the music. The Pet of the Petti coats, though necessarily shorn of much of its music at the Marylebone Theatre, whose resources are not mu sical, yet contains sufficient to prove its admirable fac ture and appropriateness to the whim of the drama. Mrs. Fitzwilliam fills her original character of Paul, and sings, if not with all the freshness of her "early prime," tastefully and agreeably, and Buckstone, as the " dancing master," kept the house in continual merriment. The opera is admirably mounted. WEST RIDING ELECTlON.—Yesterday a meeting of gentlemen from the Lancashire towns was held at No. 5, Newell's- buildings, Manchester, for the purpose of forwarding the election of Sir Culling Eardley, Bart. Mr. G. Wilson was in the chair, and many :zealous and influential gentlemen were present. The Manchester Times, in a second edition, says—" Amongst those pre sent were Mr. Henry, -M.P.; Mr. Bright, M.P.; Mr. Kershaw, M.P.; Mr. H. Ashworth, Mr. James Watts, Mr. John Platr, of Oldham; Mr. James Thompson, Mr. S. Lees, Mr. W. Morris, Mr. Syddall, Mr. Dean, of Bolton; Mr. Cullen, of Bolton; Mr. D. Whitehead, of Rawtenstall; Mr. N. Buckley, of Ashton; Mr. James Veevers, Mr. R. Milner, Mr. J. E. Royle, &c. The utmost good feeling prevailed, and a liberal subscription was entered into for the purpose of defraying such legal expenses as may be unavoidable, in order to secure the attendance of the Lancashire voters. The reports from every part of the county were most favourable, and w e have no doubt there will be very cordial supper t rendered to Sir Culling Eardley by the Liberals of this county." CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.—At a Court held yesterday in the Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair, the report upon the Gas Bill, about to be introduced into Parliament was brought up. It recom mended that the Bill be adopted. Mr. Alderman Law rence opposed the project of turning the Corporation into large gas manufacturers, and insisted that mono poly might be prevented by admitting other companies. Mr. Kemp denied that that would supply any permanent security against the imposition. Mr. Stacy said the Court did not contemplate the manufacture of gas by the Corporation, but, armed with the powers which the Bill would give them, they would be possessed of the best means of checking all gas monopolies. Mr. Har rison considered that all that was wanted was the power to purchase the pipes and mains ; he moved an amend ment, which Mr. Dixon seconded, excluding the power to purchase gasworks or erect works. The Remetn brancer, being appealed to, expressed an opinion that Parliament would not sanction a Bill of so limited a nature, upon the ground of the injustice of thus deal ing with a company established at a great expense. After much discussion, in which the example of Man chester and Liverpool was cited in support of the appli cation recommended by the report, the amendment was negatived by 10 voices against 7, and the report was received. The Bill will be prepared and submitted to Parliament without being referred to the Court of Com mon Council. Before the Commissioners adjourned, Mr. Simon, the City Officer of Health, reported that the epidemic was rather on the decline for the last week, and that he had heard of no case of cholera in the City. THE LATE MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HER DAUGH. TEL—Additional circumstances connected with this case have come out before the coroner, which tend to confirm the guilt of the prisoner. Richard Evan, a police officer, on going to the house, found everything in confusion, the prisoner's bed had not been slept in during the night, and there were remains of burnt rags, and marks of blood on a towel; a pillow-case was marked with oil and blood, and so also was the prisoner's night dress. The prisoner was tipsy. Mr. Newell, the surgeon (mayor of Bridgnorth), had known the deceased four or five years. Some time back he was called in to attend her, when he found her so dreadfully beaten that large pieces of flesh were cut out of her arms, and on expostulating with the prisoner, she replied, she " was sorry she had not finished her." He had with Mr. Colley made a second post mortem examination of the body, and was of opinion that the cause of death was congestion of the lungs and brain, arising from suffoca tion, and that the burns took place after death. Mr. Colley and Mr. Thursfleld, surgeons, who assisted at the examination of the body, were of the same opinion. William Cafield had gone to the house of Mr. Dyers after he had seen the body of the deceased. The prisoner called him to her, she pulled him by the frock, and, taking him round the neck, said, "Is she dead?", On his replying, yes, she kissed him, and said, " I am as happy as if I was in heaven." She was not sober. Edward Edwards, brother to the deceased, said she was seventy-two years old. She was entitled, under her father's will, to the interest of 5001., of which, at her decease, 2001. were to be paid over to the prisoner, who was also to enjoy the interest on the remaining 3001. for life. The prisoner had on one occasion said to him, " The old bitch had kept her out of the money till her hair was gray, and she should like to see her cut into four quarters." It having been intimated to the coroner that some very important evidence would be brought forward at the next inquiry,'the court was ad journed. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 19i per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3Z 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.64; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 47i, it follows that gold is 0.65 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By the last advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 437 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10i-cl. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.11, it follows that gold is the same price both in Hamburgh and London. ISLE OF MAN.—COLLISION AT SEA.—Yesterday morning (Friday) the galliot, Jane of Whitehaven, Jenkinson, master, put into Ramsey harbour, disabled, with yards carried away, and about three feet of water in the hold, and taking in rapidly. About three o'clock A.M., when about fifteen miles of Maughold Head, she came in concussion with another galliot, as both vessels were on opposite tacks, the wind being S.S.E., and thus became disabled, and received some injury on the lar board bow, a little below water mark, with the chain bolts of the mizenmast of the other vessel. She then tacked to follow the vessel, but she had gone too great a distance at the time, so she made for Ramsey. The crew suppose that the galliot was the Barrow of White haven, Moffat, master; both vessels left that port at ten P.M. on Thursday, and were coal laden for Kingstown. It is . not known what has become of the Barrow; the Jane saw a vessel towards the east, but could not discern her correctly, and a smack - having arrived at Ramsey reports that she saw a schooner with a mast carried away making for Whitehaven. —Douglas Paper. SOUTM LANCASHIRE As SIZES.--LIVERPOOL, TUES DAY.—The trial of the Repealers was proceeded with to day. The evidence related chiefly to the pikes, cutlasses, and other weapons found in possession of the prisoners. Messrs. Segar, James, Dearsley, Pollock, and Atkinson addressed the Court on behalf of the prisoners; and the witnesses for the defence were under examination when our report was dispatched. The grand jury returned a true bill for the murder of the policeman, James Bright, at Ashton-und e r-Ly ne , aga i ns t Joseph Ratcliffe, Joseph Constantine, Thomas Kenworthy, Jonathan Walker, James Stott, Thomas Tarsiker, James Milligan, John Napoleon Sefton, Benjamin Backhouse, adward West, Jonathan Scholfield, John Bardsley, John Seddon, and James Whitehead. The Attorney-General stated that it was his intention to proceed against Ratcliff, Constan tine, and Tarsiker only, for the murder. 'Until the issue of that trial he should not be prepared to say what course would be pursued with regard to the other pri soners. The trial is fixed for Thursday. THE VICAR OF ST. MARTIN-IN-TLTE•FIELDS.-- A deputation from Great Yarmouth, consisting of Mr. Thomas Brightwen, Mr. Charles John Palmer, and Mr. C. Lockhart Robertson, M.D., waited, on Monday, the 11th inst., on the Rev. the Vicar of St. Martin-in -the- Fields, and presented him with a testimonial of plate, bearing the following inscription :—" To the Rev. Henry Mackenzie, A.M., from some friends i n Great Yarmouth, in grateful acknowledgment of his arduous, disinterested, and truly Christian services while minister of that parish, 1848." The Rev. the Vicar entertained the deputation at dinner in the evening. Less this year... 135 „ ••• 47,577 , There are late acco un t s , to A ugust 10, from Sydney,9 New South Wales. The prospects of the trading com munity were more promising, The stocks of goods having become reduced a fair sale existed for imports, and prices had an upward tendency. The wants of the settlers in the interior would soon take off a considerable quantity of manufactures and other articles of import. The elections for members of the Legislature excited much attention. The Funds are very buoyant again. The large majority in favour of Louis Napoleon, which seems to set his election at rest, is better liked than an amount of votes which would leave the matter in uncertainty, and a strong Ministry is expected to be the result. What may be the ultimate conse quences., however, we find scarcely any one able or bold enough to predict. The value of Consols has been 881 to 7 , 1 tor Transfer, and 88 to a for Account, but the pre sent values are 874 and 88 to Exchequer -bills are 395. to 425. premium. Bank Stock is at 189 to 191. The Foreign Securities have been very well supported. Spanish Five per Cents. are 121; Mexican Stock is 221 to 221. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 24k. Dutch Two-and-a-M.4lf per Cents. are 484. Railway Shares have been in steady demand, and at higher prices. BRITISH k UNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5........... 86 3 % 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 88% 87% 88% 87% New :PA per Cent. Anna 87% 86Y 87% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 -16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 37 38 p 38 36 p 94% 88% 88 21 /z d. 2d. March. 41 42 39p June. 1,000/. 5(X:1. ... 42 p 40 37 p Small 39 42 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK' Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Equador Bonds 2 Mexican Bowls, 1846, 5 p er Cent 2296% % Ditto for the Account 22% • Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account 12% Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4B Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates fi1l:41.11E8S DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. ram. Its Sum. Aberdeen 50 ....• .••••• to Amber., Notting., Bost on , &c. 4 1 4 — to Ayrshire anll Galloway Bdfast and County Down .. 19 .. .. Birmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 . — to Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... .. - Birmingharn,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val 134145.... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.., lO Boston, Stamt., & Binning... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds - Buckinghamshire.. - Caledonian ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shar es .. Ditto, New 101. P re f erence 5 4 4 1 . Ditto. Clydesdale J unct i on 50 ...... Chester and Holyh ea d... 5O to ..... Ditto, Prefere nce —' `,larence. ... Do., Ist Clas s , 6 per C ent... 10 . ... to to Do., 2d Class, 5 per C ent... 10 ...... Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 to .._ Direct:London & l'oitsmouth 5- 1 )i ""'• to ...... to Dublin and Belfast J unct i on.. 35 Dundalk and E nn i s kill en 2( "'••• to ',O ...... -- ...... tO -- ...I • • • East Anglia, 251. L. & E., aod L. & D ... ........... 25 - Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 3 • ...... to : 4 :astern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — - Do., do ........ .N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cont. ... 50 ... -- Do., Quarter 12%... .. .. ...... to Do., New - to Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 ..... Ditto, do, Class B (1. &B) 20 ...... , Ditto do, Class C, di t t o ... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 - East Lancashire Ditto, New .. ........... ..... 21 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6!‘...—. .-- ...... to East Lincolnshire 25 ...... ...... t o Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern 00 ...... .-.... - •• ••• eeee e to ... ..... 25 15 , •••••• to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch- _ __ . ~, ~. ...,;nester 2% — Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 65.8 d... Glasgow, Kilmarno c k, & A yr 50 ...... to -- •• ... to Do.Preterence C onso lid ated .—.. Great Northern.... .......... ... 19 Do. 4 A Deferred ... ... 121,4 1 4 Do. 5B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6 1 A, — Do. Extension .... ..... ..... 2%.. ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% - ..... to -- Great North of En g l an d 100 ...... ...... to Ditto, is.tw 401.. 40 ...... ...... t o ....,, Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 304 ...... 30 ... .. ...... to ... to Great Ditto, New 154 ..... ..... 14 .—..— • % 76 to 7 Western .................. 90 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares ... .. Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... to Do. New 174 - .. Huddersfield and blanch - 30 - - 'ester & .. ... Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby 5O ...... Ditto, Half Shares 25 ...... ..... .•.... . to to Ditto, Quarter Shares Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 ...... Do., Thirds..... Lancashire and Yorkshire Ditto, ditto - Ditto Half Shares - 43 ...... -- ...... to Ditto Quarters 17 % • ...... to Ditto Fifths ... 9 Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6%...... ... to Ditto Thirds (Keg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 43 - Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and G001e....... .. ....... 50 - Do., West /tiding Union... 7 .... . - Do, Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... -- .. Do., do., that Shares (A) 9% ...... - Leeds and Bradford - Leeds,Dewsbury, & Munches 5O ...... Do., Half Shares Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 50 ...... - .... . to __, Ditto, New . ... .... .. 35 . .... ...... to Do., do.,rrefor., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to -- Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h- Dort. ................. . ........... 3% ...... .. _ to -- .verpool, Manch ester, and Newustle Junction....... .. 2% — .... to .. to London .8i Blackwall ...:..13/. 6s. 8d 4% - Do. Extension • ......... 22% Lond., Bright., & S outh Coast 50 28% to 29 1 4 Do. Guara ntee d &per Cent. 9 . -' - ...... .. D. Prot Cony. 5 per Ce n t. 5 0 Ditto, ditto 18 52 60 .. ... 1)o., New, g uar . 6 per cent. 5 - ;•ondon and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... 8/ 17 ... Ditto Preference ...... to London & North We s tern....l. s 2d....100 ll9 ~ ... to -- Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 - . t° --- Do. Fifths Do. 40.. Shares-- - & ' 2 ..... ~.... W ''''' to -- Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .••• • t 0 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather quieter. S:lles 5,000 to 6,000 bales.—Railway Shares were steady generally. The letters from the United States by the steamer are of a satisfactory tenour generally. It is noted that the report of the Secretary of the Treasury pre sents a more favourable view of the finances of the Government than has teen generally anticipated, even in the face of additional expenditures. It appears that for the year, ending June 30, 1849, appropriations amount ing to 10,287,335 dollars are required. Nothing is said about any reduction in the other estimates made out previous to the close of the Mexican war ; but now that we have peace, and the expenditures of the Govern ment are reduced to the peace standard, the appropria tions required for the army and the navy are much be yond what will actually be wanted. There will be a re duction, in these two items alone, of more than thirty millions of dollars, an amount equal to the deficiency, after including in the expenditures the 10,287,335 dollars named above. The deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1848, has already been provided for by the loan of last June, and the expenditures of the current year will not exceed the revenue from ordinary sources, it being esti mated at 35,100,000 dollars, and the probability at pre sent is that it will be fully realised. A party writing at New York states:— " The importations thus far, this season, have been unusually large, and it is the impression that they will be heavy in the spring. The Continental Markets for British manufactures have been much re duced by the revolutions, and we have no doubt our markets will be crowded full, they being about the only places where anything like cost can be realized. It is, therefore, highly probable that the most liberal estimate of revenue from customs this year, will be realized, giving the Secretary of the Treasury an opportunity to exhibit a very satis factory state of the public finances at the close of his ad ministration." The Canadian accounts of the latest date state that flour was dull at 255. to 255. 6d. per cwt. The exchange on London was 9f to NI per cent. premium. Upon trading affairs, a Quebec merchant thus advises us : "Our fall fleet has been unusually small, and the transactions of the last fortnight have been so limited for actual shipment that the prices may be considered mostly nominal. With this issue our Circular' will cease, but on the final close of our navigation, we will review the market of the past year ; meanwhile, we merely refer to the comparative statement from the Supervisor's office, and the number of arrivals from sea. Comparative statement of arrivals and tonnage at this port, in the year 1847-8, up to the 16th November in -1847 ... 1,179 vessels. ... 474,545 tons. 1848 ... 1,044 „ ... 42,698 „ Do: Shrew and Swans. men: Taw V Thame Sails Vale a Waterf Waterf Watert and Wear Guar Do. Do. West C West L Ditto Ditto Whiteh Windso West Wilts, S. York, N Do. ( Do. DO: Do. 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