The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-28 00:00:00

Now ready at all , the ilbriirles, the German Caesars has taught them to re- THE NEW NOVEL, LUCILLE BELMONT, do f erstitious awe the 3 vols. post Svo. gar with a kind sup Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. soldiers fighting under the banners of Hapsburg ; but, strengthened by the contagion of democratic ideas, they are awaking again to the appreciation of their own capacities, and are losing in the dawn of their independence all traces of the darkness of their political superstitions. Under a captain so enter prising and incorruptible as KOSSUTH, they will, if they only remain true to themselves, find it by no means an impossibility to_ withstand the assaults of the barbarian mercenaries of JELLACHICH. Were the Hungarians, indeed, only assailed by the Croatian ma • rauders they would have but little to fear. The danger of their present position is this, that before their tactics can be properly preconcerted they are simultaneously attacked by JELLACHICH, by SIMONICH, and by WINDISCHGRATZ. The peril of this triple onslaught is doubtless of a formidable character. Only that the entire community is prepared for a general rising, all hope would have to be at once abandoned. As it however, the Magyars are resolved to struggle on to the goal of their emancipation. They are surrounded, moreover, by a number of different races who cor dially sympathise in their endeavours, and who in the event of any serious portents of retrogression would be prepared to coalesce with the Hungarians, and to carry out the project of a very numerous class of po liticians, by the consolidation of a vast Panelavic Republic. The Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH will have reaped little advantage from the experiences of his prede cessor, if, in direct opposition to the age, be deems his Administration strong enough to bludgeon whole nations into slavery. Hungary henceforth is not to be held in this way, neither is , Bohemia, neither is Gallicia, neither is Lombardy. The sword of Des potism has been measured with the sword of Democracy, and. those must be san guine indeed who can predicate anything but discomfiture and destruction to the former. As yet the revolutionary movement has only made a few preparatory steps towards the end ambitioned by the people of Europe. Gigantic as those steps are, they .are, comparatively speaking, few in number, and of a very preliminary nature. Let the Absolutist party, the reactionnaires, the counter-revolutionists, or by whatsoever name they may please to designate them selv,s, take warning from what has already trans pired. Let them rest satisfied of this, that by endea vouring to weigh down upon the national springs of the multitude, they are only rendering the recoil of those springs more and more irresistible. By striving to retard the progress of the revolution, they are in reality only the more effectually accelerating the advances of Democracy. Now ready, WITH A PORTRAIT. OF -Hlf3t-EXCELLENCY SIR JAMES BROOKE, RAJA OF SARAWAK, FROM THE PAJNTING OF FRANCIS GRANT, A.R.A., AND ' WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH : •. THR JANUARY NITMBER, e !prIca Half-a-Crown, of RN TLE Y's '/WIS,CELLA.NY. CONTENTS' ' • • 1. The Coroner's Clerk. By the Author of "Experiences of a Gaol Chaplain," with an Illustration by Leech. 2. Coquet Side ; a Sketch from the North Cottntrie. By Mrs. Ward, Author of " Five Years in Kafirland." 3. Hans Michel; or a Few Old German Proverbs applied to New German Politics, By " The Flaneur." 4. The Young Widow : Queen's Bench Sketches. (No. IV., • con clusion.) By W. H. Maxwell, Author of " Stories of Waterloo." 3. Langton Wold—White Wall Corner- Our Household Gods : The Bye-lanes and Downs of England, with Turf Scenes and Characters. By Sylvanus, Author of " Rambles in Sweden." 0. A Holiday at Berlin in Ancient Times. By Mrs. Percy Sinnett. 7. The Rambles of Death. • I. Life ; a Gossip. By Alfred Crowqulll. 11. Good Night, from the German. 1 0. Wayside Pictures in France, Belgium, and Germany : XIPII The Rance. XVIII. Bertrand Dnesclin. XIX. The Ruins of La Garaye and the Priory of Lehon. 11. Memoirs of Chateaubriand. Written by Himself. 12. Literary Career of William Ellery Channing. By the Author of" Richard Savage." 13. Reception of Sir James Brooke in the Indian Archipelago, and subsequent proceedings. By all Officer in his Suite. With a Portrait of Sir James Brooke. 14. The Philosophy of History—Macaulay's James the Second. lb. A Winter's Night with my Old Books, chiefly concerning Ghosts and Prodigies. By Albert. Smith. 16. Old Music and Pictures. 17. The Cellinl Cup. By Samzel James Arnold. le. Popular •Books of •th e Month :—Forty Days in the Desert— Itasology ; or Hints towards- a Classification of Noses—tier= rifield's Art of Painting—Barnard's Cruize in the Mozambique Channel—Shaw's Outlines of English Literature—Miss Cos tello's Clara Fare—Harrison Ainsworth's Lancashire Witches —Drummond's Memoir of Montague Stanley--Martin Ton trend : a Frenchman in London—Craik's Romance of the Peerage—Maxwell's Czar, his Court, and People—Sir Gard ner Wilkinson's Dalmatia and Montenegre—Tyndale's Island of Sardinia—Geale's Italy. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROTA.L, HAYILLRKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brornpton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations aid the whole re-decorated. This The.ttre will be Closed This Evening for the Royal Performance at Windsor Castle. TO-MORROW EVENING, WIII be performed THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. Valentine, Mr. Charles Kean ; Julia, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CA.MA.RA.LZAMAN AND BADOLTRA. ; or, The Pert who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeleyr Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. ' We yesterday alluded shortly to the suggestion made by Mr. Maccasooa, that the Exchequer-bill office should isiue paper, not bearing interest, but being at all times a legal tender, as much so as Bank of England notes are now. There is no doubt that if such bills were distributed in convenient amounts, suited to the wants of the people, that they would constitute as good a circulating medium, and be as freely and willingly received, as any other description of cur rency that could be produced, even as coined golo i.self. . Exchequer-bills may always be received -in payment of every national - impost, and, unhappily, the visits of tax-gatherers are not so. few or so far between as to render it probable that any thing which would satisfy their demands could long remain uncalled for, or become materially depreciated in value. If we take into account the local taxation of every description, including poor-rates, county cars, &c., and the expenses of collecting the various branches of revenue, it will be found that no less than 70,000,0001. sterling per annum is extracted in one way or another from the pockets of the people. Full provision must be made for that enormous drain, and Exchequer-bills of small deno • minations would answer the purpose in every respect. At present the amounts for which they are issued are so large as to render them practically useless, save as an investment. Few, indeed, have transactions of such magnitude as to require a single payment of 1,0001., or even 5001 , into the Exchequer, when thousands could make bills for 51., 101., or even 20/., available. There is, we believe, _ no general rule as to the amount for which bills are issued from the office. The Legislature merely authorises the creation of bills to a certain amount for the national service, and that amount is distributed accordirg to the mere caprice or fancy of those employed in the office ; and the larger deno minations are selected solely because they occasion less trouble to the parties. If a great national object were to be attained—if a considerable saving co uld be effected, amounting at least to 100,000/. per annum by a change in the system, the employinent of many additional clerks in the department would be fully justified That saving, howeyer, large as it is, would be - by no means the most important benefit resulting from the alteration. It would afford a currency adequate to the wants of the nation, by which a great stimulus . _ would be applied to every branch of industry, and general activity would prevail on every side. Genuine national notes would be sent into circula-, tion ; and if once the system were introduced, it would be extended until ultimately it constituted the _ .only medium of e xc h ange . , , •. There can be no sufficient reason assigned why the Government should delegate to any individual or corporation the right of " raking money," which is the exclusive prerogative .of the Crown. It is the : stamp of the Royal Mint alone that converts 5 dwts. 3 grs. of gold into current coin of the realm. Why should a privilege 'be given with respect to paper that is ' withheld so far sis bullion 'is concerned ? Public .convenience requires that there should be, t a MOO provided for making payments without the necessity of the transfer of bulky packages of bullion. The Government refuses to supply the , want, but it atithorises a l arge t ra di ng C orporat i on (the Bank of - England) to issue 14,000,0001. of notes, based upon nktional• securities, for which interest is actually paid to the Bank by the country. It is manifest that these securities constitute the only guarantee for - the ultimate payment of those notes, and surely that guarantee would not in any degree be impaired, if those notes were issued directly by the nation, Without the intervention of the Bank. We are, therefore, practically paying most unnecessarily' and gratuitously the interest of 14,000,0001. sterling, which at 3 per cent. amounts to 420,0001., to a single establishment, that might be saved to the country by the introduction of a sounder and more judicious system. But this is not all. The,private and joint stock banks" in England are authorised to issue the sum of 8,290,3761., the Irish and Scotch banks the sum of 9,441,903/. ; or, in other words, we find that private establishments make paper money to the ex tent of nearly 30,000,0001. sterling, thus usurping the prerogative of Royalty, and subjecting the nation to an annual payment of 900,0001., which' might be saved if notes to that extent were issued against Consols, as proposed by the. Liverpool Currency Reform Association. Besides the above amounts, there are further issues of notes based upon bullion, pursuant to the pro visions of the Act of 1844, and it is calculated thit there is at least 50,000,0001. of gold in circula ion, °wing to the absurd prohibition of the smalle r denominations of notes. Of this enormous amount at least 30,000,000/. to 40,000,0001. would be replaced by National Bank notes of 11. and 22. each. The in terestou 70,000,0001. sterling would, in round num ,bers, be-saved,to•_the community by the establishment' of a NationaV Bank ; and if we consider the wear and tar of gold thai would also be avoided we shall find that, at the very,lowest estimate, 3,000,000/. sterling per annum would be ma d e available either for theg reduction of taxation or t h e promotion of objects ad;ange by ta a ch ange of system; a' deri va bl e from a while e hy the mightyempire, national currency at all times adequate to th e national wants, and the prevention of the various fluctuation s in the value of money and the rate of interest, w ou l d be even of still greater magnitude. Such is the price which the nation is actually p ay , ing for the gratification of the whims and caprices of the currency quacks, and we think it will be pretty generally admitted " that it pays dear enough for its whistle." ~ Captain Bunbury, of the 331 Regiment, is to .untied to the staff appointment of Deputy-Assistant ildiutant.,Genvral in Dublin, 'vice Major. Draper pro : nottd, and why 2roc2ecis to Bombay with fiia regiment, it 1;• 4.4* 44 Loi THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. — nder :I , eotiOn 01 Madame Celestc Dyeing the Recess thig Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the 'original designs by Digby Wyatt, Bil l executed• by Mr. Sang. A sew 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 a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Beek, entitled THI HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Red law, :%;r. nutlet : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith; A. Tetterby and Ce , Mr. Wrigit ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. P. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHAN'FED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Arid, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER kr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; -Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Redford. ZOTAL LYCEUM THEA.T finder the Manugernext of Madam, VeStli. . Sole Lessee, Mr. Chatle/ Ma* he -!.r. THIS EVENI Will be perfbrmed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, *raffled Tam KING OF THE PEACOCKC. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and ft. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and M adame Vestris. To conclnde with AN APPEAL 10 THE PUBLIC. Dress ~ .)xes„ss.; Upper Coxes, :s ; Pit, 2 . ; Gallery, is. No half-price to any part -of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellin, - ;to r sr, 0. t, 14 open to the pablis' ~ €l7 , 'ay, from Ten,till Six. • PRINCESS'S THEA.TO.E. - • • Mr. J. li t liaddox, Sole .Leasee and Vanager. burin: tilt Recess this Theatre has been re-decrrated and embed. I failed In a 'amen and dottly manner 1 - y Mr 11 urwita. A new-Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrarr.r men is haYe been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and flia coui,ort and conycsiehce of Oka audience. TWIN EVENING, Will be perferned a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. - - Is conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF JUNG. HAL ; or, harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. • .. • ST. JAMES'S • DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS. ~ This oelebrated Troupe, whose performances kare excited univer sal admiration 'throughout the United States will repeat a short Series of their popular ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre TO-MORROW EVENING. The Programme will include a variety of original Songs, Gifts, se.; entirely new to this country. Doors open at Eight. • Mr. ROBERT-HOUDIN will repeat his SOIREES YANTIS TIQUES THIS-ETENING, and on Saturday. Tke Programme will include numerous experiments entirely new. Doors open at Eight. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr, Mitehell's Royal Library; 33, Old bond-street ; and at the Box-office.. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Ntr. W. Batty, ruder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, kc. • Novelties for Christmas Holidays most astounding in the Metropolis '—.A. gorgeous' Spectacle.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The - Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The eurtain will rise at Seven o'clock. precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a .new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. Tire Celebrated ARABS will appear. ,Box-efflee open from Eleven till rive. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDE.N TS. No communication can be attended to nuless autheii sated by the name Wand address of the writer. Relectad communications cannot be returned. TEIE WEATHER,—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 28. TaFamoatinza,.Lovrest., 36; Highest, 47; Noon, 4 Mut( NETER, 30.08. WIND N.N.E.; fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 21 ntis. after 3 I Evening ..- 41 nun,- atter 3 . "kis, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1848. Presburg may be taken and the Magyars still remain unconquered. At a time when the counter revolutionists .are endeaVouring to dupe the under standing* ,of the multitude. into the, belief that no other course remains - open to democracy but that of submission,' it becomes doubly•nedeSsary•to expose the absurdity of the non sequitur which is now being noised abroad by the,reactionary urpns in regard tc the state.oisffsirs , in Hungary. Because at the out • set of the campaign the city of Presburg is seized b) the forces of PrinCe WINDISCHeItATZ, it is pretended * *at Kossirra must per force, consent to an imme diate . and ignominious capitulation. Never was a deduction more preposterously illogical: As well might it be maintained that, in the event of - Prussia suddenly invading the territories of France and capturing the city of Metz, the'Republican Go vernment ,would - be Compelled. to haul down their C9lOurs'and consent, to any conditions, that might be demanded from them by the dragoons of WitAPIGBL. The truth is that Presburg is so contiguous to the `German frontiers of Hungary. as to place it almost wholly at the mercy of whatever Imperial troops could be marched to it from the barracks surrotinding 'the castellated palace of Schoenbrunn. As the crow flies, there are, scarcely nine German Miles (about forty-five English miles). intervening between Pres burg' 'end Vienna I ' That circumstance of itself is sufficient to 'account for the abrupt capture of one of the principal fortified places in the dominions:of the Magyars. Beyond this it must be remembered that Presburg is not the metropolis of the Hungarian na ti on . Pesth must be garrisoned by Sassoxicn before the , country can be considered •in, the military possession of the invaders. And-between Presbu rg and Pesth there are a vast concourse of difficulties and obstructions to be overcome. KOSSUTH has not been indolent since first his patriotism • was re. spon•ded -to by the enthusiastic devotion o f his fellow- cou n trymen. Every device that could emanate from engineering ingenuity has been • adopted as a precaution against the progress of the • assailants. Extensive tracks of land have been de vastated, - villages deserted by their inhabitants, farm: houses razed to the ground, crops destroyed, wefts choked up, and all this for the purpose of presenting to the Austrians the obstacles of arralmost impassable wilderness. Several of the larger roads, conducting from the boundaries of Hungary to the interior have been even undermined' by the sappers of the defend ing army. The further WiNDISCHGRATZ penetrates into the regions of insurrection the more embarrassing . and perilous will become the snares, and the pitfalls, and the mines, and the ambuscades prepared for his reception: We are not without confidence in the Hungarians.' Although in recent emergencies they have not in variably displayed their wonted perseverance and consistency, they have neverthele9 given evidence rsyoSsl , the earnestness of their civism and - of the dignified Le!stion of their valour. Degeneracy has not palsied le\ heroic race of the i‘lacyars. True, without , 4* t, they have yielded up a considerable portiop of their self=relianee to the severe demands of ad -yetsity ; true that the prolonged predominance e /_'~_ + ~' t~ .J .. ~ JS,-:... ~--,. E FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Ministerial programme is in general favourably received, but the explanations of M. ODILOV BARROT, in answer to the interpellations of M. Lmnun RoLux, on the subject of the appointment of General CHAN GARNIER, are not considered as altogether satisfactory. The Reforms, the organ of M. LRDRU ROLLIN, de uotin.ce,s the appointment. of Marshal BUGRAUD and of General CHAINGARNIER as full of peril for the Assembly and the Republic. After expressing its alarm at the appointments, it says—. " Of such persons as should denounce our alarms as foolish aad premature, we wish to ask if they compre hend the veritable object of sencliAg Marshal Bugeaud to the army of the Alps? Can they believe, for instance, that the intention is to give this conqueror an epper tunity of gathering laurels in a foreign country ? Can they imagine that there is any idea of throwing our regiments into the plains of Lombardy, and of re-open ing the great page of our Italian. campaigns? That would certainly be a ridiculous naivete, and one contra dicted by all the acts as well as by all the words of the Government. Marshal Bugeaud has been sent to the army of the Alps, because it was remembered, that in the late struggle General Gavaignac had put his divisions in movement, not in order to crosss Mount St. Bernard, but to march on Paris. But, by having Marshal Bugeaud at the head of the army of the east, and General Changarnier holding Paris at his mercy; the Republic, the At.sembly, the Constitution, and the people are placed between two camps of bayo nets 1 Matters being so disposed, it will be sufficient on any pretence for certain tatbitions to crush down all re sistance and ascend to the head of all. This plan, it is said, will not! be carried out, for the President is 1 , 011 disposed towards his dear Republic. We hope it may be so, for wo do not like civil war; but we have no con fidence in the men, and we recommend the National Av .sembly to break a little, by the division of the command, that circle of bayonets which presses too closely our youthful institutions." _ The folbwing order of the day has been publishe , It is dated the 25th : " The President of the Republic has charged the General-in-Chiet to - express to the National Guards of the Seine, the Garde Mobile, and all the troops of the line, whom he passed in review yesterday, the great satisfaction that he has felt at their readiness in assem bling round him, at their fine appearance, and at the unit r which presided over all their movements. The General-in-Chief is happy to have to transmit to:them this testimonial. " CHANGARNIIp2." (Signed) The Pattie has the following:— " A report was current this afternoon that. a difference existed between the President of the Republic and the Cabinet on the subject of the amnesty. We have reason to believe that the report is destitute of foundation. The =tasty may have been proposed to the Council of Ministers, but it will be maturely studied before being resolved in any sense." It 'is said that the amnesty will be only applicable to the prisoners who have been sentenced, to trans portation, and that the prisoners of 'Vincennes and the murderers of General BREA will be expressly excluded from its benefits. The Journal des Debate gives the following report of the proceedings.of the Socialist banquet held at the Salle Valentino : " A second banquet, entitled a banquet of Democratic Socialist women,' was held yesterday at the Salle Valn• duo. — The total number of guests was 800, including men and children, and, indeed, the great majority v.:as composed of men. It was announced that the Represtn, tatives of •the party of the Montagne would be prespee but we - believe only M. Pierre Leroux and M. 'Felix P) at •attended.- The tickets of admission - for' kroWn person , were If. 50c. each, thos e f or c hil dren 50c. only, and after dinner • the ,public were adthitted into the- galleries at 25c. each: The first 'spe eh delivered, was by a woman, and was, we understard, called the. ;`.Sermon on the Mount,' in Whi c h socialism' was enjoined in the name of Christ. 'I his was followed by toasts of 'A la fraternity universille; by Mme. Simen;'A l'Aviiiement du Riga° do Dieu- sur la. Terre,' by Mme. Desroches.; and 'A la Liberte,' by Mine. Candelot. M. Pierre Leroux addressed the company in a, short speech, which he concluded with saying—' Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, •has not creatc d castes. We Socialists, therefore, take off the veil in' which the priests have wished to envelop for ever the altars of truth.; Granet delivered a rhapsody' on the subject of Christmas, into which she contrived to in trcduce the names of Saint Simon and Fourier.! 11.• , hot re delivered an apology for Saint Just, and finished with proposing his name as a toast in conjnnction With those of Coutbon and Robespierre. This was followed by others of, Aux Femmes !' by Mine. Moneot; Mst:es et a nos Enfans !' by Mine. karie; 'Au Christ vivant d la France !' by M. Bernard, who attempted te, establish an assimilation between Jesus Christ and the people of France. This was succeeded. by a toa-t, 'A Marie, premiere propagatrice du Socialisme !' by a lady; and several others of the same character, among which were Ala Religion 1' by M. Constant; AM. Fourier:', by a lady. Fables and other piebeS puetily- were recited, and patriotic songs were sung. • At an interval, in the evening, M. Bernard announced that 11. Lagrange had:sent to the committee the speech ho was to have spoken in the National Assembly, in favour of the amnesty, : which the committee had caused to, be printed, and wax to be sold in the room. He earnestly _desired alith.e.gugs to buy a copy, even those who had already read it, because it could not be too much read. But his recommendation was not very extensively f,JI - Another banquet. called religious and social, at whiCh the Abbe Chita presided, Was held at the Barrier° de Sevres, the tickets being If. 25c. 'each. It . was announced that all the disciples and adepts of the Eglise - Frail - Oise would.: attend ' • but whether this were SO we cannot tell, f or, we learn that the nUmber of.' the guests, male and . female, did not amonnt to ore than cue hundred. Mm e . Durand gate, ' as the ft rat oast—' A l'Amnisthesans exception, c ' es t4- direl'A.mnistie absbliie I' aid A* la Religion miturehe du Christ which, she added, had been se many years Preached by the respectable Pr es id ent . M me. Constant proposeoi toast—"lo the amnesty of '4.ur poor prisoners at Vincennes_!, of our sisters who ought to be here, but who are incarcerated in the prison of Saint Lazare 'To Otii . brothers and sisters of Nantes, who would be happy to, be Seated here I' I. hope,' she added, that we shall soon hive temples for our religion; if we have them not already, it is because the Ronson religion prevents it; but the', day is MA far off wh en a ll t h ese men , in black Will be trampled under foot. She con eluded' with exclaiming, Vivo la Ripublique moCratileue et, sociale ! vive Raspail I viva Bartels !- viva Chattel , which ,weri rep ea t e d b y 'elf the' guests. After. some minutes of silence Mme. Come, the wife of a jOurneyman baker, a young woman little more than twenty years of age, ascended the trite bane and proposed.a;t . oast:—' Au brave r -4 lincorrup tibleLagraegel To hun t wbom we ()tight all to love! 0 1 4 (11 thonainesty he Ilia , generously! demanded; end. Which tie will centinud - to demand with resolute per'se . verancel • Ile assured. l that he will obtain it! It shall he granted td must! If it be refused to his devoted - perseverance, he , will .demand at with his musket!'--- (Loud plaudits.) The Abbss Chatel upon this rose, and observed that in the warmth of an - unprepared speptir something rosy occasionally escape from the mouth, which the heart upon reflection afterwards repudiates, and that it was _well understood that no one then present wished to have recourse to any but - legal means to obtain their desires. M. Picauret recommended the guests to preserve union and fraternity,' and forget the evil that may have been done to them: M: buret gave a toast—' A la Repub lique ditnecratique et sociale A German Democrat, in proposing ;a- toast to Robert Blum, observed that Mme. Come, in speaking of the musket of Lagrange,' must have been mistaken. Mme. Come explained, say ing that she had been misunderstood—that she did not mean to say that Lagrange would take up his musket, but they, if their prayers for tho release of their bro thers were not listened to, would act. She was not a man, but that did not make any difference, and she pro mised that she Would not be the last. M. Riboulot, a minister of the Eglise Frane'aise then proposed as a toast;'' A la Fraternit4 universellel c'est-I dire et la' realization prochaine dela pens& qui y preside!' and the Abbe Chatel gave the following as the concluding toast--'_A Jesus Christ,: le grand apotre du Socialisme!' The banquet concluded with the singing of some canti cles used in the Eglise Fraagaise, and several patriotic airs." . The Patrie publishes a "communication," stating that the Ministers have not yet pronounced any name as that of the future Vice-President, and that they intend to take advantage of the full delay granted by the Constitution in sending in a list. This delay is, to say the least, very. suspicious. The Affnitetar remarks as follows on the review of Sunday : " This remarkable review inaugurated with grandeur the. Government of the elect of the nation. The nephew of the Emperor, in presenting himself for the first time to the regards of the capital, could not have asked from Heaven a finer day, or from his fellow. citizens a more sincere enthusiasm. Every one saw in it the presage of that order and security which France wishes for." The Mendez.- also publishes a decree, signed by the President of the Republic, re-establishing the five professorships of the College of France, suppressed on the 7th of April by the Provisional Government, and appointing the following professors 'Political' Ec , Oiforny—M: MICITEL CHEVALIER. - La* of Nature and Nations—M. DE PORTETS. Comparative Legislation—Al. LzmuntizE. Turkish Language—M. A. DESGRANGES. Latin Poetry—M, TIPOT. Another degree appoints M. EUGENB BARBOUF Member of the Institute, as Administrator of the' College of France, in place of th e l a t e M . L ETRONNE. A commissi o n has veen appointed by the Govern ment to examine the accounts of the different Minis ters, for the year 1848. The following are . the members : MM. 'Thins DE I.4STRYRIE, LOUVET, and LECHER, Representatives ; M. BouLaTiontEn, Councillor of State; MM. MASSAN DE GONIERRT, MARTIN Tnostas, and ESQUI&OL. M. CHARMER, late Inspector of the University, is appointed Keeper of the National Archives, in place of M. LETRONNE. M. CIIASSERIEN is app ointed Chef du Cabi ne t ( f the Minister of Marine.• • • The Commissary,Geteral of the - Papal artily, Carroll, ha s a r r iv ed in Paris. He is charged with a mission t o th e French and English GOvernninti.! ' The ,PoUn c il=G eneral of the sink of Frwie has announced a . di v id end ' of 45f. per share. for:tl4 e ;econd half of the year 1848. A The funds improved son the Paris Bourse yesterday, but the rise in price was in some degree checked by the prevailing opinion that the Cabinet must submit to modifications at an early day. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 27. Boulogne and Amiens, ”i—Luxembourg (10/.), 21 Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 3 / 4 —Paris and Rouen, 18% — Sambre and Meuse, 3 3 / 4 —Tours and Nantes, 1%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. Senor MAYANS has been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. The numbers declared as the result of the scrutiny were — For Senor. Mayans Senor San Miguel . 30 or 32 Senor Rios Rosas ........ . 10 CORTINA is the leader . of the Progresista Opposi tion, and will commence his campaign by an attack upon the foreign policy of the Government. The Clamor Public° of the 19th contains a well written and well-argued article on the conduct pur sued by the. Government with regard to England, in which the Spanish Ministry is treated with just severity. _ _ COArCHA has published an address to the troops in Catalonia, in which he announces his determination to commence at once a pursuit of the Carlists—" a pursuit without truce or rest of any kind, and from which neither the rigours of the season, nor any obstacle whatever, shall detain him." The Carlist force at •present in Catalonia is esti mated at 11,000 men And 500 horses. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 20.—The Three per Cents. 21i account ; after Bolsa, 21 3-16 cash ; Four per Cents. 2 paper ; Five per Cents. 10} paper; after Bolsa, cash ; Passives, 4 paper ; after B o l sa ; Zi 4 cash ; Coupons, i paper ; Bank of 'St. Ferdinand, 58 cash, 60 paper. Exchange on London, 48 40 paper. Treasury bills, 78 cash, 89 paper. GERMANY AND THE .NORTHERN- STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY: The Vienna journals of the 21st contain no intelli gence from Hungary, from which we gather that the Imperial troops have not gained any advantage over the Magyars since the capture of Presburg. There is no truth in the rumour of the capture of Raabs by the Imperialists, but the report of the storming of the Servian camp, and of the bombardment of Legrarid, by the Magyars, is confirmed. Letters from Semlin of the 15th state that several fugitives had arrived in that city from Orsowa, who reported that the Magyars were about to attack that town: The New Rhenish Ga;l4tte says—" We learn by letters from Teschen - in Silesia that the Austrian Lieut.-Colonel FRISCHEISEN has been driven beyond the Hungarian frontier by the Magyars, and that he has lost several pieces of cannon. Several Orsons have fled from Teschen and taken refuge in the Prus sian territory.' It is said that the Hungarians have won other victories." 'The Oder Zething of Breslau of the 22d Dec. says It is remarkable that among all the bulletins Which Prince WINDISCLIGRATZ has published, he should not, - tip to 'the present time, have made any mention of the battle fought at Altenbourg, although the Imperial troops experienced immense losies in that battle. In the battle of Altenbourg the 'Atli: - trians lost 14 officers; S field-officers, and 700, men. But ever since the, commencement of :the Italian war we have been accustomed to read none but triumphant bulletins from the Imperial army. The President orthe Committee of the Constitution announced to the Keemsier Diet on the 18th, that the COmmittee bad nearly completed its labour; and that the Constitution would be presented to then on the 21st. The Ministers are growing every day more and more unpopular on account of the tricky course of conduct which they pursue, and of which the ante dated Hungarian proclamation may be taken' as a specimen. . , The late Minister DO B LOFF is to go as Ambassa dor to the Hague. . PRUSSIA: The' attempts to remove M. WALDECK from his office - as judge, on' account of his votes as a Member of the Assembly, have proved abortive: The' Go vernment influenced his colleagues to refuse to sit with him in hopes of-inducing WALDECK to send' in his resignation, but he was firm;labd refused to re sign. A long correspondence then took place between WALDECK and the Minister ofJustice. The Minister's letter to M. WALDECK regrets he did not' of hiMself refrain from taking his seat as judge when it became 4videht that it *as' impossible to bring the rest of the -Court to: act with -him; he communicates the 'Mani inotiS decision of the other Members of the tribunal, and presses him earnestly to take some step volUn tarily that may solve the difficulty, which min , of course, only mean th a t h e i s t o a b s t a i n f r o m attending the sittings. M. WALDECK'S reply is a long defence, denying the legality of any such demand; the pith of the reply-is, that when a judge happens to be chosen a representative, he is as free to act in that position as any other deputy, and that fOr any vote he may:have given he is not, as a, judicial fu nc ti onar y, bound to render any account. The folloWing is the most im portant passage in his defence, the •principle of 4hich Will probably be adopted by: all the legal'officers who Stand in the same position as M.VlLnacti.; and: they 'are numerous::-= "Twenty years se vice has sufficiently proVed to the country niyimpartiality and conscientiousness as a judge. The tribunal 'had 'really nci . grounds for the - suspicion that my continuing to sit in It Would be attended with any injury to law or justice. Such insinuations will not at all affect the person against whom they are made. But, on. the other hand, a real and serious peril threatens 'the country when the court of law, forgetting the proper limits of its authority, descends into the ariniof political conflicts, and decides that a difference of politi cal views, and the determined opposition exhibited, by a national representative to a once constitutional Ministry, are sufficient reasons for his exclusion from office. What boundless, servility in the judges, what continual changea in judicial. appeintments,. vvhat a total annihi lation of all respect for the office will be the consequence if the principle is admitted, :What confidence con be felt in, the , descisions of,jlidges ,wlio,, in a constitutional state, are deprived eft that independence of, position ,which even under despotic Gp 'i6rnmentsts considered the palladium of public security? How can the people in future venture to choose for their .representatives those judicial o ffi cers to w h om they be -fore-so-willingly gave-their trust? In striking contrast with this principle, I cite the example of the Cour de Cessation of Paris, which includes among its judges men of the most opposite political opinions, and whose mem bers have remained unchanged through so many political vicissitudes." M. WALDEcx therefore distinctly refuses to vacate his office, either directly by resignation, or indirectly by absenting himself from the sittings. He considers it a sacred duty to retain it, for the interests of the whole judicial order, and the Courts themselves; and for the interests of the people and their representa tives. So stands the question at present. The KING came to Berlin on the 20th. This is the first visit he has 'paid the capital for some months. The late President of the National Assembly, M. Vol UNRUH, has returned to Magdeburgh, and given an account of his political conduct to his constitaents in an address that lasted nearly two hours. Id the evening a torch-light procession in his honour defiled before his hotel, but no disorder of any kind oc enrried. A similar demonstration on a smaller scale was made at Stettin, in honour of M. Vox KIRCHMANN. General Vox WRANGEL will be appointed to the command of the reactionary army about to be sta tioned on the Rhenish frontier, for the purpose of co operating with the Royalist party in France. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament has adopted the last chap ter of the Constitution, and is about to discuss the attributes of the Chief of the Empire. DENMARK. A serious etntute occurred at Altona on the nth, in consequence of the arrest of M. BARCLON, the pre,sidenL of the patriotic_ association. Several per sons were wounded, and tranquillity was not re-esta blished until midnight. ITALY. GARIBALDI'S legion, 1,000 strong, arrived at Venice on the 14th, in three Sardinian steamers. The' legion garrisons Fort Malghera, from which the Croats were recently repulsed. Provisions are abundant in Venice. Letters from Trieste, of the 17th inst., published in the Austrian Lloyd's Gazette, do not mention the arrival or appearance off that port of a Russian fleet. Admiral ALnrm, the commander of the Sardinian fleet, bailed from Ancona on the 13th, only leaving a frigate and a steamer there ; his squadron, consist ing of five sail and one steamer, is cruising between Quarnero and the Italian coast. The French steamer Asrnodie was at anchor at Ancona: A grand service was performed in the Duomo of Milan on the 14th, by the Archbishop, in celebration of the accession of the Emperor FRANCIS JOSIPH. The Theatre of La Scala was illuminated in the evening. The Provisional Government of Rome intend to accredit envoys to the various Courts. Count Po roLt will, it is said, be the Roman representative in London. Alajor General Thomas James Wemyss, C. 8., is placed up on th e li st o f general officers who arcl in the receipt or the unattached pay of If. ss. per dity. , ONE P ,;, P., ~ f..' -AITISSi I,UND3 O'CLOCK. tiraik Stock ' lB9 "3" per Cent; ilediica A. , :ns 88%44 89 New 3 1 4-per Cent. Arens...... Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, Oct. 10. 1859 ..... .... 'ndia Bonth, 1,0004 Consols for Account 8836% Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ...... . . ...... 5001. March..... 43 39 p Small, March ' ' Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. CLOSIIsiO PRICES. 189 88 3 4 89% 8 11-16 8 lyt: 2 40p 88 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bends. 75% 75 75 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred — 25 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 24:%% 24 1 , Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 44% 45 . 16 Portuguese s„Per Cents. — -- Ditto, 3 per Cent .... — ' 25 Ditto, 4 per Cent. 26 q 26 Ditto., Account .•• 26 1 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto Deferred; l l l4 Ditto, 3 per Cent • 28% 21 28% -21% Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent l9 18% Ditto, Deferred — ' 5 1 4 • Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% - per Cent., 12 Guild — 49 1 4 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 75 74% 74% PRICES OP PAID. BUSINESS DONB CLOSING RAILWAY SILUtES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen - 50 . Amber. Nott., Boston,- . and Eastern Junction - 4 1 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 19 - Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 • .Do, withoutguaractee 20 . ... Birraing, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... • Do. without guarantee 10 l3irmi rig., Wolyerh'pton, . ' and Stour Valley 13/. 14e... •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, - ... • and Cheshire June—. 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. i Bristol and Eieter - 90 ... .. Ditto, Thirds' .:.*:. ... 27% I 6 IA ..:.... ... •• .. . ttickingharashire.... 141.45. Caledonian - Ditto, Half Shares .. 8N......- 11% Do. New 10/. Pref..... 7%...... 7%% Ditto-,Clydesdale June - 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 , - - Do - . - 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... Do. Government Loan, . 4 per Cent. • 10 ...... Direct_ London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 35 Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 East Anglia, 25/., L. & - E. and L. and D...... 25 ....... ... .. Do. 184, E. & H..., 18 ...... .... Do., 3/...105. . ... ......„ 4% .... 2%4 : 23 Eastern Couatiell... ..... 20 ...... 117 12 ...... - Do. New Guaranteed • . •• 6-per Cent. . ... .... 10 - ...... 11% , ' . 11% Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... A p % P .._, ' ;Ditto ditto, No.. 2...61.135. 4d... . Do. North. & Eastern 50 . Do., 5 per cent. ..- Do. Quarters .. .... Do. New - 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 . DP. &rip (6 per cent.) 10 -Ditto, ditto ... ' - 20 Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent:.. . ".......: 2%....,. -... .... East Lancashire - 25 ... ..... Ditto, New ..., Ditto, New Quarters . 6 1 4 —. . ... ....„ ..... _ De.,. 6 per Cent. Pre- .. . ference Quarters ... 6% — ... ..... ...... ~.., Eait Lincolnshire . ...... 25 Edintnirgh *and Gleigow' 50, Ditio, - Half Shares ... 20 .. 39 • • . Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport li ..... .... ..... ......... _ Exeter,Yeevil, & Dorch 2% Glasgow. Dumfries, and Carlisle .... ... ..8/. 6s. 8d.... - Glasgow,Kilmat.,& Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Corisol. Great Northern Do., ) 72 A Deferred ... 12%...... 5 5% Do., % B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6% 4 14 Do. Extension 16% 21 1 h 1% 7:r4 8 %8 5 1 4 414 Treat South. and West (lreland) Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto ... . ... ....... 25 . ' - ••• . ..... Ditto, New i 3o/. . . ...... 30 Ditto,.New,l s / l4 .. .. .... ...... Great Western 90.,,...... 79% 8 0 .:..,... 78% - Ditto, % Shares ... Ditto, ~ , ,i Shares DitiO, Fifthi. ..... ..... ... Ditto, New 171.'.. ..... 13 ... Huddersfield and Manch. 30 . . Ditto, Thirds ....... -- Hull and Selby 5O ...... • ........... Ditto, Half Shares- Ditto, IA Shares .. ....... Lancaster and Carlisle Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ............... Ditto, ditto Ditto, 4 Shares ... 43 ............... 6234 , .•..• _ ••• •• ••..•• ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 17 1 / 2 Do. Fifths.... .. 10 ...... ...... Do. Sixteenths 6 — . ........... • .. Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ..... ......... Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 7% — ... ... ... ............ Du. Liverp. and Bury 43 -. ... . .......... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 •• Do.(Wakefield,Ponte- .-- fract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 • l7 ll ... •• -. ..... 1 % Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9% - ... ............ Leeds and Bradford ... Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 Do, Half Shares Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2% - ............... Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ...... ....... 35 Po., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ....... ... ...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport 3 lt — ............... i =veY - p.,Manchster, and Newcastle Juliciion... 2% - , ..... Loudon& Bla c k wa 11...13/. 6 s. 8d 5 .... , _ Do. Eitension ..... ... 22% — ...... London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O 0.60 31% - 98lh .... 2O 4 % 81% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 4,000 bales, including 3,300 American, at 50. to 61d.; 150 Pernams at 41d. to 51d.; and 250 Surats at 3d. to 3ed. The market closed quietly, but with steadi ness. Railway Shares were in moderate request, but at the close receded a little. Cape of Good Hope advices to the end of October state, that the colony enjoyed most perfect tranquillity. After an absence of eighty-three days, Sir Harry Smith had returned to Cape Town, having entirely and satis factorily arranged the affairs of the frontier, and placed them upon a basis which was likely to ensure future prosperity and good government. The farmers were again following their usual avocations. At Natal there were land plots advertised for sale on behalf of the Government at the prices of 4s. and ss. per acre. Some interesting changes in the government of the Cape, and notably the recognition of the principle of legislative representation, were likely to be supported by the new Governor. The commercial accounts from France are much more favourable within the last few days, and confidence is reviving, particularly in the silk manufacturing districts. Although an " Equitable Adjustment of the National Debt" is a thing easier imagined than accomplished, there are few doubts as to "Financial Reform" being imperative, and accordingly we may give some remarks from a statement now circulating, though without signa ture. The writer maintains that— " The present Board of Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt, with such additions as might be deemed requisite, are obviously the proper medium. Let, then, their officers, or agents, purchase in the market Consols or other Stock, and re-issue them in the shape of Terminable Annuities. Thus taking Consols at 901., the Board would purchase them at that price, and re-issue the 1001. Stock so purchased as an annuity of SI., for, say, thirty to thirty-three years, or even more. Suppose they were even re-issued at forty or sixty years' purchase, it is obvious that the public would be the gainers, because for every 1001. so converted, a certainty of getting ultimately rid of it would exist,' whereas under the present system it re mains an eternal and almost intolerable burden. " The annual amount of taxes collected may be estimated at near fifty millions. Now, though this amount is virtually mortgaged in anticipa tion, there is no doubt that arrangements might easily be made for the passing of a portion of this through the Board before adverted to, and it is calculated that from ten to twenty millions per annum of fi lived Stock, at the least, might be gradually con verted into terminable annuities, in the mode before mentioned, without, it is apprehended, the monetary aflairs of the country being in the least degree deranged; and the newly-created annuities would become just as much the subject of commercial transactions as lease hold property which has thirty or forty years to run. " Had such a principle been adopted at the termina tion of the war in 'lBl5, and only fifteen millions per annum been so converted, 500,0001. of taxes would now be annually remitted, so that in eight or ten years hence, or less, a gross sum of near thirty millions of taxes would come off, exclusive of future reductions." The duty on Foreign Wheat is higher, being Bs. The Funds are very firm to-day. Consols 884 to 88j-, and New Three-and-a- quarter per Cents. 891 to 89k. Bank Stock is about 189 to 191. Exchequer -bills are 394. to 423. premium. The market is extremely quiet. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds are 141 to 14i, the Three per Cents. 28 to 281, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 26 to 261; Brazil Stock is 75 to 75i Dutch Four per Cents. are 741 to 75. Railway Shares are generally in fair request, withou any decided movement in prices. Do.Guarant.s per ct.., 9 ...... 9 9 3 / 4 .- Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. .... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 — ». Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. ... 5 LondonandGreenwich 12/15s 4d... ... ...... Ditto, Preference 2O London and N. Western 100 123 124 123 Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... 6 % Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 25 Do. • 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 — Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9 ...... - - no. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ... - Lon,i. & S. NV , stern SO Do. New 50/. ... ..... 42 1 r 4 .. .. Do. New 40! Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ......... 40 Ditto. Thirds.. .....13/. 65. 8d 4% di5.......... 4% di s . Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Ref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 5 London, Salisbury, and Yewil ..... -.. ........ 1%...... Londondorry&Coleraine 28 3 / 4 --.. ........ Londonderry and Emma killen 27% ..... ..... ,-.- Lowestoft (4 per ct.) Ditto (G per ct.) Manchestenßuxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 D.a. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 11M — ..... ...- Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40 Ditto ditto . ......... 13 - ••••••••••••••• Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock 2O Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s — Midland lOO ..... 84 84% -. Do. Consolidated P re f.loo ••• Do., do., 50/..Shares.- 20 ... .. 12 11 1 ,E Do. Birm., and Derbyloo .....• ai.Consol.Bristol and Birming.,6 per ct.... 100 ..».. ...... Ditto,Brist. & Glecstr. 38 ...... Ditto, ditto .. 14/. 185.... Ditto,Leieest& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Pdiddlesbro' and litedcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcasticand Carlisle...loo , — Do. Quarters 25 ...... N , winarket ........ . .. 20 Do. Extension ........,21. 125.... •••• Ye.wport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 20 Norfolk .... ........ .100 •• • ••• •• Do. New 20/. N. Guaranteed 5 pct. 20 - Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 -....— orth Britilch •........ ... 25 -_, 16M ...• •••• Ditto, Halves .. - ...... Ditto, Quarters r 6% 3MA ................. Ditto, Extension O% - ........ ... Ditto, Thirds ........ 8% - - 4 1 4 1 % ... ; ........ North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire North Wales . 3% — North-Western .... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 2 ...... ... .- l% Scottish Central Scottish Midland.. Ditto, New , Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 - ... ....... Shrewsbury and Iderefd. 2 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. MM.) l7 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 %.. , ... .. ... Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shropshire Union south Devon—. ••• 50 10. Preference S - mth Staffordshire 6% S aith Eastern DO., No. 1 24 — Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 25 ...... 16 Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 ...... 7M South Wales .....• 28 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 5 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 raw Vale Extension ... 8 - ••• •• ...... ••• Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... Vale of Neath - .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 17%. - 1 Waterford and Li mer i c k 47% _- Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed • .. 5O Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 10 - ... ..... ..... W est Cornwall . West London - - -Do. - Do-. -1-st-Class -... 20 - Do. Do. 2d Class ,:... 20 W hitehaven & Furness 14 Windsor,. Staines,- and South Western-- ... 12 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........... 25 ..... 28%% Do. Original New and Berwick .. .. .• . .... .. 25 .... . 261 ,4 Do. Extension No. 1. 15 - Do. do. No. 2. .... .... 15 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... 7% 3 / 4 York:anti North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 lio.East and West Rid- lug Extension ...... 25 —. — FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 ........ ...... • Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzen) ... 17 Ceylon ..•• Demerara „.... 15 ..... . ...............•••••.""""•....... Dendre Valley... 4 -- Direct . Bombay and •••••.•••••••.• Madras .. ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ......... 71..... ............... .. ...... East Indian -3M —.. . ... ,„ •••• .„, Great Indian Peninsular M -- Louvain 11 - la - Sambre ... 7% -- Luxembourg-- ........ .. 7 ... Ditto ...... ......... ... 10 ...... ... 24 Madrid and Valentia... 2 .....:. Namur and Liege Northern of France...- Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 De. Do. .10 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ..., ..... 20 Paris and Strasbourg .. 9 Rouen and Hare...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 3%34.,, Mae fir 18 3 / 4 154 67i4 22 3 / 4 1% 8 23 1 / 2 16 714 283 264 14 1 ,4 • 7% 4 10% 26 1 4 8 1 6 2% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) LONDON,. DEe. 28.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E., light breeze and fine ; greatest pressure of wind, since yesterday at noon, 5i lbs. Barometer 30.11, thermo meter, 43. _STATIC OP_ WIND AND WEATHER, AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS THIS HORNING, AT 9 A.H. Colchester N. E., cloudy. Glasgow Gloucester, Goapnrt .. S.E., cloudy. Hull Leith S.E., fine. Lowestoffe Newcastle S.W. by W., fine. Portsmouth Southampton Variable, cloudy. Yarmouth MARIPORT, DEC. 26.—The Collier, from Dumfries to this _port, came to anchor yesterday, and soon after sprang a leak, which increased so fast, that the crew left her ; this morning a great part of her hull is floating in the offing. DONEGAL, DEC. 24.—SId. Lincoln, New York. WARRENPOINT, DEC. 26.—The Lady of the Isles, on shore in Ballagum Point 24th inst., has been got off and brought in here a derelict. DUNDALK DEC. 25.—The Favourite, London to Newry, Came on shore last night; should a change in the weather occur, she will probably get off without discharging. CORK, I:EC. 25.—The Vigilant, for Barbadoes, and the Laetitia, Heyn, from Liverpool to New Orleans, have put back, having been in contact, the former with less cf bowsprit, head,.&c., and the latter leaky. ToNunatoar, DEC. 22.—The Joseph Hume, of Liver pool, from Limerick to Bristol, which put in hare 16th inst., having grounded on a sunken rock; must discharge. BANNS, DEC. 25.—The Pursuit, Newcastle to Yar mouth, sprung a leak 22d inst. and sank; crew saved. The Juliet, of Belfast, got waterlogged after the gale of the 15th inst., and was abandoned on the 17th; crew saved. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. India, Campbell, China; William Wilson, Howes, ditto; Caroline, Hughes, Calcutt a; R oya l Albert, Scanlon, ditto; Swit zerland, Fletcher, New York. Arrd from the River 27th, Chasely, Aldrich, Moreton Bay; Standerings, Launceston; Halifax, Wright, Cape and Mauritius; Mary Queen of Scots, Wilcox, Pernambuco; Cecrops, Prisman, Hamlaurgh ; St. George, Romanus, Rio Janeiro; Euxine, Livingstone, New Orleans; Wallace, Livingstone, ditto; Phasnix, Mickle, Savannah ; Pro tector, Sewell, Newport and St. Vincent. Sld. York town, Sebor, New York. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Linton, Rigg, Calcutta; Forest King, Chase, New Orleans; Niebe, Thomas, ditto; Susquehannah, Philadelphia; Hottinguer, Bmsley, New York. Sld. 25th, Jane, Hub. Philatleiphia. The Newton, 1 1 oin Cronstadt, in heating up last night, missed stays, and went on shore at Waterloo; she fills with the tide. Off port, Frederick, Quebec. Lustre, United "Kingdom, Colonist. . II Pxfoial•Oier, DEc - . 26::—The Glynne, of and from Chester to London, in entering the harbour struck on 41 p 38 p 39 p 43 p 2 k, 241,2 46 . . . . . 3% 40% 84% MARKET NE WS.—(THIS DAY • TOEVJGATE .A. 74113 X.m . AtkpisHrn.azar. These mark e t s were very scantily supplied with each kind of Meat, the demand for which' was somewhat active, at extreme quotations :—Beef;from 8s Sd to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4 s to ; Veal, 3s 8d 6 " 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Sibs, by the carcase' DIEEIT 111 .AR2061 1 3.. ' SOUTHALL, DEC. 2 7.—Very limited supplies of 4 1 stock ware on sale in to-day's market. , A"good clear' ante was effected at improved quotations- :--Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 10ci to 55 2d ; Veal, 41 10 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Blbs, to sink-the offal. Rom - Foal), DEC. 27.—Prime Beasts and Seep, COre ; mandrd a ready sa l e at an advance of 2d . per 81b s. other kinds of stock were quite as dear.. Beef; from 3 5 4 7 1 4s 4d; Mutton, 3 s 8d to 5s ; Veal, 45' to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 61 per Sibs ,• Suckling _Calves 185 to 245; and quarter o l d store Pigs, 168 to 21s each. LEWES, DEC. 26.—Our market was tolerably firm toe day, at full prices :—Beef from 3s 6d to 4s '4d ; Mutton' 4s to 5s 2d ; V ea l , 4s to 4s 4d ; asd pork; 3s 8d to 43 40 per Blbs. MAY MB, 4,IEETs. SMITIFIELD.—Meadow flay, 2/16s to 3/ 13s; Clov er ditto, 31 10s to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 95 per load. A fair avera* supply, and a sluggish demand. CuinnERLAND.--Meadow Hay, 21 18s to 3/ 15 5 ; Clover date, 3/ 102 to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 45 to I/ 105 per load. Supply tolerably goud, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 163 to 31 13 5 i Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 153; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 95 per load. Trade firm, at full prices. CORN AVERAGES. Cor the GENERA.L A.VERA GE PRICE S OF BRITISH CORN Week ended Dec. 24, 1848, made up fro Engel Returns of tr„ Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns iand and Wig" per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. 111.4ELEY. OATS. I I I RTE. BEANS. PEAfid PRICE .• f 47s 6d 1 31s 4d I 133 4d f 29s Id 333 7d 375 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY'. I OATS. I ATE. I BEAllS• I Od is Od 33 IS 3s Od 23 Od 2s 05 24 SUPPLY of WATER to the METROPOLIS lENLEY AND LONDON WATER-WORKS AND NAVIGATION. This company, which has been for-some time unde r consideration, has now assumed a tangible-form-, and 0 , highly respectable, meeting of the pro moters was held cn Friday, at the offices of Messrs. Burchell, and Parsons, at which were present-- Wm. Arthur Wilkinson, Esq., in the chair; the line' J. P. Bouverie ; -- Graham, Esq. (Chairman of th e Grand Junction Canal Company); R. J. Tennent, M.P.; Joseph Barendale, Esq.; Thomas Rawson Ward, Esq.; Henry George Robinson, Esq.; .—. D rane Esq.; Thomas Earle, Esq. ; H. M. Jones, Esq. ; abarlee Canby, Esq.; John Mitchell, Esq.; Wm. Cubitt, Esq.; John Howell, Lg.; and others. Mr. M'Clean and Mr. Blackwell, the engineers of the company, explained; and Mr. Cubitt corroborated the general plan of the undertaking. They stated that it was proposed to bring into London one hundred million gallons of water daily, at such a level as would supply the greater portion of the metropolis without pumping' being a little above the reservoirs of the New Rivet' Company and other water- works, for whose -servi c e it could be rend ere d ava il a bl e; and that the water required for the elevated portions of the northern districts would be raised to the necessary height by power obtained by the descent of the water required for the lower districts. The quantity was stated to be so abundant that the pipes would be always full, so as to afford an instant supply le cases of fire, and also that a constant stream should Pe e through every dwelling, and the sewers have alvreYß flowing through them a body of water amply Bei" ci•ent for their effectual cleansing; it was, in effect , bringing a great portion of the river Thames into Lon' don at a height of upwards of one hundred feet above its present and pouring it through the houses sto,u sewers, instead of l ett i ng it flow through Vauxhall bridge. Mr. CUI3ITT further stated that his attention had been much-directed to plans for supplying the metropolis with, water, but this p r op os i t i on appeared to him the n 20 8" complete in its general outline, and demanded confidence from its simplicity an d i ts extreme feasibility.. In the description of the'plans it was stated by th e promoters that a charge of only one halfpenny per thou' sand gallons, i n st ea d o f t h e present price of the water companies (varying from 4d. to 6d. for that quantity)t would return a profit equal to ten per cent. on the pro' posed outlay. In answer to objections as to the combination dna' vigation with the water supply, Mr Ciihitt and Mr' Baxenciale exposed the fallacy of any pollution of water from the pas sa g e o f a f ew b oats. The objection would seem natural to those who had only observed stagnant canals, but would be removed by the reflection that one hundred barges a day could produce no effect upon the vast body of water in question, whilst the purity must be deemed absolute when _compared with the water of the Thames even at Chelsea, which had received between that point and Henley the drainage from a population exceeding seventy-five thousand persons, beside the eon" tarnination derived from the sewerage of London/ brought up by the tide and held in perpetual suspension by the perturbation of steam boats. It appeared : that upwards of one-half of the capita l had been :already subscribed, and that the plans and sections had been- deposited, and all the necessary , notices attended t o i n - or d er to go lo Parliament, with the view of obtaining an:Act during the ensuing session and the object of the present meeting was t o bring the matter immediately before the public, for the pu t !: pose of obtai n i ng su b scri b ers 'foe -the-remainder of tu° capital. A series of resolutiens were then passed, expressive of the approbation of the meeting, appointing an influent's! provisional committee, &c., and the gentlemen present subscribed their names for shares,• and pledged theta' selves to promote the undertaking. S--- .11ERIFFS COURT.--ThiS court, did not sit to-claY, but will open again on Thursday,' the 4th iPSt• FIRES (THIS DAY).---ShOrtly after three o'clock . this morning police-constabl e o f the City force W.la: on duty in Distaff-lane, W a tli ng - s tr eet, w h en he clls covered the lower part of the Mad - Last Tavern, cow pied by M r. T aylor, in- flames. The family were in stantly aroused to their danger ; and effected a temporal retreat fro m th e - p rem i ses ,' and in a few •thoin en t s atter. , wards th e fi remen and engines-- froth Wittling•strees arrived. Aft er some trouble the fire was subdued, but the contents of bar, parlour, and tnTh.rnrrm were nearly destroyed. Mr. Taylor is insured in the Royal Exchange Office. ---Between twelve and one o'clock this morning fire happened in the shop of Mr. Pratt, hatter, 80, New gate-street. The loss here was very great. The fire reached the h ouse a dj o i n i ng, that of Mr. Pritchard, brush-m a k er . F ortunately the Brigade and West ° England engines soon arrived, and the fire was shortly afterwards extinguished. Both parties are insured. DARING ACT OF SWINDLING.--We have jolt received intelligence of a most extraordinary and dal: ing act o f sw i n d l i ng committed on the respectable gold smiths and j e w e ll ers, M essrs. Lambert and Hawleys, 11 and 12, Coventry -street. Yesterday a ; well ' dressed fashionable looking man called at the shop, and directed an immense qu ant i ty o f j ewellery, to the amount of about 500/., to be put up and made a parcel of, and that one of the clerks should accompany him ,to ,the Bishop of London, wh ere p a y ment would be made, and which was accordingly done. On arriving at the Bishop's, th e gentleman inquired for the secretary of his LordshiP; who was from home ' • but the gentl eman W as requeste d to walk in and wait the return of the secretary, which he did. And he soon afterwards, in presence of the clerk, opened the packet and examined all the' articles very carefully, and then made an :observation that be had omitted to order some rings, which he. begged the clerk to return to the shop for, and that' he would wait the clerk's return. The clerk was no sooner gone than the gentleman rang the bell, and told the servant that he would go out and soon return to see the secretary, as he had some visits t o ma k e in the neighbourhood. sale accordingly did so, but neither the gentleman or the parcel have ever since been heard of ; and the unfortu nate clerk, on arriving with the rings, was horrified to find the gentleman, as well as the parcel, had disap peared. •- • • LAW.—A SIMPLE QUESTION ANSWERED.---Boy— Papa, " What's an In -ter• rog-a-to-ry ?” Father;---" My is a very explicit method, used Interrogatorydpreianre,ipaanliyin, Chancery proceedings, for obtaining a cor rect;w llha‘ whether hte he, e a t dhr n i ere s dil w , s e jeh r odohu t nn o i j a s ohe simple noo euuso,nld wt ocu written o u suchdi d i q dgw u ah Jo e t. u s : t l a i do o nrn n d: t aumtg T i ghs h u s — a or oughtn't ; or i f he didn't, shouldn't, couldn't, wo u htu l d et n nho: mightn't, or oug h tn ' t, why didn't he, shouldn't he, couldn't he, wouldn't he, mightn't be, or oughtn't he.; and if on such a d ay, and at such a place, then whether at some eth,r, a‘td what (lay and place he did, should, could, v9011:0, might, or ought, or whether he didn't shouldn't couldn't, wouldn't, mightn't, or oughtn't; or - under some other, and what peculiar, or if not peculiar; uptUr sme other and wh a t c i rcumstances; and if not, Wby'nOt, o or how otherwise, do it, "—Punch. the Dunb a r S an d , b ecame leaky, and 'eat( tour feet of I water in her hold. - PENZANCE, DEC. 26.—The Kitty, from Newport, went on shore yesterday, and became a total wreck; crew, except - one, saved. The Stephen 'Knight, from Meath, went on shore; crew saved; should the weather moderate she may be got off. The Ashley, Swansea to London, put in here 24-25 inst., with considerable danirge. Covas, DEC. 27.=—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Swed, Westerby, Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind E.S.E.—Put back, Aden, from Liverpool to Hong-Kong, from long. 11 W. , by heavy south westerly gales. - WivEfinoE, DEC. 27.—A large full-rigged ship villa seen two or three days ago on the Knock. John; from papers found, supposed to be the Merker, of SondosfArg, Hamburgh to China; part of cargo landed in a d^,maged state; crew supposed to be lost. DUNGARVON, DEC. 26.—The Teniagh, " N a ntes to Liverpool, was totally wrecked in C l .unea Bay th is morning; cargo lost, and three mean and one boy drowned. BarsToL, DEC. 27.—The Glic , nberrie has been raise d and taken into Cumberland 7 .2ja a i n . HOLYHEAD, DEC. 27.—it blew a very heavy gale here last night from S.W. to W.S,W. The. Harmonic (Dutch galliot) groubded, but has not sustainedmateris l damage. SEIBREREEN, DEe. 25.—The cargo of the Susan , from Galatz, wrecked on Hare Island yesterday, is ell. tirely lost, and scarcely enough materials sated to pal expenses. . . WARRUNPOINT, DEC. 26,--The Sar a h Packer, of - Liverpool to Savannah, drove on shore 'four 'Miles south d of C:zeweastle, County Down, on the 24th i nstan t, An lies bil ge d w i t h loss of rudder, bowsprit, foremast, &0., and is exp ec t e d to b ecome a total wreck ; crew saved. ti ti P f c a t THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1848