The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-29 00:00:00

MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE 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 —arc admirably pourtrayed."—John Ball. " One of Mrs. Gore's most animated and life-like productions. Among the characters are some whose portraits , draw n b y her prac tised and skilful hand, will easily be recognised."—Britann ia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, S AM O THE OLD JUDGE ; Or, Life in a Colony. By the Author of "Sara Slick, the Clockmaker," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TLIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. EVERY EVENING. Commence at Eight o'clock. MORNING PERFORMANCES during the Christmas Holidays, every Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day. Commence at Two o'clock. HOLIDAYS. -ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS and ROBERT-HOUDIN will perform on the alternate nights during the Christmas Holidays. THIS EVENING (Friday), Durnbolton's Serenaders ; To-morrow (Saturday), Robert 11 , udin's Fantastiques and grand Juvenile Distri bution ; and Monday next, Jan. 1, the Ethiopian Entertainment. Doors open each evening at Eight. Boxes and Stalls m a y be veined at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond -4 treet ; and at the Box-office. TaFATRE ROYAL, HAY3IARK Fe*. I{r. 13. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager. Old Itrompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, dung the recess, undergone very extensive repairs ai.d alterations and tl:e whole re-decorated THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Valentine, Mr. Charles Kean ; Julia, Mrs. Charles Kean. kfler which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entlt:c.il CAMA.RALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri whO Lovi - d the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mra. 3 1 , : , Mortoa, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. y•ltter Lice direction o: Madame Culeit. Darlag the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Est , executed by Mr. Sang. new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An apprcved 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 man Book, entitled THR ED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co., Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tot. tarty, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Pau: Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER ;clasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Under toe AS anagemeet 02 Madairiz Vestria. S•ole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mat he • s. 'rills EVENIN; Will be performcl A PEaTifilt POSITION. After which, a new Fairy Extravaea ,, za, entitled TUE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Charart....o by messrs. Harley, John Reeve, n. nay, Marshall, and IL Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macuainara, 311ss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Culernan, and Madame Vestris, To conclude with AN APPEAL. I' 0 TUE PUBLIC. Dress , oxev, f)s.; Upper !Some', Is ; l'it, 2 . ; Gallery, la. Y half-price to any part of the house. The New liox-oftlce, No. 2, Wollinzto 1. 6E° t, is open to the public . %try slay, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S 'MEAT EY, Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and \'.^.nager. Durinz the Recess this Theatre has been re- dec ,, rated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner t) Mr I lurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best af:nn, menu have been made i(:r the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and tha eotn.ort and convenience GI ale audience TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD. FELLOW. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING IIAL; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Ai row. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, 1! r. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Novelties for Christmaslidays most astounding in 'he Metropolis. --A gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs it their wondrous performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, no Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an !Minitel:le disp'ay of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian tal.nt of the (lay. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOL D ROBIN 11001) ; or, The Pretty White Hers* and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. Tke Celebrated ARABS will appear. Box-office open from Mr Eleven till Wes Five. St ag e Manager, .W. t. TO CORRESPONDENT S . No communication can be attended to unless autheat cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATTIF.R.—SUN OFinvE, DEcxsinED. 29. TazasioNETza, Lowest, 32; llighest, 41; Noon, 42 BARi•METED, 80.25. WIND N.N.E. ; hazy weather. 11I0EI WATER AT LONDON MUDGE Tlll5 DAY. Morning .. 2 rain. after 4 1 E - reninz • 20 min. after 4 ' • v A it. • • • Aritl , ' lll !° W"; ' 409 g;„,.. • : ;, .0, - . 42 " 7 "' i. Dizu z ft 1 LONDON, FRIDAY, Df(.511! BER 29, 1848. Whatever the Americans may think of the riches to be derived from the mines of gold and quicksilver discovered in California, they would act more wisely in observing the admirable results flowing from the approximation of their commercial system to the prin ciples of free trade, than in pursuing the visionary speculations of a new and more seductive El Dorado. The recent explosion of the philosophic bubble of M• CARRT should act as a timely warning to the dreamers of the United States. Icaria has melted sway from the prairies of Texas as the mirage melts from the aridity of the wilderness. Those who, like the credul ous son of Monsieur F*****, have relied upon the truthfulness of the Parisian Philanthropist have found ashes in their mouths instead of apples, and have discovered the reputed Paradise to be nothing better than a pestilential swamp, like the Eden visited by MARTIN CHUZZLBWIT. According to M. CADET, Icaria flowed with cream and honey, with the fruit of the olive and the juice of the grape, while, according to those who have adventured in search of this beautiful " land of promise," the whole account has proved to be in every particular the phantom of a gorgeous hallucination. The " rubies thick as gravel " are mere pebbles, the diamonds mere flint, the harvests mere crops of poisonous weeds. the vintages stagnant pools reeking with stale exhalations. Such is the reality which has risen like a ghastly spectre out of the roseate romance of the Politician. Icaria is hence forth to be numbered with the island of Atalantia, with Utopia, with Arcadia, with El Dorado, with the realms of PRESTER JOHN, with the cave of bullion penetrated by ALLI BABA, with the valley of brilliants explored by SINBAD the Sailor, with the garden of precious stones traversed by ALADDIN, with the ver dant solitudes of ROBINSON CRUSOE, and the fruitful seclusion of CALYPSO. And it is after the perusal of the exposure recently published respecting the de lights of Icaria that we can repeat with fresh enthusiasm that noble ejaculation of ALFRED TEN NYSON— " Better fifty years of Europe Than a cycle of Cathay I" With this revealed extravagance confronting them amidst the forests of Texas, will the people of the United States abandon themselves blindly to the fascinating allurements of the wealth said to be stored in the soil of California ? From the bold and legible statistics given by President POLK in his farewell Message, it is clear that the emoluments arising to the State, and the comforts simultaneously enjoyed by the population, in consequence of the adoption of a reduced and amended tariff, have ex • ceeded even the most sanguine anticipations. Here, then, is a solid bottom upon which to build up the financial hopes of the union. But with California it is impossible not to perceive that everything as 37( t is merely visionary. Even the most moderate esti mates of the mineral riches buried in those newly ac quired territories bear the stamp of the most prepos terous exaggeration. Among these, not the least remarkable is the official dispatch forwarded to Washington by Colonel MASON, the officer in command at Monterey—a dispatch which has reached this country with the last intelligence received from the United States, and which is published in extenso by ourselves in another portion of this evening's im pression. Were we to believe the accounts given and evidently credited by this very sanguine gentleman, we should certainly be compelled to regard the boyish blunder of SiT RICHARD WHITTINGTON in imagining the possibility of the streets of London being paved with gold, as being not by any means as ridiculous as may have been hitherto conceived. The document signed by the commanding officer at Monterey would have made the mouth of ELIVES water. He talks of the most precious products of the earth as abounding like dirt. His delineation of the two hundred men washing for gold in the American Fork called the Mormon Digging, reminds one of the magnificent accounts furnished by ORME of the treasuries in the palace of Moorshedabad. Every circumstance in the process of purification is lingered over with the intensest relish— the men working in the broiling heat of the tropics—sifting the alluvial deposits of the stream in perforated tin pans, in the willow baskets woven by the hands of the Red Indians, or in rude rocking machines known among the initiated as cradles — straining off the mingled gold and dust through the augur holes into a receptacle below, and then blow ing away the sand as the husks are blown away by the breath of the winnow. As to the products of such strange labour, it is estimated by Colonel MASON that a party of four men employed in this manner in the lower mines average one hundred dollars per diem. Even the gold mines in the interior of Russia pale in their splendour before the glittering earth of California. Employing the undoubted productiveness of the country just forfeited by Mexico, and employing that productiveness rationally, the United States may ul timately derive extraordinary advantages from the acquisition. But plunging into wholesale speculation, like the dupes of the South Sea Delusion, they can only reap the miseries of beggary and embarrassment. We are the more disposed to insist upon this from a sense that the increasing enthusiasm which is already mauifes'ed throughout the United States in regard to the mines of California is an augury of the expan sion of a Bubble, Formerly the progress of such an expansion would have been watched with a kind of jealous satisfaction ; but now that the interests of different powers are becoming every day more and more blended together, it can only be observed with pain and anxiety. We yesterday explained the manner in which 3,ooo,oool.sterling per annum was lost to the country by an obstinate and impolitic adherence to the mo netary tole established by the Acts of 1819 and 1844, all of which would be saved if national notes of convenient denominations were issued to the public. In Scotland and Ireland—where small notes are sanctioned and admitted—gold is scarcely known as a circulating medium. The people, gene. rally speaking, greatly prefer one pound notes to sovereigns, and if any of the latter should be received in the course of trade, they .re f.rthwitb paid into the bank and exchanged for paper. In the former country, where the science of banking is perhaps as thoroughly understood as in any part of the world, and where the people enter tain the most profound confidence in the soundness and stability of the several establishments, the notes issued for sums under Si. each are more than double the value of those for 51. and upwards; and while in England and Ireland the cur rency is contracted, and the banks are far below their fixed issues, in Scotland, on the other hand, the circulation is extended to the utmost extent, and we find considerable sums issued against gold, in addition to the full amount sanctioned by law. That shrewd and intelligent people are fully aware of the vast importance of sufficient banking accommodation to their country. They are aware, that without it national 1 rosperity cannot be hoped for, and they, consequently, have pro vided for themselves that great desideratum;; and the result is, an ample supply of the medium of exchange, and a sound monetary system, by means whereof:a healthy stimulus is afforded to the trade and agriculture of the country. In unfortunate Ireland, however, the deficiency is painfully apparent. In that unhappy land nearly one- third of the circulation, allowed by a stringent and oppressive law, is withheld from the suffering people. The very life-blood of industry is wanting— prices are artificially depreciated—production is ar rested—and all around is gloom and despair. The natural result follows. We behold an oppressed people and an impoverished nation ; ruined proprie tors, slothful and apathetic farmers, and starving peasants. A social revolution is taking place, which must lead to the most extraordinary changes in Irish society. And that distress and misery, and these changes and alterations, may be ascribed in a great degree to the want of a sufficient measure and representative of value, a currency proportioned to the exigencies of the country, by means whereof all its natural capabilities might be fully developed, and the immense masses of labour that now remain idle and unproductive might be set in motion, and made the sources of national wealth. Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN, in his able work on Ireland,* has afforded a solution to this problem, and has explained the true causes of the prosperity of Scotland and the poverty of Ireland. He shows that in the former country there are six chartered banks with a paid-up capital of 6,000,0001. sterling, and 15 unchartered banks with a paid-up capital of 7,000,0001., while in Ireland there is but one chartered bank with 3,000,0001. paid up, and eight unchartered banks with 2,000,0001. paid-up capital. " Thus (says Mr. MARTIN) Scotland, for less than 3,000,200 people has 13,000,000/. banking capital, a valuable system of cash credits, and exten sive discounts. Ireland, formore than 8,000,000 people, has not 5,000,0001. banking capital, for 2,000,0001. of the Bank of Ireland capital is lent to Government. Ireland has not, in fact, ten shillings per head of bank ing capital, while Scotland has at leastifee pounds per head of banking capital, in addition to superior and more numerous monetary establishments." Let us consider the condition of these countries, both united to England by indissoluble ties. The one, despite its inclement climate, great extent of barren soil, and disadvantageous geographical position, has attained nearly, if not altogether, an equality with England in agriculture, in arts, manufactures, and general commerce. The other, with a soil of the utmost fertility, a mild and genial atmosphere, great mineral wealth, with bays, har bours, and every natural advantage, has sunk to the lowest extremity of misery and destitution, and has become a bye-word and a proverb to the world—a scandal and reproach to the British name. May it not reasonably[be concluded that similar results would have followed, if equal monetary facilities were afforded in both countries ? And when we regard the circumstances of our Irish and Scotch brethren, are we not justified in saying that a saving of even 3,000,000/. sterling, large as it is, would be by no means the most important benefit resulting front a change in our monetary system ; the supply of a currency at all times adequate to the national wants, and the prevention of the fluctuations in the value of money, and the rate of interest, all of which blessings would be attained by the adoption of the plans sug gested by the ,Liverpool Currency: Reform Asso ciation. The one thing needful to ensure the successful working of any scheme of sanitary reform for the metropolis is an unlimited supply of pure water, not only to every house, but to every floor in every house, and to every drain in every floor of every house, and to every sewer. Without this ample supply of water, every legislative enactment must remain to a great extent a dead letter, from the physical impossibility of carrying out its provisions effectually. That we have no such supply at present the bitter experience of every sojourner in the me tropolis sufficiently proves ; and those who do not reside in the metropolitan districts may form some idea of the filthy nature of the puddle with which the Londoner is, under the denomination of water,' scantily supplied, at an enormous expense, by a perusal of the reports made to the House of Commons upon this subject by the two Committees which sat in 1821 and 1827. In consequence of the report of this latter Committee, which was presented to the House in 1828, Mr. TELFORD was authorised to devise some scheme for supplying the metropolis with pure water. In the year 1884 Mr. TELFORD'S plan was submitted to the consideration of a Committee of the House of Com mons ; his proposition was to bring the waters of the River Verulam to London from the neighbourhood of Watford, but the objections to the project were found to be insuperable, and it was consequently abandoned. Indeed it is evident that such a plan as that proposed by Mr. TELFORD must be totally in capable of meeting the evil ; the supply of water to be obtained from such small streams as the Brent, the Collie, the Verulam, and the Wandle being ludicrously inadequate to meet the wants of this great metropolis. The utmost that such a company as that proposed by Mr. TELFORD could do would be to supply a limited district after the same limited fashion that limited districts are at present supplied by existing water companies. It would leave the * "Ireland Before and After the Union," by B. Mont. gomery Martin, Esq. Third Edition. Pp. 83. THE ►S UN, great evil untouched. Be it remembered that there are not only 70,000 houses, containing 350,000 in habitants (at present totally dependent upon the scanty and precarious supply of water furnished by the few public wells of London), to be provided every day and all day long with pure water, but that F r.,- vision is to be made for a constant and unintermitting supply of water, not only for the whole metropolis as it at present exists, but for the whole metropolis to whatever extent it may hereafter spread. To procure a body of water sufficient for this purpose, there is but one source to which we can go. The Thames and the Thames alone can supply a sufficient quantity of water to meet all the requirements of the metropolis; and accordingly the Henley and London Waterworks and Navigation Company (a report of the proceedings of the promoters of which appeared in The Sun of yesterday) have done wisely in choosing the Thames as the source of the supply of water to the metropolis. But the Thames is, unfortunately, from the Nore up to Teddington Lock, polluted by the sewerage of the metropolis and its suburbs, the contamination derived from which is held in perpetual suspension by the perturbation of steam boats. It is therefore neces sary, in order to insure a supply of pure water, to go beyond Teddington, and accordingly the company proposes to,take the water from the Thames at Henley. Of the comparative purity of the water at Henley and of that at Chelsea, the highest source of the present supply, our readers may form some idea when they remember that, independently of the contamination derived from the sewerage of London, which is brought up to Chelsea by the tide, the Thames re ceives, between Henley and Chelsea, the drainage derived from a population exceeding 75,000 persons. The company proposes to bring the water from Hen ley to Paddington, where a reservoir will be formed; and as the Thames at Henley is 106 feet above low water mark at London-bridge, which level will bo maintained, with a decline only of three feet, into Paddington, the water from the Paddington reservoir will flow, by its own gravitation, to the upper stories of most of the houses in London, and all the houses in Westminster and the City ; whilst, by the fall of water thence to the lower parts of Lon don, a mechanical power will be derived, which will fill a high• service reservoir, intended to be erected on the top of Primrose-hill, which will command the highest part of London and its neighbourhood. The water is intended to be conveyed in a navigable channel 19 miles in length from Henley to West Drayton, where it will reach the Grand Junction Canal, and be conveyed to Lon don either in the bed of that and the Paddington Canals, or in a separl.te channel alongside of those navigations. This will have the effect of diminishing the navigable distance between Henley and London by snore than 20 miles ; a uniform surface will be preserved throughout the whole distance, and to maintain the purity of the water, the bed of the whole channel will be formed of concrete. "The quantity of water," says the author of a pamphlet re cently published explanatory of the views and inten tions of the company* . " The quantity of water intended to be supplied to London is one hundred million gallons daily ; and the present design is not to embark in a competition ith established water companies, but, on the contrary, to contribute to the efficiency and success of those bodies upon conditions advantageous to the public ; by enabling the companies, each in its own district, to give to the smallest house in its own limits, all the water its inhabitants can want, by perpetual high service, and at a cheap rate. Abundance will still remain to fill the or namental waters in the parks, to supply fountains, arid, above all, to cleanse the drains and sewers of the me tropolis." The cost of the undertaking is estimated at T 50,0001., if the channel is only cut to West Dray ton. Should it be deemed advisable to have a separate channel the whole distance between Henley and Pad dington, the additional expense will be about 250,0001. With regard to the revenue that will pro bably be derived, the writer of the pamphlet says : " In calculating the revenue to be derived from the undertaking, large allowance has been made for the ne cessity admitted on all hands, and which will probably be enforced by Parliament, of diminishing the cost of water to the labouring classes. All the other water com panies it can b• proved, and to a certain extent the New River Company also, will find it more profitable to buy watt r from the proposed reservoir and let it flow down their mains, than to pump it up from their pr, sent sources. Assuming them to pay only one penny fur ono thousand gallons, and that only one half of the whole quantity brought into London by the proposed means produces a pecuniary return, the net annual re venue will amount to more than nine per cent. on the original outlay ; whilst the economy of machinery by the high level of the reservoirs, and the nearly un limited quantity of water, will enable the various com panies, even with increased profit to themselves, not only to supply abundantly the meanest house in London, but most materially to diminish their charges." It is not so much, however, in a private and pecuni ary as in a public and sanitary point of view that we are inclined to regard this undertaking. That it is likely to be a profitable undertaking to its promoters we are rejoiced to learn, because the prospect of profit is the surest guarantee for its speedy completion ; but, even if there were no prospect of pecuniary profit, it is •ne of those few public works which a Govern ment would be bound to undertake, because it is a work from the completion of which every individual member of the metropolitan community would de rive an equal advantage, and in the success of which every inhabitant of the metropolitan district from Belgravia to Bethnal-green is equally interested. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the National Assembly, on Wednesday, an im portant financial statement was made by M. lirrro- LITE PASST, the new Minister of Finance. On the order of the day for the adjourned discussion on the Salt Duty Bill, after a few words from M. OONDIER and M. AtheusTE AVOND, the Minister of Finance, M. H. PASSY ascended the tribune and spoke as follows : " I think (he said) that the question will be much simplified if I state at once with what views the Govern ment demands from you to maintain the salt duty until January 1, 1850.—(Movement.) I do not mean to con test, in the slightest degree, that the duty in question is a most oppressive one—that it is most deservedly held •in disfavour ; yet, with all this conviction, I feel myself obliged to demand its maintenance for six months more than the period recommended by the committee. The reason is easy to be divined—that the state of the finances will not permit us to give up the twenty-three millions which the salt duty furnishes.—(Movement.) What is that situation? I will tell you with the utmost plainness.—(Marks of attention.) My predecessor in office has already informed you, in the financial state ment which he laid before the Assembly, that at the end of 1849 the whole deficiency in the Treasury would be 460 millions. Since that declaration was made, new facts have taken place. Thus, on January 1, 1850, a sum of 3$ millions must be reimbursed to the savings banks !—it is a sacred debt, and must be paid.—(Hear hear.) My predecessor has also calculated that for 1849 the deficiency, after the budget had been finally settled and balanced, would be 91 millions. But facts already known force us to carry that sum to 107 millions, to which it will be necessary, on the one hand, to add 21 millions, and on the other, 38 millions, which will bring the sum to 166 millions. My predecsssor has with good reason, in my opinion, anticipated an augmentation in the indirect taxes ; the sum put down, according to him, is 83 millions, which I think will be received. The sum assigned for the forests is, I think, too high by 10 millions. The produce of the customs and of the new taxes lately proposed, has also been set down with an augmentation. The augmenta tion is calculated at 99 millions for the new taxes. Idc not think that the amountcan possibly be more than one half that sum. The statement of my honourable prede cessor takes no notice of unforeseen expenses. I hope that the augmentation arising from the diminution of the expenses, and the increase of the receipts, will com pensate for the unforeseen expenses; but it would ill become me, as Minister of Finance, to suppose that an entire year is to pass without unforeseen expenses. In recapitulation I have to state to you that, in my opinion, in place of a deficiency of 460 millions, we shall have ono of 560 millions.—(Sensation, which manifested itself for some time.) Surely, that is not an ordinary position; surely that is not a state of the treasury which can admit of so considerable a reduction in the receipts as the amount of the salt duty. The committee pro poses to take off the tax from July 1, 1849, and has put forth figures to prove that the loss to the trea sury would be only 5,400,000 f. The committee, I am of opinion, has strangely miscalculated, and never in any country has an example been seen of such results on taking off a tax as it presents. It declares, in fact, that the augmentation would be all at once not less than from seven to nine kilogrammes for each indivi dual per annum. Such an augmentation is an extraer dinaty exaggeration, as, under the old monopoly (:he gabelle), the whole consumption was only four kilo grammes each person in the provinces on which the duty weighed, and to nine in those freed from the tax. But, however that may be, however the calculations of the committee may or may not be correct, the Govern ment cannot consent to the proposed reduction. It may be said that we can make up for the loss to the Treasury by imposing new taxes; I reply, that the new taxes pro posed by my predecessors, such as the income-tax, I tc cept, but I absolutely set my face against any other new ones at present.—(llear, hear.) This is not a time for * " Supply of Water to Loudon by means of the Henley and London Waterworks and Navigation." LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1848. such experiments—credit has been too deeply shaken to admit of the infliction of new taxes. But that resolve on the part of the Government absolutely necessitates the maintenance of those already existins,s, and it is on that account that I call on the Assembly to reject the proposition of the committee."—(Loud applause.) After some further discussion the debate was ad journed. It was resumed yesterday, and the Ministers suffered a defeat. After several amendments had been proposed and rejected, M. ANGLADE proposed that the duty should be reduced to 10 francs per 100 kilogrammes, from and after the Ist of January, 1849, and that it should be completely suppressed on the Ist of January, 1850. The Ass e mbly di v id e d o n the first part of this amend ment, when it was adopted by a majority of 403 votes to 360. This result created a great degree of agita tion. The second part of the amendment, after having been abandoned by M. ANGLADE, was again brought forward by M. VEZIN, but, on a division, it was re jected by a large majority. General CAVAIGNAC has been unanimously elected a Member of the Committee appointed to prepare the law r e l a ti ve t o th e organ i za ti on of the public force (Army and National Guard). The club of the Rue de Poictiers (the reactionary club of L eg iti m i sts, O r l ean i s t s , an d Ob scu raotists), has determined to support the Ministry. On Wednesday, a meeting of the members of the Assembly who supported the late Ministers was held at the rooms of M. SAX. MM. SENARD, DEGGUSEN, BILLAULT, FLAVIN DE TILLANCOURT, PERREE, CLE MENT THOMAS, LANDRIN, BABAU-LARIBIERE, and several othe r re p resen t a ti ves , were p res ent. The ob ject of the meeting was to consider what amount of support the members should give to the new Govern ment. M. SENARD opened the discussion, and declared that his feeling was, that they ought to give a frank and sincere support to the men who had undertaken the laborious and difficult task of governing the country in its present circumstances. The majority of those present expressed a similar opinion ; but it is announced that a portion of the members who composed the Club of the Palais National retired, protesting against the decision taken by their colleagues. A new club will be formed by the seceders, who intend to organize themselves into a regular Parlia mentary opposition. General LAMORICIERE and M. ARMAND MARRAST will be the leaders. M. LUCIEN BONAPARTE took his seat yesterday in the Assembly as Member for Corsica. He sits near LEDRU ROLLIN, amo ng th e M ontagnar d s. Signor CANUTI left Paris yesterday for Brussels and London. He is charged with a mission from the Roman Government to Pari s , B russe l s , an d L on d o n. The object of his mission is to explain the views of the Roman Government with respect to the return of the POPE to his capital. Th e G overnment, i t i s sa id , does not wish to erect Rome into a Republic, or to depose the SOVEREIGN PONTIFF from his temporal power. It merely wishes for the establishment of a liberal constitution, which will place his Holiness at the head of the State, whil e it ensures to th e peop l e their due share in the administration. The President BONAPARTE paid a state visit on Wednesday to M. ARMAND MARRAST, the President of the National, Assembly. Th ey were i n converse -6°h for"three- - qtthrters of an bathe' It was rumoured in th e political sceens that the French and English Governments had agreed to an armed intervention in the affairs of La Plata. BOURSE.—PARIS, THURSDAY, DEC. 28. THREE O'CL , cis.—The Five per Cent. Reutes opened to-day rather below the closing prices of 3 esterday, but they afterwards rose steadily till they reached 77f. lOce when they began to give way, and ultimately closed at 7Gf. 70c , which is 30e. below the closing prices of yes rday. The Three per Cents. have also fallen 30e. 'I he railroads were all steady and much in demand. Bank of France Shares have risen 20f. Rentes to the amount of 20,000 f. of the New were discounted. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 274; ditto (90 days), 25 174. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 4--Luxembourg (100, 2 1 4 — Northern of France, 31 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2% — Paris and Rouen, 19—Sambre and Meuse, 33%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived. The members of the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies chosen to prepare the address in reply to the QUEEN'S Speech all belong to the Ministerial party, namely, Messrs. GONZALEZ ROMERO, Presi dent; FERNANDEZ D 1 LA Hoz, Secretary; PUCHE Y BAUTISTA, FERREIRA CAMARO, FERNANDO ALVA REZ, CALDERON COLLANTES, and MOTANA. MADRID BoLSA, DEC. 22.—The Three per Cents. were done at 211 for cash ; the Five per Cents.; at 101 for paper; the Debt without Interest, at 4; and the Coupons, at 6. PORTUGAL. Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 22d, by the steamer Pacha, which arrived at South ampton this morning. COSTA CABRAL arrived in that city on the 21st, and it is said that he is about to form a new Minis try. The following are spoken of as members of the Cabral Cabinet :—COSTA. CABRAL, as Home Minis ter; FRONTRIRA, Marine; JOSE CABRAL, Justice; FRIIRA, War; FRALINI, Finance; Can't°, Foreign Affairs. The finances are in a bankrupt state, and discon tent is universal. Government securities at a nominal value. Bank notes, 41f discount. GERMANY ♦ND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Austrian Diet, in their sitting of the 19th, came to the following resolution :—" The inviolability and irresponsibility of the Head of the State is to be strictly observed in the debates." The next para graph on the order of the day was respecting the in violability of Deputies. SCIMSELKA'S motion, that it lee left an open question, was adopted. In the sitting of the 20th, STROBACY, the Ministe rial candidate, was elected President for the ensuing month by a small majority over SMOLEA. The following interpellations were addressed to the Ministry in the course of the sittings : M. Kraumer, after stating that the Bohemian glass manufacture bad greatly suffered from the interruption of relations between Austria and Spain, requested to be informed whether those relations had been re es tablished. M. Kraumer also demanded whether some other fuel could not be employed on railways in the place of wood, which was becoming every day more scarce and dearer. . _ _ Deputy Sieber called the attention of the Minister of Finances to the exportation of tin. lie demanded that the import duty should be increased, as the mines of Silesia were ruined by the competition of England and Holland. He also demanded that the im portation of English lace should be entirely prohibited, as the fabrication of lace afforded employment to great numbers of families in Bohemia, who were thrown out of work by the importation of English fabrications. In 1842 the duty had been reduced to 10, and in 1844 to 5 florins per lb. M. Sehmelka, and others made an interpellation re specting the disarming of Lower Austria, whether it took place by order of the Government. These various interpellations will be handed in writing to the respective Mini s t ers th e y concern . here is no further intelligence from the Hun garian army. It appears that the Imperialists suf fered considerably in their attack upon Wiesselburgh. JELLACHICH charged twice at the head of his Croats before he broke the ranks of the Magyars, and was all but made a prisoner by the enemy's hussars in a hand-to-hand conflict. He was delivered from his critical position by the cuirassiers of General ZEIS- BsRG, who had a narrow escape himself. In this battle two Austrian Generals, four staff: officers, and fifty-seven other officers of rank fell on the field. The place was given up to the Croats. Every house was completely sacked by these barbarians, and the town reduced to ashes. The Croats were guilty of the most horrible cruelties. Meantime the Magyars claim a complete victory over the troops of the well-known Pastor URBAN, who has been taken prisoner. On the 16th the defile of Jablunka, which leads from Moravia into Hun gary, was entirely in the hands of the Magyars, who had rendered it impassable, even for smugglers. Ac cording to the latest intelligence General ScHLIcK was advancing towards Pesth from the Gallician side. It is thought, however, that the Hungarian army on the frontiers of Siebenburgen will contrive to hold him in check. The report of the surrender of Raab and Comorn to the Imperialists is not confirmed. The Kremsier Diet, on the sitting of the 21st, voted, after a discussion of nine hours, and the rejec tion of a host of amendments, the amended proposal of the Commission of Finance, empowering the Ministry to contract a loan of eighty millions for the service of the ensuing year, 1849, by a slender majority. The Assembly, after discussing several other para graphs of the " proposal of the Commission," ad journed until the 3d of January, when the Finance Report will be brought forward, and the second reading of the Bill of Fundamental Rights proposed. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 20. 5 per cents. .. ••••..••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 79% 4 per cent... ••••••• • • • • • • •• 65 2% per Cent.......... ........ .•..• • • • 41 Loan, 1834•••• •• •• •• •• •• •• .......... 142 Ditto, 1839.• •• •• •••• •• 81 Bank Shares•• •• •• •• •• •••• ..........1,(95 Estarhazy's Loan ........ ............. RAILWAYS. The Northern.. • . • • ...... Gloggnitz • • •••• • • • • Venice-Milan • • • • • • • • • • Budweis ...... • • .• • • • • ... Leghorn • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Sienna • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... • AyetUtille• ••• .••••••••••ep• • • o• • • • • • • •• 95 ....•• -.. 65y BRUNSWICK. In the sitting of the Brunswick Diet, on the 231 instant, the following motion of Deputy SCHMITT was almost unanimously adopted :—" That we, the Deputies of tho Duchy of Brunswick, are of opinion that the welfare of Germany can only he assured by having-1. One sole head for all Germany ; 2. That the supreme rank be hereditary ; and 3. That the Crown of Prussia be enlarged (erzveitert) to the Crown of Germany." PRUSSIA. General Vox COLOMB will succeed General VON WRANGEL in the command of Berlin, the state of siege of which capital will be raisd, it is said, on January 9. HOLLAND. Letters from the Hague to Dec. 27, state that the elections are nearly over throughout the country, and that they have been carried on with great spirit, but, at the same time, with much moderation. On Saturday the shock of an earthquake was felt at Bois le•Duc and other places, as tar as Jastelrode and Vrstenbosch. At the latter place it was so severe that the bricks were detached from the chimneys. At Arnheim the shock overthrew every moveable object. ITALY. Advices have been received from Rome to the 20th. The Ministers had resigned, but the Chambers had not definitively accepted their resignation. The fol lowing is a report of the proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies on the 18th : M. Sterbini, President. The Ministers of the Inte rior, of War, and of Public Works, were present. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, the President rose and informed the Assembly that the se nator of Bologna had not chosen to accept the functions of member of the commission of Government, but that the two clubs of that city had written to say that his re fusal was the act of an individual, and not the expres sion of the feeling of the city of Bologna, which is anxious to remain in unison with the capital. The Ministers then gave in their resignations, and requested that they should be received by the Chamber; but they stated that they would continue to retain office until a superior commission of Government should have been nominated. M. Bonaparte immediately afterwards rose and s pro posed that, in consideration of the gravity of the circum stances, the Chamber should at once, and d'urgence, adopt a resolution for the convocation of a Constituent Assembly of the Pontifical States. He added that he had drawn up the project of a decree for that purpose, by vi hich the representatives would be elected by direct and universal suffrage, and that a deputy should be elected for every thousand of the inhabitants. He pro posed that this Constituent Assembly should have the power of determining the form of the government, and that it should meet on January 15. He further pro posed that the elections should take place on the 10th of January, and that the representatives should have an indemnity of two crowns per day. 11. Galletti—lt would be proper that a member of the Commission of Government should be appointed in place of the Senator of Bologna. AL Bonaparte—Let him be appointed; but without a Constituent Assembly all will be useless. Toe sitting was then suspended. On its resumption 11. Galletti was nominated a member of the commission of Government. Two Deputies were sent to M. Gal letti, to ask if he consented to accept the funcions con ferred upon him by the Assembly. At their return the Deputies declared that M. Galletti had asked some hours for la fleotion. The House then rose. On the same day the Ministers published the fol lowing proclamation : " Romans,—The Ministry having yesterday evening declared to a deputation, which presented itself in the name of the people, that it was not the business of a power which was purely executive to delibt rate on the great questions of state, which belong to two Legisla tive Chambers, reminds the Roman people, who have hitherto been the subject of admiration for their calm ness and dignity, that they ought to address them selves to the Chambers every time that they wish to nianife:t their opinions on deliberative matters, but that they ought to do so by legal means. The legal mode consists in drawing up addresses signed by all the per sons who adhere to them, and they ought to be presented to the Chambers by a deputation. Every other mode may become tho occasion of grave disorders, and give rise to doubts as to the independence and liberty of the Chambers. The Ministry recommends especially to the Civic Guard the maintenance of the public tranquillity and order. " At the residence, this 18th December, 1848. " The Council of Ministers, " C. E. MUZZARELLI. "J. MANIANI. " G. GALLETTI. " P. CA3IPELLO. "P. STERBINI." The Alba of Florence, of the 21st of December, in a letter from Rome of the 19th, says— " Last night a meeting was held at the popular club, at which a tumultuous discussion took place between M. Torres and other persons of advanced opinions. Several of the speakers demanded the appointment of a Provi sional Government. Ultimately all the delegates of the different clubs in Rome met peaceably in the place of meeting of ono of the clubs, and voted an address to the Chambers, in which they demanded the formation of a Provisional Government, composed of three persons chosen from among the following names:—MM. Cam pello, Galletti, Sturbinetti, Guiccioli, Cameras, anti Gallieno. The three persons chosen are directed to con voke immediately the Constituent Assembly of the State; and failing to do so, the clubs declare that they will themselves consider what is to be done. The Chamber met the same day to discuss this address. All that we know is that M. Galletti has accepted the mission, and that before this evening the junta will order the bell of the Capitol to be rung to announce that it has taken possession of the Government, and that the Constituent Assembly is about to be convoked." THE POPE. The Constitutionneii;blishes a letter from Toulon, of the 22d instant, announcing that the POPE was shortly expected in that town. The writer says : "Recent advices from Naples leave no doubt as to the proximate arrival of bis Holiness, who is to take passage on board the three-decker Friedland. The Pope will alight at the Hotel of the Prefecture, where the apart ments formerly occupied by the Pricers of the Orleans family, on their passage through Toulon, were being fitted out for his reception. The authorities have already regulated the boaours which are to be paid the Holy Father. The moment the Papal colours shall be descried from Cape Cepet, the Admiral ship will fire six rounds, and all the chiefs of the service are to repair to their posts. The National Guards and troops of the gar rison are to take arms and line the streets on the passage of the chief of Christendom. All the ships of war in the roads have been ordered to salute the Papal flag with three consecutive salvoes of twenty-one guns each, which are to be repeated by the batteries of the harbour. The civil, naval, and military authorities, and the clergy of the different parishes, are to meet the Pope, who will probably land in the arsenal. The Bishop of Frejus is expected to-morrow, as he must have received to-day an account of the proximate arrival of Pius IX. At the date of the last advices the squadron commanded by Admiral Baudin was partly in the Bay of Naples and partly in Sicilian harbours. The English squadro❑ had made no movement. There was some agitation in the kingdom of Naples." Deers OF SIR Anauszus D'EsTi.—Died on Thursday morning, Sir Augustus Frederick d'Este, son of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, by Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore, to whom his Royal Highness was married at Rome in 1793. Upon the death of the Duke in 1843, Sir Augustus preferred his claim to succeed to the titles and honours of his father, and the claim was heard by the House of Lords in 1843, when, after proof was given of the marriage of his father and mother, and the birth of Sir Augustus in 1794, a question was submitted to the judges upon the effect of the Royal Marriage Act, lath George 111. The judges pronounced their opinion to be that that statute had incapacitated the descendants of George 11. from contracting a legal marriage either in the British dominions or elsewhere without the con sent of the Crown, whereupon the House of Lords re solved that Sir Augustus had not established his claim. DEATH OF THE EARL OF OXFORD.—We regret to announce the decease of Lord Oxford, which melan choly event took place last evening, at his seat, Roe hampton. The Noble Earl had been ill for some considerably time. Lord Harley succeeds to the title. Lady Langdale, wife of the Master of the Rolls, is a daughter of the late Earl. THE MARINE SOClETY.—Yesterday a meeting of the governors and committee of management of the above society was held at the office in Bishopsgate• street, for general business. The report stated that during the past quarter 20 boys had been apprenticed to the East India Company's service, and 57 into the mer chant service. During the past year 337 had thus been provided for, making a total since 1756 of near 50,000 boys. Independently of the above, the society, from sources supplied by benevolent donors, confer additional benefits. A number .of poor girls are annually, during the time of peace, apprenticed to such busi nesses as promise them a respectable livelihood, for which purpose 2521. had during the past year been ex pended. Donations to 43 widows of navy captains and lieutenants of 10f. each, 430/ ; annuities granted to suf. ferers in the engagement underlAdmiral:Duncau:in 1791, 1871. Her Majesty the Queen is an annual subscriber of 105 L, making a total of 1,050/. that her Majesty has given to the society. FREE-TRADE DEMONSTRATION, MANCHESTER.—A meeting of the friends of free trade was held yesterday in the 1. , ague Rooms, Manchester, when it was deter mined to celebrate the passing away of the old corn-h.w by a large banquet, to be held in the Free-Trade Hall, on the 31st of January, 1849, the day when that law will cease to exist. Mr. George Wilson was in the chair. AN INDUSTIOUS EDITOR.-Wright, of the Chrome type, in a dissertation on the tariff, thus bears testimony to his love of work in general:—" ‘Ve are the friend of industry. We work in our way—write editorials—split wood—go to market—tend babies—wash pots, kettles, and clothes—bake apples, meat, bread, and dough-face orators and editors generally."—American paper. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was limited, and the sales confined to 4,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation. The market is quiet, and prices are unchanged.—Railway Shares had been steady. The private advices from the United States add not a great deal to the intelligence inserted in another column. The rate of exchange was still favourable to parties buy ing bills. The gold finding in California absorbed uni versal attention , and certainly there is no subject at pre sent so interesting. We are told that— " There was deposited in the Mechanics' Bank forty pounds of gold, just received from California; and the agents of the line of steamers between New York and San Francisco say that a large amount is now on its way to that city. The quantity deposited in the Mint by the Government has been pronounced genuine, and there is nit the slightest doubt but that we shall have large quantities of coins made from California gold in circulation. The excitement in relation to this matter exceeds anything we have ever soen, and it appears to daily increase. All sorts of theories are advanced relative to the probable effect of the anticipated supply of gold upon bu siness, upon the value of property, upon the currency, upon the country, and upon the world at large. Some predict an enormous inflation in prices of property, while others argue that instead of real pro perty increasing in value, gold will depreciate. There will be no variation in the relative • value of property, but the increase in the supply of gold will lessen its value, so that it will then require more gold to buy the same property than it does now. At present, all is speculation, all is uncer tainty, and, for a time, there will be great derangement in everything connected with financial affairs, a great inflation in prices for everything ; but, after a while, they will settle down upon a new standard of value. Thera will, however, be no important variation from that now in existence, as the change will go through all the ramifications of trade, and we shall realize very little actual alteration in the relative position of prices for every species of property." At Montreal, on the sth inst., Flour sold to a limited extent at 245. 9d. to 255, and grain was dull. The weather was extremely mild, and a steamer and two barges had arrived from the west with produce. Ashes were not in demand. Advices from Fredericton state that the line of elec tric telegraph from St. Andrew's to St. John, will bo completed and in full operation. This is the continua tion of a line that extends all the way from New Or leans to St. John. Next spring it will bo carried on to Halifax, and eventually, it is hoped, to Fredericton. That dispatch is the life and soul of business was ex emplified a few weeks since in the fishing trade on Lake Huron, by Mr. Elliott, of Niagara, who had chartered the Juno, belonging to that port, for the purpose of carrying on fishing operations at " the islands." This gen tleman left Goderich in his vessel soon after midnight of October 13, and having run ninety miles in her, rowed with his crew five miles more in his boat, and within the twenty-four hours after leaving Goderich had caught fifty barrels of fish! This enterprising gentleman re turned here on the 19th inst. with 900 barrels of her rings and whitefish, and would have captured a much larger quantity had it not been for the weather setting in stormy. 1 Thu total note circulation of the three principa Belgian banks, on the 25th December last, was 42,000,000 francs, and their discounts were 5,488,000 f. The Fur.ds are rather flat again to-day, the de cline in the Rentes at Paris having an unfavourable effect. Consols have been 884 4, and are now 881 4. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 89 to 891. Bank Stock is better, being 190 to 191. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 40s. to 425. premium. There is nothing in the present condition of the market to excite particular interest, and the fluc tuations are as much the result of jobbing and realiza tion of profits as of any other cause, the news from abroad stimulating sales or purchases according to the opinion entertained by the speculators. The Foreign Securities have been rather duller. the settlement of the account appearing to be against the Bulls. The advices from Portugal as to the financial condition of the country are too unsatisfac tory to allow of Portuguese Stock being maintained, and the values this morning are 254 to 26. Mexican Stock is worth 241- to 241-; Equador, 24 i; and Venezuela, 184. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. have been 491. The Railway Share Market has been very quiet, as the settlement of the account has engaged chief attention. Midland, North Stafford, North-Western, and the York lines are firm. Eastern Counties, East Anglian, and Great Western are rather flat. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.-- 88%% New 3% per Cent. Anna 89% 89 89% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 11-18 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. ]0,1859 ' 8 7-16 4 India Bonda under 1,0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 5001 — 89 42 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds 2 74 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 2 4 34 IA Ditto for the Account ....... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Ditto for the Account ...... , Ditto Passive Bonds VA Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent..l2 Guild 49 Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates .itTsINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea Sum. kberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 4% — to tyrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 19 6irmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... .. to -- Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . Do., without a guarantee... 10 'firming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.11.1.... to 1 3irkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... lO doston, Stmt., & Birming... 5 thistol and Exeter Do. Thirds iluckinghamshire... l4/. 4a Caledonian •• •• ---• 8 3 / 4 ..... 1 - 7 8 to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, New 101. Preference 7% Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 _ ['ester and Holyhead 5O ..... Ditto, Preference , I arence. Do., tut Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - to Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 A — Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., sad L. &D. Ditto, 181., E. &II lB ...... 27 /ii ... to Ditto, 31. 10s., E. &II 3% 2) ...... to E stern Counties Do. New Guarant. syer Ct. 10 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct.IZo. 1,61. 138. 4d... Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cont. Do., Quarter l2l/2... •• Do., New Eastern Union, Claas A (late E. U. Shares) ..... .... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto; do, Class C, ditto:. 20 . . Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 . — Ditto, ditto ........ .......... 20 ...... ... Ditto (C. &E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New ... Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference - - Quarter Shares 6 14 ...... .... East Lincolnshire 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Hall Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port lo Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... t o _ Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 63.8 d — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, IkAyr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated — ... to Great Northern.... .......... ... 19 Do. 1 / 2 A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,E — Do. 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% 4IA to Do. Extension .... ..... ..... 2 1 A..... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42 1 ,E — Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 40/. Ditto, ditto Ditto, Is ew 301. •• •• Ditto, New 151 l4 ...... . ... to qrreat Western Ditto, Half Shares ...... 50 ~.. _ _ Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ ... tiuddersfieldand Manchester 30 .. ... llitte, Thirds lO (lull and Selby SO Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to .. . Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50' Do., Thirds lO 1 uncashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .... 43 Ditto Quarters 1 7 14 — Ditto Fifths lO _ Ditto Sixteenths .. . to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7 1 /j o - _ Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. ( Rudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . 1X to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... .. Do., do., Half Shares (A) _9% — to Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 98 ... .. to Leeds,Dewsbury,& Blanches. 50 Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... -.. 2% — to Leeds and Thirsk ...—.. ...... 50 Ditto, New .... 35 . .... ...... to Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 34. .... ...... to Liverpool, Crosby, and South- Dort Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction z I A — London & Blackwall ......131.65. 8d — Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteedoper Cent. 9 . B3i to ._ ~ iu - I Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ._ ... to - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 Do., .. ... - ...... t o - I .. I oncio:.:r. New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 _. __ and Greenwich... 12/. 15 5 .4 d... - ... . to Ditto Preference • ••. - London & North Western. lOO 124 ... ... to 123 Do. Quarters (L and B.) 22 - • ... to - Do. New - to Do. Fifths - Do. 404. Shares... L. & 51 25 - ..... to -- Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... .... ... Do. 101. .. M. and 13. (B.) 9 .•„• - .. to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 to .--- 1 8 1 A London and S. Western...-. 50 .. ._ - ...... to .... Ditto, New 501. Ditto, Ncw 401.......- .. - 34 - ..... . to -. Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 - ...... to Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - Ditto, Thirds ... - ...... to ..... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls 5 • ••• 5 ..... to -- London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% ...... - ... . to _ Londonderry and Coleraine... 28% _ ...... to ...... Londonderry and Enniskillen 27% - .....• to _ Ltwestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 - ... to - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 - .... to - Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 . Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo ' - ""•• to _ Ditto 4 Shares( No. 1) ... 18 - "'••• to _ . Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - ...... to - Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 1154 - ...... to - Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... Ditto Grimsby ... 4O - ...... to Ditto, ditto. - •••••• to -- Ditto, ditto ... ...... 3%. . - Ditto Sheffield and Lino. 15 ...... - - Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 20 - to - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... - to - Midland . ... Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo - to - Ditto,:so/. Shares..... ...... 20 ...... 11 :. ; I ,i ... to 12 x... Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. - to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 - - Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 3S ... - - Ditto ditto 141. 18s. .. - Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - - NI idld. Great Western (I r i s h) 45 • - - Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. 5O - to Newcastle and Carlisle lOO - to -- Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... - - ....- to .... Newmarket ........ . ........ .. 20 ..... - Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. - - Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 - -.... to -. Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 ..... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... ......... .... 20 Norfolk: 100 .... - - Ditto New 20/. l5 ...... - - Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 ...... - .. .. . - Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 .. . _ - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 .... - „, ._ t o ..._ Northern Counties Union ... 4 - to - North British Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12% _ ...... to Do. Quarters VA._ .. - Ditto. Extension ••• to ....o Ditto Thirds .... ........ -. k ___ _ •, to __ North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire..... IO 10A North Wales 3% - • .... to - North Western .. 10 ..... - .... to - Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Reading, Guildid., & Reigate 10 ...... - Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... - Scottish Central - Ditto, New 17% ... icottish Midland ... ........ - - ...... to - .. . .. Sheffield, Rotherham, and .. . . to - Goole .. to - Do. do. (South Div.) 4 - ...... to - % % .. to - -hrewsbury and Birmingha m 9 ... . Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 .. Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 ohrewsbury and Chester 17 - "'••• to _ ( Nor. W. 4tio.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 14.. .. Ditto, Uswestry 1 7% .... - Ditto ,New to- Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....-. 10 ...... - - Shropshire Union... . ....... 4 ... .. - - South Devon .. - Ditto, Preference ...... - crouth Staffordshire ... - South Eastern - Ditto, No. 1. 24 - to - Ditto, No. 2. 22 ...... ' to - Ditto, No. 3. 25 Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 - South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 5 ..... . to Swans. and Loughor end Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 - to -- Taw Vale Extension - ..... to - Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17%...... - - Vale of Neath - .. ... to - Waterford and Kilkenny 1 7 14...... -- - Waterford and Limerick... .. 47 1 ,4..... - - Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin - .... • to - Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ...... ..-. 5O ...... o- ...... to - Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ..... lO West Cornwall 6 ... .'- ...••• to - ..... - West London... - ..... to - Ditto, First Class ......... .. 20 - to - Ditto, Second Class ......... 20 ..-.. - "«" to - , Vhitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. - ..... to -. Windsor, Staines, and South Western...... l2 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 - ._.... to - York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k 25 - Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 - Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N. 7 15 - De. do. No. 2, New &B. li ... 14 1 % x..int. to - Do. G. N. E. I'ur. or Prat 8 7% - York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 5414 to - Ditto, Preference ............ 10 .. - to .... •-••.- Ditto East and W est Ridin - g Extension ... ..... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAM. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 8 1 , i ...... to 8 Central of France ( O r l eans and Vierzoa) ... Ceylon ....... % — ...... to Demerara. ...—...... Dendre Valley ... .• "•••• to Direct Bombay and M a d ras ss. .... • ...... to Dutch Rhenisn 7% ..... . ... ... to East Indian Great Indian Peninsular .•.•.• to Louvain ala Sambre ........ 71/ —" ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valertia ...... . ... to Namur and Liege. 9' ___...-....iu Liege-. ...... 20 - to - Northern of France l2 ...... 8 1 / 2 ...... to 8 Orleans and Bordea ux :,... 7 - Pari4 and Lyons - - Do. Do. Paris and 0r1ean5............ 20 - to - Paris and Rouen - Paris & Strasbourg; ......... 9 ..« - ...... t o - Rouen and Havre 2O Sprahre and Meuse Stiasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 .... ...... to -- fournay, Jurbise, La n d en , and Ilastelt .... .. 20 ....„ - ...... to - West Flanders B: ri •- ...... to -- JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia to -- 13riti$h North A merican .... 50 - - Colonial .... .. ~ . _ Commercial of London - London Joint Stock ~.«..... 10 ...... 15% :to - London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland ...... ..... 22% .. - .... to - Provincial of Ireland - - ... to -- Ditto, New - ......to - Union of AustrOa 25 - ..... to - Ditto, New 2% - to - Union of London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid ......... ...... 40 - ...... to - MINES. Anglo llexican to -. Asturian Mining Company.- 14 ..... - - Australian... 2% - ...... to - Blaenarvon Iron eild Coal ... 50 - ....... to - Bolarios:Scrin - - to -- British Iron - - Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 244...... - - Ditto Cocaes and Cniaba... 38 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 - .. .. t o - Cobra Copper ....... ~ • -.... 40 General Mining ..,.... - .... 20 to - Real del Monte, Unregistered - .. U - ... to - Do. Black Debe n t ures - - -.... to - Do. Red Debent ures ... - to - Santiago de Cuba. lO - ...•» to - United Mexican - to - Errata in yesterday's List-read, London and Brighton 31%%, and Croydon Thirds 9, instead of 9%. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY ) LONDON, i 29.—Wind this day at noon, N., light breeze and dull, hazy weather. STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER, AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS THIS HORNING, ♦T 9 A.M. Colchester N. E., cloudy. Gloucester, Gosport S.E., fine. Hull Lowestoffe Portsmouth Yarmouth DEAL, DEC. 28.—Arrd. from the river and sailed, Mary White, Walker, Sydney, New South Wales; Mar. mion, Luke, Hobart Town; Pootmelia, Harrison, China ; Malabar, Noakes, Madras and Calcutta; Persia, Ste. phena, Ceylon; Madras, Killbury, Sierra Leone; Charles Brooke, haunt, St. Vincent's; Arab, Finch, Mobile; The Duke, irost, New Orleans; Bombay, Morton, ditto; Sophia Mackenzie, Mackenzie, St. John's, New Brunswick. with loss of anchor and chain. Sid. Enner. dale, New Zealand; Chasely, Moreton Bay; Sir G. Say. mour, Port Philip; Slandering, Launceston; Rotterdam, Batavia; Euphrosyne, Calcutta; Augusta, Algoa Bay ; Heroine, Cape of Good Hope; Halifax, ditto; Tropic, Barbadoes; Wallace, New Orleans, with the rest of the outward bound. PENZANCE, DEc. 27.—1 t has been blowing a very heavy gale ht re since last night from W.N. W. to N.N.E. A galliut has bt en at anchor off Manion since the 2 4th instant, with a signal of distress flying, but the wea th er bas nut permitted any communication with her. SCILLY, DEC 26.—The Charlotte, of and from Got tenburg, to Monte Video, was totally wrecked 25th inst. on one of the Wcstern Islands; ten of the crew saved ; and if the weather should moderate, part of the cargo (deals and fir balk) will be saved. LLANIMLY. DEC 26.—A. boat, with "Spitfire, of 11 , 4 - ., .. .t'r stern. was picked up on Langhorne Sand, 12,n inst., having her starboard side stove in. SIILFORD, DEC. 27.—The Petit Celina, of and from Nantes, to Swansea, was driven on shore yesterday on Newgate Sands, in St. Bride's Bay, and is likely to be 8