The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-20 00:00:00

►WILY. mediating it before ) have to thing but e expedi r having icily, bY - Sicilian Albert) osed the flood lead ao longer must be whatever the King enabled ep it bf c h would )f thing' la Italian Austria, forces o f ) Sicil les [Rau re' S i 1 13 01 15 I by to he grea t this la" ting in he cid' net— r e ' of tee :tire set; nob ee l ' it homes le ranks it is n et 'ew dale at the ,nd men, army I s iss regi' 5, eighty country and .the le state, of -the e regi lich are en regi° lions of ;alion of regv ►n-com' cavalry, e, and wag gon iclarmes carabi ;calcify mpoSed ()dandy 005 are ,s well ,nsider nd the s h for. nention rs who gust) ; which 'plea months fell in , n d for 'Maud, is also ' keep ustria. fives 5 , and other until 14et of mentS !oder- Pope, an by 's also ir.) A Y• COlllO saw erste ; MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CLIY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady, but not s ) active as on Monday. The sales were esti mated at 6,000 bales, including 800 on speculation. ♦merican and Surat descriptions were a shade higher. There has been more attention paid to-day to the foreign news receivtd, and the state of affairs in Italy attracts attention. Whether full reliance can be placed in the news to hand is, however, doubtful. The commercial markets are a little duller to-day, and until the turn of the new year we may expect to be getting slacker. There are n) ship arrivals this morning with news of any general interest. The Stock Market has given way to-day, and, as usual, when there are symptoms of reaction, the speculators exhibit decided anxiety to realise profits. We are never anxious to ace too repid •an improve ment without an ostensible basis, that is one founded upon the dealings of the public. Cir.. cumstances generally have been and still are rather favourable, but there should be no fictitious support given to the market. Consols have realised 871 and since 8:1 Each , quer-bills are 395. to 438. premium. The New 'l'hree•and-a-Quarter per Cents, bring 871 to 88. Bank Stock is at 190. The Foreign Market is but slightly affected by the heaviness of our own securities. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 26i to 27, and the Five per Cents. 13. Mexican Bonds are 22i. Russian Stock has been up to Mi. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 48i to 484, and the Four per Cents. 73f to 74i. Railway Shales have been rather lower after the de cided advance of yesterday. The French lines are de cidedly worse, but still high compared to last week's values. ONE CLOSING rotir•vr4 or i , nITIStI FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock l9O 189% 3 per Cont. Reduced A.”.ns 87 1%.%% % 1A 87 % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... . 8 7 34 88 88% Lung Anna. to expire J an. 1860 ... 8% 8% India Bonds, 1,000/. OOO O •• 38 p Consols for Account.. 87%%Mi% 87% Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ...... ........... 43 p 1,0001. June • • •••• 4l 39p 5004 March. 5001. June Simi' I, March .. .. 43 p • Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN t IT/CDS OITE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. 68 21 22% Danish Bonds. 1825, 3 per Cent Equador Bonds Mexican. 5 per Cent. 1846 22% Peruvian Bolds, 6 per Cents — Ditto. Account ..... 41 1 ,4 Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account Do., Coupons Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 / i per Cent l5 16 16 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4 8 34 4 48% Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates 74 1 4 73% 73 PRICES OF IIUSINESS DOPER CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES.'PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen ... 50 • • ..•• —.. • .... — Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4 1 4 ..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 71¢ Belfast & County Down. 19 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguaratitee 20 . ••• Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd. or with guarantee 10 ..... o. without guarantee 10 Birming., Wolverlfpton, and Stour Valley 13/. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June—. 10 - Boston. Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds ..„ 00000 27% 1 4 34 .....- ........ 14% Buckinghamshire... 141. 48. Caledonian . Ditto, Balf Shares .. 83 / 4 .....• 1 34 l% Do. New 101. Pref..... 5 ....... 5 Ditto,ClydeedaleJunc 50 . Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference ls Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ..... Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 East Anglia, 251., L & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 108. Eastern Counties 2O ...... 11% 3 4 12 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent.. . .. lO ...... 11%% 1 4 IIU Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...f1. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters ... 1 2 1,4 — Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (1. & and B.) Ditto, Cliss C,ditto... 20 . .... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 ...... Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. , 5 per cent..... ...... 2% East Laacashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4..... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... ..... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2; a — Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... —Bl. 6s. 8d — ... Glasgow;Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Do.Preterence Consul. Great Northern Do., .', 2 A Deferred ... 12% ...... 4% 14%..... Do., 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6% . 4 ........ Do. ' Extension 2 % . ...... ••• Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New, 15/ l4 .. .. .......... ..... Great Western 9O ...... 78 79 77%...... Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New,171... .. 13 ... .. 9% 10 9,e, R iddersfield and Manch. 30 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Halt Shares 25 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares - Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 51 Ditto, Thirds - Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 - Ditto, ditto - Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares 17% ••• ••••••• ..... Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10 Do. Sixteenths 6 IA - Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 ..... - ••• Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 5 ...... 5 3 / Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... - Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 - Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 - ... 1% -- - - . Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 - Do. ',4 Shares (A)... 94-- Leeds and Bradford 5O Leads, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 . - Do., Half Shares 25 - ••• Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2%..... - Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 - ••••••.• ...... Ditto. New ...... ....... 35 - •• •- Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3%...... - ..... . . Liverpool, Crosby and Southport 31 ,2 .... Liverp., Manchster, and Newcastle Junction... 2% - London & Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d.... 4% 5 Do. Extension ... --. 22%.... - .......... London, Brighton. and South Coast 5O 30% 29%30 1 4:30 30% 30% Do.Guararit. 5 per ct , 9 ...... - ... • - - • Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... 48% 48% Ditto. ditt0...... 1852 50 - - - Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. - London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... - - Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d... .20 London and N. Western 100 l2l 122 122 Do Quarters (L. & B.) '22 ..... Ditto, New . Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .• 2 ...... - Do. 40/•Shares(L.M.) 25 - Do. 101. (M. & h.) A. 9 ...... - Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 9 ...... 10 3 / 4 ...... Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...... 3 . .... 3 Lonti. &S. Western 5O ...... 39%..- ..... ... .. 39% Do. New 501. ... - .. - ..... -••••-• - • Do. New 401. - - Do. Tenths (ConsoL )50 - .. ••.. •• gee .. Ditto ditto ~........ 40 - - Ditto. Thirds.. ......131. 6s. 8d... 43/ 4 % dis 4% dis. Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pi et 7 per Cent. on Deposit., and 5 per . • . Cent. on Calls' London, Salisbury, and - Yeovil ..... ...., - Londonderry &Coleraine 28 3 /i .....• - .--•-• Londonderry and Ennis killen Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per et) ..... 13 ....• - Manzhester,Buaton,and Matlock 4 - BlAtchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 - •• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 11 1 A - ----- - Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40 - Ditto ditto . ... ..... 13 .....• - Ditto ditto - ........».... Ditty Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock 2O - Do. 'Llanchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s - - Midlexid .• 100 ..... 82 81 82 .....«. 82 • Do. consolidated Pref.loo - - 43p 89 p 44 p 42 p 44P 42 p 13% 8 S • 4% 77 1 ,4 44 16 1 / . 2 18 9% - 64 1 3 / 4 5 8 1 ,1 1 104 THE SUN, Do., do., SO/. Shares... ... 10% 10 10% 1 , 4 .. Do. Birm., and 1)erby100 ;.. 13 , 4Consol.Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 l2O ..... . . Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 38 Ditto, ditto ... ...... 14/. 18s — , , Ditto,Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. llewcastleand Do. Quarters 25 Newmarket......... . .. 20 . Do. Extension . ..... ...2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O ' Norfolk lOO Do. New 201. .. . 15 - ..... Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 ...... Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pe. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... ••• N orth British ........... 25 ...... l 5 4... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension O% ..... Ditto, Thirds .... 8k .... 4 North & South:Western 2 North Staffordshire ls North Wales . 3 l,i — North-Western . lO .... . Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lO Royston and Hitchin ... 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New 1 7 1%..... -- .. ._ Sheffield, Rotherham, Goole (Nor. Div.) ''' • 7 1 4, — Do. do (Sou. Div.) 4 - ...... —.. ...... Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 Shrewsbury and _tiered. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) • Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 1 , 2 .... .. .... . Ditto Otwestry ...... 17:r 4 . — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union .-outh Devon 50 Do. Preference South Staffordshire 6 1,4 •••••• ...... ........ S uth Eastern uo., No. 1 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 .-.... ...... 25 ...... 15% Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 South Wales ...... 28 S ,uth Yorkshire, Don- • - • caster, and Goole 5 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 ... Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath ... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 17;4-- ....••••...... . _. Waterford and Limerick ~. 1191,4 224 93 Ai 26% Mi, 14% 10 1514 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - .. -- Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... - ..... 50 ...... - - Do. do. do. ••• 25 ...... - - Do. do. do. ... 10 ..... - ... ..... - West Cornwall ..... West London - Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 - ..... .••• .- Do. Do. 2d Class ... 20 - - Whitehaven & Furness 14 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... -9%. ..... - W ilts, Somerset, & 'Way- • mouth fork, Newcastle, and Berwick. ..........-- 25 - Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... 25% 3 A ........ D i. Extensiox No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... lb Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 fort ',De North Midland 50 Ditie ' Preference ...... 10 52% 10 9 3 A...... 9% Do. Last and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... 5 - •• ... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzoia)... 17 - Ceylon - Demerara l5 ...... 4 Dcndre Valley 4 - Direct Bombay and Madras - Dutch Rhenish - .. ...... .... East Indian 3 14 - ...... - .... Great Indian Peninsular 1% - Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7 1 h Luxembourg..... 7 ....- Ditto ...... ........ ......• 10 Madrid and Valentin... 2 N.N. - Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... •• - - ...... Northern of France l2 Orleans and Bordeaux-. 7 ...... 2% 1 A .. Paris and Lyons ll ..... - Do. Do. . lO - ••• Paris and Orleans ...... 20 - Paris and 'Rouen ..~..... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 Rouen and Havre - Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 3;10/ 4 Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes 9 ...... - Tournay, Jurbise, Lan deu' and Hasselt ...... 20 - W est Flanders... . - ..... 8 3 4 ..... - JOINT STOCK BANKS. 1% 2 1 4 18 1 ,4 3 Australasia British North American 50 — Colonial Commercial of London 20 London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 1);tt0,Naw............ 10 National of Ireland 22% ...... .... — Provincial of Ireland Ditto New... ..... ...... 10 Union of Australia _ .. Ditt0,New.............. Union of L0nd0n:........ 10 ...... Union of Madrid LONDON. W 10%1 G. F. Willi a m s , P a yne, B os t on; A ma li e , Barbro,'Ship pegin; Devonia, Michaels, Prince Edward's I s l a nd ; Plymouth, St. John's, New Brunswick; Lady Elgin, Irons, Quebec, with sai's split. PENZANCE, DEC. 10 —A water-cask, branded "J. Wearne," was picked up to-day between this place and Saint Michael's Mount. On breaking up part bf the deck, which was towed in here on the 16th inst., a lwatch pocket, with a silver watch in it (which has been recog nised as having belonged to Captain Matthews, of the James Wearne, of St. Ives) was found, also an boat with the stern newly painted black, which, on; Jeing scraped off, " Arabella of London" was visible; it was encrusted with shells; but the fish being dead, it would appear that it had been upon a former occasion in the water, and since taken in use. It is known that the master of the James Wearne bought a second hand boat at Falmouth last week. M.ince'rE, Dac. 20.—The Sophia, from Gijon, for London, is on shore on Foreness Rock. The B. C. Bayley, from New York to the Clyde, is on shore on the Island of Lismore, and full of water. CLTDE, DEC. 16.—S1d. James Moran, New Orleans. THE RECLAMATION OF WASTE LAND IN IRELAND. LETTSR V. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. My Lord,—ln enumerating some of the benefits which the country would have received, had the Government accepted the offer made to guarantee it to the extent of 20,0001. from any loss which might accrue from the reclamation of waste land, I appre hend I am correct in stating, that the principal ob ject a wise Government should have in view would be, that the first operation should be very profitable. For it this were the case Government would be re• lieved from the necessity of future interference, since capital would then assuredly flow into the champ' in which such considerable profit was certain, more especially when the rate-payers in every union in which there was waste land would have so great an interest in stimulating the * commencement of similar undertakings. And your Lordship will not fail to observe, that in the practical details of such an operation there could be no secrecy ; discussions in Parliament—work car ried on in open day—would put every person desirous of obtaining information on the subject in full posses sion of every fact necessary for him to decide whether he should embark in such a speculation. The question then surely is this, how Could Government be most certain of securing at the least expense that which is desired ?—viz., that the first transaction should be very profitable ; even " One eyed men" would answer, by employing those who bud acquired practical experience in conducting with profit similar operations. But the Government had even still greater security offered to them ; for if they had employed any person it must have been at their risk, and whatever may be said to the contrary, no employer, however determined to do his duty, can possibly conduct a Government operation with such economic advantage as he could his own ; the very labourers would not perform the same work for the same wages. Government would, by accepting the offer, have had, without any cost, and without any risk, the full benefit of individual experience and sagacity, not only to protect the operation from the expenditure of every unnecessary shilling, but to increase the gain as much as possible, and, therefore, to attain the desired end, of making the first operation very profitable. And in all human probability the transaction would be a profitable one; now do let your Lordship's " One. eyed adviser" fairly answer this question— How could he possibly hope to attain the desired end with greater certainty than by accepting the offer ? for it is a fact incapable of contradiction, that the party wh o ma d e it h a d acqu i re d considerable ex perience in conducting similar operations. This is an element of the highest importance, for on this would in all probability depend the profit of the undertaking. The very day on which my third letter was published, with a table showing the pro bable return of such an operation, there appeared a letter in a morning paper from an Irish Peer, stating the doubts and the difficulties attending the reclama tion of waste laud. His Lordship gave two instances where 'parties failed in the attempt, and abandoned it in despair. Two instances only !I l Why, I could enumerate twenty, and as many hundred might easily be col lected—but what of that, may not the same be said of every profession, every trade, and every occu pation in the kingdom ? There is at all times difficulty in replying to an anonymous writer. In this case the party furnishing the details ray be an upright, honourable man, only desirous that the truth should prevail. He may also be of an opposite character, anxious that Government hould spend the national wealth in clearing the estates of Irish landlords. But, admit his facts to the fullest extent, what is the inference he would wish that the public should draw ?—surely not one so absurd, as that the opera tion of reclaiming waste land has never been profit able; no, the utmost that he can reasonably desire is, to prove that the occupation is one which requires much energy and practical knowledge to make it profitable. Well, who can succeed in any pursuit without the possession of these qualities ? I have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, Corwar, Dec. 18, 1848. RIGBY WASON. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A new farce, entitled A Cutlet for Two, w as produced here last night with tolerable success. The farce, al though called new, is new only in the same sense that minced veal or hashed mutton is new. It is a hash (a somewhat piquant hash) of materials that have been •' used up" by farce writers from the days of Queen Elizabeth to those of Queen Victoria. Thus runs the plot:—A certain Lord is in the interest of the Prince of Orange, and being hotly pursued by the followers of Kiug James, manages to transfer all his responsibilities to one Christopher Cutlet (Mr. Oxberry), a professor of the art of cookery, who has to bear them until the abdi cation of the King. The weight of the piece rests en • tirely on Mr. Oxberry, who, as the terror-stricken Christopher, was highly amusing. MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Corn... 14 LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dsc. 20.—Wind N.E., moderate breeze, and fine. DEAL, DEC. 19.—Wind S. to E.S.E.—Arrd. Chartley Castle, Griffiths, China ; Mary Warning, Copenhagen; and sailed for St. Croix; Theodore Korner, Otto, Hull, and sailed for Rio Janeiro. Arrived from the River and sailed, 17th, Lord George Bentinck, Edgell, Port Philip ; Princess Royal, Venn, River Gambia ; Forster, M'Arthur, Tobago ; Calypso, Elbringham, Jamaica ; David Lyon, Marsh, ditto ; Victoria, Lord, New York. Sid. 17th, Laurenskoster, Batavia ; Symmetry, Ho. bast T o wn ; Alliance, Calcutta ; George Anne, Per nambuco ; Penelope, Tobago APprentice, Havannah. RANSGATE, DEC . 19.—S1d. Lena, Rio Janeiro; Ca therine, ditto. PADSTOW, DEC. 18.—The Magic, of Penzance, lb rails to Falmouth, has been aaaisted in here, leaky, cargo damaged, &c., haring been on her beam-ends on the 15th inst. PORTSMOUTH ' DEC. 19.—Wind - E. to S . E. ; •20 S E , • .1 cloudy.—Sld. London, New York. WATERFORD, DEC. 18.—The Jeuno Vincent, Bor deaux to Cork, went on shore this morning in Tremors Bay, and will probably be a total wreck. LOWESTOFT, DEC. 20.—Wind E., stormy.-19, The Albion, Hamburgh to Bristol, ran on. the Cartoa Sand this morning; she is expected off next tide. CLONAIELTY, DEC. 17.—The Sovereign, America to London, was wrecked 15th inst. at Howatrand, in Court makiney Bay. ILFRACOMBE, DEC. 19.—The schooner Erin bas pat in here, with loss of bowsprit, from contact with the Welcome, of Landsend. ALDBOROUGH, DEC. 18.—The Lord Stanley, for Newport, is on shore on the eastermost knowl of Orford Haven. "LIVERPOOL, DEC. Ig.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. 18, Sea, Bartow, New York; Roscius, Eldridge, ditto. 19, Andes, Huguet, Pernambuco; Carnatic, M"lienaie, Nev Orleans, encountered in lona 60 a succession of violent gales, attended with thunder anClightning;, Abboy Pratt, Shaw, ditto, having encountered on the 14th inst., in lon. 16, a violent gale, veering.frow. S.E. to N.w. ; R. D. Shepherd, Davis, ditto; South Carolina, Owen, ditto; Monterey, M`Manus, ditto; Corsica, Hill, ditto, and Portsmouth, New Midland ;Seiern, Cheeve, Charles ton; Macedonia, Snow, Philadelphia; Arrow, Harris, Marseilles; Icarus, Wright, Antwerp; Four Sisters, Coniston, Alexandria. 20, Wind E., cloudy. Sld. Dublin, Calcutta; Lord Dufferin,.Bothbay; W. H. }Lu beck, New Orleans; Argo, ditto; Ontario, Charleston; Memnon, New York; Victoria, ditto. .Put , back, Sir Harry Smith, for New York. Off port, Liverpool, Quebec. GREENOCK. DEC. 16.—The Mischief, for Charente, has put back to the Clyde from Rothsay Bay, dis masted. - GLesuow, DEc. 18.—The Christian, Aidros3an to Londonderry, foundered in East Tarbet Loch 15th inst.; crew saved. Three schooners, and three smacks, drove on shore at Lamhtsh, 15th inst, during the gale. KINGSTOWN, DEC. 18. The Coachita, Bedaguira, from Liverpool to Havannab, his been towed, In here by her Majesty's ship Trident; having been disniasted 12th inst., and drifted from near Taskar to Kish' Light on the 15th, where she anchored with 'Otis of rudder and leaky. CORK, Dec. 17.—The Deslandes, Blampied, arrived here to-day dismasted, &c., 9th inst., in lat. 49, long. 15, The crew of the Bornholm, Morrell. from New Orleans. to Liverpool, were landed here to-day, having abandoned their ship 30th ult., in lat. 44, lon. 40, by the Plymouth, from St. John's, New Brunswick. ' DONEGAL, DEC. 16.—The Countess of Annan barque, and the John French, American brig, got foul of each other to-day; both have received considerable damage. STRANGFORD, DEC. 15.—The Wilkinson, of Maryport, drove from her anchors and west ashore on Newtonardy Beach, and must be docked out. INVERKEITIIING, DEC. 18.—The Sisters, of and for Dunbar, from Allots ' drove on shore at URl:kilns during: the gale of the 15th inst., and fills with the tide. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 18.—The Shannon, hence to' Portsmouth, foundered at sea on the 16th inst.; crew saved. BRISTOL, DEC. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Cosmo, Gillispie, New York; John Hutchings, ditto. Cosz, Dr.. 17.—Arrd. Gsldig, Bahia; STRAND THEATRE. After a short season, under the management of Mr. Hooper, this theatre again closed its doors, and now the theatre opens for short seasons of one night nearly every week. We cannot help thinking that something must be wrong somewhere, either with respect to management or other matters. The previous lessee, Mr. Cooper, managed things better, for he contrived to keep the doors open for a year, and thus gave employment to numerous families. During the present week we have already had two seasons. Last evening Miss E. Moggendge opened the house, and appeared in several of her best parts, and by her spirited personation of the different characters, received considerable applause. Mrs. A. Phillips appeared in her own farce of Prejudice, and this lady deserves .our highest commendation, bath for her singing and acting. The house was well attended, On Monday evening Mr. Payne, a gentleman well knoWn to the theatrical world, took his benefit, The first piece chosen for the occasion being The Rate's Progress, one of the best, if not the very best, of poor Leman Rede's efforts, in which our old friend Manders, who was welcomed most cor di ally, appeare d i n hi s original character of Sam Slap. This character, by his talent and ability, Menders made his own ; no person has ever att em p te d i t ; and, verily, like good wine, he whiass improves uanbelytu so w uu i ps t with humour,okretee supported in by g . that whicha Ot ex c ellent Monday he exhibited all was greatly actor Conway, relished. I n d e by H. Butler, Payne, and, Manley wh o ver y t as t e f u lly sang the songs allott e d to Frank Florid. Le Chalet followed, in which Miss R. Isaacs and S. Cowell appeared. After a variety of excellent singing and dancing, The Spita.lfield's Weaver, with J. Webster as Brown, and Fitzgerald as Simmonds, concluded the eveniug's enter tainments. The house was crowded. MISS J ULIA BLEADON'S CONCERT. The concert of this very talentsd young lady took place last evening at the London Tavern, and, as we had anticipated, the room was crowded. Miss. Julia Bleadon made a most favourable impression on her auditors. Her :voice is a soprano of considerable power and compass, and of much flexibility and sweetness, and it has been highly cultivated. In Mar haul's celebrated cavatina " Stanca di Piu," she had an opportunity of exhibiting the extent and conspass of her voice, of which she knew well how to avail herself. We have never heard this cavatina better rendered. In her diet with Miss Rainforth, and in her trio with Miss Rainforth and Miss Rowland, she was admirable; and in the second part she sung a ballad by Stephen Glover with great taste and sweetness. We congratulate. Mr. Howard Glover on the great suc cess achieved by his pupil last night. It re flects infinite credit on her preceptor. In the course of the evening Mrs. Glover recited Dryden's ode of " Alexander's Feast" as she alone can recite it. To hear Mrs. Glover recite this sublime lyric is a treat to which we are not often ac 4 customed. We. would recommend the conductors of concerts to consider whether it would not re lieve the monotony of these reunions, if recitals from some of our best poets were occasionally introduced. Judging from the experience of last night, the experiment would be most successful. Mr. Gerhard Taylor gave us a fantasia on th e harp, and Mi ss J . Taylor (who possesses one of the richest, and fullest, and most gushing of con tralto voices) sang the "Non pin mesta " in most admirable style. This young lady bids fair to become one of the first contralto singers of the day. Miss Rain forth, Mr. Allen, and a host of other talent, also as sisted at this one of the most delightful concerts we have ever attended. COYENT.GARDIN THEATRE.—We understand that this house will not be re-opened, excepting as the "Royal Italian Opera," in its proper season. THE OLDEST VOTER IN AMERIOA.-Mr. Hughes, a revolutionary soldier, in the 107th year of his age, was taken to the poll in Rockbridge, Co. Va., at the late election, by a friend, in a carriage drawn by four dun horses. There were several voters in Massachusetts over ninety.—/Vew Yorh Herald. ;• - EVENING-, DECEMBER 20 1848. EDNESDA* SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—Though the Indian mail has brought little more decisive iiaelligeoce respecting the progress of the war in the Punjaub, yet its contents go far to set at rest any suspicions which might yet be entertained concern ing the plots in which the insurrection originated. That there was any preconcerted plan of operations is now shown to be as impossible as that any common under standing exists at present. Even the scene of action is now likely to be changed, although the chances of suc cessful resistance are greater at Moultan than in any other quarter of the country, and although Moolraj is notoriously the ablest leader among the insurgents. There is actually a fierce rivalry between the different detachments of the enemy, nor is it at all unlikely from the known peculiarities of Seikh character that they may fall upon each other before a general engagement with our own troops can be brought on. A little complica tion of matters seems to follow from the movements to which we have referred, but in reality the position of affairs is easy enough to be understood if the ruggedness and tautology of Oriental nomenclature did not invest the story with an obscurity not its own. A day or two back, in anticipation of these tidings, we explained the old distribution of the Punjaub into military governments or provinces, and a reference to this sketch, combined with a glance at the map, will enable any reader to compre hend the significance of the various reports which are announced. Part, not precisely of the Punjaub, but of the Seikh territory, lies to the west of the Indus. The northern districts of this territory include the fort of Peshawur and the province of Bunnoo, and as they con tain the high roads to the passes by which alone Aff gbaeistan is accessible, they are always strongly garri soned. On the opposite bank of the Indus, with Attock on its eastern border, is the country known as the Ha zareh, which should be carefully distinguished from cer tain districts of Caubstl bearing the same generic name, and from which we happen to receive advices of some note by this very mail. Under the native Government, eight battalions of the regular army used to be stationed at Peshawur, and two in the Hazareh; the latter force has been augmented during our administration ; the former remains nearly the same. It if from these provinces that the latest insurrections have been reported. Chuttur Singh, it will be remem bered, commanded in the Hazareh, and he succeeded in inducing all his troops to join him in rebellion. Presuming his intentions to be directed towards the capital, his line of operations lies along the high road between Attock and Umritsir, on which, at about two thirds of the distance from the former place to the latter, stands the city of Vizierabad, which thus becomes a post of much importance. Chattur Singh's expectations of support are twofold; one of his sons, Uttur Singh, is at Jellalpoor, about thirty miles north of Vizierabad. with some 1,500 men and three guns ; and another, Shure Singh, is on his march from Moultan with his 54)0 deserters. It is against these insurgents of the Ilizareh that Brigadier Wheeler's force is in the field, which, in its advance to the scene of operations, demo lished the two forts, as we yesterday recorded. It is of importance to remember that Chuttur Singh leaves in his rear the fortress of Attock, which is stoutly held by Lieutenant Herbert, and that Maharaja Ghoolab Singh is fully competent, both from his forces and his position, to descend upon Jummoo upon his left flank, and crush him at once. This, it is said, he has offered to do, but the reception given to his professions seems not clearly ascertained. Meantime the province of Pesha wur, on the other bank of the Indus, seems ambiguously disposed. The fort itself is held by Major Lawrence, and is secure enough from anything but the treachery of the garrison, an event of which the probability is greatly lessened by the prodominance of Maliometans among the troops, and particularly among the artillery. The Seikh troops, however, stationed in the province are re ported to have risen, and to have murdered their com mander, a Mahometan General of some repute under the old monarchy. After this inauguration of their revolt they are said to have hesitated for some time while the rebel chief in the Hazareh and the rebel chief in Moultan were bidding against each other for their services. Hitherto, through the precautions of our garrison at Attock, Chuttur Singh has been unable to cross the Indus and quicken the spirit of disaffection by his pre sence, and it is with a view to check any such attempts that the services of Major Edwardes are likely to be transferred from Moultan to Bunnoo. No person conversant with Seikh politics during the last five or six years could entertain an opinion that Chuttur Singh and Moolraj were furthering a common object in pursuance of a common under standing. The former chief represents none of the late parties in the State ; he is the present head of a respec table Seikh family, and seems to have conspired with his own sons to deal a bold stroke for the advancement of the house. Moolraj is the son of Sawun Mull, who held the governorship of Moultan uninterruptedly from its conquest by Runjeet in 1818 until his death some three bears ago. No member of the Moultan family took any part in that exterminating strife of factions which preceded the late hostilities ; and, indeed, they were entirely disconnected by interest and position from the Court of Lahore. They desired no ascendancy or place in the capital, and aimed only at withholding their tribute, or establishing their independence. At our ar rival upon the scene its the spring of 1846. we found the debris of two parties of Lahore—that of the Jutemoo family and that of the favourites of the Rance, the intervening factions having been as clean swept away as the Girondins or the Dan tonists. The former of these we adopted, in a manner, by the promotion of Ghoolab Singh to an independent sovereignty; and the restless intrigues of the latter were cut abort as will be recollected, by the transportation of Lall Singh, an 1 the incarceratis-n of the Ranee, a provisional administration having been formed in the interval out of those notables who had kept aloof from the strife, such as Tej Singh, Deena Na b, and others. There is no single party in the tu multuous politics of the Punjaub with whose objects or hopes the purposes of any one of the present insurgents can be identified, nor is there any single person now in arms with whom we have had any previous dealings whatever. The operations before Moultan supply few materials for further comment. Moolraj is displaying a hardihood of character and a fertility of resources which seem to increase in inverse proportion to the fa vour and popularity of his cause. He has been, in fact, outbid by the attractions of more recent revolts, and the choice of treacheries secured by a general dis affection appears actually likely to keep the Seikh temper wavering between the allurements of rival rebellions. The circumspection of our own movements and the vast importance now attached to the outbreak are somewhat singularly contrasted with the apathy or misconception which permitted affairs to come to such a pass as the present. It happens by a moat un usual piece of good fortune that the enemy is content to measure his activity by our own, and is waiting with signal patience for the blow which we have been so lei surely preparing. This, though slow, will at least be sure, for Lord Combermere scarcely mustered under the walls of Bhurtpore such a force as is now assembled for putting down insurrection in the Punjaub. The Bombay division, it was calculated, would reach Moultan about the end of the present month, but it was much doubted whether the fading popularity of Moolraj, and the de parture of his levies for fresher attractions, would not have left him at the mercy of General Whish before that period. It is true that in this case the war would be only transferred, but the result would be so far fortu nate, that besides i gettin g qu i t of one of our a b lest an tagonists posted n one of the strongest forts in the country, we should gain a field more favourable for action from its proximity both to our own strongholds and to the territories of an ally whose sagacity will secure his good faith. CHRONICLE.—What epitaph shall we write on the tomb of United Germany? For unless present appear epees deceive us, the hopeful scheme , which has been struggling into existe nce during the last nine months, is already seised with the pangs of a premature dissolu tion. Prepare the pall, summon the mourners, toll the great bell of that ancient cathedral pile which has wit nessed the coronation of a long line of Imperial poten tates! The spirit of German unity is passing away. Ever since the Germans of Austria declared against an organic union with their western kinsmen, it has been manifest that the realization of the orignal scheme, hi the perfect form and stately proportions which it had assumed in the hands of Dahlmann and his coadjutors, had ceased to be within the sphere of possibility. As we have before observed, the step was, in our opinion, one imperativ e ly di ctated by a just appreciation of , position and resources Of the Austrian Empire. Austria has a v i ta l pr i nc i p l e di st inct from th at which anim a t es G ermany, and s h e requires an in dependent corporeal organization; and the attempt inorganic, yet link to get h er t h e two b o d ies wi th an yet indissoluble, ligament, could never . have been crowned with l as ti ng suc cess. New A ustria and New i Germany might have sprung . nto existence as the Sia mese twins of the European fami ly, but th ey could not long have m a i n t a i ne d s o inconvenient a conne x i on . In evitable as it was, however, the secession of Austria has hastened the crisis which we long ago foresaw. Her name, whilst she continued to mix in the federal councils cheered the heart of many an honest South German, who regarded the successor of the Caesars as th e natural head of the Teuton race, and lulled the m i sg i vings of man y more, who hoped, by keeping the system in equilibrium through the reciprocal agency of the two great Powers, to preserve a substantive independence for their own local Governments. Her r e tirement changes altogether the aspect of the case. .Eliminate Austria and it wou ld be idle to imagine that, if Prussia is to remain Prussia still, any adjustment of the sy s tem, however ingenious; any combination, however skilfully contrived, of the lesser Powers, could supply an effectual counterpoise to the preponderating weight of that great ki ngdom. The question reduces itself to this—wi Germany consent to be Prussianized, in consideration of th e grandeur and elevation to which she may asp i re when c l othed with the vast military resources wh i c h Prussia can place at her: disposal? 'This change of circumstances necessitates, of course, a corresponding change in the per sonne l of the Central Government. The Austr ian Minister, wh o was the soul of the Archduke Johns Cabinet, and whose pre sence there enabled the Austrian Government to exer cise a powerful, though tacit, influence over its proceed ings, and to keep open a door to the ad vantages of a subsequent union without encumbering it se lf w i th formal engagements, must now retire. The di rect i on of the movement devolves upon men in the o p pos i te intorest, Prussians by extraction, or subjects !)f . tho sm a ll Rh en i s h States, whose ideas of national unity are sober, unsen timental, nod practical; and who are ready to labour with might and main for the consolidation they have at heart, without allorting themselves to be diverted by local jealousies, and without consulting th e hi stor i c past, except so far as its light will enable them to see their. way through the future. At the same time the As sembly has gone far to cut the knot, b y g i v i ng its assent to the proposal for the election of a single hereditary Monarch, thereby precluding the reint ro d uct i on i nto the new system of that combination of checks and counter checks by which Wurtemberg and Bavaria, thirty years ago, succeeded 'in frustrating the objects and marring the efficiency of the old ones. Now, then, comes the strain. The people of the smaller States would, probably, discover no great aversion to being amalgamated in a German Empire, governed by the House of ilohenzol lern, especially the more stirring and ambitious spirits among them, who pant fur a wider field of action than is afforded by the narrow boundaries within which they are individually confined. A man like Von Gagern who feels capable of ruling an empire, is naturally impatient to emancipate himself from the petty provincialism of an insignificant electorate. But what says Bavaria? What says Wurtemberg ? hat Saxony ? What Hanover? Has any chemical agent been discovered potent enough to melt down the solid mass of obstruc tion which the. first three of the States be hare named opposed, in 1815, to the sat me of union then proposed by both Austria and .Prussia? The democratic impulse, fm_ which the originators of the scheme mainly relied, is indeed a pretty strong diluent, but it has been at work, for the last eight or nine months, without pro ducing any very visible tokens of its decomposing powers; and the infusion t f Conservatism, with which it has of late been tinctured, is not likely to enhance its efficacy in this particular. Were the Governments of Bavaria and Hanover now to withdraw their representa tives from Frankfort, and refuse obedience to the man dates of the Central Power, as we are told they are about to do, we cannot help suspecting that the populations of both countries would regard the proceeding, if not with approval, at least with indifference. Austria, for her part, cannot be expected to eye with much cor diality the sudden aggrandizement of her ancient rival ; aed doubts may, perhaps, be entertained in the political circles of the west and south, whether the advantages of a perfect Federal organization, and the use of the Prus sian army might not be too dearly purchased at the ex pense of a rupture with a Power which commands the head of the Adriatic and the broad stream of the Danube. For ourselves, deeply concerned as we are in the issue of any experiment affecting the peace or welfare of Germany, we survey the progress of the movement with feelings in which curiosity mingles more largely than either hope or fear. As far as regards the general interest of the European commonwealth, there would, perhaps, be no great cause for misgiving in the estab lishment of a powerful empire in the heart of the continent, whether its flag bore the back eagle or the old German tricolor. In fact, such a con summation would only carry the favourite principle of the Vienna Congress one step further ; and, although the internal changes which have lately occurred in Prussia and elsewhere would doubtless materially modify the views of the negotiators of 181.5, had they to do their work over again, we see no reason to think that those changes will so decidedly alter the general policy of the States to which they have extended, as to render an event which would have appeared desirable then, fla grantly objectionable now. But the interests of Europe are not, in truth, very deeply involved in the matter, either on one side or the other. For ourselves in particular, it is of far more importance that Germany should be rich, thriving and prosperous, and should be guided by a liberal and en' lightened commercial policy, than that she should possess ' greater or less share of political power, present a mores or less solid front to foreign aggression, or press with a more or less concentrated force on the balance of the European system. To enable her to attain the highest prosperity of which she is capable, a cordial and amicable union between all the nations within the geographical limits of Germany appears to us indispensably neces sary; and should the politicians of 1848 overshoot their mark—should the effort to tighten the federal bond lead to its disruption, and the struggle for a more perfect or ganisation end in breakin g u p th e G erman grou p into a congeries of disunited peoples, or a cluster of separate leagues, none would deplore thecatastrophe more deeply or more sincerely than ourselves. AD VERTISER—The belief has long been general among those who are but imperfectly acquainted with the principles of political economy, that in the inverse ratio in which other -countries are commercially de pressed, England will be prosperous. It was easy enough for those who took a more enlightened and enlarged view of the subject to demonstrate the fallacy of this theory; but it was not equally easy to insure the Re cess of the demonstration to the minds of those by whom the fallacy had been advaneed. It is the moat difficult thing imaginable to induce men to abjure a long and fondly-cherished opinion, even when its unsoundness has been made as clear as the noon-day sun to the minds of others. Even now, in the face of plain, palpable facts, which demonstrate the very reverse of the positions, there are men who are blind enoug h an d b old enough to affirm, that in the commercial reverses of other coun tries will be found the elements of England's mercantile prosperity. It is right that this fallacy should be so clearly exposed as to prevent the possibility of its being embraced by those who may not have paid sufficient attention to the subject. The soundness of the notion was never p ore fully or fairly tested than it has been during the last nine months. The French Revolution of February was accompanied by the entire destruction of the trade and commerce of France. All its manu factories were closed, and its larger workshops shut up There was literally no competition with England, in arti cles in which France had long been our rival. What was the result? Was the extinction of trade in France followed by a marked increase in the trade of England? When France ceased to manufacture goods, did she open new and more extensive markets for our commo dities? The experience of our Lancashire and York shire manufacturers during the intervening period, fur nishes a conclusive answer to the question. But lest it should be said that there is a natural disposition on the part of manufacturers, as there proverbially is on the part of farmers, to be alwa, a com plaining, we . beg to r e f er t h ose who require a more satisfactory d, scription of evidence on the subject, to the returns of the Board of Trade. These official returns consist of plain figures, at, rn facts, which are not to be disproved, nor .got rid of by any amount of ingenuity which may be employed for the purpose. Well, then,what do they say i What is the language which they speak ? A reference to them will show, that so far from the export of our manufactures increasing after February, in the ratio in w hich French mabutaciures ceased to produce theirs, they fell off to the extent of fully one fourth. As we gave the tabular returns a few weeks ago, we need not reproduce them now. Those who examined the returns in question will have observed that there was a falling off in our exports to the Continent, each month, as compared with the cor responding month of the previous year, down till Octo ber last. • It will also have been remarked, that from the month of July, the time when trade and commerce began somewhat to revive in France, there was a correspon di ng increase in our Continental exports, down till the month of October, when for the first time, since the French revolu tion of February, our exports equalled those of the corresponding month of the previous year. This, then, decides the question. Here are facts which cannot be assailed —arguments which are unanswerable, in opposi tion to the hypothesis, that our commercial prosperity is necessarily consequent on the ruin of the commerce of other countries. If further proof were needed, that as the trade of other countries prospers, that of England flourishes, that proof would be found in the existing posture of commercial affairs on the Continent and in England. For the last six weeks there has not only been perfect tranquillity in France, but a universal belief that it would continue. Mark the consequence. There has been a great improvement in the public funds of France, and in the trade and commerce of that country. In both respects there has been a cordial sympathy among our seives with our French neighbours. Our funds have risen materially, while the increase in our trade and manufactures has been so great, that on no former occa sion was so extensive a business known to be carried on in the manufacturing districts at this season of the year. These are stubborn facts. They speak for themselves. They need not to be enforced by any observations of ours. That, indeed, would only impair the effect which the bare statement of them cannot fail to produce. Out of evil cometh good. The French Revolution was in itself a gigantic evil; though con templated in reference to its ultimate results, it is to be hoped it will prove an immense good. One benefit which has already . resulted from it is the complete exposure which it has given to the fallacy, that the commercial ruin of one country it the commercial prosperity of ano ther. On the contrary, all countries, especially adjoin. ing countries, suffer or prosper together. They are, like the members of a family: when one member suffers, all, the other members suffer also. This is a great philo sophical truth. It is one, moreover, of vast social im portance. It is well that nations understood it. It Would extinguish all unkindly feelings arising from mis taken views of their relative interests. It would inspire feelings of mutual friendship, and create a reciprocal confidence which would be productive of the happiest results. When will the nations of Europe learn the great truth, and act upon it, that their interests are identical, and that in seeking the happiness of each other, they are adopting the best method of promoting their own? RETBRSE OF FORTUNE.--Little more than four years ago there lived in affluence at Marton-in-Cleve land (the birth-place of Cook), a gentleman of the name of Davison. Mr. D. was then the owner of two freehold farms and other property, to the value of 10,0001. or 12,0001. Owing to some unsuccessful business transac tions, in which he unfortunately became concerned, he wis'in a short time, completely divested of the whole of his valuable property. . Subsequently hewas advised to institute a suit in Chancery for the recovery of part of his patrimonial estate, in which a large sum of money, supplied by the kindness of two faithful old servants (one of whom has since become his wife), was speedily expended, without, however, attaining the object de sired; and in consequence of his inability to pay certain costs, on a motion made on the part of the de fendant, in the suit, he was cast into pri son, his wife and two young children having in the meantime been forcibly ejected from a humble dwelling on the estate, in which Mr. D. had taken shelter after the sale of the last remnant of his effects, in utter helplessness. After being detained in York Castle for a considerable period, without being able to pay the costs necessary to the further prosecution of the suit, he was compelled to take the benefit of the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, whereby he necessarily relinquished all claim to the property he had sought to recover. Mr. John Davison is now living at Middles boro'•on-Tees, without any means of supporting himselfand family, and during a portion of the harvest months of the present year he has been glad to obtain even occa sional employment as a labourer on a farm adjoining the rich broad lands so recently his own. Y e t no murmur or repining is ever heard from him. Who can help ad miring such patient endurance, and commiserating such misfortunes?—(From a Correspondent.) TUB ANCIENT BOAT FROM THE CLTDE.—At the meeting of the Society of Antiquaries held on the Bth inst., there was presented to the society, through the liberality of the trustees of the r i ver Clyde, an ancient boat, dug up in the autumn of 1847, at Springfield, op posite the Broomielaw. This most interesting relic is hewn out of a single tree, and is in so rude a fashion that we can hardly assign too remote a date to it within the era of our island's la iatory.—Eclinburgh Witness. trb MWtion FRAN CE. The bureaux yesterday examined the Bill relating to thu responsibility of the President and the Minis ters. In general it was considered that it vvouid not he prudent to insert in the Bill too many details and definitions, particularly in what concerned the cases of treason, attempts at infraction of the Constitution, &c., on the part of the President. M. Vivien declared himself to be of that opinion, and mentioned in sup port of his views, that the Amertcan law dealt alto gether in general terms as to reprehensible acts on the part of the President of the Republic, making use of the following expression :—" And all other acts of bad conduct." M. Tassel declared, that whilst he agreed with the opinion just put forth, he thought Art. 4 of the Bill brought forward by M. Creinieux ought to be preserved, enumerating, as it did, as a case of high treason, and drawing with it the immediate downfal of the President, any attempt to prorogue the Assembly, or to throw obstacles in the way of its exercising its right to act and delibe rate. Several other Members appeared to share in this opinion. According to the last accounts from Lyons the price of silks has considerably increased, and busi ness, which was suspended during the election for President of the Republic, has resumed activity. At Lille also, and indeed throughout the department, there has been a marked improvement in business i❑ general since the middle of last week, and particu larly in the beet root sugar manufactories. The rise in prices is said to be about ten per cent. A U STRIA. The Breslau Gazette states that a rumour was cur rent at Vienna on the 12th, that the Hungarians had proclaimed a Republic, with Kossuth at the bead of it. The Voss Gazette gives the same news direct from Perth. The Volkshalle, on the contrary, announces that Kossuth had been proclaimed King, under the name of Louis IV. A letter from Prague of the 12th states that a conflict between a Hungarian regiment of hussars and the inhabitants had taken place at Klattau, in the course of which frightful carnage was perpetrated. The Prager Zeitung, under the date Knowsier, the 10th of December, gives the following account of the respective members of the differens parties in the Austrian Diet : " There are 109 deputies from Galicia, 35 of whom belong] to the Sclavonian Club, which constitutes the Right of the Assembly; 26 members belong to the Club of the Left; the Germanic-Austrian and the Austrian Clubs (the Centre) are not represented. The number of Bohemian deputies amounts to 90. They are appor tioned according to the following scale:—Sclavonian Club (Right), 50; Centre, 22; Left, 5. From Moravia there are 43 delegates, 13 of whom belong to the Right, 23 to the Centre, and 7 to the Left. Lower Austria has sent 37 members, none of whom take their seats on the Right; the Centro is represented by 9 of them, and the Left by 21. The number of Styrian deputies is 21—Right, 3; Centre 10; Left 4. Deputies from the Tyrol, 19— SclaTonian Club, Right, none; Centre 12; Leit 2. De puties from Upper Austria 20; none of whom belong to the Right; Centre, 6; Left, 12. Deputies from Elyria, 17—Right, 7; Centre, 5; Left, 1. The Coast Provinces are represented by 12 delegates, S of whom belong to the Right; 2to the Centre; and 2to the Left. Of the 11 Dalmatian members, 3 belong to the Right, and 2 to the Left. " Accordingly, the total number of deputies constitut ing the Diet amounts to 384. The Right numbers 114, the Centre 89, and the Lett 82. The rest, of 99, either belong to no decided political party, or are split into small fractions. It must, however, be kept in mind that the party divisions depends at least as much upon national sympathies and antipathies as on general political prin ciples." HAMBURGH. The opening of the Constituent Assembly of Ham burgh, elected by universal suffrage, took place on the 14th in the presence of the Senate and the Council of the Ancients. The President by seniority of age, delivered an address exhorting all parties to moderation and concord. The Assembly then pro ceeded to elect its officers. LEVANT MAIL. We have received the Constantinople journals to the 4th inst. inclusively. They announce that, by an imperial firman dated the 28th ult., the Sultan had invested Abbas Pacha, grandaon of Mehemet Ali, with the government of Egypt. The Journal de Constantinople gives an account of a grand review by the Sultan of the troops of the capital, and adds : " After the review the diplomatic corps was admitted to offer its respects to the Sultan. Count de Sturmer, the Austrian Internuncio, spoke as follows, in the name of his colleagues esteem myself fortunate in being the organ of the diplomatic corps, in expt eising its thanks to your Majesty fur having deigned to afford us an opportunity for admiring the discipline and fine order of your troop.' The Sultan replied that he was delighted at receiving the representatives of the friendly powers, and relied upon their indulgence for the faults they must have per - dyed in the re edew. Count de Sturmer replied that he had said nothing but the truth in tpeakirz of the good order of the Imperial troops, and the mat ceuvres they had executed, adding that he would refer to a much mono competent judge than himself, General Aupidt, the French Minister. The Representative of the French: Republic the n said, ' Since my colleague, the Anstrian Internuncio, invites me to give my opinion, I Hill say to your Majesty, that your troops are tine and well disciplined, and that the execution of the different maLceuvres and evolutions of VI hich we have been witnesses, convinces me that in the day of battle and in the lace of an enemy, it your Majesty should have enemies, they will show a good lace and ob tain successful results.' The Sultan expressed his satis faction at receiving testimony so flattering, adding that the greater part of the troops were new recruits." IVe have received also the Athens journals to the Bth ; their contents are without importance. IRELAND. Dump.; Disc. 19.—The order of the Judges at the Commission prohibiting the publication of the proceed ings in the case of the Queen v. Duffy, has given gnat dissatisfaction to the public, and mortal offence to the press, more especially the Conservative portion, by which it is denounced as unjust and tyrannical. The folly of the proceeding will be strikingly exemplified this morn ing, on the delivery of the London papers of yesterday, which will contain full reports of what occurred at Green -street, on Saturday, while the Dublin journals published yesterday and this morning give them in blank. The Evening Packet threatens to set Judge Perrin at defaciattie this evening, and publish the proceedings in full. TRIAL OF CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY. DUBLIN, DEC. 18.—The Court sat at ten o'clock, when Charles Gavan Duffy was arraigned. The Court gave judgment against the prisoner on his motion to quash the new indictment. Judge Piaaisr said that the prisoner had been called upon to plead to an indictment found by the grand jury of the city, charging him with felony, in compassing to depose the Queen, and levy war against her Majesty under the statute of last session. The prisoner had moved through his counsel that the indictment be quashed, on the ground that another indictment was pending, charging the same offence, found by the grand jury of the county of Dublin, and preferred against the prisoner, under the 6th of George IV., chap. 51. It was now contended that the Crown were bound to abide by the first indictment, so found by the county grand jury, and could not try the prisoner under the in- dictment found by the city grand jury; therefore, the indictment ought to be quashed. It was plain upon the authorities that there was no legal objection to the Crown availing itself of a bill of indictment found by the city grand jury while another indictment was pend r , ing; but the Court were bound to protect the prisoner from suffering any disadvantage, or being tried a second time for the same offence. There were clear authorities establishing that the mere fact of the existence .or pending of another indictment for the same offence, was not a sufficient ground for calling upon the Court to quash a fresh indictment. It was so ruled in a case referred to in " The King v. Stratton," cited by Mr Butt, the case of " The King v. Wells," 3d. Barrowes, and also in Ist Blackstone's Reports. It was not illegal, as appeared by the authorities to which he had reter red, before the statute,. to have a second bill found, so • that it seemed difficult to bold, that where there was no provision in the Act they should imply the existence of a provision' restraining the Crown from preparin g a second bill in the place where th e o ff ence was committe— d ,and where, upon furtheeconsideration and reflection , th e first officer of the 'Crown rown might d eem i t fi t and prop er ii to m proceed. No doubt the Court, a t th e same timeou take .care to prevent any oppression, or any vexat i ous use or .abuse.of the proceeding; but no authority Was adduced to show that one of seve ra l indietments ( w here more than one had been-preferred, as in the case o . f a larce n y i n a stage coach) was eith er i nvalid, or better than the other. Be was of opinion that there was nothing in the statute prohibiting th e Attorney General fro m sending up a fresh bill of i n di ctment in ti3e although a bill o f i n di ctment had b cou f nty e st the c i it i en be found, in th e county. He did not e think tn e r that m f, iy3 he Court could imply a provision, the effect of which would be to dep r i ve t h e Crown of t he power of enforcing the due administration. of justice, by proffering a fit and proper bill, if, it were the opinion of the responsible ad viers of the Crown that that was the preferable course to take. His Lordship then proceeded to show that indictment was only one-third the size of the previous indictment, and neither the Court nor the Coun.el could object to the indictment upon the ground of its brevity. It appeared to the Court that the application was one of first impressions, and as the prisoner would not be in any manner prejudiced by the trial he felt it to be his duty to refuse the motion. _ _ Baron lticnAnns concurred in the judgment delivered by the senior Judge. Mr. Duffy here addressed Judge Perrin, and observed that it would be a serious injury to him if his Lordship refused to withdraw tho order which he had made on Saturday---namely, that the proceedings should not be published. Judge PERRIN said that he would hear the prisoner through counsel and for himself. BUTT, Q.C., one of Mr;lDuffy's counsel, here ad dressed the Court. He said it was irregular for auy one to address his Lordship upon the subject; but he understood his client to be desirous that his Lordship Iwould not carry out his order prohibiting the publication of the trial till it had terminated. Judge PERRIN—We cannot comply with the request. The prisoner was then called upon to plead. Mr. O'llAcAN, one of his counsel, handed to the clerk of the Crown a plea in abatement, on the ground that the prisoner could not be called upon to plead, inasmuch us two of the grand jury by whorl , ' the bills had been found, namely, Walter Sweetman and Patrick Boylan, were not at the time inhabitants and freemen of The city of Dublin. The case was then adjourned to two o'clock, to give the Counsel for the Crown an opportunity of coliidering what 21:15 or they would give to the foregoing plea. At two o'clock the law officers returned into court, arid were informed by their Lordships that as they had taken up another case (one on z.hich a woman was chargcd with having pois.ned a 'mad named Thomas Nolan), they should postpone the further bearing of the ar guments in Duffy's case till the following morning (Tuesday). Judge PERRIN threw out, that as the Court would protect the p r i soner f rom b e i ng injured by the•existence of another indictment, it was for the Crown to say wile ther a none proaequi should not be entered upon•it. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OPENING OF THE TIAILWAY FROM LINCOLN TO HULL. —On Monday last this line of railway was opened for public traffic. It is part of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire system, and furnishes a direct route from Hull to Lincoln, and, by means of the Nottingham and Lincoln to Derby, Leicester, Birmingham, and the Midland district of England; and the route from hull to London, via Lincoln and Rugby, is very few miles further than by the East Lincolnshire, and the Eastern Counties lines. The first train for Hull left Lincoln on Monday at 7 15 A.N., and reached New Holland Ferry at 9 45, and Hull Pier at 10 15. Three other trains followed in the course of the day. A train left Hull about eight o'clock, and reached Lincoln at eleven o'clock. Other trains left Hull at noon,' and the company who came by the opening train from Lincoln returned at 3, and 515 P.X. The distance from Lincoln is 451 miles; the route for the first 15 miles. to:Market Rosen, is north-east. The line starts from the Midland station at Lincoln, crosses the river Witham (overwhich a handsome bridge, on the tubular principle, has been erected), and runs close past the ruins of the old Monk's Abbey; it then proceeds through Willingham, Itepham, Langworth, and Wickenby to Rasen ; from Wiekenby for 15 miles north, the land on either side the line is poor, and the prospect uninviting, being only relieved, now and then,, by views of the Lincolnshire Wolds on the east. From Rasen the line proceeds due north for 10 miles, where it joins the main trunk line from Shef field to Grimsby, on which we ••proceeded some four miles due east, to Brocklesby. The seat of.the Earl of Yarborough (chairman of the railway company) is close adjoining. The station is a highly. ornamental struc ture. A mile further east and the Hull line leaves the grand trunk, and at Ulceby junction proceeds again due north to New Holland, passing by the way the majestic, 'ruins of Thorn ton College, formerly a monastery, but at the disso lution changed into- a college (here Henry the Eighth rested for a night on his visit to Yorkshire). New Hol land is now an extraordinary place. A few years ago it was unknown. A creek, was made, as a drainage outlet, up which the smugglers ran their contraband spirits (Hollands). It thus acquired the name it bears. The railway company have erected a pier which runs some 500 yards into the Humber, and the railway carriages run on to the very extremity, taking and receiving goods and passengers to and from the steam-vessels which ply ten times a day between New Holland and Hull. At this terminus a handsome station has been erected, spa cious warehouses for goods, with yards and sheds for cattle. A branch railway to Barton Ferry is nearly ready, and a spacious dock is in course of formation. The works on the line—cuttings and embankments—are rather heavy, but there is no tunnelling. SOUTH DEVON.—The requisition of the Bristol share holders, call►ng on the directors to convene a meeting fur the reconsideration of the atmospheric system, has been presented to the board, but it has not yet come un der consideration. Mr. Woolcombe (the late deputy chairman) succeeds Mr. Gill, M.P., as chairman of the company. None of the atmospheric apparatus has yet been taken up for removal, and the locomotives still work over the rails with the tubes between them. The recent high tides have swept away a large portion of the public promenades on the sea side of the line, and at some ex posed points where the sea encroaches too near to the rail, so as sometimes to sweep on to it, breakwaters are being constructed. The extension of the line from Laira into the heart of Plymouth is not likely to be opened before February next. NEW RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS. —Yesterday (Mon day) the new arrangements commenced, by which pas sengers may proceed almost the entire distance between Manchester and Southport by railway. These arrange ments are effected by the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and the Liverpool, Crossby, and Southport companies, and the entire distance is travelled in little more than two hours and a half, a saving of about one-half the time, in comparison with the old route v a Euxton.—Liwer. pool Mercury. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY STATIDN.— A wooden terrace from the platform in front of the booking offices at this station to the top of the tunnel, between Princ e ' s - s t ree t an d S cot l and -street, has jolt been completed, with commodious staircases diverging on either side, and leading up to Prince's -street, by which a much more convenient access to the :tstiiin is opened up than that gained hitherto by Waverley-bridge. To the passengers by this lino, this will prove of considerable advantage, being much cical,er and more generally agreeable than the as yet unpaved northern half of the bridge, to cross which, in Net weather, is extremely unpleasant, while it will also divert a great part of the throng from this bustling scene, at train hours more esi,ecially.—Caleduniun .31ercury. Yon&, NEWCASTLE, AND BERW/CIE.—Mr. Hudson is about to take in hand the entire completitri of the docks at the Tyne, which will give to the York, Newcastle, 'and Berwick a perfect water terminus. • MILK PER Raievrae.—The inhabitants of the great metropolis, biiice the extension of railways, have been supplied with pure milk in large quantities, in lieu of the stuff previously sold as such. To show the vast quantity brought even by one line will surprise many of our readers. From Woicesur-park, near to Kingston• on- Thames, there are 56 cans, each containing from 14 to 18 gallons, seut every seven days, making at least a total of 850 gallons of pure new milk con veyed in that short petiod. From the stations' at Woking, Weybridge, Ch e rt se y, Farnborough, Guild ford, and Richmond, also on the South-Western line, there are nearly as many gallons sent from each, so that on this railway alone there are between three and four thousand gallons sent for sale in aed around London. Supposing each cow to give 30 gallons per week, nearly 200 of those useful beasts are kept for that purpose in these particular districts only. From the Brighton, South-Eastern, Great Western, and North-Western, even a greater number of gallons arrive daily. Oti the Eastern Couuties, by way of Colchester, Cambridge, Hertford, &c., that quantity is nearly doubled, so that, at a moderate computation, 30,000 gallons are retailed every seven days (even if not adulterated) through the Streets of London, exclusive of what is produced from the London cowkeepers—to supply which more than 1,000 cows are kept and milked—giving esoployment.to more than 1,500 individuals, producing an annual tuna of nearly 100,000/. at le. per gallon. bringing into the ex chequer of each railway from 5001. to 1,000/. every twelve months. The complexion of the commercial news from India by the Overland Mail may, on the whole, be con sidered favourable. The lowness of the stocks of goods at Calcutta and Bombay had tended to keep up prices, although the transactions bad not been on an extensive scale. Since the termination of the Ilindoo holidays, business at Calcutta had not resumed its former activity, while at Bombay there appears to have been a fair de mand for cotton piece goods. Yarns were steady, but not in much request. Owing to the warlike preparations in the north of India, and the impending hostilities in tlie Punjaub, there was a great disinclination to part with money on the part of the native shroffs and banker; slid a tightness in the money market was rather ex pected. Government securities had consequently de 'clined. Some forged notes of the Bombay Bank had been detected, which had occasioned a temporary run and some inconvenience, but it was soon seen that th ere was little cause for alitm, and the affair subsided. Ex change continued much as before, ls. 94d. to 9id being the rate for goo d bi l l s at six months' sight, a nd " fir drafts covered by skipping doses :m a r. SHEERNESS, DEC. 180-7 The Dutch sh y este rday, and Captain Bleve, left, Standgate Cree and proceeded to sea on the following morning . in charge of T. J. Brown, Trinity pil ot o f this,port. Theshipleft Rotterdam early in Novemb er w i t h troops... And eitter reaping down the English Channel, . when. between Beachy Head and the Isle of Wight, the cholera broke out on board, and four soldiers, the carpenter, and cook, speedily fell victims to the disease. On returning to the Downs she was sent by the Dutch Consul to Standgate Creek, where the deaths subsequently increased to four teen. Several who had recovered from the attack of cholera, amongst them the chief mate, have been at tacked with virulent small pox. _ The accounts from China give an unfavourable view of the market for British manufactures, cotton yarns and long chiths having both declined in price, and the large quantities knovin to be on the way were et pected to depress,the rates still further. Spanish atelPes had • rather improved, but long ells had declined, 'arid eamlets were without change. Cotton, iron, and cloohi• neal had all fallen in value. The demand for tea had been good, at an advance of one to two taels. These ac counts confirm the short supply of silk; prices of good quality were well maintained, but inferior sorts had de clined in value. The exports from Shanghae were only 3,097 bales this year, against 8,700 bales to same date last year. Exchange on England, 46. Freights froin Canton, 31. 10s. to 4/ ; from Shanghae, 4/. for tea, and 41. 10s. for silk. A JUDGES'S SYMPATHY.—Baron Alderson asked some gentlemen of the bar how many counsel were en• gaged for the defence in the conspiracy case then being tried before Mr. Justice Erle. The answer was-- "Seven." " Se‘ en 1" exclaimed his Lordship ; " then the Lord have mercy on Mr. Justice Erle."—Liverpool Mercury. A FREAK OF FORTUNE.—Some two years ago an exiled role arrived at Watertown, U. S., friendless and destitute.. He obtained employment at his trade as a dyer, and married a poor orphan girl, who, like himself, possessed none of this world's riches. The couple were agreeably surprised, a few days ago, by intelligence from New York that a fortune of two .hundred and fifty thousand dollars awaited the orders of the poor Pole and his brother, the latter residing in' England. An uncle has died in the 'East Indies, bequeathing to the two brothers this handsome fortune, every dollar of which has been remitted to New Yerk.-•2VQ>o Raven Pali 'our. 10 slur. 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