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

Now ready, WITH A PORTRAIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR JAMES BROOKE, RAJA OF SARAWAK, FROM THE PAINTING OF FRANCIS GRANT, A.R.A., AND WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH, THE JANUARY NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. CONTENTS: 1. The Coroner's Clerk. By the Author of "Experiences of a Gaol Chaplain," with an Illustration by Leech. 2. Coquet Side ; a Sketch from the North Countrie. By Mrs. Ward, Author of " Five Years in Kafirland." 3. Hans Michel; or a Few Old German Proverbs applied to New German Politics. By " The Flanear." 4. The Young Widow : Queen's Bench Sketches. (No. IV., con clusion.) By W. H. Maxwell, Author of " Stories of Waterloo." 5. Langton Wold—White Wall Corner-- Our Household Gods : The Bye-lanes and Downs of England, with Turf Scenes and Characters. By Sylvanus, Author of " Rambles in Sweden." 6. A Holiday at Berlin in Ancient Times. By Mrs. Percy Sinzett. 7. The Rambles of Death. 8. Life ; a Gossip. By Alfred Crowquill. 9. Good Night, from the German. 10. Wayside Pictures in France, Itelgiutn, and Germany : XVII The Rance. XVIII. Bertrand Daesclin. XIX. The Ruins of La Garaye and the Priory of Letion. 11. Memoirs of Chateaubriand. Written by Himself. 12. Literary Career of William Ellery Channing. By the Author of" Richard Savage." 13. Reception of Sir Janice Brooke in the Indian Archipelago. and subsequent proceedings. By an Officer in his Suite. With a Portrait of Sir James Brooke. 14. The Philosophy of History—Macaulay's James the Second. 15. A Winter's Night wills my Old Books, chiefly concerning Ghosts and Prodigies. By Albert Smith. IG. Old Music and Pictures. 17. The Cellini Cup. lty Samuel James Arnold. IS. Popular Books of the Month : —Forty Days in the Desert .Nasoiogy ; or Hints towards a Classification of Noses—Mer rifield's Art of Painting—Barnard's Cruize in the Mozambique Channel— Shaw's Outlines of English Literature—Miss Cos tello's Clara Fane—Harrison Ainsworth's Lancashire Witches —Drummond's Memoir of Montague Stanley—Martin Ton trend: a Frenchman in London—Craik's Romance of the Peerage—Maxwell's Czar, his Court, and People—Sir Gard ner Wilkinson's Dalmatia and Montenegro—Tyndale's Island of Sardinia—Geale's Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. E. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The pubic is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. This The itre will be Closed This Evening for the Royal Performance at Windsor Castle. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed THE TWO GENTLEMEN OP VERONA. Valentine, Mr. Charles Kean ; Julia, Mrs. Charles Kean. Alter which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitl e d CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Yrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. .1. new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas nook, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hnghes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co., Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; ArieL Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. XOTAL LYCEUM MEAT KE. Under the Managemeit of Madame Vestrls. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma' he e: s. THIS EVENING. Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and E. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil- Ham, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO TFIE PUBLIC. Dress boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, ; Pit, 2.3. ; Gallery, Is. Ns half-price to any part of the house. The New 1:0x-office, No. 2, Wellington-Stxect, is *pen to the pablie every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATe.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrary,;s• men ts hats been made for the duo Ventilation of tha Theatre, and tha couuort and cenvekience of the audience. TX'S EVENING, Will be performed a newdad Opera, entitled ROBLN . GOOD FELLOW. To conendo with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING IiAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. DUMBOLTO.N'S SERENADERS. This celebrated Troupe, whose performances have excited !wirer sal admiration throughout the United States, will repeat a short Series of their popular ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre TO-MORP.OW EVE.:k.;ING. The Programme will include a variety of original . Songs, Glees, &c., entirely new to this country. Doors open at Eight. Mr. itc/IMRT-110CDIN will repeat his SOIREES FANTA.S TIQUES THIS EVENING, and on Saturday. The Programme will include numerous experiments entirely new. i•oers open at Eight. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr, Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Boa-office, AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Novelties for Christmas Holidays most astounding in the Metropolis. --A gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an Inimitable disp!ay of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD BCBEN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONOEIN TS. No, communication can be attended to ut,le.s autheati , cated by the nzme and addrees of the writer. aoiected communications cannot be returned. TILE WEATHER.—Surr OFFTCF., DECXMBER 28. THBEMOXSTEIt, Lowest, 36; Highest, 47; Noon, 4 BA ROM MT 2, 30.08. WIND N.N.E.; fiae weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON nail 'GE THIS DAT. IV orning .. 27 min. after 3 Evenial .. 4v min. after 3 er*4 inn ti au( LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1848. Presburg may be taken and the Magyars still remain unconquered. At a time when the counter revolutionists are endeavouring to dupe the under standings of the multitude iato the belief that no other course remains open to democracy but that of submission, it becomes doubly necessary to expose the absurdity of the non sequitur which is now being noised abroad by the reactionary organs in regard to the state of affairs in Hungary. Because at the out. set of the campaign the city of Presburg is seized by the forces of Prince WINDISCHGRATZ, it is pretended that KOSSUTH must per force consent to an imme diate and ignominious capitulation. Never was a deduction more preposterously illogical. As well might it be maintained that, in the event of Prussia suddenly invading the territories of France and capturing the city of Metz, the Republican Go vernment would be compelled to haul down their colours and consent to any conditions that might be demanded from them by the dragoons of WRANGEL. The truth is that Presburg, is so contiguous to the German frontiers of Hungary as to place it almost wholly at the mercy of whatever Imperial troops could be marched to it from the barracks surrounding the castellated palace of Schoenbrunn. As the crow flies, there are scarcely nine German miles (about forty-five English miles) intervening between Pres burg and Vienna! That circumstance of itself is sufficient to account for the abrupt capture of one of the principal fo r tifi ed places in the dominions of the Aragyars. Beyond this it must be remembered that Presburg is not the metropolis of the Hungarian nation. Pesth must be garr i soned by S NICH before the country can be considered in the military possession of the invaders. And between Presburg and Pesth there are a vast concourse of difficulties and obstructions to be overcome. KOSSUTH has not been indolent since first his patriotism was re sponded to by the enthusiastic devotion of his fellow-countrymen. Every device that could emanate from engineering ingenuity has been adopted as a precaution against the progress of the assailants. Extensive tracks of land have been de vastated, villages deserted by their inhabitants, farm houses razed to the ground, crops destroyed, wells choked up, and all this for the purpose of presenting to the Austrians the obstacles of an almost impassable wilderness. Several of the larger roads, conducting from the boundaries, of Hungary to the interior have been even undermined by the sappers of the defend ing army. The further WINDISCIIGRATZ penetrates into the regions of insurrection the more embarrassing and perilous will become the snares, and the pitfalls, and the mines, and the ambuscades prepared for his reception. We are not without confidence in the Hungarians. 4 ;hough i , n recent emergencie3 they have n o t in faraßy displayed their wonted p e r severance an d t c .,;. -...,—,A T :1 r ii...., Aeney, they have nevertheless given evidence 4-i% ..,,V,V:,Wtileol'i l arnestness of their civism and of the dignified ..0,10 4 ... ;:l i • - eraton of their valour. Degeneracy has not palsied , 70 . 1ie.A,:bie race of the Magyars. True, without 'Z0,4 . ; 4 ,440t,/ they have yielded up a considerable portion At 1 0 Weir self-reliance t o th e severe d eman d s o f ad - u *n j ity; true that the prolonged p re d om i nance of Now ready at all the Libraries, the German Caesars has tau them to re- THE 3 vols. post avo. HE NEW NOVEL, LUCILLE BELMONT, g gard with a ki n d o f superst iti ous awe the henry Colburn, Pnblisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. soldiers fighting under the banners of Hapsburg ; but, strengthened by the eentagion of democratic ideas, they are awaking again to the appreciation of their own capacities, and are losing in the dawn of their independence all traces of the darkness of their political superstitions. Under a captain so enter prising and incorruptible as KOSSUTH, they will, if they only remain true to themselves, find it by no means an impossibility to withstand the assaults of the barbarian mercenaries of JELLACHICH. Were the Hungarians, indeed, only assailed by the Croatian ma rauders they would have but little to fear. The danger of their present position is this, that before their tactics can he properly preconcerted they are simultaneously attacked by JELLACHICH, by SIMONICH, and by WINDISCHGRATZ. The peril of this triple onslaught is doubtless of a formidable character. Only that the entire community is prepared for a general rising, all hope would have to be at once abandoned. As it is, however, the Magyars are resolved to struggle on to the goal of their emancipation. They are surrounded, moreover, by a number of different races who cor dially sympathise in their endeavours, and who in the event of any serious portents of retrogression would be prepared to coalesce with the Hungarians, and to carry out the project of a very numerous class of po liticians, by the consolidation of a vast Panslavie Republic. The Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH will have reaped little advantage from the experiences of his prede cessor, if, in direct opposition to the age, be deems his Administration strong enough to bludgeon whole nations into slavery. Hungary henceforth is not to be held in this way, neither is Bohemia, neither is Gallicia, neither is Lombardy. The sword of Des potism has been measured with the sword of Democracy, and those must be san guine indeed who can predicate anything but discomfiture and destruction to the former. As yet the revolutionary movement has only made a few preparatory steps towards the end ambitioned by the people of Europe. Gigantic as those steps are, they are, comparatively speaking, few in number, and of a very preliminary nature. Let the Absolutist party, the reactionnaires, the counter-revolutionists, or by whatsoever name they may please to designate them selves, take warning from what has already trans pired. Let them rest satisfied of this, that by endea vouring to weigh down upon the national springs of the multitude, they are only rendering the recoil of those springs more and more irresistible. By striving to retard the progress of the revolution, they are in reality only the more effectually accelerating the advances of Democracy. We yesterday alluded shortly to the suggestion : made by Mr. MaconsGou, that the Exchequer-bill office should issue paper, not bearing interest, but being at all times a legal tender,:as much so as Bank of England notes are now. There is no doubt that if such bills were distributed in convenient amounts, suited to the wants of the people, that they would constitute as good a circulating medium, and be as freely and willingly received, as any other description of cur rency that could be produced, even as coined gold itself. Exchequer-bills may always be received in payment of every national impost, and, unhappily, the visits of tax-gatherers are not so few or so far between as to render it probable that any thing which would satisfy their demands could long remain uncalled for, or become materially depreciated in value. If we take into account the local taxation of every description, including poor-rates, county cess, &c., and the expenses of collecting the various branches of revenue, it will be found that no less than 70,000,000/. sterling per annum is extracted in one way or another from the pockets of the people. Full provision must be made for that enormous drain, and Exchequer-bills of small deno minations would answer the purpose in every respect. At present the amounts for which they are issued are so large as to render them practically useless, save as an investment. Few, indeed, have transactions of such magnitude as to require a single payment of 1,0001., or even 5001, into the Exchequer, when thousands could make bills for 51., 10/., or even 20/., available. There is, we believe, no general rule as to the amount for which bills are issued from the office. The Legislature merely authorises the creation of bills to a certain amount for the national service, and that amount is Tstributed according to the mere caprice or fancy of diose employed in the office'; and the larger deno minations are selected solely because they occasion less trouble to the parties. If a great national object were to be attained—if a considerable saving co uld be eff_cted, amounting at least to SOO,OOO/. per annum by a change in the system, the employment of many additional clerks in the department would be fully justified That saving, however, large as it is, would be by no means the most important benefit resulting from the alteration. It would afford a currency adequate to the wants of the nation, by which a great stimulus would be applied to every branch of industry, and general activity would prevail on every side. Genuine national notes would be sent into circula tion ; and if once the system were introduced, it would be extended until ultimately it constituted the only medium of exchange. There can be no sufficient reason assigned why the Government should delegate to any individual or corporation the right of " making money," which is the exclusive prerogative of the Crown. It is the stamp of the Royal Mint alone that converts 5 dwts. 3 grs. of gold into current coin of the realm. Why should a privilege be given with respect to paper that is withheld so far as bullion is concerned ? Public convenience requires that there should he a mode provided for making payments without the necessity of the transfer of bulky packages of bullion. The Government refuses to supply the want, but it authorises a large trading Corporation (the Bank of England) to issue 14,000,0001. of notes. . , based upon rational securities, for which interest is actually paid to the Bank by the country. It is manifest that these securities constitute the only guarantee for the ultimate payment of those notes, and surely that guarantee would not in any degree be impaired, if those notes were issued directly by the nation, without the intervention of the Bank. We are, therefore, practically paying most unnecessarily and gratuitously the interest of 14,000,0001. sterling, which at 3 per cent. amounts to 420,0001., to a single establishment, that might be saved to the country by the introduction of a sounder and more judicious system. But this is not all. Theprivate and joint stock banks in England are authorised to issue the sum of 8,290,3761., the Irish and Scotch banks the sum of 9,441,903/. ; or, in other words, we find that private establishments make paper money to the ex tent of nearly 30,000,0001. sterling, thus usurping the prerogative of Royalty, and subjecting the nation to an annual payment of 900,0001., which might be saved if notes to that extent were issued against Consols, as proposed, by the Liverpool Currency Reform Association. Besides the above amounts, there are further issues of notes based upon bullion, pursuant to the pro visions of the Act of 1844, and it is calculated that there is at least 50,000,0001. of gold in circulation, ° wing to the absurd'prohibition o f th e sma ll er denomin a ti ons of notes. Of this enormous amount at least 30,0000001. to 4 0,000,0001. would be replaced by Nation a l B ank notes of 1/. and 21. each. The in terest on 70,000,0001. sterling would, in round num bers, be saved to the community b y the establi s h ment of a Nati ona l B ank ; and if w e cons i der the wear and tear of gold th a t would also be avoided, we shall find that, at the very lowest estimate, 3,000,0001, sterling per annum would be made available either for the reduction of taxation o r th e promoti on of objects worthy a ch ange of system ; while ire advantages yb deri va bl e from a a the mighty national mp currency at all times adequate to th e national Wants, e and the prevention of the various fluctuatio ns in the value of money and tho rate of interest, would be ev en of still greater magnitude. Such is the price which the nation is actually pay ing for the gratification of the whims and caprices of the currency quacks, and we think it will be pretty generally admitted " that it pays dear enough for its whistle." Captain Bunbtiry, of the 33d Regiment, is to succeed to the staff appointment of Deputy-Assistant Adjutant• General in Dublin, vice Major Draper pro moted, and why proceeds to Bombay with his regiment, the 64th. it.. ..,,:, it - - ‘ , ..:1 • .: `1: . " 4r. ...INS 0 A ke 1 -• '' ~7 e,, • C 4 4.190%, 0 .4 :'.. ...L'' ' ,••, A • .4,,,...1 . 4 , , , ,:. •f• At 0 4 ....alz .72, 4 .2, ' ~" ,' , :e,-,.„ . ~,,104....... THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Ministerial programme is in general favourably received, but the explanations of M. ODILOA BARRIO; in answer to the interpellations of M. LEDRU RoLLIN, on the subject of the appointment of General CHAN GARNIBR, are not considered as altogether satisfactory. The Reforme, the organ of M. LEDRU Rommr,-de flounces the appointment of Marshal BUGEAUD and of General CIIANGARNIER as full of peril for the Assembly and the Republic. After expressing its alarm at the appointments, it says— " Of such persons as should dencunce our alarms as foolish aad premature, we wish to ask if they compre hend the veritable object of sendiag Marshal Bugeaud to the army of the Alps? Can they believe, for instance, that the intention is to give this conqueror an oppor tunity of gathering laurels in a foreign country? Can they imagine that there is any idea of throwing our regiments into the plains of Lombardy, and of re-open ing the great page of our Italian campaigns? That wuuld certainly be a ridiculous ncavele, and one contra dicted by all the acts as well as by all the words of the Government. Marshal Bugeaud has been sent to the army of the Alps ' because it was r emem b ere d, th a t in the l a t e struggle General Cavaignac had put his divisions in movement, not in order to cross Mount St. Bernard, but to march on Paris. But, by having Marshal Bugeaud at the head of the army of the east, and General Changarnier holding Paris at his mercy, the Republic, the Assembly, the Constitution, and the people are placed between two camps of bayo nets ! Matters being so disposed, it will be sufficient on any pretence for certain ambitions to crush down all re sistance and ascend to the head of all. This plan, it is said, will not be carried out, for the President is well disposed towards his dear Republic. We hope it may be so, for wo do not like civil war; but we have no con fidence in the men, and we recommend the National As sembly to break a little, by the division of the command, that circle of bayonets which presses too closely our youthful institutions." - The following order of the day has been publishes It is dated the 2.sth: " The President of the Republic has charged the General-in-Chief to express to the National Guards of the Seine, the Garde Mobile, and all the troops of the line, whom he passed in review yesterday, the great satisfaction that he has felt at their readiness in assem bling round him, at their fine appearance, and at the order which presided over all their movements. The General-in-Chief is happy to hare to transmit to them this testimonial. (Signed) The Patrie has the following : " A report was current this afternoon that a difference existed between the President of the Republic and the Cabinet on the subject of the amnesty. We have reason to believe that the report is destitute of foundation. The amnesty may have been proposed to the Council of Ministers, but it will be maturely studied before being resolved in any sense." It is said that the amnesty will be only applicable to the prisoners who have been sentenced to trans portation, and that the prisoners of Vincennes and the murderers of General BREA. will be expressly excluded from its benefits. The Journal des Debate gives the following report of the proceedings of the Socialist banquet held at the Salle Valentino : "A second banquet, entitled' a banquet of Democratic Socialist women,' was held yesterday at the Salle Valen tino. The total number of guests was 800, including men and children, and, indeed, the great majority was composed of men. It was announced that the Represen tatives of the party of the Montagne would be present, but we believe only M. Pierre Leroux and M. Felix Pyat attended. The tickets of admission for grown persons were lf. 50c. each, those for children 50c. only, and after dinner the public were admitted into the galleries at 25c. each. The first speech delivered vv as by a woman, and was, we understand, called the 'Sermon on the Mount,' in which socialism was enjoined in the name of Christ. This was followed by toasts of A la fraterniti universelle,' by Mine. Simon; A l'Aaiinement du Ragne de Dieu sur la Terre,' by Mine. Desroches ; and Ala Liberte,' by Muse. Candelot. M. Pierre Leroux addressed the company in a short speech, which he concluded with saying—' Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, has not created castes. We Socialists, therefore, take off the veil in which the priests have wished to envelop for over the altars of truth.' Mme. Granet delivered a rhapsody on the subject of Christmas, into which she contrived to in troduce the names of Saint Simon and Fourier. M. He: ve delivered an apology for Saint Just, and finished with proposing his name as a toast in conjunction with those of Couthon and Robespierre. This was followed by others of Aux Femmes !' by Mine. Moneot; 'A nos Mires et a nos Eiafans !' by Mme. 'aerie; Au Christ vivant a la France !' by M. Bernard, who attempted to establish an assimilation between Jesus Christ and the people of France. This was succeeded by a toast, A Marie, premiere propagatrice du Socie.lisme !' by a lady; and several others of the same character, among which were 'A la Religion by M. Constant; A 21. Fourier! by a lady. Fables and other pieces of poetry were recited, and patriotic songs were sung. At an interval, i n t h e even i ng, M. Bernard announced that M. Lagrange had sent to the committee the speech he was to have spoken in the National Assembly, in favour of the amnesty, which the committee had caused to be printed, and was to be sold in the room. He earnestly desired all the guests to buy a copy, even those who had already- read it, because it could cot be too much read. But his rt commendaticm was nut very extensively fol lowed. Another banquet. called religious and social, at which the Able Chil:el presided, was held at the Barriere de Sevres, the tickets being lf. 25c. each. It was announced that all the disciples and adepts of the Eglise Freccaise would attend ; but whether this were so we cannot tell, for we learn that the number of the guests, male and female, did nut amount to more than one hundred. Mme. Durand gave as the first toast—' A l'Amnistie sans exception, c'est dire absolue I' and ' A la Religion naturelle du Christ !' which, she added, had been se many years preached by the respectable President. Mute. Constant proposed a toast—' To the amnesty of our poor prisoners at Vincennes ! of our sisters who ought to be here, but who arc incarcerated in the prison of Saint Lazare I To our brothers and sisters of Nantes, who would be happy to be seated here !' I hope, she added, that we shall soon have temples for our religion; if we have them not already, it is because the Roman religion prevents it; but the day is not far off when all these men in black will be trampled under foot. She con cluded with exclaiming, Viva la Republique a mocratique et sociale ! viva Rasped I viva Barbis I viva l'Abbe Chatel l'—cries which were repeated by all the guests. After some minutes of silence Mine. Come, the wife of a journeyman baker, a young woman little more than twenty years of age, ascended the tri bune and proposed a toast:—' Au brave, i !Incorrup tible Lagrange! To him, whom we ought all to love! To the amnesty he has so generously demanded, and which he will continue to demand with resolute perse verance! Be assured that he will obtain it! It shall be granted to him—it must! If it be refused to his devoted perseverance, ho will demand it with his musket!'— (Loud plaudits.) The Abbe Chitel upon this rose, and observed that in the warmth of an unprepared speech something may cecasionally escape from the mouth, which the heart upon reflection afterwards repudiates, and 'that it was well understood that no one then present wished to have recourse to any but legal means to obtain their desires. M. Picauret recommended the guests to preserve union and fraternity, and forget the evil that may have been done to them. M. 1 )uret gave a toast—' A la Repub lique ci(enocratique et sociate!' A German Democrat " CIIANGARNIEB.I in proposing a tout to Robert Blum, observed that Alme. Come, in speaking of the musket of Lagrange, must have been mistaken. Mme. Come explained, say ing that she had been misunderstood—that she did not mean to say that Lagrange would take up his musket, but they, it their prayers for the release of their bro thers were not listened to, would act. She was not a man, but that did not make any difference, and she pro mised that she would not be the last. M. Hiboulot, a minister of the Eglise Francaise, then proposed as a toast, 'A la Fraternite universelle! c'est-a dire 3 la realization prochaine de la pens& qui y preside!' and the Abbe Chatel gave the following as the concluding toast—' A J 6 us Christ, le grand apotre du Socialisme!' The banquet concluded with the singing of some canti cles used in the Eglise Franaise, and several patriotic The Patrie publishes a "communication," stating that the Ministers have not yet pronounced any name as that of the future Vice-President, and that they intend to take advantage of the full delay granted by the Constitution in sending in a list. This delay is, to say the least, very suspicious. The Maniteur remarks as follows on the review of Sunday : _ " This remarkable review inaugurated with grandeur the Government of the elect of the nation. The nephew of the Emperor, in presenting himself for the first time to the regards of the capital, could not have asked from Heaven a finer day, or from his fellow•citizens a more sincere enthusiasm. Every one saw in it the presage of that order and security which France wishes for." The Monileur also publishes a decree, signed by the President of the Republic, re-establishing the five professorships of the College of France, suppressed on the 7th of April by the Provisional Government, and appointing the following professors : Political Economy—M. MICHEL CHEVALIER. Law of Nature and Nations—M. DE PORTETS. Comparative Legislation—Dl. LarturraEn. Turkish Language —M. A. DESGRAZIOBE. Latin Poetry—M. 'firm. Another degree appoints M. EUGENE BARNOUE , Member of th e I ns ti tute, as Administrator of the College of France, in place of th e l a t e M . L ETRONNR. A commission has veen appointed by the Govern ment to examine the accounts of the different Minis ters for the year 1848. The following are the members : -- MM. JULES DE LASTETRIE, LOUYET, and LECHER, Representatiles ; M. BOULATIGNIER, Councillor of State; MM. Mess Ari DE GOMBERT, MARTIN THOMAS, and ESQ,UIROL. M. CHAERIER, late Inspector of the University, is appointed Keeper of the National Archives, in place of M. LETRONNE. CHASSERIEN is appointed Chef du Cabinet of the Mini ster of Marine. - The Commissary -General of the Papal army, CARET', has arrived in Paris. He is charged with a mission to the French and English Governments. The Council-Gene ra l of the Bank of France has announced a dividend of 4.5 f. per share for the second half of the year 1848. airs.' Y EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1848 The funds improved on the Paris Bourse yesterday, )ut the rise in price was in some degree checked by :he prevailing opinion that the Cabinet must submit :o modifications at an early day. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT ME LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Dec. 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 Ai—Luxembourg (10/.), 2 1 ,i— Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 3 / 4 —Paris and Rotten, 183 Sambre and Meuse, 3 3 %—Tours and Nantes, 1%. Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8831 % 89 New 3 1 ,,4 per Cant. Aims 89 1,44% India Stock — Do. Bonds, 1000/ 37 40 p Consols for Account ti;x.chequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. ,--)001. Small 43 39 p 42 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 2 4 3 / 4% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 44% 45 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 28% 28 28% Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild — Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BITSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHAREg AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pia SHARE. &berdeen A rnbtr., Notting., Boston, &c 4 l /4 — to kyrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 19 .. .. 4irmingnam E.; Oxford Janet., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... . .. to —.. Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley, calla duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birrzing., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.145.... to Uirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 305i.):2, Stamf., & Birming... 5 3thitol end Exeter Do~ Thirds Buckinghamshire..- l4/. 4s — ...... to Caledonian 5O ' .. .. 22 .. to 21% Ditto, Ilalf Shares ' 8 ' 1 i1•• ••• 1% to Ditto, New 10/. Prefereneel 7%, 7 7i i : 4 ... to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ~.;hester and Holyhead... 50 ..... 20 Ditto, Preference .. i ,larence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do.. Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 ,4 — Dabliu and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., aad L. & D. . . 25 Ditto, 181., E. &11 lB Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3 % 2V4,.. t o Eastern Counties - to 12 Do.NOW Guarant. 6 per Ct Do. Perpet.,s perct.No. 1,61. 130. 4d... Ai p to Do., do .N 0 . 9,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 Do., Quarter l 2 l / 2... .. Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 2(1 - Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto ......... ...-.... 20 ...... „.. - to - Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% —to East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Share 4 6 4...... East Lincolnshire ... 25 ...... 26% to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6..8d... ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ..,,,~ Do. Preference Consolidated ...... - Great Northern Do. % A Deferred .•...... 12 1 / Do. %B 6 per Cent.Guar. 6% 4 14 to Do. Extension ... -t,.. ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% — ..... to Great North of England 100 ...... to Ditto, New 40/ 4O to Ditto, ditto .... ........... 25 Ditto, Now 301 Ditto, New.ls/...... ... ...... 14 ...... Great Western . Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares ..• .. to Ditto, }lithe Do. New 17l Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. ... Ditto, Thirds lO Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds. Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .. - 43 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ... 6 1 4 — .... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7% — ...... to Do. Liverpool and Bury.... 43 -• ... to Do. (Huddera. and Shell.) 43 - .•. to —. Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union-. 7 .... • 1% ..... to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., d0.,-Half Shares (A) 9 % — ...... to Leeda and Bradford 5O ~ -• 981 / 2 ... Leeds,l)ewsbury,& Munches. 50 --- ...... to -... Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 2% Leeds and Thirsk ......... Ditto, New - 35 - •••• ...... to Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. „„.„ ...... to wLiverpool. Crosby, and South port. .... 3 % - •• .. to •-• Liverpool, Manchester, and .. Newcastle J unction. ...... ... 2% — ... to London & Blackwall ......131. Gs. 8d 5 . ...... to Do. Extension „...„ to_.. Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 31% ...... to De. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . 9 ...... to 9% De. Prof. Coma 5 per Cent. 50 ....., _ . to - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... ... ....... to Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 .... ...... to I.ondon and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... .. to Ditto Preference to —_ London & North Wea..,rn 100 123 124.,, to 123 Do. Quartets (L. and 11.) 22 ...... to -- Da. New Do. Fitt fis Do. 40.. Shares.— L. &31 25 ...... ..... to -- Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . ...... to Do. 101. .. 31. and B. (13.) 9 -. .... . to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Airestcra....... 50 .. Ditto, New 504-- - ..... 42% — ...... to Ditto, New 40/.... ...... .. •. 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 ... ..... to Ditto, Thirds l3/. 6 s . 8d ... 4% dis. to -. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 1 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls ...... .. 5 . ... -- ..... to 1 London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to -- I Londonderry and Coleraine... 28 i 3........, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. C/TY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton nt Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 4,000 bales, including 3,300 American, at Sid. to 61r1.; 150 Pernains at -IV. to 51d.; and 250 Surats at 3d. to 31d. The market closed quietly, but with steadi ness. Railway Shares were in moderate request, but at the close receded a little. Cape of Good Hope advises to the end of October state, that the colony enjoyed most perfect tranquillity. After an absence of eighty-three days, Sir Harry Smith had returned to Cape Town, having entirely and satis factorily arranged the affairs of the frontier, and placed them upon a basis which was likely to ensure future prosperity and good government. The farmers were again following their usual avocations. At Natal there were land plots advertised for sale on behalf of the Government at the prices of 4s. and ss. per acre. Some interesting changes in the government of the Cape, and notably the recognition of the principle of legislative representation, were likely to he supported by the new Governor. The commercial accounts from France are much more favourable within the last few days, and confidence is reviving, particularly in the silk manufacturing districts. Although an " Equitable Adjustment of the National Debt" is a thing easier imagined than accomplished, there are few doubts as to " Financial Reform" being imperative, and accordingly we may give some remarks from a statement now circulating, though without signa ture. The ariter maintains that— " The present Board of Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt, with such additions as might be deemed requisite, are obviously the proper medium. Let, then, their officers, or agents, purchase in the market Consols or other Stock, and re-issue them in the shape of Terminable Annuities. Thus taking Consols at 901., the Board would purchase them at that price, and re-issue the 1001. Stock so purchased as an annuity of 31., for, say, thirty to thirty-three years, or oven more. Suppose they were even re-issued at forty or sixty years' purchase, it is obvious that the public would be the gainers, because for every 1001. so converted, a certainty of getting ultimately rid of it would exist, whereas under the present system it re mains an eternal and almost intolerable burden. " The annual amount of taxes collected may be estimated at near fifty millions. Now, though this amount is virtually mortgaged in anticipa tion, there is no doubt that arrangements might easily be made for the passing of a portion of this through the Board before adverted to, and it is calculated that from ten to twenty millions per annum of fixed Stock, at the least, might be gradually con verted into terminable annuities, in the mode before mentioned, without, it is apprehended, the monetary affairs of the country being in the least degree deranged; and the newly-created annuities would become just as much the subject of commercial transactions as lease hold property which has thirty or forty years to run. "had such a principle been adopted at the termina tion of the war in 1815, and only fifteen millions per annum been so converted, 500,000/. of taxes would now be annually remitted, so that in eight or ten years hence, or less, a gross sum of near thirty millions of taxes would come off, exclusive of future reductions." The duty on Foreign Wheat is higher, being Bs. The Funds are very firm to-day. Consols 881 to 88k, and New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 89i to 89k. Bank Stock is about 189 to 191. Exchequer-bills are 395. to 425. premium. The market is extremely quiet. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds are 14i to 14.1, the Three per Cents. 28 to 28k, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 26 to 26i; Brazil Stock is 75 to 75i Dutch Four per Cents. are 741 to 75. Railway Shares are generally in fair request, withou any decided movement in prices. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 189 Lentloralerry and Enniskillen 27 1 / 2 ..... to L.. - .vestott (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Mach. Buxton. l & ~ Matlock 4 Manclir, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto iy..i Shares(No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditty, (No. 2) 25 Ditto, I ,f, Shares (No. 3)... 11% — De., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ..... ... . to Ditto Grimsby . Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto .. Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 2O Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... li.lidland. . lr=o ...... 84 Ditto, Consol. Preterence...loo -to Ditto, 150/. Shares-- ...... 20 NI 1, l i mud, 13irti.., simi Derby...100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Binning - barn, 6 per cert.... 100 - „ I , lidland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ..... Ditto ditto 141. 185... Midland, Leiees. arid Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....101 .... . 2iidld. Great Western (Irish) 45 • 18., 1 to Aiiddlesbro' and Recicar. 8 per cent. guar. Newcaltle and Carlisle lOO ..... Ditto Quarter Shares , .... 25 ... .. Newmarket .. ... ..• 20 - Ditto Extension Scrip... 23. '2s. — Newport Abergy.. andll eret. G Newry and Enniskillen ...... i Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk' 1 WI Ditto New 20/. l5 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / 2 per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 ...... Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Half 5hare5...—. ..... 12 1 / 2 — ...... to Do. Quarters OA 3 3.. to Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds .... ........ —.... 8 4 ...... 4% 1, to North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire—. .. ...... 15 North Wales North Western to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Reading,Guildfd., & Reigate 10 ...... 10% JA Royston and liitchin ..... .. 2 ...... Scottish Central to Scottish Midland ... ........ .... '25 ...... ... to Ditto, New l 7 l /2 to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole lO Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..„.„ Shrewsbury and Binningkana 9 Ditto, ditto, Cla s s B. 5 ..... to Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 - ..• .. LO :•,hrewebury and Chester (Nor. W. .iin.) Ditto Halves. Ditto... 8 %... Ditto, Oswestry 1 7 3 /4 ...... - Ditto „New)... - Ditto S per Cent. Pref.....,. 10 Shropshire Union 4 ..• .• .... to South Devon .. ..... to Ditto, Preference outh Staffordshire.—. 6% — .. to South Eastern Ditto, No. 1. Ditto, No. 2 ' Ditto No. 3. ..... t o Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 5 - ...... to Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Sten. Coal ... . 6 Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% - Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny l 7 1 /2 — Waterford and Limerick..... 47;5..... Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dnbiin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ..... .. 10 ... . - West Cornwall West L0nd0n.... Ditto, First Class ..... 20 ...... to Ditto, Second Class 2O „.... . to ..... Whitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. ..... to Windsor, -- Staines, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weyrnouth 40 ...... .. York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k 25 Do. Original New &IBer ck 25 Do. Exton. No.l (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &'B. 15 - Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North - Midland .. 50 ..... Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension - ...... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 6% 1 A... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) .... Ceylon ...... - Demerara. Dendre Valley to Direct Bombay and M a d ras ss. .. .. .... to Datch Rhenish 7% — ...... to East Indian Great Indian Peninsular / A Louvain ala Sambre „....... 7 1 A- 1 — ...... to .-- Luxembourg Ditto Mac: :' rid and Valentia Namur and Liege......... ..... 20 Northern of France.. l`2 ...... 8 1 ,4 1 / 8 to Orleans and Bordeaux:,.... .. 7 Pare: and Lyons , .. 11 Do. L'o. Paris and Urleans.. Paris and Rcuen ..: ..... ....... 20 - Paris & Strasbour !.; .... ..... 9 Ronan and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt .. West Flanders B: 3 /4 — to JOINT STOCK ..t ANKS. _ Australasia - Britith North American .... 50 ' — Colonial . ... ..... Commercial of London 2O — London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 London and Westminster... 20 ..... National Provincial of Enid. 85 Ditto ' New National of Ireland ...... 22% — .... to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ...........•.. lO ..... Union of Australia Ditto, New 2% - -to Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo slexican lOO ...... -- ...... to Asturian Blining Compa n y 14 ...... ..... to Australian Blaenarron Iron and Coal ... g 0 Bolahos Scrip .................. British trop . ................... 12 Brazilian Imperial ..... . ... 24% Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 - to Ditto St. John D e f Rey ... 15 - Cobre Copper ....... 40 General Mining ....... ..... Real del Monte, Unregistered ... .. Do. Black Debentures — D. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba. lO . — ... .. to United Alexican ILLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY,) LONDON, DEc. 28.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E., light breeze and fine ; greatest pressure of wind, since yesterday at noon, 5i lbs. Barometer 30.11, thermo meter, 43. STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER, AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. Colchester N. E., cloudy. Glasgow Gloucester, Gosport S.E., cloudy. Hull Leith S.E., fine. Lowestoffe Newcastle S.W. by W., fine. Portsmouth ....,.... Southampton Variable, cloudy. Yarmouth N.E., cloudy. MARYPORT, DEC. 26.—The Collier, from Dumfries to this port, came to anchor yesterday, and goon after sprang a leak, which increased so fast, that • the crew left her ; this morning a great part of her hull is floating in the offing. DONEGAL, DEC. 24.—SId. Lincoln, New York. WARRENPOINT, DEC. 26.—The Lady of the Isles, on shore in Ballagum Point 24th inst., has been got off and brought in here a derelict. DUNDALK, DEC. 25.—The Favourite, London to Newry, came on shore last night; should a change in the weather occur, she will probably get off without discharging. Conic, LEc. 25.—The Vigilant, for Barbadoes, and the Laetitia, Heyn, from Liverpool to New Orleans, have put back, having been in contact, the former with loss if bowsprit, head, &c., and the latter leaky. TOBERMORY, DEC. 22.—The Joseph Hume, of Liver pool, from Limerick to Bristol, which put in here 16th inst., having grounded on a sunken rock; must discharge. BANFF, DEc. 25.—The Pursuit, Newcastle to Yar mouth, sprung a leak 22d inst. and sank; crew saved. The Juliet, of Belfast, got waterlogged after the gale of the 15th inst., and was abandoned on the 17th; crew saved. POOLE, DEC. 26.—Arrd. Nelson packet, Lane, New foundland. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. India, Campbell, China; William Wilson, Howes, ditto; Caroline, Hughes, Cal cu tt a; R oyal Albert, Scanlon, ditto; Swit zerland, Fletcher, New York. Arrd from the River 27th, Chasely, Aldrich, Moreton Bay; Standerings, Launceston; Halifax, Wright, Capo and Mauritius; Mary Queen of Scots, Wilcox, Pernambuco; Cecrops, Prisman, Hamburgh ; St. George, Romanus, Rio Janeiro; Euxine, Livingstone, New Orleans; Wallace, Livingstone, ditto; Plicenix, Mickle, Savannah ; Pro tector, Sewell, Newport and St. Vincent. Sld. York town, Sebor, Now York. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Linton, Rigg, Calcutta; Forest King, Chase, New Orleans; Niobe, Thomas, ditto; Susquehannah, Philadelphia; Hottinguer, Binsley, New York. Sld. 25th, Jane, Hub bard, Philadelphia. The Newton, from Cronstadt, in beating up last night, missed stays, and went on shore at Waterloo; she fills with the tide. Ofd port, Frederick, Quebec; Lustre, United Kingdom, Colonist. iiPAnsTow DEC. 26.—The Glynne, of an d from cheater to London, in entering the harbour struck 04 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. Senor MAYANS has been elected President of the chamber of Deputies. The numbers declared as the result of the scrutiny were— For Senor Mayans Senor San Miguel.. 30 or 32 Senor Rios Rosas ........ . 10 CORTINA is the leader of the Progresista Opposi tion, and will commence his campaign by an attack upon the foreign policy of the Government. The Clamor Public° of the 19th contains a well written and well-argued article on the conduct pur sued by the Government with regard to England, in which the Spmish Ministry is treated with just severity. CON'CIIA has published an address to the troops in Catalonia, in which he announces his determination to commence at once a pursuit of the Carlists—" a pursuit without truce or rest of any kind, and from which neither the rigours of the season, nor any obstacle whatever, shall detain him." The Carlist force at present in Catalonia is es mated at 11,000 men and 500 horses. MADRID BOMA, DEC. 20.—The Three per Cents. 21f account; after Bolsa, 21 3-16 i t cash ; Four per Cents. 2 , ./ paper ; Five per Cents. 10} paper; after Bolsa, 10 cash ; Passives, 4 paper ; after Bolsa, 4 cash; Coupons, 6 paper; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 58 cash, 60 paper. Exchange on London, 48 40 paper. Treasury bills, 78 cash, 89 paper. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY The Vienna journals of the 21st contain no intelli gence fruit' Hungary, from which we gather that the Imperial troops have not gained any advantage over the Magyars since the capture of Presburg. There is no truth in the rumour of the capture of Raabs by the Imperialists, but the report of the storming of the Servian camp, and of the bombardment of Legrand, by the Magyars, is confirmed. Letters from Semlin of the 15th state that several fugitives had arrived in that city from Orsowa, who reported that the Magyars were about to attack that town. The New Rhenish Gazette says—" We learn by letters from Teschen in Silesia that the Austrian Lieut.-Colonel FRISCHEISEN has been driven beyond the HUngarian frontier by the Magyars, and that ho has lost several pieces of cannon. Several persons have fled from Teschen and taken refuge in the Prus sian territory. It is said that the Hungarians have won other victories." The Oder Zeitung of Breslau of the 22d Dec. says —" It is remarkable that among all the bulletins which Prince Wistrascucakrx has published, he should not, up to the present time, have made any mention of the battle fought at Altenbourg, although the Imperial troops experienced immense losses in that battle. In the battle of Altenbourg the Aus trians lost 14 officers, 3 field-officers, and 700 men. But ever since the commencement of the Italian war we have been accustomed to read none but triumphant bulletins from the Imperial army. The President of the Committee of the Constitution announced to the Kremsier Diet on the 18th, that the Committee had nearly completed its labour; and that the Constitution would be presented to them on the 21st. The Ministers are growing every day more and more unpopular on account of the tricky course of conduct which they pursue, and of which the ante• dated Hungarian proclamation may be taken as a specimen. _ The late Minister DOBLOFF is to go as Ambassa dor to the Hague. PRUSSIA. The attempts to remove M. WALDECK from his office as judge, on account of his votes as a Member of the Assembly, have proved abortive. The Go , vernment influenced his colleagues to refuse to sit with him in hopes of inducing WALDECK to send in his resignation, but he was firm, and refused to re sign. A long correspondence then took place between WaLnecre and the Minister of Justice. The Minister's letter to M. WALDECK regrets he did not of himself refrain from taking his seat as judge when it became , evident that it was impossible to bring the rest of the Court to act with him ; he communicates the unani mous decision of the other members of the tribunal, and presses him earnestly to take some step volun tarily that may solve the difficulty, which can, of course, only mean that he is to abstain from attending the sittings. M. WALDECK'S reply is a long defence, denying the legality of any such demand ; the pith of the reply is, that when a judge happens to be chosen a representative, he is as free to act in that position as any other deputy, and that for any vote he may have given he is not, as a judicial functionary, bound t. render any account. The following is the most im portant passage in his defence, the principle of which will probably be adopted by all the legal officers who stand in the same position as M. Wamiscre, and they are numerous : "Twenty years' service has sufficiently proved to the country my impartiality and conscientiousness as a judge. The tribunal had really no grounds fur the suspicion that my continuing to sit in it would be attended with any injury to law or justice. Such insinuations will.not at all affect the person against whom they are made. But, on the other band, a real and serious peril threatens the country when the court of law, forgetting the proper limits of its authority, descends into the arena of political conflicts, and decides that a difference of politi cal views, and the determined opposition exhibited by a national representative to a once constitutional Ministry, are sufficient reasons for his exclusion from office. What boundless servility in the judges, what continual changes in judicial appointments, what a total annihi lation of all respect for the office will be the consequence if the principle is admitted ! What confidence can be felt in the descisions of judges who, in a constitutional state, are deprived of that independence of position which even under despotic Go vernments is considered the palladium of public security? How can the people in future venture to choose for their representatives those judicial officers to whom they be fore so willingly gave their trust? In striking contrast with this principle, I cite the example of the Cour de Cessation of Paris, which includes among its judges men of the most opposite political opinions, and whose mem bers have remained unchanged through so many political vicissitudes." M. WALDECK therefore distinctly refuses to vacate his office, either directly by resignation, or indirectly by absenting himself from the sittings. He considers it a sacred duty to retain it, for the interests of the whole judicial order, and the Courts themselves, and for the interests of the people and their representa tives. So stands the question at present. The KING came to Berlin on the 20th. This is the first visit he has paid the capital for some months. The late President of the National Assembly, M. VON UNRUH, has returned to Magdeburgh, and given an account of his political conduct to his constituents in an address that lasted nearly two hours. In the evening,a torch-light procession in his honour defiled before his hotel, but no disorder of any kind oc curred. A similar demonstration on a smaller scale was made at Stettin, in honour of M. VON KIRCHMANN. General VON WRANGEL will be appointed to the command of the reactionary army about to be sta tioned on the Rhenish frontier, for the purpose of co operating with the Royalist party in France. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament has adopted the last chap ter of the Constitution, and is about to discuss the attributes of the Chief of the Empire. DENMARK. A serious emeule occurred at Altona on the 19th, in consequence of the arrest of M. BARCLON, the president of the patriotic association. Several per sons were wounded, and tranquillity was not re-esta blished until midnight. ITALY. GARIBALDI'S legion, 1,000 strong - , arrived at Venice on the 14th, in three Sardinian steamers. The legion garrisons Fort Maighera, from which the Croats were recently repulsed. Provisions are abundant in Venice. Letters from Trieste, of the 17th inst., published in the Austrian Lloyd's Gazette, do not mention the arrival or appearance off that port of a Russian fleet. Admiral ALBINI, the commander of the Sardinian fleet, sailed from Ancona on the 13th, only leaving a frigate and a steamer there; his squadro❑, consist ing of five sail and one steamer, is cruising between Quarnero and the Italian coast. The _French steamer Asmod6e was at anchor at Ancona. A grand service was performed in the Duomo of Milan on the 14th, by the Archbishop, in celebration of the accession of the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH. The Theatre of La Scala was illuminated in the evening. The Provisional Government of Rome intend to accredit envoys to the various Courts. Count Po roil will, it is said, be the Roman representative in London. Major• General Thomas James Wemyss, C. 8., is placed upon the list of general officers who are in the receipt of the unattached pay of U. ss. per day. SUPPLY of WATER to the METROPOLIS HENLEY AND LONDON WATER-WORKS AND NAVItiATION. This company, which has been for some time under consideration, has now assumed a tangible form, and s hif.lhly respectable meeting of the promoters was held on Friday, at the offices of Messrs. Burchell, Kilgourf and Parsons, at v+hich were present— Wm. Arthur Wilkinson, Esq., in the chair; the Hon. J. P. Bouverie ; Graham, Esq. (Chairman o f the Grand Junction Canal Company); R. J. Tennent, Esq . M.P.; Joseph Barendale, Esq.; Thomas Rawson Ward, Esq.; Henry George Robinson, Esq.; Drane, Esq.; Thomas Earle, Esq. ; H. M. Jones, Esq. ; Charles Manby, Esq.; John Mit c h e ll, E sq.; W m. Cubitt, Esq . ; John Howell, Esq.; and others. Mr. 111‘Clean and Mr. Blackwell, the engineers of the company, explained; and Mr. Cubitt corroborated the general plan of the undertaking.. They stated that it was proposed to bring into London one hundred million gallons of water daily, at such a level as would supply the greater portion of the metropolis without pumping, being a little above the reservoirs of the New River Company and other water- work., , for whose servi ce it could be rendered avail a bl e; an d that the water required for the elevated portions of the northern districts would be raised to the necessary height by power obtained by the descent of the water required for the lower districts. The quantity was stated to be so abundant that the pipes would be always full, so as to afford an instant supply in casys of fire, and also that a constant stream should pass through every dwelling, and the sewers have always flowing through them a body of water amply suffi cient ior their effectual chancing; it was, in effect, bringing a great portion of the river Thames into Loa don at a height of upwards of one hundred feet above its present level, and pouring it through the houses and sewers, instead of letting it flow through Vauxball- Mr. CUBITT further stated that his attention had been much diieeted to plan s f or supp l y i ng the metropolis wit h water, but this proposition appeared to him the most complete in its general outline, and demanded confidence from its simplicity end its extreme feasibility. In the description of the plans it was stated by the promoters that a charge of only one halfpenny per thou sand gallons, instead of the present price of the water companies (varying from 4d. to 6d. for that quantity) , would return a profit equal to ten per cent. on the pro posed outlay. In answer to objections Ps to the combination of nn" vigation with the water supply, Mr Cubitt and Mr. Baxendale exposed the fallacy of any pollution of water from the passage of a few boats. The objection would seem natural to those who had only observed stagnant canals, but would be removed by the reflection that one hundred barges a day could produce no effect upon the vast body of water in question, whilst the purity must be deemed absolute when compared with the water of the Thames even at Chelsea, which had received between that point and Henley the drainage from a population exceeding seventy-five thousand persons, beside the con" tainination derived from the sewerage of London, brought up by the tide and hold in perpetual suspension by the perturbation of steam boats. It appeared that upwards of one-half of the ca pital had been al rea d y subscribed, and that the - plans and sections had been deposited, and all the necessarf notices attended to in order to go to Parliament, with the view of obtaining an Act during the ensuing session; and the object of the present meeting was to bring the matter immediately before the public, for the per pose of obtaining subscribers for the remainder of the capital. A series of resolutions were then passed, expressive o!' the approbation of the meeting, appointing an influentia l provisional committee, &e., and the gentlemen present subscribed their names for shares, and pledged them' selves to promote the undertaking. SHERIFFS COURT.--:rhiS court did not sit to-dal , but will open again on Thursday, the 4th inst. Firms (Tuts DAY).—Shortly after three o'clock this mcrning a police-constable of the City force wa s on duty in Distaff-lane, Watling-street, when he di e covered the lower part of the Blue Last Tavern, °cow pied by Mr. Taylor, in flames. The family were In stantly aroused t o their danger, and effect e d a temporal retreat from the premises, and in a few moments alter wards the firemen and engines from Watling.strec C arrived. Alter_ some trouble the fire was subdued, bu t the contents of bar, parlour, and tap-room were nearb y ' destroyed. Mr. Taylor is insured in the Royal Exchange Office.—Between twelve and one o'clock this morning e• fire happened in the shop of Mr. Pratt, hatter, 80. New gate-street. The loss here was very great. The fire reached the house adjoining, that of Mr. Pritchard, brush-maker. Fortunately the Brigade and West of England engines soon arrived, and the fire was shortly afterwards extinguished. Both parties are insured. DARING ACT OF Swi received int e lli gence o f a most NnLi G tr dar ing act o f sw i n dli ng comm itt e d on the respectabl e gold tNx.—aoWrdienarhyaavned just gold smiths and jewellers, Messrs. Lambert and Hawleys, 11 P, and directed f a a n s d h i l o 2 h , a b C I e o l v o e h n k t i r n y g - Coventry-street. r u c h e t o. Yesterdayalleclatthesba well dressed o about 500 t, to be put up and made a parcel of, an d tbat an immense quantity of jewellery, to the am oun t of . one of the clerks should accompany him to th e Bi s hoP payment would be mad e, and wh i c h of London, where was accordingly done. On arriving at the Bishop's, the gentleman his Lordship but the gentl eman was requeste d q h u o i m re e d ; for the secret ary of twhoo-awlkasfrom in l an i d i wait the return of the secretary, which he did. And he soon afterwards, i n presence of t he c l er k, o p e ned the packet and exam i ned all the article,' very carefully, and then made an observation that had omitted to order some rings, which he begged the clerk to return to the shop for, and that he would wall the clerk's return. The clerk was no sooner gone than th e gentleman rang the bell, and told the servant that he would go out and soon return to see the secretary, as he had some visits to make hi the neighbourhood. lie accordingly did so, 'but neither the gentleman o r the parcel have ever since been heard of ; and the unfortu find the gentleman, as well as the pa nate clerk, on arriving w i t h the rings, rcel was horrified to , had disc peared. p- LAw.—A SIMPLE QUEETION Papa, ANSWERED.—B O r" " W hat's en In -ter• rog-a-to- r y ?" Father—" My dear, an Interrogatory is a very explicit method, used principally in Chancery proce e di ngs, f or o b ta i ning a cor rect answer to a simpl e wr i tten question. Thus— Whether John Jones, on such a day, and at such a place, did, should, could, would, might, or ought; or whether he didn't, shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't, mightn't, or oughtn't; or if he didn't, shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't, mightn't, or oughtn't, wby didn' t he, shouldn't he, couldn't he, wouldn't he, mightn't he, or oughtn't he; and if on such a day, and at such a place, then whether at some other, and what day and place he did, should, could, would, might, or ought, or whether he didn't shouldn't couldn't, wouldn't, mightn't, or oughtn't; or under some other, and what peculiar, or if not peculiar, under some other and what circumstances ; 4114 if not, Why not, or how otlaerwitio, do ic"--Punch. the Donbor fiend, btearae leJty, and has four fat of watt•i. in l!er held. ort, I'ENzANcE, 15;:c. 26 —The Kitty, f rom Nog r.eut on shore yesterday, and beca me a to t a l wreck; crew, e:;.eept on e , saved. The :Stephen Knight, from Meath, went on shore; crew saved; should the w eather moderate she may ba got off. Thu Ashley, Swause3 to London, damFgo, put i n h ere 2 4-25 inst., with considerable COWES, DEC. 27.—Wind Sw ea ' Wcsterby, Pernambuco. P.l.vmouTu, DEc. 9 7.—Wind E.S.E.—Put back' Aden, from Li verpool to hong-Kong, fr om l ong . 11 „, by heavy south westerly gales. IVivENHon, DEc. 27.--A large full-rig ge d ship lo s sera Iwo or t h ree d ays ago on the Knock John; from papers ound, suppo4ed to be the Alerker, of Sondesburg:; Humburgh t o Chi na; part or cargo lauded in a damaged acct-; (!revi gupp,sed to he lost. DuNGAnvoil, DEC. 26.—The Teniqgh, Nantes to Livorp, , ol, was totally wrt. - Tkd in Clones Bay this morning; cargo lost, and three men and une boY drowned. BRISTOL, DEC. 27.—The Glenbervie has been raise d and taken into Cumberland EQ. , 3in. IiOLYHEAD, DEC. 27.—1 t blew a very heavy gale here last ni g ht from S.N. to W.S.W. 'rho Harmon:l (Patch galliot) groun d e d , but has not sustained material dauif,ge. SXITIBEREEN, DEC. 25.—The cargo of the Sus an ' from Galaiz, wrecked on Hare Island yesterday, i 5 en tir.ly lost, and scarcely enough materials saved to psi expenses. WARRENPOINT, DEC. 26.—The Sarah Packer, 131. Liverpool to Savannah, drove on shore four m iles 801 or Crewcastle, County DOID, on the 24 t h i nstan t, and lies bilged with loss of rudder, bowsprit, foremast, &C , and is expected to become a total wreck; crew saved. MARKET NEWS —( THIS DAY. 2771147GL1TE1 AND ILMILDMNEtitat,,M. These markets were very scantily suppli e d w i t h each kind of M eat , the demand' for which was somewhat e active, at extreme quotations :—Beef, from 2a -S „ to 3s 8d ; M utton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10(1 per Sibs, by the carcase' 111CZAT reZILIZIEETS. SOUTITALL, DEc. 27.—Very limited supplies of fat stock were on sale in to-day's market. A good clear' ance was effected at improved quotations :—Beef; from 3s 6(1 to 43 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10a to 5s 2d ; Veal, 48 to 4s 8d; and Pork, 45 to 4s 6d per Slbs, to sink th e o ffal. IiO2IFORD, DEC. 27.—Prime Beasts and Sheep, cool: mandtd a ready sale at an advance of 2d per Sibs. Au other kinds of stock were quite as dear. Beef, from 3s 4d 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Sibs Sucklin g Calves, 18' to 245 ; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. LEWES, DEC. 26.—Our market was tolerably firm to day, at full prices :—Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Mutton , 4s to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 43 4 d per Blbs. HAT IVIARZETS. SMITNFIELD.—Meadow Bay, 2/163 to 3/ 13s; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 14s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per toad. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND._Meadow Hay, 21 18s to 31 155 ; Clover (lifts, SI lOs to 4/ 12s; aid Straw, I/ 4s t° 11 lOs per load, Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WIIITECTIAM.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to 31 13 3 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 108 to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 95 per load. Trade firm, at full prices. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 28, 1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the diff erent Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wal" per Imperial Quarter. I' . . BEANS. PRICE .. I 47s WHEAT. 60. 31s BARLEY. 4d I 18s OATS E 4d 129 s Id 133 s 7d 1 37s PEA Itla DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. rruEe.r. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 83 Od 25 Oct 33 04 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od tui vo nll do tct Int al , an