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ROBERT-HOITDIN and DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS will perform en the alternate nights during the Christmas Holidays. THIS EVENING (Saturday), Robert Hoadin's grand Distributi on ; Monday next, Jan. 1, Du m b e lt on ' s S erena d e rs, being positively their last appearalca but two.—Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office,—Doers open each evening at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. E. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The pubUe Is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, daring the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVFITIIIO, Will be performed THE lIEKCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Bean. ♦fter wkich, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CIMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, Tho Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Nortoa, and Miss Reynolds. To concludo with a new Farce, entitled TOUR LIFE'S IN DANGIim. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. Daring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the enginal designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will DO performed a new Drama, founded of Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled Tilll HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Eedlaw, Mr. Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith; A. Tetterby and Co., Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Willy, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. Ti ba followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Pail 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 Bedferd. LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma•hs is. THIS EVENING. Will be performed ♦ PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a new Fairy iitra;iia;;;;;;titied 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 sonclude with AN IarPEATTO Dress Boxes, 15e. ; 17pp7F Boxes, is . ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. Ns half-price is any part of the house. The New liox-ofilce, No. 2, Wellington--etre , A, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. If. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has bees re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arranzements have been reads for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort and conTedience of the audience. TITS EVENING, Will be perferited a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD. FELLOW. To ceielnde with a new grand Pantemime, entitled BUFF KING lIAL ; er, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIIEATRE, Proprietor, Mr. W. Ratty. 17nder the Patronage of her Majesty the queen, his Royal Highisas Prince Albert, Novelties for Christmas Holidays most astounding In the Metropolis. —A gorgeous Spectacle.—lrilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs ix their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The surtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnilcmit Spectacle of the WARS or THE JEWS ; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN TIM CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Fria ems of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till flys. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheati. sated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, DECEMBER 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 42; Noon, 37 BARC M wrzir , 30.16. WIND N.E.; hazy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGR THIS DAY. Morning .. 39 iii. after 4 1 Eveniag .. 56 nen. after 4 "v j44i 410 D IY 4 . 4. • 4 OS, Ito • ON ). DIEU - LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1848. Our annual retrospect becomes, we must acknow ledge it at once, somewhat embarrassing at the close of a year so wonderful in its character and so fruitful in its occurrences as the year 1848—the year which beyond all others is entitled to the appellation of the Annus Mirabilis. It has been already christened the Year of Revolutions ; but 1848 is not memorable solely for its political events ; it has proved unpre cedented in almost every particular. The terror excited during the past twelve months by the anarchy looming upon us through the "bloody haze" of in surrection, in which the whole continent of Europe was enveloped, derived a very extraordinary enhancement from the dismay excited by the impending scourge of the Asiatic Cholera. Added to this, the inhabitmats even of those countries which were the least affected by the general convulsion found ample cause for lamentation in the scarcity of provisions, in the absence of employment, in the stag nation of industry, in a commercial and financial panic, such as had seldom, if ever before been experienced, in the anticipation of revolt, in the distracting fluctu ations of the money market, in the anguish of a severe and increasing mortality, and in a variety of other strange and bewildering calamities. If, like the earlier fugitives from the first French Re volution, we hurried from the crimes and wretchedness of the more populous regions of the globe, and sought consolation amidst the more un frequented tracks of the ocean, or acrcss the ice mountains of the arctic circle, our sympathies were oppressed with doubts as to the safety of iir JOHN FRANXLIN and his companions, or our imaginations were startled by . the ru moured re -appearance of the sea-serpent. Sans of a di a b olical character were perpetrated in the very heart of the domestic tran quillity of England, which added a new horror to that originating in the catastrophe% of giga n ti c empires. From the miserable concubine who strangled her two children on the I %t o f January, in the madness of a momentary paroxy sm of jealousy, or from the murder of a soldier in St. James's-park by a pistol-shot fired by the delicate hand of a grisette, down to the tragical assassination of the Recorder of Norwich and his son, under cir cumstances as melodramatic as any one of the ro mantic incidents depicted by the morbid colouring of Da BALZ•c ! Nor have these obscure and individual atrocities been unaccompanied by disasters of a wholesale and appalling character. One while the sanctity of the grave was violated, and the dead burnt in their shrouds by the flames accidentally kindled among the coffins in the vaults of St. Sa viour's Church, Southwark. At another mo ment a tremendous conflagration carried de solation and destruction through the streets of Albany. In August, one hundred emigrants were lost in the blazing ruins of the Ocean Monarch ; while in December, seventy-three were suffocated in the steerage cabin of the Londonderry. Disease or conspiracy mowed down, at the same time, in the very thick of events, men whose careers were conspicuous, or whose names had long been recorded in the catalogue of the illustrious. Here the Arch bishop of Canterbury (HowLEr) died in his bed in the fulness of years—there, the Archbishop of Paris (Arras) perished at the foot of a barricade, bearing the olive-branch to the blood-stained rebels of the faubourgs, and dispensing his benedictions over the capital of France were delivered up for four days to the fury of the demons of insurrection, leaving 10,000 corpses tie the attestations of their inhumanity. In July a rebellion, which was attempted by the Irish demagogues, led only to the disgrace of the latter near Ballingarry, and to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in the sister country by order of the two Houses of Parliament. In August a collision again raged in the public places of Vienna between the workmen and the military. In Sep tember the efforts of the Magyars to accomplish the labour of their emancipation was renewed. In October the Austrian EMPEROR was a second time obliged to escape from the Castle of Schanbrunn, and the Viennese held for the time being in their grasp the destinies of several distinct nations. In November, the revolutionists of Germany were silenced by the guns of WINDISCHGRATZ, and pillaged by the savages of JELLACHICH ; while Pope Pius IX. was com pelled to fly from the Papal dominions to seek protection from murderers in the Neapolitan sea-port of Gaeta. In December a youth of eighteen ascended the throne of RonoLpir, and the son of HORTENS BRAIJHARNALS occupied one of the palaces of the Emperor NAPOLEON, in virtue of his right as President of the French Republic. Looking back through the darkness and confusion of these twelve memorable months, we can well appreciate that thrilling exclamation of MAcAuLAT, that at moments we are almost forced to doubt whether or not we shall " sacrifice Liberty to save Civilization !" The absolute necessity of a speedy and comprehen sive financial reform is now fully recognised through out the length and breadth of the land. The example afforded by the people of Liverpool has been fully appreciated, and will be followed in all parts of the empire. The information disseminated by the exer tions of the Liverpool Association—the startling revelations that have taken place, the monstrous abuses that have been exposed--..are producing their natural results ; the good seed will not remain barren or unproductive. A peaceful and constitu tional movement is taking place that must even tually lead to the desired alterations. Finan cial reform associations are springing up in different parts of the country, and we venture to pre dict that no free and independent constituency will be without its branch or auxiliary society, to partici pate in the ,contest, and more especially to bring conviction home to the minds of those anxious for seats in the representative branch of the Legislature The rise, progress, and ultimate triamph of the Anti- Corn-law League have taught the people the means by which great reforms may be achieved, and the use ful lesson will not he forgotten or disregarded. Al ready it has been acted on in Scotland. A magni ficent meeting was held on Wednesday in Edinburgh, presided over by the LORD PROTOST, at which it was unanimously resolved, that "it was expedient to form at Edinburgh a Financial Reform Association, which, acting independently of party, and without aiming at organic changes, shall adopt all lawful and constitu tional means for effecting a thorough reform in the national financial affairs." The principles laid down at the meeting, as well in the resolutions that were submitted for consideration, and the language of the several gentlemen who addressed the assembly, proved that there was no desire to " clip and pare dow n the men who really served the country, or to effect reductions" inconsistent with the maintenance of the establishmenta which are essential to the safety, the dignity, or the integrityin his great . there the Lcao:rdbePrnoovodstousbtat address, d m d p r i e r s e s . ed thafittntnies country end of the land t o the other econo they had has been stricken with a fit of thrift. From calling out, Econo eny humoura rnal a le n t r d .,, extent,sooner or later, and to a larger ornlys. they would have their their demands will be reasonable—the tend, el b yv ei u ln t l prune the overgrown branches of the State With e au . tion—they will ask for nothing that by implication, to weaken the faith of the nation, nor yet to injure in any way the great institutio ns of the State." His Lordship also added, and the sentiment was enthusiastically responded to—that " he had a strong feeling that those gallant men who had fought our battles by land and by sea ought to be honour ably and liberally rewarded." This is the true feeling that should be encouraged—" the labourer is worthy of his hire," and there is no necessity that the nation should be guilty of mean or niggardly conduct, which might in the long run prove a very unwise and injudicious eco nomy. Those whose services are required should be not only fairly, but liberally remunerated, but Iheads of the very ruffians who had rendered him the martyr of Peace and Patriotism. From the political world of England two men of prominent talents and of opposite principles have been hurried out of the arena of Parliament. One, the leader of the Opposi tion, was struck Gown by a spasm of the heart in the meadow-lands of Nottingham ; the other, for several years the Prime Minister of Great Britain, breathed his last at his ancestral mansion in Hertfordshire. Among the literary characters of England we have lost, towards the close of 1848, a distinguished critic and biographer in the person of Sir JoHN BARROW; while Europe had to lament towards the commencement of 1848 the demise of FRANcois RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND, the panegyrist of Chris tianity. While these casualties have afforded a melancholy illustration of the vicissitudes of fortune and of the evanescence of life—terrible crimes have imparted infamy to the recollections of the people and their rulers. The blood of assassination has polluted the weapons of democracy and of despotism ; the blood of LAMBERG has descended upon the Hungarians, that of LATOUR upon the Viennese, that of Rossi upon the Romans, that of DIIVIVIER upon the conspirators of June, that of the Nea politans upon their SOVEREIGN, that of BLUM and of MESSENHAUSER and of a multitude of other victims, upon the effete Government of the Austrian dynasty. But if these criminal acts cast a gloom over the narrative of the events of twelve months of miracles, the remembrance of the heroic and glorious deeds achieved by the Continental races, and by their gifted leaders, will not be lost to the ad miration of posterity. So long as the sublimities of virtue and the marvels of valour can be appreciated by the human intellect, so long will these things be cherished as the prototypes of true civism and of exalted self-forgetfulness. PEPE fighting for the nationality of the Italians in Lombardy—CAßßEßA losing all his ancient ferocity when struggling to power among the cities of Catalonia—Kossurii cheering on his com patriots in the regions of the Danube—Mazzusi ex erting his intellect and raising his impassioned voice among the crags of Switzerland— LAMARTINE daring death for the sake of freedom, and conquering the diabolical strength of Terrorism by his grand and historical utterances ;—all constitute in themselves a spectacle such as might arouse even the most indolent to ac tivity, and excite even the most apathetic to en thusiasm. Month after month the noise of the "agonies of great nations" has resounded to us across the waters of the Channel—the detonations of those social earth quakes which have subverted thrones, shaken citie s into ruin, driven forth the most powerful statesmen as fugitives, and strewn the earth with the cadaverous relics of civil battle. In January the excitement caused by the reception of ESPARTERO at Madrid had scarcely subsided when the city of Palermo was bombarded by the Neopolitan Monarch—the Two Sicilies were involved iu the perils of an intestine conflict. In February the monarchical system which had been embodied in the younger branch of the BOURBONS was suddenly annihilated, and in a mo ment, as it were, the gigantic form of the Republic rose from the chaos of the explosion—" like an ex halation"—like the palace of Pandemonium. In March the hoary sway of METTBRNICH crumbled into dust, and simultaneously the Posenese revolted against Prussia, while the Lombards marched to victory under the banners of Sardinia. In .dpri/ the Chartist riots evoked from the citizens of London that magnificent evidence of their love for order and of their devotion to the Constitution, which still thrills us with emotions of satisfaction. In May the diplomatic relations between the Cabinets of VICTORIA. and ISABELLA were abruptly severed asunder by the ignominious expulsion of our ambassador at the behest of the irritable and insolen SOTOMAYOR. In June the streets of the beautifu siderable labour. The entire system must undergo a radical change. The gross amount collected must be paid into the national treasury in the first instance, and then the expenses of collection, the salaries, and compensations of officers, and—if needs must— the pensions, if any just or su ffi cient gr oun d s can be shown for their continuance, may be paid. Why, we ask, should quarantine expenses be defrayed out of the Customs ? What connexion is there be tween the tax imposed on various articles of mer chandise coming into the country, and the establish ments which are erroneously supposed to keep out disease, but which only impose difficulties and re strictions upon our trade and commerce, and on the free intercourse which it is so desirable to mainta!n between the several nations of the world ? If money is to be expended for sanitary purposes—and we would be the last to oppose any judicious outlay for such a purpose—could it not be applied in a more beneficial manner, with greater advantage to the public, and with far less inconvenience and annoyance to individuals ? By the present system the charges are not brought under the express notice of Parliament, and are, consequently, exempted from that control that should be exercised over every branch of the national expenditure. Again, why should the expenses of the Scottish Courts of Judicature and of the Sheriffs be paid out of the Customs revenue, be-' fore it has been deposited in the Exchequer ? The charges may be perfectly fair and reasonable, but for that very reason they will bear revision, and no inconvenience can arise from the fullest publicity. It is, perhaps, to shelter more objectionable items that would, if possible, be involved in obscurity, that the system is continued. It (may be to protect his Grace of GRAFTON, who is in receipt of 11,9461. per annum (via., 8,5391. from the Excise revenues, and 3,4071. from the Post-office). These payments have now been continued for no less than 175 years ; and if they had been accumu lated at compound interest it would appear that the maintenance of this single peerage has cost the country more than twelve hundred and sixty millions of pounds sterling, or one-half more than the entire national debt. Surely, it is unnecessary to adduce an additional argument against a system under which so iniquitous a job could have been perpetrated for such a time. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The new Ministry has been again signally defeated on the question of the salt tax, in the National Assembly. After the amendment of M. ANGLADE had, as we stated yesterday, been adopted, an attempt was made by the Ministry to get rid of its effect, but unsuccessfully. It was incorporated in the Bill as the second article, and then the Bill thus amended was voted by a majority of 372 to 363. The effect of this division, so far as the salt tax is concerned, will be to reduce the tax to one-third its present amount, on the Ist of January, 1849. M. GOUDCHAUIL spoke and voted in favour of the Ministry. The Gazette de France says, M. PASSY, Minister of Finance, immediately after the result of the division became known, announced his intention of tendering his resignation. His resignation will, it is believed lead to that of the entire Ministry. • The Constitutionnel says that M. PASSY, notwith standing the remonstrances of aeveral Members of the Assembly, declares his intention to resign, and that should he not alter his intention, he will be suc ceeded by M. ACHILLE FOULD. The Coneitutionnel attempts to disguise_its anger and disappointment by endeavouring to prove that the majority by which the Ministry was defeated is composed of the most heterogeneous materials. "It consists," it says, "in the first place, of timid men, who are preparing for their re-election, even at the price of confusion to our finances, and who imagine that that which is most necessary for France is to abo lish a tax, even at the risk of rendering soon inevitable the adoption of some much heavier impost. In the second place. there are the adversaries of the new regime, who are numerous in the Assembly, and who avenge themselves on the budget for the check which the coun try gave them in the election of the President of the Republic. Lastly, the majority is completed by the group of Montagnards or Socialists, who perceive a chance for their ideas in every public embarrassment and in every financial disorder." The true cause, however, of the anger of the reactionaries of all classes against the National As sembly is the dread they entertain of the imposition of an income-tax, which would affect the old hunkses of the Faubourg St. Germain, who at the time of the revolution put down their establishments, and deprived themselves in many instances of the com forts of life for the avowed purpose of creating dis tress and misery among the working classes. The Dibats exposes the true reason of the opposi tion to the reduction of the salt tax in the following lamentation : " Will it be said that the taxes which it is proposed to establish—that the tax on property, for instance, will be less odious or less burdensome to the people, than the tax upon salt ? For our parts, we do not fear to say that the projected tax upon revenue would be the most vexatious of all taxes, and we doubt if the Government will succeed in establishing it in France. Every one can judge of this question, and can ask himself if it would be agreeable to expose before a commission the balance sheet of his fortune—to say what are his resources, his gains, &c., to show his books, and to suffer the investi gations of the fiscal agents into his affairs. Without professing absolutely the opinion that the established taxes are the best, it is nevertheless in conformity with good sense and with science, to sustain that the existence of a tax is already a motive of preference in its favour, and that it is better to preserve that which exists than to establish that which is new. The suppression of old taxes, or their reduction, never profits entirely the con sumer." When the vote of the Assembly became known on ;he Bourse the Funds fell 5 per cent. The Credit states that M. LEON FAUCHER, the Minister of Public Works, has been compelled to withdraw the sum of 8,000,000 f., allocated by the National Assembly for the completion of the works of the Lyons and Avignun Railroad, in consequence of Count D'ARGOUT, the Governor of the Bank of France, having refused to lend the sum required— excusing himself on the plea that a Minister fre quently makes promises which hia successor does not feel bound to perform ; and that 8,000,000 f., advanced for the construction of the Lyons and Avignon Railroad, might in three months hence be expended in the formation of a corps of lancers or sharpshooters. The PRESIDENT of the Republic has, it is said, sent for his cousin, the Grand Duchess STEPHANIE of Baden, to do the honours of the palace of the Elys6e National, where he intends to establish a sort of Court. Marshal BUGEAUD is confined to his house by lness. In the Committee of the Assembly appointed to prepare a project of law for the organization of the national force, General CAVAIGNAC made an ad mirable speech advocating economy in the finances, and a reduction in the army. He said, that in his opinion a republican government ought to direct all its efforts for the establishment and maintenance of a general peace, and that France should set the example to other states, by a large reduction of the armed force. Sentiments similar to these were expressed in almost all the bureaux, and there is every reason to conclude that the French army will speedily be organized on a sy s t em totally different to that which has prevailed hitherto. The Monitcur publishes an account of the imports war to the knife should be proclaimed against the drones, who prey upon the resources of the country without affording any benefit in return. The esta blishments should be suited to the wants of the nation, and all unnecessary employes sent to earn an honest livelihood by their own exertions. Ateliers Nationaux are not to be maintained for pauper sprigs of nobility, in order that the entire patrimony may descend un incumbered to the head of the house. These are the abuses that must be swept away, and that speedily and completely. One of the first objects to be attained is the sim plification of the national accounts, the obtaining of clear and unvarnished statements, that will be acces sible and intelligible to every tax-payer. All stop pages in transitu, all deductions, of any de scription or on any account whatsoever, before the sums collected are paid into the Exche quer, must be abolished. Many of the most objectionable items of expenditure are veiled from public notice by this ingenious device. Hereditary pensions, expenses of various legal establishments, salaries and compensations to officers, are in this manner attempted to be placed beyond the control of Parliament, and the same item will frequently occur under various distinct heads, so that the amount actually paid cannot be ascertained without con- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DEC.gIVIMER 30, 1848, and exports fer the first eleven months of 1848, with comparative accounts of the imports and exports for the same period of 1847 and 1846. From this account it appears that the duties received upon im ports for the first eleven months of 1846 was 141,643,385 f.; and for 1847, 123,573,532 f.; while for the eleven months of 1848 it was only 80,447,893 f. During the month of November, 1846, the duties received were 13,192,924 f. ; and in 1847, 11,960,169 f.; while in November, 1848, they were only 8,532,030 f. The accounts of the exports are rather more favour able than they were last month. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at which several of the Ministers tendered their resignations. M. HYPPOLITE PA' declared he should retire on account of the vote of the Assembly on the salt tax. M. BRIO tendered his resignation because the PRESIDENT of the Republic refused to grant an am nesty, and M. LEON DE M.4.LLEYILLE for both reasons, and also on account of a certain letter said to have been written to the Constitutionnel by the PRESI- DENT of the Republic. After some pressing MM. PASSY and Btxto agreed to remain, but M. LEON DE MALLIVILLE remained obstinate, and it was only when the PRESIDENT of the Republic, Marshal Bu- QEAIJD, and General CHANGARNIER were sent for, and solicited him to remain, that he gave way and withdrew his resignation. The sitting of the National Assembly yesterday was stormy, as the subject of the salt-tax vote was revived. M. GRANDIN demanded the revision of Art. 3 of the law. M. GOUDCHAUX demanded that, to remedy as much as possible the excitement produced by the vote of the preceding day, Tuesday be fixed for the discussion of the financial laws. M. Dorm reminded the Assembly of the power given to the PRESIDENT to propose the revocation of a Bill passed. M. DUPIN, in conclusion, said, that even under the most absolute monarchs on appelait de Philippe ivre a Philippe a jeun. As might have been expected, the use of this ex pression gave rise to great tumult, in the course of which several Members addressed the Assembly. The tumult, however, was stilled by the Minister of Public Works, who declared, amidst loud cheers, that the vote of the preceding day, notwithstanding the embarrassments it might give rise to, had not shaken the courage of the Minister of Finances, and that, when the law on the finances should be put to the vote, the Ministry would know how to establish a balance between receipts and expenses, without compromising itself or abusing its powers. He agreed with M. GOUDCRAUX, that the financial laws should be discussed as soon as possible. The Assembly shared this opinion, and the matter dropped. The Prince DA LA. MOSKOW.A. has been appointed Ambassador to Berlin in the room of M. Essmernam ARAGo. • BOURSE.—Pears, FRIDAY, DEC. 29. THREE o'accx.—The division of yesterday in the National Assembly, against the salt-tax, had, as might have been expected, a depressing effect on the Bourse of to-day. The French Rentes fell upwards of 2 per cent.; the Bank of France also gave way; and the Railway Shares participated in the general fall. So considerable a source of revenue as that of the salt-tax being all of a sudden taken from the Government, will, it is feared, create great embarrassments to the Ministry, and pro bably produce a change of Ministry. In Foreign Stocks the business done was very limited. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Northern of Franc), 774-- Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and Rouen, 18 ys—Rouen and Havre, 931. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d have been received. They publish a letter from Gerona of the 16th, which announces the defeat of the QUHEN'S troops by the Carlists at Albana on the 13th. The following is an extract from this letter : " According to accounts received yesterday from Figueras, the column of Colonel Vega has suffered a serious calamity in the streets of Albano. Estartus was posted in that town with his people, knowing that Vega thought of attacking him; but as Seragatal and his baud were only an hour's march from that place, the latter chief received an order from Estartus to put himself at once in movement, in order that both forces might operate together against those of the Queen. " Vega was innocent of the position of Saragatal (and by. the way there is no commander of a column who can pro cure for himself a moderate espionage, and thus they are mostly obliged to operate in the dark, and without know ing where the enemy is), and, carried away by his valour attacked Estartus, who, fortified in the houses of Albana, resisted obstinately, giving time for the arrival of the other band, which took place. Vega, then per ceiving how he had compromised himself, sought to fall back in the best order possible, which he effected with difficulty, after suffering a considerable loss. It was solely the serenity of Senor Vega, and the valour of the preference companies of the Figueras and Las Nava's battalions, that prevented the dispersion and confusion, which for some moments were introduced into the rest of the troops, composed of recruits and raw soldiers for the most part. " As soon as this event was known at Figueras, all the troops and carabineers there set out, carrying with them a number of beasts to bring in the wounded, who amount, as we were told, to four officers and about eighty soldiers. There were twenty-seven killed. The Carlists sustained also some loss, though less than ours, on account of their being under cover in the houses." The Espana says that the combat lasted till night fall, under shade of which the Carlists abandoned the town, having suffered considerable loss, the troops also sustaining "some loss," and having two officers killed, and four wounded. CABRERA was at Videa on the 16th, having sta , tioned some forces in Plaza de la Calms to watch CONCHA'S movements. TORRES was at Guisona with 800 men on the 15th. The TRISTANIS were on the same day at Tora with 400, and shortly after they left, ARBONEI, alias RAMONET, entered with his band, 700 men and 40 horses, on his return from Upper Arragon. A band of Carlists which had appeared in the pro vince of Valladolid has been dispersed. MADRID BOLSA, Dec. 22.—The Three per Cents. were done at 21i for cash, and were 1-16 buyers, I } virf sellers, after the close ; Five per Cents. 10} buyers, i OW sellers ; Coupons, 6 sellers ; Passive Debt, 8i buyers 4 sellers. Exchange en London, 48 40. GERMANY ♦ND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The debate in the Diet in Kremsier on the demand of the Austrian Minister for the additional credit of 80,000,000 florins, which was Toted by a small majority, presents a melancholy picture of the financial state of Austria. BAKousxr, in opposing the grant, presented a table of the receipt 3 and expenditures of the last few years, to demonstrate the diminution of the former and the graduated increase of the latter. Florins. In 1846 the receipts were 193,307,639 In 1847 ... ••• ••• 144,872,466 For 1i49 they are estimated at ... 101,269,403 Being a diminution in the space of three years of •.. ... 92,038,236 In 1846 the expenditures were ... 169,099996 In 1347 , ••• ••• ..• ... 176,325,993 That is to say, in two years an increase of 7,225,197 In 1146 the deficit was 22,577,727 In 1847 ... ••• ••• .•• ... 31,453,527 In 1849 it w ill amount, perhaps, to 60,000,000. The extraordinary expenses amounted in 1846 to ... In 1847 to ... In 1810 th 15,2045,48 17,212,892 .ey are estimated at 51,000,000 He declared that the national debt of Austria, com pared with the revenue, was greater than that of any other country, and that it almost amounted to half the value of the monarchy. The national credit was vacillating; paper money had almost a forced circu lation ; gold and silver had disappeared; and it might happen that, one fine morning, a national bankruptcy would ensue. Such an event was not yet unavoid able; but it must be guarded against. The future Finance Minister would have to exclaim, " My pre decessors ought to have acted economically, and avoided useless wars." He concluded by moving that the Government be empowered to raise a loan of half a million of florins in the course of the year 1849, and to stop the interest of the national debt in case the receipts of the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 were not sufficient to cover the expenditure. Another Polish speaker gave a melancholy account of the present condition of Gallicia, taking care to refer to the atrocious conduct of Government in exciting animo sity between the Polish and Ruthenian races. Amongst the Czech members (who were unani mously in favour of the full grant), JONAK distin guished himself by his warm support of Ministers. Another Ministerial speaker (Mayen) observed that the threatening aspect of affairs in France rendered it doubly necessary for Austria to show itself as a great nation. The Finance Minister remarked, towards the conclusion of the debate, that there must be money procured in one shape or the other for making pre parations for war, and possibly for a European war. There must be either taxes or loans. A just system of taxation in Hungary would throw on that country an equitable portion of the debt. He further stated that contributions would be levied in the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, the junction of which with Aus tria was advantageous for both. The Diet, after voting the eighty millions, adjourned till the 3d of January next. The EMPEROR received a deputation from In spruck on the 17th, who presented a loyal address, to which his MAJESTY returned a gracious answer. No further intelligence has been received in Vienna from the army of Hungary. Letters from th• Hungarian frontiers of the 20th state that the victory of the Magyars over the Ser vians on the 9th was complete. The Servian army was annihilated, and the whole Waiwody of Servia, created Rt 0 1 1mtitz On the sth of this moth, is now Aberdeen .. •• • • ...• ••••• • • • • • ••• • • 24 Amiens and Boulogne. ••••• • • • •• •• 23 Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •••• • • •• 24 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 23 Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 23 Chester and Holyhead. .......... 23 Cockermouth and Workington........ 21 Dublin and Drogheda.... • • •• • •• Dublin and Kingstown • ..• ••.• • • •• 23 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• • • • . 24 East Anglian—. •..... •••• •• 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow . .. ••• • • • 23 Ediubnrgh and Northern •• 24 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 23 East Lancashire •. • • ..... •• 23 Eastern Union ...... 23 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 23 Glasgow and Green0ck......... Great Southern and Western ........ 1,270 850 8,728 1,372 75 670 Great Western, Brc •• • . 23 Kendal and Windermere • • .... •• • 23 Lancashire arid Yorkshire • ..... 22 Lancaster and Carlisle .............. 24 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 23 Londonderry and t nniskillen•...,... 24 London and North Western, &c. London and 81ackwa11.............. 23 London and Brighton 24 London and South Western 23 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle 23 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 24 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 23 Menklands .• • • Newcastle and. Carlisle • 23 North British 23 Paris and Rouen :•• .. • 23 Rouen and Havre •• • • 23 Scottish Central •..... 24 Shrewsbury and Chester 25 South Eastern and Branches ........ 22 South Devon.... .•.. . .............. 16 Waterford and Limerick... - Whitehaven Junction Wishaw and Coltness 23 York and Newcastle . •••.••• • • • • •• 23 York and North Midland . •••• • • .. 724 3,080 1,666 15,748 1,750 1,210 2,326 128 11,134 2,015 116 45,741 830 1,203 2,005 922 1,990 21,367 100 8,832 1,129 8,679 [0,213 2,782 23,636 1,157 856 2,394 5,348 2,353 623 1,505 8.139 1,330 40,396 722 7,707 8,606 1,998 22,976 754 2,090 5,875 2,296 ,4,155 7,955 527 7,754 767 1,646 652 185 12021 7,90 cf, THE BRITISH TARIFF, BY EDWIN BR DILL, or THE OFFICE OF EXAMINER AND PRINCIPAL CON.. TROLLER OF ACCOUNTS, CUSTOU-HO USE, LON DON . —This new edition of Beedell's British Tariff has been considerably extended and improved by the addition of the Customs Warehousing Act, list of the principal officers of Customs kingdom, at e very port, sub-p or t, and creek, in the United list of the names and stations of the receivers of Admiralty droits, likewise the recently passed Act for ware housing British spirits, the North Am erican Passen gers' Act, and a practical and comprehensive exposi tion of the regulations affecting the export branch of the Customs business. Mr. Beedell's book should be in the hands of every person who has Customs business to transact. WEBSTER'S ROYAL RED BOOK FOR 1849,—This useful compendium of fashionable information, which is to the fashionable and professional world what the " Directory " is to the mercantile and trading world, still maintains its high character for accuracy of information and facility of reference. Com bining as it does a comprehensive street guide with an alphabetical list of the nobility and gentry, of the Members of both Houses of Parliament, of the Baronets of the United King dom, of the ambassadors, consuls, bankers, army and navy agents, hotels, and clubs, it may be truly styled a microcosm of the metropolis. The seeker after in , formation with regard to the Court or fashionable life will be certain of finding what he seeks in the pages of Webster's "Royal Red Book." LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER. HALL.—Handel's oratorio of Judas Maccabaus was performed here last evening, by the London Seer, d Harmonic Society, under the able direction of Mr. Sur man. The principal vocalists were—Miss Birch, the Misses Williams, :Mr. ;Sims Reeves, Mr. H. Phillips, and Mr. Benson. Sims Reeves was in superb voice, and sang magnificently. He was enthusiastically en cored in " Sound an Alarm." The performance as a whole was most creditable to the society. The hall was crowded. in possession of the Magyars. It is equal in extent to the kingdom of Bohemia, and comprehends the duchy of Synnia and the counties of Peter waradin, Barz, Baranya, and the Banat. HURBAN, the commander of the volunteers, who had joined the Austrian troops, was defeated on the 18th, and taken prisoner by the Magyars. PRUSSIA. Berlin journals of the 27th have arrived. The National Zeitung states that HERR SCEILT• BERT, a gunmaker of Berlin, in easy circumstances, has been arrested on the charge of having armed several of his workmen with rifles, on the day after the proclamation of the state of siege, and told them to shoot certain high personages, whom he named to them. The Burgher Guard Congress, which assembled at Breslau, has separated. The number of Deputies did not exceed sixty-five. Among the resolutions passed was one declaring the Burgher Guard inviolable— that is, declaring the Burgher Guard cannot be dis banded or suspended, in whole or in part, without its own consent. At a meeting of the Democratic Club of Treves, on the 20th, a M. OTTO, an ex-Prussian deputy of the Extreme Left, stated, as an official fact, that a secret alliance had been entered into between Austria, Prussia, and Russia, for the purpose, of course, of enslaving all Europe ; and further, that this fact was not known to him (M. OTTo) and his political friends until too late to found a motion thereon in the National Assembly. It is said that in consequence of the remonstrances of the Emperor of Russt♦ (who has always regarded the prospect of German unity with dislike), the King of PRUSSIA has determined not to accept the Central Chiefdom of Germany even should it be offered to him. ITALY. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa contains intel ligence from Rome to the 20th. Great agitation had been reigning there for some days past, which was increased by the presence of the well-known Radical TORRES, and by the refusal of the Ministry and Chambers to convoke a Constituent Assembly, on the plea that they had not legally the power to do so. The Ministry, it was said, had insinuated by its organs that the cry for a constituent assembly was raised by foreign Italians, for the purpose of hasten ing the moment for a reactionary movement. Mean time addresses were showered upon 'the Chambers from all sides, the last received being from Bologna and Ancona, of so pressing a nature as to force an immediate decision. The Executive power, on the other hand, excited the people against the refugees of Lombardy, declaring them to be the sole cause of the agitation. On the 18th, at four P.M., thegenera/e was suddenly heard. An hour afterwards the Civic Guard was assembled in the Piazzi SS. Apostoli, with two pieces of cannon. The line was on the Piazzi di Venezia, with cavalry. The remaining artillery was ready on the Esplanade of Fort St. Angelo, and strong patrols paraded the city. Meanwhile some Civic Guards had drawn up an address to their General, declaring that they wished for a Constituent Assembly as the basis of every operation. At seven o'clock the General him self appeared in the square, and heard every one call for a Constituent Assembly. The Ministry, who had not resigned, immediately met in council, and, after the lapse of two hours, STERBINI ap peared on a balcony, and, after a fl a tt er i ng speec h to the Civic Guard, he concluded by saying that the Junta of State was composed, and that its first mea sure would be to propose a Constituent Assembly to the Chambers. He added that, to adhere to the wishes of the Civic Guard, they would expel from Rome those persons who were believed to be the perturba tors of public tranquillity. The troops and Civic Guard then retired ; it was ten o'clock. Some per sons, whom public opinion had long marked out, such as CERNUSCHI, DE-BoNr, Sze., were immediately ordered to quit the town. At three P.M. of the following day the generale was again heard, and the Civic Guard assembled to maintain order. A rumour was current that the Ministry who had resigned the day before, would remain in power. The Chamber did not sit, it being announced that the Junta of State had ac cepted. The Junta is composed of MM. CoasiNr, GALETTI, and CAMERATA, and is to remain in office till the Constituent Assembly shall have been convoked. On the 20th the Junta published a proclamation, in which, after declaring their insufficiency for the difficult task imposed upon them, they promise, with the assistance of the other Powers, to maintain order internally, to aid the development of free institu tions, to restore prosperity in every class, and to co operate by every means in the establishment of national independence. But they declare, at the same time, that they will only continue in office till a Constituent Assembly of the Roman States shall have pronounced itself on the question of the political form of the State ; and they will hasten as much as possible the moment when such an Assem bly shall meet. Signor RossEllin has arrived at Leghorn, charged with a mission to Florence and Rome for the pur pose of concerting measures for the convocation of the Italian Constituent Assembly. Cardinal BER• NETrI arrived at Naples on the 16th ; Marquis BE- Tuacclua, of Bologna, a member of the commission named by the Pontiff, had arrived there on the 13th. Prince CARIATI hastily set out for Gaeta on the 16th, notwithstanding a severe indisposition. It is said that General ZUCCRI has left 8010 gna for France. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY T&AFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : 'A 4 all ti ding 1 NAME OF RAILWAY. Best , ...... . Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 • ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 % — Dublin and Belfast Juncti on .. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen .. 20 East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.., sad L. & 1). ... Ditto, 18/., E. & H Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & H... 3% E &stern Counties .... 2O ...... 11'P R A Do. New Guarant. 6 per t)t. 10 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 132. 4d... 1 4 p - Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d... - Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - Do., 5 per cent. - Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 12 1 / 2 ... .. - Do., New - Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ..... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 - Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 - Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 . — - Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 / ...... - East Lancashire - Ditto, New . 2l ..... to - Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port l5 ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ... . to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated —..-.. to Great Northern.... .......... ... 19 Do. % A Def erre d ..... ... 12 1 / Q 5% to 5 Do. 4B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6 !4 4 yB to Do. Extension ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 40/. Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301 3O ... - - Ditto, New 154..... ... ...... 14 .....• - • Great Western 9O - . ..... to - Ditto, Half Shares - ...... to Ditto, Quarter Shares - Ditto, Fifths 2O - ...... to Do. New 171. l 3 - Huddersfield and Manchester 30 _ _ __ to Ditto, Thirds Thirds lO ...... - ...... to - Hull and Selby 5O ...... - . ..... to Ditto, Half Shares .. - ...... to Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .... -- - Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50 ...... - - Do., Thirds... lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 - Ditto, ditto - - Ditto Half Shar es to - Ditto Quarters ....... 17% - ...... to -•.Ditto Fifths - ..... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) - Ditto Sixteenths ..- 13 6 1 4,-- . - .... t o - t o _ - Do., New Guar. 6 pe r cent. 7%...... - to - Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 ...... - . - Do. (Hudders. and ShciT.) 43 ......-• - Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and G001e....... .. ....... 50 ...... - - Do., West Ridi ng Union._ 7 .... . 2 - Do., Preston a n d W yre ... 25 36%. 36 Do., do., Half Sh ares (A) 9% .... to to to - - Leeds and Bradf or d 5O ..... - ... .. to - Leeds,Dawsbury,& bl anc h es 5O - Do., Half Shares to - Ditto, Blue (scrip) ... 2% - . ..... to - Leeds and Thirsk - ..... Ditto, New ..... Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 34. .... - •••••• to -' Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h con. - ~ .. to - Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Juncti0n.......... 2 1 h - ••••.. to - London & Blackwall ....-134 6s. 8d - - D9athlite66lo4 ........ ”1.1,1111 22% 1 .7 IN.. tii , ..... MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CV 1' Y, Qti A R l'E l? TO THRE The Liverpool Cotton Market this week has been without change as regards prices, being firm. The crop is estimated at 2,500,000 bales. The sales yesterday in cluded 5,700 bales of American taken on speculation, and 750 for export. In the Railway Share Market business had been done at 2i discount for Great Northern, at 124 for North-Western, 85i for Midland, 4 . 1 for North Stafford, and at corresponding rates for other shares. The more ready employment for money in the Dis count Market, and the willingness of the brokers and bankers to take in a larger amount of cash on "call," has at last had its effect on the Bank of England, and the increased advances upon securities, both public and mercantile, have allowed of some addition to the note circulation. With a further increase of more than 270,0001. in the bullion and paper available in the Bank " till," a much larger demand for money must arise, ere any sensible influence can be exercised upon them, but the dividend payments will soon lead to the ordinary though material changes. The Treasury account looks very "respectable," and we hope may stand higher ere the quarterly charges come upon it. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows: Notes Issto d ••• 28,134.795 Increase ... ... 202,670 ••• ••• ,•• ••• 3,380,302 Increase ... 3,614 Pudic Deposits ••• 8,572,063 Increase ... ... 663,420 Other Deposits ..• 8,951,073 Decrease ...• 293,576 Seven Day and other Bills 967,455 Increase ... .., 2,649 Government Securities ... 13,484,162 Increase ... 155,150 Other Securities ... ..• ... 10,814,515 Increase ... 144,819 Notes ... 11,309.335 Increase ... 62 925 Bullion 15,000,676 Increase 210,804 s Active Circulation ••• 16,875,460 Increase ... ... 139,745 Besides the go ld di scover i es, the Americans, up to the date of the last accounts, continued actively to pro secute their copper-mining operations. The Northern Mining Company at Lake Superior was malting great exertions. An account in a local journal states : " The Pacific brought up last week the engine and stamping works belonging to this company, which are to be erected at their mines in the course of the winter. From Mr. Bacon, their energetic superintendent, we learn that his force at the mines have, since the Ist of December last, sunk a shaft of 155 feet, and extended a level or drift 223 feet—the drift commencing on the main shaft at 65 feet from the surface. At present operations are confined on a winze 85 feet south of the main shaft, at the 95 feet level, and on another winze 100 feet north of the same shaft and on same level, having in the former winze a rich load of stamp and barrel work. There is at present raised to the surface, over 200 tons of good stamp work, with the ground suf ficiently opened to take out in the course of next year, with 20 miners, at least from present appearances, full 2,000 tons of good stamp work. "Since the organization of this company, the total amount of expenditures, including the supplies now on hand for six months, with engine, &c., has been 35,000 dollars. During the winter, the working force will consist of about 30 men, and the expenditure of the company will average about 800 dollars per month. An intelligent gentleman who has just come down from the Eagle River district, in forms us that he considers the North American location " second to none but the famous cliff." The firm of Robert M'Clelland and Co., linen mer chants, in the north of Ireland, has suspended payment, and such is the state of affairs in the sister island, that there are great apprehensions of further similar occurrences. The Russian heuses which were placed in difficulties during last year's panic, are paying better dividends than any other. Messrs. John Thomas, Son, and Lefevre, have liquidated their engagements in full. Although the French Funds come 2 per cent. lower, owing to the defeat of the Ministry, the excellent Bank returns have buoyed up the English Stock Market, and there have been some good purchases by influential brokers. Consols have been done as high as 88i and 89, and are now 884 to I. The New Three and•a Quarter per Cents. have been 89 4 1 to and the Three per Cents. 88i j. Bank :Stock has been up to 1911. Exchequer-bills are 40s. to 435. premium. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. have, however, been firmer at 14 to 4. Por tuguese Four per Cents, are nominally 25 to 26. Mexi can Bonds have been done at 241 to 24k. Peruvian have risen to 47 and 49. In Dutch there have been no bargains. Railway Shares have been very buoyant again, and advanced prices have been realised for some of the prin cipal lines. Eastern Counties and Caledonian are, how ever, still fiat, and French shares lower. BRITISH FUNDS TH S DAY AT UNE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 88 : 1 4 5,87i New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arens. 89% V I % India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 5001 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bowls, 1846, 5 per Cent...... 244 Ditto for the Account ...... 24 1 /., % Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account.... 49 48% 47 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent lO3 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account ....... 14 14 1 4 Ditto Passive Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. 3USINESS DONP... IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SUARY. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 4 14 — to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 19 .. Birmingham & Oxford Junct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... - Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birnting., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.143.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... lO Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire.., l4/. 4s — ..... to - Caledonian - Ditto, Half Shares - Ditto, New 10/. Preference 7% — ...... to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... ...... to Ditto, Preference larence. 3,260 581 14,714 L )nd., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guam-Aced 5 per Cent. D Do. Peet. C ony . 5 per Ce n t. 50 ...„. .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, gu ar . 6 per cent. 5 i .ondon and G reenw i c h ... 12/. 15s. 4d — "' .. to Ditto Preference London as North Western 100 124 to 12 — 5 1 4 Do. Quarters (L. an d 13.) 22 D. New Do. Fifths • 2 64 78 .. to Do. , 10g. Sharem.... L. & M 25 Do. 101, M. and B. - _ ant. -. (A.) 9 .... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. ( B.) 9 Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ..• to London and S. Western...-. 50 ... 41 Ditto, New ..... 42%.. Ditto, New 401.. « ...._ •• 34 Do. Tenths (C onso lid ated) 50 Do. Tenths (C onso lid ated) 40 ..... to - Ditto, Thirds ... . 13/. 68.8 d ... —Z .. - to Do., New Scrip, 1848 , P ref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls Lmnilon, Salisbu r y, & Y eovil4 .. ...... to Londonderry a n d Coleraine... 28'M — to Londonderry and Enniskillen 1:7% ..... to Lo.vestoft (guar. 4 p er cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 pe r cen t. ... 13 ... blanch, Buxton, & ... M aTichr, ShetEeld. Ditto I .X Share(N Ditto, A , ditto (No. .dat. and L: Do. do. Waveney Valle,- .. ... ...... tO - l.— 2 ...... Northern Counties Union ey t o ... 4 - North British .............. 25 Ditto Half 5hare5. ........„ 12 % 6%1". to -- Do. Quarters Ditto. Extension ""• to Ditto Thirds ......... ...••• . ..... to North and South-Western 2 ..... to North Staffordshire.... 15 15 North Wales 3% '•"• -- North Western . 10 ..... .... to to 'xford, Worce s t er , an d Wol- verhampton - to -..... Reading,Guildfd., & R e i gate 10 to -. Royston and Hitchin ..... .. to ...... 2 - Scottish Central - - Scottish Midland ... 25 ...... - - Ditto, New......... ........... 17% ...... -. - "=•heflield, Rotherham, and Goole lO - ...... to -- Do. do. (S ou th Di v. ) 4 - ...... to -- hrewsbury and 13irminglaarra 9 - Ditto, ditto, Cl ass B . 5 - Ditto, New Guarant ee d 8 - to - 83i Shrewsbury and H ere f or d .. 2 - ... - ~h rewsbury and Chest er "•"' (Nor. W. Z.iin.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8%... - Ditto Ditto, Oswestry 1 7 3 /4 ...... - ...... to - ,New).. - ..... to Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref lO ...... - ...... to - - Shropshire Union... - ...... to - ;-outh Devon - . ..... to to Preference 25 ...... 12% ...... to - -- South Staflordshire ... - .. .. to -- S mth ;Eastern Ditto, No. 1. 24 - -- Ditto, No. 2. 22 Ditto, No. 3. - ...... to --- Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 - South Wales South York s hi re , D oncaster and Goole . - 5 ...... swans. and L oug h or an d C a- "•••• to ..- meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 •••• Paw Vale Extension .•.... 8 - to Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% - .... Vale of .I\ eath - ...•• to -.• to -- Waterford and Kilkenny l 7 l / 2- -- 4. Waterford and Li mer i c k ... 471/2.... - - Waterford, Wexfo r d, W ie kl w, and Dublin .. 3 ...... - ...• .to - Wear Valley •6 per Cent. Guaranteed ...... .... ...... 50 ...,.. ..... - Do. do. do. ..... to -... Do. do. do. - ...... to - West Cornwall 6 ...... - West London. 20 -- ..• -- to --- Ditto, First Cla ss .. 20 .... Ditto, Second Class ..... ...... to .... 20 ... ..... Nhitehaven andFurnesq l4 .. to ... —. -.. Windsor, Staines, and S out h Western.... . York, Newca s tl e , and Lerwick 25 ..... ... ..... to Do. Original N ew & B er ck 25 ...... 27 1 to 4..... t o ... Do. Esten. N o .l (Y . & N.) 15 - Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 15 to -- Do. G. N. E."Pur. or Pref. 8 7% x. i. to York and No r thjili dland .. 50 ..... Ditto East and West Riding ... ,• Extension ~.,..•„ ...... 23 - FO te ß Italian and Austrian - ..... to -- . Boulogne and Ami ens 2O - Central of Fra nce (O r l eans .• .• to and Vicrzon) .... .............. 1 / 2 Demerara. ...... to . .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. Dutch Rhenish ..............» .. •• ...... to .. 7 1 / 2 . . -- •.. .... to —. East Indi an .. ...... .... Great India n Peninsular..... 3! .. to -- .... —•.—. to Louvain al a Sambre - Luxembourg Ditto 7 "•'•. ...... t o .... •• 10 2 ...... --. .•• •• to Madrid and Vale n ti a ...... • Namur and Li ege . ... to 20 Northern of France............. 12 ...... 7 3 4 to Orleans and Bordeaux .... .. 7 ...... Vs to -- Paris and Lyons .. 11 ...... ...... to PDo. Do. .............. 10 —...— .....to— aris and Orleans... ............ 20 ...... ...... to Paris and Rouen .. ..... ..... 20 ...... .. ... to Paris & Strasbourg .... ..... 9 ...... ...... Rouen and Havre ........ - ..... 20 ..... -- ... .. to -- to Sambre and M euse .- ... trasbur2o ..... •••• to -- Tours & Na n t es . g and 8a1e..... ...... 14 I'ournay, Jurbise,.. . .••••• to .... Lander], and liasselt .. ......... ... .. 20 West Flande rs ... ••".• •••••• to -- ............... • 83 4 — ...... to JOINT STOCK )BANKS. Australasia .................. .. 40 . British North American .... 50 Colonial ..... ..•.-... .. 25 ..... . .. to —. Commercial of L0nd0n . ......... 20 - London and Westminster.., 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 - — ..... to National ' of Ireland . ......... 22% — .. .. to Provincial of Ireland ...... ... 25 Ditto, New • 10 Union of Australia 25 ...... ..... to Ditto, New ..... Union of L on d on ........ Union of Madrid ............... 40 - MINES. Anglo r , exican _._. ....... . . .100 - AAsturian Mining Company... 14 ustralian ...... .................. 2% — to --. Blaenaryon Iron and Coal • ... 50 Britishßolattos:Scrio .................. Brazilian Imperial ...,. ..... 24%...... Ditto Cocacs and Cuiaba... 30 CDitto St. John Del Rey ... 15 - Gobra Copper ......... •,..... ...... to eneral Mining ....... .... 20 Real del M0nte,...... to Unregistered •. . Do. Bl ac k D e b entures...... .. .. .. to ••••• to Do. Red D e b entures ..... .. Santiago de Cuba..... . ......... 10 to United Mexican ............... 28% — ...... to COURSE OF Amsterdam ......• • • 1 2 234 Ditto, at s i g h t . 12 01 % Rotterdam .• ..• 12 2% An twerp ........ •• • 25 75 Harnburgh .... • • M.B. 13 12 Paris, 3 days'sight .• 25 32X Ditto, 3 months .... 25 60 Marseilles .. .. •••• •• 25 65 80urdeaux......... 25 65 frankfort on Maine • ... 121 >4 Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 36% Vienna, effec. d 0...—. 11 30 Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 30 Madrid .............. 47% Cadiz •••••••• • • • • • • • 48 34 Bilbao.. Barcelona Seville EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. ••••• • .• • • ••• •;• Leghorn ...... •••• • • • • 32 0 Genoa •••• •• • .•• .. Hllaa 25 15 Venice .......• •• • • .... Naples ...... •••• • .• 40 Palermo, per0z........ 119 Messina •• • • ••.. 118% Lisbon..... ••• • • • 51% Oporto .......... ••• • • • 52% Rio Janeiro ...... • • . • Buenos Ayres .. ... •• • New Tork, 21 days'aight -- Philadelphia ...... • • • • NIKES OF BULLION, PIE 1111 Foreign Gold is bars .. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0 Spsuaish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Now Dollars •• • 0 410 Silver lu bars 0 4 1184 THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL. --We are anxious to correct an error into which we fell in our report of Mr. Moore's speech at the anniversary, re ported in our paper of Thursday. What he said was, that the firm to which he had the honour to belong employed perhaps a larger number of travellers than any other, and that it was therefore the more incumbent upon him to give the school a liberal helping hand; and not that his house was the must " distinguished in the world. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY. —A half-yearly meeting of this company was heid yesterday. The re port of the directors was satisfactory. The profits of the company now produce a rental of upwards of 12,0001. per annum. The accounts received from the colony were encouraging. It is intended, in order to facilitate emigration, to make allotments of lat.d at moderate rates. The Australian Agricultural Coman have len received from the Crow n t h e title deeds of its at grant gth of 1,000,000 acres of land, situated in the colony of New South Wales proper, and free from all quit-rents, im posts, and reservations. The company purpose throwing ('pen the whole of its territory for sale, in allotments of all sizes, to suit the views of capitalists, with the privi lege annexed of commonage for their sheep and cattle on the company's Waste lands. ~ , z.) Ditto, 1 /s Shares (No. 3)... 11% Ditto Grimsby ... 4O ..... -- Ditto, ditt0.........• o — Ditto, ".. Ditto, ditto .. . Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 25.... Midland.. ... Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. Shares..... ..... 20 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 122% to 123 Midland, Bristol and Gl ouc. 38 ..• .. to Ditto ditto 14/. 188... Midland, Leices. a n d Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... • Middlesbro' and R e d car. 6 - per cent. guar. - to Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Hera. 6 - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 ..•• to -- -- ...... t o .... \ every, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ....,.... 20 -- No rfolk lOO ...... .•• .. to —' to Ditto New 20/. l5 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / 2 per cent. b ...... to ock 4 • ..... to , inc.loo to ) ... 18 LLO' LOND light bri STATE DEAL Lamsde Belle 1 Video; PORT' BOIeTTO LIVET' Smith, 23d ; C. dale, Va Ripa, II ditto; NA ditto; F Mobile; Ranter, ST. 1) Swansei water pl CAIRI and fror night, a GEE is on sh SIIND which inst., ha ISLAY Newfou: shore 15 of cargo CROO St. DOE drove fr harbour The Shi 23d ins has rec( HOLY day, dui Dead M G lIEB Orleans a rock, (cotton) come on For tl vegetab] sive. 1 shade lo 4s ; B 1 Alexane Black), Pears, ' Lemons Filberts per pec per doz radish, bundle; 2s 6d ; per bus Mushro 11 s per bages, Carrots, dozen Kai', 18 Our 1 meat, pi demand Lion in We h the sup] lowing 2s 10d to 4s 8d Geese, is 6d t 9d; and Fowls, Fowls, French per 100 Beef, Veal, 3: Beef, Veal, 3 Turb to 6d; I 6d to 2: Is 2d pi 6d to 81 to Is 6d The from 7 4lbs loa Mart 721 b, 801 b to ditto, 9 to 4d; 83 6d; 2s 4d tc SNIT ditto, 3 load. Cum Clover 1/ los Win Clover per lots CU Seve proprie road at ISUITIMO minute trict of being u ground sonabl( submit the me he had been et charge Mr. tisfact( many tempt lowed to tali and th interpl road, T pw e ao n yu t d dh Cm to 121 about or Gt.( DEI other MA Last Week. AI i Hall, on XI bridg stone Ti The in fa . far Pape: the thusi