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MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW ROMANCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., I HE LANCASHIRE WITCHES. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Henry Co'burn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, AM SLICK'S NEW WORK, TUE OLD JUDGE; Or, Life in a Colony. By the Author of ." Sam Slick, th e Clockmaker," &c. Fleury Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, in 2 vo:s. pest Bvo., price 168, PICTURES from REVOLUTIONARY PARIS. Sketched daring the First Phases of the Revolution of 1848. By W. PALGRVE SIMPN', , M.A., Author of "Letters A from the Danu SO Esq. be," " Gisela," &a. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. In 3 vols. post Bvo., with Illustrations by George Cruikshank and Leech, price 315. 6d. bound, T HE IN GOL D SBY LEGENDS; Or, MIRTH and MARVELS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY. "Abuadant in humour, observation, fancy ; in extensive know ledge of books and men ; in palpable hits of character, exquisite grave irony, and the most whimsical indulgences of point and epigram ; we doubt if even Butler beats the author of these Legends in the easy drpilery of verse. We cannot open a page of the book that is not sparkling with its wit and humour, that is not ringing with its strokes of pleasantry and satire."—Examiner. The Third Volume may be had separately to complete sets. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXXIX., will be published on Wednesday next, CONTENTS :- 1 Mabillon. The French Benedictines. 2. The Patent Journal. The Progress of Mechanical Invention. 3. Charles Vernon. A Transatlantic Tale. 1. Mignet aed Grimblot. Diplonaacy of Louis XIV. and Wil liam 111. 3. The Bishop of Exeter and Mr. Shore. The Indelibility of Holy Orders. 6. Kemble's Saxons in England. 7. The Punjaub. S. Relief of Irish Distress. 9. Lord Melbourne. Londe.* : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. THEATRE IiOYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully iaformed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs aad alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Tragedy of THE GAMESTER. Beverley, Mr. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Beverley, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, an Arabian Night's Entertainmen-t, entitled CAMAKALZAMAN AND BADOUKA.; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland; Keeley, Mr, ,Seeley, Mi ss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. — To conclude with' a new Farce, entitled TOT:R LIFE'S IN DANGER. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPF,r. Under the direction of Madame. 'Celeste . During the Recess this Theatre has been en'arely re-decorated, the original designs by Dlgby Wyatt, Esq., ex er,uied by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chaue,elier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &C., &c. The Privr4t e Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered .r,ore comfortable. THIS EVE's' I NG Will be performed a new Drama, Parinded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. llnghes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. ; A. Tetterby and Cs , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chapral. ; milly, miss weelgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. Ti be followed by THE EN t ...7IkTTE4I. ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. S',ni'th ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new F so:ce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. LYCEUM THEA.T I.E. Under the 'll9.nagement of Madame Vestria. Sole Y..4-3.see, Mr. Charles Ala' he NS. TUTS EVEN flit,. Wilt be performed. PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a r_ev,- Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS.. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. 3larshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil iam, Miss L. 110 - xard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss. Coleman, and 'Madame Vestris. To conciale. with AN APPEAL TO Tin; PUBLIC. Dress 80 - ;e'., s.; Upper Boxe4, :s i Pit, 2 . ; Gallery, Is. No '..alf-price to any part of the house. The NeW Itox-office, No. 2, Weßlngton• sr. e I, is open to the public every Uay, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRA. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. Darin the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr I lurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best airart:;. meats have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the counort and convenience el the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be perfirnted a new Malta(' Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BIXFF KING HAL; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. DtiMBOLTON'S SERENADERS, This celebrated Troupe, whose performances bare excited univer sal admiration throughout the United Mates, will repeat a short Series of their popular ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre THIS EVENING, and Friday Evening. The Programme will include a variety of original Songs, Glees, Ice. entirely new to this country. Doors open at Eight. Mr. ROBERT-HOUDIN will repeat his SOIREES TANTA.S TIQUES TO-MORROW and on Saturday. The Programme will include numerous experiments entirely new. Doors open at Eight. Boxes and Stalls may be scured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-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, Ti. Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. NO communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE. DECEMBER 27. THSRMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 48; Noon, 47. BARCMETER, 30.17. WIND W.S.W.; fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 54 rain. after 2 I Evening .. 11 rain. after 3 44 . t nit . 4.-X' • , %.4 laki k 44. Yii — dr , • • , .1! Zbetnill_t -itlA'• LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1848. Germany aspires to a social aril political regenera tion. To accomplish this the more effectually throughout its forty independent principalities, the Germans have adopted, as the basis of their scheme of improvement, the mechanism of the old Germanic empire. The Imperial city of Frankfort-on-the- Maine has become the rendezvous of the representa tives of the different states; and the responsibility of consolidating the democratic institutions of fatherland has been confided to the national Parliament. Italy in like manner is sanguine as to the acquire ment of the prerogatives of her independence. Out of the six important divisions into which their penin sula is partitioned, the Italians are secretly desirous of evoking a spirit of patriotism such as will lead to their amalgamation into one superb and concrete nationality. The centre of this prospective system is , according to the hopes of MAzzim—Rome. Rome, so long the mistress of the world ! Rome, the metro polis of the Catholic religion! Rome, the second city of the Napoleonian empire ! and now the seat of a blood -stained and usurping Government! Spain also looks forward, earnestly and hopefully , to the period in which she may regain her political liberties (of late so grievously filched from her popu lation), and her social advancement (recently re tarded so miserably by the debaucheries of a licen. tious Administration)! The aspirations as well as the anguish of the Spaniards are directed towards the palace of Madrid, where they anticipate the downfal of the dictatorship of NARVAEZ, and the expulsion of the paramours of the SOVEREIGN. At a time so pregnant with the destinies of these three great countries—Germany, Italy, and Spain— it were well if some intelligent and disinterested patriots, representing the opinions of their respective countrymen, would enable us to acquire somillaccu• re.',,e knowledge of the wishes of the three communi ties. Unfortunately, we have no means of obtaining any such information as to the views of the German multitude, beyond the incidental remarks articulated from the tribune of the Diet assembled in St. Paul's Church at Frankfort —remarks which are deprived, in a great measure, of any value, by the reflection that they are too frequently the mere ebullitions of a momentary excitement caused by oratorical enthusiasm. With reference to the na tional desires of the Italians and the Spaniards, we axe happily in a very different situation. A patriot of each of these great countries has spoken out fully, and eloquently. Their voices are charac t•.:rised, moreover, as much by sincerity as by ear nestness. They s p ea k f ro m no sentiment o f •parti zanship, but from a manly independence of thought-- such as enhances the importance of their revelations. The one an avowed Republican, and the other an FAlpowled g ed Progressista—they are, nevertheless, `ptit plred to aid in the elevation of their fellow ' citizens, even though, in the very act of that eleva tion, the one may witness the dissipation of hip repuhlicas dreams and the other assist in, the dispersion of his party. Don 9noninusto PEP E • is th e exponent o f t h e a es of the Italians, and his exposition is con. , ‘ - c: 1 , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1848. veyed through the medium of his own enthralling biography.* DON VICENTE M. DE PEREDA is the exponent of the aspirations of the Spaniards, and his exposition is embodied in the form of a brief but ad mirably-digested pamphlet.t On a future occasion we shall revert to the more voluminous work cf the Neapolitan General; at present our observations must be restricted to the brochure of the Progressista. Before entering upon the consideration—first, of the situation of his country; and, secondly, of the national aspirations of the Spaniards, Dow VICENTE, in a few introductory paragraphs, alludes to the cir cumstances under which his pamphlet is composed- His love of liberty, he says, is a love vehement and instinctive ; and he does not hesitate even to declare that his sense of the ruin and degradation of his country is so profound, that he is prepared to yearn even for the establishment of a despotism, sup posing that that despotism were the necessary condi tion by which the nation might emerge from the execrable alternative of the factions which in tarns effect its oppression and its impoverishment. "La ruina y degradation en que veo postrado a mi pais," he says, "me haria desear aun el despotismo, si el des potism° fuera condition necesaria para salir de la odiosa alternativa de facciones que por turno nos opri men y empcbrecen." In speaking thus emphatically, however, he implies, by the phrase " a despotism," a strong, irresponsible, and beneficent Government, not " a despotism at once oppressive and turbulent— tyrannical in its dominion and anarchical in its insta , bility : despotism°, opresivo y turbulento—tyritnico en su dominio, y andrquico en su instabilidad." No expression could have been selected, either from the language of SHABSPERE, or from that of CALDERON, which would more felicitously define the character of the arbitrary authority at this pre sent moment dominant at Madrid—" a despotism at once oppressive and turbulent—tyrannical in its do minion, and anarchical in its instability 1 " For the suppression of this odious Administration, the only effectual means, in the estimation of the pamphleteer, is the organization of that "national party" which he has already so well and energetically defined. Speaking of the degeneracy of the present rulers of his country, Don VICENTE DE PEREDA asks : " From what has a position of so much degradation emanated ? Why does the nation endure a Govern ment which thus oppresses and vitiates it ? Has the Spanish people, then, lost its former elevation of cha racter, its valour, and its national pride ? How can it tolerate a tyranny so base and contemptible ? How does it come to :pass that affairs have fallen into a situation so insignificant, so anomalous, so antago nistic to the national sentiments ? "—P. 9. The answers to these interrogatories are only too obvious. The degradation has emanated from the disunion of parties. The nation has submitted to the despotism of the Duke of VALENCIA and to the corruption of the Duchess DE RIANZARES, because, without relying confidently upon its own innate energies, it has per mitted the pernicious system of foreign interference —a system which ultimately gave rise to the formid able faction of the Afrancesadoes. The Spanish people have not, in truth, lost their elevation of character, but they have allowed that character to be insulted with impunity, they have forgotten for a while the instincts of their pride and the excitations of their valour. Base and contemptible though the tyranny of NARVAEZ has been, the Spaniards hare proved themselves culpable by the apathy with which they have witnessed a Prince of the Orleans dynasty en tering the Peninsula under the protection of cannon and dragoons, marrying the INFANTA almost by vio lence, and in this manner forcing upon the throne a foreign and prospective dynasty, in violation of the Treaty of Utrecht, and solely for the emolument of the depraved wife of Mustez. Such are the reflec tions which must force themselves bitterly upon the mind of every honest-hearted Spaniard, overwhelm. ing him with a confusion of sentiments only com parable to that of the unfortunate Portuguese who, in the intrigues of the CABEALS, have beheld a reali sation of the fantastic picture of the poet : The puzzling sons of party next appear, In dark cabals and nightly juxto's met, And now they whisper close, now shrugging, rear Th' important shoulder ; then, as if to get New light, their twinkling eyes arc inward set. No sooner Lucifer recalls affairs Than forth they various rush in mighty fret ; Whe❑ lo ! pubh'd up to power, and crowned their cares, In comes another set, and kicketh them down stairs.' Without prejudging the merits of the question now at issue in the Spanish peninsula, the people of Eng land should listen to the voices of those who express the oiinions, not of individuals, but of millions— voices such as those of EscosußA and of OLOZAGA. Identified with the same class of politicians, that class which aspires with sincerity to raise the national character of the Spaniards to its preper elevation among the peoples of Christendom, DON VICENTE DE PEEED♦ has a right to claim from all unprejudiced intellects the attention due to the misfortunes of a noble, unoffending and abused race—and such misfor tunes of a race thus noble, thus unoffending, and thus abused form the theme of the pamphlet to which we have referred. This is surely not exactly the moment in which to treat the misconduct of a debauched Court, or the misdeeds of an execrable Administration with any fribbling delicacy—when we find our Ambassador dismissed with insults more gross than are elsewhere to be discovered in all the records of either ancient or modern history. If ever a nation merited the respect and gratitude of a foreign Government, that nation is Great Britain, and that foreign Government is the Government of Queen ISABELLA. For it was through the English blood that was shed, and the English money that was ex pended, and the English energies that were called into play for her defence, that the daughter of FEE ' DINAND VII. was enabled to wear the crown of PHILIP. And yet it is England alone that IsanELLA has treated with contumely, it is the English Ambas sador alone that ISABELLA has driven from the shores of Spin, it is the English multitude alone that Isarsum.a. has most shamefully and flagitiously de frauded These are reasons, enow, in all con science, why- we should not affect any frivolous feelings of delicacy. Let the Spanish bond holders, moreover, rest assured of this, that Viscount PALMERSTON is not the man to yield one iota of their claims, to submit in any one parti cular to the insolence of an ungrateful Sovereign and of an ungracious Cabinet, or to abate one jot of the dignity of that great country, the maintenance of whose glory and reputation he has so often shown himself to regard as the loftiest object of his ambition, both as a statesman and as a diplomatist. Let the Spanish bondholders, we say, rest assured of this I And let some one amongst the numerous patriots of Spain answer that question which has been so fre quently put to ourselves by our private correspondents —Whether the Conde DE MONTEMOLIN, in the event of any dynastic change at Madrid, would be pre pared to recognise the claims of the English creditors upon the Spanish Exchequer ? In addition to the total abolition of the Excise establishment—with the exception of the duties on malt and British spirits, which should be transferred to the Customs—Mr. MACGREGOR suggests other reduction s of a very important character. In the Custom s he proposes the total abolition of the entire duties, save on the eight principal items, that is to say, on tea, sugar and molasses, coffee and cocoa, tobacco, distilled spirits, wines, dried fruits, and spices. The remaining articles should be admitted duty free, and a considerable expenditure would be thereby saved in the collection. In fact, the aggregate amount heretofore obtained from these sources was scarcely worth the trouble and expense of collection. A most vexatious and annoying class of imposts will thus henceforward be completely got rid of, and the great principles of free trade will be materially pro moted and advanced. Indeed, the doctrine advanced by Mr. MACGREGOR, " that no article should be taxed with reference to its origin," or, in other words, that duties should be levied merely for fiscal purposes, and not for tle sake of protectipon, embodies in itself the entire creed of the free-traders. We next come to the assessed taxes, which, al though of a direct character, are so partial and op pressive in their operation, and so objectionable in many particulars, that we hail with the: utmost de light the proposition of Mr. MACGREGO.R to abolish them altogether, with one single exception, viz., the *" Momoirs of General Pepe. Written by himself." 3 vol.. Bvo. : Bentley, London, 1848. t" La Situation cuntra El Dtse) Na&onal. Por Don Vicente M. De Pereda," pp. 46, 8,v0.: Dalton, London, 1848. unredeemed land tax. There are obvious reasons why this latter tax should still be retained. Its repeal would, to a certain extent at least, subject the Legis lature to the charge of a breach of faith towards those who redeemed their own land tax by paying large sums of money into the national ex chequer. The persons who did not choose to avail themselves of the facilities that existed for freeing themselves of this burden, could scarcely hope that so great a boon could be granted as a reward for their negligence and apathy. The net amount of the unredeemed ]and tax produces 1,139,1481 ; the other assessed taxes, amounting in the whole to 3,245,9191., should, according to Mr. MACGRXG OR'S views, be struck off altogether, as he considers them to be "not only inquisitorial and grievous in the collection, but exceedingly injurious in their operation, being detrimental to industry and to the employment of artizans, and the labouring classes." The truth of the above statement will be unhesitatingly admitted by every householder, so far as the taxes on light and air are concerned, the objections to which are forcibly set forth by Mr. MACGREGOR, in the following "Reasons for their Abolition;"—" Being inquisitorial and vexatious in the assessment and collection—injurious to the health of the population; being objectionable as regards archi tecture, cleanliness, and restricting the employment in glass, manufactures, of joiners:,who make window frames, of glaziers and painters, and being a tax unequal in its assessment, as large houses do not re quire the same •umber of windows, in proportion to rents, as small and middle-sized houses." The other items, however, are not less detrimental to the com munity, although their injurious character may not be quite so apparent at first sight. Thus, for instance, the tax on servants, which realises about 200,0001. per annum, and against which Mr. MACGREGOR adduces the following reasons, viz.—" Being a tax which limits the giving employment to servants, and by their not being employed, the occupation of others is limited, as cloth merchants, tailors, hatters, shoe-makers, &c., for their clothing," &c. He also adds, most truly, " Every limitation of employment, whether of ser vants or others, limits industry and increases the poor-rates." In place, therefore, of this tax pressing exclusively on wealthy persons, who can afford to pay for the luxury, it really operates against those who are seeking to support themselves by their honest industry, and against the various tradesmen whose business would be extended by the additional demand created if this fiscal impediment were removed. Again, the tax on carriages is supposed to affect the rich exclusively, and it is said that the amount collected (about 428,0001.), does not in any manner affect the poorer classes ; Mr. MACGREGOR, how ever, shows that the " tax is grievous, as it limits to a most injurious extent the employment of artisans and workmen. The great proportion of the value of carriages, of whatever description, and their appurtenances, being the labour and skill of coach-builders, coach spring-makers, coach-smiths, curriers, cloth-manufacturers, coach painters and glaziers, harness-makers, saddlers, &c. The employ ment of carriages creates also employment fur coach men, servants, and horses, &c." Equally cogent reasons are adduced for the removal of the other taxes. Some are most inequitable, as where certain dealers are taxed exclusively for liberty to carry on their trade or business. The assertion " that the most convenient adjustment would be to abolish them altogether, and to substitute a direct tax upon the profits of all realised property" is thus fully borne out. In the stamp duties, which are so unequally assessed, the smaller operations paying at least ten times the amount of the larger, Mr. MACGREGOR advocates "an equitable adjustment of the entire." He also, as we have already stated, proposes the abolition of the stamp duties upon fire and marine assurances, which produce about 1,250,000/. annually. The reasons for their repeal are, as usual, perfectly conclusive :—" The stamp duty upon fir e insurances (he says) is annually about double the amount charged for insuring property. This high duty not only greatly prevents the insuring of pro perty, but property not insured is frequently exposed to danger by the firemen with their engines not exerting themselves to extinguish uninsured property, as they are directed by the company wbo pay them to take care, in the first place, to preserve the property insured." And again he says, "On marine insurances the stamp duty is so heavy and pernicious that a great part of the insurances which would otherwise be effected in England are made at Antwerp, Rotter dam, Amsterdam, and Hamburgh." There are sufficient reasons adduc ed against most of the other duties, but as the approach to a system of direct taxation exclusively must be gradual, Mr. MAC.. GREGOR does not press for their immediate abolition. In the Post- office Department Mr. MACGREGOR asserts, " that as the Government should never pos sess a monopoly of trade, the Post-office charges should be regulated, not with a view to revenue, but to the purposes of covering all the expenses re quired to convey letters and intelligence with security and with rapidity." We have thus placed the views of those eminent financial reformers before the public, and, as we have already stated, we prefer the sug gestions of the Hon. Member for Glasgow, not only because they were first put forward, and probably formed the basis on which Mr. COBDEN framed his budget, but as being more comprehensive in the details, and leading progressively to a better system of imposts, when " the annual rent or profit of property would form the whole amount of equitable taxation, levied upon all that could equitably constitute the WHOLE NATIONAL INCOME ;" everything that is found injurious and oppressive will be struck off in time, and the hiatus supplied by a direct property-tax; while Mr. COBDEN still allows the unjust and iniquitous system of indirect taxation to prevail, and only seeks to relieve in dustry—to promote employment—and to extend the principles of free trade, by the amounts which can be saved from the national expenditure. We, therefore, believe that Mr. MACGREGOR has put forward more statesmanlike views, which will find greater favour with the great body of the people—with all those who are dependent on their daily labour for their daily bread. Mr. MACGREGOR also makes an important sug gestion on the subject of currency by proposing to save the interest of Exchequer- bills "by the Exchequer-bill office issuing paper not bearing in terest, but being at all times a legal tender—as much so as Bank of England notes are now." This is too important a subject to discuss at the end of an article, but the opinions of the Member for Glasgow on this point contrast most favourably with those of the Member for the West Rid ing, who sustained by his votes, the Act of 1844, and the monetary policy of Sir R. PERL and Sir CHARLES WOOD, in the se veral divisions in the Committee on Commercial Dis tress, and arrayed himself in opposition to the tried and veteran Reformer, JosErn Huse, in supporting the report that was ultimately agreed to by a majority of two only, the vote of RICHARD COBDEN thus turning the scale which would otherwise have been equally balanced. MDLLE. JENNY LIND AND THE TOXTETH 110S PITAL.—What a glorious c reat u r e i s J en ny Lind! Though she can obtain thousands of pounds by the ex• ercise of the splendid gifts with which nature and art have enriched her, she never refuses to make a generous bestowal of her services at the call of charity. Call after call is in this manner made upon her benevolence, yet each solicitation meets the wished-for response. Her labours, and their rich results, in London, Birmingham, and Manchester, are familiar to our readers, and now she has consented to appear at a concert, in Liverpool, for the benefit of the fund for enlarging the Southern and Toxteth Hospital. The response will, without doubt, be munificent, and assuredly the people of Liver ' pcol will not be behind any in their appreciation of a generosity which, in its abundant exercise, is without parallel. The concert will take place on Saturday, the 6th of January, at two o'clock, at the Royal Amphi theatre. It has been arranged that it shall be a day performance, in order to accommodate the many wealthy families who reside beyond our suburbs.—Liver pool Albion. PENTONVILLII EXILES FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD .-2Cha esrtteerrded a vesselaythe of 700 Lords tonsbh Commissioners urt of the of r th Ad miraltye conveyance yaßce of convicts. She will be fitted out at Dept ford, where she will receive on board about 100 Penton ville exilCs and convicts for Bermuda. On landing the number appointed to ser ve t h eir period of banishment, she will receive on board a certa i n number of Bermudian transports,. who, with the rentonville exiles, will be con of Good Hop., and landed a y s ey f e re d e to em S z o s n i : t i c Town, Cape THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The quei.tien of an amnesty has not yet been de cided. The PRESIDENT himself is in favour of the immediate publication of one which shall include BARBES, BLANQUI, ALBERT, and the prisoners at Vincennes, Louis BLANC, CAUSSIDIERE, and all the insurgents of June, but he is opposed by some of his Ministers. It is thought that the new Government will obtain a working majority in the present National Assembly. A banquet of French, German, and other foreign Soeialist democrats took place on Christmas-day, at the Barriere du Maine. 450 persons were present, and among them fifty ladies. No representative at tended. There were inscriptions to BARNES, BLANQUI, MESSENHAUSER, ALBERT, BLUM, RASPAIL, LOUIS BLANC, CAUSSIDIERE, and COURTAIS. Toasts and speeches of the usual wild ultra character were deli vered, and among them one to ROBESPIERRE, COU THON, and ST. JUST. The banquet passed off with out any disturbance of order. The Chamber of Commerce of Rouen has pre sented the following address to the PRESIDENT of the Republic : " Monsieur le President,—The Chamber of Commerce of Rouen makes it a duty to address to you its congratu lation on the occasion of your election to the Presidency of the Republic. Under the prestige of the name you bear, M. le President, all parties have given you their suffrage 4, seeing in you a pledge of conciliation end con cord. The hopes of the country will not be deceived, we are confident; for you have sworn to direct the affairs of state in the sole interest and by the will of the law alone. After so many evils, the inevitable conse quences of our civil discords, which have so cruelly affected our commerce and manufactures, we think it to be the duty of every good citizen to lend a sincere and loyal support to the Constitution, and we put up our vows that, without departing from it, elections may shortly call to Paris a new Assembly, which, by i ts origin, being identical with that of the Chief of the Executive Power, will give to the Government homo geneity and strength, without which there cannot be any stability in our institutions. Such, Monsi eur l e Presi dent, are the sentiments which the Chamber of Com merce of Rouen, in the name of the merchants and manufacturers within its circle, has thought it to be its duty to manifest on the occasion of your accession to power; persuaded that, under your Government, we shall see order restored, with that confidence and em ployment so necessary for the prosperity of our indus trious populations." The attempt of the followers of M. CARET to establish a Socialist Icaria in Texas has turned out a disastrous failure. After performing a long and fa tiguing journey through forests, to their location, they found the land uncultivated, and nothing prepared for their reception. They determined unanimously on the day after their arrival, to abandon Icaria, which they did, and after walking 120 leagues through forests, and losing all their effects, some of them managed to reach New Orleans, and were received into the hospitals and workhouses of that city. At the sitting of the National Assembly yesterday, M. ODILON BARROT, the President of the Council of Ministers, read the long-looked-for programme of the New Cabinet. This manifesto alludes generally to the policy which the Ministry intends to pursue. It declares that the Republican Government cannot be considered as definitely established until the period of revolutions shall have been closed. It states that the State ought not to interfere directly, but ought, in the first instance, to leave the greatest latitude to individual action. In regard to the Administration, it states that the Government is determined to substitute the strict observance of the law in place of the arbitrary exercise of power. In regard to the relations of the Republic with foreign States, it declares that diplo matic negotiations will be opened with extreme re serve. Nothing will be promised which cannot be performed, and the. word of France would not be engaged rashly or lightly. The programme concludes by stating that everything in the power of the Go vernment would be done to preserve the peace of the country and to restore confidence. This programme was received with marks of great applause by the Assembly. M. Ledru Rollin then rose to put same interpella tions to the Government with respect to the military powers conferred upon General Changarnier, Com mander-in Chief of the National Guard of Paris, and of the first military division. He was invested, AI. Ledru Rollin said, with power contrary to the Constitution and to the law of 1832. By the powers given to him, General Changarnier was irresponsible, and could become dangerous to the liberties of the State. M. ODILON BARROT replied that the Minister of War, and the whole Cabinet, took upon themselves the responsibility of the granting of those powers. As respected the question of legality, M. BARROT made some lengthened remarks, which were fre quentlf interrupted by the party of the Mountain. He defended the measure itself. He defended it on the ground of the necessity of placing an efficient power in the hands of one efficient person at a period when an agitation existed which might still ba dan. gerous to society. MINISTERIAL PROGRAMME. The following is a full report of the important pro ceedings which toot place yesterday in the National Assembly : At halt-past two o'clock M. Marrast, President, took the chair, and read a letter from M. Lubbert, a repre sentative of the Gironde, who t e nd ere d th e res i gnat i on of his legislative functions. The discussion next opened on the proj(ct of law re lative to the salt tax. M. Avond, the first speaker, recapitulated all the pro positions made by Members of the Assembly for the immediate abolition of that unpopular tax, which had been rejected by the committee charged with exa m i n i ng them, because of the deficit of 70 millions of francs it would occasion in the receipts. The Assembly, however, being preocc u pi e d w ith o th er questions, paid no attention to the speaker, who at last returned to his seat. _ M. Odilon Barrot, President of the Council, having appeared at the tribune, silence was immediately re stored. The Assembly, he said, had learned the decla ration of principles made by the President of the Repub lic, in which the new Cabinet fully concurred, and he now came forward to repeat the same engagements, in presence of France and Europe. He did not intend to lay before the Assembly an expose of the situation of the country, but would give some explanations relative to the principle on which the Cabinet had been con stituted, and the political course it intended to pursue. The Cabinet was composed of men belonging to the different political shades that had united in the election of the 10th of December. The nation had evinced such an accord, such a spirit of union, that the Cabinet should respond to it. It would neither be patriotic nor wise to disregard such a manifestation. The country wished for order, for material and moral order: order in the streets as well as in the Administration and Government. That order could only be firmly established on the day when the period of revolutionary agitation should be closed. In strongly constituting the national force it had given the beat guarantee of its determi nation to maintain order, and it had thereby put it out of the question that it could be disturbed in future. Security was the first want of all. It was indispensible that calmness snd confidence in the future be restored, as otherwise manufactures and trade would not revive. Symptoms already perceptible showed that the resump tion of affairs was not a mere hope but a reality. Agri culture, trade, and manufactures had of late considerably suffered, and cruel sacrifices had been required from the first (the 45 centimes). The new Cabinet would exert itself to introduce the severest economy in the public expenditure, and to impart a salutary impulse to public works, which was far preferable to their direct exe cution by the State. Its efforts would tend to en courage individual activity. M. Odilon Barrot then added that he would not enter on any exposé of the foreign affairs of France. Negotiations were pending which imposed great reserve on the Government. All he could say was, that the Cabinet would not rashly engage the word of France, and that it would exert itself to preserve peace as the interest of France end Europe. In conclusion, he declared that he and his colleagues would do everything in their power to restore security, consolidate the Republic, and promote the de velopment of the political education of the eountry. The election of the 10th December had given the Govern• ment an immense power, and it relied on the patriotic co operation of the Assembly to enable it to accomplish its duties. M. Ledru Rollin next rose and attacked the Ministry for violating the Constitution by its first act, namely, the delegation to General Changarnier of dictatorial powers, which placed at his disposal 150,000 troops, and double that number of National Guards, leaving him 24 hours before he was called upon to account for his conduct to the Minister of War, whose responsibility was not con sequently complete, but chimerical. The law on the National Guard, he said; had also been violated, for it expressly forbade the centering in one person the com mand of the troops and National Guards. He also con demned the appointment of Marshal Bugeaud to the command of the army of the Alps, and the removal of the head-quarters of that army to Bourges. M. Odilon Barrot, who stood up to reply, said that he approved the constitutional and legal scruples of M. Ledru Rollin, but that they were not justified by the acts ho had denounced. Tho responsibility of Ministers was complete, and the Minister of War could delegate a portion of his authority to a General the moment he recognised himself responsible for his conduct. The measure was not dangerous. It was a measure of foresight, commanded by the situation of the country. In ordinary circumstances the text of the law might ,be attended to; but the Govern ment had not even thought of consulting that law, in presence of the difficuties accompanying the tran sition from one form of government to another. (Mur murs.) M. Odilon Barrot asked his interrupters if the events which had occasioned so much bloodshed and de vast,,tions were already obliterated from their minds, and if events which had deeply shaken society might not be reps ated? It was not when hope was reviving that the Government could neglect the most ordinary inettinrr , s of precaution. The army which hail already saved France was still quartered in and round Paris, and, until it was dissolved, it was indispensable that its commaLd should be centered in one hand. A cruel experiment taught the Government how dearly the non-concentration of that command had cost the country. The Ministry had been happy to find at the head of the National Guard a man enjoying universal confidence, of which he was de serving by his devotion to the public liberties. His appointment, however, was merely temporary and commanded by circumstnees, and the moment the Government should perceive that the country ha.i returned to its normal condition, it would revoke the extraordimry powers with which General Changarnier had been ir.vestud. M. Le den Rollin, who followed, maintained that the consitution and the law had been ♦iolated by conferrirg on au officer, invested with an active command, the com mand of the National Guard. The text of the law was formal. The Minister asserted that the country was not in an ordinary situation, and that the Cabinet had not even thought of the law of 1831. Now, he knew of no cther exceptional situation than that of the state of siege, and, from the very admission of the Minister, the coun try had returned to its normal condition, and no arbi trary measures were justifiable. M. Leon de Malleville, Minister of the Interior, next rose and expressed satisfaction at hearing scruples of illegality in the mouth of a member of the Provisional Government, and complimented him on that personal pro gress.—(Laughter.) He then justified the measure, and reminded the Assembly that the principal reproach ad dressed to General Cavaignac was his neglect in not real ising the concentration of the command of the military force. Under the Monarchy it had been united in the hands of Marshal Lobau and Gerard, and under the Provi sional Government, in those of its General, Courtais. M. Malleville hoped that the present Ministry would be more successful, and that it would not be surprised by an emeute for having neglected to adopt proper precau tionary measures. The Minister who delegated a por tion of his power was answerable for the acts of his de legate. The adversaries of the Cabinet should not lightly charge it with violating the Constitution. Were he (M. Malleville) to direct such an accusation against a Minister, he would demand his impeachment.—(Bravo.) M. Charles Dain next rose and said, that M. Malle vine had no right to attack the Provisional Government in presence of an Assembly which had solemnly decreed that its Members bad deserved well of their country. — (Laughter.) The dictatorship exercised by that Govern ment had been sanctioned by the people.—(" No, no," from all sides of the House.) He then repeated the ar guments adduced by M. Ledru Rollin against the ap pointment of General Changarnier, and said that the reference to Marshals Lobau and Gerard was not a case in point, as they were not in active service. —(Loud murmurs and laughter. A voice from the right ex claimed, " Marshals of France are always in active service.") Two Members, MM. Degous6e and Ducoux, next proposed an order of the day, stating that, considering the powers conferred o n G enera l Changarnier were merely temporary, the Assembly passed to the order of the day. The friends of Ministers, however, having moved the order of the day pur et simple, it was adopted by a large majority. The Assembly afterwards adjourned. BOURSE.—Peurs, TUESDAY, DEC. 26. THREE O'CL , ex.—There was a fall to day of a franc in the price of the French Rentes, produced principally by the fears entertained that the debate in the National Assembly on the affair of General Changarnier would tend to weaken the new Ministry. Railway Shares were steady, and there is a considerable rise in some of them. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 30; ditto (90 days), 25 22k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE _ LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Dec. 26. Boulogne and Amiens, EX—Central of France (Orleans and Tierzon), B—Luxembourg (100, 2 1 4—Northern of France, B—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and Rouen, 19%—Paris and Strasbourg, 3. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 4 500 bales, and in elude 3,500 American; 300 Bahia at 4i. 1 . to 5(1.; 100 Egyptians at sjd. to 6id.; 200 Surat at 31. to 31(.1.; and 40 Sea Islands at Bd. to 9d. The market el , s( d heavily, and prices had a declining tendency.—Railway shares were firm generally. The accour,ts received from France are still of a satis factory character generally, and although the debate upon the affair of General Changarnier had occasioned some reaction in the Rente, it does not appear that any positive uneasiness existe. The quarters to which we most now chiefly look for events of interest, are Italy and Denmark, and, in relation to the latter, it may be remarked that there are doubts expressed in the letters received as to whether an amicable arrangement will be effected. The winter season usually suspends military operations, but the freezing over of the Belt would afford an easy passage to the troops, the assembling of which at Hareburgh, and on the Hanoverian frontier, is not considered a very pacific indication. The detri• went to commerce Curing the last struggle was so great that we are not surprised to hear of the anxiety expressed in various quarters as to the possibility of the war being renewed. One or two cases have been mentioned to us in which vessels have been ordered home from the Baltic, as a measure of pre caution. The same appearance of quietude as for some days past is observable in the City walks, and this being a " broken week," very little activity is expected. The Corn trade is steady. From the manufacturing districts we learn that busi ness was blacker, the late advance in the raw staple having an effect iu restricting operations, although, no doubt, the holidays were more influential. The transactions in the Funds have been very limited to-day, but the market opened well at an advance to 88-1- 89. Subsequently the French prices came lower, and there has been a bargain in Consols at 88k. Bank Stock has been supported at 191. Exchcquer-bills have realised 395. to 425., and India Bonds 375. to 40s. pre mium. The New Three-and-a-Qaarter per Cents. have been 89* to 89-a. The Foreign investments have been rather fluctuating, though there have again been a good many transactions in them. Mexican, after touching 25*, have receded to 24i ii-. Equador have been 24 i, and Grenada 13. Bue nos Ayres Stock is 23i. Spanish Active Bonds have been 14* to i, and the Three per Cents. 28 to 28i. Portuguese Four per Cents. are nominally 26 to 27, Russian Bonds have been at 102. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. are 491. There has not been a bargain in Peruvian. The committee are in communication with Senor Osma respecting the terms offered for a settlement of the bondholders' claims. Railway Shares have been generally higher to- day, but it is remarked that Eastern Counties still hang heavily, and inquiries continue to be made as to the cause. North-Western, Midland, the York lines, the Great Northern, Caledonian, and North Stafford, have improved. French Shares are rather higher. ONE CLOSING PR'I'ES OF isRLITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Ar.ns BB% 89 88% 88% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aims.— , 89 %% 1 /s 89A t.ong A nns. to expire J an. 1860 India Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Account., B9 83 1 / 88 3 / 4 Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ...... 1,0001. June 5001. March.... 5001. June Small, March .. 39 42 p 42 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOSINi. O'CLqCII. PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ner Cent. 23 1 /. 2 23 1 /, Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto,' Deferred 21,4% 2% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 25 25% 24%.% 24% Ditto, Account ... 25% 25 1 / 8 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 44 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Russian Bonds ... ...... - . lO2 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ... .. ...... 28 28% Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 / 4 per Cent... 18% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / per Cent lmteh 2V 2 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49% Ditto. 4 per Cont. Certificates 26 103 14 28% 76 49% 75 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONEPAID. CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen SO Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4 1 4 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 -h Belfast & County Down 19 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, cr with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 Dr :,thoutr 'o. without guarantee Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June—. 10 ...... ........ ....... ' Poston Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... .. 3 3 41 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. 57 Ditto, 1 birds 1'; uckinOlamshire... 141. 4s. Caledonian -.. ......... 50 ...... 22 1 4 21% Ditto, Half Shares .. £34...... 11/ l l /2 Do. New 101. Prof 714... ~ 7:% 73 Ditto,Cl3 desdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... Ditto, Preference ls Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 LO - . . Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June 35 ...... 2 Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ...... East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 .... . Do., 3/. 10s. ' Eastern Counties,.. ..... 20 12 11% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. ..... 10 Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 6L 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters 12% — Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ~,... Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent....,....,. 21 East Lancashire ......... 25 Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — ... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 ,4 ...... East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..- Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 13r1a3gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ..8/.65. 8d.... ....... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 60 ...... D(7.Preference .Consul. Great Northern Do., -1/2 A Deferred ... 12%...... 4N3 5 ..... Do., ', B 6-per Cent. guaranteed ..... 614. 4% Do. Extension 2 j 2...... ••••• ,heat South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ... •• Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto 25 Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. .. ... ...... ••• ••• Great Western 9O ..... 80 Ditto, 1,4 Shares Ditto, 1 % Shares Ditto, Fifths... ........ 20 Ditto, New 171— .. .. 13 Huddersfield and Blanch. 30 Ditto, Thirds Liull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ..... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, ih Shares ...... 43 ... .. Do. Quarter Shares... 17 1 / 2 — ••• Do. Fifths ... 10 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 •• ..• ~. Do. New,GUa.trperct. 7'4 — Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto 1 / 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 2% 11% 52% 17 1 ,4 - 8% 80 45% 17 10 1 % - 6% 8% Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 „, , Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 „.. ..... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares(A)... • Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 Do., Half Shares Do., (blue) Scrip.-- Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ...... ....... 35 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 31 ,2 _ Liverp., Manchster, and Newcastle Junction... 21,4 London & Black we11...13/. 68.8 d — Do. Extension ..... • ............... London, Brighton, and South Coast Do.Guarant.s per et-, 9 ...... Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d — ......... • Ditto, Preference...-. 20 London and N. Western 100 124 125 123...... 123 Do Quarters (L. & B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. 2 ...... Do. 4t./.ehares(L.M.) 25 Do. 10/. (M. & 13.) A. 9 Do. 10/. (1.14. & 13.)B. 9 Do. 101. (111. & B.) C. 1 • • • ••••• Lond. &S. Western SO Do. New 501. ..... 42%.. 31% 8/ 4~ ~ .M Do. New 40/ . 84 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ....,.... 40 Ditto. Thirds.. ......134 6s. 8d 4% di5..... ..... 4% dis. Do.. New Scrip, 1848, P ef. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls - London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .....-.. ....... 1%...... - - Londomierry&Gol;raine 28 3 / 4 . — .... Londonderry and Ennis killen .. ... 27% ...... ... ..... ..... -- Lowestoft (4 per et ) ... 20 Ditto (6 per et.) Manshester,Buxton,and Matlock 4 — Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 114 — ..... -... ... Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40 Ditto ditto . .... Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 ~ ... Do., Grimsby Dock 2O Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s — Midland ...100 ..... 84 85 83%.. -. 8 3 % Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ...... Do , do., 501. Shares... 20 ..... 11 3 / 4 12% 11% 11% Do. Birm., and Derbyloo D...Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 38 ...... .-.. Ditto, ditto ... .. 144 185.... Ditto,Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish M i dd I esb ro ' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. - Newcastleand Carlisle-100 , — ••-- Do. Quarters 25 Newmarket ... . .. 20 .--. Do. Extension . ..... ...24 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... am. Nowry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 20 - '— Norfolk . .. ... 100 - ..• •• — Do. New 20/. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ..... 'orth British 16 7, Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension O% ... •• Ditto, Thirds ........ 84 .... North & South-Western 2 . — NorthlStaffordshire orth Wales North-Western .... ...... 10 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 2 Scottish Central ...... ....-..• I ~.-.• Scottish Midland 25 Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ..... Shrewsbury and Birm— 9 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 Shrewsbury and llerefd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l 7 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8% — ..... ......... Ditto Oswestry ..... 17 3 / 4 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO .. . Shropshire Unio n South Devon ••• Do. Preference south Staffordshire 8 1,4 l 3 /4 &tin Eastern Do., No 1 24 - Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 25 ...... 153/4 Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 ..... 74 % South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Ext ens i on ... 8 - ...... ••• Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... 17% — Vale of Ne a th ... ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 17% Waterford and Limerick 47% —. .. Watertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ...... 3 •••• • - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 10 ..... - ... ..... , West Cornwall .... West London Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 • Do. Do. 2d Class 20 Whitehaven & Furness 14 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 12 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth ... 40 fork, Newcastle, and Berwick. - 28% Do. Original New and - ]O% _~ 1% 23% 10 1 ,4 15% 28q 28 BerwlA .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... 26%:!4 1 4 D. Extensiox No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 15 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 Fork and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference 1;(. Last and W(-,st Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... 6 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 8 3 4 A, %.....w Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 17 Ceylon Demerara ls Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 1 ,i... .. .. ...... .... East Indian 3 14 — ...... - ..... Great Indian Peninsular' 1 4 — Louvain ala Sambre ... 7'4 — Luxembourg... Ditto .. Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Northern of France...... 12 : — Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Lyons ll ..... .. Do. Do. . lO — Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ..., ,20 ..... 18 7 a Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 9 ..... 1% Tournay, Juibise,, Lan den' and Hasselt ... -.. 20 - West Flanders ..... - ..... 8 3 4 ..... 8% JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 ...... MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Cora— 14 Australian. 2% BrazilianCoeses&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobra Copper General Mining ...... .. 20 Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... ..... Santiago de Cuba lO - - sloe* ..... •• United Mexican 28% 2'4 lees 154 . . - 4% .... 31i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 27.—Wind this day at noon,‘W.S.W.. light breeze and fine ; greatest pressure of wind, since yesterday at noon, 3k lbs. Barometer 30.19, thermo meter, 48.: WIND AND WEATHER, THIS DAY, 9 A.M. Colchester S.W., fine Glasgow Gosport Hull Lowestoffe Newcastle W., cloudy. Portsmouth Yarmouth S.E., cloudy. HARWICH, DEC. 26.—A large full.rigged ship, oa shore on the Sunk Sand, was boarded by the Scout, revenue cutter, 23d inst., when two goats and five pigs were found alive, but no human being; mast all broke, and lying across h er d ec k s , f u ll woman -h ea d gilded, painted ports, supposed to be from Hamburgh or Hong* Kong, laden with a general cargo, some of which has been landed. A schooner is reported to have been to tally wrecked on the Long Sand, on the 22d inst.; crew supposei to have perished. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 26.—The Hearts of Oak, was driven on shore on Newcome Sand last night, sunk, and has become a total wreck. CORE, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Lightfoot, Parke, Quebec; Euterpe, Koning, ditto; Bangalore, Parsons, New York. NEW Ross, DEC. 21.—Home, Windgate, Baltimore. DEAL, DEC. 26.—Arrived from the river, Rotter dam, Batavia; Euphro sync, Calcutta; Sir George Sey mour, Adelaide; Augusta, Algoa, Bay; Heroine, Cape of Good Hope; Tropic, Barbadoes; Yorktown, New York; Ennerdale, Balliston, New Zealand; Champion, Pallot, Cape Coast Castle. RAMSGATE, DEe. 26.—The Lady Robilliard, London to Guernsey, has put in here with loss of rudder, &c., having been ashore near the North Foreland. NEWCASTLE, DEC. 26.—Wind S. to S.S.E., strong gala with rain.— The George, on the Rocks of Tyne mouth, is bilged, but should the weather moderate may be got off. GLOUCESTER, DEC. 26.—S1d. Acorn, Sydney. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrived Saline, Sullivan, Baltimore. Off port, Doggersbank, Batavia, for Amsterdam. BIDEFORD.—SId. Kathleen, Cuba. ABERYUTWITH.—Arrd. Grace, Hutchison, Quebec. LIVERPooL, DEC. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. America, Dunn, New York; Peter, Marcy, New Orleans. Sld. El Dorado, New Orleans ; Sarah, Parker, Savannah ; Celina, Africa ; British Prin cess , N ew O r l eans ; Si r Harry Smith, New York. The Thames, from Bridge water, on shore on the 15th inst., on Crosby Point, has got off and been brought in here. WELLS, DEo 26.—The Three Brothers, of Rudkis bing, for HO', got on shore this morning on the Wool pack Sand, oil Hanstante, and is now waterlogged, but little of her car go i s ex p ec t e d to b e saved. Crow 'saved. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. SEIJAS LOZANO, who only two days before bad been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies, has resigned his office and his seat in the Chamber in disgust. He will, it is said, be succeeded by MAR JANS. The ill-feeling existing between the QUEEN and NARYAEZ becomes more embittered every day, and although the latter has appointed General SANZ and the Count DE CASA VALENCIA, who are devoted to his interests, as the successors of the Count DE PUNON ROSTEO and Count DE CUMBRES ALTAS, he is by no means secure in his tenure of office. Several of the Carlists who submitted to CONCHA, with POSAS and MONTSERRAT, have escaped and re joined CABRERA. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 20.—The Three per Cents. were done at 21-4- for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 10} for paper; the Debt without intereit at 4. for paper; and Coupons at 6. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The following is the dispatch of Prince Wirmisca- GRATZ, announcing his entry into Presburg : " To his Excellency Baron Welden. " I hasten to inform your Excellency that I have this moment entered Presburg, by way of Stampfen, with the second corps d'artnee. The city was evacuated yester day, and the bridge of boats destroyed. I reserve fur ther details. I this day move my head-quarters tc Kariberg. " ALFRED, Prince of WINDISCHGRATZ. " Presburg, Dec. 18, 1848 ." The Magyars intend making a stand at Raab. Wiezelburg has surrendered to the Imperialists after a smart resistance, but the particulars are not known. WINDISCIIGRATZ was, on the 18th, at Gattenderf, and JELLACHICH at Storkstrasse. Intelligence from Pancrowa states that the Hun garians have taken the principal camp of the Servians by storm, and were preparing to cross the Drave to bombard Legrad. KurmizA, the self-installed King of the peasants of Bukowina, has been taken prison e r. The Allg emeine Zeitung of the 19th inst. publishes the following in an extraordinary supplement, and in very conspicuous type : "We have received, via Agram, the full confir mation of the report that the Hungarian Diet has declared the abdication of the Emperor Ferdinand and the accession of his nephew null and void, as regards Hungary, as, according to the existing laws of that country, the throne can only change hands at the death of the monarch, unless at the express de sire of the nation, and with the sanction of the Diet. Now, as in the present instance the nation was neither consulted, nor its sanction demanded, all the authorities, troops, and inhabitants of Hungary have been called upon not to acknowledge or obey any laws or commands at variance with the constitution of the land, and to re ject all usurpation, &c. In such terms, says the Allge ;mine Zeitung, is the resolution of the Hungarian Diet announced in the Pesth Gazette of the Bth inst. This resolution may, after the subjugation of Hungary, lead to a total dissolution of a distinct administration of that kingdom." Accounts from the army of WrsibiscusißATs state that his troops had suffered greatly from cold and privation. Several picquets had been frozen to death. The success of his invasion of Hungary was consi dered doubtful. PRUSSIA. Intelligence has been received from Berlin to the 24th, at which date everything was tranquil. BAVARIA. Letters from Munich, of the 20th December, state that the Minister, M. DE LERCHENFELD, has re signed. The KING twice refused to accept his resig nation, and when he at last accepted it, he said that in doing so he had no wish to retrace his steps, but that in the choice of the new Ministry he would show he intended to proceed in the constitutional path on which he had entered. HESSE-DARMSTADT. The Second Chamber, in its sitting of the 20th inst., adopted the first article of the new electoral law, hus conceived : " The rights granted to the states by the constitution of the Grand Duchy are exercised by two chambers, composed of representatives elected by the people." The Gazette de Mayence is to be prosecuted for having published an address pronounced at the funeral Of ROBERT BLUM. FRANKFORT. The election of LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE as President of the French Republic, has given ri-e to feelings of distrust on the part of the members of the German Parliament. ITALY. The Osservatore Triestino contradicts a statement published in the Vienna journals, that the Croatians had taken Malghera on the 11th instant, after a three days' attack. It is true that the Croats attacked Malghera twice, but each time they were repulsed with considerable loss. The Minister at War of CHARLES ALBERT has given orders that all volunteers are to be received at the castle of San Giovanni, and the committee of Parma, Piacenza, Modena, and Reggio, has addressed a proclamation, dated Turin, December 8, to the in habitants of these Duchies, exhorting them to be ready for every event, as CHARLE S A LBERT h as not, it says, strengthened his army merely for ostentation's sake. Letters from Rome, published by the Bologna Gazette of the 18th inst., announce the arrival there of a Briish diplomatist of distinction. He is said to have advised that a person of confidence should be dispatched to the POPE to endeavour to effect a reconciliation. He had even offered himself as mediator. RAGGED SCHOOLS FOR DESTITUTE POOR CHILDREN. —The benevolent and charitable will, at this season of the year, find ragged schools an excellent medium to convey their bounty to the most destitute of their fellow creatures. 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