The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-14 00:00:00

principle iplement nit these r writers he name )sition of e Vice , as the neligible cy. --./ Minister iediately Lext ap of Fo ur, and itely re )ither be a. The HILAIRE 'ship, an is to ap- SEZE or was cir- qice and ssembly. IDIFRETI ?.clined). -ontinue roLEoN• des, Ge •RoLLIN oportion erne the crying, 'ails on 70,000, iouth of 1 of the to offer mand of lay lea!' of Louis ,inued to per cent• its. have he Loan, ye risen. 'can 2f; Shares ed; Five ands not hschild's ;0 days)' res have a TnE 7s t%. red. hat the ; fernier huge, as ssible to t. W re of the ;0 know )ccupies 7-street, ious to the pre furnish s he has Spanish which and the light be )etvreen S., 201 ; 18 40. lES. rlin to to from 'lns his Ls con- esented tsion of possible ncludes im and power Berlin, coming i com ttee in ants in clubs, .ir they amber, ections umber The ed in istricts e una popa- rats of of the .ws are I who, mmit turn of Lich as a, Scc.f th. It t some Pro ed his 'ember Berlin• i pro rig the henna nperor r loyal entous r days, august %no of re loy- [ajestY trust tutiont ill, bY %florist that an d reno ►e her cen- it will be the itrious of the work• g diS' jgnitY 1.„ rest 3 legl- 1 sake iished declaration of ..rINDISCHGRATZ., that from and after t'Rs Ist of Dec..tnner, the civil tribunals should resume their filKtions, and the military tribunals showd cease to have jurisdiction, save ©tier soldiers, the milittry butcheries which hare disgraced Vienna sinc e the commencement of November still continue. On the 7th of December an unfortunate blacksmith, a native of Hungary, was arrested on a charge of having in his possession a loaded carbine. He was tried, condemned, and executed before sun set. WINDUCHGRATZ has declared that he will shot every Hungarian officer he takes, and ROSSUTH has announced his do!erminatien to make reprisals. WissniscaußATz has no Hungarian officers prisoners as yet, whilst KOSSUTH has several Austrian officers in his power. In consequence of this decla ration of WINDISCHGRATZ the rural population re siding in the neighbourhood of Gneiss became so exasperated that they rose en masse, stormed the Motel de Ville, in which. were 74 Croats who had been taken prisoners from JELLActiscn, and massa cred 42 of them. The National Guard of the town fortunately arrived in time to save the .remainder from the fury of the snob. The Hungarians have assumed the offensive, and have made an irruption near Bruck. After levying contributions they retired into their own territory. Two regiments were ordered to proceed immediately- from Vienna to Bruck. The following tragedy was enacted in one of these regiments just before it marched from Vienna: ----When the corps was placed in ranks, and just when the order to march was about to be given, one of the riflemen levelled his piece and shot a corporal dead on the spot. The report of the rifle and the fall of the murdered man was followed by a few minutes of Painful suspense, for it was as if everybody felt that some dreadful punishment must follow the dreadful deed. At length a superior officer advanced and muttered a few words to the soldiers. Two files turned off; the murderer, who seemed perfectly col lected, placed himself in their midst, and they pro ceeded round the corner of the street to the ruins of a house that was burned down during the siege. The Unhappy man stood up against the blackened wall, his comrades fell back, three men advanced and levelled their muskets. Their comrade fell dead, and the next moment they walked quietly back to the re giment, which then proceeded onwards on its march. The news of the abdication of the old and the advent of the new EMPEROR had no sooner reached Pesth than the Hungarian Parliament assembled, and resolved unanimously that they accepted the KING'S abdication, which, since they had not been consulted, they must consider in the light of an unconditional resignation of the Crown ; that they refused to re cognise FRANCIS JOSEPH as their King, for that it Was expressly stipulated in the Pragmatic Sanction that no person under twenty years of age should succeed to the Hungarian Crowns ; and that for the future Hungary should be a Republic. If this news be confirmed, as we have no doubt it will, there is little hopes for any impression that the EMPEROR'S manifesto may make, and there is no alternative but war t o the knife. For this war the Hungarians have been incessantly preparing. They have fortified Presburg and Pesth ; added to the fortifications of Komorn, undermined all the roads to their principal cities ; and they have burned all the towns and vil lages from Bruck on the Leitha to Presburg, so as to starve the Imperialists in their winter campaign. ROBERT BLUM. The following is a copy of the letter written by the unfortunate ROBERT BLUM to his wife an hour before his murder : " My dear good wife,—Farewell, farewell for the time then call eternity, but which will not be so. Bring up our—now only your—children to be honest men; so they will never disgrace their father's name. Sell our little Property with the aid of our friends. God and all good Men will help you also. All that I feel and would say at this moment escapes me in tears; only once more, then, farewell, my dearest. Consider our children a treasure of which you must make the best use, and honour thus the memory of your faithful husband. Farewell, fare well; receive the last kisses of your Rokert. Vienna, Nov.,:lB4B,.five o'clock in the morning; at six all will be over. " P.S. I had forgotten the rings; on that of our be trothal I press for you a last kiss; my seal-ring is for Ilans, the watch for Richard, the diamond stud for Ida, the chain for Alfred, as memorials. All the rest divide as you please. They are coming; farewell." VIENNA, DEC. 9.—The Wiener Zeitung of this day contains an autograph letter from the Emperor FERDINAND to the Lord Chamberlain DIETRICH STEIN, acknowledging;hisilong and faithful services to the Imperial house, and conferring on him the dignity of Knight of the llungarian Grand Cross of St. Stephai's. • c The Archduke STEPHEN, late Palatine of Hungary, on his resignation of that dignity, has addressed a Writing to the Colonel of the Palatinal Hussars, thanking that regiment for the devotion testified to him during the ten months that he enjoyed the dig nity of Palatine and Royal Stadtholder of Hungary, from which post he felt compelled by untoward cir cumstances to withdraw. The name of WINDISCH GRATz, who will now lead the armies of Hungary for the purpose of restoring peace to that troubled coun try, will recal many who have been led astray to a sense of their duty to their KING and to themselves. FINANCES OP VIENNA. Zlt appeared from the report of M. KRAUS, at the recent statement resp( cting the budget, that the sup pression of lotteries, which are found to be the fruitful source of immense evil, will be a loss of 32,500,000 f., of which 9,500,000 flowed annually into the State coffers. The abolition of the lotteries therefore, to gether with other reductions proposed, throws the Austrian finances into considerable embarrassment, and in order to cure the deficit, the Ministers propose baying recourse to extraordinary measures. The deficit being estimated in toto at 125 millions of:francs, the Minister imposes as follows : 1. Duty on home sugars. 2. Reform of the Customs system, the gradual abolition of certain prohibitions, the removal of which Will give a frosh impulse to trade, and bring a consi derable influx into the Vienna market, the: central geographical position of which is extremely favourable to commerce. These measures, however, must not he introduced suddenly, as they will in the first instance cause a considerable deficit. 3. Increased duty on spirituous liquors, which is extremely low in Austria. 4. A flouse• tax. The Minister, however, stated these several taxes Would not suffice, and adverted to an income-tax, which was received with general approbation. A revenue and stamp-duty tax was also adverted to, but the Minister deferred it, saying no more till he should lay a project of law on the budget before the Diet. With regard to the loan, it seems to be the most general opinion that the proposed treasury bonds, bearing interest not.liable to fluctuation, will not suc ceed, and that recourse must be had, as on former occasions, to Baron Vox ROTIISCLIILD. a BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, DEC. 12.—Chevalier CORSSMANS, who has been appointed by the King of DENMARK resi dent Minister at the Court of Belgium, has been re ceived in solemn audience by the KING. Count REVENTLOW, who is charged by the King of DEN MARK with a: special mission to her Britannic MAJESTY, was lik wise received by the KING. The conference lasted some time. The delegates of the Anglo-American Society for the Diffusion of Universal Peace, who met in Congress here in September last, have offered a prize of 1,000 francs fcr the best essay on " The Abolition of War between Nations." The essays must be written in the French language, and sent in to the Brussels Society before the Ist of June, 1849. The Brussels Society has likewise set apart 1,000 francs to be distributed according to merit among the unsuccess ful competitors. Ilaussm.s, DEC. 12.—1 n the sitting of the Cham bers occupied: in the discussion of the budget Tor the foreign department, the Minister of Foreign Affairs announded publicly that Brussels had beep fixed upon as th e seat of the conferences for the settlement of the affairs of Italy. The Minister also stated that the Go vernment intends to demand indemnity from v r anee for the injury occasioned to Belgian wool 7,, man ufactures by the premium on export. trade fixed the b y decr e e of the 10th of June. he commercial treaty with Holland, which in cluded the extension of trade with that kingdom, has ior th e present proved a failure ; but the Minister s tated his o pi n i on th a t th e desired extension would ultimately succeed. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, DEc. 13.—At the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States• General on the 12th, a message was read from PUNIIURYS, announcing his r esignation as a Member of that Chamber in copse rrisne" o f his appointment to the Governorship of The Assembly likewise received a Royal message, accompanying nine projects of law relative to the receipt of provincial contribution. Secondly, a Royal message, ac companying a project of law, containing the bud ge t of receipts and expenditure of the funds pensions of the ci v il ; rsaons for 1849. These Acts were re ferred to the Sections of October and November. Various Royal decrees were then read relative to the definitive nomination of the members of the Mi nistry and to the dissolution of the Commission ap pointed by the KING to submit to his MAJESTY a project of the Constitution.—Dutch papers, Dec. 13. BADEN. CARLSRUIIE, DEC. 5.—A very considerable deficit appears in the receipts this year ; the committe charged with the examination of the budget has therefore proposed to the Second Chamber to contract a forced loan. For this purpose bills are to be issued bearing interest not subject to the fluctuations of the public funds. The introduction of a new tax, and the issue of paper money, as was proposed, is hereby ob liged. The QUA= DiaU is assigned the sum of THE S(N, LONDON. 100,000 florins from the civil list to t country, and 50,000 florins from aptni.ge and caries of the Grand Ducal family— Fribourg Gazetdo WALLACHIA. A letter from Bucharest of the 7th ult., quoted by the Journal de Constantinople of the 19th, states that during two days the Russian military authorities had made numerous arrests, among which was that of an English subject who was taken from his own house to a prison outside the town. M. COLQUBOUN; her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, had protested against this violation, and demanded an immediate release of the party arrested. He, however, could obtain no redress from the Turkish authorities, and the matter has been referred to the British Minister at Constantinople. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CI TY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a brisk demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday; the sales were 6,000 bales t.) the trade, besides 2,000 sold to speculators. The prices of American at and under 4d. per lb. were higher since Friday. The other kinds were without alteration. The great do-mand was for American new Boweds at 4d. per lb. The sales consist of 7,000 American at 3id. to Gd. 400 Pernams at 44d. to 51d., 200 Bahia at 5d., 400 Surats at 3d. to and 150 Sea Islands at Bd. to is. In Railway Shares rather a better business was done. From the country districts generally we continue to receive favourable accounts concerning the state of business, though what is most to be noted is the hopeful anticipations of the future The im pression that matters ought to improve, goes far, we know, in producing the desired amelioration. In the produce markets of the metropolis, there is cer tainly much more animation. Yesterday, for example, there were 1,700 hhds. of West India sugar sold privately, and a further advance has occurred in coffee. Good ord. native Ceylon has been sold as high as 295. 6d. Rum has been in rather better demand. Tallow continue heavy. The Money Market has seldom been in a more favourable position. Discounts on best bills range from two-and-a-half to three per cent. ; bullion continues to arrive from nearly all parts, and if only half be true that is stated of the discoveries of gold in more than one region, very interesting reflections must arise as to the future metallic standard. Accounts from the Pacific Coast (St. Francisco) confirm and repeat that from 60,000 to 100,000 Idollars in gold are daily extracted. It is said to be about 23 carats fine. One vessel brought to Mazatlan 75 lbs., and sold it at dollars 14.15 the ounce. There were se veral whale ships and other vessels laid up there, about 16 in all; their crews bad deserted, and gone to the gold region. The ship Huntress, which sailed from New York on 18th April, had been there for some time with Government stores, and could not discharge, for want of launches. Two-thirds of her crew were off, and it is supposed she will be obliged to abandon her voyage to Canton. As much as ninety dollars per month had been paid for sailors. Mechanics and labourers, of whom there were very few, got five and six dollars per day, and common cooks could and did get 100 dollars per month ; and, in fact, the inducements at the mines and on shore are so great, that the people would not go to sea. Unless the Government of Cali fornia interfered, all other pursuits would be abandoned. The whole of the public property of the city of St. John's, New Brunswick, is advertised to be sold at auc tion, by the sheriff, to satisfy an execution issued out of the Supreme Court, for 1161. odd. The New Bruns wicker says this state of affairs is the result of " bad faith, bad management, loose system of accounts, cor ruption, recklessness, and extravagance, of former boards of Common Council." The late gale was very severely felt at St. John on Monday, [but we hear oft no report of damage dune to shipping. The Fredericton Reporter says—" In about ten days the line of electric telegraph from St. Andrew's to St. John will be completed, and in full operation. This is the continuation—not, we hope, the completion—of a line which extends from the city of New Orleans all the way to St. John. Next spring it will be continued to Halifax, and, we trust, to Fredericton ; as we know the House of Assembly will give all proper encouragement to such a laudable undertaking." There are accounts to-day of October 19, inclusive, from the Cape of Goop Hope. The Governor, Sir Harry Smith, had succeeded in settling the affairs of the frontier in a manner which gave satisfaction, ap• parently, to all parties, and there was likely to be a period of prolonged tranquillity, and we hope pros. perity, for the farmers and the aboriginals. We are glad to announce the receipt of a further amount towards the dividend on New Grenada Bonds due iu June last. The whole sum required, 16,000 dol lars we believe, is not yet forthcoming; but it is some thing to see the Republic making an effort even. Great regret may fairly be expressed that Ve nezuela should be of late so incessantly dis turbed by revolutionists of one kind or other. Me nages, the President, had recommended that some plan be suggested by Congress (convoked for the 25th ult.), whereby the country might be tranquillized. With General Paez arrayed against Monagas, and Flores against Mosquera, the President at Guayaquil, we can hardly expect much attention to financial matters. The transfer books for Consols are closed, but there have been a few special bargains. For Money the quo tations have been 88* to including the dividend, and for the opening, ex dividend, the rates have been 861 to 874. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 395. to 425., and on India Bonds, 38s. Bank Stock has been marked 1891 to 190. The New Three- and-a-Quiirter per Cents. have been 87* to *, and the Three per Cents. 861 to 87*. The steady rise in the French Rentes, and the impression that there is more Con servative feeling among our neighbours than was sup posed, has unquestionably produced a good feeling in monetary circles, notwithstanding the admission that there may yet be important events on the tapir. The Foreign Securities have been generally firm, but Mexican Bonds must be excepted, for in them there is a partial reaction, the quotations being 21i to 221.. Peruvian Stock has been quoted 38 to 391. Equarlor has been at 21. Brazilian Small Bonds are 75. Por tuguese Four per Cents. have been 241. Russian Bonds have risen 1 per cent., being at 1021. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been 481. Spanish Three per Cents. have been quoted 25*. Railway Shares participate in the buoyancy of the Stock Markets, and there is an inquiry for nearly all the principal lines, at advanced prices. BRITISH FUNDS Tins DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock l9O 189% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 86 87 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Consols Anna.. ....... 88 1 4% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. 8 7% 1 /s l / 2 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 0-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 ... . 38 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 83% Consols for Account ...... 86% 87 1 / 1 x d 6xchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 5001 39 p 40 p Small 4O p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small . Equador Bonds Mexican Beings, 1846, 5 per Cent 22% 21% Ditto for the Account . 2 2 1, 4 14% 21% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 3B 39 Ditto for the Account . Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 10 2 1,6 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o 12% 1 4 Ditto for the Account 1 2 1A% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 25% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4 8 14 ..te-,INEe•I DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK • RAIL WAYS. PAID. Pta SHABA. 4berdeen ........................ 50 ..... 16 ...... to Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 4 1 / 4 kyrshire and Galleway Belfast and County Down .. 19 .. Birmingham & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 . Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... • Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction lO Boston, Stamt., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter . 9O Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire... l4/. 4s — to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares B 34— to Ditto, New 101. Preference 5 Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., Ist 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 4 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 _ .._ Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 251. L. & E., td L. & D alit ..• Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ...... ..... to Ditto, 31. 10s., E. &H 3% — to eastern Counties . 2O ...... 11 3 A% to Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 •••••• to N 0.2,6/. 1 3 8. 4 d... % dis to Do., P d e o rpet.,s per ct No. 1, 6 /. 13 s. 4 d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 ...... Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... ...... 12%... .. Do., New Eastern Union, Claes A (late E. U. Shares) ..... .... .. 25 - •...•• to Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 . ...... to 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. 21A — to East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6!4 — to East Lincolnshire 25 ...... 25% 1 / 4 % to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 65.8 d... .. ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... - Do. Preference Consolidated ..... ..... to Great Northern.... .......... ... 19 Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,E 4 l /8 to Do . 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% 3,6 to Do. Extension ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42 1 / 2 to Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 401 Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 30/. ......... ...... 30 ... Ditto, New 151......... l4 ...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths '2o Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. ... Dittc, Thirds ... 10 Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares ..... .. 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 r Do., Thirds... ........ 10 ...... 8 3 ,4 to ITALY. The following proclamation has been addresaed by the Chamber of Deputies of Rome to the people of the Pontifical States : " A document, said to Le. signed by the Sovereign Pontiff at Gaeta on the 27th of November, has been published, containing a protest of nullity against the acts of his Government, and naming an administrative commission, some members of which have already left the country. This document has awakened the at tention of the deputies, to provide for the protection of constituiicnal rights and public order. With this in tention the Chamber, in the public sitting of last night, came to the following resolutions :-1. The Chamber of Deputies, finding that the act alleged to be signed by th:. Sovereign Pontiff at Gaeta, has no character, either of authenticity or regular publicity, and that even it it bad, it would not bear the character of constitutional right, to which the Sovereign is subject as well as the nation, could not therefore submit to it; and, moreover, as the Chamber must submit to the law of ne cessity of having a government, declares that the actual ministers shall continue to exercise their func tions till further orders; 2. A deputation of the Chamber shall be immediately sent to his Holiness, to invite him to return to Rome; 3. The High Chamber shall be invited to make a similar declaration, and to add some of its own members to the deputation which is to be sent to his Holiness; 4. A proclamation shall be addressed to the people of Rome and of the Pontificia' States, to in form them of the measures taken by the Chamber of Deputies, and another to the Civic Guards, to invite them to protect public order. The Chamber of Deputies, while it publishes the resolutions it has thought it its duty to adopt in the general into est, in the midst of the pre sent serious circumstances, hopes with confidence that the people will preserve the firm, virtuous, and calm attitude ,by which it has up to this moment belied calumny, broken the weapons of hatred, and deserved well of the country." . The Marquis SCCHETTI has been sent to the POPE to announce to him that order and tranquillity pre vailed at Rome and in the provinces, and to learn his HOLINESS'S final determination, in order that public business might not suffer any impediment from the absence of one of the three powers of the State. The Alba of Florence states from Rome, 4th inst., that the five deputies sent to the POPE to invite him to return to Rome are, FUSCONI, Vice-President of the Chamber ; the Abbe Num ; Prince CORSINI, senator; PIERRI and A RRIGHI, members of the High Council. The people seem to desire an Executive Commission or a Provisional Government. The Genoa Gazette states from Rome, 4th inst., that when the protest of the POPE, and particularly the members of the commission of Government, who are all of the retrograde party, became known, a cer tain agitation was perceptible among the people, as the forerunner of another storm. The Chamber declared the protest unconstitutional, but the Ministry offered to resign notwithstanding. The Chamber expressed itself in favour of their remaining in office, so that a mere modification took place, SERENI and LUNATI retiring, and their portfolios being given to STERBINI and MAZZARELLI. ZUCCHI and his partisans have organized their opposition to the Government at Bologna. The Roman Ministry take no decisive steps either to find money or arms, but limit their action to the mere maintenance of order. The Conciliatore of Florence, of the 6th, has the following :—" 'We can state positively that a treaty has been concluded between France, Piedmont, and Naples. Official intelligence to this effect was brought by couriers to our Government yesterday morning. This treaty, offensive and defensive, between Russia, Prussia, and Austria, appears to be a thing decided upon. 'We can give a positive assurance that it is not true that the Government has received news on the subject of the treaty between France, Pied mont, and Naples, as the Conciliatore affirms. Five delegates have been sent to the PorE, to invite him to return to Rome. They are Messrs. FUSCONI, Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies ; Nizzi, Deputy ; Prince COR SINT, Senator ; PEIRRI and ARRIGHI, members of the Upper Chamber. We learn from Civita Vecchia, under the date of the sth, that on that morning a French steam-boat had arrived, which had left Marseilles on the evening of the first, having on board a member of the French diplomatic body, M. DE LA Toun Du PIER, who, it was declared, was proceeding to Gaeta." WEST RIDING ELECTION. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) At eleven o'clock this morning, the numbers, accord ing to Mr. Denison's committee, were— Denison ... 1,823 Eardley ... 1,297 A dispatch, dated one o'clock, states that Mr. Deni son's numbers were improving in all the districts except Wakefield and Birstal. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Cape of Good Hope journals of the 6th October have reached us, which represent the frontier as quiet and satisfactory. Pretorius was still at large, but with few followers. His Excellency the Go vernor, Sir H. Smith, was expected back at Cape Town between the 24th and the 28th of the month. All cause of uneasiness had subsided, at least for the present, and the people looked forward with con fidence to more peaceable and prosperous times, the commencement of which they had already somewhat realised. LIABILITIES OF SPAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your estimable paper is given yesterday, in your mention of Spain, a statement from Madrid, that the Government is intrig u i ng w ith a resident banker, to effect, at length, something for the unfor tunate creditors of that State, to sup erse d e th e neces sity of Palmerstonian interference, or a revival of agitation, that any successors of the line assumed by the late Lord George Bentinck, may contemplate. The article in question is verbati m an d ev id ent l y o riginating with a morning paper, the p o liti ca l predi lections of which render their announcements of Spanish intelligence open to grave suspici on , an d, i n the present instance, the mischievous absurdity of the whole statement will be evident, by refer ence t o th e rece nt meeting of Spanish bondholders, on Monday, the 27th of last month, where an application of Bri tish merchants, on behal f of creditors, strengthened by cordial continental co-operation, was unanimously adopted, and transmission in due course assured. Aiuch as I feel interested on this subject, I should not have presumed to solicit your notice, but for a re markable letter in your impartial paper (the 14th Jan., this year), in reply to your numerous readers at Plymouth, and which contains whole some and incon trovertible truths of the position of bondholders, to which all may refer. Since that period severe visitations have still more reduced the nominal value of bonds, but strong hopes of fair adjustment are now entertained, from men of unquestionable honour and standing in the commer cial world temperately, but firmly, advancing their claims on the attention of Spain. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A SPANISH BONDHOLDER. London, Dec. 13, 1848. ERRATIIM.—The rental of 10,000 acres of land in the first table in Mr. Rigby Wason's letter, published yesterday, was, by a typographical error, mentioned as being 51. in place of ss. per acre.: THE DISCOVERER OF NEPTUNE. -- At the anniver sary meeting of the Royal Society the Copley medal was awarded to J. C. Adams, Esq., for his investiga tions relative to the disturbances of Uranus, and for his application of the inverse problemof perturbations thereto. —Cambridge Advertiser. AWFUL DESTITUTION IN LEICESTER- SQVARE.— Leicester-square, for the last month, has been disturbed in its length and breadth by a rising of the Poles. These Poles have maintained their ground stoutly for a few weeks, but the strong arm of the law has been called in to disperse them, and those who refuse to " move on," will very quickly be taken up, and bound down not to disturb the small piece of vegetation ;in Leicester-square any more. The interior shows all the signs of a civil war: here a barricade with an overturned wheelbarrow, there a summer-house turned inside out, and everywhere there are heaps of stones, remnants of clay pipes, paper caps, and abandoned pickaxes ; whilst oyster-shells strew the ground in every direction, and a flattened pewter-pot, the shape of which is scarcely recognisable, shows at one coup d'cril how fierce has been the strife. The poor King, too, whose name is buried in the dust of ages, looks sadly forlorn and ashamed of himself, pointing in melancholy dumbness to the Poor Man's Guardian Society, as if he should like a basin of soup uncommonly, to comfort him in these hard times.—Punch. CATTLE BONES.—There have been within these few days an unusually large number of arrivals of vessels from Buenos Ayres. They have, in more than one in stance, included several in one day. One vessel, the Mary Queen of Scots, which has just arrived from the place, has brought, besides a large quantity of tallow, hides, skins, and horns, the large quantity of 75,000 bones of cattle, a remarkablel proof of the productive ness of the district for such supplies. Among the timber sold by auction in London last week were 3,080 pieces of oak from Mount Olympus. TH URSDAY EVENING, Lancashire and Yorkshire 93 ..... —U...... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares <„ 43 ...... -- Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 %...... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and Goole Do., West Riding Union._ 7 .... . Do., Preston and - Wyre ... 25 — .. ... to Do., do., Half Shares (A) 914 — to Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... ... .. to Leeds,D, , wsbury, & Munches. 50 . Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ......... 2 1 ,E — Leeds and Thirsk ......... 5O .... Ditto, New do., Prefer., C, per Cent. 3%. to Liverpool. Crosby, and South von. .verpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 14 — „t 0.... London Pic Blackwall ......131.65. 8d 4% to Do. Extension Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . . — Do. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ...... 5% to I ondon and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... 9 ... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London & North Western.....loo ll9 . ... to Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 DI. New Do. Fifths Do. 40t. Shares... J.. & M 25 — to Do. 10/.... Al. and B. (A.) 9 .... . to Do. Hi. .. M. and B. ( B.) 9 ..... to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western ....... 50 .. Ditto, New 504-- . • 4 2%...—. . ..... to Ditto, New 401............ - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 36 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds ... . ...131. 6s. 8d ... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls 11. 13s. 4d.... par ..... to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 4 — ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 28% — ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 27% Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 Alanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto q Shares ( No. 1) ... 18 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 ...... Ditto, 1 4 3 Shares (No. 3 )... 10 . ..... Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... Ditto Grimsby 4O — to Ditto, ditto. ... l3 ...... . to Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 ...... to Ditto, Grimsby Dock 2O Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... to Mid1and........ ............. ...100 Ditto, Consol. Preference... 100 Ditto, 50/. Shares-- ...... 20 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 1191...... to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ..• •• Ditto ditto 141.185... Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . iilidld. Great Western (Irish) 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. ......... ...... 50 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... ...... to Ditto Quarter Shares . 25 ••• ...... to Newmarket ... ... ... ~. ..... Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — ...... to Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 1 Newry, Warrenpoint, and liostrevcr Norfolk' 100 Ditto New 20/. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / 2 per cent 5 ..... ...... to Do. do. Waveney Valley 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Hall Shares-- ..... 12 1 % 6 ...... to Do. Quarters 6 1,i..•••• 3 1 4 ...... to Ditto. Extensien ...... - Ditto Thirds .... . ! ...... —.... , 1 4 / 4 ..... to North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire........... ...... to 9 North Wales North Western lO Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 10 Royston and Hitchin ..... 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland ....... 25 Ditto, New 17% — ...... to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7l - ...... to Do. do. , South Div.) 4 ...... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. ll+. Min.) Ditto Halves. Ditto 8%... . ... to Ditto, Uswestry 1 7 3,4 — to Ditto ,New).. Ditto 8 per Cent. 10 Shropshire Union 4 ..... ...... to South Devon Ditto, Preference .. . . 25 'outh Staflordshire _6 1 ( 4 .. to S‘mtli Eastern 3 Ditto, No. 1. ... ........... ... 24 Ditto, No. 2. 2.5 Ditto, No. :3. Ditto New, Nc. 4. Thirds 10 .outh Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 1714 — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny l 7 l /2 ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%..... Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 5O ...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. * ......:, 10 ......; ..... to West Cornwall West London Ditto, First Class Ditto, Second Class 2O .....„ .••••• to Whitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western.... Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ,, .. ... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 Do. Exter. No.l (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New 1448, 15 Do. G. N. E.Tur. or Pref. 8 York and North' Midland .. 50 . 5o to •• ••• Ditto, preference .............:10 Ditto East and w estßiding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amien5......... 20 - to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ..- ........... 17 Ceylon ........ l /2 — Demerara. ..... ............ 15 . - Dendre Valley •to Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish .............. .... 7%...... Great Indian Peninsular ...,• 3to 1 ,4 4 ...... Louvain ila Sambre „....... 7 ,. /2 ..... Luxembourg .................. 7 ...... U to Ditto Madrid and Valentia ....... .. 2 Namur and Liege .............. 20 Northern of France. ............ 12 ...... 7 Orleans and Bordeaux :... .. 7 ..... to Paris and Lyons ........... .. 11 Do. Do. .......... 10 ......, Paris and 0r1ean5...,..,........ 20 Paris and Rouen .. ..... - ..... Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 9 Rouen and Havre 20 — to Sambre:and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... . 9 'fournay, Jurbise, Landen, and liasselt ... .. 20 ..... ..... to West Flanders VA ...... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American •—• 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... London and Westminster... 20 - National Provincial of Engid. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% — . Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New lO ..... Union of Australia Ditto, New 2%..... -- ...... to Union of London ........ Union of Madrid 40 MINES. ...... to Anglo Mexican lOO ...... ...... to Asturian Mining Company 14 ...... .... to Australian... 2% 4%..... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrio - 13ritish Iron 12 B raz ilian Imperial .... .. ... 24% -- : .... .... t : Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 .. .. Cobre Copper ......... ........ 40 to General Mining . ..... ~,,,,.... 253 Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. ... t Do. Black Debentures — 1 . . ..... to o Do. Red Debentures ...... ... - Santiago de Cuba. lO .. to .. United Mexican ...... to LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS.--The perform ances at Exeter Hall last night were enriched by a solo on the French horn from M. Vivier, and a concerto (Beethoven's, in C minor) from M. Thalberg, on the pianoforte. Both pieces were executed in masterly style. Among the most”promment of th e voca l p i eces w as the " White Squall, which Mr. Sims Reeves ren dered with great energy and effect. Th e per f ormances aga in went off to the satisfaction of a crowded and fa shionable audience. THE MURDER AT BROUGHTON....-TERSHO RE , WED NESDAY.—The Coroner's Inquest on the body of Mary Ann Staight was resumed and conclud e d l ast n i g ht, by the finding of a verdict of `'wilful murder against Robert Pulley," who was committed by the C oroner :f or t r i a l. The prisoner asserted his innocence, but there does not appear to be the slightest doubt of his guilt. DECEMBER 14, 1848, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 14.—Wind E.S.E., light pleasant breEze, arid fine clear dry weather. ARDBOSSAN, 12.—The Clydesdale, from Porto Rico to the Clyde, which was stranded on the 29th ult., at Sea Mill, wire dot off yesterday, and has been brouJit into this port with considerable damage; part of cargo saved. HAuwicit, DEC. 12.—The General Washington, from I3remen to New Orleans, was on shore on the Long Sand yesterday, but got off and proceeded. OFF PORTLAND, DEC. 11.—Danzig, Past, Batavia for Hamburgh. OFF DOVER. DEC. 12.—San Martin, Buenos Ayres. OFF EASTBOURNE.—Neptune, Cape of Good 'tope. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 12th, Duke of York, Chandler. Calcutta; Belle, Fellows, Bonny; Maine, Littlefield, New Yen k ; Frederick, Smith, St. John's, New Brunswick, 13th, Christina, Singapore; Juana, Wilson, Valparaiso, Ski. 12th. Republic, Buck, Baltimore. 13th. St. Clare, Banncrmann, New Orleans; Dash, flartery, Newfoundland. TEIGNMOUTII—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. liaberdine, Collings, St.,,John's, Newfoundland, with part of cargo thrown overboard. COWES, DEC. la—Wind S.W. by S.—Arrd. Countess of Durham, Tyler, Cuiba. DEAL, DEC. 13—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Eleanor, Moul mein; John Scott, Nosm arthy, Madras; Celt, Islay; Remittance, Marshall, New York, and not the Retribu tion, as rsported yesterday; Stadacona, Quebec. Arrd. frail the river, General Palmer, Port Philip; Protector, Mauritius. Sld. Rio Grande, New Orleans; Fairy Queen, Doyle, Algoa Bay; Parkfield, Smith, Callao; Hopewell. Hoscason, Jamaica; Active, Havannah; Rio Grande, Ryan, New Orleans; Brothers, Baxter, Boston; Agrippina, Rogers, Trieste. CARDIFF, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Ellen Brjson, Owen, Val paraiso; Adelaide, Saul, Havannah. LOWESTOFT, DEC. 13.—The Magnet (schooner) run upon the Newcomb Sand, but was assisted off after beat ing heavily for several hours, and has been brought into harbour. LITERATURE. 7HE VICTIM OF THE JESUITS; or, PI QUIL LO ALLIAGA. _Translated from _the French of Eugene Scribe by C. Cocks. 3 Vols: - The first title of this work does not do it justice. It leads us to expect a religious novel, a species of literature for which we entertain especial antipathy, and moreover this title seems to promise a religious novel of a peculiarly obnoxious character ; whereas " Piquillo Alliaga" is one of Eugene Scribe's most admirable romances. It is totally different in charac ter to any of the novels which issue from the London press, and for that reason alone it will find favour with English readers, and it is quite dissimilar from the immoral romans andfeuilletons of Paris, for which cause it is deserving of all the favour it may receive. The scene is laid in Spain during a period of pecu liar domestic interest. A young king has but recently ascended the throne and exercises a nomi nal authority, while the sceptre is virtually wielded by his favourite though by no means popular minister, the Duke of Lerma. The admirable skill with which this Minister baffles the manoeuvres of his antagonists with Machia vellian tact, turning their weapons against them selves, his continually repeated and continually foiled attempts to expel all the Moorish inhabitants ' of Spain, and the wonderful adventures of Piquillo Alliaga,constitute the chiet points of interest in " The Victim of the Jesuits." This title, "Victim of the Jesuits," is applied to Piquillo, because he (being a Moor) is converted t o Ch r i s ti an ity an d baptised by the Jesuits, and moreover persuaded to become a priest, which extraordinary event, according to Eugene Scribe, is brought about by means of a letter forged by one of the Jesuits, purporting to come from Piquillo's father, exhorting him to become a Christian ; in order; to save his family from the In quisition. This circumstances, which occupies but a few pages, gives its name to the book. Notwithstanding the doubtful motives of Piquillo's conversion, after he recovers from the indignation excited by his discovery of the deception, he appears perfectly reconciled to his fate, and performs the duties of the priestly office in a most exemplary manner. Occupying successively the posts of con fessor to the King and Queen, he is enabled to afford consolation for the secret sorrows of those unhappy individuals, and also, through the royal instru mentality, to many others. The book closes while Piquillo is still in the enjoyment of these peculiar privileges. One very pleasing feature in this work is, that the greater number of its heroes and heroines are remarkable for their vir tues. They emulate each other in heroism and self-sacrifice. The two heroines, ear men and Aiza, are as dissimilar in all other re spects as night and day ; in this particular alone they are the same. Carmen is the young gentle daughter of a doting father, she is guileless and simple as a child, while Aiza, the offspring of the ill-used Moor, inherits all the pride and resolution of her imperious race. Carmen is betrothed to her cousin, to whom she has from childhood been devoted. On the eve of her bridal she puts on her wedding-dress and hurries, full of joyousness, to exhibit it to her lover and her friend Aiza. Pausing at the door, sbe overhears a few words, and then rushes back to her room annnihi lated with grief. Those few words have told her that her betrothed is devoted to Aiza, but is endeavouring to overcome his passion, in order to fulfil his pro mised engagement, while Aiza, sharing his feelings,:is encouraging him to the sacrifice. Carmen, gentle and child-like as she is, exhibits heroism fully equal to her friends. It would be quite impossible, how ever, to give the merest skeleton of this complicated plot, which runs through many hundred pages more than the prescribed number—pages filled with mar vellous adventures and stirring scenes, which occa sionally possess a most enthralling interest. Were it not for its unattractive title, and the revolting pic tures of priestly ambition and depravity, let us hope greatly overcharged, which mar many of its pages, " Piquillo Alliaza" would be the most admirable, as it is the most interesting, romance which has appeared for a considerable period. THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. By W. M. Thackeray. Part 11. This, the second part of " Pendennis," is devoted to the history of the first love passage of the hero, the object of his affections being the highly talented Miss Fotheringay, the leading lady in the dramatic com pany of Mr. Bingley, performing at the Theatre Royal Chatteries. She is a majestic beauty, and poor Pen, from seeing her in Mrs. Haller, becomes irretrievably in love. He is introduced to the father of his fair enslaver by his old friend Foker. We can not resist the temptation of giving Mr. Thackeray's description of General alias Captain Costigan, the father of Miss Fotheringay. It is a per fect full length portrait of a species of man that is constantly met with in the coulisses of theatres, or at late taverns, clinging, as it were, to the skirts of society. "General or Captain Costigan—for the latter was the rank which he preferred to assume—was seated in the window with the newspaptr held before him at arm's length. The Captain's eyes were somewhat dim; and be was spelling the paper, with the help of his lips, as well as of those bloodtha eyes of his, ns y ou see gentle men do to whom reading is a rare and difficult occupa Lion. His hat was rocked very much on one ear; and as one of his feet lay up in the window-seat, the ob s erver of such matters might remark, by tho size and shabbi ness of the boots which the Captain wore, that times did not go very well with him. Poverty seems as if it were disposed, before it takes possession of a man entirely, to attack his extremities first: the coverings of his head, feet, and hands, are its first prey. All these parts of the Captain's person were particularly rakish and shabby. As soon as he saw Pen he descended from the window-seat and saluted the new comer, first in a military manner, by conveying a couple of his fingers (covered with a broken black glove) to his hat, and then removing that ornament altogether. The Captain was inclined to be bald, but he brought a quantity of lank iron-grey hair over his pate, and had a couple of whisps of the same falling down on each side of his face. Much whisky had spoiled what complexion Mr. Costigan may have possessed in his youth. His once handsome face had now a copper tinge. He wore a very high stock, scarred and stained in many places; and a dress-coat tightly buttoned up in these parts where the buttons had not parted company from the garment. " The young gentleman to whom I had the honour to be introjuiced yesterday in the Cathedral Yard,' said the Captain, with a splendid bow and wave of his hat. I hope I see you well, sir. I marked ye in the thayatre last night during me daughter's perfawrumance; and missed ye on my return. I did but conduct her home, sir, for Jack Costigan, though poor, is a gentle man; and when I reintered the house to pay me respects to me joyous young friend, Mr. Foker—ye were gone. We had a jolly night of ut, sir—Mr. Faker, the three gallant young dragoons, and your 'amble servant. Gad. sir, it put me in mind of one of our old nights when I bore his Majesty's commission in the Foighting Hun dtherd and Third.' And he pulled out an old snuff-box, which he presented with a stately air to his new ac quaintance. . . " Arthur was a great deal too much flurried to speak. This shabby•looking buck was—was her father. The Captain was perfumed with the recollections of the last night's cigars, and pulled and twisted the tuft on his chin as jauntily as any young dandy. " I hope, Miss F—, Miss Costigan is well, sir,' Pen said, flushing up. She—she gave me greater pleasure, than—than I—l—l ever enjoyed at a play. I think, sir —I think she's the finest actress in the world,' he gaspe,d out. •" Your band, young man ! for ye speak from your heart,' cried the Captain. Thank ye, sir, an old soldier and a fond father thanks ye. She is the finest actress in the world. I 'ye seen the Siddons, sir, and the O'Nale— They were great, but what were they compared to Miss Fotheringay? Ido not wish she should ashume her own name while on the stage. Me family, air, are proud people; and the Costigans of Costiganstown think that an honest man, who has borne her Majesty's colours in the Hundred and Third, would demean himself, by per mitting his daughter to earn her old father's bread.' " ' There cannot be a more honourable duty, surely,' Pen said. " Honourable ! Boded, sir, Pd like to see the man who said Jack Costigan would consent to anything dis honourable. I have a heart, sir, thengh I am poor; I like a man who has a heart. You have : I road it in your honest Lace and steady eye. And would you believe it?' he added, after a pause, with a pathetic whisper, 'that that Bingley who has made his fortune by me child, gives her but two guineas a week : out of which she finds herself in dresses, and which, added to me own small means, makes our all?' " Now the Captain's means were so small as to be, it may be said, quite invisible. But nobody knows how the wind is tempered to shorn Irish lambs, and in what marvellous places they find pasture. If Captain Costigan, whom I had the honour to know, would but have told his history, it would have been a great moral story. But he neither would have told it if he could, nor could if he would; for the Captain was not only unaccustomed to tell the truth—he was unable even to think it—and fact and fiction reeled together in his muzzy, whiskified brain. " He began life rather brilliantly with a pair of colours, a fine person and legs, and one of the most beautiful voices in the world. To his latest day he sang with ad mirable pathos and humour, those wonderful Irish ballads which are so mirthful and so melancholy; tuul was alway s th e fi rst himself to cry at their pathos. Poor and an he was at once brave and maudlin, humourous i ad moo. an idiot ; a l ways good-natured, and s ? inf‘titneb a trustworthy. Up t o th e l ast d a y o f his life he ' would drink with any man, and b ac k any m end was in a spunoing-house, where thean 's bill; and his t' officer, who ocer, who took hi m was fiord of him. _ _ _ " In his brief morning of life, Cos formed the delight of regimental messes, and had the honour of singing his songs, bacchanalian and sentimental, at the tables of the most illustrious generals and commanders-in-chief, in the course of which period heidrank three times as much claret as was good for him, and spent his doubtful patri mony. What became i of him suk sequent to his retire ment from the army, sno affair of ours. I take it ne foreigner understands the life of an Irish gentleman without money, the way in which he manages to keep afloat—the wind-raising. conspiracies, in which h e en gages with heroes as unfortunate as himself—th e means by which he contrives, during mo s t d ays o f t h e wee k , to get his portion of whisky and-water; all these are mys teries to us inconceivable; but suffice it to say, that T N through all the storms of life Jack had floated som o* - i - s H - 4 .. ,:i and the lamp of his nose had never gone out. .: „.:::- io.-- -... " Before he and Pen had had half an hour ' s co r .;:: tion, the C a pt a i n manage d t o ex tract a couple o . e:,..17- reigns fro m th e y oung gent l eman f or tickets f . 1 . 1* daughter' s b ene fi t , w hi c h was to ta k e pl ace 5pe..6..... L: .,,, and was not a b ona fi de transaction such as that oNte , :" last year. when poor Miss Fotheringay had lost fit 4 14,1 \ a i S WAN shillings by her venture; b ut w a s an arrangement h the manager, by which the lady was to have the sale of a certain number of tickets, keeping for herself a large portion of the sum for which they were sold." Poor Pen is introduced, "hooked," to use Costirm's expression, discovered, and, to the great horror of his mother and the Vicar, announces his determination to marry Miss Fotheringay, whereupon those letters are dispatched to his guardian, the Major, the receipt of which by the worthy gentleman at his club was narrated in the first chapter of the history. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, W - EDNESDAT. The Queen and Prince Albert touk their usual walk in the grounds at Osborne. The Royal Children also took riding and walking exercise. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by Major General Wenayss, embarked on board the Ajax steam guard-ship, to witness the experiments with the new steam-propeller, fitted in that vessel. Colonel Maherley had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Bagshaw, M.P., had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Canada; and also from the Governors of the other North American Colonies. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Browning v. Budd," was:resumed and concluded. Mr. Turner, Q C., and Dr. Addams were heard for the respondent, and the Queen's Advocate replied for the appellant. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY.—We have recently noticed the blasting operations on this line at Bray Head ; and we have now to announce that the largest of the tunnels has been driven through with perfect accuracy and success. At Bray Head there are three tunnels—the one at the south side, which has just been completed, is 220 yards in length, in breadth 26 feet, and in height 25 feet. It is through clay slate of sufficient tenacity to dispense with arching; and unless, by atmospheric influence, exfoliation takes place to a much greater extent than is at all pro bable, no arching will be required. Indeed, the strong presumption is against such exfoliation. The tunnel is excedingly dry, and promises well for future stabi lity. The line through it is on a curve of 30 chains radius. The next tunnel on the Dublin side is 150 yards in length, and of the same height and breadth as the former. The work is nearly completed, there being only 22 yards to be driven. The line through this tun nel is on a reversed curve of 20 chains radius. The third tunnel is only 40-yards in length, the height and breadth as before; and the line through it is on a curve of 40 chains radius. The works here are about being commenced now that the heavier portions at other points are so far advanced. At Billiney, the tunnel, which, being 150 yards in length through granite, was more difficult to work, has also been completed in a very satis factory manner. It will thus be seen that very satisfac tory progress has been made on all the heavier portions of the works, and such a head has now been obtained that the company are in a position to push on vigor ously with the completion of the line to Wicklow.— Railway Gazette. The Droitwitch salt trade is at present in a state of great activity. Thu stock on hand three months ago of manufactured salt was about 10,000 tons, the whole of which has been cleared off, and all the works are em ployed in production to the full extent of their power. ROYAL GENERAL DISFENSARY.—A quarterly Court of the governors of this institution was held yesterday at the Dispensary-house, Aldersgate•street, Thomas Herring, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Wood, the secretary, said he was happy to inform the meeting, that not a single case of cholera had come under the notice of the medical officers. A great number of the poor in 'the neigbourhood had availed themselves of the arrange ments previously made for giving relief in cases of diar rho I; and this had, doubtless, in a great measure, con tributed to the health of the City. The report stated that the number of patients during the last quarter huh, " been 4,641, of whom 1,869 had been cured, 786 relieved, 37 had died, and 1,949 were now under treatment. Se veral governors expressed their satisfaction at the mea sures adopted for checking the cholera in its incipient stage, after which the meeting adjourned. ;' _.'~~ ~': ~~' WESTMINSTER HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a quarterly general court of the governors of the above charity was holden in the Board-roam of the Institution, in the Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, for general business. The report states that during the past year there had been 1,751 in-patients, of whom 914 bad been admitted by letter, 830 were accidents and urgent cases, admitted freely, and a ward for incurable patients, 7 in number. Of outpatients, admitted by letter, there were 3,712, without 6,460, making 10,172. Four wards, capable of containing sixty-four additional beds, are, for want of eutliicient funds, closed. The income for the past year, trom all sources, was 7,3221. 3s. ad., being. an excess Over the expenditure of 1,5551. 0;. Bd. The following legacies were received during 1847:—Mips Bartlett Churchill, 200/.; Sir Simon Heward, Bart., 5001.; a gentleman who did not like his name to appear, 5001.; Miss Ann Co/yer, of Farninghara. Essex, 2,0002, Three per Cents.; and Mrs. Elizabeth APPherson, 500 t., Three and- a-Qui rter lwr Cents. lieductd ; her Majesty the Queen is Patroness, and an annual donor of 50 guineas. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.•—OII Tues day Mr. D. Colquhoun, supervisor or Stepney district, and several officers, proceeded to house called •• Gltbe Cottage," Globe•road, Stepney. Messrs. Vanstone and Chaster went to the back to effect an entrance, whilst Messrs. Brown and Colquboun guarded the front. On the former c fficers making their way to the back door they found a large dog tied up in a manner that ho could reach any one approaching the door, and it re quired considerable stratagem to keep him from making a noise. The dog was silenced, and the window at length reached. On pushing aside a cloth which covered a broken pane, they saw two men attending to a large still that was at work. For some time they were unaware of the presence of the officers, but as soon as they caught sight of them, they imme diately rose and started off with lightning speed for the other rooms, followed by Vanstone and Chaster, and a policeman. In a few minutes one of the men leaped from the back room window, on to a kitchen roof, closely pressed to the window by the three officers. The man was about leaping from the kitchen roof to the adjoining premises, when he caught sight of Mr. Thomas, who had now joined the pursuing party in the yard, and finding there was no chance of escape, " surrendered at discretion." Having secured this man, Mr. Thomas went to the front to see if any others had been arrested there, just in time to see a man get out of the cellar window and run down the street. He was fo!• lowed by Messrs. Thomas and Brown, and after running a great distance with a good prospect of escape, his career was suddenly stopped by a dog running between his legs, which brought him with great force to the ground, and he was instantly secured: Two females ' were also found in the house, and were taken into cus tody. Upon examining the house subsequently, they tound the still (as above noticed), a quantity of spirits 40 over proof, about two gallons of feii.ts 72 under woof, and the usual apparatus for carrying on the trade of illi cit distillation. TRANSPORTATION TO ENGLAYD.—The Guernaq . Star, of Dec. 9, giv es th e following illustration of the state of the criminal law and practice in Guernsey. The editor of that paper says :—"At the Royal Court (Dec. 9) was read a copy of her Majesty's warrant of pardon of a woman, named Mary Ann Dornll, and of another warrant remitting the flogging to which Robert Gahagan had been sentenced, together with a letter from Sir G. Grey on the latter subject. The above mentioned Mary Ann Dorrill was sentenced by the Court, in June, 1839, to banishment for life, for having administered poison to the family of Mr. Charles Martin, she at the time being about fourteen years of age. She accordingly left the island for England, where she remained till l ate l y, when, being in a state of destitution and si c k ness, she was w e believe, sent by the officers of the parish in which ' she But le hi her liable d, and her on return to o eaaptr capital t i a v t lh i arriving g ui here wasiasnhdm, punishment, peflvraeocrme involuntary,d in which h e s h h o e em p o i a t u a dl L de only be saved by the authority of the Crown. The Court. therefore, humanely made a representation of the case to the Secretary of State, and the above-mentioned pardon is the result." DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE ON THE COAST OP SU-. TIIERLAND.—It is our painful task this week to record another of those melancholy sea disasters which have, unfortunately, been of late so frequent on the Suther land and Caithness fishing coasts. On the forenoon of Tuesday last, the sth instant, four fishing crews, belong ing to Portskerra, set sail for their usual fishing ground, a few miles off land, to haul in their cod and ling lines. While busied doing so a storm burst upon them unex pectedly. Cutting away their lines they instantly di rected their course shorewards, and three of them, we are informed, effected a safe landing; but their less fortunate fellow-crew of the fourth boat, who had proceeded a greater distance to sea than the others, were unable to reach the shore ere the gale arrived at its height, and either foundered or were capsized, the eight poor fisher men all meeting immature and watery graves. The names of the drowned crew are—James Sinclair, who has left a widow and one child ; John Sinclair un married; Evander Matheson, left a widow ; James Macleod, a widow and one child; George Sinclair, un married; Angus Macdonald, left a widow and throe children; W M'lntosh, unmarried; amid Donald Mackay, left a widow and an in fant.—Ross-shire Ad vertiser. OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening an accident occurred in the Strand, in consequence of the driver of an omnibus whipping his horses before the passengers had alighted on the ground from the omnibus. A lady and gentleman were getting out of the omnibus opposite St. Mary -le-Strand Church. The lady reached the ground safely, but ihe gentleman was just gaining the footboard when the omnibus went on rapidly, fling ing him on the pavement. In his fall his leg doubled under him, and was fractured. The sufferer, who en dured the most excruciating agony, was conveyed to the hospital in a cab. It is not long since a young lady was, from a similar cause, pitched out of an omnibus ' Ai her back in Regent-street. SOITTII-EASTERN RAILWAL—Gross traffic receipts for the week ending Dec. 9 : — Passengers—First 10,388; second class, 27,138 ; third class, 23,801; total, 61,127 ; amount, 5,0161. Bs. sd. ; carrying amount, 1,7714 35. 5d.; total, 6,7874 115. 10d. ..;;.-..,, A..- I; 1 ' t. ~ ~ - -; . .t.- ~,, -P MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) ZfiZiUT GATE .A. 191) Z ELI.DE&fIAI.I. These markets were somewhat heavily supplied with meat, while the general demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTIIALL, DEC. 13.—Our market was heavily sup plied with fat stock, to-day, and which sold steadily, at comparatively low prices. Beef; from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 33 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, DEC. 13.—We had a very dull sale to-day on the following terms :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Veal, 5s to 4s :4d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 8lbs; Suckling Calves, 17s to 235; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. LEWES, DEC. 12.—This being the great market, the supply of stock was large, but the trade ruled dull. Beef sold at from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. HAY MAHHETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 13s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41125; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 lOs per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s ; Clover ditto, 3l 10s to 41 15s; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 8s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 14, 1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 48s 8d 31s 4d I 19s 5d 28s 5d 135 s 7d 39s 3d: FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLE DUTIES ON S. I AT Y. 1 OATE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. Gs I Oct 25 Od 2s 6d 25 Od 25 Od 2s Oct CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) ASHURST V. MILL—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, affirming the decision of the Court below. His Lordship was occupied the remainder of the morning with the hearing of appeals of no general in terest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) LADBROOKE V. SMITH. The further arguments in this part•heard case occu pied the Court the whole day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Baum) In consequence of the arguments in the case of the Royal etchings not having been concluded yesterday, this court was again crowded to excess to-day, but the ardour and anxiety of many present was a little damped by the probability, from the appearance of the paper, that the case might not come on to day. In the paper were the cases of " Waters v. Waters," for judgment, and " tosh v. the Great Western Railway Company," in which Sir F. Kelly was specially engaged. The latter case, it was anticipated, would occupy the whole day. WATERS V. WATERS. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case, which came before him some time since, upon a motion for a new trial of an issue directed by the Court for the purpose of try ing the question whether the testator in the cause Francis Waters or Bristol, was of sound mind at the time of making his will. The jury gave a verdict in favour of the sanity of the testator and the heir-at-law. appli<d upon motion for a new trial. his Honour, after going at length into the facts of the case, stated his opinion clearly to he that the jury had come to a right conclusion, and he felt bound, therefore, to dismiss the motion with costs. MINToSII V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This case, which was partly heard on a former day, came before the. Court upon a demurrer put in by the Great Western Railway Company to the plaintiff's bill. Upon the case being called on, His HONOUR, without hearing Sir F. Kt:lly, who at tended specially for the plaintiff against the demurrer, gave judgment overruling all the demurrers, and ordering the defendants to put in an answer to the bill. THE ROYAL ETCHINGS. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. STRANGE. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT v. STRANGE AND OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD resumed and concluded his arguments in this case, following the Solicitor-General, on behalf of her .111ajesty and Prince Albert. Mr. JAMES followed on the same side. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) BANKRUPTCY IN HIGH LIFE.--WELLS V. LORD SUFFIELD. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a gentle man residing at Brussels, to recover of the defendant the amount of two promissory notes for 850 francs each, with interest, &c. Defendant suffered judgment to go by default. A witness was called who proved the amount in Eng lish money was 681. Plaintiff's attorney claimed 20/. ss. for interest and noting, but theUnder-Sheriff held that evidence must be adduced. The jury gave a verdict for 881. ss. A fiat in bankruptcy has been sued out against the defendant as Edward Vernon Harboard, commonly known as Baron Suffield, of Clarges-street, Piccadilly, horsedealer. The petitioning creditor is Mr. Thomas Collingwood Tier, of Bloomsbury-square, gent. KIBBLEWHITE V. DOUGLAS. This was an action to recover 51. 12s. for rent. The defendant pleaded.in person that he was not indebted. Ho had, however, been bound by a judge's order to admit two letters in evidence. In one dated from Grafton street East he writes, " Your threats are like water to a duck. I told Sou I did not wish to put you to unneces sary trouble. If you proceed I also have got an attor ney and two barristers at my command." Defendant contended the action should have been brought in the County Court. The UNDER-SHERIFF said he had nothing to do with that question. LEON S. SECT:TERRA. This was an action to recover 61. 4s. on a bill of ex change-drawn at two years' date. Defendant pleaded that it was not his signature; and counsel had been instructed to attend to support the plea, but was not present. A witness was called, who swore positively to defen dant's writing, and the jury gave a verdict for plaintiff. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Griffiths, au associate of ihieres, was charged as follows : Police-constable 131 G stated that he was on duty at a quarter past three o'clock this morning in Worship street, when he observed the prisoner moving stealthily along, with a large bundle in his possession. Witness took him to the station-house, where the contents of the bundle were found to be clothing of various descriptions. The prisoner was detained, and witness subsequently found that the property alluded to had been stolen from the house of Mr. Freer, licensed victualler, of Shoreditch, and the celebrated tragedian of the minor theatres. Mr. Freer said that the articles produced, consisting of coats, jackets, and trowsers, a shawl and gown, be longed to himself, wife, servant, and two lodgers. The articles were identified by the various persons to whom they belonged, and the prisoner was ordered to be committed for trial, but will be again brought up for the completion of the evidence. CHOLERA. —Yesterday the following cases were reported to the Board of Health :—Litaehouse, 3; St. George's-in the-East, 1 fatal; Camberwell, 1 fatal ; Wandsworth, 1 fatal; Chelsea, 1; Berwick-upon-Tweed, 6, 2 fatal; Newcastle•upon Tyne, 2 fatal; Edinburgh, 12, 5 fatal; Glasgow, 11, 9 fatal; Maxwelltown, Dum fries, 8, 5 fatal; Lennoxtowp, Campsie, 1; Cumnock, 1 fatal; Falkirk, 2, 1 fatal; Castle Douglas, 1; Glencairn, 1; Cranston by Ford, 1; total, 53 new cases, 28 deaths. HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPERS' PROVIDENT INSTI TUTION.—Tho annual dinner in support of the above charitable institution took place yesterday at the London Tavern; Mr. B. B. Cabbell in the chair. About 70 gentlemen sat down to dinner. After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts, the secretary proceeded to read the report, from which it appeared that the society had invested s,2B7l.,:andahad out of thelinterest granted tem porary annuities to deserving persons, to the amount of 1781. 18s. About 5,0001. more would be necessary to make those annuities permanent. The list of subscrip tions was then read, and a sum of about 1001. collected. The health of the vice-presidents was then proposed, for which Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern, returned thanks; and the other toasts on the chairman's list hay ing been disposed of, the company separated. P l ' Pub•