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The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. A Story of the Solway. Toni Boggs, Mr. Wright ; Madeline, Madame Celeste. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Panl Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER, Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCItUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma• he ?.s. THIS EVEN rig( Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which UsED UP. To be followed by an APPEAL TO THE T ÜBLIC. To conclude with MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME, in which r. John Reeve will appear. Dress Boxes, as. ; Upper Boxes, -Ls. ; Pit, 2 ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. Phe view I.lox-office, No. 2, Wellington-stte:f, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATCE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and ,`.tanager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr. Hurwitz. ♦ new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrinze men is have been made for the duo Ventilation of the Theatre, and the cowiort and convenience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the first act of the Opera LA VITANDIERIL After which, a new Faree, entitled THE MODEL COUPLE, in which Messrs. Oxberry, G. Cooke, Mrs. Selby, and Miss E. Stanley will perform. To which will be added, the last act of LA SONNAMBULA. To be followed by a New DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with the Farce, entitled HIS FIRST PECCADILLO. _ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS. This celebrated Troupe, whose performances have excited univer sal admiration throughout the United States, will repeat a short Series of their popular ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT at the above Theatre TO-MORROW EVENING, December 13, and on Friday Evening. The Programme will include a variety of original Songs, Glees, &e., entirely new to this country, written and composed expressly for this company. Doors open at Eight, the E past Eight. ►ts to commence at Half- - Boxes, 4a. ; Pit, 2s. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Li. brary, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. TO CORRESPONDENTS. o 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 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 55; Noon, 54, BAROMETER, 30.26. WIND S.S.W; dull hazy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 46 min after 2 I Evening .. 11 rain. after 3 13. ... Remusat 14. .. Jules Simon 15. ... Stourm 16. ... Grevy 17. .. Baudet 18. .. Chambolle 19. ... Cormenin 20. Buchez 21. ... Lichtenberger 22. ... Carnot 23. .. Boulatignier 24. ... Marrast Z. .. Landrin 26. ... Lasteyrie 27. .. Falloux 28. ... Vaulabelle ▪ Baroche • Bixio lendemain lendemain vielle vielle vielle vielle vielle. Twenty-one out of the thirty Provisional Coun cillors of State are consequently men pledged to the maintenance of the Republican institutions—men whose careers afford a guarantee of their loyalty to the democratic form of government. Selected m oreover immediately by the National Represen tation as the depositaries of the political conscience of the nation, they enable us to estimate the propor tion of parties within the very bosom of the Repub lican Parliament. From this extraordinary prepon derance of the true Republicans in the National As sembly, and in the Provisional Council of State, it is obvious that the destruction anticipated for the Re public by the retrograde party is little less than a sheer impossibility. Were we to repose any confidence in the assertions of the numerous enthusiasts in the French capital, we should certainly be bewildered into the belief that more Presidents than one would emerge from the ballot-boxes of the metropolis and the depart ments. The adherents of CAVAIGNAC would compel us to credit the certainty of his election. The motley supporters of Louis NAPOLEON would reduce us to the conviction that the Prince must be victorious. Nay, the select worshippers of LAMARTINE would leave us in no doubt as to the ultimate triumph of the poet-states man. Sullen threats and sinister predictions are the only demonstrations in favour of RASPAIL or LE DRU-ROLLIN, though the resolution of the Red Ultras, and of the Socialist faction, is as earnest as that of the admirers of the other competitors. Throughout the haze of obscurity resulting from these opposite reports not one glimmering beam of light is perceptible. We must tarry—and, tarrying, we must repose in confidence .upon the capacity of the French multitude to choose for themselves. Whatever is their decision it should, and will, be held sacred. The future President will be the embodi ment of the will of the nation, be that President LAMARTINE, Or CAVAIGNAC, Or LOUIS NAPOLEON. He will be consecrated by the votes of the people —votes rendered doubly potent by emanating from universal suffrage and lying under the shelter of the ballot. President LAMARTINE, or President CAVAIGNAC, or President BONAPARTE—the choice of the electors will have rendered him the very incar nation of French nationality. Rumour declares that, as yet, the Prince Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE has the most probability of success. Supposing this to be veritably the case, and presuming that the patriotism of the Prince has ex tinguished his ambition, we could yet indulge in a day dream of the consolidation of the Republican Government under his Presidency. This day-dream he might realise, and its realisation would be this : ARMAND MARRAST, Vice-president of the Republic, General CAVAIGNAC, Minister of War, M. DE LA MARTINE, Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. MARIE, Minister of Justice, M. GARNIER PAGES, Minister of, Finance, M. DUFAURE, Minister of the Interior, General CHANGARNIER, Commander of the National Guard, General SUBERVIE, Commander of Paris, General LAMORICIERE, Governor of Algeria, M. DUPONT (de l'Eure), President of the Council, with out portfolio, M. FRESLON, Minister of Public Wor ship, M. SENARD, President of the National As sembly. With a continuance of the jealousies which still distract political parties in France, we must acknowledge that such a combi nation and reconciliation appears to be the very acme of improbability. Yet all might be ac complished satisfactorily for France if her different statesmen had the self-forgetfulness and the unam- bitious patriotism of M. DE LAMARTINE—if they would consent to take the second, the third, or even the last place in labouring to secure her happiness. The accounts from Ireland are still of the most painful character. Day by day the gloom that over hangs the entire country, more especially the southern and western districts, deepens in intensity. Every post brings us intelligence of wholesale evictions, of vast tracts of land being cleared of their miserable inhabi tants, of cottages rased to the ground, and the house- less and homeless wretches who formerly obtained shelter therein, being driven at this inclement season from their humble abodes without a morsel of food or the protection of a roof. On the other hand, we are told of absconding tenants ; of those who have the ability, but not the will to satisfy the just demands of their landlords, who convert their entire stores into cash, and fly from their native land to seek a home on the other side of the Atlantic, kaving large arrears not only of rent, but also of rates, tithe, rent charge, and other demands that remain charges on the hold ings, and must, of course, be satisfied by the defrauded proprietors. It would, in fact, appear as if a fierce conflict was carried on between the landlord and tenant classes, as if the sole object of each was to inflict the utmost degree of injury on the other. Of course there are many honourable exceptions. Men are to be found who discharge their duties honestly and conscientiously; but we regret to say that the general rule is otherwise, and it requires but little prescience to foresee the inevitable result. 'We have been told, on the highest authority, " that a house divided against itself cannot stand." Society in Ire land is, unhappily, so divided ; and unless peace can be restored between the belligerents —unless both parties are disposed to yield a little, and to act upon a system of reciprocity and mutual advantage, it will be vain to hope for the arrival of more prosperous and happier days. This untoward state of affairs may partly be attri buted to the enormous burdens that press with equal severity upon all. The great mass of the people are kept in a state of idleness, unprofitably consuming the resources of the country. A want of capital, or rather a want of circulating medium sufficient for the national exigencies prevents the peasantry from obtaining employment, as they cannot maintain themselves by the wages of their labour; they are driven to the poor-rates for support, and these poor rates absorb the greater portion of the produce of the land, and a perpetual struggle is thereby occasioned be tween the proprietors and occupiers of the soil—both classes cannot be supported thereout The dimini tive profits will not bear division. They therefore, respectively, endeavour to oppress or to defraud their opponents, to obtain all for themselves. The only adequate remedy for the sufferings of Irela n d is th e d ue d eve l opment o f h er i n d ustry. There are ma n y means b y w hi c h pro fi ta bl e employ meat ra ay be provided for the people, and the only i s t he best practical mode of availing our selves of these opportunities by affording eff ec t ua l relief t o the labong classes w ith ou t b ur d en i ng t h e community at l arge. Among the plainest and mo s t obvious of th ese methods we g urould aain, although we have already repeated it the reclamation of the -waste landasd,nauseam, refer to and a prop er at tentionesteeme jdoncoNrres I he s t e o c t o h n e d Irish e letter s o h f e ri o e u s . r pondent, another itusSEL L , Mr. RIGBY WASON, tO Loa n which will be found in extenso i n exposes, with caustic severity, the absurditl:fe°lo u t f: r : o he maxims and rules of the " One-eyed m en ," se who cannot perceive that the only alternative that remains is whether the government will feed th e people in some of the Irish unions, or compel them to work in exchange for the food that must be given to them. It is impolitic for the Government to employ the people, cry the " One-eyed men"—it is impolitic to interfere with the rights of property. So the people are demoralised by being maintained in idleness at an enormous expense, but then they are not employed by the State. The lands remain waste and uncultivated, alike unprofitable to their nominal owners and to the community in general, but then the rights of property are preserved inviolate. Thus 1 everything of practical utility is sacrifi ce d t o the 1 vielle lendemain vielle vielle vielle vielle vielle vielle vielle lendemain lendemain 4 " 7 ". Vtrtf • :• 11 • - '4 ; 3' s ir ...7 ,-- 4 441 4 . -41214" 3 1.111,1 V • ll,n :4( , • o , 2itit LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1848. For the next four or five days we can only barn our thoughts towards Paris, and conjecture. The result of the great contest for the Presidency must remain, as yet, for a considerable time, in profound obscurity. Nothing decisive can be learnt by the Parisians themselves until Thursday, and even then the proportionate numbers will be dependent upon the votes received from the electors in Corsica and Algeria. It is, therefore, manifest that we must continue in ignorance upon the subject until Saturday at the very earliest. The delay is only the inevitable consequence of the ballot and of universal suffrage. When as many as seven or eight millions are partici pating in the struggle, when the votes of those seven or eight millions are crumpled up in the urns of election, and when each of the tickets inscribed with the name of a candidate has to be separately extracted and subsequently calculated in the aggregate—it is evident that an accurate appreciation of the estimate must be liable to an extraordinary procrasti nation. Rapid as the labours of the Committee of Supervision may be, they must, perforce, be singularly prolonged. Against our will, therefore, we must exercise patience, and at the same time rest assured that befor e th e a b so l ute resu l t reac h es our k now l e d ge it will be preceded by a var i e t y o f th e mos t conflict ing and preposterous rumours. Whatever is the consequence of the struggle, that struggle has already terminated—the secret reposes at this moment in the urns, impossible though it be at this moment t o anticip a te other of th e candidates has i ts s character. O ne or already tri umphed by a majority, tho ug h whether tha t on examination, to be sufficient tuaiajority will prove, ev e e n r d a er b t . h e popular election valid, remains more th an sidering the number of candidates, five of them conspicuous character — CAvAiGriac--R A „,,, ° very DELI ROLLIN—LOUIS NAPOLEON—and Lestax T ,,,, E " it is indeed doubtful beyond measure if a ny one amongst them will gain the absolute majority of t un , millions. From the preliminary decrees passed by the National Assembly as to the formalities consequent upon the nomination and inauguration of a President, it would appear, in fact, as though the popular repre sentatives calculated upon the ultimate decision of the question by themselves. They have provided for the emergency of an invalid election. And, as an intro ductory step towards the solidification of the Repub lican institutions, they have constituted a Provisional Council of State, consisting of thirty members, dis tinguished in the majority of instances by their de votion to Democracy. As a significant evidence of the sentiments with which the National Assembly view the future government of France, the consti tution of this Provisional Council of State must be regarded as in every particular remarkable. 1. ... F. Arago ••• ... vielle vielle vielle lendemain vielle vielle 2. ... Lacrosse 3 . ... Lamartine Bedeau. . Dupont (de L'Eure) .. Senard. 7. . . Goudchaux 8. ... Billault vielle 8 • .. Martin (de Strasbourg) 10. Tocqueville . • • I'l. Havin 12 . !•• Purim lendemain lendemain lendemain vielle vielle THE SUN, LONDON, T ITESIJA_Y EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1848, maintenance of an abstract principle—the substance is lost while seeking to retain the shadow. Many persons will oppose obstacles to every practical suggestion that is made to ameliorate the condition of the people. Some impediments will be discovered to every proposition that is brought forward for the improvement of the country. It is one of the worst features in the Irish character that there is invariably a craving for something beyond their reach, while the existing means are disregarded and neglected. The same failing is perceptible among men of every grade and station in society, from the most exalted to the humblest. A letter on the state of Ireland, which appeared this day in a morning contemporary, and purported to come from an "Irish Peer" affords a strong illustration of this phase of the Irish character. The Irish Peer objects that the reclamation of the waste lands will not pay that, therefore, the bogs should not be drained the mountains brought into tillage. Against this, however, we have the published report of one of the first engineers now living, who has not hesitated to affix his name to a document stating that more than three-and-a-half millions of acres could be brought into cultivation so as to pay ten per cent. at least on the amount of expenditure. We need scarcely ask which autho rity is the highest, the anonymous Peer, who we doubt not is thoroughly convinced of the correctness of his own conclusions, or the well-known engineer, whose character is, to a certain extent, at stake on the accuracy of his judgment. Again, the Peer complains of the difficulties of carrying on the fisheries on the western coast. The fish lie far at sea, and require large vessels of 50 tons at least to be employed in their capture ; there is no market for the fish when obtained, nor salt to cure them. These difficulties are, however, by no means insuperable. Why not obtain a better class of vessels ? There is no in vestment would prove more remunerative. Why not establish stations, as we have already suggested, at certain intervals along the coast, where the fish would be purchased and sent to market, and salt distributed to those who required it ? There are obstacles certainly, but they are by no means in superable, and it is essential that the Government and the people should co-operate cordially together, and they will be easily overcome. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The election on Sunday passed off very quietly. The weather was very fine and the streets were crowded, but there was not the slightest appearance of any attempt to create a disturbance. The Gazette des Tribunaux says—" There is nothing in the appearance of the population to justify the fears which certain agitators have endeavoured to create in the minds of the people. The most ener getic measures, however, have been taken in all parts of the capital to repress immediately, and on its first appearance, any attempt that may be made to create disorder. The Journal des Debats says—" From what we have seen at the polling-places we imagine that the number of voters must be much more considerable than they have been on any former occasion. The only return yet received is that of the votes on board the flotilla which was to have formed the expedition to Civita Vecchia. Under the idea that they were to sail immediately, their votes were taken, and the following is the result :-- LOUIS NAPOLEON 1,064 General CAVAIGNAC 914 A few votes were given to M. DE LAMARTINE and M. LEDRU-ROLLIN. Telegraphic dispatches have been received by the Government from many of the departments. The election was proceeding in all of them in a perfectly orderly manner. M. RECURT has written a letter to the Assembles Nationale, declaring that the statement made by that journal of his having placed in the situation of sub director of the octroi duties a person named BOIREAU, the confidant and accomplice of FIESCHI, is an infa mous calumny. He calls on that journal to insert in its earliest number the letter of denial. The journal in which this calumny appears is the recently established organ of the Orleanists, and may be considered as the successor of the celebrated Epoque, which was conducted by the notorious GARNIER DE CASSAIGNAC and his brother-in-law, the convicted perjurer DE BIdAUVALLON. The election for Deputy to the :National Assembly for Corsica has terminated in the return of M. LOUIS LUCIEN BONAPARTE, the son of the late LUCIEN BONAPARTE, and brother of the Prince of CAIINO. The numbers were— M. Louis Lucien Bonaparte General Arrighi ........ . . General ARRIGIII was recommended to the electors by JEROME BONAPARTE, ex-King of Westphalia, by his son NAPOLEON, and by Prince Louis NAPO LEON, in opposition to M. Louis LUCIEN BONAPARTE. LUCIEN and his sons were always, on account of their uncompromising republicanism, objects of fear and dislike to the other members of the BONAPARTE family. There was a Socialist banquet at the Barriere du Maine on Sunday, at which 1,400 guests were pre sent. One of the speakers, aM. MARLE, boasted that one of his sons was among the number of those trans ported, and that another had been in prison for a long time. " That is nothing," added this flaming " red' patriot, " I brought them up for it." The Conatitutionnel which seems ambitious of equalling the Presse in the invention and publication of calumnies, having stated on S a t ur d ay t h at G eneral CAVAIGNAC had appointed M. BLEISE to the office of Director of the Mont de Pie* and had increased the salary of the office from 10,000 f. to 15,0001., because M. BLEISE was one of the editors of the National has been obliged in its number of Monday to publish the following letter from M. BLEISE himself. " Paris, Dec. 10, 1848. " Monsieur le Redacteur—The note which you yester day published, relative to my nomination to the func tions of director of the Mont de PiosS of Paris, is com pletely inexact. 1. I was not named director by an order signed by General Cavaignac on November 25; my nomination goes back to May 30, and was made by M. Recurt, then Minister of the Interior. It is not, therefore, a nomination in eztremis, and the delay of my installation was caused by considerations which have nu connexion whatever with the present situation. 2. lam not one of the editors of the National, nor have I ever had the honour of writing in any journal. 3. I do not receive 15,000 f. of salary, the amount at present being only 10,000 f., having been reduced a third. If that amount is too high, let it be again reduced. Those who are acquainted with me, know that pecuniary motives have never actuated my acts. This is perhaps a case to repeat, according to a celebrated diplomatist, and with out meaning to allude in any way to the direction of the office of my honourable predecessor, that in admin. istrative matters nothing is so dear as what is gra tuitous." The following is stated to be the result of the first day's polling at Boulogne. Of course it can only be at best an approximation to the truth, and the infor mation is derived from one of the most unscrupulous of the reactionary party : Louis Napoleon ... General Cavaignac Ledru-Rollin Raspail ••• Lamartine On Sunday night, at half after twelve, a conflict took place at a wine. shopeutside the Barrier du Trone between some Gerdes Mobiles and some troops of the line. The Mobiles being the minority at first were beaten. They sought the assistance of their comrades, and returned reinforced, when a battle com menced between them with side arms, in which two soldiers were killed outright, and several on each side were wounded. ... 4,576 ... 2,260 ... 235 The Nouvelliste of Marseilles says that the troops and seamen in the port voted as follows : General Cayaignac ... .. ..- 1,282 Louis Bonaparte ... ••• ... 895 Louis Napoleon .. .. .. 69 Napoleon ... ... ... • • 8 Ledru-Rollin .. .. 406 Lamartine .. .. ••• • • 64 The Semaphore de Marseilles, of the Bth instant, announces the arrival of Colonel JAERAS, .Aid-de- Camp of General CATAIGNAC, who, after an interview with M. FRESLON, Minister of Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical Affairs, embarked for Gaeta, in the Averne steam packet. BOURSE--PARIS, MONDAY, DEC. 11. THREE o'CL oca .—Th e B ourse was in a state o f ex caetedthinegbagitationg t o ond a s s y t , w a n n e d k t n i ll e a d r e i s f e n which p e r o n m g r m e s e s n c t e o d . majority in favour of Louis Napoleon is considered favourabl e to the cause of order, as the new Govern ment will, for a time at least, be an exceedingly strong one, as every statesman in France, with the exception of the ultra -Republican party, will support i t. For the Account, the French Three per C en t s . h ave advanced the Loa n 55c.; the Five per Cents. hav e advanced If. 35c.; and have risen 50c , If. 50c. For Mon e y, t h e Three per Cents. a d the Loa.; the Five p er C ents. have risen If. 55c.; nn lf. 70c. Bo ns d u Tz6sor not quoted; Bank of France Shares have imp rove d , 30f.; Belgian Bank Shares and Funds not quoted; Spanish Funds not quoted, Exchange on London (30 days), 25 47i; ditto (90 days), 25 37i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE Northern LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Dze. 10. of France, 6 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 1%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the sth inst. have arrived. It appears that the Government has some mis givings as to the ulterior intentions of the British Government as regards the case of Colonel BRISTOW and the payment of the bondholders, and that in con sequence NARVAEZ, Mow, and 'SARTORIUS have de vised a scheme for duping the Anglo-Spanish bond holders, and for preventing Lord PALMERSTON from adopting measures to obtain justice for them at the hands of the Spanish Government. NARVAEZ and Co. have, it appears, instigated a certain banker to write to London to urge the bondholders to petition the Spanish Government for a settlement of their claims. Should the bondholders be so simple as to adopt this course it will render all remonstrance at any time on the part of the English Government impossible, as the Spanish Government will appeal to this peti tion as proof that the bondholders have left the ques tion of settlement entirely in the hands of Spain. The bondholders, should they sign this petition, will be for the moment entirely at the mercy of the Spanish Government. The Gaceta publishes the following " ROYAL DECREE. "In conformity with the report of my Council of Ministers, I hereby decree that in all churches through. out the dominions of Spin public prayers shall be put up for three successive days, a ll th e c l ergy , aut h or i t i es, and corporations being in attendance, with previous in vitation to the faithful, iz order to emplore the assistance of the Most High, that the necessities of the Catholic Church, and the tribulations of its universal Pastor may have a happy and speedy termination. " Given at the Pelee), tke 4th Dec., 1848. Is signed by the royal hand. Tie Minister of Grace and Justice, Lorenzo Arrazola." A letter from La Bisbal, of the 27th, in the Barcelones, says that MARSAL, with 300 to 400 Carlist infantry, and 50 cavalry, 20 of whom were Lancers, entered that place at three P.M. on the pre vious day, and remained two hours. They made several purchases, and paid freely for everything they had. Another letter estimates MARSAL'S force at 600 infantry, and 56 cavalry, and says they made pri soners of three soldiers in the town, and that AleaslL took care to warn the corporation, and other persons also went to visit him, not to give him the trouble to come again to collect the contribution allotted to their town: wbich it appears is levied according to the scale of 1840. CABRERA, accompanied by MARSAL and ESTARTUS, with 800 men, passed through Cabella on the 2d, retreating before the greatly superior forces of Gene ral ExNA. and Brigadier NouviLLos, in the direction of the mountains of Monseny. Numbers of the Government troops were knocked up in the pursuit, whilst the Carlists] went on their way singing their war songs, and quite ready for the next enterprise CARRERA might have in hand for them. The account of the capture of one of TRISTAN'S is true; but the account of the defeat of his band is untrue. TRISTAN' and two of his men were waiting in a farm-house to effect an exchange of prisoners, when they were pounced upon and eaptured. MADRID BoLsA, DEC. s.—The Three per Cents. were done to-day at 20 cash, and were 19 13 16 to I buyers after the close; Five per Cents., 91 buyers, buyers after the close; Coupons, 5f buyers ; Passive Debt, 3f buyers, 13-16 sellers ; Bank Shares, 52 buyers, 54 sellers. Discount on Notes, If. Ex change on London, 48 40. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. It is stated in a letter from Kremsier of the 3d that the Emperor FEIDINAND had resolved to abdicate three weeks ago : but, in consequence of political events, the fact was kept secret, lest it should be ascribed to fear. Prince WINDISCIIGRATZ and the Ban JELLACHICU had returned to Vienna, and were to leave the next day for their respective corps. The new EMPERDR had shown them great cour tesy. The EMPEROR was expected at Vienna on the 7th to receive the oath of the troops. He is repro seated to be an intelligent young man, and it is said that he himself has suggested that he shall live apart from the other members of the imperial family for some time, in order that it may not be supposed that he is under their influence. His stay would, however, be short. Prince WINDISCHGRATZ had given up the command of the army at Vienna to General GannEß. The Universities of Vienna and Lembourg are to remain closed during the winter. The following address has been agreed to be pre sented by the National Assembly to the new Em peror FRANCIS JOSEPH I.:-- " We hail with joy the accession of your Majesty to the throne. Permit us to address you with our respect ful felicitations. Called to the constitutional throne by the voluntary abdication of your uncle Ferdinand 1., and the renunciation of your father, your Majesty will feel towards all your people the same love and the same kindness as your prede cessor, and, like him, you will find in the devotion and confidence of all the inhabitants throughout the monarchy a solace for the cares and anxieties of Government. The D.et, penetrated with the importance of its high mission, will dedicate itself without relax ation to the great work of the Constitution, and will thus endeavour to second the exertions of your Ma jesty and tke people,for the interest and prosperity of our common country Providence has committed to your Majesty the e) . La ted duty of cement i ng t h e lib ert i es bestowed by Ferdinand the Good—of protecting them against the storms o' the future, and of healing the wounds of the past. Free institutions become more firm when based on the throne, and it is a noble idea for a Monarch to watch . over th e destinie s o f a f ree peop l e. Long live our coustztutional Emperor, Francis Jo se ph I. (Signed) " FRANCIS SW/LEA. " Kremsier, Dec. 2.' PRUSSIA. ----- It was imagined that on the 7th of December some of the Members of the Left might attempt to hold a sitting of the Diet at Brandenburg, and mea sures were adopted t 9 prevent them from meeting. At a meeting held the day before, at which I.Jimun presided, it had beer determined not to make the attempt, nor to issue any protest, as the protest of the 9th of November was sufficient. On the 7th the generality of the Left proceeded to the Cathedral to verify the fact of closure. Upon arriving they found the following printed notice affixed to the entrances, and laid ur.on the table of the Questor's office : "In conformity with the accompanying royal decree of reports, whereon i t i s f ounde d , I h asten to com metnhieettstteh ,inst.,the which, to ge th er w i t h i ts annexe d Minis teriale sitting of the National Assembly, an nounced by me to op en on the 7th inst. at 11 A.M., w ill not, as a matter of costrse, take place. The Questor of the Chamber, M. Miitste, is commissioned by me to re main at Brandenbu rg until 1 o ' clock, P.M., on Saturday next, to settle what ever outstanding business may be requisite with Members. " The President by s?.niority of the dissolved National Assembly. (Signoi) "Brandenburg, Dec. 6, 1848." The majority of tle Members left Brandenburg the same evening. The Prussian Staats Anzeio• b to pay er says that, "in conse quence of the ref usal th etaxesby sons in accordance with the decree of the National Assembly, numbers have offered not only to pay the ordinary taxes, but have offered money to the royal treasury, without interest, and even without requiring its return ; indeed, some patriots have offered all they possess to the Government. The Minister of Finance announces, that the refusal to pay taxes having been confined to a few places and persons, and the trea sury being sufficiently provided to meet the wants of the public service, the Government declined the offers so generously made. lie expresses at the same time his gratitude for gifts so generously tendered." Accounts from Silesia, of the 2d, state that on the previous day there was a large meeting of the peasantry of Burgsdorff. A certain CAnuu DE ROSCHKOWITZ, known for his litigations with many of the nobles, presided. He had been named repre sentative in the Assembly of Berlin, and is a strong Radical. He sought to kill a person at Rosen, and induced the mob to accompany him there, when they entered the house of the party and violently ill treated him. They then proceeded to other houses, and it was not until the tocsin was sounded, and two men were shot and two wounded, that tranquillity was restored. The troops arrived next day, and oc cupied the place. 10.—The Prussian Staats Anzeiger of this day contains a proclamation to the Minister of War, VON STROTHEN, relative to various regulations and changes in the military department, and likewise an answer to the Berlin Landwehr battalion, in reply to their complaining that they have not in the present time been called out. The Minister states that their having been already under arms two months this year, was deemed a sufficient claim. upon their time, and that, moreover, they were known to be in such admirable order, that if their services were requisite they would be ready for active service at the shortest notice. " VON BRUNNECK. The Cologne Gazette affirms that General WILASGEL has declared that the siege of Berlin will be raised on the 15th. FRANKFORT. At a meeting of the representatives, held on the 9th, it was determined on the proposition of DAHL MANN and BESELER, that the Headship of the Em pire should b e an hereditary office. Great exertions are making to secure the election of the King of PRUSSIA to the hereditary headship. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 9th, M. . VON SCnMERLING repl i ed to several inter pellations on foreign affairs. On the subject of Swit zerland, the Hon. Minister refused to give any fur ther explanation. With reference to the affairs of Hungary, he ob serve d that the sympathy for the people of that country was general.in Germany, and , in that sympathy he participated; but that the Re gent's Cabinet declined to interfere in the matter. Permission was then granted by the Assembly, after a tiresome discussion, for the prosecution of some of its Members, against whom the tribunals could not proceed until their " privilege of Parlia ment" was withdrawn. The parties thus abandoned to the jurisdiction of the country consist of GUNTLER, the colleague of the late M. BLum in the editorship of a paper called the Reichstag Zeitung ; the editor, not named, of a cer tain Conservative paper, for libel ; and a Jewish bookseller (one LEwYsoJIN), for high treason. A motion, by M. Rum. for the dissolution of the Assembly was negatived. ITALY. The Nazionale of Florence says that the intrigues of the reactionnaires at Bologna have induced the Governor of the city not to recognise the new Roman Ministry, and that he hes sent Deputies to travel throughout Romagna to endeavour to create a party, and form a Provisional Government, composed of General Zuccni, the Prince of SPADA, and Count MASTAI. Count MASTAI has been received in Bo logna with enthusiasm, and General Zuccin is at the head of the National Guard. Bologna has refused to pay taxes. Ferrara and Ancona have given in their adhesion to the Roman Assembly. The Swiss troops in Rome have refused to obey CAupELLo and GA LETTI, and have, it is said, retired to Bologna. The Roman troops were concentrating at Foligno and at La Cattolica. The POPE was still at Gaeta. We learn from the Opinione of Turin that the Archduke REGNIER, late Viceroy of Lombardy, had arrived at Mantua, and that RADETZKY was shortly expected there at the head of a considerable force. It is rumoured that a congress of Austrian archdukes, generals, and princes, is to be held at Mantua, to dis cuss the affairs of Italy. The Tempo of Naples informs us that on the morning of the Ist of December the Grand Almoner and the clergy of the Palace went from Naples to Gaeta to address the POPE, who received them graciously, and allowed them to kiss his feet. He then addressed them in these terms :—" The will of the MOST HIGH is inscrutable. I had not resolved to come to Gaeta, but the hospitality of your KING detains me. I trust my residence here will be for the good of Christianity. May it lead to the peace so much to be desired." His HOLINESS afterwards, in great state, repaired to the Cathedral, where he was met by the high ecclesiastics and some of the ministry. When the service was over, the POPE returned to his palace, and addressing the Minister of State, said, " The Princes had done all they could for the people, but a portion of the latter, not content, were demand ing that which was unjust. I offer up my prayer to GOD to enlighten them." The Corriere Mercantile of Dec. 6 says the sup plement of the Alba brings the following news, of Which we wait the confirmation :—The POPE has issued a violent protest against the events of the 16th of November, and asserts that all the concessions have been extorted from him by force. It is also said that he has convoked at Gaeta the diplomatic body, and named a Ministry to act in his absence. At this news the Roman people were enraged, and were prepared to declare the dethronement of his HOLINESS." The Corriere states also that 7,000 French troops have landed at Civita Vecchia, and another body of Eng. lish troops at Ancona. These operations are stated to be to prevent an Austrian invasion, and to uphold the mediation. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies at Tu rin, on the 7th, a question was put to the Ministry, as to whether they recognised the programme of the new Austrian Ministry stating that Austria would rest on the treaties, and retain Italy as part of the Austrian territory. The Minister refused to enter into a discussion, and limited himself to saying there had been no alteration of the bases of the mediation. The President of the Council informed the Cham ber that a telegraphic dispatch had been received, officially announcing that the mediation was accepted by Austria, and that the conferences would forthwith commence at Brussels. M. DE CORCELLES, the French Envoy Extraordi nary to the POPE, arrived at Civita Vecchia, in the Osiris, on the morning of the Ist instant. He imme diately proceeded to Rome, and returned on the 3d to Civita Vecchia, when he embarked for Gaeta. TURKE Y. THE CHOLERA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 16.—Within the last week we have had several fresh cases of cholera, and they have oecurred in those districts which were already reported " clean." In Salonica there were several cases, and likewise in Smyrna. It still prevails in Banidir, Tyre, and Hindin, as well as in various parts of the interior of Anatolia. In Beyrout and Der el Kamer it likewise prevails; in the latter place it is much much more fatal among the Druses than the Maronites. The Druses being fatalists, neglect and despise every preventive. The Maronites had ordered quarantine in their mountain holds. The Druses who had thereby been checked in commercial intercourse, re fusing to submit to these regulations, they laid.i theirs complaints before SALT AGIIA, the Turkish commandant of Derel' Kamer, but he re fused to listen to th em , an d they accordingly sent a deputation to the Pacha in Beyrout. The Pacha, however, considering the cholera contagious, so far from listening to their complaints, detained three of the Shieks, who came with the deputation, as hos tages, in order to prevent the commencement of hosti lities, the two parties having resolved to decide the question of " contagion " or " non-contagion" by force of arms. Everything else here otherwise is quiet ; all are in suspense respecting the result of things in Europe, and the political horizon of Germany especially rivets attention to an unusual degree. M. MUSSURUS, who arrived here last week from Athens, brought U 3 the first intelligence of the bom bardment of Vienna; the Austrian courier has not yet arrived. - A splendid review of the troops stationed here and in the environs, amounting to 33,000 men, is to take place to-morrow, in the presence of the SULTAN, on the plain between St. Stephano and the Sweet Waters. The Turkish Ambassador to the Court of Great Britain, MEHEMET PACHA, will leave by the French steamer to-day. A fresh commission of inquiry is to be sent almost immediately to Bagdad to settle the question of the Persio-Turkish boundaries. The Porte has nomi nated DERVISH PACHA member of the Commission. The former Grand Admiral HALTL Feu's has been appointed Governor-General of Ailet Aidin . On occasion of the recent Bairam the Grand Vi zier and his mother distributed 6,000 sheep among the poor.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. B. AMERICA. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAT, 11 A.M. The British and North American steamer Acadia, from the United States, was off the North-West Light Ship at nine o'clock this morning. BO UL 0 GNE-SUR-MER. (FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) Our winter season promises to be one of unusual gaiety. A winter etahlissement has been opened in the Cite D'Herlen, which will more than compensate for the loss of the Etablissement des Bains, which invariably closes during the winter months. The Cite D'Herlen is situated in a very convenient, because central, locality. It comprises the Arcade formerly the Passage d'Her len (which runs between the Grande Rue and the Rue des Vieillards) and the magnificent saloons ad joining it. These saloons and part of the Arcade it self have been fitted up as reading, music and dancing rooms. The newspapers and literary pe riodicals of London and Paris are profusely scattered on the tables for the amusement of morning loungers, and almost weekly the subscribers are in vited to a magnificent ball. The ball of last Wed nesday was peculiarly attractive; every lady and gentleman was presented with a ticket for a lottery which was drawn during the evening, one fortunate individual drawing a piece montee, and another " une surprise." The general arrangements being superintended by M. D'Herlen (the pro prietor of the Arcade) is a guarantee for their ex cellence, and for the respectability of the personnel de la societe. The new cite bids fair to become the principal rendezvous of the haut ton of Boulogne, and as such it will, to visitors especially, be one of the chief attractions of the town. MR. ARCHER'S BENEFIT AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The annual benefit of Mr. J. T. Archer, the box bookkeeper at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, takes place at that theatre, on Thursday evening next. Mr. Archer has put forth a most attractive programme. The performances commence with Shakspere's comedy of the Two Gentlemen of Verona, in which Mr. Charles Kean appears as Valentine, and Mrs. Charles Kean as Julia, and concludes with the Honeymoon, with Mr. Charles Kean as Duke Arnim, and Mrs. Charles Kean as Juliana. This is the only time the Honeymoon will be pe r f orme d a t secon d price. With such attractions to back up his own merits, there cannot be a doubt but that Mr. Archer will have a bumper. Noy. 11. Dec. 12. Caledonian Eastern Counties Great Northern 6 * tt t •-• 64 i Great Western B5 88 ... 76 .* Brighton North-Western llB* 120 , —llB* 119* ' South-Western 39 40 ... 38* 39* Midland North British .. .. ....... 15* 16 ... 14+ 15* North Stafford South-Eastern ... 24* ... 22 t York, Newcastle, and Berwick 26* 7 ... 26 York and North Midland The above will show that in many instances prices are not even yet restored to the position which they oc cupied a month since, indifferent as that was esteemed, and consequently for a further improvement there is ample room. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 189% 191 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities-- 86%1% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 8788% 7' New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna. 86%% 87% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 5-16 7-16 India Bonds under 1,0001 35 p Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 22N,:li % Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 39 IA Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lO2 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 254% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 47%% itI,INESS DONh IN RAILWAY SHAIIE AT U2I;::YCLOCR RAILWAYS. PAID. PLR SRAM Iberditen_ unbar., Notting., Boston, &c. 4% — to _kyrshire and Galloway Lklfast and County Down .. 19 .. .. iiirmingham & OxlordJunct., 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., \Vol., ii' Stour Val. 131.145.... ..... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction i3oston, Stamt., & 13irming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds .. 27 Buckinghainshire.„ Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, New 10/. Preference 5 - 5 . Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 5O .... ' to Ditto, Preference Clarence. D 0.,. let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — - DU blin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., ak dL.ti D ... Ditto, 181., E. & H lB Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & H... 3 . [A, 3 o:. astern Counties .... 2 O. ...... 11%1,4 to Do. New Guarant. 6 per et. 10 Do.Perpet., 5 perct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d - Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... -- Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - Do., 5 per cont. Do., Quarter .... . ...... . ..... 1 . 2!4...... D0., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A ditto 1; Ditto, do, Ciass B (I. &B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 10 to . - Ditto, ditto ... ........ 20 17%... .. to Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per et. 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New .Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 614...... -- ...... to East Lincolnshire ... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15 - •••••• to -- Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% l% ..... to Glasg.; Dumfries, & Carlisle..B4 6s.Bd — ——. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated • ... to Great Northern.... ......... ... 19 Do. % A Deferred .... ... 12% 4 Do. 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% ...... 3IA to Do. Extension .... .......... 2%.. ... -- - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% - - Great North of England 100 — Ditto, New 40 /. Ditto, ditto .... ........... 25 Ditto, New • 30/ to Ditto, New 151......... l4 Great Western Ditto, Half Sha res Ditto, Quartar Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 30 . .. -. Dittc, Thirds ... 10. Hull and Selby SO Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...: Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ' — to Lancrister and Carlisle.... ... 50 ' Do., Thirds lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 . ..... —•• Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .. 43 . ..... .. - , —to Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths - . to Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4, —, ... . to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 • 5% to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 • . ... to Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43 • ' -- ..... to Do., W aketield, Pontefract, and G001e....... .. ....... 50 Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . - Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... .. Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% — to Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 95 ... .. to Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manches SO Do., Half. Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 2% — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ......... ...... 50 - .... .to Ditto, New - 35 ' . .e.. ...... to Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..«. - ...... to —. Liverpool. Crosby, and South- port ... .verpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2% — ..... to London & Blackwall .....134 6s. 8d 4%.... to Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 _ ...... to De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 „ _ .. ... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ...„ Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ...... _ Ditto Preference London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d,.. ... .. to 18/ 17s 2d... ...... t o _ London & North Western.....loo 116%. ... to 119% Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 Dl. to New Do. Fifths 2 ••••• ..... to Lo. 40,. Shares.....L. & M 25 „..... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 . .... . Do. 101. .. M. and B. (li.) 9 Do. 10/. ... 51. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 _ „ — to Ditto, New 50/........ ..... 42%...,.. to Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds ... ...... 13/. 6s. 8(1 ... . ..... to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Ca115......11. 13s. 4d.... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 28.% — •••••• to Londonderry and Enniskillen 27% Lwe.estoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Manch, Buxton, & Alatleck 4 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 / 1 Shares ( No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 10 . ..... to Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... .• • to Ditto Grimsby ... 4O - Ditto, ditto. - Ditto, ditto .. - ...... to Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 „..„ .... to -- Ditto, Grirriby Dock - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41 25.... ; MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very ' firm; sales 6,000 bv.leg..—Railway Shares bore an im proved value in many instances. More attention is at present directed to the progress of events in France than anywhere else, and there is still an impression that Louis Napoleon will be elected. His party, however, being the most noisy, may rather mislead. The Hamhurgh advises quote the exchange on Lon don without alteration, viz., 13.9, andithe same features existed as before, viz., abundance of money, and a good market for stocks and shares. In Saxony, and other parts of Germany, manufacturing operations are being gradually resumed, and there are strong hopes expressed by parties writing thence that business affairs will be come more prosperous. South Australian accounts, of July 19, have been re ceived. The colonists were as active as ever in working the different mines. The Stock Market is very buoyant again to-day, and the dealings have been at the highest quotations of yes terday. The " contango" has been maintained, but this may arise from delay on the part of those who should earlier hare arranged their accounts. Consols have realised 87* / and 88§ for Transfer, and 88 to 881 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 86* to 87/, and the Three per Cents. 861 to 86*. Bank Stock has been done at 189/ to 191, being a further rise. Exchequer-bills are 395. to 425. premium. It would appear from the condition in which the market now is, that the public are disposed to " shut" with stock on their hands, and that in this way the amount pressed on the market by the Government and one or two other brokers has been readily absorbed. In the Foreign Market Mexican Bonds have again been most in favour, and have realised 221 to 224. Peru vian Bonds have improved to 39f, and Brazilian to 74/. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 241 and quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. realise 25 *. Dutch Two-and• a- Half per Cents. have been 47 I. Russian Stock is worth 102. Railway Shares have been all in steady demand again to-day, and fuller prices are generally required where purchases are made. The following comparison will give an idea of the re lative position of the market:— Vid1and........- ................100 7912 78% to 79 Ditto, Consol. Prelerence...100 Ditto, SW. Shares,.... .....• 20 Miclhnd, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Midland, Consul. Bristol and 13irmingliain, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. Ditto ditto 14/. 18s, .. - Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Midid. Great W este rn (I r i s h) 45 • Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. . . Nez - ca st le and Car lisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ...... ... ..... ..... ~.. 20 .... . Ditto Extension Sc r ip... 2!. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Here'. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... '4" - Newry, Wartenpoint, and. Rostrevor ..... .........,.... 20 Norfolk' Ditto New 201. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 - Do. Do. 5 1 / 2 per cent Do. do. Wavenoy Valley... 2 ...... .~ Northern Counties Union ... 4 ..... North British Ditto Half Shares, ..... ..... 12 1 / 2 — Do. Quarters 6 14 8%,...,, to -- Ditto, Extension Ditto Thirds .._ ....... . 8' North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire l5 - North Wales 3% ..... ..... to -- North Western lO - ( !xtord, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Reading, Guildfd., & Reigat e 10 %..• to -- Royston and Ilitchi n ..... .. 2 - Scottish Central - Scottish Midland ..- ........ ... 25 Ditto, New.. - Sheflleld, Rotherham, and Goole 71 / 2 — ...... to --- Do. do. ,South Div.) 4 ..... - hrewsbury and Birmingkam 9 — - Ditto, ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 6 - ..... to --- Shrewsbury and Hereford ..2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. 'din.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 1 / 2 - Ditto, Oswestry 1 7 34 a. .. - Ditto ,New). ..... t o Ditto 8 per Cent. P re t lO - South Devon ..Shropshire Union,, ... ............. 4 ... .. to Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 south Statlordshire ... •• .. to -- South Eastern Ditto, No. I. Ditto, No. ` > 22 - Ditto, No. 3. - Ditto New, No. 4. Thi r d s 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 5 -• ... to --.• Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 6 Taw Vale Extension ........ 8 - ..... to Thames Haven Dock and Railway l 7l Vale of Neath - Waterford and Kilke nny 17% ...... ..... • to ---. Waterford and Limerick ... Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed - Do. do. do. - Do. do. do. ...... .. 10 ... - West Cornwall 6 - West London Ditto, First Class 2O ..... Ditto, Second Clas s 2O ...... ...... to -- Whitehaven and Furness l4 ..... -- ..... to •-- Windsor, Staines, and South Western 9 l/$ Wilts, Somerset,& Weymouth 40 ..... 26 York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 - Do. Ex ten. No.l (Y. & N .) 15 1)0. do. No. 2, N ew & B . 15 - Do. G. N. E.Tur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 ...... .. - Ditto, Preference Ditto East and kV est Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian - Boulogne and Amiens 2O - Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) .... - Ceylon ....... 1 / 2 — ...... to --- Demerara. Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and Mad ras ss. ..-• • Dutch Rhenish 7% — •...... to ---' East Indian --- Great Indian Penins u l ar l /4 — ...... to --- Louvain ala Sambre ........ 7% — to , --` Luxembourg to --- Ditto Madrid and Valenti a ...... __ . ... to --- Namur and Liege... ..... ..... to Northern of France l2 to -- Orleans and Bordeaux L. 2 ...... to Paris and Lyons - Do. Do. Paris and ( )rieans.. Parts and Itouen .. - Paris & Strasbourg .. ..... 9 ..-.. to Rouen and Havre 2O ..... - Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 • Tours & Nantes ... ...... .. 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and llas*elt - ..—. to West Flgnders • 8; 3 / 4 — ...... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. A ustralasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial ..•........... 25 ....• • •• to Commercial of London ....... 20 ...... London Joint Stock ~... lO ...... 15 1 ,4 :to -- Loudon and Westminst er ... 20 - National Provincial a Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland 2212 — ... .. to to Provincial of Ireland ... to Ditto, New lO Union of Australia ............ 25 - ..... to Ditto, New 2% to Union of London ........ ...... 10 Union of Madrid . MINES. Anglo Mexicali lOO "•••• Asturian Mining Company... 14 ...... Australian... 2 1,4 3 34, to Blaenarvon Iron sad Coal ... 50 ...... to British Iron_ Bolauos Sc r i o . 12 — Brazilian Imperial •—• .. ... 244 to .-- • Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 39 .... • Ditto St. Joh n D e l Rey ... 15 ..... 11% ... to Cobra Copper .••..... 40 •x.d to to -- General Mining ......,. ..... 20 Real del Monte, Unregistered —..— .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ..... ... Santiago de Cuba ............... 10 United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 12.—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeze► and dull hazy weather. FALMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Don Ai' lonzo, Danneberg, Rio Janeiro; Lindesforne, Odessa, with head and cutwater carried away, from contact with the schooner Louise, of Padstow, Bristol to Malagth which lost bead, cutwater, and bowsprit off Cape St. Vincent 30th ult. CHATHAM, DEC. 11.—Arrd. Prince Edward, Quebec. OFF SHOREHAM, DEC. 11. —Wind S.W. -- Claud, Buckwell, Quebec for London. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Arrd. President Smith, Ba tavia. BRIDPORT, DEC. 1 1.—Arrd. Hunter Bursell St. John's, Newfoundland. , , SHIELDS, DEC. 11.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. William Metcalfe, Philadelphia. BRISTOL, DEC. 11. Wind S.W. Arrd. African Queen, Dyer, Africa; Bristol, Alexander, New York. lEFRAcosinE, DEC. 11. Wind S. Sld. Colonia, West Indies. SWANSEA, DEC. 11.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Jean, Co quimbo; North Star. St. Paul de Loando. WARRENPOINT, DEC. 10.—Arrd. New Zealand, En" glish, St. John's, New Brunswick. HULL, DEG. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Indus, Q ue bec. RYE, DEC. 11.—The Mallone, from Newcastle, for Guernsey, went on shore about five miles east of this port, but came off without damage. • WHITEHAYEN, DEC. 10.—The Osprey, of and from Quay to Barrow, w as d r i ven on shore near this place oil the 9th inst.; crew saved. Should the weather continue moderate the vessel may be got off. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 11.—The Don Colins, Perk, ° l' London, tor Guernsey, which was on shore near Redcar on the 9th inst., has been assisted back to this port, 1 10 been surveyei, and found uninjured. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 11.—The Pomona, from Nev": castle to Rotterdam, came on shore on the beach near this place, but was assisted off next tide. DEAL, DEC. 11.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd.' Brunette, Cousions, Mauriti us ; M ary Winch, Harris,' Buenos Ayres. Arrd. from the River, Hashemy, Ross r Hobart Town ; Giour, Belcher, Demerara ; F ra nce 1, Burn, Woolley, Algoa B a y ; A ra b , Baker, Cape ' 1 " Good Hope ; Lucinda, Scolley, Coquinals ; Henrietta ,faa Butchard, New Orleans ; A gamemnon, Guthrie, Al' /„:, bile. Sld. Coromandel, N ormann, Adelaide, S ou l Australia; Caldew, Snow, Sydney, New South Wale Gibraltar, Goodburn, Dominica; Christiania, New Yor • LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind S.W. to S.S.E.—.Ar rd• 10, Lady Bruce, Burns, Calcutta ; Princess Victor Johnston, Maranham ; Defence, Brewster, Chariest , an! Affghan, Black, Quebec. 11. Huskinson, Witt, Boni aY: Francis Yates, B rag , Ri o G ran d e ; Merchant, C rr ►. Virginia, with loss of bulwarks, spars, stanchions, as / 15 : &c., having encountered a heavy gale from the W. 1 11 ! I instant, in lon. 20, and which caused her to lay to for four days; Mary Irvine, Philadelphia, for Co r)r, leaky, having d r i ven past her port; Spartan, Fish a -r: New York; Jamestown, Trask, ditto. Sld. 10, Cat h 4 rine, Ruddock, N ew Orleans; Harriet, Short, Nei l Johnson,f( undladActia ;Mary, c(lini, Rowlands;as krh , e N as] e a s. 11, Robert WO b r. man , New Orleans Lochlibo, Boyd, Mobile; Bee 'M u i r , Charleston; ' beth, Mai n , Coquimbo. Put back, 11, Sir Harry Snllll 11 for New Y. Off port 11 Zealous, Port Adelltia e: Maypo. Th e schooner Victoria, of Belfast, for wail ie ford, lying at anchor in the Sloyne, d rove athwart 10 e bow of th e A merica steamer, on Saturday night, w l11 : n b.. the f o r mer l ost her main mast, and the latter her JO boom. The young and gifted tragedian, Miss Lain Addison is, we understand, to appear in Edinburgh 0 )/ the 16th instant, whero she will submit a succession her principal characters to the critical judgment off to darn Athens. Her engagem en t i s necessarily limited sic nights. w for 93 pu the sui of i wh Cara CoU WE] Q (sit Col] COVE tern Rei thr4 bas and th e to I nat, call for Riff thei on t We fror her, bel to r Brii acti on I Th( sew assi