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N EW NOVEE, BY THE AUTHOR OF " EMILIA WYNDIIAM." Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., mORDAUNT HALL; OR, A SEPTEMBER NIGHT. By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," "ANGELA," &C. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, SAM SLICK'S NEW W °llK ' THE OLD JUDGE ; Or, Life in a Colon. " These volumes are full cf the Clockmaker' y s shrewdness and quaint cernicalities."—Examiner. "" Replete with the same sarcastic spirit, and that piquant and hu morous delineation of character which rendered the conversations of *in Slick, the Clockmaker, so entertaining."—Morning Herald. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CALIFORNIA. Now ready at all the Booksellers, in Two Parts poet 8vo„ 400 pp, price 2s. 6d. each, WHAT I SAW lisi CALIFORNIA IN 1846 and 1847. By EDWIN BRYANT, Esq., Late Alcalde of San Francisco, Forming Nos. VI. and VII. of BENTLEY'S CABINET LIBRARY. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. THIS EVENING, 3fdlles. Caroline, Palmyre Anato, Amaglla, Le Petit Loisset, nick named in Paris " The Little Devil," Scc. La lutte des Voltigeurs (gymnastic exercises) by the whole of the Company—An Equestrian Sport, the English Lancers, a grand Ca valry Manceuvre, executed by nine Ladies. Doors open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight. MORNING PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, January 10 and 12. First Price as usual. No Second Price. Commence at Two o'clock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle, 4s. Dress Boxes, 3s. Upper Boxes, ts. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, ls. 6d. Lower Gallery, ls. Upper Do. 6d. SECOND PRICE. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. Dress Boxes, 2s. Upper Boxes, is. 6d. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. Lower Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Half-past Nine o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Box-office, from Ten till Five ; and al Jallien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ST. JAMES'S T HE ATR E. Season 1849. FRENCTI PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the performance of French Plays will be resumed at this Theatre on Monday Evening next, Jan. 15, by the production of LE MAITRE DE CHAPELLE, music by Paer, compressed into one act, as represented at the Opera Comique, Paris; Barnabe, M. Beane ; Gertrude, Madlle. Guichard (their first appearances at this Theatre) : and Auber's popular Opera Comique, in three acts, LE DOMINO NOIR ; Horace, M. Couderc, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris ; Angeline, Meddle. Charton (their first appearances at this Theatre). The performances before Easter will be selected from the following repertoire:—Le Maitre de Chapelle, by Peer; Le Neauveau Seigneur, by Boleldien ; Le Tablean Parlant, by Gretry ; Le Valet de Chambre, by Carafa ; L'Eau Merveillieuse, by Grisar ; La Double Zchelle, by Thomas ; Le Bouffe et le Tailleur, by Gaveux ; Adolphe et Clara, by Dalayrac ; Richard Cceur de Lien, by Gretry; Le Domino Noir, by Auber ; La Dame Blanche, by Boieldien ; Le Fidele Berger, by Adam ; Fra Diavolo, by Auber.—Engagernents:: Madlle. Cbarton (from the Opera Comique, Paris, Madlle Guichard (Premiere Dugaxon, from Brussels), Madlle. Morel (from the Opera Comique, Paris), Madlle. Martial (from the Theatre ofMons), Mdlle. Mancini (from the Theatre of Rouen), Madlle. Garique (from the Theatre Royal, Berlin), Mons. Couderc (from the Opera Comique, Paris), Mons. Bonnamy (from the Theatre of Lyons), M. Coyer, M. Baguet (from the Theatre of Brussels), M. Beauce (from the Theatre of Lille), M. Chateaufort (from the Theatre of Bordeaux), M. Martial (from the Theatre of Mons), and M. Julien Deschamps (from the Theatre du Gymnase, Paris),—For the effective perform ance of the music of the above works, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to announce the engagement of the following eminent professors:— Chef d'Orchestre, Mr. Charles Hanssens ; Messieurs Tolbecque, Barret, Baumann, Lazarus, Remusat, Bourotte, Deloffre, Newsharn, Peyton, Shepherd, Mori - is Alsept, Campanile, King, Boese, Larkins, Vaudreland, Nicholson, Winterbottom, &c. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Orchestra Stalls Boxes .. • • Pit• . • . Amphitheatre .. .. 10s. Gd. .. ss. Od. .. as. ed. .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ! and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public Is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be perfermed TIIE MERCHANT OF 'VENICE. Shylock Mr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPI.H. Tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. During the Recesa this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Est, executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THU HAUNTED MAN. Mr. itedlaw, Mr. Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ce , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; .Billy, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Aloneo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCY.UM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mahe,:a. Turs EVENINC= Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. • m .176. LS/ ..... After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H . Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fltzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman. and Madams Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO 'rljl PUBLIC. Dress hoxes, bs. ; Upper Boxes, is. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington• street, is open to the public e' try day, from Ten till Slx. PRINCESS'S THEATi:E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and Manager. Durinl the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel• ['shed in a superb and costly manner ty Air. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arraw meats have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the conuOrt and conveaience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will he performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fivher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss liotworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF RING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince filbert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.--A gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr llengler, the most extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magniticen' Spectacle of the _ WARS OF THE. JEWS ; or, The Felt of Jerusalem. After which, Herr Hengler on the Tight-rope. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent if the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Xnehanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Box-oftice open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. A GRAND JUVENILE NIGHT TO-MORROW EVENING. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheati. cated by the name and address of the writer. fteje , :ted communications cannot be returned. TUE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 10. TIitiRaIOIRETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 42; Noon, 47, BAROMETER, 29.1. WIND S.W.*, fine weather. IT TOff WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning, 35 min. after 2 Evening, 59 min. after 2, To-Mcmaow— ',maw, 23 min. after 3 Evening, 45 min. after 3. itellin 3 IL it LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1849. TALLETRAND used to say of the author of the Dictionnaire Philosophique, that to the last moment of his existence, he was Monsieur VOLTAIRE —not Aitorwr, or VOLTAIRE, or the Philosopher of Ferney, or the poet of the " Henriade," or the historian of CHARLE S XU., or the satirist of 6 ° Candide," but Monsieur VOLTAIRE. The originator of a Demo cratic Revolution, he was to his latest breath an aristocrat. It is the same with the author of Demo cratic en France.* The tincture of aristocracy is visible in the sedate and haughty composure of his countenance ; it has impregnated every fibre of his intellect ; and has imparted a saturnine complexion to the smallest emanations from his genius. Even on his title-page he is Monsieur Gut- ZOT. The Prime Minister of what he him self designates a Democratic Monarchy (D i n France, p, 2), never loses for an instant his patrician character. He is not to be familiarly recognized a s the essayist, the statesman, the publicist, the peda gogue, the orator, the journalist, the administrator, or the rhetorician. In his Ministerial power, as in his political banishment, he is simply, boldly, dis tinctly, Monsieur GUIZOT. As such we meet him now in the rapid and scholastic eloquence of his re cently published treatise. _ . When an aristocrat, as bigotted in his Ministerial predilections as M. GUIZOT, composes an essay upon Democracy—and that Democracy the Democracy of his native land, a Democracy too, which led directly to his own ignominious expulsion beyond the seas—we must, as a matter of necessity, re ceive his remarks—cum grano salis. Nevertheless, it is impossible not to acknowledge that the pamphlet fulfils, to a surprising extent, the hope expressed by its eminent writer, that little can be detected in it bearing " the impress of his personal situation." If he has failed in his capacity as a statesman to "direct the storm," he has certainly endeavoured to " ride , t Democracy , in France. By Monsieur Guizot." gyo., pp. 86. Murray,• London, 1849. above the whirlwind " in his capacity as a pam phleteer. For this we give him—not reluctantly —our fullest commendations. Otherwise the book, published simultaneously in French and English, in Paris and London, is a very ingenious, and (rhe thorically speaking),a very superb tissue of sophisms. The argument of the whole brochure tends to the denouncement of Democracy in general, and of French Democracy in particular. To delude the popular imagination to such a conclusion would re quire, however, an infinitely greater amount of plau sibility than has fallen to the share even of M. GUIZOT. And hence it is that we find a publicist as vigilant as himself, and a logician as practised as him self, and an author as scrupulously painstaking as him self stumbling into the most marvellous blunders of logic and of authorship when striving to prove, with the clearness as of a syllogism, that black is white, that ruggedness is smooth, that a square is an oval. Thus in one sentence (p. 3) M. GUIZOT maintains that Democracy in Adminis tration is identical with Instability of Government : in another (ibid), he confesses that the prin ciples of democracy have been incorporated in various kinds of institutions whether monar chical or republican : and yet in another (p. 84) he admits that in three of the greatest nations in the world—England, Russia, and the United States—three different forms of government " endure and prosper," a constitutional monarchy in the first, an empire in the second, and a republic in the third. Now, the deduction to be drawn from these three declarations is very different indeed from what M. GUIZOT would persuade both himself and the multitude. Fox:—ln the Republican Con stitution of the United States, and in the Monarchical Constitution of England, the prin ciples of Democracy constitute the most im portant of all the various ingredients ; consequently, if these two powers do, as M. GUIZOT himself con fesses, " endure and prosper," the incorporation of democratic principles with the institutions of a coun try cannot, according to his dogmatic opinion, be subversive of authority, cannot (to return to his first pragmatic position) lead only to instability and eva nescence in Government. The reasoning is obvious. Putting aside, however, for the present, those parts of this remarkable pamphlet which to our thinking are nothing less than grievous perversions of the truth— we would cordially express our coincidence with most of the views advanced with so much energy of tone and with so many graces of language in Chapter VII. It treats of the "Moral Conditions of Social Peace in France ;" and testifies in a great measure the correctness of the panegyric pronounced long since by the democratic voice of Timon. After laying down that most incontrovertible of axioms, that " it is a gross delusion to believe in the sovereign power of political machinery," the pamphleteer protests against the " hideous mixture of cynicism and hypocrisy" which has been latterly perceptible in the harangues of the red demagogues. He insists upon the necessity of an entente cordiale between religion and liberty. He says that " the rich and great of the earth should earnestly endeavour to alleviate the distresses of those around them." He argues that, if rightly instructed, " the poor and humble would be submissive to the will of GOD and the laws of society." He enlarges upon the necessity of preserving a respect for the dogmas and exponents of Christianity. He inveighs against those who would, if possible, annihilate the domestic instincts. In all this he speaks well and nobly—but the appli cation of his beautiful ideas of philanthropy are as eccentric as they are erroneous. He calls for the acknowledgment of these truths, and for the adoption of these principles in a tone of despondency expres sive less of the sentiments of satisfaction than of the emotions of despair. He alludes to France as if she were bound hand and foot, and lying under the heel of a Terrorist Despotism—as if the Socialists and the Communists were altogether predominant—as if the rich were, like Ft-Fo-Font ini the nursery tale, grinding the bones of the poor to make their bread —as if domestic happiness was banished for ever from the soil of the Republic— and yet, as if property were a dream, and religion a bye •word. Such are some of the most sophistical passages in this latest effusion from one whose genius, like the Roman Coliseum, is renowned in ruins. The working of the Irish Poor-law at present en grosses the attention of our brethren at the other side of St. George's Channel. The question is, indeed, one of paramount importance, on the ulti• mate arrangement whereof the future welfare and prosperity of the country must in a great degree depend. If encouragement is still afforded to the slothful and apathetic at the expense of the active and energetic; if negligent landlords are enabled to involve those ready and willing to discharge the duties incidental to the possession of property in one common ruin with themselves, no hope can remain for the country. When parties de clare their readiness to support the poor belonging to their own estates, and to provide them with employ ment, so that they may be enabled to maintain their families by their own exertions, and to yield a fair re turn for that which they receive, it certainly appears hard to reject an application so reasonable, and to condemn them to remain united in an al liance so destructive and ruinous. Many sug gestions have been made with the intention of relieving those who are honestly and energetically discharging their duties. That which appears to receive the most general support is, that respon sibility should be individualised as far as possible, or, in other words, that the area of taxation should be narrowed to townland, or still smaller divisions, so as to make it, whenever practicable, conterminous with property. This view has been strongly advocated by the Hon. Member for the county of Limerick (Mr. MONSELL), who has powerfully appealed to the justice of the English nation for an immediate alteration of the present system. At first sight, nothing appears more just or equit able than the above proposition, and it also appears one that could be carried into effect without much difficulty. On a closer examination, however, and on a consideration of the probable results, formidable ob jections arise which appear perfectly insuperable. First, it would hold out a direct premium to proprie tors to adopt the clearance system, and to drive from their estates all those who by any possibility may become chargeable on a future occasion. It might, as Mr. RiGnr WASON happily remarks, be en titled "An Act to encourage Landed Proprietors in Ireland to evict as quickly as possible the Peasantry from the Homes they have long occupied." If no other objection could be adduced, the above would alone be sufficient to forbid its adoption. There is already a sufficient tendency on the part of Irish landlords in that direction, and if further induce ments were held out, the heart would sicken at the painful events that would become of almost daily recurrence. There is, however, another point which is almost of equal weight, and which must be fully considered before a final decision is arrived at. The avowed object of the alteration is to transfer from energetic and improving landlords the burden of supporting some of the poor belonging to the estates of their embarrassed and impoverished neighbours, who are most probably incapable of making any exertion for their own protection, and who are wholly unable, even under present circumstances, to defray the charges for which they are liable. To whom, then, is the charge to be transferred ? The answer can only be—to the British nation. The properties of those weighed down by incum. brances would be insufficient for the support of the paupers by whom it was overrun. Nothing would remain for the mortgagees—nothing for the nominal landlord —nothing for the occupiers. The entire produce of the soil would be absorbed by the demands of the poor -rate collector, and, as a natural conse quence, the lands would be suffered to remain un cultivated, and would speedily become barren and unproductive. What, then, would become of the destitute poor chargeable thereon ? There would be none on whom they would have a lawful claim for relief or assistance. The harrowing and heartrending scenes of the winter of 1846-7 would be re-enacted, we should again make large grants from the National Exchequer, unless we were prepared to behold the miserable people perishing by myriads from want and starvation. Are the English people prepared again to assume this grave responsibility ? To take upon them selves a duty so onerous, and a duty, too, which entailed so many privations upon our own people ? We believe not. The feeling is universal throughout the country that the poverty of Ireland must b 3 provided for out of its property. We will afford every reasonable assistance, we will lend our credit—whenever it is distinctly shown that our aid will be really beneficial, and that it will lead to a permanent amelioration in the condition of the country; but we cannot, and we will not, undertake the hopeless task of con tinually supplying an interminable void—of applying our means for the mere temporary support of a people who will do nothing for themselves. We will assist in reclaiming waste lands, in extending fisheries, in developing the industrial resources of the country, but, in every instance, the first ad vances or loans, whether made from or guaranteed by the British nation, must be repaid to the uttermost farthing, as well principal as interest, by the parties for whose benefit they have been applied, or the pro perties on which they have been expended must be brought to the hammer, and the proceeds of the sale made available for the liquidation of the debt due to the National Exchequer. Mr. RIGBY WAsow (whose admirable letter will be found in another part of our impression) sug gests a plan by which the object of those demanding the change may be effected with equal certainty, and against which none of the objections can be alleged that forbid the adoption of the other proposi tion. He recommends " that the valuation of land should be fixed at its present value, and that the rate should fluctuate on that fixed value according to the wants of the poor." This would at once afford the strongest induce ments to proprietors to improve their lands to the very uttermost. The poor should still be provided for out of the property of the country ; but the well cultivated lands would contribute but a small portion of the charge in proportion to their real value. Every act of negligence would entail its own penalty, while industry and activity would meet with the fitting reward. It certainly appears to us that Mr. WesoN has afforded to the difficult problem the best solution yet offered. We trust that it may in part, at least, be adopted by the Legislature, and thankfully accepted by the country. It, however, appears to us that it would be sufficient if the valuations were made at certain intervals, and that any person about to undertake improvements on his property might be entitled to demand a valuation thereof at his own expense, which should remain in force for at least twenty-one years, or for such fur ther term as may be fixed on by the Legislature as sufficient to enable him to reap the full value of the improvements he may effect. • 42 , Disu q6Sh:"'" ° „ 1 ... 3, '• .‘ „, 5AV1",%%;,, • • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1849. France, and the King of Naples, for the purposes of re storing to the Pope his temporal power, had been re solved upon. The Patrie of the 24th contradicted this statement. The Reforme, however, again makes it. The assertion is completely unfounded." An evening papers says— It is announced that the Pope, wishing to avoid forei4n intervention, intends to try a personal step. He will, it is said, go to Civita Vecchia, and there make an appeal to the people, which if not responded to, things will take their course." The members of the club of the Palais des Beaux Arts have determined to oppose the motion of M. RATEAU for the dissolution of the National Assembly ; to op pose any attempt to affix a period for the dissolution of the Assembly, and to maintain the decree of the Assembly on the subject of passing the organic laws to its full extent. The PRESIDENT of the Republic gave yesterday, at the Elys‘e Palace, a grand fete to the President and officers of the National Assembly. The Committee of the National Assembly charged to prepare the organic law on education met yester day and commenced the discussion. The members who spoke agreed fully on the following points, viz., the principle of gratuitous education, and the compul sion to receive primary instruction. It is said that the PRESIDENT of the Republic has offered the Duchess of ORLEANS the apanage to which she was entitled whilst resident in France. _ The election of Colonel of the 10th Legion of the National Guard of Paris terminated on Monday in the appointment of the Legitimist candidate, General LAURISTON, by 1,952 votes, to 1,017 given to M. RAMOND DE LA CROISETTE, and 451 to General ST. SIMON. _ _ The Toulonnais of the 3d instant announces that the French mail packet Egyptus had been driven on shore in a gale of wind on the coast of Malta, but that, thanks to the prompt assistance afforded by the British ship of the line Vengeance, she was saved from her perilous position, with some trifling damage. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the sitting of the National Assembly of the pre vious day, after M. DE LAMARTINE had spoken (as we stated in The Sun of yesterday) in defence of the foreign policy of the Provisional Government— M. Ledru Rollin ascended the tribune. He also de clared that peace had been the great thought of the Provisional Government. The case so often alluded to of Risquons- Tout was nothing but a fabrication. The present Cabinet appeared to follow a monarchical ten dency, as would be proved by an examination of the manner in which it acted in every country of Europe. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the situation of the j ltoman States. The Pope had fled, and placed himself under the protection of the King of Naples. The Austrian troops were now marching on the Le gations.—(Movement.) He had heard that, just at the end of the last year, a Cabinet Council was held, at which it was resolved to allow that course to be pursued ; that Austria should bring back by !force the Pope to his capital.—(M. Passy here made a mark of denial.) At the reception of the Pre sident, at the beginning of the year, that high func tionary addressed, in the most marked manner, the Pope's Nuncio, and expressed a hope that his Sovereign would be quickly replaced at Rome.—(Oh, oh.) That address was most significant. What protest did the French Government make against the reactionary move ment which was thus manifested?—(Great agitation.) None whatever. It allowed Austria to interfere, Russia to threaten—and did nothing! It had been said that the conduct of the Provisional Government was respon sible for the movement at Rome, and that it had been the cause of the state in which the Pope was now—a wanderer from his States. If that were meant in an evil sense, he denied it. The Revolution of February was a revolution which was to lead to peace, and who ever said the contrary were retrograde and aristocratic. —(Movement.) If the Pope had quitted his States, it was because he had been prompted to do so by evil counsels. There was no necessity for such act, as the movement at Rome was not against his spiritual authority, but his temporal power. The honourable gentleman then adverted to the order which existed in Rome, as a proof that anarchy had not been one of the means employed or reckoned on to bring about the late changes in that city. Yet, when the people there wished to base its conduct on the course pursued in France, France held back, and gave no aid or encouragement. In place of acting, France, the Go vernment stated, was negotiating. Was this a time to negotiate ? The state of events in every country proved the contrary. Again, look at the Conference that was to be held at Brussels. Had not Austria protested that she would not consent to such a mediation ? Of what use, then, was it to proceed with the threatened confe rence ? Was not Russia ready to act ? Were not 80,000 men of Prussia ready to march, if required ; and at a late banquet at Berlin, had not a toast been given to the high military officers present, "To our next meeting on the banks of the Rhine ?" England, too, had lately sent one of her ablest diplomatic agents to Brussels, and he, finding that his presence was use less there, bad at once gone on t&Paris. He main tained that to speak of negotiations in such circumstances was worse than idle ; it was to betray the interests of the country.—(Applause on the Left.) The Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed his opinion that the negotiations would arrive at a favourable ter mination by patience and energy.—(lnterruption). He could not enter into explanations. M. de Larochejaquelin declared that he conceived that explanatiens ought to be given by the Cabinet on the statements made by M. Ledru Rollin. Those statements were important, and ought to be replied to. The Minister of Foreign Affairs declared that the statements made were inexact. No such Cabinet Council was held as he had stated. The troops of Prussia, in place of having been increased, in order to go to the Rhine, had been diminished, No arrangement had been made between France, Austria, and Naples, to restore the Pope. As to the 80,000 men of Prussia or Russia, the best answer was the state of the army of France, con sisting of 500,000 men.—(Hear, hear.) M. Ledru Rollin repeated his former assertions, and in the course of his remarks declared that M. Laroche jaquelin had, after the revolution of February, demanded to be sent as Ambassador to Constantinople. (This declaration produced a tremendous effect.) M. de Larochejaquelin explained at some length, and declared that he had been offered the place by M. de Lamartine, and that he had refused. He would appeal to that gentleman to say if that were not the case. M. de Lamartine would refuse to lower tho debate by personal matter. All he would say was, that M. de Larochejacquelin always carried in his high character his best defence. After some further explanations from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Assembly passed to the order of the day. The interpellations on the snbject of the foreign policy of the Government being ended, The President said—The tribune is to M. J. Favre for other interpellations.—(Marks of surprise, mingled with disapprobation.) M. Jules Favre—The question I am about to address is in no way hostile to the Ministry, but the facts on which it is founded having appeared to me to seriously engage the responsibility of the Government, and the Government having for the last thirty-six hours been silent on the subject, I consider it my duty to ask for explanations. It relates to the publicity given in seve ral journals to a letter addressed by the President of the Republic to a Minister.—(lnterruption.) Several Voices—The order of the day. M. Jules Favre—l consider that the publication in question tends to bring one of the great powers of the State into disrepute; I think that it is attended with great danger, and that such publications would render all government impossible. Ido not besides believe that a letter could be published without the authorisation of the writer. lin no way incriminate the Hon. M. de Malle ville, but I have heard that that letter was communi cated to some of our colleagues; I am ignorant by whom that was done, for I repeat I in no way incriminate M. de Malleville, who came to this tribune to make an honourable statement relative to the secrecy to be preserved concerning administrative documents.— (Laughter.) I demand how it has happened that the letter has been published in a journal whose political tendencies are well known (Legitimist), and in a depart ment ,1 where its publication might have a disastrous effect. It is only, therefore, by a guilty breach of con fidence that the letter in question has been published; and I ask whether the Government has ordered any inquiry into the affair ?—(Renewed cries of" Order of tne day.") M. Odilon Barrot replied that he did not think it necessary to give a direct answer to this question. He declared the publication of the letter to be a disgraceful act, but he at the same time complained of the abuse which had arisen from the practice, so often indulged in by the members of the Assembly, of putting frivolous or inopportune questions, of raising daily scenes, and of provoking irritating and personal debates, for no other apparent purpose but that of injuring the Government, .. . . . _ The debate on the Labour in Prisons Bill was then resumed, and after two short speeches was again adjourned. The following communicated article, which may be regarded as official, appears in the Patrie : " The Reforme announced some time ago that in a council of Ministers held at the Palace of the Elysee 114 ; 1 0 1 41 Qathe 224 ult., * Judy olliazoe bosweeu ditiogio, BOURSE.-PARIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 9. THREE o'CLocK.—The French Funds have slightly improved since yesterday, and throughout this day have been remarkably steady. The result of yesterday's de bate in the National Assembly is considered, upon the whole, as being favourable to the Government. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 35; ditto (90 days), 25 25. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 9. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Luxembourg (10/.), 2 1 , 4 Namur and Liege,; OA—Northern of France, 7%_ Orleans and Bordeaux, VA—Paris and Rouen, 17%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 3d have arrived. The cause of the retirement of General CONCHA from the command in Catalonia is said to be the dis gust which he experienced on discovering how com pletely he had been misled by the Ministry as to the state of the province and the strength of the Carlist forces. His successor, VILLALONGA is, it is said, about to adopt a hazardous experiment : believing that the Catalans refuse to aid the QUEEN'S troops because they are gainers by the war, he is about to levy con tributions for the support of the war on the inhabit ants of the province, and to destroy villages, &c., as he did in the Maestrazgo• The effect of such a course will be to force the Catalans to rise en masse and join the Carlists, a course which they are very well inclined to pursue even without such provocation. Solsona is blockaded by the Carlists. The Gageta contains the summary of a dispatch from General CONCHA, dated Vich, 26th ult., which says that the Carlists, under CABRERA, ESTARTUS, and other chiefs, attacked Ripoll on the niglit of the 24th, and succeeded in entering for a moment, but were repelled by the garrison, with the loss of several killed and wounded. The Journal du Peuple of Bayonne, of the sth instant, quotes a letter from Burgos of the 2d, stating that on that day 54 wounded, including a commander of the QUEEN'S troops, had arrived in that city. They brought with them four Carlist prisoners, one of whom, desperately wounded, expired shortly after his admission into the hospital. The three others were placed in capilla, and were to be shot on the following morning. Those men were wounded in an engagement which took place in the neighbourhood of Lerma, between the Queen's troops and a new Carlist chief, named EL TAMBOR. The new journal, the Examen, the organ of the Moderado Opposition, is unceasing and unrelenting in its attacks on NAEVAEZ. _ • __ The Journal du Peuple of the 6th announces that the company of Chasseurs stationed at Irun, the Custom officers, and gendarmes, had been suddenly summoned to Toloso, during the night of the 2d, in consequence, it was believed, of some insurrectionary movement in Navarre. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 3.—The Three per Cents. 19i ex dividend ; Five per Cents., 98 to 10 ; Passive Debt, 34 ito ; Coupons, 6 sellers ; Exchange on London, 48 20. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Ad vices have been received from Vienna to the 3d :natant. _ _ _ .------- General WELDEN has declared his determination to banish from the city all foreigners, as well as all Austrians not Viennese, unless they assign the most satisfactory reasons for the necessity of their residence in Vienna. The state of siege, far from being relaxed, is likely to be enforced with additional severity, and, in short, both the civil and military authorities are equally despotic. An illiberal decree had been issued by the Ministry, prohibiting the hawking of papers and pamphlets, and the posting of political placards. Even bills relating to matters of business are only to be posted in such localities as the authorities may be pleased to appoint. The daily and weekly papers, moreover, must be sent to the Stadhauptmannschaft as soon as printed, an arrangement tantamount to a partial revival of the censorship, and considered as such in Vienna. The scarcity of bullion continues. The publication of magniloquent bulletins reporting apocryphal victories by the Ban JELLACIIICII con tinues. According to his last bulletin, he fought with from 8,000 to 10,000 Hungarians, captured many thousands, slew many more, while, after all this 8,000 effected their es cape.apparently, not numbered among study of which the Ban capturing A the rit sciences cime and entci ee slaying, itso, the JELLACHICH has devoted much attention. Prince WINDISCHGRATZ, it will be remembered, described the battle of Weisselburgh as being, on the part of the Hungarians, " a wild flight." General GEORGY, the Hiingarian General, has published a bulletin, claiming for the troops under his command a bril liant victory on that occasion, and certain it is that, even upon that showing of P r i nce w INDISCHGRATA himself; the Imperialists suffered severely. The Wiener Zeitung of the 3d contains the follow ing army bulletin from Prince WINDISCHGRATZ, dated " Head- quarters, Dec. 31 ;" " The rapidity of the progress of the operations scarcely afford me sufficient time to make the public ac quainted with the leading events. A campaign which, in the course of fourteen days, has advanced all the co lumns directed against Pesth—the left as far as Kaschw ; that which crossed the Jallumka, to Newstadt; the 3d from Tyrnaun, in the direction towards Neutra; the 4th from Presburg to the gates of Kormen; the main army, after the victory at Babolnu an Moor, to Offen; and, lastly, the right wing column, from Steinmanger and iormen, in the direction against Szallas Egerzeg and the northern banks of the lake of Plattim—cannot, in the very extreme of things, leave much leisure for a systematic relation. The various columns which have hitherto been separate, and whose leaders have been act ing independently and according to their own disposi tions, by way of precaution, w ill now combine for the solution of th e great pro bl em. " This solution cannot be dubious. !A well-disciplined army, ready for battle , which in spite of privations and obstacles goes triumphantly to the field, animated by its noble leaders and the justice of the cause which it de fends, opposed t o a b an d o f re b e ls who have ceased to re gard anything as sacre d (f or t h e y recklessly destroy the latent prosperity of.the people), led by fanatics who have emerged from the subordinates of tho army or of the law, and who have not the remotest conception of military tactics or the conduct of an army—cannot for a mo ment leave the issue a matter of doubt. " The misguided and deceived people are beginning to awake out of their dream. Many a man who has been entrapped has returned repentant, and that worthless drama will soon close which was enacted by traitors and madmen to the terror of their own land. " All must succumb Lo that eternal law that evil can not thrive. Thus the war in Hungary begins to assume a more definite duration. The lawless bands vanish before the legal power, and he who yet has anything to lose lies for protection to the returning legal authority. " The extreme wing under Field-Marshal Count Schlick had entirely pacified the whole district, from the Carpathian Mountains southward across Kaschan. " The rebels had fled into the interior of the Torner Abbanjvarer country, which country was formerly ty rannised over by the empowered commissioners, Kos suth, Trany, Farkaszany, Count Haller, Pulszky, and Ladisluslcjhazy. " Field-Marshal Count Schlick was engaged in re storing interrupted order in all the cities, with a view to diminish as much as possible those burdens which the entrance of a largo body of soldiers necessarily involves throughout the devastated country, to encourage the right -minded, and to bring back the misled to their duty." The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung states that Pesth surrendered to the Imperialists on the Ist. The rumour is probably without foundation. Nothing was known of such an occurrence at Vienna on the 3d, and had the surrender of Pesth actually taken place General WELDEN would have been but too glad to have publicly announced it. The Danube and the Waag are so completely frozen over that they can be crossed at any point with the heaviest artillery. PRUSSIA. The following is the reply of the Prince of PRUSSIA to the New Year's address of the town council of Berlin : " I receive with thanks your wishes for the welfare of me and mine, upon the renewal of the year, as well as for your assurances of inviolable attachment to the King and his house. May the reflections that are connected with the ominous events of the last year meet with a solution productive of good to our country. How much easier it is to overturn than to re-constitute has been amply proved by the past. Berlin is still sighing under the deplorable results of this truth. May order and legality, now reviving in your city, be consolidated by rational enjoyment of liberty. Then will your wish that my love for my native city should increase be fulfilled. (Signed) " Prince of PRUSSIA. " Berlin, Jan. 4." Count MENZEROFF, the Russian Envoy to Hanover, arrived at Berlin on the sth inst. Prince WALDEMAR still continues in a most preca rious state. ITALY. Letters from Gaeta state that several magnificent presents had been made to the POPE on Christmas day. The King of NAPLES sent him an offering of 600,000 ducats, and the Queen of SPAIN a donation of 500,000_ colonnates. The following proclamation has appeared at Rome'• • "TO the people of the Roman State—The Junta of State having, in conjunction with the Ministry, given all its attention to the framing of a law for the convocation of the General Assembly of the Deputies of the People, a law called for by the whole State, and by the gravity of our actual political condition; and having, moreover, done everything in its power to induce the Chambers to receive and adopt the said law, that universal suffrage might give birth to a Government sufficiently strong to resist the imminent shock of social division and dissolution, the Junta and Ministry have found all their efforts vain. The deliberative Chambers, not being in legal number, could not only not approve, but not even discuss this law. Another obstacle arose from the resignation of Prince Corsini, senator of Rome, which deprived the Junta of one of its members. On the other hand, the urgency of the measure became more pressing, and the danger increased iu proportion with the delay. To defer a measure which offered itself as the only means of salvation, would be mining the State, and betraying the confidence of the people. The members of the Cabinet, and the remaining members of the Supreme Junta are, therefore, convinced that, being in power, in presence of so great a danger, it is their duty to triumph over difficulties, and after the im mediate publication of this law, to support provisionally the weight of Government till the meeting of the As sembly, leaving the rights of every one untouched. Whatever legality may be wanting is compensated by the supreme law of the public welfare, a law which justifies every act relating to it. The people cannot re main without a Government. A people that desires to deliberate on its own affairs cannot be left unheard. And therefore, in providing provisionally for this want, in acceding to this universal will of the people, we yield to the empire of necessity for the general weal. Guided by this supreme law, we shall continue provisionally to direct public affairs, each of us attending to his peculiar department, and deliberating conjointly on every subject which may exceed the special powers of any one of us. And beginning by the most urgent and important act, namely, the convocation of the General Assembly, we decree and ordain as follows: (Here follows the text of the Bill concerning the con vocation, the leading points of which have already been published.) (Signed) "F. CAMERATA, F. GALxOTTI, G. GALETTI, L. MARIAN', E. E. MUZZARELLI, P. STERBINI, C. ARMELLINI, P. CAMFELLO. " Rome, Dec. 29." The Genoa Gazette states, from Rome, 30th ult., that the Minister of War has opened a new conscrip tion, and offers 60f. premium to whoever shall present ten individuals for enrolment; the grade of corporal to those who shall present twenty ; and that of ser geant to those who shall present forty. Any person offering 100 men is to have the grade of sub lieutenant. By a decree of Lieutenant Marshal GERHARD', dated Verona, 27th ult., all Lombardo-Venetian subjects who have left the territory without leave are to be enrolled in the Austrian regiments not serving in Italy. Those who have taken service against Austria are, if taken, to be considered guilty of high treason, and can never be treated as prisoners of war. Seven weeks are allowed to those who have left the State to return and claim their pardon. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, TUESDA.Y EVENING.—The High Sheriff of Westmeath had convened a Couny Meeting for the 22d instant, to petition Parliament for an alteration of the Poor-law and the restoration of trading and commercial interests to the footing contemplated by the Act of Union. We had again a small supply at our corn exchange to-day, and all descriptions of grain met a dull sale at about the quotations of last Friday. The weather has suddenly become very severe here— intensely cold with heavy rains: COAL TRADE. The following is the number of ships entered by the several factors at the Coal Exchange, London, in 1848 : Messrs. Duke and Hill 8 2 h ,2 p 7 5 3 . Harris and Dixon 1,118 Charleton and Watson ... 859 Miller and Potter ... 705 Hugh Taylor and Co. ... ... 698 William Metcalfe and Co. ... 638 Lambert, Ridley, and Co. ••• 533 Fenwick and Co. ... 484 Smith, Scurfield, and Co. ... 464 Carr, Lamb, and Co. ... ... 417 G. H. and I. T. Wawn 356 Anthony Harris and Co. ... 336 William Milnes ... 236 W. E. Bell ••• ••• ••• 180 S. Clarke 133 George Marshall ... 102 ewcastle Journal. HA YMARKET THEATRE. After a long and severe indisposition, which has incapacitated him from following his professional pursuits for upwards of twelve months, Mr. James Wallack re-appeared here last evening, in his favou rite character of Don Caesar de Bazan, and performed it with all the devil-may-care yet graceful reckless ness which rendered his personation of this character so superior to that of any of his contemporaries, aye, even to that of the great Frederick Lemaitre himself'. He seemed completely re-established in health, and his spirits were, as they always are, excellent. His reception was great—such a:reception as should always greet such a deserved favourite after so long an absence. He was called for at the conclusion of the piece, and again welcomed back to the scene of his many triumphs. The piece was excellently cast, Miss Julia Bennett made a most interesting Maritana, and Miss P. Horton is far end away the best Lazarillo that has ever appeared. The house was crowded. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, LIVIRPOOL.—The Royal Amphitheatre was a centre of attraction last week. Amongst the late productions, we may mention that of Fazio, Miss Cushman playing the part of Bianca. The applause at the fall of the curtain was so great that Mr. Copeland, the manager, announced the re-engage ment of Miss Cushman during the present week. On Monday she personated the character of Romeo to a crowded house. The pantomime of Mother Goose con tinues in high favour with the Liverpool folks. THE BRAZILS.—LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—We have advices from Pernambuco to the 2d ult. by the Esther Ann, Captain Hunter, arrived at this port. There is nothing particular to note in commercial matter:. Ex change on England 25d.; freights, 665. per ton for sugar, and id. per lb. for cotton. The Swordfish, Captain Green, hence, had arrived at Pernambuco. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—Last evening the members of the above association celebrated their annual ball, and had also a theatrical benefit at the Eagle Tavern, City-road. The performance selected for the occasion was the opera of The Ladder of Love, a farce, and the pantomime. The performance commenced at seven o'clock, by which time the saloon was filled in every part. At the conclusion of the opera, Mr. Camp bell, the active manager, addressed the audience, briefly stating the objects of the association, and thank ing the company for so large an amount of patronage (on behalf of the committee and stewards), and stating that the funds would be much benefited by the even ing's amusements. At nine o'clock, the elegant ball room was thrown open to a numerous party of the lovers of Terpsichore, and dancing was con tinued with much animation throughout the night. Clapp's band was in attendance, and Mr. Gross (who kindly volunteered his services gratuitously), was a most efficient M. C. At one o'clock the company adjourned to the large room, adjoining the Hall of Nations, where breakfast was laid for two hundred persons, and liberally furnished with every require ment ; and the arrangements throughout reflect the highest praise upon the proprietor, Mr. Rouse, who allowed the whole resources of the establishment to be made available for the company, to render them delighted and happy, and which was duly appreciated by the guests, who seperated, at a late hour in the morning, highly gratified with the entertainments. Mr. French, the president, with Mr. Kirton and several other active friends, exerted themselves most efficiently in attending to the comforts of their numerous ft iends. FIRE AT COBHAM HALL, THE SEAT OF LORD DARNLEY.—This noble and ancient building has had a narrow escape from destruction by fire. Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, flames were seen issuing from a chimney of a room adjoining the library, and before they could be got under the chimney exploded, and part of the burning mass fell into the room below, which presently ignited; but fortunately a small engine, kept upon the premises, was promptly brought into ope ration by the domestics, and the fire was extinguished before it had communicated to any other part of the building ; and but for this provident circumstance, it might have been our painful duty to record the fall of QUe of the foot Waylaid wasiehe w thi,e MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather dull, but previous rates were maintained. Sales 4,000 ) bales, of which 1,000 American were taken by expor ters, and on apt culation.—Railway shares were not quite so active, but no material alteration occurred. The letters by the American steamer were delivered yesterday afternoon after our report was made, but they add nothing important to the outline of news then giver,. It is shown, however, that every large business is expected to be done with England during the ensuing spring, and that great preparations are making in consequence. We trust, and we doubt not, that it will be mutually beneficial. Apart from the new and impor tant resources open to the Americans by the discovery of the Californian gold, we are satisfied that the United States, from the abundance of its natural products—products which are indispensable here—will far more profit by an interchange with us for manu factures than by a ruinous attempt to force manufacturing industry. Within the last two years a large amount of capital has been lost by private individuals and companies which have worked cotton mills and other establishments, and this, too, despite the high protecting duty of 25, and even more, per cent. upon textile fabrics. Under any circumstances we shall need steady supplies of food, and the greater our manufacturing activity, the better customers we be come to brother Jonathan for his cotton, &c. In truth, therefore, he reaps the direct and immediate benefit of an increased trade with the United King dom, and the more he spends for goods, the more he will obtain for raw staples. There is no circumlocution about the matter. We trust, therefore, to find the pro position just made in Congress forts, return to the restric tive principles of the 1842 tariff will not lead to any unfavourable result. Indeed, we conceive that whatever may be said upon the subject, the southern states of North America will never submit to be taxed for the gain of a few home manufacturers. They defeated the 1842 scheme, and they have only to be vigilant to do the same now. The bare mooting of such old-fashioned ;doctrines shows the ur gent necessity of our keeping the American "home trade," or in other terms Chinese exclusion advocates, in reasonable check by fostering the growth of cotton in India. We want wholesome rivalry, not monopoly, to make it alike the policy, as it is the duty, of foreign countries to act fairly in their trading relations, one with the other. Yesterday we noticed exclusively a matter which ere long may engage some attention in England,. though at present scarcely thought of, much less understood. We allude to the proposed federation of the British North American provinces. That it attracts attention on the other side of the Atlantic, the following from a Boston paper will show : This important suggestion is copied into the Quebec Gazette of the 15th inst., but without any remark which would indicate the public sentiments of Canada in re gard to it. We are not aware that the question of con federation, with representation in the British Parlia ment, was ever agitated before in the North American colonies. The union of the colonies under one Govern ment was first suggested, many years ago, by the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, who resided some time in Canada; and the late Earl of Durham, when Governor-General of British North America, suggested a general union of the provinces; but in neither case did representation in Parliament enter into the plan." In thel Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a fair business done. Bills at three months were quoted 25.55 to 60 on Paris ; 12.2 to 2f on Amsterdam; 13.11 to 11 on Hamburgh ; 121 to 1211 on Frankfort; and 11.27 to 30 on Trieste. In the Corn Market business continues very dull, but prices are not lower. The English Stock Market has been very inactive to day, but has a firm appearance, and generally there is a very favourable opinion entertained. It must be noted, however, that some money stock has been sold this morn ing. Whether the present is a Bull or Bear account there is the greatest difficulty in ascertaining, We have made inquiries among various leading brokers and specula lators, but, like doctors, they generally differ. Judging by the important rise that has occurred of late, we might naturally infer that the speculators for a rise had been operating most largely, but there is always much involvement in these cases. The operators for a fall might have been largely out before, as it is said they were, and in such case would buy back their accounts, and yet not always on the other hand enter into new operations for the rise. The uscal determining point is the amount of stock taken for money, and there have been some fair purchases recently that have given support. Upon a continuance of these will depend the issue of the next settlement, and the consideration is, whether a decided revival of trade may not absorb a good amount that has been invested in the Funds during the prevalent dulness, or at least check further investments at present. Consols have been 89 to all the morning. Bank Stock is firm at 191. Exchequer bills are 435. to 465. premium. The New Three-and a Quarter per Cents. realise 89i The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 141; Portuguese Four per Cents. are about 25f to 26i ; and Brazilian, small, 75k. Grenada have touched 14 and 16. Mexican are 25 4 if. Railway Shares, although very quiet, are firm. Great Northern, North Stafford, &c., are better than yesterday. BRITISH FUNDS TillS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 191 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8941 / 8 1 i1 3 per Cent. Consols Anns B9 89 1 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna 8 9% 5 1; Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 B% 9-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 5001 46 43 p Small 44 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. . Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent B9 Equador Bonds Grenada, 1 per Cent. ......... 16 15 3 4 Ditto Deferred Mexican Bongs, 1846, 5 per Cent 25% Ditto for the Account . ... 2 5 14 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account l4l Venezuela Bonds Do. Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY 811AREi AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWATO. PAID. Pia Snaitz. Aberdeen Arubt , r., Notting., Boston, &c 4 14 — Ayrshire and Gallaway ^ 7 l /z 43p 13elfast and County Down .. 20IA .. .. kirmingham & Oxford Janet., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... 24 1 / 2 .. to —.. Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . , to Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birming., Wol., re Stour Val. 131.148.... ..... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristoland Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire..- l4l. 4s — Caledonian Ditto, half Shares : ' 8% .. ... _ Dit to, N3W 101. Preference 71 ,ii B l /a to Ditto. ulydesdale Junction 50 Ohester and Holyhead SO Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 ..., — . ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5% to - - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 to Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 22% — to East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., Lad L. & D. Ditto, 18/., E. &EI lB ...... Ditto, 31. 105., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 Ct. per 10 _ _. _ to Do. Perp et., 5 per et. I;l o. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., d 0....... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 . — to Do., Quarter 34 12%... .. Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% ..... , 4 to Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 20 ...... ~. ...._ . . Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 ...... -... • to Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct, 21/s _ to East Lancashire to Ditto, New ... 2l -to Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 614 ...... _ _ to East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares . -- Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port.. . ....... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — .... to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6e.Bd — .. ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated to Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 4A to Do. 1,4 B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% Do. Extension ..•..... .. 2%..... A to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 401 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301 3O ... .. Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 14 ..... , Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. Ditte, Thirds Hull aftd Selby bo Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares . 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths ..... to Ditto Sixteenths ... ... 6'41 Ditto Thirds (Reg.) •• • • tO ••••• ••••• •to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7' , 4 — ...... to _ Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and G001e... Do., Vest Riding Union... 7 ..... 2% to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Halt Shares (A) 9% — to --. Lee!is and Bradford 6O ..... .., ~ to , w LeedE,Dsbury, A: alancho. 50 Do.. Halt Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ... 2 1 - Leeds and Thirsk ........ - Ditto, New . Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 31..... ...... to —.. Liverpool. Crosby, and South von.. Liverpool, Manchester, and _ . Newcastle Junction 214 — .....• to London & Biackwall --131. 6s. 8d 4% to Do. Extension Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . . — ...... to Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ... • to Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. e 1 ondou and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d — ... .. to _ Ditto Preference London & North Western.....loo 126 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 D-). New Do. Fifths Do. 40,. Sharew...-14. & M 25 ...... - Do. 10/.... 51. and B. (A.) 10 .... . Do. 101. .. 151. and B. (B.) 10 - Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...-. 50 - - Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 42%..... - - Ditto, New 40/.... ...... .. -. 34 - - Do. 'Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... - - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - ..... to - Ditto, Thirds l5 - to - Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. • 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls .. ...... 5 . ... 5% to - London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% - to - Londonderry and Coleraine... 28% - - Londonderry and Enniskillen 27% - ..... to - Levestott (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 - - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... - - Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4% 1%...., to - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to - Ditto 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 18 . ..... _ - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 ...... - Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 11% _ to - Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ..„ .. _ ... . to - Ditto Grimsby 4O - to - Ditto, ditto. - ...... to -- Ditto, ditto ... - ...... to - Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 - ...... to - Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 20 - to - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... - - Mid1and........• ............. -.100 Ditto, Consul. Preierence...loo - to - Ditto,lso/. Shares..... ...... 25 ...... 18 x.i. to 17% x.i. Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... - to - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 - - Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. - - Ditto ditto 141. 185... - Midland, Leices. and Swan oington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - - liiidld. Great 'Western (Irish ) 45 - to - Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar..... .. 50 - to - Newcastle and Carlisle lO- ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares • .... 25 ... .. - - Newmarket - Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. l2s .. - Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ....„ i ---- ....•• to - Newry, Warrenpoint, and llostrevor .......... ....,.... 20 , - ... .. to -- Norfolk: 100 - ...... to - Ditto New 201. l5 ----- - ••••.• to - Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 -...... to - Do. Do. 5% per cent - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 ...... - - Northern Counties Union ... 4 - to - North British - Ditto Pall Shares. ..... ..... 12% - ...... to _ Do. Quarters . 1 ,11, - ...... to - Ditto, Extension Ditto Thirds... ......... - :t,; 4% to North and South-Western... 2 North - Staffordshire North - Wales 3 14 ••••• - -... to North Western lO . — ..... to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Guildfd., & Reigate 10 ....., -. Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ........ ... 25 Ditto,New.. shetheld, Rotherham, and Goole Do. do. (South Div.) 4 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 - Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W . lain.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... ... t o — Ditto, Oswestry 1 84•••••• 13 3 4 ex.i to Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 ...... 14 1 4 to Shropshird Union 4 ...... 1 1 4 to South Devon Ditto, Preference .. .. 25 South Staflordshire 64 — -- ~ to South Eastern Ditto, No. 1. 2B - Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3.f 3O Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 5 ..... • to Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stns. Coal ...... ... . 6 to -... Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 1714 — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny I7 IA ...... Waterford and Limerick..... 47%...... Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ....- ........... 50 Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall West London Ditto, First Class Ditto, Second Class 2O Whitehaven andleurness l4 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western...... l2 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 - V ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New &,I3er ck 25 ...... 27 3 / 4 to 27 Do. Exton. No. 1(Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New ,& B. 15 ..... 14 3 / 4 to -- Do. G. N. E."Pur. or Pref. 8 ... - . 7% 3 / 4 ex.i to York ; and Nortia:Midland .. 50 ...... ii 6 - Ditto, Preference Ditto East and ‘t' est Riding Extension 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and„Arniens Central ot France ( Orleans and Vierzon) .... Ceylon ....... - Demerara. ..... l5 . .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... • Dutch Rhenish 7% — ...... to East Indian - Great Indian Peninsular 3a ..... • •••••• to Louvain Ala Sambre ......... 7%2 — ...... to L uxem b ourg 2 0 Ditto Madrid and Valentia - Namur and Liege........ Northern ot France . 12 ... 8 ...... to Orleans and Bordeaux; ... 7 ...... .... to Paris and Lyons .ito Do. Do• Paris and Orleans.... 2O ...... ...... t o -- Paris and Rouen .. ...... 20 9% %...... to Sambre ,and Meuse P R ar ou i e s n & an B d tr ll as a b vr on e rg • •••• ..... 9 '''''' to 3 %..... to Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ••... to Tours & .Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 Toumay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell . -•• •• 20 ...... --• ...... to •-- West Flanders ... . O 3/ — ...... to --.. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North Americas .... 50 Colonial - . .. to Commercial of London - London Joint Stock ..... London and Westminster . .. 20 National Provincial of Eugld. 85 Ditto, New - • to .... ".. National of Ireland . 224 ..... -•• •• to Provincial of Ireland' 25 ...... •. ... to -- Ditto, New 25 ...... Union of Australia to Ditto, New 2 4 3 /4 . ..... to 24 ...... ...... to _. Union of London ........ 1 14 ...... Union of Madrid .....•••.•••••' 40 • MINES. Anglo tlexican .• • 00 Asturian Mining Com .. p . ........ . 21/ Australian ....................... 2 . ...... to Blaenarvon Iron mad Coal ... 50 ...... to Bolauos Scrip .................. ...... - British iron_ •................... 12 ...... Brazilian Imperial ...• ••• to -- to Di tto Cocaes and Cuiaba , .. 3 8 ...... ••• • Ditto St. John Del Rey 15 C o b ra Copper ... . ... 40 •• to •—• t t o o ----- Genera l Mining 29 ...... ...... Real del Monte. U nre gistered —. Do. Red Black Debentures -- ,_... to to Do.•. —. Santiago de Cuba............... 10 - United Mexican ..... ....... . 28% •• . ..... to COURSE OP Amsterdam ••••• 12 2% Ditto, at sight ••.. • • 12 Rotterdam ••• • • • 12 2% j AntwerP ••••.••• •• • • .. 25 70 I Ilamburgh .... • •11.13. 13 11% L'aris, 3 days' sight • • 25 35 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 65 Marseilles •• •• •• •• •• 25 62% 80urdeaux....... • • • 25 65 /frankfort on Maine.... 121% retersburgh, Sil.lZble• • 36 S I 8er1in......., Vielina, effec. f 10...... 11 33 Trieste, ditt0...... ,„ 11 36 Madrid „„ „ „ 47% Cadiz „, „„ „ „ 48% Barcelona •• •••••••••• Seville: . EXCHANGE. Leghorn 32 v Genoa ............ •• 25 26 Ililan ................ ""- Venice.... Naples ...... •• 40 l'alerino,peroa......... 1 " Messina .............. 118% Liabon.... • • ........ •• 51% Oporto 52 Rio Janeiro • •• •• Buenos Ayres ...... • New York, 21 days'aight Philadelphia .......... . MUMS OF BULLION, less .0 Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 n 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 a Spanish Doubloons 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 , Silver is bars ........ 0 4 1170 DEATII UNDER EZTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANC ES. —A remarkable case of sudden death occurred on Sato — day last. A gentleman named Keane, who had b een attending a funeral in St. Ann's churchyard, and wh, ° appeared to be in the enjoyment of perfect health, while walking through the ground, called a friend's attention to a grave, which he said was that of his wife's, where be added he Expected very soon himself to be. A f e l l' minutes afterwards the unfortunate man dropped SOW denly down on the grave, and when lifted up was diso vered to k.)e quite dead,—Cork Examiner.