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NEW NOVEE, BY THE AUTHOR OF " EMILIA WYNDHAM." Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., oRDAUNT HALL; OR, A SEPTEMBER NIGHT. By the Author of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," " ANGELA," &c. Henry Colburn, Publlsher, 13, Great Marlborough•street. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, SAM SLICK'S NEW WORK, THE OLD JUDGE ; Or, Life in a Colony . . " These volumes are full cf the Clockmaker's shrewdness and qu Ant comicalities.”—Examiner. " Replete with the same sarcastic spirit, and that piquant and ha morons delineation of character which rendered the conversations of Sam Slick, the Clockmaker, so entertaining."—Morning Herald. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CALIFORNIA. Now ready at all the Booksellers, in Two Parts post Bvo., 400 pp., price 2s. 6d. each, W HAT I SAW IN CALIFORNIA IN 1846 and 1847. By EDWIN BRYANT, Esq., Late Alcalde of an Francisco, Forming Nos. VI. and VII. of BENTLEY'S CABINET LIBRARY. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. THIS EVENING, :Mlles. Caroline, Palmyre Anato, Amaglia, Le Petit Lolsset, nick named in Paris " The Little Devil," &c. La lutte des Voltigeurs (gymnastic exercises) by the whole of the Company —An Equestrian Sport, the English Lancers, a grand Ca valry Afanceuvre, 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, 2s. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, I s. 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 Nino o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Box-office, from Ten till Five ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. JAMES'S THEATRE. ST Season 1849. FRENCH 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. Beauce ; 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, Maddle. Charton (their first appearances at this Theatre). The performances before Easter will be selected from the following repertoire :—Le Maitre de Chapelle, by Paer; Le Neauveau Seigneur, by Boieldieu ; Le Tableau Parlant, by Gretry ; Le Valet de Chambre, by Carafa ; L'Eau Merveillieuse, by Grisar ; La Double Mchelle, by Thomas; Le Bouffe et le Tailleur, by Gaveux ; Adolphe et Clara, by Dalayrac ; Richard Coeur de Lion, by Gretry; Le Domino Noir, by Auber ; La Dame Blanche, by Boieldieu ; Le Fidel Berger, by Adam ; Fra Diavolo, by Auber.—Engagements:: Madlle. Charton (from the Opera Comique, Paris, Madlle Guichard (Premiere Dugazon, from Brussels), Madlle. Morel (from the Opera Comique, Paris), Madlle. Martial (from the Theatre ofMoas), 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. Soyer, M. Buguet (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 anceigf the music of the above works, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to aillfounce the engagement of the following eminent professors:— Chef d'Orchestre, Mr. Charles Hanssens ; Messieurs Tolbecque, Barret, Baumann, Lazarus, Remusat, Bourotte, Deloffre, Newsham, Peyton, Shepherd, Morris Alsept, Campanile, King, Boer* Larkins, Vandreland, 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 105. 6d. Boxes .. • • • • • • • • ss. Od. Pit • • • • • • 3s. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • • • 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-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, Sole 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 performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs.. Charles Kean. After which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CAMA.RALSAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Fnder the direction of Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THB HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ce , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet tarby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER, Mr. slasher, Kr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCS. UM THEAT HE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma' he S. THIS EVENING. Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, 11. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil- I tam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and M adamo Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO 'CUE PUBLIC. - Dress itexes, 55.; - Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The .Sew Lox-office, No. 2, Wer.ington street, is open to the public vvery day, from Tan till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI:E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. Darin: the ileoess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel• lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr. flunvitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best airanz'c month have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and tha counort and convenience el the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss lielaworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF XING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, lir. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; 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 Albert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr Hengler, the most extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Perforntances.—A new comic Pantomime THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fall 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 of the day. To conclude with a new Eque;trian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebotted ARABS will appear. Box-office open from L.oven till Five. Start° Manager, Mr. W. West. A GRAND JUVENILE NIGHT TO-MORROW EVENING. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No ‘,ommunication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. ileioct6d communications cannot bo returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE. JANUARY 10. TIICRROZETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 42; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 29.1. WIND S.W.', fine weather. MGM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAY —Morning, 35 min. after 9. I Evening, 59 min. after 2, To-Moaaow— :writing, 23 nun. atter 3 I Evening, 45 rain. after 3, ~, ti ! ''''° P.l. l . , 11 ) 4 1 "•'- 0 :, A ,v. . 6 , • er . ••• 2...1 iA ri k ' " 3iff l‘.: ' )11 1 16 -:..* ce :* . ...ellt VC 1 : - _, . II ..741'un LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1849. TALLEYRAND used to say of the author of the Dictionnaire Philosophique, that to the last moment of his existence, he was Monsieur VOLTAIRE—not AROUET, or - VOLTAIRE, or the Philosopher of Ferney, or the poet of the " Henriade," or the historian of CHARLE S XII., or the satirist of " 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 cracie 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 Gni zoT. The Prime Minis ter of what he him self designates a Democratic Monarchy (Dem. in France, p. 2), never loses for an instant his patrician character. He is not to be familiarly recognized as the essayist, the statesman, the publicist, the peda gogue, the orator, the journalist, the administrator, or the rhetorician. In his Ministerial power, a s i n 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 -This native land, a Democracy too, which led -- : d-re l tly to his own ignominious expulsion beyond the : s -- W0 must, Ls a matter o f nec es s ity, re cei.ve-A is remarks—cum grano salis. Nevertheless, it iS ' - ossibl e not to acknowledge that the pamphlet fialls;,ko a surprising extent, the hope expressed by its . ertiinent writer, that little can be detected in it paring " 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 1,- 7 1( ~~-'::. * " Democracy in France. By Monsieur Guizot." B vo ., pp. 86. Murray, London, 1849. THE SU - N, 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. FOR :—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 Timm. 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 Fr-Fo-Foes in] 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. ahe 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. MoNsEm,), 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. RIGBY 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 produc e 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 be 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. Itiony WASON (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. WASON 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. 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 LAWARTINE 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 tributie. 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 bat 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 a ßoman 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 tierce the Pope to his capital.—(M. Pussy here made a mark of denial.) At the reception of the Pre sident, at the beginning of the year, that high func ptioonpae,rsyNaudnderioe,ssaendd, i e n n t r h e e s e m d o a s t hope marked t his m a s n n o e v r e , r e i t g h n e 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, %%hen 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 proveJ 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, had at once gone on to 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), Ho 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 bia 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 the 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. Fevre 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 happexed that the letter has been published in a journal whose political tendencies are well known (Legitimist), and in a depart ment 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 cl;rect 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 Elysite National on the 22(1 ult., a holy alliance between Austria, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY -10, 1849 France, and the King of Naples, for the purposes of re storing to tha Pope his temporal power, bad been re solved upon. The Patrie of the 24th contradicted this statement. The Rejorme, however, again makes it. The assertion is completely unfounded." An evening papers says— " It is announced that the Pope, wishing to avoid foreign 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. BATEAU 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 Elysee 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 CROISETTB, 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. BOUIZSE.—PAUIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 9. THREE o'CLocx.—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), 2525. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, J. 9. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Luxembourg (10/.), D A Namur and Liege,: 6 1 A—Northern of Franee, 7 7 / 8 Orleans and Bordeaux, 214 —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 tbe.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 Gaceta contains the summary of a dispatch from General CONCHA, dated Vich, 26th ult., which says that the Carlists, under CAnRERA, ESTARTUS, and other chiefs, attacked Ripoll on the night 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 NARVAEZ. The Journal du Peuple of the 6th announces that the company of Chasseurs stationed at Irun, the Custom officers, and gendarmes, bad been suddenly summoned to Toloso, during the night of the 2d, in consequence, it was believed, of some insurrectionary movement in Navarre. MADRID BOLSA, JAR. 3.—The Three per Cents. 19k ex dividend ; Five per Cents., 93 to 10 ; Passive Debt, 3.1 ito 3; Coupons, 6 sellers; Exchange on London, 48 20. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Ad vices have been received from Vienna to the 3d instant. General IVELDEN 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 aro 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 Stadhauptmannsehaft 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 JELLACHICH 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 capturing and slaying, 8,000 effected their es cape. Arithmetic is, apparently, not numbered among the sciences to the study of which the Ban 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 Hungarian 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 Prince WINDISCIIGRATZ himself, the Imperialists suffered severely. The Wiener Zeitung of the 3d contains the follow in g army bulletin from Prince WIN DISCHGRATZ , 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, days, has advanced all the co lumns directed against Pesth—the left as far as Kaschw; in the course of fourteen 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 &Winn and Moor, to Offen; and, lastly, the right wing column, from Steinmanger and Kormen, in the direction against Szallas Egeraeg and the northern banks of the lake of Plattim— cannot, in the very extreme of things, leave much leisure for a systematic relation. Tho various columns which have b hitherto been sep ara t e , an d whose lea d ers h ave b een act ing independently and accor di ng to t h e i r ow n disposi tionsti yn of the gr ea t problem. way of preca u ti on , w ill now combine for the 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 to a band of rebels who have ceased to re gard anything as sacred (for they recklessly destroy the latent prosperity of the people), led by fanatics who have emerged from the subordinates of the army or of the law, and who have not the remotest conception of military tactics or the conduct of an army—cannot for mo ment leave the i ssue a matter o f doubt. "The misguid e d an d d ece i ve d 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 to 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 flies 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 Kasehan. " The rebels had fled into the interior of the Torner Abbanjvarer country, which country was formerly ty ranni,ed over by the empowered commissioners, Kus suth, Trany, Farkaszany, Count Haller, Pulizky, and Ladislusltjhazy. "Field-Marshal Count Schlick was engaged in re storing interrupted order in all the cities, with a view to diminish as much as p oss ibl e those burdens which the entrance of a large 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 Allgenzeine 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 llanover, 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 Rom e':— "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 in 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 pow er, 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. GALEOTTI, G. GALETTI, L. MARIAN', E. E. MUZZARELLI, P. STERBINI, C. ARMELLINI, P. CAMPELLO. " Rome, Dec. 20." 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 GERHARDI, 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, TUESDAY 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. Wo bad 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 : Ships. Messrs. Duke and Hill ... 2,273 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 —.Newcastle Journal. HAYMARKET 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 Usar 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 and away the best Lazarillo that has ever appeared. The house was crowded. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, LIVERPOOL.—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 matters. Ex change ou England 25d.; freights, 655. 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 p a rty of the lovers of Terpsichore, and dancing was eon tinned 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 Ilan 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 DA RNLEY.—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 one of the finest baronial mansions in this kingdom. MOr4EY 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 speculation.—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 given. 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—wili 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 cu,temers we be come to brother Jonathan tor 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 ho 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 forfa 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 tbo 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 ou Paris ; 12.2 to 2i on Amsterdam; 13.11 to ll on Hamburgh ; 121 to 1214 on Frankfort; and 11.27 to 30 on Trieste. In the Corn Market business continues very dull, but prices aro not lower. Toe 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 Bailor 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 usual 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 j all the morning. Bank Stock is firm at 191. Exchequer bills are 435. to 465. premium. The New Three-an& a Quarter per Cents. realise 89i 7 1. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 14/; Portuguese Four per Cents. are about 251 to 261 ; and Brazilian, small, 75i-. Grenada have touched 154 and 16. Mexican are 25 Railway Shares, although very quiet, are firm. Great Northern, North Stafford, Scc., are better than yesterday. ONE c 1, 0 ,1 1., CI PIC' 'I , ti OF Pnrnsit FUN D . O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms 89 % 1 / a% 89% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B9 89 1 % 89 ',-4 New 31% per Cent. Anne.— , 89% % 4, 89 3 4 Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... India Bouth, 1,0001. .... . .. 46 p 46 p Ditto under 1,0001.. Consols for Account. B9 89 1 4 89 1 % Exchequer Bills. . 2%d. & 2d. 1,000/. March ...... 500/. March 46 43 p 43 p 500/. June Small, March .. 44 p 44 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. :mays. Brazilian Bonds •••••• -- Ditto, Small :75 t/ 2 75 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ..... • B9 89 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, I per Cent. Ditto Deferred . . 3 3 Guatemala 80nd5........... ........ 25% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 25% 25% Ditto, Account . 25 25 , 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 5O Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 14% 14 1 / 4 Ditto, 3 per Cent 27% Venezuela; Bonds, 2% per Cent 1 9 1 . / . 1, 20 '2O Ditto, Deferred . 6 E Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — 48% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O • „. Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4 1 / 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down. 20% — Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, witheutguarantee 20 . ... 24% Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... —, Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/, 145... ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June...; 10 ' — Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...... Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds snckinghamshire... 14/. 45.. Caledonian Ditto, Halt Shares .. 8 3!1...... Do. New 101. Pref.— 7%...... 8% Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 ... Ditto, Preference ls Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. .. lO ...... ... Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ...... ... Dundalk & Enniskillen 22% — East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ..... Do., 31.105. Eastern Counties 2O ....... 11% Do. New Guaranteed 1 6 per Cent. ..... ..... 10 ...... Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters ......... 12% _ ... Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 1/, Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . , . Do. Scrip -- (6 per cent.) 20 . .. ••••• ..... Ditto (C. &E.) guar. ••• ••• •• 5 per cent...... East Lancashire Ditto, New .... ......... ••• • •• Ditto, New Quarters 614...... .. ... ......... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters East Lincolnshire ...... 25 26 x.i 25% x'" Et p lin it b t u oTH h a a lf nd sh G ar las es go . w .. 2 5 0 0 ......: .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport ........ . 15 Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2'3a .. ... Glasgow, Dumfries, an d Carlisle ....... ... —8 /. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consul. - - •- ...... e ••• Great Northern Do., ',, 2 A Deferred ... 12%...... 4 % Do., % B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6% . 4 4% ..... Do. Extension 2% % ••• Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England 100 ... .. • Ditto, New, 401 v 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto. New, UV Gent Western 100 ...... 91 ......... 24j: 2 22 13 : i 11% 81 4 4A 4 1 28% 78 it 46 J4 Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 17/... ..... 15 ... Huddersaeld and Manch. 30 Ditto, Thirds Liull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares 25 ....., Ditto, id Shares Lancaster i 3.11 d Carlisle 5O Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 6 Shares Do. Qua;ter Shares l 7 l / 2...., Do. _Fifths... Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds (Res -, ..) l3 Do. N ew, Gua. 6 ' per ct 7% D. Live:p. and Bury 43 Ditto 1 / 2 (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 43 Do.(EVaketield,Ponte tract, and Goole) 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 Do. (Preston & Wyro) 25 Do. 1 1 2 Shares (A)... 911 2 , Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, ... 50 Half Shares Do., (blue) Scrip Leeds; and Thirak 5O Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per CL Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 31 ,2 Liverp., Manchster, and . 66 - ... .• . 27a •—",, * ...... -• •• *- 4 / 8 112 3 A 126 .. 914 .• 12%...... 6 7 / 8 2% 32% 12% 41 1 ;4 .• ••• •••• ..... , ~ 1 t/i Newcastle Junction... , Lon& n &Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d , Do. Extension ..... 22 1 ,i London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O Do. Guarant. 5 per et.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. .. _ _ Ditto. ditto...—. 1852 50 Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. .. 5 .Loy: don and Greenwich 12/15s 4d , ditto, Preference 20 London and N. Weitern 100 Do Quarters (L. & B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... 2 Do. •101.Shares(L.M.) 25 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 10 Do. 10i. & B.) B. 10 Do. 101. (M. ez B.) C. 1 Loud. &S. Western 5O .... Do. NCV 501. Po. N6W 401 . 84 1%0. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto Ditto. Third 5........... 15 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 5 London, Salisbury, and Londondorry&Coleraino 28 3 / 4 Londonderry and Ennis killen ao Lowestoft (4 per ct.) Ditto (6 per et.) ..... 13 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock.... 4% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2).,. 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 11% Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40 Ditto ditto . ......... 13 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . Do., Grimsby Dock 2O Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41. 2s. Midland lOO Do. Consolidated Pref 100 Do., do., i7:o4.Shares, 25 Do. Birin., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto, Bnst. & Glocstr. 40 Ditto, ditto ...... 18/. 2s. 6d Ditto,Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish taiddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. ewcastican d C anis le 100 Do. Quarters 25 Newmarket ........ . Do. Extension ...... 125... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, W arrenpomt, and Rostrevor 2O Norfolk ..........100 Do. New 20/. Do. Guaranteed spct 2O .... Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc 5 ...., Do. do. Waveney Val 2 .... Northern Counties Union 4 ...., North British 25 ...., Ditto, Halves .. Ditto,SQuarters; Ditto, Extension O% Ditto, Thirds North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire l5 , North Wales . 3 l /2 .... North-Western . lO ...., Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lO ...., Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland 25 86 3 / 4 87 11' 18 17% x.i....-17% x.i. 1•• '.••• ... 16 ••••• 0000000 ••• .. 45 ••• - 111/414... ... 23%2. Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) Shrewsbury andißirm 9 ..... Ditto ditto. Class B 5 ...., Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union outh Devon 5O Do. Preference South Staffordshire 6 1,4, ...., South Eastern Do.. .No. 1 2B D0.,:N0.2. Do., No. 3 ... 25% eeeeee ••••••••• 4% 11% 23% 10% 25% 2 3 % .. ..... ......... 95ii .. 13 3 A ex.int 1 34 x. ... 1 I AI.. ...... ••••• 24 1 / i%% 24 • ..... 14 1 A 1,4 Do.;:Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal 6 raw Vale Extension Thames lis.ven Dock and Railway ..... 17 1 / Vale of Neath W aterford and Kilkenny 17 1 ,4.,,,, Waterford and Limerick 474 , W at erfd, 'W xfrd,Wicklw, and Dubhn Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. 10 West Cornwall ...... 6 ... West London Do. Do. Ist Class Do. Do. 2d Class . 20 ..... yV hitehaven & Furness 14 Windaor, Staines, and South tsho ntieerssteezni v . 1 . .. e y • 1 40 mouth 2 Wilts, York, Newcastle, and Berwick. 1:o. Original New and Berwick .. 25 -, 7% 27 Do. Extension. No. 1. 15 , • Do. do. No. 2 . ..... 1 5 ••• •• Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 an N orth Midland 50 Ditto, Preference lO vo. Ette,t, and W (:st Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 ...... .. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 17 OS MM. ::: 7 12% ex.int 12% xi, 1 • ... •••• . 27% 27 15 ....... ...... 15 ... 14 3 / 4 .. ......... 14 3 4, 7% 3 / 4 ex.int... 7 3 A /r-• 1 56 ••• • 10% ex.int..... 10% _ Ceylon Demerara .... ........... Dendre Valley... Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... ...... Dutch Rhenish ......... 7%..... -- "' " .... '''' East Indian ... 34 ...... ..... - •• - • Great Indian Peninsular 1 4•••••• -- Louvain ila Sambre .....„ —1 /21 , ............... Ditt o lO • ..... 2 Madrid and Valentia 2 "*"' .....- •• ••••••• Northern o f Namur and Fran Lieg ce e ...... 10 ...... . 20 ..... . 2 8 . ... ••• ............... Orleans and Bordeaux 7 1 2 : ... .. G Y 2 6 ... Paris and Lyons .......... 11 ..... 5 1 4.. ........... ppaaprriioss.aand and I D ot or o ui Orleans ...... Paris and Stra sbour g „. _.9 R oue n and Havre 20 ...... 9% ...... e er I n 5 . 1 . , 0 ...... ...... ... Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 31 72 S tras bourg and Basle T ou rs and Nantes ...... .. 9 _ Tourney, Jurbise, Lan den, . and llasselt ...... 20 ... West Flanders ............ 8 3 / 4 ... .... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 ,_ ............ .. Colonial 25 ...... --- __ •• •••• Commercial of London 20 ...... ... London Joint Stock London a; Westminster. 20 ...... _ National of Ireland 2 2 1 / i, ..... National Prov. England Ditto,New ...... .. ..... 10 Prov;ncial of Ireland .. 25 Ditto New-. ..... ..... 10 Union of Australia ...... Ditt0,New.............. 2 16...... _... Union of London;.., 10 ...... Union of ladrid ... 40 2 6 8 24 514 9. 1 % 3 1 /0 --. - 15! 4 2 1 11'4- • MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO United illexican 8, DEATH UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCEt • —A remarkable case of sudden death occurred on Seer ; day last. A gentleman named Keane, who had been attending a funeral in St. Ann's churchyard, and wh i ° appeared to be in the enjoyment of perfect health, wh ite 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 far minutes afterwards the unfortunate man dropped sud denly down on the grave, and when lifted up was disco . vend to be quite deed.— Cork Examiner.