The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-17 00:00:00

INTERESTING LITERARY CIIRISTMAS PRESENT. Now ready, 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215. bound, LIVES of the PRINCESSES OF ENGLAND. By MRS. EVERETT GREEN. Editor of the "Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies." " A valuable addition to the historical library, and forms a meet com panion for the work of Miss Strickland, to which indeed it is an indis pensable addition. The anthor has executed her task with great skill and fidelity. There is graceful combination of sound histori sal erudition with an air of romance and adventure that is highly pleasing."- 13 rita nnia. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. The ANNIVERSARY BALL will take place at the Hanover square Rooms on TumtsbAY, January 31, 1850. Lists of the Stewards may be obtained o f the lion. Secretary, 15, King William-street, City. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BrOmptoll. THIS EVENING, Wit be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe ; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean ; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Comedy, entitled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Duckstone ; Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitiwilliam. To conclude with BOX AND COX. After which a new Farce entitled TIIE LAUGHING HYENA , To conclude with an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. K eele y; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. The Box-oillee is wider the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TIIEATHIL ROYAL, ADELPIIL Under the TH direction of Madame Celeste. IS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW '2OPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Griunly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Gramley. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S bPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr . Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. lituibary, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madamc. VeMAL Bole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will he performed NOT A BAD JUDGE. To ba followed by DELICATE GROUND. After which HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. To conclude with RAISING T 11.14 WIND. Dress Boxes Ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Ylt, 2s. ; Gallery, la., NO half-price to any part of the house. All applications for rrivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 11, New Bond-street. YItINCESS'S- THEA'ist6. Mr. J. M. Maddox IS , Sole Lessee , and Manager. TH EVENING Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA Principal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Corri, Wynn ; Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Louisa Fyne. After which, the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with A. MODEL OF A WIFE. ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVEN NG, Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that he has suc ceeded in engaging Mademoiselle ANUELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angele is the same,Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Marc " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will shortly make her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in announcing that he has engaged Madlle. Cation!, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope in Europe, who will appear every Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seen, with a Grand Spectacle and wondrous Scenes in the Circle. The attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise a grand Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest, or the Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear ; and a grand Equestrian Comic. Pantomime, by Nelson Lee. Box-eflice open from Eleven till Tar. State Manager, Mr. W. West. UIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —sierning, 24 min. after 3 ; Evening, 41 min. after 3 TJ-Moaaow —Morning, 57 min. after 3 I Eveaing, 15 min. after 4 TEE WEATHER.—SzN OFFICE, DEC. 16. THERMOMETEE, Lowest, 44; Highest, 55, Noon, 5 BAROMETER. 30. WIND S.W.—Morning, dsll ; Afternoon, fine. DEC. 17. TtIERMOMETEn, Lowest, 44; Highest, 45, Noon 5 BAROMETER, 29.7. WIND Westerly—find sunshiny weather. 0 _,, .7 , 7 6 :' , ::' - e - -i‘ i • c2 • ! A l ., : ; 4 *Vii.:' ;iirA .4:-!' k_ . • ' .•' ' ''.. 1,:::: : :..,f/fAillill[k , ~.*X...,;,. P . ' . .).—} -.7;:•;et-1..4.111 4,:..•;' . .4 - 3 ,, , , i e - , 4 A , ; i.:;- 4 ; r•it o . , 4"...:,:' , :.;.4 , !f)11"Tr5•-• .:: ' , ..1 - . .„-:- -1 - ._ ~. 4 Z 5t4Vv,...-•4..,;..., Otteninix LONDON, MONDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1849. There is one portion of the prolix and verbose document recently issued from No. 17, Old Bond street, deserving of especial notiee. It contains an admission that the proprietors of the soil have not as yet suffered from the adoption of Free trade principles, that there is still a competition for the occupation of land, which has, in some instances, prevented the reduction of rent. Although we may not adopt the general reasoning contained in the report we are fully entitled to act on the confession of those who, in that particular at least, must be regarded as unex ceptionable witnesses. Rents, then, have not been reduced. The farms are still retained by their occu pants, and whenever any tenements fall out of lease are offered for letting. There is a fair demand, nay a strong competition for a preference. It is true, that there is an attempt to qualify this important admis sion. It is said that the " retention of farms by the occupiers is attributable rather to the fear of having to wind up:their affairs, and to submit the sale of their stock at the present low prices, and to the transfer ence of their interest in improvements, than to any hope of profitably carrying on their business under the present policy. If, however, the prospect were so gloomy and hopeless as the Protectionist orators endeavour to impress upon the public, would farmers be contented to carry on their business not only without a hope of gain, but with the certainty of great and increasing losses, by which their entire capital must be speedily sacrificed, without som e determined and combined effort to induce the lords of the soil to reduce their rents in proportion to the general depression of the times. We do not believe that English yeomen are so obtuse and thick. skulled as such a statement would imply; were it really well founded they would endeavour to realise their assets at any price, and carry the remnant of their capital, their skill, and industry to some more favoured land, But it is not merely those who were engaged in agricultural pursuits 'previous to the abolition of the " sliding scale" that uphold the present rentals;; there are plenty of persons ready to enter on such occupations whenever a favourable opportunity offers. We are told, however, " that it arises from the abandonment of other trades, under the discourage ment of native industry, which is universally felt, and (they told) it will, in too many instances, befound that the present competitors for farms have neither the experience nor the capital requisite for the pro- fitable and continuous occupation of land." All other trades and callings, then, are at least as badly circumstanced as that of the farmer. Persons are ready to enter into operations in which they have but little experience and inadequate capitals, simply because no other branch of industry opens more favourable prospects. The relief then, which is unanimously acknowledged to he essential for all classes, must be extended to traders and manufacturers as well as to agriculturists. A partial assistance to the latter, which could only be afforded at the expense of all the others, would only increase the competition for land, and drive a larger number even of unskilled persons to the cultivation of the soil. Is this what is required or desired by the tenant-farmers ? Is this the relief for which they are so urgent ? We believe not. It might possibly increase the rent. rolls of the territorial aristocracy, but it would not improve the position of those who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow in any description of indus try. The remedy to be effectual must be general, and must apply to all without exception. It must be such as to lighten the general burden of taxation, and to give abundant and remunerative employnient to all who are able and willing to work. Let the agriculturists learn this great truth. Let them no longer endeavour to benefit themselves exclusively at the expense of the rest of the community. Let them learn the advantages of union, of a zealous and cor dial co-operation of alt who are dependent on their industry for their subsistence. The real source of all their sufferingv, the foes et origo of the universal calamity, is the want of a sufficient rep resen t at i ve and measure of valu e, a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the nation. The very life-hlvotl of industry is wanting. :The extraordinary " appreciation" in the value of money, which has taken place, by which the purchasing power" of the pound is at least double what it formerly was, has acted as a check to production. The pressure of taxation and of every fixed payment is increased in the same ratio. The farmer must give one hundred quarters of corn to liquidate a demand which fifty would formerly have satisfied—the manufacturer two pieces of calico in place of one—the labourer a double quantity of work. Grievous injustice has been rendered to " the many," and the only persons who have prospered are the money brokers and usurers, and those who are living upon fixed incomes. What would a reduction THE SUN, of four or five millions of taxation effect for the country, when a small increase in the value of the precious metals would more than counterbalance any benefit that might arise ? The various fluctuations in the value of money—the continued " apprecia tion" in the value of the pound sterling which has taken place during the last thirty years, and which, according to the Times, the great organ and oracle of the bullionists, is still on the increase, have involved all classes, with a single ex ception, in one common ruin. This, then, is the great grievance to be remedied, the over whelming evil that must be averted. A vast and comprehensive measure of reform in our monetary code must be introduced : money must be produced as well as other commodities. Hitherto the population of the country has been steadily increasing, while mon ey has not only not increased but has diminished very considerably in consequence of the undue re strictions imposed by the Acts of 1819 and 1844. We are therefore scrambling amongst ourselves, each sus pecting that his neighbours have got more than their fair shares. The manufacturer thinks the profits of the agriculturist must be reduced, w hile the latter reci procates the ill-feeling and will accept no relief save at the expense of his rival. Can they not for once perceive that their interests are identical, and that they are really in the position of the family described by LOCKE, as "pulling a short coverlet," some of whom must starve, " unless the father of the family (the State) provide better, and enlarge the scanty covering." Let all, then , zealous y , energetically, an boldly apply for the required relief. Let them no longer sacrifice themselves and their families to gratify the currency quacks, or witness the destruction of all that renders life desirable, in order that Sir CHARLES WOOD may be en abled to declare that " the currency , was never in a healthier condition." Vox et prceterea nihil is the very proper definition of' most ebullitions of popular enthusiasm. Such, however, we would gladly believe, will not be the nature of that sympathy which, at the present mo ment, the sufferings of the great multitude have so very generally excited. We would fain believe that at last (GOD knows it is time) some simultaneous effort will be made—for without some effectual effort all the fine talking in the world is useless—to render the real practical condition of the people of England somewhat commensurate with that theoretical glory and civilization of which we boast. Since the first outbreak of that awful epidemic which so recently filled the land with mourning we have repeatedly expressed our opinion, that the plague would ulti mately prove a blessing, and such it has already declared itself. Never before have the sorrows of the working classes found such ready listeners in high places—never before have the denizens of squares and terraces cared to inquire about the ventilation and cleanliness of the courts and alleys of the metropolis. These subjects, formerly unmentioned to ears polite, are now the theme of fashionable conversation. At this auspicious moment the Morning Chronicle has published a series of reve lations of London life—revelations so marvellous, so horrible, and so heartrending, that few histories can equal, and no fiction surpass them. " Honour to whom honour is due," say we, and we cordially congratulate our Contemporary for the good service he has rendered to a cause in which we have always heartily engaged—the cause of the English people, and more especially the English poor. These reve lations, as we have said, are appearing at the right moment. The sorrows of the people are the theme of general inquiry, and here we have those sorrows truthfully and touchingly pourtrayed. The unfor tunate needlewomen, and the yet more " unfortu nate" class whom the sad epithet especially designates, have here—their sufferings overcoming shame—themselves given utterance to their griefs. The account of that meeting of a body of these women to reveal the sad story of their sins and sorrows, to which we alluded some short time back, is wholly unequalled in our experience of historical or fictitious horrors. It is a chapter in the history of our own times which, however much we may blush with indignant shame at its perusal,"we cannot but feel thankful has been so publicly revealed. We have already referred to one means which a wise philan thropy has suggested for affording an immediate and effectual relief for this terrible destitution and de gradation,—we mean Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT'S pro posal to promote the emigration of females to the colonies. Here there are so vast a multitude of women with no honest means of supporting themselves save needlework, the labourers so greatly exceed the number actually required for the labour that, as a natural consequence, prices are lowered to the merest fraction. In place of a fair day's wages for a day's work the hapless sempstress toils with almost super human industry some eighteen or twenty hours day after day at the gain of a few pence, which will barely sustain life, while a multitude of her less for tunate companions, unable to obtain even such employment, have no choice but starvation or " the streets." It is hardly necessary to recapitulate these horrors, but it is impossible to consider them without concluding that if the claimants for work were fewer the remuneration must be higher. While the towns of England are thus thronged with starving, unem ployed women the colonies are suffering from the scarcity of female emigrants. There are no unem ployed underpaid work women there. Let us then,says Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, redress this unequal balance ! Let us send these idle hands where work is abundant, let us send these starring wretches where food is plentiful, and honest existence possible. The suggestion is so well-timed and so well-adapted to the emergency that it has met with almost unanimous approval. The proposition may, at first sight, appear somewhat harsh—it may appear a cruel kindness to condemn to eternal expatriation women whose hearts, perhaps, cling to the country of their birth, and whose frames are hardly qualified to encounter the perils of emigration. But, be it remembered, it is proposed to send out only voluntary applicants, and can we doubt that such applicants will be numerous ? What unknown privations in the voyage, or " the bush," can compare with the horrors daily experienced here ? No reluctance, we may depend upon it, will he testified by the majo rity. " Anywhere, anywhere out of the world !" is the cry of many a desperate heart, weary of the monotonous misery of life. Many a poor wretch, whose corpse has been taken up from beneath the " Bridge of Sighs," might "have lived to a good old age and died with children's faces round her bed," had some friendly hand, in the yet innocent days of her perilous poverty, done for her what we are now called upon to do for others like her. In the words of the adver tisement, with which our readers are already familiar— " It is proposed to take measures with a view to abate the . double evil—to supply the colonies with the popu lation which is the crying want of society there, and at the same time to redress this increasing grievance of the mother country; to rescue from penury and misery those who emigrate, and by diminishing the unnatural excess of female laLoscr, to better the condition of those who remain. " The benefit will not be exclusively conferred on the (comparatively) few who will be transmitted to other lands ; but the condition of those who remain will be necessarily improved. The destructive com petition now going on—a competition productive of starvation and sin—will be materially diminished by the reduction in the number of labourers. The scheme appears so admirably well adapted to the grievances which it proposes to remedy, that we cannot wonder that the committee already formed in its behalf comprises individuals of all politics and parties. In the same list we find Baron ROTHSCHILD and the Bishops of LONDON and OXFORD, Noble Lords of the west end and the merchant princes of the east, the Marquis of GRANBY and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The name of the Noble Premier is a happy addition to the list—not so much for the Ministerial sanction which it confers upon the scheme as for the happy augury it affords of the good intentions of the Government. If Lord J. RUSSELL and his colleagues, although only in their individual capacity, take part in this benevolent committee of management, we shall assuredly be justified in anticipating from them next session some further official recognition of the crying wants of the community. In the meantime the " Fund for Promoting Female Emigration" appeals to the sympathies of the benevolent ; nay, more, it has claims on our attention for the sake of common justice and humanity. Many have talked largely on their compassion for the poor, many have wept over the lyrics of HooD, or shuddered at the tONDON, pictured Suicide of CRUIESHAINK, now is the time to put the genuineness of those emotions to the proof. For ourselves, although experience perhaps teaches otherwise, we are disposed to believe well of human nature. We cannot think that suf ferings so appalling will meet with nothing but verbal pity. We cannot believe that in this Christian land—and at Christmas time ! the cry of sorrowful, sinking women will be unheeded in the mirth of social revelry. Business and pleasure may distract the attention of many, but this cry pierces to the heart, and all who have hearts will answer it. Hence we confidently antici pate for the " Female Emigrant Fund" an amount of subscriptions in some degree commensurate with the practical excellence of the plan and its paramount claims on public attention.. rilE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The debate on the re-imposition of the tax on potable liquors was resumed in the Assembly on Saturday by M. Ma:maims, who spoke against the proposition,; he was followed by M. FORTOUL, who spoke in its favour, after which the debate was, on the motion of M. JULES FAVRE, adjourned to Monday. The Moniteur contains the following official com munication : " Certain writers, whose pens seem to be dipped in gall, display every day the zeal of perfidious curiosity in examining into the past career of persons chosen by the Government for public functions, and on this career they comment with ardent malignity, and too often misre present it by false interpretations of the basest envy. Frankly speaking, however, after three revolu tions in; less than forty years, who is the man, having any experience of public affairs, whose antecedents does not afford a hold to the passion of detractors? as if the simple fact of having served his country under preceding Governments were a crime. These odious tactics will not have the success that is expected. The nephew of the Emperor will remain firm. He has taken for his rule of conduct the words of his immortal uncle, uttered one day in the Council of State:—' To govern by a party, is to place oneself sooner or later under its dependence. I shall not be, so caught; I am national. I employ all those who have the capacity and the will to act with me. This is the way I have composed my Council of State of the members of the Constituent Assembly who were called moderates or feuillants, like Dufermon, Roedorer, Regnier, Regnault; of Royalists like Devaisnes and Dulresnes; and of Jacobins like Brune, Real, and Berlier. I like honest men of all parties.'" The Moniteur also publishes an official contradiction of the assertion of the National, that the PRESIDENT of the Republic had written certain portions of General D'HAUTPOUL'S.CirCUIar to the gendarmerie. On Friday the General Committee of Finances terminated its deliberations on the Bill relative to the concession to a single company of the railway from Paris to Avignon. This Bill, which was first pre sented by M. LACROSSE, was accepted by his succes sor, M. BINBAU, who introduced some modifications into it. The sub-committee, which had been charged to hear the explanations of the delegates of the different companies, had proposed the adoption of the Bilt, reducing from twenty.two to ten millions the indemnity granted for the passage through Lyons, and diminishing from eight to seven per cent. the interest which the company should receive before the State came into participation of the returns. In the sitting of Friday the Committee rejected the Bill by a majority of one (13 to 12). It also rejected the proposition for delivering up to two companies the concession of the above line, one company to execute the part from Paris to Lyons, and the other from Lyons to Avignon. M. PROSPER DE CBASSELOUP LAUBAT was named reporter. On this subject the Constitutionnel says : " The Committee on the Budget yesterday came to a decision of a grave character, looking at our financial situation, namely, the rejection of the Bill presented by the Government for the execution of the line from Paris to Avignon. The result of this vote is that, if acted on, the works on the line would have to be executed by the State, which would modify deeply the financial plans brought forward by the Ministry. On the one hand, the budget of public works would be augmented 30 millions, and on the other it would be necessary to renounce the 84 millions which the company takingtine would have to pay to the Treasury in the course of the year, and which was to obviate the necessity of a loan. It was said at the Assembly that the decision of the committee might not be definitive ; it was come to by 13 votes to 12, leaving five members absent, who have, it is said, demanded to have the question again brought under discussion. Should this be done, the result of the vote may be changed, as the majority of the absent members belong to the party 19W in minority. But even with the vote now given, it remains to be seen if the Assembly will give its sanction to a decision come to by so small a majority. We find in the same journal the following :—" A grand reception took place on Thursday at the Ely she. It was remarked that certain Members of the majority, who, since the message of the PRESIDENT, had not been seen at the Elys6e-National, were present there on this occasion. Amongst the visi tors were MM. LAROCHEJACJELIN, MOLE, and M. DB MONTALEMBERT. By a decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, the six remaining battalions of the Garde Mobile are dissolved. Saturday being the anniversary of the arrival of the remains of the Emperor NAPOLEON in Paris, was observed with great solemnity by the old veterans of the empire. Mass was celebrated at the Hotel des Invalides, - . at which they attended. They paid their respects to the Governor of the Invalides, JEROME, the only surviving brother of the EMPEROR, and proceeded in procession, attired in the grand costume of the period of the empire, to the Place Vendome, where they deposited wreaths of " int mortelles" at the base of the EMPEROR'S column. There had been a slight eineute at Marsillarques, but the arrival of 400 troops from Montpellier soon restored order. islneysi G Lzto.en e :dE n .h e a r s al su G sp E e a n tE d a e u d , t b h y e p a u p b r l o ic c a la ti m on atn dated t he 10th o io ftheceliscurte t b oi y le o d rd e e N r i o e f rt, th a e L A eg tt i o ti r m ne a y ti . s G t j e o n u e r r n a a l i h n as co b n e s e e n . quence of the publication of an article entitled 11 faut tuer la Revolution. The Sentinelle of Toulon of the 12th says : " Several steamers are about to leave this port for Civita Vecchia, where they will take on board about 4,000 men of the French garrison at Rome, and bring them back to France." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. DEC. 15. B ulogne and Amiens, 7 —Luxembourg, %—Northern of France, 2 dis.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 Paris and Bono, 22—Tours and Nantes, 4. SPAIN. - - Madrid journals of the 10th have been received. It is ascertained that the true cause of the recal of the Spanish troops from Italy was the refusal of the Holy Father to agree to certain concessions demanded by the Spanish Government, and particularly his complete approbation of the sales of property con sidered as national. . A Madrid letter of the 9th says that it was ex pected that all the troops of the expedition to Italy will have returned to &lahon by the present month. The QUEEN showed great repugnance to submitting the precautionary measures necessitated by her inte resting position. MADRID BOLSI, DEC. 10.—There have been some fluctuations in our funds to day ; the Three per Cents., which left off yesterday at 31, declined to day to 30 11-16 for account, which was caused by parties realising ; Five per Cents., 131 paper. Ex change on London, 50 30. PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 9th, and from Oporto to the 11th inst. The Diario di Goberna of the 7th publishes the following :—" Board of Health, Dec. 5, 1849.—The Board of Health having officially verified that, in the ports of London and Liverpool, the cholera morbus continues, ordain that the said two ports continue to be looked upon as infected ports, and that the other ports in Great Britain continue to be looked on as suspected ports, therefore they continue to be modi fied, as per Edital, 26th November last." By this new Edital, the quarantine from England is again prolonged. ACCIDENT AT THE MARYLEBONE THEATRE.—On Monday last the season at this elegant and popular place of resort closed, and the management is, we under stand, about to be transferred to other hands, Mr. Watts, the late highly-spirited and indefatigable lesse, having taken upon himself the reins of government at the New Olympic. To mark, however, his cordial ap preciation of his services of his late corps dramatigue, most of whom are re-engaged to go with him to the Olympic, he invited them all to a ball and supper on Wednesday evening at the Mar) lebone Theatre. The stage was most tastefully fitted up for the occasion, and a large and happy party met with the exhilarating ex pectation of spending a delightful evening. All went well;until three o'clock, when suddenly appalling shrieks, and the cry of " Fire," resounded through the theatre. The next moment a female was seen rushing franticly about, enveloped in flames. The scene that ensued was an awful contrast to the gaiety of the previous seene. Miss Susan Roberts, a member of the corps de ballet, whilst walking near the footlights, suddenly turned to speak to some one passing her; in the act, a portion of her dress swung round, and, spreadieg over some of the lamps, it instantly caught fire. Every assistance was immediately rendered, but so fierce and rapid was the appalling el: ment in its progress, that before it could be subdued the poor girl was so severely burnt, that her life is now despaired of. Mr. Watts, with that kind and compassionate feeling which so strongly marks his character, has ordered no expense to be spared in procuring surgical aid, and a subscription bits been set on foot, GEIIMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AN]) HUNGARY. We have received accounts from Vienna to the 11th. The Wiener Zeitung of that .date publishes an ordinance of the EMPEROR, dated the Bth, by which he has pardoned all the individuals who were con demned to a year's imprisonment and under, for being concerned in the late Hungarian rebellion, provided they have undergone half their punishment, and have well behaved themselves. The National Gazette calls the above pardons a mere mockery, as there were scarcely any of the rebels who were not sentenced to a longer imprison ment than one year. It is said that Pesth is to be garrisoned by the Russians. The court•martial at Arad has just sentenced eight Austrian officers to death for having fought with the Hungarian insurgents, but the sentences have been I commuted to several years' confinement in a fortress. At Vienna, on the Bth, a Lieut. KUCHENBACKEII was executed in effigy by hanging, for having taken part in the insurrection at Vienna. Such a spectacle had not been seen in the city for thirty years before. After escaping from Vienna KUCHENBACKER served with the insurgents in the Grand Duchy of Baden, and subsequently became a refugee in Switzerland and France. It was rumoured that Count GYULAI', the actual Minister of War, would be appointed First General- Adj atant to the Emperor, and be succeeded in the War-office by Count DAIILEN or General HAUSLAB. The Wanderer declares that the report of the advance of Austrian troops to the Saxon frontier is devoid of foundation. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1849: MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a firm market for Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, but the sales were limited to 3,000 bales, of which speculators and exporters took 500. The trans °diens included 120 Egyptian at Cid. to 71d. ; and 300 Surat at 4,-fd. to 4kd. per lb.—Railway Shares ware dull, and generally at lower quotations. There is no alteration in the Corn trade. The boisterous weather has interfered with the arrival of the mails from the Continent. The Antwerp accounts of Saturday evening, state that a re-organization of the army was expected, and no doubt a great reduction would be effected. Near Vienna, the great machine factory of Tubor, employing 350 men, had been de stroyed by fire. Cape of Good lope papers of October 27 aro so entirely engrossed with the political question of the convicts that we can glean no commercial news from them. Business suffered, as might be expected, but the people were resolute, and still inclined to make further great sacrifices. The great public sales of Wool have been brought to a close, the average advance on October prices being Id. to 2d. per lb., and about 26,000 bales of Colonial and East Indian having been offered, besides foreign. Messrs. Daniel Hazard and Son inform us that— " The attendance of our home buyers was very large, and became augmented by a grater number of fo reigners than usual. The biddings at the beginning were very spirited, indicating manifest improvement in prices; and as the sales progressed still higher rates have been established; so that (as will be seen by the prices quoted at foot, compared with those in our cir cular on the October sales), a very considerable advance has taken place. This cheering position of things may be mainly attributed to the generally increased demand for manufactured goods, a growing confidence in our political relations, and the very easy state of the money market. " The Sydney wools in general were not of a good kind, and show anything but improvement in character. Those from Port Philip continue to improve, both in quality and condition; and the same may be said of South Australian wools, fewer coming in the grease from any of these ports. Those from the Cape of Good Hope alio maintain their advancing character, many being richer grown and in excellent condition, thus ex hibiting care and management as to breediag and getting up the wool for market. The native fiJcks seem, from the diminished quantity of this kind now imported, fast going out, by crossing the breeds more frequently." The English Funds are quiet, but extremely firm. No one seems inclined at present to come forward and " Bear" Consols, political events being of too unexciting a character to bring about much speculation. Consols have been and are now about 96k. The' New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. have been 98 to j, and the Three per Cent. Reduced, 96i to Bank Stock is firm at 202. Exchequer-bills have been 51s. to 545. p. and India Bonds 86s. premium. The tone of.the Stock Market is so good that the sanguine fully anticipate a further rise. There is a good deal of life in the Foreign Market, Mexican Stock taking the lead, and having further im proved to 30} 4. The holders are very confident, and many arc increasirg their stake in anticipation of the fa vourable explanations which Mr. Robertson will offer at the public meeting on Thursday next. Other parties, however, are deterred from acting by the fear that there will be a great deal of crimination and recrimination be tween Mr. Robertson and the coma ittee, the latter not having thought it expedient to publish all the sanguine statements sent over by Mr. Robertson, but which, as report states, that gentleman affirms he can support by high testialony. Mr. Robertson has written a pamphlet in Spanish, and of which we hope to see an early translation. Great efforts are making to form a special committee for Mexican Bonds only, the debt being so large, and the bondholders should be careful to attend the meeting. Peruvian Stock has been masked 54 to 541, Chi Lin Bonds have been done at par, and Grenada Deferred at 31. Spanish Five per Cents. have touched 19e and theThreeper Cents.3B;l Portuguese Four per Cents. are 361 4. French Three per Cents. are 55 50, with the Exchange at 25 50. Belgian Four and-a-Half per Cents. are 871, and Dutch Two.und-a- Half per Cents. 56i to 56t. Russian have been 109 to 1, end Danish 981 to 991. Railway Shares have been Extremely heavy, and the fall in the old lines is 10s. to 11., and in the case of the Midland 21. North StaffOrd and the minor shares are low in proportion. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 202 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns 93 9g q Consols for Account - 9 6% t ie 1 ,4 Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. March. June. 1,069/. 5001 — 54 51 p Small — 54 51 r, PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... ... .. 100 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... Ditto, 5 per Cent Grenada, 1 per Cent. ...... ...... Do. Deferred Mexican 80ni5,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent lO 9 l /9 109 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Ditto Account . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 311 . 3 /4 els Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent Exchange Belgian 4 1 ,4 per Cent. Dutch 2 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 nor Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEE SEAE.E. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference .. ...... ... 81 ...... at.— to Amber., Notting., Boston,&c. 6 3 ,41 — ...• • to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 Birmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ~ ~ to Birmingliam,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s — Enrkenlicad, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.., 2O Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. , 171 4 l 6 Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 8% 1 ,a... to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 5O ..... Ditto, Preference Jounce. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 51i — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27 1 / 4 ...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D ~. Ditto, 18/., E. az H lB ... .. _ _ to . . Do, 3/. 10s ~ 6p. Ct. Pref. 31 f 1 Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 - to - E‘stern Counties .... 2O - Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - - Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. - p to - Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... %p.. to par Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to - Do., 5 per cent. - ...... to - Ditto, New ..... . - ..... to - Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - - Ditto, do, Class B& C 25 ...... - - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 ...... - . - q:ast Lancashire ... - Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 25 - to - Do., New Quarters - - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6 M ....... - - East Lincolnshire ......... ...... 25 - ..... to - Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares - - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... - - Ditto, New p0rt..... ..... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% l 3 /4 ..... to - Exeter and Exmouth... Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s.Bd - .. -. to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - to - Do. Preference Consolidated - ..... - .. to - Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 - ...... to -. Great Nerthern - Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 121 - Do. 1 4 B 6 per Cent. - to - Do., 5 per Cent. Pref.... ... 10 ...... - . to - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 - Great North of England 100 9 30 . .... to - Ditto, New 40/...- ..... .. - 40 - to - Ditto, ditto - ••• • to -- Ditto, New 301 - Ditto, New 151.......15 ...... - . to -- Great Western 100 ...... 53 57 1 / 2 to 57 3 / 4 Ditto, Half Shares 5O - to - Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 - Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 l5 .. ... 7 ..... to - Hull and Selby 5O - ..... to - Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 - . .... to - Ditto,Quarter Shares - Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 - to - Do., Thirds - ...... to - Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 Ditto, ditto - ...... to - Ditto Half Shares .. ~. 49 ...... ..-- - Ditto Quarters ...... 23% - to - Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirds ' 16% ...... 51% ...... to - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO - - Do. (Rudders. and Shoff.) 50 - I Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... . - - Do., Preston and Wyro ... 25 ...... - - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 - Leeds and Bradfoi d 5O ..... - ...... to - Leeds and Thirsk ...- ... - Do. ,do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 334 - ..... to -• Ditto, ditto... - to - Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 - to - Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 - to - Liverpool, Crosby, and South port. - .. .. to - London & 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 3d - Lond., Bright., & South Coast 100 ..... 79 ti ••• - Do., New 51., gua. 6pr et.loo ...-130 .... - Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... - - - Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... - ... -to - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - - London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... - - Ditto Preference 2O - to - London re North Western..loo-111 110% 111 1 ,E to 111 Do. New Quarters. l2 - Do. Fifths 7 ..... 8 - Do. 401.81iare5...,.L. & AI 85 Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western.-- 50 Ditto, New 504.... .. ..... 42%...„. Ditto, New 40/ Do., New Scrip, 1848, Fref 7 par Cent Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 .. Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do., Half Shares 5 e.westuff, guar. 4 yer ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... &lanai Buxton, & flintlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 25 ...... to Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12%...... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... .. 81,4 1 -A to Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. ..... ...... ...... 20 Ditto, ditto .. Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... Midland...is. .... ..........100. ... 47 45% 46 to 45 3 A Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo Ditto, 50/. Shares Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 Midland, Como). Bristol and Birmingham, 6 par cent...100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan taington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . AI i dld. Great Western (Iriah) 47% to Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. SO Newcastle and Carnal. lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. - Newmarket .... „ . ••• ......... 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abargy. and Ileret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Bostrevor .............f1,... 20 , Norfolk Ditto New 20/. l6 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct„ 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 ..... Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. . .... ..... . 25 ...... to Ditto Half Shares.... ..... 12 1 ,E — Do. Quarters Ditto Thirds...— St ...... Ditto, Preference North Staffordshire... North Wales North Western .. 133/4 ..... .... to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Rsnding, Guildfd., & Reigate 15 Royston and Hitehin Scottish Central; 25 ..... 14 1 / 1 to Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 ...... Ditto, New... 22% — to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 — to Ditto. ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 l. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) ' Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry 18%...... .... to , Ditto (New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 • Shropshire Union 6%..... ...... to t South Devon ... 5O ..... Ditto, Preference ....... . ... 25 South Staffordshire B l,i 3% to -- South Easton): 3 3 1 ,3 l B 3 / 4..... to 19 , . _,-. Ditto, No. 2.. ... Ditto, No. 3.' Ditto, Regtst . ered No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. "outh Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster. and Goole l2 -,heflield, Rotherham, and Goole (N .D) Gus. 5 para. 16 1 ,4 — ... .. to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 7 raw Vale Extension Thames Ilr.ven Dock and Railway 17% --to Vale of Neath ........... 10 Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...„. Waterford and Limerick..... 47 1 A..... Waterford, Wexford,Wieklw, and Dublin .. 3 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall Nhitehaven and Furness lB ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western l4 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 45 ...... 32 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 Do.Hartlepool Ilk. & Rly. 100 York and North:Pdidland .. 50 Ditto, Preference lO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Aastrian) 5 1 ,2 11.1••• to —. Boulogne and:iimiens ... 20 ..... 6A i ...... to Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) ..., ...... 20 Damerara. ...... .............. ... 17%. .... Dutch Rhenish 8 ...... 1 ...... to ~ X East Indian tireat Indian Peninsular Do. Do los. Louvain tla Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to --. Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege 2O ..... 6%...... to Northern of France lA/ Bs.. ... dis ...Ito Orleans and Bordeaux ... Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen 20 Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 12 Rouen and Havre 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... . .. 13 - •••••• to ~.... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Haseelt ..«.... 20 0p... - ••••.. to - West Flanders Bl l /2 — to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial ..... Commercial of London London Joint Stock London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% — .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New Union of London ....... . 10 Union of Madrid MINEB. Anglo Mexican lOO Sell ••• - Asturian Australian Barrossa Range 2Bs. ...... ...... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 244...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper .. 40 Geueral ..... ....... Real del Monte, Unregistered .. Do. Black Debentures. — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba lO ...... ..... to United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 17.—1 t blew a violent gale during the night, but moderated towards daylight. Noon— Wind S.W., moderate breeze and fine clear weathes. DEAL, DEC. 15.—Wind W.S.W. fresh; 16th, W. to W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Emma, of and for Bremen, New York; Windsor, Pr) ce, Calcutta; Eliza, Scott, Jamaica; Juhn William Andrew, French, Boston. Arrd. from the river for, Belle Vue, Ceylon; Lady Valiant, Mauritius; Jane, Algoa Bay; Princess Caro line, Charleston; Eliza, Hobart Town; Sea Queen, Adelaide, Sont Australia; Amity, Hall, ditto; Aurora, Port Philip; Ariel, Calcutta; Catherine, Eisen, Buenos Ayres; Venilia, ditto; Alka, Rio Janeiro; Rose, River Gambia; Assam, Demerara; Ariadne and Hebe, Bar badoes; Miranda, Trinidad; Ontario, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 16.—Wind S.S.E. light.—Arrd. Lively, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Lucy, Parsons, Bombay; George Glen, Parry, Para; Jane Brown, Childs, New Orleans; Shenandoak, West Philadelphia; Minerva, ditto; Do Witt Clinton, Funk, New York; Jenny Lind, Card, St. John's, New Brunswick; Anandale, late M orr is, Miramichi; Abercrombie, Louttet, Montreal. Sid. Cambria steamer, Boston; Dido, Africa; Serafon, Havannah; Henry Ismay, La Guayra. The Neptunus, Heinsen, from Nieuitadt to this port, and not the Ne p tune, Harrison, as reported on Saturday, is on shore on the Main, and dries at low water; crew saved. OFF MARGATE, DEC. 16.—Herald, Vertue, Madras. RAmsoATE, DEC. 16.—The Aberfoyle, which was on shore at Deal, has been assisted in here, and is dis charging; and the Potentate has been got off shore near Kingsdown, and brought in here. FALMOUTH, DEC. lg.—The Venus, of and from Gaernsey for Newport and Havannah, struck on the Manacle Rocks 14th inst., and sunk; crew saved. CARDIFF, DEC. 15.—The John, of and from White haven to this port, struck on Breaksea Point 14th inst., and is likely to become a wreck. SwarissA, DEC. 15.—The Mary Jones, of and from Pugwash for Liverpcol, came on shore last: night, and is expected to go to pieces. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 16.—The Rienzi, Liverpool to Co quimbo, was abandoned in lat. 4.8 deg. 40 min., long. 10 deg. 8 min., very leaky; crew saved. KENSALE, DEC. 14.—The Santa Trinidada, of and from Syra, last from Queenstown for Dublin, has been wrecked hero in a heavy gale. Hanwicrr, DEC 16.—The Gustaf Adolph, Konigs berg to,; Liverpool, has put in leaky and with cargo shifted. _ _ DEC. 16.—The Anna Maria has been put on shore lull of water. SWANSEA, DEC. 16.—The Shamrock schooner was lost on the Nash Sand, 11th instant; crew savtd. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 16.—Part of a boat's stern, marked "Lady Gormanby of Whitby" out s ide, and part of the name of Samueliinside, has been picked up near here. SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 16.—The Louise Eliz leth has been got orf shore. OFF DUNGENESS.—Jeannette , Batavia for Rotterdam. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 16.—Wind N.W.—.Arrd. Cleo, Halerow, Quebec. SLIGO, DEC. 15.—The Jessie, of St. John's, New Brunswick, the Clyde to Boston, is at anchor at Oyster Island, very leaky. BELFAST ; DEC. 14.—The Chcstcr has been got of shore. Durinan, DEC. 15.—The Happy Jane, of Arbroath, Port Dundas to Sunderland, stranded on tke Tyne Water Rocks last night; crew saved. SuIELDs. DEc. 15.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Sarah Swan, Madras. It blew a hurric2.no here from N.N.W. he- • between midnight and four o'clock this morning." Several piers of South Shields broke adrift, and many of the inside vessels grounded, but have come off with consider able damage. Witunr, DEC. 16.—The Louise, of this port, is in the roads, leaky. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 16.—Wind W.—Arrd., Fortitude, Geaham, Rio Janeiro and Falmouth, and 51d. for Ham burgh. A boat marked " Minerva "of Arundel," was washed on :lore, on the Bth inst., at Fort Cumberland. DUNDEE, DEC. 15.—Wind S.E., with rain.—Arrd., Queen, Gellatly, Calcutta. KIRKWALL, DEC. ii.—For the last ten days the winds hare been Easterly, with a very heavy sea, preventing all communication with the main land and the Islands. 10th, the wreck of a vessel, bottom up, has come on shore on the Island of Copinshay. She appears to be now, and built of foreign oak. Her stern is open, and a great part of her cargo, fir spars and oak staves, has washed out. The spars are marked with a cut crown, and the stares marked W. S. A board has been found with the word " Argo," raised and gilt, marked upon it. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 15.—The William and Nancy of Whitby, lately stranded here, has been hove off and brought in. PLYMOUTH, Day. 16.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arra., Durango, St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, DEC. 15.—1 t is:reported that a large timber laden vessel has been wrecked on the Kish Bank. Several deals have washed on shore within the last few days, and the headboard of a large vessel, marked " Berl of Lisburne," was picked up at Kincoal on the 12th inst. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Letters from the principal country markets, held on Saturday, stated that rather more demand was expe rienced fur the best parcels of both English and Foreign Wheat, at very full prices. In the middling and inferior kinds, only a limited business was transacted. Malting Barley, and the best Oats and Flour, were quite as dear, but all other articles were neglected. Our foreign ad vices, generally, aro to the effect that very little has been doing in any grain on English account. Up to our market last week, the arrivals of all English grain were small. The imports, from abroad, were liberal, vizt-- 15,962 quarters of Wheat, 25,266 ditto of Barley, 17,046 ditto of Oats, 95 ditto of Rye, 225 ditto of Beans. 6,504 ditto of Peas, 1,378 ditto of Tares, 2,580 ditto of Linseed, 110 ditto of Rapeseed, 36 ditto aif sundry seeds, 5,557 barrels, and 3,348 sacks of Flour. The quantity of English Wheat received fresh up to our market to-day coastwise from Essex, Kent, Suffolk, and all other quarters, was very moderate. By land carriage and sample the receipts were small. The stands were rather scantily filled with most descriptions, owing to which, and the full attendance of both town and country millers, the demand was steady, especially for selected parcels of both red and white, at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight, and At which a good clearance was effected. The quality of the Wheats was by no means first-rate, arising from the humid state of the atmosphere. A large portion of the late extensive imports of Foreign Wheat having been placed in granary, and the arrivals last week being goods there was a considerable increase in the total sup' ply brought forward this muining; nevertheless, as the importers evinced no anxiety to press sales, as a fall' ing elf in the foreign receipts is generally expected, fine wheats sold to a fair extent at full rates of currency. In the middling and inferior kinds only a limited business was transacted at late figures. There was no demand for floating cargoes, the prices of which were nominal. With English Barley we were but moderately supplied. but the quantity of foreign was very extensive. The best malting parcels moved off somewhat steadily, at full price.. All other kinds were a slow sale; but we have no actual decline to notice in the quotations . Malt, the supply of which was very moderafe, sold slowly. In its value, however, we have no change to report. There were l ess Oats effering than for some tiros past. On the whole, the Oat trade was steady, and prices were fairly supported. Beans were a very slot/ sales at barely late rates. Peas moved off heavily at, In some in tances, a decline of is per quarter. The best Flour was held at high prices. The inferior kinds, as well as Indian Corn and Meal, were neglected. CURLENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 565 to 5 " Red, New.... 37s to 44s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 40s 48s Lincolnsli., Feed. 143 1611 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Led. • 38s 40s Youghal and Cork. Ditto, White ••• • .. ls 418 Black . 13s 154 Irish, Red ........ 38e 4115 Cork, white..... 14s 1 7, Ditto,White.. •• .. 40s 43s Scotch, Feed.-- 185 21 Rye—Old ••• • • 24s 255 Beans—Tick 261 3 ! New. •••• • • .. .• 248 25s Pigeons 30s 21 : Barley—Grinding 205 23s Peas—Grey 265 2 1 Malting ... • . 24s 265 Maple ..... ••• • • • 271 2- Chevalier .......265 30s White ••• • • 2 70 %fait —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .... • ... 298 3 ,,1 a f01k... 56s Flour—Town-made .•• 3 50 4 v 2 : Brown .•••• • • • . • 445 47s Suffolk .... • 3ra Kingston and Ware 555 565 Stocktsi & Norfolk 30e a'. SEED DICARJECIZT. We had a steady sale for Clover seed to-day, at full,' last week's quotations. All other seeds, including eske9o moved off slowly. Up to the Bth inst., duty was paid cal 136,037 cwts. of Clover seed, against 97,219 ditto during the corresponding period in 1848. Turnip,lVhite, per bush. Its to 11s Carraway ............ 299 . 11 ! ) : Red and °teen.... 108 lls Coriander 16s t" . Mustard, 8r0wn.... . Is 12s Ilempseed, per quarter 328 a d .. 4 White ••••• • • • .. Gs Is' Linseed, Eng,sowing.. 545 •"/ Tares, New Winter.. 5s Od 5s 6d Crushing ........ 40 5 . 3 0 01d............ .. 49 5s Baltic •• .. 385 lie Canary, per quarter • . 78s 88s Odessa ... ..... 425 Rye grass •••• . • • ... 20s 24s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo tat Oil Clover, Itcd (cwt.) 35s 50s English .9/ Os L.; White ........ . • 35s 50s Foreign, per ton 610 s t og Foreign Red . 32s 426 Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ 58 4 ' :00 White •• .. 30s 418 Rapeseed, New, pr lat 28/ Os 29/ Trefoil ...• .• • ..... 14s 18s THE GREAT Cil ISTMAS CATTL. MAIIKET.—(THIS DAY.) ;ge Although it has been our pleasing duty for a ser - 4 ofd ears past to report the proceedings in this market (e. ri ce in doing so we have invariably endeavoured to do jus te , 0 equally to the grazier, salesman and butcher, as tu a accuracy of our furnished statements respecting derail% and value fully testify) —we, from the number of ruraou, afloat in various quarters during last week on the e °br jest of the supply of Beasts expected here this morel , to form what is termed the Great Christmas Marla have seldom felt so much curiosity to ascertain t 7 ,4 numerical strength and quality of the stock exhibited :1 on the present occasion. Ardent admirers as we are b v t the wonderful perfection to which stock has been broug ho in most parts of the United Kingdom, through b . instrumentality of the extraordinary exertions elf to grazing community, we cannot but admit ti.',,, the show to-day exceeded our most sange,l „ , expectations. Almost every county and e l i p trict in England appeared to vie W t i ffl each other for the palm of excellence, and, as might,.. i . expected, we had not a few wonders from Scotland; we ll ui t Ireland, as well as Hollar.d and some other continee u , countries, poured in a portion of their superfluous st oc 9 , Such was the extensive nature of the "movement" Yee terday, that the various railway companies, notwithsta e t ii, ing their vast locomotive powers, experienced no °T o g nary difficulty in forwarding the Beasts and Sheep 9° , 0 1 their different lines. Devonshire did its best to etztr' ss . 4 P its more stately friends, the Herefords; the well-buil t 'd powerful shorthorns were, from this being the hcigh t a i e their "season," by no means second in the race; li , e s men of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex showed tamns ev o i fully alive to this most interesting exhibition; these o p Sussex contributed some "ancient wonders," and th ° so in the midland countie s for war d e d stoc k o f a first" „ f ,, "re class; Northumberland, Cumb er l a nd, D u rham, and `a . s e Westmoreland were, thanks to rapid communios" h - o e well represented. Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee, and e t " a parts of Scotland, sent their black and mouse-cob : 10 sleek and healthy-looking animals. Years since se' ta t was any difficulty experienced in determining, alos os r a a glance, the actual quarters whence the Waste "'f e e derived on any given market day; but matters are 03 1 0i 1 altered now. The Devon breeds, which at the above Pc,isio 44, were chiefly to be met with only in certain loca ll have spread themselves almost over the whole coue` try and it is a well-ascertained fact that nearly, or cluitigfor i many, shorthorns and Herefords are now fatten e",..0 this market in Norfolk and Suffolk as Scots, for vvP ro , latter breed these two countries have long atood,S, e' eminent. The Herefords and short-horns have , r t "„ i r eci fore, almost entirely taken the place of tl e far ' 11 „ - for homebrods, very few of which have mil ed hiall' dal some considerable time past. A reference to the 0 1 11 returns at foot will show the great extent of the 911 ;01, here to-day. That its quality, weight, and Wu% 0 5 exceeded to some considerable extent the exhibiti°6ool former periods, has been admitted by all Pre c i o - ere men. It was therefore somewhat difficult for us t° 0 00 a just comparison of the different breeds. After 0 .4 , 3 % careful examination, we have arrived at the foll ° "ce conclusions :—The gencrel supply of short-hor us sar ceeded anything we ever before witnessed in everYfroso titular, combining number and quality; the P e the stood next. Quality alone considered, added th e be, weight of a limited number, the Herefords tolVdeee classed with the first-mentioned breed ; and so i t t er- t , might be the Scots. The Durhans, runts, and all ;ieee stock were unusually good. It will therefore be petcd ego that the arrangement of quality—taking weight e n t boo 9 into consideration—has been beset with difficelties9., e pte, resulting solely from the evenness of the eggt o o (34 ,; supply. The arrangements made for the recer or dee stock were as perfect as the limited space i ff eas t admitted; but we much regretted to see suel i ah il e cos ; amount of property so packed together, as was, t he on this occasion. Extreme were the dw — orrei and risk in getting among the beasts , ~ c itifi of which, though sold in the early part of ti "o,oo' could not be removed till a late hour. It is her e , li s t ye t° sary for us to explain that the great market l epl br . was held a week earlier, viz., on the 11th of Dec „alba This will account for the great difference in thee ': 3 ie eo 1 of beasts shown this morning and the same P be es ° it 1848. The annexed statement shows the Ilut ° , lo o Q . " beasts exhibited, and the prices obtained for " the "great days" during the last ten years :-- e ° ' Years. Beasts shown. Prie d• F. d. s ', o 1839 1 ) S40 1841 1842 ....... ....... 4,541 1843 3 0 to 4 s 1844 ... 5,713 1845 3 0 6 .... 1816 A to 58 1847 - 4 8 9 )‘ 1848 The appearance of the market, long of day, was very remarkable. Lights wer e m ight all directions, iu order that the stook )4 0L beforeirconviog : r" .. _ _ , c,n ; in (1.4.3 Rot Ant Ost, Con Wee Sam Inferlo• Second Prim e Prim e Larg e c Prun e a ucklin Interim Sin ( treat conve l 12000 hand, 'la ug h gr)od, imam tendtr teef,th Pr CoYI pr York. Ditto Scotch Ditt o t Ditt o 1 Blues - rink Arica Wisbes bitto I I\levfca Stock i Price ( beliv e bit to i Art i va Ditto 1 P rice ( 9f pi Tg. 1 uanu PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette states that the reply of the Prussian Cabinet to the protest of Austria against the convocation of the German Parliament is couched in very energetic terms. This journal says that the Bavarian Minister in London having observed to the English Cabinet that it was the duty of the Euro pean powers to protect the little states of Germany against the encroachments of Prussia, that Cabinet replied that it saw nothing which imposed on Euro pean powers either the right or the duty to meddle in the affairs of Germany. The same journal publishes a letter from Berlin, of the 13th, which says that the last note of Austria to the Prussian Government was written at the re quest of the four Kings of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Hanover, and Saxony ; and that protests of a similar tenor would shortly follow from their respective Governments. Another correspondent of the same journal, writing on the 13th, says a note from Ba varia, dated the Bth of December, adhering to the contents of the Austrian note, had arrived at Berlin on the 12th. _ The Prussian budget for 1850 calculates the re ceipts at 91,302,353 thalers, and the ordinary ex penses at 91,293,140 thalers, extraordinary expenses 4,934,213. HAN OVER. In the sitting of the llanoverian Chamber of De puties on the 11th, the report of the Government on the negotiations relative to the German question was read. It stated that Hanover and Saxony would adhere to the treaty of 26th May, for a restricted federal state, provided an attempt should be seriously made to promote the unity of Germany ; but that it appeared to the Ilanoverian Government that thus far that had not been done. BADEN. The Prussian Government has just charged M. DE SAVIGNY to demand from the Grand Duchy of Baden 3,000,000 florins for the expenses of the intervention against the insurgents. The Baden Government will submit the application to the Chambers on their meeting, as the demand for intervention was addressed direct to the King of PRUSSIA; but with respect to applications for indemnities which have been made by Nassau, Wurtemburg, &c., the Baden Govern ment has declared that they fall to the charge of the Central Government of Frankfort. HOLLAND. The King of HOLLAND has just conceded gratui tously, to the Maestricht and Aix la-Chapelle Rail way Company, for a term of ninety years, the large coal mines which he possesses at Kerkrael. Thanks to this royal munificence, the works of the railway will be immediately commenced on several points near Maastricht, and pushed on with the greatest ac tivity. Preparations have already been made for forming an embankment in the valley of Eyckthal, accross which the railway will pass, and, according to the proposed plan, unite together all the principal towns of Limbourg. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 14.—The first import of Cali fornia gold was brought into our market to-day by the Netherlands Commercial Company. The two, which together weighed 600 ounce?, contained 883-1,000 fine gold to 110 1,000 and 111-1,000 silver. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople of the 28,1 ult. have been received. It is said that the Austrian Envoy has expressed his determination to support the Porte in its opposition to the new and extravagant demands of Russia. The Russian Envoy has expressed himself satisfied with the explanations offered on the subject of the entrance of the British fleet into the Dardanelles. The fleet was in Bashika Bay on the 28th. Russia has 31,000 men and 48 pieces of cannon in the Danubian Principalities in direct violation of the treaty of Balti-Limen. ITALY. A letter from Rome, of the 7th inst., states that the POPE appears to be inclined to look to the Emperor of RUSSIA for support rather than to submit to the French. It was believed that his IkeiNess would not return to his capital for some time at least. A litter from Turin, 10th inst., in the Debais, says—" The elections commenced yesterday through. out the whole kingdom of Piedmont. If they con tinue as they have begun, the KING and the Ministry will be secure of having a strong majority, and there will be some hope of seeing a regular constitutional state established here. Twenty-four nominations have been already made known, out of which 1 eighteen may be regarded as purely Ministerial; three belong to what are called the Left Centre, and three only to the Radical Opposition. The Opposition has already lost seven. Three Ministers have been al ready elected, M. D'AZAGLIO, Minister of Foreign Af fairs; M. SANTA RosA, Minister of Commerce; and M. GALVAGNO, Minister of the Interior. The nomina tion of M. PINELLT, ex-Minister of the Interior, and whom the Ministry had been obliged, or believed themselves to be obliged to sacrifice to the exigencies of the Opposition, is very significative. M. PINELLI has been elected at Turin itself, although it is cer tain that he will be also elected in the provinces. At i Turin, which is divided into seven colleges, the Conservative party has gained a complete triumph; no uneasiness had however been ever felt as to the result of the elections in Turin, from the fact of but few voters abstaining from the exercise of their rights ; if such were to be the case throughout the country, it is certain that the Chamber would be very Conservative. But Turin is, in the first place, the capital where the greatest political movement exists; in the next place it is a city where electors can pass through paved streets to the polling places, while in the country districts it is not so convenient, particularly in weather like the present. For the last week the cataracts of heaven appear to have been opened, and with but little prospect, at present, of their being closed. The communal roads in this country are abominable, and become almost impassable after a few days' rain. Added to this, the electoral law has fixed the chief town of each district as the place of voting, so that the country voters have some of them several leagues to walk to give their votes. Another impediment also exists, in the mode of taking the votes, which compels the elector either to return on the following day or stop two days in the place, a sacrifice which few are inclined to make. It is for that reason that, notwith standing the result of the nominations already known, a hasty opinion must not be formed as to the final returns. There are 204 nominations to be made, and only twenty-four are yet known. Everything, however, looks well. P.S. It has just been announced that the five elections for Chambery are , all in favour of the Constituticnal party." The Concordia, the most democratic journal of Piedmont, states it as its opinion that the democratic party will be left in a minority at the present elec tions. Up to the llth the elections known at Turin were 44, amongst whom 21 State functionaries. The Left had lost eleven deputies in that num ber. According to the Concordia the proportions are as follows :-I!elinisterialists, 22 ; Opposi tion, 16 ; uncertain, but probably Ministerial, 6. The Corriere Mercantile has the elections of Genoa and the coast the majority belong to the Left Centre. M. PARETO has been elected at Genoa, M. RADICE at Vercelli, and M. SANGUINETTI at Chiavari. The Courrier des Alpes gives the elections of Savoy up to the 12th, the result are nine Ministerialists and three Oppositionists. The Legge of Turin states the numbers (not including Savoy) at 35 for Ministers, '22 for the Opposition, and 3 for the Left Centre; to which, adding the 15 of Savoy, hitherto known, the numbers will stand as follows :—Mi nisterialists, 47 ; Opposition and Left Centre, 28. The Osservatore Romano of the 4th says that there is an intention of restoring the order of Knights of Malta as it was formerly constituted. e w