The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

they would do it much better and much cheaper, and will only do whet is necessary. Put them under an engineer if you please, but let him be an engineer who has been at see, and has no interest in unnecessarily pulling the engine to pieces. We have already begun: t. "make steam-boilers at Portsmouth, and if they are not stopped we shall soon have the yard as full of useless boilers as Woolwich is now. My opinions relative to the steam-navy have been so often made public that it is unnecessary to repeat them. I shall merely observe that we are still working in the dark and blundering on. Four steam-frigates of 400- horse power have been laid down by the present board; they will prove, I fear, much too shallow for frigates, will not have a clear deck, and I doubt whether they will have stowage. I have only seen two of them, neither of which have their stern battery properly ar ranged, and singular as it may appear one steam-frigate is fitting at Portsmouth, in a part of a yard, to bring her guns on the stern and quarter, while another is building in another part of the same yard with only 4i feet between the stern ports, much too close to fight them with effect. With respect:to the screw-steamers, as yet we have not been very successful. The line-of-battle ships, as far as speed goes, have done very well; but the stowage is almost entirely taken up with machinery. Th e A m p hion has been a long while in hand, and I hope will do well. The Termagant with a full power of 620-horse, has no deck fot her crew (they are on the gundeek), only stows 370 tons of coals, and steams about eight knots and a half; mounts 24 guns, and has very bad stowage. The Arrogant, with an auxiliary screw, is much better, has more room, and goes nearly as fast. The Dauntless is lengthening, and I hope will improve; and I think we have arrived at a certainty that the screw can only be used with effect as an auxiliary, and must be compared to a man sculling a boat. This will give more room, and the ships will be more efficient for all purposes. The Reynard and Plumper sloops are much too small : The former was not sere with heavy guns, but that is now improved with a light armament. I shall say nothing of Encounter, as she has not been re ported upon, but she, like all the rest, carries much too little fuel. With respect to the iron vessels, by a return laid before Parliament, dated January 25, 1847, we had launched, and are building, no leas than 33. They have already cost 376,7981. With respect to their efficiency liar vessels of war, I shall leave the late Board of Admiralty to settle that question with the pre sent Board, who seem to disapprove of them altogether, and are fitting them out for troop ships, for two reasons, first, because they do not consider iron as a proper material for ships of war, as it has been proved that shot knock them to pieces; and, secondly, because they could not on trial carry their weights. The Birkenhead, Vulcan, and Megara come under that category. They have been fitted with smaller engines, and so has the Simoom ; and so totally igno rant are we of what we are about, that we have put into her smaller engines, though she is more eapable of carrying what was first intended ; and they have put into the Greenock the engines that were first intended, though she was incapable of carrying them. She has engines of 564-horse power, can only stow 349 tons of coals, and her midship port is little more than four feet out of the water, and is to be made a troop ship of. What these iron vessels will cost Ido not know, but I hope some Member of Parliament will move for a return. I think I have shown that what Captain Rous stated in Parliament is not far wrong— that a great part of the national debt has been incurred in building ships and pulling them to pieces. I now take leave of your Lordship with a recommen dation that you should alter the composition of the Board of Admiralty. How, my Lord, is it possible that the affairs of the navy can be well conducted by four naval officers, with a civilian at their head, who knows nothing, and a civilian at their tail who knows less than nothing, all working in different rooms and not knowing what each other are about? Depend upon it, if you do not the coun try sill take it out of your hands. The navy is a favourite profession, and no one wishes to roe its efficiency impaired, hut no ono will countenance the extravagant manner in which it is conducted. I have been blamed for writing and publishing my letters. My answer has invariably been that I have tried all other ways in va'n. Little or no attention is paid to the suggestions of officers, and as a proof of it I shall observe that I have attended the fitting of the Sidon, in which ship it is natural that I should take an interest, and on seeing things done to her which I disapproved of, and which I represented to the Admiralty, they did not even condescend to give a reply till I came to town and mentioned it, and then it was too late. I have no view, my Lord, in writing to you but to correct the evils that weigh down upon the navy of the country. Your Lordship must be quite aware that my observations cannot be agreeable to men in office, and will most probably bring down on me their wrath; but I have too high an opinion of your Lord ship's good sense and love for your country to suppose for a moment that an officer telling your Lordshfp the wholesome truth will displease you.—l have the honour to remain your Lordship's obedient servant, CHARLES NAPIER. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " MR. WARRENNE,' " MARGARET CAPEL," &c. On Tuesday will be published, in 3 N ols., post Bvo.. K I N G'S C 0 P A NOVEL. By the Author of " Mr. Warrenne," " Margaret Capel," &e. Blehard Bentley, New Burlington-street. QU 'TABLE ASSURANCE OFFICE, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. A Special General Court of this Society will be holden here on TUasDAY, the 18th of December instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely a and a Special Court will be holden at the same time, in parsuaneo of a Requisition made to the Actuary by Nino Members of the General Court. A Special General Court will also be holden here On THITII3DAY, th• , 90th December instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely. By order of the Court of Directors, ARTHUR 31ORGAN, Actuary, TIIEATRI ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brornoton. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF MR. MACREADY'S APPEARANCE. THIS EVENING 11111 be perforated OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Maeready ; Digo, V:r. J. Wallack ; Desdemona, Miss Bey nolds ; Emilia, Mrs. Warner. To be followed by the successful and laughable Farce, called en 4LARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstono ; Stu; in Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with THE PAS DE FASCINATION. On Monday, Dec. 10, Mr. and Mrs. Kl' AN will make their appmar- Ince in the Play of the WIFE'S SECRET. The Box-oftise is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOVI COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed - fsrd, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DC • MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grnmly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. °runic:J. Airs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUN - BLUM 3 SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twin Its, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Sunbury, Mrs..l;•. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madam:. Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. Will IA performed a comic drama, called A. PRACTICAL MA.711. To be followed by DELICATE GROUND. After which HE WOULD LE AN ACTOR. To conclude with BUSING THE WIND. Dress Boxes 53. Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Plt, 20. ; Gallery, ls. ) 7, - So half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, New Bond-street. FitlisiCESS' TILE AZLE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lease , ) and Manager. THIS EVEIiTtiG, Will be performed DON PASQUALE. After which, the Extravaganza Of THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. ASTLEY'3 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with the Grand national and magnificent Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, in which Mr. Edward Gomersal will appear in his original character of Napoleon. Ater which Batty's SCENES OF TIIE ARENA. The intervals bet: een the various acts of Horsemanship Will be enlivened by Messrs. T. Barry, E. Jackson, and Wheale. Box-office open from Eleven till Fotr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. We.a. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Wo are unavoidably compelled, in consequence of a press of matter, to leave over until to-morrow a communi cation on the subject of "Savings' Banks." WA'rEtt AT LOND( Tiiu DAY —Morning, 18 min. after 7 1 Evening, 52 min. after 7 T.-Mouaow —Vorning, 28 min. after S 1 Evening. 5 min, after WEATHER.—Seu O2zzcE, DEC. 7. TLEANOMETER Lowest, 37; Efir.rhe3t, 47; Noon, 44. BARONETE n., 29.6. WIND E.S.E.—dull, cloudy weather. 50,r7 -Ke n t i.4 .- ' 4117‘7..4rV5' 4 r • ; 4 07.4 -t _ .V SN4LW alit! LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1849. Such an inquiry as the one adventured upon by Sir CHARLES NAPIER in the elaborate document pub lished in this evening's impression of our journal cannot, if reasonably conducted, but prove singularly advantageous. It is none o th er , i n s h ort, t h an an investigationinto the state and capacities of the ma ritime force of England. Taking the memorable assertions of two distinguished members of the Le gislature as the text of hid argument, our indefati gable sea captain endeavours at once to examine the accuracy or inaccuracy of the statements that the world might be commanded by a well-manned navy and a full exchequer, and that a considerable portion of the national debt has been incurred by building ships and pulling them to pieces. With out concurring with the Admiral in all his positions, differing indeed with him in many particulars, it is impossible for us nevertheless to close our eyes to the many stubborn truths which he has here articulated. I , An the outset of his argument Sir CHARLES has _ 7 l4ukted, severally, the opinions of Captain Rous and cif DEENEY—at the outset of ours we would clatoce‘ a remark uttered upon the same subject iW Ews f~{ /~:. -' { _ ~t~L THE SUN, LONDON, their interests by joining in an unmeaning chorus, which they had been taught for political purposes•'' This is unquestionably the truth. Let the people consider their real position ; let them inquire for themselves, whether the so-called protection, the corn monopoly, be really a landlord's or a tenant's question, and Ns hether the great body of the people would be benefited by the re-imposition of an oppres sive and grinding tax upon the first necessary of life. We promise, on the part of the Free-traders, that they will not shrink from the discussion. Let the point in dispute be approached in a calm, a reasoning, an unprejudiced spirit, and let a cool and well considered judgment be formed. If the conclusion should be arrived at that the evils and the sufferings by which the industrious classes—as well the manufacturing as the agricultural popula tion—are afflicted are not occasioned by the abolition of the sliding scale, let the existing causes of the general distress and misery be fully and closely investigated. Can they be accounted for in any degree by our fiscal, financial, or monetary sys tems ? Is the unjust, unequal, and oppressive taxation of ,the country, the profligate and lavish expenditure in our national establishments, or the want of a sufficient representative of value, of a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country—or any, and which of them, in any, and what degree accountable for the acknowledged grievances under which the nation groans. Would not the establishment of a sound and judicious system of currency, not subject to ruinous alternations of value that involve the destruc tion of property, and the stoppage of industry, at once afford the safest and the most equitable description of protection to British industry of every kind ? The prosperity which the nation enjoyed during the early part of the present century, its un paralleled power of raising enormous funds and carrying on a sanguinary and expensive war, was not owing to that war, hut simply because the intensity of the crisis required that the rules of the cunning quacks should be set aside. Then, indeed, "farming" was a remunerative and profitable occupation. Agriculturists flourished and accumulated, although the monetary transactions of the country were carried on with " inconvertible paper," with the much despised " rags and lampblack," against which the bullionists so loudly rail. Let Mr. DISRAELI direct his mind to these points, and see whether he cannot bring fcrward propositions that will enlist the sym• pathies of the industrious classes without exception, and make him the leader of a great popular move ment. The subject is well worthy of mature and attentive consideration. There is much to be said for the suggestions in favour of a more equal distribution of the local rates and taxes that press so heavily on the owners of real property. We have long asserted that poor rates, charges for public prosecutions, &c., should be thrown upon the National Exchequer, in place of being raised by local charges. But such a course will require a revision of the whole fiscal sys tem. We must not get rid of one species of injustice by inflicting an infinitively greater wrong ; we must not dispense with local taxation, if a vast addition to the indirect taxation should be thereby rendered necessary. The burden should not be ex clusively borne by real property—personal should bear its full share, as in justice and equity it ought to do. Let the "land-tax" be equitably adjusted according to the original intention of the Legislature, and it will be nearly, if not alto gether, sufficient to defray the entire expenditure of the country, including poor-rates and every local charge. Let, then, the agriculturists consider whether it would not be better to pay a single rate of 4s. in the pound, and to be exempted from every other claim of any nature or description whatsoever ? We cannot doubt what will be their answer. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. A great sensation was created among the fre quenters of the political salons of Paris, by the state ment that the Government had, in the course of Wednesday afternoon, received from Madrid a tee graphic dispatch announcing that her MAJESTY the Queen of SPAIN is eseeinte. She has completed the third month of her pregnancy. The dispatch was, immediately after its receipt, communicated to the Duke of SOTOMAYOR, the Spanish Ambassador at Paris. The communication has been made in an official form by her MmEsTr's medical attendants at Madrid to the Spanish Government. The National Assembly was engaged on Wednes day in discussing the alterations proposed to be made in the law of electoral circumscriptions. In the course of the debate General CAVAIGNAC declared that his opinion was unvaried that the proposition was unconstitutional. The election in the communes was the exception, and that in the cantons the rule. "I have only to add," said the Hon. General, " that not long since a Committee declared the Constitution to be defective; now we have one proposing to us to violate it. That I consider a most objectionable symptom, and I deem it my duty to point it out to the attention of the Assembly." _ Shortly afterwards General BEDEAU rose, and said that he certainly thought that the vote by commune was the best course to be pursued, yet he was arrested in that opinion by a scruple. He could not but think that the text of the Constitution did not permit the proposition to be adopted.—(Noise.) He said so because he considered that the Constitution ought to be observed to the letter. In the present case he felt a doubt if that were done, and in his doubt he stopped short—all being bound to observe the Constitution. These emphatic declarations by Generals CAYAIG ivac and BEDEAU, that all are bound to observe the Constitution, are considered by many persons as ex ceedingly significant. The Committee charged to examine the question of transportation h as ma d e c h o i ce o f th e pl ace w h ere prisoners are to he sent to. It is to be, for convicts of the first class (that is, for those to be confined in a citadel), the island of Weithaon ; and for those of the second class the island of Noukaiva, both forming part of the Marquise group. It is said that M. BASE is to propose an additional article, running thus :—" Persons condemned to transportation cannot be transferred from the place fixed on for their punishment unless in virtue of a Epee:ill Bill." The debate was adjourned. The Council of Discipline of the Order of Advo cates assembled on Wednesday evening, under the presidency of M. lluvenmen, in the absence of M. BOINVILLIERS, the Batonnier, who was absent from illness. M. CREMIEUX and M. JULES FAVILE, and eight other advocates who defended the prisoners before the High Court at Versailles, were present, and laid before the Council their means of defence. M. MICIIEL (de Bourges) Lot bel..nging to the Paris bar, could nut be summoned to attend. The result of the deliberations has not yet transpired. Intelligence has been communicated to the Minis ter of Agriculture and Commerce, by the represen tatives of the Haute Saone, of the breaking out of the cholera in the town of Gray. The number of deaths there has been within the last few days as many as ISO, an amount cut of all proportion to the population. Fortunately the neighbouring districts were still safe. The Patric states that the various rumours respect ing . diplomatic changes, as mentioned in some of the Paris papers, are unfounded, and amongst others that of General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS being replaced at Rome by M. DE RAYNEVAE. The PRaSIDENT o f th e R epu bli c, b e i ng s li g hl ty indisposed, was unable on Wednesday to preside over the Council of Ministers which was held at the Elysee. M. FRANCOIS Artano, ex-Member of the Provi sional Government, and M. liirtex SAY have been delegated by the Council General of the Seine, the one as President, and the other as Secretary of the Council, to invite the PRESIDENT of the Republic to the banquet which will be given at the Hotel de Ville on the 10th inst. The Minding' de Soir thus announces the fall of Zaatcha : "We read in a private letter relative to the affair of Zaatcha:—At the departure of the last courier, a report was current in Algiers that the oasis had at tenth been carried by our troops after a desperate resistance. The works ably directed were advanced to the wa'l, and even under the Kisbah. A mine having blown ,, up the fort, the assault was made with complete &uccess. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Thursday, at 57f. 50e. ; the Five per Cents. at 91f.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 750 f. ; Rouen, 5-10 f.; Havre, 235 f. ; Great Northern, 446 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 217 f, 50c.; Vierzon, 315 f.; Basle, 102 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 402 r. 50c.; Paris and Strasburgb, 357 f. 50e. ; Tours and Nantes, 277 f. 50e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE by the great NAPOLEON. On his passage to St. Helena the EMPEROR spoke these words—" England has ships, colonies, and commerce; with ships, colonies, and commerce she commands the seas ; the power that commands the seas commands Europe." Now, the preservation of the two latter instruments of our national greatness is manifestly impracticable without the maintenance of the former. Without ships it is clearly impossible to preserve either commerce or colonies. Ships con sequently are the chief necessity of a power like that of England. They constitute her principal safe guard ; they are the sole sureties for her exist ence; they are at once the produce and the origin of her supremacy. Hence it .is that the declaration of Mr. TIERNEY, " Give me a well-manned navy, and a full exchequer, and I will defy the world," is only an echo of the remark previously made by the Emperor NAPOLEON, "Eng land has ships, colonies, and commerce ; with ships colonies, and commerce she commands the seas; the power that commands the seas commands Europe." That remark is deserving of repetition until it becomes an adage among the people, and a guiding rule with the Government. Let it be remembered that the assertion was made by the greatest of our enemies, that it was pronounced by him with a noble magnani mit y even after ha had been immolated on the British hearth, whets he advanced towards us like THEMISTOCLES. In that brief but pregnant sentence he indicated at once the secret of our national greatness and of our maritime supremacy. Ships, colonies, and commerce—and without ships neither the possibility of commerce nor of colonies. The truth of this is forced upon us by common sense ; altogether it is the inevitable result of one instant's reflection. And in consequence of the recognition of a fact so glaringly undeniable it becomes a matter of moment to discover whether or no the declaration of Captain Rous, that " a great part of the national debt has been incurred in building ships and pulling them to pieces," is accurate. Proving to be correct in many particulars, it argues either a wonderful incapacity or a most culpable extrava gance—a grievous fault on the part either of the authorities at the Admiralty or of the persons em ployed by them in the products of naval architecture. In either case the grievance is quite sufficient to require searching inquiry, immediate improvement, and ultimately the complete dissipation of such abuses. Any one who will have the industry, courage, and perseverance to forward the cause of a reform so directly bearing upon the vitality of the empire, will be labouring► practically for the achievement of one of the noblest deeds of patriotism ; for on the efficiency of the naval power of the country its real strength and continued prosperity are mainly if not altogether dependent. Upon that basis reposes the vast superstructure of our colonial grandeur and of our commercial wealth. To connive, therefore, at any long continuance of a system of waste in the building of our vessels would be to wink, not; only at those who are thereby shamefully abstracting moneys from the Exchequer, but are absolutely purloining the talisman of our national strength. Those who have the insanity and turpitude to act thus are nothing less than the DALILAUS of England. While, however, the necessity becomes more and more visible every day for the removal of long-standing abuses in the way of ship building, abuses whereby a preposterous amount of public money is frittered away in profitless experi ments, another kind of improvement is not less in cumbent upon our naval administrators, namely, the adoption of every novel means for the :enhancement of the efficiency of our ships-of-war. Very far, in deed, are we from applauding the attempted applica tion to the navy of every new-fangled scheme pro pounded by every adventurer. What we mean is simply the acceptar.ce of the suggestions of all acknowledged science, the adaptation to the instruments of our maritime greatness, of all the ad vantages hitherto used with so much security and success in our peaceful transactions. Steam, for exam ple,with all its subordinate but inestimable appliances, has grown already not merely into a want, but into an absolute necessity. The mere circumstance of its rapid introduction into the other navies of the world would be enough to force upon us the conviction that its acceptance by ourselves is imminently re quisite. To this end, therefore, it is essential that the attention of every naval reformer should be directed, not less than to the removal of so many long-existing abuses from our dockyards. Ad ditions on the one side are not less demanded than reductions on the other ; and so soon as the truth of this can be recognised by the Admiralty we shall be spared the misery of seeing so much unnecessary botching and cobbling, and in lieu of that shall be gratified with witnessing the construction of a steam navy worthy of the empire possessing naval su premacy. The gathering of the Protectionists at Reigate, to which we alluded yesterday, was followed by a meet ing of a very different character, although avowedly held for the purpose of promoting the same objects. The members and friends of the " Bucks Association for the Relief of Real Property" assembled at New port Pagnell on Wednesday, to hold council together, and to hear the man whose energy and talents at once establish his claim to the leadership' of a party of which he is facile intsinceps. There was not that lugubrious revelry, that strange mixture of sorrowing and feasting, of lamentation and conviviality, that distinguished the Reigate agriculturists. The men of Bucks were not prepared to abandon the contest in despair because they cannot attain the full extent of their desires without trouble or difficulty. They do not give in their adhesion to the vague and undetermined policy recommended by Lord STANHOPE and his associates. They are ready " to commit themselves to distinct pro positions" when satisfied of their justice and expediency. There can be no question as to which is the more manly and straightforward course, or which line of conduct is more worthy of Englishmen, who feel themselves to be involved in circumstances of difficulty and danger. The Reigate " faineants" will orignate no bold or comprehensive measures from which any degree of relief may be obtained. They proclaim their com plete and irretrievable ruin, but they declare that no person shall attempt to ameliorate their condition, or offer any practicable suggestion on their behalf. Nothing but the immediate disso lution of Parliament will content them, a matter wholly beyond their own control. They will not - work with the means within their reach, but cry out for something which it is certain will not be con ceded. If an appeal to the country were to be made, there is no decided line of policy on which the voice of public opinion is to be pronounced. All is doubt and mystery, vagueness and uncertainty. " Protec tion to British industry" is their only cry ; but they will not condescend to explain the nature of that protection, or what is to be understood by the unmeaning phrase. According to Lord STANHOPE, the Magnus Apollo of the meeting, it is something that is " to give all working men throughout the country constant employment and fair wages." That is, indeed, an object for which all would labour, but how is it to be attained ? That is the great question on which all information is studiously withheld, which each man will guess at according to his own peculiar fancies, and which would give rise to innu merable dissensions and disputes when the day of action has at length arrived. On the other hand, the yeomen of Buckingham shire are prepared at once to enter into the field of argument, to discuss the various points fairly and openly, to convince or be convinced by their oppo nents. They prove themselves worthy antagonists, whom we must respect although we may dissent from their views. There is every hope for and of such persons. Their eloquent and talented Member so fully vindicated the propriety of such a course, and castigated vigour that anrecommendedd efficiency as t a o t leavethe advocat es o f a po li cy so di sgrace f u l and injurious as Rei gbautte,litwtliethtu b e s om s u a c i said on the subject. 110 showed that the "real curse of the land of England is because, ,for years, the owners and occupiers of the land have been too content to deal only in phrases—that they have not inquired into facts—that they have not known their own powers— that they have not understood their own duties, or comprehended the designs of their opponents—that for I a lung time they imagined that they were guarding LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 6. Boulogne and Amiens, C% —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12:!4—East Indian, 4—Luxembourg, 1 A — Ditto, 13g—Nottliern of France, 2 1 , dis. Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 1 4 Paris and Romn, 22—Paris and Stras bourg, 6 , / s —Rouen and Havre, 9%—Sambre and Meuse, 2% —Tours and Nante?, 4. THE COFFIN OE:HER LATE 'MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—It is not intended to exhibit the coffin which is to contain the remains of her late Majesty the queen I)owager, FRIDAY EVENING- DECEMBER 7 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have been received. It was confidently stated in Madrid that the QUEEN was enceinte. This rumour has since been confirmed by the receipt Gf a telegraphic dispatch by the French Government. _ _ . MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 29.—The funds remained. firm. The Three per Cents. at 291 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 111; the Five per Cents. 111; the Debt without Interest at 3i for paper ; and the Coupons at 7 for cash. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. CENTRAL GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort of the 2d states that serious difficulties have arisen to prevent the installa tion of the ad interim Central Administration, which was expected to take place on the Ist. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW!!;. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, including 1,500 on speculation. tt The transactions comprised 200 Brezil at 61d. to eld., I 21'0 Egyptian at 7d. to 70., and 300 Surat at 41d. to 4-Bd. per 15.—1 n Railway Shares a fair business was done, at full priers. The arrivals of foreign Wheat returned to-day in Mark lane amount to 17,340 qrs. In the Mincing. lane mai kets this week there has been a moderate business done. The transactions can hardly be called extensive, but they are mostly legi timate, and there is great firmness still in coffee, Ceylon having the preference. Sugar has been rather dull, though British Plantation has within the last two days had a briiker sale. Rice is rather in favour. Cassia Liget° has dropped materially after the late important rise, and Cotton is heavy at id. per lb. decline. Wool at the auctions supports the advance of Id. to lid. per lb. Tea of the new crop has been in request. Upon the Metal market we have the following monthly report from Mr. W. Short, a broker :—lron—We have experienced an improvement in Welsh bars. The stock in Wales being exceedirgly light, hes induced dealers and others to come forward, and large purchases have been made from makers at prices ranging from 4/. 12s. 6cl. up to 5/. per ton, free on board in Wales. Most of the makers are now asking 5/. ss. per ton. Rails are firm at 51. to 51.55., according to sect En. Following the movement in Welsh bars, Scotch pig iron advanced to 48s. to 495. per ton cash, for mixed numbers, free on board at Glasgow, but the stocks in Scotland being large (the reverse of the case with bars in Wales) no inducement was offer, d to substantial buyers, and the advance has in consequence not been sustained. The price may now be quoted 455. to 465. per ton, mixed numbers of ordinary brands; 48s. to 48a ed. No. 1, Gartsherrie. Staffordshire iron has been in moderate request. Swedish iron and keg steel are held firm at quotations. Copper is in fair demand, with prices firm as quoted. Tin is in good demand. The price of English is firm, and foreign has advanced a shade. Tin Plates are in fair requ, st, with prices on the advance. Lead has been in much request, and an advance of full 103. por ton has bees established. Speller—Owing to the speculations at Hamhurgh the price of this article advanced, about the middle of the month, to 151. 15s. to 16/. per ton, with considerable inquiry, but since then it has not been in request, though holders are firm at my quotation of 15/. 103. The stocks in warehouse at Ist instant were 3,930 tons, against 2,550 tons at same period last year. Quicksilver has advanced to 3'. 4d. per lb. The advices received to-day from Amsterdam state that the Funds were very firm there. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. 54 1-16, and Spanish Three per Cents. 28 11-16, being a further improvement. Peruvian and Grenada Bonds were also rising. At Frankfort, on the 4th instant, Austrian Bonds were down to 84 for Money, and 841 for Account, with a dull Bourse, owing to the non-arrival of the courier from Vienna, detained by the heavy fall of snow. Spanish Three per Cents. were 291 for Account. At Hamburgh last Saturday, Spanish Three per Cents opened tolerably firm, but declined a little subse quently, and other stocks were dull. The weather at Dantzic on the 26th ult. was very severe, the cold being at 12 degrees. The following is a statement: of the week's railway traffic:— 1849. Great Western 16,605 x;6,616 Bristol and Exeter North-Western 37,781 South-Western 8,564 Midland 20,049 South-Eastern ...... Eastern Counties Lancashire and Yorkshire York,Neweastle and Berwick 12,033 York and North Midland 6,284 189:8. 35,69 7,652 20; 60 7,074 12,661 9,749 ]3,927 7,028 545 2,466 Blaelo,va!1 Lancaster and Carlisle....—... 2,878 Great NortLern ......... 2,927 Caladonian Tice Funds ar© vet) , " gay" again, although subj-et to a little fkctuaticn. Con3ols have been 961 and 97, and are lIDW 96a The prices for the January account have been 97 to 97i. Bank Stock is supported at 201. Exchequer-bills have realized 50s. to 535. premium. The Foreign Funds have been very firm, and in fair request. Mexican 281 to 4. Portuguese Four per Cents. 361 to 37, and Brazilian 89. Spanish Five per Cents. aro 191, and the Three per Cents. 38} to 39. Shares are dull. ONE O'CLOCK. G eILICES OF ERITISFI 11.71i7JS Bank Stock 2Ol 3 Cent. Reduced Arns 9576 % 95 5 / 9 3 per Cant. Consols Annuities 96% 97 96 3 / 4 96 1 j 4 Nvi 3 per Cent. Anne...... Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 1 4 8 1 4 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 B% 8 1 ,1 Ditto 30 year:, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8% India Stock Bonds, 1,0004 .. B6 87 p eouth Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 96% 97 963 /4 _ _ wxel -, enuer Bills. liyd. & 1.0001. June 53 50 52 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS oNE O'CLOCK. 52 p 52 p CLOSIN PRICES Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Account . B9 88% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 47;% 48 47 47%, Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent . .. Ditto, 3 per Cent......- Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent ... — Do. 80nd... — 88% Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cont. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account .. .... 28% 5 %% 28% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Spaeth 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account De., Coupons... 9 % IA 9% Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account ••••••••• 89 38% 38% Venezuela Bonds, 2 , A i per Cent ... 30 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates... Ditto, Account PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. -kberdeen 5O Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 kyrshira and Galloway.. 7% Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or w ith a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Binning. Wolverh'ton, and Dndley, calls duly p_d, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. without guarantee 10 tiirming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 148 ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno.— 20 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. 54 Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 27% l s li Buckinghamshire Caladonian ...... ......... 50 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 20 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... , unilalk & Enniskillen 27% — .. — East Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D....•• 25 Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s., Pref... 3% .... Ditto, 71.175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... astern Counties........ 20 ...... 7V% .... Do. NeW,Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... ... ........ ... 1 / 2 p Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. , ... 50 ...... Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 — Eastern Union, Class A (late E. . Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ___ East Lancashire Ditto, Now Ditto, New Quarters OA — .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 ,4 — East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... . ..... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... Exeter•Yeovil, & Dorch 2 ~1 — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glvsgow, Dumfries, and , Carlisle Glasgow,Nilmar , & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 tir eat Northern Do., it! A Deferred ... 12 1 ,4...... Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 7 1 / 2 — .. Do., 5 per Cent. Prof. 10 :rent South. and West. (Ireland) ... =mat North of England.loo Ditto, New, 40/ ... 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New,lsl l5 .. .. ..„ Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 ,6 Shares 50 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Eifths 2O - ..... ... Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... : — .... ..... •••—• Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares—. 12% — ... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .... ... ..... 45% Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. U. B. & 8... 98 Ditto, ditto , Ditto, % Shares ...... 49 ... .. ...—. Do. Quarters ... 23% — .. . 4444 " DD. Fifths... ... 10 Do. Thirds ....—. ...... . 16%..... — ... kt Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent...." ..... 10 PRUSSIA. In the Second Chamber of Prussia, on the 3d, a ti discussion took place on the installation of the federal commission, and it was brought to a close by the adoption of the following order of the day, by 176 votes to 106 :—" The Chamber has the confidence that the Government will only take part in the federal commission in the manner which it has itself indicated in its previous declarations, and that it will admit no interpretation of the convention of 30th September calculated to do injury to the federal state; resolved, moreover, to support the Government in its German policy, and considering that the Government has made no proposition, the Chamber passes to the order of the day." In the course of the discussion several Deputies declared that Prussia must not come to any compromise on the German question with Austria even if war should ensue. On abandoning the prosecution against M. \VAL.. MICK, the public prosecutor of Berlin demanded a formal verdict of acquittal, which was given, and he announced that he should prosecute the man Onm, for having been guilty of a calumnious accusation. The acquittal of M. WALDECK gave rise to a popular demonstration, and he had great difficulty, on leaving the court, to avoid being borne in triumph. The crowd, however, took the horses from his carriage, and drew it about the town for some time. AUSTRIA. The Lloyds of the 28th of November has a long article on the threatened military intervention of Austria, should Prussia persist in convoking the Federal Diet. The article thus concludes :—" So much is certain that extreme necessity alone would induce Austria to resort to the extreme measures of that threat. We can, however, state from an authentic source, that Austria regards the German Federal Con stitution as immutably fixed by law, and fears the eventuality of conflicts which opposition might create between it and the idea of the federal state (Bundes• Staats Idee). In this sense a note was addressed to N. VON PROKESCLI on the 12th of this month, and explanations of that kind had probably been already made to the Berlin Cabinet. It is obvious that in proportion as the project of the Bundes- Staat approaches its realisation, a stronger emphasis will be here laid on the just and chartered rights of Austria." SAXONY. According to a letter written from Dresden, on the Ist instant, to the Cologne Gazette, there is reason to fear a conflict between the Government and the Charnbcr, which will lead to a disseiution of the latter. It is also said that the KING will not confine himself to this measure, but in case of Leal will call the Austrians to his assistance. TURKEY. We have received Constantinople journals to the 14th ultimo. These journals, in noticing the arrival of Admiral PARKER in the Dardanelles, do not attach any importance to the event, nor do they, although they mention several conferences as having taken place between the Ministers of the Porte and the re presentatives of Austria and Russia, say anything to confirm the statement in the German journals of angry remonstrances having been resorted to by those diplomatists. The Journal de Constantinople gives an account of the arrival of a deputation from ¶amos, to represent the condition of the people of that Lland, and explain the causes of the insurrection. They were received with great kindnesaby the Government, and every assurance was given to them of the desire of the SULTAN to render all classes of his subjects happy. The Vienna paper Lloyd states that the Austrian Consul at Rustshuk has made another attempt to induce several of the Hungarian refugees to return to their country, by telling them if they remained in Turkey the Turks would take them to Diarbekir, as they did BEM and the other renegades. The same paper states that the Russian Govern ment is negotiating with the Porte about the surveil lance to be put ou the Hungarian refugees. The Porte is asserted to insist on the detachment which is to guard them being composed partly of Russians and partly of Turks, while the Russian Government is positive in its demands that the garrison of the place in which those refugees are confined should be composed entirely of Russians. The French journal La Patrie publishes the fol lowing letter of the 19th ult from Odessa : " The news of the entrance of the English fleet, com posed of eight sail of the line and five steamers, into the Dardanelles, where they anchored about two miles inside the mouth of the strait, has caused considerable sen sation here. It was regarded as a direct provocation on the part of Sir Stratford Canning. The French have shown themselves more skilful; they have remained at Vourlah, near Smyrna, with six ships of the line and four steamers. They have assumed an imposing atti tude, but have at the same time respected existing treaties. Daily communications are kept up between the fleets by means of steamers. I hear, that as soon as the entrance of the English fleet into the straits was made known to the Austrian and Russian Ambas• sadors, they went to the Turkish Minister to demand prompt and categorical explanations on the subject. I am not aware what took place at this interview, which lasted fur more than two hours; but in the evening Sir Stratford Canning went on board a steamer and pro ceeded in great haste to Admiral Parker. By this time tho English fleet must have left the Dardanelles—indeed it is positively announced that such is the case. The troops which had been assembled in a camp by the Pacha in Bosnia revolted a short time since, refusing to submit to European discipline. The Pacha took to flight, but returned a few days after at the head of fresh troops, and has taken the most rigorous measures against the muti- neers." The Cat/Ist/W*lnel gives a postscript to a letter from Odessa of the same date : " At the moment that I close my letter it is announced on the Commercial Exchange, and at the Circle, that the English have positively left the Dardanelles." ITALY. The Genoa Gazette states from Rome, 28th ult., that General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS answers all those who apply to him for redress, that he cannot meddle with the acts of the Roman Government, and that the object of his mission is limited to hastening the return of the Porn to Rome. The General is anxious to proceed to Portici as soon as the quarantine regula tions will allow him. The Nazionsle of Florence has advices from Bologna of the 28th ult. All the professors of the University are suspended from their functions: many functionaries have been dismissed, and those who remain in office do not get their salaries. A letter from Leghorn of the 29th ult. in the same journal says that refugees tire constantly flowing in in consequence of the amnesty. All the political prisoners conaFri6ed in the amnesty have been released. By a decree of the GRAND DUKE the Civic Guard of Gavorrano has been dissolved. The quarantine for ships coming from Elba is shortly to be taken off. The accounts from Naples still dwell on the harsh proceedings of the Government. It is said that a flying column is moving through the Basilicate, not to repress brigandage and seize assassins, but to force the municipal authorities to sign the peti tion against the Constitution. The English Ambas sador is reported to be on very cold terms with the Government. RlVEtt PLATE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) By the arrival of the William Peile, in the Mersey, we have received advices from Buenos Ayres to the 7th October. They contain no political news. The market was glutted with English manufac tures, in consequence of numerous arrivals. Produce was scarce, and shipping very abundant, and many vessels leaving in ballast for Brazils. Freights 40s. to 455. per ton for salted hides and tallow, and 255. for bale goods. Exchange was quoted at 635. ; doubloons, 210 dolls. SOUTHAMPTON, F RID AY MORNING.—The cotton market at Havre was yesterday somewhat less depressed tha❑ on Wednesday, but the sales amounted to only 75 bales. LYCEUM THEATRE. The Beggar's Opera was revived last night, and cast with attractive Ltrength. Madame Vestris resumed her old character of Lucy, and Polly was sustained by Miss Rsinforth, with whom the management has entered into an engagement. This po pular English vocalist, who has not appeared upon the metropolitan stage for a considerable time, was received with a welcome that Bhoried she has not bctn forgotten. She rang with her accustomed ability, and was loudly encored in the celebrated air " Cease your funning." Mr. RAfter was the Captain Macheath, and acquitted himself with respectable effect; and Mr. Harley repro duced some pleasant comic scenes As Filch. The house was well attended. 1849. Ditto (iliitterEfield and Sheff.).... 5O .. •• „.-. Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... .. — Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford 50 ICO •• lOO Leeds and Thirek ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 % ...... Do., do. No. 9 5 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 ...... ..... ...... - Do., Prof. (:guar., 1813 9 ...... Liverpool, Crosby :And Southport. lO Condon & Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d... 3"i ..._ London, Brighton, :all South C0a:1... .....100 Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do.Guaran!. 45 per et.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 - ... • ...... ••• Ditto ditt0...... 1t.A!,2 50 .. L. .n don and Greenwich 12/1584d — ... ..... . ... Ditto, Profe,rwA.pp .. . 20 Londen and N. Western 100 ..... 11344 113 ..... .... Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, FilVri 7 ...... 8% Do. 40/.Sharc2(L.M.) 1.'.5 Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 . ..... 2% Loud. & ~. Western ..... 50 .. ... 31% 4.. ....... Ditto, New 50/. ....... 42► i...... Do. New 404 .. 84 Do., New Scrip, 184'4 Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry&Colerain e 25 — Do. 1/ Shares.. ..... ~... 5 Londonderry and Bunts ki:len 25 ..,... Do. 14 Shares 6 ...... Lowestoft', guar. 4 per ct 20 .... Ditto (6 — per et. j ..... 13 anche,ioi.Buxton,and Matlock... .. 5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 1 A — Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby 50 Ditto ditto . 20 ..... Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . ••• Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ... Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union. 41.25. — Mi Asnd Do. Consolidated Pref.ICo Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... 9 9 1 / 8 Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6iper ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto 22/. is... Do.,ErcwashVal.,Prel. 50 - Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlosbro' and Itedear, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo , Do. Quarters N‘wmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 N every, Warreupomt, and Rostrevor .. 20 Norfolk lOO Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 54 , 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ..„ .... ... 25 .... , . Ditto, Halves .. .. ... •. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds i .... ... .. Ditto PrE_lerence -, North Statlordshire ... l'T t Nirth Wales ... ...... .... 3;i — Nor th-Wtstem . 13% — o.dord, Worcester, anti Wolverhampton heading, Guildford, and Reigate l6 t. oyston and Hitchin 5 ........... Scotti:eh Central Scottish Midland - .• ..... .••• I Ditto, New Shrewsbury and 13irra l2 ...... ~.... .. .., Ditto ditto, Class B 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 threwsbury and Heretd. 5 ..... — , Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ..-.• Ditto Oswestry ...... 18% 7 Ditto Ntw Do. 8 per Cent. Pret 6h:opt:ore Union 3onth Devon .... 5O Do. Preference South Stallordshixe B% — ...... So Ali Easton. .. 3 31'0 2O Do., 40. ` 2. Do,, No. 3.. 3O ...... .. Do., Kegiztered No. 4 10 . ... - Do., Scrip No 4 liAlth Nt ales .. 43 south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 161,4, Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 7 law Vale Extension ... 8 - .•. ••• •••• Dames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 171 — Vale of Neath ... ... 8 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 • - •• Watortord and Limenck 47% .... Waterld,Wxfrd,W icklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. LO Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. d 0:... 15 '— ...... .... .... West C.rr -all .- ~. hitekaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 14 ...... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ......... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 ... 11% Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... 33 6 % Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... —.-....... York and North Midland 50 V • Prouiretc,, l O FOREIGN RAILWAY. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 1 A — Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara 17% — Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 ..... East Indian ..... 3li — Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... --10 s. Louvain A. la Sambre ... 7 4 — Luxembourg Ditto . Madrid and Valentia 2 Namur and Liege 20 ... ........... Northern of France l4l. 85... dis ..... Orleans and Bordeaux 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O ....« • • Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 Rouen and Havre ..... 20 ..... Sambre and 11101010 2O 000 go. 24.........• Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Names l3 •••••• Tournay, J urbize, Lan don' and Hasselt 20 West Flanders 8 3- ••• JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 42 ...... MINES. Santiago de Cuba... United Mexican 2B th 538......••, LLOYD'S SHIPPING—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 7.—Wind this day at noon E.S.E., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 6 —Wind S.W. to S.S.W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Chieftain, Kerr, China; May Queen, Butler, ditto; Vigilant, Johnson, Colombo and Manri tinv ; Elizabeth Brown, Quebec; Waterhen, Dodds, ditto; Favourite, ditto; Achilles, Morns, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Lady Flora, Madras. On DUNGENESS.—DiIigence, Smith, Batavia; Japan, ditto; Plancius, ditto. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Richard Cobden, Stewart, Bombay; Achtertyre, Robb, Mauri tins; Osprey, Callao; William Peile, Scott, Buenos Ayres; Columbus, Lawrence, New York. Sid. Heroine, Africa; Sir R. Peel, Lima; Patriotess, Arica; Light of the Harem, Buenos Ares; Orbit, Mobile; Ashland, New York. Off Port, Punnella, Ivanhoe, Infanta, Red. breast, Tinamara. DOVER, DEC. C—The Jeannette, London to Cher bourg, put into Folkestone on the 3d inst. leaky, having been on shore. RYE, DEC. 6.—The Lord Hill received considerable damage yesterday in a gale at S. WHITBY, DEC. s.—The Doubtful, of Whitstable, went on shore on the 3d inst., and became a total wreck; crew and materials saved. LYNN, DEC. s.—The stern of a vessel, painted black outside and green in, with a black boom, and a quantity of wreck, was seen yesterday off shore. GUERNSEY. DEC. 4.—Wind N.—Sld. American Sap, St. John's, Newfoundland. Fanmounr, DEC. 6.—Wind W.C.W.—Arrd. Con cordea, Back, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Antwerp; Fortitude, Greabam, Rio do Janeiro. Under weigh, Seagull Packet, Madeira and Brazils. PENZANCE, DEC. s.— Wind S.E. to W., strong and squally.--Arrd. Mountaineer, Carey, St. John's, New Brunswick, and proceeded for Fowey: Sld. Oregon, Port-au-Prince. _ _ _ GRIMSBY, DEC. 6.—The Mars, Shields to London, struck on the Rose Sand, and was run aground on the mud off here, very leaky. The William, Middlesborough to London, has arrived, with considerable damage from contact with the Gazelle, of Whitby. LOWESTOFT, PFC. 6.—The Doris Irmaos, which was abandoned 4'h inst., has been brought in without apparent damage to either ship or cargo. DEc. 6.—The Tcazer, of London, and the Vlirt, of Plymouth, are lost on the Gunfleet Sand. PLYMOUTH, DEc. 6.—Wind S.W.-51d. John Knox, Sydney, New South Wales. FOWEY, DEC. s.—Wind W.—Sld. Abel, Savannah. BRISTOL, DEC. 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Dit-on, G aspe. .GLOUCESTER.—SId. Tuaket, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.: BRIDIANQ'roN, DAC. 6,—lt blew a heavy gale at E.S.E. 4,28' 81 p r 8 93 1 4 1',61h - 161 55% 2574 15 1 4 16 1,.* 281 58% 114 12% last night, with a heavy r:ca.—'l Sunderland to Loedon, which was aground on the bar ycsterd-r, has born get ell' :Ind into the harhour. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. A m-Berate surply of English Wheat has come to hand this week, coastwise. By land carriage and samples the receipts have been small. To-day the sti.,nds were scantily supplied with all kinds of Wheat, of home pro duce, the general condition of which was damp, arising from the humid state of the atmosphere. All descrip tions were very dull in sale, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monthly. Upwards of 17,000 quar ters of Foreign Wheat have reached us, chiefly from the Baltic. A modern e bu,iness was transacted in the first qualities, at the late decline. The middling and inferi.,r kinds were heavy, and somewhat lower to pur chase. The show of English and Foreign Barley, -espe cially that of the latter, was good. The demand for that grain was very dull, at barely stationary prices. Malt was in moderate supply , and dull inquiry, at un altered currencies. Very fine home-grown Oats were on offer. The supply of foreign was good. The trade was I dull, at Monday's quotations. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, as last :advised. altRI :PALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Oats. / Malt. Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. 5,630 140 2,490 2,,;40 English •• •• • • Scotch...." Irish .... Foreign .... • 17,340 4,500 18,610 1c,980 ESIYIETIZZ'XIMD. Our market to•duy was very moderately supplied with Beasts, both as to number and quality. Although the attendance of buyers was small, nearly the whole of the supply was disposed of, at prices about equal to these obtained on Monday, the best Scots pre ducing 3s 10d per 81bs. The number of Sheep was limited, and chiefly the refuse of last day. All kinds ruled dull in the ex treme, at barely the late decline in the quotations. The highest general top figure for old Downs was 4s per Sibs. Calves, the supply of which was small, were very dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Owing to the large arrivals of Irish carcases up to Newgate and Leadenhall, the Pork trade was I envy, at barely late rates. Mitch Cows moved off heavily, at from 141 to Ifil each, including their small calf. Per Bibs. to s tattle 084 s. d. to s. d, s. d. to J. d. Interior Beasts... 2 6 2 8 S. cowl [ital. Sheep 3 2 3 4 Second quality •••• 2 10 3 2 oars :se-cloned ditto 3 6 3 8 Pr!irie large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Bout .downWether 310 4 0 Prime Scots •• •• •• 3 8 310 Dit; ,outofthe wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs •.•• •• 3 4 3 g Prime small ditto .. 3 8 310 Small Porkers •—• 310 4 2 iuckling Calves ..18 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs ..18 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep .. 210 3 0 Lambs ...... •••• 0 0 0 0 Beasts. 708 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 3,140 FOREIGN I Sheep. 600 I Sheep. 40 AT MARKET. I Calves. I Pigs. 140 230 SUPPLY. I Calves. 1 Pigs. 39 I Pigs, Beasts. 120 Beast!. Calves. .... 33A 8074 113 12% t3j2 2 31; 50 1 - A 8 7'. 1.• .... 11% 29 7 34 15% 3Vs 6% 28% ••• •• 17% HU I 3% 6 1 ,4 12% die VA 21% Wheat. Qrs. 2,160 SCOTCH. I NEVTGATE AND ZBAIDENZATAL. The supplies of Meat on sale were seasonably exten sive. The general demand ruled heavy, at barely sta• tionary prices. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 1 e. d. o e. C. Beef,inferlor...... 2 2 2 4 ' Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 6 - middling .... 2 6 2 8 middling.. 210 3 4 - primelarge .. 210 3 0 prime .... 3 6 3& - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2 6 3 4 Yea' ••••••• • • • • • 3 0 3 81 - small •• •..... 3 6 4 0 7302,0U.513 NOP IVraltiCET. Our market has become less active than for some time past. In some instances, rather lower prices have been accepted for most descriptions of flops, the supply of which on offtr is comparatively small. Present rates se under :—New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 61 lOs t 121 Os; Ntw Weed of Kent ditto, 61 5s to 81 Os; Ne.t SUStVX ditto, 51 153 to 6/ 155; New Farnhams, 111 lls 13103:;; Yearling Keats, 3103 to 4/ 12s; Yearling Sussex,. 21 43 to 31 17s; Old Hops, 11 O. to 4/ Os. C 21LON AI.M SD:ism—The demand for British Plantation has beer( fair, and good sales are being made to the grocers fur Christmas supplies. Barbadoes by auction has realised 40s 6d for fine 3f How, 37s Gd to 38s 6d fur mid. Refined brown lumps have been in more request, at 47s Gd to 435. The private sales yesterday afternoon were 960 hhds 8 tres of British Plantation, raw de scriptions. EAST INDlA.—Maurititu of the new crop has been sold at full rates; flue and superior yellow, 39s 6d to 410 6d; good, 385 6d to 395; fine brown, 353 to 35a Gd; and low, 296 to 31s. Parcels of the old crop have been sold at 35s to 36s 6d for low and mid grey, and at 36s to 385 Gd for mid ; and good yellow Bengal at auction bag been taken at 40s 6d to 425; for fine and superior white Benares, at 38s Gd to 405 for mid to good, and at 37s 1 0 39s 6d for good and fine yellow like Mauritius. FoREIGN.—St. Croix has realised full prices; fine and superior yellow 41s 6d to 43sf 6d, and good brown 376 td. Cuba has been held at 35s 6d to 37s for low and mid. Porto Rico has been sold at 37s to 39s for low and mid. Havannah has been taken at 36s 6d to 4 81 fur low to mid yellow, decry paid, and fine ellow in bond has been sold at 22s 6d to 233. COFFEE.—A large business has been done in Ceylon , and holders have received 50s 6d and 51s for good ord• Native plantation has risen 3s to 55.; good ord having been sold at 503 6d to 585 6d.; mid and good mid at 59, to 661 ; good and fine oolory at 75s to 934_; Pea berry 59s to 633, and triage 38s to 50s. Mal a bs has rt. alt.ed 53s to 54s for good ord yellowish; Jamaica mid is held for 625, and Java at 50s for good ord, African sold at 365, and Rio at 153 for black. CCCOA.—This article has been in more r( quest and a$ full pricer. Trinidad mid grey to good red 42s to 46h and ord 39s 6ci to 41s. RlCE.—Bengal has been sold at 103 for mid and good , and some at los 6d. The market has been firm. Madras is 6d to 9s 6d for mid and good pinky white. SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea has been cheaper, after the late rise, 90s to 1198 r owl having been paid. Pepper not much has been done. Nutmegs have realised 2s 7d to 2s 8d per lb for ord to good. ARROWROOT.—Rio has been sold at id, and St; Vincent's at 6i to 11id per lb. Tapioca, good, i t) to bid. SALTPETRE.—CaIcutta has been rather cheaper fo r Rough. TEA.—A fair business has been done in samples 0 f the new crop, and at steady rates. TALLOW.—The market is firm. P. Y. C. 385 id 38s 8d per cwt. on the spot. COTTON.—This article is dull, and at the auctions b 0 gone lower for the small portion sold. GREEN FRUIT.—The arrivals of Oranges are of 611 extensive charceter, and prices are lower. Foi , cargoes from St. Michael, Terceira, and Fisi s sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, _vr,e_, Ps at a reductien of 4s . to ss. per box. All; sina Lemons sold is per case lower. Frer,c_A Chesnuts 5s per barrel higher. Black Spanish iraprolr; in price. Barcelona without alteration. Ahne rl ; Grapes in request. A small parcel of Seville so ot Oranges has arrived, and sold immediately upon bei °o landed. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.), The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 6,6' again to day in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. Th e Lords present were Lord Campbell, the Master of t ' t Rolls, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Chanc ellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and bir Edward Ryan. SEAL v. SANDLE. Aatt The further arguments in this part-heard In'A ho appeal were resumed, and occupied their Lordships whole morning. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) IN RE CATHERINE HALL, CAMBRID G E.— JU DGICarrj,j O The Loeb CHANCELLOR gave judgm e nt to-day in importtait case, which was heard before him some 0 1 1 0 derable time since, upon a petition presented to 13 f Lordship, acting on behalf of the Queen as Visitor °r, the College of Sr. Catherine the Virgir, in the Unit•eire city of Cambridge. The petitioner, Charles WP 3 P oto Goodwin, of Lincoln's lon, prayed declaration I rp his Lordship that, according to the true construct' „; of the statutes of the college his fellowship did 13 b ",. become void on the 10th o'f . November, 18471 reason of the number of fellows in holy orders hew; incomplete, anti that he was, therefore, still s titled, as a fellow, to enjoy all the privileges P 1 3,1 advantages of a fellow, excepting those de ri to from residence. The petition set forth the foundit,;s of the college by the Rev. Robe r t W o d e l ar ke, Pr c3/ i ) i of King's College in 1473, and its incorporation .0 letters patent of Edward IV. A book of statutes .o',7a framed by the founder, but in 1549 they were and altered by Commissioners acting under the authc ) o o of King Edward VI. By the original statutes i& ore ordered that there should be a master and three or 0 3 / 31 fellows, all of whom were to be in holy orders• re . the statutes, as amended, that provision " s e rof tained, but the fellows were increased to the linta".biog six. The third chapter of these statutes, in preanr l the qualification of the fellows and the manne r of „ieode Lion, proceeded thus:--" Eligantur tantum (Si nc 13:1 7 0 1i• fieri potent) Presbyteri, aut Diaconi, autalioqui P s iDS deatur tit ex numero leocierum duo ad minimum illis Presbyteri et units Dia,?.onus. Si autem e :d e tti discesserit senior juxta admissionem eoruna, qui 13° „" t i t uo stint Pi esbyteri aut Diaconi, intra unius anni Preshyterum aut Diaconum, prout hujus statuti2,olo. postulaverit, se fieri curet aut alioqui a collegii 10 mentis recedat nisi fuerit aliquis ex junioribna q decedentis Presbyteri ant Diaconi locum sus To Dal succedere velit." The statutes also stated other grotioe. of exclusion or removal which arc not in que e ie 'rho petitioner was elected a fellow of the colleigfore 1640, at which time it consisted of the master an the fellows, who were in holy orders. In Nov., 184 , e 'ecied master,. the Rev. Joseph Proctor, died, and was ow_ war e by the Rev. H. Philpott. On his admission tiler:lease only three fellows, the petitioner, the Sev'Alr• Corrie, and the Rev. F. Praetor. In March, 18. 011 on Pine was admitted a fellow, and ordained a dea .., i e te; the 20th Sept., 1846. So far the number wea,nn;rrootor but on the 10th of November, 18 46 , the Rev. F. "i iie d 0 0 vacated his fellowship, and Mr. Pine, the deacoiLiito the Ist of April, 1847. Mr. Purton was au !': fellow on the 16th of that month, and Mr. be ° llo of who was in deacon's orders, was admitted en t_ p o rter i October, 1847. On the 9th of January', st ; was ordained a deacon and Hopkins prt n , to tlis on that day the college was per feet, accorourliego?; statutes, there being two priests and e A este , ' P,l. From the time when Mr. Proctor v2 refour fellowship, to this period, although there w: it sc a b s; lows, there were only two in holy orders; a nd d as ter a— to 18481 . , therefore, alleged and insisted on by the in ter Novembers other fellows, that as the petitioner had not l oco holy orders before the 10th of w *L. t .f; ' I