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F RENCH PLAYS And OPERA. COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. -3acctflllly to announce thc., followin3 and of l' renc h rerformances at the kr. MITCHEL ran - ,, , elzients St. nes's• Theatre : ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Chartcn, Mdthe lle. e!:auser (Ty:pit of tho Co:lservatoire, Paris), ChoPet (of D Theatre de POpora Comiqae, Paris , his first appeaarnce), M. Lac (Prenf. er Tenor of the Theatres. Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap rearaacc), M. Nathan (Premier Basso of the Opera Com Consiqery o ue, at P a irs, ris, li s !IrF,t appearance), lt. Quilly Leroy (pupil othe M. Paris, his firs - , appearance), Mdlie. Guichard, M. Bug,uet, Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Malame Mancini, Mille. :::otti, &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND VAUDVILLE. — M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Denain, 31. Regular, Millie. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Franca's, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; M. Lafont, Mdlle. Figeac (of the Theatre Du Vaudeville) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; Mire. Constance (of the Theatre du Gyrnnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de i'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled "Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the greatest sucees. The Music by M. F, Halevy; the Libretto by M. De St. Georges. With the following distribution of the principal charActers :—Stephan (jenne chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyenx (capitaine de miice Francaise et recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part far the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnln (garde-peche du Gave), 31. Quills Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux chewier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Guichard ; Georgette (cousins de Stephan), Mdfle. Co t ;and Rose de Mai (gervante de Theresa), Mille. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet wilt personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will he given, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "La Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " ilaydee," the character of ilaydee by 31,111 . Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannot et Colin, Nicole; Le Roi d'Yvetot, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Auber; Le Macon, Auber; Le Sirene, Auber; Lully et Qui- Nic .lo ; La Penuche, Clapissoe ; Le Valet de Charabre, Ca rafa ; Use Folie, Mehal ; with an occasional performance of some of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-openi'g of the ,Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, April 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per form with Millie. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalle (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee., attended with her acenstomed and unrivalle:: success, will ap pear In several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by 31. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. lige AC, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited more than ordinary admiration ; Millie. Rachel wi I also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled "Le Moineau de Leshie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Boraces,' " Andromaque," end " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pre fessre s engaged for the opera last season, inc'uding 31. Tolbeque, 31. neurone, M. Deloffre, M. Newshare, M. Barret, 31. Baumann, M. l'ilet, 31. Vaudreland, M. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, 31. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, 31. T. Wright, &c. Director of the music and Chef-d'Orehestra, 31. Charles Hanssens. Subscribers of the past season are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the Ist of January next. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bona-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James.si met ; Messrs. Andrews's. New Bond-street; Ebers's an.l Hookham's, Old Bond-street. The rox-oftlee of the Theatre will be opened on the Ist of January. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, i9te Luca::: and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Win be performer) an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. llowe ; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean • Vermann, Mr. J. Wallaek; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs C. Kean To bc followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENE'S DAUGIITER. King I:ene, Mr. James Wallack , Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean. Af er which BOX ANT) COX. To conclude with WHO'S MY HUSBAND ? The Dox-offic,: 'n under tho direction of Mr. L T. Archer. 113 EATI:I4 ROYAL, ADELPIII. ;•a„ler Vet: direetiun c. MN:ba:Le Ceieit, TIM EVENING, Will be performed a New domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW C T•rsm. Prlncipai charact , r4 by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. 13.. - -ford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To ba followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Gramly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. 3latthews. To conclude VI Ail a new slippery sketch called MRS. RIINBURY'S WOONS. Mr. ILghbary Burnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twiuks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith : Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. !LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame VesU'is. ticle Lessee. Mr. Charles Maths ws. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by DELICATE GROUND. After which HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. D: C 33 Boxes 54.. Ulmer Lone*, 48. ; rlt, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. Al: applications for rrivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. ' itIN C E SS'S THEAI Mr. 3. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a nem and original comic Opera called MINA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. liarrison, Weiss. Cord, Wynn airs. Weiss. and Digs Louisa Fyne. To conclude with the celebrated Opera of DON PASQUALE. ASTLE 'S ROYAL Ald i.l TIIEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENNIi, Mr. BATTY has great pleasare in announcing that he has sue• cceded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippod rome, Paris, and who is the firststrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, "Senora" and "Bertram." Mademoiselle Angele is the. same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare "Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will shortly make her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BATT Y has much pleasure in announcing that he has engaged Madllc. Codoni, the most gi : aceful performer on the Tight Rope in Europe, who will appear every Evening. The per,ormance will commence at a Quarter to Sews, with a Grand Spectacle and wondrous Scenes In the Circle. The attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise a grand Spectacle entitled The Knlght of the Eagle Crest, or the Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear; and agrand Equestrian Comic Pantarnitne, by _Nelsen Lee. Box-office open from E7even till Irotr. , Owe Manager, Mr. W. West. to)i wAre.ts AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tots DAY --,' orning, 57 min. after 3 I Evening, 15 min. after 4 1 0-M ORROW ,rtimg, 30 min. aster 4 i Evening, 48 min. after 3 THE WEATHER.—SUN Orricz, DEC. 18. TILERNOMETEA Lowest, 40; Highost, Si; Noon, 49. BAROMETER. 29.73. WIND S.W.—dull rainy weather. • 4-ft r-e eg...4 • - xt..Celtr , • z t."'" -sr x jazz •.7.• _ _ , r • mo , DA • , • 4,1 It . 131# --11A1'6 LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1849. of the 10th December, 1848, up to the time of its first anniversary. He maintains at the very outset of this analysis that it is necessary for reasons sufficiently obvious to consider the government of the Presidency during that interval in two separate divisions, one com mencing with the 10th of December and endiog with the 31st of October, the other commencing with the 31st of October and ending with the 10th De cember, the former opening in 1848, the latter closing in 1849. During the first interval it is intimated that we are to regard the Ministerial functions as entrusted to the electors of the 10th of December ; during the second they were confided, on the con trary, to the elected of the 10th December. The former administration was reparative and conciliative ; the latter administration was, in a manner, creative and inaugurative of the working of the new Constitution. How far the definition may be considered as felicitous can be readily estimated by those who have closely watched the progress of affairs at Paris since the establishment of the power of Prince Louis Naro• LEON—from the memorable morning when, pro claimed PRESIDENT of the French Republic by six millions of votes, and acknowledged as the elect of the people, in the presence of the Constituent National Assembly, be descended from the tribune and prof fered the hand of friendship to his rival, CAVAIGNAC, recently hurled from the Dictatorship. It was manifestly from motives of conciliation that such a man 23 M. DUFAURE was summoned to attend the councils holden by the Imperial Democrat, in the parlour of the Elysee, even at the time when the conduct of the Cabinet was confided to the hands of M. ODILON BARROT. It was from motives, moreover, of reparation that the ruins of the law were again, gradually and almo st imperceptibly, gathered up with the grasp of a central authority. As is very judiciously remarked in the Journal des Debats of Sunday, the interval preceding the 31st of October was necessarily and essentially restricted to the larours of reparation and conciliation — " it had I not, it could not by any possibility have much to create, and hence it was that all the larger questions were reserved for the second epoch, the epoch which is now not very long commenced." Unquestionably the truth of thie is wholly incontrovertible. After the convulsions of the revolution of February, more especially after the tremendous conflict of June be hind the barricades, a period was required, such as that happily called by the Parisian publicist, " the period of repose and convalescence." Time was re quisite to enable the turbid waters of society to become clarified by the subsidence of the sedi ment of evil passions stirred np from the recesses of the community by the turmoils of the revolutionary outbreak, and particles of which are still floating on the surface. Before anything advantageous could be attempted it was essential that the heats of contention should be permitted to allay their violence ; otherwise no permanent cohesion could be expected to manifest itself between the different powers of the state. That interval was allowed to elapse without any perverse precipitation of events, and Louis NAPOLEON, satisfied that the day of change had arrived with the 31st of October, had the courage to take the initiative with a boldness befitting a BONAPARTE, and at the seine time with a loyalty to the popular cause worthy of the elected of December. Since that change in the policy of his administration it has b,, , come more and more perceptible that the sincerity of his adhesion to the democratic form of govern ment, inaugurated in February, was in no re spect a pretence merely for the sake of enabling him to conspire for the final assassination of Re publicanism and the abrupt restoration of Imperialism. As recently as the very day of his great anniversary, the anniversary of his spontaneous election by France on the 10th of December, Louis NAPOLEON declared with a gallantry befitting one in his elevated position, as the choice of the "great nation," and as the chief magistrate of the grand European Democracy, in this twofold character, we say he had the gallantry to declare that his aim was not the parody of any future, however august or glorious, but the resolute consoli dation of the institutions of his country and the development of its general prosperity and happiness. Many of the most vigilant and sagacious scruti nizers of the new Republican Constitution of France are beginning to manifest a large amount of solicitude as to the consequences which may result from one vast incongruity in its construction—namely, the irre sponsibility to the Assembly of the PRESIDENT, and the indissolubility of the Assembly ! And, certainly, unless mutual concessions be, at times, made both by the Assembly and by the PRESIDENT, it is im possible not to anticipate other than a violent col lision between rival powers of such immense strength, and so entirely independent of each other. Hitherto the labours of both have been preparative ; let us hope that the vitality inherent in each, a vitality drawn from the suffrages of the people, may not upon any material point of administration prove directly or indirectly antagonistic. Under the Provisional Government, or rather under the sway successively of the Executive Commission and of the military Dictatorship, France secured to herself the capability of preventing any hostile struggles between the de liberative and executive authorities of the Govern ment. According to the then system, the rulers of the country were drawn from the members of the Assembly, or reabsorbed into the body of the Parliament, in obedience to the wisdom or pleasure of the popular Representatives. By this means any lengthened contention between the Legislative Go vernment and the Executive Government wes rendered impracticable. According to the system now enforced by the new Constitution, the PRESIDENT, however at variance with the Assembly, must remain in power until the expiration of the stipulated interval of his supremacy. Besides which he, in his predominant capacity as first magistrate in the Re public, is precluded from any exercise of power such as would go to the dissolution of the House of Re presentatives. Independent, strictly and glaringly independent of each other, drawn alike from the abysses of the popular :will, differing in their origin only in this respect, that the suffrages of the popu lation which, distributed over several hundred individuals in the one instance, are concentrated upon the head of one man in the other, the Assembly and the PRESIDENT are liable to quarrels, for the termination of which (except with the existence of either or both) the Constitution has in no manner provided. Upon this point much anxiety is beginning to be felt by those most generously disposed towards the cause of Republicanism. Earnestly and most profoundly is it to be hoped that means will be adopted for the prevention of any catastrophe in consequence of this incongruity in the structure of the Constitution, and that the rectification of a blunder so enormous may be effected before any calamities may have followed upon its recognition. Even among the most captious publicists of France the government of Louts NAPOLEON, during the first year of his Presidentship, is eliciting approbation. Under all circumstances, therefore, the policy adopted by that illustrious functionary appears to have been admirably selected in its relations with the new Democracy. Its popularity after a period of such extraordinary agitation, when the responsibility of maintaining the supremacy of the laws has been en• cumbered by so many and such appalling difficulties, is a sufficient testimony that its character has been peculiarly that of elasticity and conciliation. Without a very large degree of elasticity it could never have proved adaptable to a community just recovering from the paroxyms of revolutionary excitement, and swaying to and fro'under the influence of antagonistic demagogues. Without conciliation, moreover, and con ciliation, too, of a very remarkable kind, eager without sycopha.ncy, and generous without extravagance, the contending factions could never have been so far reconciled as to admit of a hope of their ulterior amalgamation. Thanks to the bold but tranquillising course pursued by the PRESIDENT, that hope is actually visible in the still fluc. tuating but propitious prospective of French Republicanism. Hi.' efforts towards effecting a certain degree of union among the incongruous parties in the Legislative. Assembly, have proved, even so far as the present time is concerned, satisfactory, inso much that, notwithstanding the differences of opinion which must have been otherwise inevitable in the discussions of that Parliament, its opposite classes may be readily calculated. What must have been, und* a less assuaging awl conciliative rule, almost incalculable in regard to number, is now, we repeat, readily to ba calculated—the principal divisions being those of Right and Li , ft, Extreme Right and Extreme Left, the Centre and the Mountain. If only, there fore, fur the reasons already given, the administrative scheme adventured upon by the PRESIDENT is erni• nently deserving of approval, and the adroitness displayed by him in conducting the machinery of the Executive, would have been entitled to our highest encomiums, even without teking into consideration the obstacles thrown in his way by the antecedent turmoils of the Revolution. A conviction seems to be ripening in the minds of the French population that the setnewhet enigmatical With the ingenious sophistry usually visible on the part of such unfair logicians, it is beginning to be argued by the leading reactionary journalists of the metropolis, that we are perverting facts for the pur pose of supporting our arguments in favour of the Hungarians. While uttering these accusat►ons, our Contemporaries honour us with a nickname, doubt less regarded by them as singularly opprobrious, but to our thinking one as acceptable as euphonious— alluding to us as among those who may be generically designated Anglo-Magyars. As Anglo-Magyars, therefore, we are charged with having frivolously rsserted that the crown of Hungary was never settled on the House of Austria and united to its other possessions. Neither to ourselves nor to those few members of the English press who sympathise with the lawful aspirations of the Hungarians, can such a very preposterous and ignorant remark be in any particular attributed. What we have really maintained, and what all the lovers of Hungarian independence are prepared at any moment to demon strate in the face of all the treaties signed before or after "the completion of the Pragmatic Sanction, is this, that the crown of Hungary has never been united to the crown of Austria. Not that the crown of Hungary has never been settled on the dynasty of Austria—for such an assertion would be nothirg less than a huge and incorrigible absurdity. That the diadem of St. STEPHEN has repo-cd upot, the brows of the Princes of the family of Hapsburg is a fact patent to the.knowledge of every schoolboy instructed in the mere outlines of European history ; and to attempt to ignore the existence of such a fact would be as s ill y as it would inevitably prove ineffectual• Yet ; manifest as is the circumstance that the same in- dividuals who have worn the imperial crown of charmer of tile Government during the commence ment of Louis NAPOLEON'S career as President, was the only secure and sagacious preservative of its dignity and predominance. For the purpose of de monstrating the correctness -of this apparently idle and even eccentric proposition, one of the most ingenious publicists of the Republic has attempted an analysis of the administration from the election THE S UN, I ONDON, TUESDAY EVEIN, Austria have been permitted to wear, in like manner, ' the regal crown of ilungary, it is equally incontro vertible that thT two diadems have, throughout, been entirely distinct, and that, in not one single instance have they been ever known to become amalgamated. Quite as clear is it that our previous assertion, to the effect that FRANCIS JOSEPII is not the lawful heir to the Hungarian monarchy was correct. FRANCIS JOSEPH, we repeat, is merely a pretender to that hereditary rank; his position is this—he is the son of the heir to the royal dignity over the Hungarians. The real King of Hungary at this moment is FERDINA.ND (the First of Ifungary, the Fifth of Austria)—for FERDINAND has never yet abdicated the crown of St. STEPHEN — and supposing he had abdicated it, that abdication has not been accepted by the Hungarians—and supposing it had been accepted by them, the next claimant to the rank of their Sovereign would be the father of the present EMPEROR of Austria. llence, we repeat it, with the closest and strictest adherence to truth, that FRANCIS JOSEPH, so far from being King of Hungary, is not even the rightful heir to the crown of St. STEPHEN ; be is only the son of the heir to the kingdom of the Magyars. Let him advance his sole right to their obedience, a right already specified by ourselves, the right of conquest. If he must needs call himself King of Hungary, let him designate himself with the candour of a bold usurper (as we have already designated him), FRANCIS JOSEPH, the Red Emperor of Austria, and King of Hungary by he grace of the Guillotine ! 'U E FRENCH REPUBLIC, The proceedings at the annual exhibition of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Agricultural Association are deserving of more than ordinary attention. Meetings have recently been held in almost every part of the country, landlords and tenants, owners and occupiers of the soil, have assembled together to afford practical proofs of progress in the pursuits in which they are engaged, to consider their present condition and future prospects. But the attendance has been limited to a single class. Few manufacturers have expressed an interest in, or taken any part in, the proceedings. The supposed rivalry that existed between those different branches of industry; the unreasonable demands of the formers, in reqniring that taxes should be imposed on articles of primary necessity, for their own ex Ausive advantage, have prevented that cordial co-operation that is so greatly to be desired. "Protection to British industry" is, no doubt, a high-sounding phrase, well adapted to attract the attention of those who are enduring difficulties under which the great majority of the people are suffering; but it is too plainly shown that the farmers are only seeking a partial and one-sided "protection"—a protection which may possibly en hance their own profits, but which can only do so at the expense of the rest of the community. Tkey do not put forward or demand the enactment of any great and comprehensive measure that will affect the entire nation, that will improve the position of merchants, manufacturers, and traders of every de scription as well as of farmers, that will provide em ployment for the artizans and operatives of the largo towns, as well as for the agricultural labourers. They array themselves in a distinct and separate corps, and they are surprised to find, that their operations are reg ivied with suspicion, and that they do not receive assistance and encouragement from others, against whom they have committed overt acts of hostility. The manufacturers have hitherto kept aloof. The nation has b-:en divided into two great parties, who have mutually looked upon each other as mutual en3mies, and seemed to consider that no measure was worthy of acceptance, or could prove beneficial to themselves, unless it inflicted a "heavy blow and great discouragement " upon their rivals. Birmingham has, however, taken the lead in pro ducing a healthier feeling, in bringing the opposing parties together, and teaching them that their inte rests are not so very dissimilar, as they have hereto fore seemed to think. At the dinner of the association last week, held in the metropolis of the Midland Counties—the great town that for so many years has occupied so prominent a position in the cause of reform—agriculturist and manufacturer, Protectionist and Free-trader, were seated side by side, enjoying the festivities of the occasion. The healths of " The Members of the Borough" were received with the most unanimous approbation and enthusiastic M. FERDINAND BABROT is also busily engaged in carrying out the plan for the abolition of passports. The great difficulty in this case is how to provide compensation for the numerous public functionaries who will be thrown out of employ by the abolition of the passport system. Among other schemes it is proposed that a compensation fund shall be raised by levying from the captain of every steamer head money for each passenger he brings over. The Tbree per Cents. cloned on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 56f. 25c.; the Five per Cents. at 91f. 70c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 755 f.; Rouen, 551 f. 25c.; Havre, 240 f.; Great Northern, 461 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 331 f. 25c.; Basle, 106 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 405 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 362 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, '27Bf. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE applause, while the toast of the evening, "The Agricultural Interest," was entrusted to Mr. MUNTZ, who had long been one of the most zealous Free traders. As Mr. SPOONER justly remarked, "It was the first time that the attempt had been made practi cally to demonstrate the great truth that agriculture and e.ommerce were twin sisters, born at a birth, and, whenever buried, would lie in one grave." Their interests are, indeed, identical, and neither could be in a prosperous condition unless the other were also flourishing. Mr. MUNTZ clearly showed that what were termed " the protective laws" did great injustice to the ma nufacturers ; that it was an isolated, partial, and unjust protection, and never even protected the far. mers themselves ;" that the latter were in ruin and misery even when in the full enjoyment of the prat. tical monopoly which the bread-tax afforded. He instanced the years 1822, 1835, and 1836, when the agriculturists were" holding meetings in all quarters of the country, and declaring that they were all going to perdition," and drow the ob noxious conclusion that the restrictive law did not serve those whom it was intended to protect," and he declared himself to be " an advocate for that protection that wouli protect all classes equally, fairly, justly, and honestly"—" that would equally pro tect the manufacturer and the agriculturist." Mr. MUNTZ did not, however, explain the nature of that protection, although no person was better qualified to do so, or could more fully have exposed the enormous evils resulting from our monetary code, lle did not develope the vast advantages that would arise from the adoption of a currency adequate to the wants of the country, that would apply a stimulus to every branch of industry. It would, indeed, be of the utmost importance that the question should be fully and fairly brought before the nation on every possible opportunity, that both parties be taught the only remedy that would extirpate the disease which pervades the entire system. Although we regret being compelled to differ in any respect from FO consistent a Reformer as Mr. MusiTz, we cannot pass over the concluding part of his speech without protesting against the adoption of any additional duty, fixed or otherwise, on corn. Such a duty would be essentially " protective," and for the benefit of a single class. It would take out of the pockets of the people far more than would find its way into the national Exchequer. It is not merely the corn purchased from the foreigner that would be enhanced in price, but every quarter purchased in the home market would undergo a similar change. It would practically be a subsidy paid by the entire nation to one class. A duty may be imposed for revenue purposes merely on tea, tobacco, wine, coffee, sugar, and other articles that cannot, under any circumstances, be produced in this country, but whenever it is placed upon a commodity pro duced at home, as well as abroad, in which there can be a competition between the native and the foreigner, it must operate as a premium to the former, and injuriously affect the interests of the consumer. There is, perhaps, no form of protection that would be more objectionable, and we must emphatically wain the Free -traders against giving any sanction or encouragement to a proposition in every respect so mischievous. LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 17. 13,:ulogne and Amiens 7—Dutch Rhenish, % —Luxem bourg, IA —Namur and Liege, 6%—Northern of France, 13 1 i dis.—Sambre and Meuse, 2►,t3. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES, PRUSSIA. The reply of Baron SCIILLINITZ, the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Austrian protest against the convocation of the Erfurth Parliament, is published in the Prussian journals The main points are the ful!owing. It is addressed to the Prussian Ambassador at Vienna : " The Austrian Ambassador at our Court, the Baron Prokesch d'Osten, has read to me a dispatch of his Government, accompanied by a project tof eventu a l protestation against the establishment of a restricted federal state and a convocation of a Parliament of those States which adhered to the treaty of the 26th of May. The President of the Council of Ministers is still in doubt, according to the wording of that dispatch, whether it is the serious determination of the Imperial Government to take at present the measures therein in dicated. Howsoever, we Lover made a secret of our in tontions, and the Imperial Cabinet will well understand that the Government of the King has taken en engagement, be it towards tho country, be it towaiels the Government, his allies, by (It cla rations of so solemn a character that retraction would bo a breach of faith, of which no Government could render itself guilty. The Government is also per suaded that the path upon which it has entered re: ponds to the urgent necessities of the present times, without infringing upon its obligations. Thus the Pre sident of the Council of Ministers cannot evince any as tonishment that the Council of Administration should, in the sitting of the 17th, on the proposition of its Presi dent, have declared that the elections of the Erfarth Par liament would take place on the 31st January next. " The President of the Council of Midst. rs cannot, under these circumstances, underrate the step taken by the Austrian Government. I wish to expres s m y se lf as clearly and precisely as possible, to leave no doubt upon the intentions of the Government in the pres , nt circumstances. It is only by !rank and candid language bearieg upon the question without secondary consider ations, that misunderstandings and complications ern be avoided, and a settlement rendered possible. This will be attained if the Imperial Cabinet does not misconstrue what duty, honour, and her own convictions command us, and what an imperious necessity exacts. " If Austria wishes to protest in this sense that the concertations of the Parliament with the allied Govern ments is a breach of duty towards the Germanic Confe deration of 1815, we will not, we cannot make any ob jection. We recognise the right of Austria to do so. " We recognise Austria's right, and on our part will engage ourselves to make it our mission and our duty to organise the restricted federal state in such a guise that it shall never interfere with a reorganiastion of the federal constitution. But if, on the other hand, Austria (as the dispatch would seem to imply) proposes pro testing egainst the formation of a restricted federal state, and against the convocation of a Parliament con sisting of the allied states, we should feel it our duty to oppose formally such a protest, founding our disavowal on incontestible right," The Berliner Nachrichten of the 15th contains the following :—" A report is current here that the EMPEROR of Austria has written a note to the KING of Prussia, which entirely does away with any appre hension of a conflict resulting from the recent unsatisfactory interchange of correspondence between the Cabinets of Austria and Prussia. The EMPEROR stated positively that Austria would go hand-in hand with Prussia in establishing order and tranquillity in Germany. RUGBY SCHOOL --BnimlNanAm, MONDAY.—The Bev. E. M. Gou!burn, M.A., formerly Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford, examining chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford, was this day elected Head Master of Rugby School, in the room of the Rev. Dr. 'nit, now Dean of Carlisle. MANSION lIOUSIL—The Lord Mayor entertained at dinner last evening—Mr. Alderman aumphery, M.P., Governor of the Irish Society; the Deputy-Governor, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence; Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, Mr. Under-Sheriff Millard, Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire, the Chairmen of the several Corporation Committees (pre viously to the expiration of their office); the Masters, War: - !ens, and Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chanditrs (bi.; Lordship's company), and several private friends. From the auspicious commencement it may be readily inferred that -during the present Mayoralty there will be no clirui.ution of the hospitelity Which generally distinguishes the carver of the chief ntatzlit rate. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SERGEONS.—The council of this college I:ave decided that eandiklat2s for fellowships shall be e xamined in the French language. Professor Brasseur is the examiner elected for that purpose. D F,C E 11E1 RR 18, 1849 1T A A Y. We have received the Paris lourn,As of yesto - dty. Th ,' elections in Piedmont have, it is said, ter of the Interior, is engaged in negotiations f secured raa .301 it.. . ';l 7. inistry of the :darquis D'2 , ZEGLIO a worki eg It is said that M. FERDINAND IiAktROT , the Rennie- to the el- the purpse of throwing open the electric telegraph to j a:lit , Tuscan _Monitore of the 9th states that dis the public. Under the monarchical regime, and before tub'...ll 'es had taken place at Arcidosso, and a detaei . ) went of ge n d armes had been d i spatched to that the a pplication of electricity to telegraphic purposes,, by the Governm e nt, t o rema i n t h ere until tran the telegraph was a monopoly in the hands of ta e Government, the various members of which used the place quilltj: N vas restored. information thus obtained for stock-jobbing purptyes, f The . mactionary movement in Italy, now entirely and it was not until the Ministers and their friends under . the yoke of the priesb3, 11;.s a..surned the had completed their bargains that the telegraphic char aster of a fierce persecution of Protestantism. dispatches were made public: On the !Ti- I n Home Dr. Aciiira.t is incarcerated in the vention of the electric telegraph the Gee out liettes of the Inquisition, solely on account vernment still endeavoured to keep the of his Tension ; while in Tuscany Of* priests monopoly of political intelligence, but . .as ha .ve commet, eed prosecutions against two printers of the directors of the railways also had a right F lorence for having, under the government of the to use the wires for the conveyance of messages, they Iteeublic, prin led a translation of the New Testament practically became sharers with the Government , in ; in Italian. The Ntzionale of Florence expressly states the monopoly of telegraphic information. M. lan - 1 that these boo] csellers are accused as a crime of DIN AND BARROT, who has always disapproved of the having publisht td the Gospel in the vulgar tongue, so dishonest use made by some of the Ministers under th a t every one may be enabled to read it. The the Monarchy of this monopoly of telegraphic infer- priests sent office ors to the printing -offices, and seized illation, has determined to throw the use of the electric.f the whole of flit: sheets which had been printed. telegraph open to the. public, a plan which, i adopted, will effectually prevent future Ministers from the enjoyment of any undue advantage in thei stock-jobbing speculations. It is said that M. Fr BARROT meets with obstacles from the railway. authorities. SICILY. Accounts from Palermo state that the arbitrary arrests con aline, that many ar e every day shot by orders of , courts-martial, and that the prisons of Pa lermo bei ng more than filled, several hundreds of un fortunat e persons have been transferred to the citadel of Ws sina. It is evident, however, that King Boom Bela himself insecure, and by his recent conduct he shows that he is aware he is only an usurper, that the only legitimate government of Sicily is the Par liament, and that, as the decree of the Parliament has deposed him, so he can never be legtilly King of SICILY so long as that decree shall subsist. He has, therefore, endeavoured by threats and cajoleries to induce the Members of the Sicilian Parliament, who remain in his power, to sign individually a repeal of the decree, forgetting that such signatures, even although he could obtain the signatures of all, must be without force, inasmuch as none but a Parliament solemnly assembled can repeal the acts of a Parlia ment. The Members of the Sicilian Parliament who are at present in es;le in London and Paris have published the following protest against these attempts to surreptitiously set aside the decree of deposition : PROTEST OF THE SICILIAN DEPUTIES AND REFUGEES. " The Neapolitan Government having by threats of imprisonment and of exile, endeavoured to obtain from divers members of the Chamber of Peers, and of that of Commons of Sicily an individual act of repeal of the decree of the 13th April, 1848, of the General Parliament, by which is declared the forfeiture of the Sicilian throne by Ferdinand of Bourbon and all his dynasty ; "Which decree was voted spontaneously, freely, and unanimously by the two Chambers ; " Which also obtained the explicit adhesion of all the Communes of the island in particular, and of the people in general; " Which decree is founded on the imprescript• able rights of the people, and not alone on the written right of the Constitution of 1812, to be found in the chapter relating to the succession to the throne ; " The undersigned repreFentatives of the Sicilian people, the only Sicilian representatives at present actually residing in France and in England protest before God and before all civilized nations against this new act of illegality ; they protest against every species of violence which their colleagues in Sicily may be called upon to suffer; they protest against any force or value which the Government of Naples may attempt to give to an act which is abso lutely null and incapable of producing any effect whatsoever, and they are persuaded that their col leagues of the emigration wiil do the like whensoever they shall receive intelligence of this additional act of perfidy and tyranny. "Paris, 26th November, 1849. (Signed) " The Prince DI GRANATELLI, Deputy. GUISEPPE LAFARINA, Deputy of the City of Messina. DrICHELE ANARI, Deputy for the City of Palermo. MARIANO STABILE, Deputy for the City of Palermo. BENEDETTO VENTURELLI, Deputy. Luxor ECALIA, Deputy. " The undersigned composing the Sicilian emigra tion actually residing in Paris and in London, fully adhere to the above protest of the representatives of the Sicilian people. (Signed) " The Baron DI FRIDDANI. GIACINTo CARINI, Colonel in the Ist Re giment of Cavalry. ALFuNSO SCALIA, Major in the first Bri gade of Artillery of Pit:zzs. CARMELO AGNETTA, Captain in the 3d Battalion. FRANCESCO VENTURELLI, Captain attached to the General Staff. FRANCE6CO STABILE, Ist Lieutenant of the 6th Battalion of the New Guard. ANTONIO GRAVINA, Captain attached to the General Staff." AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The British and North American Royal Mail! Steam ship Caledonia, which left Boston on the .sth: and Halifax on the 7th inst., has just arrived in the Mersey with the usual weekly mails from the western world, and a fair complement of passengers. She reports the arrival at New York of the Canada. The Europa, 'which left this port on the 24th of November, had called at Halifax previous to the C.dedonir. arriving there. The principal item of intelligence is the meeting of Congress on the 3.i inst., at Washington. Tly., Senate was organised, after which an adjournment took place. The House of Representatives met on the same day, when a ballot took place for the Speaker hip For this post there appeared Mr. Winthrop on the Whig, and Mr. Cobbe on the Locofoco interest. After three unsuccessful ballotings, the numbers stood —for Winthrop, 96 ; Cobbe, 102 ; Scattering 23. In consequence of no decision on this point, the House could not be organized, and the President did not therefore deliver his Message. There is nothing new of interest in our advices from California or Canada. Tilt )I'irE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The .alea of C 'Qom at Liverpool yesterday were about 5 9ao Elk?. irwluding 4,t,00 American, 200 Pernam and Kiranham at 6jJ. to qd., 100 Bahia at 6 1. to 64d., 100 E:yptian at 7P. to 8101, and 200 Surat at 4id. to 4! ; c1 prr —Reilway Shares were dint. The out!ine of the American news per telegraph will be found in another column of The Sun, and we have no further information here. Tho letters wiil be delivered to-morrow morning. The continental advlces received this morning furnish nothing beyond the quotations. At Frankfort on the 14th inst. Austrian Bonds were 85k, and at Vienna on the 13:h the Metallics were 94, with the Exchange on London at 11.15. Tho Berlin quotation of the Three and-a-Half per Cent. Prussian Bonds was 88 on the 15th inst. At Amsterdam on Sunday a good deal of business was done in Mexican Bonds, and at marked improve ment in Fleas, but not much in other securities. It may be interesting to parties who hold Mexican Bonds to state what is likely to come forward at Thurs day's meeting, independently of Mr. W. P. Robertson or the committee, reither of whom have been consulted in the r.„-Itter, Lnd for obvious reasons. Resolutions will be proposed, and we understand that they will be adveriised to-morrow morning, for the appointment of a new committee of bondholders, which shall alone take cognizance of the Mexican debt. It is felt that as the foreign debt of the Republic amounts to ten millions sterling, it must be worth the while of the rarties interested to form an association that will devote its attention exclusively and diligeitly thereto, establish an open office where all can obtain reasonable information, with a paid clerk or secretary constantly in attendance, act freely with the special Envoy of the Mexican Government, Colonel Facio, and possibly secure the cc-operation of some member of a highly influential firm. This will require but a small fund, and there should be no difficulty in getting it. The English Funds opened higher this morning, Consols being 96k, but the paucity of business caused them to rule flatter subsequently, and they have since been 961 The French mail brings a slight advance. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98i to 984, and the Three per Cents. 94 to 961. Bank Stock is firm at 203. Exchequer-bills have been 51e. to 545., and India Bonds 86s. to 88s. premium. In the Foreign Market there is not so much activity. Spanish Five per Cents. are 191 and the Three per Cents. 384. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 361, and Brazilian Small Bonds 88. Venezuela stock has been at 29, and Peruvian at 541. Mexican, after touching 30,1 have receded to 30* I. Danish Five per Cents. have been quoted 981, and Dntch Four per Cents. 841 to 85. Railway Shares have been without any particular movement. Caledonian have improved a little, Eastern Counties have declined, Great Western are much the same, and also North-Western. Midland have been very heavy again. South-Eastern and Brighton are held for fuller rates, and the York lines are dull, but not lower. South-Western are barely so good. In the foreign market, Boulogne and Amiens have take i a taken a sudden start, being up to 7i ONE CLOSING P f , 'IVI OF vitiliSrl FUNDS O'CLOCK. PHICEs. - !euk Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anus. I per Cent. Consols A - Inuities .. 9 7 3 /4 97 3 / 4 New 34 per Cent. Anus.... (Jong Arns. to expire Jan.1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 l l /4 8 1 4 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8 11-16 8 11-16 'ndia Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,000/.. ....... 'orsols for Opening 967, 4 1,4 96 3 / 4 T.Kcbcquer Bills. I%d. &2d 1,009/. June 54 54 500/. June Small. Jr'io vitiCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. ?BI : r.; ' . _. _ _ !razilian Bonds _ —____ ___ -- Ditto, Small Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 98 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 Litt- Cent. .. Ditto 5 Dor C,.nt. ... Grenae 1 Bondi ' 1 per Cant. Ditto Deferred Ile- 'e_..n, 5 per CM 18'.5, wa l l Coupont— Dial, Ex Jar. C , upors .. Dit, :), Aceo .t :: ... ..... . ........ Peruyiairßonds, 4 per Cent Ditt ), in"errcd. Pot Li„les3 5 per Cents. Ditt.), 4 per C - .IZ. D7tto. A ccernt ... ......... Russian Br. id 3 .. Bp-7 th 5 p-- C. - it. 1?1.1 r .: .), Ac,ai- ,. .... Do., Caupc rs... —9% Di i: o, Pit-siy. Ditto, 3 v,7 Cent Ditto, Ac .- ...0i.mt . 3 8 14 384 Venezuela Bones, 21 per Cent L .vident's on t '7e Ebave payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,E pc: Cant. 12 Gi ':d. .. 56 1 / 2 1 % 56m 1...t0. 4 Ler Cei,.:,. Certif cates B 4 l /2 85 85 PRICES 0 1 1' 'BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN( • RAIL WAY SRA - ,s. PA ID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Vbe:dt an 5O - .. • Do. Pre.ei Jnce amber. Nott., Bosten, and Fasteia Jrrct:_an 6 3 / 4 lyrshire and Galloway.. 74 Belfast & Cority Down 23 ...... Berke & Hants Exte*y!. (Gt. West. Fer.s per C.) 6 el • • ••• Birrin?,±un end Ox ford J unct., crlls doly paid, or win a {,uarar. 20 Do, v, It hout guarantee 20 Hirrain ,, , Wo:ve:h'tcn, and Liidley, ca.llsdrly pd, cr witn guarantee 10 ..... Do. w '2/oatguarpntee 10 Bi-ining.,Wolverh'pton, and btaur VI . illy 134 14s ... 13irken head, Lan ca.:sl , i ...e, and ChesFre Juno.... 20 Bristol and EX3l.l' 92 ... . Ditto, 1 hirls , 8 : ; ti ucki n g h 2 m.l.lre Caled )fil...n Ditto, New 104 Pref... 10 Ditta,Cl - 7desda'e June 50 ..nester and Hovbrad... 50 Di.ta, Preference ls Clarenc• Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 21 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Goyerrtme.:.t Loar, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Poi L: mont'a Dublin and Be'7ast Juno. SO .._ . { nd.:nc' ~ ~-, &Coteraine 25 - .•.•• Do. 1: S')ares sa. •• .... I ondonderry and Ennis kilen ..... Do. 1 ,4 Shares 5 ...... . ....... ...... -- t::::‘,,,,tdf, guar. 4 p er et 20 ...... • -- Ditto (6 pqr ct.) ..... 13 ',I arkilt.-:', .r,l!ti.y.ton,e,na .1:-. 5 ... •se *." -. ' .l';ilc.:l:, '..i . ',...',r, Sh6;iii.)ld, anti L.inceh o —lOO ...... Do. Q.nartA:rs (NP. 1) 25 . ..... Nitio ditto (N o. 2)... 25 - •••• Do. Shares ( No. 3) 12 1 / 2 Do. Lice:Lice:lol. Pref..... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... SO ...... — -- Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffi‘ld and Lincolnshire ..... .... 25 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ... — Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union.... 41.25. — . -- , NI i7l.nd ... Do. Consolidated- ••• ....... . .. Pref.100 Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... .. 7 VAi 7 Do. Eirm., r.r..d Derby loe • - - Do. Cousol. Bristol and Birming., 64)er ct.... 100 ......124 ...... ,.. .. 1:4 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 ...... - Ditto ditto .... ...... SW. 75... ... - Do.,ErewJ.shVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western I:ish .. —.. ILddlesbro' and Itedcar, .. . 6 per cent. guar. 6O Newcastle and Carlille.loo Do. Quarters - :.:'undalk & Ernlokillen 27%...... w.ast Anglian, ",61., L. & E. am L. and D...... 25 De. let., E. & H.... 18 ...... Do., 3!. 10s., Pre:- 3% ..... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . .... . - .asteru Counties........ 20 ...... 6% 3 4 .... Do. New, Gua.6 per et. 10 Ditto,Extcntion, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... . ..... .... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Ce2t. Ditt?. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New ... ... 43 Fasteru Union, C'ass A (late E. U. Shar€3) 25 Ditto, Class A- ditto— 6 ."'..' •• •• - Do., Class B & C 25 — Do. Sc.:p (6 p3r e - mt.) 20 ._ &Ist Lai. cash'7e Ditto, New ...... ••-•• 25 .•...• - ......... •••••• - Ditt 3, New Qua - eters 6 1 4 — .. Do., 6 per C. -. .u. P 3.-- iele3ce Qual,:ers ... 6g — — East Lincolrr ,'' 'e ...... 25 Eclinhu - ez:h ar d Glassow 50 ..-- .. _ Ditto, He'( SLrea ... 25 .. ....... Edinburth and Northeia 25 Ditto. zieWDOl:; Emeter,Yeovit, & Dorch. 2 ? v , — • Exeter and Exmoath... 21. — Glas;aw, Dutnfi:es, and Carlisle ..... ~... ..8/.65. 8d.... ... Glasgow,lii'nrx., & Ayr 50 ..... . . Do.Prefennce Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferrc .1 ... 12 1 % ....., ... Do., I .' l B 6 net CPA-. 7 1 / 2 - .„ Do., 5 per C,, , nt. Pref. I 0 ;reat Eout't. and Wee. (Irelind) 6 raat North Gf Er,g!md.loo ..... .. — Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, (N• 0 CS Ditto, New, 39/ Ditto. New,ls/ l5 .. .. Great Western ......100 Ditto, % Vaares Ditto, 1 4 Shares ....• 23 .• ••• ...I Ditto, Fifths, ...... ..... 20 atto, New 171........ 15 1101 rad Selb7 ...... 50 Ditto, Ele'f Sham ... 25 ...... ..... Do. Quax 3r Shrres... 12% — ..... ......... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds —. Lancashire & YorkstivelCO ......... Ditto, ditto . ......... .. ......... 011ie. =M. Ditto, % Shares ..... ..... Do. Quartets ......... 23% —.— •••••••• — Do. Fifths ...... ...... 1,) Do. Thirds ...... ....... 16%,... • .. •••••• — Do. New Guaranted 6 Ter Cent.......... 10 ......... ...... -- Ditto (11 , dderefield and Si'eff.) 5O --. op. Do. CW.Ridir , iewmarket Do. Extension \ T ewport, Abergavenny, i.nd Hereford 6 ...... N;"wry and Enniskillen 7 ... ..- ... q e wry, W arrenpo i nt, and Itostrevor_.. 20 .. ......... .•• ..... • Norfolk ......... ...100 ...... Do. New 201. ... ...... 15 -- Do. Guaranteed 5 pct. 20 Do. Guarinteed 5 1 ,4ipc. 5 - --. Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ...... -- ...... ..... Ni :inn Braish ...•....... 4 25 ..... Ditto, Halves .. ..... 12% — - Ditto, Quarters - Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8i .. .. .. ...- Ditto. Preference 5 ~ .. . %....... .......... '....• c'orth Staffordshir e ... 17 1 ,.• 7% vorth Wales • ...,•••••••• 3 1 / 2 - ,Worth-Western ........... 13% ...... Oxford, Worcester, and vr oi %/ern auipton - Heading, Guildford, and Reigate tioyston and Hitehin ... 41 ... , sottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New .. .. .. ..... " — . •-• ihrowsbury and Bias Ditto ditto. Class B. 8 . ..... .. Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - Shrewsbury and lierefd. 5 -........ .•—•... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. MM.) lB ...... ... Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry - Ditto New -- Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 --* Shropslure Union ..... ("nth Devon - ....• .... Do. Preferen ce South Stalfordshire B l /2 — •••• ....... " ..... ioutt Eastern ... ........ 33% 19 %•• 19 DJ., No. Y. ............ SO Do., No. 3.. ..... ...... 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... 6% ...... .. t. 1 4 Do., Scrip Nu 4 ... ......... 10 - itaith, \Vales ............ 4 3 ..• • • .. ..... •• 15 mini Yorkshire, Lo u - (lister, and Goole ...... 12 li diield, itotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 3 percent. ... 16% ..... „.. ..... Do. do (_Sot. Div.) .. : 5 ...., , ... wane. & Loughor li Ca moron's Sun. Coal. ... 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 "'.. ••• . ••• Chames haven Do c k • “ .... . and P.Ailway 'ale of Neath ••• •••••,.. 10 .1/ aterford dud Kilk.,.innv 20 Waterford and. Limerick 471,E „ ..., Al atei Cd , v i rxfrd,Wicklw .. an:'_ Dublin Wtar V alley 6 per Cent. , ,• . ..:ne. Union) 10 — ..... ........ Do. (Easton & Wy..e) 25 Do. lA Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradrai ‘3o - ......... ••...• Leeds and Think ...... 50 Do., Pre:er., 6 per Ct. :44...... Do., do. No. 2 b Do., do. No. 3 5 ....,. --- •.. ........ •. Do., Pref. Quer , 1813 9 ....« -- - ..... _ . Liverpool, Crosby and Southport. lO London Scßlackwa'l...ll/. 6s. 3d... London, Brighton, and South Coast... ..... 100 -• Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 13 2 1,E 132% Do.G Jarant. 5 per et.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 - Ditto ditt0...,.. 1852 50 .. LondonandGree•2nich 1 2 / 1 534d... ••• ..... • ••• -- Ditto, Preferezp. .. . 20 L midc 1 and N. Western 100 lll 111% 110% 110% Ditto, New canters.. 12 - - Di....0,Eft'2%.,.... .. ... . 7 ..... 81 / 8 8 8 Do. /01.Shsros(L.M.) C 5 Do. 10g. (M. & B.) C. 1 Loin]. ir S. iirc ii'2rn ..,.. 50 .. DittD, New }01....... 42% — ............. .. Do. Now 401. 34 __Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Caut. ... 5 -.. ..... ........, 6% Guaranteed ... .. 5O ...... D. de. do. ... 25 oo Do. do. do. ... 15 ... .. ... West Cornwall .. . ..... ~.. v hite,haver & Furness 18 .0. Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 Nilts,Somerset,S. Wey mouth ork, Nswcastle, and Berwick. ... . 25 . ..... 16%........ Do. Newcastle Eaten, 20 11%....•• lli Do. G.N.E.Prefer e n ce 8 ..... 35,4 3 l /4 Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway lOO ...... -_, Yoe, and Northfilidirld l.)0 Ditto Preference ...... 10 ...... 6 1 / 8 1 4 O4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. X.ngio Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 1 ,i. — Jouregne and Amien s ... 2 0 7143 IN 4.... Central of France (O r - .••«• leans and_Vierzon)... 20 ...... 13 .. 13 Demerara ... .... l 7 l/ ..... ....... 2. ..... ...... Dutch Rhenish S. •••••• 8 4 OMB 941 ..... ..... East Indian. .... . Ditto ... ........ -.. ..... 20 Great Indian Peninsular 5 . ..... ... ...- ... ~.. Do. Do. ... ....... 10s. ...... Louvain ila Sambre ... 7% — ..... Luxembourg ............ 71A, — -.. Ditto ••• dp , tladrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege .. .. Northei a of France.,.... W. 85... dis l/ 76 do 3'4 Jrleans and Bord eaux .. 7 'aria and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and:Rouen 2O ..... 21:h ... ..... Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 - . :............ 9 t4 Uouen and Havre ...... 20 ...- Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... — : Strasbourg and Basle fours and Nantes :13 ...... . . rournay, Jurbi se , L an- . .... den ' and Hasselt 2O 'Vest Fir Iders ..... .. ..... 8%. ... _...., , MINES. Do. St. John Del R ey 15 ..... ... PA JOINT STOCK BAINIS.b.. .10 Union of L0nd0n,.....,,, 10 ...... ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY LONDON, DEC. 18.—Wi n d thi s d ay at noon S., m o de' breez and dull hazy weather, with drizzling DEAL, DEC. 17.—Wi n d W.N. VV., very strong.—Ar r • Peter Senn, Ritchie, Penang; Sir Robert Sale, Drool', China; Jane Morrison, Muir, Moulmein; Emma, C al , vin, Calcutta; Lady M‘Naghten, Hebbert, Madras; L i c , millus, Sprague , Demerara; William Metcalf, O r ); St. John's, New Brunswick ; Susan Crisp, Holdswort; Mauritius; Warrior, Thomas, Jamaica. Arrd, froal I". River, Trafalgar, Adelaide, South Australia ; Barbadoes; Lady Sarah, Bayly, Jamaica; Victory' New York. It is blowing very strong, with bel l % squalls at N.N.W. The mast head of, appseentlft sloop is to be seen at low water off the North Forelo l 4 The Ariadne, for Barbadoes, the Miranda, for Teinid; and the Fairy Queen, h ave rece i ve d some damagiel., their spars, having be en i n contact; and the Miou°o, Portuguese schooner, for Portsmouth, with several pls° stove in and other damage. LlTE:swoon, DEC. 17.—Wind N.W., blowing Arrd. Prince of Orarge, Bomb ay; Bedlam CAst'k; Bray, Pernambuco; Houingeur, B urn l ey, New lr°,/ja El Dorado, Mo rr i son , S t. Andrew ' s, New litunsrL." Colchester, Fol e y, S t. J ohn ' s, New Brunswick; 2r ' :, garet, Pickering, H a lif ax; Isabella Harriett, Vir Calcutta; Matild a , ditto; Kathleen, Mather, . left Fernando P o 11th Sept.; George Dean, SPr'l', Sierra Leone; Elvira, Graham, Demerara; Cro n ' e n Baker, New Orleans; Niobe, Soule, ditto; Washingo;: Wilkie, Mobile; Carnatic, M`Kenzie, Savannah; C ° , 13 , 0; brook, Maguire, Charleston; John Carrier, Knapp. Susquehanna, Dunlevy, Philadelphia ; Brothers, Sullifs°, New York; Roscius, Eldridge, ditto; Earl of Clareel Gardner, St. John's, New Brunswick; Woodman, o°,„, manson, Wallace, Nova Scotia; Messenger, Quebec. Off port, Duke of Wellington, Calcutta; RP" — Juno, Fauchon, and Guy Mannering. A TROON, DEC. 15.—The Willi am H enry% of Dull.-° 1 ) 4 went on shore on the Banassee Sand. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 15.—The Emilie Ross stfl°°°er Windau to Hull, fo u nd ere d to - day, Hunteiff Fort beArh-eg N. ten miles; crew saved. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.—The Chebar, London to D° of bay, has p u t b ac k f rom lat. 46, long. 10, with loss. di cutwater, having b een i n contact, on the 14th inst..,wlde the Hilda Cha r l o tt e , o f an d f rom Stockholm to lilac oe Janeiro, which was t ota ll y di amasted, and otherw ise much damaged as to render abandonment neceso°3) crew (except the master, who was crushed to de s saved. r u PASSAGE, EAST WATERF ORD , D EC . 16 , — Th e -- A eff tralia, Ceylon to Lond on , p ut i n h ere yesterday ira leaky, has been surveyed an d recommen d ed to di sc hs P part of cargo immediately. 40 4 SUNDERLAND, DEC. 17.—Th e N ymp h , o f this F, was in contact with a scho oner o ff M al d on yester day and received slight damage. , SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 17.—The Providence:. t i,/ Ipswich, was in contact l as t n i g h t, o ff Whit b y, w it' Kezia, of London, and sank; crew saved. of YARMOUTH,; DEC. 17.—The Good Intent hr'g' bpi Sunderland, got on the Scroby Sand yesterday 030 was assisted off, and brought up in the Roads. o d. Good Intent, of Whitby, a l so got on t h e Scroby vieof and was assisted off and into the harbour. The de Marie, Newcastle to Cette,_has been hove off sh ° is ea HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 17 .—The Dauntless, Suod °7 lo oo to London, and the Thyatira, Seals= to Lye° , been got off shore. nt WARKWORTH, DEC. 17.—The J ane h as hien shore. 134 Sr. IVES, Diml / 16.—The Are, Li rt rp )0 1 t 0 I,ol' don, has put in leaky, an d th e C ec ili a, S ev ;l; e to don, also leaky, and must discharge. v 1 .001 11 b; MUMBLES, DEC. 17. The E ff ort, of A. ll- ,-. 00 4 Tredegar, of Gloucester; Charlotte Maria, or J',., ot oP and the Heroine, of Dungarvon, have all been b shore. on t h. ARDROSSA.N, DEC. 16.—1 t blew a hurricane _„ t 0 11 night of the 14th inst. Th e I sa b e ll a sm ack Wye" shore. Tltc iger° OFF MARGATE, DEC. 17.—M argare t EVaDat New York. sld SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 17.—Wir d ' Tevi°l steamer, West Indies. • 1144911 Ni, DEQ. Ile—Wiwi W O 4llO .- gia°l HANOVER. In the sitting of the First Chamber on the 15th, the resolution of the Second Chamber on the Schleswig-Holstein question was on the order of the day. The Minister, Count BENNIGSEN, declared that conformably with the wishes of the Chamber the Government had demanded information fro .n the Stac'holdership, as to whether the letter published as having been addressed by it to the KING of Denmark was authentic. The Stadholdership had replied in the affirmative. The Government 111(1 also desired to be furnished with the communications on the negotiations, which were refused, cs these negotiations were a profound secret. The Chamber then adopted the following motion : —" That the Government endeavour to obtain for the Duchies that legal state which they enjoyed pre vious to the Danish ordinance of the 24th of Afirch; and that, in case of the partition of Schleswig, regard would at least be had to the nationality of the northern part." AUSTRIA. The Archduke Jorns is about to retire from public life, and to take up his permanent residence at Graf z. It was reported in Vienna on the 12th that Prince SCHWARTZENDERG was about to retire from the Mi nistry, and would be succeeded by Count COLLE REDO. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. General DUIIAMEL, Plenipotentiary of the CZAR in Wallachia, has set out for St. Petersburgh. He passed through Warsaw, where he had several interviews with PASKIEWITCIL TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 28th state that the following conclusions have baen come to as re gards the question of the refugees. As the internal dissensions of Austria, notwith standing they have been appeased, have not been settled, the refugees who have sought Ottoman hospitality are to be located, for a ttrtn not ex ceeding one year, in some distant province of Tur key, whereas such as are furnished with foreign passports will be free to quit the country imme diately. The Poles who have embraced the Mahome dan faith ire, ezcording to the sense of treaties, screened from expulsion ; but they are to be with drawn from the province of Rumelia, where their presence near the focus of their recent intrigues might be dangerous to Austt:a. Syria is proposed for the former, whereas the latter will be employed according to their capacities, either civil or military, nearer this city. This arrangement, suggested by Sir STRATFORD CANNING, hag, it is said, been provisionally accepted by the Austrian and Russian Ministers, and for warded to Vienna and to St. Petersburgh for their approval. The Wanderer of Vienna publishes the folio aing from Constantinople of the 28th ult.:— " Since the arrival of the h2st Russian note nothing new has occurred in the affair of the refugees. M. Steamer does not scam to have bound himself uncondi tionally to act in accordance with Russia, and the £l. c2ptation of the nob intended for Austria does not depend on the decision of the Russian Government. He nevertheless deemed it essential to require the detention in arrest of Genere's Kohlcran, Ste 4 n, and Kmety, who had assumed the turban—in this respect going hand in hand with M. Titff. What the Port. refused to Russia was of course not ac corded to Austria. The subsequent demand on the part of the Allied Powers that all of the Poles, not in cluded in the Hungarian category, who had become Turks should be disqualified for receiving rank or office —a semi-official demand—was likewise negatived. None of the Polish legion, except Ben; and suite, have apostatized, but numters of Poles and Italians, who h a ppti to be here, many of whom arrived at the termi nation of the war in Path bsve renounced the cross for the crescent." MILFORD, Dec. 17.—The Nelson, Whitehaven to Ca► duff, and the Wee Tiittie, for Cardiff, brave been in contact, and received damage. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The commercial affairs of the union, by this arrival are represented by our present advices as being favourable. The money market is still easy. Money at New York was very plentiful. Treasury Notes 111 f, Pennsylvanian Fives The market for breadstuffs was inactive, and prices are without change. Western Canal flour, 4 dolls. 75c. to 4 dolls. 87ic.; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 doll. 22c. to 1 doll. 24c. per 601 b.; Southern wheat, 1 doll. 12c. to 1 doll. 14c. per GOlb. ; Indian corn (round yellow) 60e. to 62c.; ditto (flat yellow), 60c. per bush. ; Indian meal, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 121 e. per barrel. In cotton there has been a fair amount of busi ness doing at New York, former quotations being steadily maintained. New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 101 to 11i cents. per lb. Uplands and Florida, 11i to 111 cents. per lb. Provisions have advanced in price. Mess pork Ili to 111, prime 8} to 81._ _ Freights remain unchanged, asking rates being— Flour to Liverpool is. 6J. to is. 91 per brl.; grain to Liverpool 4id. to sd. per bush.; cotton to Liverpool 3 161. to id. ; cotton to Havre id. to id. Exchange on London 1081 to 109, steady. On Paris sf. 27c. Sales small. On Hamburgh 35 to 35k. On Bremen 78 to 78k. THE LATE ACCIDENT OFF THE TYNE.—Hir jcsty the Queen has presented 100 guineas tover-ds the relief of the breaved families of the unfortunat..? pilots who wcre drowned at the mouth of the Tyne, in at • tempting the rescue of a vessel wrecked on the Herd Sanas on the 4th inst. 'rhe ccrporation of Newcastle have also forwarded 100 guineas, end the Blaster and Bre•hren of the Tririty-house have subscribed the same say. With respect to the melc•ncholy occurrence, it may not b 3 generally known that the life-bats of the port of Newcastle, stati.lncd at the entrance of the Tyne, in North and South Shields (the latter being the ple3e where the Pee bat was wrecked), have for about sixty yes-s been instrumental in swing the crews of vese?ls unfortunately stranded at the entrance of the port, end although no cornet account has been kept of the exact numbr so rescued from danger previous to the year 1841, the committee appointed to receive subsc.iptions have it in their power to state that since that polled 466 persons have been brought safe on shore from 62 stranded vessels. Most of the pilots who perished on the occasion iu question were married men. In all 17 widows and 46 children have been left to lament their loss. AUDIT OF RAILWAY Accourvr3.—Yesterday offi cial communications were forwarded to the represen tatives of the various railway companies who at tended the meeting on the Bth ult., to the effect tha, in order to give further time for the collecting the cpnions of reway shareholders on the outrne of the proposed Audit Bill to be submitted to Parliament next session, the adjourned meeting appointed for to-morrow (Wed nesday), is further adjourned to the 16th of January next. Once I desire juri4 aleuts name! from Inittec Went ne Ne val fUI ex 5,21 9s bro •dr _ T bus; Ju P (Bei Pt in" Tt Moir Veto Nu every the p 11 Ave javol sides, Sign s Illeint Lent