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they would do it much better and much cheaper, and will only do what is necessary. Pat them under an engineer if you please, but let him b 3 an engineer who has been at eea, 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. The Amphio n 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 for her crew (they are on the gundeck), only stows 270 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 aro much too small. The former was not safe 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 feel. 'With respect to the iron vessels, by a return laid before Parliament, dated January 25, 1847, we had launched, and are building, no less than 33. They have already cost 376,705/. With respect to their efficiency for 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 gngines, ani so has the Simoom ; and so totally igno rant are we of what we are about, that we have put fate her smaller engines, though she is more eapeble of carrying what was first intended ; and they have put into the Greenock the engines that were first intended, though she war, incapable of carrying them. She has engines of 564.110r5e power, can only stow 349 tone 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 wall 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 abut? Depend upon it, if you do not the coun try will take it out of your hands. The navy is a favourite profession, and no ono wishes to ::(20 its efficiency impaired, but no one 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 vain. Little or no attention is paid to the suggestions of officers, and es 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. WARRENNB,' " MARGARET CAPEL," &c. On Tuesday will be publishutl, is 3 vols., poet Bvo. K N G'S C 0 j? E. A NOVEL. By the Author of " Mr. Warrenne," "Margaret Capel," Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. QU IT ABLE ASSURANCE OFFICE, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. A Special General Court of this Society will be holden here a n TULiDAT, the 18th of December instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely ; and a Special Court will be holden at the same time, in pursuance rot a Requisition made to the Actuary by Niue Members of the General Court. A 6pecial General Court will also be holden here on TIIUSSIOAT, ftLe 20th Deitomber instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely. order of the Court of Directors, ARTHUR MORGAN, Actuary.. THEATRB ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Bromuton. LAjT SIGHT BUT ONE OF MR. MACREADY'S APPEARANCE. THIS EVENING Will be perforated OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. litaersady ; lago, Ntr. J. Wallaok ; Desdemona, Miss Reynolds ; Emilia, Mrs. Warner. To be followed by the successful and laughable Farce, called till aiLAR,MING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Stwan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with THE PAS DE FASCINATION. On Monday, Dec. 10, Mr. and Mrs. KEAN will make their appe2X sues in the Play of the WIFE'S SECRET. The Box-offlso is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. .DELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. TIIIS EVENING, Ylill loe erred a new domestic Drama, called TM' WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bad hird, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grusidefy. Airs. E. Matthews. Te conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BIJNBURY'S RPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twin:cs, Mr. Wright ; Job piriltb, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. IjAder the 'Management of Madame Veetris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, IV3II b 7! performid a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MA:i. To be followed Ipy DELICATE GROUND. After which lIE WOULD SE AN ACTOR. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. Drees Boxes ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4.1. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, half-price to any part of the house. All applications for fri - vatc Boxes must be male to Mr. Alleroft, /5, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, " 4 WIII be performed DON PASQUALE. After which, the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. To col/elude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, The perfermance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with then Grand national awl magnificent Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF' WATERLOO, In whieh Mr. Edward Gomersal win appear in hie 4wiginal character of Napoleon. After wrack Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA. The intervals bet A een the various Lets of Horsemanship will is enlivened by Messrs. T. Barry, E. Jackson, and Wheale. Box-effice open from Elovese till Four. Stooo Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We arc unavoidably compelled, in consequence of a pre: . o of matter, to leave over until to-morrow a communi cation on the subject of " Savings' Banks." 111.0t1 WATER. AT LO DAN Tim DKr —ll.rning, 11 min. after 7 ETening, 52 min. after 7 To-Mow/4)w --;:orning, 18 min. after R .vemn 3 , 5 mm. after V THE WEATHER.—Suu OfflcE, DEc. 7. Ti.EaIidOXETBA, Lowest, 37; Highest, 47; Noon, 44. BAROMETER, 20.6. WIND E.S.E.—dull, cloudy weather. * • - • •.: -, - e • Y a • - lnw,J 4i spar t. fist !yr, ;pa littrtg )It LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1849. Such an inquiry as the one adventured upon by Sir CLIAILLBS Name. 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 other, in short, than any investigation into the state and capacities of the ma ritime force of England. Taking the memorable assertions of two distinguished n.erobers of the Le gis:ature as the text of his 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. In the outset of his argument Sir CHARLES has quoted, se,verally, the opinions of Captain Rous and of Mr. TIRRNEY-at the outset of ours we would quote n remark uttered upon the same subject by the great NaroLEoN. 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 magnanimity even after ha had been immolated on the British hearth, when he advanced towards us like TIIEMISTOCLES. 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 Roos, 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 vp..3t 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-tangled scheme pro pounded by every adventurer. What we mean is simply the acceptance 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 nary 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. Tho 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 princeps. 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 STANHOPB, the illagnus 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 aents. 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 the advocates of a policy so disgraceful and injurious as that recommended at Reigate, with so much vigour and efficiency as to leave but little to be said on the subject. He 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 a long time they imagined that they were guarding 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 es 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, but 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 forward 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 tele graphic dispatch announcing that her MA3ESTY the Queen of Sreng is seceinte. 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 MAJESTY'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 CAVAIGIIAC 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 BRDBAU 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.) lie 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 CATAIG NAC and BxDEAU, 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 has mad e c h o i ce o f th e pl ace w h e r e 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 he transferred from the place fixed on for their punishment unless in virtue of a special Bill." The debate was adjourned. The Council of Discipline of the Order of Advo cates assembled on Wednesday evening, under the presidency of M. DUVERGIER, in the absence of M. BoieviLeexas, the 13atonnier, who was absent from illness. M. CREMIEUX and N. JULES FAVRE, and sight other advocates who defended the prisoners before the High Court at Versailles, were present, and laid before the Council their means of defence. M. Mom. (de Bourgee) not belonging to the Paris bar, could not 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 60, an amount out of all proportion to the population. Fortunately the neighbouring districts were still safe. The Patrie states that the v a r i o us rumours respect ing diplomatic changes, as me n ti on ed in some of the Pari▪ s papers, are unfounded, and amongst others that of General BARAGUAT D'HiLmuus being replaced at Rome by M. DE RAYNEVAL. The PRESID ENT o f th e R epu bli c, b e i ng s li g hlt y indi▪ sposed, was unable on Wednesday to preside over the Council of Ministers which was held at the Elysie. M. FRANCOIS ARAGO, ex-Member of the Provi sional Government, and M. HIRAU 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 Moniteur 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 length been carried by our troops after a desperate resistance. The works ably directed were advanced to the wa!l, and even under the Kiabah. A mine having blown up the fort, the assault was made with complete success." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Thursday, at 57f. 50c. ; the Five per Cents. at 911.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 750 f. ; Rouen, 540 f.; Havre, 235 f. ; Great Northern, 446 f. 250. ; Avignon, 217 f, 50c.; Vierzon, 315 f.; Basle, 102 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4021. 50c.; Paris and Strasburgh, 357 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 2771. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), I2N—East Indian, 4—Luxembourg, % Ditto, I%—Northern of France, 211 3 dis. Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 1 4 Paris and Rouen, 22—Paris and Stras bourg, 6—Rouen and Havre, 9%—Sambre and Meuse, 2% —Tours and Nantes, 4. THE COFFIN or:nxn LATE MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—It is not intended to exhibit the coffin which is to contain the remains of her late ikbjesty the Queen Dowager. FRIDAY EVENING-, 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 of a telegraphic dispatch by the French Government. MADRID BOLA, Nov. 29.—The funds remained firm. The Three per Cents. at 29i for cash; the Four per Cents. at 111 ; the Five per Cents. 11 k ; 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. PRUSSIA. In the Second Chamber of Prussia, on the 33, a 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. WAD. DECK, the public prosecutor of Berlin demanded a formal verdict of acquittal, which was given, and he announced that he should prosecute the man OHM, for having been guilty of a calumnious accusation. The acquittal of M. WALDECK gave rise to a popular demonstration, and be bad 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 M. VON PRoxEscu 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 Chamber, which will lead to a dissolution of the latter. It is also said that the KING will not confine himself to this measure, but in case of need 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 Samos, to represent the condition of the people of that island, and explain the causes of the insurrection. They were received with great kindness by 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 BM 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, corn 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 the 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 Constitutionnel 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 Gazctte 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 Pope to Rome. The General is anxious to proceed to I'ortici as soon as the quarantine regula tions will allow him. The Nazionale 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 are constantly flawing in in consequence of the amnesty. All the political prisoners comprised 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. RIVEIt PLATE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) By the arrival of the William Pelle, 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, 2 SO dolls. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The cotton market at Havre was yesterday somewhat less depressed than on Wednesday, but the sales amounted to only 75 bales. LYCEUM THEATRE. - The Beggar's Opera was revived last night, and cast with attractive strength. Madame Vestris resumed her old character of Lucy, and Polly was sustained by Miss Rainforth, 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 showed she has not been forgotten. She sang 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, MONEY and. COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 hales, including 1.500 on spsculatien. The transactions comprised 200 Brazil at 61d. to 61d., 200 Egyptian at 7d. to 72d., and 300 Surat at 41d. to 411 per lb.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done at full The arrivals of foreign Wheat returned to-day in Mark -lane amount to 17,340 qrs. In the Mincing• lane markets 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 brisker sale. Rice is rather in favour. Cassia Lignea has dropped materially after the late important rise, and Cotton is heavy at d. 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 exceedingly light, has induced dealers arid others to come forward, and large purchases have been made from makers at prices ranging from 41. 12s. 6/1. up to 51. per ton, free on board in Wales. Most of the makers are now asking Si. ss. per ton. Rails are firm at 54 to Si. 55.. according to section. 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 offered 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 48s. 6d. No. 1, Gartsherrie. Staffordshire iron has been in moderate request. Swedish iron and keg steel aro 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 request, with prices on the advance. Lead has been in much request, and an advance of full 10s. per ton has beeps established. Spelter—Owing to the speculations at Hamburgh the price of this article advanced, about the middle of the month, to 15/. 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 151. 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 3s. 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 por 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 raffie:— 1548. 1849. Great Western 16,605 £16,616 Bristol and Exeter North-Western 37781 , South-Westet n Midland... . . .. 8,564 20,049 35,699 7,C52 20,c60 7,074 12,(61 9,749 J3,9?7 7,028 543 2,466 South- Eastern .. 8,403 Eastern Counties Lancashire and Yorkshire York, Newcastle and Berwick 12,033 York and North Midland 6,284 Blackwall Lancaster and Carlisle 2,878 Greet Northern ... 2,927 Caadonian The Funds are very " gay" again, although subjtci to a little fluctuation. Consols have been 961 and 97 and are now 961 The prices for the January accent) , have been 97 to 07i. Bank Stock is supprted at 201 Exchequer-hills have realized 50s. to 539. premium. The Foreign Funds have been very firm, and in fair request. Mexican 28/ to Portuguese Four per Cents. 36 to 37, and Brazilian 89. Spanish Five per Cents. are 191, and the Three per Cents. 381 to 39. Shares are dull. ONE O'CLOCK. _ cLosit G _ PRICES OF BRITISH FITIiDS I RICE S. Bank Stock 3 s.er Cont. Reduced Anus 95: 3 ,4% 95 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 57 96% 96 1 / 2 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aren5....... 9644% 97 96% 56% Long Anna. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 1 4 8 1 / 2 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8% 8 % India Stock — India Bonds, 1,0001. F•outh Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 93 97 96% 96 1 h _ ._ b;xebequer Bills. Bl e d. & to 1.0001. June 53 50 52 p Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Mr& O'CLOCK. OLOSIN ]PRICES. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Account. B9 88% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ner 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. Bunds Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. r2lexican, 5 por Cent. 1846, with Coupons— - Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 2Bl 28% Ditto, Account •••• 28% % ap.i 28% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Do., Coupons... 9%% 9% Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto. Account •••••• 39 38% 38Y8 Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent ... 30 Dividends on the:above payable in London. Dutch 21¢ per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates:- -- Ditto. Account PRICES OF ii BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID BUSINESS AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. kberdeen 5O — - Do. Preference - Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 ,4..... - Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7LA — - Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Eaten& (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 ...,.. Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dttdley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 .. ... Do. without guarantee 10 El i 1 ming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 20 Bristol and Exeter 9O -•-•-• -•-• 54 Ditto, Thirds duckinghamthire 17 1 / Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June 4O Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% East Anglian, 25/., L & E. and L. and D... 25 Do. 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3% 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . Eallern Countieq... ..... 7 % ..... Do. New, Gua. i; per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.138. 4d.... ........ Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent Do. New ... 43 ...... Eastern Union Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C 25 — De. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters . 6 1 4 East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. EdinburghandNorthern 25 Ditto:liewport • Exeter. Yeovil & Dorch 25 __ Exeter and Exmouth... 2Is. Gleszow, Dumfries, and Car ....... Cs. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Avr 50 DO.Prference Consul. Gloucester &Dean Forest 11 Great Northern Do., ! A2 A Deferred ... 12%...... ... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7 1 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. IO Ireat South. and West. (Ireland) G reat North of England.loo ...... ... 230 Ditto, Now, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30 , 3O Ditto, New,lsl l5 .. .. ... Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares SO Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. .... .... •••• Hall and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,fi Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .... Ditto, Thirds Lancathire & YorkshirelCo Do. do. M. B. 4 8... 98 Ditto, ditto , Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths... ... 10 Do. Thirds .............. 16 1 4..... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per cult.. DECEMBER 7 1849. Ditto atudder.sfield and Shell: 1.. Do. (W. Riding, Union) 10 ..... Do. (Preston & Wyr , .) 25 Do. ',4 Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O 100 1 Leads and Think- De., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 4 Do., do. No. 2 5 Do., do. ......No. 3 5 l'h., Pref. Quar., 181 S 9 Liverpool, Crosby azd Southport lO London & Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d 3 3 /4 ..... London, Brighten, anti South Coast... .....100 Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .. L' t , don and Greenwich 12/15s 4d ... ..... • ••• a tto, Prefer .... 20 Lo , ,zlon and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 D.tto,Fift , t. Do. 40/.Bhares(L.M.) 35 — Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. _2%.... ._ Cond.& S. West'zrn ..... 50 ..... 31 1 A 3 / 4 Ditto, New 50/. ...... 424.-- Do. New 404 .. 34 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Lond ,, ndorry&Coloraine 23 Do. % Shares..... .. ~... 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen Do. 4 Shares 5 Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Mancho , ;ter.l.3uxton,and Mat10ck....... . 5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% — Do. New 101. Prof lO ...... 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 !land Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares 30 ... Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Lirming., 6 d per ct.... 100 Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto .... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington , 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish 47% -- eeeee iO. • • 1......• Middlesbro' and Redear, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo —....— Do. Quartors Newmarket ...... ..... . 23 — Do. Extension ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 .•..•• --- Newry and Enniskillen 7 — Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor Norfolk .......... ......... —lOO Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 lA2pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... N orthern Counties Union 4 .....• ... Nrorth Britis'st ........ ... 25 .... ..... ........ 11% Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, 'thirds .... —.• ki —••— ..... Ditto Preference . 5 North Staffordshire ... 17 1 / 2 B l /2 8..... ..... North Wales ... 3% North-Western . 1 3 3 /4 ..• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 ...... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 fioyston and Hitchin ... 4 1 ,4..... 5 .. .. ..• Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New - ,,brewsbury and Birm l2 ...... ~.... .. ..... Ditto ditto, Class B 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hersfd. 5 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. MM.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Uswestry ...... 18 1 / 2 7 3 /4 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Eihropshire Union :South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire B% — ... — So its Kasten , Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ........ ..... . 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... Do., Scrip No 4 St.uth sli ales . south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Sh3ffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% . ... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 -- z.wans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stin. Coal. ... 7 l'aw Vale Extension ... 8 ',lames Haven Dock and Railway ... 17 1 % ...... Vale of Neath ... .. 8 Waterford end Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% —i Waterfd,Wmfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteal ... .. ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 - •••••• Do. do. d 0.... 15 ... ..... ........• West Cornwall ..... .... 6 ••• N hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 Wilts,Somerset,& Wey mouth 45 — York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ....... ... 25 Do. Newcastle Eiden. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ..... 3A, 1.1 4 ...... ... Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... -- ......... York and North Midland 50 Ditto Preference .A3'4 den, and Hasseit ...... 20 West Flanders B 3 / 4.. ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 MINES Santiago de Cuba United Mexican 2B LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY, FOREIGN RAILWAY 6. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara 17% — Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 East Indian ... 3 14 — Great Indian Peninsular ti Do. Do. ... 10s — Louvain I la Sambre ... Luxembourg Ditto lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... 6 Northern of Fiance l4l. 85... dis Orlean3 and Bordeaux 7 ...... -.- ........ .. ... By i Paris and Orleans 2O ..... .... ...... .. Paris and Rouen 2O ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and IJeuse 2O ..... 2 LA I 2% Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes l3 ...... Tuurnay, Jurbise, Lan- LONDON, DEC. 7.—Wind this day at noon E.S.E., light brecz 3 and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. G.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Chieftain, lietr, China; May Queen, Butler, ditto; Vigilant, Johnson, Colombo and Mauri tius; Elizabeth Broan, Quebec; Waterhen, Dodds, ditto; Favourite, ditto; Achilles, Mortis, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Lady Flora, Madras. OFF DIINGENESS.—DiIigence, Smith, Batavia; Japan, ditto; Plancius, ditto. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Richard Cobden, Stewart, Bombay; Aohtertyre, Robb, Mauri tins; Osprey, Callao; William Peile, Scott, Buenos Ayres; Columbus, Lawrence, New York. Sld. Heroine, Africa; Sir R. Peel, Lima; Patriotess, Arica; Light of the Harem, Buenos Ayres; Orbit, Mobile; Ashland, New York. Off Port; Punuella, Ivanhoe, Infanta, Red. breast, Tinamara. DOVER, DEC. 6.—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. FALMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind W.R.W.—Arrd. Con cordea, Back, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Antwerp; Fortitude, Gresham, Rio de Janeiro. Under weigh, Seagull Packet, Madeira and Brazils. PENZANCE, DEC. s.—Wind S.E. to W., strong and Equally.—Ai rd. 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 Gsz2ll9, of Whitby. LOWESTOFT, LE°. 6.—The Doris Irmaos, which was abandoned 4th inst., has been brought in without apparent damage to either ship or cargo. HARWICH, DEC. 6.—The Tenzer, of London, and the Fiirt, of Plymouth, aro lost on the Gunfleet Sand. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sid. John Knox, Sydney, New South Wales. FOWEY, DEC. s.—Wind W.—Sld. Abel, Savannah. BRISTOL, DhC. 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Acrd. Gaspe. GLOUCESTER.—Sid. Tusket, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.: BRIDLINMN, Dzo. 6,—lt blew a heavy gale at Ei.§.gi• 52 p 52 p ...... 56,A 98 1 , 3 7 % , 164 65 3 4 25% 15 1 % 16% 1 / 2 P 28% 58 3 4 11 1 A 12% last right, with a heavy sea.—'l he Monica, Sunderland to London, which was aground en the bar yesterday, has been got off and into the harbour. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) CORN EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. A pa-iterate supply of English Wheat has come to hand this week, coastwise. By land carriage and samples the receipts have• been small. To-day the stands 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 Monday. Upwards of 17,000 quar ters of Foreign Wheat have reached us, chiefly from the Baltic. A moderate business was transacted in the first qualities, at the late decline. The middling and inferiJr kinds were heavy, and somewhat lower to pur cliase. 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 flee home-grown Oats were on offer. The supply of foreign was good. The trade was dull, at Monday's quotations. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, as last advised. ARR.: 'ALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Malt. Flour. --- —l --- ---. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. English ••• • .. 2,160 5,530 140 2,490 3,640 Scotch .. .. .. • • Irish .. .. .. . • 4,500 Foreign .. .. • • 17,340 18,610 1!,980 SIVZITHFIZELD. Our market to-day 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 those obtained on Monday, the best Scots prcducing 3s 10d per Blbs. 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 pe r . Blbs. Calves, the supply of which was small, were ver b' dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Owing to the large arrivals of Irish carcases up to Newgate and Leadenhall, the Pork trade was heavy, at barely late rates. Milch Cows moved off heavily, at from 141 to 131 each, including their small calf. Per Bibs. to s 'Atha OW. a. d. to s. d, Inferior Beasts•.... 2 6 2 8 Second quality • • 210 3 2 Prime large Oxen•• 3 4 3 6 Prime Scots .••• • • 3 8 310 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Prime small ditto .. 3 8 310 •ucklinr Calves • •18 0 27 0 Inferior Sheep •• •2 10 3 0 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 3,140 FOREIGN I Sheep. 630 SCOTCH. I Sheep. 40 s. d. to s.d. Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 3 8 Southdown 'Nether 3 19 4 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs ...... 3 4 3 8 Small Yorkers .... 310 4 2 Quartar old Pigs ..1a 0 21 0 Lambs •• ........ 0 1) 0 0 AT MARKET. Beasts. 708 Beasts. 120 Calve*. I PIO. 140 230 SUPPLY. Beasts. Calves. 1 Pigs. 39 -- 1 Pigs, Calves. NEW GATE .AND LE.A.DENHALL. 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. -a. d. to 1. d. I s. 4. 0 S. d: tieet,lnferlor...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 - middling .... 2 6 2 8 - middling.. 210 3 • prime large 210 3 0 - prime ••.. 3 6 3 15 - prime small .• 3 2 3 4 Pork, large ••• • • • 6 3 , Vesl•• ••••••• • • • • • 3 0 3 8 - small ••••• • .• 3 6 4 w nOIIOUGH BOP MARKET. Our market has become less active than for some time past. In some instances, rather lower prices have bees accepted for most descriptions of Hops, the supply of which on offer is comparatively small. Present rates 6 1 :g under :—New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 61 lOs to 121 Os; New Weald of Keut ditto, 61 5s to 81 Os; Neo Sassex ditto, 51 154 to 6115, ; New Farnhams, 11/ lls to 1310 i; Yearling Keats, 31 Os to 41 12s; Yearling Sussex, 2/ 4s to 3/ 17s; Old Hops, 11 Os to 410 s. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The demand for British Plantation has been fair, and good sales are being made to the grocers fot Christmas supplies. Barbadoes by auction has realise' 40s 6d for fine yellow, 37s 6d to 38s 6d for mid' Refined brown lumps have been in more request, s' 47s Gd to 48s. The private sales yesterday afternoo n were 960 hhds 8 trcs of British Plantation, raw de" scriptions. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius of the new crop has been sold at full rates; fine and superior yellow, 39s 6d to 41. 6a; g00d,.38s 61 to 395; fine brown, 35s to 86. 6d; O d low, 29s to 31s. Parcels of the old crop have been s old at 35s to 36s 6d for low and mid grey, and at 36s to 39. 6d for mid ; and good yellow Bengal at auction heli been taken at 408 6d to 425; for fine and superior will!, 13enares, at 38s Gd to 40. for mid to good, and at 373 b" 39. 6d for good and fine yellow like Mauritius. FOREIGN.—St. Croix has realised full prices; fine P a superior yellow 41. 6d to 43., 6d, and goo broom 37a 6d. Cuba has been held at 853 6d to 37s for 10 and mid. Porto Rico has been sold at 37s to 39s for low' and mid. Ilayannah has been taken at 36s 6d to 3 9 1 for low to mid yellow, duty paid, and fine yellow in bon has been sold at 22. 6d to 233. COFFEE.—A large business has been done in eerie: and holders have received 50. 6d and s ls for good Or Native plantation bas risen 3s to 55.; good ord having been sold at 50. ad to 58s 6d.; mid and good mid a t 59, to 665 ; good and fine oolory at 75s to 93s ; POI' berry 59s to 635, and triage 38s to 503. Malta) , has realised 53s to 54. for good ord yellowish; Jamaice . , mid is held for 625, and Java at 50s for good or d ' African sold at 365, and Rio at 15s for black. CeCOA.—This article has been in more rt quest and $ S full price.. Trinidad mid grey to good red 42$ to 466 ' and ord 39s 6d to 41s. RlCE.—Bengal has been sold at 102 for mid and go and some at 10. 6d. The market has been firm. Mac" 8s 6d to 8s 6d for mid and good pinky white. t in SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea has been cheaper, after 1,0 late rise, 90s to 119 s per cwt having been paid. ' e d Pepper not much has been done. Nutmegs have real ised 2s 7d to 2s 8d per lb for ord to good. St' ARROWROOT.—Rio has been sold at, 6d, and at 6d to 11id per lb. Tapioca, good , " to 60. - - fof SALTPETRE.—CaIcutta has been rather cheaper Ro TEA of A.-A fair business has been done in samples the new crop, and at steady rates. to TALLOW.—The market is firm. P. Y. C. 38s 6 ,- 38s 9d per cwt. on the spot. h a y COTTON.—This article is dull, and at the auctions - gone lower for the small portion sold. GREEN FRUIT —The arrivals of Oranges are of °s o extensive character, and prices are lower. .„ (1 .1, cargoes from St. Michael, Terceira, and 0 ; sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, t o , at a reductien of 4s. to ss. per box. •'''; 0 11 sine Lemons sold Is per case lower. Fre , :d Chesnuts 5s per barrel higher. Black Spanish impr ° ' r is in price. Barcelona without alteration. Alo e o f Grapes in request. A small parcel of Seville 66 :4 Oranges has arrived, and sold immediately upon b el " landed. LAW INTELLIGENCE• 41. PRIVY COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY'2I The Judicial Committee of the Privy Counc il r io again to day in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. Council , Lords present were Lord Campbell, the Master of itiot Rolls, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Chan ce ' of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Sir Edward Ryan. SEAL V. SANDLE. T dis tj The further arguments in this part heard appeal were resumed, and occupied their LordshiPs whole morning. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) 4 , IN RE CATHERIN E HALL , CAMBR lD GE .—JuPcnal'il i ie The LORD CHANCEL LOR g ave judgment to-day in important case, which was heard before him some e° "l 3 l, dereble time since, upon a petition presented to of Lordship, acting on behalf of the Queen as Visitorer the College of St. Catherine the Virgin, in the tju il i fie city of Cambridge. The petitioner, Charles W) c o re Goodwin, of Lincoln's Inn, prayed a declaration fr.oa his Lordship that, according to the true construes' t , of the statutes of the college, his fellowship di° a become void on the 10th of November, 1847 , . 13 ‘ re ason of the number of fellows in holy orders be .o , incomplete, and that ho was, therefore, still so d titicd, as a fellow, to enjoy all the privileges r - E etl advantages of a fellow, excepting those de i r' t ripe from residence. The petition set forth the founds o at of the college by the Rev. Robert W o d e larke, of King's College in 1473, and its incorporati oo ,6 o letters patent of Edward IV. A book of statute. T o d framed by the founder, but in 1549 they were re ll g iif and altered by Commissioners acting under the autlit);l of King Edward VI. By the original statutes it o re (nth red that there should be a master and three or il s of fellows, all of whom were to be in holy orders• r e the statutes, as amended, that provision wi l u s er of tained, but the fellows were increased to the n u 133 , 1 :010 six. The third chapter of these statutes, in pr ey o leo the qualification of the fellows and the manner or er o de • tion, proceeded thus:—" Eligantur tantum (si 0031.01: fieri potest) Presbyteri, aut Diaconi, aut alioqui oito deatur ut ex numero sociorum duo ad minim ult illi ° Presbyteri et unus Diaconus. Si autem ahquis % s tet! discesserit senior juxta admissionem eorum, qui n () ; t eir sunt Presbyteri nut Diaconi, infra unius anni orroti° Presbyterum aut Dieconum, prout hujus statutl..o.3l postulaverit, se fieri curet aut alioqui a collegli 4t s mentis recedat nisi fuerit aliquis ex junioribus q o oh decedentis Presbyteri aut Diaconi locum sus sg u p(l° succedere velit." The statutes also stated other trodoll' of exclusion or removal which are not in 'ted' The petitioner was elected a fellow of the cooelfoOf 1840, at which time it consisted of the master all II fellows, who were in holy orders. In Nov,, 18 4 j4els master, the Rev. Joseph Proctor, died, and was suuevot° by the Rev. 11. Philpott. On his admission thes eo rtga only three fellows, the petitioner, the Rev., 6 Of t ' Corrie, and the Rev. F. Proctor. In March, 1 311 „' o p ev Pine was admitted a fellow, and ordained a desv r i s te% the 20th Sept., 1846. So far the number was uer f r o eto: but on the 10th of November, 1846, the Rev. F. ante 0 0 vacated his fellowship, and Mr. Pine, the deacoet the Ist of April, 1847. Mr. Parton was fellow on the 16th of that month, and Mr. 'list () A who was in deacon's orders, was admitted on the vo rtiPi October, 1847. On the 9th of January, 184 8 , "; ae; was ordained le deacon and Hopkins a priest., to L' a , on that day the college was perfect, eccoralleoe;, statutes, there being two priests and one to lir , From the dote when Mr. Proctor va ets fo or f e og fellowship, to tleis period, although t here were lowa, there were only two in holy orders; and it therefore, alleged and insisted on by the roastel other fellows, that as the petitioner had not ef!.t 4 e 7 r , j elle v holy orders before the 10 th of NQTeMbert 1° .• ;Ai 3 3 4 SON 2% 31;% 8 38 2% 7 3/4 •NIM 6% 28 , 4 17% 11% 17% 6% 6% 12%