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who, in these poverty-stricken parishes, themselves unsupported by wealth, are nobly fighting the Battle of the Cross; the excellent s ocieties which are labouring for the spiritual end temporal welfare of the poor—indlviduais rlso—men like Lord Ashley, whose energetic benevolence _sent him, years ago, through the courts and alleys which your corresp,a dent has now revisited—all these would give invalu able assistance in administering the fund, aed in se lecting candidates for emigration. Communications may be opened with the colonies with the view to the reception of the emigrants on their arrival. " Homes" may be established, similar to the one founded at Adelaide by Mrs. Chisholm, whose name is widely and honourably known in con nexion with emigration. This will secure to the emigrants protection and guidance, and facilities for plaeing themselves respectably. Some difficulty might at first be found in the un willingness of the poor women themselves to emigrate. The long sea voyage—the strange country—the fear " of ills they know not of" —the unwillingness to sever the ties which bind them here—all are discou ragements at first. But at a meeting which took place in Shadwell last night, the subject was broached to upwards of 1,000 of these poor creatures, to whom it appeared to be anything but distasteful. These things are not done in a day. But if they are to be done, the sooner the work is begun the better. In the selection of emigrants, one condition must never be lost sight of. None but women of good character must be assisted to go. There must ba no taint or discredit upon them to mar their prospects when they arrive at their new home. These, then, are my proposals : That a fund be forthwith raised to assist distressed females to emigrate. That this fund be administered by a committee, with the assistance of the local clergy and the religious societies in the districts. ________ ... . That measures ba taken in the colonies to ensure protection and guidance to the emigrants on their arrival. This is the outline of a plan by which, as it appears to me, permanent good can be effected. There are many details upon which I do not touch. What proportion to the whole cost of the passage of the emigrant the assistance from this fund should b-ar—whether that assistance should be by way of gift or loan, or both ?—these are questions which the committee must decide. In a few days I trust that such a committee will be organised and at work. The names of the committee, and a list of the sub scribers, will be published as soon as possible. In the meanwhile subscriptions will be received by the gentlemen named below.* One word in conclusion. Let us not be scared by the magnitude of the evil with which we have to con tend; but rather let us make our efforts commensu rate with it. We must have vigorous action and large means. Let those who cannot give a large sum down, give it in instalments in three, four, or five years. Let those who have much, give much, and let all give generously according to their ability. Neither time nor money can be wasted which is devoted to such a work. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, SIDNEY HERBERT. 5, Carlton-gardens, Dec. 4, 1849. Subscriptions in furtherance of the objects advo cated above. may be paid to the joint account of Lord Ashley, the light Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Hon. Arthur Kinnlird, and the Rev. W. Champneys, rector of Whitechapel ; at 'Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pull snail; Herries and Farquhar, St. James's; Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street; and Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane, who have kindly consented to receive them. 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE! LIVES OF THE PRINCESSES OF ENGLAND. From the Norman Conquest. By MRS. EVERETT GREEN. Editor of the " Eaters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies." 2 vols., post Svo., with Portraits, &c., 21s. bound, The above work. IS NOW READY for DBLIVERY at all the Booksellers. Henry Colbtirr., Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborongh-street. Just published, 12m0., 3s. 6d. cloth. THE BRITISd ORATOR : comprising Obser vations on Vocal Gymnastics, Articulation, Melody, Moda latios, Farce, time, and Gesture ; together with a copious Selection of Extracts in Poetry and Prose, for Exercise in Reading and Decla mation. By Professor GREENBINIC, Visiting Secretary of the Manchester Church Education Society. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Manchester : Abel Heywood. THEATRE ROYAL, lIATMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Lessee and Manager. Old tireminton. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF MR. MACREADY'S APPEARANCE. THIS EVENING Will be performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. 3facready; Edgar, Mr. J. Wallack ; Earl of Kcnt, Mr. Stuart ; Cordelia, bliss Reynolds. To be followed by the successful and laughable Farce, called an (LAI:MING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buellatene I Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley ; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. On Monday, Dec. 10, Mr. and Mrs. KEAN will make their appear ance in the Play of the WIFE'S SECRET. The Box-office Is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THE HIRE itoYAL. ADELPIII. I;ndar the direction of Madame Celate. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Gramly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Orumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. B CNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Illghbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tinder the Management of Madam:. Vestrisk Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed METHINKS I SEE MY F.ATIIER, To be followed by DELICATE GROUND. After which lIE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. To conclude with EAISINU THE WIND. Dress Boxes 5 ; Upper Box.. 4s. ; Yit, 2s. ; Gallery, half-prior to any part of the house. Ali applications for rriTate Boxes mist be made to Mr. Alleroft, Ls, New Bond-street. ritINCEs&S Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Opera of DON GIOVANNI. After which, A MODEL OF A WilE. To conclude with ESMERALDA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with the Grand national and magnificent Spectacle of TILE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, in which Mr. Edward Gomersal will appear in hls original character of Napoleon. Ater which Betty's SCENES OF THE ARENA. The intervals bet een the various acts of Horsemaaship will be enlivened by Messrs. T. Barry, E. Jackson, and Wheale. Boa-office open from Eleven till roLr. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. q"..k rEtt AT LONDON iitLD'vt. Tung DAT —Morning, 25 min. after i I Evening, 53 min. after i To- Woaaow—Nforning, 20 min. after 6 I Evening, 48 min. after 6 TUI WEATHER.--SUN Ossicz, Dxc. 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 24; Highest, 36; Noon, 41. BAROMETER, 29.38; going down rapidly. WIND S. to S.W.—Stormy and dirty, thick weather, with rain. It was hard frost yesterday evening, and exceedingly cold, but changed to thaw in the morning, with rain. Amps, .., v eg . • 7! f:e• ehtnillA UAL T,ONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1849, Elsewhere in this evening's impression will be found a document worthy of particular:consideration, a memorial addressed to the leaders of the present Government by nearly eighty Members of both Houses of Parliament, beseeching the attention of the Cabinet, even at this, the eleventh hour, to the project of an interposition between the Empire of Austria and the Hungarians. Although the document is re stricted to two very simple recommendations, namely, the necessity of preventing if possible the repe tition of the recent cruelties perpetrated by the Government upon the Magyars, and of advising the Viennese Administration to emulate the judicious beneficence of the French Republic in abolishing the system of capital punishments for political offences, it is impossible not to recognize through the brevity and simplicity of the memorial, yet larger and nobler aspirations. The liberal representatives of the British multitude, and the liberal Members of the Chamber of hereditary legislators, have in view, without question, some more considerable result than the accomplishment of matters even as desirable as those enumerated. llow far our sympathies go with them in such hopes as are here implied may be readily conjectured by every one acquainted with our feelings t,wards the cause of the Hungarians. Several of the more obdurate advocates on the side .of absolutism will, of course, endeavour to deride the humane interference of those who bave appended their signatures to this interesting document—by hinting the possibility that 'the effort must prove altogether futile, seeing that it is made too late and after too prolonged a period of procrastination. Unquestionably, the time has in deed long since passed by when the remon strance of the British Government could in evitably have affected the fortunes of the war ?fir Svel4l, LON`DOV, raging between Austria and Hungary. The evil clouds have burst oi'er the land of the Magyars:, and the tyrant of Hapsbiagais standing victoriously on the necks of that heroic race—his feet crimsoned with the blood of their patriotism, his lands blackened by the thunders of his vengeanCe ! The sinister hordes of the AurocllAT, after having participated in the tre mendous crimes of carnage, pillage, and conflagration, have retreated to their native coasts, laden with their double load -of spoil and infamy. The accursed traitor from whose guilt all the latter calamities of his compatriots have emanated, has for a long while past been hiding his head in an abhorred obscurity for the better enjoyment of the fruits cut down by the dagger of his treason. The Hunga rians, in short, have drained to the very dregs the chalice of misfortune. Their women have quailed under the lash, their children have pined in the dungeons, their bravest and -worthiest heroes have been compelled to seek some better opportunities of ulterior success lu the de lays and ignominies consequent on exile. 'v Yet, although these miseries have actilan fallen Y upon the recent defenders of Buda , D ebreczin, and Comorn, we are far from dreaming for one instant that the day of retribution, that the hour of c9nso lation, that the moment suited for interposition bas passed away. At this day , at this hour, at figs moment it is not too late to force upon the unwilling attention of Austria the advisability, or, rather, we should say, the absolute and imperative necessity for some change in the course of the policy hitherto pursued by it towards the ruined and conquered Hungarians. Would to GOD that the bold word and the good had been spoken long si nce b y England through the medium of the Government, through the lips of Lord PALMEUSTON ? Would to GOD that the duty of interceding for the fallen and the unfortunate —a duty imposed upon us by the simple dictates of humanity—had not devolved upon the Cabinet of St. James's so very tardily ; but that it had been recognized with the promptitude befitting a free and enlightened nation such as England ! Still we maintain the opportunity has not passed away even now; still there remains room for hope, for effort, and for decision. May the confidence reposed in Viscount PALMERSTON by his countrymen not be disappointed in the present instance ; but may previous delay be compensated by the energy, the point, and the earnestness of the remonstrance at length transmitted with all diplomatic punctilio to the consideration of the Austrian statesmen I A correspondent has addressed to us a letter on the subject of " The poor Needlewomen," asking the im portant, but somewhat perplexing question, as to where lies the blame of their sufferings. ,Is the fault solely attributable, be asks, to the employers of those workwomen—the sellers of ready made goods, or to the public, " who care not at the price of what misery they get unjustifiable cheapness," or must the shame of occasioning so much sin and sorrow be shared between them ? On a superficial view of these questions, either might readily be answered in the affirmative. We might affirm, and with a plausible degree of truth, that if a high price were demanded by the sellers and willingly paid by the buyers of ready-made goods, the workers employed thereon would, of course, receive better wages than at present. But what says the political economist ?—and the poli tical economist is always right in theory. Can we require a man to pay two shillings for any object which may readily be obtained for one shilling ? Certainly not. If, for example, cheap shirts be advertised, how can it be supposed that a purchaser will seek expensive ones ? If the shirt seller finds himself besieged with de mands for work, of what virtue do we imagine him to be possessed that we should expect him to offer wages three times higher than will be gladly ac cepted ? The political economist will tell us, in both these cases, that the course at present adopted is natural and just. If human affairs could be conducted with mathematical precision, it would be just and beneficial to all parties ; for in that case no, poor wretches would be found eager to work without adequate payment. We come now to the root of the evil—the multitude of unemployed hands. If, for instance, there were only a limited number of shirt makers, not one would ply the needle without due remuneration. They might possibly gain little, but they would certainly not work at the present losing rate, which is surely opposed to all the principles of political economy. If, as we have just said, practical business could be carried on ac cording to the rules of a correct theory, every labour would have its fitting labourer, and every labourer his due reward, but alas ! very different is the reality. For every piece of work to be performed a hundred eager hands are at once stretched forth, and a hun dred trembling applicants underbid one another as they frantically clamour for employment, which to them is life. While minutely contemplating this sad state of things, the most ingenious speculator is for the time bewildered, and the most sanguine philanthropist is momentarily dismayed. Not as regards the poor workwomen only, terrible as their lot unquestionably is, but with all other kinds of labour the same sad spectacle is revealed. Two questions here suggest them selves to the thoughtful inquirer—how has all this wretchedness been brought about, and more impor tant, and far more difficult query, how can it be reme died ? How it is that so much sorrow and suffering lurks beneath the magnifice,nt exterior of a civilized state, is easily seen by a glance at the complicated structure of the social fabric. From the peer to the peasant every separate class thrives by the labour of those beneath it. If men were just and virtuous, and human affairs enjoyed unfluctuating prosperity, such • a combination would continually create " The according music of a well•mixed state." As it is, however, men are selfish, and in their blind ness they continually forget that the good of all and the good of one are synonymous. Laws are framed to redress the injustice of the natural man, and those laws, partaking of the sin which they condemn, are too often constructed chiefly in/accordance with the interests of the peculiar class by whom they are framed. It were an endless task here to particularise the many sins, individual and social, and the many misfortunes, accidental or otherwise, which, however much they may at first affect the higher ranks, ultimately fall with crushing weight upon the lowest of all. For example, within the last few years trade has been paralysed, and all classes have more or less experienced pecuniary pressure. In such circum stances what is the consequence ? The rich man cuts off some of his superfluous luxuries, the middling class perhaps deny themselves a few comforts, and what is the result to the poor ? The luxuries and the comforts of the rich furnish the necessaries of the poor. They who possess little have that little taken from them. Without pursuing the argument further, let us briefly take it for granted that whatever of sin or suffering there may be in a state brings double sorrow to that class who naturally have the fewest joys— a supposition that the subtlest logician will find it difficult to confute. For years the evil may accu mulate, but one of two courses is its inevitable result. If the powerful remain quiescent, or only exert their power to aggravate the evil, if they criminally persist in adding injustice to the other sufferings of the poor, the latter at last turn again in despair—witness the great French Revolution. Happier is it, however, for one and all when the remedial movement is set in action, not by the sufferers but by the agents of the, perhaps unintentional, injustice. At the present moment, we would gladly believe, such a move ment is about taking place in this country— assuredly it never was more required. These remedial measures to be beneficial must be twofold. We must endeavour to prevent the augmentation of this wretchedness by stopping the sources from which it is supplied, and these measures may be summed up in the, one word—justice. Justice, which peremptorily forbids the employer from abusing the necessity of the workman (to a certain extent only we exonerate the sellers and buyers of cheap goods from blame)—justice, which continually condemns that system of unequal taxation to which law-makers of all parties and all politics are so continually prone —justice, which views with intolerable dismay one hundred and fifty thousand pounds given in one year for the missionaries to the heathen, while our own fellow- countrymen are perishing around us, body and soul. We might fill columns with an enumeration of the unjust and barbarous acts of this civilized age and Christian country. Far be it from us to decry the excellence of Charity, the queen of virtues, but to our thinking there is less of charity abroad than is generally supposed. We appeal to theologians for corm ctic.li if "we are wrong—we do not believe that an unjust man co scarf sharitb rf; - ‘erefore we say to those whose are now melts at the recital of the sufferings of the poor, and whose vurses in many insta nces are operK.s‘.l their behalf. Weep for those sufferings, the sorrow do your oN7n hearts good ; give alms to the sufferers, the relief is C()rely required; -but-by so doing do not think that yoILT duty is accomplished. No man's conscience should ,!‘e at rest while he in any way countenances a system ,`, , f injustice., Even supposing, however, that for the future the wretchedness of our poor should be in some measure abated, what is to be done for the existing evil ? Extraordinary grievances require extraordinary and immediate remedies. On this point we refer our readers to the excellent letter of the Right Hon. SIDNEY HERBERT, in another column, on which we shall again take occasion to remark. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. - NN T ' h e e hived c e e v e ns r i j e t c a e tio nn e t i h p e n P h l a i r s i h s e j a o t u h r e n a f l o s l l o f o win e g s t , r e d n a ye.y the sti!lect of the reports which had been circulated of notices ravval of the former from the Broglie-Lush the witta: station for the suppression of the slave having been given by France to England of ington Cony: mention : staled that the . Government . had rii. , sh Cabinet of its intention to ention concluded on May given n lt a h n a t s ie b e e t e e n l t a h te e ly ß ' the slave trade. • We w hi c h h a 7e been taken can forexecuting the e suppression p t p h r e e s c s o i n i ; a ° 0: c2 d e9 o u n el o B : 4r think os7 be regarded in such an absolute sense. i! rt. 10 of that trea ty says that the duration of it is fixed ai !en years, but that in the course of the fifth sear the two con tracting parties will concert together and decide accord ing to circumstances whether all or part of the former conventions shall be carried into effect, or whether the new treaty shall be modified or abrogated. By these words, ' former conventions,' must be understood the treaties of 1831 and 1833, which grant to our neighbours the right of searching French vessels. There can be no qt:eation of returning to that. There remains, therefore, the possibility of modifying or abrogatin;, the new coDvention ; but it is not probable that the English Government will absolutely renounce all the right which it gives it. The convention of May 29 conceded to EnglandJn exchange for the right of search, two points—viz., our active co-operation in the suppres sion of the slave trade, by means of a squadron of 26 vessels, and the right of verifying on board suspected vessels, carrying the French flag, whether they are really French. The English Government is disposed to renounce our co-operation in the work of suppression, but it will not probably hold so cheap its right of verify ing the nationality of our vessels. The keeping up of a numerous squadron on the:coast of Africa was very oner ous for France, and not useful to England. Our cruisers could not stop the vessels of Brazil and Spain, which are commonly employed in carrying on the trade. The 1 English Government has so well understood the inutility of the expense imposed on us by keeping up 26 vessels of war on the coast of Africa, that it long since gave its provisional consent to the reduction of our squadron, so that it is not composed at the present time of more than 14 vessels. The abrogation of that part of the treaty may be therefore readily obtained ; but to brine. the English Government to renounce purely and simply without any compensation, the exer cise of the right admitted by article 3 of the convention, and which consists in verifying the nationality of our vessels on the western coast of Africa, it must either ac quire the certitude that our flag cannot be employed to shelter the traffic, or that it completely abandons the work of its suppression. On the one hand it is, however, certain that the French flag has ro appeared before the slave depots established on the western coast of Africa; and, on the other hand, it is difficult to hopo that the English Government, whatever may be the movement of public opinion which impels it to it, will suddenly renounce its efforts to prevent the traffic, after twenty years' exertions made and 28,000,0001. sterling ex pended fur that object. It is never too late to r.. pair an error, and there is a proverb which says that follies of short duration are the best. On these grcunds England cannot too soon and too completely relinquish an enterprise dictated by an honourable feel ing, but the success of which is evidently dispaired of ; for it is averred distinctly that coercive means are power less to suppress the traffic in negroes. But a measure so decisive will meet with many obstacles. It is, doubt less, loudly called for by the press, and it is said that it will ' be proposed in Parliament. Nevertheless,' the last committees of the House of Commons which were en gaged in inquiries on the subject, while pointing out the inefficacy of cruisers to suppress the slave•trade, did not consider they could propose the immediate recal of the English squadron. A committee of the House of Lords, considering that the presence of the squadron prevented the too great development of the trade, concluded on the maintenance of the naval force there ; and when Lord Palmerston was questioned on the subject, he refused to i give any explanations." The Moniteur says :--- " Reports were yesterday in circulation of a disagree. ment having arisen between the President of the Re. public and the Ministry on the subject of the tax on potable liquors. This report has no more foundation than those which have been circulated by malevolent persons as to pretended dissensions in the Cabinet itself. There has never been any idea of withdrawing the Bill on the tax on potable liquors." At the sitting of the National Assembly on Mon day, M. BAc asked for leave to address a question to the Ministers on the subject of the address alleged to have been delivered to the newly-appointed Prefects by the PRESIDENT of the Republic. M. FERDINAND BARROT said he left it entirely to the Assembly to deter mine whether the question should be put at all, and when it should be put, and the Assembly determined to postpone the putting the question to that day three months. Having thus shelved the proposition of M. BAc, the Assembly proceeded to discuss the proposal of M. PHAN for the abolition of the custom of ex posing on the pillory the names of political offenders condemned par contumace. The proposition was rejected by a large majority. Its rejection is attri buted to the publication, on the day preceding, of M. LEDRU ROLLIN'S pamphlet, entitled " Le 13 Juin," which has been seized by order of the Procureur of the Republic, who has ordered proceedings to be in stituted against M. SCIINEIDER, the printer, and all the publishers of the work. First, for exciting hatred and contempt of the Government; secondly, for jus tifying facts considered as crimes by the penal law. Four hundred of the insurgents of June, 1848, arrived in Paris on Monday, escorted by a guard of city sergeants, by railroad from Havre. The Attorney- General attended at the Conciergerie and signed the order of liberation for all. They proceeded imme diately each to his own home, accompanied by their friends and relatives who ha d at the Concierg er ie to meet them. An immense crowd was attracted to the spot, but the utmost tranquillity prevailed throughout. The holders of Roman bonds have suffered a grievous disappointment; on applying at M. DE ROTHSCHILD's, in Paris, for th , payment of the half year's interest now sue, they were informed that there were "no effects." The Patric mentions the following diplomatic nominations as having , been decided on :—M. de Montessuy, French Minister at Hanover, to replace M. de Rayneval at Naples; M. Edouard Thayer, Director-General of the Post-Office, to be Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid ; M. de Persigny, to be charged with a temporary mission to Prussia, in quality of Minister Extraordinary and Plenipoten tiary. "Nothing," adds the Patric, "has been de cided on relative to the nominations to the vacant posts at Hanover, St. Petersburgh, and Vienna." We find the following in the Petrie : "At the moment when the winter is about to com merce, we eagerly make known the happy symptoms which manifest themselves in the capital. According to information which we have received, a real improve ment o r visi ble e i in gn e a r l m s o a s r t e e vfleorlk, flocking branch Paris; fetes and commerce;are aerak is f about season' cl t a o s e se a s te b r y w a i n ll i b m e p e r o o n v s e i m de e r n a t bl i y u lig b h us te in n e e s d s, fo w r hi t c h h will tend to e working give them employment." Monday was the anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz. It w as ce l e b rate d b y High Mass at the Ch a p e l o f t h e :the Invalides.perfo performance of of tthe importance 11. ar are D a p b a e r i t n na g en m t a . de in the administration General present director of th e personne l, i s C R h T an ßA g x e D s , theo to keep only the direction of the infantry; General DESCARRIERES taking the direction of the cavalry, and General REDILLOT that of the gendarmerie. PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY, Else. 4. We have had another very buoyant market to-day, and at the close prices were generally marked higher; Threes for the account closed firm at 57f. 75c., and Fives at 901.65 c. The market closed as follows: Threes, for cash, 57f. 50c.; for account, 57f. 75c.; Fives, for cash, 90f. 60c.• ' for account, 90f. 85c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,4151 .; Neapolitan, 9 1 f. 25c.; Spanish Threes, 39f. 50c.; Ditto Fives not quotEd: RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has been also firm, but without any very material change in pikes. Orleans closed at 7401.; Rouen, 5281. 75c.; Havre, 2321. 50c.; Avignon, 220 t.; Vicizon, 3121.50 c.; Bale, 102 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4031. 75c.; Northern, 4451.; Paris and Stras burgh, 357 f. 50c.; Nantes, 280 E; Monteresu, 110 E BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LO.NDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 6—Great Indian Peninsula, 3 / 4 Namur and Liege, 6'4—Northern of France, 2% dis.— Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 —Paris and Iloilo, 21 3 4 Rouen and Havre, 9X—Sambre and Meuse, 2A—Tours and Nantes, 4.. WESTMINSTER PLAY.—In consequence of the lamented death of the Queen Dowager the play, as an nounced for the 10th, 13th, and 17th of December, will Lot take place. UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—The " rowing man " will be interested in learning that a boat race, between picked crews of Oxford and Cambridge, will take place at Putney-bridge on the 15th inst. Boats have been ordered at Searle's, and the crews are in active training. wrA:IVESIIAY GERMANY AND TIM NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. On the* `2sth ult. M. DE B CCKERATIT made a report to the Second Chamber on the German question, mch concludes as follows a The Chamber declares that it has learned with sa tisfaction the solemn and formal declaration of Prussis, that she is resolved to carry out without fail the forma ticn of the Feekral State, and to defend its rights sgainst all foreign intervention, from whatever quarter it may come. The Chamber hopes that the approaching con vocation of the Parliament will satisfy tho wishes of the German nation; and that Prussia will persevere in the course which will erfeut ;he unity of Germany on the basis of the treaty of the 26th of May, to which the chamber has already given its full consent. For these reasons the Chamber, always reserving the rights which belong to it, and those which concern the treaty of the 30th September, abstains provi3ionslly from any conclusive expression of opinion in respect to this con vention." . No Vienna mail arrived at Berlin on the Ist in consequence of the railway having been completely blocked up by a heavy . fall of snow. The trial of WALDECK continued on the Ist, and his acquittal is certain. He has already taken mea sures for prosecuting some of the witnesses against him for libel and conspiracy, and for prosecuting the President of Police for an illegal arrest. The First Chamber of Prussia, in the sitting of the Ist, adopted the Bill as sent up from the Chamber of the Deputies, for abolishing the exemption from taxation enjoyed by certain classes. The Bill is to come into operation on the Ist January. A letter from Berlin of the Ist states that it was believed that not only Austria, but the four kingdoms of Wurtemburg, Saxony, Hanover, and Bavaria are about to present a collective note against the convocation of the restricted Federal German Par liament. It was generally believed that the ad interim Cen tral Commission formed by Prussia and Austria to supersede the Central Qovernraent of Germany would commence operations on the Ist ; but on that day none of the members who form it had arrived in the city. BADEN. The Carlsruhe Gazette contains an ordinance of the Grand Duke of BADSN, which declares the session of the Assembly of States closed for the present year, though, in point of fact, the . States have not met at all. WIRTEMBERG. The Wirtemberg Assembly, which will have to revise the constitution, was opened at Stuttgard on the Ist instant, in the name of the KING, with a speech by the Minister SCHLAGEN, of which the following are the most important passages:— "I much regret that I cannot yet congratulate you on the definitive settlement of the German constitution in such a manner as to answer to the wishes of the people and the ideas of German unity. Neither can I state that the situation of the country is satisfactory. It is true that open insurrection is suppressed; but we cannot conceal from ourselves the state of irreligion and the corruption of manners that arose during the late revolu tion and from the struggle of parties; or the little obedi er ce that is paid to the laws; the confusion which exists in the ideas of right and honour; the ruin of credit in general, and the distress of commerce; above all, the melancholy state in which the material interests of the country are plunged. What is still more deplorable is, that the ordinary revenues of the state are several mil lions short of the sum necessary to cover the expanses. The Government will submit to you measures on this subject. The ameliorations to be introduced into the Constitution will also require your serious attention. The Government considers the question of the national re presentation of the first moment, and-is of opinion that it should be established on a new basis." SAXONY. In the sitting of the Second Chamber, at Dresden, on the 29th ult., M. MULLBR presented a proposition for raising the state of siege, which was to be discussed at the next sitting. RUSSIA. Russia continues to construct war vessels ; seven new ones, two being men of war, were to be launched on the 23d and 24th ult. at Nikolajew. TURKEY. The Augsburg Gazette of the 30th, under the date of Constantinople, Nov. 17, says the question relative to the Hungarian refugees may be considered as settled; but that there now remain for adjustment the questions arising out of the demand made on Turkey by Russia for the expulsion of all the Poles inhabiting the Turkish territories, and who have mostly French passports ; and next, the point whether England has violated or not certain treaties by carry ing her fleet through the Dardanelles. Oa the 17th the English fleet was still in the Dardanelles, and the officers paid daily visits to Stamboul. ITAL Y. The Treasury of Rome is insolvent ; it is unable to meet the demands of the holders of Rome Bonds, for the interest now due. The POPE, however, is not the only insolvent potentate. The Queen of SPAIN seems to be in a similar condition, if we may credit the French journal L' Evenement, which afirms that the bills of exchange drawn by General CoRDoTA on the Treasury of Madrid to defray the expenses of the Spanish army in Italy have been protested for non payment, the Madrid Treasury being completely exhausted. It will be a curious sight to see, on the return of the POPE to Rome, that infallible and insolvent SOVEREIGN guarded by the troops of her Most Catho lic and equally insolvent MAJESTY. The Minister of Public Instruction at Turin has, like his colleagues, addressed a circular to the func tionaries belonging to his department. In this document the Minister adverts to the improper use some professors and mesters have occasionally made of influence they possess over their pupils, by ap plying it to the insinuation of political doctrines of a peculiar cast into their minds, and declares that it is the intention of the Government not to allow such abuses in future. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 30th ult., pub lishes a notification of the Inspector-General of l the Post-office at Turin, informing the public that from the Ist of this month a new arrangement with the French Post. office will allow of letters being re ceived from Paris eighteen hours sooner than usual. The Riforina of Lucca states from Leghorn, 26th ult., that the Chamber of Commerce having convoked a meeting of the merchants and bankers of the city, for the purpose of considering the Government loan question, the meeting was adjourned to a future day, there not being a sufficient number of members present. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Supplement to the London Gazelle.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 4. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Sunday next, the 9th inst., for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager, viz.:— The ladies to wear black bombiaines, plain muslin or long lawn linen, crape hoods, ahamoy shoos and gloves, and crape fans. The gentlemen to wear black cloth, without buttons on the sleeves and pockets, plain muslin or lung lawn cravats and weepers, shamoy shoes and gloves, crape hatbands, and black swords and buckles. COLLEGE OF ARMS, DEC. 4. Tho Earl Marshal's Order for a General Mourning for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager. In pursuance of her Majesty's commands, these are to give public notice, that upon the present melancholy occasion of the death of her Majesty the Queen Dowager all persons do put themselves into deep mourning. NORFOLK, COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took an early walk this morning in the Park and grounds of Osborne. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as usual. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Brighton. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe- Weimar on Monday, at the Priory, Stanmore. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat three hours. The Hon. H. Fitzroy had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home office. TUE FUNERAL or Inn LATE MAJESTY TUE:QUEEN DOWAGER.—The funeral of her late Majesty is fixed to take place on the 15th inst. (next Saturday week), in the Chapel Royal, Windsor. There are three coffins, the inner one containing the remains is manufactured of fine Spanish mahogany, French polished, and lined throughout with white satin ; the second or middle coffin is likewise made of Spanish mahogany, covered with lead of unusual thickness. This coffin will be hermetically closed by the new process of soldering lead, so as to exclude the least air or damp. The outer or state coffin is manufactured of the finest Spanish mahogany of a dark colour, lined with white satin, and covered with rich Genoa velvet, thickly studded with gilt nails and ornaments, and gilt handles. On the lid, surmounting the in scription plate, and on either side of the cothn, are her late Majesty's coats of arms in alto relievo. The inscription has not yet been decided on. Tmcumnirrt s i too, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THESE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was exceedingly dull, and prices of all kinds were f ;. pt r lb. ' , Aver. Very little business was done, the sales not exceeding 1,200 bales all to -the trade.—The Share Market opened firmly, hut closed rather heavily, without material alteration in prices. In the general mercalatile markets there is not any particular change, but as Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewes bury very fairly remark iu their monthly review of the dealings in produce, it is not to be expected that, with money at such a low rate, things will remain inac tive, and therefore imports are not inclined to press sales. Stocks are generally lower than at this time last year, and the deliveries for home consumption continue upon the same increased scale as for some months past. There has been a fair demand during the last week or two for dyes and dyeing materials, and although the imports have been considerable, the large deliveries both for export and home consumption prevent any material increese in stock, and prices have an upward tendency. The advices from the Continent are not of prominent interest. A meeting had been held at Brussels of the Bank of Belgium shareholders, upon the subjset of the late frauds by one of the officials, but the matter stands over for the present, as it will come under judicial cog nizance. There is a hope, it seems, of the Sambre and Meuse Railway proprietors having their very hard case met with something more like liberality by the Belgian G overnment, but we confess we do not expect much, and what comes will chiefly emanate from self-interest. Foreign Governments, as well as Boards of Direction, may be certain that if they desire tha co-operation of John Bull in their industrial under takings, they must exhibit not only fairness but genero sity, for nothing more disgusts an Englishman than a peddling chandler's shop policy. In money matters, whatever may be said of our " perfidiousness . ' in State affairs, wo are essentially wedded to the grand, or grossartig, as the Germans more expressively term it. We are glad in this sense to observe a move in the right direction as regards the Dutch Rhenish Railway Company, for the directors at Amsterdam, finding they cannot get the calls paid here, have decided to admit an English pro prietor to the board. If they do not gain the entire end, they will, doubtless, enlist greater interest in the concern by this judicious course. The following is from Carthagena, New Grenada, dated Oct. 12:— Business is slowly reviving from the apathy which the dreadful ravages of the cholera in this province has created. It made its first appearance about the last of May, and remained until the latter part of August, during which time, out of a population of 11,000 in this province (exclusive of the city of Carthagena), 2,400 tell victims. It raged with equal violence in the interior, and on the Magdalena river, where about 1,900 died in two months. At Santa Martha and Barranguilla, where the mor tality was excessive, a few cases were still reported. The strong N.E. trade winds were anxiously looked for, to drive away the seeds of this most fearful scourge. But it was on the Magdalena where its mortality appears to have been the greatest—en tirely depopulating villages, and leaving no sign or vestige of anything human within its precincts, In Bogo:a, it has not yet made its appearance, and the most frightful alarm was felt, on account of its near ap proach. On the 19th of September, business was entirely suspended, politics unheeded or forgotten, and every precaution taken to mollify and alleviate the sufferings which they were hourly awaiting. Many think it will entirely devastate the city, as the mass of the inhabi tants are very filthy in their habits, (that is the lower classes), and poorly prepared with medical advice. The last reason may be assigned as the cause of the great mortality that ensued throughout all New Granada. The Banking Almanach, Directory, Year-Book, and Diary for 1850 is most valuable to the class for whose use it is specially designed. It gives a complete hum mary of the note circulation returns, Bank of England Statistics, analysis of the Acts of Parliament of last session, legal decisions, and other interesting and useful information, which many are glad to obtain in a collected . form It is worthy of remark, that while some of our rail way companies are doing so b..dly, many of the canals continue to prosper. The Grand Junction proprietors received a favourable report yesterday, and appear to be profiting greatly by a new branch of traffic, which *Lust tend greatly to the public advantage as well, viz., the introduction of inland coal into the London market. There has been a very firm mrirket for Public Securi ties, although the tran,actions are not large. Consols have been quoted 951 to 95i for Transfer, and 95i to 96 for Account, and are now 95i to 96. The new Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 95f to 95/, and the Three per Cents. Q-111 t. East India Stock has been marked 261 to 264. Exchequer bills have touched 475. and 50s. premium. The firmness of the Paris Bourse has a good effect. In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds are again very firm. 'rho Five per Cents. have touched 181 and 19, and the Three per Cents. 381 Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 37 to 37i-, and Brazilian 871 to 88. Mexican have reached 28f to 4, Grenada are 16f ' and Equudor 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 55i. Shares have all given way, but they are at present not quite so flat at the opening of the market. There are unfavourable rumours about the North-Western line, which is said not to have earned six per cent. The appointment of Mr. G. E. Coleman, the eminent accountant, to assist the auditors, gives great satisfaction. 6IIITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ()MC O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94M4 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ew 3 1 4 per Cent. Atlas 9 5% % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 8 7-16 8!/ D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 BLA 8 3-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock 263 1 4 262 261 261 Do. Bonds, 10001 B4 p Ditto under 1.000/ Consuls for Account 8 5 3 /4 N Exchequer Bills. 1 lid. 2d. March. Juno. 47 50 p 1,000/. - t'RIOE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent BB 87 1 A Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 47% Equador Bonds 4 Grenada, 1 per Cent. . . 16% Ditto Deferred .. 3 Xi Greek Bonds, 1824 and 1825 Ditto Ex Over-due Coupons 5% 6 Mexican 80ni5,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto for the Account .... 54 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 37% 34 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account . Ditto Passive Bonds 3 7 /8 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto Account ........ Dividends on the above savable in London. Dutch 21. E per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto for the Account Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates RUMNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONJUO'CLOCK RAILWATB. PAID. Pia SuAae. NA,erdeen Ditto, Preference 8 tether., Notting., Boston, &c. 6 3/4 .... . to yrshire and Galloway ;3elfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. -.- 3erks and Hanta Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 - 4riningham & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... ..- ifirmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 3irming., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. dristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ... ..... ... 27 1 ,4 — ..... to 3uckinghamshire..• 17% 1 5 3 /4 to )aledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... ..... to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - .hester and Holyhead... 5O ..... Ditto, Preference iarence. .... 7B} Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 ',Area London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27%...... :ast Anglia, 25/. L. & E., &xi L. & D <.. Ditto, 18!.,E. & H lB ..... D 0,31. 195.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3th — Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 IIM x. int. to Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d .. p...... to Do., do N0.2,6/. 135. 4d... ... .. to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New e:astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 . Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ...... Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . — .. to East Lancashire ..... Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 25 Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 25 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New p0rt..... l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% 1% 4 14 to Exeter and Exmouth... Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 63.8 d — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ..... Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 3 14 to Do. 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 10 . ..... 8 . Gt. S outh. & West. (Ireland) 50 — to Great North:of Eng1and......100 Ditto, New 404... ..... .. .. 40 Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301 .. . 30 ... .. Ditto, New 151 l5 ...... . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares 5O - Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 174 l5 .. roe . ***** to Hull and Selby Ditto, Halt ;Shares .. ...... 25 Di tto, Quarter Shares 12% — ...... to Lanca.ster and Car1i51e........ 50 D0., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 98 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares , . 49 ...... Ditto Quarters 23% to Ditto Fifths lO .... 3%..... to Ditto. Thirais Do., NeW 4uar. 6 per cent lO Do. Liverpool and Bury... 49 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford ...... ...... 60 ....• Leeds and Thlrsk ...-... Do. , do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 ,4 — ..... to ..- Ditto, ditto... No. 2 b Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 6 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool. Crosby, andSouth port. London & 81ackwa11......11/.65.3d 3 3 /4 to Loral., Bright., & South Coast 100 .. .. 80 4 81 to 10% Do., New 51., gun. ti pr Ct.loo Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 60 ..... Loudon and Greenwich... 121.15 x. 4d... Ditto Preference 2O London & North We5tern....100......112 1 ,4 11 h to 113 Do. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths 7 ..... 814, Do. 40g. Shares.....L. & M 33 .••••• Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...-. 50 Ditto, New 50/........ . ..... 42%...... Ditto, New 401. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares - ... .. ... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do~ Half Shares L6westoff, guar. 4 rer ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 Manch Buxton, & Matlock 5 — to Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo Ditto 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 25 ...... .. Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12% — to Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. . to Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 — to Ditto, ditto. ..........- ...... 20 Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Linc 25 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... Midland.......- •••• ..........100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 30 Midland, Bina., and Derby...loo ... Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per eent....100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. Ditto ditto' - 22/. 7s. ... .. Ditto,ErewailaVal., Pref... 50 - Midland, Leices. and Swan aington (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... . •aidld. Great Western (Irish) 47% to Xiddlesbro' and Bedew.. 6 per cent. guar.......... Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. ...••• to ...i Newmarket 10.• 00 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — N ewport Abergy., and Here. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ......... 20 Norfolk Ditto New 20/. l5 -• ...••• to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 .. .•• Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 - ••• ••• to ..... corthem Counties Union ... 4 North British .• - ... 25 ...... to Ditto Fall Shares, «........ 12% — to Do. Quarters Uzi ...... ...... to Ditto Thirds ........... Ditto. Preference .. . __ ... _ . North Staffordshire 17% 7%%••• to . 8 North Wales North Western Ixford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton IL t adin g, Guildfd., & Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central ,cottish Midland ..- ....... .... 25 Ditto,New..,... 22% to Shrewsbury and Birmingbara 12 Dit to, ditto, Class B. lit Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 -lirewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - ...... to Ditto Halves. Ditto 9 ... .. ...... to Ditto, ()sweaty— 18%.....• •••• to - Ditto ,New )._ Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 -**" to ... Ahropshire Union 6%... .. ...... to outh Devon ... 5O ...... . to Ditto, Preference ..... ... ;outh Staffordshire B% — ...... to South Easton): ..... ... W ig 1 9 3,4%... to Ditto, No. 2. BO - Ditto, No. 3.: Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...... :63,1 to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales 43 South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 16% — ... .. to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway —. 17% — Vale of heath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick.— .. 47N 1 ”... Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall 6 - Whitehaven and Fumes lB ....., ..... to —.. Windsor, Staines, and South Western l4 Wilts, Somerset,&Weymoutk 45 ....~ t ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exton. 20 ..... ... Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 Do.ilartlepool I)k. & Ely. 100 York ana Northldielland .. SO Ditto, Preformco FOREIGN RAILWAYS. knglo Italian (late Italian and Attstrian) 51 ,4 — ...... to Boulogne and:Amiens 2O ..... 6 .... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) .... Dqrnerara. .... Datch Rhenish ii East Indian Great Indian Peninsular a ...... Do. D 0..... .... ....... ... 10s. Louvain A. la Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France 1418 e.. 2 1 / 2 die...... to Orleani and Bordeaux ... Paris and Orleans. Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg .......... 12 Rouen and Havre ........ ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Na.ntos ... - •..... to Tournay, Jurbise, Landon, and Haseelt ... ...... ...... .. 2* West Flanders B% — ..... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia 40 • •••• British North American .... 50 ...... Colonial Commercial of London 2O ••• ••• London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, Now National of Ireland ....... ..... 22 1 ,4 — ... .• to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New Union of London ........ 10 Union of Madrid MIN ZS. Anglo Mexican lOO ..•••• -- Asturian ........ ..... ... ..... 111 ...... Australian... i., 4 Barron* Range - 28e....•• — ...... to BlaenaryGn Iron and Coal ... 50 - •••••• to ..... Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ....• ..... 244...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 - - Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 • . Cobre Copper 1111 . 1111 to - General Real del Monte. Unregletered ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures......,.. Satitiago de Cuba lO to United Mexican COURSE OF Amsterdam ...... •• • • 12 3 14 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 Rotterdam 12 34 25 75 Hamburgh • M.B. 13 144 Paris, 3 daye'sight . • 25 52},i Ditto, 3 months .... 95 72}y Marseilles .......... •• 25 72 80urdeaux......... • 25 72} Frankfort on Maine.... 122 Petersburgh, 911. ltble.• 36% Vierna, effec. 110...... 11 21 Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 21 64adrid ..•• 4 9% Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49% Bilbao— • • • • • • •• ,• Ba - celona ............ •• •.•• •• •• EXCHANGE. Gibraltar— •• .• •• •••• •• -...... Leghorn .. •• •• •• •... •• 31 26 Genoa ....•.......••.. 26 70 ,3,11.1 an .. •• •• •• •••• •• -- Naples ...... • • .... • • 40 % ealermo, per0z........ 121 Messina 121)4 Lisbon 63% 0p0rt0.... • • .... ••.. • • 53U, ltio Janeiro ........ • • 29 Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • FILICIF OF BULLION, FEZ OZ, Foreign Gold In bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 1• Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. s.—Wind this day at noon E.S.E., derate breeze and dull bszy weather, with rain. DEAL, DEC. 4.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd., Norfolk, Kraeft, Bimlipatam ; Ida, Hart, Honduras; Elizabeth, Bell, Saguinay. Arrd. from the River, and sld., Hero, Port Philip; Chebar, Bombay; Castle Lachlan, Jamaica; Commodore, ditto; Hopewell, ditto. bld. La Belle Al liance, Calcutta; Superb, Havanna. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Kitty Cordes, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Elizabeth, New Orleans; Douglas, Charleston; Mary, Calcutta; Druid, Africa; Charles Buchan, Rio Grande; Primrose, St. Thomas; Hebe, ditto; Tom Gringle, St. Jago de Cuba; Am:zone, Havanna; Transit, New Orleans; Wil son Kennedy, ditto; Ottawa, Mobile; Lookwoods, ditto; Covenanter, Apalachicola. Off Port, General Wiltshire, Virginia; Sir Richard Jackson, Montreal. CLYDE, DEC. 3.—Wind E.,--Arrd. Elizabeth, Hill, Drmt rara; Gondola, Mauritius. Sid. Calypso, Trini dad; Georgina, Rio do la Hache; Amelia, Boston; Ann, Newfoundland. WATERFORD, DEC. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd., Michael Anthony Fleming, Stanton, St. John's, Newfoundland. DEAL, DEc. 4.—Part of a vessel's bulwarks were passed to• day near the North Brake buoy, bearing the name Ann in black letters on a white ground. BLYTH, DEC. 3.—The Margaret, of Shields, was run on shore at Camboes, this morning, leaky, and will be come a total wreck; crew saved. YARMOUTH, DEC. 4.—The Thomas Rowell, of Hartle.- pool, and the Eclipse, lionigsbng to Loadon, were assisted in to day, leaky. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Nind N.N.E. to NW-- Arc& Triton, Scobey, Richibucto; Henry Duncan, Badccck, Quebec. OFF THE WIGHT, DEC. 3.—Land of Cakes, China, PLY3IOUTH, DEC. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd., her Ild&-• jesty's ship Hound, Sierra Leone. PILL, DEC. 4.—Wind Hyperion, Callao. NEweerr, DEC. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrel., Seabird, M`Donough, Quebec. Sid., Mayflower, Havannah. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 4.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Rapid, Tucker, St. John's, Newfonndland. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 3.—During a strong gale at E. to E.S.E. to-day, the following Teasels were stranded in entering the harbour i—the Dauntless, Patterson, and Se( ptre, all from Sunderland to London; the Lotus, Goa lauds, Thyatira, William Thompson, and the Amelia and Mary; one vessel, name unknown, but sup posed to be the Henrietta, of Sunderland, has gone to pieces. 4th, The Emma,. of Portsmouth, is stranded behind the pier. The Victoria, of London, is sunk in the harbour. Great damage has been done amongst.the shipping. Crews of the above all saved. SWANSEA, DEC. 4.—The Invoice fell over on the lit inst., and is much damaged; must discharge. SHIELDS, DEC. 4.—The Betsey, of Littleharopton, and the Danish sloop Aurora, were driven on the Herd Sand this morning; crew saved. The South Shields life-boat, manned by pilots, in proceeding to the rescue of the crews was capsized, 'and about 20 men drowned. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 4.—The Betsey, of Yarmouth, was wrecked here last night ; crew, cargo, and part 'of materials saved. The Nimble, of this port, sunk yes• terday morning, off Huntcliff Foot ; crew saved. WAINFLEET, DEC. 3.—The Mary, South Shields to London, sprung a leak, and went down in deep water, near ;he Inner Dowsing ; crew saved. 4th, the Alert, from Shields to London. was abandoned, having sprung a leak ; crew landed at Kegness. ALDBOROUGEI, DEC. 4.—Tie stern of a vessel, name " Active of Amlwick," and several other pieces of wreck, have washed ashore. WIYENHOE, DEC. 4.—Some chests of oranges, sup posed to be from the Flirt, of Mevageseey, wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, have been picked up. No tidings of the crew. HARWICH, DEC. 4.—Some oranges have been picked up, supposed to be from a vessel lost on the West Rocks • MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. The supply of English Wheat on sale to-day wee small, and of very middling quality. As, however, th• attendance of buyers was limited, the demand for all descriptions ruled heavy, at almost nominal quotations. Nearly 9,000 quarters of Wheat have arrived since Saturday evening. As the quantity here this morning exceeded the wants of the millers, the trade was excesss sively heavy, at barely Monday's decline. We wore well supplied with both English and foreign Barley, all kinds of which were very dull, at barely stationary prices. Malt was in full average supply, and heavy demand, a$ unaltered currencies. The quantity of Oats was on th• increase, especially from Ireland. The trade ruled dull, at barely late rates. In Beans, Peas, Indian Corn and Flour, scarcely any business was doing. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Malt. Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks• 1,0,0 3,650 (3) 1,310 1,270 ' - 4,3t0 8,670 1 10,510 11,720 English .. .. .. Scotch .. .. • • • • Irish .. .. .. .. Foreign .. .. • . .130:4011G13 _ SOP VLA.RICET. The demand for nearly all kinds of Hops has been ►ery inactive, and, in some instances, prices ha►e • downward tendency. tWHITECNAPEL. Our market was very dull to-day. In prices no me terial change took place. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s lild to Ss 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; And Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per albs, by the carcase. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to day in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. This was the first sitting of their Lordship since August last. The Lords present were Lord Campbell, Lord Langdale (the Master of the Rolls), Dr. Lushington (the Judge of the Admiralty Court), the Right Hon. Thomas Pemberton Leigh (Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall), and Sit Edward Ryan. GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. Dr. ADDAMS, with whom was Mr. Baddeley, sp; plied this morning in this appeal, from the Arches Court, which stands specially appointed for hearing on the 11th instant, that the case might stand over to 1 future day, on the ground that the parties who repre sented the Bishop of Exeter were not prepared to oppos° the appeal at present. Their LORDSHIPS refused the application, and ordered the case to stand specially in the paper for argument ° l ', Tuesday next. It is expected that the Archbishops 01 Cnntet bury and York, together with the Bishop OE London, will attend to hear the appeal. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY V. 00DITCHE031 PAUL. The arguments in this appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court of Bombay occupied their Lords lll o l the remainder of the morning. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MALCOM V. SCOTT. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal °ea' pied the Lord Chancellor the whole day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS I)AY.) , The Master of the Rolls did not sit to-day at the Rollo House, Chancery•lane, in consequence of having t ° attend the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. VICE-CIIANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE • CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE KING OF THE TWO SICILIES v. THE PENINSULA° AND ORIENTAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. In this case Mr. BETHELL, with whom was alt . Goldsmid, applied on Monday for a special injuncti° ll restraining the defendants from delivering up a ates o3 : ship called the Bombay, now in their possession. 93 " facts of the case were these:—lmmediately after th. revolution the de facto Government sent over to to. country too individuals, named Scalia and Granate)"' who entered into a contract with the defendants for th• pureln,se of two steam-vessels. The bill was subs ea gut ntly paid out of funds taken from the Royal Treesurij Subsequently, before the delivering up of the scon ship (the first having been previously given up), t he ~ insurrection was suppressed, and his Majesty's author il l, restored. It had been determined, therefore, b J his Majesty to endeavour to obtain possessio „ of the vessel, on the ground that the purchas e : money had been taken from the Royal. Tressull and the result was the fili ng o f th e bill o f t h e sing ° the Two Sieilies, and the application for the injunction' The Court granted the injunction, and an applicstil was at the same time made for leave to give notice of motion for a s econ d injunction to res t r ain the surrender of a certain bill of sale. The Court a lso granted this application, and the moving at the sittia of the Court. Mr. BETHELL mentioned the case to the Court, atl a ,', after some discussion, it was arranged that the mot io l for the second injunction should stand over to the it:, day of Hilary Term, the affidavits on all sides to 11' prepared by the Ist of January, 1850. MATTHEWS V. THE EARL OF CARLISLE AND orsfEa°' The Court was occupied the remainder of the too rP ; ing with the arguments in this case, which came 1.310 1 1 , his Honour upon motion to dissolve an injunction whi c , ho had granted ex parte during the lon g vaca tion, r . f . straining the Noble Defendant, a s th e Fi rst L or d C° l ; missioner of Woods and Forests, front granting a leap of certain mines in the forest of Dean to bishEil l '" Martin, a free miner of the forest of Dean. (Beforo the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE*) His Honour heard bankrupt petitions to-day, but 41 , case of any interest came before him during ' morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WraluM.) GRIFFITHS V. LUNELL. The further arguments in this case occupied the C° l3rl the whale morning. COMMON PLEA.—(THIS DA (Sittings in Banco.) STEBBING V. SPICER. the On a foimer day Mr. Bramwell, on the part Of defendant in this case, had obtained a stile nisi, ea Q 0 upon the plaintiff, to whom a verdict had been gi/e e d ict the trial at nisi prius, to show COM why that Te r t he should not be set aside, and a nsw trial bad, 00 ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge (O r well) who tried the cause. Ath Mr. Seant BYLES (with whom was Mr. Grip' : o x...c 5 now showed cause against the rule. The question ,f,i ti f on the second plea to the declaration, which statea the defendant made his promissory note, and th ert goi. promised to pay one John Holland on order 69/..._ 49 ', • ii To this it was pleaded that the defendant, as .to:l o °„" fit e , John Holland, did not indorse the said promissorY," . ;b0 The issue upon that was, whether the John Rolland "00 was the vay ee of the note indorsed it either by b is tr ill hand or by the hand of any other person. At the i b a it appeared there were two John Holland', f th of aid son. It was proved that the handwritillfoos the back of the note was that of th e tsted but on the part of the plaintiff it was sub°3-00 that the presumption was that the note was gilevtel the father, and that there was, no evidence to CO that presumption. The same argument was now r on on behalf of the plaintiff in resisting the rule. a gr. Mr. BRAMWELL, in support of the rule, quo' laid Sergeant own book on bills, where it 0 ° 5 0 , 0 0 down " if there be a father and son of the same 7. t hero bill would be presumed to be payable to the L ._ 0,0 unless the contrary appears." Jut the counselJu'co. plaintiff at the fist trial hal failed to ma ke the trary appear. In