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NOTICE, VOLS. 111. and IV. of the CASTLEREAGH LETTERS and DISPATCHES, Completing the HUSH REBELLION and UNION, Are now Ready, And may be had of all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 'M arlberough-street. Immediately, in 2 vols. post Bye., PEREGRINE SCRAMBLE; Or, THIRTY YEARS' ADVENTURES of a BLUE JACKET. By SIR HENRY V. HUNTLEY. Richard Bentley,Newßurlington-street, T. JAMES'S THE ATR E. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, The Performances MAITREwiII commenDE CHAPELLE.ce at Eight o'clock precisely, with LE Barnabe, M. Beane; Gertrude, Mdlle. Guichard. During the Evening, " God Save the Queen." To conclude with the DOMINO NOIR. , Charton. Horace, M. Couderc ; Angele M. Mitchell begs also to announce Mdlle. that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows ss. Od. " • • • • 3s. Od. Pit • • A m phitheatre .. • • 2s. Od. .Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-strut; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Mr.. Andrews', New Bond-street ! and at the Box-office of the The-titre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Air. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENDIG, Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs Warner ; Ophelia, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAM.ANALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Hortai, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. T7nder the direction of Madame Celeste. Daring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esi., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved s - s tem of Ventilation, &c. , &c. T he Private Boxes enlarged, Ba added to the Seats, and 9Malls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by TILE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Me, Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles AI a hesrs. THIS EVENIg ( , Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL CO Tar, PUBLIC. Dress isoxss, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington- street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and M anager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr llurvritz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrange ments have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fbilier ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Keaworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince filbert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—,Miss Woolford on the Tight-rope.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. After which, Miss Woolford on the Tight-rope. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDEN ab. go communication can be attended to unless autheati. cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 17. TEUIRMOBIRTER, Lowest, 43; Highest, 48; Noon, 51 BAROXETER, 29.78. WIND S.S.W.; drizzling rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BL WOE. Taxi DAT •orninf, 42 rain. after 7 I Evening, 12 min. after S To-Moscow—Morning, 45 min. after 8 I Evening, 20 min. after 9 414 9:44 !' ft, 4 t : 11 A - 4.4 W 'tz ° ..„ tritning LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1849, The directors of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany have, in compliance with the general expecta tion, followed the example afforded by the directors of the other great railway companies, and published a statement of the position and prospects of their com pany. The proprietors are thus furnished with de• tailed accounts of the engagements and liabilities of the concern, together with the expenditure that has already taken place, the length of the lines and branches already opened for traffic, and of those in progress of construction, together with the amount that it is calculated will be required for the due completion thereof, and also for supplying Locomotives and carrying stock to meet the re quirements of the new lines when in full working condition. From these data the parties interested will be enabled themselves to estimate the probable amount of revenue that will he obtained when the additional outlay has taken place, and the whole works are made available. The directors do not enter into 'calculations to show the probable amount of dividend that may henceforward be paid. They speak, however, in hopeful terms thereof. In , one part they state that they " are satisfied that, with reasonable skill and economy in the management of the company's affairs, there is every ground for belief that, on the comple tion of the South-Eastern lines of railway, in progress of construction, and a fair develop ' went of their traffic—of the Continental traffic, and that of the lines already in use—the Company will possess sources of revenue adequate to secure to the proprietors permanently a satisfactory divi dend," and in another, that the proprietors " will pro bably arrive at the conclusion that the permanent dividend to be derived from their property is not likely to be less than six per cent.," and that " if they have not erred in the anticipations on which their original investment was made, still greater ad vantages are to be expected." When it is consi dered that the South-Eastern Company have hitherto been enabled to keep up their dividend, when most others had to announce considerable re ductions, and also that many lines have recently , been opened on the Continent, and are now in pro gress of construction, and the additional facilities thereby afforded to travellers to all parts of Europe, all of which must prove singularly advantageous to the South-Eastern Company, which, from "its natural position, holds the key to the land traffic passing from Europe into Great Britain," of which it cannot be dispossessed—it will not, we presume, be supposed that the directors have indulged in too sanguine an ticipations of their future prospects. If, then, they are correct in this respect, and that six per cent. only be paid on the capital stock of the company, it will be seen how admirable an investment may be made at I present prices, when the original shares of the com pany with 331. 2s. 4d. paid thereon can be obtained for 251., or 251. 105. each, or, in other words, when about eight per cent. can be procured on the amount invested. The directors indulge in some natural felicitations, when they state, that " under their management it has been the good fortune of the Company to escape the evil effects of competition, imprudent amalga mations, and a reduction of tolls, which would have made the attainment of prosperity! barely pfac ticable." They might also have congratulated the shareholders on the fact that they have not been obliged to abandon any of the works for which they had obtained powers. There is, therefore, in this respect no useless expenditure of capital to be de plored. It is true that they were compelled to submit to heavy Parliamentary and legal expenses; but these were occasioned by contests forced upon them by the aggression of others, and in maintaining the integrity of their line, which thereby obtained the undisputed possession of what may be termed, par excellence, the South-Eastern district, comprising the entire of the county of Kent, with its rich and fertile wolds, and a great portion of Sussex—a possession re specting which there is little prospect of any future litigation. The lines of railway and of branches now used for traffic extend in the whole to 163 miles and 47 chains of railway, "including therein the Greenwich Railway and the Canterbury and Whitstable Rail way, held on lease, and also 13 miles and 22 chains of the Brighton Railway, over which the South- Eastern Company has, by agreement with the Lon- don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, a right to run toll free." " The Greenwich Railway is held on lease by the company for 999 years, from the Ist January, 1845. The rent payable this year is 40,0001., and it will increase at the rate of 1,0001. per annum until the year 1854, when the maximum yearly rent of 45,0001. will be payable." The Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company is agreed to be leased in perpetuity from the time of the completion of the works, which is to take place in August next. The rent is to be payable at the rate of 5i per cent, per annum on the cost, which is limited to 60,0001. ; the rental will therefore be 33,0001. per annum. The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is held on lease for the term of fourteen years from the Ist September, 1844. The rent payable for the remain der of the term is 3,0001. per annum, in addition to the interest on the mortgage debt, 2,2111. ls. per annum, in all 5,2111. ls. The South-Eastern Company has the option of purchasing the line before the 29th Sep tember, 1852, on payment of 60,0001., and on assuming the mortgage debt of 44,2211., a privilege which will doubtless be acted on. The above are the rents, amounting in the whole t o 83,2111. Is., for which the company will be liable after 1854, when the sum of the several rents have reached their maximum. When the several works now in course of con struction are completed, the length of railway under the control of the company will amount to 296 miles and 47 chains. In opposition to this there has been expended since the 31st December, 1848, the sum of 7,890,5321., and there requires still to be expended the further sum of 1,241,6241. There has been a loss on the issue of original shares of 244,504/. ; interest is also to be paid to certain proprietors after the rate of five per cent. per annum until their shares become entitled to dividend, which it is calculated will amount to 205,6161. ; 138,054/_ has also been invested to meet disputed accounts, which it is supposed will be fully liquidated by that amount. On the other side, credit is taken for sur plus land and property, which will be available to the value of 253,371/.; the ultimate capital will therefore amount to 9,466,3601. The share capital already paid up amounts to 7,191,4231., the calls in course of payment to 125,160/., and the calls yet to be made to 1,214,417/., making a total share capital of 8,521,000/. and an existing mortgage debt of 1,201,2271., leaving mortgage powers still unexecuted to the extent of 231,326/. The balance-sheet of assets and liabilities shows liabilities amounting to 2,647,8671. 6s. 6d., which in cludes the entire of the estimates for works in pro gress of construction—for locomotives and carrying stock, for interest to proprietors of No. 3 and 4 shares, and also the mortgage debt of 1,201,2271. falling due from 1849 to 1856, which is fully balanced by the amount of assets available. On the whole the position of the company is more fa vourable than could have been anticipated, and affords a fitting subject of congratulation to the parties interested The statement furnishes an additional evidence (if any were required) of the folly of those who yielded to unfounded fears, and sacrificed valuable property for much less than its real value; and we have little doubt that it will operate very favourably on the market value of South-Eastern stock. Coupled with the statistical statement published hebdomadally by the Registrar-General, a statement which enumerates the deaths and classifies the dis eases that may have periodically desolated the metro polis—the accounts which have recently appeared in our columns respecting the mortality at the Pauper Establishment in Tooting assumes a new and remark able importance. Hitherto we have allowed the examinations of the different witnesses to speak for themselves, from a solicitude on our part to abate rather than to enhance those feelings of terror which have been found to tend most effectually towards the propagation of the Asiatic Cholera. Our anxiety upon this point was increased, moreover, by the con sideration that the dubious character of the malady which had proved so destructive among • the poor children at Tooting was aczompanied by a grievous absence of accuracy in regard to the number of victims destroyed by the epidemic. The latter uncertainty is at length removed by the appearance of the weekly document issued under the authority of the Registrar-General, and the former is in a fair way towards its removal in consequence of the progress of the investigation now being made upon the inquest presided over by the Coroner for Middlesex. There no longer appears to be any reason whatever for doubting that the Asiatic Cholera has destroyed human life not only at Tooting but also at Wapping, at Southwark, and at Chelsea, at Tottenham, at Marylebone, and at Whitechapel, at Bermondsey, at Newington, and at Wandsworth, at Clapham, at Streatham, and at Graveney. For a long time past it appears to have loitered in the more densely populated quarters of the great Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and not only in those crowded localities, but also amongst the rookeries of Selkirk and Jed burgh. It has subsequently extended itself into several of the English counties ; it :has ,attacked one at Binfield, four at Wakefield, and five at Carlisle ; and has since then destroyed two persons in the vil lage of Garsington in Oxfordshire. There is no longer any question, therefore, as to whether the dreaded disease has really been imported into the United Kingdom; as to whether the juvenile paupers in the establishment at Tooting have fallen victims to it or to some other mysterious seizure compounded of the itch and the scrofula ; or as to whether the Cholera is confined to the capital or to Middlesex. The Asiatic Cholera has appeared in the British islands ; it has materially added to the mortality of Scotland; it has penetrated into the majority of the metropolitan parishes ; it has advanced and is ad vancing, though by very gradual and almost imper ceptible gradations, eastwards and southwards, to the west towards Oxford, and to the north towards Yoik. These are not the morbid calculations of conjecture; they are the facts recorded in the melancholy tables compiled under the superintendence of the Registrar- General. From those tables it would appear that in the week ending Saturday, Jan. 13, the number of deaths in London amounted to I,44B—the average, during the last five winters, being 1,169 —revealing an excess in that interval of 279. Out of these victims of age or indisposition, there are no less than 94 who have perished from the Asiatic Cholera, the rest of the surplus deaths being attributed principally to inflam mation of the lungs and bronchitis, but especially to the zymotic and epidemic class of affections. Of the ordinary deaths, the majority arose from whooping cough, small-pox, typhus, and scarlatina. But the most important fact deserves repetition, beyond the mere circumstance of the excess-94 deaths in London from the Asiatic Cholera ! This assertion of the Registrar- General is sufficient of itself to rouse the most in dolent of our municipal authorities to exertion, and to stimulate still further the laudable efforts of those who have not waited for the advent of the visitation. What has directed a peculiar c attraction hola er in to thethe advances lately made by the Asiatic metropolis was the fact of its o utbreak th u e nd pp e a r u ci e r r cum circum stances so peculiarly melancholy at Es tablishment in Tooting. It was too manifest from the first instance that the poor children were placed at the mercy of the epidemic by the systematic poverty of their living. Farmed out at the rate of two or three shillings a week per head, it is impossible but that the food and clothing supplied by such establishments must be necessarily of the most pernicious descrip tion. Formerly this evil was immeasurably worse than at present. Thanks to the beneficent genius of Ur. DICKENS, the spirit of improvement penetrated to those dens of misery as rapidly after the publiCa tion of " Oliver Twist" as it did to the Yorkshire boarding-schools after the appearance of " Nicholas Nickleby." Yet the ills accruing to the poor children from an over-parsimonious management are very far from being altogether dissipated. The havoc made amongst them in the building at Tooting has afforded an afflicting evidence of this, and additional , ufferings, arising from the want of systematic fore thought, has enhanced the wretchedness of their sur viving relatives. This has been proved upon the in quest holden before Mr. WTAKLEY. o.le unfortunate woman informed that Hon. Gentleman on Monday, that on making an application at one of the work houses to see her child, she found that it was :not only dead but actually buried. The cruelty, not to say the absolute inhumanity, of such treat ment ,requires no very elaborate elucida tion. It speaks to the heart, directly, earnestly, plaintively. There must be a change, and a radical change too, in the direction of these estab lishments, or the evil-doers will find themselves sud denly denounced to public opprobrium. We must have lenity in the conduct of our workhouses and other pauper institutions, whether for adults or for children—and if any difference be made in their treatment the difference must be to the ad vantage of the latter. Nor must the exertions of the municipal and parochial authorities be restricted, at this period of trepidation, to the labour of ame liorating the position of the pauper recipients of in door assistance. The necessity of a more effective sanitary police glares upon the population at such periods of approaching calamity with a vividness beyond all further hesitation. In this respect the Commissioners at Gwydyr House will find a terrible but irresistible auxiliary in the Asiatic Cholera, and while that destructive epidemic may carry desola tion to the present generation, it can only tend ulti mately to improve the moral and physical condition of our posterity. TIII SUN, LONDON', WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, i 849. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The reactionaries will, it is probable, be caught in their own trap. The friends of the Republic are now exerting themselves to get up petitions against the dissolution of the Assembly, and these petitions have already received more signatures than 6,500, which is the whole number of the signatures attached to all the petitions praying for the dissolution. On Monday the Members of the Assembly met in their Bureaux to appoint the Committee to examine the proposition of M. RATEAU, for the dissolution of the Assembly. The Members named were MM E , Roux-Lavergne, Billault, Dupont (de Bussac), St. Gandens Jules Fevre, Havin, Marie, Degous6e, Pierre Bonaparte, Sarrans, Grevy, Lignier, Lichtenberger, Combarel de Leyval, and Regnard. About two only are favourable to the dissolution. The discussion which preceded this nomination was of a very animated character. MM. MOLE and LA• MARTINE spoke in favour of immediate dissolution, and M. MARIE against it. M. MARIE laid it down as a principle that the sitting of the Assembly was only to be limited by the safety of the Republic. It is generally supposed that no day will be fixed for the dissolution, but that the number of organic laws to be passed will be limited to three—viz., the Law on the organization of the Council of State, the Law settling the responsibility of the President of the Republic, and the Electoral Law, after the passing of which the Assembly will be dissolved. These laws will probably all be passed before the middle of April, in which case the new Assembly would meet in the beginning of May. The Marquis DE BARBANCOIS, a Legitimatist, has been returned for the department of Indre. He was supported by the Red Republicans and the Socialists. The Presse has the following on the subject of the naval expedition now fitting out at Toulon " The news circulated yesterday relative to an order given by the Government for the departure of a corps of 8,000 or 10,000 men for Civita Vecchia was prema ture. The Minister of Marine had only sent a dispatch to Toulon to prepare the national steam-boats, in order that they should be provisioned in case of necessity. Nothing further had been commanded last evening. As to the expedition, several members of the Cabinet desire it, and there is certainly question of it." We read the following in the Siècle :—" Certain journals have not only exaggerated the measures pre scribed at Toulon by the Marine Department, but have represented them in an incorrect point of view. The Minister, having called for an account of the con dition of all the vessels, steamers, and others, at the disposal of the Government in the port of Toulon, found that they were not in the state required by the re= gulations of the service. He, in consequence, gave orders that these ships should be put in a state to go to sea, by completing the number of their crews, the quantity of their coals and provisions, &c. It appears that this order has been executed with a certain éclat, and hence hare arisen conjectures in the local journals and among the sailors, who are naturally impatient to find an occasion for signalising their devotedness to France. In reality, no orders have been given which go be yond the ordinary prescriptions of the budget. The Government is desirous of not remaining unprovided under the events which are being precipitated in Italy. The Austrians may invade the legations, and thus oblige France to undertake an expedition. Beyond this eventuality, all that has been said at the Bourse and elsewhere is without foundation. Letters from Rochefort state that the ship-of-the line Dugueselin and the frigates Virginie and Algerie are being armed. The steam-boats Crocodile and Voyageur are preparing to sail for the West Indies. A letter from L'Orient mentions that 130 of the insurgents of June, confined in that harbour, have been set at liberty. The trial of the assassins of General BREA and his aid-de-camp, MANGIN, commenced on Monday be fore the Second Council of War, under the Presi dency of Colonel CORNEMUSE. The accused were 25 in number. On the table placed in front of the tribunal were deposited an epaulet of General BREA, the epaulets, uniform, and flannel waistcoat of Captain MARGIN, and the epaulets of M. GOBERT, chief of battalion of the National Guard, who, with Commander DESMARETS, accompanied the unfortu nate General in his mission of peace. The first sitting presented no interesting incident, and was entirely taken up with the reading of the bill of indictment, and the interrogatories of the accused. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the direct and indirect taxes for 1848. The four direct taxes which had been estimated in the budget at 431,503,000 C., have yielded only 365,470,000 f., being a deficit of nearly 66,000,000 f. ; the 45 centimes additional tax, which had been estimated at 192,000,000 f., has produced only 172,000,000 f., or indeed less, for a large sum has been remitted; the indirect taxes have yielded 680,769,000 f., being 140,000,000 f. less than in the year 1847. The re turns of the last quarter of 1848 show a diminution of 11,314,000 f. for October, as compared with the same month in 1847 ; of 12,731,000 f. for November ; and of 17,446,000 f. for December. It is said that a serious personal difference exists between M. PIERRE BONAPARTE and the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse yes terday at 45f. 40c.; the Five per Cents. at 74f. 95c.; the New Loan at 74f. 50c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 7021. 50c.; Rouen, 4351.; Havre, 240 f.; Great Northern, 3901.; Avignon, 1801.; Vierzon, 2521. 50c.; Basle, 83f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 376 f. 25c. ;:Paris and Strasburg, 3311. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 3151. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAY. 16. _ Boulogne and Amiens, B—Northern of Franee, B—Paris and Strasbourg, 2. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 9th and 10th just., have arrived. It appears that the scene in the Senate between PAVIA, NARTAEZ, and CORDOVA was of a most vio lent character. General PAVIA accused NARVAEZ of not having adopted proper measures for the sup pression of the insurrection in Catalonia, and in sup- port of his accusation read several letters which had passed between himself and the President of the Council, and concluded by moving, as an amendment to the address, the introduction of a paragraph, ex pressing regret that the measures adopted by the President of the Ministry for the suppression of the Rebellion in Catalonia had not been more efficacious. Isimazz, in his reply, accused Pena of a breach of honour, in thus making public a confidential cor respondence. PAVIA'S amendment was negatived in the sitting of the 9th. MADRID BOLBA, JAN. 10.—The Three per Cents. are quoted at 19 15-16 b u y ers , 20 se ll e r s; Five per Passive buyers, 56 s e e Cents., 9i b u y ers , 10 se ll ers ; C ou p ons , 6 se ll e rs ; ]debt, Brt ; buyers,piseoian Discount sellers Notes, ;B en k S l h p a e r r e s, cent. 64 Exchange on London, 49. NARROW ESCAPE OP SIR CHARLES PRIC E'S WARE HOUSES.—Last night, at a late hour, consid erable alarm prevailed in IV illiam-streetß rrs, from a report o pFe t a h red that the that the vitriol and tur pentine warehouseslt of Sir Charles yard, and Price had been discovered on fire. night police have charge of the keys a and several oin on their entering a third time an unusual lig h t a dis covered in the boiling-house of the vitrioldepewaurattamfrent. A large quantity of cinders had been raked under the'copper by the men before leaving, hoops lying near the grate had ignited, and the fire was spreading rapidly. Fortunately it was extinguished with but trifling damage. MR. MUNDY, M.P.—We regret to hear that Mr. Mundy, one of the representatives for South Derbyshire, is not expected to recover from the illness under which he has been suffering for some time, and which induced him to proceed to a warmer climate.—Derby Reporter. The Marquis of Anglesea is appointed Lord- Lieutenant of Staffordshire, in place of Earl Talbot. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Advices have been received from Vienna to the 10th. The Wiener Zeitung had not up to that day pub lished any official details of the surrender of Pesth. It is supposed that the Imperial army will go into winter-quarters there, as the cholera has broken out among the Austrian troops, and has committed fear ful ravages. Comorn still holds out, and as no bulle tins have been published, it is to be presumed that the Imperialists have not been very successful in their efforts to reduce it. A bulletin has been pub lished in Vienna, announcing a victory said to have been gained by Colonel MAYERHOFER over the Hun garians at Papanova on the 2d instant. The Ministry and the Diet are now at open variance, in consequence of a protest made by Count STADION against the first article of the proposed constitution, which declares that all the powers of the State emanate from the people. In the sitting of the 3d, before any discussion commenced, Count STADION protested against the introduction of this paragraph, and the Diet immediately adjourned to the Bth. On their reassembling the following resolution was proposed by ft Deputy named PINXAS:—' " The 'Diet protests its grief at the declaration of the Cabinet, which was pronounced on the 4th of January, 1849, and before the commencement of the debate, and which expresses the views of the said Cabinet on para graph 1 of the draft of the fundamental rights. After this declaration, any, even the most loyal feelings, which might show themselves in the division on this paragraph, cannot any longer be considered as a free and unfettered resolution, but must appear in the light of the expression of an opinion which was forced upon the Diet. The Diet cannot but consider the terms and the motives of the said declaration as jarring with the dig nity of free representati ves an d i ncom p a tibl e w ith th e position which the Imperial manifestoes of the 16th of May and the 6th of June, 1848, granted to the Con stituent Diet." . In the course of the discussion the Minister, Count STADION, read the following declaration : " Candour and determination are the first duties of the responsible advisers of a Constitutional Monarch. Acting up to the spirit of this principle, the Cabinet in its declaration of the 4th inst. gave a plain intimation of its position in the debates of this House on the Con stitution in general, and on par. 1 of the fundamental rights in particular. The Cabinet, acting for the Crown and for the people, and agreeable to popular opinion, determined the right on which the political relations of the Austrian Monarchy are based. In doing this we did our duty, and we protest against the supposition of our declaration opposing any free declaration of opinions, the more so since the principles of our declaration are identical with those which were enunciated in the pro gramme of the 27th of November, when they were wel comed not only by this House, but by the whole coun try. Our declaration cannot possibly preclude the ex pression of loyal opinions ; on the contrary, it will be the standard under which all true friends to legal liberty and the greatness of our country will rally." On a division the motion of PENKAS was carried by a majority of 196 to 99. It is said to be the intention of the Government to dissolve the Diet and to octroyer a Constitution. VIENNA, JAN. W.—Accounts received from 01- mutz state that the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPII has been attacked by rheumatic fever, and is comp e ll e d to keep his bed. No further intelligence from Prince WINDISCHGRATX. The army, it is said, intends to make a protest, through the Minister of War, against all the points of the fundamental law, which especially concerns it. Field-Marshal RADBTZKY again . demands a rein forcement of 40,000 men. Conscriptions are being carried on, on a large scale, in Switzerland, and the Swiss recruits are to be received with peculiar dis tinction by the veteran General. There seems to be but a very slender hope of any pacific termi nation of the Italian differences, and the Brussels Congress, if it takes place (though for some inexplicable cause it seems to be questioned now), is not likely to lead to the important results which were • at first connected with it. It has been proposed to fix the dividend of the Bank at 46 florins for the second semestre of 1848. The Commission of the Bank, in its sitting of the Bth, had fixed it at 25 florins. PRUSSIA. An electric telegraph is to be established between Berlin, Cologne, and Frankfort-on-the• Maine. M. CAMPHAUSEN arrived at Berlin on the 10th from Frankfort. _ Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, and Hanover have de termined to oppose the election of the King of.PRUSSIA as chief of the central power of Germany. FRANKFORT. A Frankfort letter of the 1 ltb, in the Cologne Ga zette, says— " The deputies who are disposed to vote for the Mi nistry have held a meeting. The speech made by de Gagern produced a very favourable impression. M. de Vincke declared that twenty-two deputies of his party would be in favour of the conclusions of the mi nority of the Committee, and consequently for the Mi nistry. The minority will meet to-morrow, to come to an understanding as to an addition to the conclusions of the Committee. It may be hoped that the Ministry will have the majority. It is expected that the debate on the Austrian question will be brought to a conclusion on the 13th. Afterwards the Assembly will be oc cupied solely with the question of . the chief of the Empire." According to the Cologne Gazette, M. DE SCHMER.• LING has declared that the adoption of the programme of M. DE GAGERN would cause his departure and that of all the Austrian deputies from Frankfort. The Gazette adds that the Austrian Government would also withdraw its troops from Frankfort and the fe deral fortresses, and the EMPEROR, as chief of the family, would order the Archduke Jour/ to resign the post of Vicar of the Empire. Chevalier BUNSEN, Prussian Ambassador at Lon don, has resigned his seat in the National Assembly at Frankfort, and announced to the Assembly that the Central Government has charged him with the negotiations relative to Denmark. HANOVER. A recent number of the Hanover Gazette contains two documents, in which the Hanoverian Govern ment sets forth its objections to the validity of the laWs of the empire promulgated by the Central Go vernment, and to the publication of the law on fundamental rights. The same journal, in its number of the 10th, contains the following : " All the journals have repeated, during the last few days, a rumour spread by the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, to the effect that Bavaria and Hanover have declared at London that they will not submit to a chief of the German Empire; but would, like Austria, prefer to enter simply into federal international relations. There is not a word of truth in this statement. Hanover has never dissimulated its opinion—never acted secretly, and, consequently, if it had entertained such reactionary tendencies, it would have made known its opinion at Frankfort, as is becoming, and not at London." POLISH FRONTIER. The Silesian Gazette gives the military force con centrated in Poland at 130,000 men. Three camps have been formed at Kalisch, Lowiez, and Warsaw, containing 80,000 soldiers. The garrison of Warsaw is composed of 30,000 men; the remainder are sta tioned on the frontier. ITALY. Cardinals FERETTI and ALTIERI arrived at Rome on the 3d from Gaeta, and were the bearers of pro posals from the POPE of a conciliatory nature. Among the proposals is that of an amnesty to all political offenders, with the exception of the murderers of M. Rossi. It was said that the most able and influential leaders of the movement, and among others the Minister STERBINI, had replied that they had it not in their power to induce the members of the ultra- Democratic clubs to accept those conditions, however reasonable they might be, without the ssistance of an armed force acting in the name of thg POPE. In consequence of the arrival of the Cardinals, Prince CoRSINI and the whole of the municipality of Rome had given in their resignations, and a deputa tion of all the parochial clergy of Rome had gone to Gaeta. Everything remained tranquil at Rome up to the 7th inst. the date of the latest advices. The Nazionale of Florence of the 9th announces from Rome, but without warranting the intelligence, that a reactionary movement had broken out in that capital, and that at the departure of the courier the National Guard were fighting against the insurgents. Tus ROYAL ETCHINGS.—In consequence of the judgment given yesterday by Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, in the case of his Royal Highness Prince Albert v. Strange, we understand that Mr. Strange has deter mined to appeal to, and lay his whole case before, the Lord Chancellor. The necessary instructions and notices to carry such an intention into immediate effect were given yesterday, and the arguments are expected to come on in the Lord Chancellor's Court at the earliest possible period. PARISH or ST. PANCRAS.—Yesterday a numerous special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Poor of St. Pancras was held in the new Vestry Room, adjoining the workhouse, King's-road, Camden Town, for the pur pose of receiving a report which had been received from the Poor-law Board, Somerset-house, concerning the outbreak of cholera amongst the children farmed out at Mr.Drouet's establishment at Tooting, and as to the dis posal of tho children which had been removed there from. Francis Healey, Esq., churchwarden, having been called to the chair, Mr. Pitt, the acting clerk to the Board, having read the report, which chiefly related to the establishment of a district school, it was ordered to be entered on the minutes, and a committee appointed to take its most important details into consideration. The Board then broke up. onvint ta.4,440 V5.:31.1400,41 tbset,o MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was very active yes terday, and closed with considerable animation. Holders seem to supply the market with the recent import of American very freely, but, at the same time, not fast enough. 'The sales were 8,000 to 9,000 bales, and com prise 7,500 American at 3- 4 1 d. to 5411.; 200 Pernam, &c., at 41d. to 5d.; 100 Egyptian at 5:1d.; and 700 Surat at 2id. to 31d.—Railway shares were very firm. The accounts received .to-day from abroad are satis factory, and here there is much buoyancy of feeling among the monied and mercantile classes. Cash on best bills is worth about 21 to 3 per cent., and on stock say per cent. In the principal staples a good business is doing. Sugar, coffee, and several other articles have been at improved values. In consequence of the dissatisfaction expressed at the late Peruvian bondholders' affair, the expediency of a change in the constitution of the Committee of Spanish American bondholders is strongly urged by some parties. It may be affirmed, without disrespect to the committee at large, that they are at present a very irresponsible body. As far as we can recollect, they were formed 23 or 24 years back, since which period we are not aware that the bondholders at large have ever been consulted further in the matter. If a member of the com mittee dies or resigns, his colleagues, we pre sume, elect another, and thus, although there are many who originally belonged to it, there are likewise several who are comparatively new comers. We have asked in various quarters the names of the present members, and is seems that they are not generally known, so little do the Spanish American bondholders know about these matters. As early as possible, therefore, an authorised list should be published, and a meeting of the bondholders should be called to re-elect the old or install the new members. No party in the Stock Exchange should be eligible; this the more staid brokers and jobbers of long standing and respectability themselves desire, and we see no reason why the election should not be renewed annually. Cer tain it is that the complaints are very prevalent about the Peruvian affair, and of course rather among those who sold, than such as kept their bonds, for several in stances could be mentioned of individuals who doubting, after years of delay, whether any arrangement would be effected, parted with their bonds much under the pre sent range, while the speculators were buying them up, and „as is boldly asserted upon informa tion of very satisfactory terms having been offered. As we may have occasion to revert to this matter, it is un necessary to say more at present. The remarks which we yesterday made upon the characteristics and fate of Bear speculators, may justify some allusion to their opponents, the Bulls, mischievous in a secondary degree, and, therefore, fairly open to censure. It will always appear to the unre fleeting that a speculator for the rise is more conscientious than he who operates for a fall, but no one will deny that there are occasions when the one may prove almost as great a nuisance as the other. The fit seizes a wealthy Bull; the minor operators, possessed it may be of a few pounds only, follow in his wake; purchases for future delivery are made; worthless securities, no matter whether foreign bonds or railway shares, are run up to a high nominal value; the public who have the money are attracted by such seeming prosperity and daily increasing firmness, they become large buyers, the Bulls gradually creep out, the public remain, and we need not say who are the gainers. To saddle people with any article at double its price is clearly dishonest, and yet the thing is daily "managed." Even within a brief period we have had a " rig" in one or two South American investments of most dubious cha racter, and very little impulse would set the Californian bubbles going. As it is they have fallen "dead" upon the market. One word more in explanation. The speculators are but a small minority in the Stock Exchange. There each man at starting has something to lose, and if at ail prudent he husbands that something. It is out of doors; in the alleys, at the second-rate coffee-houses—and, we regret to say, of late, at some of the higher mercantile subscription rooms— the needy and more reckless operators assemble. By clubbing they contrive to influence the market one way or the other, and woe to the broker who, deceived by punctual payment for a time, allows them to become heavily his debtors. They have little sense of honour, and therefore seldom pay when fairly worsted to a large amount. Either they repudiate in Coto, or make a paltry compromise. Perhaps the broker is to blame ; but as there are always young members anxious for business, they take what the " old birds" never look after, and thus the dishonest operator leaves one broker in the lurch and takes his gains to tempt another to trust him. There has been a large business done in the Nnglish Funds, and Money Stock has been in demand. Consols, from toB 9 i, 465. h premium; avorisento Bank B9i Stockano9o . Exchequer-bills are 445. 188* to 190 ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 90* to 4. Mexican Bonds are still, improving. The price is up to 26k and 27. Brazilian Small have been 77f; Spanish Five per Cents. are 15k to 16; and the Three per Cents. 23:1 to 29k. Railway Shares are still looking up. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 129 188 1 /, 190 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 89% 90 1 / 8 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 89%1,4 90 89 3 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ames. 9O LA 1 / 8 3 4 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 13-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock 97% Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2 1 / 2 d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 500/ Small 45 p 45 46 42p MICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 76% Equador Bonds Mexican Bowls, 1846, 5 per Cent 26% Ditto for the Account .... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 27 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Ditto for the Account 15% 16 Ditto Passive Bonds 33 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 29 28 3 % 29 1 1 Ditto for the Account .. Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. aITSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PLY SHANE. 'tberdeen kinba., Notting., Boston, &c 44 kyrshire and Ciaileway 2 ti ~ I fast and County Down .. 20 1 / 2 Berks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 5 6irnitngiaam & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 . Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Vol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... ..... to tsirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction lO doston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 iiristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... 27% — ...... to IS u ckinghamshire.. ',.;aledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 11%.. ... Ditto, New 101. Preference 7I Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ',','hestet and Holyhead... Ditto, Preference , Aarence. .... Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 .... _ _ Do., Gov. Loin, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4. to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen 2 .. 22 1 ,4...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., - - mid L. & D. Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ...... Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3 1 ,4 — E astern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per (;t. 10 Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... % p x.i. to Do., d 0....... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 , — to Do., Quarter 124... „. Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3 1 / 2 , Ditto, do, Class B (I. y 2 & B) 22 ~ . — Ditto, do, Class C, - ditto... 20 . Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . — to Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 A — to 142ast Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 21 15 % to Do., New Quarters Do, 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares VA to East Lincolnshire 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 .~ Ditto, - New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — .... to Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. Lilasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated Great Northern Do. 4 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 5 xi.— to Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6t/ 4% x.i. to Do. Extension ... Ut. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 Great North of England 'lOO 23 7 1 /2 to 238 Ditto, New 401 4O Ditto, ditto .... ....... .... 25 Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 14 ...... 33%. Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares ..... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 23 Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 l5 - 13 % to Huddersfield and Manchester 30 ...... Ditto, Thirds lO (lull and Selby s— o _Half Shares 25 .„,.. _ Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 1 / 2 „,.. to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds... lO L ancas hire and Yorkshire ... 93 72 ...... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares - 4 , 3 , ...... 33 i/e . to 34 1, Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 61 4-- - . Ditto Thirds (Reg.) to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7% ...... to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (liudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and G001e... ..... 50 Do., West Riding Union... 7 •••• • 2 is to Do Preston and Wyre ... 25 to . Do., do., Halt Shares (A) 9% 1 ,0 : 1 1 / 2... to Leads. and Bradiorn 50 ..... 99 • ... .. to ~eed.5,D, . ., - shury, & Manchus. 50 Do 11. , 11 Shares Ditto. Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ........, ..... 50 Ditto, New Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to —• Liverpool. Crosby, andSouth oort. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% London tic Blackwall ...•..131.65. 8d Do. Extension ......... ...... 221 ,4 . — Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 - to London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... ... to Ditto Preference London & North liVeitern..loo...l29 12912 128 1 A Co 130 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 110. New Do. Fifths Do. 40, & M 25 to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 10 ..... to Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 10 to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ondon and S. Western ....... 50 .. 42% to 43 Ditto, New 50/........ Ditto, New 401........... -. 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 to Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds l5 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls .. ...... 5 . ... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 ,4 — Londonderry and Coleraine... 28% — to Londonderry and Enniskillen 30 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 1 / 2 l% to Manclar, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 / 1 Shares (No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, 1 4 ; Shares (No. 3)... IVA,. ...... Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... .. ... . to Ditto Grimsby 4O — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ..... 20 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... b1id1and........ ............. ...100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 ___ Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 25 .—... 19 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 126 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 40 Ditto ditto 181.25. 6d Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct. gua. )....100 . to :' idld. Great Western (Irish) 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. .... 50 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO Ditto Quarter Shares .... 25 ... to Newmarket ........ ..... 20 _ Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/, 1 2s .. Newport Abergy., and lieret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk: 100 Ditto New 20/. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct Do. Do. 5% per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 ...... Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Fab 5hare5........... 12% 7%...... to Do. Quarters 6 1,4, 3 %...... to Ditto, Extension Ditto Thirds ..- North and South-Western 2 North Staflordshire... .. ...... 15 North Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Guildtd., & Reigate 10 ...... 10% to Royston and Hitchin ..... _2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... 25 Ditto, New... 17% — to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Do. do. (South Div.) 5 shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. IN . :Ain.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 9 ... .. . ... to Ditto, Uswestry 18%...... 14 ...... to Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 Shropshire:Union... . South Devon .. Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 South Staflordshire 7% 4 14 - 11 to 4 South Eastern: 33% 25% to 25 Ditto, No. I. 2B - - Ditto, No. 2. 22 - Ditto, No. 3. . 3O - - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales - to - South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 6 - ...... to - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6 - ,to •-• Taw Vale Extension ........ 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% - - Vale of 1 , , eath Waterford and Kilkenny 17% ••-•• - - Waterford and Limerick..... 47%••• .. - - Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed - Do. do. do. - Do. do. do. - - West Cornwall 6 - to - West London - ... -to - Ditto, First Class - to - Ditto, Second C1a55......... 20 ..... - to - Whitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. - - Windsor, Staines, and South Western l2 Wilts, Somerset,&Weymoutla 40 - - Fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 ...... 27% 7 ii - Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 20 - Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 20 - Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... - York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference - Ditto East and ‘i estßiding Extension 25 - to - FOREIGN RAILWAY - 6. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian - to - Boulogne and Amiens 2O - Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ......... ...... 17 - - Ceylon ... .. - to - Demerara. - - Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . - - Dutch Rhenish 7% - to - East Indian - - Great Indian Peninsular - ...... to - Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% - ...... to - Luxembourg - - Ditto - Madrid and Valentia - Namur and Liege 2O - Northern of France l2 ...... - ...... to - Orleans and Bordeaux ... - to - Paris and Lyons - - Do. Do. Paris and Orleans... Parts and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg .......... ...... to Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & •• . Nantes 9 • .. ------ Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell .. ....... ...... 2O ...... ...... to West Flanders B% — ... to JOINT STOCK )BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock .... ..... 10 London and Westminster... 20 ..... National Provincial of Engld. e 5 Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 2% to Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo tlexican lOO — ...... to —. Asturian MinmgCompany... 14 — ..... to —. Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrio British Iron . Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24%...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Dei Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper ............. 40 General Mining ....... .... _.... 29 to Real del Monte, Unregist ere d ._. .. .. to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ...... ... Santiago de Cuba.........,,,... 10 United Mexican ,. 28% COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 2% Ditto, at sight •• 12 03. Rotterdam 12 2N • • 25 80 Hamburgh .. •. • • M.B. 13 11% Altona .......... Faris, 3 days' sight 25 37% Ditto, 3 months 25 62y Marseilles 25 62% 80urdeaux......... . 25 65 Frankfort on Maine.... 121% Petersburgin Sil. ltble,. 36 LA Berlin Vienna, disc. flo• ••• •• 11 30 Trieste, ditto.... •• ...• 11 33 Madrid • • ........ 473 48% Bilbao.. Barcelona • • ••• • •• EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. • • ...... • . •• Leghorn .. .. 32 . Genoa .... • • .......... 26 30 Milan .. •• .• ...... Naples ............ .. 40 Palermo, peroz 1:8% Messina .. Lisbon.... • • Oporto .... • • Rio Janeiro • • ...... • • Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • -- New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • .... PRICES OF BULLION, PEE oz Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars •• .• • 0 4 10 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% IMPORTATION OF GUNPOWDER.—The vessel Marys, arrived in the river fi orn Guernsey, has brought, in ad dition to a general cargo, including fit ty tons we i g h t o f potatoes and a variety of other articles, the production of the island, fifty three half-barrels, and one smaller package of gunpowder, consigned to her Majesty's Dourd of Ordnance, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 7.—Wind S.S.W. STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER AT THE PROTINCIAL PORTS THIS HORNING, AT 9 A.M. (Mcbester: S. W., cloudy. S.W., rain. Gu port Ditto. W., rain. Hu 11 Loa estoffe W. N. W.. cloudy. Newcastle S.S.W., fine. Portimouth Southampton Yarmouth S.W., fine. YARMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind S.W.—The William, from London to Cadiz, is on shore near Hurst Castle. SCILLY, JAN. 15.—A ship's companion, some pieces of bulwarks, come staves, several oran ges an d l emons, a box supposed to have contained currants, and half a box of oranges, have been picked up on this coast. BRISTOL, JAN. 15.—The lon, from Newport to New Orleans, which put back to Kingsroad llth inst., through itre,s of weather, has been towed up the river, being leaky. CARDIFF, JAN. 16.—The Agnes, Gilles, from Rio Grande fur Liverpool, was driven into Penarth Roads with damage, and will have to pnt in here to repair. MUMBLES, JAN. 15.—Arrd. Jenny Jones,Valparaiso. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind Bruno, Bergue, Batavia. DEAL, JAN. 16. —Wind S.W.—Arrd. Atalanta, Havnnuah; Acorn, Matanzas; Dublin, Santa Martha; Nicolo Borsuo, 'image, Ragusa. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 16.—The Circonstance, Evert, from Havre to Lisbon, was lost off Cape Finisterre, pre vious to the 12th instant; crew saved. GUERNSEY, JAN. 13.—The Sir Wm. Collings, of and from this port to London, drifted on shore on the sand to-day, and it is feared she will become a wreck; crew saved. BARMOUTH, JAN. 11.—The Cestrian, Armstrong, from Bonny to Liverpool, was abandoned on the causeway of this port this morning; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1 6.—Arrd. Teazer, Bahia; Staines Castle, Macao; Sarah and Louisa, Rich, New Orleans; Rowland, Norcross, ditto ;: Ocean, New Orleans ; Hampden, Briggs, Mobile; Antelope, Virginia; Sid dons, Cobb, New York; Maranham, Jamieson, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. 15th, Peter Marcy, New Orleans; R. D. Shepherd, ditto; lona, ditto; Nisbe, ditto; Zelascar, Savannah; Reliance, ditto; Sea, New York. Off port, Sesostris, Bombay. The Chapman, of Ply mouth, was spoken on the 4th instant, the crew in a state of mutiny, by the Superb, Liverpool to Panama, spoken on the sth inst. in lat. 46, long. 15, by the --. The Packet, of Glasgow, from Berbice to the Clyde, was spoken in lat. 43, long. 34, with loss of sails, head of foretop-mast, cargo shifted, and top tier lost, by the Challenge, at Liverpool. DUBLIN, JAN. 15.—The Orio, from Liverpool for Leghorn, put into Kingstown Harbour this day, with loss of bulwarks, sails, &c., and other damage. BELFAST, JAN. 15.—The Hydrons, Hartnell, of Barn staple, Limerick to Liverpool, put in here 13th inst. leaky, and pumps choked, loss of sails, head and cut water started, and ,has been towed up to the quay for repairs. YARMOUTH, JAN. 15.—The Hesperus, Sheppard, from London to Grangemouth, went on shore on the Scarborough Sand yesterday and filled; crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY: CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. An extremely small supply of English Wheat has been received up to our market this week, and the show of samples of that grain here to-day was very limited. Selected qualities sold without difficulty, at Monday's prices; imports of Foreign Wheat have exceeded 8,000 quarters. A very moderate business was transacted in free parcels at last week's quotations. Bonded Wheat moved off steadily, at extreme currencies. We were rather scan tily supplied with .English Barley. Malting samples were quite as dear; but grinding and distilling sorts commanded very little attention. So little business was doing in Malt, that prices were almost nominal. Rather a large quantity of Oats, 15,130 quarters, has come to hand from Ireland. From other parts the re ceipts were small. The Oat trade was tolerably steady. at full prices. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn, were dtill in the extreme. The highest price for the best town made Flour was 44s per 2801bs. Foreign Flour was easier to purchase. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. 710 qrs. 2,930 qrs. I 2,790 qrs. 15,130 2,160 English ...... 1ri5h......... Foreign ...... Flour. 970 ski. 8,460 2,670 Malt, 1,320 qrs. XIOROUGEL Bop maRILET. A full average amount of business was transacted in our market to-day, and, in some instances, selected sam ples of new Hops sold at an advance of 2s. per cwt., the value of all other kinds being firmly supported. The show of samples was by no means large. New Hops— Sussex Pockets, 21 4s to 21 19s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 14s to 3/ 10s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 315 s to 61 per cwt. NWRITECHAPEL. Each kind of Meat commanded I;,steady sale on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 46 6d per Blbs by the carcase. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) cox V. MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Baron PARKE delivered judgment in this case, and in two other cases, which stood in a similar situa tion. The action was an assumpsit, and was tried be fore Mr. Justice Maule at the last Warwick assizes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, leave being given by the Learned Judge to move to enter a nonsuit. The rule for a nonsuit was argued at the sittings of the Court last term. The facts of the case were these :-- A labouring man met with an accident whilst removing a truck on the defendant's railway, and the case being a serious one, the assistance of the plaintiff, who is a medical man, was obtained, and he was requested to per form the operation of amputation, which he did success fully. This action was, therefore, brought to recover compensation for that service from the company. It appeared that it was a station master in the employ of the company who called in the plaintiff, and it was contended that he bad the power to enter into a contract with the plaintiff on behalf of the company. The principal question was, had he such authority. The Learned C ounse l f or the defendants contended that the company were not liable, because, being a corporation, they could only make a contract under their common seal: On the other side it was argued, that such an argument could not apply to the employment of the plaintiff, and that when anything oc curred on a railway which might be prejudicial to the interests of the company, it was the duty of any officer in their employ, who happened to be near, to obtain every reasonable assistance in order to lessen the da mage which might be sustained, and that the com pany were responsible for the services rendered, they having been obtained for their own benefit. The evidence consisted of the proof of the payment by the company, on three other occasions, of surgeons' bills, for attending persons who had been hurt upon the railway, but the Court had expressed an opinion that such was not sufficient evidence to go to a jury- The question, therefore, did not turn upon that special circumstance, but depended upon the authority of the servant wbo gave the order. The defendants said, that neither under the common nor the statute law had the company bound themselves by the contract. The com pany are of opinion that power to enter into the contract was not incident either to employment of the guard or the superintendent. If a passenger by a coach were to have his arm broken, and the coachman or guard were to get surgical aid, could it be maintained that the pro prietor was bound to pay the doctor's bill? The Court were of opinion that it could not, although it might be for the benefit of the master to have the damage dimi- Dished by a speedy cure. It was not to be supposed that the result of their decision would be prejudicial to the person who happened to be injured. It rarely happened that a surgeon was not ready to render every assistance to the sufferer, and the sufferer was entitled to corn ponsation for the injury sustained, and the expenses in curred, if it appeared there had been any breach of duty on the part of the company. Little mischief would therefore be done to the interests of medical men, who could recover against his patient, and the public would be subject to no serious inconvenience. This rule of law was applicable to all partnerships as well as cora panics in reference to the extent of authority given to an agent or servant. COURT made the rule absolute to enter a nonsuit in the three cases mentioned. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) CHILDE V. POOLE. NOVEL AND IMPORTANT DEFENCE.—.Thi s wag SS action to recover the sum of 171. 10s. on a bill of ev' change, of which the defendant was alleged to be the ace 0 ptor. _ The defendant did not deny the acceptance, but put in a plea of non assumpsit. The Learned SECONDARY said it was rather an un• usual thing for a person to admit his acceptance ye deny his promise to pay; but perhaps the jury would agree with him that the acceptance itself was a promig to pay. A witness was called, who proved the presentation of the bill when it became due, and that defendant said he would call and settle it. Knew defendant personally , having " had the pleasure" of serving him with a writ when he (defendant) acted like a gentleman. The SECONDARY—How does a man act as a gentleman when he is served with a writ? Witness—Why he pal l the money directly.—(Laughter.) The defendant's attorney took the objection on the faith of the case "Finlayson v. APKenzie, ' 3 Bingbare'l New Cases, that a plea of non assumpsit brought the case within the old rules, and that the acceptance and 113• dorsement must be proved. no The Learned SEC ONDARY— W e live and learn, an d will give the jury an opportunity of learning as much as they can; so I will send for the case. The book was sent tor, the Learned SECONDARY obi serving that the objection was a very shrewd one, an one which the defendant was entitled to make the mos t of but he (the Secondary) did not think much of it. On referring to the case, the Learned SEcoNvAlb, said he was not pr e p a r e d t o sa y th e o bj ect i on was eove], ly without foundation, and it b eing a ver y no to point, he would hold the writ for two or three dais have the opinion of the Court above. Verdict for the plaintiff: This was the only ease heard. APpROACIIIING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.- - t undvistand that Mr. 13atason, M.P., eldest sou o t . Rubert l3ateson, Bart., is shortly to lead to the 13 P — or neal alter Miss Ri ce Trevor, the lovely and ac e° plished daughter of the Hon. Colonel Rice Trevor.