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

FUND FOR PROMOTING FENIA.LE The sympathies of the public have recently been interested by de tailed acconnis of the condition of the poor, and especialy of the suf ferings „f seen .3 of those wh , . are am , ng the most helpless of their sea—the warring women of the country. In the metropolis alone, 33,50 d women are engaged in the single business of apparel -making. It is estimated that 28,500 of them are under 20 years of age, and that of these a large portion are subsisting, or attempting to subsist, on sums varying from 4% 0. to 2( a d. a day. Throughout Great Britain the male population is greatly out-num bered by the female. By the census of 1841 it appeared that there were alo,ooo we re women than men, and so great has been the amount of male awalgration during the last nine years, that the ca caos of females may be fairly supposed to have reached half a million. In the British Colonies on the other hand, the inequality is re versed in 1847 there were in New South Wales only 41,800 females to 83,000 males; in South Austra is only 13,000 females to 17,000 males. Similar disproportion exists in Van Diemen's Land and other Colonial dependencies. It is proposed to take measures with a view to abate this double evil ; to supply the Colonies with the population which is the crying want of society there, and at the same time to redress this increas ing grievance of the mother country, to rescue from penury and mi sery those who emigrate, and, by diminishing the unnatural excess of female labour, to better the condition of those who remain. With these views the following Noblemen and Gentlemen have termed themselves into a COMUITTEE. The Right Hon. SIDNEY HERBERT, M.P., Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. The Most Noble the Marquis of Westminster The Right Hon. the Earl ofearlisie The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germains The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of London The Lord Ashley, M.P. The Right Hen. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, M.P. The Han. John Talbot, Q.C. The ROIL Arthur Kinnaird Sir Walter Itockliff Farquhar, Bart. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P. The Boren Lionel de Rothschild, M.P. C. B...kdderley, Esq., M.P. George Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P. John Masterman, Esq., M.P. John Waiter, Esq., M.P. • William Page Wood, Esq., 31. P. She Rev. Joseph Brown The Rev. W. W. Champneye William Cotton, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Dale W. F. A. Delano, Esq. The Rev. John Garwood William Gregson, Esq. Robert Hanbury, Esq. M. I. Higgins, Esq. Charles Hoare, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Este The Rev. W. Quekitt The Rev. B. C. Sanger William Chow, Esq. The Rev. J. Sherman The Count de Strzelecki, C.D. is proposed to take immediate measures for promoting Emigra tion to Bee British Colonies en an extensive scale. Assistance will, in the first instance, be extended to the class which, as the poorest and most helpless, has a reasonable claim to early consideration, the neediewomen and slop-workers. Offices will be immediately opened, at which such parties may re ester their applications. Care will tee taken to select such persons only as are well recom mended, and whose age and habits ren'er them fit subjects for emi gration. Such arrangements will lie made as will secure for them every possible safeguard and care &ring the passage out. Communica tions will be opened with the colonies, with a view to the proper re ception of the emigre:its on their arrives; for their temporary as sistance, ay.,' to afford them facilities for placing themselves in respectable positions. The amount of the assistance, and the form in which it is to be rendered to the emigrants, whether that assistance shall be by way of gift or lean, or moth, must depend upon the amount of contribu tions at the disposal of the committee, and be necessarily regulated by the eircunistences of each case. A vast anlertaking is proposed, a great and growing evil is to be met and remedied, vigorous action and large means are required ; but the Committee look with confidence to the public for support, doubting not that in a land abounding with wealth, and in which there Is a self-denying and a Christian spirit, means will be provided for accompllehing so great an end. They venture to remind the nation of the great and grievous affliction which, by the Providence of God, they have just escaped, and they urge upon them the greatlduty of showing their gratitude to their Divine Benefactor by assisting the most helpless and needy of his creatures. Donations :nay, if it be desired, be paid. in two, three, or four an nual Taste merits. The follow:tie bankers will receive money for the fund : In the City. At the West-end. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co, Messrs. Iloares, Fleet-street. Messrs. Glen and Co. Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. Messrs. J: nes Lloyd and Cs, Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall- Mame W:llhns, Deacon, and snail. Co. Messrs. Hcrries and Co., St. James's-street. l be published in a few days. rM. T. HALY, Hon. Secretary. square, Dec. 11, 1849. A Litt of Contributions wit 4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar -1 THEA run ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. IL Webster, ,Sale Lessee and Me.nager, Old Ilrompton. Tills ENTEXINts, Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean Ophelia, Mrs. C. Kean ; Gertrude, Mrs. Warner. ♦tter which a new Farce eutitlcti THE LAUGHING HYENA. To conclude with A Kh3 IN THE DARK. The Eox-offize is under the direction cf Mr. I. T. Archer. TUEATE ROYAL. A:DELPHI. ITEsier th.a direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be perforreed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW •OPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed -1 rd, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and 3liss Ntioolgar. To be followed by as entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Greenly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Gruraley. Mrs. P. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BITNEURTS WOONS. Mr. ilighbury Barnes, Mr. T. Bedford ; Bob ?winks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. imith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. IJnntr the Management of Madame Yetstaia. tiole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TIIIS EVENING, 'Will be performed a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by DELICATE GROUND. After which lIE WOULD BM AN ACTOR. T. conclude with RAISING THE WIND. Dress Boxes 54. Upper Boxes, 4a. ; Pit. 2s, ; Gallery. la.. No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes mast be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Rond-street. YEINCES'S Mr. J. M. Maddox, 1 ola Leseee and Manager. THIS EN - ENING, Will be performed a new and erigLual comic Opera called MINA. Triacipal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Corti. Wynn; Mrs. - Weiss, and .Miss Louisa Fyne. After which, the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with A MODEL OF .i. WIFE. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S WELLS. Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a now Tragedy, in FiTO Acts, by F. G. Tone ltne, Secretary to the Shakespeare Society, Auther of " A Brief Yiew of the English Drama," &c., entitled GARCIA ; 011, THE NOBLE ERROR. Garcia, Mr. Phelps; Marquis de Pacheco, Mr. H. Marston; Doti Manuel, Mr. G. K. Dickinson ; Ceunt D'Aguilar, Mr. Hoskins; Fray I , iego, Mr. Wilkins; Rodriguez Xerife, Mr. Graham ; Michael Mo rills., Mr. H. Mellon ; John de St. Martin, Mr. Knight; Dr. Jaw Hula de Medina, Mr Dolman ; John Lopez del Barso, Mr. Belford; Loreozo, Mr. C. Fenton ; Pedro, Mr. Franke ; Ceuatess de Yyera. Miss Glyn; Camilla, Miss T. Hassan°. To conclude with the SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. ISTLE I'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. TIIIS EVENING. Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has sue (leaded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, trom the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Egutstrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angele is the same,Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare " Angela" over twenty-eight teet of Water. She will Shortly make her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BATTY hai much pleasure in announcing that ha has engaged Cedoni, the most graceful penermer on the Tight Rope in Europe, who will appear every Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with the Grand natblial and magnificent Fpectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, in whieh Mr. Edward Oomorsal will appear in his erlainal char.:cter of Napoleon. Ater which Batry's SCENES OF TILE ARENA, enlivened by Messrs. T. Barry, E. Jacksln. and Wheelie. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; or PLEAS T RES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HOUSEKEEPING, in which the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a Lung train or moveables, comprising Omnibus, litaroucke, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open froth Eleven till For r. Managcr, Mr. W. West. AT LONDON littlDoz. Tn:r DAT —Morning, 11 min. after 12 I Evening, 37 min. after 12 To-',Tolaow orning, 33 run. wter 12 1 Evening, 2O min. after 1 THE WEATHEIt.-Bux O 3 ICE. DEC. 12. TIEERNONET/13, Lowest, 30; Highest, 37; Noon, 33 BANODIETER, 30.05. WIND Z.—Dull, cold, foggy Treat ben (V ) ,Qll 0..1 M, • ;f.'s •- • • Int „qt.- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1849. Nothing can assuredly be more worthy of abhor• ' ranee than an attempt to blast the reputation of a great but fallen chieftain, through the insinuations of a venal and anonymous slanderer. Such an endea- your has recently been only too visible on the part of some of our most influential Contemporaries. We blush for a stain so grievous on the journalism of England, such as, unhappily, is implied in this ac knowledgment. Thank Heaven, we can maintain, without any accusation of national egotism, that pro- Leedings of this nature are anything but characteristic of the people of Great Britain. Without exaggerat ing the nobler qualities of the race, we are satisfied that nothing is so repugnant to the disposition of Englishmen as those dastardly stabs in the dark which are given by the band of the anonymous ca lumniator. To act thus towards an enemy, even in the days of his greatest prosperity, is, in the esti- , mation of the Anglo-Saxon multitude, to degenerate in the scale of humanity but to slander a foe thus in the hour of misfortune is viewed, and justly viewed, by them as an act of the most execrable and atrocious turpi tude. Unfortunately we have, of late, had lamentable cause to regret the course pursued by certain news papers in the metropolis, who, not contented with attributing the basest motives to the most magnani mous patriots of Hungary, were not ashamed to re sort to the publication of anonymous calumnies of the blackefil description—calumnies calculated, if allowed to pass uncontradictea, to cast the shadow of Heal guilt over one of the purest, the noblest, and the most heroic of Europeans. Nevertheless, when during a brief but glorious interval it appeared that the cause of the Magyars ssurne a lasting predominance, there nt lull in this contemptible system . The valour of the army of too glaring for denial, the general aincipal captains was altogether .0 be gainsaid, the sagacity of the Provisional Government was too manifest to be contradicted; and men began at last to discover a certain respectability where hitherto they had only perceived infamy, a certain genius where they had hitherto seen only mediocrity, a certain 'grandeur where they had hitherto observed only crime and in• significance. As suddenly as the tido rolled towards victory it recoiled in misfortune, and then again, in reviewing the policy pursued by the leaders of the Hungarian movement, no terms were too gross, no epithets too violent, no language too vituperative in which to designate the very men who, immediately before, had by their brilliant successes extorted a momentary panegyric. Since that deplorable change in the destinies of the Magyars, the reactionary press of England has sedulously endeavoured to vilify more and more the characters of the great KOSSUTH and his illustrious compatriots, while showering the additional infamies of their eulogiums upon the already sufficiently infamous GEORGEY. So monstrous has been the line of argu ment followed out in this instance by these journalists, so diametrically opposite have they proved to the opinions entertained by the mass of the population, that large aggregate meetings have been convened both in the capital and throughout the provinces, for the purpose of protesting against such views being regarded as identical with the sentiments entertained by the people of the United Kingdom. On one occasion, indeed, the chief of these newspapers was publicly burnt on a platform in London, as a token of the depth and earnestness of the popular indigna tion. The matter, in short, has at length become so generally notorious that it has reached the ears even of the refugees in the Turkish dominions. A letter written from Widdin by Colonel ALEXANDER As. BOTH, and recently transcribed into our own columns, has resolutely thrown the accusations of the " foreign correspondents" of these aristocratic journals in their teeth, at the same time most distinctly and peremp torily denying the accuracy of any one of their ca lumnious assertions. From the revelations there made by Colonel ASBOTH, until very lately Adjutant- General to the President-Governor of Hungary, it appears that the generosity of that renowned man has, in many respects, been commensurate with his genius, his courage, and his patriotism. So far from having purloined the regalia of ST. STEPHEN, it ap pears that he has never once even seen it ; so far from having peculated when the Hungarian exchequer was completely within the grasp of his dictatorship, it is proved that he continues up to the present moment to a very considerable amount a creditor on the national exchequer ; so far, again, from his having been self-interested in his civism, it is demonstrated incontrovertibly that for the sake of his beloved country, and in the hope of working out its redemption, he has sacrificed his health, his time, his intellect, and his property. This is the man traduced by the malignity of anonymous correspon dents ; this is the heroic but unfortunate chieftain against whom, in the time of his tribulation, all the arrows of falsehood have been directed. We appeal not to posterity, to whom our evanescent voice would be inaudible, but to that contemporary multitude whose hearts vibrate to the simple words of our in dignation, and we ask them, the people of England, if in the limits of possibility there can be any thing more mean, more base, more cruel, more heartless, or more detestable than the course pursued towards these august victims of patriotism ? No : the ignominy of the effort has recoiled with instantaneous retribution on the heads of the assailants ; and, though they may:still endeavour to drown the voice of truth by their vociferous mis representations, the dignified address to which a few days back we referred—an address written, we understand, by the Noble Earl FITZWILIIAM, and subscribed by nearly a hundred Members of both Houses of Parliament—will resound over all the yells of calumny, and find its way to the conscience of Lord PALMERSTON. It is idle to suppose that this sympathy for the Hungarians, now for some long time evidenced throughout this country, is merely so much pretence and declamation; it is more, and with GOD'S aid, events will ultimately prove that in pleading for the cause of the Magyars we have only expressed the emotions of the people of England. Manchester has long been remarkable for its ad herence to the cause of liberty, political and commer cial.," Ever since Manchester was honoured with the franchise (said Mr. KERSHAW, at the recent banquet) she has evidenced her attachment to the cause of civil and religious liberty in an unmistakeable man ner." Mr. MILNER GIBSON and Mr. BRIGHT are each identified with the same great cause, hence at the banquet given last Monday at the Corn-exchange at Manchester, by the electors of that borough to their distinguished Representatives, it is almost un necessary to say that reform, financial and legislative, was the chief topic of discourse. Mr. BRIGHT'S speech, more especially its concluding portion, was earnest, with even more than his customary eloquence. His denunciations Of the iniquities (real or imaginary) of the House of Commons recalled the time when :the theatre of Covent-garden re-echoed with the vehemence of his indignant harangues. We are inclined to think that the Honourable Member for Manchester somewhat exaggerated the actual sins of our Legislative Chamber. We cannot entirely concur with him in asserting that the House of Commons " is only a great screen for the evil doings of all departments of Government." Nevertheless, we are as well assured as Mr. BRIGHT that our representative system is practically, full of evil. For example, we quote, a: one specimen of its injustice, from_ the _Honourable Gentleman's speech : " When the Corn•law was passed in 1815, the popu lation of Manchester was then more than 120,000, but your opinion was not asked about the passing of that Bill, and it was not till seventeen years afterwards that Manchester had any representative in Parliament. — (Cheers.) Now, look how fraudulently the thing is managed. Although your position is altered—although your representatives can at least speak y our sentiments, there is the little town of Stamford; the Marquis of Exeter possesses most of the 101. houses. Then there is the borough of Thetford with 3,800 inhabitants-271 parsons living in 101. houses, and only 260 registered electors; the greater part of the property here belonged to the Duke 9f Grafton and Lord Ashburton, and by a very convenient arrangement Lord Euston, the son of the former, was returned, and the other Member was, be presumed, a son of the other Nobleman. You are aware that the two Members for Manchester, and those for the West Riding of Yorkshire, go out into opposite lobbies with the Members for Stamford and Thetford, and thus their votes are neutralized.—(Cheers.) But there is another example. Take the county of Rutland, which is about as large as the parish of Rochdale, and has about a quarter of the population of that parish— (Laughter)—it returns two Members to Parliament. These other two votes neutraliz.s those of Mr. Henry and Mr. Browne. These Thetford, Stamford, and Rut land men vote taxes on all the wealth and population of this district." As it stands in theory, we hardly believe "a better form of administration could be devised than the British Constitution ; but that Constitution, be it remembered, supposes that the Lower House of Le gislature actually represents the people. The ques• tion, therefore, that every lover of social rights, and every upholder of constitutional laws, should seriously ask is this— Does the House of Commons actually represent the people ? That question is, with all the eloquence of indignation, answered by Mr. BRIGHT in an emphatic negative My opinion is that the time has come for every man who values the welfare of his country—who is anxious for the spread of contentment among the people, and that the property and industry of the people should not be unjustly taxed—that such a man ought to look to the constitution of Parliament, and see if this is not the spot whence arises much of the evil and cf the hopeless. ness of good with which this country is beset. If we are to have absolutism, let us have absolutism in its naked and unmistakeable form; if we are to have an oligarchical Government, let it be acknowledged, and having made up our minds, let us submit to it; but if we are to have a popular Government—a representative Government—which the tax-payers can influence, and on which the people can bring their opinions to bear, let us have that fair, open, and honest representative Go vernment which the Constitution would persuade us we already have." To this aspiration the electors of Manchester res• ponded with enthusiastic cheers—in this aspiration we (it is needless to say) assent with entire cor diality. " Let us, indeed," say we, with Mr. BRIGHT, have that fair, open, and honest representative Go vernment which the Constitution would persuade us we already have 1" To attain this desirable object what is required ? Determination, unanimity, and perseverance on the part of all the Liberals of the kingdom. The very spot in which the above sen tence was uttered could of itself afford encourage ment to a less hopeful cause. Who does not re member the seemingly insignificant meeting of a few individuals " in a little back room" at Manchester the scanty supporters of a so-called desperate cause? Those few men were in time joined by thousands, counting among them the noblest and most powerful men in the kingdom, and the little back room was exchanged for a theatre; and the hopeless cause be came the law of the land ! So it will be again with more reforms than we now care to enumerate, but among the first of those political reforms (for there are social reforms of even more importance, that demand and must have a prior attention,) will be that so ably alluded to, on Monday last, by the Mem bers for Manchester, and so earnestly desired by their independent constituents and the public generally. We must have, and ere long," a fair, open, honest re presentative Legislature." As an evidence that the ear nestness of the Free- traders of Manchesteris in no wise abated, and as an incentive to similar de monstrations in other parts of the; kingdom, the banquet at the Corn Exchange is invested at the present moment with especial interest and importance• In accordance with the suggestion recently made by ourselves, we are gratified to observe that the Government bas issued instructions for sending out a new expedition of relief in search of Sir & d m FRANKLIN and his adventurous companions. As we briefly announced in our last evening's impression, the Enterprise and Investigator have been ordered to be refitted with the utmost possible dispatch. It is therefore more than probable that at the commence ment of the approaching season those vessels will at once proceed in quest of the long missing navigators. What, however, is worthy of more particular con sideration in the present announcement is the circum stance that the course intended to be pursued by the I new expedition is the very' opposite to that hitherto followed by those who have endeavoured to penetrate the Arctic regions. Instead, as has been the custom heretofore, of proceeding directly from east to west, it is intended to dispatch the Enterprise and Investi gator in the contrary direction. After doubling Cape Horn those vessels will sail northward, passing through Behring's Straits, and so on to the unfre quented channels, in which Sir JOHN FRANKLIN, Captain CROMER, and their followers are supposed to be situated. By this means the great difficulty which has hitherto obstructed the navigation of the Polar Seas will be readily obviated, namely, the necessity of meeting the currents laden with floating ice, a diffi culty obviously of enormous magnitude. According to the new plan now adopted, with the sanction of the Admiralty, the ships sent out in search of the Arctic expedition will literally be sucked into those quarters which at the same season would be otherwise nearly, if not altogether, impenetrable. Although so long a time has elapsed since the departure of the ♦essels under the command of Sir Joust FasNKLIN, every encouragement is nevertheless afforded to those who are solicitous as to the safety of himself and his colleagues. When men of such cele brity as Captains PARRY, BACK, Ross, &c., still remain confident of the ultimate return of their distinguished fellow labourer in the toils of geographical discovery, it would be preposterous to doubt the possibility of affording that eminent man some tardy, though still effectual assistance. It would be idle to argue from the mere fact of the failure of the endeavours recently made under the direction of Sir JOHN Ross, that all attempts of a similar character must as a matter of necessity be equally futile. Those efforts were un questionably made with a daring and ability worthy of a man whose career has been illustrated by so many brilliant antecedents ; yet it is at the same time equally clear that circumstances wholly without the limits of his foresight prevented his advancing sufficiently far to carry aid to the iso lated explorers. Almost every conjecture formed by different speculators competent to estimate a matter of so much intricacy coincides in the opinion that the missing vessels are in one particular spot capable of being pointed out by the point of a compass in the vicinity of Boothia. While so much certainty is ex pressed as to the actual situation of FRANKLIN, it would be manifest cruelty on the part of the authorities in this country not to use every means in their power to forward assistance to those who have risked their lives in the cause of science, commerce, and naviga tion. Any objection on the score of expense would be a meanness in the rulers of England amounting to absolute turpitude. Such objections, however, we are very far from anticipating. The liberality always displayed in forwarding such achievements is an ample guarantee that we shall have no reason for complaint in the present instance on the score of niggardliness. No difficulty, we are satisfied, on the other hand, will ever be experienced in the way of obtaining suitable officers for the com manding of such voyages of relief. Officers gifted with an intimate acquaintance with the perils of Polar navigation are happily numerous in this great maritime state, and they are as brave and enter prising as they are gifted and numerous. Each of them, we doubt not, would be eager to obtain the privilege of endangering their own lives to save those of their comrades in distress. The fraternal feeling existing throughout our noble national service would never, we are convinced, be more conspicuously evidenced than upon occasions like the one now exciting our sympathies. From all the considera tions above enumerated there is manifestly a copious source of solace still open to the gentle and chivalrous Lady FRANKLIN. When the Enterprize and Inves tigator do start, they will leave the shores of Great Britain with the God-speed of its inhabitants; and fervently is it to be hoped that their most sanguine expectations may be realised before any considerable time has further elapsed. In the event of the fortu nate termination of the new project, namely, in the event of the return of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN, it will be a matter of imperative responsibility on the Govern ment of this country henceforth to dispatch its expeditions of discovery along the only rational course—the course leading through Behring's Straits and not through the Straits separating Greenland from Labrador. CABINET COUNCIL, MIS DAY.—A Cabinet Council W2B held this afternoon, at the Foreign office, Downing-street. It was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl Grey, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston (who came to town last evening from the Marquis of Aylesbury's, Tottenham Park), Sir John Ilobhouse, Mr. Labou chere, and Mr. Fox Maule. The Lord Privy Seal was absent, his Lordship being at his seat, Minto House, N. B. A STLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.--We understand that Mr. Batty has succeeded in engaging Madlle. An g6le, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first equestrian of the day—with her highly trained steeds, Senora and Bertram. Madlle. Ang6e is the same lady that rode the celebrated English steeple chase mare " Angela" over twenty•eight feet of water. She will shortly make her appearance at Astley's Amphitheatre. It is currently reported in the legal circles that, in case Lord Denman 's health should not permit him to resume his situation as Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, Lord Campbell will succeed him in that important office, and that Lord Grey will be the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. HoXTON RAGGED SCHOOL S .—Th e ceremony o f laying the foundat i on-stone of these schools took place yesterday, under the auspices of the Right Hon. Lord Ashley. A freehold site has been granted, in Ham mond-square, by H. C. Sturt, Esq., on which it is pro posed to erect a commodious building, in the Elizabethan style, capable of accommodating 200 children of each sex, with apartments fur the master and mistress. The design is by Mr. J. Tarring, the architect, and it is ex pected that the entire structure will be completed at the cost of 6001. The proceedings were opened witha prayer by the Rev. Edward Miall, Baptist minister, and the singing of a hymn, composed expressly for the occasion. A handsome silver trowel was then presented to Lord Ashley by Mr. G. W. Ansell, honorary secre tary to the committee, with which his Lordship pro ceeded to lay the stone in the usual form. On the trowel! was engraved a view cf the elevation of tl,e building, with the following inscription :—" Presented to the Right Hon. Lord Ashley by the committee and teachers of the Hoxton Ragged Schools, Tuesday, December 11, 1849, to commemorate the event of laying the foundation-stone, and to show their gratitude to his Lordship for his unwearied exertions in behalf of the poor." The meeting was afterwards addressed , by Lord Ashley in an eloquent speech, in which he urged the claims of the ragged schools on public support, and showed the benefits which have been already produced by them in the cases of several boys who have been sent out to the Australian colonies. Speeches were also made by the Rev. Jobe: Burns, D.D., Mr. Payne, and other gentlemen. A subscription was made at the doer towards the building of the school, and in the course of the proceedings contributions were announced amounting to upwards of 170/., including a donation of 100 L by Mr. Sturt, the donor of tho site. It is hoped that the schools will be completed and ready to be opened in Fe bruary next. • sing to tun cry, tfil: _ / 1 4t • t'tt, Utpoiri. •tv4 1 ' I 7;t l ;, - 11 z tit \tale THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESD - AY EVENING, DE:CEMBER 12, 1849. RUSSIA. St. Petersburgh has suffered greatly from an inun dation. The puss Zeitung states that a tremendous storm has driven the waters of the Neva from their bed, and carried them towards the city. The water rose with great rapidity, and was soon more than seven feet above its ordinary level. General terror prevailed, the alarm gun was fired every quarter of an hour from the fortress, the draw bridge was carried away, and the district of Wassili Ostrow was thereby completely cut off from the city, and partly submerged. In that part of the city called Galeres the inhabitants were obliged to take refuge on the roofs of their houses, and on the Admiralty side the water burst the aqueducts, and inundated the streets. Happily at five o'clock in the afternoon the wind changed, the Neva gradually returned to its bed, carrying with it an immense quantity of de stroyed property and wood, thirty barques having been broken to pieces. All the bathing establish ments were carried into the sea. At Wassili Ostrow a large two-master was floated into the very midst of the city, and, after the waters had receded, was left standing across a street. It does not appear that any lives were lost. ITALY. Letters from Rome state that the parti-pretre in that city are full of fears as to the result of the visit of General BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS to Portici. The General will not consent to act the part of agent of the parti-pretere, and announced his intention of at once telling Pio Noxo frankly that all Europe was of opinion that he was the prisoner of the King of NATLES, and that if his Hommiss felt himEelf at all shackled by the councils of Priests, Kings, or Cardi nals, means would be at once taken to restore him to liberty of action. The Counts FISILETTI, his brothers, who are both Liberals, have recently renewed their intercourse with the Pore, which had been suspended for months by the artful intrigues of the Jesuits and the parti pretre, who now say, " We shall be obliged to have recourse to a cup of chocolate if the Porn commences his old tricks again." A great scandal has recently taken place at Albano. Some French officers quartered there detected a Mon signore, a Bishop, who lately held a high office in the Papal Court, in the act of pilfering their sugar and their brandy after they had retired to rest. The Spanish troops are disgusted with the treat ment they have received from the Cardinals. All applications in favour of Dr. AC/MLLE had been refused, and that gentleman is still a prisoner in the Castle of St. Angelo. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The British North American Royal Mail steam ship America, which left New York on the 28th ult., and Halifax on the Ist inst., has just arrived, bring ing seven days' later dispatches from the United States and Canada. She had received some damage. She reports the arrival at Boston of the Caledonia, and the Canada, which sailed hence for New York on the 17th of November, had called at Halifax previous to the America's arrival at that port. A great change in the rate of postage was expected throughout the states—the Postmaster• General re commending a uniform rate of five cents. The commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrims, announced for the 22d of December, will be celebrated on a most extensive scale throughout all the New England states : considerable preparations are making for the occasion. The Supreme Court at St. Louis hare decided that the Missouri Legislature cannot divorce parties upon the petition of only one of them. The Indian claims in the district of Lake Superior have given rise to serious disturbances. The Indians say that the copper lands were sold by the Metcalfe Administration to the Quebec Mining Company with out their consent. The dispute was pending before the Commissioners appointed to adjudge the matter, when an attack was made upon the works to compel immediate settlement. One hundred troops were ordered from Toronto, who upon their arrival suppressed the riots. From Mexico we have dates to the 29th ult. State movements were on foot in favour of Santa Anna. Colonel Vilalve, leader of a revolt, was seized and ordered to be shot. There is nothing further of importance in our general intelligence. The commercial business throughout the Union is again reported as being in a good state. The Money Market partakes of the general im provement, money being most plentiful. United States' Sixes, 114. The market for breadstuffs was inactive, prices remaining unaltered. Western Canal flour 4 dolls. 75c. to 4 dolls. 87ic. per barrel, steady ; Genessee prime wheat 1 doll. 20c. to 1 doll. 22c. per 60 lb. ; southern wheat 1 doll. 12c. to 1 doll. 14c. per 60 lb. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 62c. to 64c. per bushel, steady ; Indian corn 62c. per bushel ; southern white 58c. to 60c., very firm ; Indian meal 3 dulls. 121 c. to $ dolls. 25c. per barrel. A fair amount of business had been done in cotton at New York; former quotations were steadily main tained. The following are the latest rates :—New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, 11 ec. to 1110. per lb.; Upland mid. fair to fair, lOic. to 11c. Freights more plentiful, and previous rates main tained. Slight advances, obtained by favourite ships. Flour to Liverpool, ls. 6d. to ls. 9d per barrel ; grain to Liverpool, 41d. to sd. per bushel ; cotton to Liverpool, d. to 5-16 d. per lb. ; cotton to Havre, k to j cents. per lb. Exchange on London-1081 to 109, steady, de mand fair ; Paris, 5 26 ; Hamburgh, 35i 351 ; Bre men, 78i 78g. METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. (THIS DAY.) Maria Day ... ... ... Vain Hope ... . • ... ... 2 The half-yearly meeting of the directors of the East India Company was held yesterday, at their mili tary seminary, Addiscombe, for the distribution of prizes to those gentlemen cadets who had distinguished themselves during the past session; General Galloway presided, who stated that the directors had consented to appoint 47 officers from the cadets : 6 engineers, 13 ar tillery, and 18 infantry. The following is a list of those gentlemen who obtained the engineer appointments:— Geo. A. Craster, henry A. Brownlow, W. S. Trevor, Joseph R. Soady, Jasper O'Mayno, Henry T. Rogers, Mr. Brownlow obtained the sword for good conduct. The Pollock Medal, and various other prises, were awarded to Mr. Craster. The remarks of General Galloway, on the presentation of these appointments and their rewards, must have added much to their value. ROYAL Huat ANIS SOClRTY.—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of subscribers and committee of management of this society, for the recovery of persons apparently drowned or dead, was held at the offices in Trafalgar: square, for general business. The report of the past year (being the 75th of the society's existence) stated there had been 132 cases, comprising 155 persons, out of whom 144 were successfully treated and recovered; the remaining 11 were beyond the reach of recovery. The number of persons who had bathed in the Serpentine River wes estimated at 91,720, which number is nearly 100,000 below the usual average. Twenty persons were rescued from drowning by the society's boat men, and received medical assistance at the receiving house-14 other individuals were likewise pre vented or rescued from committing suicide; and during the skating last winter, a great number who had been immersed were rescued by the society's icemen. In this country alone the society have been instrumental in saving and restoring more than 25,000 lives. During the past year one honorary gold medallion and 16 honorary silver medals were voted for cases of rescue, attended by extraordinary courage and risk of life; 22 honorary bronze medals have been awarded; the thanks of the society presented to nine individuals; and 125 other claimants_were rewarded with money._ _ ANOTHER VORACIOUS Tuasar.—On Wednesday, the 28th ult., Colonel Findlay's cook, in Fort George, bought a turbot of superior quality, weighing Whs., and when opened for the purpose of being cleenbed, there were found in the belly two large whitings and a large fresh herring, all entire and in good condition. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool were estimated at about 4,000 bales, 500 of which were taken on specula tion, and comirised 3,500 American, 200 Peru= and Maranham at 810., 50 Bahia at qd., and 30 Sea Island at ls. 2d. to Is. Bd. per lb. The market was quiet and prices remained without alteration.—Railway Shares were dull. 'There are Cape of Good Hope papers to the 30th October. The revenue had suffered from the inter ruption to trade, but it is asserted that the riotous proceed ings of the Coolies had been instigated by the friends of the Government, and that so far from there being a dearth of employment or food, the merchants offered these very malcontents ample occupation at good wages, which, however, they declined. Notwithstanding the assurances to the contrary, it is stated that the Commis sariat was really short of provisions, and supplies destined for Natal were being landed at Table Bay. Moat of the respectable field-cornets and magistrates were resigning. Whatever may be said of the opposition of the colo nists, it is certain that they avow no disloyal sentiments, but on the contrary affirm that they aro merely assert ing their rights as British subjects, while it is equally certain that convicts once introduced under any pretext, the validity of further resistance would be disputed. The steamer America, from the United States, has arrived at Liverpool, but there will be no letters in town to-day. By telegraph we learn that the quotation for bills on London was down to 81 and 9 per cent. premium. There was an idea of a new loan being wanted, owing to the revenue being 20,000,000 dollars short of the amount expended, :and arising chiefly from the Mexican war. _ The Gaspe Gazatte states:—" Under the altered cir cumstances of the colonies it may be worthy of inquiry, how far the British Government, without the concur rence of Nova Scotia, would be authorised to cede to foreigners any participation in the harbour fisheries. Petitions should be got up and forwarded, and every other precautionary measure adopted to prevent surprise and protect our rights. A people that are alive to their own interests, and prompt to protect them, will seldom fail of success." The rtport of the Amsterdam market on the 10th instant, gives the quotation of Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 54 15-16ths, being very firm. Spanish were a shade lower, owing to the realised( n of profits. The Protectionists are more indefatigable than ever. They have another meeting this day at the London Tavern, and the Free Traders must obviously not relax. _ _ _ The English Funds are extremely firm. Consols have realized 971- and are now 97i for Transfer. For January the values have been 97t The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 971 to 98. Ex chcquer-bills are 50s. - to 535., and, India Bonds under 1,0001. 87s. premium. Bank Stock is nominally 201 te 203. The settlement of the Account goes off with comparative facility. The Foreign Investments have been dull. Mexican are 28f 1. Mr. W. P. Robertson has arrived in the America steamer. Peruvian Bonds are stead at 54. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked lBi 4-, and the Three per Cents. 38i. French Five per Cents. have been done at 91, with the exchange at 25 50. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 551. Railway Shares have been rather neglected, but are not generally lower. ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSI2 , G .'itlt'Eti ,Jr utTuill FD. - Ds tRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne. . 96 1 4 V, 96 1 / 8 i per Cont. Consols Annuities 9 7%4 1 / 2 4 97 1 New 3'A per Cent. Amis.— . Long Anne. to expire Jan.1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 yearn, Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 8 13-16 Inlia Stock — India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/... ...... Consols for Opening, Jan. 16 9 7%%% 07% Exchequer Bills. I%n. & 2d 1,0001. Juno .. 53 50 p 50 p 500/. June 5O p 50 p Small. June 5l 54 50 p 54 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE OLOSIN.. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 13razilian Bonds Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Alexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 28z,: 1 1 ,4 28 1 / 2 Ditto, Account ..... ..... —287 1 i Peruvian_Bonds, 4 per Cent.... 54 54 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds 89 4614 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 lB% Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent ... ... 91f. 91f. Exchange French Rentes, 4% per colt — Eof. Exchange Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 3 % 55% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates B4 84!4 2 PRICES Olr .PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O — Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7IA Belfast & County Down 28 ...... . Berks & Ilants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per et.) 6 Birmingham anu Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a gnaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 ...... 23 Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dndloy, calls duly pd, er with guarantee 10 ...., Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Chesire June.... 20 ........ ..• • .•. WA; 1814 4 38% 30A Bristol and Exeter 9O Ditto, Thirds ..... 27 1 ,E — .. tluckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... (Lester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% — East Anglian, 251., L & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & IL ... 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3% Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 . 11% 8% Eastern Counties........ 20 — ... .... ...... 7% Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61. 13s. 4d.... % p % p Ditto ditto, No. 2-64 13s. 4d..• Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B & C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ... — East Lancashire 25 ...•• ..... ••••••• •• Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 A — .. Do., '6 per Cent. Pre- ference Quarters 6 14 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. Edin burgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. 25,1 Exeter and Exmouth... 21x. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... 1% DO - .Preference Consol. Gloucester Sz Dean Forest 11 Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 / 2 ...... Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 7 % 43i,.. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 - ••••••, 00000000 :rent South. and West. (Ireland) Grant North of England 100 ...... ... 232 Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto.. -. 35 Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New,ls/... ...... 15 .. .. Great Western 100 ...... 59 59% Ditto, ih Shar es Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 23 113 / 4 % I I I,E Ditto, Fifths ..... ....... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ....„ Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ....„. ..... ......... Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,E — •••••.... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - ••• • ••• ••••• ..... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Ditto, ditto . - Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 49 ... .. Do. Quarters .... ..... 23 1 ,E - .. ..• lON ...... Do. Fifths .1.. 10 Do. Thirds ...... . 16 1 ,x — Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent.. lO - ......... see••• ...... Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) De. (W. Riding Union) le ..... .. — Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Think ...... 50 - Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%...... Do., do. No. 2 5 Do., do. No. 3 5 ..•..• -- ••• ........ •• Do., Pref. Quer 1818 9 ...... sx _ . Liverpool, Crosb y and Southport . London &Blackwall...ll/. 61.3 d - London, Brighton, anti South Coast.. ..... 100 Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent ..... 100 127% 130 l3O Do.Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 ...... -- --- — Ditto ditto.-- 1852 50 .. ... London and Greenwich 121153 4d... 10 . 4... ..... Ditto, PreferarloP .. . 20 .. . ...... London and N. Western 100 .....113 1 ,! 113 113% 114 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fifths .... 7 . ... ..... Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 35 — Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 2%14 Lond.& S. Weston .... 50 .. ... 31A I A Ditto, New 501....... 42 1 ...... —. DQ. NOW 404 O4 _ ... 2 1 4 31% THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The fete given by the Prefect of the Seine on Monday, at the Hotel de Ville, to the PRESIDENT of the Republic, in commemoration of the election of ' the latter, went off as well as the best friends of the PRESIDENT could have desired. Two hundred guests sat down to dinner in the magnificent salle du Troia. The prefect, M. BERGEN, in proposing the health of the Elect of the 10th of Dec., said" that it was on the same day last year that France had chosen him for her chief; France had given him her confidence, which be had returned by an unbounded devotion, and France, a great nation, that would be neither forget ful nor ungrateful, would long bear in mind the efforts hehad made to ensure the safety of the country." The toast having been drank with enthusiasm, the PRESIDENT of the Republic replied as follows : " I thank the municipality for having invited me to the Hotel de Ville, and for having this very day caused suc cour to be afforded to many indigent persons. To solace misfortune is in my opinion the best way to cele brate the 10th December. I am not going to recapitu late what we have done within the last year. Of one thing alone I feel proud, which is, that, thanks to the men who have surrounded me, and who surround me still, I have been enabled to maintain the law intact, and to preserve tranquillity without recourse to violence. The year now commencing will, I trust, be yet more fertile in happy results, especially if, as the Prefect of the Seine has said, all the great powers remain intimately united. I call great powers those elected by the people, the Assembly, and the President. Yes, I have faith in so fertile a union. We will advance. instead of standing still, for that which gives force even to the humblest mortal is to have before his view a great object to attain, and behind a great cause to defend. For us the cause is that of civilization altogether. It is the cause of this wise and sacred liberty which is every day more menaced by excesses, which are its profanation. It is the cause of the working classes, whose comfort is unceasingly menaced by these insensate theories, which, exciting the most brutal pas sions, and causing the most legitimate fears, raise hatred against the very idea of ameliorations. It is the cause of representative government, which loses its salutary prestige by the acrimony of language and the delays thrown in the way of the most useful measures. It is the cause of the gr,atness and independence of France, for if the ideas which we combat could triumph they would destroy our finances, our army, our credit, our preponderance, while it would, at the SEM time, drive us into a war against all Europe. Thus, never was there a more just, more patriotic, or more sacred cause than ours. The object we have to attain is itself as noble as is this cause we defend. It is no paltry copy of anything past which we have to remake; what we have to do is to call together all men of heart and intelligence to con solidate something greater than a charter and more durable than a dynasty—the eternal principles of re ligion and morality as well as the new rules of a sound policy. The city of Paris, so intelligent, and which does not desire to recal revolutionary agitations except for the purpose of guarding against them, will compre hend a line of conduct which, in following the strict line marked by the Constitution, yet allows to be opened a vast horizon of hope and security. It has often been said that honour finds an echo in France. Let us hope that reason will find an equal echo in the minds and hearts of men devoted, above all, to their country. I propose a toast to the municipal body."—(Great cheering.) The banquet was followed by a grand ball in the evening, at which upwards of 6,000 persons were present. At nine o'clock the PRESIDENT of the Republic, with the Prefect of the Seine on his right and M. AttAco on his left, and followed by his usual attend- F ants, made the tour of the saloons, where he was re ceived with every mark of re6pect. Dancing was kept up to a late hour. The Moniteur announces that Mr. RonEaT STE.. PUEMON has been appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. In the National Assembly on Monday, the propo sition of M. DESMOUSSEAUX DE GIVRY, for the resto ration of the magistrates of the Court of Accounts, who wore dismissed by the Provisional Government on the 18th April, 1848, was referrcd to a Com mittee. _............ It is said that the Members of the Left intend to secede from the Chamber in a body whenthepropo- sition for the reimposition of the wine duties sliall . be put to the vote, their object being to prevent the making a house. General SANTA Cu uz, the Bolivian Minister in Paris, is engaged in negotiatiug a treaty of commerce between the French and the Bolivian Republics. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tuesday, at 561. 50c. ; the Five per Cents. at 91f. 65c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 760 f. ; Rouen, 555 f.; Havre, 242 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 463 f. 75c.; Avig non, 220 f.; Vierzon, 332 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 363 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 280 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC . - - ' Boulogne and. Amiens, 6X—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13 , 4—East Indian, 3%—Great Indian Penin sula, :Y 4 —Northern of France, 1% dis.—Orleans and Bour deaux, 34—Paris and Rouen, 22—lambra and Meuse, 2;,i. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Mew- Zeitung of the sth, in an article dated Hermanstadt, Nov. 23, states that, in consequence of the numerous petty and other crimes committed in Transylvania during the revolution, so many persons are now in prison that the existing courts of judica ture are insufficient to examine into the cases of many individuals who may possibly thereby be incarcerated for a longer time than they ought to be. Temporary courts of judicature, consisting of a president and three or four counsel, are to be estab lished in the military districts of Carlsburg, Klausen burg, and Fozarasch, in sufficient numbers to meet the existing demands, the sentence to be passed by them being according to the Austrian Legal Code, Parts 1 and 2, on Crimes. These courts being tem porary, the stipends for the president, judges, &c., are to be monthly. The Soldaton it Freund, of the sth, states that the corps of observation concentrated ou the frontiers of Saxony from Eger to Teschen, amounts to 26,000 men. The same journal adds that the Archduke ALBERT, commander of this corps, is gone to Dresden, for the purpose of coming to an understanding with the Court of Saxony. Dr. FiscuoFr, who was a Deputy of the Krem sier Diet, and was arrested ten months sinco, closely imprisoned, and treated with great rigour, was last week discharged without form of trial, the Go vernment not having been able even to suborn wit nesses to get up a probable accusation against him. The Killner Zeitung publishes a telegraphic dis patch from Vienna of the 6th inst., stating that the Minister of War has sent an order to the Austrian troops in Theresienstadt in Bohemia, instructing them to prepare to march to Saxony within four-and t wen ty hours. The POPE and Tuscany have consented to join the Customs Union between Austria, Modena, and Parma. . M. BACH, the Austrian Minister, will remain in office. PRUSSIA. WALDECK has resumed his seat as one of the Judges of the Ober Tribunal. A telegraphic diFpatch from Berlin, of the 10th inst., in the Kohler Zeitung, states that Baron RA DOWTZ and M. BOTTICKER, the Prussian Members of the Administration of Germany, are about to leave Berlin for Frankfort, where the Austrian Comtnis sioners are expected to arrive. It is stated that the Archduke JOUN is at length willing to resign his office as Regent of the Empire. The Sehwiebiehe Merkur has letters from Rastadt, of the 4th inst., stating that the Prussian Rhine army is being placed on a war footing. The armament of Rastadt, too, is being revised. lIAMBURGH. ITAmnunau, DEC. 7.—There is no percepitble change in the state of the ice. The harbour and the Great Fleete are almost free from ice, and the barges are bubily plying to and fro. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, DEC. D.—The KING has granted Count VON BYLANDT an honourable dismissal from his functions of Marshal of the Court. The last in- telligence from Sicily announces that the Princess MARY ANN of the Netherlands is compelled by sick ness to prolong her stay in that island. We hear from Luxemburg that the question of the debt with which the Netherlands has charged Lux emburg is to be brought before the Legislative Assembly of Luxemburg.. The central section of the Second Chamber of the States General insists that the affair shall be immediately settled. The Handelsblad says—" Some time since we called public attention to an enterprise which was proposed kst year by Belgian and Dutch merchants for increasing the communication between the great commercial cities—Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Ant werp. This was effected by means of expresses, which leave Antwerp about nine o'clock in the morn ing, and going almost as the crow flies, to the Belgian frontier village of Eschen, and then by Rosen•hall and Willenstadt to Rotterdam, where they arrive about an hour after mid-day with the Bourse report and foreign news; the distance between Antwerp and Rotterdam is thus accomplished in four hours, and often in less. It is evident that the post, as at pre sent constituted, cannot compete with this." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Danish Government proposes, as the basis of the treaty to be concluded with the Duchies, that the Danish territory shall be extended to the Elbe. The King of DBrlMux met with a fall on the 6th, which produced a contusion of the knee of so severe a character that his MAJFSTY is confined to his bed. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. We understand that active steps have already been taken for the temporary solution of the question as to the Danubian Principalities. A committee, which is to have its seat alternately at Bucharest and at Jassy, has been charged with the revision of the organic laws. The president of the committee is Prince KANTAKUZENO, of the house of Moldavia, whose post of colonel in the Russian service, and Russian senti ments in general, lead to the inference that the new wcrk will not easily run counter to the wishes of the CZAR.— Hamburgh Paper. 3 4 / 1 Do., 1` ew Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 - Londonderry &Coleraine 25 Do. % Shares .... .. . 5 Londonderry and and _Ennis killen - ....... ... 25 ...... —. -- Do. % Shares 5 ...... Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) VlancheAzr,Suriton,and hiatlock.. - •..••• ........ .0 M.Anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshiro...loo - Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% — - Do. New 101. Pref-... 10 ..... ... — Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... 20 Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock 25 Do., Manchester and Lincoln Calm .... 41.2 s Midland IOO Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Rama 30 ... .. Et s3A Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do.Consol.Bristol and 49 ii% Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 - Ditto,Brist. ks Glocstr. 42 - Ditto ditto ... 22/. 75...... Do.,ErewashVO.,Prel. 50 Ditto, Leieest.k Swan nington, 8 per ct guar.leo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. 5O - Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ..... Do. Quarters Newmarket - ..........«« -- Do. Extens;on 2l. 125.... Newp o r t , Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 a.m. - - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O - Norfolk - ..... Do. New 201. ... l5 - Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 -• .01 Wei - Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 ... ....1. Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 — Northern Counties Union 4 ...... .... -- Norch British ........ ... 25 .... , 11% ...... l l l4 Ditto, Halves .. - Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ...• •• .. bi •• .. •••...• -- Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 8 ..... ... ..... North Wales North-Western . 13% — -• Ozferd, Worcester, end Wolverhampton - Reading, Guildford, and • , Reigate , l5 ..., 16i i i. ...... „„.. .. 16 Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland - .. ..... ..••.. -- Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Bum... 12 ...... _... Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 - •• Ditto, New Guarantoed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefil. 5 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18% - Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Bhropshae Union 3outh Devon Do. Preference South Statiorthhire B% — South Ea.3tz,ro Do~ '.N o. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 . ..- — ... .•• Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... ..... 1)o., Scrip No 4 South W alei south Yorkshire, Don canter, and Goole l2 Sh &lel& Rotherham, Le Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% — ... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ••• 5 ..• — •.. swans.& Lougbor & Ca meron's Stns. Coal. ... 7 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 - .6 •••• • • • wit ••• ritamea Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17% — Vale Neath Watetford wudKilLerny 20 . Waterford Limerick 47 1 ' — ••• Waterld,Wxii.d ; Wieklw and Düblin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. Do. de, do. ... 25 19, 141 1g Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... ..... ... 11 Y --' West Cornwall ..... ~. 6 ... .. .... hitehaven & Fumess 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 ...... ..... Wilts, Somerset, & W ey - mouth Y ork, N t wchs: le, and :V Berwick. ...... ....... .. 25 Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 ... .. . l4 Do. G.N.E.Pretennce 8 ..... 3 3 A Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway . lOO York and No:th Midland 50 ...... 18 18% ..... ... Dlti.v, rretertneJ ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAY/8. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5%. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 N.N. 6%. ... Central of France (Or leans andiVierzon)... 20 Demerara .. ... . ..... 17% — Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 8 ...... .... ..... East Indian ... . 34 — Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... ...... 10s — Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg Ditto lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 ..., Namur and Liege Northern of France l4l. 85... 1% dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... .. .. 2 4 Paris and:Rouen 2O ....... 22% .114 Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ..., Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... ••• ..... ...... ...... Strasbourg and Basle 0. , Tours and Nantes .. 13 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 - . i, West Flanders B 3k• goo -_ vo. , Jr' rdiNEs. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com... 15 Australian... - am • Basaora Range ... . ... 28s. Blaenarvon iron & Coal 50 - 0000000 ....... Bolonos Scrip ...... .... British Iron .. .. l2 .•—• Brazilian Imperial ...... 241 A BrazilianCoCaei&Cuiaba 30 ...... ••••• Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobre Copper General — 20 Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba... lO United Mexican 28% 5 - .17% 1 •r• ‘7O 1 0 • LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS D Ad LONDON, DEC. 12.—Wind N. 8., moderate brats" dull, Itbzy weather. RemsaATE, DEC. 11.—Wind S. to S.E.—Sld. anus en Jacobus, Batavia; Louise ! Cape of Good Tr ot' PORTSMOUTH, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. for town, New York. Off port, E mma , N ew yoer , Bremen. 'clo 6 LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Ner4 . , 1 ,01 Calcutta; Jane St an l e y, A gra P equ i na; Michaels, Philadelphia; Jos. Drake, Smith. New , J`csi' George, Munroe, Newfoundland. Sid. Wuzeero cutta; Mender, ditto; Anglesea, Ceylon; Alanker, ) ) ;40 , bay; Ann, Sierra Leone; Fame, Brazils; Sir Ctl, . 4 0 Napier, Mobile; Haidee, Charleston; L H. She Pl New York. 0 11' WAR&WORTH, Dos. 10.—An archboard, marked , sabath of London," washed on shore yesterday. . 1 l'o' t STRANGFORD, DEC. 6.—The Pursuit, of at It c or Sligo, from Liverpool, went to pieces in the galo said to be saved. 40e DEAL, DEc. 11.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—Ared. J lation, Seaford, Miramichi. MERSEY.—Arrd. America steamer. Now York. (ti" PENZANCE, DEC. 10.—Wind N.E.--Ski. Queen 0 c o' , West, Lisbon and Buenos Ayres. Off port, Blett a Mallison, Calcutta. PILL, DEC. 11.—Wi n d E.—Sid. Steadfast, ? Coast of Africa; Maria, Barbuda. • vid LIMERICK, DEC. 10.—Wind jll3lO A"' lei New York. WARSENPOINT, EEC. 10.—Wind N.—Sld. Ayro * New York. c 0 YARMOUTH, DEC. 11.—The Seven Brothers b of Shields, arrived off here to-day for assistance, t having received, she proceeded either to Harwic h ; London. be o MAROA.TE, DEC. 11.—The beacon supposed to to the Goodwin, was picked up near the Knack, a ° to been brought in here. I LOWESTOFT, DEC. 11.—The Axel, Gothenburgyi Bristol, was got off the Holm Sand last night wit h of rudder, and has been brought into the harbour*. ji 0 1 The Ophelia was assisted off Newcome last ''' without apparent damage, and has proceeded. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA: CORN-EXCHANGE—WEDNESV; of An extremely small surlily of English Whoa sale in to-day's market.. Although the atteen - d. buyers was but moderate, the demand for all_ftde . a te Wheat of home produce ruled firm at fully e'•"" 'I 0 quotations, and at which a clearance was affected- 7 imports of foreign Wheat have amounted t°, ;hi. I quarters. Selected qualities of both red er, ) ,.., 18 ae,' . moved . off steadily at full prices. In the mideelcto . inferior kinds comparatively little business was trill?, foe' We had a slow sale for Barley, yet as the inlP9rl wer! abroad are falling off holders were firm, and Prif e ii well suppor ed. The sale for Malt was very 1 i ; folf . we have no decline to notice in prices. We b s e o eer inquiry for Oats, the prices of which were iv ported. Beans, Peas, and all other articles, veil ARRIVALS THIS WEER. . . ARRIVALS THIS WEER. """.'rl°l°. Wheat. Bar l ey ' I _ O a t.. malt. ... r ../ ". I 1...... _ ___—..-- 0 010' Qrs. 54 0 Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. English •••••• 510 1,190 150 1 110 ...- -- ..- Scotch• • •• • • • • -- .... Irish •••• •• •• Vnreit.m ...... 7,630 6, 170 _422............../01".....--- .... _ I BOROUGH SOP OULANZIN a , of r 1%1 ;Lost Mud; Lips t ug onaandlip MAI whal Stipp Can, from Vt.u, Sibs. JU P by ti Yorli Lord bell, E3wl ford, uppe, app ' liVaS MI the C to th Unir