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help, what protection, they bestow,on, their sick labour •is"4-- lug people when profits are falling?" - 14 • This paragraph might be left to be answered by its own irrelevance and absurdity, were it not that there may be possibly somebody to read it as ignorant of the questions involved in it as its writer seems to be. There ••-•"' fore it shall be answered. 1. " Such is the system established for the protection of the'soldier=-[Protection against whom?] --who has 'fist • also the guarantee, no, slight one in the British army, of his officer's honour." The Financial Reform Association made no reflection , 41 T,j._ ;on the honour of. the regipaental officers. The elaborate exPlanation of " that system7.which.protects the soldier from them doekrefteet on_their honour. 2. " Will those persons who have so wantonly and so recklessly assailed that system," &c. The system of protecting the soldier was not assailed. It was the system of voting money in Parliament, in name of providing clothing for the army, part of which money is afterwards divided as emoluments among gene -1 officers, some of whom sit in Parliament and vote these very sums (714 Z 4s. of which is Sir William Na pier's share, besides his other pay), which was assailed. 3. " Will they publish a true detailed account of their truck system?" They have no truck system; nor does payment by truck exist in Liverpool in the business of commerce or manufactures. If it exists at all, now that laws have been enacted to suppress it, it i$ when " tailing" wheat is given to labourers as wags at the rate of 121. a load, while good wheat sells at 101. a !oar!, as explained in the Times of Dec. 30, as are certain properties about Kilkenny and Tipperary, probab:y not unknown to William Napier, where the field labourer is paid by let ting con-acres to plant potatoes a t 81., 101., 12/, or I t/. per acre, or in paying the daily wages in two meals of potatoes and buttermilk, and one of yellow meal. 4. " Will they state what care, what money, whs.' help, what protection, they bestow on their sick labouring people when profits are falling?" Yes, they not only support at all times and under ail circurn,tances, their public hospitals for the sick poor, but (as well as their labouring men, women, and chil dren) are taxed to pay for the medical establishment fcr the sick military officer; they pay for the regimental hospitals and all their expenses, except the', portion o! them paid by the stoppages on the pay of the private soldier patients, whose officers pay nothing. The prominence you have given to Sir William F. P. Napier's letter, charging the Financial Rcfortia Associn ti,,n with pnbli,hing falsehoods, and charging them with Ether sins, which are here reple-d to, lead them to expect the same favour to this corninunicatior. 7 -1 - am, Sze., ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, President of the Financial Reform Association. Liverpool, Jan. 4, 1849. NNV ..MAL Rni ANNUM . E Price One USIC Shilling, COCR'S ( ' 21UsICAL ALMANAC:E . . I,l' 949, will , e found equally acceptable to the Musical Profess:on a d Ainateuts, as we , ,l as to all those who wish to possess an Almamf, replete with 'useful inthrmathn, a., besides furnishing every even which can interest the musician or lover of music, it supplies als, variety of valuable information of the trinost importance to the pal, in general. London : New Burlington-street ; and of all 3fusicsellers and 8061 , - sellers. - T HEATRE' ROY AL, 1)11 UR Y-. 14 A NE. CIRr),UE NATIONAL DE PARIS. On FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, January 5, and G. CHANGE OF PERFORNIANC E. Mathilde, Amaglia, Duces, Seigneurie, Lambert, Mr. New some, &c.—La lutte des Voltigeurs.—Jocko (second time).—Grant Chlvalr.c :',Tancenvres on Twelve Horses (second time). Doors open at Half past Seven, commence at Eight. MORNING PERFORMANCE During the Christmas Holidays, ivory MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY. First Price as usual. No Second Price. Commence at Two PP.ICFS OP ADMISSION. Dress Circle, 4s. Dress BONCS, Upper Boxes, 2s. •Plt, Arena, and Promenade, Is. tid. lower Gallery, ls. Upper Do. SECOND PRICE. Drees Greiff. 2s. lid. Dr; ss Boxes, 2s. Upper Boxes, Is. Gd. Fit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. Lower Gallery, Gd. Second Pilce at Half-pitst Nine o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Box-otTice, front Ten till Five ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. SJAMES'S THEATRE LAST NIGHT OF DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS. This popula- Troupe will give their final performance at the St, James's Theatre THIS EVENING, Friday, Jan. 5, being most positively their Last Appearance, in consequence of the 'Theatre being required for the usual season of French Plays. it6xea,Stalls, and Ti:kots may he s , cured at Mr. Mitchell's Itoya! Llbrarr, 33, Old Rond-street ; and at the Box-office. :11EATI:E itol AL, HA i'MARK Mr. E. Webster, Sole Lessee and )inner. Old lirompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIE ME' CHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Chance Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Chailes Kean. kfter which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitle.] CAMARALZAMAN AND BAD•URA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, MiTs Dorton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRIC ROYAL, ADELPIII. , nder , le direction <X Madame 4 7elesle Miring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Ese, , executed by Mr. Sang. new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Back. added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will he performed a new Drama, founded on Nix'. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THIS HAUNTED MAN. Mr. ftedlaw, Mr. Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Ce , Mr Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Milly, Miss Weolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madams Celeste. Te conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. 11,01 - AL LYCEUM THEA"►I:E. Under the Management of Madam: Vestri.s. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ida he %,E. THIS EVENTN,, Will 100 perfCrned A PECULIAR POSITION 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 ilam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Madnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Miss Coleman, and Madams' Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL. TO 'NIX PUBLIC. Dress itoxe*, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, la. Ne half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, Nn. 3, Wellin7to , street, ts open to th( public every: day, from Ten till Six.- PRINCESS'S THEATLIF.I. Mr. J. M.' Maddox, Sole Lessee and nnager. During.the.Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and emhel • lisited in a, superb and costly manner ry Mr Hurwitz. ♦ new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arranz( ments have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and tho counort and convenience el the audience. THIS ETENIN(4,I Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBLN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Kenwerthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss B. Stanley. To conclude• with 'a new grand Pantomime, entitles BLUFF BIBG HAL or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Colimbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patrona,ge of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince &Men, -Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the 4fetroplis.--,A gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr Ilengler, the most eitraordinsui Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena. , --The Arabs in their wondrous performances.—A new .eomie Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Sp SeYenectacle of th p e , o'clock recisely to the magnificent - i• -WARS OF THE JEWS ; of, Tire Fall Of ! Jerusalem. 4fter which,Berr Hengler on the Tight-rciPe. • To 'be followed by an, !nimitablo disp!ay of SCENES IN THE supported by the first Equestrian taint of the day. co lode Nyith a • new Equestrian Pantominie, entitled BOLD R°5lN ' 11 ° 0 4; or,. The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted•Prin• cess of shcrwood Forest.' 4 NI C I. I P,Arat4 I AIAAS •4 • • „. open, from Elpren ,Flve„ Manditf, 4 Mr. - W.Weit. • t•loceniuim;cation can b e attended toui less autb;Nt: cared by the nanito,and address rat the writer. itejeeted.communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER:--I-SUN 011 , rtrz, - Jixtriny 5. TaCIEII.OIOtEtER, Lowest, 11ighcat, 33,` Noon, 33. BAONXTER 29.81. Wiwi) E.N.E. ; dirty foggy weather, with rain and sleet. WATER. AT. LONDON BRIDGE. Tn's rcia. after 10 1 Evening, 43 atin. after 10. TO Monao4r-- 2 3tornIng, 113 'min. after 11 j Evening, :50 min. after 11. ~' acid:.;; • - ' , -.-, •(,-.: • • .--,, • , A. pct i - , . . • . : Z.. 1t.v..0 7 4 . -,. -. .. '...ye.. ,•-, rift..., .. o• ~ 4 . l i i i • l -, ~e ~f.:' . • :'' ..., ;41,`'''Atf.Ff ob lb,* .: .44%•:1--- ` ' •::::'-'.% : 4°,4oN' .. - , ~b - . i , - ; - .-.41,...... , , 0 1, • C _ urn 71 0 , - ' FRIDAY, J-ANUART 5, 1849. Considering that no reinforcements whate ver had been teceived even` towards' the close of November, r the intelligence from the Seat of w ar in the northern provinces of Hindusta n ` nest be 'regarded as in the highest degree satisfactory, Our forces have not merely maintained their positi on • tne midst of a general and organized insurrection, but they have obtained several successes over the most disting u i s hed chiefs of the rebellion. Nor have these advantages been merely productive of the eclat of a few batte ries captured, or a few cannon spiked, they ha ve , carrying dismay into the hearts of our antagon;eas, and infusing into our own soldiers an additional confidence in the superiority of European over Oriental tactics, driven back the re volted population to the western banks of the Che naub. So dechive, indeed, have these movements been in reference to the ultimate acquisition of the territories surrounding Lahore, that the whole of the eastern division of thePunjaub may now be considered as again in our possession. Between the Chenaub and the Sutledge not one solitary band of the Seikh multi tude remains to be routed. The satisfaction with which these occurrences will he regarded must in evitably become enhanced when the details of each event have been duly scrutinized. It will then be per ceived that the Anglo Indian forces have beaten back the assailants in the teeth of an accumulation of discouragetnen!s. In addition to the depression 4 1-Emrs.PAepolitetit upon the non-arrival of the aid so long -, ._-_ . s vinly looked for from Sinde and Ferozepore, t , -;-, -.z-z tj ~...„. •.. • Cr-15.iL v ,-', „, had their ardour damped by the knowledge 0' , 4,i,1ti- -• 4..t'44 , •'.., /, ...„.._ ...,,,...),/.,„ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN CLARY 5 , 1849. of the insurrection which had recently broken forth beyond the frontiers of Caubul. Neither is it. by any means improbable that the disastraus:character of that supplemental outbreak had been grieveusly exaggerated in the course of its sstransmlsn as a rumour from the suburbs of Teshawtfr. Notwithstanding the dejection naturally produced by these calamities—both anticipated and ex perienced—the British troops and the sepoys have shown themselves in every instance the worthy descendants of the heroic battalions who mingled their blood with the bang of Arcot, and triumphed over the legions of the Great Nabob under the mango trees of Plassey. From a consciousness of the comprehensive scheme of the campaign, as already determined upon by the veteran Commander-in-Chief, and the extensive outlines of which are by this time more than conjectured— the principal share of our attention is of course directed to the line connecting together the cities of Attock and Umritsir ; for along that line extend the most important movements of the belligerents. Yet, in spite of the paramount attraction thus presented to the imagination, our mind does not fail to revert with interest to the pro ceedings which have taken place in the camp of General Winsir. Saddened by an increasing sense of their isolation, by a belief that the main body of the Sinde reinforcements had not adventured beyond Sukkur, and by the accounts obtained respecting the escape of Colonel LAWRANCE from Peshawur— the forces under General WHISH were suddenly, on the 6th of November, asc_aulted by a formidable sortie from the battlements of the Moonam. By singular good luck the assailants issued forth against the quarters occupied by the Irregulars of Major EDWARDES. Under their youthful and heroic com mander those troops did not fail to sustain their high and rapidly-acquired reputation. After driving back the Seikhs in a hand-to-hand encounter, the soldiers of EDWARDES wtre joined by the brigade of General MARKHAM ; and then, not satisfied with the simple retreat of their enemies, the Major and the Brigadier caused their men to advance simultaneously with an impetuosity which defied opposition. The result of the attack was as brilliant as could possibly have been desired the soldiers of the Moor, na.r were, with a severe loss in killed and wounded, compelled to seek shelter within the fortifi cations—one of the most formidable of their outworks was seized—battery after battery fell into the posses sion of the Europeans, and with the exception of two guns hurriedly cinveyed behind the ramparts, the victors were enriched by the capture of the whole of the heavy artillery. In this vigorous encounter the brigade is conceivA to have experienced a loss of merely six killed and about fourteen wounded, the sufferers among the irregulars, both killed and wounded, are (stimated at nearly two hun dred, whilst their antagonists are presumed to have borne the brunt of an assault which na far as regards themselves might almost be designated a slaughter. The triumphant result of this collision must in some niasure, we conjecture, be attributed to the indignation excited in the hearts of the Europeans by the perfidious conduct of the Asiatics, the latter having recently endeavoured to corrupt the artillery at Dum -Dam, while they had actually succeeded in inciting to desertion six com panies of the regiment of General CORTLANDT. While these events were transpiring amongst the brick kilns and orchards of Meultan, the position of the other insurgent chieftains was becoming every day more precarivus. CUUTTUE SINGH continued in the vicinity of Peshawur, and by those few who re garded his destinies with interest it was yet hoped that victory would cover the banners of the hoary and graceless rebel of Jummoo. His son SIMILE SINGH remained at Vizierababad, awaiting a rein forcement of five Seikh regiments from the direction of Eunnco, until the approach of Bigadier CURE.. TON affrighted him from his lethargy, and com pelled him to hasten with the utmost rapidity to the opposite banks of the Chenaub. Such was the posture of affairs when Lord Goimii, crossing the Ravee near Rumnugger. took up his position within sixty miles of Lahore, and when, somewhere about the same time, Lord Den- Ronne, emerging from the gates of Allahabad, advanced in the direction of the north-west frontier: The question is no longer whether, but when the Punjaub is to be conquered : and its definitive anexa tion with the British dominions has been at length fully and resolutely •determined upon. Thanks to the insane faithlessness of the Seikhs, the Asiatic territories of England will very soon have stretched as far northwards as the foot of the Himalayas. Some time since, when railway property was de preciated to the utmost, when a panic prevailed in the market, and purchasers could scarcely be obtained for shares in dividend-paying lines at any price, we ventured to offer some encouragement to share holders. We exposed the machinations of those who, for their own vile purposes, invented and circu lated the most unfounded rumours, and plun dered their fellow-subjects of their pro perty without the least compunction or remorse, and we entreated of the shareholders not to sacrifice their property. by casting it recklessly on the market to be sold for whatever it might bring, and thus to play the game of their ruthless assailants. On the 15th October, when the gloom was deepest, we ad dressed the following recommendation to those in terested in railway stock, which we shall offer no apology for transcribing. We said, "On the whole let the shareholders, not be dispirited. Let them be lieve there is a good time 'coming) and it will come. Let them determine not to. sacrifice 'their ' property for less than its fair value, but to retain it in their hands until a fair price is offered, and that price will eventually be offered. Above all, let them not encourage the 'Bearing' system?by sending in. their shares, to enable those paitieslaCornidete r . speculative contracts, by w 1 4 .41 tbry ,nauat „become': severe losers, if the shareholders do not play into their hands, to their own grievous logs, perhaps ultimate ruin." We are happy to say th a t 'those who followed our advice, awl acted on the recommendations which we offered almost every day, had no cause to regret their confidence. The predictions which we uttered have hitherto been verified, and. they are still but in course of completion. There is no word of hope which we then uttered that is not applicable to the present •moment. The tide has been turned, and it has flowed upwards in a gentle but steady stream. And we have no doubt but that it will continue to do so for a considerable time, without let or hindrance, until the actual and bona fide value of stock is 'arrived at. We' are proud to think that we contributed in some degree to that improvement, by indicating the causes of the general depreciation, and proving that the panic . was ascribable in a great degree to the operations of the 'Bearish' fraternity, and not to any real deterioration in the value of railway pro perty.' We shall still endeavour to lay a true state of facts before the public, and to point out, that prices have not yet attained their fair level,• and that an improvement to the extent of at least 25 per cent. on the shares of the principal lines may still reasenably be expected ; that there is every prospect that shares will arrive at the quotations of last January, if not still higher. . The financial statements that have been issued by the principal companies completely est a bli s h t h e soundness and stability of their positions. Th e y have proved clearly and satisfactorily that there is every reason to calculate upon a fair and remunerative dividend being main tained without diminution, and that if a general im provement should take place, and a greater degree of activity should prevail throughout the country, a pesition of r a il way considerable increase on the estimated p r o fits m ight fairly be lo o k e d f or. I n man y respects, therefore, the twelve months since , inasmuch as the shareholders have now f u ll and property satisfactory better evidencethan i t o h n a d been h e o e s n e points whi c h t h ey then took upon trust. . Assur ances have als o b een given that demands w i l l not be made upon shareholders for th e cons truction of works for which powers had b a no d btained. Certain lines have been formally band at least until east for the s has til present, and no progress w ill be m ad e the assent of the general body o f th e shareholder been given thereto. We, therefore, unhesi t at ingly sly, that railway property sl'ould now (withou t any reference to the state of the Money-market) bear higher prices than in January, 1848 But, inasmuch as every circumstance connected with monetary ‘ ! ' fifftiliS is now very much more favourable than it wa s at 'that period, a still further improvement might fairlyehe-looked for on that account. -Aeiliii4i,rne last year, the minimum rate of inte restttecepteA.ley the Bank was five per cent., and it was not urititthe 27th of January that it was re duced to four per cent., a reduction which was pro tested against in the strongest terms by some of our contemporaries, as not being-warranted by the condi tion of the country. That minimum rate now stands at three per cent., and if we look to the high state of the banking reserve (considerably more than 11,000,0001. sterling), the enormous amount of bullion uselessly stored in the coffers of the Bank, and the comparatively small amount of "other securities," it will appear more than probable that a further reduction must speedily take place. The prices of Consols for the opening on the 18th of January, 1848, were 851; they now stand at 89k, an improvement of 3i per cent., which is more than warranted by the more propi tioui prospects of the country. There is also an improvement in almost every other description of property save in railways, and although they are far better than in October, when we endea voured to encourage the shareholders, they are still far below the quotations of January, 1848. We shall now point the prices of a few of the leading lines as they stood upon the: 27th January, 1848, the 23.1 October, 1848, and the 4th January, 1849, end confidently ask why a further material improvement should not take place. North- Westerns, which in January sold at 1531., had fallen in October to par or one discount, and have since rallied to 1271. Great Westerns, which in Jar uary were at 15 premium, and in October at 23 discount, are now 9 discount. Eastern Counties, in January, 16; in October, 111; now, 12k. Midlands, in January, 115 ; October, 66 ; now, 87. York, Nev - castle, and Berwick, in January, 35k ; October, 21 ; now, 29. York and North Midland, January, 78 ; October, 42; now, 57. South-Eastern, January, 31; October, 20; now, 24k. London, Brighton, and South Coast, January, 43 ; October, 25 ; now 32-1. London and South-Western, January, 56; October, 36; now, 42. We might multiply cases, all showing similar results. We have, how ever, adduced sufficient evidence to show how fully our predictions have been verified; and that although a rise of from 20 to 25 per cent. has already taken place, an improvement on present prices to at least an equal extent, may reasonably be looked f..r widdn the next few months, unless some unforeseen (-rents should darken the political horizon and lead to a general gloom. We therefore rep/at the advice we tendered in October to shareholders, to preserve their property until a fair price can be obtained, and to capitalists to look to railway shares in preference to any other description of investment that may offer which does not posses 3 extraordinary attractions. Let theca recollect that 6 or 7 per cent. still be obtained in sa'e lines, and to what other quarter can they leek with such favourable prospects ? THE FRENCFI IZEPU.BLR.) We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. It appears that there will be no explanations in the National Assembly on the subject of the recent dif ference between the Prince-PRESIDENT and his ex- Minister of the Interior. A quasi reconciliation has been patched up. The PEACHUM and LOCKIT of the Republic, exclaim "Brother ! Brother ! we are both wrong ;" and forthwith fraternise. The proposition of M. RATEAU, fixing the general elections for the new Legislative Assembly for the 4th of March, has been rejected by the Committees of Legislation and Justice, to which, it hal ken referred. The Committee of Legislation rejected the nu allure by a majority of 19 votes to 18, and in the Committee of Justice the votes were 18 to 18. A report on the question will be submitted to the Assembly. In the sitting of Thursday, the National Assembly resolved that henceforth there should be three deliber ations and three votes on every measure before it can have the force of law. The Assembly also adopted a Bill authorising the Bank of France to make a loan of three millions to the department of the Seine, and another granting a credit of 400,000 f. to the Minister of Public Works for indemnities to the clergy ; and another credit to the Minister of the Interior of 130,000 f. for the expense of the transported in surgents. The following law has been proposed to the As sembly : " Shall be punished with imprisonment, varying from six days to three months, and a fine of 100 f. to 17000 f., all who have conspired to cause a rise in wages, either by menace, violence, or any othe r means o f i nt i m id at i on; or by workmen abandoning their workshops, or by those who employ them suddenly dismissing them without conforming to the stipulations mutually agreed upon." The proposed conferences on the affairs of Italy, which were to have been held at Brussels, are, it is said, indefinitely postponed. We find the following, on this subject, in the Patrie " Some days ago we announced that M. de Ricci, the Sardinian. Ambassador, who was t o re p resent the &tart of Turin in the conferences at Brussels, had quitted Paris leaving in his place the Count d'Antioch e as d'affaires, and M. B arrom G e as first secretary. This fact has led to the belief in another, which, without beitig'offiCial, Was current yesterday in the diplomatic world. The Congress of Brussels will ,not take place. The project of mediation may be considered as aban doned. It is well known that Austria only accepted the mediation by constraint. She has therefore seized with readiness thfefirst opportunity of pointing out the inuti lity of conferences which could lead to nothing. The programme, manifesto of 'Gioberti has been made the pretext. Gioberti said that ' Sardinia would not cease to prepare, for war.' Austria has pretended to see in qua alstirance a sort of declaration of war, , and she has, it.tasaid, proclaimed that the Congress was an absurdity from - the ,mptuent that Sardinia did alot think of p eace ." Coustilitionnel, in relation -to the departure of the Sardinan Envoy from Paris, says,it must not be nfeired, from the sudden departure of the Marquis 0,414de1, that ,the Congress at -Brussels has been ihandonEd. \., The Marquis DE Rice' was recalled in orderio fill tißother place, but the:sltrilinian Govern aelit 'Oikannounced,, to the. gabitiettaef Paris and. Lona t ij'MA anotfier Envoy would Iv. at ohcef!ap ',pointed stead, with similar,puwers.s. nid Grand Duchess, STEPHANI E of Baden,jthe cousin of Queen HORTENSE and the mother of the Marchioness of DOUGLAS, is daily expected in Paris to do the honours of the Elysee Bourbon. Great dissatisfaction is expressed. by many of the National Guard at, the manner of thexeception of the PRESIDENT on New ; they also object to the personal entourage of the PRESIDENT, as being Composed" of persons : who are known to be hostile to Republican principles. The Ministry is considered to be in a very ricketty condition. Overtures, it is said, have been made to M. DUFAURE to join the Cabinet. Marshal BUGEAUD has arrived at Lyons. M. PRoUDRoN is suffering from an attack of typhus fever. M. DE FALLonx, the Minister of Public Instruc tion withdrew yesterday the measure respecting public instruction which had been introduced by 111 CARNOT. The Moniteur publishes a decree appointing a commission, to draw up, along with the Minister of Public Instruction, a law with respect to primary instruction. The commission is composed of the Mi nister of Public Instruction himself, and MM. Pou- LAIN DR BOSSAY, CUVIER (pasteur) MlCHEL L assistant of Father GERARD ; ARMAND DR MELUN, President of the Society of Economical Charity; HENRY DE RIANCBT, member of the same society; COCHIN, member of the Society of the Friends of Infancy ; and MM. BUCHE3, SIBOUR,ROUX-LAVERONB, DE MON- TREUIL, and PEUPIN, representatives of the people. Another decree appoints a similar commission re specting secondary instruction, consisting of the Minister and MM. Cousin, St. Marc Girardin, Dubois, Dapanloup, Vicar-General of the diocese of Paris; Janvier, Laurentie, Inspector-General of the University - Bellaguet, Presid e nt of the Chefs d'ln stitutions of " the Seine ; and MM. Thiers, Freslon, Montalembert, Come, Corcelles, and Franeau, repre sentatives of the people. The ceremony of the formal installation of JEROME BONAPARTE, as Governor of the Invalides, took place yesterday. JEROME BONAPARTE arrived at the In valides at noon, accompanied by his son Jerome Na poleon Bonaparte, General Changarnier, and Lieute nant- Colonel Ciary. There were also present Colonel Cipriani, the aide-de-camp of Jerome Bonaparte at Waterloo ; M. de Vatry, Count Walewaki, M. Arrighi de Padua, and his so n , M. Th ayer; t h e Director-General f the Post-office, &c. General PETIT and his stuff received the new Governor at the entrance. The Invalides were then formed into a square, dressed out in their dress equip ments. Among them were several who left their sick beds to do honour to the brother of the EMPEROR. After JEROME BONAPARTE had been proclaimed Governor of the Invalides, General PETIT surrendered tohimthe in command; followingm h andafter t w er h m ic s hhe addressed the old Soldiers "Officers, Subalterns, anti Soldier 3 !—The Govern • ment of the Republic, in callin • rip , to the h. , nour coinnvinding you, and in entrusting me with the custody of the tomb of the Emperor, my brother, endeavoured to express the wish of the French people. It is in that conviction that I have accepted with pride and gratitnd , . that holy and pious mission. Military Invalities!—l will watch over you as the Emperor watched over me from my earliest years. The Emperor owed everythine, to France, but his family owe him much more still: thus it will never forget that, having sprung from the people, there is no sacrifice sufficient for it when it has to serve the people. Allons mes antis t Let us cry from the bottom of our hearts, ' Vice la France ! Tout pour la France ! Rien que par la France !' This speech was received with loud cheering. The new Governor, surrounded by the remains of the grand armee, then proceeded to the chapel, where prayers were said. He remained a considerable time in the part of the church where the remains of the EMPEROR are deposited. He then visited the dining rooms, sleeping-places, and infirmary. The appointment of Admiral CECILLE as Ambas sador to the Court of Great Britain, and of M. DE LAGRENEE as Plenipotentiary at the Conferences at Brussels, are announced in the Moniteur. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 4. THREE O'CLOCK.—The French Funds were weak throughout the day, and closed fully one half per cent. kselow the closing prices of yesterday. There is a gene ral feeling of indefinite uneasiness among speculators, not pr,cceding so much from any positive facts, as fr en the fear that the present Government is about to meet fully as great difficulties as its predecessors. It is said that bad news had been received by the French Govern ment from Rome, but the nature of it Iv's not stated. Exchange on London (thirty days), 25 27i ; ditto ninety days), 25 20. 13ITSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 1 4—Namur and Liege, 5 3 / 4 — Northern of Franee, S—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2t,—Paris and Rouen, 13 3 / 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 2 3 4—Rouen and SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 29th u!t. have arrived. The state of siege has been removed in Ciudal Roderigo and Toledo. The debate on the Address had commenced in tt Chamber of Deputies, MADRID BOLSA, Disc. 28.—The Three per Cents, were done at 20i for paper; the Five per Cent 3. at 10 ; the Debt without Interest at 4 ; and the Cou pons at 6. GERMANY AND - HIE NORTHERN STATES, AUSTRIA. Advices have been received from Vienna to the 29th ult. The budget for 1848, which was published on the 28th, shows a deficit of 432 millions of florins, the receipts being 1121 millions, and the expenditures 136 millions. Notwithstanding this unsatisfactory statement, public confidence is on the increase. Prince SCHWARZ ENBERG has issued th , ..! followirg address to the electors of the Wieden district of Vienna:—. " The undersigned President Minister has laid before the Emperor the address of the electors of the Wieden district, in which they protest against Articles 2 and 3 of the project of Constitution of the CAI:I-al Power at Frankfort, and declared their adhesion to the manifest of the Imperial Ministry. His 'ajeety heard with pleasure this true Austrian expresAun of feeling, and has commissioned the undersigned to inform the electors that there is every retvon to believe that a solution of this delicate and important matter will b effected in the interests of Austria and of .Germeny. Meevnres have been taken to provide for the desired eireulaion of the address to his Majesty, as also of the vote of confidence to the Deputy at Frankfort of the Wied n district. (Signed) " F. SCLIWARZENBERG. " 01Mtitz, Dec. 13, 1848." The Wiener Zeitung, in allusion to the letter published by the National, and written by a prisoner of IVINDiscaGRATz, denies that the twelve students were shot as reported by the writer of the letter, because, says the Wiener Zeitunp;,.no execution by martial law took place but a report of it was officially inserted the next day in the Wiener Zeitung, and assuredly no list of twelve students was ever inserted in that or any other paper. This tardy denial, how ever, by no means satisfies us that the atrocity, as recorded by the writer in the National, never took place. The execution did not take place by martial law, because probably the students were shot ' down without even the form of a trial, as many hundreds were during the month of November by the barbarian Croats of JELLACHICII. Will the Wiener Z e it ung ven t ure t o assert that no prisoners were shot by the Imperialists save those who were condemned by martial law. The contradiction as it at present stands is a mere " swearing by the card." The EMPEROR has appointed Count Faux Zrcui Royal Commissioner for the two countries of Pres burg and Wiesselburg. The Austrian Lloyd's has the following from Trieste, dated Dec. 24 :--- " The English war steamer Ardent hna just arrived hero from Venice. The fearful storm which has been raging here for some days has prevaild there also; and the English brig of war Mutine was wreaked upon the sandbanks. Three officers and two marines were drowned, and several others had their feet frozen. The rest of the crew were rescued by the Ardent. The Sar dinian fleet was seen at Otranto." four-and-a-half per cent., and 9,000,00011."' at flv`e per cent. interest, but the yearly intereaOpaid is 36,271,811f1. 53c., and this swells the budget of this small kingdom to,the enormous amount of 71,0111p,000f1' Numerous retrenchments have been progsed and adopted, both in the Royal household and other de partments, but at the very outside they do not amount to more than two millions. The Ministers, it is said, intend, at the opening of the Chambers, to propose the following new taxes, in some measure to meet the deficit : a tax of 5 per cent. on the net profits of all landed property, a kind of income-tax; 5 per cent. on large properties and pensions, and a lower rate on smaller incomes ; scale of rates on patents; which shall be imposed on various trades and professions hitherto exempt from any patent ; and, lastly, th e mos t important tax of all, 5 per cent. interest on all Exchequer-bills, whether home or foreign. There can he no doubt that numerous will, and must be, the objections stated against all and several of these taxes; but even if they should not be imposed, the Legislature nfly be able, after discussion in the Chambers, to arrive at some conclusion, and discover some method whereby • die country may he saved from the impAidinp.: ruin which awaits it in its financial relations, unless some decided measure bo speedily adopted. - 11,6141 Ar and COMMERCIAL NEWS. ; CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. :Theosales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales.' The market throughout the day_was firm.— In Railway Shares there was not much doing, but prices , were very firm. The satisfactory issue of the meeting of Peruvian Bondholders held yesterday has quite 'thrown in the shade further complaints as to the jobbing that has been practised. The Chairman ad pitted that he had received , letters ,of com plaint' froin bondholders who stated that they had sold their stock in ignorance of the excellent terms to be proposed, but observed that the committee were not responsible for this. This is perfectly correct, for the committe, in their official capacity, do not seem to have heard of them until long after others knew, if not the details, at least that something very good was coming out. Senor Osma is highly spoken of as a man of integrity, and how the matter oozed out, whether through letters sent from Lima or ortherwise, we shall never be able to ascertain, probably. All we hope is that Peru will faithfully adhere to her promises, that the guano will continue to be found in abundance, and that Messrs. Antony Gibbs and Sons, who have contracted to receive it, will d u ly pay over half the proceeds to treasurers jointly appointed by Senor Osma and the committee of bondholders. This is - really a very important point, because, as the chair man stated yesterday, the Venezuela Government, after remitting funds to Messrs. Reid, Irving a-id Co., to pay the dividends, actually withdrew them for its own pur poses ; and we all remember similar cases, none being more flagrant than that of Mexico, when Santa Anna was in power. As it is not yet settled who is to appoint the agent, or rather Senor Osma stipulates to do so, we hope that the committee will use every exertion to have a voice in the nomination. There is nothing like doing the thing rightly and fully while they are about it, to avoid the unseemly squabbling that has so frequently occurred as to whom the agents act for, whether the foreign Government or its English creditors, until either both parties are kept out of it, or more frequently, the former gets possession. The California gold fever does not subside. Expe rienced parties in the City state that the gold must be the purest, perhaps, ever discovered, if the analysis given in the American papers be correct. We understand that: an American citizen has disco vered an extensive deposit of rock salt in New Bruns wick, and that he has made a proposition to the Go vernment of that province to make them acquainted with the locality, on being assured a small per tentage of the duty paid to the Government on the quantity raised, and this only for a limited term of years. As this proposi tion involves an outlay on the part of the Government, arid offers the greatest security against deception or im position, we hopo the proposition will be favour ably received; for if no salt is raised no money is to be paid, and the Government have it at all times in their own power to regulate the rate of duty which shall bo collected on the mineral. It is, however, as a local editor observes, rather singular that we should have had a provincial geologist wandering over the face of the country for years, at a heavy expense to the public, and that he should have discovered no indications of this deposit during his peregrinations. Fortunately for the public, a lynx-eyed Yankee occasionally follosis in the track of these well-paid official gentlemen, and when they happen to wake a discovery, such as we have just re ferred to, we see no reason in the world why they should not be permitted to benefit by their ingenuity. There are reports that the Revenue Returns for the quarter ending this evening, will not be altogether so favourable as was stated a day or two since, but this is mere conjecture. The prices coming lower from Paris, and the unfavourable weather, in conjunction with the Danish affair, have an effect on the Funds, and there has been again a little realising. Consols are 881 a ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 891 and the Three per Cents. 88i 3 1. Exchequer-bills are 425, to 455. premium, and India Bonds 41s. to 455, premium.. Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds are 26k, and Portu guese Four per Cents. 26. Mexican Stock is at 25 to 254; Peruvian are 484 to 494; Dutch Two-and-a- half per Cents. are at 48 to 49. Railway shares are rather cheaper generally, but there have been a good many transactions. 02,E I'RI 6: 4 OF ~h ITIBII FUND O'CLOCK 3 ~er Cent. Reduced Arms.. BB: ri %34 !dew 3% per Cent. Aren5....... 89% % faong Anus. to expire Jan.lB6o ... $ 11-16 5 4 Ditto, Oct. 10. 1859 ..... ...... 8%74 ['idle Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/. . ....... Consols for Account BB% % w. 7. chequer Bills. 2 1 ,0. & 2d. 1,0001. March ... 42 45 p 1,000/. June 42 45 p 500/. March.., 5001. June ... 42 45 p Small, March .. 42 45 p Small. June ruicEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS. olirE O'CLOCK. C f 1 ,1 1 ,10 PRICES. 883 8 7-16 41 p 44 p 89 - razilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 25 1 4 Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 25 Ditto, Account 2 5 1 /4 25 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, Account 48% 49% 49 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account 26 Spanish _5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 26 th . Ditto. Account ..... ... ...... ..... Dividends on the above payable in London __ _ French Rentes, 5 per Cent. ...... 74f. 75f. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 21 per Cent., 12 Guild — PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. t berdeen 5O . ... 17 %a I 7 IA Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 4 1 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 A I.elfast & County Down 20% Birmingham and Os- Mford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 - Do, without guarantee 20 ... Bit ming, Wolvorh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 15 Do. without guarantee 10 - ` , irming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, ••• and Cheshire Junc.... 10 ...... 130,t0n, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... .. Fristol and Exeter 9O ... .. 64 Ditto, Thirds 6uckinghamthire... 141. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 8 .74 ...... 2 Do. New 10/. Pref..... VA..— B;i 3 8 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 :hester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence - . Do. Ist Class, 6 per CL 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mail ••• Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ...... 5 5 1 4 4 1 1 4 .. Uundaik & Enniskillen 20 Fast Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D....... 25 ...... 4% 1,, 1 Do., 18!., E. & 11. ... 18 . :., ... • '3% Do., 31. 103. East mi. Comities... ..... 20 •••••• 11 7 / 8 .... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. . Ditto, Extension, 5 per - Cent., No. 1 61. 13s. 4d...: '— Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d... I/ 3 p par Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters ..„ l2- —. ... ...... . . Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 1 / 4 Ditto, Class B (L & and B.) ~. 75f. -c. 76_14 - - Ditto, Class 0, ditto... 20 . Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ...... 17% I 'At° (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent............ 2 1 4 East Lancashire Liao, New Ditto, New Quarters 614 - 17% De., 6 per Cent. Pre- terence Quarters ... 6!4 East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 41 Ditto, Halt Shares ... 20 .. .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport Exeter,Yeevil, & Dorch 2% — tillasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ‘.4lasgovr,Kilmar ,& Ayr 60 ...... Do. Preference Consul. Great Northern Do., .', 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 / 2 4% Do., % B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6%. ..... 4% % Do. Extension 2%...... - ,reat South. and West. ( Ireland) - t resit North of England 100 ...... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New,ls/ l4 .. .. ......... ...... Great Western 100 Ditto, % Shares 5O Ditto, 'A Shares - • • Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171...... 13 ... •• Huddersfield and kl, - - •• ••• ____anch. 30 Ditto, Thirds linll and Selby .. ...... 50 ......109 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, ~ 4 Shares .... 12 1 A..... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... -- Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto ............ 66 Ditto, % 'Shares ...... 43 ... .. ••• • Do. Quarter Shares... 17 Dc,. Fifths... ......... ... 10 Do. SiAteenths ......... 0, 4 — Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 1:3 ..... 5V s Do. ..N ew, Gua. 6 per ct. 71,4 BVA Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto 1 ,4 (late Hud dersfield and Sheila) 43 Do.(Wakelleld,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 ...,„ ... . .. Do. (Prol-ton ii 6 Wyrt.l) 25 DO. 1 /, Shares (A)„. wi _, , f . ' . 1 i ::::ThnidiOrel ...... .50 Do., (blue) scrip..—. 9 1 4 3 91 461,4 10% I'2 6 2 1 A PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. 2.—The KING has addressed the fol lowing order of the day to the army : " I address a new year's greeting to my splendid army of the line and Landwehr. The sand of the melancholy year of 1848 has now run out, and on this occasion I must address a few grateful words to my army. During this eventful year, in which, without Divine Providence, Prussia must have sunk, the Prussian army not only maintained its ancient glory, but it has acquired fresh renown. The King and the people look with pride at these brave -sons of their country. They remained un shaken in their loyalty, while revolt was undermining the free development of those liberal institutions to which I desired prudently to lead my people. Their banners have been crowned with fresh laurels, when they were called upon to aid Germany in the cause of Schleswig. They overcame victoriously both fatigue and danger, when &Sired to quell the inserreeden in Posen. Their co-operation has maintained_ order in Southern Germany, where the - Prussia:li name,; has gained fresh honour—where, in short, an attempt" Was made to in fringe the laws of their own country, w hi c h ca ll e d f or th the intervention of the armed force and of the Landwehr. The brave teen of the Landwehr - cheerfully quitted their families and. their homes, arid all. both line and femdwehr, justified the confiden ce •which I had ever placel iii t4fmr and likewise proied •the ad m i ra bl e urganizaion given by done its d u t y . bY the late King to eur army. E very - where the army'. Fe e more thkalthese do tapprpsiare the Ed t '. by the ar:reT in these . latter times; op • terifkr,rilost• base 1 . 1 posing calumnies; an( . tobriber y, As exceiltift"Oirit ifnd"Woble, -tltriow my army frormo bi tt o ve r part I called it, was ready in' discipline, end-Unshaken -14 ptity:'''Aha 11 - Oops conleirOt have . done more in the most glorious efforts of the Prussian annals. ." I thank the generals, the officers, and • the soldiers of the line and Land wehr, in my own name, and that of the country. • " FERDINAND WILLIAM. (C o untersigned) " VAN STROTHE." M. TimmE, Director of the Superior Provincial Court of Justice at Munster, and late a deputy to the National Assembly, has been arrested. FRANKFORT. According to the Cologne Gazette, in a sitting at Frankfort, of the Commission of the Assembly, of the 28th ult., the important paragraph was adopted— That the dignity of Head of the Empire was to be conferred upon a reigni ng German Prince. RUSSIA ST. PETEISBURGH, DEC. 23.—The St. Petersburgh Journal contains the following statement respecting the visit o f th e A rc h duke CONSTANTINE t o A ustr i a : " His Imperial Hi g h ness qu itted us for lA. Olmutz on the 19 t h, b e i ng charged w i t h t h e m i ss i on to pre sent the Emperor's congratulations to the Emperor of Austria, F ranc i s Joseph 11., on hi s access i on t o t h e throne. In s illustrious son- for the purpose of testifying the high Majesty has confided this mission to his value which his Majesty attaches to the maintenance of thos e re l ations which have hi t h erto un i te d t h e two Imperial C ourts. From O l mutz th e . Archduke will go to PraPo, f or t h e purpose of expressing those senti ments of - sympathy and good will which his Majesty v.ill ever entertain for the honour of his Majesty the Emperor Ferdinand." • HOLLAND. THE HAGUE.—Our Government has resolved to grant a furlough of one year to all officers of the land force, w h o may as k f or it, o n condition o f th e i r retaining t wo - t hi rds o f th e i r pay. The conclu s i on drawn fro m this act is, that the Government desires at this mom ent to avo id a ll i n t e rference abroad. C oun t ESTERHAZY, who has hitherto been the Austrian Am bassador at this Court, is to fill this post at Berlin. He will be succeded here by Baron DonnLuor. NETHERLANDS FINANCE.—The chief difficulty of the Netherlands is its financial state. The Govern ment has a thankless task in prospect; and the first work of the new Chambers will be to give a helping hand to rectify the absurd mistakes that have hitherto been made in the unequal imposition of taxes. The finances are the shoals on which the Government vessel has often struck and received much damage, and it is now hi g h time to avert a complete shipwreck by some precaution ar y me asures. The deficit f or 1848 an d 1849 is estimated a t 15,000,000 gu ild ers. S ome thi ng must b e d one i n this emerg ency, but such is the state of the country that fresh loans are out of the question. The nominal capital of t h e nat i ona l debt is esti ma t e d a t 1 , 2 39.519,911 guilders. It is true that this is merely i l otllt;alc,pit a l f or 816 , 516,1001 are in the Two per C - T. 4 '., 120.856,86111. in the Three per Cents , 23,008,066 d. i n the I i tiree-aud-a-Halt per Cents., 252,188 I , 95 0f1. in the Four per Cents., 8,000,000f1. at THE CHOLERA. At Rotterdam, on the 2d, 5 new cases ware re ported—deaths, 2; recoverie, 3. Total since com mencement of di;ease, I,2lo—deaths, 633 ; reenverie-, 426. At Dordrecht 3 new cases occurred and 1 death ; total since commencement, 115 cases—death;, 65 ; recoveries, 21. At Utrecht 35 cases were re ported—deaths, 30; recoveries, 3 ; total since com mencement, 370 cases—deaths, 196 ; recoveries, 130, At Schiedam 2 fresh cases were reported—deathi, 2 recoveries, 1 ; under treatment, G. At Groningen n‘: fresh case occurred—deaths, 1 ; recoveries, 1 ; total number of cases, 248 —deaths, 129 ; recoveries, 103 under treatment, 11.—Dutch Papers, Jan. 3. DENMARK AND sCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. The following is said to be the proposition of Lord PALMERSTON fur the settlement of the differences be tween Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein and the Central German Power:—That Schleswig shall be declared completely independent of both Denmark and Germany fur the time being, and continua so until its position and connexions shall be definitely fixed by treaty, of which the mediating powe'rs shall be guarantees. The territory would then be eva cuated by the troops of the Confederation and of Denmark, ar,d left entirely to its own self-gover❑ ment, with the full enjoyment of neutrality. This temporary independence would not, of course, affect subsequent arrangements, or be construed into an acknowledgment or prejudgment of claims. It is said that Russia, France, and Sweden approve of Lord PALMERSTON'S proposition. ITALY. Bing CHARLES ALBERT is about to take up his winter quarters in the fortress of Ale3sendria. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A melodrama, entitled the Beadsman, being a dramatic adaptation, by Albert Smith, of a tale which appeared in a recent number of Blackwood, was produced here la,t evening with the most complete and deserved success. '1 he interest of the piece turns upon the lan- wlsic!o pre vailed in the Low Countries during the middle ages, involving the entail of the office of public executioner upon the eldest son of the existent functionary, the odium attached to the unlucky family in whom was vested the exclusive privilege of wielding the re• tributive axe often subjecting its members to the insulting aid dan;eroua hatred of the populace. The drama illustrates the agony of a young man, the offspring of one of the denounced and outlawed Gloss, who is called upon to decapitate a felon in consequence of the accidental inability of the father to perform the duty. The drama represents his ignominious expulsion from a cabaret, the heroic sympathy of his sweetheart, and his ultimate appearance on the scaffold, when a shriek from his betrothed unnerves his arm, and the fatal axe, hanging over the head of the condemned, fallspower less, amid the invectives and execration of the bystanders, while the denouement is brought about by the disco very that he is not the son of the headsman, hut the illegitimate child of the reigning prince, and happily ex empt from the repugnant contingencies of his reputed birth. The success of the drama depended chiefly upon the gloomy interest of the last scene, when the spectator beheld the scaffold in all its visible reality, lit with dimly ' burning lanthorns, and the wretched criminal, attended by his ghostly confessor, awaiting bare-necked the impend ing blow. Mr. Leigh Murray exhibited the distress of the youthful headsman with great effect, and his denuncia tions of the loathsome task which devolved upon him were delivered with much manly feeling. He was admirably supported by Miss De Burgh, as the heroine. Miss De Burgh is a young lady new to the Lon don boards, and will become a great acquisition. She is a most interesting looking girl, and her features, which aro very expressive, have a pensive cast, which suits exactly with the character. She has, moreover, a sweet voice, " a most excellent thing in woman," and in her acting shows great intensity and pathos. She will soon be what Mrs. Yates was twenty years ago. The quaint dry humour of Compton, who acted the part of a relic maker, was a welcome relief to the more serious parts of the drama. The piece was announced for repetition by Mr. Leigh Murray, amidst the enthusiastic applause of a very crowded house. MARYLEBONE THEAT The Marylebone pantomime of the Knight and the Wooden Demon continues to attract crowded house.; here every night. It is a pantomime of the old ,chool, full of fun, frolic, and trick; with a Harlequin, Panta loon, and Clown who do not fear to exert them selves. It is delightful to witness the uproarious joy of the children at this theatre. The engagement of Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone, which terminates shortly, has been most profitable to the management, Every night since Christmas this snug little theatre has been crowded to suffocation. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness walked this morning in the Home Park. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the younger branches of the Royal Family walked and rode in the Home Park. The - Raton - Andrian left the Castle this morning for London. The Chevalier Bunsen is expected to arrive at Windsor Castle this afternoon, on a visit to the Queen and his R4al Highness. Her Majesty had a small evening party, yesterday evening. The following had the honour of receiving invitations.;.the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. - and- Miss Meynell 3 :,the Hon. Mrs. Phipps, and Miss Bathurst. The, rO.S4ll'.'dinner party this evening will include, in addition to",the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household, her, Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal-Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, his Serene Highness Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar, Lady Augusta Cadogan, the Marchioness of Waterford, Baroness Speth, Lady Fanny Howard, Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer, the Chevalier Bunsen, Baron Stockmar, Viscount Clifden, Benin Kneseheck, and Capt F. Seymour. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday at the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing-street. There were present the Master of the Rolls, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the De- Deputy-Governor. Mr. Iligham, Secretary and Comptroller-General, was in attendance. THE LATE EARL or AUCKLAND.—The deceased Earl will be interred at Beckenham on Saturday, instead of on Monday. The Bishop of Sodor and Man arrived at the Admiralty on Wednesday evening; and the body of the deceased Earl arrived at Whitehall, in a hearse, from Lord Ashburton's, yesterday afternoon, at five. The mournful cortege, which is to be strictly private, will leave the Admiralty for Beckenham, to-morrow morning, at nine o'clock. The funeral of the late First Lord of the Admiralty having been appointed to take place to-morrow, an order has been issued by the Board that all men-of-war hoist their colours half-mast high on the occasion, from nine o'clock in the morninc , till sunset on that day, and the Lord Mayor of London has written to the harbottr-mas ters of the port to intimate to the commanders of the vessels in the river his request that they will perform the same ceremony of respect to the memory of the lamented nobleman. RR STORM IN CANADA.—In my last I gave you rather a particular description of an ice -storm, together with some of the effects and consequences of this me teorological phenomenon; but, in dotng this, I omittel to mention one of its effects, of more emsequence, per haps, than any other. In this country the electric tele graph communication is conveyed along wires supported by upright poles, about 15 feet high and 200 feet apart, except in two or three instances, where they cross our immense rivers, where they are obliged to be stretched to a much greater extent, in one instance to a thousand feet, without any intermediate support. Now, when it rains and freez. , s at the same time, as is the case in an "ice storm," these wires immediately become coated with ice, and this adds to their weight so materially as to break them down, especially in the instances of such long stretches as I have mentioned. Such breaks, how ever, are not confined to these; for since the last break steel wire have been substituted, of so fine a texture, that they are less liable to be broken by such means. In the present instance they were not injured, while the shorter stretches of less perfect materials, although three or four times their thickness, were broken by the super incumbent weight, and thus the communication was cut off so long, that we actually received the mail itself by the Britannia before a telegraphic communication of its principal items of intelligence could reach us.—Chronicle Correspondent. YANKEE RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT'S MRS SAGE.—" The country papers are loud in tin it com plaints of the almost interminable length of the Presi those which do, give it by instalments. , ''—frtu• York Courier. Leeds. and Thirsk ...... 0 Ditto; New ..... • . ..„... 40 • •• . Do., PrctieT., ii p,;,.r ct. . , i 1„...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport ...... 31 42 _ L.iverp., ArotcLster, and • Newcastle Junction... 2% — London &Blackwell-4M 6s. 8d.... .. i)o. Extensiofi . - ~. 22 ( A ... . . .... • . .... ___ _.., London, Brighton, and - South. Cott Do.Guarant.s per et.., 9 ...... -- Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. ... „,, Ditfr, ditto.— 1852 50 — — Ditto, New 5/., guar. 6 per cent. - I...indon and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 534d... 9tA ••••. Ditto, Prefarence. .... 20 »... ........ London and N. Western 100 125% 126.. Do Quarters (L.& B.) 1:2 Ditto, N"w Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... 7 6 3 / 4 Do. tc/.,:ibares(L.M.) 25 — Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 10 1, 0 , vil. (M. & B.) B. 10 ...... ....., ....... Do ltll:{ M. & B.) C. 1 ..... —.— ..... .. .., Lend. &. li, We.tem SO Do. New 50/. ... ..... 42 L.. .. 3014 .. ••• 1:(:. New 401 B4 De. Tenths (Conzol.) 50 - •• •••• ..••. Ditto ditto .... .... 40 Ditto. Thirds.. ....-... 15 .Do.. New Scrip, 1848, P. cf. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls London, Salisbury, and 5 _ ) k•ovli ......... - .1.-- 114.. .... L ,, ndonderry&Wernino 283 3 4..... 1 Londonderry and Emus kil o •.. ..... .••• 27% ...••• ••• ..... .•••• Lowet , toft (4 per et.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per et.) Manzheiter,Buxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 DJ. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 11 1 A — Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40 Ditto ditto . ..... 13 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield anti Lincolnshire l5 . ... Do., CI ri DI sby Dock 2O Do. kianchester and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s. Midland lOO 86 1 / 2 86 Do. Consolidated ('ref 100 Do., do., i 0/..Shares... 25... —17% 18 17% X. Do.Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et. ...100 Ditto,Brist. & Gloestr. 40 ...... Ditto, ditto . ...... 181. 2s. 6d.. Ditto,Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per et. guar.loo Midland Cirev.t Western rA ~ ; Irish lliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. cuar. N,wcastkana Carlisle 100 . - Do. Quartsro 25 - Nix% market ... ..... . - 20 - •• ••••• Do. Extension . ..... -V. 12e.... - ,:. ew , ,4)rt, AUergavenny, ••• and Hereford \ ewry and Enniskillen 7 - ...... 'y, W arrenpomt, .nci ltoAtrevor .. 20 - •• ........ -•• N irfolk •• 100 Do. New 20. Do. Guaranteed 5 pct. 20 - Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 - . Do. do. Waveney V al. 2 - .sn.ithern Counties Union 4 ...... - sorth British ... .... ... 25 ...... - ...... Ditto, Halves ... ..... 12 1 / 2 7 Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension O% ... - • Ditto, Thirds .... - - 8 1 / 2 .. .. 4%.. North Sz South-Western 2 - North-,Staffordshire mirth Wales . ... 3 1 / 2 - ...... North-Western .... ..... 10 Uxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ..... 00 •••. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 2 - •••.... ........ Scottish Central - ........ ..-... Scottish Midland.. 25 - ••• •••••••••• Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & --Goole --(Nor. -Div.) - Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 - ••• Shrewsbury and if irm... 9 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - .. • Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... - Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB - ••• Ditto.lialves ... ditto 9 ...... - .. ... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18 1 / 2 - fi : Ditto New - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union . •• - Bouth Devon 5O - -• ...... ... Do. Prefereiwe - ..•• •••• South StaiforcLildre 6 l /2 - S - mth Eastern .. 3 3 1 /2 - ...„.. . - 1:r6., No. 1 lB - Do., .No. 2. Do., No. :4 ..... ........ 30 --- 21% Do. ;Registered No. 4 10 - D0., Scrip No 4 Sunlit Waits South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. is Loughor et Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 ...-. - ... - ........ . law Vale Extension ... 8 - ... 1 9 13317a68 Haven Dock Neva and Railway . . Vale of Neatn Waterford and ny 17%. Wattrford and Limerick 47% Watertd,Wxlid,Wicklw, and Dublni Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ... 10 .. .. .. ..... est Cornwall 1•••• West London ..... '2O Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 Do. Do. 2d Class . 20 A hitehaven et Furness 14 Windsor, Staines, and South Western 12 is SomersetA W ey mouth York, .I`.i ewcastie, and Berwick. .... Do. Original New end I.l.trwick .. ...... ... .. 25 .... . 27 1 i % 27'4 Do. .e.;xtonsioA No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2......... 1 i Do. Li.N.E..Prelerence 8 4"or ii. anti North iikidin.nd .50 Ditto, Preilreneti c... East tirid , West..kid- • • , 1 - 1/ . : .E.x.tonsioll ' " 25" 25% 27 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. And 10 Italian (lkte Ita- han and Austrian).... 5 Boutog,ne and Amiens.... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 17 -' . , Demerara • • .... •-• 15 .... . Dendre Valley... • 4 Direct . Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ......... • ...... East Indian 3 14 — ...... ••.. • Great Indian Peninsular • Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 1 / 2 — Luxembourg..-. 7 Ditto Madrid and Valentia 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France...... 12 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Lyons ll ....• ............ Do. Do. • Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .....,... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 ...... •••..••• _ :~ , ~,, .... 181,i JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock lO ... London & Westminster LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. s.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze and dull • weather, with drizzling rain. STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER AT THE PROTIRCIAL PORTS THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. Glasgow Gosport S., dull and foggy. Hull Lowestoffe Newcastle S.W. oy W., frost. Portsmouth Southampton Yarmouth S.S.E. snow. PENZANCE, JAN. 2.—Arrd. William and Ann, Jacks, Seville; Bravo, Pierre, Llanelly, Othelia, La Croix, Swansea, both for Nantes; Jeunealine, Cruillon, Llw nelly, Abignon, Cassard, Pembray, both for Brest. GitimSwv, JAN. 4. Arrd. Flotte, Harkroast, "Tv vannah ; Christine Maria, Slundling, Konigsberg ; Antins, Balling, Stettin; Agreetha, Foken, Stettin; Sirius, Schumacher, Riga ; Nautilus, Cristoffers, St- Petersburgh ; Charlotte, Sogaely, Newcastle. WHITBY ROADS, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Sedulous, Jefferson, Dantzic, for London. LIMERICK, JAN. 3. Wind E. Arrd. Cosstang Onore, Serra, Trieste; Graziata, Callick, Trieste. WIIITEHAVEN, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Samuel, M'Lean, SC• John's, and procer ded to Holyhead. COWES, JAN. 4.—Wind E S.E. Arrd. Brougham, Wells, London, for the South Seas. LivEitrooD, JAN. 4.—The Newton, from Cronstadt that ran on shore on Crosly Beach on the 27th ult , was got off last night, and brought in here. :otl port Cairo, New Orleans. Arrd. 3. Elizabeth Hamilton, Jones, Mobilc; Luasignane, Canpeny, Ibraila; Lammanchins, Prerng, Rotterdam ; Ulysses, Arthur, Laguna; Venice, New Orlean3; Soldan, Thomas, ditto; Sarah Ann, Skolfi• LI, ditto; JelAssen, Wood, Savanah; Flora, St. Mini - at-1s; Athen, lleeran, Bremen. Sld. The Duke, Atkinson, Calcutta; Victoria Le Oresley, Vera Ciuz; Louisa, Flew, Naples. 4. Richmond, Grayson , Buenos Ayres —Wind S.E. DEAL, JAN. 4.— « ind E.N.E.—Arrd. from the river and std. 3d, St. George, :Kyle, Berbice; Cotfield, Cargie, Cork; 4th, Sydney, White, New South Wales; Garland Grove, Matibeson, Port Philip; Earl Balearras , Morris, Bowbay; Isabella Blyth, Hall, Mauritius; Le venside, Cameron, St. llcletia; Comet, Airth, Madeira; nel!ad'A; Ca;,i ; iluxtablc, Aritigois; Arabdla, Collings, Trieste; Mischief, Barson, Vcnice; 45 p 45 p 45 p 45p 45 p 45 p CLOS INtY PHIL F'S. 76 2514 254 i. 251% 13% 26% 26% 22% 13% 4 1 4 4% 13 t 4 2 8 11% 22 4 9 1 4 123 1 / 2 41 1 ,j 4 4% ii'4 23 W I 3 Oh 8% 11% 2114 29 134 8 2% 15% 22%