The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-20 00:00:00

NOTICE. THE NEW NOVEL LEONARD NORMAN DALE ; Or, THE THREE BROTHERS. By the lion. C. STUART SAVILZ, Is NOW READY at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On Jan. 1. will be published, Part in demy 4t0., price 25., of THE LIFE and EPISTLES of ST. PAUL; comprising a complete Biography of the Apostle, and a Trans lation of his Epistles, inserted in Chronological order. By the Rey. X. J. CONY B r.ARE, 3LA., late Felbw o; Trinity College, Cam bridge ; and the Rev. J. S. HoWsos, M.A., Principal of the Col legiate Institution, Liverpool. Richly illustrated with numerous en gravings on Steel and Wood of the principal places visited by the Apostle, from Original Drawi,gs made on the Spot, by W. H. Bart lett ; and by Maps, Charts, Coins, Etc. To be continued Monthly, and completed in 2 vols. London: Longman, Brown, Cireen, and LOBVIISIIS. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce the following ar rangements for the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre:— ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), M. Chollet (of the Theatre de I'Opera Comique, Paris, his first appeaarnce), 3f. Lae (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), 31. Nathan (Premier Busse of the Opera Comique, Paris, h's first appearance), 31. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his firs, appearance), Mdlle. Guichard, 31. Buguer, Chateaufort, M. Soyer, 31. Dcsvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdle. Ootti, &c. FOR THE COMEDY AND TAUDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the The itre Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Mdlle. Denain, M. Regnier, 3idlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Franca s, Paris) ; 31dlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country) ; 31. Latont, 31dlle. Figeac (of the Theatre Du Va ,deville) ; Millie. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; Mdl e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gymnase) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dienne, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, 1850, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled " Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the great st sucee.,s. The Music by M. F. Halevy ; the Libretto by M. De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters :—Stephan (jeune chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyeux (capitaine de milice Francalse et recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnin (garde-peche du Gave), M. Quilly Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux chewier), 31. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Gulehard ; Georgette (cousine de Stephan), Mdlle. Cetti; and Rose de Mai (servante de Theresa), Mille. Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in wilic6. 31. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Caid," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " Haydee," the character of Haydee by Mdll Char:on. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannet at Colin, Nicole ; Le Rol d'Yvetet, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronza Auber ; Le Macon, -tuber ; Le Sirene, A.uber ; Lully et Qui nett, N ' ic-lo; La Penuche, Clapis,soi ; Le Valet de Chsuesbre, Ca rafa ; time Fode, Mehul ; with an occasional performance of some of the most po,mlar operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the mouths of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-openieg of the Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, Apri 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per *rm with Mdlle. Denaln (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran eats) will arpear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Millie. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee , attended with her accnstomed and unrivalled success, will ap pear in several new vaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by M. Laldnt (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mille. Fige to, Mills. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, M. Armand, M. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in 31. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Lecouvreur," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mille. Rachel will also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Pet,te Comedie, in One Act, entitled "Le Moineau de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," "Les lioraces," " Andromaque," and " Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA will be composed of the same eminent pro fesso: s engaged for the opera last season, including M. Tolbeque, M. Bourotte, 31. Deloffre, M. Newsham, 31. Barret, 31. Baumann, 31. Filet, M. Vaudreland, 31. Remusat, M. Lazarus, 31. Nicholson, M. Larkin, 31. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, 31. Campanile, If. T. Wright, &c. Director of the music and Chef- d'Orchestra, 31. Charles Haussens. Subscribers of the past season are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the Ist of January next. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers's • an.l Hookhanes, Old Bond-street. The Box-office of the Theatre will be opened on the Ist of January. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old tirompton. THIS EVENING, Wm be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wieltert, Mr. Howe; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean; Hermann, Mr. J. Walla& ; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Walla& , Count Tristan, Mr. C. Keats; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolauthe, Mrs. C. Kean. Af er which BOX AND COX. To conclude with THE LAUGHING HYENA. The Boa-otil:e is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. iirlA Litz ROYAL, ADELfIII. 4der tae direction of Madams Celeste. T IS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To ha followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grimily, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumly. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNTBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Iliqhbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinlts, Mr. Wright; Joh Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. PRINCEssi'S THEATI:E. J. M. Maddox. so> and nanagor. Ting EVENING, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA Principal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weiss, Crri, Wynn Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Louisa Pyne. To conclude with the celebrated Opera of DON ?tSQUALE. ASTLE i 's 1:0'i AL AMPD iTil EATRL. Proprietor, Jr.s W. Batty. 'ruts EVEN:NG, Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has sue. cceded I. engaging Malemoiszlle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Studs, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angels is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare "Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will shortly make her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BAT rY has much pleasure in announcing that he has engaged Madlle. Codoni, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope in Europe, who will appear every Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a Grand Spectacle and wondrous Scenes in the Circle. 't he attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise a grand Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest, or the Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear; and a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. -.Ku Manager, Mr. W. West. ..1. I 9.vILUR rl.l I Tau DIY orning, 6 min. slier 5 I Evel'ng, 26 min. altar To-Molaew -N4 46 min. art.e.r 5 Evening. 6 min. after 6 THE WEATlciElt.—Sax OFFICE. PBC. 20. THERXWIETEE, Lowest, 32; Highos(. 44; Noon. 37. BAROMETER. 30.'29. Rain in the night, after which a sharp frost set in. WIND N.N.E.—fine brErz ,, , and cl qar cold weather. 4,4 • X • felt. •MA . a N A V,j o (V e 2....4t1 • .4 1 afl , - . 11, 4 4`, 0 T F eantirfg ONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1849. Emigration having become, now more than ever, a theme of general consideration, we are solicitous that every feasible scheme of settlement should com mand the attention to which it may be entitled. Among those which are at present more prominently before the public are the benevolent project of Mrs. CHISHOLM and the equally generous one propounded by Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT. This evening, however, it is net our intention to comment upon either of these philanthropic undertakings. Fascinated, as we are, by the humane and beneficent motives from which both have emanated. we do not purpose in these observations to make any further allusion to proceed ings whereby it is intended to forward the migration of large classes of the community fromthe mother coun try to her colonial possessions, for the purpose of ameli orating the condition of the labour market, and of re moving some of the least protected sections of the multi tude from the contagious and vitiating atmosphere in which they are enveloped by reason of their very misfortunes, and in consequence of • their abject destitution. Our aim in this article will be directed towards a scheme of a somewhat more homely and . practical description—a scheme whereby it is hoped that greater facilities may be afforded to those who • are anxious, like PISIGTRATUS CAxroN, to develope their physical and intellectual energies in a less crowded region, finding their efforts cramped by the narrow limits of a kingdom so densely populated as England, and aspiring to labours . of a more r bust and masculine character, than any co.epatible with a land of civilization. Already we have, more than once, referred to the advantage 4 held out to individuals by such associa tions as that of the United States and Canadian Efnig;rati;:n Society. The benefits lik-ly to accrue to . tlle superfluous parts of our population, thr oug h the medium of a company like the one now men tioned, must be sufficiently obvious to render much ii the way of explanation unnecessary. For example, it is apparent, on the very face of the undertaking, 1 that none but persona possessed of a small floatir g capital can dream of adventuring across the ocean, With the view of seeking their fortunes in the re cesses of the western continent. To these parties , , •especially, we may say exclusively, the notion of a -o:#"''' emoval to either America or Australia is eminently -Oas. ,s.-,N • „',7l:e Ctive; and to them, in a peculiar degree, the : ~,,s, -.., , e a„ .f.` A -, L ace of an association of this nature is strangely I v"i, ~....7,- -,;. .v ' r., - e, if not absolutely and imperatively requi- A j.v .-. .;,. -5 .,:, I ,\t-t y , :y. \ - , :,\ . - _-_-.-• s 14 THE , SUN, ; `LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, site. For, according to the prospectus of the society, the principal peril to be encountered by all would-be settlers is that of finding their little funds exhausted by the time they are enabled to attain and select their location. Unaided, unadvised, or, worse, ill aided and ill-advised, weeks and sometimes months are occupied in the struggle to reach the districts to which their course is directed ; and whatever funds have remained to them over and above the amount of their passage-money is frittered away imper ceptibly in the purchase of tools, of furniture, of land, and of agricultural implements, so that by the time they are prepared to commence operation s in th e way of cultivation they find themselves to be actually penniless. Nay, in the majority of instances the loose moneys of the adventurer haves in all human likelihood, been parted with in support ing himself and his family before the purchase of either acres, tools, furniture, or agricultural imple ments. Any preservative, *therefore, from these ex hausting difficulties—difficulties destructive of all the hopes of emigration—must be a matter of pro found interest to the well-wishers of the emigrants, and of infinite importance to those emigrants them selves. Now, a preservative exactly of this description ap pears to us to be afforded by the United States and Canadian Emigration Society. According to the un dertaking of the association, as expressed in its pre liminary prospectus, the energies of the company will be employed more particularly in preparing the way for those who may be solicitous to leave England for the United States, and for our North American colonies. The society, above all, will enable the emigrant, on the basis of cost price, to acquire land, the original acquisition of which, for subsequent sale on commission, devolves of course directly upon the association. Beyond this, it is a matter deserving of general satisfaction that the society is prepared to facilitate the voyage across the Atlantic, by contracting to place the emigrant and his family on his intended location for a certain stipulated amount, so that every one will be enabled to calculate before starting upon the sufficiency or insufficiency of the funds placed at his disposal. This of itself would prove a boon of inestimable advantage 'to such adventurers, altogether apart from the satisfaction of selecting their land through the secure and in every respect satisfactory medium of the as sociation. Moreover, it must be remembered that the Emigration Society expressly engages to supply labourers wherever they may chance to be required, "to be added to prime cost of land, if not otherwise paid for by special agreement." In addition to all which the society will be empowered to afford the speculators in occidental industry those spiritual consolations which must otherwise have been inaccessible to individuals, effecting this, of course, by providing clergymen whose religious opinions coin cide with those of every hundred families. Such briefly are a few of the more beneficial results of the assistance given to chance emigrants by the syste matic interposition of the association. Particular attention appears to be directed by the society to the superior facilities afforded to emigrants proceeding to Texas and the other southern provinces of the northern continent of America. Nor can it be denied, that in many respects the preference of that immense and fruitful possession of the United States is strikingly judicious. With our predilections for the more general settlement of English families in our own colonies, such for example as the Canadas and Australia, it would be idle to deny that in the way of securing titles to large tracts of land Texas opens more propitious prospects to the speculator. Upon this the prospectus of the association writes thus perspicuously : "In all the other new states of the west," it says, " the public lands belong to the general Government, having been acquired by purchase from the Indians, who have been removed further west ; and these lands must all be offered at public sale, before they can be purchased by private entry. At these public sales, pre-emptors or squatters have the pre ference, for the purchase of such tracts as they have settled upon and improved, and it generally happens that the most desirable region of country is dotted over with the improvements of enterprising American settlers very soon after each successive removal of the Indians. Speculators then purchase a great part of the most valuable lands offered at the sale. After the sale, the lands remaining unsold, for want of bidders, are subject to purchase by private entry, at about ss. 3d. per acre; but it usually, almost always, happens that the district of country, if de sirable for settlements, after having passed through the hands of pre-emptors and speculators, is so culled over and broken up by their purchases, that although there may be thousands of acres subject to entry, large tracts can be with great difficulty procured in an entire mass, suitable for the settlement of a colony, without the payment of extravagant prices for cer tain portions, already secured in the manner above stated. In the first three-quarters of the year 1848 there were 1,448,240 acres of the public lands sold by Government for the sum of 2,030,660 dollars, in the manner above described." Now, very different to the foregoing picture is the panorama opened to our view by all the most exact and graphic delineations of Texas. There very considerable tracts of land are in the possession of individual holders, the remainder being owned by the State itself, and reserved as a fund for the liqui dation of the State debts, for the foundation of common seminaries, and for the better deve lopment of all the more remarkable resources of the country. Other advantages possessed in a peculiar degree almost exclusively by Texas, are enumerated in like manner in the prospectus, such, for example, as the lightness of the general taxation and the singular salubrity of the climate. Beyond all this the strange variety of its agricultural pro ductions, including, as they do, sugar, rice, cotton, tobacco, indigo, cochineal, Indian corn, wheat, rye, and oats, together with various descriptions of fruits, nuts, vegetables, and fodder, is a matter eminently calculated to act upon the mind of the emigrant as an attraction ; while, in conclusion, the advantages of its mercantile prospects and com mercial position are of themselves ample cause for its selection as a superior province for emigration. Without pronouncing another syllable in reference to the Emigration Society, we conceive that its tendency to benefit the cause in whose name it has been established must be sufficiently manifest to those who more particularly require its assistance. The Protectionists appear to have taken a hint from their quondam opponents. They know that the abo lition of the corn-tax, the destruction of the food monopoly, was mainly ascribable to the active and unceasing agitation carried on by the Free-traders, to the discussions that were of every-day occurrence, and the energetic means that were adopted to keep the great question continually before the public mind. They seem, therefore, to think that similar efforts will obtain similar success on the other side, and that a bucolic agitation will resuscitate the corn-laws, and bring back the good old times when wheat was 80s. or 100 s. per quarter, when the poor man was un. able to procure sufficient to satisfy the cravings of hunger, although surrounded with abundance of every species of nutritious food. Accordingly meet ing after meeting has been held throughout the entire country ; not a day elapses that reports of the proceedings of agricultural societies are not brought under the public notice, in which the injury inflicted on the farmer, and the gross injustice to which he has been subjected, in being compelled to encounter a competition similar to that which all other classes must undergo, are not set forth in the most ddorous tones. Jeremiads of the most touch ing character, sufficient to melt a heart of stone, much less of a Free-trader, are uttered ; the fairest promises are enunciated; the orators assert that they do not desire that their own interests should be exclusively regarded, or that " protection" should be afforded to the agriculturist alone ; every branch of "'native industry" comes within the ken of their philanthropy. If this assertion were well founded, if they really laboured for the benefit of all, without exception, we should admit that their motives, at least, were laudable, however widely,we might differ from their conclusions. But a slight investigation will be sufficient to expose the specious pretexts, to show that the phrase " Protection to British industry" is at best but a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal, that it is, in short, vox etprceterea nihil. If we inquire in what manner this universal protec tion is to be afforded, only one practical response can be elicited ; we are told that the only mode by which the desideratum can be attained is by placing a heavy duty on the importation of foreign corn, and thus increasing the price of wheat throughout the entire country. The starving sempstress is to be relieved by doubling the price of bread ! The miseries of the overtoiled operative are to be alleviated by compelling him to pay a heavy tax on every article of food he provides for his wretched family to the owners and occupiers of land! The skilful artizan, the petty tradesman, is to be " protected" by increas ing the prices and diminishing the supplies ! It is certainly difficult to understand how the con dition of the great body of the people can be ameliorated by such a course, but it is quite clear to the Solons of Protection. The landlords, they say, will then have additional resources; they will be enabled to purchase largely from the tradesmen, and to give employment to the labourers. If, however, this argument be well founded it may be carried to any extent. The greatest blessing to the country would be an indefinite extension of the pension list, and the creation of sinecure offices to the extent of some 40,000,0001. or 50,000,0001. sterling per annum. Such pensioners or sinecurists would be just as well disposed to expend the money gra tuitously bestowed upon them in a r ti c l es of luxury or comfort as country squires; they would be as little inclined to hoard their easily-acquired gains as the farmers. " Lightly come, lightly go," is an apophthegm, the truth of which has never been impugned, and therefore the expenditure of such persons would be even more profuse and lavish than that of the agriculturists, who should at least bestow some degree of labour on the soil. If the point were to be decided by a general lottery—if every member of the community had an equal chance of drawing the fortunate lot that would entitle him to live thenceforward in luxurious idleness, something might be alleged in favour of the proposition ; but we cannot discern either the equity or the justice of the landowners securing all the prizes for them selves, and informing the people that they will con descend to give employment to tradesmen and labourers if the means of payment is provided from the public purse ; for, after all, that is the point into which the question resolves itself. But if the Protectionists are intent on imitating Messrs. COBDEN and BRIGHT, and their associates, they should follow their example in every particular. They should recollect that the Free-traders invited discussion, that the most conflicting views were re ceived with respect and attention. They confuted their opponents by reason and argument, not by clamour or violence. No agriculturists were hooted down or threatened with personal violence, or forcibly ejected from the meetings of the League. Controversy was invited, and every man was at liberty to express his sentiments without restriction or hin drance. Strong in the justice of their cause, they lent patient ears to the fallacies occasionally put forward, and were ever ready to refute the sophistns of the adherents and advocates of monopoly. The extraor dinary and unparalleled success of their exertions may in a great degree be ascribed to that moderation. Had they exhibited any distrust or want of confidence in the soundness of their arguments, had they shrunk from discussion, or avoided meeting their political opponents, their peaceful triumph would not have been so brilliant, or so speedily attained, as happily for the country was the case. Contrast the proceed ings :of the Free. traders at any of the numerous meetings, held during the Anti-Corn-law agitation from 1839 to 1846, with that of the Protectionists at Lincoln on Tuesday, as detailed in our impression of yesterday, and say which party exhibited itself in the most favourable light, and appeared to be most conscious of the strength of its position. We have already alluded to the species of argu ments with which the Lincolnshire yeomen encounter those who conscientiously differ from themselves as to the causes of the national distress, and to the warm reception bestowed upon honest JOHN Nom- TON, who endeavoured, in some degree to enlighten the muddy intellects of the farmers. The matter is, however, worthy of a more particular notice, and we cannot refrain from giving a more detailed account of the courteous and polite behaviour •r the amiable agriculturists on the occasion in question. CHRISTOPHER, the dreary CHRISTOPHER, bad been heard and duly applauded throughout his verbose and prolix oration ; his pompous platitudes had been received with the most vehement and enthusiastic cheering, his statements as to the universal ruin that bad been occasioned by free trade with the most unqualified approbation. When JOHN NORTON, glorious JOHN, presented himself in order to move an amendment, we are told that " being blown as a finan cial reformer and fret-trader he was received with volley after volley of hisses, yells, and groans. The Mayor and others endeavoured to preserve silence, but for a long time in vain." At length a partial hearing, inter rupted by occasional murmurs and personal allusions, was obtained. Jonri NORTON spoke clearly and per tinently to the point at issue. He showed that the poor rates had not been increased, that there was as much employment for labour as before; he candidly ad mitted the general distress that prevails throughout the entire country, but " he denied that the principle of cheapness was the cause," and asserted that, " were it not for the low price of provisions, that distress would be much greater." We shall now quote verbatim from the report as to what followed : " Mr. Norton proceeded to review the history of the corn question for the last thirty years, amidst repeated interruption. He had got down to 1822 in his disquisi tion, when the tumult in the hall rose to a perfect hurricane. The speaker's political friends, who clung together in a group in the centre of the hall, endeavoured, by the liveliness of their ap plause to drown all opposition ; whilst their opponents groaned and hooted the more lustily. When the war of words had for some time been kept up with spirit a more angry feeling developed itself, and the rival parties came to blows. After fighting for a time, pell mell, in the body of the room, a rush was made t o th e platform, with the intention of ejecting or defending the speaker whose harangue had led to the uproar. The representatives of the press were pretty nearly crushed in a body. The tables at which they sat (between the platform and the multitude in the hall) were smashed to pieces under the feet of the tenant-farmers and trades. men of Lincolnshire ; ink bottles were upset; books blotted and torn; and one gentleman, representing the Doncaster Chronicle, less active than his brethren, was very severely injured. A number of both parties having gained the plattorm, a struggle of several minutes' duration ensued, as many as could catching hold of Mr. John Norton, either in a friendly or hostile manner. Mr. Norton's own struggles, aided by his friends, and backed by the entreaties of the Mayor, saved him the ignominy of expulsion; but it was not till very consider. able delay that the business of the meeting was resumed." This was, indeed, a scene which we had fondly hoped could not have been enacted in merry England —the land of fair play ;:we had thought that the argumentum ad baculum was only resorted to at the other side of St. George's Channel ; but here, in an English county town, a tumult and uproar was excited by the enunciation of some wholesome but unpalatable truths that the peasantry cf Tipperary in their most riotous days, even the Orangemen and Ribbonmen of Dolly's Brae, might have adopted for their own. Such was not the conduct pursued by those who carried, and who will maintain inviolate the glorious principles of free trade, and the abolition of every species of monopoly. We are enabled . to ann ounce the op en i ng o f nego tiations by her M aje sty 'a representative at St. Peters. burgh, with the view of increasing th e commerc i a l relations between this country and Russia. A con siderable change is contemplated in the import duties on articles of English manufacture, and in cotton especially, a great, though gradual ad valorem reduc tion will be made. We are informed that the Emperor has shown the utmost willingness to consider the whole question in the most liberal point of view, and that while great advantages will be conferred upon Russian commerce by the removal of restrictions, the conditions of the treaty are very favourable to Eng lish trade. It should be added, that as changes of this description are serious in the effect of their first appli cation, it is probable that the diminution of duties will be spread over the next two years, being com plete by the end of 1851. THE LATE SIR P. COLLIER.—The gallant Admiral whose death we this day announce, was midshipman of the Vanguard, at the Nile; of the Foudroyant, at the capture of the Ger •eux and Guillaume Tell (when he was wounded), and landing in Egypt; as lieutenant of the Osprey, served on shore at the taking of St. Lucia and Tobago; and when in charge of a prize, with 15 men, captured a privateer of 1 gun and 45 men; and in her gallant action with L'Eg) ptienne privateer of 36 guns; while commanding the Circe, assisted by the Amaranthe and Stork, destroyed the Cygne of 18 guns and two armed schooners uni!er the batteries of Mar tinique in 1808; commanded the Star in the operations against that island in 1809; while commanding the Liverpool was successfully eraployed.againat the pirates in the Persian Gulf. THE F . REJNCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The discussion on the clauses in the 'Wine Duties Bill commenced on Tuesday. Several amendments were proposed and rejected, and the further conside ration of the Bill was postponed until the following day. M. Puosrxa DF CUASELOUP-LAUBATS, the reporter on the Lyons and Avignon Railroad Bill, announced to the Commission on the Finances that the Minister of Public Works requested to be allowed a few days to enable him to communicate to the committee his intentions respecting the Bill, which bud been rejected by a majority of only one. The Committee of the National Assembly have examined the Bill confirming the commercial treaty recently concluded between France and Belgium, and have expressed their approval of the conduct of the Ministers. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 56f. 30c.; the Five per Cents. at 91f. 80c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 760 f. ; Havre, 241 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 461 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 330 r. ; Basle, 110 f.; Bordeaux, 405 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 361 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 277 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 ;4—Namur and Liege, 6% — Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 1 / 4 —Paris andßoutn, 213/4 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. The Committee on the Budget has examined the estimates relating to the Royal Household, Foreign Office, Grace and Justice, Commerce and Public Works, War and Home departments. The Epoca has the following on this subject : " We snail not conceal the pain which the result of the examination of the army estimates by the Committee on the Budget has caused to us. If our accounts are not incorrect, it appears that, far from making important economies in this branch, the Committee, yielding to considerations which we cannot appreciate, bas increased it on the contrary, by a not inconsiderAble sum, destined to remounting the cavalry of our army. " This result surprises and afflicts us, as it will surprise and afflict the country; not exactly from the increase in the estimates through a sum which is perhaps far more neces sary than some of those consigned in it, but because we had all conceived hopes of seeing the public expenses considerably reduced—hopes especially f3unded on the estimates of the War Ministry from their large amount." And the Epoca goes on to ask " How it is possible that a budget can be well received by the country, of which one single branch absorbs 315 millions of reals for its ordi- nary, and 30 millions for its extraordinary expenses?" The Heraldo, alluding to the increased sum re commended by the Committee for purchasing horses for the army, merely says— "lt appears that the general Committee on the budget has doubled the quantity assigned for remounting the army, and that in place of 1,600 reels, which was paid by the state for each horse for the cavalry service, the dotation has been left at 3,000 reals each, with which the future of our cavalry is secured—and a flattering stimulus is off,red to the breeding of horses." The following amendment to the new tariff was presented at the sitting of the Cortes on the 11th, and referred to a Committee:— " The undersigned Deputies to Cortes, firmly per suaded of the imminent danger which threatens the Spanish iron trade, arising from the fixed duties to which articles of - foreign iron are subjected by the new tariff, in virtue of authority granted by Parliament, and deeply sensible of the immense importance which this branch of industry has acquired of late years ; and of the still greater increase which it is destined to attain, re quest the Cortes to approve of the annexed Bill: " Art. 1. Instead of the duties fixed by Articles 16, 17, 50, 632, 633, 634, 635, 641, 642, and 658 of the new tariff, the following shall be substituted:— By Spanish By Foreign ships. ones. 56 66 16. Steel in bars and wrought steel 17. Ditto cast in bars of all dimen sions 7O 80 50. Iron wire of all dimensions, kinds, and qualities BO 90 632. Cast iron, in pigs 633. Ditto refined, called in France fonte mazie, and in Englandfine metal 634. Ditto forged, drawn or beaten into square, flat, or round bars, or others of the thickness of an inch at least, or 144 square lines in the superficial section of its sides... 635. Ditto of the same kinds, of less dimensions than one inch, or 144 square lines in the superfi cial section of its sides 641. Iron in hoops of all kinds 56 70 642. Sheet iron, even if galvanised, and sheets for the construction of iron ships or engine boilers, from 1 to 20. Ditto, ditto, from 21 to 24 58 70 Ditto, ditto, from 25 to 26 60 70 Ditto, ditto, from 27 to 28 . 62 72 Ditto, ditto, from 29 to 30 658. Sheet iron, double or single tinned 90 100 Ditto, not tinned " Art. 2. The exportation of Biscayan iron ore is prohibited. (Signcd) " VAHEY. RODRIGUEZ RIVAS. A LTUNA., MENDEZ DURAL. LA SALA RIVAS. " Palace of the Congress, Dec. 3, 1849." The motion of Senor SANCHEZ SILVA for the ad justment of the debt was opposed by the Minister of Finance, and rejected by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 130 to 20. The Minister said the Government would submit a measure on the subject to the Cortes ; that it would investigate the justice of the claims of the creditors, and the possibility of satisfying them, a possibility which it would ever bear in mind so as to adopt no decision that did not offer security ; for to act otherwise would be an absurdity. " This is all the Government can say," added the Minister, "and the Deputies will render us the justice to believe that it would not be expe dient, and that it would be an egregious mistake on the part of the Government, to be as venturesome as M. SANCHEZ SILVA recommends." SANcHEz SILYA immediately tendered his resigna• tion as Member of the Junta for the settlement o the National Debt. MADRID BOUM, DEC. 13.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 12i for paper ; the Five per Cents. at 131 ; the Debt without Interest at 4f; and the Coupons at 8. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES CENTRAL GERMANY. The Austrian Commissioners, General VON ScuoN and Herr Vox KUBECK, and the Prussian Delegates, General VON RADOWITZ and Herr VON BOTTICHER, arrived in Frankfort on the 16th instant. It is said that the Archduke JOHN will formally resign the Central Executive into the hands of these Commis sioners on the 20th. It was rumoured in Frankfort that, in the event of Prussia convoking the Parliament at Erfurth, Austria, Bavaria, Wirtemburg, Saxony, and Hanover, would convoke an opposition Parliament. The rumour, however, did not obtain much credit. BRUN S WICK. The Members of the Royal Families of England and Hanover have protested, as Agnates of the House of Brunswick, against the proposed amalgamation of the Brunswick with the Prussian military force. The protest has been referred to Frankfort, where it will be taken up by the Interim. A USTRIA. Accounts have been received from Vienna to the 14th. OTTO HUBNER, one of the writers in the Presse, has been, in direct. violation of the Constitution of March, banished from the Austrian territory. The Soldaten Freund again announces that large reductions are about to take place in the Austrian army The minutes of the arrangement entered into between the Board of Finance and the Bank of Austria were publishedon the 13th. From this publication it appears the gross amount of the sum which the former has to claim is 229,554,531 florins ; a debt made up of the most multifarious items. The present convention places these under two principal heads or classes—the anti-March debt of 128,475,986 florins, yielding an average] interest of 2 2 5 per cent., and which at present will not be repaid ; and the residue of 101,078,546 florins, 96,948,768 of which, consisting in advances on State bonds and divers sorts of Government security, will be covered in the follow ing manner-60 millions of the Four•and-a-Half per Cent. Loan, 24 millions to be realised out of the Sardinian war subsidy and paid in silver or in bills on foreign houses. With respect to the remainder, amounting to 12,948,768 florins, at the expiration of a year a fresh arrangement will be made. A survey of the above convention or compact, merely corroborates the facts communicated in my last letter, for it is pretty evident that the attempt has been made to gloss over the accounts and reduce the different items by taking the 18th of September as the starting point from which to date the calculation ; at least, no satisfactory reason has been assigned for adopting a course so unusual—the bank reports being always made up and reviewed et the end of each month. According to the terms of the convention the debt of the State to the Bulk, which on the 18th of Sept. had swollen to nearly 230 millions, will by the end of next year hardly exceed 140 millions. RUSSIA. A Russian flotilla of five ships of the line, of 100 guns each, arrived in the port of Odessa on the sth inst. It is intended to take a transport of troops to Sebastapol. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the sth, stare that the differences between Russia and Austria and the Porte are far from settled. The SULTAN regards the withdrawal of the French fleet with surprise and suspicion, although he still places the greatest re liance on the honour and frankness of General AUPICK personally. The Turks are exceedingly desirous to give the most direct contradiction to the calumnies which have been so industriously circulated by Rus sian and Austrian agents, that the Hungarian re fugees had been badly treated on their arrival in the Ottoman territory. They, therefore, now make a point of giving the refugees a public reception. A body of Italians who hal served under BEM lately arrived at Adrianople from Widdin. The son of the PASHA went out to meet them at the head of a body of troops, and they made a sort of triumphal entry into the town. The Turkish soldiers lined the way as they passed along, and they were accompanied by the military bands of the garrison, playing martial airs. On the day after the arrival of this Italian brigade a grand funeral service was performed in one of the churches, with the permission of the PASHA, fur the repose of the souls of those who fell in the late struggle in Hungary. M. DE TITOFF and Count DE STLIRMER have both complained loudly to the Grand Vizier of the conduct of the Governor of Adrianople, who gave so triumphal a reception to these Italian rebels. Diplomatic relations are still suspended by the Porte and the Allied Imperial Powers, and yet the representatives of Russia and Austria make their complaints as haughtily to the Grand Vizier as though they had just placed the Porte under some great obligation. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne, of the 14th inst., says:—" The important Bill on monetary reform has just been voted by the Council of the States by 30 votes to 9. The French decimal system is to be adopted, the Swifs franc having henceforward the same value as that of France; the decimes will be bat; and the centimes rapes. A new coinage is to be struck in copper and mixed metal to the extent of 4} millions, and in silver to that of 7i.millions. There is no doubt but that the Bill will pass the National Council." GREECE. The Government has published a statement of the revenue and expense for 1849. Income, including the advance of 3,835,473 drachmas from the three powers, 20,319,429 drachmas; expense, 19,640,173 drachmas ; leaving a surplus of 679,256 drachmas, or about 25,0001. EGY PT. Letters have been received from Alexandria of the Bth inst. The country was quiet, the harvest had been abundant, and trade was improving. The ground fur the proposed race between the PASHA'S horses and those nominated by the English Jockey Club had been surveyed by an. English sporting gentleman. It is on the desert, within a few miles of Cairo, and consists of heavy sand from five to six inches deep. The distance to be run is equivalent to 61 English miles, and was accomplished by Bedmiin and other Arab horses, at the recent race meeting there, in from 18 to 21 minutes—a pace there is every reason to suppose can, notwithstanding all the difficulties of the ground, be well attained by any well bred English hunter. There are, never theless, some beautiful animals among the Viceroy's extensive stud still untried; but the opinion of knowing sportsmen in the country, acquainted with the capabilities of English cattle, is decidedly favour able to the success of the latter. The PACHA'S Prime Minister, ARTIN BET, was about to proceed on a mission to Constantinople. ITALY. The Concordia of Turin, of the 15th, mentio ns fur ther disturbances which have taken place in the Papal States on the occasion of the enforcement of the multure tax. Besides Spoleto, other towns, such as Trevi, Terni, Narni, Citta della Pieve, Todi Casti lion del Lago, and Aqua- Sparta, had witnessed out breaks of the peasantry, who, armed with scythes and hatchets, had forced the Government functionaries to burn their registers. At Todi the French remained passive during the first two days, and on the third followed a conciliatory course by suspending the collection of the tax. At Spoleto the Spaniards, who had already left, returned, as matters had taken a very serious turn. The result of 178 elections was known at Turin on the 15th inst. 116 colleges had returned Ministerial ists, 45 members of the Left, and 17 members of the Left Centre. The Opposition had lost 47 members, and the Conservative party only 2. It was expected that the 24 Deputies to be returned by Sardinia would be mostly Conservatives. The Duchess of BERRI has arrived at Trieste, en route for the frontiers of France. THE BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN FLEET Sir WILLIAM PARKER'S squadron was in Basika Bay on the 6th instant. It had been joined by the Firebrand and Spiteful steamers from England. The Oberon steamer arrived at Basika Bay on the 30th ult., with dispatches from Malta whither she was to return on the Bth instant. The Tar tarus steamer, which had conveyed dispatches from Sir STRATFORD CANNING to the Ad miral, had returned to Constantinople, and was to leave shortly for Malta, and the Ardent steamer was to relieve her on that station. A Turkish steam-frigate had arrived at Basika Bay, having on board the second in command of the Turkish fleet, who was sent to compliment the Admiral on the part of the SULTAN ; two days after he returned to Con stantinople : he was accompanied by Captain SLADE ) R.N., who returned with him. The Prince Regent, 92, Thetis, 40, and Bulldog and Ardent steamers, were about leaving the fleet for Malta and England, but upon receipt, by the Ad miral, of intelligence that the Russian EMPEROR had refused to agree to the modified terms proposed by England and France on the extradition question, they were detained, so that the strength of the fleet might not be weakened. The Ganges, 84, was ex pected. COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, DE C. 20. DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—Her Majesty and the Royal Family leave Osborne on Saturday. The Duchess of Kent left this morning. The weather has been very wet and stormy, but it has not kept the Queen, Prince Albert, or the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal within doors ; they are constantly on the grounds of Osborne superintending if not actually planting trees and shrubs. Her Majesty having been informed of the ages of several of our poor, directed that one, who is 100 years old to•morrow, should attend at the Palace. Granny Reed was taken up in a carriage, the Queen shook the old lady by the hand, as did the Prince of Wales. Her Majesty, the Duchess of Kent, and the children, made handsome presents to her, and she returned highly gratified with her visit. She, though so advanced in years, enjoys excellent sight, and had cut a variety of things in paper with her scissors for the Royal children. THE PARKHURST Bors.—These young gentlemen weekly take tickets of leave, without even the Governor's consent—plunder the cottages—get appre hended, are taken back to be flogged, and have another run for it. REVENUE CRUISERS.—This expensive preventative force is likely to be discontinued. It is a heavy tax on the country without any adequate return. Several of the cutters have already been taken off the stations, the coast-guard boats being fully equal to all the services required. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince walked this morning in the park and grounds of Osborne. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the younger members of the Royal Family, rode and walked as usual. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by the Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, left Osborne at twelve o'clock this forenoon, on her return to Frogmore. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. The Commissioners for inquiring into the applica tion of iron in railway structures had a meeting yes terday, at the office of the Board of Trade. There were present Lord Wrottesley, Professor Willis, Mr. George Bennie, and Mr. William Cubitt. Re — v. W. C. Le Breton had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home- office. Sir William Winniett had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Commissioners for inquiring into Smithfield market, and the markets in the city of London for the sale of meat, had a meeting yesterday at the Home- office. Dispatches from the Governor of the North Ame rican Provinces were received yesterday at the Colo nial •office. Dispatches were seet off last evening from the Co lonial•office for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong- Kong. Captain Denham has left town for Newcastle-on- Tyne, to inquire into the accidents is steam-boats. Mr. Robertson, agent for the Mexican Bondholders, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CI TY, Q R7'ER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at about 6,000 bales, including 1,500 taken on specula ion, acid comprised 5,000 American, 400 Pe rnam, Maranham, and Bahia, at 6-/(1. to 60.; 100 Egyptian at bid. to 9d.; 250 Surats at 41. to , qd., and 40 Sea Island at 114 d. per lb. The market was rather firmer at steady prices.—ln Railway Shares rather more busi ness was done. The sales of grain in the markets which regulate the averages were last week 100,126 quarters of wheat and 98.952 of barley. The report of the Amsterdam Market of Tuesday states that at the commencement of business the ten dency of prices was favourable, but that subsequently they became feebler, owing to numerous sales. Dutch Two-and-a-flail per Cents. wore 54 .5-16ths. The Overland Mail brings voluminous and interesting advices. From these it would appear that the import trade at Calcutta was scarcely so brisk, and an obvious cause is coincidentally mentioned, via, that the supply of many descriptions ot Manches ter goods was in excess. The Glasgow fabrics being abunclunily placid in the market, commanded relatively better prices. We cannot discover, with all our know ledge ot the ins and outs of commerce, how it can possibly answer the purpose of our merchants to sell goods without a profit, or even at a loss, in the Indian markets, even if we could see a certain profit upon pro duce received in payment, and disposed of in England, and we know that there is by no means any certainty in the matter. Bombay seems to have given better results to the sell rs of fabrics, and the stock was not so much in excess, while in China a slight rise had occurred in certain cotton goods at Canton. On the other hand we were paying high for silk, &c. At Manilla trade was very depressed, and several fresh arrivals of merchandise from Europe had just come in at an unfavourable season. The annexed table exhibits the value of foreign dry good.; imported into New York, for the week ending November 30th : The value of articles of every description with drawn from warehouse for the week end ing Nov. 29 was ... $ 160,106 The value of imports of every description for the sane time was—of free goods... ... 101,817 Dutiable Goods 838,294 Specie and Bullion ... 19,188 Goods of every description thrown upon the market $1,119,405 The amount of cash duties upon imports for the week was 166,713 dolls.; from goods withdrawn from ware house, 53,376 dolls.—total, 220,089 dolls. WEEKS RAILWAY RECEIPTS. 1849. 1848. North-Western £40,024 £37,757 South-`Western 8,115 7,729 Caledonian Midland 20,389 20,463 South-Eastern The Stock Market has been comparatively flat, and there is a paucity of business. Consols have declined to 96k ex div. per the opening, but have been done at 96k. The New Three-and- a-Qaarter per Cents. have been marked at 97k to 981, and the Three per Cents. 96 1 1- to Bank Stock is worth 2021 to 2031. The premium on Exchequer.bills is 545. to 575. premium, and on India Bonds 88s. to 90s. There is no foreign intelligence cal culated to act on the market. In the Foreign Securities business has been limited. Mexican are still depressed, having further declined to 28k to 29. The rumour is that the amount to be received by the Dee steamer is not large, but we believe it is somewhere near 700,000 dollars, and that a large sum will be sent over in January. The suspense as to the results of this day's meeting of bondholders is, however, doubtless the main cause, and although for the present the intended opposition to the existing committee is withdrawn, the effect is prejudicial. With the real bolder these mere temporary causes of fluctuation should have no weight. Spanish Five per Cents. have been marked at 19 to and the Three per Cents. 38 to k. Portuguese Four per Cents. are about 36 to 37. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been done at 561, and the Four per Cents. at 84k to 85k. Railway Shares do not excite much attention, and there is no elasticity in the quotations, although prices opened a shade firmer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'OLOOK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 202% 203% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arms. 93 % 14 97% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B% India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 ... . 88 90 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account ... ...... . 96%% Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. 2d. March. June. 56 51 57 p 56 54 1711 57p 1,060/. - 5001. - Small - PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent s3l4 Mexican Bongs, 1846, 5 per Cent., CJupons - Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons - Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 54% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o - Ditto Account . Ditto, Coupons ... ... 87/ 8 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent......... - Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 ,4 per Cent. Dutch 2 ,i, per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONit O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. Pt.II). PEE SHALE. t erdeen - Ditto, Preference ei - ,rub,r., Nutting., Boston, &c. li li - ...• . to - *), rshire and Gallsii ay - - , clfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. - - 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per et.) 6 - ... .. to - •irtninghain & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... - - 3irmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... 14 - Do., without a guarantee... 10 dinning., Vol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s - - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction ..... 20 Bristol and Exeter - to - Do., Thirds - ..... to - tuckinghamshire- - 17% 16% to - ;aledonien - Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 6N 3 to - Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - - Jhester and lioiyhead.... ..... 50 ..... 9 3 / 4 to - Ditto, Preference - Aarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - . ... to - Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 par Cent. 10 - ...... to - iirect London & Portsmouth 5% - - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27%...... - - East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. & D .... .... . 25 ...... - ..... to -. Ditto, 181., E. &13 lB ... - - - Do, 31. 133,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3 % l% to - Do, 7/. 170., 7 par Ct. Prof. 2 - to - Eastern Counties .... 2O - Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. Exten., 5 per ct.N o. 1,6/. las. 4d .. % p... to - Do., do No.2, 6/. 13s. 4d... - ..... to - Do., Northern &Eastern-. 50 - to - Do., 5 per cont. - ...... to - Ditto, New ..- ..... .. 43 . .... - ...... to - s;astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 - ...... to - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - to - Ditto, do, Class B& C 25 ...... - - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 - .. to - east Lancashire ..... ..... to - Ditto, New 25 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6% - to -. East Lincolnshire ......... ..-.. 25 - Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Halt Shares - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - - Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15 - ••.••• to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - ... to Exeter and Exmouth.. .. 21s. - ... -to „ilasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s.Bd - .. -. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - to Do. Preference Consolidated - ..... - to Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 - ...... to Great Northern 2O - ••• ... to Do. 4 A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,E — Do. % B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 401........._ .. .. 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 151...... ..- ..... 15 ... Great Western 100 •• ••• 58% to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171. - ... 6% ..... to 7 Hull and Selby 5O ...... -.- ...... to -. Ditto, Half Shares .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 - ...... to --. Do., Thirds - Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares - - 49 Ditto Quarters 23%...... to Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirds... - ..... . Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Unioa... 10 .... • 3 1 ,E to -- Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... 39 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirak ..... 5O - .... . to Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 ,4 — Ditto, ditto... No. 2 6 Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 - Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port. London & 81ackwa11......111. 68.3 d — ...... to -. Loud., Bright..& South Coast 100 .. .. 79 ...... to Do., New 5/., gua. 6 pr Ct.loo Do. Guaranteeds per Cent. 9 De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ~.... - London and Greenwich... 124 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference London & North Western..... 100 Do. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths - ..... ...... to Co. 40s. Shares...-14. &M 85 — ... to Do. 101:... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western....... 50 Ditto, New 50/. Ditto, New 401. 34 ...... •-• ...... to -. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Fret' 7 per Cent . ... 5 • *Of 674%..• W mil _ 1849 Londonderry and Colera;re... 25 - ...... to ..." Do. Half Shares . .... ..... 5 - .. ... to •••!" Londonderry and Ennisltillon 25 - ..... to -- Do., Half Shares 7.restc•fl, guar. 4 I er ct 2O - to Ditto (uar. 6 per cent. ... is ...... - - Kamen Buxton, & Matlock 5 - - Manehr, Simtlielet. and Line.loo - Ditto 4 Shares(No. 1) ... 25 - ..... to -- Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, 1 4, Shares (N 0.3 )... 12% - Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... .. 8 1 ,4 Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 - Ditto, ditto. ........... ...... 20 - •••••• t® -.• Ditto, ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 25 ...... - - Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 - " to -- Ditto, Ilan. & Lin. Union 41.25.... - Mid1end......... .... ........ -.100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo - ...... to •••• Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 30 ilidland, Birm., and Derby.”loo Vlidland, Cense). Bristei and Birmingham, 6 per cent..-100 - midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ..... - Dittc, ditto 221.75. ..... - Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 - •••••• to ••• Aidland, Leices. and Swan sington (S per ct.gua.)....100 - - ..- idld. Great Western (Irish) 47% - to -• 'iiddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar..... 5O - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. - Newmarket - Ditto Extension Scrip... 24 12s. - Newport Abergy., and Here. 6 ....- - _ to •"‘ Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ....•• to --* Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .... 20 - ••• .. to ...- `Zortollt lOO - to Ditto New 201.. l5 - ...... to -- Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 - .. ... to -..- Do. Do. 5% per cent 6 ..... - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - ...••• to "" Northern Counties Union ... 4 - to -••• North British .. - ......... . 25 ...... - to e.• Ditto flail Shares. ..... ..... 121,( 1 - Do. Quarters 6 I,E .•.••• 2%,..... to Ditto Thirds;.. Sk ...... 31 to i'" Ditto. Preference ...... ...... 5 - North !Staffordshire... North Wales 3% ..... - . .... to North Western 13% - .... to ••• • xford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - It?.ading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 4%...... 47i, to -- 25 ... .. - ... Scottish Central; Scottish Midland .... ....... - ~..... to et' Ditto,New 22% -. ...... t o ... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 - Ditto, ditto. Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - .... to Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. VV. rain.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ..• •• - •••••• to Ditto, Oswestry..... ......... 18% - ~.. to •-• Ditto (New)... - • to Ditto 2:5 per Cent. Pref....-. 10 ...... - ! - zhropshire Union 6%..... - ...... to •••• South Devon - e 5.... to ..... Ditto, Preference ...... .. - ...... to South Staffordshire.... B% - . to South Eastern: SP A - ..., .. to -' Ditto, No. 2. BO - Ditto, No. 3.' 3O - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. - ...... to ••••• South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster • and Goole , -heflield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 16% - ..... to "" Do. do. (South Div.) 5 'wens. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 - Taw Vale Extension - ••..•• to o' Thames Haven Dock and Railway 4.. 17 1 ,4 - - Vale of Math ,.. 10 - ...... to ' Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... - Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%..... - Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin •. Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .... . ..- Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... . 15 .... - West Cornwall 6 - Whitehaven and Furness...-. 18 ..... - Windsor, Staines, and South Western... ............. ..... 14 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 45 - York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - .. .., to ". Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 , - ...... to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 " to Do.Hartlepool I)k. & Ely. 100 - York and North:Miffland .. SO Ditto, Preference lO - ... to FOREIGN RAILWAY& Anglo Italian (late Italian ..0 and Austrian) 61 ,4 - ..* Boulogne and:Amiens .. 20 ..... - Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ......... ...... 20 - to Demerara. Datch Rhenish to East Indian - ...... to _. Ditto - „..... to "- Great Indian Peninsular Do. Do ... ..... ... 103. - •' Lcuvain ala Sambre ......... 71 /0 - Luxembourg Ditto ..... 10 .. ... 21 1 to Madrid and Valentin 20 ..... - 13% .... .... .. to 5 Namur and Liege Northern of France........ ..... 11/ 85..... 1% dis... to !!'. Orleans and Bordeaux... .. 7 ... .. - Paris and urleans...• Paris and Rouen - Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 12 - .• •• to • Rouen and Havre .... ..... 20 Sambre end Meuse ttrasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - lours & Nantes ... ... .. 13 rournay, Jurbise, Landon, ...... t t o o :, 5 and ilass elt .- ....... .... .. 20 - ... to .. West Flanders B% - •..„,. to JOINT STOCK SANK& Australasia .. - British North American .... 50 ...... - .„ Colonial 23 •••• • - . ..' - .... ' -!om in erci al of London 2O ...••• 21 ..•... t 0 .. London Joint Stock ~.- lO ...... - ...... to _. - - London and Westminster 2O .... - to National Provincial of Engld. 85 ....H. - ...... to .... Ditto New ~ National of Ireland 22 %.. - ..... 0 „. Provincial of Ireland - ... e. to „... Ditto, New Union of Australia 25 - Ditto, New .. 2% - to Union of London .... 10 - ... Union of Madrid 4O - - 111TNES. .0 '.nglo nexican lOO ~..... - ...... 1 ° Asturian ........ ..... ... l5 ...... - ... Australian ... 4 Barrossa Range . - ...- Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Serb) - ...... tO British Iron - ..... Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24% - ..... ° Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 1b Cobre Copper ......... ....... 40 - ••• •• to ..„ General . _. . .... 20 - ...... 0. ~. Real del Monte, Unregister e d - . .. - .. ...• t " ... Do. Black Debentures - .. to .. to Do. Red Debentures ..... .... - Santiago de Cuba. lO ....•• - .•• .. 0 ~. United Mexican ....... ........ 28% 5 ..... 10 A Ifil LLOYD'S SHIPPING—( THIS . 1 ., ?, 1 1 - 4,? 14 LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind thi s d a y a t noon T" moderate br, eze and fine clear dry weather. n 0t,,,, DEAL, DEC. 19.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W., o r t ," o da Arrd. Ganges, Dens, China ; Bermondsey, ,"„blj,'" Calcutta ; Jane Perie, Booth, Calcutta ; " A a Quelch, St. Kites; Home, brig, Jamaica. 0 04' from the River and sld., Gwalior, China; Odi°' Prince Albert, Jamaica; Juellerne, Charlestotli.,ool; Eliza, Hobart Town ; St. Vincent, H o bart T ro lls, Aurora, Port Philip; Ariel, Adelaide, South Atisid i ; Samuel Baddington, Adelaide; Sea Queen, Au - 15 Amity, Hall, Adelaide ; Belle Vue, Ceylo l3 % C,r, Valiant, Mauriti us; J ane , Al goa B ay; Allaudsl' of Good Hope ; A ssam , D emerara; Ruckers, , cent; Ariadne and Liebe, Barbadoes; (Mali° Orleans; Victori a , N ew Y or k. Tti LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—Wind N.—Arr d . .-;c oP te Greengrass, Cape of Good Hope; Livingston, Valparaiso; Majesty, Waters, Laguna, sailed N ar 0 sf ,f Comoro, Scudder, New Orleans ; Yorkshire. Sbe"l4.l New Y ork; Shannon, Ludl am , New Yorli.;;os Freese, 'Rio Bento, sail e d O ct. 2; Rotheay, °„-§. Bonny, sailed O c t. 18. Ski. Cordelia, Caleu'i;t 4 " John Beresfo r d, B om b ays Kestrel, Buenos k" Souter Johnny, Rio Janeiro; Fidelia, New York. $O , MARGATE, DEC. :19.—The Redesdale, from a • castle, got on th e K ent i s h K nock this morn i ng , „ abandoned in a sinking state ; crew saved. 1%1 GUERNSEY, DEC, 19.—The Oneida, from 11 % 0 00 to Havre, was d r i ven on s h ore t hi s morning, " o pse i o heavy gale at N.N.W., an d i s expecte d to beci wreck ; crew and passengers saved, and part ° 0 expected to be saved. fte CARDIFF, DE C . 19.—Th e ' s t oc k, of Trielte #llo hence, sank at the en t rance o f t h e Bute Docks Dol t and remains. kualusn, DEC. 18.—The Brya n Abbs, fro o bet rick to New York, has put back here leaky, a f t er 0 1,300 miles to the westward. b, fr° ti ISLAY, DEC. 15.—The M ar i a , o f S t . P eters burg o Sunderland to Bordeaux, was wrec k e d h ere o n I Tke inst. ; master and three men drowned. WHITBY, DEC. 19.—1 t is blowing a gale at - d'e l ' t er Resolution brig, of Sunderland, has receil,,,, e . it sliP i o derable damage, having been on shore. Tbel„ i "ree is is washed behind the Burgess Pier, and 10 s aty considerable damage. The Britannia, of tbis wrecked at Reit, eight miles to the southwgir 101 saved. cu .ttilb LERWICK.—The Janet and I sa b e ll a , f ro m put into Cutferth Voe, with cargo damaged , ge t' must discharge. GREENOCK, DEC. 18.—The Mary Camp bell, l i ° a -610 bite, was driven on shore near Gouroch 16t ",sge',. but has been g o t o ff w i t h b ut li tt l e apparen t ( 101.- dstri p it QUEENSTOW N , D EC . 17.—Th e C reo l e, Lone VI 0 4 Philadelphia, has p u t b ac k f rom l ong . 33 I v ,„" s iti been struck by li g ht n i ng 7 t h i nst . , an d lost m" POB mizenmasts, &e. h C f ``HATHAM, D, MoulmeinEC. Wind A O oef Morrison, Muir. „ COWES, DEC. 19.—Wi n d N.N.W.—Cecto : O or iff s, Batavia. FALMOUTH, DEC. 19.—Wind N.N.W.A rra if Bayley, Teasdell, Bu enos A yres . GRP elt PILL, DEC. 19.--Wind IT.N back, Demerara. BRISTOL, DEC. 19.—Wind N. N.E.—Arr d ' vdflr Barnes, Mauritius; Sunflower, May, Princ e r bland.