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COLBURN'S AUTHORISED TRANSLATION. OTICE ! VOL. IX. of TEIIERS ' CONSULATE AND EMPIRE, under NAPOLEON, Is Now Ready at all the Booksellers. Henry Colearn, Publlster, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHEAP EDITION OF MR. AINSWORTH'S WORKS. Just publisl el, complete in One Volume, price One Shilling, IiTINDSOR CASTLE Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen, and at all Railway Stations. MR. YEARSLEY'S PAPERS on his NEW MODE of TREATING DEAFNESS by the ARTIFICIAL TYMPANUM are now reprinted from the " Lancet," in the form of a pamphlet, price ls., or free by post Is. 4d. " We have ourselves seen the remedy applied by Mr. Yearsley in several cases of apparently incurable deafness, and in some of those cases the effect produced appeared to be almost miraculous. This happy discovery establishes for our profession another claim to public gratitude and respect."—Leading Article of the Lancet. John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho, and all Booksellers. THE; CONFESSIONS of a REVOLUTION IST, by P. J. PROUDIION, with a portrait of the Author ; a Catechism of Socialism, by M. LOUIS BLANC ; a popular Al manac, full of statistical information on the social, polities], and industrial condition of the people, will be presented gratis to every purcbascr of the WEEKLY TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER of next SATURDAY, December 8. Prices d. only. On the receipt of four postage stamps the paper will be forwarded to any address. Order immediately of George Vickers, Holywell-street, Strand. GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, tend COAT- B 1 IDfIE and CALEDONIAN RAILWAYS (AMEND MENT OF ACTS) BILL. Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION Is intended to be made to PARLIAMENT in the ensuing session, for leave to bring in a BILL to render the Lien provided to the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Company, by the Act after mentioned, more effectual and more readily available, and to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of the said Act, and, so far as necessary, to repeal the same, viz., the Act passed in the ninth and tenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, and intitled, "An Act to effectuate the sale, by the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Company, of the said Railway to the Caledonian 1-tallway Company, and other purposes connected therewith," or some of the Dowers and provisions of the said Act ; and also, so far as necessary for these purposes, to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of the following Acts, relating to the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Com pany, formerly the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Company, or nem of them, via., 7 Geo. IV., c. 103 ; 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 88 ; 11 Geo. IV. and-1 Wm. IY., c. 125 ; 1 and 2 Vict., c. 60 ; 7 and 8 Vict., c. 87 ; and 8 and 9 Viet., c. 31 ; and of the following Acts relating to the Caledonian Railway Company, or some of there, viz., 8 and 9 Vict., c. 162 ; 9 and 10 Vict., c. 139, 229, 240, 311, 379, 395 ; 10 c. 22, 23, 24 ; 10 and 11 Viet., c. 75, 82, 168, 169, 172, 237 ; 11 and 12 Yid., c. 73, 78, 121 ; and 12 and 13 Vict., c. 67, 93. ROB. LAMOND, Solicitor, Glasgow. RICHARDSON, CONNELL, and LOCH, Parliamentary Agents, Westminster. 16th November, 1849. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, :Sete Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstoue ; Mrs W. Clifford. Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce entitled THE LAUGHING HYENA. To be followed by the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. Mr. Pennipother. Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipother, Mrs. Keeley ; Jane Briggs, Miss P. Herten. To cowhide with the comic drama of THE JACOBITE. On Monday, Dec. 10,,Mr. and Mrs. KEAN will make their appear ance in the Play of the WIFE'S SECRET. The Box-offise is ander the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELY/11. Under the df rert. ion of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, _ Will be performed a new domestic Dram'a, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. B ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grneiley. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUN. BURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P: Bedford ; Beb Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. o.' Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. liighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCMUM THEA.TEE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. 'Sole Lessee. Mr. Charier Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Capt‘in Macheath, Mr. Rafter; Polly, Miss Rainforth ; Lucy, Madame Vestris. To be followed by DELICATE GROUND. To conclude with a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. D ess Boxes 5, ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 4s. ; blaUery, is. A o half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. YitINCESs'S THEAI Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. TIJIi EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CILkRLES TUB SE COND. After which, the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. ASTLE ('S ROYAL AMPUITIIEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. - THIS EVENING. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with the Grand national and magnificent Spectacle of TIIE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, in whieh Mr. Edward Gomersal will appear in his original character of Napoleon. Ater which Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA. The intervals bet een the various acts of Horsemanship will be en'ivened by Messrs. T. Barry, E. Jackson, and Wheale. Box-office open from EleTee till Fos r. -ttsga Manager, Mr. W. West. etin ti, a 1 Lis AT bolsi DON 41e.. Taut DAT —Morning, 20 min. after 6 Evening, 48 min. after 6 To-Moaxow 18 min. after 7 1 Evening, 52 min. after 7 rug WEATHER.—SUN OIUICE. DEC. 6. TIIERWMETER, Lowest, 36; Hip:he:it, 46; Noon, 45, BAROMETER, 29.75. WIND S.S.W.—fine clear weather. Arl f! ' i t " fb 4, l ) t i 4 1.• 111% , . , • Mt , • - • .1' • M 0 11.,../.Ph.;,;:'l A „ I er i lnilia glut 01;;;;cN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1849. The agitation for the restoration of " protection" is going br2.vely on. The agriculturists—determined that they shall not be deprived of the Englishman's unquestionable privilege of grumbling—are assem bling in goodly numbers to give utterance to their complaints, to proclaim the general ruin in which all classes are involved by the free-trade policy, the national bankruptcy that must inevitably► take place, and, not the least important or agreeable part of the business, to enjoy the conviviality and feasting at " the sumptuous banquets" by which the proceedings are invariably terminated, and at which the sturdy yeomen exhibit the most unquestionable proofs that their powers of consumption are not in any degree impaired by the difficulties and embarrassments by which they are surrounded. " A plague of this sighing, it puffs one up like a bladder," was the ex clam, ion of the worthy FALSTAFF in days of yore. " Grief " is proverbially a " thirsty" companion. So that the siva and oily condition of the " bucolics," and their eager attention to the creature comforts considerately provided fur their refreshment, may carily be accounted fur. A bye•stander would certainly not suppose that he was su: - rcsuridtA by " ruined men," who were la menq:ig thi decline and fall of British prosperity— the setting of the sun of " England's glory." But appearances are deceitful. It is but a temporary forgetfulness of sorrow. The conviviality and jollity are merely assumed for the occasion. It is true that they are excellent actors, and restrain the expression of their feelings most admirably, not merely with the stoicism of the Spartan youth, who permitted the hidden fox to tear out his vitals, without any ex hibition of suffering, but even with an appearance of cheerfulness and hilarity that might deceive the keenest observer. The latest " gathering " took place at Reigate on Tuesday, when the usual "Jeremiads " were uttered in the morning, and the accustomed banquetting took place in the evening. The same actors that recently figured on the Bromley boards made their bows to the Reigate audience. Earl STANHOPE, Mr. G. F. YOUNG, MT. PAUL FOSKETT, CUM multis aliis, were greeted with rapturous applause, whilst they declared that protection, and nothing but pro tection, would afford a remedy for the national dis tress and suffering. And as it seemed to be admitted that no reasonable expectation could be entertained that the present House of Commons would consent to stultify itself by an alteration of the policy that had been so recently adopted, a dissolu tion of Parliament, and a general election, were the immediate objects to the attainment of which all their energies were to be directed. Mr. Disitaism was apparently forgotten for the time being. The "equalization and more equitable adjust ment of the land-tax" was not even alluded to. He was no longer " principal clown" to that proposition, nor were his other suggestions brought under the consideration of the assembled agriculturists. They were merely recommended "not to take up the notion that all they wanted was the repeal of this tax, or that, or a particular attainment of a particular law"— " not to commit themselves to any distinct proposition as that to which they looked to i effect even thethe general desired c hange." They were told assessment of the poor-rate was not to be looked to as a remedial measure." The Protectionist policy, accord ing to the Reigate magnates, is thus fully developed. They are to tt.ke a ll the y can get, and to keep grumbling, to be incessant in their complaints, but to abstain cautiously from saying what they really want. They are " not to commit themselves to any distinct proposition." " Protection to native industry" will serve as an excellent claptrap and rallying cry for the discontented farmers and unemployed la bourers, for it appears that the labourers are to be appealed to and convinced of the evils of cheap and untaxed food, but they are not to be told in what manner the principle is to be carried out, or how they are to be benefited by the new policy. " Omne THE SUN, LONDON. ignotum pro magnifro" is an adage well understood by the leaders. The very mystery and studied vagueness will, they believe, attract the unreasoning multitude. Another advantage will also be derived. The hollowness and inadequacy of the measure cannot be exposed, as would undoubtedly be the case if any definitive propositions were brought forward, and internal disprites and dissen sions will be avoided. The utter disunion and want of coherence of the so-called party has been too clearly exhibited by recent events—and it is only by preserving a strict and unbroken silence as to its ulterior objects that the heterogeneous and dis. cordant elements can be held together. But will any rational men, with the power of thinking and judging for themselves, submit to be thus hood winked, and to follow in darkness the dictates of any men or body of men ? Mr. Disaa ELI brings forward his propositions boldly and manfully. They can be fully examined and the probable results anticipated. He can be "pinned down," thereto, if he should exhibit any appearance of vacillation or retrogression. But the would-be aspirants to the leadership do no such thing; they know that it is easier to pull down than to construct, to criticise than to compose. They feel incompetent to frame a statesmanlike project that can stand the test of investigation. Hence the vague and empty declamation that means nothing, and can lead to no future amelioration of the condition of the agricul tural or of the labouring classes. The world has at length been favoured with the results of the Orange deliberations. The secrets of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland have been revealed to the uninitiated. The long-talked of " report" has been let off through the columns .of a weekly Contemporary, and such a tissue of dull and unmitigated absurdity it has seldom been our mis fortune to wade through. Our memory does not supply us with any instance of a set of men wasting so much time and labour in writing themselves down asses, and " a little more," as the worshipful members of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland have done on this occasion. " Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt." They sought to inculpate Lord CLARENDON—they have eminently succeeded in acquitting him, and convicting themselves. If ever a doubt rested on the mind of any sane person unbitten by the mania of Orangeism in reference to the flagrant and unblushing charges made by the Irish Orangemen and their organs against the Irish Viceroy, he need but read this stupid report to see every one of those charges disproved and utterly refuted by the evidence brought forward to sustain them. If a copy of this precious document should be for warded to his Excellency, we think Mr. CONNBLLAN would be, in gratitude, bound in his own most cour teous style to thank the " right worshipfuls" for making the amende honorable. We think he should acknowledge his obligations to the " Select Committee" for having removed every shadow of doubt that in unthinking minds might have been thrown on the fair fame of Lord CLAREN• DON by the over-zealous organs of Orangeism. Never was triumph more complete than the Viceroy's, never was defeat more humiliating and degrading than that of the Orangemen; failure we expected and anticipated, but such damning proofs of the utter falsehood of every count in the long bill of impeach ment we were not prepared for. This wise emanation from the Irish Orange " Council of Clarendon" commences with a sort of apology for troubling the public with the secrets of the lodge-room, by informing us that there are occa ,ions on which the " Orange Society" departs from its usual reserve, and enlightens the world with state ments usually communicated only to the happy brethren of the " mystic tie." And that " Such an occasion (they say) now demands the spe uial attention of the Grand Lodge. The proceedings of our society have been misrepresented; its purposes and principles have been defamed; its actions have been par. and untruly described; and the very activities by which it was made an instrument under God to avert from our country the calamities o/ civil dissension, have met with that recompense of calumny and invective with which loyal (?) exertions hate been at various times ungrate ully rewarded." . . . . • " These considerations, rendered more grave by cir cumstances of recent occurrence, vitally affecting the character of the institution, made it imperative upon the Grand Lodge at its present sitting, to appoint a committee investig Won for the purpose of examining into and re porting upon certain transactions which took place be ,ween the Government and members of the institution in 1848, and into circumstances connected with the vents of the present year, which still engage public attention." The most paltry pettifogger that ever attempted to ,flystify a bad cause at the " Old Bailey," never put forward a more unmanly, uncandid, and sneaking statement. All Orange-land was made to ring with the foulest slander against the Irish Government. The Lord• Lieutenant was charged with secretly encouraging insulting processions, which kept alive angry feelings, and fre quently led to conflict and bloodshed ; he was charged with secretly organizing and arming an exclusive faction, which has been the curse of Ire land ; he was charged with supplying the arms to hose miscreants who did the deeds of murder at Dolly's Brae. These charges were grumbled forth by titled ninnies and insignificant squireens ; they were preached by "surplice,' fanatics ;" they were brawled out by the rabble. And now, when put to the proof, these vile slanders are fined down by the " Select Committee " into " certain transactions" between the Gorernment and the Orangemen ! How mean, how dastardly, is this shrinking from the real question. Their timidity, and mysticism, and evasion would almost lead us to conclude that they were affected by a consciousness that they were about to commit an act of suicide in publishing their own condemnation. A more full, clear, and satisfactory refutation of every Orange slander against Lord CLARENDON could not have been supplied than has been so industriously furnished by this tiresome "report." We should be almost disposed to doubt its authenticity were it not for the medium through which it reached the light, and some little internal evidence of a willingness without the power to wound, which is evidently current through its tedious length ; yet this little angry feeling may but be assumed, it may be but the cunning trick of some secret enemy, who just put in this little grain of spice while he was leading the dolts on to their own destruction. We are not quite sure that some waggish friend of his Excellency did not escape the vigilance of the " tiler." We cannot well otherwise reconcile it with the acts of men of ordinary understanding to put in proof evidence which not only fails to prove their case, but proves the direct contrary. They have not only failed to show that Lord CLARENDON, either by word or deed, recognized or encouraged, organized or armed the Irish Orange men as a body, but we will show by their highest authority, the Grand Master of the Orangemen, Lord ENNISKILLEN, that Lord CLARENDON flatly refused to do any such thing. The report states that— "On the 21st (April, '4B) Colonel Phaire called on the Earl of Enniskillen and Mr. Samuel Yates John stone (Grand Master and Deputy Grand Secretary for Ireland), and informed them that the Government officers were in communication with him relative to the organi zation of Dublin in case of an insurrection; that certain houses were to have depots of arms, and that an officer of the army would command each post; that the arrange ment of all these matters had been confided to Captain J. T. Kennedy. Colonel Phaire also informed Lord Enniskillen that the Orangemen had agreed to an ad dress, modified from the original one; but that they were insisting on being recognized as Orangemen by name." Early on the 22d, it appears Major TURNER met Mr. DAVID STUART, the Grand Master of Dublin, and endeavoured to induce him to prevent the adop tion and presentation of the address by the Dublin Grand Lodge, as his Excellency's reply would "not be satisfactory to the Orange body." The report goes on to state that— " About the same hour that Major Turner was en gaged in conversation with Mr. Stuart, Colonel Phaire had an interview with Lord Enniskillen and the Deputy Grand Secretary of Ireland. LORD ENNISKILLEN STATED THAT HAVING HAD A CONVERSATION WITH LORD CLARENDON, HE HAD NOT SUCCEEDED EITHER IN PROCURING ARMS OR SECURING SUCH AN ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS ♦S THE ORANGEMEN DESIRED." Can anything be more clear and convincing than this statement of Lord ENNISKILLEN ? Here we hare these sages of Leitrim House proving to the world, in plain, distinct, and positive terms, from the mouth of their Grand Master, that Lord CLARENDON refused either to supply with arms or recognise as a body the Dublin Orangemen. So much for Lord CL.A. RENDoN 'S secret negotiations with the Dublin Orangemen. Let us now examine the proofs as to the charge that his Excellency armed the heroes of Dolly's Brae. It appears that in July, 1848, a deputation from the " Belfast District Orange Lodge " repaired to Dublin to offer their services and beg for arms ; and that after several interviews with Sir E. BLAKENEY, in which they manifested their malevolence against their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects, the Gallant General informed them " That arms should be supplied from the Belfast bar racks, in case of an outbreak, by tberoflicer in command there, and that certain companies of men should be placed under experienced sergeants of the line for discipline." A deputation from another district in Antrim also waited on Sir E. BLAKENEY for the same purpose,— " The Gallant General asked them whether they would object to act with loyal Roman Catholics, and the answer was expressive of ignorance of the existence of any such." How disgusted must have been the chivalrous and high minded soldier 2t this narrow bigotry ! Nobody knew better than Sir E. BLAKENLY that the poor Roman Catholic soldier exhibited no conditional loyalty on the battle-field, that he shed his blood as freely at Waterloo as if his ancestor fought with WILLIAM on the banks of the Boyne. But after all, the Ulster Orangemen got no arms from the Government, for the report states that " The necessity for carrying out this plan for an Orange (?) armament in Belfast ceased to exist in conse quence of the events of Ballingarry, and the defeat of the attempt at insurrection." And thus these wiseacres have extinguished the charge against Lord CLARENDON of arming the northern Orangemen. Thus are they convicted from their own lips. Thus have they clearly demonstrated that Lord CLARENDON neither recognized, organized, nor armed the Irish Orangemen. And now they stand before the British Empire, before Europe, before the World, a pitiable instance of the folly into which evil passions will lead men, branded as disloyal knaves and convicted slanderers. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the P.;aris journals of yesterday. One of the amnestied insurgents of June, 1848, who, on his landing at Havre exclaimed, in spite of the remonstrances and advice of M. VICTOR FOUCRER, " Five la Republique Democratique et Sociale," was immediately arrested, placed again on board the steamer, and re conducted to his prison at Brest. Letters from Marseilles of the Ist inst. announce that the India mail from London, detained in that harbour in consequence of the accident which occurred to the British steamer Medusa, had been transferred to the French Levant packet Leonidas, which sailed on that day for Malta. The Assembly was engaged on Tuesday in dis cussing the proposition of M. BOUVET to reduce by one-half the contingent of 80,000 men demanded by the Minister Of War for the military service of 1850. The debate was adjourned to yesterday, when the proposition was rejected, and the contingent demanded by the Minister voted. The mission of M. DE PERSIONT to Berlin will last three months. Several merchant vessels were wrecked on the Ist inst. near La Rochelle during a violent storm which prevailed along the whole of the west coast oi France. The Journal d'Elbeuf says :—" At the market of Newbourg on Wednesday, and at that of Elbeuf the day after, the conversation turned principally on measures taken by the authorities of the department of the Ears to put down the propagation of Socialist doctrines in the country districts. Among other facts, it was stated that the mayor of one of the principal communes in the canton of Amfreville had been suspended by the Prefect for negligence in the performance of his duty. The Corsaire says—" A Socialist petition, havii:g 200,000 signatures, is, it is said, to be shortly pre sented to the Assembly by Citizen PIERRE LEROUX. The Mountain wish it to be understood that these 200,000 signaturf s, collected in every direction, are those of th e wor k men emp l oye d i n b u ildi ng in Paris. The object of the petition is to demand a sum of ten millions from the State, in order to found a grand association. It is said that M. TIIIERS intends to speak against this manifestation." It is said that M. DE RAYNEVAL will be appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. Peters burgh. The Moniteur announces the appointment of Rear , Admiral DUBOURDIEU to the command of the Brazil and La Plata stations, in place of Rear-Admiral LEPREDOUR, whose term of service has expired. Rear-Admiral DELASEUX is to replace Admiral Du- BOURDIEU as Naval Commandant at Algiers. M. CHARLES DUPIN has completed his report in the name of the Commission appointed to frame the law prescribed by the Constitution for the regulation of the Ministers and the definition of their functions. The conclusions of the report are to the following effect : " To put an end to all uncertainty on the subject, and to proceed in perfect conformity with the intentions of the Assembly, the Commission unanimous!) , decides that the National Assembly may be consulted in the follow ing terms :—Ought the Committee, named in pursuance of the vote of the Assembly for thking the proposition into consideration, limit itself to declaring whether it thinks it necessary to appoint a commission to frame a project of law, the demand for which has been taken into consideration ? Or ought it to regard the actual commission, named after due examination by the stand ing committees, as competent to accomplish the objeat intended by the proposition of M. Lancastel ?" Mr. RICHARDSON, the African traveller, left Paris yesterday for Marseilles, en route for Tunis. - The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, at 57f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents, at 91f.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 750 f. ; Rouen, 3401.; Havre, 2351. ; Great Northern, 4471. 50c. ; Avignon, 2201,; Vierzon, 3201.; Basle, 1021. 50c.; Bordeaux, 405 1 .; Paris and Strasburgh, 3601.; Tours and Nantes, 278 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DM:. 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 6—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12'A—Luxembourg, % —Ditto, I%—Namur and Liege, 6%—Northern of France, 2% dis. Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 1 4 Paris and Itow.ri, 21% Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. The Government has made arrangements for the return to Spain of the whole of the Roman Expedi tioGnaernyerAorm E y vA b u y ie t T l o ie s ls A t ri of m J i a o n o u z a L ry n di e e x d t. of appo. plexy on the 27th ult. The Epotta contains the following...— " The French press spoke a few days ago of the new attempts made to re-establish diplomatic relations be tween Great Britain and Spain. We receive to-day the following letter, dated the 20th, from tho Algesiras correspondent, which would tend to accredit that Intel ligence It is believed at Gibraltar that her Majesty Queen Victoria will visit the Penon next summer. I may be able in a few days to ascertain the correctness of that announcement, which has given rise to another, namely—that her Majesty the Queen of Spain will come to Andalusia at the same period, and that an interview between the two gracious Sovereigns will take place at Cadiz.' Our readers know that such an event is im possible, whilst official relations continue interrupted between the two countries. In all cases we need not ,express the lively satisfaction we should experience at their resumption. MADRID BoLsA, Nov. 27.—The Three per Cents. were done to-day at 28,1, and were 11.16 buyers, 13.16 sellers, after the close; Five per Cents., 11 9-16 buyers, 4 sellers; Coupons, 7 sellers; Passive Debt, 8 13-16 buyers, sellers. Exchange on London, 50 35. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Austria has proposed to the Protectionist Committee of Frankfort to establish an Austro- German Customs' Union. SWITZERLAND. In the National Council of Switzerland, on the 26th ult., M. ETTEL brought forward a motion that the Government should be obliged to declare its mo tives for expelling any political refugee. M. DRIIET opposed this, and said that the Government must be left to act for the good of the country and the pro tection of society. The debate was eventually ad journed. THE COUNTESS BATTHYANY. The Swiss papers state that the widow of Count LOUIS BATTnYANY, with her children, has arrived in Rorschach, in Switzerland, where her sister, Countess WESTISEUOLD, has been residing for some time. ITALY. The Roman Gazette pubH:les the following : " The Cardinals of the Committee of the Government, who allow free access to all persons who have anything to say to them, admitted this morning a certain Cecca relli, ex adjutant of the disbanded civic guard. He pre sented a petition, in which he demanded, in imperious language, employment and the immediate advance of 100 dollars. Without waiting for a reply, he:drew a dagger, and threatened to stab them if they did not give him the money. The Cardinals endeavoured to calm him, but called for assistance, whereupon he plunged the dagger into his own breast." According to another version, he did not threaten the Cardinals, but on his demand being rejected, stabbed himself. He was taken away by the police. The Picdmontese Gazette of the Ist publishes a royal decree, entrusting, ad interim, M. Ci-ALvAuzio, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6 1848 Minister of the Interior, with the portfolio of Agri- culture and Commerce, on account of the indi4position of Chevalier DEEOSSI DE SANTA Rosa. A notice in the same piper informs the public that the consular agents of the King of SARD;NIA have not the power of legalizing private documents belonging to Sardinian subjects, such power being exclusively vested in the Minister of Foreign Affairs. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTEI? TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were per lb. lower. The sales were estimated at 4,000 bales, including 1,500 American on speculation. The following were among the salts, viz , 100 Pernam and Maranham at 61 , 1. to 64d., and 300 Surat at 4id. to 4id. per lb.—Railway Shares were lass active at rather lower prices. The sales of grain in the markets which regulate the duties were last week small, being only 97,974 quarters of wheat. The large arrivals of foreien have interfered with the sale of home grown. The accounts received within the last few days from St. Petersburgh are of a very interesting character to those who look beyond the present time. There has for a long period been a want of uniformity in the Russian commercial code. Sometimes high, and at other dates reduced duties have been levied, especially or refined sti.:ar, and from the peculiar constitution of the mercantile body, divided as its members are into merchants of the first, second, or third dais, as the case may be, there is a serious impediment to the develop ment of the trade of the country. Tallow is a con stant example of the fact, and we keo iv of no rea son why, at lower prices, there might not, to the great profit of Russia, be double the quantity exported that there is now. Nothing but a great reduction in rrices will act powerfully on consumption, and the competition of our Australian colonies already begins to work its effect, end may bring about a change. This change, it is highly to be desired, should be in the direction of free trade, and if the current rumours are at all to be relied upon, they mey be so. The Emperor has already revoked the prohibition upon the export of the precious metals, imposed 'A hen the political difficulties of the Continent rendered a drai❑ not un likely; and this measure will prove of essential benefit to the native merchants, who have for some time past had to make great sacrifices in remitting to England, the exchange being so greatly in our favour that it will answer the purpose to send epccie even by the comparatively costly mode of land conveyance. We need hardly remark that in any estimate of the future position of the London money market, this is a fact which should not be left out, for it is reckoned by some that a half to one million sterling may reach us within a month or two. Tne balance of trade may be favourable to us from more than one cause, and the periodical payment of the dividends on the Russian lean held here acts in conjunction with them; but still the subjoined figures, regarding the shipment of Tallow from Russia, will assist in determining the point:— 1849. 1848. To London ... 50,139 70,617 Outports ... ~. ... 46,404 49,046 United Kingdom . . 96,543 119,663 Foreigners ... 21,921 9,787 118,464 129,450 There remain over in St. Petersbnrgh . for shipment next year 30,000 to 35,000 casks. A paragraph appears in an American paper, headed " The new Partner of the Barings," and dated from Boston. It is as follows :—" The mercantile class here have been quite gratified to learn, that Mr. Russell Sturgis, of this city, while in London on his way overland to India, received very liberal overtures from the banking-house of the Barings, to become a partner in that celebrated establish ment, and has accepted the offer. It is understood that Mr. Sturgis will be the reception part ner, the position occupied by Mr. Joshua Bates for many years. Mr. Sturgis has resided in India in former years; he is one of the numerous family bearing the name, who hail from New England, and whose sagacity and enter prise have been strikingly manifest during the last half century, as they have been the pioneers to new marts of commerce, and have been respected at home and abroad, for mercantile honour and integrity." The continued money purchases of Consols have quite driven out of the market, for the present, even the more courageous Bears, and if they cannot find it in their heart to go with the stream, they are at least compelled to remain quiet, and await a better time for speculative sales. Of course, we pretend not to say how soon this may come, but present appearances are in favour of continued buoyancy, whatever oc casional checks may arise. Consols have been 964 I, and since 96i for Transfer, and for Time they are 96i The " continuation" to January is high, being 4 per cent. Bank Stock is supported at a rise to 203. Exch, quer-bills have been 475. to 50s. premium. In the Foreign Market, Mexican Bonds have been principally in favour, and have touched 28j to 281. Brazilian Bonds have been marked 874 to 88, and Buenos Ayres 47 to Spanish Five per Cents. have been 19 to I, and the Three per Cents. 384 to 4. Por tuguese Four per Cents. are nominally 36 to 37. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 55i to 56. Railway Shares are firmer, and with a fair business doing. The French lines have looked better, and with a brisker demand fur Central of France and Paris and Rouen. The Belgian are firmer, as it is generally be lieved that the Government at Brussels will be brought, by a sense of justice as well as of policy, to act more liberally towsrds the capitalists, who have assisted in constructing its railways. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 203 3 per Cent. Reduced Anauities 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 , 4 per Cent. Anna. 9 5 7A 96 , A Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, MO 8 7-16 8% D 0.30 Y ears, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 3-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 1000/ B5 p Consols for Account .. Exchequer Bills. 1 % d. 2d. March. June. 1,00/. Small — 50 r t'RICI , .. OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account Ditto, Small . .... •. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 47 47% Equador Bonds .... 4 Mexican Bongs, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 5 por Cent,lB4o Ditto Account . Ditto Passive Bonds 4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds .... — Do. Deferred Dividends on the above navable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent ... SBL 50c. Exchange Dutch '2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHALE. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference Amber., Notting., Boston,&e. 6' kyrblaire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 kiirmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. —17 IA — to Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ...... 9 8%... to 9% Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 . Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... 9% to Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27%...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., awl L. & D Ditto, 1 1 3/., E. & H lB ... .• Do, 31. 185.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% — Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 l l l4 x. int. to Do. Exton., 5 perct.No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. p...... to Do., do N0.2,61. 133. 4d... par ... .. to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New .••... .. 43 • •••• 46 ...••• to --• Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ........• .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ...... Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20225 - .. •• to 5 East Lancashire ... • Ditto, New .. ........... ...• • Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6;4 — to East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ---- to Exeter and Exmouth.... 2ls. - ••• •• to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 60.8 d — .. ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated —•—• to Great Northern D 0.% A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,E 3% to Do. % B 6 per Cent. De., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 10 . ..... 8 1 / 8 . to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 — to Great North:of England 100 ...... ..... to Ditto, New 401.... ...... .. 4O Ditto, ditto . Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ..... - Ditto, New 16/......... ...... 15 ...... . Great Western 100 —....59 58 1 / i ... to 59% Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 - to Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 ... Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — ...... to Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Do., Thirds ..• Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... ...... to Ditto, ditto, ?I. B. & B ... 98 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares «. 49 Ditto Quarters 23% — to Ditto Fifths lO .... • •••• to Ditto. Thirds 16% ...... ...... to -- Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO Do. (Iludderi. and Shoff.) 50 Do., Westßiding Union... 10 ..... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shoes (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ...—.. ...... 50 Do. ,do.,Prefer., 0 per Cent. 3 1 ,4 — —... to Ditto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 ...... Do. Pref. Quarters, 1548... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, and South- _ _ port. London & —....— to -- Lond.,l3right.,& SouthCoastloo 82 to 81 Do., New gua. 6 pr Ct.loo Do. GuaranteellsperCent. 9 . ..... ..... to Da. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... ..... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference London & North Western.....loo ......113 Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths Do. 40g. Shares... .L. & M 85 — to Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 Loldon and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 504 Ditto. Nt w 401 Do., New Scrip, 1846, Pre/. 7 per Cent . ••• 5 • .•• 7 ..... to -- Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do., Half Shares ... 5 •••• • • •.. to .... Lrvestoff, guar. 4 ler ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... %iamb Buxton, & Matlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto IA Shares (No. 1) ... 25 ...... to Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, IA Shares (No. 3)... 124...... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ..... Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 25.... Mid1and........ ....... ..... ...100 5l 50k... to 5114 Ditto,Consol. Preference...loo --- Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 80 ...... 19 1 / 4 ..... to Midland, lira,., and Derby...loo ... .. ...... to ilidland, Consol. Bristei and ..._. Birmingham, 6 per cent...100 Ridland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan- nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 idld. Great Western (Irish) 47;2 — Middlesbro' and Redcar. per cent. guar. . . SO Newcastle and Carlisle lOO Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. ...... to Newmarket ... ..... ..... 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... V. 123. — Newport Abcrgy., and Heret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .... 20 Norfolk Ditto New 201. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / s per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ... 25 ...... 11% to Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12 1 / 2 — to Do. Quarters !xi"... Ditto Thirds - _to Ditto. Preference ...... 5 North Staffordshire North Wales _3 I ,E .... to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton litading,Uuildtd.,& Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central acottish Midland ... ....... .... 25 Ditto, Now 2 21 to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 ...... Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. lain.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, Oswestry„ Ditto (New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....—. 10 Shropshire Uni0n..... South Devon ...... ......... Ditto, Preference Routh Staffordshire.... B%. South Eastern: Ditto, No. 2.- BO Ditto, No. 3.: SO Ditto, Registered - No. 4.... p Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales . 43 South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gag. 5 perct. 16 1 ,4 — ... .. to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Lofighor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway ... 17 1 ,! --Le - Vale of Tr Bath ,.. 8 Waterford and Kilkenny 2O .....„ Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%-• .. - Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 Wear Valley 6 pet f;ent. _ Guaranteed - 50 Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... . 15 ... . - West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and South Western .. 14 ...... to Wil ts. Somerset,& Weymouth 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exton. 20 .. Do. G. N. E. Pur. or I'ref. 8 Do. Hartlepool 11k. & lily. 100 York ana North`Midland .. Ditto, Yroterence FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Arstrian) L I ,2 — Boulogne ann;Amiens Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzoa) ... Dtancrara. . .... Dutch Rhenish 8 East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 •••••• ...... to Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 10s. Louvain ii la Sambre .....-.. 7 1 / 2 ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege........ Northern of France 14185..... 2 di5....., to Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. 8 1 4 to Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg . , Rouen and Havre ........ ...... 20 Sambre and Mouse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ..... Tours & Nantes ... . rournay, .iurbise, Landau, and klaselt . .... .. 20 ...... ....., to West Flanders Bg4 — •..... to -- JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia British North American .... 60 ...... Colonial Commercial of London 2O ...... ...... to London Joint Stock ~.» London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of En gld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland ...... 22% — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland , 25 Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New .. 2% — Union of London ...... .. ...... 10 Union of Madrid ...... 40 MINES. Anglo Rexican lOO ...... Asturian ........ ........ ..... 16 ...... Australian ... Barrossa Range . - Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 80 Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 244...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 3A Ditto St. John Del Rey 15 Cobra Copper „. 90 General Real del Monte. Unregistered ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ..... Santiago de Cuba lO ...... to United Mexican ACCIDENT TO AN OFFICER OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—On Monday Colonel Windham's hounds met at Stoke, about tour miles from Chichester, and, having found, pur:ued the fox to Woodmancot, near Ensworth, where they killed. Amongst the foremost in the chase were several officers of the battalion of Guards now quartered in the barracks at Chichester. One of these, Captain Strong, met with a severe accident, in conse quence of his horse failing to clear a drain, which was at the far aide of a fence, at which his gallant rider had put him. The animal contrived to got his fore legs into the drain, fell, threw his rid( r, and then rolled over him. Prompt assistance was rendered by Captain W. Crosby and the Messrs. Deacon and Lyn.), who were close at hand. Tho first named of these gentlemen rode off in quest of nu client aid, which was not long in arriving, as he met, within a few minutes ride of the spot w here the accident occurred, Dr. Foster, R.N., and Dr. Joseph Baxter, of Emsworth. Upon examination by these gentlemen, it was found that, in addition to several severe braises, one of the gallant captain's collar-bones was broken. After the necessary manipulations of the medical gentlemen, and when Captain Strong had re covered from the first cfficts of his fall, he was placed in a fly, ar d cenveycd to Chichester, whirr: he is doing well, under the care of the battalion assistant-surgeon. The evening before last, about seven o'clock, cries of " Fire! Lle.lp!" were beard in the entresol of No. 38, Rue de Ri%oli. The persons who hastened to the spot found Mrs. Iluiltingtoid, an English lady, lying o n the ground wi(h her clothes on fire. The flames were extinguished, and every assistance was afforded, but she was so dreadfully injured that she died the next day. She wore a dress of black crepe, and it must have acci dentally caught fire. Shortly before the accident her maid had left her seated by the fire in an arm-chair, and Mr. lltintingford was absent at the time. Though the poor lady's sufferings were terrible, she was enabled to give answers to the questions put to her.—Galignani. AlissiNG The lights, paving, watering, and sewering of King's-road, Chelsea. If the above will return to their dark, dirty, and disconsolate friends, at the above address, they will be joyfully received, and all past faults will be forgiven. N.B. If the above terms be not accepted, legal measures must be takes,—Punch, SICILY. It would appear from a letter, dated 27th Novem ber, addressed by Colonel CARINI to the Democratic. Pacifique, that King BOMBA, conscious of the ille gality of his usurpation of the throne of Sicily, is anxious to procure from the members of the Sicilian Parliament a revocation of the Act of Deposition, passed by that Parliament assembled in its two Chambers in 1848, which Act of Deposition still remains in full force and virtue, and which cannot be repealed by any number of individual members of that Parliament. Colonel CARINI says, "that the Sicilian Parliament, when it found that it could no longer resist the troops of the Usurper, prorogued itse,f, thus giving to its retirement from the scene of action a mere temporary character only, and leaving un revokod the fundamental measures which it had adopted, more especially the decree deposing a dynasty which had no longer any right over Sicily. The King of NAPLES is now endeavouring by seduction and violence to procure the revocation of this decree of deposition. He first of al addressed himself to the Peers (Sicily, be it remembered, like England, possesses an hereditary peerage), and notwithstand ing the Sicilian Peerage, numbers among its mem bers, not only all the grandees of the kingdom, but all the ecclesiastical dignitaries, even down to the provincial of th e J e3u its, the act of revocation of this decree of desposition received only twenty-one signa tures out of 180 Peers who were Members of the Chamber. Out of these twenty-one persons two only were voluntary apostates, the other nineteen having yielded to threats and coercion. It was evident that twenty-one could never revoke the decree of deposition, and therefore the KING commissioned two apostates, MM. PINELLI and MAIMINIE, to hawk about from house to house the act revoking the decree of deposition in quest of the signatures of their old Parliamentary colleagues. They are accompanied by ge;as-d'armes, and are invested with full powers to secure the success of their enterprise; they have the power of dismissing, despoiling, and imprisoning those who refuses their signatures. The Prince of PALA GONIA, gentleman of the KING's bedchamber, has re fused the personal request of the KING, that he would sign. Monsignor TORRISI, of the Chapel Royal of Palermo, received his dismissal by a verbal message, delivered to him by an aide•de-camp of General FILANGIERI during the time he was engaged in the performance of Divine service. But it can scarcely be expected that all will follow so honourable an example, snore especially fathers of families, who may by refusing a mere signature de prive their families of bread. The Peers and De puties of Sicily, however, who have preferred exile to witnessing the convulsions of their conquered coun try, will no doubt protest against the validity of every act emanating from corruption and violence, of every act essentially irregular and illegal, the signa tures to which have been either bought by corruption or extorted by intimidation. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 6.—Wind this day at noon S., light breeze, and fine clear weather. OFF MARGATE, DEC. s.—Wind S., strong breeze.— Falcon, Jarvis, Algoa Bay. DEAL, DEC. s.—Wind S.S.W., strong breeze and squally.—Arrd. Bombay, Moore, India and Demerara; Alice, Trinidad; Duchess of Portland, Ross, Berbice. A ship's quarter-board, painted black, with " Woodside" cut out in gilt letters, with a gilt border, was picked up off South Sand Light Vessel today. OFF PENZANCE, DEC 4.—Admiral Nelson, Le Bas, Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, Dxc. 5. —Wind S.E. Arrd. John Woodall, Hill, Calcutta; General Wiltshire, Strachan, Virginia; Amaranth, Bliss, New Orleans; Sir R. Jack son, Doran, Montreal. Sid. Amherst, Brazils; Harbin ger, Pernambuco; John Cook, Cape of Good Hope. BELFAST, DEC. 4.—lt has blown a heavy gale for the last twenty-four hotirs at E. to S.S.E.—The Ranger, of Padstow, went on shore yesterday near Carrickfergus, but is expected off after partly discharging. SHIELDS, DEC. s.—The Bolivar, of and from hence for London, foundered yesterday morning, off Berwick ; crew saved. The Aurora was got off shore and into the harbour yesterday. The Betsy has broken up on the Herd Sand. The Joy, reported to belong to Scarborough, is sunk in the river above Stanh9pe Drops. REDCAR, DEC. s.—The Mento, of and from North Shields, for London, has put into Midellesbore, and will, probably have to discharge. BRIDLINGTON, DEC, 5. —The Monica, Sunderland, for London, in entering the harbour this morning, very leaky, struck on the bar, and remains in a very dan gerous position._ YAMIOUTII, DEC. s.—The Das Kemass, Ilamburgh for Lisbon, was lost on the Scroby Sand last night— crew saved. HARWICH, DEC. s.—lt has blown a strong gale all day from S.W.—The oranges and figs, &e.,picked up here are supposed to:have belonged to a schooner belonging to Brixham, from Oporto, and supposed to have been bound to Colchester. HOLYHEAD, DEC. s.—Wind E. to S.—Arrd. Crea more, Kemp, P e rnambuco. MONTROSE, DEC. 3.—lt blew a heavy gale from the Eastward last night.—The Nereid, of Sunderland, St. Petersburgh to Newcastle, is on shore at the back of the Armot, and is expected to become a wreck; crew and part of materials saved. LYNN, DEC. 4.—A clipper schooner, painted black, and deeply laden, apparently with grain, lying to, with a signal of distress flying, was seen 26th ult , in th© lower part of the Sleeve, a high sea running at the time. A boat, marked " Mary Ann of Goole, Thomas Goods worth," has been picked up. BOSTON, DEC. 4.—The Dalrymple, of North Shields, for London, was abandoned yesterday, full of water, after striking on Sheringham Shoal; craw saved. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. s.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Africa, Grote, Zanzibar. FAL:W . )IITR, DEC. s.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Pelham, Calcutta; Julius, west coast of Africa; Carlisle, Rio Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 4.—Wind E.S.E.—Sld.lmposter, Mobile. SHIELDS, DEC. s.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. Sibsons, Walker, Miramichi. HULL, DEC. 5. Wind S.W. Arrd. Tamarac, Peschnig, Savannah. The Jane, Steller' to London, has put in to discharge, having been on shore. YARMOUTH, DEC. 5.—A jolly-boat, marked " Char lotte, of Dundee, Alexander Matthews," and a boat painted black outside, and white or light lead colour in side up to her channels, and green above, copper fastened, and supposed to belong to a Trinity tender, have washed on shore or Winterton Beach. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 24' EVY GATZI AND MEAD ENFIAMI. A modtrate business was transacted to-day, on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per Sibs., by the carcase. BILY IbIIiNICETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow bay, 21 8s to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 Ss; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 8s per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 105; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ Ss; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 9s per oad. Trade dull, at barely late rates. WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 SS to 31 105; Clover, ditto, 310 s to 41 103; and Straw, 112 s to 1185 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. MEAT MARILETES. lIAILSHA.M, DEC. s.—The trade was dull to-day, and prices were with difficulty supported. Beef from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to 35 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 35 8d per Blbs. ARUNDEL, DEC. 4.—Wo had a very slow trade on the following terms :—Beef from 3s Od to 4s Od; Mutton 3s 2d to 4s Od; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. CHICHESTER, DEC. s.—The general demand was heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beef from 85 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 35 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 185 to 245; Quarter•old Store Pigs, 185 to 21s ; and Milch Cows with their small Calt, 141 to 181 each. SOUTHALL, Dec. s.—Our market was very inactive to-day. In prices, however, nee material change took place. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Veal, 35 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, DEC. s.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were mostly disposed of at full prices, otherwise the demand ruled heavy. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Veal, 3s to3s 8d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 275; Quarter•old Store Pigs, 18s to 225; and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Nov. 29,1849, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I 1 BALLET., I OATS. EYE. I BEANS. I TEAS. PRICE .. 1 40i 2d 1 28 s id 16s 4d 24s ld 1 28s 6d 30s 2d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I EARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I PEAL is Od is Od i s Od Is Od 18 Od le 01 MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—We regret to have to announce the death of a respectable citizen, by his own rash act. Mr. George Sutherland, painter, High -street, who yesterday precipitated himself over the parapet wall of the North Bridge. He was observed by two or three individuals who were passing. first to lean over the wall, and then to throw himself head foremost into the Vegetable Market below, a height of about eighty feet. In his descent he was noticed to turn completely round, so that he alighted on his feet instead of his head. He fell, however, with such violence that both of his legs were broken, while his body was otherwise dreadfully mangled. He was an elder in South College-street United Presbyterian Church, and for some years held the office of Police Commissioner. He was about 48 years of age.—Scotsman. RUESIAN BEEF.—A vessel arrived from Archangel has brought the large quantity of 100 packages of beef, and 10 packages of tongues, as a portion of her cargo; and another vessel has brought 36 casks of boof and 40 dozen of tongues, of 111166i1111 produce. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) ELDISHIRST V. SPENCER. This case stood on the paper to-day for the reply. It came hefore his Lordship yesterday upon an appeal motion, from an order of the Vice-Chancellor of England, granting an injunction restraining the defend ants, proprietors of a bleaching•mill, from continuing to pollute, according to the allegation of the plaintiff, cer tain brooks running from a reservoir through the plaintiff's land near Kendal, in Westmoreland. The LORD CHANCELLOR, on taking his seat this morn ing, gave judgment at considerable length, directing the order of the Vice• Chancellor to be discharged, thereby dissolving the injunction, and giving the plaintiff liberty to bring an action at the next York assizes to try the question of nuisance or drainage. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CIIANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) MATTHEWS V. THE RAM. OF CARLISLE. The further arguments in this part-heard motion for the distoluti, n of au injunction occupied the Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) His 110NOUR, after disposing of the case of Evans v. Protheroe, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part•heard cause of Griffiths v. Lunnell, which occupied the remainder of the morning. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) FISH V. XEMPTON. Mr. O ' MALLEY said in this case he had to show cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Lush to review the taxation of the Master; and he should submit this was not a question which their Lordships would en tertain at all. He did not find that Mr. Lush, either in his affidavit or in his statement to the Court, in sisted at all that the Master had acted on any errone ous principle in the taxation of the costs in question. The only matter of which Mr. Lush complained was that the Master, adopting right principles, had applied them erroneously to several of the witnesses brought forward on the trial. The only way of ascertaining that would be for the Court to go through the evi dence of Every witness called upon the trial, and in fact regularly to tax the plaintiff's costs from the beginning to the end so far as those witnesses were concerned. Mr. Justice MAATLE said the Master who had taxed the costs had reported to the Court that the witnesses were applicable to both counts in the declaration, and therefore those witnesses ought to be allowed to the plaintiff, who succeeded, and disallowed to the de• fendant. Mr. Lunt said, if the witnesses were applicable to the count on which the plaintiff succeeded, he could not contend that the Master's taxation was not right. He could, however, satisfy the Court that several of the witnesses called for the plaintiff had nothing to do with the first count. Mr. Justice MAIILE said, the Court could not as sume the office of taxing -master. They could not make this rule absolute without involving themselves in a mass of business in detail, which they were not 30 competent to perform as those who performed it ordinarily, and they would withdraw themselves from that which was snore properly the business of the Court. Rule refused. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Priuc, at Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) WOOD V. HUTTON AND ANOTHER. The trial of this case was resumed this morning. Sir Wm. Winniett, the Governor of the Gold Coast of Africa, deposed on the part of the plaintiff, that the climate of that country is extremely unhealthy in its character to some constitutions, and that in many cases it had been found to affect the brain to such n degree as to produce insanity. This concluded the case of the plaintiff. Mr. MARTIN then addressed the jury for the de fendants. He described his clients to be a firm of the highest respectability, and one of the oldest in the city of London. '1 hose gentlemen were most de sirous that all the transactions with the late IV/T. Newman involved in this case should be thoroughly sifted and investigated; and al though, had he acted alone on his own feelings and opinions, he should not have deemed it necessary to call a single witness, because he thought that nearly every one of the plaintiff's witnesses had broken down in their attempts to establish her case, still, as his clients were anxious that the whole matter should be thoroughly exam ined, he felt himself bound t o ca ll severa l w i tnesses , so me of whom would be found to have been present at every interview which had taken place with Newman. Up to the 19th of January, 1838, the defendants had not had the least cause to doubt the honesty or the accuracy of their servant, but on that day a circumstance had come to their knowledge which confirmed their first suspicions as to the propriety of his transactions with them. The Learned Counsel referred cursorily to the earlier voyages made by Newman and proceeded to say, that in October, 1837, Newman was desirous to have 1501, but the defen dants submitted they must have the books and lc' counts of the previous voyage, in order to enable them to complete their arrangement. On the sth December the defendants receive d another letter from Mr. Walton, the attorney of Newman, in which that gentleman stated that the latter had been with On to request that he would un d er t a k e th e arrange ment of their account before he proceeded on his nat voyage, and requesting also that they would give, the mutter their early cons id era ti on . It w ould seem that between the sth and the 12th of that month an interview had taken Piec e before Mr. Walton with the defendants, for on this last day they received another letter from him , stating that Newman had informed him that he had not delivered to them his accounts of the last voyages and, consequently, he now forwarded them, in the hope that the defendants would give them their earliest attention. On looking over those accounts so sent to them, the defendants found that there ' were two or three books wanting; and, accord ingly, they wrote to Newman, stating that fact, and requesting that he would forward the piece-book and the invoice book, which were necessary to enable them to complete the examination of the accounts' Again, on the 21st of that month Mr. Walton wrote, asking for the completion of the settlement of the accounts. To this the defendants replied that the! could not proceed with the matter until the two books abovementioned had been produced. Mr. W a lton wrote again on the 30th of the month, stating that the invoice book could not be given by Newman, ill' asmuch as he would require it to check the accounts himself, and that he did not think there was any necessity that they should have that book, adding, at the same time, that the book should be open to their inspection if they thought it requisite. He (Mr. Martin) submitted that all the books con nected with the voyage were the property of the defendants, and that, therefore, they were entitled to its possession The defendants, finding that the book would not be given up, placed the matter in the hands of their attorney, Mr. Jones, and on the lath of January afterwards, that gentleman wrote the following letter to 'Walton : "20, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, 13, January, 14348. " Sir,—Messrs. Hutton and Sons, of Watling' street, have consulted me on the subject of their transactions in the way of business with Mr. Jell! Newman, and particularly i n re f erence t o th e last voyage w hich Mr. Newman made on their account and they have put into my h an d s th ose accoun ts e' , such latter voyage, which have been furnished to them by Mr. Newman ; and they have likewise give" me a copy of the correspondence which they have had with him, and likewise of that had with yourself on the subject. You are perhaps not aware that the engagement between th e parties preparatory to Mr. Newman's sailing o n :his, last voyage was, that h e s h ou ld rem i t the procee d s o f his sales to this country. Now, according to ha l own admission, in the books, and better evidence Can not be had, he withdeld, on the 28th Au g ust, 183 6, 22 doubloon s , 131 ;dollars, and on :the 15th Ju l /i , 1837, 66, doubloo ns more , w hi c h h e so ld on t h e Go ld Coast. The value of that portion Messrs. Hutton require payment of forthwith. There is also a lar ge quantity of gunpowder remainin g unaccoun t e d, wh ic h Mr. Newman states is in the hands of Mr. Thous° Hutton at Cape Coast. It may be so or it m ay not; at any rate Mr. Newman hands ever no receipt from Mr. Thomas Hutton for the same, and if the powder in question be really there, it i s no t w ith th e sattet' °n .`" of Messrs. Hutton, and it canno t th ere f ore b e co dared at their risk. Very large sales appear to hs: been made to the resident merchants, I don't mean 1 : the natives, of part of the cargo with which she we', entrusted. It is quite usual f or p ersons so en truste c ! as Mr. Newman was, to furnish in their accoundt sales to such persons, their names an residences. In this respect the account 113 1 1 : i . be perfected, arid they have reason to ' de lieve that some o f th e sa l es w hi c h were mad e are altogether om itt e d, or a t l eas t very erron eons , . 1 ! entered, and f o r l ess th a n they produced. Age, l fi very large ch arg e s are ma d e f or s hi p ' s expens es, not a single name of a person with whom such de b o were incurred has been f urn i s h e d, much less rece ll . 3 4 by these parties for th e amoun t s so pa id t o them, t o for aught Messrs. H u tt on k now , th e accoun t may still remain undi sc h arge d. Th e " book" which Messrs. Hutton, on Mr. Newen!" h setting sail, furnished him ss ith, in so eo ought to have been en t ere d the e"' of the di ff erent commodities with which be Wee in trusted,_r under the separate head of each particu lar article, has not been returned, so that it is out of power of Messrs. Hutton, without at least na irnro sity of trouble, and perhaps not then, to ascertains.rule the books w hich have been f u r n i s h e d that the . 1 41 f, cargo has been sold, a hich, according to Mr. ,h rapes account ; is repregentod to be the filc/ ~, Al i l'..