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

ICE. rirTIE NEW NOVEL LE ON ARD NORMANDALE Or, THE THREE BROTHERS. By the lion. C. STUART SAVILE, Is STOW BEADY at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. lalrtry Colburn, Publisher, t 3, Great Marlborough-street. On JO tst . will be published, Part I. in dewy 4t0., price 25., of THE LIFE and EPISILES of ST. PAUL ; comprising a complete Biography of the Apostle, and a Trans lation of his upistles, inserted in Chron logical order. By the Rev. W. J. CONY SF.ARE, M.A., late Felliw et Trinity College, Cam bridge ; and the Bev. J. S. HOWSON, M.A., Principal of the Col legiate Inst talon, Liverpool. Richly illustrated with numerous en. gravings on Steel and Wood of the principal places visited l. by the Apostle, from Original Drawings made on the Sp ot, by W. I Bart lett ; and by Maps, Charts, Coins, &c. To he continued Monthly, and completed in 2 vols. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and LOBMIaIIS. 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 l'Opera Comique, Paris, his lint appeaarnce), M. Lae (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Basse of the Opera Comique, Paris, s first appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, Y,is firs. appearance), Mdlie Guichard, M. F,uguet, Chateaufort, M. Soyer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, Mdl.e. &c. Foil THE COMEDY AND VAUDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the The .ire Francais, Paris (his first appearance in this country) ; Denain, M. Regular, Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Franca s, Paris) ; 31dlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en iagemi.nt in this country) ; M. Latent, Mdlle. Figeac (of the The Aire Du Vaadeville) ; Milne. P..ge (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; e. Constance (of the TheAtre du Gymnase) ; Jladlle. Baptiste (of the Thaltre 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, Isio, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled ",Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last year, • dad - Slnc'd performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 'IGO tights, and at the principal Theatres of France, with the great st suceess. The Music by 31. F. Halevy; the Libretto by 31. De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters :-- , Stephan (Jenne chasseur des Pyrenees), M. Lac; Le Joyeux (capitaine de Mince Francais° et recruteur), M. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnin (garde-peche du Gave), 31. Quilly Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieux cheerier), 31. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), Mdlle. Gulehard Georgette (cousins de s•tephan), Mdlle. Cott ; and Rose de Mal (servante de Theresa), 3ldlle. Claarton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Op era, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originallyperformed 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 Ilaydee by 31,111 . Charcon. Other productions will be selected from the following r—Jeannot et Conn, Nicola; Le Rot d'Yvetot, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval do Bronze, Auber; *Le Macon, _Luber; Le Slrene, Anber ; Lully et Qui nalt, Nic lo; La Perruche, Clapissom ; Le Valet de - Chantbre, Ca rafa ; Use Fole, Mehul; with an occasional performance of some of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representation of the Opera Comique will be limited to the months of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, I LI, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francaia,. Paris). will have the honour of making his first appearance in this country, and will per farm with 31dile. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage ; and subsequently Itegnier and bidlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran gals) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Mdlle. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee attended with her accustomed 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 31. Lathut (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Fige ic, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, 31. 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 wi I also perform, for the first nine, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in Ono Act, entitled "Le lioineau de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one night only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Boraces,' "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, 31. neurone, M. Deloffre, 31. :Cewsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, 31. Pilot, 31. Vaudreland, NI. Remusat, 31. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. Harper, M. Campanile, M. T. Wright, &c. Director of the mtPic and Chet-d'Orchestra, M. Charles Ilanssens. Subscribers et the past season are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the Ist of January neat. 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 Hookham's, Old Bond-street. The Lox-office of the Theatre will be opened 01 the Ist of January. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, 3ele Lessee and Manager, old Brompton. THIS EVENING, V gibe performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled THE LOVING WOMAN. Wiehert, Mr. Howe; Rosen. Mr. C. Kean ; Hermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. 11. Vandenhoff; Ottillia, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack , Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean. Af er which BOX AND COX. To conclude with THE LAUGHING HYENA. The Box-ofitte is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TIIKAfRIS ROYAL. ADELYIII. Oder the direction of Madame Celesta, THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW G. PSE. l'rincipal characters oy Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. B.d lord, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grttmly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grnmly. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. I.llghbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: M rs. Banbur y , Mrs. F. M a tthews ; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEAT GA% Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS. EVENING. Will he performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. benison, Weiss, Sari, Wynn; Mrs. Weiss, and Alias Louisa Pyne. To conclude with the celebrated Opera of DON PASQUALE. ASTLE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. Tills EVEN RI, Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has sue ceedeJ 1 i engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Erin strian of the day, with her highly +rained Studs, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angels is \e same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare Atige!a" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will shortly make irappearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BAT TY has much pleasure in announcing that he has engaged Madlie. 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. She 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 Bquestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nelson Lee. Box-office open from Eleven till For.r. age Manager, Mr. W. West. •ch ht MINDUN litill.4L. Tins DAT orning, G min. after 6 I Evea'ng, 26 min. after 5 To-Monnew —K Tame ,4G min. after 5 . Evening, 6 min. after G Tr; E WEATHER—Sun OirricE, DEC. 20. TIIERMWIETER, Lowest, 32; Highoat, 44; Noon, 3 BAROMETER, 30.29. Rain in the night, after which a sharp frost set in. WIND N.N.E.—fine brenP, and cl,>ar cold weather. t • ..:. le 44. at • ,',,,' ~. ' 1‘,4,. , . •. -. .. ,e at!!•:su, , , ......... : P.-1 ~ ..,:5.,_,,,,••,) ~,lik , ~,,,,, i 4 ' ...- ZE l'',.: • iiwirlll.. -,01,...T , ' ; P , , ': .4 ' • A ..27.. —r ; • ..,... 1 1. ~i,:p ...e....-..: ' ^ ~-7s:, . , • ,i!....,:i5"...a,,44.:-..r. ebrierting `NDON, 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 not 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 r ossessions, for the purpose of ameli orating the condition of the labour market, and of re mov ng 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 PISISTRATUS CAXTON, to develope their ph3sical 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 robust and masculine character, than any compatible with a land of civilization. Already we have, more than once, referred to the advantages held out to individuals by such associa tions as that of the United States and Canadian Emigration Society. The benefits likely to accrue to the superfluous parts of our population, through the medium of a company like the one now men tioned, must he sufficiently obvious to render much i the way of explanation unnecessary. For example, it is apparent, on the very face of the undertaking, that none but persons possessed of a small floating capital can dream of adventuring across the ocean, with the view of s‘eking their fortunes in the re n( F„ses of the western continent. To these parties especially, we may say exclusively, the notion of a removal to either America or Australia is eminently seductive; and to them, in a peculiar degree, the assistance of an association of this nature is strangely desirable, if not absolutely and imperatively requi- T Fi W• . 4 , ! L ONDON, 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 ere occupied in the struggle to reach the districts to which their course is directed ; and whatever funds bare 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 :in the way of cultivation they find themselves to be actually penniless. Nay, in the majority of instances the loose moneys of the adventurer have, 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- salves. 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 itbe 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 lead 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 he 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 purchasel 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 po►ition 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 t.ndency 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 1003. 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 do'orous 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 tha agriculturist alone ; every branch of "native industry" comes within the ke❑ 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 tneir 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 et prwterea nihil. If we inquire in what manner this universal protec tion is to be afforded, only one practical response can be elicit ;ed; we are told that the only mode by which the d .esideratum can be attained is by placing a heavy du.l on the importation of foreign corn, and thus inveaing the price of wheat throughout the entire 'count; ry. The starving sempitre4s is to be relieved by dot tbling the price of bread ! The miseries of the overtoile d operative are to be alleviated by compaing him. to pay a heavy tax on every article of food be provides for his wretched family to the owners and ocmtpiers of land! The skilful artizan, the petty tradesnlan, is to be " protected" by increas ing the prices an. i diminishing the supplies! It is certainly difficult to understand how the con dition of the great body of the people can be ameliorated by s' ach a course, but it is quite clear to _ . the Solon& 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 40,000,000/. or 60,000,000/. sterling per annum. Such pensioners or sinecurists would be just as well disposed to expend the money gra tuitously bestowed upon them in articles 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 Bawler, and their associates, they should fallow 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 s ith 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 sophisms 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 Jon?' Nox 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 of the amiable agriculturists on the occasion in question. CHRISTOPHER, the dreary CHRISTOPHER, had been heard and duly applauded throughout his verbose and prolix oration; his pompous platitudes had been received Kith the most vehement and enthusiastic cheering, his statements as to the universal ruin that had been occasioned by free trade with the most unqualified approbation. When Joust NORTON, glorious Jonx, presented himself in order to move an amendment, we are told that "being known as a finan eial reformer andfree-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. JOHN NORTON spoke clearly and per tinently to the point at i , ,sue. 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 causer 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:— " Me. Norton proceeded to review the history of the corn question for the last thirty years, amidst repeated interruption. Ile 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 ball, endeavoured, by the liveliness of their ap plause to drown all opposition ; whilst their opponents groaned ar.d 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 well, in the body of the room, a rush was made to the platform, with the intention of e j ectin g or defending the speaker whose harangue had led to the uproar. The representativE s 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 I 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 wus 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 cd 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 cartied, and who will maintain inviolate the glorious principles of free trade, and the abolition of every species of monopoly. We are enabled to announce the opening of nego tiations by her Majesty's representative at St. Peters burgh, with the view of increasing the commercial relations between this country and Russia. A con siderable change is contemplated in the import duties en 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 Sin F. COLLIER.—The gallant Admiral whose death we this day announce', was midshipman of the Vanguard, at the Nile; of the Foudroyant, ut the capture of the Get 6:tux and Guillaume Tell (when he was wounded), and landing in Egypt; as lieutenant of the Osprey, servtd on shore at the taking of St. Lucia and Tobago; and when in charge of a prizes, with 15 men, capture d a privateer o!' 1 gun and 45 men; and in her gallant action with L'Egyptienne privateer of 36 guns; while commanding the Circe, assisted by the Awaranthe and Stork, destroyed the Cygrie of 18 guns and two armed schooners under the batteries of Mar tinique in 1808; commanded the Star in the operations against that island in 1809; while commanding the Liverpool was successfully employed.azains the pirates in the Persian Gulf. ~ T TTItirtSDAY TIVENING, DrcEmnrit ; 1940 4 E FEE PUBLIC. inst. It is Sebastopol. intended to take a transport of troops to We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The discuision on the ciatne3 in the Wine Duties Bill commenced on Tuesday. Sveral amendments were proposed and rejected, end the further comdde ration of the Bill was postponed until the following day. M. PROSPER DE CHASELOUP-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 had 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 561.30 e.; the Five per Cents. at 911. 80e.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 760 f. ; Havre, 241 f. 95e.; Great Northern, 4611. 25e. ; Vierzon, 3301. ; 13 isle, 110 c.; Bordeaux, 4051.; Paris and Stra,burg, 361 1 '25 ; Tours and NanteF, 277 f. 50e.. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON OCK-EXCIIANGE, Dig'. 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 714—Namur and Liege, 61/ 2 — Orleans and Bordeaux, 3!4 —Paris anditoutn, '21% SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. The Committee on the Budget has examined the estimates relating to the Ro) al Household, Foreign Office, Grace aid Justice, Commerce and Public Workg, 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 nut incorrect, it appears that, far from making important economies in th:s branch, the Committee, yielding to considerations which we cannot appreciate, has increased it on the contrary, by a not inconsidenble 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 EUM which is perhaps far more neces• nary 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 goe s 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 — "It appt ars that th© general Committee on the budget has doubled the quantity assigned for remounting the army, and that in place of 1,500 reals, which was paid by the state for each horse for the cavalry service, the dotation has been left ut 3,000 reals each, with which the future of our cavalry is secured—and a flattering stimulus is off .red to the breedirg 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 ariff, the following shall be substituted:— By Spanish By Foreign ship. ones. rub 66 16. Steel in bars and wrought stcel 17. Ditto cat in bars of all dimen sions 50. Iron wire of all dimensions, kinds, and qualities BO 90 632. Cast iron, in pigs 633. Ditto refined, called in France jonte mazie, and in England fine 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 side ~ 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 56 70 Ditto, ditto, from 21 to 24 Ditto, ditto, from 25 to 26 ... Ditto, ditto, from 27 to 28 . .... 62 72 Ditto, ditto, from 29 to 30 658. Sheet iron, double or single filmed 90 100 Ditto, nor tinned Art. 2. The exportation of Biscayan iron ore is prohibited. 70 50 .. 5 5 (SignEd) VAIIEY. RODRIGUEZ RIVAS. ALTUNA.I ENDEZ DURAL. LA SALA. RIVAS. " Palace of the Congress, Dec. 3, 1849." The motion of Senor Saiscurz SiLve 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 measu:e on the subject to the Cortes ; that it would investigate the justice of the claims of the creditors, and the possibility of satisfy ing 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." SArcuaz SILVA immediately tendered his resigna tion as Member of the Junta for the settlement of the National Debt. MADRID BoLsA, DEC. 13.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31 fur cash; the Four per Cents. at 12/ for paper ; the Five per Cents. at 13} ; the Debt without Interest at 41; and the Coupons at 8. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. CENTRAL GERMANY. The Austrian Commissioners, General VoN SCHON and Herr VON KUDECIC, and the Prussian Delegates, General VON RADOWITZ and Herr VON BOTTICIII3II, 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. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sulks of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated gt about 6,000 bales, including 1,500 taken on peculation, and comprised 5,000 American, 400 Pc mem, Maranham, and Bahia. at 6,0. to 6:0. ; 100 Egyptian at to 9d.; 250 Surats at 4d. to 41d., and 40 Sea Islard at 1 11d. per lb. The market was rather firmer at at ady price:.—ln Railway Shares rather more busi ness was done. The sales of grain in the markets which regulate the averages were last week 100,123 quarters of wht at and 98,952 of barley. The report of the Amsterdam Market of Tuesday states that at thd commencement of business the ten dency of prices was favourable, but that subsequently they became feebler, owing to numerous sales. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 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, viz , that the supply of many descriptions of Manches ter goods was in excess. The Glasgow fabrics being less abundantly placed in the market, commanded relatively better prices. We cannot discover, with all our know ledge of the ins and outs of commerce, bow 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 goods 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 same time was—of free goods... Dutiable Goods Specie and Bullion ... ... 101,817 ... $38,294 ... 19,188 Goods. of every description thrown upon the market ... $1,119,405 The amount of cash duties upon imports for the vireek was 166,713 dolls.; from goods withdrawn from ware house, 53,376 dolls.—total, 220,089 dolls. . • WEER'S RAILWAY RECEIPTS. 1849. North-Western £40,024 Sou th-Westet n 8,115 Caledonian 1848• £37,707 7,729 3,929 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 96-4- ex div. per the opening, but have been done at 96i. The New Three-and• a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked at 97-3- to 98i, and the Three per Cents. 96* to i. Bank Stock is worth 202 i 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 28* 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 holder 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 Portuguese Four per Cents. are about 36 to 37. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been done at 56i. and the Four per Cents. at 84i to 85i. Railway Shares do not excite much attention, and there is no elasticity in the quotations, although pi ices opened a shade firmer. ONE .A.O-11 , :13 P •I. , 'EE OF RITI6II I , IJNDS O'CLOCK. 1 RIOES. tiank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns. 96 % 1 / 8 96 1 /s yew 3 1 % per Cent. Anus.... . ... 9 8 14 ',4 97% 97 3iii Long Anna. to ext ire J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 I t:dia Bond., 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/... ...... .... 9O p 90 p 'onsols for Account 9 6 1, : 9!/ i„ . 96% x chequer Bills. I % - e:8, 2d 1,000/. June 56 54 57 p 57 p 500/. June Small. June: 57 p 57 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CLICK razilian Bonds BB% Ditto, New' 1829 and 1839 Ditto, Small Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Peruvian:Bonds, 4 per Cent Russian Bonds . ..« - 110 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Do., Coupons. ...... —8% Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . 3 B l/s % -". Venezuela Bonds, 2M per Cent Divider ds on the:above payable in London. Beligan, 4% per Ccnt. iinton 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56 1 4 b6 l / 4 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates B 4 l /2 85 1 4 85M PRICES OF "BUSINESS DONE CLOSING .?AiLWAY SHARES. PAID. A T ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. ILOSIN • ERIC ES 88 LA 'A berd-ph ... 50 Do. Preference -k tuber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 ., kyrshira and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & llants Extena. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 , irminghava end Ox r. rd Junct. calls duly paid, or with a guaren. 20 Do, witboatguarautee 20 3iraiing • Wo'yerh'ton, and D-idley, calls duly pd, c: with guarantee 10 .. Do.' about guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14a ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 20 Eristol and Exeter 92 ..... Ditto, Thirds ,%uckinghamthire Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 hoster and Holyhead—. 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 10 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per CL 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... . . Do. Government Loar, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Portz- month ... 5% Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% . .. ...... , t' ast Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 Do.. 31. 10s., Pref... 3 1 ,4 ..... 1 1 4 Liao, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 ..... Eastern Counties... ..... 20 ... 6 3 / 4 'T's ... Do. New, Gua.6 pact. 10 Ditto,Extension, 3 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... % p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ••• •• Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ..... ... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 26 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B& C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ... East Lancaih":o Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 •• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- Terence Quarters ... 6k East Lins:olnsiiiro ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ....... Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... Exetor.Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 ,,, — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. G!assow, Dumfries, and Carlisle - ••.... ....... I Glasgow,Kilmar ,& Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. ...... _. . .• Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 ...... Great Northern Do., 1,. 2 A Deferred ... 121,4...... Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 71 / — .. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. IO reat South. and West. (Ireland) Groat North of Englsnd 100 ...... ...... ........ Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 Ditto. New,lsl l5 .. :. .........•.... Great Western 100 ....... 58% Ditto, I ,¢ Shares 5O Ditto, LA Shares Ditto, yiftbs .. ~. ....... 20 - ..•••. ...... 4,4 Ditto, New l5 6 3 4 7.•......«.. Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares Do. Quarter Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares 49 ... .. Do. Quarters Do. Fifths... ....... ... 10 Do. Thirds ..... V/s Do. New Guarantied 6 per Cent..... Ditto (Huddersfield and Shoff.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... 8% Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 10 ...... Leeds and Bradford 5O lOO Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%•••••• Do., do. No. 2 5 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 Do., Pref. Quar., 1843 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport. lO Lmidon &131ackyfall..111, 6p, 34„, T URKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the sth, state that the differences between Russia and Austria and the Porte are lar from settled. Tile SULTAN regards the withdrawal of the French flet with surprise and suspicion, although he still places the greatest re liance on the honour and frankness of General AUPICIE 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 had 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 w.ty 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 PASIIA, for the repose of the souls of those who fell in the late struggle in Ilungary. M. DE TITOFF and Count DE STUBMER. 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 retorm has just been voted by the Council of the Stat's by 30 votes to 9. The French decimal system is to be adopted, the Swiss franc having henceforward the same value as that of France ; the declines will be batz, and the centimes rapes. A new coinage is to be struck in copper and mixed metal to the extent of 43- millions, and iu silver to that of 7i millions. There is no doubt but that.the Bill will pas the National Council." GREECE. The Government hag 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 drtchmas ; leaving a surplus of 679,256 drachmas, or about 25,0001. EGYPT. 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 for 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 6- English miles, and was accomplished by Bedouin 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 gi ound, 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 ?AMA's Prime Minister, ARTIN BET, was about to proceed on a mission to Constantinople. ITALY. The Concordia of Turin, of the 15th, mentions 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 Acqua- 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 tw) 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 S►r 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 fl..et 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. (mom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, DEC• 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 nut 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 3,l2jesty having been informed of the ages of several of our poor, direbted that one, who is 100 years old tomorrow, 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 Boys.—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 o.borne. 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 meting yes terday, at the office of the Board of Trade. There were present Lord Wrottesley, Professor Willis, Mr. George Rennie, and Mr. William Cuhitt. Rev. 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 Smithfie;cl 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 N.rth Arre rican Provinces were received yesterday at the Colo. vial office. Dispatches were scet 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 in steam-boats. Mr. Robertson, agent for the Mexican Bondholders ; transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. BRUNSWICK. 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 refs rred to Frankfort, where it will be taken up by the Interim. AUSTRIA. 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 &Vulva 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 publisbe don the 13th. From this publication it appear• 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 beads 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 bilis 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 t.atitfixtury reason has been assigned for adopting a course so unusual—the bank reports being always made up and reviewed at the end of each month. According to the terms of the convention the debt of the State to the Bank, 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 eael, arrived in the port of Odessa on the sth ,ondeu, Brighton, and South iOO 79 Do., New 5/., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 I. , o.Ciugr4nt. 5 per ct.. 9 . o. Prefer. 5 per tent. 50 ._ ..., ... t.to P dui and Greenwich 12/15s 4d ... ..... . „.. •-. Ditto, Preferalu , .. . o - L , D , lt.n and N. Wsitert. 100 111% . 1 4 3 /4 ll l. Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ..... 7 ......... Do. 4 0/.Ares( L. &t.) 35 ...... , Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. 2% 1 / 2 ..... Cond.% S. West:rn ..... 50 ..... 30% 30 Ditto, New 50/. Do. New 40/ .. 34 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 -ondondcrry &Coleraine 25 Do. % Shares ondonderry and Ennis killen 25 ....• W. Do. '4 Shares 5 000 000 ..... Lowestcff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per et.) %lanche •ter,Buxt n,and Matlock... I,l4nehe.ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Qaarters (Nc. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Do. i/ 8 Shares (No. 3) 12% Do. New 10/. Pref lO ...... Ditto, Gt. Grimsby Ditto ditto • •••—••• 20 .••••• ••• .•..•• MUM. Ditto ditto Ditty Sheffield and Lincolnshire........ 25 . Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 ...... Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Mi And . Do. CcnsolidatcdPret.loo :,01. Shenis 30 ... 5 ....... Do. Birm., end Derby 100 _ 21 % ....21 POO WINO Do. Consol. Bristol and Bir ming., 6jper ct.... 100 Ditto, BrlSt. Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto .... 22'. 7s. •• ••• Do.,Erew.:shVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.lCo Midland Ureat Western Irish - 00000 ••••••• . Middles'uro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... Do. Quarters - .. 000000 ...... N ewniarl• et - Do. Extension Sewport, Abergavenny, _ and Liereiord . 6 00000 •••••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 - ewly, Werrenpoint, and Rot trevor Norfolk ............... Do. New 201. Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 53tpe. 5 - _ Do. do. Woven.); Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 No; dz British ...... ... 2b .... , Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters ...... 6 1 :4 2% ..•• Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. Si .. •• S I A Ditto Preierence 5 North SLafroidshire ... 17 1 2 7 5 Mi.. . • North Wales ... ...... .... 3 1 -h — North-Western .... 13% — ... .Jxierd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 60 Reading, Uuildtord, and Reiff ate tioyston and Hitchin 41 43 OOOO Z;ct,ttisti Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury and 12 Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 .•••• 00000 .•••• Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and tlerent. 5 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Mm.) Ditto Halves ditto 9 Ditto Usw6try ...... 18% . — Ditto New Do. ri per Cent. Pref lO ..ihropsiure Union ,oath Dea on Do. Preieraice Stabordshire...... 8 ....... t.uth Erse 33% • • 00, A 0... Do., No. 3 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., hcrip No a i.uth ate: iuuth Yorkshire, Don „aster, and Goolo l2 - ..... .41:ffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% - Do. Co (Sou. Div.) ... 5 LoJghor ec Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 [lames raven Doe's and Railway ..... 17 1 ,4...... %Tale of Neuth atortorti and K ilkenny 20 .• Waterford and Limerick 47% ate' tl, W XII d Wicitaw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ...... 60 Do. dc. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 West Cornwall hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 Wilts,Somersst,& Wey mouth York, Newcest.le, and Berw c i s. •••• ••••••••••• 25 tO. Newcastle Exton. 20 ......... Du. G.N.E.Preterence 8 ..... Do. liartlepool Dock ano Railway ........100 ... ... ......... ..• Yo- and Sort") nd 50 17 16% Ditto Y referencu ...... 10 FOREIGN RAIL WAY o. Angto Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... Boulugne and Ann. us .. 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou),.. 20 ....... ....• Demerara 17% - Dutch Rhenish 8 East Indian Ditto ... . Great Indian Peninsular ö — Do. Do. ... 10s. Louvain la Sambre ... 7 1 A — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... 6 3 / 4 Northern of France-- 14/. 85... OA Orleans and Bordeaux 7 ...... Paris and Orleans 2O ...........• Paris and Rouen 2O . .. Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes :13 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and liasselt 2O West Flandsrs••••••• ..... 8 3 /e.• ••• •••■• DUNES. Anglo-Mexican Asturian Mining Com... 15 Australian / Bassora Mange Blaenarvun Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... --.....— .. / British Iron .. .. P /fi Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% — Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... 10A.........•••••• / Santiago de Cuba United Mexican 2 Bl 5 JOINT STOCK BAN IS. Australasia Commercial of London 20 LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS - 1 "'" 14.111 LONDON, Dxc. 20.—Wind this day at noon ' moderate breeze and fine clear dry weather. DEAL, DEC. 19.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W., g" v - A do: Arrd. Ganges, Dens, China ; Bermondsey' ‘ ',l 3 l_, L fr Calcutta ; Jane Perie, Booth, Calcutta ; Quelch, St. Kitt's; Home, brig, Jamaica. 0 0/ from the River and Ad., Gwalior, China; Wino , Prince Albert, Jamaica; Juellerne, Ch ar l e stoll,• o oo' Eliza, Hobart Town ; St. Vincent, Hobart •`1 0 : Aurora, Port Philip ; Ariel, Adelaide, South Samuel Baddington, Ad e l a id e; S ea Queen. Auejr• Amity, Hall, Adelaide ; Belle Vue, C e y1o0; Valiant, Mauritius; Jane, Algoa Bay; AllandoL e ; of Good H o p e; A ssam , Demerara; Rucker', 0 " jOS cent; Ariadne and H ebe, Barbadoes; Wad °. Orleans; Victoria, New York. • bt, Alt LIVERPOOL, DEc. 19.—Wind N.—Arrd. P i c o 1 1 ' 01 Greengrass, Cape of Good Hope; Livingston' ! s ' o f. l . * Valparaiso; Majesty, Waters, Laguna, sailed i nool,"/ Comoro, Scudder, New Orleans; Yorkshire. S,r New York; Shannon, Ludlam, New Yerqi;c l ',V Freese, 1 :111i0 Bento, sailed Oct. 2; Rothssyt Bonny, sailed Oct. 18. Sld. Cordelia, Od ell O re John Beresford, Bombay, Kestrel, Buenol ic. 0 , Souter Johnny, Rio Janeiro;;Fidelia, New IN S / 18 0 MARGATE, DEC. 119.—The Redesdale, frogl , castle, got on the Kentish Knock this morning' i y abandoned in a sinking state ; crew saved. AV, GUERNSEY, DEC, 19.—The Oneida, from to Havre, was driven on shore this morniogL o oto e do heavy gale at N.N.W., and is expected to P' o f O f ° wreck ; crew and passengers saved, and Pert 0 expected to be saved. g , t ir CARDIFF, DEC. 19.—The Istock, Of 4...- iagt 0' hence, sank at the entrance of the Bute Doeko' and remains. 9, P. 601 KILRUSH, DEC. 1 1 .—The Bryan Abbot fro m rick to New York, has put back here leaky, 0 " 0 fe t i; 1,300 miles to the westward. IsLAT, DEC. 15.—The Maria, of St. retere gl 0 1 0 Sunderland to Bordeaux, was wrecked here 013 inst. ; master and three run drowned. t 1 11 /0 011 WHITBY, DEC. 19.—1 t is blowing a gee 0 . - a I t , Resolution brig, of Sunderland, has receiVatolAt i f dorable damage, having been on shore . The fe t ; is washed behind the Burgess Pier, and I D pol o ol considerable damage. The Britannia, ef.ni r cl I wrecked at Reit, eight miles to the aoutsir— Sttooo, saved. .da LERWICK.—The Janet and Isabella, from sr,pf put into Cutferth Yoe, with cargo diln2g" o ir must discharge. 1.4.4 Po t at o GREENOCK, DEC. 18.—The Mary Came , bice, was driven on shore near Gourech but has been got off with but little apparenk doo d b . fi o QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 17.—The Creole, Philadelphia, has put back from long. 33 .00 been struck by liglitaing 7t h wt ., a nd low nfzonmasto, 38% 271 A, 25% 16% b Ai P 58% 1114 3% 39 7”4 2 30 'ix 76% 21 123 ow. 1. 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