The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-01 00:00:00

• NOTICE. MR. AINS W O R TH'S " WINDSOR CASTLE," Complete in One Volume, price One Shilling, 15 now ready, and May be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Railway Stations. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Lessee and Mtutager, Old Bromptol3. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, entitlel THE SERIOUS FA SLILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Up. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce entitled THE LAUGHING HYENA. To be followed by an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley Mog,gy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. To c,ncleide with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. On Monday, Dec. 10, Mr. and Mrs. KEAN will make their appear ance in the Flay of the WIFE'S SECRET. The Box-offlae is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. • THEATER ROYAL, ADELPIIL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, caned THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Ilughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by au entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Cirtinaly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a.,new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbtiry Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. llighbnry Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management 01 Madame Veatr/S. 801 e Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed METIIINK% I SEE MY rA.THER, To be follo , ed by DELICATE GROUND. After which a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To conclude with RAISING TH D. 1) esa Boxes 5 .. • Upper BOXti, E 4s. ; 2s. ; Gallery, IS., No halt-price to any part of the house. Alt applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-siteet. PRINCESS'S THEAT.C.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and Manager. Tali EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE. COND. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with a new condc Ballet called DANCING MAD. • ASTLE is ROYAL AMPJI ITII E'ATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Mr. BATTY hp the honour to announce that his BENEFIT will take place on MONDAY EVENING, Dec. 3, when, in addition to the popular performances of the Male and Female Artistes of the Establishment, the following Gentlemen have, in the most handsome 'nattier, volunteered their services :—Young Hernandez, the grace-. lul American Equestrian ; Mr. Pablo Fatigue, with his matchless black Mare Beda ; and Mons. Benoit Tolima:re, and his highly :rained Steetl, of the Menage. The performance will commence with T ~ E BATILC OF WATERLOO. Concluding with a noulde routine of Equestrian Noveltips. luanenee hit t Moncrieff 's New Pedestrian and Equestrian Ex' ra vaganza of ;Mr. I..riggs in the " Pleasur s of Housekeeping and liorslicehig," having bgen received with roars or laughter ana shouts p of a pprobation, will be repeated ever! e vening until further notice.—lir. Batty has engaged the following eminent Gymnastic and Equestrian artistes, Mr. Miner and his two sons, Messrs. le Crowhurst, A. Powell, A. Brldges, Mons. , and those ce- brated PrOYinCial Clowns, Messrs. Jackson andVAlentine iVhcalc, who will appear. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sev. , n, with the Grand national and magnificent Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF wATEELoo, in whieh Mr. Edward Gomersal will appear in his original clear,cter of Napoleon. Af er which Ilat , y's SCENES OF THE ARENA. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; or the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HORSEKEEPING, in which the whole Company and Stud of thia Establiahment, long trAla of moveables, 4 omprlsin; Omnibus, Barouche, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Foer. t , taga anager, Mr. W. West. V. 14411 w A I AT - LONDON 11;MX4F.. TTP3 DAT —M 'ming, 13 min. after 2 1 Evening, 35 min. after 2 7 0 . ve?..sovr— ornln;, 59 Jain. after 2 1 Evenln, 22 tnin. after 2 TILE WE,''..TH.EIL—Stiq OTTICE, DEC. 1. TLERN,DHETER Loi'c3t, 32; Highest, 46; Noon, 42, BAROMETER, 30.14. WIND W.S . W.—Morning, fine ; Afternoon, hazy, i , - , ,,. i ~-:-P, ~,-, b Vii . la jai r'r7,:io-i, ' o it ' _. ~ ebeitniall LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1849 Again we have occasion to refer to the fanatical effJrts of the Sabbatarians, in reference to the obstruction of all improvement in the Post•office department. Our revival of this vexed question is induced by the appearance of an admirable pamphlet on the suNect (recently issued from the establishment of the eminent publisher, Mr. MURRAY), written by a reverend gentleman, of great ability, the Head Master of Harrow School, and late a Fellow of Tq,inity College, Cambridge* So calm, so clear, so argumentative, so just, amiable, and conclusive are the remarks made by this intelligent divine upon the theme of so much angry discussion, that we must be allowed to transcribe from the pages of his brochure several of its most felicitous passages—thereby en abling him to speak for himself, in his own fashion and En his own language. Having himself refused to sign a parochial remonstrance against the proposed changes in the Post-office Establishment, Dr. VAUGHAN conceives himselfjes'ified in addressing his friends through the medium of this printed letter, for the purpose of showing them that such a refusal on his part is anything but incompatible with an earnest and reverential regard for, what is called, the national observance of the Sunday. To demonstrate this position he takes, as the basis of his argument, the original minute submitted by Mr. ROWLAND lIILL to the Postmaster-General during the course of last February---a document which is open to general examination, and which therefore it is impossible to garble for the sake of bolstering up a sophistry. Now what is the exact purport of that minute and what are its avowed intentions ? Dr. VAUGHAN, upon this point, thus expresses himself, and to his commentaries upon the scheme of Mr. ROWLAND HILL we would here demand most especial attention. He says : " The measure now impugned (the transmission, namely, of certain provincial and foreign letters through London on the Sunday) is not an isolated one. It is but ono part of a more general scheme. And what is the object of that scheme, as described in the minute re fereed to ? The reduction of the Sunday duties of the Post-office. The securing of the utmost possible amount of Sunday rest to all connected with the Post office. What, again, was the first part of the same mea sure? What was that earlier step, taken by the same [ersons in the same direction, of which the present change is a consequence ? The total suspension of all money-order business on Sunday throughout Eng land and Wales. And what are some of those ulterior mealures, to which the attention of the origi nators of this is next to be directed? The deferring of work now done on the Sunday till after midnight. The reduction of Sunday work, even at the chief office, con siderably below its present amount. Important mea sures of relief to the rural messengers and rural re vivers on the Sunday. What, finally, is the declared object of the present alteration? Further relief from Sunday labour in the provincial post offices; and thus the diminution of Sunday work in the department as a whole. So far from its being correct to state this as a merely accidental result of the measure, it is its very object and purpose, to which all else is subordinate and subsidiary." In continuation of these remarks, he asks if such facts as those just enumerated ought not "to preclude, at least, a precipitate sentence of condemnation ?" Assuredly there is not a casuist in the land but would shrink from openly avowing that it is fair to impute to any one not merely " motives which be disavows, but motives of which he professes the very opposite." Forced, then, to accept these as the only rational, and indeed admissible grounds of argument, the most virulent and prejudiced Sabbatarian will be com pelled to learn (with the Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN) the object of the minute of Mr. ROWLAND HILL from its author, and, consequently, to arrive at the same identical conclusions. Subsequently our learned and respected pamphleteer gainsays very happily, and denies very logically the objection, that the changes prove practically injurious by causing more harm than it obviates, by intro ducing more Sunday labour than it supersedes. Granting, he maintains, that at the outset the altera tion may actually appear to increase the Sunday duties at the Post•office (as it literally does to a certain extent in London), it should nevertheless be remembered that the additional at tendance found to be necessary in St. Martin's-le- Grand is voluntary—that it is not permitted to in fringe upon the hours of Divine service either during the morning or the afternoon—and that Sunday labours for the reception and assortment of letters having been previously tolerated, the changes are in no respect innovations. Besides, he inquires, even regarding the addition of twenty-five clerks to those already employed on Sundays at the central estab lishment as an evil, "is it counterbalanced by any greater good ?" Upon this particular he proceeds— " It is necessary to t,,ko a national view of such a question. The Post-office system throughout England is one, not many. The London office, and the provin cial offices, are but sev -ral parts of one connected whole. The question, therefore, is, net whether this office, or that office, separately regarded, will be a gainer or a loser by the change; but whether, on the whole, the u. lT Aregate of gain or loss will preponderate; whether, so to say, the Post-office of England, as distinguished from that of London separately, or that of York or of Man- " AiLetter on the Itte Post-offi.A Agitation. By Charles John Vaughan, D.D., &e., &e." Byo., pp, 16. Murray; Lundon. 1849. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1349. chester separately, will thus be relieved on the Sunday, or burdened. If twenty-five additional servants are required in the London office on the Sunday, and twice twenty-five can be relieved on that day in the provincial offices, the change, so far as it extends, is salu tar y . I . ow, if this obvious principle be granted , t he ques tion is decided at once. Beyond all contradiction, the present measure is one of relief from Sunday labour to the department as a whole. But the opponents of the measure argue thus : Taking the London office by itself, an addition is proposed to the labours of the Sun day: this is a sinful project: and if it be urged, on the other side, that a,teafold relief will thus be a fforded to the provincial offices, they ans w er , that this is but doing evil that good may come. Yet is not this argument capa ble of an easy inversion? Are you not, in resisting the pro posed relief of the country offices, on the plea of regard for that of London, doing, in fact, a great evil—not that a small good may come, but that a small evil may not come?" The logic in all this is as clear and incontrover tible as it is candid and simple. From all these con siderations, he is ultimately induced to enumerate as ,he manifest advantages by which this admitted evil Ls counterbalanced, the three following : " 1. The cessation of several Sunday crew-posts, by which the detention of letters in London throughout that day has been hitherto evaded or obviated: and this without any addition to the existing number of mail trains, or other means of transmission, to or from Landon on the Sunday. "2. A great diminution of the former amount cf letters written and read in the country on that day. " 3. The entire discontinuance of a second delivery of letters on Sunday throughout England and Wales : a measure affecting considerably more than two hundred towns, and affording direct and immediate relief to a very far larger number of persons." Setting aside all the ulterior benefits which it is rnsonable to anticipate as accruing from these wholesome innovations—such, for example, as that which Dr. VAUGHAN hopes, and not unreasonably hopes to see, namely, " that the unrestricted transmis sion of letters on the Sunday may eventually be fol lowed by an equally general suspension of their delivery " *ore is ample cause for self gratulation on the part of the most enthu siastic sticklers for the observance of the Sunday in the three obvious and large advantage s before enumerated. Instead of howling at a project which they falsely pretend will superinduce an in crease of labour on Sunday, the sanctimonious and ,:aremonial upholders of a religion more Hebrew than Chri,tim in its formula, should on the contrary exult in a measure which truth declar, s to he another ;neaps for lessening the toils of the people on a day intended to he a day of rest and adoration. A rumour that some time since prevailed in Ireland has just been revived with additional strength. It is said to be the intention of the Government to adopt the principle of " centralization," and to "imperialise" Ireland so far as it may be practicable. The mere report has excited a vast amount of virtuous indigna tion, and angry protests are already offered against the project. Whether the statement be authentic cr otherwise, he proposition is worthy of mature and attentive consideration, and should not be dianisse I as un• worthy of notice until its relative advantages l and disadvantages be accurately weighed, and it be discovered to which side the balance would really incline. Extraordinary changes have taken ,:lace of late years in the facilities of transit from one part of the empire to another. Dub lin is brought within twelve hours of London, and the most remote part of Ireland may now be visited in less time and at a more trifling ex pense than Yorkshire or Cornwall could previously have been reached. The real question to be considered is, which course will be most beneficial to the great majority of the inhabitants of the sister kingdom. Would the condition of the Irish people be improved or deteriorated by placing them in every respect on a footing of equality with the English ? Should Ireland be rendered really an integral portion of the British empire, or should a spurious nationality be preserved, which, while it may be flat tering to the pride, is deeply injurious to the best interests of her children ? The question is one of the deepest importance, and a crude or hasty answer should not be returned. The present condition of the country is, unhappily, but too well known. All classes unite in deploring the untoward state of affairs. Various causes have been assigned, and innumerable remedies have been suggested for the regeneration of that unhappy land. `" Repeal the Union," is the cry of one party—restore her Parliament to Ireland, and render her really an independent nation. We do net coincide in opinion with those persons, in supposing that such a course would be really advantageous, but we can under. stand and respect the feelings by which they are influenced. They can easily perceive that any change must be for the better, that their unfortunate country can scarcely be worse off than it is at present, and they naturally cry out for a change which they conscientiously believe would im prove her position. But they are totally mistaken in the nature of the remedy so urgently required. In place of weakening, they should endeavour to cement more closely, and to consolidate the bonds by which the islands are (we trust) indissolubly united. To attain a full and perfect equality with this more for tunate country, in place of the stupid and unmean ing cry of " Ireland for the Irish," why should they not enter fully and fairly into the competition and struggle for pro eminence to which their genius, talents, and we will add, industry would afford them a fair prospect. They are themselves the chief sufferers by the exclusive system. Far better that all the offices of both countries were fully opened for emulation, and that every person in either island should have a reasonable chance of gaining even the highest prizes. They have seen their countrymen acquire for them selves well-merited reputations in every profession. The names of MARTIN, of MURPIIT, of SHEE, and of a host of others, whom it would be invidious to parti cularise, are well known in Westminster, and no prejudice on account of country Las deterred clients from availing themselves of their well-known abilities. Why should not similar opportunities be afforded to every Irishman who felt confidence in himself, and was prepared to enter into an honourable competi tion ? At present they have the Four Courts, and a monopoly of certain petty offices in Ireland. But how much wider would be the prospect if Westmin ster Hall and all the colonies of this mighty empire were opened to their ambition ! We do not find the people of Yorkshire complaining because they have not a separate Parliament, or the men of Kent sigh ing for a restora4ion of the Heptarchy. " Union is strength," and the more perfect that union the greater will be the power of the empire and the chances of success and prosrerity for every member of the body politic, whether he be a native of England, of Ireland, or of Scotland. A pamphlet has just appeared,* in which these views are put forward with singular ability. The talented writer points out that "if the merely insular position of Ireland were developed to the highest extent, the condition of her people would still be provincial and paltry." It would be so indeed ; for if the " Ireland-for-the-Irish" cry were adopted and sanctioned, it could not be supposed that " England for the English" would not also be raised. There should be a full and perfect reciprocity in every respect, and those who call for it in a limited degree, and for their own purposes, should not com plain or feel surprised if it were carried out to the fullest extent. One of the first steps in the right direction, without which nothing practical could be achieved, is the amalgamation of the legal professions in both coun tries. There can be no adequate reason assigned why the English barrister or solicitor should not be entitled to practise in Ireland, and the Irish in England, whenever occasion should arise. The highest judicial officers have been selected from the English bar for the former country. A HART, SUGDEN, and a CAMPBELL have held the Irish Seals within the last quarter of a century, and it is only to be regretted that the policy was not fully carried out, and that a PLUNKET did not reside in the English Rolls' Court, to which he was actually appointed. When the most exalted offices of the profession are thus thrown open, se by should not the minor branches in like manner be available? Why should a person not be qualified to practice in a court in which he may be called upon to preside—why should he not act - as a barrister where he may be appointed a judge? The Irish bar have even greater cause of com- N flaint at this narrow-minded and i mpo li t i c exclu sion than their E n g lish brethren. No pers on can be called to the bar in Ireland until he has been Ireland Imperialized. A Letter to the Earl of Clarendon." Dublin; James 51'014114n. duly admitted a member of 'one of the Inns of Court, and served a certain number of terms in this country. his education is in every respect the same as that of the English barrister; why then should any absurd distinction be drawn ? If the Irish barrister be not duly qualified, he cannot hope for any degree of success in the active competition he must encounter. We cannot suppose that the learning and talent of the English bar would shrink from the friendly contest. It is the iatJrest of the suitors in both countries that the services of the beat men should be available, and that desideratum would be attained by the course suggested. It is not, however, from the English bar that any opposition is to be feared, the transfer of the Courts of Equity and Common Law in Ireland to West minster would be too manifestly beneficial to suppose that it would be objected to at this side of St. George's Channel. It is the foolish provincial spirit in Ireland that is to be dreaded. Let those, however, who are actuated by this paltry ambition reflect on the words of the talented writer to whom we have alluded. Let them consider that " they condemn their children to practise in a province where the greatest learning cannot realise more than a third of the highest Eng lish bar income, and where years of professional labour and abilicy arc rewarded by a chairmanship o! a county—an office with its five hundred a-year, which a first-class London law clerk would decline." diately brought under your consideration. The excep tknal circumstances of recent years have caused a not inconsiderable deficit in the regular receipts, awl occa sioned some extraordinary cxpmnditures. To my regret, an increa , ,e will fail upon the tax.payers. Returning prosperity in our c;_:intnerce and industry, renewed acti vity in our manufactories--a sure guarantee of a return of confidence in the public—are already b.-limping to heal the wounds inflicted by the last few years on the welfare of so many. Aided by the unshaken credit of Saxony you will make the burdens supp stable. Public safety, order, the protection of property and of peaceable industry, are the first duties of every Govern ment. They are also the duties of ray Government, My Government will endeavour to perform them by the firm action of the laws, by salutary reforms suitable to our circumstances, seeking support in I.lv , good opinions of all honest men, and in the conscience of doing what is right. "The presiding Minister will communicate to you in detail what measures have already been taken or arc meditated by my Government. "Your duties, Gentlemen, are about to comrnence. 1 firmly rely upon your honest co-operation. Let us not lose courage, even under trying circumstances, inspired by the conscience that wo seek only the benefit end the real welfare of tho people, and our endeavours cannot fail to be crowned with success." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yes:,erday were from 3000 to 3 500 bales, of Nchieh 1,000 were taken on sp culation. 7 —ln liailaay Shares a good business was one, and prices were still looking up. The itntm diatc cause of the redaction in the rate of discount at the Bank of England would appear to be presented to us in the further decided kerease of bullion and un mplo ) ed notes on the one hand, with diminution of circulation on the other, which occurred last week, attended by a lessened demand for acco.rmodation on othr r securities, and a great addition to the account of the public Treasury. The statement to the 24th ult. gives. the following resulti compared with the previeusreturn: Noses hued locrease Rcst Increase ... Public Deposits ... Increase ... 29,570,425 ... 361,130 ... 3,163,297 7 •.• 02 ••• 8 , 098 , 047 819,127 '6116 9 4 ••• a , ••• 456,338 1 109 699 . ••• 77,989 14.338 973 •• , , Other Deposits Decrease Seven Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Increase ... Other Securities ... 16,886 9,660,032 70,560 NAes ... 11,571,395 Ircrease . . ... 543,740 Bullien 16,380,184 Increase ... 342,494 Active Circulation ... 17,999,030 Decrease ... 182,610 The editor of the Ban' ers' Magazine for De:;cinter, uanrnenting upon the position of the Money market, and the cause of the Balk of England discounts reduc- Decrease tion, states : "For some short time there has been increasing difficulty in the employ went of floating funds. The decrease in the amount of private securities at the Banle of England, and the additions exhibited by the returns to the investments of that establishment in public secu rities, are so much additional evidence of the continued depression of the market rate of interest sensibly below three per cent. This posture of the Bank accounts, com bined with the largo increase of the total reserve of bul lion during the month—a reserve amounting to 16,040,0001., being nearly the largest amount at any time in the Bank's possession—very naturally directed the attention of the directors to their minimum rate of interest, and on Thursday, the 22d instant, the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, which has been in force since the 2d of November, 1848, was reduced to 2i per cent. per annum. A measure of this kind is certainly quite justified by the present pesiti,n, of the Bank, and is perfectly in accordance with the principles of the lust charter. It would be better if the Bank of England could be relieved from the necessity of coming forward at a p, riod like the present, to operate by its powerful example upon a state of the Money market already dis tieguished by an undesirable extreme of cheapness. The dire ctois, however, are entitled to great praise for having forborne so long to make the present change." Now, strongly irepressed as we are with the import ance of keeping money at a steady value, and in which sense we les‘e not viewed the reduction with anything I:ke unalloyed s!rtisfac',ion, we cannot but acquiesce in the above view of the case, for we know by experience that it is correct. The directors of the Beek of Eng land had no alternative, and if a different policy is to be brought about, it must be by an alteration of Peel's 1844 8,11. The. Foreign Exchanges were very firm yesterday afternoon, being quoted tor 90 days' bills oa the princi pal cities, as fullow.s :— . P.tris, 25'. 70c. to 75e.; Ant werp, 25!'. 75e. to 80e. ; Amsterdam, 12 3 to 31 ; Ham- Burgh, 13 14 to 141 ; Frankfurt, 122 ; and Trieste, 11 15 to 1120. in noticing the announcement of the stoppage of the Re) al Back of Australia, the Scottish Railway Gazette gays :—" We regret to have to say that a very large amount of the debentures cf this bank are held in Scut laed ; nod that several influential parties who had retired from the bank will be injured thereby, 'as the debentures were issued whilst they were proprietors, and they are consequently held liable. Extreme measures have been taken by a company, who hold a large amount of their securities, against several respectable shareholders in Edinburgh, who, in turn, have brought actions of damages sgeinst the company for the injury they have sustained by these proceedings." Oa referring to a file of the Melbourne papers, wo find that the property held by the bank in the Australian colonies, estimated at 90,000 L, was to have been dis posed of by lottery, on the 15th May last. The agent for the bank at Melbourne states, in his advertisement of the lottery— " That the bank, having determined to wind up their affairs at ar.y sacrifice, it was suggested to the directors by one of the highest legal authorities in the colony, that a plan of partition by lot amongst the shareholders, after the same manner of division of property as adopted in the High Court of Chancery, should be resorted to; and this suggestion has now been followed under the best legal edvice, and approved of by the most able and astute lawyers in the colony." During the present week there has been no exportation of the precious metals from London. The accounts received this morning from the manu facturing districts state that the markets generally ruled dull fur both Woollen and Cotton fabrics. The Funds have been fully supported this morning. although rather quieter. Consols have realised 95i for Transfer and 95i to 951 for Account. Batik Stock has been firm at 200. Exchequer-bills are not higher than 465. to 495. premium. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been marked 95 to I. In Foreign Stocks there have been extensive trans actions. Spanish Five per Cents.;, have been quoted 19i to 194 s and the Three per Cents. 39,Ji to a material rise again. Orders to buy have been rccaivei, it is said, from influential parties at Paris. Portuguese Four per Cents. are nominally 36 to 37. Brazil Bonds hare been 87, Beunos Ayres 45 to 46, and Venezuela have touched 291 and 30. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. are 55 to I. Railway Shares have nearly all materially improved . BRITISH FUNDS THIB DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 200 3 r er Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. ALMS 9 5 14 95 95 1 4 New 5 per Cent. Annuities l2l Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, In6o 8 7-16 8 1 / 2 D 0.30 Years,Expire Oct. 10,1859 B l4 8 3-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 B% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Bl p Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I 2d. March. June. 46 49 p 52 49 g 1,0L9/. Small — 'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B7 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 45 46 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 3 per Cent Equador Bonds Grenada, 1 per Cent. . ... 16 tlexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Cuupona Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent ... 53 Do. Deferred Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4.o Ditto Account . l9 l / 2 % 3A Ditto Ditto, Coupons ...... 10 1 4 Ditto Passive Bonds 4', Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ...... Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds ...• 29'4 30 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 -A per Cent. Dutch 2 1 / s per Cent., 12 Guild BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAYS HARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. rBII, SHAILE. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference 6t4 5% • to Amb*r., Notting., Boston, &c. 6 3 4 — .... . to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 28 .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 - Oirmingham & 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 Birming., Wok, & Stour Val. 131.14 s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshis Junction.. Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds •.• 0000000 O 27 1 ,4 — ..... to to duckinghamshire..- .......... 17% Caledonian •• ..•"•" 50 .. .. 12 4 5 A 4 Ditto, New 101. Preferenee 10 ...... 9 Ditto. Clydesdal e Junction 50 to Chester and Liolyhead.... ..... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Got. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% — to East Anglia, 251. L. & E., aud L. & D ~. Ditto, 161., E. &II lB ... .. Do, 31. 135.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% — Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1, 61.135. 4d .. Do., do N 0.2,61. 135.4 d... ... .. to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New - ...." to Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 •••••• to Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3 1 4 . ... ... to Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ...... Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per Ct.) 20 - .. .. to East Lancashire ... Ditto, New .. .... . 25 Do., New. Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6=4 — - East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto,,;ew port.. . ....... .. 15 Exei,r, Yeovil, & Dcrehestn 9N — ... to Em..ter and Exra0uth.......... 21s. .4k?g., DaTnfries, & Carlirqe..€ll. 6.a.80 - .. ... to Glazgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ...... « Groat Nerthern.... . Do. 3 4 A Deferred ........ 12 3 4 3% to Do. 1 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 10 . 8 1,4 % .... to 3t. South. & 77e.t. (Irei,and) 50 Great North of England 100 ...... ..... to Ditto, New 401.... .. 4O Ditto, ditto ... Ditto, New 30/ ... 30 ... .. ...... to Ditto, New 15/..„ Iront Western 100 Ditto, 11a1 4 21 - ares ...... 50 Ditto, Quartcr Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ l5 .. ... 7% ...... to Bull end Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto,Quarter Shares . 12% — ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle.— ~. 50 D0., Thirds 1 sneaehire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... ...... to Ditto, ditto, M. IL &ii ... 98 Ditto, ditto ... 98 - Ditto half Shares ... 49 Ditto Quarters ..A........... 234 — Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thiris...... .. ...... Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO .... Do. Liverpool aod Bury... 49 - . ... to -- Do. (Rudders. and Sher.) 50 - to - Do., West Riding Union.- 10 .... . - to - Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... - - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 - to - Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ........ Do.,do.,Prefcr., &per Cent. 5 - Ditto, ditto... - te - Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 - to - Do. I'ref. Quarters, 1848... 9 - to - Liverpool, Crosby , and South - port. - .... to - London & Blocky, a1......11/. Gs. Ed.-- - to -• Lord., Bright., & South Coast 100 .. .. t 2 - Do., Nes,•.r sl., gua. 6pr V.,t,100 ...... - ...• - Do. Guaranteods per Cent. 9 ...... - .. - Ds. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... - - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... .... - London and Greenwich... 121. 152. 4d... - ..., to - Ditto Preference 2O -..- to - London ts North Western.....loo 11 4 34%... to 116 Do. New Quarters.. l 2 - Do. Fift'-s - Do. 40i. Shares.....L. & M 85 ...... - - Do. 1 1..... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western...-. 50 - ..- ... to -- Ditto, New 504....... - ..... 42%...... - .... to - Ditto, Ne w 401 34 -• Do., New Scrip, 1848, Prof. 7 per Cent ...... ...... ... 5 .... 6% to - Londonderry and Coleraine.- 25 - to - Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 ..... - .• to - Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 - - Do., Half Shares 5 - •,...... to - r..,. , westelf, guar. 4 1 er ct l .O - Ditto (goer. 6 per cent. ... 13 - to - lanch Boton, & Matlock 5 - to - Minchr, Slicilield, and Linc.loo - to - Ditto lo t . Shares(No. 1) ... 25 - .. ••• to - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) - Ditto, : i i l Shares (No. 3)... 12%...... - - Do., New 10.!. Preference.. 10 ..... 9% to -- Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 - to - Ditto, ditto. ......,.. ........ 20 - . te - Ditto, ditto - to - Ditto Shaffield and Line. 25 ....• - - Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 - to - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 44. 25.... - - Mid12nd......- .... ........ -100 1)1tto, C.onsol. Preference-10u Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 30 - Midland, Kinn., and Derby...loo - ...... to - ilidland, Corso!. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 - to - I.liiiland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. - - Ditto ditto 221. 75...... - - Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan aington (8 per ct. gua.)....100 .... . - - sZidld. Groa t Wostern (Irish) 50 - to - \liddles.bro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. - 50 - to - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO •..... - - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... - - Newmarket - to - Ditto Extension Scrip... 21, 1 2s - to - Newport Aborgy., and 'Tarot. 6 ..... to - Newry and Enniskillen ...... I - •••••• to ...... Ne 7,7 3 ,, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor - - ••• •• to - Norfolk - to - Ditto New 20/. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 6 •• ••• --- - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - ...•.. to - tiorthern Counties Union ..• 4 - to - North British .... ......... . 25 - to - Ditto Pali 5hare5.......... 12% 4X to - Do. Quarters - •••••• to - Ditto Thirds ..... - Ditto. Preference 5 - - North Stallordshire... .. ...... 17% - North Wales - • •••• to - North Western 13% - ..... to - Oxford, Worcester, and Wo lverhampton - to - R aading, Guildfd., & Reigate 15 - lto - Boyston and Eitchin - Scottish Central - Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 - ... to - Ditto,New.. 2 2 1/ - to - Shrowsbury and Birmingl , ..are 12 ...... - to - Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 - to - Ditto, Now Guaranteed 8 ...... 10 to - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 4 - -.•to - Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. UM.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... .. - - Ditto, Oswcstry 18%...... - .... to - Ditto New ). - to - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pr0f....... 10 - - liropshire Union 6%... .. - ...... to - South Devon Ditto, Preference 25 - - South Staflordahire B% - ...... to - 3outh E.*storn: 3 3 1 /8 - •.. .. to - Ditto, No. 2. ... BO - - Ditto, No. 3.' - - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - ...... to - Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. - South Wales - South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l2 - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 per ct. 16%...... - ... to - Do. do. (South Div.) 5 - •••••• to ". - . . .. . _ Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. 00a1......... . 7 - Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..,, 17 1 - Vale of Neath ,.. 8 - Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... - Waterford and Limerick ... .. 474... .. - Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin . 3 - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed - Do. do. do. - Do. do. do. - West Cornwall 6 - ffhitehaven and Furne3s lB ... .. ..... to - Windsor, Staines, and South Western-. ... .......... - iits,Somerset,&Weymouth 45 fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 9 Po.llartlapool Lk. & Rly. 100 York anu North:lliktland .. 50 Ditto, Proferencg FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) fly — - Boulogne ancr.Amieru3 ... 20 ..... .... to - Central of France (Orleans and Vierzoa) .... - ....•. to - Demerara. ............ ........... 17%. -• Dutch Rhenish .. 8 East Indian ... 3 1 4 — - Great Indian Peninsular 6 ...... - Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 10s. Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to • Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege... . Northern of France 14185..... 2 1 / 2 di5.....t0 . Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. Paris and Orleans.... 2O Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..... ...„ 12 Rouen and Ilavre ... 20 Sambre and Meuse - ...... to • Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 13 - oes••• to • Tournay, Jurbie, Landen, and flasselt ... .... „. 20 •••••• ...... •••••• to • West Flanders - .......• to • Ditto ... B% .IMII JOINT STOCK ZANKS. - - Australasia -- - 40 • •••• British North American .... 50 ...... Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock -..... lO ...... ......,:to London and Westminster National Provincial of Engld. 85 - Ditto, N ew National of Ireland 22% — -•• .• to P rov incial of Ireland . Ditto, New Union of Australia 25 Ditto, New .. Union of London .. 10 Union of Madrid 40 MINES. ---- —. Anglo ilexican lO - •••••. Asturian ........ ........ ..... 15 ...... Australian ... 4 Barroasa Range 2Bs. ...... —. Blaenarven Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolarms Scrip British Iron - Brazilian Imperial .•..• .• .•• 24%.....• -4,•••• to Ditto Cocacs and Cuiaba... 30 - ••• •• to Ditto- St. John Del Rey ... 15 10%3p x.d to Cobre Copper ,•••• 40 General Real del Monte, Unregistered . Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. United Mexican .....- ........ 28% — to COURSE OF Amsterdam ...• •• 12 3% Ditto, at sight .. 12 1% itottcfdain .... ••.. • • 12 3% Antwerp • • .......• •. .. 25 80 Ilarnburgh 13 14% Altona• • . ••••• •• .• -- Paris, 3 dayesight • 25 52% ; Ditto, 3 vionths 25 77X Liarscilics •• •• • • 25 77% 80urdeaux......... • 25 77% Franlifort on Mama.... 122% Petersburgh, Sil. ltble 36% Perlin • • .. • ... • • •• Vienna, effec. Chi."... 11 18 Trlcqe,ditto....—.... 11 18 M:.:(1;11 49 % .. • 49% as.rcelona .• •••••••••• Souffle. •• .• •• •• .• .• •.4 LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. I.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W., light breeze, and fine, t . T. LES, Nov. 29.—The Aurora, Newport to Ply mouth, is wracked to the westward; crew saved. It blew a heavy gale last night at S.S.E. Wind to-day S.S.W. YARMOUTH, Nov. 30.—The Samuel, on shore at Horses, is discharging, and is expected hero to-day. LOWESTOFTE, Nov. 30.—The Ebenezer, London to Hull, ran foul of the North Pier and stove her quarter. lIIIISTOL, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Josephs, England, Quebec. FLEETWOOD, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Sceptre, Restigouche. rELFAST, Nov. 29.—Wind W.S. W., fresh.—Arrd. &a-lick], Healy - , St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Ca lifornia, New Orleans; Amoys, ditto; Constitution, New York; Great Britain, Clyde and Jamaica. Etna., Nov. 30.—Wind S.E., strong.—Arrd. British Prircess, Crawford, Quebec. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.— Sld. Seromi, Madras. 11l ARGATE, Nov. 30.—The hull of the Rammun?er, has been got off the Goodwin Sands and towed on to the main. HULL, Nov. 30.—The Michelet, Dauzic for Ports mouth was lost 25th inst.,. Ist. 56, lon. 4 57 S. Crew say , d by the Albion of Montrose. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.—The North Ash of Brixham from St. Übes, has been towed in full of water from contaet with a fishing boat. CARDIFF, Nov. 29.—The Zuleeka for Plymouth, which caught the bank and filled 26th inst., is discharg ing. The damage sustained is considerable. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 29.—The Good Intent, for Youghal, has put in leaky. SHIELDS, Nov. 29.—The Victoria steamer, of and for Aberdeen, was in contact, 24th inst., in the harbour with a vessel reported to be the Welcome Home of Falmouth, and both received damage. DUBLIN, Nov. 29.—Wind S. to W.S.W. strong.— Arrd. James Fagan, Cormack, Quebec. LEITH, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Judith, Philip, Callao. PLY➢I,UTH, Nov. 30.--Wind W.—Sld. Woodbridge and Oriental, Port Philip. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Engineers' Office, Britannia. bridge, Nov. 27, 1849. It being intended to float one of the tubes at the Britannia-bridge on Monday next, the 3d of December, masters of vessels are hereby requested to take notice, that during the time occupied in floating the same, and also on the previous day (Sunday), the passage at the Swiliies will be stopped. Alter that day, until the tube is raised to its position, the Anglesea Channel &one will be passable. (Signed) EDWIN CLARK,. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Terceira, Nov. 17, 1849. Sir,—The following aro the quarantine regulstions at pr.;cnt : From infected ports, viith cargo, eight days; in ballast, eight days. From suspected ports, with susceptible cargo, five days; with unsuaceptible cargo, threa days; in ballast three days. Passengers are subject to the same quarantine as the vessels they comp (Signed) JOHN READ. British Vice-Consul, and Lloyd's Agent. Capt. G. A. Halsted, RN., Secretary, Lloyd's. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. The supplies of VE getables on sale wore not so exten sive as of late. The demand for them was tolerably steady, at full prices. In Fruit., very little was doing, at last week's quotatie.ns. English Fruits—Pine Apples, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Black liamburgh Grapes, is 6d to 2s 6(1 per lb; Pears, 2s tid to 6. ; Eating Apples, is 6d to 2a 6d ; Apples for cooking, is to Is 6d per half sieve; Filberts, 60s to 65s per 1001bs ; Walnuts, 35 to 6s per bushel. Foreign Fruits—Black Hamburgh Grapes, 6d to Sd; and White ditto, 6d to 8d per lb ; Spanish Nuts, 4s to 5; Walnuts, 4s to 6s; Chestnuts, 3s to 6s; and Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s per pecle• ' Lemons, 5s to 103 ; Oranges, 7 s to 14 s per 100 ; Spanish Onions, 1123 to 17s 6d per box. Vegetables— Cape Brocoli, 3s to 6s per dozen bunches ; Cauliflowers, is to is 6d per dozen; Turnips, 3d to is 3d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, is to is 6d, and Leeks, 9i to is per dozen bunches ; Onions, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per bushel ; Horse radish, 13 6.1 to 3s ; and Celery, 9d to is per bundle; Parsley, 6dto 9d per dozen bunches; Cabbages, 6d to 8d; Red ditto, is 3d to is 9d; Savoys, 6d to 9d; Red Beet, is to is 6d ; and Parsnips, 4d to 8d per dozen ; Brussels Sprouts, Is 3d to is 93 ; To matoes, 5s to 6s; Spinach, 9d to is ; Jerusalem Arti chokes, is to Is 6d; and Corn Salad, is 3d to is 6d per half sieve; Endive, 6d to 9d per score ; Mushrooms 6d to 9d per pottle ; Small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Sage , is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Shallots, aid to 3d per lb; Potatoes, 65s to 105 s per on; ditto, 2s to 3s per bushel. NEWG.ATZ AND LEADENSALL. POULTlM—Turkeys, 3s Od to 7s 6d; Geese, 4s 6d to 63 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Tame Rabbits, Is Od to is 8d; Wild ditto, 6d to lid ; Pigeons, lid to 9d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s 3d to 7s Od each •, Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 35 6d to 5. Od ; Barndoor Fowls, 2s itel to 5s 6d per couple ; Fresh Butter, Os to 13s per dozen lb ; English Eggs, 8s 3d to lOs Od ; and French ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to Is 8J; Hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Woodcocks, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ' Grouse, Is 91 to 2s 6d ; Ptarmigans, is Od to is 9d• Snipes, 9d to is 3d; Teal, 6d to rs; Wild Ducks , Is del to 2s 3d; Wit!. geons, 9d to is 6d; and Plovers, 63 to is Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10d Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od; and Pork, 3s 6d to 41 2d per Sibs. PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette publishes the following ex planation relative to the denial inserted in the Prussian Stoats Anzeiger on the sulject of the opposition of Austria to the convention of the German Parliament at Erfurt : " The Prussian Stouts Anzeiger contradicts the intel ligence relative to the protest of Austria against the meeting of the German Parliament. We have collected as accurate information as posiible, which is as follows: "M. You Prokesch having received from Vienna a con fidantial communication or dispatch, imparted its contents to the Prussian Ministvr for Foreign Affairs. This communication was restricted to hinting at the possibility of a formal protest, it' Prussia should convoke the Parliament. What may have pascd verbally between them is known only to themselves ; but we believe that we know right well that the Austrian envoy stated the possibility of the solution of the question by the sword, if Prus.iia did not Fay r!gard to the formal protest which he all nouncul as coming. "Is is possible this is merely a measure of intimida tion ; however, a dispatch was sent to M. Von. Born twin', the Prussian Envoy at Vie - in:a—it was a dispatch and not a note. In this dispatch, with which Prince Schwarzenbargi was rat‘do acquainted, the Prtnsian Cabinet developed its views, also in a conaientitil fcirm, and for the first time insisted tl , at Austria herself had viela•ed, by her constitution of the 4 h of Decimber, the formal dispositions of the Constitution Act of the German Confederation. The dispatch canclucies by stating that Prussia will peroevere at all hez irds in the path upon which she has entered, arid that shc is in a position calmly to await any evewua!ity which may ensue." The German Reform contains an article on this subject, which states that the opposition of Austria to the formation of the federal state is known to all, that she may protest and even intimidate, but will be sure to desist in the end, as a good understanding with Prussia is of value and importance to her. The same journal aids that the policy of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh is ill understood, if it be supposed that it takes the part of Austria against Prussia in the German question. That Cabinet per fectly understands that the peace and security of the conservative Princes of Germany depend on the position of Prussia. The Cologne Gazette says—" We learn from an authentic source that the KING has signed the law relative to the elections to the German Parliament." This notification, in part ; appears in the &was. The Electoral Law for the pocular Chamber of the German Diet is published in the Prussiczn Steals Anzeik,rer of the 28th ult. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Letters from Flensburg of the 24th ult., in the National Zeitung, state that the island of Alsen is being placed on a war footing. Sonderburg is about to be fortified and to receive a garrison of 10,000 men. In a Berlin letter of the 28th ult., in the Ko!ner Zeitung, it is mentioned that tha agents of the Schleswig Statholdership have met with an excel lent reception at Copenhagen, and that the Danish Minister readily listened to the proposals they had to make. ITALY. The Giornale di Roma announces that the Span ish troops will all be withdrawn from Rome abou , the middle of December. Several circulars, are published in the Piedmontese Gazette, addressed to the Ecclesiastical Dignitaries and Magistrates, calling on them to instruct all those in office under them to enlighten the people on the nature gf the question at issue in the forthcoming elections, and to urge them not to refrain from exercising their right of voting, but come forward and support the KING and Government in maintaining the true liberties of the country. The Opinicne of Turin, of the 26th, quotes the fol lowing letter, dated Milan, the 24th ult. : " Tne fortifications of Piacenza, are being repaired with the greatest activity, and the corps of occupation is constantly reinforced by troops arriving from different points of Lombardy. The interview at Vienna between the Dukes of Parma and Modena referred to the plan in contemplation. Thus, General d'Aspre, who always commands the advanced guard, 1::;s been appointed Commander of the Corps of Army of the Duchies ; and if your Minister of War had any doubts respect ing the projects of Austria, the following declaration, emanating from General Rsdetzky himself, would remove them. Our Podesta, having repaired to Verona to present his homage to the old mar shal, insinuated in his address that, peace being defini tively restored, it might be expedient to take off the state of siego. His Excellency replied to him in these terms: I am sorry not to be able to accede to your desire. Peace is more apparent than solid; and it may happen that next spring we shall be obliged to make a military promenade in the Sardinian aominions.'" The Cernstituzionaie of Florence states from Rome, 21st ult., that the three ladies who had been im prisoned in consequence of the funeral service of the victims of war have been sent back to their homes, where they are to remain under arrest until further orders. PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT.—Tine Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Iberia, Captain Burney, has arrived here from Leg horn, enoa, and Gibraltar. O' Wednesday night the Iberia experienced a hard gale, with heavy sea, and when 100 miles west south-west of Ushant, the cross-bead of the starboard Engine broke ; she has, therefore, accomplished the remainder of the voyage with only one engine. On the homeward voyage t he Iberia spoke the steamers Indus and Hindostan, outward bound. On the 25th, at noon, she exchanged colours with a large British frigate and two war-steamers, steering for the Tagus. A two-decker line-of-battle ship (British) ran into Gibraltar Bay on the 231, but left for the eastward immediately afterwards. Exchange at Gibraltar on London, 491 to 7. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, Nov. 30. "The Queen Dowager has passed an extremely restless night, and her Majesty shows symptoms of increased weakness this morning. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D." Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended, by the Baroness de Speth, visited the Queen Dowager at the Priory yesterday morning. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY, Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were pre vented by the inclemency of the weather this morning from taking their usual early walk. The younger members of the Royal Family were also obliged to remain at home. Captain the Hon. Dudley and Mrs. Pelham and Colonel the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Phipps had the honour of dining at Osborne yesterday. Colonel the Hon. C. Grey left Osborne this morning for London. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign•office. The Ministers present were — Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat two hours and a half. A deputation from Windsor, consisting of Colonel Reid, M.P., Rev. T. T. Carter (Clewer Rectory), Mr. F. Molyneux Montgomerie, and Mr. Thomas Page, C E., had an interview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests yesterday, at their office in It hitehall-place. Mr. Higham and Mr. Tidd Pratt had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Rev. Mr. Cureton had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the 1\ orth Ame rican Colonies. Colonel Anson had an interview on Thursday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-lICUSE.—Last vc if) g the L..ird May - or gave his tirAt ent:ataif,ment to the Creceral PurpTs(s Committee, unfit° a number of his Lordship's private friends. Covers were laid in the long parlour for about sixty, and the evening passed off with the greatest satisfaction. rtiE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris 'journals of yesterday. The National Assembly has committed an open and flagrant violation of the Constitution, thus set ting the example to any who may be inclined to follow it. Should the PRESIDENT openly adopt mea sures to secure his re-election, and should the Na tional Assembly remonstrate, he might quote their vote of Thursday as a precedent, and set them at defiance, so far as legality was concerned. It will be. remembered that the Constituent As sembly determined, after many debates, to make it a fundamental principle of the Constitution that the electors should vote for their representatives in the chief towns of the Cantons. This was done in order that the rural electors might be enabled to exercise their franchise freely, w hich they could not do if their votes were taken in the parisbe, ai they would in such cases be subject to the intimi dation of the priest and of the local authorities. This, which is one of the fundamental principles of the Constitution, has been violated by the present priest ridden Assembly, which has determined by a majority of 418 to 201 to subject the rural electors to the direct interference and intimidation of their priest, by ordering the votes to be taken for the future in the parishes. The proposition of Colonel CnannAs for the sale of the crown jewels was negatived by a majority of 439 to 187. The illoniteur du Soir has the following . " Two journals— Ctirdre and the Voix du Peuple— pre tend that we have reproduced and approved of en article of the Credit, attributing to the President of the Re public a speech to the prefects recently appointed. This is an error of the journals al;tulcd tii, which they will, without doubt, hasten to rectify. We have not repro duced a word of the article of the Credit, and we uuld not approve of a language which we had every reason to consider apocryphal." M. DE itAYNEVAL has given in his resignation of the office of French Minister at Rome, in consequence of liberal instructions given to General B . ARAGUAY D'HILLIEES. The instructions to General BARAGUAY D'IIILLIEns are in accordance with the views of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, as developed in his letter to M. EDGAR NRY. The Legitimatist plot of the Rue de Romford has more extensive ramifications than had been at first suspected, and persons of some importance are said to have been implicated in it. Upwards of 400 Legiti matists are said to have been arrested in the provinces, in consequence of the discoveries which have been made during the course of the examination of the prisoners. Neither M. MOLE nor M. DE MOETALEMBERT wEre present at the PRESIDENT'S reception on Thursday evening. The absence of these leaders of the pctrti pretre was much commented en. _ _ _ The trial of 23 persons accused of belonging to a secret society called the Lea Arnie de l'Egaliti was brought to a close at a late hour on the night of Weduesrlay. Fifteen of the accused were acquitted, and the others were condemned as follows :—LEGRE, six months' imprisonment; CASTINET and FRICIOT, one year's imprisonment, 100 f. fine, and one year's interdiction of civil rights; SALGUEZ and THERIET, six months' imprisonment, 100 f. fine, and one year's interdiction of civil rights; HEDRUIL, two years' im prisonment, 1001. fine, and two years' interdiction of civil rights. When called up for his defence, the last made a violent speech, in which he declared him self a Communist, and said that while life lasted he would combat for a Republic in: which every man ' should be supplied according to his wants, and no one allowed to have 10,000 f. a year when others were starving. The French Government has sent orders to Rome to send home that portion of the expeditionary army for whom it has been impossible to find barracks, and who are ill lodged. The Evenement announces that M. DE PEBBIGNY is about to proceed to Berlin on a special mission. The Estafette mentions a report that the Plan- DENT of the Republic will grant a general amnesty to all the political offenders on the 10th of December. Letters from Lyons of the 27th inst. state that the overflowing of the Rhone has caused much damage in that city. The houses on the quays and the adjoining streets are completely flooded, and the inhabitants obliged to remove with their property. PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY, Nov. 30. The market has been again heavy to-day, and prices aro a shade lower; Threes cicaing at 56c. 85c., and Fives at 89f. 65c. The market closed as follows: Threes, for cash, 50f. 90c.; for account, 561'. 85c.; Fives, for cash, 89f. 65c.; for account, 89f. 65e.; Bank of France Shares, 2,395 f.; Spanish Threes, 37f. 75c.; Ditto Fives and Neapolitan not quoted. RAILWAYS.—It has been almost a dies non in the Share Market; prices, however, have varied but little. Rouen closed at 525 F. ; Havre, 2301.; Bjrdeaux, 398 F. 75c.; Northern, 4411. 25c.; Paris and Strasburgb, 357 f. 50c.; Nantes, 277 f. 50c.; Monteresu, 115 t. Other lines not quoted. BUSINI• SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 30. Great Indian Peninsula, %—Namur and Li. ,, e 1 ' -- Sambre and Meuse, 2k. -0 i G A SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. The Finance Minister was engaged in endeavouring to raise finds to meet the exigences of the public service and to pay the interest of the debt. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 24 —Three per Cents. 28i account; Five per Cents. 11r paper. Exchange on London, 50 to 30 paper. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The butcheries have recommenced, and at Cracow, Lemberg, and Terneswar, the blood of the judicially murdered calls out for vengeance. The day of retribution may not perhaps be so far distant as the perpetrators of those atrocities imagine;; the Viennese are very uneasy, they hold frequent conferences with the students, and speak of the Aula with regret. Prince SCHWAISZEN BERG returned to Vienna from Prague on the 231 SAXONY. The Saxon Chambers were opened on the 26th inst. by the KING in person. The following was the speech from the throne . Gentlemen, Deputies --In a serious time, after sad and startling events, I behold you once more assembled around me. I hav e hadof for a o g t o m y s luffpn people o seriest l h e the sade of years xperie wasnce— in I, whose greatest pride for order a prey the and laws, th have estead had to witness fastfeeling outbreak and rebellion against the constitution of the land, and myall capitalthe horrors of a sanguinary insurrection. It was to as put down by the devote d affec t i on and valour of my troops, and of the Prussia n troo p s that cam e to their assistance. To them the country is indebted for preservation against greater evils. But those events have made deep and last ing wounds upon my heart. My love towards my people has, however, remained unaltered, and I have not relaxed in my efforts for their happiness and welfare. Although the banner of German unity was desecrated by those who attempted to make it s a shield for their criminal projects, I nevertheless regrded it as the duty of my Government not to let it sink in the dust. I, therefore, did not hesitate to join a union of the German Governments which promised to the German nation a common constitution in responding to the demands of the present times. " My energies will in future be devoted towards that end. But I shall only regard my mission fulfilled when I shall have received a guarantee that right, the respect for which can alone assure duration to the row work, has not been infringed upon; that our German fatherland will go forth united and strong, not lacerated and weak from its new conformation; and that our beloved Saxony will hold that place which is its due in a Ger• man, and not in any other empire, for the sacrifices which, at this price, it is so willing to make. " Our relations with foreign powers remain undis turbed. " The war in Schleswig, in which another portion of my troops gave sneh striking proofs of valour, has been stayed by an armistice; let us hope that it will soon be terminated by an ho: ourable peace. "Oar internal afflirs will demand your serious atten tion. In so far as they were only provisionally agreed by the Legislature of last sear, they stand in need of final determination, The necessary laws will be imme- EXCHANGE. I Gibraltar•• •••• •• .• •• •• Leghorn •• •• •• •• •••••• 31 30 Genoa.••••••••••••••• 26 615 Allan ••••..•• • • • • • • •• Venice • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Maples • . 4 0 % Palermo, p0r0z........ 121 AI en' ina 121% Lisbon .......... 1,3% Oporto •• .. • .... •• .. •• Rio Janeiro • • ........ Buenos Ayres . ...: .... i:;;;TYoik, 21 days'sight rhil,,ldelphia • . • . • • .... PINES OP BULLION, rra Foreign Gold in bars .. £3 17 9 i'ortnal clol.l Coin 0 0 6panikdi Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10 SilVor, bars .." t , 0 11% ‘VHITECBAPEL. Bed, from 2s 6cl63:Bd;liftiit7;l,2s 8d to 35 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od per 81135. BYLLXNGSGATIL_ Salmon, 11d tc7iTsdi);rli) ' '.turbots, 41 to 12s; Brills, 2a 6d to ss; Cod Fish, 3 s 6d to 7s; Whitings, 4d to 10d; Lobsters, 10d to 2s; Crabs, 4d to Is 9d each; Soles 6d to is 10d per pair; Eels, 4d to is per lb.; Large Haddocks, 9d to is; small ditto, 5d to 7d each; Crimped Skate. 7d to 9d; and Prawns, 28 to 2s 6d per lb; Shrimps, is 3d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, is 3d to Is 6d per dozen; Common Oysters, 9s to 14s; Scotch Pearls, 168 to 20s ; and Best Natives, 423 to 60s per bushel; Flounders, 9d to is per dozen. BRMAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 60 to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41ba loaf. HIDE MARIEET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b ta 721 b, lid to 21d; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, 24-d to 24d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 313; 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to 4d; 1041 b to 1121 b, 4d t• 4id. Calf Skins, light 15 6d to 3*; ditto full 5s 6d to 65; Horn Hides, 73 to 75 6d; Polled Sheep, 4s to 5s 93; Runts and Half buds 3s 6d to 48 2d; Downs, 2s 6d to 3s 4d. IfILY BILOIC,ILETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 103; Clover ditto, 81 Os to 41 10s; and Straw, 112 s to 11 8s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. CUNBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 21 8s to 31 12s ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 8s; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 9s per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.— Meadow Hay, 21 de to 31 105; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 41 10s; and Straw, 112 s to 11 8s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. THE BEWCASTLE MURDER• VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY, AND ►SUICIDE or ONE OF THE ACCUSED.—We copy the following from the Carlisle Journal of yesterday :—The jury, after consulting together, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Joseph Hogg, John Nichol, and An drew Turnbull, by strangulation with deceased o neckerchief. SUICIDE OF ANDREW TURNBULL IN officers of the gaol were thrown into great conster• nation on Thursday morning when the cells .wets opened by discovering that Andrew Turnbull had committed suicide during the night by hanging himself. No change in his appearance had been observed by Mr. Orridge, the governor of the gaol , since his .re-committal on Monday after the inquest , and no suspicion was entertained that he contern: plated self- destruction. He ate his supper as usil" on Wednesday night, and bade the under-keeper good night when he locked the cell. On entering it in the morning Turnbull was found suspended by his towel from one of the bars of his window grating, quite dead and cold, his shoes being about six inches trom the ground. Some writing of an important nature in reference to the murder was discovered on the wall, but the purport of it has not been allowed to transpire. According to the second edition of the same journal, aninquest was held yesterday on the body of Turn' bull, when the jury found the following verdict " That Andrew Turnbull had committed suicide, bu t that there was no evidence to show his state of win ( ' at the time he committed the act." CABINET COUNCIL THIS DAY.—The Cabinet Mini s. ters again assembled in Council (the fourth duriag the present week) this afternoon, at one o'clock, at t ile Foreign-office. There were present Lord John Bil e ' sell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount,Palute rr ' ton, Earl Grey, the Right Hon. Fox Mauls (Sere tary at War), Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of th e Exchequer, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of CarliLl e ' Sir Francis T. Baring, and Sir John Hobhouse. Fox Maule, the new Cabinet Minister, took his orb s at the Council table for the second time. All r Ministers will remain in town until the week aft next, when most of them will proceed to their l c specti%e teats. The Secretary of State will rea l in town. Yesterday the Marquis of Lansdowne was e lectreea, a Governor of the Charter-house. The Governor s ,P - o f sent on the occasion were—Earl Howe, the Esr'Aoo, Devon, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Le" and the Master. The foundation of content must spring UP i° e of man's own mind; and he who has so little know gi d T e t human nature as to seek happiness by changing e11i,b1p13,7 but his own disposition, will waste his life in frioto efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes remove.—Eliza Cook's Journal. ERRATUM. -- The price of Consols in our CI Article was quoted erroneously yesterday iriornirig 9!") it • should have been 951 ; and at the el in tn..) afternoon the market was eery buoyant, a t -9 11 1 i; We understand that the 11:laster-Generel of , 0, °Miasma has appointed George Butler, Esq., chi ef ! n e v i, in the secretar_y's office, to be Secretary to the Orb"- in the room 9f the Rate R. 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