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• left-handed, to harmonise with the motion of the engine, and a considerable gain in speed was acquired. The engine has accomplished wonders, considering that it is only:of 10 hone power,r.occupy ing 5 feet 2 inches by 3 feet, and fitted to a vessel of 301 tons burden, 130 feet long, and 21 feet broad, originally constructed to carry engines of 100-horse power, which did not give her any extraordinary degree of speed, even with a considerable consumption of fuel. The 10 horse power disc engine works very econo mically, about 18 percent. less than any other of the sa me power tried with it—an important advantage where ten days' consumption might be extended to nearly twelve days. It has no dead points, and can be worked with the greatest ease, stopping or reversing instantaneously, and may be made to go forwards or backwards with less than half a turn. As an auxiliary, its advantages will be very great ; it is compact, and not liable to get out of order, and is so easily managed. On the return of the Minx up the river, when at Bark ing -reach, she left the Monkey, and steamed up against the tide, and on being moored the engine was o?ened for examination, and it appeared in most admirable condition, without any symptoms of having worked on one part more than another. The speed of the two locomotives of 10 horse power fitted by Messrs. Seaward to the Minx, and tried on the 24th of September, was 4.515 knots per hour, fully half a knot less than the Minx accomplished to day with the disc engine. The launch belonging to the Enterprise was tried iu tha basin yesterday, and went down to the mea sured mile at Long-reach, with Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer, on board, to-day; it being intended to make it again ready to proceed in that vessel in her next voyage round Cape Horn to Bhering's Strait ;. The launch of the Investigator wa , left at Port Leopold. The Ariel eteam•vessel, fitted with a smoke-con su ming apparatus, went down the river a short distance to day on a private trial, and is to be officially tried in a few days. NOTICE A NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR O r _LA. "Ernllia Wyndham," " Mordaunt Sze. Entitled THE WILMINGTONS , Will be shortly ready for pu'Alcation. Or recnived at all the Libraries. Henry Colburn, Publisher,l3, Great Marlborough-street. There will to no performance at the Theatres This Evening, in col sequence of the Funeral of tha late Queen Dowager. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Lee and Manage-1% Old Brompton. 10-MORROW EVE.NENO, Will he irrformed THE HOUSEKEEPEtt. • Sidney Maynard air. ( ; C C. KeT). THE Wws.WElt. lion Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna tetra. C. Kean. To be folowed Ly BOX AND COX. To conclude with WHO'S MY HUSBAND? The Isox-offize Is undcr the dircietion of Mr. I. T. Archer. Lr.der tdie of Nia , lame TO-MORROW, Will be per:brrned a new•dorricstie Drams, called THR WILLOV. CC.P3E. Principal char.leters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. B ford, 0. Smith ; ate,lame Cel,:ste, anA Miss W6olgar. To be tollowed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brumley alrs. F. Matthews. To ronchtle with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BrINBURY% EPDONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedfor , l ; Bob Twinkg 111 r. Wright ; Job Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F Matthews; .!.ifs. nigh:Jury Barnes, Miss Brooks. TIIEATAr. • J. M. Maddox, Scin Leine and manager. TO-MORROW, ed a new arid original comic Opera called MIN Ilarrison, Weiss, Corr!, Wyn Meisi•s. W IV:11 be per cba anti m LS:3 L6ULS3. Ppm Auer winch, the Extravaganza of TIIE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with TIIE SPITALFIELDS WEAVEA. ASTLEY' 3 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Progrietor. Mr..W. Batty. TO- MORROW, Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has sue ecedel I i engag:ng Mademois,ile ANOELE, from the hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Eivistrian. of the day, with her highly. trained Ste gds, " Senora" 'rind " Bertram." Madernolselie Angela is the same. Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Man " Angola" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will shortly makt her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BATTY hai much pleasure in announcing that he has engaged Maas. Cedoni, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope is Europe, who will appear every Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sov..x with th, *rand national and magnificent Spectacle of TUB BATTLE O} WATEIti.OO, in whleit Mr. Edward GomerSal will appear In hip original character of Napoleon. ALer which Bat,y's SCENES OF THE ARENA, ost!lTened by Messrs. T. Barre, E. Jaeks'n. and Wheale. To conclude with the new EXtravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HORSEKEEPING, ii whish the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, Ion.; train of moveables, comprising Omnibus, Baroucho, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Fos r. Cage Manager, Mr. W. West. aims wATzR. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ta xi DAY —Aim:ring, 53 rain. after 1± i Evening, 20 min. after To-Moscow corning, 38 mm. after 1 I Eveairm, 57 min after Ti1:1.; WEATIIER.—t - .3uw OFFICE, DEC. 13. TISEUIIO,IIMEA, Lowest, 26; llighe%t, 34; Noon, 30. 13Ar.01VIETEE, 20.92. Wl►7n E.S.IL —Damp, cold, foggy weather. 1 ''ate\ se-1:5 sc .:, C.-tit . 11A,. wi t , . 4 4,0 „ ...t: • % \ l s zv,,t- . „ 01 , - • r ' u. 0 • oyssqprit.;•& w?' • event '6 - 4111 , I CZIDON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13, 184'. We earnestly invite the attention of the Britill , public to a communication from RUNG° BAPOJEE which will be found in another part of this day's impression. It has been elicited by the unprovoked and unwarranted attacks that appeared in a morning Contemporary upon the course which he was prompted to pursue by the loyalty and devotion 01 his nature, and the feeling of despair entertained himself, " a foreigner in a strange land, in the midst of difficulties." 'We have already alluded to the article referred to by our correspondent ; it smacks toe strongly of Leadenhall•street to permit it to bt mistaken, even for a moment for the calm and deliberate expression of the opinions of a disinterested and impartial judge. The writer must have been long accustomed to Asiatic subservience and oriental despotism. lie appears to have forgotten Englist usages and habits, and to believe that the well• founded complaints of a long suffering and deeply injured man can be suppressed with the strong hand that qualitif s which Englishmen have ever been ac customed to regard with respect and admiration cai be sneered at and despised with impunity and their enthusiastic possessor made an object of contempt and ridicule, laughing-steck for the witlings of the Honourable Board of Directors RUNGO BAPOJEB'S vindication of his own conduct is so full and complete, so satisfactory in every parti cular, as to require but little argument on our parts tc sustain it. We have already explained the position of that zealous and faithful adherent to an oppressed and persecuted Sovereign, and the circumstances under which he has been induced to appeal, not to British mercy or British compassion, but to British honour and to British justice. Deputed to bring the wrongs of the uniertunate and deeply injured PERTACB SINGH und, , zr the notice of the British nation, for " tenLl,yng years of respectful prayer, and earnett solicitation for justice," he has preferred his suit, with " bated breath and deep humility," to the Hon. the Court of Di rectors,- to the Board of Control, and finally to the chosen representatives of the people of Great Britain. " The bead and front of his offending bath this ex tent, no more"—that when " ill-used, spurned, con temned, despised," by the Indian authorities, he beheld his illuitrious friend, revered master, and rightful Sovereign, perish broken-hearted in his exile, a victim to the cruel persecutions he had endured — when he beheld the adopted child and rightful heir of that deeply-injured Prince excluded from the throne of his ancestors, his wide spread and fertile dominions confiscated and absorbed into the Company's territory, and himself left a beggar, without station or fortune, the private property of his adoptive father being also absorbed in the public treasury; and when, finally, the faithful Vakeel despaired of obtaining redress for these manifold grievances, he directed his warning voice to his compatriots, the native princes and chiefs of India, recommending that they should " look into their own treaties and immediately address the Governor-General, to know if they are to un- derstand whether by the treaty, according to which their heirs r.re entitled to sue ceed, they a re to b•.) permitted to ex ercise the right of adoption, in conformity with th e law and custom of the Hindoos, or wl,e',l;er such law i 3 to be violated and henceforward set at naught ?" This is an important and highly pertinent, but at the same time a most inconvenient inquiry to the NlJgnates of Leadenhall.steeet. If it should be answered in the affirmative—it subterfuge and dis • guise should be cast aside, and that they should boldly avow their secret resolution to abrogate the most sacred custom of the Hindoo law, which has been sanctioned and recognized from time immemorial, long befo; - e the Indian soil was pres3td by the footstep of the Anglo-Saxon—a storm would be excited that would shake the British empire in Hindostan to its very foundations. A war of extermination—a sanguinary THE SUN, LONDON, and desperate conflict—would arise, that could only terminate in the total destruction of one of the belli gerent parties. There could be no peace until either the invaders were expelled from the Eastern clime, or they ruled without dispute over a depopulated territory, the very sources of their wealth and power being in volved in the general destruction. They might, indeed, possibly " make a desert and call it peace," but would that answer their purposes? Would it meet the wishes of even the most grasping director ? We be lieve not. The process of " absorption" must be gradual. The resources of the Company, enormous as they are, would not be adequate to so bold and unscrupulous a line of policy. And if the interroga tions suggested by Ringo° BAroJu be, pressed, the answers must necessarily be in the negative, and the supposed intention solemnly and emphatically denied. But if this should be the case, will it not deprive them of many opportunities of aggrandizement, and will it not exhibit their conduct to the unfortunate TRIM.. BUKJEE RAJA in the most invidious light? If they are prepared to avow their intention of not recognizing any " act of adoption," the consequences will indeed be of the most fearful character. If, on the other hand, they declare their determination to adhere to treaties, and to acknowledge the hitherto unquestioned privilege of the native princes and chiefs, how can they justify their exclusion of TRIMUUSJEE RAJA ? They are thus tossed on the horns of a very unplea sant dilemma, from which they cannot escape under any circumstances. They must either acknowledge their past injustice, and repair the grievous wrongs they have inflicted, or brave results at which even the boldei.t may shudder. The difficulty is manifest — palpable even to the meanest capacity. Hence the indignation at the audacious attempt of the indefa tigable Valeeel, which has armed him with a new weapon which even the most " cunning of fence'' among them can scarcely resist. Hence the attempt to meet reason and argument with contumely and reproach, and to silence a formidable opponent by the combined force of ridicule and of threats. All, hewever, is in vain ; there is no escape or subterfuge open, they must submit to one of the alternatives, and either will be equally distasteful to the potentates of Leadenhall-street. We can easily understand the anxiety of the Court of Directors to cushion all inquiry into the case of the late Raja of SATTARA. There are, perhaps, no principles more deeply implanted in English hearts than the love of equity and justice, the hatred of tyranny and oppression in any form and under any pretext whatever. The " trial by jury" is justly regarded as the palladium of oer liberties. Un der that glorious institution the humblest citi zen cannot be condemned, or in any manner iajured either in person or in property, without ha..ing been confronted face to face with his accusers—without hearing all that could be alleged against him, and being fully heard in his own defence. The privilege of which we are so justly jealous ourselves we should be prepared to accord to all who u-ay be brought into connexion with us. The mission of RUNGO BAPOJBE is to implore —to demand—;hat we should not he forgetful of the Divine precept, which ordsins teat we should do unto others as we would they should de unto us." He has a double duty imposed on him—to vindicate the memory of the departed, and to reinstate the living in his unquestionable rights. All he asks for or would accept is a stringent and searching investiga tion before an unprejudiced tribunal. He asserts the otal groundlessness of the frivolous and absurd charges that were preferred against his deceased master; he loudly proclaims the infamous means by which the trumpery accusations were sustained before the mock tribunal assembled for the trial of a sove reign Prince. He declares the motive by which the Company were actuated, " that it was for the purpose of taking the RAJA'S country," and he demurs to a jurisdiction in which the same persons fill the somewhat anomalous positions of judges, prosecutors, and parties to profit by the conviction of the accused. The British nation will, when the case is fairly brought before them, acknowledge the justice and propriety of the demand. The voice of public opinion will at length be heard in its irresistible force. The patronage of Leadenhall-street cannot be permitted to impede the course of national justice, which must continue clear and unpolluted. If the Members of the present Parliament remain insensible to the prayers of the oppressed, their sue• cessors may happily prove less obdurate. They must again appeal, and at no distant period, to their respective constituencies, and questions may be addressed to them during their canvass and on the hustings which it will be difficult, indeed, to answer. The Directors will then learn that their authority, although great, is not altogether despotic ; that there is a tribunal which, even in the plenitude of their power, they must respect; that they are but the trus tees of the British nation, and that they must act with justice and moderation towards all, so as to consolidate the British strength inlndia, and toregain the good opinion of the natives which they had for merly merited, but which they have greatly impaired, if not altogether forfeited, by recent transactions, more especially by their conduct towards the cruelly persecuted and deeply injured Raja of SATTARA. Mr. MATTHEW SOULSITY, whose letter appeared in our impression of Saturday last, along with the admirable communication of Archdeacon KEATING, has given a very interesting sketch of the rise and progress of the savings'-bank system in this country, and an accurate view of the existing state of the law on the subject. It is exceedingly desirable that no mistake should be suffered to exist on a point of such vital importance to the working classes—that they should clearly and distinctly understand the nature of the security on which they are about to invest the savings of their hardly-earned wages, to form a pro. vision for their declining years. This knowledge is he more essential, as it will not only prevent the lisastrous consequences of any undue panic among the depositors of the several branch establishments throughout the kingdom, by which a run might be occasioned, but will at the same time point out exist. ing defects, and indicate the nature of the remedy that must be provided with the least possible delay. It is true, then, as our esteemed correspondent states, that depositors possess the security of Govern ment in a certain sense, that is to say, for all such SUMS as may be invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, pursuant to the several statutes in such case made and provided. Ss all sums lodged in the several branch banks should be so invested, a small balance only being retained in hand to answer any unexpected demand, it is obvious that, so long as the national faith remains inviolate the great body of the capital of the savings'. banks, vested in the public funds, must be per fectly safe. But the nation is only responsible for the money actually invested, and is in no degree liable for any losses that may be sustained by the fraud or defalcation of any officer or party connected with the management of the local establishments ; the only risk incurred by the depo sitor is in the transmission of his money from the clerk of the:savings' bank, to whom he pays it, through the treasurer and trustees, to the Bank of England, and also in the application of the sums that tnay be drawn out of the public funds by the trustees. If the affairs of each branch be judicieusly conducted, and that a stringent investigation into the state of the assets and liabilities should take 'place periodically, little, if any, danger can arise of loss to the parties interested. It is only when a blind and implicit confidence is reposed in some actuary, manager, or other officer connected with the institution, and the ordinary precautions are dispensed with, in his favour, that fraud to any considerable extent can take place. There must, in fact, be gross and culpable negligence on the part of the trustees, and according to every principle of justice and equity the parties who voluntarily under take important duties, in the proper and efficient discharge of which so large a body of their fellow subjects are deeply interested without any intention of giving themselves any trouble, should be respon sible for the untoward results of their own lathes and want of caution. And such, in fact, was the state of the law up to the year 1844, when an Act was brought in by Mr. GOULHURN, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer (7 and 8 Victoria, c. 83), by which, among other things, it was provided— savings' bank " That no trustee or manager of any shall be liable to make good any deficiency which may hereafter arise in the funds of any smings' bank unless such persons shall have respectively declared, under their hands, and deposited with the Commissioners for tee Reduction of the National Debt, that they are is illing so to be answerable, and it shall be lawful for each of such persons, or for such perzons collectively, to limit his or their responsibility to etch sum as shall be spaified in any such instrument, pro vidd always that the trustee and manager of any such institution shall be, and is hereby declared to be per sz.nally responsible, and liable for all moneys actually received by him, on account of, or to, and for the use of such institution, and not paid over or disposed of in the manner directed by the rules of the said institution." By this most unwise and improvident enactment every trustee, was freed from all responsibility, except for such sums as may have actuallly " been received by himself in person for the use of the institution," and not paid over and disposed of according to its rules; and it is impossible to fasten any trustee with personal liability, no matter how gross, or how wilful might be his neglect of duty; nay, although he had certified under his hand accounts to be true, the most trifling examination of which must have convinced him of their inaccuracy. This, then, is the great danger to be guarded against. The enormous frauds carried on at Rochdale through a long series of years—frauds that were never brought to light until after the death of the delinquent—and also at Kil kenny and Tralee, in which latter case the criminal was most justly convicted and sentenced to trans portation for fourteen years, were tke natural results of the absence of responsibility on the part of the trustees, and their consequent carelessness. In case that there should be a swindling officer the unfortunate depositors are wholly at his mercy, and they aro dependent on the honour of be trustees to protect them from the total loss of he accumulations of their lives. In the cases that have already occurred in this country, at St. Albans and Northampton, the trustees acted in a manner worthy of English gentle men, of men of honour and integrity. They made up the deficiencies from their private funds, and no de , positor was permitted to lose a single shilling. We trust that the gentlemen of Rochdale will behave in a similar manner. Had the trustees adopted the mere ordinary precauticns that every man would take with respect to his own private affairs, the frauds could not have remained so long undiscovered, or have been carried to so grievous an extent. It is said that the defAcations amount to no less than from 45,C00/. to 70,0001. sterling, that they have been spread over many years, and that they were concealed by means of a double set of books, in one of which he entered the sums which he handed over to the treasurer, and in the other those which he appropriated to his own private use. How loose must have been the system of business under which such a course could have been pursued for at le'ast ten consecutive years without detection What comparison of assets and liabilities could have taken place during that period ? Did any searching inquiry, of any, and what nature or kind, take place? The depositors and the public gene. rally—all who are interested in the confirm once of the system, are entitled to full and satisfactory answers. The question nfeut be evaded, and we doubt not that it will appear that the trustees are at least moraly liable for the conse quences of their own fatal negligence and over weening confidence in the integrity of Mr. GEORGE llANvoirrn. If such be the case, they will of course act as honest men, and save the innocent depositors harmless. Under any circumstances, the Act of 1844 must be modified, and trustees of savings' banks mils' be rendered responsible (as all other men are by law) for the consequences of their own wilful neglect and default. rHE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday At the sitting of the Assembly on Tuesdiy, 111. BAUM moved an order of the day motive, censuring the Minister of War for issuing his recent circular to the officers of the Gendarmerie. General D'HAUT Four, defended himself, and said a circular of a simi lar character had been issued by General LAmo aICIERN, when be was Minister of War under General CAVAIGNAC. This observation brought General CA VAIGNAC to the tribune, who said, "I do not approv, of the circular which is at present under discussion. and which calls upOn the Gendarmerie to exercise a surveillance over the Functionaires. The circular of General LAmoitictEßs which has been read to you contains no such recommendation, and it is on account of this difference that I accept the responsibility of the circular of General LAMoRICIERE, and that I blame the circular which is now under discussion." An animated debate followed, at the conclusion o' which the order of the day, pure and simple, was voted, in preference Ito the order of the day motiv, by a majority of 378 to 202. The question of the circular hayig been disposed of, M. FOULD, the Minister of - Finance, proposed the adoption of the lee re-establishing the duty on potable liquors, for the year 18.50. He said that he had already, in the financial statement which he had with perfect good faith laid before the House, showed the renewal of this tax to be indispensable. If they did not re-im pose this tax, he begged to esk what others could they find in its place ? They could not have recourse to an income-tax, which had been repudiated by the Assembly and the country. The present tax had not met with the same objections. There had been no outcry against it. There was no agitation anywhere The renewal of the tax had been recommended by 58 of the Departmental Councils. In order to show that the tax on potable liquors was not any hindrance to the production of wine, or to the home and foreign consumption, be must be allowed to point out some results drawn from official documents. In 1788 there were 1,555,400 hectares'. of vineyards in cultivation: in 1830 there were 1,993,000 hectares; and at the present time 2,137,000. The quantity of wines thus offered to foreign consumption showed a constantly progressive increase from 1,144,000 hectolitres to 1 ; 550,000 hectolitres, and from 44 millions to 54A millions—that is to say, of 33 per cent. on the quantity, and of 18 per cent. on the value. The home consumption had followed the same rate of increase, and it was im portant to state that the Revolution of July had done what that of February had not done, although the circumstances were quite as serious ; thus, in 18!:.8, far from the consumption and the receipts stopping as they did in 1830, they reached the quantity of 10 million hectolitres, which they had never before attained. The increase in spirits was not less remarkable. The quantity exported had riser, between the years 1831 and 1848, in the proportion of three to five.—(Hear.) The difference was still greater on brandy. He would now point out the consequences of the step the Assembly was about to take. It would be impossible to carry on the Government, if, while the expenses increased, the taxes were diminished. That was the path that had been followed for the last two years. Since 1848, 155 millions had been added to the budget of expenses for public assistance, and that at the time when the disturbances of the country bad decreased the receipts by an equal amount. The abolition of stamp duty on journals had cost the country 4 millions ; the postal reform 12 millions ; and the reduction of the duty on salt 40 millions. It was necessary to stop on that fatal declivity. If the tax on potable liquors were to be abolished, a fatal blow would be aimed at the finances of the country; confidence would be arrested, and the country would fall into a crisis of which it was impossible to foresee the end. The first effect of the abolition of the tax would be the sus pension of labour, and the working classes would be exposed to sufferings for which they might justly reproach the Assembly. The finances of the State would not only be disorganised, but the communes would be prevented from receiving the octroi duties, and they would be deprived of the resource of the additional centimes. " Happily (said the Minister in conclusion) I feel not the slightest fear of the result in an Assembly so enlightened. We reject all the amendments, which are nothing more than an encroachment on the Parliamentary inquiry which we propose."—(Hear, hear.) After a long speech from M. ANTHONY THOURET in opposition to the measure, and one from M, DEPASSE in support of it, the debate was adjourned, PARIS ifOURSE, WEDNESDAY, DEC: 12. The market has been again very firm to-day, pricey steadily rising to near the close, when a few sales for cash brought quotations down a little; the rise for the account, however, being still maintained, Threes closing at 561. 50c., and Fives at 9l f. 95c. The market doled a.; follows:—Threes, for cash, 56f. 40c., for account, 56f. 60c.; Fives, for cash, 91f. 65c, for account, 91f. 95c,; Bank of France Shares, 2,430 f ; Spanish Throes, 38if.; Do. Fives and Neapolitans not quo!ed. RAILWAYS —The Share market has been also well supported. end prices have again improved. Orleans closed at 762 f. 50c.; Rouen, 552 f. 50e.; Harro, 241 f. 25e.; Avignon, 220 F.; Vi,rzon, 335.; Bale, 105 f.; Bordeaux, 4061. 25e ; Northern, 461 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburgh, 3621. 50c.; Nantes, 280 f.; Montereau, 1151. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Dk:e. 12. Boulogne and Amiens, I,%—Dutch Rhenish, I—Luxem bourg, % —Northern of France, 1 dis.—Paris and You n, 22 1, 9 —Paris and S:rasbourg, 6 1 A—Rouen and Havre, 9%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived. Father FULGENCIO and his brother intriguers of the parti pretre, have been permitted to return to Madrid. It was rumoured that the PorE was- about to raise a Spanish legion to garrison Rome. MADRID 13oLs.a, DEC, 6.—The Three per Cents , THURSDA Y EVENINO, DE EMBER 13, lB-19 ACJINEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, including 4,000 American, 500 Brazil, at 611. to 611 ; 400 Surat, at 4k.i. to 43d., and 40 Sea Limed, at is. to ls. 3d. per lb. The mark et closed firmly. Compared with Friday's rates, prices of American were kel. per lb. dearer • Brazil is heavy, and low Egyptian id. per lb. lower.—Railway Shares were without alteration. AUSTRIA. AND HUNGARY. The sales of grain in the provincial markets were last The Austria, a commercial journal of Vienna, pub• week larger, lished on the 6th instant the text of the commercial The Amsterdam market on the llthinst. was still very treaty concluded between Austria and Parma and of and fir m f o r Dutch S tock, the Two-and-a-Half p er Cents. Modena, to which the POPE and the Grand Duke e b l e a i s n t g ici s y s : i to t At - Vienna on the 7th inst. Austrian Bonds In Spanish Bonds there was less t TUSCANY have also acceded. The following are the were 94k, and at Frankfort on the B th, 85 t. more important provisions of this treaty : The Russian Minister of Finance has issued a notice " The two ducal governments ergage, within six reminding parties interested that in importing salt into weeks, to pronounce their decision as to the acceptation the ports of the empire strict attention must be paid to of these articles, and the deputies of the three states the production of the required certificates as to the will again assemble, at latest, by the end of March, shippers being natives of the country whence 1850, to agree upon the numerous legislative end ad- it is forwarded. This is because England, France, &c., ministrative minutiae, which are bound up in a compact hatve greater privileges than Holland. so cksely affecting public and private interests. Ac- The American letters and papers were delivered this stordiug to these general articles those portions of the morning. The most important point is the fact that Austrian territory end of the two duchies enclosed in the cotton crop is almost certain to be 2,300,000 bales, the general line of customs, are to form one ' Z Ilgebiet, and may be larger. The Governor of Alabama, in his and the goods that are produced in either one of these message to the Legislature of that State, gives a very full countries, or on which the duty hcs been paid, will l statement of the public finances, but says nothing about be allowed to pass from one territory to the other, tax I the liquidation of the principal of the debt any further free, and unrestricted. All the distinctions with regard ) 1 than that the treasury will he only able to par the interest, to the payment of tolls, and the levying of rates and i and that the payment of the principal must be left to taxes, which hitherto impeded free communication and some future generaion. The balance in the treasury, traffic at annual and weakly fairs, are done away with. on the Ist of November, 1849, amounted to 528,016 The free navigation Gf the Po and its tributaries is gam- dollars, 53 cents. This is exclusive of the taxes for ranteed to all classes of subjects alike. Austrian consuls the present year, due on the Ist of December, which undsrtske;the maeagement:of the affsits of the duchi, sin are estimated at 415,000 dollars, making an aggregate all places where the subjects of the latter are not repre- of 943,016 dollars, 53 cents. The Governor anticipates an seated--a reciprocity of service being guaranteed by the increase of revenue for the next fiscal year from various two duchies. The rights belonging to the most favoured i sources. A reduction on the estimates the Executive nations are secured to the vessels and wares of Iva larl i thieks may be effected of 47,000 dolls., which would and Modena, in Austrian porta, and r;cever.cer. E leave the retrial expenditure of the treasury, for the "1 , 1 everything relating to the financial department of 1 ensuing two years, 268,357 dolls. The Governor advises the Legislature the two duchies:enter into the closest i seeinst any further ir.crea'e of the burdens of taxation, alliance with the Lombardo Venetian kingdom. They i but an amendment to the law, which will tend more accept the laws framed in the latter for the system of i completely to equalise it's operations. customs, state monopolies; the names of geole, stumps, "The report of the Treasurer of the State of Georgia; end duties upon inletel tuwee, thc. . . . . A central ) for 1848-9, exhibits a very fair surplus for the fiscal 'Commission in Verona, te:s which' Austria sends ono i year. The total. balance in the treasury , on the 20 th member, and appoints the presidents, the too duchies lof October, 1849, was 345 697 dolls. 52 cents., of being represented by as many &legatee, will watch over 'i! which only 67,351 dolls. 52 cents. was availeble, the the common interests, and superintend the eHairs of the i belence being in bank stick, railroad scrip, and uncur respective powers. The revenues resulting from the rent funds. customs in the Lomberdo.Vsnetian kiogch.m and the In Canada the weather continued mild. At Montreal, 29 15.16 ; Five per Cents., 13, both for account. Exchange on London, 50 35. Thus it will be scen that the Funds have riecn, and are very buoyant. Vt A .N IF.ND THE NORTHERN STATES. two duchies will be divided amongst the three Govern ments, according to the t amennt of population. " With respect to the external relations of the customs union, both the ducal Governments unite in conft.te - ing upon Austria the power to negotiate for the common weal, in extending to the french r between Parma and Sardinia the convention already existing with Ser dinia, with a view to • the suppression of smuggling on the common border; and Austria is further em powered to negotiate. similar conventions, and con chide with other Italian Governments compacts Or egree meats, which will tend to wiclon the -sphere of commer cial operation, benefit trade and commerce, or augment the revenues of the state. It remains, however, optiocal with the ducal glyernments to take pert in these trans _actions; and in any case the treaties most do rati fied by them. Concerning the trade and customs union with German states Austria i free to act unfettered, and thetwo Governments in queStion oind themselvei before lizad to give consent' to every such treaty which does not affect the equality of h.gislativ2 righ!s, or alter the division of state revenues derived fro: n the -cuitoMs, between the Lombardo-Venetian kiegdorn and the two inc Lies, nor impose obligations upon the'latter inconsis'- tnt with the above articles. The duration of the cum p let is fixed (four years), and unless at the commence ment of the last year due notice be given, the treaty is to be considered good for another four years." on the 231 ult., flour sold at 20s. 6d. to 20s. 91 for su per fine. Ashes steady, and ex !hange on London tending downwerds, being at 1l to 12 for 60 days bank bills. There has been a change for the worse in the English Funds, this being the last transfer day, and a little money stock having had to be brought to market to make up cLiferences upon the settlement, for the Bears are heavy losers. It will not, therefore, excite surprise that mischief has ensued, and two failures of importance aro announced. One defalcation conceini a gentleman now abroad, who was ',so injudicious, although it is cer tainly often done, as to leave power with another to operate for bins, and 12,0001., it is said, will not covcr the less. The individual who has been otli .'acing, however, is charged with something more serious, viz., with misappropriation, and it having been discovered yesterday afternoon that he is a; not forthcoming, and that about 4,500/. of stock had dis3ppeared with him,;which is, we believe, in addi tion to the ,speculative losses above mentioned, pursuit ea; given by the mail-train in the direction which he Wai supposed or known to have taken. Another case is the', of a Hebrew gentleman, of fair standing in the market. These occurrences have compelled the persons who expected to receive pa.yments:to sell stock, but the Bank of England has given some accommodation on Exchequ - r-bills. .The accounts from Turkey are still not of a c‘iarcter to inspire full confidence, and hence Consols have ru'ed heavy at 971 and 961 for Transfer, and at 971 to 971 for Account. Exchequer .bills have been 535. to 545. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 971 to 97g. Bank Stock is worth 202 to 203. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds have been 181 -a, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 354 to 36. Mexican Bonds have been 284 to 281. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been 55g. The following is a statement of the week's railway traffic:— 1849. 1648. Great Western Bristol and Exeter North-Western. 36,605 e 6,011 south-Western 7,174 7,583 Caledonian, 2d Brighton Midland.... 19,065 19,644 South-Eastern ...... .... Railway Shares dull on the whole, and not quite so good, but the tone of the market cau, in the absence or business, scarcely be ascertained. O Nk.. O'CLOCK. . oVittl!` G t' tr.leES OF i:RITIBil YUND6 r RIC'S S. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Amis.—. - 96 96W 95 3 4 ! , :5 3 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 97 97 1 4 963/ 97 96X New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus-- ... Long Anne. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 11359 -16 8 .5-1 G Ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 8 3 4 83L South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consuls for Account F xcb quer Bills. lihd. & 2d 1,000/. June a p 5001. June ............ Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS O7IrE O'CLOCK. 93 3 4 EVA 54p 51p 54p Do. Thirdi Do. Now Guarant2od 6; er Cent.......... 10 Ditto (Huddersfield am: Shelf.).. ....... .. 50 Do. (NV. Riding Union) 10 Do.(PreAton & sbi'yro) 25 Do. !,,:-, 6liares (A)... 10 - ... Leeds and Bradford 5O .....100 Leeds and Thirek ...... 50 ....,. Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3 1 / do. - No. 2 5 Do., do. ......No. 3 5 ........ Do., Pref. Quar., 1818 9 Liverpool, Crosby Southport lO London &131ad.va11...11/. 6s. 3d — London, Brighton, and South Coact... ..... 100 New 5/., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 130 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct,.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 L .ndonand Greenwich 12/15s ..... . Ditto, Prefer...P. .20 .o[ dun don and N. AN'tern 100 113 113% 112% 112% Ditto, Nt-vi Quarters.. 12 Di .to, Fifth , ..... 7 8 8 1 4 Do..lUSharco(L./ 1 1,) 35 80% Do. 10/. (M. &11.)C. 1 2i4 Lond,& S. Wast9rn ... 50 .„ 31% Ditto, New 5.01. ...... 42 1 4. Do. New 40' .. 34 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. 5 London,lerry &Coleraine 25 Do. 1, 5hare5............ 5 Lot - Ric:Pa erry and ElMlS kilen 25 ••• Do. 1, Shares,— Lowestcff, guar. 4 per et 20 ...... —•—•• ........ Ditto (6 par et.) Manztie.t...r,Buxton,and 51 zicLe:ttr, Sheffield, and Lincoinsliiro...loo Do. Q , l,:trteri (Nc. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)— 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 1 2 1 ,4 Do. New 19/. Pref..— 10 Ditto, Gt. Grinuby 50 Ditto ditto . ... 20 . — Ditto ditto ...... 12V, ...... •••••••••• Ditte Sheffield and Lincolnshire ..... 25 . Do., Grimsby Dock... '25 Do., Maochester and Lincoln Union. 4L 2s. 100 49% Do. Con.'Jolidated Pref.loo 501. Shares 30 7 ,4 Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do.Consol.Bristol and 6.:per ...... Ditto, tlrist. tiloestr. 42 Ditto ditto ....... 221. 7s. o.,Erew?shYal.,Pref. 50 • Ditto, Leisest.& S wan nington, 8 per et. guar.loo - Midland Great Western Irish 47% •• • .••• Middlesbro' and itedear, I 1 4 ,-; :A RKET N E Wit. S.—( THIS DAY.) IsILWG.LITII AZTX) 7..:CRIDZNHAZIG. VI( tim unikets were tolerably steady to-day, at ful prices. Beef, from 2s 81 to 33 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d r 3., IN ; Yea', 3s 2d to 3s 101; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4 ii: r BTbs. 2 1 4 . 31 G per cent. Burr. Newcatle and Carlisle.loo Do. QuArtans N, market ..... 8% MEAT MAR/LETS. FOUTHALL, DEC. 12.—Although the supply of fat stark was on the incr( Eve to-day, the general demard ruled steady - , and prices bad an upward tendency Bee', from 3a to 4s 2d; Mutton, 38 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4 to 3s 81; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s Sd per Blbs, to Biel the eillOs. RONFORD, DEC. 12.—Prime Beasts and Sheep move , off freely, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81b• Most other kinds of stock were steady. Beef, from 3 to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Teal, 3s to 3s 8( and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calvet 184 to 245; Quarter•old Store Pigs, 18s to 225; at. Milch Cows with their small Calf, 151 to 1815 s each. LEWES, DEC. 11.—Our market was firm at improve. currencies Beer, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4 to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8 per Sibs. Do. Extension :.c, ewport, Abergavenny, and I teruford 6 .....• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, anti RoArcvor .. 20 Norfolk lOO Po, Now 2W. ... l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 +.— Do. do. W avenay V al. 2 Nortliczu Counties Union 4 North liriti:h ...•....... 25 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, '1 hird.i .... .. Dittu Preference North Staffordshire ... 171 North Wales . 3% — North-Western .... Uxterd, Worcester, Emu Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and ilitchin ... 4 1 / 4.. ... .. .. ... Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Him— 12 ...... ... Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto,New Guaranteed 8 . ..... Shrewsbury and Heretd. b ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W . Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 1814 2 Ditto New Do. 6 per Cent. Pref. 10 aronehire Union south Dsvon 5O Do. Preference Eo , ith Stattordshire Bt4 34...... ....... .. 3g ~., uth Eaet-r, uu., No. 2. - D...,.................30 Do., Reg,ietered No. 4 10 ...... Do., Scrip No 4 Static' W.ves t mita I orkshire, Loa caster, and Li-oole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% — ... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca theron's &tn. C0a1.... 7 l'aw Vale Extension ... 8 fames Haven Dock and Rail Way ..... ... 17% ...... 'ale of 1' Bath ... .. ...... 8 /V aterford and Kilkenny 20 . iVateriord and Limerick 47% ••••• . -.. . . 17 1 A - 8 LA ...... 4 N atel f t, Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 par Cent Guaranteed Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do: 15 .. ..... ,•••• West Cornwall ......... 6 N hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 W ilta, Somerset, & W a. ) - mouth York, Nt we•‘elo, and Berwick. •••• ....... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 G.N.E.Prcference 8 3 Ni% Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 _ . . _ _ s l it 1L 17% York and North - Midland 50 ..-... 18% 17% ..... o,.tr Pfeierenee lO FOREIGN RAIL WAYIN Anglo Italian (late Ita- , Tian and Austrian). ... 5 1 ,4...... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 634% Central of France (Or leans audVierzon)... 20 ...... Demerara ... ... 17 1 / 2 — Dutch Rhenish - East Indian ..- . - Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... 0,4 ......... Do. Do. ... ......10s.. Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7 1 / 2 Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .• Northern of France l4/. 85... Phdis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... ........ .. Faris and Orleans ...... 20 ....• .... ...... Paris and liouen 2O ..... Faris an d Strasbourg ... 12 - Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Blouse 2O ..... ......... ..... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes Tuurnay, Jurbiso, Lan den, and Flaszelt ...... 20 West Flandars B% . • ••••• ...... ..10 id IN E 1-.. 17% 6j Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining C00a... 15 Australian Bausora Range 28s. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... British Iron Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCoLaei&Cuiaba 30 ...... Do. St. John Del-Rey 15 ...... 10LA J O.LN I b WOK BAN Jib. Union of L0nd0n:........ 10 ...... ...... Union of Madrid 4O 10 1 / 4 12,4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 13.—Wind E., light airs, and dull hazy weather. PLYMOUTH.—Arrd. Finestone, Gallon, Portobello. Ski. Glentarrner, St. Helena and Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH. DEC. 12. Wind E., strong.—Arrd. Robina, Martin, Rio Grande, sailed Sept. 20; Union, Kitt, Honduras. Off port, Victoria, St. Kitts. A brig, waterlogged, with the stumps of her masts and bowsprit standing, a round house abaft painted yellow inside, and apparently not along abandoned, no name on her stern, supposed to be an American, was passed on 6th ult., by the Henry, for Honduras, arrived here. PILL, DEC. 12.—The Pheenix was in contact with the xClara (steamer) this morning, and received cm siderablo damage. GRIMSBY, DEC. 12.—The Tweed, of Whitby, has been assisted in, disabled, leaky, and the ere w exhaustse. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 12.—The Azarian, Bristol to Bremerhaven, has been assisted in, leaky, &c. ; car L o expected to b 3 discharged. HAnwicrt, DEC. 12.—The Helena, of and from Stock holm for Lisbon, went on shore on the Cork Sand last night, and is likely to become a wreck; crewisaved. JERSEY, DEC. 11.—Wind E.—Arrd. St. Brel tee, Alexandre, Shippegan. NEWPORT, DEC. 12.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Silur:en, Savannah. . _ BE.Auxitnis, DEC. I2.—Wind E., strong.—Arid. Lively, K.:warty, St. Andrew's. RAMSGATE, DEC. 12.—Wind E. Ly S.—Sld. Plata, Buenos Ayres. DEAL, DEC, 12.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—Arrd. Senegal, Moodie, Moulmein for Newcastle; Lady Bruce, Brown, Calcutta. Arrd. from the River and sailcd, Charles, Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Her mione, Rascben, Richmond V., for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Adele, Field, Prince Edward's bland; Russia, Tucker, New foundland; Jessie and Hercyner , Quebec. d. Li bra, Buenos Ayres; Pilot Fish, Bahia; Richard, Per nambuco; Jessie, Apalachicola; Enterprise, New York. Off port, Zion, Hope. Bombay. YARMOUTH, DEC. 12.—The Japea,Kompberg to Lon don, was driven on the beech yesterday; am saved; cargo discharging. PRUSSIA. Accounts from Berlin of the Bth state that there is a report of another joint note of the four German king doms (Hanover, Saxony, B Iv-aria, and Wirtemberg), and of Austria, against the assembling of the German Parliament at Erfurth. Some very clever statesmen blame M. DE RADOWITZ, who urges the Government to act with energy, for raising by his counsels conflicts between Austria and 'Prussia. The Poles of the Duchy of Posen refuse to elect members to the Diet at Erfurth. Citing the treati:s of 1815, they will not allow of the incorporation of :he Grand Duchy of Posen into the German Con federation, and, therefore, demand that even the Germans of that • province shall not tike part in the election. The Polish members of the Second Chamber have made a motion to that effect. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. - ALTONA, DEC. B.—The Members of the Schlcswig llolitein Aisembly of the Sta'es are summoned by the President BARGUM to meet in conYocation at Kiel on the 13th inst. HAATI3UItGH. Drc. B.—The early frost has done incalculable injury to our commerce, many foreign vessels des tined for our port being unable to gain it in conse quence of the ice. Three hundred vessels laden with rich cargoes, which left in the spring for India, are now on their wav home. The _Elbe is now crossed with sledges, but the ice is not yet very strong. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, DEC. B.—The provincial States of Overyssel have voted the sum of 300,000 francs for making a canal from Zwolle to Almeno. TURKEY. Accounts from ConAantinople of the 25th state that the Russian Minister was continually presenting notes to the Porte. On the 19th ult. the Russian Minister presented a note to the Turkish Cabinet, said to relate to the expulsion of the refugees, to which, on the 22d, the Porte replied in a dignified manner, stating that .it was anxious to maintain existing treaties, but avoided entering into any details on the subject. Tile British fleet, under Admiral Sir W. PARKER, was still in Beshika Bay, while the French fleet was anchored at Ourlah. Nothing was known as to their future movements. A few days back Sir STRATFORD CANNING paid a short visit to Admiral PARKER, gt Beshika Bay. His Excellency delivered a letter of thanks from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, expressing the regret that his important duties could not allow him the opportunity of visiting Sir WILLIAM.PARKER, The Grand Vizir has likewise forwarded a complimentary letter by one of his aides de camp. The Turkish fleet will not bs disarmed this season, probably owing to the events of the slay. Another item of importance is the order just ema nated from the Commander-in•Chiet for calling under the standard the militia in Rurnelia, which amounts, according to estimates, to upwards of 90,000 men. GREECE. Accounts; froin Athens to the 28th ult. have been received. The passage in the speech of the Lord High Commi , sioner of the lonian Islands, explana tory of the allusion to the King of GREECE in his previous proclamation, has given the utmost satisfac tion to his MAJESTY. ITALY. Letters from Rome state that General BARAGUAY D'Himmuts bad an interview with the Porn at Portici on the 3d, and that it was extremely doubtful whether the POPS would return at once to Rome, or whether he would 4 remain at Portici. Great blame is cast upon General OUDINOT for having consented to the reestablishment of the Inquisition, and of the tribunal of the Vicar-General. Dr. ACIIILLI still languishes in the dungeons of the In quisition, and the, : persecuting priests have now thrown off ;the 'dirk. They admit• that the accusations which they originally brought against him, of perjury and of the seduction of a nun, are totally without foundation, mere fabrications, in fact, invented to deceive the French authorities, and to induce them to connive at the arrest, and that it•is solely because he' has become a Protestant that Dr. AcutmA is detained in their dungeons, from which they refuse to release him, while they also refuse to permit him to defend himself. The Spanish troops have commenced their ember cation at Terracina for Spain. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Walked early this morning in Osborne Park and grounds. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as usual. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar and the Princesses Anne and Amelie of Saxe Weimar left Bentley Priory for Windsor yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign office. The Itlini3ters present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. Th. 3 Council sat three hours. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The appeal " Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter" was resumed. The Court adjourned until to-morrow (Friday). A deputation, consisting of Mr. Bruce, chairman of the directors of the East Anglian Railway Com pany.; Messrs. Everard, Scott, and Ilall, Committee. men of the Committee of Bondholders, and Mr. Va lentine, engineer of the company, had an interview will the C o m m is s i o ners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Lord Portman had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. CLOSIN C. TRIC S. 73 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds .. 3% Yi Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 51.1xican. 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-7 - Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 2 8 14 3,0 A 28 1 4 Ditto, Account ... ..... - ....... Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent .. — ' 54 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4% per Cent. ...... . Innen 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 553 4 55% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 84 % 14 84% PRICES OF ?AID. :BUSINESS DONE CLOSINGPAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen 5O Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 A ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — B alfa.st & County Down 28 ...... . Barks & Hants Extens. (Gt.We.st. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 birmingham and Ox ft rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 1)e, without guarantee 20 ... .. Gi ,- Irvng, Wolverh'ton, r rid D : id!ey, calls duly pd, cr xitb guarantee 10 ..... Do. viithoutguarantee 10 Bifmin g.,Wolverh'pton, and Stone Valley 131. 143 ... Birkenhead Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno.— 20 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds 27% — f;:v.-,kinghsanshire ...... 17% Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Dit to,Clydesdale June 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead-. 50 Ditto, Preference lb ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 - per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniekillen 27% — Fast Anglian, 251+, L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 - Do., 31. 105., Pref... 3% .... ... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per • . Cent., Preference... 2 . .... &stern Counties.- ..... 20 ...... 7%14 .... Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6L 13s. 4d.... -- ... .. ..... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... DI North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 — Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - Do., Class 13 & C 25 — • .••••••••• Do. Scrip (G per cent.) 20 •r— East Lancashire - ...., Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 ...... .. •••••-. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters Eszt Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 23 .. .. Edinburgia and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport LP.xster•Yeovil, & Dorch 2 5 ,4 — ••••• •-• Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Gle sow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ..... ... -8/.65. $d.... --..„ Glasgow,liiimar., & Ayr 50 Do.Proferonca Consol. - .••••••• Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 lir mat Northern Do., I r 2 A Deferred ... 12%...... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7%. — .. , Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. IO Zrcat South. and West. (Ireland) ... ' Great North of England.loo Ditto, New, 404 ... 40 Ditto, ditto. ....... ...... 35 - ••• Ditto, New, 30 , , Ditto. New ,151 l5 .. .. ... ..... „ Great Wcstern 100 ...... 58 1 4 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 5O ...... 27% ..... ..... I Din), u Shares Ditto, Fiiths 2O Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... -6%......... 594 33 / 4 16% 18 1 h 381 h awl Stay ...... 50 ...... ^ Ditto, ITr.lf Bhrtra3 25 .. ...... o••• ...' I•• • 11% 81-Ai 271 A Ii 11 6 DI. Qua:Ur Shares— 1214 — 1, tnaviter and CarHee... 50 ...... .... Ditto, Thirds Lan(.ashlro Si YorkBhireloo ..... Ditto, ditto , Ditto. 1 4 Sham ...... 49 ... .. Do. Quarters ...„ .... 23% — ... , DIN Fifths,~ EAT 11111.1SHETS. SMITTLFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 15; Clove. ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 11 25 to 11 8s pc load. A fair average supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 2(Bs to 31 101; Clove ditto, 31 0s to 41 6s ; and Straw, 11 35 to 11 8a p 1 load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 55 to 31 10 Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4l 103; and Straw, 112 s to . l /. 85 ps load. A sluggish inquiry, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORY For the Week ended Dec. 6. 1849,, made up from Vac Returns of tt Inspectors in the different Cities and Twits in Ragland and We , per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY.] OATS. I STE. I I BEANS. ?BAP. PRICE •• I 394 4d 27s Id I 16s 6d 23s 31 i 28s 4d 30s 1 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WEEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I ma. Is Od Is Od Is Od lls Od Is Od Is Od LAW INTELLIGENCE. COMMON LAW COURTS. (THIS DAY.) - This being the day appointed for the interment of Her late Majesty the Queen Dowager, neither the Cour of Queen's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, nor ti Curt or Exchequer their sittings. They ital. adjourned until to-n,c,rrow. SHERIFFS' COURT.---(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff HURCHELL.) LEWIS V. KNIGHT. This was an action to recover the sum of 61. Os. 6" 1 n a bill of exchange, of which defendant was ti erawer and indorser. The defendant plcaded that he did not draw or indon the bill, and, secondly, that he had taken the benefit the Insolvent Act. A witness was called who most distinctly proved 1.1 defendant's handwriting. For the defence, two extracts of the schedule filed the Insolvent Court was tendered, as also the adjudice Ursa The extracts alluded to a bill of exchange, L . plaintiff's name did not eppear on the face of the I ,r, ceedings. It was, however, contended that there wll 4 sufficient identity of the bill to prove that it was the el mentioned in the schedule, and that, conscqutntly, d fei:dant was released from all liability. Mr. ILaaviarNs, for the plaintiff, objected to the 0 ( ' mission of the document, although certified as cffit copies, under the seal of the Court, contending, that t• the plaintiff's name was not menticned, and he had fl notice of defendant's intention to take the benefit of IL Insolvent Act, the plaictiff was not protected. Mr. MARRIOTT, !he defendant's counsel, said that IL bill was sufficiently described, for after it once went of of the hands of the drawer r indorser it was next 11 iaapossible to ascertain through whose hands it passed' nor was an insolvent bound to do so. From the state ment on the schedule there was good reason to supr the bill had got into the hands of plaintiff without hi giving any consideration, and after the insolvency. , A Mr. HAWKINS complained that such assertions show" not be made, as they did not admit of proof under the pleas. Mr. MARRIOTT submitted that the whole of the state' ment sworn to by the defendant on passing the Insvire ol Court was edmissable. The Leal lied UNDER- SHERIFF— Am I to understand your proposition to be that whatever an insolvent saves!: to in his schedule is to be received as evidence in his own favour, or against any third parties whose nitoa e, do not appear? Defendant's COUNSEL considered so, where thin could be no doubt that it referred to the subject.= s tter in dispute. it The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said he would 00 °1 4 the evidence for what it was worth, and leave it -to tP to jury to say whether they b( lieved the entry referred be the bill in question, but lie would take a note of t. i f objections. In summing up, the Learned Under-Sh eri , said that he was of opinion that the plaintiff was t o o g titled to a verdict, for the onus was on the definad s , cl' arly to make out that he:had been legally diechstr ° from his liabilities. The jury considered for some time and then gav e • verdict for the defendant. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said that i4e) v. -- uld . 0 retain the writ, and give Mr. Hawkins liberty to nio' the Court above on the point reserved. • Mr. HAwKINs applied to have the doeumentst p ro• dueed retained. The UNDF.R•SHERIFF said he had no power to ,do as Mr. Haw kips could obtain other office copies. 3IARLBRO -STREET—(THIS DOG STEALING —James Brown, a notorious 4 , ° „ it ; stealer, was charged before Mr. Bingham, with las/7 0 stolen a valuable spaniel dog, belonging to Mr. Cie° r° Goodwin Ewant, 75, Maddox-street. About o'cl , ck last evening, the , prosecutor - i d j pissing cut of Oxford- street into flanover-aquareais a vaivahle spaniel dog following him. On arriviog h os Harewood-place, he suddenly missed the dog, and 1 : 0 3 he was looking for it a young an came up to his", e l informed him that ho had seen a man pick the a 0 7 0 , up, and run up Oxford-street towards the Circus. '" secutor went in pursuit, and the prisoner was d10P,50 by a constab!e in Swallow-pm:sage, who bad sem i O tt' drop drop the dog, and taken to the station. The pro% for added, that he would not have lost the dog fot 2 " t be John Anderson said ho was in Oxford-street on t he previous evening, near Earewood-place, when he 1t his prisoner pick up a spaniel dog. and putting it ut t der th e arm, ran off as fast as he could. Witness infornsed,ot prosecutor of what he had teen, and they both ; of after the prisoner, whom they caught in the cusW i a constable in Swallow-passage. pet Police-constable 396 A proved seeing the l ariO ce i running along Oxford street with the dog r °Qlll ,jog under his arm. On seeing witness he dropped the D i f a and ran down Swallow-passage. Witness followed and took him into custody. Sergeant Hardwick, of the D division, proved j ot former convictions against the prisoner for a i ty " offence. th s Mr. BINGHAM committed the prisoner unuo- e 945, mond clase of no Act of Parliament passed isi.„.! 01 8 known as " Bishop's" Act, for six months to the P° of Correction, with hard libou.t. Act It is not generally known that the adoption o f ih e .ost abcvl3-1 amed, which interposes,:by its penal pro v l ip p so material a check on the growing evil of dog - o teA bo?' owes its existence to the unceasing efforts of Mr. B' s o l o the well-known gun-smith, of New Bond street. dig gantl4man's intercouse with persons of the highet4der unction, who had been the victims of professed is le' stealers, enabled him to obtain their aid in the Legoett turn to carry a measure, the absolute necessity of and had become apparent to all who valued a usefu n is faithful companion. Sinc e th e a b ove A c t has be e Abe force the crime of dog-stealing has been much Ufl decrease in the metropolis. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE' METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASES.- -. W .- ,v NESDAY. The Metropolitan Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 A,,„ye 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to I his stake. (15 Subs., 4of whom declared.) Mr. Tredgold's Maria Day, lOst (Fri'.ll ) 5 Mr. Vevers's Vain Hope, 10,t 9113 (Archer) g Lord Strathmore's The Doctor, list Ilb ...(Backlei) 4 Mr. J. Elmore a British Yeoman, 12 st ... ( J MA IO ; ( r i Captain Little's Chandler, list 41 b The following also ran: — The Marquis of Wateri ° , of Sir Arthur, llst Bib (Ryan)—Mr. D e ' u 9O Cornwall, 9st 101 b (Boyce) —Mr. Butler's Lotterty) , 81b (owner)—Mr. Young's Sarah Sykes, 9st ( 13 ":re it Betting-5 to 2 agst Vain Hope, sto 2 Sg — ciler' Arthur, 6 to 1 each agat British Yeoman and Chsgactof 10 to 1 agat Maria Day, 12 to 1 each agst 'The ! r oe; and Sarah Sykes. Won by a neck, after a fo ° . t r u a osk i;° the Doctor third by three lengths, the British ' 1 " - d IP , fourth, and Chandler fifth; the others did not 13*" post. of The Free Handicap Steeple Chase Stakes of 5 ,, 5 5j each, with 25 added. Three miles. (11 St 11 1 0) ; Mr. Oliver's Trust-me-not, llst 21b (J. a t ° 4 ) ; Mr. Vevers's b g by The Cardinal, lOst 81b (Are -d) - Mr. Wilkin's Ima, 9st 13:b C r e e p 4 ( Gree o 4o Mr. K. Hunter's My Uncle, lOst The following also ran :—Mr. Hunter's'tlopv , f ol/B (Hunter)—Mr. Hardy's Blossom, lOst 31b eo t War", o Mr. Terry's Jenny Jones, lOst 31b (Darby)-3 11- ',, 03 0 0 ,„ Billy Morgan, lOst 31b ( Bradley ) — Lord Strata' oelP' Miss Burns, lOst 21b (Frisby)—Xl r. Stewart r 5 9st 121 b (C. Balchin). t 1 111/ Betting-4 to 1 eget Cardinal g, 4to 1 0 g 5 ;130, 1) 4 me-not, sto 1 each agst Billy Morgan and MI S- a OP Won by two lengths, the same between second 1 1,_ The Aristocratic Steeplechase did not come °P . I Match, 251. Three miles. usoll) Mr. Fral's Sampson, Ilst 8) Mr. Reed's The Cob, lost 71b (1 1• See Won easily. FUNERAL OF TUB LATK QuEEN DO /I , 6°r a Yesterday orders were issued from the Lord i l es 0 1 lain's office for closing the metropolitan tb,e fitf t beA, other places of public amusement licensed uncit r r iaal o ',o 52d George IL, which are situated on the i - ";,00g e t ,"0 side of the river Thames, this evening. The 131- 40 1;1 1 ,: e of the Surrey, Victoria, Af:tley's Amphitheatre, -„estv, Bower Saloon have given notice that their r,e 5 d ,. 1 " so d establishments will not be opened this evell"ctle ° ,; ' mark of respect to the memory of the decease' d tee on, The bells of Sr. Paul's, Westminster Ab d 1 1.°- 0 veral churches in the metro olio were 011 .! is tb eleven o'clock in the forenoon until oni o'cloelcdeoell afternoon, and the shops of her Alsicao tr 6 wen, wholly closed during the day. d 11)P Mr. Beckwith, late secretary to t he Lee Orto ticil° o mary, has been sentenced to seven years' tra,n i g, 0l ti e for embezzling upwards of 1,0004 from the 11113 - institution. for tis under clout Of he befor e her li! • to thi the e invari has rz Lest polic 3 durin ; wor na B PeCt Thl by the 100 - kir-, and a Seasot those of the Were solenal respec of t' Wind on tb major spect full ; thron; Bal Wind eight the rc Place( Al o Mc 1 1 1 muc the witt !April of U trim Edg dece WE'S cross that trair. the I were term at t entra re in the p as an Paget StokE of th, and durin town; AdeL coasi \Vinci Iler II b orne adorn At grated Th 4 %leer The A m, Ti Aroc, floor: cloth form th e core di g , Th e br oa How lo ft , to i aft 41( 'th th E the