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MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW ROMANCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE 1, ANCA. SIII Et E \V I'PCII E S. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. " Mr. 2insworth has been peculiarly sort rate in his choice of subject, and happy in its treatment. It is eiseitikally all action, and fr. , ls as naturally into Separate scenes and sketches, as the Lanca shire Witches' had lived for no other purpose than to afford an author the opportunity for representing them vividly in this style. At his call they come supernaturally (nut like shadows), and so de part. Then, interwoven with the belief in them, not by the vulgar and ignorant alone, but by the crowned head of a Solomon, and the wisest sages of the law. The superstitions that covered the land —the persecutions, either from mistaken bigotry, personal hate, or sordid motives—vary the picture as it glances before us, and we are unwilling to stop anywhere, ar I take a more deliberate view of the strange, melancholy panorama The author's forte has ever been in the Celineation of rapidity in action, and here he has not had a single obstacle to impede his course. Ile has accordingly, as we think, excelled any of his former publications in this respect, for the episode of Turpiu's ride to York, however admirable, cannot com pare with an entire and lengthened whole of a thousand pages; and again, in another of his best qualities as a descriptive author, we deem him equally successful in his pictures of the life, feelings, and habits of England at the period lie has chosen for his subject."— Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.- WEST-END BRANCH. The Directors GIVE NOTICE that, for the convenience of resi dents at the West-end of the town and of the public, they leave, in addition te their City Establishment, No. 39, Throgmorton-street, OPENED a BRANCH OFFICE, at No. 14, Pall-mall, where a board and medical officers attend daily, for effecting assurances. They have, besides the non-bonus, or low Premium Tables, adopted rates of assurance whereby Assurers will share in the profits to the extent of 80 per cent. E. BATES, Resident Director. TLI EA TRE ROY AL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. - Madße. CAROLINE, Madlle. RALMYRE ANATO, LES VOLTIGEURS, and Mons. AURIOL, EVERY EVENING. The Proprietors of the CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS beg leave most respectfully to announce that NINE REPRESENTIONS will take p'ace during the present week, viz., SIX EVENING and THREE MORNING. The performances will he varied from those of last week, and embrace several entirely new Entrees and Acts. The celebrated Madlle. Caroline will perform every night, and ride a different horse on each evening, all highly trained.—Madlle. Pal myre Anato will perform a new Rapid Course on two Ilorses.—The extraordinary Lutte des Voltig,eurs. by twenty-three persons.—The wonderful Feats of the renowned Messieurs Aufol, and La Danse des Quatre Globes, by MM. llenri and Lero, will be exhibited at every performance during the week. The Elegant Quad: ille Du doyen Age (a cheval) will be given for the Ist Time, this Evening. In fact, the whole attractions of this immense troupe, alike unrivalled for the number of artistes employed, as well as for their great talent, will be brought into action at each representation. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle, 4s. Dress Boxes, Is. Upper Boxes, 2s. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. 6d. Lower Gallery, Is. Upper Do. 6d. SECOND PRICE. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. Dress Poxes, 25. Upper Boxes, le. 6d. Pit, Arena, and Promenade. Is. Lower Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Halt past Nine o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Box-office, from Ten till Five; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. Evening Performances.—Doors open at Half past Seven, commence at Eight. THREE GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES, ... .. KoNDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FrunaY.—First Price as usual. No Second Price.—Commence at Two o'clock. S T. JAMES'S THEATRE, DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS. Last Three sights. This popular Troupe will give their final performances at the St, James's Theatre, on the following Evenings : TO-NIGHT (Mon day). Jan. 1 ; Wednesday, Jan. 3 ; and Friday, Jan. 5, being most positively their Last Appearance, in consequence of the theatre being required for the usual season of French Plays. Lo :es and Stalls may be wired at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager. - Old Brompton. The nubile is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will bo performed THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Arnyott, Mr. Charles Kean ; Lady Eveline Amvott, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CA.MARALZAM AN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, 111:s Horton, and Miss Reynolds. To conclude with a now Farce, entitled YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Trrd;;Wiedlrection Madame Celeste. During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Ess.., executed by Mr. Sang. A. new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Scats, and Stalls rendere EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled TILE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom. Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co., Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; dilly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; rrospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. EOTAL LYChTJAI THEATRE. Under the Management of Madam: Vestris. Solo Lessee, Mr. Charles 11.1 a* he s. 'VMS EVEtiftit, Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THIS PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, IL Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil- I lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Culeman, and Madame Vestris, To conclude with AN APPEAL V) E PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, s ; Pit, 2 .; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, WeWngtoa-st e t, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATttIi. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decnrated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty Mr liurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best ail - mi.:l men ts have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the coutiort and conveaience of the audience. THIS EVENING, the old and cumbrous policy which had been maintained in the state transactions of the Vatican fron the days of PEPIN and CIIXIILEMAGNE. It terminated with the expulsion from Rome of the beneficent lawgiver whose voice had been the first to rouse the world from its lethargy, and to summon not only Italy but the whole of Europe to the glorious and sublime labour of her regeneration. The escape of the King of the Bar ricades from the Tuileries marked the opening of this eventful season of disasters ; its termination has been illustrated by the flight of the benevolent POPE from the Quirinal. The time of decomposition has passed—we have arrived at length at the period of reconstruction. Having witnessed a succession of unparralleled catastrophes, we are now, with the blessing of GOD, about to witness a succession of un precedented advantages. With the intention of assuring ourselves of the reasonableness of these propitious expectations, we look around us in the hope of recognizing some sub stantial augury of success. Of these portents there is, fortunately at the present moment, no dearth. For example, in the precincts of the money-market there are brilliant evidences of an approximation to good fortune. The banking accounts abound with very encouraging signs of improvement. Take, for example, the last weekly returns from the Bank of England. Under the circumstances, nothing could promise better. See, in token of this, the state ment made in regard to the notes not in circulation. Instead of being, as under ordinary circumstances, somewhere about the value of 4,000,0001, they amount just now to the extraordinary sum of 11,309,335/.—a considerable portion of which 11,309,3351. must be issued before long, in order to enable the corporation to maintain the dividends of the stock at a rate such as may :prove satisfactory to the proprietors. Here, then, is one reserve of strength—another is dis • coverable in the amount of bullion in both depart ments, an amount which, usually ranging from 11,000,0001. to 12,000,0001., has now swollen into an aggregate of 15,000,6761.—the increase upon the last week being 210,8041. Other auguries of a very encouraging character are perceivable in other directions. The flood of emigration which has poured from Ireland during the summer and autumn of 1848 has mitigated in some measure the pangs of that necessitous population ; and the political excitement provoked by the inflammatory harangues and treasonous proceedings of the demagogues having been allayed, some hope s may at length be entertained of the direction of the national energies to the self-sustaining exertions of agriculture. Within the boundaries of their own do minions the people of Great Britain have extin guished the flames of insurrection in the persons of the English Physical Force Chartists, and of the Irish Physical Force Repealers ; leisure and oppor tunity have consequently been afforded to the multi tude to struggle on in the path of social, political, and financial reform. While beyond the waters of the Channel our reserve has rendered us more than ever the arbiters of the destinies of the _European nations. Well for the fortunes of the con tinent and of these islands has it been that the Year of Revolutions has been comtempo raneous with the rule of a Liberal Government in the United Kingdom ! When the first Revolution broke out in 1789 the Tories held undisputed posses sion of the different Ministerial offices in Downing street. Under the direction of that great but most mistaken administrator, Mr. PITT, they plunged the country blindly, carelessly, and ruinously into a war which, with the brief but blessed interval caused by the Pacification of Amiens, extended over a period of twenty-five terrible and bloody years. Under the auspices of the Whigs, England and Europe are enabled to pass over the perils ' of such an epoch of revolutions as 1848 without being involved in another Quixotic expedition in behalf of the D ulcinea of despotism. It is because we have confidence in the indestruct ible vitality of the democratic principles, and be cause we have faith in the enlightenment of our fellow- Countrymen, that we gaze with sanguine expecta tions into the perspective of the new year just com menced. We have seldom seen a more able financial docu ment than that which Mr. MACGREGOR, the intelli gent and respected Member for Glasgow, has just addressed to his constituents, in compliance (as he states himself) with the requests of many personal - :riends, and, as we may add, with the general ex pectation.; The sound judgment and great practical experience of Mr. MACGREGOR lend peculiar weight to his opinions on all matters relating to trade or finance. He is thoroughly acquainted with all the varied details of these important subjects, and he has already suggested large and comprehensive measures of reform, from which, if fully carried out, the most valuable results might reasonably be antici pated. Mr. MACGREGOR is no fair-weather reformer, no professing free-trader when free trade doctrines are fashionable. Notwithstanding the high official position he formerly occupied, and the connexion thereby established with the Ministry of the day, he hesitated not to put forward doctrines that must necessarily have proved highly distasteful to those who maintained the now obsolete principles of protection. He enunciated the great truth, " that if an article should be taxed, the duty should be levied without any reference to its origin" —or, in;any other:words, that taxes could only be justifiable when imposed for the sake of revenue. He says himself, "In 1840 I submitted a pro forma tariff, reduced to twenty rates, or heads of Customs duties, to the Committee of the House of Commons I there stated that it was far from being the best commercial tariff I would propose, for that I consi dered all articles the essential food of man, and all raw materials for manufactures, should pay no duty whatsoever. But, under all the circumstances,lit was the most approximate scale I then thought practicable: , In the following year the Whig Government adopted a portion of his plans, and brought forward propo sitions for moderate fixed duties on corn and sugar. The agricultural and West India interests, however, refused to accept the moderate protection that was offered. A new Ministry was formed for the express purpose of sustaining the existing monopolies, and voila la sequence, as explained by Mr. MACGREGOR, " instead of Bs. per quarter, the agriculturists will, in a month, have no protecting duty whatever, and the West Indians, who have now only a few 'shillings, will in three or four years not have a farthing." An instructive lesson may be derived from these great facts, which should sink deep into the minds of those who are resisting the changes demanded by the spirit of the age. An early and graceful concession to a just and equitable sys tem will probably preserve those by whom it is made from a signal and ignominious defeat, after which they will not be permitted to retain any of those ad vantages that were freely offered in the earlier stages of the conflict. Let those who now exclaim against any additional direct taxation maturely reflect thereon, and consider,dcnneretn to io sin the it will be a judicious or prudent exasperate i the people by resisting any mo ifia s the present iniquitous system of indi rect taxation. For the present the people may be satisfied with the alterations suggested by Mr. MAC GREGOR, by which a direct tax of 5 per cent. should be levied u p on tion ; but if that boon be denied—if the entire coun try should be agitated in all its parts, it may follow, that indirect taxation would be abolished in toto, and that the whole expenditure of the country should be provided for out of its property. In 1843 Mr. MACGREGOR put forward a further Project, to which we alluded at considerable length last week, and, therefore, need only now briefly refer to. His present project differs but slightly there from. A larger sum is now to be collected, inas• much as, after making the national expenditure all practicable reductions, Mr. MACGREGOR estimat es (in cluding the exp enses of collection, and all payments now made, before the revenues of the country are dei,osited in the Exchequer) at 52,000,0001.; whereas, he formerly considered that 50 ,000,0001. would be sufficient for all purposes ; 2,000,000/. must, there fore, be provided, in addition to the former estimates. This large sum, according to Mr. MACGREGOR, might be collected in the following manner, viz. :—ln the Customs, after abolishing; all duties, save on eight principal articles, namely, tobacco, sugar (at present duties), distilled spirits, wines (at duties adjusted for revenue), spices of all kinds, fruits of all kinds, teas (at 15. per lb.), and silk manufactures and other Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING lIAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the PAronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Novelties for Christmas Holidays most astounding in the Metropolis. --A gorgeous Spectacle.—brilliant Scenes of tfu3 Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. Herr llengler, the most extraordry Rope-dancer in Europe. TIIIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an inimita , lo disp!ay of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, Tho Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Fria cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to uoless autheati , ' cated by the name and address of the writer. ttPjectod communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFF/CE, .DECEMBER 31. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 37; Noon, 36, B 451.( m &TR?, 30.19. WIND N.E. ; foggy dull weather. JANUARY 1. TIZERMOMETEB, Lowest, 30; Highest, 37; Noon, 32 BAROMETER, 30.23. WIND E; hazy co'd weather. articles of luxury at an ad valorem duty, ex cluding all raw materials, r.nd articles of food, he would hope to realise 18,500,0001. From British spirits, malt, and licenses, the only portion of the present Excise duties which should be retained, the Excise being consolidated under one office with the Stamps and Taxes, he would expect to obtain 11,200,0001. From stamps, legacy duty, and :pro bates (the duty on marine and fire assurances being abolished), 7,500,0001. From Post-office, gross re venue 2,300,0001., and from Crown lands, 500,0001. These various sources of revenue, together with the unredeemed land-tax 1,154,7451., would produce in round numbers 41,000,0001., and the re sidue, 11,000,0001. sterling, should be provided for by a duty of 5 per cent. on all realised property of every description, without any exception whatever. Mr, MACGREGOR estimates the amount of property at 220,000,0001. per annum, 5 per cent. on which would consequently produce 11,000,0001. sterling per annum, thus equalising the national income with the national expenditure. The various reductions that can be made are clearly and satisfactorily explained. With the national debt Mr. MACGREGOR most properly declines any inter ference. He points out clearly and forcibly the ruinous consequences that must inevitably result from any breach of faith with the public creditor. He, therefore, considers that the 28,250,0001. must be set aside for interest. The naval expenditure he would reduce to 6,500,0001 ; the military to 6,000,0001 ; and the ordnance to 1,750,0001. Thus those three departments, which at present cost 18,500,0001., would be provided for at 14,250,0001., or, in other words, savings to the extent of 4,250,0001. would be effected, and that, as we believe, without any material diminution of their real strength and efficiency. Additional savings are pointed out to the extent of 1,054,614/., so that alto gether, he has indicated practical reductions to the amount of 5,304,614/., and he thinks that an addi tional half million might be obtained, so as to reduce the amount to be collected to 52,000,0001., including all charges of every description. We have already expressed our opinions respecting this magnificent financial project. It will, we trust, unite the suffrages of all true Reformers, and ultimately lead to those fiscal alterations which are so urgently demanded by the state of this empire. TIIE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the French papers of Saturday and of yesterday. Already has the Ministry of the new President been broken up, and that not in consequence of any Parliamentary check, but in consequence of quarrels between the retiring members and the PRESIDENT as to who, in fact, should have the privilege of exploitering the Republic. It appears that M. LEON DE MALLS. VILLE, as Minister of the Interior, claimed the right of having all telegraphic communications addressed to himself, and of nominating to all the vacant places in his Ministry. The PRESIDENT demurred to this ; he claimed to have the telegraphic communi cations forwarded to himself, and claimed more over all the patronage of the State. He sent M. LEON DB MALLEVILLE a list of persons to be nominated to vacancies in his department, and he also sent a list of nominations to M. Bixio. More over he wrote a letter to M. LEON DE MALLEVILLE, in which he quoted the words of his uncle to the Abbe SIZTES, and said that he would not be cor tent to be a " pig put up to fat ;" in short, it appears that the PRBSIDBST is determined not only to reign but govern, and not only to govern but to monopolise all the patronage of the Government. M. ',Box DB MALLEVILLE, having consulted M. MIER'S, tendered his resignation, and his example was followed by M. Burro. Accordingly the Moniteur of Saturday pub lishes three decrees signed by the PRESIDENT, and countersigned by M. ODILLON BARROT, appoint ing M. LEON FAUCHER ' Minister of the Interior, in place of M. LEON DE MALLEVILLE ; M. LACROSSE, Minister of Public Works, in place of M. LEON Fa.u- CHER. ; and M. BUFFBT, one of the representatives of the people, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in place of M. Bum. The French journals of Saturday almost all allude to this change in the Ministry. The National says— " It is not to the vote on the salt duty that the resig nation of the two Ministers is to be attributed. The conduct of M. Pussy proves it. The occasion of the Ministerial change, which causes universal surprise, must be sought fur elsewhere. Nothing is more probable than that it will be found in a personal difference be tween M. de Malleville and the President, but the nature of the difference remains to be determined. We should have no great trouble in stating it, but not being able to say everything we shall be secret. Thus we leave to others the pleasure of speaking of a certain letter couched in language such as no man of a certain pride could, it is said, put up with; we shall not even mention a certain choice which a woman's will wanted to impose. All these mysterious acts are covered with a veil which we do not think fit to raise at present. It is sufficient for us to declare that in less than ten days the new President has constrained two of his Ministers to withdraw, and that politics are unconnected with the event. M. Louis Bonaparte wishes to govern. Be it so; but let him beware of those around him; he has friends who are clumsy and likely to compromise him. The counsels which are dropped into his ear may carry him far; let him beware, however, on his way, of clashing with the Constitution. His six millions of votes would not guarantee him against the consequences of that acci dent. A man cannot recommence history, even if called Napoleon !" The Credit has the following very improbable version of the cause of the retirement of M. DE MALLEVILLE : " M. Louis Bonaparte demanded that the Minister of the Interior should give up to him the documents con nected with the affairs of Strasburg and Boulogne. M. Malleville reused; the President of the Republic insisted in a somewhat too imperial manner. The Minister of the Interior then thought it his duty to send in his resig• nation to M. O. Barrot. M. Bixio, on learning the mo tives of this act of his colleague, sent in his own." The Debats says : "It appears certain that the cause of the resigna tion of M. de Malleville is altogether unconnected with the vote on the salt duty. Last evening it was said that a difference had arisen between the President of the Republic and the Minister of the Interior about their attributions, and that a very sharp letter had been addressed to the latter by M. Louis Bonaparte. It is this letter which, it is said, determined M. de Maleville to send in his resignation, notwithstanding the efforts of the President of the Council and the other Ministers to retain him. M. Bixio alone is said to have joined in the opinion of M. de Malleville, and in consequence he considered it his duty to follow his example." The Sieele, alluding to the resignati on o f M. L EON Di MALLEVILLE, says : " According to some persons, M. L 4 Maleville re signed because the President of the Republic wished to impose upon him appointments, the responsibility of which he would not take upon himself ; but, according to others, it is because the Minister had the idea of re-establishing sixty of the Pre fects who were in office under the last reign, to which an invincible opposition was raised. This last motive, which is alleged by the most fervent Bonapartists, is scarcely probable in our opinion. M. de Malleville is net a man to belie thus in one day all his antecedents, and to restore without distinction, under the Republic, men whose conduct he was formerly the first to accuse. Be sides, supposing that it be true that this strange fancy bad come over him, it is not credible that all his col- SPAIN. AND WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 1 rnir. after 6 Evening .. 25 min. alter 6 ' ' leagues should have been seized with it at the same we went and is the same degree. Whatever may be the true reason, and it may be neither of the two supposi• tions mentioned above, but may be found, perhaps, in a correspondence between the President and his Minister, a correspondence upon which we shall be hereafter en lightened, whatever we say may be the cause, the tact itself is too certain." The PRESIDENT, it is said, addressed on Saturday a second letter to the Council of Ministers, and to M. LEON DE MALLEVILLE explanatory of the first, with a view of inducing M. DR MALLEVILLE to withdraw his resignation, but that gentleman was in exorable. The Debats of Sunday states, that the PRINCE de manded that all the official papers connected with the Strasbourg and Boulogne affairs should be placed in his hands. All the Constitutionnel says is, that the retirement of M. DI MALLBVILLE was occasioned by a regret able difference between the PRESIDENT of the Republic and himself, on a point in which the latter remained steadfast to the dignity of hit character and to the principles of Constitutional Government ; and it con firms the fact of the PRESIDENT having made honour able efforts to smooth away difficulties. This paper undertakes to say that this circumstance will not cause any division in the Moderate party, and that it continues for its own part to support the Government. The National of Sunday asserts that the whole Cabinet bad in the first instance offered their resigna tion en masse to the PRESIDENT of the Republic, and that while the terms of the paper laid before the PRESIDENT were most respectful, yet that the grounds on which the resolution of the Cabinet was founded were very severely stated. In the National Assembly on Saturday, M. THEO DORE BAc proposed a decree of amnesty. He was replied to by M. ODILON BARROT, and the Assembly passed to the order of the day by a large majority. It is said that M. Dims will oppose the preten sions of the PRESIDENT of the Republic to " govern" independently of his Ministry. The Opinion Public gives the following reports : " Strange rumours were yesterday current in Paris. We repeat them for what they are worth, but without taking the responsibility :- - 1 . It is said that the Regent _ _ THP 8 / 3 'N, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN'ING, JAIVITARY T, IPAO diamond, which is of tho value of 3,500,000 F. (140,0001. sterling), has been stolen, or done away with. 2. A descent of the officers of justice took place yesterday at the house of N. Jules Bistide, in the Rue de la Fenno dt s-Mathurines, 43, for the purpose of seizing important papers. 3. Dreadful dilapidations have been discovered in the accounts of the last Administration ; neil, 4. Scandalous revelations are immediately to be made to the public." The Prince PRESIDENT is endeavouring, by every means in his power, to ingratiate himself with the troops. On Saturday he visited, incognito, the tsar racks of some of the cavalry regiments stationed in the Champ de Mars, and tasted their soup, bread, &c. In the course of the visit he was recognised, and no thing could exceed the joy and satisfaction of the soldiers. At last the pressure about him was so great that he was glad to mount his horse and escape. He was followed to the gate of the barracks by the whole of the troops, who cheered him with loud cries of " Vive le PRESIDENT !" tt ViVe NAPOLEON !" General CHANGARNIER, the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guards Of the Seine and of the Ist military division, has issued a notice to the general and other superior officers in Paris, that the PRESI DENT of the Republic will hold a grand reception on Monday, the Jour de l'An, and will receive them at half-past eleven in the morning. The officers of the National Guard will be received at two o'clock. The officers wishing to be present are to meet in full uniform in the grand gallery of the Louvre. A few transactions were effected to day in the Five per Cents., in the Passage de l'Opera, at 75f. 30c., being about the closing price of yesterday at the Bourse. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE ___ LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 30. Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Northern of France, 7 3 A — Orleans and Bordeaux, 214—Rouen and Havre, 9%. Madrid journals of the 25th have been received. Several persons have been arrested in Seville. General VILLALONGA has caused the Carlist colonel QUINTANA and two other Carlist prisoners to be shot. The average price of wheat throughout Spain during the month of October last was 35 reals per fanega, which is about 375. per quarter, but the average price in the province of Salamanca was only 24 reals per fanega, whilst it was 49 at Pontevadra, Gallicia, and 51 at Barcelona. It was 32 reals per fanega in the province of Madrid. The average price of barley during the same month was 17 reals per fanega, but it was 27 reals at Oviedo, and 31 at Corunna; whilst fl at Saragossa it was only 11 reals per fanega, and 12 at Segovia and Val ladolid. There was no Bolsa. GERMANY THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. We have received intelligence from Vienna to the 25th December. The following official bulletin has just been received by General WELDEN : "From intelligence just received from Hungarian Odenburg, head quarters of Prince Windischgratz, the first and second corps (Parma are between Hockstrass and Raab, and the outpost have penetrated as far as Rabnitz without encountering the enemy. The division of General Simonich is before Leopoldstadt, that of Field Marshal Kempen round Presburg. The corps of Colonel Horwarth has advanced from Pedenburg against Gems to attack the flank of the rebel Perizel, who, coming from the interior of Mur, sought to gain Raab by way of Kormend Steinomenger and Papa, for the purpose of joining the insurgents. While the army was in the position which it took upon the latter place, occupying Presburg, Odenburg, and Wieselburg, the country people were disarmed, tranquillity everywhere restored, and the Government Commissioners established in the various places. "The Civil and Military Governor, " WELDEN, Lieutenant Field Marsha]. Vienna, Dec. 24." - - Leghorn in case the constitutional statute were violated. From this bulletin it is evident that neither Raab nor Comorn have surrendered to the Imperialists, and the New Rhenish Gazette of th• 20th says—" It was reported at Vienna on the 24th, that the Imperial troops had been beaten by the Magyars. At all events, the bulletins of the Austrian army were very obscure. It is believed that a great check has been experienced between Raab and Comorn." The Prince PURSTENDURG had arrived at Vienna on a special mission from the Central Power at Frankfort, to open negotiations with Austria, with a view to a future alliance of the latter state with Ger many. According to some of the journals, it is not unlikely that, following the example of Prussia, the Austrian Diet will be dissolved simultaneously with the promulgation of the new constitution. M. DE SCHMENLING, late President of the Central Power at Frankfort, has been returned as deputy for the first district of Vienna. The Alba of Florence, of the 233, states that the Roman Ministry hve sent orders to the Legion ZAMPIECCARI not to continue their march to Bologna, since General LATOUR, with his Swiss troops, in tended to prevent their entrance there. .Letters from Gaeta, of the 16th, announce the de parture from that port of the French steamer the Vauban. Cardinal Gizzi left the town on that day. The English steamer Odin had arrived with Admiral PARKER and Mr. TEMPLE on board. Marquis BEVI LACQUA has had an audience of the POPE. The official journal of Naples contains a decree, dated the 18th, for the requisition of 2,000 horses in the provinces beyond the Faro. L COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The different Ministers have arrived at Vienna from Kremsier. It is said that Count: NICHOLAS ESTERIIAZY has been shot at Pesth. It is now admitted by the Imperialists themselves that the Magyars gained a splendid victory at Versee, where MAURICE PEBIZEL took the com mandant of Peter Waradin, and carried the two Austrian commanders of that fortress prisoners to °fen. The Austrian Lloyd contains a correspondence from Presburg, under date of the 21st, which says— "Arad, which is daily bombarded by 12 and 18- pounders, has not yet surrendered. Peace has been concluded with the Servians of St. Thomas. General BEM commanded the army near Transylvania." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. I CITY, Q J7ei TER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estime tie] at 6 000 bales, and include 400 American for export, and 600 on speculation. The market wac steady, and holders firm in their operations. Brazil and Egyptian were 8. 1 . higher, and American at 38d to 4d more difficult to buy. The Railway Share Market closed firmly, very little stock being offered, and prices had an advancing tendency. In review of the prospects of the Liverpool Cotton Market for the current year, we have an elaborate statement from Messrs. Heywood and M'Vicar, from which we extract the following With reference to the future it may be affirmed that the state of Europe is far more satisfactory than it was, but still with the elements of discord lately in action, it is difficult to suppose that all will instantly become settled. So mach determination, however, has been shown by those in authority, and so little energy has been manifested on the part of the revolutionists to vin dicate their opinions, that their power for evil now seems slightly regarded. hence, trade begins to revive, and the coming year is looked upon as one of probable domestic and foreign peace. Yet, after the destruction of capital of every description, whether fixed or floating, the capability of holding produce, even where the desire exists, is greatly lessened, and it will require not one year, but a series of years of success, to heal the late commercial wounds. The markets of North and South America, &c., are said to be bare of goods, those of the Continent are equally so, whilst with the Levant and other parts of the south of Europe, Africa, and Central Asia, new channels seem daily to be opened. These may al ready have been supplied indirectly from this country, but now that the communications are more easy with Persia, Sinde, Cebu!, &c., increased dealings may be expected. If, under the circumstances of the past year, a crop of nearly 2,348,000 bales was absorbed, Great Britain taking 433,000 in excess of the previous year, France 37,000, and the North of Europe and other foreign ports 85,000, what would, in all likelihood, have been the result had Europe been tranquil ; and what will be the future effect if it is, as now sup posed, tranquillized? A considerable increase of ship- ments of cottons from America to the continent may naturally be expected, and instead of 535,000 being there disposed of, as in the present year, with the return of confidence, and the resumption of employment in France, Germany, &c., it is no very extreme supposition to believe that the continental shipments may readily be increased 100,000 bales, and this without creating any. diminution of the export of cotton direct from Great Britain. With our own consumption, also, of 30,000 bales weekly, which is now the estimated rate, and for the same amount of cotton to be retained in the States as last year, the consumption there being certainly increased by the new demand for Mexico, California, &c., the supply to Great Britain would require to be greater than during the year 1848. The point then is, whether a crop of 2,400,000 bales, large as it may seem, will not be found inadequate, and if so, what must be the consequence? It may be that this estimate of supply is too moderate, or that the pre sent export of goods and yarns may be as it was in 1846, no safe criterion of the real consumption of the world, and that the market becoming glutted, the export in consequence will fall off. But, this is hardly pro• bable, and the question then arises, at what amount of advance upon present prices the existing rate of consumption of cotton can be maintained, or, in other words, what rise would be required to ope rate as a check to the same. To reason upon this is im possible. The judgment of no one can be superior to that of another in the conclusions to be formed. The stocks of cotton on hand are remarkably limited, more so by at least 20,000 bales than had been supposed, and as the supplies from Egypt, Brazil, and India, taken in the whole, are not likely to exceed those of the present year, it seems safe to presume that a moderate advance will ensue; and such advance is the general benef, but this only under the assumption that the basis of our calculation is correct, and that the estimate of the Ame ricaneropespecially, of 2,400,000 bales, is not too small." In a letter received from Mr. G. F. Mandley, of Man chester, we have an authentic report upon the state of the markets there. The writer observes that the trans actions in the past month have shown that the course of improvement has begun, and there are Jew who did not look at the present with the conviction that the season of depression is already past. " The transactions in this market since I last addressed you have been on a considerable scale; merchants fore• seeing a further advance from the low and unremunera tive rates which were previously current, become anxious to enter into contracts at the ruling prices, or to invest in stocks obtainable at the currency quoted in my last. This movement had au immediate effect in hardening prices, and contemporaneously the Liverpool market became astir. With the advancing rates of cotton, manufac- turers were compelled to still further raise the prices of their staples, and in consequence of the engagements they had already entered into they were enabled to take a firm stand. Stocks in some instances were withdrawn from the market, and the pretensions of sellers occa sionally were carried to such an extent that business became interrupted. During the past week, the amount of operations has been materially abridged; buyers on the one hand being reluctant to concede prices, which, from the present aspect of foreign markets, would hardly afford a fair prospect of profitable return; whilst, on the other hand, producers, already pretty well occupied, were unwilling to add to their engagements at rates which did not fully keep pace with the advance established on the raw material. Stocks ere very bare of all descrip tions of manutactures, which may be considered of the most ordinary consumption, and it remains to be seen which of the three parties—the cotton holder, the manu facturer, or the exporter—is to have the ascendency. My impression is, that it is only at low prices, that the increased and increasing production of our mills can be run off." The Corn Market is quiet to-day, and barley is cheaper. It appears that the business doing in Mining Shares at present is very steady, and that some of the foreign undertakings are yielding an excellent return. United Mexican have been most in favour, but St. John del Rey have a l so b een i n request. Bolanos and Copiapo have found ready bus ers, and some business has been done in Real del Monte. In the a Home " market East Wheal Rose, Bedford United, Wheal Trelawny, Tamar Consols, and Caradon copper have been in demand. Although the depres sion of the standard of copper, on account of the com mercial crisis, has been a very serious drawback to mining profits, the di v id en d s paid last year were good. Mr. J. T. Watson calculates that 22 Cornish and Devon mines paid last year 129,024/. ; three Welsh mines, 6,9061. ; and three foreign, 34,4431. 10s. In the year 1847 there were thirty paying mines in Cornwall and Devon, and the amount of dividend which they yielded was 155,381/. The 6 ' split" in the Cabinet of Louis Napoleon has had no effect upon the English Funds, which continue very buoyant. The favourable reports concerning the re venue of the current quarter, and the abundance of money, together with the hopeful disposition generally existing have a very decided influence. Consols opened at 881 8, touched 888 to 89k, and are now about 888 to 89. Exchequer-bills (June) are 403 to 43s premium. The New Three•and,a•Quarter per ;Cents. have been quoted 89k to 891. India Bonds are 43s to 44s premium. In the Foreign Stock Market, there has been con siderable firmness, wi t h a f air kusiness doing. Spanish Five per Cent. bonds have realised 14k to 14i, and the Three per Cents. 28i. Equador Stock has be e n quoted 28, and Grenada 13-a. Peruvian has realized 491 1 for Account. Venezula bonds are 19k. Belgian Two ax-div nd-a. Half per C ents, have been quoted 411 ee and Dutch Four per Cents. 754. The Peruvian bondholders will have a meeting on Thursday, and it is stated that better terms will then be submitted for their approval. The dividends in arrear are to be capitalized at 76 per cent., to bear interest in 1852, increasing 4 per cent. annually, and on the Active Bonds it is proposed to pay a dividend next April, increasing k per cent. annually. Railway Shares are still rising sensibly, and with an increased number of buyers coming forward, as usual when the " turning point" appears so clearly to have been attained. There is a much higher range of prices established for not only the old, but the new lines. BRITISH FUNDS This DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...... BB% 89X 3 New 3 1 ,,‘ per Cent. Aims 8 9%44 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 11-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 43 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer bills. 2 1 Ad. 2d. March. June. 42 40 43p 1,000/. 500/ 4l p Small 43 44 p 42 40 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds 2 74 Grenada, 1 per Cent. . Mexican Bonds, 1846 , 5 per Cent..... 25 Ditto for the Account .... Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 49 Ditto for the Account... 4 9 1, 01 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840 Ditto for the Account ....... Ditto Passive B on d s 3% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 28% Venezuela Bonds . - I9 V2 Do. Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 21, per Cent. Dutch 21, per Cent.,l2 Guild itto 4 per Cent. Certificates isITsINESS 1) DON IN RAILWAY SHARES; AT OlsIR O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. rot SIMILE. Aberdeen ........................ 50 ..... IV A ...—. to Amber., Notti ng., B oston, &c. 414 .. Belfast an ?, .... d Ccunty D own .. 19 Birmingham & OxfordJunct., .. .. to calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., witho u t a guarantee... 20 to ... calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . 15% to Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., \Vol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s — ..... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and tbeshiry Junction.. ......... 10 Lioston, Stunt., & tinning... 5 'Litistol and Exeter ...... • ..... 90 ..... . Buckinghamshire.. ......... 14/. 45....... Ditto, Half .. 8 3 4..... :h to Ditto, New 101. Preference 7 1 / 2 8 Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 i7:llster and Holyhead... ...... 50 ..... Do., Ist Class, 6 p er C ent... 10 ..... ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 . to to Do., Gov. Loan, 4 p er C ent. 10 . Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 Dublin and 13elfat Jr”-Ttior,. 35 2% to 3% Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 ...... - I ~ . East Anilia, 251. L. & E., ca.d L. &1) tato, 1e , 1., E. &13 lB ...... Ditto, 31. 105.,E. (I IL V i a 2 r,i ,Zti ... to ,3te r 31 Countie Do. New Guarant. goer (.;t -- 's Do. Dtrpet., 5 per ct.i. , :o. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do 5 per cen , 50 Do., Quarter l 2 l/ _ Do., Nev. Eastern Union, Claf,s A (late E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Clacs A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (1. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto ...... ......-.... 20 ...... „, Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 , — East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares VA ...- East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow SO Ditto, half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New p0rt..... l5 - Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% l l-... .• . to Lilasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6s.Bd — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Do. Pref ermee Consolidated •...• es •• t 0..... ,- -- . Great Northern ... 19 Do. 1 % A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 % 514404 to Do. 1 A B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6 1 / 4 4A%... to Do. Extension ......... ..... 2 1 /0 — ..... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% to Great North of England 100 Ditto, N, w 401 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301 Ditto, New 15/......... ...... 14 ...... . Great Western Ditto, Ralf Shares Ditto, Quarter Snare.: Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 Iludderstieldand Manchester 30 .. ... - Ditto, Third. , lO atilt and Selbv 5O Ditto, Halt Shares .. ...... 25 „...~ Ditto, Quarter Shares . 12 1 ,E — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do.,Thirds lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares , 43 _._. . .... Ditto Quarters 17% 12% to -- Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 64...... .. . Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7% 8%...... to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., W akefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union-. 7 .... . 24% to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% to Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 99 ..... to Leeds,Dewsbury,& Manches. 50 Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — to Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 50 - Ditto, New Do. ,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to -. Liverpool. Crosby, and South - port . 3% — .... to ••-• Li verpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% ...... to London & Blackwell ......131.65. 8d 5 .....„ to Do. Extension Lmd., Bright., & South Coast 50... 32 1 ,6 82 32% to 92 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 t ondot. and Greenwich... 121. 155. 4d... ... to -- Ditto Preference London & North Western 100 126 125... to IkT Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 Do. New Do. Fifths to Do. 40‘. Shares-- .L. & M 25 ....~ Do. 101. ... 51. and B. (A.) 10 .... . 12 3 4 to --, Do. 101. ... 51. and B. (13.) 10 Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 .. Ditto, New 504 ....... 42 1 ,x..... Ditto, New 401... ...... .. -- 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto. Thirds-. •• . ...... .. 15 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls .. 5 . ... ..... to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 28% — ...... to --• Londonderry and Enniskillen 27% ..... to L 4 westoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4 :Ranchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - Ditto 1 /1 Shares ( No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 114 — to Do., New 10,. Preference.. 10 ... .. 11 .... to 11% Ditto Grimsby ~. 4O Ditto, ditto. ...... ...... Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 15 - Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 20 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 25.... 51id1and........- ................100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. 5hare5.......... 20...... 1.3% %... to 13% 3r.• Midland, hirm., and Derby...loo ..... _ to -- Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ..... _ Ditto ditto 14/. 18s. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 ... . N. i did. Great Western (Irish) 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...••• Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. ...••• to Newmarket ......... ~........ 20 ...... Ditto Extension Scrip... V. 1 2s — ...... to -- Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... Norfolk Ditto New 20/. l 5 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 - ...... to -- Do. Do. 5% per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 ...... Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Pali Shares-- ..... 12% 7 ...... to Do. Quarters 64 ...... 3%..... to Ditto, Extension Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 8 4...... 4%% to North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire..... l5 lO% 114 u. 11 North Wales 3% ....• • •••• to North Western .. 10 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... . 5O - Reading,Guildfd., & Reigate 10 - Royston and Ilitchin ..... .. 2 ...... Scottish Central ... 25 ...... 254 to Scottish Midland ... ........ .... 25 Ditto, New 1 7% ...... ...... to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole lO Do. do. (South Div.) 4 hrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 - Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. IV. :tiin.) - ...... to --- Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8% — . ... to Ditto, Uswestry 17%...... to -- Ditto ,New)... - ..... to -- Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref lO --- . to .-. Shropshire Union... - ...... to - South Devon - ...... to -- Ditto, l'reference ...... .. - .... to -- South Staffordshire..., 6% ...... - ..to -... South astern,Eastn Ditto, ... ........... - Ditto, No. 9 . _ 2285 ... 6 iiil l 6: x. ... i . n . ** szweymouth 40 . ....17: 8 .x... 1 to ' 7% t t o o 11 7 3 : Ditto, No. 3. .... to Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 6 - Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7% ...... to -- Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny...... 1712. -- ...... to ..... Waterford and Limerick..... 47 1 At.” - ...... to -- Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ...... ........ 10 - ...... to Do. do. do. Do, do. do. ...... .10 .... West Cornwall 6 ...... ...... to West L0nd0n.......... ... . to Ditto, First Class .......... - to wh D i i t t e t h o a , v S e e n co a n n d d I C ,u la rn ss e . s . s . ...... 2 1 0 4 ....::: z Windsor, Staines, and South Western 12 11 ...". 1:5 4. % . 1 / 41 .... :: . ....i t It o o : ... 1 .-- 44/4 and Berwick 25 ...... York, Newcastle, Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 ...... 27N IA 'to Do. Exten. No.l (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 15 Pref. 8 York ; and North:Midland .. 50 ..... 55 Ditto, Preference - Ditto East and Yr astßiding Extension 25 ; 5634 ...... to ... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (Orleans il kt... to and Vierzon) ...• - - Ceylon ...,... i,, - )onerar: ... 15 Dendre Valley ..... -- • - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... -- Dutch Rhenish ............ ..... 714 —' ...... to —. East flulion ... ................. 34i ...... to Great Indian Peninsular .....• 1 ,4 •••••• •••••• to Louvain ala Sambre „....... 7 1 / 2 — •••••• to —• Luxembourg ......... ... 7 - Ditto ...... , 10 - ••• „ to -- gadrid and Valentia ., 2 - Namur and Liege...,...., 2O - Northern of France l2 ...... 8 - Orleam,,, and Lim-de:tux. ' ... 7 Pari;. am! Lyons - 80. 1,:o. - .•. •• to Pam, and ()rienns... Paris and I.4rien Paris & Strasboury: —....... 9 , 3 ...... to Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ..... --..... to St ras burg and Bale l4 , — to Tours 84 NftlltfiS ..• . ...... ... 9 , trr i%•i' - 4 4 2 ,•4 . am*, o CAIr•A% t• - • -Ala 'rib, • W '7.011\ 6 1 1 r•-•wet• " • • " 'ZED 4 01, , 1 4 . AS,. r . • Mi 4 V 4 ,•. " , '"a" , _ O w ' Li% 4 Mla C I,tl LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1849. Without being superstitious, we are confident that, in every respect, the new year which has dawned upon us this morning will realise all the expectations of those who argue that 1849—the square of the prime number forty-three—will prove at once re markable and prosperous. Once upon a time when NOSTRADAMUS revealed to the citizens of London the marvels of his astrological predictions, when Sir CORNELIUS AGRIPPA probed the depths of the natural sciences with the wand of the Rosy. Cross—men regarded with extraordinary credulity the cabalistic property of numbers. Now that philosophy has dis sipated thes e spectral shadows with the old wives' tales of the Unicorn and the Mermaid, we derive our confidence as to the future, not from the gloom of superstition, but from the light of ex p erie nce. The inductive syste m h as been applied not only to morality chemistry and mechani cs , b ut has ex t e nded its influ ence in like manner to and legislation. From the events of the Rave Been we deduce the occurrences of the To Come. A. retrospect, if accu rately taken, leads inevitably to a thousand glim mering anticipations. It is thus that from the actual proceedings of the past we are enabled to trace out the faint delineations of the hereafter. The year o f Grace 1848 having expired—we look forward into the dubious atmosphere of 1849, hopefully, courage ously, and reverentially, but still with an awful sense of the tremendous epoch quickening in the womb o f the next twelve months. Figuratively speaking, the ground was broken up by the concussions of 1848 ; and the seeds of demo cratic government which were then sown in its clefts and after wards nourished with the blood of the martyrs of patriotism, may now be expected to germinate with such rapidity as to give forth before . the expiration of 1849 a harvest and a vintage. The stagnation which had resulted from a prolonged peace of thirty-three years under the incubus of monarchical despotism cor- I rupted society, and led at last to a terrible and uni versal rottenness. With the close of 1847 the system established by the treaty of Vienna began to fall to I : i ea• .Throughout the whole of 1848 we have been startled by the s ound of the tumbling divisions of this va s t unnaturally proportioned structure. The work of decom position has extended over a period of eleven calen dar months, dating from February to December. It commenced with the disappearance of PRUSSIA. Letters from Berlin of the 27th state that a change in the Ministry was considered probable, in which case M. WELDECK would enter the Cabinet. The Prince of PRUSSIA and Prince CHARLES have returned to Berlin. These few days past a great many Russian couriers have passed through Berlin on their way to Italy. The Prince 11011ENZOLLERN-SIGMARINGEN has ar rived, it is said on the business of ceding his, princi pality to Prussia. FRANKFORT. The Frank fort Journal informs us that the propo sition of the sub-committee of the German National Assembly, to elect an hereditary Emperor of Ger many, has not obtained the consent of the committee, who have adopted the following project :—The dig nity of Chief of the Empire is conferred for four years on a German prince, to be elected by the reigning Prince of Germany. The Prince so elected to have the title of Vicar of the German Empire. The election to take place on the Ist September of every fourth year, at Frankfort, by a college of electoral princes, the first election, however, to be on the 15th February, 1849. Germany with this view to be divided into seven electoral circles, each represented by a Prince Elector, namely— Austria, with two votes ; Prussia two votes ; Bavaria, one; Saxony and the Thuringian States, one; Hano ver and the Northern States, one; Wurtemburg and Baden, one ; the two Hesses, Lunembourg, Nassau, and the four free towns, one; in all nine votes. For each of the last four circles a special treaty will confer the right of voting upon one of the most considerable princes. The Vicar of the Empire to have a civil list, to be fixed by the Diet for four years. The Vicar is inviolate and irresponsible, &c. M. DE SOLIKERLING has been appointed Plenipo tentiary of the Austrian Government to the Central Power. ITALY. The Cenciliatore of Florence says that three different projects had been presented to the Pope at Gaeta. The first, which is that of the retrograde party, breathes reaction and Austrian and Neapolitan intervention. This Pits the Ninth has rejected. The second recommends itself by enlightened views. According to it the Pope is to name a regent for the temporal affairs of the state, and himself to travel through Catholic Europe, or rather France, Germany, and Ireland, to check heterodoxy and real schism. The PONTIFF is then to convoke a groat European council, to bring about a solemn pact of peace and concord between all the dissident parties. Pius the Ninth commended this project for its charity and grandeur, but objected to it from its character being somewhat too Utopian for existing circumstances, and impracticable. The last project, which is that of the diplomatic body at Gaeta, is that the Porn should go into some city of his own domains, either Civita Vecchia, Bologna, or Ancona, and there open conferences with the political parties, to bring them to sentiments of conciliation, and effect the re storation of order. It is said that the Porn, pressed to come to some decision, replied, " The madness of the Romans still subsists ; I will wait until the eclipse of their reason is passed." Letters from Rome of the 21st state that the Ministry has been reconstructed. It consists of STERBINI, MARIAM, CastrEz.no, and another. GARIBALDI has been obliged to quit Rome by the intrigues of the retrograde party. Before the Consti tuent Assembly is convoked, it is probable that the electors law will be prevented. MAMI&NI resigns be cause he is opposed t o th e con vocation of the Consti tuent Assembly. The Chamber of Deputies has almost unanimously rejected the Bill for the expulsion of foreigners from Rome. Il Contenzporaneo of the 22d says : " To-day tranquillity reigns in the city. 'Co-morrow the Junta will occupy itself with completing the Ministry."— Ii Nazionale of the 28d states that, at least 50 arrests have been made at Rome. The Monitore Toscano, of the 23d, officially de nies the statement mad e by several journals, that the British Ambassador at Florence had presented a note t 9 the Tuscan Ministry, threatening to blockade CRIMINA OLD COURT. These sessions commenced to-day before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Hunter and Challis, the Sheriffs, &e. In consequence of a week only having elapsed since the termination of the last sessions, the number of pri soners for trial are few compared with the number usually for trial. at this Coart. The judges on the rota are Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr. Justice Maule. There are three cases of manslaughter, one of murder, one of shooting at a person, one of horse stealing; but the case likely to occupy most attention will be that of Samuel Heely, the engine•driver, and William Watkins, the stoker, who are charged with the manslaughter of Richard Perry, on the South-Western Railway. The grand jury having been empannelled and sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to them. The calendar comprehended a list of priso ners the total number of which was 75, and that number would necessarily receive augmentation during the la bours of the grand jury by commitments by magistrates, but even with that augmentation he did not anticipate that the duties of the grand jury would bear any proportion to the ordinary duties of the grand juries !generally at that court, the interval having been so short between the present and the last session. Although, however, the calendar was light in a numeral point of view, it contained a charge of mur der, two cases of cutting and wounding, two cases of robbery with violence, a case of shooting at a party with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and it also con tained a charge of attempting to commit a rape. The majority of the cases, however, were larceny, which required no particular comment from him. There were also three charges of manslaughter. Only two or three other cases required any comment from him. There was a charge of the concealment of the birth of a child, and by a recent statute in such cases there was a par ticular course pointed out for the magistrate to examine the prisoner. Now, in that course if the grand jury should find that the evidence was in sufficient to sustain the charge without knowing what had been stated before the magistrates, he should feel it to be his duty to direct that the examination before the magistrate should be laid before them. The other cases to which he should advert wore cases of violence to the person and the use of the knife upon Blend, r provocation. He knew of no way of putting down these offences— the perpetration of which he was sorry to say had increased to an alarming extent —but by administering the law with respect to them with the utmost rigour. The use of the knife till late years had been confined solely to foreigners; it was un- English , it was a most wicked practice, and one that must be put down by inflicting punishment according to the strict letter of the law. There was a most serious charge of murder, and one somewhat out of the ordinary circumstances. It was a charge of driving a coal waggon purposely over the body of the party, and thereby causing his death. Now, in order to make out that charge it must be shown that it was purposely and wilfully done. He would not go ieto the details of the case, but if the grand jury found from the evidence that the act had been wilfully done, it would be their duty to put the case into a course of trial upon the charge of murder. The Learned Recorder having referred to the dictum of Mr Justice Foster upon the subject, and having shortly alluded to the charge of assault with intent to ravish a child under twelve years of age, and some of the other cases in the calendar, remitted the grand jury to the discharge of their duties. The Court then proceeded to swear in the pett ty jury, DEATH OF LORD AUCKLAND. This nobleman expired early this morning at the Grange, the seat of Lord Ashburton, where the lamented Earl was on a visit. His Lordship was seized with a fit on Saturday, and continued speech less up the period of his death. Dr. Locock was sent for, but all human aid was unavailing. -- LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. I.—Wind this day at noon, E.N.E , light breeze, and dull hazy weather. STATIC OF WIND ♦ND WEATHER AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. Colchester N. by E., cloudy. Glasgow Gosport N.W., dull. Hull Leith S.W., fine. Lowestoffe Newcastle S.E., rain. Portsmouth Southampton Yarmouth N.E., fine. DEAL, DEC 30.—Wind N.N.W. to N.; P.M., N.E.- 31st. Wind N.N.E.; P.M., E.—Arrd. 30th, Henry EwbAnk, Boston. Arrived from the River and sailed, 31st, Java, Parker, Bombay; Ganges, Dean, Bombay; Flamank, Bombay; Victory, Cape of Good Hope; Co lumbine, Ewart, Sierra Leone; Hendrick Hudson, New York. TOBERMORY, DEC. 26. —lt is reported that several bales of cotton have been washed ashore at Roof, %Vest of Mull, during the past week. PORT DIADOC, Dao. 29.—The Davies schooner has put back, with main boom, bulwarks, and stanchions carried away, bolt damaged, and making a great deal of water; the sea is making a complete breach over her. YARMOUTH. DEC. 29.—The John Alexander, New castle for Folkestone, sprung a leak last night off Cromer, and sunk this morning; crew saved. KINSALE, DEC. 28.—The Commerce, Liverpool to Trinidad, has put in here with lost of mainmast, bul warks, boats, &c., and carpenter washed overboard. CASTLETOWN, DEC. 29.—The Industry, Jenks, of St. John's, New Brunswick, from Dorchester to Liverpool, has put into Ballycrohaven, Kenmare River, with bul warks, &c., carried away. WESTPORT, DEC. 29.—The Ville d'Eu, of and from Eu, for Sligo, has put in here with loss of spars, sails, and bulwarks; cargo shifted, leaky, making six inches of water per hour. SHEERNESS, DEC. 29.—The Hebe, which was re ported as wrecked on the Maplin Sands 24th inst., has been got off this day, and taken into Southend. OFF LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.—Mary Lamb, Virginia; Foigh-a-Ballagh, Rattler, Tinnamara. OFF FAIRIIIGH, DEC. 29.—Christopher Columbus, Frerichs, Baltimore, for Bremen. SHEERNESS, DEC. 29.—Arrd. Salisbury Harrison, Britain, Riga. CORK, DEC. 29.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Glammire, Barba does; Emily, Cape of Good Hope. Arrd. Jane Green, Hamson, Mauritius. LimEnicx, DEC. 29.—The Rose Adelaide, from Mar seilles, is on shore at Liscannon, coast of Clare, and it is feared will become a total wreck. -30th. Wind S.S.E., moierate.—Arrd. Paulina, Fiscender, Boston. TORBAY, DEC. 31.—Wind S.E.—Off port, President, Hayannah for Antwerp; Virginia, Turner, Charleston for London. HASTINGS, DEC. 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Kallibokka, Bayley, Mauritius for London. WEYMOUTH, DEC. 31.—The Hazard arrived here last night from Hartlepool, with damage from contact with the Free Trade, Bayonne for London. SCILLY, DEC. 28.—The Palinurus, Allen, from Deme rara for London, was totally lost on the Lion Rock last night, during a gale at S.W., which shifted to N.E. ; part of crew saved. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 31 .—The Mohawk, Bradshaw, Rio Janeiro to Cowes, put in here yesterday with loss of sails, mainmast sprung, and part of cargo thrown over board in a hurricane about 150 miles south of the Azores. DROGHEDA, DEC. 30.—The Stag, of and from Liver pool, in coming up the river yesterday, took the ground, was got off; and laid on a bank very leaky; cargo ex pected to be damaged. KILRIAR, DEC. 29.—The Pauline, Fesender, from Boston to Cork, has put in here very leaky, boats stove, and loss of bulwarks, &c., one man killed, severa l dis abled, having been struck by a sea 24th inst. Must discharge ; cargo greatly damaged. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 30.—The Tyro, of Colchester, coal laden, had forecastle deck, hatches, &c., blown up and destroyed by the ignition of gas. THEATRICALS AT WOBURN ABBEY.--The festive season has been celebrated by the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, by a round of charming amusements at their pricely seat in Bedfordshire. On Tuesday, there was a laughable dramatic entertainment performed in the theatre, entitled The Flower and the 1 ree ; or, an Old Tale with a New Ending, in which many of the distin guished visitors took characters, and was highly success.. ful. On the previous Friday there was a new piece called lack the Giant Killer, the youthful family of Lord and Lady John Russell sustaining the parts, which was followed by Box and Cox, the principal characters being sustained by the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. R. M. Milnes, M.P., and the Hon. G. Byng. The circle separated on Wednesday and Thursday last. THE CYCLORAMA. This exhibition has been visited during the past week by many thousands of spectators. The Conde de Montemolin and suite were present on Wednesday last, when the illustrious Prince expressed himself highly gratified, manifesting his ap • probation by repeated plaudits. Auber's beautiful opera La Domino Noir and La Maitre de Chapelle, by Peer, will be produced at the St. James's Theatre, on the opening night, Monday, January 15. M. Couderc will perform the character of Horace, as originally represented by him in Paris, when Auber produced his opera. NORTH AMERICAN MAILS.—The America, Capt. Leith, departed from the Mersey on Saturday, for fax and Buston, with the semi monthly mails and about sixty passengers. The steamship Canada, Captain Judkins, with the ;nward weekly mails, may be looked for to arrive at Liverpool this day or to-morrcw. She would leave New York on the 20th, and Halifax on the 23d ult. The British Museum closed on Saturday, for the purpose of cleansing, , &c., and will be re••opened to the public on Monday next, the Bth inst.