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gr b eat mass of the people. And when I see what has een done by restricted and uneqoal representation, when I see what all the education oi Oxford has sent to Parliament—(Hear) — even for generations back, I will never believe that classic lore, or the great knowledge of history, or great literary skill, are necessary to the honest and intelligent exercise of the elective franchise. --(Great cheering.) When these men are enfranchised you will find that they will be actuated as you are. They will choose men whom they believe to have com mon sense and common honesty—(Hear, hear) —men who have done some service to their country or to t'aeir district; such men as they would trust and confi le in the management of their own private and individual affairs•—(Hear, hear, and applause.) As they do in their parishes, as in their unions, as in your municipal cor porations, would they do in the election of members to Parliament. And I would never believe that a Govern ment restricted to a small number of the aristocratic class, to an oligarchy like ours, could be so good and so wise, and so beneficent, as a Government which rests on the good sense, the good feeling, and the intellieence of the great mass of the population of this United King dom.—(Great cheers.) It is, then, because I believe this, and because I am unwilling that this great, this extraordinary meeting should pass without some signs of action, without some sign of cementine• the power which does exist in the country for great an 6 d good pur poses, that I come forward to propose this, which I be lieve will be the last resolution read to the meeting:— " That, whether with a view to the speedy success of the efforts now making to reduce taxation, or to secure, by means of a real representation, a guarantee against future attempts of Government to return to the present extravagant expenditure, the most effectual mode of proceeding is that adopted by the late Anti-Corn-law League—viz., the extension of the franchise by the 40s. freehold qualification, and a careful attention to the re gistration in boroughs and counties ; and the chairman of this meeting is requested to take the necessary steps for the formation of an association to carry out this ob ject, in conjunction with such constituencies as may be willing to unite with it." Now that is distinct and explicit. Objects are con templated which we all approve of, more or less. But that object of increasing the electors' list by these means, every honest and Intelligent man must of neces sity approve. I ask you, then to give your sanction to this resolution, and when you leave this hall, consider that it is your bounden duty, so far as you can, in the county in which you live—and, with respect to others, to induce them to do it in their counties, to baffle the attempts of the ruling classes to keep any of you from the franchise, by investing -.yourselves with that power, and by doing so you will obtain the power of imposing your own taxes and the expenditure of your own money; and you will be able, I believe in my conscience, before long to give peace and contentment to this country, and to do away with the slightest pretence for the necessity of a large standing army and naval force either in Great Britain or Ireland.—(The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst deafening cheers.) Mr. Alderman KAY briefly seconded the resolution, which was carried, like the rest, by acclamation.. The meeting closed at ten minutes past eleven o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY. - The Arrop;ant steam frigate, Captain Robert Fitzroy, arrived this morning from Woolwich, and lay to at the Knab for some hours in consequence of the violence of the gale. About ten o'clock she got up steam and came into harbour. Oar Woolwich contemporary has so minutely and ably de scribed the performances of the ship on her leaving and progress from Woolwich that we shall not give any fur ther detail of the voyage, which resulted as it began, most satisfactorily for all parties concerned in her wel fare and character. PROMOTIONS. Commander 'William Peel (seniority 27th of June, 1846) is promoted to the rank of captain, in accordance with a minute, in acknowledgment of his talents and merits, left by the late First Lord of the Admiralty. Captain Peel earned, by study and practice, his first step in the navy, having passed the best examination on record for the rank of lieutenant. There is but one promotion at the disposal of the Royal Naval College for the officer who passes the best examination, and Mr. Peel obtained that prize. Captain Peel served as lieutenant in her Majesty's ship America, 50 guns. under the Honourable Captain Gordon, on the South Pacific station ; also in her Majesty's ship Thalia 42 guns, Captain Hope; and in the C4'rmorant, steam sloop, Commander Gordon, both on the Pacific station. Captain Peel brought home (overland) some important dispatches relative to the then existing state of feeling upon the subject of Oregon, for which he received the thanks of the Admiralty; he subsequently assisted in fitting cut her Majesty's steam-sloop Devastation for the pendant of the Commander-in-Chief upon the west coast o F Africa station; and the Constance, 50-gun frigate, aptain Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.B. (the present surveyor 0 f the nary), for service in the South Pacific; and was romoted to the rank of commander on the 27th of June 1 846; and on the 11th of February following was ap pointed to command her Majesty's 12-gun sloop Daring, on the North American and West India station, which vessel he brought home and paid off in the autumn of a st year. Commander Adolphus Slade (1841) is promoted to the rank of Captain. This officer went to sea in 1817 with Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Falcon, and served in his and other ships in South America, in the West Indies, and Mediterranean till 1827, when he was made Lieutenant in the Ariadne. Not obtaining another ap pointment, on that ship being paid off on the following year, he went to Constantinople, and served as a volun teer in the Turkish fleet during the last war between Turkey and Russia, interesting details of which he published alter his return to England. This service gave him a practical acquaintance with the Euxine, and he improved it afterwards when sent by the Com mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean to visit Sebasto pol and the mouths of the Danube, and to report on the Russian navy in that sea. While a lieutenant of the Caledonia in the Mediterranean in 1834-5-6, he was em ployed by the late Admiral Sir Josias Rowley on politi cal missions of an important character at Constantinople and elsewhere in the Ottoman dominions. The Admiral repeatedly thanked him for such service, and in 1835 recommended him officially to the Admiralty for promo tion, repeating his recommendation more impressively when he struck his flag in 1837. Four years later Captain Slade was promoted to the rank of Commander, in which grade he passed two years at the Royal Naval College, and at Woolwich, studying steam and other subjects of national interest and import. In 1846 he commanded the Recruit iron experi mental brig, and carried out in her a series of inte resting trials concerning the effect of induced magne tism on the compass, whereby the theory propounded by Mr. Walker, the Queen's Harbour -master, at Ply mouth, of the existence of local deviation of the magnetic needle in a vessel, due to the inclination of the vessel to port or to starboard, varrying as the angle of,inclination, was fully confirmed. having elicited this startling fact, the Recruit was sent to join Sir William Parker's squadron at Lisbon, and was actively employed on that station during the intervention in 1847 in favour of Donna Maria, and the judicious conduct of her com mander at the Azores, when stationed at those islands for the protection of British interests, obtained the ap probatio❑ of the Foreign-office and of the Admiralty. The Recruit was paid off as a failure in November, 1847, under the impression of the unfitness of iron vessels for the navy. Acting-Commander Von Donop, of the President, 50, flagship of Vice-Admiral Dacres, is confirmed to the rank of commander. Lieutenant T. H. Lysaght, in command of the Grap pler steamer on the coast of Africa, son of Rear-Admiral Lysaght, is promoted to the rank of commander. Navel Cadets—N. Osborn to the Fisgard pendant ship at Woolwich ; E. A. Luckraft and W. Whit combe to the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth ; the Honourable F. Boyle to the Vengeance, 84- gun-ship, at Malta. Her Majesty's ship Pembroke, 72 guns, has had a com plete refit in duck at Portsmouth, and was removed to moorings in the ordinary, on Tuesday. THE ADMIRAL OF THE FLERT.—Sir James Hawkins Whitshed is still in a most precarious state, sometimes rallying, and sometimes sinking. The office of Admiral of the Fleet will not be revived when yielded up with life by the present holder, except hostilities afloat call for such an officer in actual service. The Penelope steam-frigate, Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, left St. Helena for Ascension homewards on the 25th of November. A brig, looking remarkably like the Espiegle, 12, was in sight from half-past twelve o'clock to-day for upwards of an hour. She has most likely taken shelter i n Sandown-bay, Isle of Wieht, the wind being too N.N.W.h exposed. s t ro ng for her to work into Spithead, or even to St. Helen's, the latte r being, molrveover,to A tremendous gale from N has be en ht. blowing all day and pa rt of Ilast and d Wind, N.N.W.; strong gales an cloudy. ROYAL MARINES. The recruiting parties at Hull, Stafford, and Bir mingham, under the command of Captains Heriot, Hailes, and Curry respectively, are called in to head quarters, notwithstanding that the co r p s have 800 men short of? Complement. It is reported that the Royal Marine force is about to be reduced 1,500 men, by taking nine men away from each company. We sincerely hope such an insane measure is not sincerely contemplated. Those who do contemplate it will do well to consider the value of the commodity they would throw away. A Marine is not like a land soldier ; he cannot be trained i n a week or a month ; time alone will make a good and serviceable Marine, whose duties are very foreign to those of shore - serv in g troops. The economists had bet ter reduce any amount of the shore-serving forces than one company of Marines. This is only a common sense view of the matter, and we trust, for the welfare of the national defence, it will be seen in that light only. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Her Majesty's frigate Calliope, 26, Captain Edward Stanley, atter some detention, Was paid off yesterday. The Crane packet, from Falmouth, is gone up harbour to-day to refit. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Driver arrived from Ports mouth on the 7th, and left for that port the next day, the Bth. Moorings for eight steamers are ordered to be laid' in flamoaze. This order is said to be in anticipation of the establishment of a steam reserve at this port. Admiral Sir John West, K C. 8., late commander-in chief at this port, and Vice-Admiral M'liinley, have been reported as suffering from severe indisposition. Vice-Admiral M'Kinley, now in his 83d year, although confined to his bed and suffering great pain from a se vere attack of gout, is recovering. The Admiralty have given directions f or th e r e duction of the staff of the Royal Dockyard Battalions one-half, on the Ist of April next. Wind, westerly, stiff breeze, with rain. The Christmas pantomime of Harlequin Aladdin is being played, with great success, at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., A NECDOTEs of the ARISTOCRACY, AND EPISODES IN ANCESTRAL STORY. By J. BERNARD BURKE, Esq. Author of " The Peerage," " The Landed Gentry," &c. " These stories, with all the reality of established fact, read with as much spirit as the tales of Boccacio, and are as full of strange matter for reflection and amazement. Mr. Burke has here given us the most curious incidents, the most stirring tales, and the most re markable circumstances connected with the histories, public and pri vate, of our noble houses and aristocratic families, and has put them into a shape which will preserve them in the library, and render them the favourite study of those who are interested in the romance of real life."—Britannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE LAN'CASHIRE'WIYCHES. A ROMANCE OF PENDLE FOREST. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. " The Lancashire Witches is a story of great inteiest ; the per sonages who figure In it are true to their position, and to our pre conceived notion of them ; and much skill and versatility are exhi bited in their delineation. Let us add that the local descriptions, which are numerous and various, are all most admirable. In fact, Mr. Ainsworth in this romance has made an excellent use of much profound and curious knowledge both of the time and of the scene in which the action is laid."—Examiner. " Mr. Ainsworth may be styled the Salvator Rosa of novelists. He delights in the thrilling—the terrible—the wildly romantic. In gorgeous depth of colouring, in vivid reality of portraiture, in en thralling interest, Mr. Ainsworth's romances are almost unrivalled. The Lancashire Witches excites a powerful and undiminished interest throughout."—Sun. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. - Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the performance of French Plays will be resumed at this Theatre on Monday Evening next, Jan. 15, by the production of LE MAITRE DE CHAPELLE, music by Paer, compressed into one act, as represented at the Opera Comique, Paris; Barnabe, M. Beauce ; Gertrude, Maine. Guichard (their first appearances at this Theatre) : and Auber's popular Opera Comique, in three acts, LE DOMINO NOIR ; Horace, M. Couderc, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris ; Angeline, Maddle. Charton (their first appearances at this Theatre). The performances before Easter will be selected from the following repertoire:—Le Maitre de Chapelle, by Paer; Le Neauveau Seigneur, by Boieldien ; Le Tablean Parlant, by Gretry ; Le Valet de Chambre, by Carafe ; L'Eau Merveillieuse, by Grisar ; La Double Echelle, by Thomas ; Le Bouffe et le Tailleur, by Gaveux ; Adolphe et Clara, by Dalayrac ; Richard Cceur de Lien, by Gretry; Le Domino Noir, by Auber ; La Dame Blanche, by Roieldieu ; Le Fidele Berger, by Adam ; Fra Diavolo, by Auber.—Engagements Madlle. Charton (from the Opera Comique, Paris, Madlle Guichard (Premiere Dugazon, from Brussels), Madlle. Morel (from the Opera Comique, Paris), Madlle. Martial (from the Theatre ofMons), Mdlle. Mancini (from the Theatre of Rouen), Madlle. Garique (from the Theatre Royal, Berlin), Mons. Couderc (from the Opera Comique, Paris), Mons. Bonnamy (from the Theatre of Lyons), M. Royer, M. Buguet (from the Theatre of Brussels), M. Beauce (from the Theatre of Lille), M. Chateaufort (from the Theatre of Bordeaux), M. Martial (from the Theatre of Mons), and M. Julien Deschamps (from the Theatre du Gymnase, Paris),—For the effective perform ance of the music of the above works, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to announce the engagement of the following eminent professors : Chef d'Orchestre, Mr. Charles Hrmssens ; Messieurs Tolbecque, Barret, Baumann, Lazarus, Remusat, Bourotte, Deloffre, Newsham, Peyton, Shepherd, Morris Alsept, Campanile, King, Besse, Larkins, Vaudreland, Nicholson, Winterbottom, &c. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Orchestra Stalls 10s. 6d. Boxes .. • • Os. Od. Pit • • • • • • •. • • 3s. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street! and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, SeleLessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Mice Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIL utder the direction cl Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., 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 Seat; and Stalls rendered more comfortable. 4 .1" ..: - -'. 1-,,,,-,..4,41P A . iiillik. , 4• '' . " erg s . •.. • 11. "" .. - • .- i - i ,-- -,:,A1 , D., u , „ 7,1 4 „,,,,Rrm0s s; ~ f .;, .0 - i-ton. k‘i'!,i,,, ,-.:„.. - ts THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Billy, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Tr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYChUM THEATI:E. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles :Ua•he A s. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL, TO THE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, Cs.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington- street, is open to the pablic every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner l - y Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arran4l meats have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. Do Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr Hengler, the most extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS 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. After which, Herr Hengler on the Tight-rope. To be followed by an inimitable display 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, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. klo communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. icjectod communications cannot be returned. TitE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, JANUARY 12. rHERMOMETER, Lowest, 31; Highest, 37; Noon. 33. BAROMETER, 30.20—a rise of 72 points since yesterday. The variation in the Barometer has been most ex traordinary during the week. On Sunday the mercury fell to 29.10 from 30.13—and now it is up about an inch and a quarter since Wednesday. WIND W.S.W.; fine frosty weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOE. THIS DAT —Morning, 7 min. after 4 I Evening, 2S min. after 4. To-Moaaow— ,49 min. after 4 j Evenit4, 11 rain. alter 5. AlAto S:No- LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1849. The political ingratitude which, so long contagious in France, has proved the destruction of so matiy popularities, has at last extended from individual members of the Assembly to the whole mass of the national representation. Prepared as we were for almost any fluctuation of sentiment in the m nds of those classes who have shown so much fickleness in their attachment, we may avow at once that this sudden revulsion of feeling throughout several of the departments has caused us no slight, and certainly no very pleasurable, emotions of astonishment. We re gard with a sense amounting to loathing the suicidal, or we might call it, the parricidal, fero city of this reaction against the framers of the Republican Constitution. In attacking the Na tional Assembly, the miserable dissentients to whom we are referring are actually aiming the bludgeon of murder against the incarnate genius of the People. In endeavouring to destroy the great Republican Parliament which has laboured during eight awful months so nobly, so earnestly, so bravely, so glori ously in the cause of France, of Europe, of demo cracy, of civilization, of religion, of humanity—they are striving to stifle the popular voice, to smother the aspirations of a great race, to strangle the legislative Redeemer of the country. In the diminution of the in. fluence of LAMARTINE there was something touching. In the downfal of the power of CAVAIGNAC, there was something sombre and despondent. But in the as saults which are nuw being made upon the fame and upon the authority of the National Assembly—that Assembly which the one created with his eloquence, and which the other defended with. his courage— there is an evidence of criminality so heinous, and of turpitude so base, that the heart revolts •from the spectacle with feelings of unmitigated execration. In the National Assembly the world has recognised the embodiment of that beautiful and sublime idea which was first articulated on the 26th of FebruarY 1848, by the lips of the poet-statesman—thati dea which streamed like a gleam of light through the chaos of an abrupt revolution, telling the people that they might secure not only thei r salvation, but their glory and their happiness, by descending into the very depths ;of the country and sounding the great mystery of the rights of nations! The world has acknowledged in the National Aqsemblv the re-,li tir,anl; ,viii' it nessed, in the history of that, Assembly examples of valour, of self-sacrifice,•of calmness in danger, of dig nity under insult, of loyalty to the population, and of devotion to the Republicrsuch as have had few precedents and fewer parallels in the annals of mankind. On the 15th of May, when scarcely compacted together, the democratic Parliament pissed through its first probation ; and it passed through that probation scathless and unsullied. During the four appalling days of June it had to battle for its exis tence, and not only for its own existence, but for the preservation of society, of liberty, and of civilization. Some of its distinguished members—men who shone either as orators in the tribune or as heroes in the fields of war—gloriously died at the foot of the barricades, fighting in the holy cause with which the National Assembly was identified. Hear the eulogiums which these memorable deeds have extorted from the reluctant heart of an enemy. Hear the language employed upon this subject by Monsieur GUIZOT—" Justice compels us to acknowledge," he says (Dem. in France, chap. iii, p. 23) " that the leaders of the Republic have endeavoured to belie the predictions of its adversaries, and the fears of the public. They hare respected the faith of mer. They have fought—very late, it is true, but at last they have fought—for the existence of society. They have not broken the peace of Europe, and they have striven to main tain the public credit. These meritorious efforts do honour to the men invested with power, and show moreover, what the general instincts of the country are." Such are the panegyrics coming from the austere and unenthusiastic intellect of a man who once gained for himself the reputation of a statesman. And the encomiums pronounced by him upon the Executive Commission and the other members of the Republican Government extend as a necessary con s equence to the aggregate of the national repre sentation. It is against this national representation that the murderous hand of a faction is now raised in defiance. Petitions are said to be pouring into the Assembly demanding in the name of the people its instant dissolution. Those petitions we have already denounced and again denounce as forgeries. They bear upon their very front the stamp of being the fabrications of a contemptible clique, a clique as contemptible as that which de ceived the Honourable Member for Nottingham by its assurances, and induced him in an evil moment to lay the notorious Chartist Petition before the British House of Commons. It is the latest of the dastardly plots of the reactionaires but it is one which if carried a hair's-breadth too far beyond the limits of endurance, will recoil with a dismal vengeance upon themselves. As an expression of the sentiments with which this endeavour is regarded in the French capital, we are satisfied that the remarks of our Paris correspondent (published in this even ing's impression) will not be perused with indiffe rence. A threat is there held out against the counter-revolutionists that in the event of any over provocation the people will rise up again in their ma jesty, but no longer merciful as in February. There will be no escape for those who are tampering with liberty. They will find no hiding place for their cowardice. They will perish infamously, expiating in a bloody catastrophe the crimes of the Cutinter- Revolution. Let them beware—they are tempting the thunderbolt ! By far the greater portion of the criminal law throughout the country is at present administered by benches of magistrates, assembled at what are termed sessions, in the various counties or divisions, General Quarter Sessions are held four times a-year in each county for the trial of larcenies, assaults, and misdemeanors, punishable with transportation, fine, imprisonment, or whipping—the more atrocious offences being left to, be tried at the county assizes. The jurisdiction is thus of a very extensive cha racter, and parties convicted may be sentenced to the highest secondary punishment known to the law. The rural population regard their Worships with the most profound awe. They are looked upon as the administrators of justice in their respective districts. They hear and adjudi cate upon the ordinary cases of every-day occurrence. For one charge remitted for trial to the assizes, fifty are decided by magistrates. It is, therefore, a matter of the utmost importance that parties to whom such extensive powers are confided should be duly quali fied for the situation—that they should bring learning and experience, calmness, temper, and dignity to the discharge of their important duties. The vindication of the law is entrusted to their charge. For the time being they are the representatives of the SOTERZIGN, who is the chief magistrate of the country. Any error, whether of omission or commission, arising either from ignorance or prejudice, is calculated to bring the majesty of the law into contempt and dis repute, and thus to inflict the most serious, nay, ir reparable injury upon the community in general. It has been well said by one of the most eminent legal reformers of modern times, that " it would be better for a people to live under an ill system well executed, than under a good system administered by incapable, corrupt, or dependent judges." This is indeed the truth, and no stronger proof can be afforded of the extreme care that should be exercised in the selection of persons to be entrusted with the commission of the peace. There is one member of the Bench, however, whose duties are even of a more important character than those of his brother justices. The situation of Chairman of the session is not: only honourable and influential, but it is also arduous and responsible. He is expected to be the adviser of his younger and more inexperienced coadjutors, the spokesman and mouth piece of the Bench. By him the juries are charged, the law interpreted, the punishments apportioned, and the sentences pronounced. Any deficiency on his part must become immediately apparent, and is, therefore, more inexcusable than if it existed in one contented with an humbler position on the bench. If a wise and sagacious chairman can be obtained, the other justices will seldom, if ever, dis pute his behests, or quarrel with his judgment. He fills, in fact, the same character of the judge as as size, and the whole burden and responsibility of the proceedings rest upon his shoulders. Before the enactment of the Legislative Union between England and Ireland, the Irish Parliament recognised the absolute necessity of obtaining a per son duly qualified for the discharge of such vitally important duties. They perceived that they could no longer be intrusted to the " Great Unpaid" —that legal knowledge was essential, and that the party called upon to preside as a judge, should be amenable to public opinion for the proper exercise of its functions. He should not be permitted to set up ignorance as a defence. Accordingly (by the 36th of Geo. 111. c. 25, s. 2.) " the Lord-Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor of Ireland, was empowered to appoint a practising barrister, of at least six years' standing, or who shall have actually practised six years, and who shall not at the time of his appoint ment ,to such office have retired from practice for more than two years, to act as a constant assistant to the justices at every sessions of the peace, or ad journment thereof, held for the administration of jus tice in criminal cases, and to preside and to be sole judge on the hearing of causes by civil bill." Such assistant-barrister when appointed becomes, virtute officii, a justice of the peace for the county in which he shall be so appointed. He is, in fact, the judge of minor criminal offences, and of a certain class of civil cases. His office combines that of judge of the county court, and chairman of quarter sessions. The system has worked admirably well since that time—a competent person presides at all times, and those ridiculous and painful scenes that too often occur in this country are never witnessed on the other side of St. George's Channel. It may be a question whether it would not be well to import the Irish system if many such cases are reported as those which are stated to have taken place at Preston and Taunton within the last week. In the former case, Mr. THOMAS BATTY ADDISON presided. A woman named IticnAunson was tried for stealing a half-crown from a man named Non- MS, who admitted that he had been treating the prisoner and two other women, and that he was rather "fresh " at the time. The jury acquitted the prisoner, and it is said that the members of the bar and the assembled audience generally approved of the verdict. The "dignified and learned" Chg;rman, however, than ht proper to aftqek the language which certainly was not suited to a court of justice. He said--" Why, this woman has been convicted before, and imprisoned at Lancaster for two years. A set of stupid fellows like you cannot see the evidence. You (speaking to the prisoner) have had a wise jury; when you are tried again you may hope to have such another —you set of stupid ---, how can you think of giving such a verdict when you are upon your oaths ? Is there one amongst you that is not as sure that she stole that half - crown, as that you are sit ting in that box ?" Well might there have been great sensation in court, and expressions of dis approbation on the part of the bar when language of such an extraordinary character, better suited for the purlieus of Billingsgate than the judicial bench, fell from the lips of a chairman. But this was not all : when a juryman attempted to explain the grounds on which he had returned his verdict, he was un courteously stopped by the Chairman, who said— " Well, don't argue ; you are not fit; you cannot pretend to have any doubt about the matter. It was your duty to have given a verdict according to your oath." Such was the conduct of a person represent ing her Most Gracious MAJESTY, and dispensing jus tice to her subjects. In Somersetshire the exhibition was equally pitiable, although there the error apparently arose from ignorance of law, and not from any want of temper or gentlemanly demean our. A prisoner to an indictment for a larceny pleaded autre fois acquit, alleging that he had been tried and acquitted of the same offence at the Quarter Sessions at Dorsetshire. This plea was demurred to ; the counsel for the prosecution admitting that he could not deny the truth of the statement, and had therefore no course but to demur. The de murrer, however, was overruled, and the validity of the; plea established. On the counsel for the pri soner then applying for his discharge, the Gallant Chairman answered, " Oh, no. How can we decide on the merits of the case without hearing the evi• dente ?" The Bench then decided against the plea which they had formerly considered good, but de clined to assign any reasons, the Chairman sagaciously remarking that " a decision may be right, whilst the reason is wrong." The prisoner was then put on trial, convicted, and sentenced to a week's imprison ment, from the beginning of the sessions, although it was admitted that he had been previously tried and acquitted of the same offence. Although he was forthwith discharged—the week being actually ex pired—his counsel intimated his intention.to bring a writ of error to reverse the judgment. When two such cases can be cited within a single week no further argument is necessary to impress upon the public the importance of an immediate change in the system, and the procuring of compe tent persons to fill the situations of chairmen to the benches of magistrates. No reasonable amount of salary would be denied for this purpose. The ser vices of the judges of the county courts could eaily be made available, and they would then hold the same positions as those filled by the assistant •bar risters of Ireland. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The National has the following admirable article on the present situation of France : a __ " It would be useless any longer to dissemble the truth. Our enemies themselves have torn away the veil with which only a few months since they considered it prudent to surround their secret thoughts. At the hour when the revolution of February, bursting forth like a clap of thunder, effaced in a few minutes the shame of eighteen years, the monarchy fell without one of those who owed their fortunes to it endeavouring even to defend it. When the aged King left, alone and abandoned, where was M. Thiers? He did not again appear until all danger was already far from us. The revolution had given proofs of moderation and of pity. The Government, in the midst of immense difficulties, had no other strength than that which it derived from the general assent of the people. It was attacked in its acts and in its tendencies. When the Executive Commission replaced the Provisional Government, the struggle which up to that time had been concluded, became more audacious. As it be came more removed from the 24th of February, the plan already formed more clearly developed itself. Ob stacles appeared to grow up every moment before the feet of the then Government, and at length it met with the same fate as its predecessor. The fatal days of June brought Geceral Cavaignac into power; but re-action pursued its system. It may be summed up in a few words:—To give occasion for faults which were impos sible to be avoided under exceptional circumstances, and to afterwards exaggerate those faults with increased malevolence; in a word, to bring persons into disrepute in order to compromise the principles they served. Such is the secret of the odious tactics employed, and to which all the men who have taken part in the Government for the last ten months have successively become victims. Success has crowned this plan. To what will it lead? To again place the destinies of France in the hands of a coalition whose faults have produced the fall of two monarchies. The Legitimists and the Orleanists, united by a secret compact of which the future will reveal to us the conditions, have marched with a common accord towards the conquest of power. They possess it now, but they will not feel satisfied until they have removed every obstacle which majority r chstands in ep th u the republican; they hNaavteiounnailteAdsaslebly is in i their efforts t o overt h row i t . N ext to it comes the President. They now flatter him as at the commencement they did the Provisional Govern ment, and afterwards the Executive Committee, and as they flattered the Government of the 26th June at its first accession to power. Let the President resist them; may he, better enlightened as to men and things, struggle against their insatiable demand?. His isolation is the condition of triumph. It is useless to seek else where for the cause of the rage which took possession of M. Thiers and his allies on the first appearance of the Republicans being able to give their disinterested advice to M. Louis Bonaparte. What would become of the Royalist intrigue if the President were to open his eyes, and, assuming seriously the part assigned to him by the Constitution establish himself firmly on the ground of the Republic? No; he must not be permitted to see and listen to those who dig an abyss before him. It is of little consequence to these great citizens that he fall into it, and again plunge the country . into all the horrors of civil war. They will not consider their work as defi nitively accomplished until they see Henry V., bearing the Count de Paris in his arms, come and seat himself on the restored throne. L et , then, M. Thiers become Minister; it is to him that 6,000,000 of votes have been given; it is he alone who has the right to govern France until our masters return from London. We have passed through three stages. M. Bonaparte is the last. After him comes the monarchy. " Of all these dreams, which would make us smile if they did not reveal such detestabl e sen ti men t s , one alone appears of possible realisa tion. M. Thiers will have a portfolio. Let him hasten to take it in spite of our poniards,' which the Constitutionnel has no great merit in braving. That melo-dramatic weapon is not ours. There is one more dangerous, and which will be better suited to men of M. Thiers's scan tli ng —it is contempt. The Republicans will not employ any other to get rid of him." The National is right—it is in England that these reactionary intrigues are concocted, and the English Tory aristocracy, the representatives of the would-be Absolutist Monarchs, and the political exiles of February and March, are all parties to them. That these intrigues will succeed we cannot for a moment imagine ; they may, however, in France give rise to fearful commotions, in which event, we fear, that no cellar will be deep enough to hide the reactionaries from the search of the deceived and irritated people, nor any . eloque nce p ower f u l en ough (no! not even that of LAMARTINE himself) to shield them from their vengeance. In February the people were con querors, and they were merciful ; since then the fate of BLUM, of M ESSENHAUSEN , and of the Vienna students, reactionaries sh ow w h e n they for a time gain has p rove d t o them what mercy the the superiority. Should the people be again forced to have recourse to arms to reconquer the Re public, " they will profit by the lesson that has been taught them, and it will go hard but they will better the example." L e t th e rea ctionaries in Paris beware ; they have not, like LOUIS PHILIPPE, and M. GUIZOT, and Prince METTERNICH , and the Princess LIEYEN, the St ra i ts o f D ov er between them and the people against whose liberties they are plotting. The Corsaire says that five of the Ministers of Louis PHILIPPE have returned to Paris and have left their cards at the Elys6e National. The Corsaire also states that the letter from the PRESIDENT of the Republic to M. LEON DE MALTZ VILLE, which appeared in the llerminie of Nantes, was sent to that journal by one of the aides-de-camp of M. Louis BONAPARTE. The Committee of Finance of the National As sembly has recommended that a credit of 2,720,0001. should be voted to wind up the affairs of the Ateliers Nationaux, and that the accounts shall then be pub lished. On Tuesday the Committee of Justice examined the proposition of M. JouiN, relative to the abroga tion of the law of banishment now in force against the families of Bourbon and Orleans. The Minister of the Interior, invited to express his opinion before the Committee, merely said that the proposition did not appear to him at present opportune, and expressed a wish that a more favourable opportunity would allow that exceptional measure to be before long revoked. The Committee then decided that it should rernm•nerd the reiection of the measure, and named ~k ' it is coithidered probable Jiat the proposition of , M. Bixio, fixing the 15th of April as the day of the dissolution of the Assembly, will be adopted. The reactionaries are actually using violence, in many instances, to force people to sign petitions praying for a dissolution of the Assembly ; but notwithstand ing their force and their fraud, their violence and their forgeries, the number of signatures attached to such petitions is ridiculously small. It is said the reactionaries contemplate having recourse to an ,Ineute to dissolve the Assembly. Should the Assembl), however, be dissolved by such means, it will be succeeded not by Monarchical restoration, but by the Red Republic. There was some agitation at Batignolles on Wed nesday, produced by the resistance of the wine shopkeepers to the officers appointed to examine their stocks, to prevent adulteration. The presence of a military force, however, soon restored tranquillity. The Bureaux of the Assembly met on Tuesday to nominate a committee to prepare the Bill on the state of siege. The principal point under discussion was to decide where the initiative of the measure was to originate—whether with the legislative and execu tive powers conjointly, or with the former only. M. DE KERDREL thought that the Assembly ought to confine itself to voting a Bill d'urgence on the mat ter, without seeking to make what is called an organic law. General DE LAMORICIERE, on the contrary, de manded that the greatest possible extension should be given to the Bill, both in the point of view of civil and of foreign war. M. CHARRAS was of opinion that the new Bill should reproduce in a great measure the ideas and the principles of the Bill of 1791. Several Members expressed a wish that a clause should be inserted declaring that under a state of siege it should never be permitted to sup press or to suspend the liberty of the press. M. POUJOULAT, whilst declaring that he had the utmost respect for the liberty of the press, said that he con sidered leaving full liberty to journals to publish w hat they pleased during the state of siege was exceedingly dangerous. M. ALEM ROUSSEAU proposed to have a distinction made between the state of siege in Paris and in other towns. M. BAZE thought that the place where the Legislative Assembly was sitting should never be placed in a state of siege. In general, the members appointed to constitute the committee were recommended to be most careful in defining its real character and duration. It was also generally thought that during its continuance the civil courts ought not to be suspended, and that the military tribunals ought not to ;be called on to be judge in any cases but such as related to the situation. General PELET has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Turin. He is to give King CHARLES ALBERT the benefit of his military know ledge by advising the KING on military matters whenever such advice may be required. The Prince DE LA MOSHOWA (NEY) is appointed Ambassador to Stockholm. The 2lfoniteur contains another long list of Or leanist Prefects who have been re-appointed. _ . CO ITIIS AIITHENTIQUE.-PARIS, 312 , 1. 10.-French Five per Cents., 75f., 74f. 90c. 85c. 80c. 75c., 75f., 75r. 5c., 75'. 10c. 15c. 20c. 25c. 30c. 35c. 45c. 40c. 30c. 45e. 50c. 40c. 50c. 60c. 40c. 50c., 45c. 35c. 45c.; Three per Cents., 45f. 55c. 50c. 55c. 60c. 70c. 65c. 80c. 75c., 90c. 75c. 80c. 90c. 80c.; New Loan, 74f. 75c. 80c., 75f., 751. 20c.; Certificates, 74f. 25c. 60c., 80c., 75f.; Obligations of the City, 1,060 f.. 1,075 f.; Bank of France, 1,6601., 1,665 f., 1,670 f., 1,680 f., 1.685 f., 1,690 f., 1,685 f., 1,6801., 1,685 f.; Neapolitans. 79f.; Romans, 66f., 66411.; Bel gian Five per Cents., 1840, 861.; Ditto, 1842, 86f.; Spanish, 151.; Ditto, Passive, 2. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 251. 30c.; money, 25f. 27ic.; three months, paper, 25f. 224 c.; money, 25f. 20c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 11. Boulogne and Amiens, 7r g —llutch Rhenish, IIA —Namur and Liege, 6—Northern of Franee, 7%—Paris and Stras bourg, 2 1 ;11 —Rouen and Havre, 9 Sambre and Meuse, VA. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STAA'ES. OLDENBITRGH. OEDENBURGII, JAN. s.—The Duke of OLDEN BURGH had demanded of the States 130,000 dollars for the civil list. The States, however, voted only 100,000 dollars, with an addition of 15,000 dollars us an appanage for the Hereditary GRAND DUKE. Yesterday, the GRAND DUKE declared that he would reduce his total demand to 120,000 dollars, including the appanage of the GRAND DUKE. o this the States would have consented, had not the SOVEREIGN made it a condition that this sum should be secured on landed property to his family as hereditary pro perty. His Ministerial Council and M.VoN MOBILE, who was sent to Frankfort on this subject, have not been able to make him change his resolution. The Diet has appointed a commission to negotiate with the PRINCE on the subject, and on several other points of the constitution. _ _ _ The GRAND DUKE also raised difficulties on the suspensive veto which had been granted to him, and demands an absolute veto. W U RTEMBURG. WVILTEMDURG, JAN. 4.—The Chamber of Depu ties has addressed a petition to the Government to present, during the session cf the States, a project of law for the reduction of the civil list of the KING and of the appanages. The royal resolution on this subject was communi cated to the Chamber of Deputies today, in presence of all the Ministers. The KING declared that he did not recognise the States as having the right of modi fying dispositions in the civil list determined by treaties and for the whole duration of his reign ; but that he would voluntaaily renounce a part of that list for the current year, and perhaps also for succeeding years, if the financial state of the country called for it. The Government promised to present a project of law on the appanages, on the express understanding, however, that it should concern future appanages only, and not those already in existence.—German Papers, Dec. 9. PUSSIA AND POLAND. The St. Petersburgh Journal speaks with much satisfaction of the confidential relations which have subsisted between Russia and the Holy See since the conclusion of the convention signed at Rome on the 15th of August, 1847, and ratified by the EMPEROR on the 27th of November the same year. By this convention, the object of which is to secure to the Roman Catholic subjects of his MAJESTY the full enjoyment of their religious liberties, a new diocese has been established at Chusen, in Southern Russia, and Bishops have been appointed to fill the vacant sees in the empire. Monsigneur DMOCHSRI, Bishop of Miten, in partibus infidelium, has been raised to the dignity of Archbishop of Mohilew. The Metro politan IloLowlasKl, Rector of the Roman Catholic Academy of St. Petersburgh, has been created Bishop of Kuryste and coadjutor of the Archbishop of Mohilew, cum pitura successione, &c. On the 30th of December, Count VON BuoL, Am bassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Austria, presented his credentials to the EM PEROR. At St. Petersburgh, on the 27th of December, 46 cholera patients were under treatment in the course of the day 10 fresh cases occurred, 6 died, and 6 re covered on the 28th. Therefore, there were 44 cases under treatment. The official journal of the kingdom of Poland con tains the following statistics of the cholera since its first appearance, to the 18th December :—Warsaw, 4,086 cases, 2,445 recovered, 1,623 died ; Government of Warsaw, exclusive of the capital, 11,804 cases, 5,547 recovered, 6,145 died ; Government of Lublin, 15,355 cases, 8,623 - recovered, 6,626 died; Go vern - ment of Radon, 4,607 cases, 1,920 recovered, 2,380 died ; Government of Flock, 7,317 cases, 3,233 vt covered, 4,610 died ; Government of Augustown, 8,046 cases, 5, 2 17 recovered, 2,775 died.' Total, 51,214 cases, 26,985 recovered, 23,560 died. ITALY. A letter from GARIBALDI to his brother, dated the 26th ult., and published in the Pensiero Italiano, of Genoa, informs him that his legion has been taken into the pay of the Roman Government, and that he has been named Lieutenant-Colonel, with orders to garrison Fermo. The Corriere Nercantile of Genoa, of the sth, states, from Rome, of the 3d, that it is understood that Cardinal Ortsrm was struck with apoplexy shortly after a very warm discussion with the POPE and Cardinals. Admiral BAUDIN left Gaeta on the 26th, on board the Salamandre. Prince BARBERINI, who had gone to Gaeta to confer with the Pore re specting the Commission of Government, of which he is himself a member, returned to Rome on the 26th. A rumour was current that the Pore had sent an encyclical letter to confirm all his concessions, pro vided no more be demanded of him, and then he would return to Rome. _ The Concordia of Turin, of the 6th, announces from private correspondence that emigration from Lombardy has increased to an enormous extent, the fugitives being mostly young men of the age fixed by RADETZELY for military service. Great warlike pre parations are making at Milan. The barracks are filled with projectiles of every description. Attempts (says this journal) are being made by the A us t r i ans to excite the lower classes against the rich. The ladies continue to wear mourning. By order of RA , . DETZKY the opening of the Lyceums and U n i vers iti es of the Lombardo - Venetian kingdom is definitively p p r o o s t h p i o b n i teedd. the A An b e i r l a d b e t a o n f t s M i a r r o s m h a l goingß ep E o T h z t " af h te a r vi t n e g n o'clock at night without lanterns, they went out in parties of three, each carrying a white, red, or green lantern, thus forming the tricolour. The streets were filled with these triumvirates, and some disor ders occurred in consequence. The Genoa Gazette states , from Venice, 26th ult., that Father GAzAzu is in that city. O,7T . PY and COMMEP c I 1.!: 74.77 17 '. 7 'VF, CITY. Q RI is R. TO THIN: The Cotton .;turket ut iverpooi yestsrsisty was r tt, "el tame, and the sales did not exceed 4,500 bales. With regard to prices, they are now, as compared with Fri day's rates, id. per lb. in favour of the buyer. The fol lowing are the transactions :-3,500 American, at 34d. to 54d.; 50 Bahia. at 5d.; 100 Egyptian, at 54d. to 7d.; and 40 Sea Island, at Bd. to is. 3d. The Railway Share Market was firm, and a fair amount of business was done. The accounts received from abrotel tire y el eoureging, and correspond entirely with the !Lore buoyant feeling which daily develops itself - hem. The following items are given in the last American advices:— " We assure all who are interested in the credit of the State of Ohio, that no fears are entertained, by those having the best means of accurate information, of its ability to meet the interest on the State Stock which may tall due before the time fixed for the meeting of the Lt gislature. This may be relied upon. The inte rest will be paid, whether the General Assembly is or ganised or not." Again, upon the subject of the North American Trust Company, in which many English shareholders are in terested, it is stated:— " We are informed that the visit of Mr. M'Killop, of the firm of Palmer, MsKillop, Dent, and Co., of Lon don, to this country, has nothing to do with the con templated compromise between the bondholders and stockholders of the North American Trust and Banking Company. It is, however, probable that some proposi tion may be made to that effect by parties here, and it is not impossible but that some such arrangement may be - consummated." The following information upon the Sugar and Coffee Markets, is supplied by Messrs. Cary aLd Brown:— " The arrivals of sugar in the whole of the ports of the United Kingdom exhibited a deficiency last year confirmatory of the reduced production of our colonies, the general importation of British being 243,000 tons, and of foreign 89,000 tons; together 332,000 tons, against 409,000 tons in 1847. The total stock, how over, though heavy, is not very materially in excess of December, 1847, being 80,000 tons British, and 39.800 tons foreign; total, 119,800 tons against 110,000 tons ; our consumption having further progressed, the quantity on which duty has been paid, being about 305,000 tons, which, even allowing that many parcels of foreign, on which the reduced rate was paid in July, yet remain in the warehouses, will leave a probable increase of about 10,000 tons, the offi cial returns of the quantity consumed last year giving 289,600 tons. No detracting feature appears to have arisen to change the position, un which rather sanguine opi nions for the article of Coffee were based, at the close of 1847, or sufficient cause to warrant the extraordinary depreciation that has taken place in its value, and which, in refereace to the I utute, must tend to strengthen the probabilities in its favour, as being calculated to add to the discouragement for renew ing plantations that will be gradually wearing out, and prevent the hastening forward of supplies. The stocks in the leading ports of Europe, which for some time had exhibited an important surplus, have of late di minished, and it is very probable will show a deficiency when made up to the end of the year ; a material revival in the demand has beea experienced during the past month, and in Holland considerable activity has prevailed, which renewal of animation and improved feeling, is extending its influence to other markets." The accounts from the manufacturing districts are again this week of a very favourable character, and the artisans have ample employment, with a prospect of its continuance. In the Funds there is not much doing, but the quota tions continue exceedingly firm. Consols are 89* 4 for Transfer, and 894 t- for Account. Bank Stock has been marked 1894 to 1914. Exchequer Bills have been 40e. to 445. premium, and India Bonds 435. to 455. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 894 to 90. The Foreign Securities have been buoyant, and in the South American investments a good deal has been done. Mexican Bonds have touched 25 -1 7 , T ; Grenada have been 16 to 16i; Equador, 3 tot; Peruvian, 50; Buenos Ayres, 27* to 29; Venezuela, 194 to 20i; and Brazilian, 754. Why such stock as Buenos A) res and Guatemala, should be in favour at high prices we are at loss to conceive, except the speculators hope that the example of Peru will have a god effect. Spanish Three per Cents. are 27 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 491-. Railway Shares are quiet, but very firm. Caledonian, North British, and York amid Berwick are higher. Eastern Counties are still very,flat. The next dividend, it is said, will be U. per share. BRITISH FUG DS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 189 191 3 per Cent. Reduced B9 ; a l 4 l / 2 3 per Cent. Consols Anns .— 89 1 / 2 % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities B 7 l, Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 5001 s Small p 42 p eRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 75 3 / Ditto, New, 1843 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 2812 29 27 1 h Equador Bonds 3 l/ti 3 Grenada, 1 per Cent. . . I6A 16 Ditto Deferred ... Mexican Bonas, 1846, 5 per Cent 2 5 34 b4 7 ; 4 5 / ( 3 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto for the Account 5O Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account ... 27 1 4 x d Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4 9 1% itl;-‘INLSS DONR IN RAILWAY SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PLR SHABA. iberdeen ktuticer., Notting., Boston, &c. 4 1 4 rshire and Gallaway tit:last and County Down .. 20% .iirminghani & thaordJ unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... .. to —. Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birraing., Vol., & Stour Val. 131.148.... ;irkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire J unction lO Joston, Stmt., & Birming... 5 riristol and Exeter Do., Thirth ...... ... ..... ... 27 1 / 2 — itickinghatushire l4l. 4s 2 l / 2% dis to atedonian Ditto, Half Shares _ Ditto, New 101. Preference 7 ij 2 8 1... to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ~ .hes ter and Holyhead... 5O .... Ditto, Preference ::larence. Do., hit Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 ,4 — Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 221 East Anglia, 251. L. & E., slid L. ii; D Ditto, 181., E. & H Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. ik - 11... 3% 2 34 to -- Eastern Counties .... 2O ...... 11%% to Do. New Gusrant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Perpet.,s per ct.N o. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — ...... to -- _ , Do., d 0....... N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cont. Do., Quarter 124... .. Do~ New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3 1 /, — ._ . Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 12L /2 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 17%...... to Ditto (C. ee E.), 5 per ct. 2I East Lancashire Ditto. New ... .......... .... . 21 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6'4 .... 7% to East Lincolnshire ... 25 ___ Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Hall Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Glasg., Dumfries , & Carlisle-8/. 6v. 8d — ..... t o ..... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ~,, — t° Do. Preference Conso l idated .... _ .. to Great N erthern.... .......... ... 19 Do. 14 2 A Deferred ..... ... 1. 42 6 1 A2 3 4... to DO. IA B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6A, 1 — Do. intension .., Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 ...... Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 401. Ditto, ditto .... ........... 25 Ditto, New 30/ ... 30 ... , to Ditto, New 151. ..... ... ...... 14 ...... . to Great Western ..............„100 Ditto, Half Shares ..... .. ....... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths .................. 20 Do. New 17i. Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. ... Ditto, Thirds .................. 10 Hull and Selby .................. 50 lOO Ditto, Halt Shares .. ...... 25 ...—. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle__ ... 50 Do., Thirds._ lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares - 43 Ditto Quarters 17% ...— - Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ... 6 , A t ...... .. . Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7 1 / 2 B%___ to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Hudders. and Shell.) 43 Do., W akefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union._ 7 __ . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 1 ,4 --to Leeds and Bradford -_ . Leeds,Dewsbury, & Manches. 50 Do., Half Shares Ditto. Blue (scrip) .. 2% — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk .. ...... 50 Ditto, New _ ..... .., 40 . .... ...... to Do.,do,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... -- *se*. to my !rosby, and South- N ewcastlw Junction 2% — ..... tc London Ai Blackwall ......13/. Gs. 8d — Do. Extension - ...... to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteetls per Cent. 9 De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ...... ../ii.,,r, and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... ... 1 .. '- - • , .I ' :' ,- 1. n'Tl; c , ! L '.Cr.. ;.% ...\ ka il. W r2 i , ttai 10. i26. 14.!; 1 /. L. I[6lj4Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 Do. New Do. Fifths - Do. 40i. Shares... L. & M 25 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 10 .... . Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 10 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 .. Ditto, New 501. .. 4 2 1 i 5...... 30 1 4 to Ditto, New 401.......... .. - 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - ..... to .... .... Ditto, Thirels...... ...... 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:I4 — I .on dot derry and Enniskillen 30 L.-.vestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) '2O - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Manch. Buxton. & Matlock 4% to -- 4anchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares( No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 15 to Ditto, 4 Shares (No. 3 )... 11 1 4 — Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ..... ~, , t o Ditto Grimsby .. 4O Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 2O Ditto, Man. & Lin. Lnion 41. 25.... '4 inland-- ..... ~........100 Ditto, Consol Preterence...100 Ditto, 50/. Shares-- ...... 26 't-it 4 ,lao,i. ',Arm., and Derby. ..100 ... ,„ Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 40 .„ , to Ditto ditto 181.25. 6d .. ?didland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... , ..idld. Great Western (Irish) 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 - per cent. guar. Newcastle and Car lisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ...... ...... . . 20 .... . Ditto Extension Scrip... 21 1 28. — Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 Newry ant. Enniskillen Ncwry, Wart en poin t, and Rostrevor ..... .............. 20 N orfolk Ditto New 20/. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 4 per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Pah Shares, ..... ..... 12 1 4 7 ...... to 6% Do. Quarters 64 Ditto, Extension to Ditto Thirds .... ........ _„ ;l4 4% to North and South-Weste rn ... 2 North Staffordshire North Wales 3% ..... ..... to North Western lO ( )xford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Reading, Guildtd., & Reigate 10 ...... 104 te Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 .._., , Scottish Central Scettish 'Midland ... ........ .... 25 Ditto, New_ 17% - .- hellield, Rotherham, and Goole - Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..„ - hrewsbury arid Binningkam 9 Ditto, ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 :- hrewsbury and Chester t Nor. V. . .ain.) - ...... to Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, Oswestry lB% ...... ...... to -- Ditto ,New).. - ..... to Ditto 8 per Cent. Pret....... 10 - ` , hropshire Union... South Devon .. Ditto, Preference 25 South Staflordshire ... - South Eastern; 33% — to Ditto, No. 1. 2B - Ditto, No. 2. Ditto. No. 3.1 Diu, ,`„Registered N0.;:4.... 10 Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. . . 10 ~. :3outb Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 5 - Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Strn. Coal ...... ... . 6 - raw Vale Extension ........ 8 - ..... to -- Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 17%...... Wateriord and Limerick... .. 47%..... - Waterford, W ex ford, W reklw, and' Dublin - .... . to -- Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .... . ..—. Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... . 10 to --- West Cornwall West London.. Ditto, First Class. .. 20 Ditto, Second Class... Whitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. - Windsor, Staines, and South Western .._. .. 12 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New &lßer ck 25 ...... - Do. Exten. No.l (Y. &N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 15 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... .. 7% ex.i to York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 56 - Ditto, Preference Ditto East and i. estßiding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian - Boulogne and Amiens 20 Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... Ceylon ....... - Demerara. Dendre Valley - Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .. . Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Louvain ala Sambre ... ..... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg ........ ....„.... 7 - Ditto l'i , i adrid and Valentia - Namur and Liege Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 - Paris and Lyons - Do. to. to -- Pans and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. ...... ...... 20 Paris & StrasbouStrasbourg;.. --- 9 •••••• 2 1 % ..... . to Reuen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse ............ 20 ••••• to --- ...... to .... fournay, Jurbise,. Lauden, S T t o r u a r s s bizg N an an d te B s ft . l: 3..... ..... :. . .. . . 1 a nd Hassell _.. 20 ...... -- ..... to West Flanders - ... t JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia British North American •••• 50 Colonial ..... .. .. .. 25 - Commercial of London .......20 - London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster... 20 - National Provincial of Engld. 85 - Ditto, .New - National of Ireland .. 22% — ~. .. to --- Provincial of Ireland - Ditto, New lO ..... . to Union of Australia - ..... to -- Ditto, New ..... 2% — - Union of London ...... .. ..... 10 Union of Madrid . MINES. Anglo 1, exican lOO ...... Astutian Mining Company... 14 ...... Australian ... 2% — .......to -• Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolahos Scrin : — — to British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24% ...... • to -- Ditto Cocaei and Cuiaba... 30 - Ditto St. John Dei Rey ... 15 - Cobre Copper - General Mining ..... ~... 20 ...... -- Real del Monte, Unregistered ... .. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... ...... to --- Santiago (is Cuba .... - United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DA/A ) t LONDON, JAN. 12.—1 t blew a heavy gale last ivg- a with violent squalls. Wind S.S.E., light breeze as fine. RAIIISGATE, JAN. 11.—Wind N. by W.—Arrd. Ar ll° ' Munden, Buenos Ayres. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind N.—Arrd. Sarah r r i sep, Thopley, Rio Janeiro. of HARTLEPOOL, JAN 11.—The bar que P a lermo, Newcastle, and the Sylph, o f S ou th Shi e ld s , are on sb °r d on the beach, south or this place ; a Bremen galliot Sri a 5 1uop are also on shore on the North Gures sand. LIVERPOOL, JAN 11.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. ico thee, Glen, Calcutta; Reginald, Heber, Ceylon ." - e r Rover, Kinsale, Rio Janeiro; Lochi nvar , C ea ra; - 6°g ; Stewart, Begg, Drmerara, with loss of bowsprit, r o; Oceanus, Blaney, New Orleans; Champlin, Miller, hi le, Atlas, Homan, New York. P u t b ac k, Sh oo di a c, NI ° ; ", - is Lev, night it blew a g a l e f rom N.W .; t hi s day ' 6 . blowing hard from N.N. W., in the evening more /l ot a rate, and inclining ea s t er ly. Th e O ueca , Drew, los New Orleans, was run foul of by several vessel 3 ne t night in the Sloyne, one of which was the sell e r noughks, of Dou g l as , I s l e o f Wi g ht, w hi c h was so o p qui , ntly beached at Seacornbv, with damage; the Ouber lint anchor and chafes. The schooner Charles, ti o ,pa laden, is on shore at Formby Point. Several caslcfLuto, cases of brandy and maccaroni, also a quantity of wo l l , ' o r have been washed ashore at Formby. The barque riet is aground near Hilbre Island. gale' DEAL, JAN. 11.—Wind N.W. to N.N.E., bea v t.e - flart ' —Arrd. Jane Price, Booth, Calcutta; Lavinia, P- vi j. G e orge' paraiso; America; Oliver Cromwell, Alexander , or e, paraiso; Nereid, TrouJton, Porto Rico; e ne tt, Nicholas, St. Vincent; Louisa Margaretha, Be e e rie, Quebec. Arrd from the river, Benjamin Goooti Laws, St. Kitt's. Sld. Uodong, Wyse, CaPe THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1849. *" . l