The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-19 00:00:00

t .41i FUND FOR PROMOTING FEMALE 1 EMIGRATION. The sympathies of the public have recently been interested by de tailed accounts of the condition of t he p oor, and especially of the suf ferings f some of those who are among the most helpless of their sex—the working women of the country. the metropolis alone, 33,500 women are engaged in the single business of apparel making. It is estimated that 28,500 of them are ander 20 years of age, and that of these a large portion are subsisting, or attempting to subsist, on sums varying from 434 d. greatlyd. a day. 'Throughout Great Britain the male pe,mlation is outnum bered by the female.. By the census of 1841 It appeared that there were 320,t,00 ore womeu than men, and so great has been the amount of male m emigr a ti o n during the last nine years, that the es ess of females may be fairly supposed to have reached half a million. In the British Coloules, on the other hand, the inequality is re versed : in 13-17 there were in New South Wales only 41,600 females to 83,000 males; in South Austra la only 13,100 females to 17,000 males. Similar disproportion exists in Van Diemen's Land and other Colonial dependencies. It is proposed to take measures with a view to abate this double evil ; to supply the Colonies with the population which is the crying want of society there, and at the same time to redress this increas ing grievance of the mother country, to rescue from penury and mi sery those who emigrate, and, by diminishing the unnatural excess of female labour, to better the condition of those who remain. With these views the following Noblemen and Gentlemen have formed themselves into a COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. SIDNEY HERBERT, M.P., Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. The 11lost'Noble the Marquis of Westminster The Right Hoe. the Earl of Carlisle The Right Hon. the Earl of Ilarrowby The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germains The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Oxford The Most Not le the Marquis of Granby, M.P. The Lord Ashley, M.P. he Right lion. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. The Right Hon. James Stua rt Wortley, M.P. The lien. Joint Talbot, Q.C. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird Sir Walter Rockliff Farquhar, tart. Sr James Duke. Bart., M.P. The Buren Lionel de Rothschild, M.P. C. B. A..dderley, Esq., M.P. George Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P. John Masterman, Esq. , John Waiter, Esq., M.P. William Page Wood, Esq., H.P. C. J. Bevan, Esq. The Rev. Joseph Brown The Rev. W. W. Charnpneys William Cotton, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Dale W. F. A. Delano, Esq. The Rev. John Garwood William Gregson, Esq. Robert Hanbury, Esq. William Beeves, Esq. I. Higgins, Esq. Charles Hoare, Esq. George Jelf, Esq. John Labotteltere, Eeq, Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. W. G. Pfeseott, Esq. The Rev. W. Quekett The Rev. B. C. Singer Wiliam thaw, Esq. The Rev. J. Sherman The Count de S:rzeltelei, C.B. J. I. Travers, Esq. eposed to tike immediate measures far promoting Emigre e VS:tied: Colonies on an extensive scale. o will, in the first instance, be extended to the class lie poorest and most helpless, hes a reasonable claim to erat 101 l —the needlewomett and slop-workers. I be immediately opened, at which such parties may re pel ications. ) token to select such persons only as aro well recent those age and habits render them fit subjects for eml- It Is pn tiou t' t 1 gister t! men Ord, gnlLlon. lm;ements 7:11113 made as will secure for them every leguard and care Vritur, the pAssage nut. Cot:manic:- 4 opcwd with the colonies, with a view to the proper re he emigra,ts on their arriv 1; for their temnorary AB TA to afford them facilities for placing themse.yes in tons. of the :mist:ince, and the form in which it is to be -.urea to the emigrants, whether that assistance shall be by way of sift or loan, or both, must depend upon the amount of contribu tions vt the disposal of the committee, and be necessarily regulated by the ciretimstrnees of each case. A vast undertating is proposed, a great and growing evil :8 to be an ri:mcdied, vigorous adieu and large means are required ; nmatittee Irok with confidence to the public for support, o:ing not that in alandabourrling with wealth, and in which there a self-denying and a Christian spirit, means will be provided for ceomplishiug so great an end. They venture to remind the nation of the great and grie , vui affi'ction which, by the Providence of God, they have just escaped, and they urge upon them the great duty of showing their gratitude to their Divine Benefactor by assisting the most lielpics3 and needy of his creature;. Donations way, if it be desired, be pAid in two, three, or four an- Ile am, IT tylt the ( eu The folhArin,g bankers, will receive mouey for the Rind : In the City. At the West-end. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. Mess:s. Hoarts, Fleet-street. Mes,rs. Glyn and Co. Messrs. Cott is and Co., Strand. N csArs. J• nes Loyd and Co. Messrs. It ansem and Co., Pall- Messrs. Masterman and Cs. mlll. Messrl. Williams, Deacon, anti Messrs. nerries and Co., St. James's-street. I be published in a few days. fM. T. lIA.LY, Hos. Secretary. square, Dec. 11, 1849. A Lig of Contributions w,l 11 4, St. Martiu's-place, Trafahar• F RENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. 3IITCHELL begs respectfully to announce the following ar rangements fir the ensuing Season of French Performances at the St. James's Theatre : ENGAGEMENTS FOR TIIE OPERA.—MdIIe. Charton, Mdlle. Dehauser (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris), Me Chollet (of the Theatre de l'Opera Cendque, Paris, his first appeaanace). 31. Lac (Premier Tenor of the Theatres Bruxelles and Ghent, his first ap pearance), M. Nathan (Premier Besse of the Opera Comique, Paris, h s first appearance), M. Quilly Leroy (pupil of the Conservatoire, Paris, his first appearance), 31dile. Guichard, M Chateaufort, M. Sayer, M. Desvaux, Madame Mancini, uet Mille.. &c. Fon THE COMEDY AND VAUDVILLE.—M. Samson, of the The are Francais, Paris (his first appearance in Otis country) ; Mdlle. Denain, 31. Regnier, Mdlle. Nathalie, (artists of the Theatre Franca's, Paris) ; Mdlle. Dejazet (who has accepted a farewell en gagement in this country); M. Latont, Male. Figeac (of the Theatre Du Vaudevire) ; Mdlle. Page (of the Theatre du Varietes) ; mar e. Constance (of the Theatre du Gym :age) ; Madlle. Baptiste (of the Theatre de l'Odeon). An Engagement is also entered into with the eminent Trage dieene, Mdlle. Rachel, with whose performances the season will terminate. Mr. Mitchell begs further to submit an outline of the general arrangements :—The Season will commence on Monday, January 7, lei°, by the production of a New Opera, in Three Acts, entitled " Le Val d'Andorre," produced in Paris at the end of last Tear, and since performed at the Opera Comique, Paris, more than 100 nights, and at the principal Thea'res of France, with the great; St suceess. The Music by M. F. llalevy; the Libretto by M De St. Georges, With the following distribution of the principal characters: —Stephan (jeune chasseur des Pyrenees), 31. Lac ; Le Joyeux (capitalne de milice Francaise et recrutenr), 31. Chollet, who has obligingly undertaken the part for the more effective production of the Opera ; Saturnin (garde-peche du Gave), 31. Quilly Leroy ; Jacques Sincere (vieum cheerier), M. Nathan (their first appearance in this country) ; Theresa (fermiere du Val d'Andorre), 3fdlle. Guichard , Georgette (cousins de etephan), Mdlle. COW ; and Rose de Mat (servante de Theresa), Charton. The second pro duction will be Harold's celebrated Opera, in Three Acts, " Zampa," in which M. Chollet will personate the character of Zampa, as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Pares. Subse quently will be given, a new Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled "Le Ca.d," by the popular composer, Ambroise Thomas. And also, Auber's last new Opera of " Ilaydee," the character of Heyde° by Mdli *. Charton. Other productions will be selected from the following :—Jeannot et Colin, Nicole; Le Roi d'Yvetot, Adolphe Adam ; Le Cheval de Bronze, Auber; La Macon, Inbar ; Le Sirene, Anber ; Lully et Qui- Nie to ; La Perruche, Clapissoa ; Le Valet de Chanbre, Ca rafe; Uae Folie, ?debut; with an occasional performance of some of the most popular operas produced last season. According to present arrangements the representatlon of the Opera Comique will be limited to the mout hs of January, February, and March, terminating the season before Easter. At the re-opening of the Theatre, after Easter, on Monday, April 1, M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris) will have the honour of making his lint appearance in this country, and will per form with Mdlle. Denain (also of the Theatre Francais) in several of the most popular Comedies of the French stage; and subsequently 31. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie (both artistes of the Theatre Fran cais) will appear in several of the most modern and successful Come dies recently produced in Paris. At the end of May, Mane. Dejazet, whose re-appearance at the Theatre des Varietes, after a severe and protracted indisposition, has bee attended with her acenstomed and unrivalled success, will ap pear in several new yaudevilles, as Le Marquis de Lauzun, Le Mou lin a Paroles, La Jeunesse de Lully, &c. The performances of Comedy and Vaudeville will be supported by 31. Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes), Mdlle. Figeac, Mdlle. Con stance, Mdlle. Page, Mdlle. Baptiste, 31. Armand, 31. Leon, and a numerous company. The engagement of Mdlle. Rachel will commence at the end of June, by her appearance in M. Scribe's new play of " Adrienne Leceuvrenr," a production which has excited mere than ordinary admiration ; Mean. Rachel wit also perform, for the first time, in Dumas' celebrated play of " Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle ;" and a new Petite Comedic, in One Act, entitled "Le 3foineau de Lesbie," by Armand Berthet ; and by the occasional representation, each for one nigbt only, of the classical Tragedies of " Phedre," " Les Heraceee' Andromaque," and "Bajazet," the season will terminate. The ORCHESTRA. will be composed of the same eminent pro fess° s engaged for the opera last season, incauling lil. Tolbeque, M. llourotte, 3f. Deloffre, M. Iccwsham, M. Barret, M. Baumann, 3f. l'ilet, M. leatuireland, at. Remusat, M. Lazarus, M. Nicholson, M. Larkin, M. C. Harper, M. T. flereer, M. Campanile, 31. T. Wright, tee. Di ector of the mu.ic and Chet- d'Orehestra, 31. Charles 'Janssens. Subscribers of the past season are solicited to make known their desire of renewing their subscriptions on or before the tat of January next. Arrangements for season subscriptions may be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-streetSams's Library, 1, St. Jemes-street ; Messrs. Andrews's, New Bond-street ; Ebers s an 1 Hookhant's, Old Bond-street. The Vox-office of the Theatre will be opened ou the Ist of January. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sete Lessee andEN Maag ner, Old Brompton, THIS EVING, Will be performed an entirely new and original Play, entitled TIIE LOVING WOMAN. Wielfert, Mr. Howe; Rosen, Mr. C. Kean ; llermann, Mr. J. Wallack; Max, Mr. H. Vandenhoff; °Uinta, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by a new Lyric Dramatic Sketch, entitled KING RENE'S DAUGHTER. King Rene, Mr. James Wallack . Count Tristan, Mr. C. Kean ; Sir Geoffrey, Mr. Webster ; lolanthe, Mrs. C. Kean. After which BOX AND COX. To conclude with an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley ; :doggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. The Box-eflise la under the direction of Mr. 1. T. Archer. TIIi,ATKB RV FAL. A DELPIii. Under the direction oi Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW ford, 0.. Smith ; PrinM cipal characters by Messrs and Miss . H Wooigar. ughes, Wright, P. Bed- To ba followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John G rimly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grunaley. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BIINBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Beb Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATit torr. S. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager- THIS EVENING will be performed Bellird's Opera, entitled LA EOMNAMBIJLA. Count Rodolph, Mr. Weiss; Elvin% Mr. Allen ; .Alessio, Mr. Wynn; Therese, Madame Feron ; Liza, Miss Julia Eleaden ; and Amine, Miss Louisa Fyne. After whioh, the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. ASTLR r'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Mr. BATTY has great pleas - are In announcing that he has sue ceoded in engaging Mademoiselle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly trained Steeds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Madento`selle Angels is the same Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare "Angela" over twenty-eight feet of egger. She will shortly make her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatier. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in anneineing that he has engaged Madlle. Codoni, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope in Europe, who will appear every E ven i ng. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sev;n, with a Grand Spectacle and wondrous Scenes in the Circle. 1 he attractions for the Christmas Holidays will comprise a grand Spectacle entitled The Knight of the Eagle Crest, or the Tourney of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear; and a grand Equestrian C >mie FARM:11111e, by Nelson Lee. 2;oz-office open from Eleven till Fos r. Stage Manager, Mr, W. West. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE AT LONDON On Monday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, an elderly person named Thomas Hiylork, a livery stable-keeper, of Red Lim-street, Whitechtpel, at tempted to commit stfeide, by throwing himself into the Thames, frora one of the recesses of London-bridge. The tide at the time was running down very strong, and s it: pp sir . : p, used under the arch one of the 111‘n who were i ... 7 ..axy ! 1 , , .to barge threw cut a marli n - s pik e , an d sue -,.,( ~ F. I a !. .. fi,u Arrgging him onboard. He was su b sequen tly ~ A :v i t t , .., c oiiiedyidAbt. Thomas's Hospital, wher e h o remains in / /".... J t,. alliseset6Sistoridition. Ai a 5 t . _ 7). early THE SUN, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY —Y crning, 30 min. after 4 ! Evening, 43 min• after 3 'To-lioitaow —Morning, 6 min. after 5 I Evening, 26 min. arcer 5 TEE WEATIELER.-Suw OFFICE, DEC. 19. IrLIWZINTER, Lowest, 40; Highei% 52; Is:oo , 2, 43. BAROMETER. 30.13. WIND variable from N. to N.W.—clear cold v,eathr. ' 471 : 4:, t :`, - I C r „. ..,.': Ci . MA (~4 '5 7 -....) 9 ,NP .: .a." ' • i ' . A __ • 4 4.7 -„, - .7.5)%c- • ...a, .. ..., r,,,, , ,,,, - , Z-1 - k.; • ! . ,to.s ' ''''' R° ' , t . :, '„ leixina LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1849. Verily the Protectionists must be bard up indeed in regard to arguments in favour of their principles, when they resort to cudgelling and bullying, the mo ment they find themselves worsted in discussion. A report of the proceedings which took place in the new Corn Exchange at Lincoln, on the occasion of the large meeting convened in that edifice as recently as Monday, will be found in another portion of this evening's impression, and will eminently repay perusal, affording, as it does, some slight indication of the gentleness as well as enlightenment of those very barbarous and cloudy-headed individuals who are alternately whining over their imaginary grievances and bellowing against their supposed wrong doers. Not very long since we recollect the circumstance of a coroner's inquest sitting upon the case of some unfortunate crack-brained farmer, who, although his affairs were in a remarkable state of prosperity, committe d suicide through a terror of possibly falling into a state of actual destitution. If we arc to take the farming gentry cf Lincolnshire as fair specimens of the agricultural class throughout Great Britain, the whole of that section of the corn munity must be similarly affected. A more extraor dinary iastance of monomania we cannot call to recollection. No matter how well stocked may be the granaries, the cereal produce of the land is de clared to be deplorably deficient. No matter how propitious may be the weather, the skies are repro bated as pouring down nothing but blight, and causing nothing but scarcity. The number of persons relieved in the different workhouses may be noto riously less than the nutaber assieted in the same parochial establishments during last December—yet in spite of the fact the country is pronounced to be degenerating into an enormous district of pauperism. Preposterous speculations in bubble railways may have drained the loose capital of the shopkeepers and minor speculators—the diminu - 'ion of the incomes is nevertheless at tributed, by the farmers in the vicinity, to the deleterious and even destructive influence of free trade, and all its disastrous concomitants. The agri cultural mind, indeed, can compass but one idea, and even that idea one so marvellously minute, as to be absolutely microscopic. Their belief in protection has sprouted forth in such miraculous luxuriance, nourished by the guano of their stupidity, that, as in the instance of Master Jack and the Bean Stalk, they fancy that by its branches they may ascend to the seventh heaven of wealth and happiness. By universal agreement, it has been long acknowledged by the multitude that the intellectual faculties of per ception in the agricultural class are of dimensions sufficiently narrow to admit of their being surveyed at a glance, and without much call for the employ ment of any sort of metaphysical theodolite. Small as they have been, small as are their moral powers of hearing and seeing, every particle of those same powers has of late been engrossed exclusively by one only object, they have been entirely impinged upon one idea, the lonely examination of which has rendered the farmers deaf and blind to everything else—blind to the most glaring facts, deaf to the most cogent and unanswerable reasoning. In testimony of the artificial stupidity engrafted on the natural stupidity of the agricultural intellect, nothing more striking or more conclusive could by any possibility have been adduced than the report of the occurrences which transpired at Lincoln on Mon day last, in a numerous assemblage of the intel ligent and amiable farmers of Lincolnshire. After ' Mr. CHRISTOPHER, one of their most oracular sym pathisers, had chaunted a Jeremiad of unusual length and tediousness —according to which some would have assuredly regarded England as going to the dogs, inasmuch as " the flag that braved a thousand years," &c., is, from his account of it, being little better then draggled in the kennel—an honest draper of the good old city of Lincoln, one JOHN NORTON, makes his appearance on the platform for the purpose of telling the claquers of Mr. CHRISTOPHER one or two very home truths. It would seem from the passion of ferocity in which the meeting indulged itself by yells and other discordant vociferations immediately Mr. NORTON was recognised as a claimant for atten tion, that he is already tolerably well known in that neighbourhood for his plain-speaking. Howbeit, known or unknown before, he cannot henceforth in that locality be so very readily forgotten. Like CORIOLANUS at Corioli, " Alone be fluttered the Volscians" of Protectionism! With this generation at least the draper-orator of Lincoln must rank as the boldest man in the United Kingdom. His gallantry is little short of being insanity, and altogether the man stands before his fellow-countrymen as affording a rare and incomparable example of the " pluck" of a regular Britisher. Ile beards the British Lion in its den —to wit, a hall Lull of Lincolnshire Protectionists. He shows up successively the folly of Air. CHRISTOPHER, the falsities of Mr. CH=l'ol'llEll, and the mingled dogmatism and sophistry of Mr. CHRISTOPHER. How are these " home truths received" by the agricultural intellect ? Mr. NORTON says he has a few facts to tell them. "We won't hear 'ern," is the plump response of the dunder • heads. Mr. NORTON shows them that the union work house of the locality, instead of being overstocked with paupers, has a lesser number of inmates than it had this time twelve months. " Ironical cheers and laughter" greet the announcement ; though the irony of the reply is as invisible to us as the delicacy of Billingsgate, the rhetoric of Cockaigne, the judgment of Colonel MacHELL, or the humanity of 'airman. Throughout the whole of the daring speech deli vered by Mr. NORTON the same complacent pig headedness was displayed by his auditors; until driven at last to the very verge of madness by the stubborn and crushing descent of his overwhelming arguments, the farmers drew forth their cudgels and made a simultaneous rush at the one man, almost sacrificing the unfortunate reporters in the blind precipitation of their onslaught. A downright ,‘ scrimmage" was the result of the simple logic ad dressed to the agricultural intellect the only conclusions arrived at by their discussion, as to the truth or fallacy of certain prin ciples, were broken tables, dusty garments, scattered pencils, spattered ink, and broken heads. One blessing in regard to the last mentioned frac ture is this, that not many brains can have been spilt among such learqed and sagacious disputants. As far as Mr. NORTON was concerned throughout the transaction we cannot but consider him as having been guilty of a most wild and extravagant act of heroism ; while, with reference to his audi tors, it is impossible not to recognise their bewitching suavity, exemplary fairness, and incomparable intelligence. For ourselves, we close our allusions to the transaction in a spirit like that with which WILLIAM COWPER terminated his ballad commemorative of JOHN Gurises ride through Edmonton ; alluding to the redoubtable draper of Lincoln, instead of to the famous draper of London, we utter our final aspiration, that " When he next doth speak that way, May we be there to hear I" Instead of acknowledging themselves in error, after the indignant and conclusive rebuttal of their charges by one of the aides-de-camp of the ex-Governor of Hungary, the calumniators of Louis KOSSUTH are following up the txposure of one slander by the promulgation of another. Proved in the lice of the whole country to have publi,hed fallacies in reference to the great but unfortunate leader of the Magyars, the "foreign correspondents" of the I . :- aotionary newspapers of London are endeavouring to bolster up their dilvidated reputations by dissemi nating other atrocious and equally baseless rumours :s to the character of the illustrious adrniniArator now in WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 849 exile at Shumla. Previously he was accused, by these veracious assailants, of having purloined the regalia of ST. STEPHEN ; and when it undeniably appears before the world that those jewels have never once been seen by him, much less come into his possession, the baffled detractors of the expatriated charge him with a crime of a still more flagrant nature—namely, with having " gambled away a sum of money belonging to some orphans, which (the money, we presume, not the orphans) had been deposited in his hands." Now, be it remembered that KOSSUTH is a man of such large renown that his whole life is before the world—has been, in fact, for some long time past before the world—scrutinized with earnest attention, and printed, and published, and read in all the different languages of Europe ! Be it remembered, also, that the individual who makes the charge referred to has, within a very recent period, been exposed to the gaze of England in his true colours as a slanderer ! Be it remembered that this calumniator is still screening himself under the shadow of the anonymous ! that in bringing forward his present accu sation he finds it impossible to authen ticate it by a single name of any one of the parties said to have been concerned in the transac tion ! and that the statement is nothing more than a scrambling translation of a paragraph picked up by a German penny-a-liner, in some hole and cor ner, and inserted, still and • ever under the mask of the anonymous, in the columns of a cer tain Bohemian newspaper. It is the old story im mortalized by G0LD2.3.11T11, of the cat being frightened by tha splintering of a china chimney-jar, struck by a bullet that glanced off at a right angle through the parlour-window, and hit the postman, who was just then coming round the corner with a double letter from Yorkshire. This crowning testimony of . ill will towards the brave but fallen leader of the Hungarians specks for itself; it requires no comment from us in token of its matcless magnanimity. PHE FRENCII REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yEAerelr,v. The laragness of the rin jority which the Minis tars carried their measure for the re-imposition of the wine duties has astonithtd all parties, and none are more supsised at the result than the Ministers themselves, who had, before the commencement of the discussion, calculated their majority at less than 100. In the course of the discussion on Monday M. PASSY, who spoke in favour of the Ministerial inert sure, admitted that many defects existed in the mode of collecting the duty, but expressed a hope that, by the Parliamentary inquiry which would forthwith take place, means might be devised by which those defrcts might be remedied. The Committee on the Government measure, pro : po,ing to give to Prefets the power of dismissing the masto - s of primary schools, has resolved to recomrnet d its adopth n as a provisional measure. only, until tfe organic law on public instruction shall . Le passed by the Assembly. The Constitutionnel says that it is assured that a courier arrived the day before yesterday in Paris, with the news of the conclusion at Constantinople of a treaty putting an end to the Turco. Russian dispute, and that, after being signed by MM. Trrorr and STuassea, it was sent for ratification to Vienna and St. Pctersburgh. The Moniteur contains an announcement that " the salons of the Elpea being too small to contain the great number of persors ho present thmiselves on the Thursdays, it is necessary to repeat the notice already given, that, with the exception of the mem bers of the diplomatic corps, the representatives of the people, and the high functionaries of the State, no person can be received who has not a card of invi tation." The journals publish a communication frcm Signor RoNcom, contradicting the report that he had retired from the management of the Italian Opera in Paris. The National publishes the following extract from the report of the Committee on the Bill for the com pletion of the EMPEROR'S tomb, in confirmation of the account it gave some days ago of the charges made in that report against M. DucuaTuu : " In respect to the second sum of 1,311,980 F. 60c. ex pended beyond the original credit, the Committee will recal to your recollection, gentlemen, the conservative disposition of the financial laws of the 25th March, 1817, and the 24th of April, 1833, and the 14th article of the royal ordonnanco of the 31st of May, 1838, for the general regulation of the public accounts, and which declare that no expense or en gagement on the part of the administration should take place, unless they be covered by a regular credit. These dispositions have been set at nought. Such se rious infractions cannot be justified, even by former ad ministrative habits, nor by that general facility with which assemblies and public opinion formerly absolved Ministers for having authorised such inexcusable extra vegancies. Your Commission thinks that the Minister under whose orders the directory of Fine Arts has com mitted such faults, and caused such injuries, is responsi• bte, and that a civil action should be instituted against him in the name of the state. And even if, which we cannot believe, Ministerial responsibility be so illusory that a former Minister cannot be forced to reimburse expenses illegally made with his approbation, yet the severity of the blame which you will pronounce on so deplorable an abuse of administrative powers will show that you wish to create a remedy for so inveterate, and until now so incurable an evil," The Three per Cents. cloned on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 56F. 25c.; the(Five per Cents. at• 91f. 602.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 7601. ; Rouen, 550 f.; Havre, 242 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 461 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 331 f. 25c.; Basle, 108 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 406 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 301 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 278 f. 75c. BUSINESS' DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. DEC. 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13—Namur and Liege, 6 3 /—Northern of France, 1: ; % dis.—Orleans and Bordeaux, WA—Paris and Rou;n, 213 —Rouen and Havre, 91i. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. Three pri t jects of law were presented to the Cham ber of Deputies on that day relative—first, to the importation of iron; second, the adjustment of the debt; and third, the electoral law. MADRID BOMA, DEC. 11.—The money market continued very firm, the Three per Cents. closing at 30 11-16 for paper ; the Four per Cents. at 12/ ; the Five per Cents. at 13k; the Debt without Interest at 4k; and the Coupons at 8. The follow, ing is the proposed law for the ar rangement of the national debt : Art. 1. The public debt of Spain shall be reduced to one sole class and denomination, which shall bear interest, for the future, of two per cent. per annum. Art. 2. The payment shall take place at Madrid, at the office of the National Debt Department, and shall be effected every half-year, commencing with the ht of January, 1850. Art. 3. In the course of a year, commencing with the publication of this law, all securities now in cir culation shall be presented at Madrid for conversion, whatever be their present category or denominotion, foreign or domestic. _ Art. 4. In return for documents thus called in, there shall be issued nominative certificates from the great book of the debt, in which shall be expressed the amount of the capital, the interest due, and the person or corporation, or establishment in whose favour it is made. Art. 5. The capital represented by these certifi• cates is inviolable, and their owners shall enjoy them with entire liberty, without being incommoded in any way. Art. 6. Foreigners possessing certificates of the inscribed debt shall enjoy the privileges conferred by the preceding article, and shall ever receive their interest punctually, even should there be war with the nation to which they belong. Art. 7. Neither the capital nor the interest of the public debt can ever be subjected to taxation, loans, nor duties of any kind whatsoever. Art. 8. The certificates belonging to the New Two per Cents. shall be divided into two classes, the nego tiable and the unnegotiable. Into the first shall be converted all bonds payable to bearer and other stock which at present can be alienated. In the second, all credits which, according to the present laws, are not transferable. Art. 9. The capital which shall be:transformed into the new debt shall be in the following proportion : Three per Cent. Stock shall bear its full value of capital. The Four and Five per Cents. shall be fixed at 75 per cent. and the interests due on the Four and Five per Cents. at 50. The debt, with interest, at 5 per cent. on paper (a papel), 3.3} per cent. The Provisional Debt at 25 per cent. Unconsolidated Stock at 33i per cent. The debt without interest 215 per cent. The Passive Debt, 25 per cent. The unpaid interest on the Five per Cent. (paper), 161. Art. 10. All credits waiting for liquidation shall alloyed in future certificates at 2 per cent, with the proportionate reduction which the documents on hick they are grounded would have had to submit to according to the former system. Art. 11. Special debts incurred by treaties with foreign nations shall remain in their present state, and not be affected by the decrees of the present law. Art. 12. According to the 7811 article of thi- con. stitution of the state, a c' wtnission con posed of three senators and three deputies, chosen by vute in each of their respective bodies, shall have the power of inter. ference in all operations necessary for the purpose of carrying this law into effect— first, taking note of all documents presented for conversion ; secondly, making what they shall consider the fittest arrangement, in order that the said documents shall cease to be of value as soon as they shall be exchanged ; thirdly, taking part in debate and by vote with the director of the fund and the high functionaries named by the Govern meat for all emissions which shall be effected belong ing to the new debt, decreeing what they consider most useful for carrying the present law into force ; fourthly, one senator and one deputy signing each of the new bonds, in which formula each of the six individuals composing the said commission shall take his turn, Arta 13. The conversion treated of by the present law is obligatory for the Three per Cent. Stock. The holders of other descriptions of securities may choose between the conversion and their present condition. Art. 14. For the payment of instalments not yet effected for the purchase of national property, if the payments are to be made in Two per Cent. Stock, an account shall be struck of the proportionate value of the old credits, and the rates at which they were converted, in order that neither the purchaser nor the nation may sustain injury. Art. 15. The interest of tvso per cent. is a tem porary measure, in order to effect a settlement of the debt in a manner conformable with the present capacity of the Spanish Treasury ; with respect to wiiich tha Gcvernment shall give an account to the Cortes in the following session of the state of the conversion, and the sum to which the interest shall amount, in order to effect as soon as possible the pay ment of three per cent., the ultimate amount to which the public debt of Spain is intended to be raised. (Signed) MAN urr, SANCIIFZ SILVA. Palace of the Congress, Dec. 3; 1849. G 11 A IN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Austrian Lloyd's says that the King of SAXONY has granted Field-Marshal RADETZKY_ ! and Field-Marshals IIAYNAu and JELLACHICII, the Grand Gross of St. Henry. 'his order, continues the Lloyd, was founded as a reward for the highest military services, and such careful selection is made in its dis tribution that not even the KING himself is a mem ber; and of living contemporaries, the Duke of WELLINGTuN is probably the only person who is at this momtnt decorated with it. The King of SAXONY has insulted .the Duke of WELLINGTON by thus conferring the order of St. Henry on Pandours and Brigands, and we trust his Grace will show his sense of the insult by imme diately transferring the Saxon decoration to Mr. CAL CRAFT, the brother in hemp of the hangman layziau, and consequently the only Englishman who can now wear it without degradation. The order of St. Henry is the oldest in the world; the first Knight CAIN wore its insignia on his brow that all men might avoid him, the last Knight HAYNAU wears the insignia on his breast for the same reason. PRUSSIA. Accounts have been received from Berlin to the Is:h inst. The Second Chamber has finished the revision of the amendments proposed by the Upper Chamber in the Constitution. The motion for the exemption of the Duchy of Posen from the election of Members to the Federal Parliament of Erfurth has been rej'cted. ITALY. The French army w not quit Rome immediately, AS the contract for provisioning it has been renewed for three months. The Spanish troops will have evacuated the Roman territory before the com mencement of the new' year; 4,000 of them em barked ut Terracina on the sth for Spain, and there are now only 3,000 remaining in Italy. The result of all the elections to the Chamber of Deput ic r of Piedmont (with the exception of those:of the Island of Sardinia) was known at Turin on the 14th, and there is now no doubt but that the Azeglio _Ministry can command a large majority. LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY. Yesterday a meeting was held at No. 24, Con naught-terrace, Edgewere•road, to consider a plan for securing to the district of Paddington the benefits of life assurance, by establishing a branch of the above company. The Rev. J. S. 800 NE, of St. John's Church' Paddington, presided, and in the course of a forcible and eloquent address, stated that the project of form ing a branch insurance company for this large and important district was suggested so long ago as the mouth of July ; and when the question came to be considered with which existing office the promoters should connect themselves, they selected the Indisput able Life Policy Company, because it was bared upon the soundest principles which skill and prudence could dictate, and because it had been attended with the greatest success. He need not say that the parish was quite large enough for such an institution as was now contemplated—a parish in which there were above 30,000 inhabitants and between 4,000 and 5,000 houses, and in which an annual rental was paid of more than 300,0001. He thought the present ,pro• jeet was well calculated to supply the deficiency which now existed, inasmuch as the establishment of a district office would bring the subject more com pletely and forcibly before the attention of the inha bitants, and save them the trouble of going in quest of an insurance company. The Indisputable Life Company was established upon mutual principles, and it was believed that sooner or later all companies must come round to those principles, which were un questionably the most advantageous to the interests of the public. He was convinced that the principle of indisputability was one which ought to be advanced and encouraged in every possible way. The sound ness of the plan was apparent. It was most unfair to refuse to survivors the amount of a policy, provided the conditions of the insurance had been fulfilled by the payments of the stipulated premiums. Under all circumstances he was not only most anxious that this branch-office should be established, but he was very sanguine as to the success of it. He would ad vise all gentlemen interested in the undertaking to exert themselves to the utmost of their power towards making the principle known throughout the district. He was quite sure that by so doing they would confer great and permanent benefits upon the inhabitants of this large and increasing district. G. YOUNG ROBSON, Esq., barrister, and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting upon the expediency of the plan proposed, and the value of the feature of indisputability peculiar to the company with which they were to be connected; and the fol lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted : " That life assurance being now an acknonledged ad vantage to the community, it is desirable that so exten sive and it.fluential a district as Paddington should possess a local life assurance establishment for the benefit of all classes of its numerous inhabitants. " That to secure to this district all the benefits de rivable from life assurance, it is expedient that a branch office in connexion with an established company, founded upon the most approved principles, be formed in this locality. " That a communication having been opened with the London Indisputable Life Policy Company, founded upon the well-tried and now most approved plan of complete division of the profits amongst the assured themselves, and th'e long-desired principle of indisputa bility of policies, and that company having consented to open an office in Paddington with a local board of direc tors selected from that district, this meeting highly approves of the proposed undertaking, and pledges itself to promote the success of an institution eminently well adapted to confer great and permanent benefits upon all classes of the community." Mr. ROBERTSON, as the representative of the gene ral board of directors of the Indisputable Life Policy Company, said he was authorised to state that having given the fullest consideration to the various commu nications submitted to them by the promoters of a Paddington establishment for Life Assurance, the board were prepared to carry out the plan in the most efficient manner, so as to meet the wishes of the pro moters, and secure for that district a share of the success which had attended the parent company. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman and the meeting separated. BARKER V. GODDARD.—We have been requested to state, in reference to the report of the above case which appeared in the The Sun of yesterday, that the plaintiff was Mr. C. Barker, of Birchin-lane, not Messrs. Barker • that Harvey was the projector of only one of the lines of railway, and that Goddard, the defendant, was not a promoter but purely a com mitteeman, and in every way adopted the acts of the officers of the company, both by the resolutions of the meetings and his own letters. We are authorised to state that a copy of the agreement entered into on the 23d of August, 1849, between the Society of Arts and Messrs. Munday, for securing the execution of the proposal of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to establish an Exhibi tion of thelndustry of all Nations in 1851, may be in. srected at the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi. We ur.derstand that a large and influential body of the inhabitants of the Ward of Cornhill have requested James Wyld, Esq., M.P., to offer himself as a candidate for the Al lermanic gown, should a vacancy occur. _ _ . We had entertained a hop that we should have seen the name of our old friend No:ter announced in the bills of Drury.lane Theatre, as box bcy,k keeper, which office he filled for upwards of tw.nty years with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public; but we regret to find that he stilt is, and has been for a long time, out of employment. We sincerely wish we could hear of some ccoupatiou for him. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Markvt at Liverpool yesterday was dull and heavy, and Frida) 'a quotations were barely sup• pcard. The sales did not exceed 2,500 b*les, all to the Trade Railway Shares were flat, at a further decline in prices. The letters end papers from the United States and Caneda were delivered in due course this morning. After all the fuss made about the cotton crop, it is evi dent that it will even exceed what we have for some time past assumed that it would be, and that it will prove adequate to the consumption of the world; but this does net or should not lessen in the slightest degree the exertions requisite to cultivate the staple in India. The day will come when short crops there must be in the common course of nature, and an extensive failure would paralyze the whole of cur manufacturing in terest. The report before us from New York states:— " The average date of a killing frost, for fourteen years past, is the 30th of November. Thus we have two full weeks over the average date for the growing season, by throwing off from the calculation all that the short-crop writers claim as last in the spring,' which we think ample. It is known that the picking season extends up to the planting season ; and that in conse quence of the low prices ruling in February and March of 1847 and 1848, at least 900,000 bales were left un picked in the fields, and ploughed down. Now, at high prices, every thing will be picked out, and if we have a dry winter and an absence of storms, we do not see a limit to the crop much under 2,700,000 bales. This may be a startling assertion to such as have been operating on the short-crop and ' early-frost' stories; but a little sober reflection will show it is well grounded. The crop of 1847 would have been 2,850,000 bales, instead of 2,347,000, if present prices bad ruled that season. Allowing that the bolls do not yield as much as that year, and that they are not as numerous on the bush, which is claimed by these parties, although we do not admit the correctness of either assertion, we will throw off 150,000 bales for that, and yet have 2,700,000 bales, provided the picking lasts to the Ist of April. From that figure our readers may deduct the days lost by wet weather, and the de struction that we shall hear of by hurricanes, &c., and we think the crop cannot be reduced, by all these con tingencies, more than 200,000 to 300,000 bales, which would place the final yield, with a bad picking season, at 2,400,000 to 2,500,000 bales, which will be an ample supply for the consumption of the world, as heavy fabrics are still a glut, both in England and the United States, and with fine numbers' the quantity required will be reduced. To the planters we would say, as before, sell freely." Great efforts appear to have been making by manu facturers in several of the Northern States, for the pur poee of operating on the approaching Congress, in favour of raising the present tariff of duties on a variety of staples. - We learn from Mexico, if the American accounts are to be relied on, that two changes had occerred in the Minigry. M. Iturbide had succeeded M. Gutierrez in the deprtrnent of Finance, and he in turn was succeeded by Don J. Elorriago. The English Funds have been extremely quiet this morning, and on tho whole not quite so good. Consols. 961 tied 961, and now 961 New Three-and-a- Quarter er Cents. 981 to and Reduced Three per Cents. 961 to 4. Blek Stock is 202 k to 203. The premium on Exchcqu.,r-bills has been 525. to 555., and on East India Bi nds 87s. to 89s. There is no life in the market. _ _ Foreign Securities are also dull, and Mexican have fallen upon the uncertainty regarding the issue of b-morrow's meeting. The great contest will he upon the attempt to get a new committee appointed, and this accomplished, it is the very general opinion the Bonds would rise several per cent. en that score alone. There are, however, far more important considerations. The Mexican Debt is worthy of a separate committee, and undi%ided atten tion may bring about most important results. When once a tangible arrangement is agreed upon, Lord Palmerston will not be lukewarm in insisting upon its fulfilment, should there be any backsliding ; and tho bondholders want such an executive as will at all times afford them the earliest informa tion received from Mexico, or upon any mea sures adopted here. Some of the members of the existing committee are said to be merely nominally so, seldom . or ever attending; one or two are particu larly active, and they of course carry everything their own way. A selection of the eligible members, and the adding of a few energetic individuals to them, would probably be popular with the bondholders, and not objectionable to those members of the committee who no longer care to serve, while the undue ascendancy of one or two parties would be swamped. Mexican Bonds opened at 30 to but have declined since to 29i ; 4 1 . Spanish Three per Cents. have been 37i to 34, and the Five per Cents. 19 to it, being a decided rally. Railway Shares are very dull, and at about former prices. BRITISH FUNDS 11118 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 203 202% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 6 14% % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. 95 3 /4 % s % India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 B7 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account ... ........ 96% iii Exchequer Bills. 1% d. 2d. March. June. 1,060/. L 2 65 p S ma ll — L 2 65 r: i RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent S3 Mexican Bonds, 18.16, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account 19 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 37% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONX O'CLOCK IZAILWATS. PAID. Faa RIAU. ,Lerdeen Ditto, Preference ei Irabtr., Notting., Boston, &c. 6 % —, .... .to iyrshire and Gallaway lic !fast and County Down .. 28 .. .. 3erks and Hants Extension 'Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 ( ~ cuningnam & Oifordjunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 . — to Do., without a guarantee... 20 ~ .. 3irmingham,Wol.,SL Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ...• Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.143 — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Bristol and Exeter — D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. 17% 16;4 to Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 6% to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 .'heater and H01yhead......... 50 Ditto, Preference larence. Do., lit Class, 6 per Cent lO Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 direct Loudon & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% — 1: ast Anglia, 221. L. & E., sad L. & D . 25 ...... Ditto, 1 fil., E. & H lB ... .. Do, 31. 10s., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% — Do, 7f. 175., 7 par Ct. Pre. 2 — Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten.,s per ct.ll o. 1,6/.13a. 4d Do., do N 0.2,6/. 135. 4d... par .. .. to Do., Northern & Eastern-. 50 — to Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 . — ...... to Ditto, New ...... .. 43 . .... ...... to Es.stern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) .... . . ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditd.o 6 . Ditto, do, Class B & C...... 25 . Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 :ast Lancashire ..... ... Ditto, New ... Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares r:ast Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, Nev. - p0rt..... l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to Exeter and Exmouth... llasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-Bi. 63.8 d — .. .... to 'llasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ..„ — ...... to Do. Preference Consolidated Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 Great Northern Do. 1 4 A Deferred ..... ... 12% _• Do. 1 4 B 6 per Cent. Do., b per Cent. Pref. ... to ~ it. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 to ;rcat North of England 100 - ..... to - Ditto, New 404... ...... .. .. 40 - to - Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301. - ...... to - Ditto, New 151......... l6 ...... - . ... to - ;reat Western 100 ...... 58 ...... to - Ditto, Half Shares 5O - Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 - Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 - [lull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 - . .... to - Ditto,Quarter Shares 12% - ...... to - Lancaster and Carlisle-. - ... 50 - - Do., Thirds - to - Lmicashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... - to - Ditto, ditto - Ditto Half Shares .. - 49 - - Ditto Quarters 23 %...... - - Ditto Fifths lO .... - . .... to - Ditto,Thirils....~ - - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 - - Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 50 - - Do., West Riding Union-. 10 .... . - - Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... - - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 - Leeds and Bradford - Leeds and Thirsk .. Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3% - ..... to ... Ditto, ditto... - - Ditto, ditto ........ No. 3 5 - to - Do. I'ref. Quarters, 1848... 9 - to - Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port lO - .. .. to - Lundon & 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. W.-- - to - Lend., Bright.,& South Coast 100 •. .. -- to - Do., New 5/., gua. 6 pr '(.3t.103 Do. Guarauttrd 5 per Cent. 9 . - .. .... to - De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - ..... to - Ditto, ditto 18 59 50 ..... - . ..... to - T,indori and Gr2enwich... 12/.155. 4d... - ...... to - Ditto Preference - - London & North Western.....loo lll to 111 3 / 4 Do ! Now Quarters. Do. Fifths 7 ...•• 8 1 o. 40g. Shares...,..L. & M 85 Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 - Lordon and S. Western..-... 50 %...... ..... to Ditto, Nc wi 0 7 Do., Ne-,v Scrip, 1818, Fref 7 p ,, r Cent Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 - Do. Half Shares E., - ;ndonclarr3 - :And Enniskillen 25 — Dc., Half Shares ............ 5 fiwestoff, guar. 4 rer ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 14tan.h Buxton. & Metleck 5 Hanehr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto lxi" Sharcs(No. 1) ... 25 ...... to Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, , -,4 Shares (No. 3)... 12 1 / 2 ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 8% to -- Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. ......... Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4!.25.... - 1 Midl Ind . ..... .... ........ -.100 ... 461041 3 / 4 t o Ditto, Consol. Preference...ll:o Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... SO alidland,Birm., and Derby... 100 ~iiille.nd, Cense). Bristet and Birmingham, G per cent.... 100 .124 ktidland, Bristol and Clone. 42 ... , to Ditto ditto V!. is. ... .. ...... to ..- Ditto,ErewaAlVal~ Fref— 50 Slidland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ( t.gua.)....100... ~ - lidld. Greet Western (Irish) 47L2• — Viddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. ......... . ... 50 Newwcie and Carlisle lOO ..... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. -. Newmarket ...... ... ~....,.... 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s — Newport Aberg - y., and Here. 6 Newry and Enniskillen •..... 7 Newry, Warrenpo:nt, and Rorstrevor ..... ............. 20 Forfolk Ditto New 20/. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 •• ••• Do. do. Wa-, - ency Valley.. 2 - •••••• to .-- Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ... - •• ••• to •••• Ditto Fall Shares.-- ..... 12% — to Do. Quarters 6 [,,,i •••••• .. - Ditto Thirds'..—..... ..... .... Ei ...... 3 , 4 to Ditto. Preference ...... 5 Nora , Staffordzhire... N , rth Wales - . •.•. to Ic. - n - th Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhaßvoton ... . 50 R ,i , ding,(4l:ll , :to., & Reigate 15 !:oyston and Ilitchin ..... .. 4%..,... —. Feottish Centr-,l' 25 ... .. ... .. to •,cettieb Midland ..- ....... ... 25 Ditto, N ew... ' 29 l, — to Shrewsbury and BirrninOlnrr 12 „..... Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 ..... DEA°, New Guaranteed 8 " Lrew..,bury and Herefo 5 _ ... .. to Shrewsbury ;Ind Chester (Nor. W. iCtin.) Ditto Ilallos, Ditto 9 ... .. ...... to Ditto, Oswestry... lB% — ...• to -- Ditto (New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 'hropshire Union OA... .. ...... to r!3outh Devon .. Ditto. Prefererco .. ... 25 "math Bta flo:dihire 8142. — ...... to South Eastern: ..... ... 33 1 / 8 19%..... to Ditto, No. `, Ditto, No. 3? _ ' l O Ditto, Reg , ,stered No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. south Wales 43 S )uth Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goolcw . - Ipflield, Rotherham, and Goole (N .D) Gua. 5 perct. 16 1 / 2 — ..... to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 wans. and Lenchor and Ca incron't, Sun. Coal ... . 7 raw Vale Extension ........ 8 Thamts Haven Dock and ItailwaT Pees 17 1 / 1 — ...... to Vale of heath ... Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limericl; ... - 47%..... liVaterford,Wemford,Wicklw, and Dublin . Wear "Valley 6 per gent Guaranteed Do. do. do. ... ..... 25 Do. do. do. West Cornwall 6 - -- ,Vhitehaven and Furness lB ..... Windsor, Staines, and South Western.- .. Wilts, Somerset,&Wernouth 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Fur. or Pref. tit Do.Hartlepool Dk. & Ely. 100 York and North:Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5 1 ,2 — Boulogne and:Amiens 2O ..... 7% 3 A... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... 114merara. . - Datch Rhenish ........... ...-.. 8 East Indian Ditto .... ............... ...... 20 ..... Great Indian Peninsular 5 ..•••• -- ...... to --- Do. 1)o les. Louvain 4la Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valcntia Namur and Liege......~ Northern of France 14185..... dis ...Ito Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ..... Parts and Orleans... 2O Parts and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg. .......... 12 &men and Havre Sambre and Mouse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , — Pours & Nantes ... .. 13 Foumay, Jurbise, Landen, and nasseit .., ........ .... .. 20 West Flanders BiYi - •..... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 ...... Colonial ..... .. .. . Commercial of London 2O — London Joint Stock ~.. London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Enzld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland . 25 Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New Union of London ........ ...... 10 Union of Madrid 4O ...... ...... to MINES. Anglo Nexican AAurian Australian Barrossa Range 285....... BlaenarTon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... to Ditto Cocae3 and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper ....... ....... 40 - 4/1. ID& to General .... Real del Monte, Unregistered . ... to Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Debentures......... Santiago de Cuba. United Mexican ........ 28% to COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 2k Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 0 Rotterdam 12 2% kntwerp— ............ 25 67% Ilamburgb 13 13% A1t0na.......... • Paris, 3 days'sight 25 45 Ditto, 3 months ..., 25 65 larseilles • • 25 67% Bourdeaux ......... . 25 67% /frankfort on Maine.... 122 Petersburgh, Sil. Itble.. 36% Berlin.... • • ... Vienna, effec. fib.... 11 30 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 30 Madrid .... •......... 49% Cadiz • • • ............ 49% Barcelona •......... se - Ano..•••••••• •• . •• LONDON, EXCHANGE. iGibraltar.. •••••• •••••• Leghorn ••••••.. • • .. • . 31 'Genoa •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • Venice•• .• .• •• •• •• •• •• • Naples .. .. • • .... • • 40% ralerrno, peroa.••••• 121 LA Messina ............ 121 !i 'l,ishon •.•••••• • • • • . • • 53% Oporto . • .. • • 53 Elio Janeiro • • auenos Ayres ...... • • -- New York,2ldays'aight Philadelphia .......... ,t 3 'MIMS OF BULLION, PEA OZ. Foreign Gold inbars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars • • .... 0 4 10 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 19.—Wind this day at noon W.N.W., fresh bre( ze and cloudy. DEAL, Dix. 18.—Wind W.S.W., strong. —Arrd. Orissa, Calcutta; Oriental, Taylor, Bombay; Zoo, Shaw, Colombo; Irene, M'Donald, Brazils, for Antwerp; Laura, St. Jago de Cuba; Saluttus, City Point; John Hawks, Richards, Boston; Soldan, New Orleans. S:d. Trafalgar, Adelaide, S. A. COWES, DEC. 18.--Wind S.W.—Arrd. Corfu, Shaw, Pernambuco. LIYERVOOL, DEC. 18.—Wind W.N.W.—Acrd. Duke of Wellington, Hargrave, Calcutta; Christina, Craig, Singapore; Dido, Brass River; Irlam, Savanilla ; Fa nellon, Pike, New Orleans; Sunbeam, ditto; Austria, Borland, ditto; Thomas Wright, Babbidge, ditto; Ame lia, Agry, Charleston; Harriet and Jessee, Cornsor, ditto; Guy Manuering, Edwards, New York;:Levant, St. John's, New Brunswick; Caledonia steamer, Boston. A large ship was seen on shore six miles south-east of the Little Lulus on the 15th ult. with all sails set. RAMSGATE, DEC. 18.—Wind W.S.W. fresh.—Arrd. Betsey, Milner, Charleston. FALMOUTH, DEC. IS.—Wind W.S.W. fresh gales.— The Jane of Bristol, Cardiff to Wilmington, N.C. was in contact withia large ship, supposed to be American, out ward bound, 14th inst, lat. 49, lon. 7 21, and foundered on the 16th inst.; crew saved. GUERNSEY, DEC. 15.— The Little Brown of Penzance, struck on a rock off Lammas Rag this morning during a gale, and sunk in 12 fathoms; crew saved. LEITH, DEC. 18.—The Joseph and Mary of Sunder land, hence to Stockton, was wrecked on Inchkeith, 14th inst. ; crew saved. SCILLY, DEC. 17.—Wind W. squally.—Arrd. Sama ritan, Allen, Maranhaw. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 18.—The Mary Dick, Har tlepool to London, was in contact off the Dudgeon, 16th inst., with the Caminha of Dundee, and was abandoned; crew saved, and landed here by the latter, which received trifling damage. iL(JUCEST EB DEC. lB.—Arrd. Lady of the Wc: t, Scott, Prince idwara'ai CARDIFF, DEC. 16.—Wind N. W.—And. Lightfoot, Restigouche. SWANSEA, DEC. 18.--11 ind W.S.W.—Arrd. Commo dore, Crawley, Cuba. Sid. CAu.ttss of Bective, Ber muda. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 18.—It blew a gale last night at soutL-45cs!. YAnmorm, DEC. 18.—The John Fox, of Stockton, St. Pc'ersburgh to London, was assisted in to-day, having been on Hemborough Sand. HAnwlca, Dr c. 18.—A huge fleet of loaded ships is reported to be at anchor off the Cork Sand. LOWESTOFT, DEC. 18.—The Isatiella Collings was in contact last night with the Virgil, of Sunderland, and soli; this morning at her ;Inchon; ; crew (except mats and boy) saved, and la: dell hero. The Hoppet, London to Goi•Anberg, liar put in with damage, having been in contact with a large laden brig ff Ordfordness, and the t.'.4arling, from I'diddleshotough to Dover, under similar circumstances. The Speck, Miedlesborough to Exeter. was in contact with ties D zrt :choonor, of Whitby, Off Flau.borough Head, and has r( ce v.d damage. CARDIFF, DEc. 18.—The Jehn, oF and from Whitc hitven, which struck on Break ea Pond, 14th init., har gone to piece?. FLEETwooD, Dix. 18.—A-rd. Bl'Donnell, Aitkins, Dalhousie. DEc. 17.--Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W.—Ski. auckrer, I(KET NLWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY Although the supply of English Wheat here to-day VV!” very limited the thrnand for that description or proAice vas in a sluggish state. As, however, ae `actor, were firm Monday's prices were supported in every instance. Only 1,720 quarters of foreign Wheat l -, ave reached us since Saturday. Fine parcels were in ,noderate mutest at fully previous rates. In all other kings only a limited business was transacted. Finn nial!ing Barley, the supply of which. was small, sold ste:ldiiy, at full currencies, but grinding and distilling sorts ruled dull. Malt was in short supply and heavy deco and, at bete rates. A very limited quantity of Oats was brought forward. Most kinds were in fair request at fully last week's prices. Beans and Peas ruled dull ; but there was rather more doing in Flour. English • • .• • • Scotch•... Irish ...... Foreign .... • • ARRIVALS THIS WEEK . Wheat. Barley. Oats. Qrs. Qrs. 140 bt) 1,720 2, 1930 Malt. I Flour. Sacks 4W I.IO7LOUGII =OP riIiLIZIZET. Fite Hops, both now and old, are in fair request, at 7u:l priecs. In all other kinds ouly a moderate business s d ing, yet late rates are we 'l supported. I.VBITECIIraPMZ. Our market was well Yupplied, tc-day ; yet the gene ral demand was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 23 8 , 1 to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s Od; Veal, 3s 4d to 3a 101; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per Slbs, by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Bt fore Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Baron ROLFE ) Ilei:ry Bathurst Ilion!Mouse, aged 27, described as a mariner, was indicted for feloniously shooting at John Fsrmer M,nkhouse, his own father, with intent to murd(r him. The prisoner's countenance wore the same ruddy hu© of health that was observable en the oecakion of his first examination before the police magistrate, but still his reitless movements in the dock clearly indicated that he was deeply sensible of the awful nature of his position. He seemed to be very much agitated while his father was in the witness-box, and was moved to tears by the address of his Learned Counsel. _ Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Balleniine, with whom was Mr. Huddlestone, defended the prisoner. Mr. BODKIN having briefly opened the case, shortly detailing the facts disclosed by the evidence, he proceeded to call the following witnesses:— Tue first one called was William Anderson, the cab men, who stated that the prisoner hired him in the Minories, on the night of this 4th of October, about eight o'elock, to drive him to Chiswick. The prisoner agreed to pay him 145., and he rode down on the box of the cab. On the way they stopped at several public housss sad had something to drink. It was about ten o'e luck when they got to Chiswick, and turned down a lade; the prisoner directing him to pull up at a house- He did so, and then the prisoner directed him to get down, and go and knock at the door, and say a gentle man from town wanted to see Mr. Monkhouse. 1 10 obeyed his instructions, but while he was speaking t° the girl who answered the door the prisoner got down and entered the house. Soon afterwards he beard the report of what he conceived to be firearms, and the pri soner then returned, directing him to drive to the Bell. at Ealing, for which he intended to increase the tare to a sovereign. He did so; but no sooner had they g( 4 there than the prisoner wanted him to drive to bus brother's house, which he did. The prisoner, however, did not obtain admission, and they again returned to the Bell, where he asked a person behind the bar to pay hiss a sovereign. This person said he knew better what to do with his money, and .declined to give it. The pri soner then welked into a back room, and almost imme diately after the police came in and arrested him. The witness was shortly cross-examined by Mr. BAL . ' LANTINE, with the view of showing that the prisoner was drunk ou the occasion in question. Elizabeth Baines stated that she was in the service of Mr. Monkhouse, the father of the prisoner. She re membered on the night of the 4th of October answeri'4 a kre,ck at the door. She found a cab there, and re ceived a message from the cabman, which she was returning to deliver when she met her master. Sh e told him what the cabman had told her, namely, that * gentlemen wished to see him, and he directed her to go out again and ask the gentleman's name. She WS S about to do so, when the prisoner rushed by her saying , ' "lam a Monkhouse, and will see him." Ile then pat his hand upon his breast, and afterwards she saw hi° fire at her master, and heard two reports. The prisoner was close upon her master. After firing, the prisoner turned round and passed out, saying " There." She 04 : so struck that she could neither move nor speak, 10 ' when she recovered from the surprise she saw her mast et crawling along the passage of the hall into a parlour. The witness was not cross-examined. Mr. John Farmer Monkhouse, examined by Mr. BOP' KIN—I am the father of the prisoner. I have six children, five by my first, and one by my second wife. On th: night of the 4th of October I remember hearing a boor' at my door, and upon going to see what it was, my We' the prisoner, rushed up and shot at me. No weer" passed between us before he did so. I heard two report*, One of the shots took effect upon me in the neck. I feel' down almost immediately afterwards. I had seen We' prisoner before, about a week previous to this occurrenc e ; He came to my house, but nothing particular passe!: between us, except that I told the prisoner that be sholtb 3 cot steep in my house that night. I was, not on V° 4 terms with him. He is a sailor in the merchant service' He is 28 years of age. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLATINE—The sorter I am surd is 28. Ills mother died i 3 1831, and I believe she died of a brain fevers I errs formerly in the navy, but not as a common sailor. The prisoner had returned from sea about a fortnight, and I believe he had been away about a year. 11It3 mother was a gentlewoman, but nut a woman of fortune' She had a small property. By the COURT—The reason I told my son that h e , should not sleep in my house was because he had re fused to make an apology for his conduct before he went to sea the last time. _ ;a yV Be-examined by Mr. BODKIN—The property I am possession of I derived from my grandfather. Henry Reason, examined by Mr. BODKIN—I alp fi policeman, and I remember, in consequence of some i n : formation I had received, going, on the ni g ht of the 4 t: of October to the Bell, at Baling. It was about 12 (Mo e " . I found the prisoner walking up and down a room e n the ground floor. I asked him if his name was Mon l ‘' house, and he said " No." I told him he answered tb, description of the person I was in search of, and I nail k % take him into custody. I did so, and took him to d i e station, It hich is about fifty yards from the Bell. had been drinking a good deal. At the station I searob e him, and found the pistol I now produce. Ihe barre l was separate from the stock. I found also some bullets which fit the pistol—some powder, and a small qua ntity of caps. On the Sundsy following, the 7th, I went 1° the Bell again, and received the powder and p istol. which I now produce, fiom Mr. William s ' the landlord. The pistol was the fellow to ill ono I Lad previously found on' the prisoner. The 0 103 A found on him appeared to have been recently discharge"' At the station house I found some papers on the prisoner with his name written on them, and on his pereeivil' A g this the prisoner said to me, " It I had a brace of Wade" pistols I would blow my own brains out." This witness was not cross-examined. Mr. Williams, the landlord of the Bell, examined Wit bY, Mr. BODKIN—I remember the prisoner coming to house about half-past eleven on the night of the 4th °0 October. He produced some pistols, and I told him t be careful how he handled them. I was shortly alt er s wards called away to the bar, where I found the offieetr.o waiting. One of them went into the room whe re prisoner was and arrested him. Some day or t wo ft" ,. lowing I found a pistol and some powder in the draft e d of the table in the room the prisoner bad occupied, sln handed them over to the police. per Cross-Examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—The Os° / walked up and down the room, and appeared excited-,..'; did not observe his eyes sufficiently to he ablo to that they rolled about wildly. Mr. William Chamberlain Perfect, examined by BODKIN—I am a surgeon at Hammersmith, and WO"; ber being called in on the night of the 4th of Ootobe about half-past nine, to see Mr. Monkhouse. I f__, °tl : o t him in a fainting state, and I expected every 0 30 '0 that he would die. He was holding a basin to his niney, and vomiting blood into it. I induced him to sit cle li . n g and then I took off his neck-tie and found blood flow , from a gunshot wound. The bullet was found in the 't";‘) It must have passed in at the centre of the neck je,,,,t: front and have met with some resistance so as to air jt its course, and passed out just above the collar-bon e • was a dangerous wound. This witness was not cross-examined Mr. Ilalford, another surgeon, who bad hero i ° t he habit of attending the Monkhouse family, spoke to at, nature of the wound, and to the fact of his having tended upon Mr. Monkhouse until his recovery. On cross-examination he stated that his partner once attended the prosecutor for delirium tremens. This was the case for the prosecution. c Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury for the 0,0 fence, observing that although he could not diepu t f t , if fact of firing the pistol, he was yet prepared to in sl ' a itt not to prove, that it was not with the intent alleg e ev oi the indictment, namely, to murder or do gr l _,„yo bodily harm to the proiocutor. Drunkenness MA] A 10 kin with Picea( p tipsy( do A r n nest u PUrpo to ti 0 destrc lame(; pain i home aur ae drunk tyro p. In A v Pi th e f dent' Calit ennd Pass; rtio b 3 ma Op 64 .) ie9 to'