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13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE! LIVES OF THE PRINCESSES OF ENGLAND. From the Norman Conquest. By MRS. EVERETT GREEN. Editor of the "Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies." 2 vols., post Bvo., with Portrait=, Bre., 21s. bound, The above work IS NOW REAI)Y_ for DRLIVERY at all the Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Msrlborongh-street. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, stele Lesace and Manager. old Bmnantnn. In cons?.quenee of the demise of the Queen Dowager, the Theatre will be Closed This Evening. TO-MORI:OW EVENING, be performed a new Comedy, entitled TIIE SERIOUS FA. MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallach, Buckstone Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce entitled THE LAUGHING HYENA. To be followed by the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. Mr. I'ennipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipother, Mrs. Keeley ; Jane Briggs, Miss P. Horton. To coital& with the comic drama of THE JACOBITE. On Monday, Dec. 10, 3fr. and Mrs. KEAN will make their appear. ance in the Play of the WIFE'S SECRET. The Boa-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELIIII. node,. 'rho directivn of Madame Ceiestm In consequence Of the demise of the Queen Dowager, - the Theatre will be Closed This Evening. TO-MORROW, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called TIIE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS.P.T.TNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinics, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Bunbtary, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATILE. Mr. .7. M. Madlox, Solo Lessee and Iran/war. In consequence of the demise of the Queen Dowagr, the Theatri will be Closed This Evening. TO-MORROW, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHATtLES THE SE COND. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE. Tv coheinde with a new comic drama, entitled TIIE LIFE GU.UIDSMAN. ASTLE rs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Mr. BATTY has the honour to announce that his BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, December 3, when, in addition to the popular performances of the Male and Female Artistes of the Establishment, the following Gentlemen have, in the most handsome manner, volunteered their services :—Young Hernandez, the grace ful American Equestrian; Mr. Pablo Famine. with his matchless black Mare Beds ; an t Mons. Benoit Tournaire, and his highly trained Steed of the Menage. The performane2s will commence with T:•E BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Concluding with a lame. le routine of Equestrian Novelt:es. Box-office open from Eleven till Fox r. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH wATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tlll3 DAY —3f.wrir.g, 4 1 min. after 3 J Evening, 9 min. after 4 To-Mom:ow t orning. 33 min. after 4 Evening, 0 rain. liter 3 THE WEATHER—SoN OFFICE, DEC. 2. TEERITT:MErtER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 45, Noon, 47 BAROMETER, 29.77 ; mneury going down fast. WIND S.W.—muge,y, mild, rainy weather. DEC. 3. TunnuomETEn, Lowoe,, 7,8 Highest, 48. Noon 28, PAtoxv,Trn, 29.49. WINL N.N.E.—Dull rainy west her. It has rained vvith out intermission sines, Saturday, and still eontinups. Ott ) 7 , l' " 7:3 ZSip. ••• 1 • •:a 0 , • - • • • • iiikt-r z," ll; l3ll.liiialt I*'. ONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 , 184°. The closing month of 1e49 has witnessed the death of Queen ADELAIDE, an event of no political import ance whatsoever, but yet a subject of very general concern. Death has at all times a powerful interest for all the children of humanity, and the de cease of a royal personage, even in these de mocratic days, is the subject of no ordinary attention. During life the gorgeous para phernalia of rank and the stately parade of royalty may seem to exclude a peculiar class from the circle of general sympathies, but when once the purple and the ermine are for ever laid aside, and the guards at the palace-gate are become useless, then all the distinctions of prince and peasant are forgotten, and men and women lament that a man or woman has passed away. So it is in the present instance. ADELAIDE, for seven years Queen Consort, and for twelve years Queen Dowager of England, is no more—an Extraordinary GezPtte has announced her demise, the theatres will be closed, a general mourning will be assumed for a brief period, and then her royal history will be consigned to practical oblivion. But if the memory of the Queen he thus transient, the memory of the woman will survive it. The private friends to whom she had endeared herself, the sufferers her bounty had relieved, and the good works her charity had made prosperous, will perpetuate the name, and shower blessings upon the memory of the kind mistress and generous benefactress. SLIMES.. rEas has enumerated three kinds of greatness, but one only is of an enduring nature. "Some are born great,', but their glory is illusive in its character and fleeting in its existence. " Some have greatness thrust upon them," and too often the pride of their position only enhances their individual insignificance. The greatness which we " achieve" is the only one which will really add lustre to our life and give perpetuity to our name. The crowd uncover their heads in the presence of a king, but their hearts thrill at the sight of one who has achieved great things. Mourning garments are assumed when the Gazette announces a royal decease, but unbidden tears are showered on the bier of one who has effected good. In this, as in all other instances, we see that although the gifts of fortune and the facilities of circumstance are differently awarded, although some may with seeming justice repine over the unusual sufferings and privations of their lot, yet the greatest blessings of earth, like the promises of Heaven, are within the reach of the greatest number. Few are born great, few have greatness thrust upon them; but who shall dare to affirm of any one that (be he who he may) he cannot achieve greatness for himself ? " Lives of great men all remind us We may make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints on the sands of time." These reflections, th-sae encouraging reflections, are naturally suggested by the death of one who, after occupying a throne and wearing a crown, is now regretted awl remembered not on account of that peculiar position which is within the reach of the few, but for the sake of those individual virtues which are in the power of the , many. Sermons, we are told, may be found in stones, and most assuredly among the best are those suggested by tombstones. We allude not to the too often fictitious par egyrics inscribed thereon, but to the moral warning which their very presence inspires. Like the skeleton at the Egyptian feasts, the announce ment of a public death appears among us as a re minder of our inevitable mortality. Happy for us if it be something more—happy for us if the thought of death, instead of being a shadow to sad den, be a stimulant to excite. Life is transient, shall wo, therefore, waste it in apathy, or consume it in regret ? Death is inevitable, and therefore, while we have breath let us live—live the life of men and of Christians, and not vegetate merely like the grass, which to-day is and to-morrow is cut down. Let us live that our passage through the world may be marked by the good we have effected, and our memory kept perennial in the love of those we leave. Such reflections are surely the fitting accom paniments of a public death, and more especially are they appropriate to 'the death of one whose virtues have won for her a regard and a regret which her regal position (without them) would have failed to secure. Earnestly is it to be hoped by all well•wishers of the Royal Nary of England that the disposition already manifested by the authorities at the Admi ralty to forward the combination of the grand motive powers, sailing and steaming in our ships o f war, may be yet more rapidly and practically developed. One consideration ought cf itself to be sufficient to confirm our maritime administrators in the disposition recently to apply the screw-pro inaniftsted by themselvcs rller not only to frigates, but to vessels of yet larger dimensions. The reflection that the expenses in curred by this addition to the structure produced by the scence of marine architecture, are in no respect comparable to the advantages accruing from the improvement, should most assuredly be r( garded as sufficient to render the change one of more frequent and general application. It is im possible, indeed, adumtely to ystimate the bend's which would inesitably result to the service in the way of developing its resources and ‘ increasing it s efficiency by the adoption of a simple resolution such as this—that the screw should be applied to every THE SUN, vessel at present on the stocks. Hitherto, unfortu•• nately, a "screw " of a different character has been employed in the labours of ship-building as far as the advancement of the capabilities of the ships of war have been concerned. While a considerable and deplorable amount of extravagance has been exhibited in the way of procrastination (for the pretended purpose of seasoning the timber), the monetary "screw" has been continually put on whenever pro jects have been opened of improving the more desi rable qualities of the future instruments of our marine greatness. We would now see, for this hind of screw, the substitution of another of a much more benefi cial and, in the end, of a much more economical description—the screw-propeller. By the formation of such a rule as the one here indicated our fleets and squadrons would be rendered in a manner (what they certainly have never been heretofore) independent of wind and current. They would infuse life into what was previously little better than an inanimate body floating over the seas in obedience to the fluctuations of the atmo- sphere. As we have before observed, the vessel would by this means be gifted with positive vitality, it would be endued with a power little short of actual volition. Therefore, in the event of any warlike cccurrences, the direction of the movements of a single ship, and of an entire squadron, would be strangely and nearly in lescribably facilitated. According to the old sys tem, for example, for the purpose of seizing an ere• mies' seaport, unprotected by scarcely anything but by forts situated at the entrance of the harbour, and by batteries incapable of discharging missiles at any object immediately in its neighbourhood, it was absolutely essential to wait either for a favouring breeze or for the flow of the tide, or for both together. Whereas, with the screw propeller, such a necessity is altogether obviated, end the hostile fortifications placed almost wholly at our command The same may be said, moreover, in reference to sea fights generally, whether frigate actions, or those more terrible and momentous conflicts which take place when enormous fleets encounter. There vessels of war were liable, at any moment, to evade the intentions of her commander by the shifting of the wind, or were compelled to run the chance of being disabled before taking up their positions. Masts could be splintered, yards shot through, and sails torn to ribbons, the rigging might he thrown into inextricable confusion by being torn and intangled through the discharges of the enemy-- and upon such casualties dep2nded whether or not the vessel mill respond to the wishes of her captain, and answer the hand of the helmsman. By the employ. ment of the screw-propeller the ship could of course be rendered independent of these accidental cala mities. Through a hurricane of balls she might, under its agency, move majestically into any position that might be deemed advisable. Such a capacity to set at defiance the destruction•of her sails, masts, and rigging, is, it must be confessed, one of inestimable and almost incalculable importance. And taking these things into consideration, no one will have the hardihood to deny that the expense in curred in applying the screw to a vessel of war, for the purpose of imparting to her these advantages, woull be found positively insignificant when con trasted with the value of those same advantages. Besides, it must be borne in recollection that what we are here demanding for the advancement of our maritime efficiency will, sooner or later, to a dead I certainty, be effected by the other naval powers of the world. It is consequently of importance to England that in this, as in other matters relating to the marine service, she should take the lead by ad venturing betimes upon the initiative. Let us hope that the opportunity will not at this time be rashly foregone. The days of peace are those in which such gigantic innovations can alone be accomplished with security. GOD alone knows how long those days of leisure will be permitted to us ; and consequently it is especially incumbent upon the naval authorities to consider, without too much delay, the advisability or the non-advisability of the projected improvement. A step has recently been taken, or, at least, promises to be taken, in the right direction ; now, therefore, more than ever, is an available period for a change so remarkable and comprehensive. The screw-propeller is to be applied to one or two vessels of war of consi derable size and tonnage; let it be applied to every ship at present on the stocks. That this would materially increase the efficiency of the British navy we are con vinced; and we are also equally well satisfied that ultimately it would be found to have proved wonder fully economical. IRELAND'S R.ISORGIMEN TO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The following lines were prompted by a remarkable address of Prince Albert's, at the Servants' Provident Institution; in which he spoke of " PRE CIOUS SELF•CONTROUL," and again, "It is not an alms, it is THEIR RIGHT," words which never ought to be forgotten.—Sapiens, sibique Imperiosus—solus Formosus, et est Rex. I have the honour, &c., AN IRISH EXILE ALLA S. A. R. IL PRINCIPE . ALBERTO, PREGANDCLI DI FARSI RE D IRLANDA. SONETTO. Quel che non pat e mai forza od inzanno Pot! a, aperiamo ancor, Real Natura: L'lrlanda sorgera dalla bruttura, Dimenticando ogni passato affanno. ALBERTO a RE!—Perche?—Color che sanno Trionfar senza brando e scnzl mura, Vincer for stessi—sola onesta curs— Ricca merc4 di for virtude avrauno. Spirt° di carit i e d'alts pietadel Padre di? Lumi, schiara a not la meets! Deli! non lasciar l'lslanda in prigion nera! Cadranno i lacci awl subitamente— Ogni nemica tiranLia rade Se Crizta sta dally eofritraria Scliiera. C. LONDON, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The Patrie publishes a semi-official announcement of the postponement of the elections until the 25th of January. The Moniteur publishes a telegraphic dispatch from the Governor-General of Algeria, announcing that General HERAILLON had, on the morning of the 16th ult., attacked several wandering Arab tribes encamped at Ourtal, and that he had killed 200 men and cap tured 3,000 camels and 15,000 sheep. It is announced that General BOURJOLLY is appointed Governor- General of Algeria in the place of General CHARRON. The C onstitutionnel says : " The President of the Republic has just laid More the Council two projects of law of which he is himself the author—one on the army reserve, another on public assistance." From this it is evident that the PRESIDENT of the Republic is carrying out the principles laid down in his message of the 31st of October, and is acting as his own Prime Minister. That he should so act seems to be a perfectly logical conclusion from that article of the Constitution which declares that he is responsible ; in such a case free power of action is the necessary result of personal responsibility. The PRESIDENT of the Republic will review the garrison of Paris and the National Guards on the 10th of December in the Champ de Mars. The Committee on the Pension Fund for the Aged Poor adopted on Friday by a great majority the prin ciple of premiums of encouragement, without, how ever, deciding what form should be given to them. The committee, it may be remarked, had two bills before it—that already in part adopted in the Legislative Assembly, and the other presented by the Government. This latter only differed from the former by the introduction of premiums, and the committee has now expressed its approval of the Government view of the question. The Siecle has the following : " It is well known that a committee has been formed charged by the National Assemtly to prepare a Bill on public assistance. Charles Dupin, who has the naivete to think now, as he did formerly, that it is good for society that the condition of the working classes should be materially improved and raised as much as possible, insisted a few days since in committee, that Art. 5 of the Bill on the Labour of Children in Factories, should be maintained in the new law. This article enacts that all children admitted into a manufactory should attend a primary school until the age of 12 years. The Honourable Ac.Alemielan hod displayed all his eloquence in support of his opinion, and he began to see his colleagues come round unanimously to his ideas, when M. Thiers entered. At sight of him, as he felt a secret presentiment of the defeat which he was to meet with, M. C. Dupin turned pale and became agitated. M. Thiess advanced, leant with his back against the mantelpiece, and crossing his arms with the air of a sovereign. What, what !' cried he, what is it you say? Primary schools again! Teach the chil:lren of workmen to read and writs! An that, Monsieur C. Dupin, is gratuitous and obligatory instruction, that is to say, socialism and communism ! 13 it with primary instruction that you will save society ? There is al ready too much socialism and communism in our laws; let us radically extirpate all that is now there. That is our part; there is nothing else to be done.' Astounded by this rude apostre phe, and particularly by the terrible accusation of sccialism, M. Charles Dupin wished to reply, but M. Thiers opposed him a outrance, and argued so well that it was decided by a majority of one voice that parents should not be longer compelled to send their children to a primary school before they entered a manufactory. Overwhelmed by this decision, poor M. Charles Dupin went about everywhere complaining bitterly that NI. Thiers wished to retrograde, even beyond the Restoration. Let, however, M. C. Dupin console himself. The part of ringleader can never have a long career. The whims of M. Thiers sill pass or will not pass; but they will not arrest the progress of affairs; many powerful wills have already broken down in at tempting that abQurd and, thank God, impossible task." The Chamber of Commerce of Havre has received the following communication from M. DUMAS, the Minister of Commerce : " Gentlemen,—The Chilian Congress adopted in Au gust last a Bill which authorises funign vessels to carry on the coasting trade for the space of a year. On my inquiring about this measure, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has informed me of the circumstances which led to it. The greatest part of the merchant shipping of Chili having gone to California, and the vessels having been detained there by the desertion of the crews, the to ns on the sea-coast being thus placed for six months under a sort of blockade, could not dispatch their pro duce towards Valparaiso, or receive stores and provisions for themselves. It was necessary to provide promptly for the re-establishment of the communications which were thus interrupted, and so the Government Bill was adopted unanimously. The greatest number of the mem bers of the Congress were even disposed to accord fir an indefinite time to foreign flags this faculty of carrying:on the coasting trade, but the Government obtained that at resent it should be granted for only a t em p orary t r i a l . he new transports thus offered to the merchant ship • ping of all countries, do not appear of a nature to be disdained by our ship-owners. Perhaps, for instance, such of our vessels as are at San Fraacisc), and the crews of which have not deserted, might find advanta geous employment in the coasting trade of the Chilian territory. However that may be, I have considered it useful, gentlemen, to transmit to yon this information, with a request to you to inform the merchants of your arrondissement of the fact." A steamer, from Brest, having on board 85 of the transported of June, 1848, who have been amnestied by the PaEiIDENT of the Republic, was expected to arrive at Havre on the Ist instant. The Revue des Deux Mondes, which was pub lished on Saturday, contains an article said to have been written by M. FORCADE, strongly recommend ing both Legitimatists and Orleanists to declare at once in favour of the re-election of the present PRESIDENT of the Republic. Letters from Marseilles of the 28th announce the detention of the outward-bound India mail in conse quence of the steamer Medusa having on that morning run on shore during a storm at the mouth of the harbour, and broken her rudder; she was soon got off and re-entered the harbour, relanding her 17 passengers in safety. No blame is attached to her Commander. The mails were to be forwarded to Malta by the French steamer Leonidas, which was to sail on the Ist inst. The funds are quoted higher at the Passage de l'Opera, the Five per Cents. being at 90f. 15c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEO. 1. BDulogne and Amiens, 5% —Northern of France, 2% dis. Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3%—l'aris and Rouen, 21... Rouen and Havre, 9 14—Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 25th and 26. h ult. have arrived. The Gaceta of the 25th contains decrees enacting that steam communication shall be established be tween Cadiz and the Canary Islands, and be tween Barcelona and the Balearic Isles. The King of SARDINIA has conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Piedmont on M. PIDAI, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, and on M. BELTEAM DE Lys, Spanish Minister at Turin; and the Queen of SPA IN has given the Grand Cross of the Order of CHARLES 111. to the Marquis DE MONTALTO, Sardinian Envoy at Madrid. MADRID BOMA, Nov. 26.—Three per Cents. 28 11-16 for account ; Five per Cents. 11i paper. Ex • change on London, 50 to 30 paper. THE UNITED STATES. REPORTED LOSS OF A NEW ORLEANS STEAMER AND TWO HUNDRED LIVES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The steam-ship Cambria arrived here this morning, at seven o'clock, with the mails and passengers from the United States and Canada. She left Boston on the 21st ult., and reports the arrival at New York of the America, and at Halifax of the Caledonia, on her way to Boston. Her mails cannot reach town till to-morrow morning. The most interesting intelligence received by this arrival is the reported destruction of a New Orleans steamer, by explosion, and the loss of 200 lives. We are gratified to state that the Cambria brings better accounts of the cotton crops. The general state of business throughout the Ame rican continent was satisfactory. The market for breadstuffs has been quiet, and prices are without change, viz. :—Weatern Canal flour, 4 dolls. 75c. to 4 dolls. 871 c. per barrel steady; Gennes see prime wheat, 1 doll. 18c. to 1 doll. 20c. per 601bs. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 64c. to 66c. per bushel, barely supported ; flat yellow, 63c. per bushel ; Indian meal, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 12-ac. per barrel. The cotton market at New York continues in a depressed state; sales cannot be made except at a re duction submitted to by holders. New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, llic. to 11:1c. ' showing a fall of ac. Upland s an d Fl or id a , m id. fair to fair, 101 c. to 11c.; a fall of 4e. Freights continue very low, and little is doing ; grain to Liverpool, 31d. to 4d. per bushel ; cotton to Liverpool, 3-16 d. to 14. per lb., to Havre, jto cents. per lb. Exchange on London, 109 to 109/, barely sus tained; on Paris, 8 25, demand fair; on Hamburgh, 3.51- to 351 ; on Bremen, 771 to 78. CABINET COUNCIL.—(Tars DAr.)—Another Ca binet Council was held this afternoon at the Foreign office, the summonses baying been issued after the breaking up of that on Saturday. It was attended by the Noble Premier (who is staying at the resi dence of the Earl of Minto in Eaton square), the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl Grey, Lord Campbell, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Minto, Sir John Ilobhouse, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Fox Maule. DICTIONARY WORDS.— / going along?" said a c a d on an Yan° u Old de tKenthat road 'ere buss om . nibui to a brother cad who was being favoured wit h a lift on the riding step. " Oh, yes-- how fin e looks !" " Well, do you know that th e ge m e a r n e t rn what owns it was deeply in love, as they call© it, w i t h a beautiful lady ; so she died afore they w i married, and he built that buss to her memory, and called it that dictionary word, EricuArrraEss, as you see; and there she goes along like a gifted coffin—but she don't take, poor thing!' grinned the jealous cad. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The EMPEROR arrived in Sehonbrunn on the 27th ult. On the same day Count BEHIAN was arrested at the railway station in Vienna, disguised as a Hungarian servant. The army is to be reduced by 80,000 men. All the ladies of Pesth have put themselves into mourning. PRUSSIA. A ss . The First Chamber of on the 28th ult., referred to a committee the papers on the Danish question presented by the Government, and after wards continued the discusion on the Constitution. Saveral clauses relative to the powers, Scc., of the two Chambers were adopted. The trial of M. WALDECK, on the charge of high treason, commenced at Berlin on the 28th ult., before the Court of Assiz3s. It excited immense interest, and would, it was supposed, last three days. m. NEIGLER, burgomaster of Brandenburg, for merly member of the Prussian Chamber of De puties, has just been condemned to six months' imprisonment in a fortress, and the loss of his place and decorations, for having endeavoured to carry into effect the decree of the Chamber for refusing the pay ment of taxes. HOLLAND. TEE IIAGuE, DEC. .—ln the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General this day, a Royal message was read, ac-ompanying the project of law for increasing the supplies to the navy for 1849. This additional supply is in consequence of the pur chase of several warlike stores. The Chamber was informed that the following Committees had appointed their reporters :-- 1. For fixing the rates of postages and regulating postal affairs. 2. For furnishing the supplies for the law courts. 3. For fixing the supplies for the Government printing-offices.—Staats Courant. The Prussian Government has renounced the treaty of commerce of the 3d of June, 1837, with the Netherlands. The Prussian Minister, Mr. Vox. DER HYDT, always objected to this treaty on the ground that the advantages resulting from it were rendered ntirely illusory by the Hollando•l3elgian convention of the 29th June, 1846. MONDAY EVENING-, DECEMBER 3 1849 Negotiations with the Netherlands have recom menced, but the conditions proposed by Prussia, in the name of the Zollverein ' differ completely from those of the treaty of 1837. Prussia not only wants to participate in all the advantages secured to Bel gium in 1846, but it demands the abolition of the privilege granted to the Netherlands relative to the importation of a quantity of sugar and coffee, and demands the settlement of the question of the navigation of the Rhine, and that as far as the sea. It is hoped the affair may be settled before the let January, 1850.—Handelsblad. SWITZERLAND. The National Council has, by a majority of 66 to 28, confirmed the ordinance issued by the Federal Council on the 19th November, by which 35 new refugees from Baden were ordered to quit Switzerland. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWF. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a moderate - demand for Cotton at Liver pool on Saturday, at full prices ; the sales were 4,000 biles, including 3,000 American at 5 to 71d. ; 200 Bahia at 611. ; and 300 Surat at 4id. to 44d. per lb. ; 1,000 bales were taken on speculation, and 500 fur ex port.—Railway Shares were firm. The Corn Market has been very depressed to-day, owing to the largo supply, and all articles are ls. to 2s. loser. There are numerous arrivals to-day. From America we have the Cambria steamer, but her advices will not reach us until to morrow. The outline of her news, as received per telegraph, is satisfactory. Cotton was declining, the reports of the crops being spoken of more favourably. Bread•stuffs were quiet, and prices without alteration. Western Canal Flour 4,75 to 4 87i per barrel, Genessee prime Wheat 1.18 to 1 20 per bushel. Freights were very low, and for Floor were 3id. to 4d. The Exdlange on London had declined to 1091 and 109. The West India steamer Tay has also arrived, and we have the full particulars of her intelligence. In some of the colonies there was a want of rain, Barbadoes among the number; and in all of them trade was comp'. ratively dull. Tranquillity prevailed among the la hourers, and the Assemblies were proceeding with busi nese, though not always with the desired vigour. Re trenchment was the grand object everywhere, and the introduction of new staples of cultivation was the more favourite idea. There are Australian accounts direct to the 16. b August. At Sydney the commercial markets were better, the supply of soft goods having been diminished by the shipments to California; and there was greater activity in Noel, owing to the favourable reports received out of the result of the February sales in London. The Bank returns appear to show an increase of bullion in the colony during the six months to date. Port Philip was prosperous. The imports last year aznrunted to 1 556,550/., and the exports to 1,830,3681. The Van Dieman's Land accounts, to the beginning of August inclusive, are mainly occupied still with the consideration of the transportation question. Cape of Good Hope advices of October 3 state that the frantier system was working well, and enabled tho police to tracJ out &Influents among the Kafirs, and to check the sale to them of arms and gunpowder. Front Natal we have complaints of the want of improvement in the harbour, and of the inefLiency of the port captain. The excellent monthly trade and navigation returns to the sth ult. have given a further tone to feeling in the City. There has been a very firm market again for Public Securities, and a fair money business has been done. Consols have realised 95a to for Transfer, and 95:1 to for Account. There is much attention paid to the con tinued influx of bullion, the West India steamer this morning bringing 200,000/. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are 951 to and the Three per Cvnts. 941 Bank Stock is at 200 k. Exchequer bills have been 465. to 495., and Lelia Bonds 84s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been dealt in this morn ing to a considerable extent. Spanish Five per Cents. have been fluctuaing more, viz., from lBi to 19k; and the Three per Cents from 381 to 391. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 371 to 33. Brail Bonds have be!ti done at 88, Buenos Ayres at 464, Equador 3, and Grenada at 161 ; Vent viola have b-s-on at 29 to z, and Mexican have ranged from 27 : 1 to 28i. Dutch Tw.--and a-Half Fer Cents. have been 551. The London Stock Evihange Committee have re eolved:—" That shares which shall be publicly bought in shall be delivered not later than ono o'el :ck on the following day; in the event of their non-de'ivery by that time, they may be repurchased for immediate deli• very, without further notice, and the loss, if any, be paid by the party causing such repurchase; and in the event of there being a profit on the transaction, it shall be pail to the Treasurer of the Fund for Decayed Members." This shows a laudable determination on the part of the Committee to repress jobbing in shares, and protect those who do business for real investment. The Railvvay Share Market is still bunyint, though fluctuating, and a large business has been doing. ONE O'CLOCK. iiT. , Wr ' G - .1!!( EB.OF vRITIBII FUNDS TBICES . .fanh Stock 3 ~or Cent. Reduced Anna.-- 91%74 943 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 34%74 95:14 New 3% per Cent. Anu5....... 9 5% % 14 9396 Long, Anus. to expire Jan.l860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 y - earf, Jan. 5, 1860 874 8 3 / 4 'edia Bonds, 1,0004 — Ditto under I,oool ...... Consuls for Account .. 9 5 3 / 436 95 S'xcllequer Bills. l%d. & 2d . _ 1,000/. Juno 49 4 6 p 46 p 5001. Jane Small. June 5O 49 52 49 p 49 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. ?RUINS. rrazilian Bonds B3 88 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.— 46.4 47 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .....• 9 7 1,E 97 93 93 Ditto, 3 per Cent... .... Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Equador Bonds .. 3 334 3 3 / 4 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account ... ............ Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. pani.llls per Cent. 1840 19% 19 19 Ditto, Account Do., Coupons... Ditto, Passive 41 ,8 3V, 3Y s Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto. Account 3 9 1,4 - 38% Venozuola Bonds, 2 per Cent ... 29 1 4 23 29% 30 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. _ Beligan, 4% per Cent. butch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55L% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 8 3 34 % 87 55% 83 PRICES OF PAID . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ItAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen ... 50 Do. Preference ,\ tuber. Nott., Boston, and Es.ste,rn Junction 6 3 / 4 .. i i i l% &yrshire, and Galloway.. 7 1 ,E — Lelfast & County Down 28 ...... .... Berks & Hants Extens. _ --....... .... ... (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and ()x -i-, rd Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 ...... - Binning. Wolverh'ton, and azdley, calls duly pd, cr with guarantee 10 .. ... Do. without guarantee 10 BirnainE,f.,Wolverh'pton, and Stcur Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 20 ...... Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. 55 Ditto, Thirds Suckinghamshire Caledonian 5O 12% 13 12%... 12 Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 - 9 L A3 Di tto,Clydesdale June 50 Uhestor and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... ound a 1 k & Enniskillen 27 1 ,4 ast Anglian, 25/., L. & E. snd L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & IL ... 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 314 .... .'tvt,ern Counties.— ..... 20 Do. New,Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Fitension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/. 133. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 133. 4d... d!a. par Do. North. & Eastern, __ 6 per Cent. .....,... 50 ...... —. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 - Do. New 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Clans C, ditto... 25 . ..„ Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... East Lancashire Ditto, New - ********* ".... mow Ditto, New Quarters 61A•••••• ••• ... -- Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 61 4 •—•••— East Lincolnshir® ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 29% ih ... ... 2 ,, Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. ..... .. ...... ..../2 Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 ..... Exoter.Yeovil, is Dorch. 2 5 , a Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. G:lsgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kihnstr ,& Ayr 50 ..... . Do.Preferenee Consol. Great Northern .. . Do., Py. 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 4 Do., l' B 6 per Cent. 7% 4% .. 4 1 % ... . ... . Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. I 0 —...... BA;'/iii4 8 4 'rent South. and West_ ( Ireland) reat North of England.loo ...-226 ..... Ditto, Now, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New,lsl l5 Groat Western, ....... lOO ......62 62;6 GO% 62 61 ~, Ditto, 14 Shares 5O ...... 28 28% Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ...... ...... 20 Ditto. New 171........ 15 Hull and Selby .. ...... .50 .. 95% Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 47 ..... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .... Ditto, Thirds Lancazihire & Yorkshireloo ..... Do. do. M. B. 84 D... 93 Ditto, ditto , Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 49 ..... 29 29% ...... .. 29% Do. Quarters ........ 23% 13%% ...«.••.•• 13% Do. Fifths.— ........ ... 10 Do. Thirds ... 1614..... Do. New Guaranteed 6 rer Cent.. .. ...... 10 ...... ...... Do. Livcrp. and Bury 49 ...... Ditto ..(iiudiersfield and Shoff) Co. ( W. Riding Union) 10 .. -- •• •• . — Do. (Preston & Wyro) 25 Do. 1 ,/, Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Think ...... 60 Do., Prefer., G per Ct. :3% .... 2 r , o. , do. tio. 2 5 Do., do. .....No. 3 5 Do., Pro f . Quar., 1818 9 - •• • IMINIIII Livcrpool, Croeby and _ _ South; ort _ 10 Loudon & Black w-a.11...111. 63. 3d 3 3 /4 ... London, Brighton, end South Coast... ..... 100 ...... 82 1 4% 81 1 A, Do., New 51. ' guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 l3O 131% .. .... . 131% Do.Guar:Ant. 6 per ct.. 9 .._ ... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 - Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .. ... 55 Lendon an ;I Grcenwich 12/15s V... ... ..... atto, PrJer ,,, . .. . 20 lA nth , n and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fit 5.:..... Do. 40/.slores(L. 5 , 0 35 - - Do. 10Z. (M. - & , B.) C. 1 I ond. ys S. IN , .Jtc.rti ..... 50.. ... 32 ... 32 Ditto, New LOT. „,,,. Do. New 401...... .. i'.4 - — Do., New Scrip, 184 F, Pref. 7 per Cent. .. 5 Loniionderry&Colerain 25 Do. 14 Shares.-- 5 Londorvierry and Emit Do. l A ';, Shares - Loweitcll gua , -. 4 per et SO ...... Ditto (6 prr et.) V l zinth..4tcr,l3u -, ..ton,and i1.ati,....;735... Sh io d, an! Lincoln&lir/ .:100 Do. Quarter (No. 1) 2i Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 ( T.ro. 3) 12',4 Do. New 1.1. Frei-- 10 .„ Gt. ('• 50 Ditto ditto •••••" ....... 1)U - to k!:tto .... Dia?. Shoal Cld and Linc01nFhir0.......... 25 . ..• Do., Griinz,by D0 , ±... Do., Llaachestor and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s .. 53 51% 52 52 Do. Uonfiol ated Pref.loo Do.. do., Si!. 811 a re 3 30 ... IA ...... Do. and Darby 100 Do. Ccnsol. Bristol and C , per ct. ~.100 Ditto, Brest. Lei (3 loestr. 42 Ditto ditto is... Do.,Erew ::_thVal.,Pref. 5U Ditto, Lui',est.4 . - , rangton, ZIA per ct.guar.Wo Midland Ureat Western Irish ........... ........ r.)O 71Iid4ilesbro' and Redc;:r, 6 per cent. Nel. castle V.lld arli 100 Do. Qutrtor.s Nywinurliet Do. Extension : , :ewport, Abergaveany, _ . . . • 441(.1 iieroford — ' 6 •••••• N•3wry.- ar.d Enillskilieu 7 Nf,wry, \V arronpoint„ en •:: 11ostri.vcr •• '2O - •• 00000000 •• • • = me Norfolk .... 100 Do. New 20Z. .. . l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 - Do. Guaranteed 5 t,-,, pc. 5 1)o, do. Waveney V al. 2 ...... .. . TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 9th state th3t the English and French fleets were still in the Dar danelles at that date. ITALY. General ROSTOLAN and M. DE CORCELLES left Rome on the 22d for Portici to visit the POPE, pre vious to their return to France. . The Constituzionale of Florence quotes a letter from Rome, of the 21st ult., which says that the Members of the Constituent Assembly who have voted against the dethronement of the POPE are to be in eluded in the amnesty. If this news were confirmed, MAMIA.NI would in that case be allowed to return to Rome. The Tuscan Monitore of the 231 ult. publishes a list of 43 inAiduals excluded from the amnesty, as being under prosecution before the criminal tri bunal of Florence. Among them we find GUERRAZZI, MONTANELLI, MAZZONI, MARMOCCAI, ADAM FRAN• CIIINI, MORDINI, ROMANELLI, VANNUCCI, AOLMARI, and Professor VANNINI. The same journal of the 24th publishes a second list of 38 individuals, also excluded from the amnesty, on account of the prosecution against them before the tribunal of Pistols. nijors PETnAccnt and GUARDUCCI are of the number. The Piedtnontese Gazette of the 27th ult. publishes a circular of the Minister of Public Works of Pied mont, N. PALEOCAPA, addressed to the Corps of Engineers, recommending them to join in support of the Government at the next elections. The Minister repeats the assurance that the Government sincerely intends to uphold the liberties of the nation. - - - THE WELSH CHURCH. TO HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. MY LORD,—As it has been announced through the public papers that the consecration of a new Bishop ' of Llandaff is to take place shortly, and as it is be lieval that the appointment of another Englishman to a Welsh see has been effected through your Grace's influence with the Prime Minister against his own convictions of right, and the representations and entreaties of all those who were best acquainted with the overpowering increase of Dissent in the princi pality in consequence of the evils resulting from the never-ending succession of English bishops who have for near two centuries been appointed to Welsh sees. I venture to appeal to your Grace as Primate, to exert your prerogative, and to ascertain through com petent Welsh scholars whether Dr. 011ivant is able to read, to write, and to speak the language of the natives of the diocese of Lland iif in such a manner as will enable him to command their respect and ad miration instead of their ridicule and contempt. Your Grace must be aware that understanding a language, and being able to make use of it to make others understand, are two very different powers, and your Grace will pardon me for assuring you that although it has been distinctly announced, privately and publicly, that Dr. 011ivant is master of the Welsh language, it is not believed by a large majo rity in Wales. He first came into the principality when of mature age, and commenced at St. David's College about 1827. He became sinecure rector of Llangeler about 1828. He afterwards learned suffi cient Welsh to enable him, in those days of easy qualification ' to become vicar of Llangeler; this living was vacated on obtaining the still more valuable one of Kerry, in Montgomeryshire, in 1836. He has for the last six years resided at Cambridge as Regius Professor of Divinity, and there is a strong impression that he is no more qualified to perform the duties of a Welsh bishop in Welsh, to the edification of his hearers, than the Archbishop of York would be to preach French, in Notre Dame, for the benefit of the Parisians! I beseech your Grace, in the name of my countrymen, to have the Welsh qualification of Dr. 011ivant tested by competent Welsh scholars, and also by men who will not be dependent for preferment on their diocesans afterwards ; who are neither venal ecclesiastics or poor starving Welsh curates, who must say what is pleasing to higher powers or want bread. There may possibly be three or four good Welsh scholars to be found in the principality, who are in possesiion of competent preferment, and who can afford to speak the truth; there are many, also, who re member Dr. 011ivant's amount of Welsh acquirement when he left Wales some years ago, and who may now be in sufficiently independent circumstances to ven ture to pronounce truly upon the amount of improve ment which has taken place since his departure from the principality, and years of residence at Cambridge. That your Grace may be induced to seek out a jury of qualified and independent persons to ascertain the truth, for the benefit of the Welsh public, before, you sanction the consecration of another Bishop of Llandaff, is the prayer of your Grace's Obedient and humble servant, A DEVOTED WELSH CHURCHMAN. P.S. Your Grace well knows that if you reject this respectful entreaty, and consecrate a man who, however excellent and respectable, does not possess the most essential qualification for a Welsh bishop in any degree to justify his appointment, that still you will not be the first Archbishop of Canterbury who has inflicted on Wales English bishops ; but as it may be interesting to give a proof of the an ti qu it y o f this grievous injustice, I will add the following extract from the petitions of the Welsh Princes in the time of Henry 111., addressed to the Pope, in which are these words :—" And first the Archbishop of Canterbury, as a matter of course, sends us English bishops, ignorant of the manners and language of our land, who cannot preach the word of God to the people, nor receive their confessions but through interpreters. And besides these bishops they send us from Eng land, as they neither love us nor our land, but rather persecute and oppress us —seek not the welfare of our souls—their ambition is to rule over us and not to benefit us. . . . . And with one voice we implore you to liberate your children from the oppression they have endured from the three last bishops that have been placed at St. David's in con sequence of the subjection of that see to Canterbury, for before the time of the three last bishops, St. David's was the seat of an Archbishop of all Wales, who," &c. &c.—Extract from Petition of Welsh Princes to the Pope, presented by Giraldus Cam brensis in the time of Henry 111. Nov. 30, 1849. The appeal of Mr. Gorham against the Bishop of Exeter from the Court of Arches has been summoned for hearing before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the 11th inst. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishop of London, will attend the hearing as Privy Councillors ; and all the members of the Judicial Committee are expected to be present on this occasion. _ DEATH or THE REV. JAMES ROGER OF DENINO.— Mr. Roger, Minister of the parish of Dmino, near St. Andrews—a man remarkable for peculiar abilities, as well as for some peculiar manners and qualities—died at his manse on the night of the 231 ult., in the eighty third year of his age.—Sceisman. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE Ray. PHILIP STRONG.— The very sudden decease of the eh - we reverend gentle. man took place at Myland Rectory, on Wednesday night, under the following circumstances :—The de ceased had enjoyed his accustomed health during the day, and, on his return from a visit to the town, per. took of his dinner as usual ; when the hour of family prayer arrived the household assembled, and the reverend gentleman proceeded to perform the custo mary devotional duties, but while in the act of utter ing the words, " Our Father," suddenly fell Eack wards, and did not breathe more than three or four times afterwards. Rogues in rags are kept in countenance by rogues in ruffles.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE. —On S.lturday evening Mr. H. M. Wakley hf ld an in quest at the Brown Bear, Broad-steet, Bloomsbury, on William Martin, aged 60, who had been a respectable tradesman and an overseer, but, in consequence of altered circumstances, was lately compelled to take shelter in tie crowded lodging.house, 26, Great Wild-street, Drury-lane, which was burned down a few days since, and in which fire the deceased perished. Joseph Gerard, fireman of the London Fire Brigade, stated that the fire, the origin of which was unknown, broke out at five on Wednesday evening, and was extinguished at nine o'clock, when he found deceased lying dead on the floor of the second-floor front room. Ellen Smith, servant of Mr Sullivan, the proprietor of the house, said that there were 36 beds in the house, and that between 40 and 50 slept there. When the fire broke out deceased was confined to bed by rheumatic fever. The fire destroyed deceased's room. Other witnesses proved that the fire originated in the rear of the house, and that several of the poor lodgers sustained great loss by the fire. One of them, named O'Mara, saved his life by jumping out of the window. Verdict—" Deceased's death was caused by the fire, but there was no evidence to prove how the fire originated." The situation of Collector of the Customs at Sierra Leone, recently become vacant by the decease of Mr. Logan Hook, will be filled up by eclection from the list of redundant officers whose services have been discon tinued on the abrogation of the imperial duties in the West Indian and Norkll American Colonies. Northern Counties - Union 4 ----- North Britizli 25 ..... 11%....... ..... 11% Ditto, Halves .. 12 1 4 MO luart,r -', C..., -. 3 e, i / —4 Ditto: Ditto Preference - s'gorth Staffordshire ... 17' 1 ...... Bi,, 1 5 North Wales . Not th-Wetern . 1634 — ..„ ..„ ._.'xird, Worcester, and Wolverhampton . 50 R(ading, Guildford, and ltelgate Uoyston and iiitchin ... 4 , A.. ... 4 7 / 4 Scotti-a Central - Scottish Midland Ditto, New - 3brewsbury and Bir:a... 12 Ditto . ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and ilerefd• 5 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18 1 / 2 —. L.:. Ditto New - Do. 8 per Cont. Pref. 10 .... . . .._ _ . . i3hrup.thile Union 3eutif Devon - Do. Prole:cue° Eolith Staffordshire Bq 4 , A, ...... ......... 4% 7.:cuth Eastora ...• 33% 203,i I/ 4 1 h 20 ... 20 Do., N 0.2. - •• ....... •• •• • - Do., No. 3 ....,... ..,... 30 Do., Regieicrod No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Watie3 South liorksilire, Don caster, and Goole l2 — Shlfflield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% ••• OM= Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 •••••• Swans. & Louglior & nieron'.s Sur,. C0a1.... 7 =OM Can V le Extension ... 8 r a 111,3 Haven Dock _ _ and R2Alway ',Tale, of Noath aterforti and Ki ikenny 20 Waterf9rd and I,i al crick 47;n Wdterld,Wxfid,lVialw alid Düblin Wear Valley t; per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. ... Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... ..... Nest Cornwall ffhitehaven us Furne 6 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Westcrn ..... ... 11 ...... ....... Wiltt,Somers,:t,& Wey mouth .. ...... ... 45 York, Newci:stle, and Berwick. .... . .4, 25 Do. Nmcastlo .Exten. 20 De. G.N.E.Preforonce 8 ... 43% 4 ... ... 4 Do. Hartlepool Dock End Railway lOO ...... York and North Midland 50 ...... 19%14 1 4 l9 DA,t, Preferenc; ...... 10 FOREIGN RAIL WA Yb. A.nglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5% Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of Franca (Or- leans and Vferzon),.. 20 Demerara ...... ...... ...... 17 1 / 2 Dutch Rheni6h ..... •••. 8 ••• •• "a. East Indian ......• 3 l‘ — •• Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... ...... 10s. Louvain ila Sambre ... 7 1 / 2 Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Northern of France ~.... 141. 85... dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 3,4 1 / 2 3 lig Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... .. Paris and Rouen 2O ••• el.• - •• • • - Paris and Stmsbourg ... 12 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... 9% 9 1,4 Sambre and Men:e ...... 20 ... .. 2'30( 3 2% Strasbourg and Basle... 14 Tours and Nantcl l3 ...... 4 Tournay, Jurbizo, Lan- den, and 'loosen 20 West Flanders tW 4 • --- giNES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com— 15 Australian Bassora Range ... . ... 28s. Biaenarvcn Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... -- ..... British Iron .. . l2 .•„•• Brazilian Imperial ...... 24!4 — BrazilianCotaeQ&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... ex.div — x.d Care Copper General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba United Mexican 284, JOINT STOCK BA.NKS. Australasia , 4O - ... 00000 ...., ••• British North American 50 Colonial ommercial of London 20 London Joint Stock...". 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 3.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E. to E.N.E., moderate breeze, and dull hazy weather, with rain at times.—The Admiral Nelson, of Jersey, from Buenos Ayres to London, short of provisions, and having pumped up a quantity of tallow, Stc., inteEded to call at Pernambuco, was passed 18th ult., in lat. 12 S., lon. 35 W., by the Choice, arrived in the Downs. Brits Ton, DEC, I.—The Alpha, for Swansea, was in contact with the Sabrina steamer, from Cori. and ; e ceived damage. Arrd. 2d, Victory, Kent, Queued. G UERNSEY, Nov. 30.—Tho sloop Diana, hence to Jersey, was wrecked yesterday at St. Peter's Point. Crew and passengers saved. DuNnan, Nov. 30.—The Argo, of and from SteM n, for B ird; aux, was abandoned, 25th inst., lat. 57, long. 2 E, waterlogged; crew saved. BERWICK, DEC. I.—The sloop William, of North Shields, was towed in to-day leaky; will discharge a..d DUNGARVON.—The Jones, of Nawport, is aground at Ballingoal, and should the weather continue bad may become a wreck. FRASERBURG.—The Victory, Arch%ngel to London, stranded at the back of the South Quay, has been got off, much damaged; most of her cargo will be saved. YOUGIIAL, Nov. 30.—The Victoria, of and for Cork, was driven on shore in Ballycotton Bay, on the 28th inst; crew saved. FALMOUVI, DEC. I.—Wind S.W. fresh; 2d, W.S.W. —Arrd. Hendrick Wiegeland, Havaldsen, Porto Plata; Margaret, Davey, Charb.s . .own, for Liverpool ; Mary Jane, Charns, Labrador. Off Port—Rachel, Brown, Colombo, sustained considerable damage off the Cape of Good Hope; Quintiu, Leith; Potter, Sydney, Ne v South Wales. DEAL, DEC. L —Wind N.W., 'moderate; 2d, S.W. to S.S.W., very strong.—Arrd. Caroline, Nesmeth; Heather, New Orleans ; Wolga, Gode, Ncw York, for P.msterdam ; Coromandel, Armand, China; Favourite, Lusk, Moulmein; Mary Muir, Millman, Singapre; Candahar, Goss, ditto; Hendrick Hudson, Pratt, Now York; Neptune, Turnbull, Quebec; Britannia, Moodie, ditto; British Merchant, Anderson, ditto; Loyal Briton, Pearson, ditto; John Bull, Dollen, ditto; Heroine, ditto; Richard Cobden, ditto. Sid. Clyde steamer, We ladies. A )rd. 21, Averon, Calcutta. Aml. from the River, and dr l ., Br:yna, New Orh - ans ; Southampton, New Yo'k 511. Thomas Chadwick, Adelaide,South Australia. 'OUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2.—Wind S.—Arrd. Toy steam r, St. Thomas, sld. 11'h ult , and Fayal, 26th ult., OFF WEYMOUTH, DEC, I.—Howard, Bowen, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgb. PENZANCE, DEC. N.W. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Triton, Scooy, Richibucto, and sailcd for Southampton. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. I.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Eleanor, Brock, Callao, for Leith; Gazelle, Miller, Demerara, for Workington; Cossack, Bradshaw, Manzanillo; Princess Victoria, M Gawn, Sr. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Adviccs from Dantec and Odessa state that a mode rate business was tte.nsaeted in Wheat, at drooping prices. In the near continental ports, very few pur chases of either Grain or Flour have been effected on English account. The American markets have ruled very dull. The leading provincial markets held on Saturday were heavy for Wheat, as well as most kinds of Spring Corn, at reduced currencies. Coastwise, the arrivals of English Grain up to our market last week were small. From abroad we received 23,400 quarters of W heat, 32,925 ditto of Barley, 51,654 ditto of Oats, 1,368 ditto of Beans, 6,629 ditto of Peas, 188 ditto of Tares, 5,837 ditto of Linseed, 30 ditto of Rape seed, 94 ditto of Mustard Seed, 400 ditto of sun dry seeds, 1,774 berrels; and 4,708 sacksof Flour. Fresh up this morning, coastwise and by land carriage, a fair average quantity of Wheat came to hand from Essex, hut owing to the humid state of the atmosphere its con dition was by no means first-rate. From Kent the re ceipts were very moderate. The supply from Lincoln shire, Cambridgeshire, &e., was trifling. The attendance of buyers being small, and the pressure of foreign sup plies being great, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was excessively heavy at a fall in the currencies paid on this day sen'night of from is to 2s per quarter, without effecting a clearance. The market elored dull in the extreme. The show of free foreign Wheat was larger than for some time past. As the millers were not disposed to get into stock while the foreign supplies of Flour continue to be brought for ward so extensively as at present, very few transactions took place in Foreign Wheat, the prices of which gave way from is to 2s per quarter. Floating cargoes were offering freely, at the above decline. Tho business transacted, however, was trifling. The supply of English Barley was very moderate—that of Foreign large, and considerably in excess of the wants of the dealers. For all kinds the trade was heavy, and the currencies gave way is to 25 per quarter. Althengh the quantity of Malt on show was not to say extensive, the demand for that article was heavy, and prices gave way is per quarter. Very fine home-grown Oats were on offsr, but the supply of Foreign was unusually large. All kinds were heavy, and 1s per quarter lower than on Monday last. We were fairly supplied with Beans, in which very little business was doing, on somewhat lower terms. White Pews were is per quarter cheaper than last week. All other qualities were easier to purchase. The best Flour was mostly held at previous rates. In ferior kinds had a downward tendency. Indigo Corn and Meal nominal. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Rent, , Malt—Chevalier— • 58s lo 595 ReCI, New.... 38s to 453 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 40s 505 Lincolnskt., Feed. 153 1711 Norfolk and Lin- Potato •• lis 23s coin, 1ied..... 393 43s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • • 41s 465 Black . ...... 14s 16s !rich, 8ed........ 38s Us Cork, White ... .• 15s 17s Ditto,White.... • • 405 445 Scotch, Feed. .. • • 18s 2ls Rye—Old ............ 245 25s Beans—Tick ....• .... 27s 33s New. •••••• • • • • • • 24s 253 Pigeons .... 31s 39a Barlcy—Crinding . .... 22s 25s Peas—Grey .......... 285 295 Malting ...•• • • • • 255 27s Maple. ... • .... 2`s 31 Chevalier ...• •• • 27s 30s White............ 30s 315 halt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ....• •• • • 295 335 f o r, .......... 53s 56s Flour—Town-rnade..• 358 405 Mown .•• • • • ..... 44s 475 Suffolk •••••• •• • • 3es 33 5 Kingstonand Ware 555 57s Stocktn & Norfolk 305 33 5 SEED. Canary Seed is in moderate request, at fully last week's quotations. Clover and Linseed are held at full prices. Most other Se( ds are a dull sale, at barely late rates. Up to the 24'h ult. duty was paid on 135,521 cwts of Clover Seed, aginst 96,405 ditto during the cor responding period last year. The stock in bond on the sth ult. was 46,512 cwts. Carrat•ay • . •• ••• • .. 29s 34s Coriander 16s 224 llempseed, per quarter 32s 35s Linseed, Eng. -,uwing.. 54s 56s Crushing .... •• • • 40s 43s Baltic ••••.. • • .. 384 44s Odessa .. • ..... 42s 4Gs Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— .. • • . 91 Os 101 Os Turnip,White, per bush. les to 11 Red and Green.. • • lOs Mustard, 8r0wn.... . 95 12s White •••• • • .. Gs I's Tares, New Winter.. 5s C(1 5s 6(1 Old •••• • • . • .... •• 45 ss: Canary, per quarter .. 78s 88a Rye grass.. •... •• •• • . 20s 24s Clover, Red Ens . (cwt.) 355 50a White •• 3 4 .5 425 Foreign lied...—. 30s 40s White.... 26s 42e Trefoil .............. 145 18b, SThIITIFXELD. A further increase has taken place in the importa tions of foreign stock into London. During last week they amounted to not less than 5,743 head, against 3,898 in the corresponding period in 1847, and 2,321 ditto in 1848. Amongst the arrivals were 17 Sheep from Oporto. The general quality of the stock has somewhat im proved. Foreign, per ton 610 s 81 Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 41 100 Rapeseed, 1S ew, pr Ist 2810 s 29110 a From Ostend Antwerp Irremen .. 57 ... Nicu Diep Harlingen Amsterdam 5O ... 797 ... ... 9 Rotterdam IMPORTS LNTO LONDON IN TIIE PAST WEEK* Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 203 ... - ... 16 - .. ... 60 Total 907 ~. 4,5?5 235 .. 76 Corresponding v•aek in 1843 563 ... 1,617 ... 111 ... Same week in 1847........ 666 .. 3,0"39 ... 133 ... At the outports 2,200 head of stock have been received and 17 oxen have arrived by sea from Ireland for this market. The number of foreign Beasts and Sheep on: offer in to-day's market was seasonably extensive, but. tl.at of calves was limited. All descriptions were very dud in sale. Fresh up this morning the arrivals of home fed beasts were on the increase, and of fair average quality. Tho weather being very unfavourable for slaughtering, the attendance of buyers was small, and the dead markets heavily supplied. The Beef trade was in a very depressed state at Friday's decline in the quotations of 2d. per Sibs., and a total clearance war not effected. The highest figure for the host Scots was 3s. 10d. per Sibs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire. and Northamptonshire, we received 2,400 short horns; from the eastern, western, and midland counties, 600 Herefords, Runts, Devons, Foots, &c. ; and from other parts of England, 500 of various kinds, The remainder of the Bullock supply was derived from abroad end the neighbourhood of London.. There was a further increase in the supply of Sheep.. For all kinds the demand ruled heavy, and prices w( re quite 2d per Blbs beneath those obtained on Monday 1.1.5 t. 'The top quotation for old Downs was 4s per albs. Although the supply of Calves was limited, the trade for Veal ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Pigs, the number of which was limited, moved off slowly at late rates. Per Sibs. to s . S. d. to s. d, Inferior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 Second quality 210 3 2 Prime larze Oxen •• 3 4 3 6 Prime Scots •• .• .• 3 8 3 10 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 ['rime =all ditto .. 3 8 3 10 uclalat, Calves ..13 0 27 0 ink the offal. Inferior Sheep .. .2 10 3 0 8. d. to s.d. Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 4 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 6 3 8 Southdown Nether 3 10 4 0 Ditto tut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs •. •• .. 3 _4 3 8 Smnil koikers .... 310 4 2 Quartn old Pigs .07 0 22 0 Lambs .... •7.... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET, Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 27,170 I 137 225 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I rigs. 690 2,720 73 NE WG21112 AND LEAD ENZE AL L. Since our last report our markets have been heavily supplied with both town and country killed meat. Owing to the change in the weather the general demand its heavy, and price; have a downward tendency. About 1,800 carcasses of foreign meat have been on sale. The arrivals from the provinces have exceeded 12,000 carcasses. 4,567 At per stone by the Carcase. s d. to s. d. I S. d. 03. d. ileef,inferlor • ..• .. 2 4 2 6 j Mutton, Inferior .. 2 6 2 8 - middling .... 2 8 210 middling •.2 10 a 4 - prime largo .. 3 0 3 2 prime ••• • 3 6 3 8 - prime Tmall 3 4 3 6 Dark, large•• •••• • • 3 4 3 8 3 2 310 -- small. • •• 310 4 0 1102..0UG1E AND SPITAIMIELIDS. Notwithstanding that the arrivals of Potatoes coast wise have been on an extensive scalo—viz., 3,800 tons, in addition to nearly 800 tons by railway conveyance, as well as an immense importation from abroad, the best qualities have sold somewhat freely since our last report, and prices have had an upward tendency. In the mid dling and inferior kinds more business has been trans acted, and our quotations are with difficulty supported. The foreign supplies have amounted to 284 tons from Dunkii k, 140 ditto from Louvain, 85 ditto from Bruges, 88 bags 228 tons from Ghent, 185 tons from Carais, 170 bags from Bordeaux, 807 tons 805 baskets from Rotter dam, 263 tons 687 bags from Antwerp. 225 tons from Hamburgh, 12 bags from Liarlengin, and 45 tons from Caen. Per Ton. York. Regents 95s to 110 s Per Ten. Kent Kidneys 7os to 85s Essex Regents —s to —s Ditto Shan's —s to s Ditto Kidneys —s to French Whites 6os to 70s Belgian ditto sss to 65s Dutch ditto German ditto Ditto ShiCws ... —s to —s Scotch Reds ... 50s to 65s Ditto mio.Cups 458 to 65s Ditto Buffs ... 50s to 6's Lincolmilegents. 7,3 s to 90e Wisbeach ditto 60s to 75s Newcastle ditto Os to Eos Common Whites —s to s WO Or+ . Public sales of about 20,000 bales of, mostly, colonial W 95 on command on Thursday. Up to the present time the whole of the parcels submitted to the hammer have sold at, in most instances, an advance in the quo tations of ld per lb. The attendance of buyers has been large. In the private market a good business is doing in English wools, the prices of which have an up ward tendency. The imports last week amot.nted to 53 bales from Trieste, 24 ditto from the Cape, 14 from Madras, 64 from St. Pttersburgh, 632 from Algoa Bay, 1,280 from Swan River, 829 from Odessa, 47 from Mogador, 76 from Hamburgh, 600 from Port Elizabeth, and 965 from Eupatoria. ZOROUGH EOP MARKET. Fine Hops of the present year's growth are scarce, and support last week's prices. Otherwise the demand is in a very sluggish state. The brewers purchase cau tiously. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 6l lOs to 131; New Weald of Kent ditto, 6/ 5s to 81 ss; New Sussex ditto, 51 15s to 71; Farnhams, 11/ Ila to 131; Yearling Kents, 3/ to 41 12s; Yearling Sussex, 2/ 8s to 31 17e; Old Hops, 1/ to 41 per cwt. TALLOW. Notwithstanding the heavy stock of foreign Tallow, upwards of 44,000 casks, and the delivery last week did not exceed 2,906, casks, our market is active, and prices are quite is per cwt higher than on Monday lest. To- to grc 3 1 ! i g;tiOs " hOr sto re th ey 0 Partje3 Hi s thi, e 1 : 11 11i s ( h eard fo r sp. Itx otir i T di r „ tin al ly 1 ,, the t ke u t i [ h at 4 lati Th e , th e first cox 0 T h e 6 e ri u , Pieci t o thCol' ~~irn~ t ~ . 1-~ ~r ,- Prici Li u( 4U ni9ri Inurr untie: chart Th Mr. 1 of ILL Th Th; I, ord s Kull, cake 410 r1Ai VI4 .~ ~+`~ r