The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-04 00:00:00

Large Svo., price Is. I;d., with Map, SUPPLY of WATER to the TNIE-fROPOLIS. A. Proposal for the Improved Drainage of the Metropolis, and an Improved supply of Water to its Inhabitants ; addrelsed to the Sewers' Commission. By J. BAILEY DENTON., Gray's Inn. W. P. Metehim, 20, Parliament . street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. E. Webster, 6ele Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, entitie 1 THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; Mze W. Clitlard, Miss lleynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. After which a new Farce entitled THE LAUGHING HYENA. To be followed by the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. Mr. Pennipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipother, Mrs. Keeley ; Jane Itriggs, Miss P. Horton. To conclude with the comic drama of TEE JACOBITE. On Monday, Dec. 10, Mr. and Mrs. KEAN will make their appear ance in the Play of the WIFE'S SECRET. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATKIL ROYAL. ADELPILI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TII F 8 EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes , Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be Slollowed 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. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Iliglibury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twlnks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrla. Bole Lessee, Mr. Charles Maihe we. THIS EVENING, Will be perfor,ned RAISING THE WIND. To be followed by DELICATE GROUND. After which lIE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. To conclude with a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. D eec Boxes 5 •.: Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2e. ; winery. Is., NO halt-price to any part of the house. Alt applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. TIiKAT. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. EVENING. WM be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES TUE SE COND. After which. A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with a new comic drama, entitled THE LIFE GUARDSMAN. ASTLE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the demise of the Queen Dowager, Mr. B Tri'S BENEFIT, advertised for Last Evening (Monday), will take place THIS EVENING, Tue day, December 4, 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 :—Yoeng Ilernandez, the grace ml American Equestrian ; Mr. Pablo Fanque, with his matchless black Mare Beda ; anl Mons. Benoit Tourtiaire, and his highly. trained Steed of the Menage. The performances will commence with T. E BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Concluding with a doutle routine of Equestrian Novelties. Box-office open from Eleven till Foi.r. -tape Manacer, Mr. W. West. t A . 11.:61{ A'l' LOIN DUN BIILDUE. Tuii DAY —Morning, 33 rain. after 4 Evening. 0 min. after 5 To-31°11110w - °rime, 25 min. after 5 E Evening, 53 min. after 5 WEATHER.—Sox OFFICE, DEC. 4. THERMOMETER, LOWO3t, 31; Highest, 38; Noon, 35, 13AROMETEll, 29.58. WIND N.N.E.—clear fine weather. etOld !-21t11". L )NDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1849. Flogging is one of those brutal and degrading punishments against which we have on different oc casions animadverted. It cannot be forgotten by those who are familiar with our principles, in what language we commented some time back upon the notorious case at Hounslow—language which we endeavoured to render expressive at once of our pro- found disgust and unutterable indignation. More recently, within the last few months, we have had lamentable reason to execrate the revival of this atro cious custom by the savage Government of Austria, through its ruthless and ruffianly emissaries. Our abhorrence has been responded to by the shudder of loathing, with which the name of the infamous HATNAu has been reeeived throughout the United Kingdom. Men have sickened at the recital of the barbarities inflicted upon venerable dames, upon young virgins, and upon gentle matrons by order of that most execrable Monster. It has been with a brow blushing for humanity, and with'a heart swelling from its emotions of dismay, that we have perused the account of the dastardly cruelties perpetrated by the German Hangman towards the defenceless women of Hungary. We have felt bumbled at this general abasement of our nature consequent on the criminal proceedings of men now wreaking their vengeance upon The unfortunate Magyars. We have been ready to weep at the narrative of those sufferings and humiliations which have fallen upon the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the Hungarians, in the midst of the ruin of their country, the conflagra tion of their homes, and the slaughter of their best beloved! Yet, a hile branding the evil reputation of HAYNAU with our abhorrence, the thought has scarcely recurred to us that at our elbow there are brothers in spirit of that dete table ruler—individuals not ashamed to applaud the employment of the lash upon the backs of females ! Cheek by jowl with this indignation against the sanguinary Au3trian, there is, nevertheless, existing not a latent but an open and flagrant admiration of his atrocities. It will scarcely be credited that such dispositions as these can be nurtured in this our England—yet it is so, and more than that, the flogging of females is not only applauded and advocated, but is absolutely practised in London ! It may be asked with some incredulity where these wretched and unmanly pro ceedings are permitted in a metropolis which has recently rung with yells of loathing against HaYsiol and his myrmidons ? We answer with more feelings of disgust than we have words to articulate, that these things have taken place within the last two months in the capital of England, and (what renders the matter yet more deplorable) in a charitable . in stitution ! After the above announcement particulars are of course absolutely essential to substantiate a statement calculated to prove so repulsive and incredible to the community. In another column will ba found a letter addressed to ourselves by one of the guardians of the eleemosynary establishment to which we have alluded, in which communication it will be observed that direct reference is made to the subject of our aninaad _ versions, Now that matters have become public, inquiry proveir.to be imperatively necessary. When young females, almost marriageable, are shamefully l subjectld to such treatment, it is time that the public shun" ld intorposefor the prevention of such practices, • and-ultesiorly for the suppression of such a disgusting • systim '6f ":punishment. Here, at the Caledonian Asylum, girls .pf twelve or fourteen, for acts alto gether apart from their own volition, are stripped and flogged! And the proceeding, so far from being unanimously reprobated by the guardians of the in stitUtipn, is 'approved of and even eulogized by one Mr. HECTOR ROSE and by the Reverend Doctor CUMMING. We regret to observe, moreover, among the persons who sanctioned this detestable mode of punishment one rf the members of her MAJESTY'S Government, the Right Hon. the Secretary. at-War ! Young girls, be it remembered, of an age nearly marriageable, for an accident magnified by a cruel and perverse brutality into an offence, have been flogged, at the Caledonian Asylum, in a state of nudity ! Is this just ? Is this manly ? .Is .this decent ? Yet it takes place in Eng land ! and •is applauded by English gentle-men 'and by the Reverend Dr. CUMMING I I What is the written opinion of Tnosias WAKLEY, the distin• . guished Coroner, when the matter is represented to 'him by one of the guardians ? Mr. WAKLEY Says, upon the occurrence submitted to him for his consideration, " I believe the practice to be too brutal and horrible - to be sanctioned by any Englishman." He says, moreover, in his letter to this guardian :—" lIAYNAU and his demoniacal confederates, I believe, do ap prove of this inhuman system of punishment; but I cannot believe that it is practised in England, and I think you will find, on inquiry, that you have been misiVormed ' That is the opinion of T ....110MAS WAKLEY, the Member for Finsbury and the Coroner for Middlesex. He regards the atrocity as so "brutal and horrible,' that he is incredulous of its having actually been perpetrated in England. Now, what is the comment made upon the event by a man whose genius has rendered him, upon this subject, the very highest authority ? What is the view taken of the punishment by Dr. Eaassins WILSON ? It h equally, if not still more emphatic. He says, in . a letter addressed to one of the guardians of the charity,—" I feel no hesitation in declaring that the flogging of girls while in a state of nudity is, under any circumstances, indecent, immoral, and barbarous" —(the italics are his own)—" and that the punish- , . .421,_EArsv W 1-Peft) • ) 1 A c e . ;, ,: i 4,' :- ' .1' 7 :4; • - , ``, Selt ,. .. ,14 ` Vs ~:t,,_ ~ - • <' ,, t .t-w ' -„ .. DiEe,. -- ~- . ', -,-- 2-,,7-40. --,;;; -,. .2 - .. ',e-ran.•l`l---.: ' 'Nis . THE SUN, meat of flogging for the cause mentioned, namely, for ' an infirmity of nature, in other words for a disease, is in the highest degree cruel and inhuman." In his noble work on " Military Law," Sir CHARLES NA PIER has said (see page 157), " It is to be lamented that those who are so eager to abolish flogging sol diers seem to be indifferent to the disgraceful fact that female criminals may even at this day (1836) be flogged, and stripped to suffer this outrage on humanity and modesty. .No honourable man would behold such an execution, much less sentence the punishment." Those ere the expressions of a noble head and a dauntless, yet gentle heart. Still, against the opinion of Tnomxs WAKLET, against the opinion of ERASMUS WILSON, against the opinion of CHARLES NAPIER—in defiance of justice, reason, humanity, and common decency—Mr. llEcroa ROSE passes an encomium upon the practice of flog ging young females in a state of nudity, and the Reverend Dr. CUMMING pronounces a good whipping to be better than all the moral training in the universe ! We ask our compatriots, the men of England, can such things as these be tolerated ? GOD forbid Yes, GOD forbid that the national character should have so far degenerated as to allow such words, such cruel ties, such indecencies to transpire without eliciting a shout of execration. We call upon the'people, then, to pronounce the destruction of a system of so much barbarity. Let them speak, and it will have disap peared. Our voice shall swell the cry of indignation with which the free men of these islands shall declare the doom of corporal punishment. The proceedings of the French Government with respect to the national currency of France, are emi nently worthy of notice, as indicating the only course consistent with the safety of a country that has so recently been involved in troubles and panics of no ordinary character. It is manifest that if the theories of the currency quacks—of those who believe that the first and most important duty of a Cabinet is to preserve the " integrity of the standard," and to secure, by the most stringent, and, we will add, most unnecessary regulations, the " convertibility of the bank note"—were strictly observed, the greatest difficulties would be encountered, and it is impossible to foresee what might have been the termination of the monetary crisis. These formidable dangers have, howevx, been averted by the simple and obaintes expedient of supplying the deficiency in the circulating medium occasioned by the boarding and concealment of the metallic currency by the issue of inconvertible paper. Ttie resources and assets of the Bank of France were so well known, that no doubt could exist as ter the perfect solvency of the establishment. "Its credit for all domestic purposes was perfect. There was no man in the country who was not willing to take its paper as a means of circulation, and even to give gold for it the moment he was assured that his neighbour would take it from him again. The gold was not wanted to be sent abroad, the state of the foreign exchanges forbade it. There was, therefore, no fear of depreciation of paper. The ne cessity and pressure were purely domestic. What was wanted was something which everybody was disposed to trust as a substitute for what everybody distrusted ; and the paper of the Bank of France answered in such a state of things the purpose as well as gold—it may be said to have done so even better, as being more transmissible, and reaching more readily and rapidly the points where it was wanted.' In fact, its condition was so analogous to that of the Bank of England during the panic of 1825, that we have adopted the very language of the late Lord ASHBURTON, merely substituting the words "Bank of France" for " Bank of England." The parallel was in every respect complete; but the French Ministry, in place of continuing insensible to the state of the nation, and persisting obstinately in a course that must have involved all classes in the most fearful difficulties, and most probably led to new disturbances and produced a civil war, wisely and sagaciously bent to the storm and proclaimed the inconvertibility of the bank•note. Even the most bigoted bullionist was compelled to acknowledge the prudence of the course, and to confess that under the peculiar circumstances of the case it was an act of imperative necessity. The amount of notes thus issued were fixed at 452,000,000 of francs, or 18,080,0001. sterling, tali the auspicious re sults were immediately visible in the re vived confidence and increased activity that followed. There was a gradual but rapid improvement in the national finances; the much-despised "rags and lampblack" were not con tumaciously rejected ; the butcher or the baker did not refuse to accept them in exchange for meat or bread. Strange to say, they were eagerly sought for and even preferred to the silver standard of the country, in consequence of their superior portability and convenience ; and although cash payments were only made for sums not exceeding 2001. sterling, those very inconvertible notes actually commanded a premium in the market where the " assignats," the bugbears of the bullionists, formerly circulated. Lest it may be supposed that these statements are unworthy of credence, we readily give our authority. The Times, the most strenuous and power ful supporter of the bullionists, the unflinch ing advocate of the present monetary code, and of the convertibility of the bank note, admits the fact. In its first leader on the 29th ultimo the fol lowing passage may be found : "It is a remarksb!e circumstance that such is the demand for the paper of the Bank of France that it bears ri,premium in Faris, and that the Bank itself will only make its payments below 5,000 francs in silver. So ' that, in spite of the enormous metallic circulation of :France, there is still a strong demand for the increase of the Bank issues." Under such circumstances it is by no means sur prising that the French Ministry should comply with the general request, and that a Bill should be sub mitted to the National Assembly having for its object the extension of the paper issue 3 of the Bank of France to 525 millions of francs, Or 21,000,0001. sterling. They are not so bigotted to the bullionist fallacies as to involve themselves and the Republic in one common destruction. They think it more desir able to enlarge -the " scanty coverlie alluded to by LoCks,tlian to permit any of the great family placed under their charge, and for whose safety they are responsible, to perish for want of sufficient covering. This wise and judicious determination has of course excited the greatest consternation in the ranks of the -bnllionists in this country. The example thus afforded may haply prove contagious. The British people, when viewing the beneficial results of a paper, currency not convertible into bullion on demand, but which still possesses the " purchas ing power," and is readily received by all parties in the State, because the national credit and the national faith is pledged for its re demption, may chance to inquire why it is tLat we should be prevented from enjoying -similar advan tages. Is it for the gratification of Mr. Jouss LOYD and his Legislative aides• de-camp a Is England still to suffer at their mere will and pleasure ? The result of the French experiment has shown how utterly futile are the fears of the alarmists. The paper issues, so long as they are kept within moderate bounds and judiciously managed, are even preferred "to the silver standard of the country ;" they actually bear "a premium in the market," and even "in spite of the enormous metal lic circulation of France, there is still a strong demand for the increase of the Bank issues." Why, then, should we not adopt a similar expedient ? Must the salutary remedy be reserved for- a period of extreme depression ? Must universal peace be regarded as an evil of no ordinary magni tude, occasioning greater hardships than the most expensive war, because artificial restraints are thus imposed upon the circulating medium—the very life blood of industry—which is rendered inadequate to the wants and exigencies of the country. Our Contemporary protests against the contemplated increase, because it says that "it is evident that if the resumption of cash payments be the object which the French financiers have in view, the extension of the circulation is a step in the wrong direction. The greater the amount of paper in circulation the more difficult will it be to revert to the metallic system." Granted. It will undoubtedly be so, but what necessity is there for the abolition of a system that is fuund to work well and to afford the strongest stimulus to the national industry, and to return to one which creates only dismay and panic, w a n t an d distress, on every side ? If any evils should arise from the intended measure they will not be occasioned by the issuing of inconvertible paper, or by its LONDON crease, so long as it is kept within reasonable limits, but because it is adopted merely as a temporary experiment, and not permanently on a well• defined principle. Our Contemporary acknowledges that, " under the pressure and terror of the times, very large sums have been withdrawn from the circulation by hoards." This is a danger to which a purely metallic or mixed currency is peculiarly liable. The most ancient lawgivers saw that it was one peculiarly to be guarded against. LTCURGUS prohibited the use of gold and silver as money, and substituted iron and leather, as having no intrinsic value compared with the amount it was in tended to represent, a course that was especially commended by PLUTARCH, and which was adopted by PLATO in his scheme for a Model Republic, where the money was to have a value among the members of the state, but no value to the rest of the world. We have seen the mode by which alone it could be counteracted in former times, and although many centuries have since elapsed the tendencies of man• kind are but little changed : each will endeavour to benefit himself at the expense of the community in general, unless some means be adopted to render such a course impossible. Unfortunately, however, we have not a LTCUEGUS or a PLATO at the Exchequer, and Sir CHARLES Woon will still indulge his own vagaries at the expense of the suffering and discon tented multitude. We would fain direct the attention of all those who have at heart the progress and improvement of the people to the very interesting proceedings which took place at the celebration of the anniversary festival of the Lancaster Mechanics' Institution, a report of which, abridged from the Lancaster Guardian of Saturday last, appears in another column. Moro particularly would we commend to the attentive study of all engaged in the great educational move ment that most eloquent, yet most logical, speech with which the Rev. JAMES ASPINALL, the rector of Althorpe, favoured the meeting on that occasion. Never have " the universities of the people," as he most happily denominates mechanics' institutions, had a more eloquent, a more persuasive, or a more convincing advocate than the Rev. JAMES ASPINALL, who has shown himself the worthy successor of BIRYBECIC. It— is - grati fying to those who have from the beginning "fought the good fight" in the cause of popular editcation to see, at such meetings as this in Lancaster, the great ones of the land expressing an anxiety to be known as the active friends and supporters ;of this righteous cause--it is an additional proof of the immense pro gress that has been made within the course of the last twenty years; much, however, yet remains to be dune, and the friends of progress must not bate one jot or tittle in their exertions. To quote the words of the Rev. Jamas IsrlsraLL, their cry must still be " Forward !" T.HE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The Paris journals of yesterday have been received. The Sieele contains the following announcement : "A Cabinet Council was held on the 20th November, a►t-the Ely she, to consider the Roman question. This same day England had remitted a note, by which she pronounces for the right of the Roman people to choose and regulate the form of their government." The Siiele then goes on to state that the British Cabinet had decided to support the PRESIDUNT in carrying out his policy with regard to Roman affairs, as explained in his letter to M. EDGAR NET, provided the PRESIDENT, on his part, will act with England in the affair of Turkey and the Hungarian refugees. The Democratic Pocifique, in speaking of the recent escapade of Mr. Consul DILLON at the Sandwich Islands, says— " The French squadron has just taken, without re sistance, the fort of Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands. The principal object of this expedition was to uphold in their disobedience .GI the authorities of the local Government the Catholic missionaries, the Able MaucuaL, the Abbe CAUDEL, &c., which renders this expedition against a people who are incapable of offering us any resistance a parody of the Roman expedition." The Patric announces that the President of the Assembly will on the 9th give a grand dinner to 100 guests, at which the PRESIDENT of the Republic will be present, and that on the 10th, the anniversary of the election of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, there will be a grand banquet at the Hotel de Ville, at which the P lIIZISIDENT of the 'Republic will be also present, when covers will be laid for 240 guests, which will be fol lowed by a ball in the evening, fur which 6,000 invi tations have been issued. The Opinion Pub/lime, a Legitimatist journal, says —"Out of the 46 persons arrested in the Rue Buinfort, 27 have been already set at liberty." The Reforme of Sunday was seized on account of the publication of an address to the inhabitants of the rural districts. M. Llnau Roomf has published a pamphlet entitled "Le 13 Juin ;" it is a defence of the conduct of him self and his colleagues on that day, and concludes with advice to the electors as to the candidates for whom they should vote at the approaching election. The Committee on the Transportation Bill has determined to recommend the Assembly to confine transportation to the Marquesas only, on - account of the unhealthiness of Mayotte. A letter from Havre of the lit inst. announces the arrival there of the Pheenix steamer from Belleisle, having on board 98 of the insurgents of June, 1848, -and the Morlaisien, from Brest, with 85 of the same category. The Archimede was expected from Belleisle with 346, all of whom have been pardoned. A number of Sergens de Ville left on Saturday night for llavre, to escort to Paris 750 of the insurgents pardoned, who arrived in Paris yesterday by the Rouen and Havre R,4ilway. - PARIS BOURSE, DEC. 3.—Latest Prices.—Fire per Cents., 90f. 20c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 35g.; Bank of France, 2,405 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, DEC. 3 • Boulogne and Amiens, 6—Great Indian Peninsula, 3 /, Luxembourg, 2—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 —Rout.n and Havre, 9'4—Sambre and Meuse, 2 k—Tours and Nantes, 4. PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon of the 29th ult. A Ministerial' crisis was at hand ; an in trigue in the Cabinet had been discovered against the Count DE TIioMAE, and it was doubtful whether he would not have to resign. Should he not do so, Avu.s, the Finance Minister, would quit the Cabinet. The Count DE TROMAR was accused of having been bribed, by the present of a carriage, to confer the Order of Christ on Senor FIGUEREDO. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Pruatian Staats Anzeiger of the 313 t ult publishea the new electoral law for the nomination of Members to the Second Chamber in the Federa Parliament. The following are its principal enact. ments " Every independent, unblemished (unbescheltene) German, who has attained his twenty-fifth year, is en elector. As independent, must be regarded every one entitled to vote for the parochial elections of the place where he resides, and who pays any kind of direct tax to Government.—[This includes nearly the whole popu lation, all of whom (almost) pay the class or head tax.] As disqualified, are minors, bankrupts, and persons under process, until they have satisfied their creditors, and those receiving, or who have received, public relief as paupers within the preceding twelve months. As blemished, whose enjoyment of civil rights has been suspended by judicial sentence; persons convicted of bribery at elections shall forfeit their right of voting for from four to twelve years. All unblemished Germans who have obtained their thirtieth year, and have resided at least three years in any German state, are eligible to be elected members. Public functionaries do not require leave to sit, but they must pay the costs of their substitutes in office. Xlectorial circles of 100,000 souls shall be formed in all :individual states (each circle entitled to nominate one deputy). Should it occur in any individual state that there should be an e eas E t tha s t o,o i9 oo to s s o ay ul , s, as th in e latter e xces s will ßrunswick, whose population is ab ou t 269,000 soul s , ab i o u v r e m l a 0 n 0, electoraloo) of the surplus 69,000 will entitle it to three instead of two deputiesj. Should the surplus not amount to 50,000 c a i t rcl l souls, this surplus will be aAled to the surplus of some neighbouring state, and the two will form an electoral circle. Small states having a population of at least 50,000 sculs will be *waled to elect a deputy. [This is speci.slly applicable to Lubeck, whose popula tion is, however, somewhat below 50,000.] States (such as Schaumburg, Lippe-Reuss, elder branch, the two Hohei zollerne, Anhalt Cocthen, &c.) will unite to gether to form an electoral circle. " The number of depteies to be elected by Prussia will be 158." The official Gazette of the Ist instaLt, according to a telegraphic dispatch in the Cologne Gazette, from Berlin, cor.tains an announcement of the ratifi cat.on of the adhesion of the principally of Waldeck to the Berlin treaty of the 26th May, having reached the " Verwaltungs-Rath." The whole number of states who have joined this alliance is now 27 • their territories amount to 7,480 square miles (German, equal. to four and four-fifths English miles), with 25,250,000 inhabitants. TUESDAY ENENING' The Colo tae Gazette contains the following article dated from Berlin : "It may be interesting to you to have a general re vlew of the different notes and tlipatches which have passed between Prussia and Austria since the adoption of the Interim. They commence with the much talked of note of the 30th September, in which Austria enun c'ates its opinion of the legality of the federal constitu tion and federal legislation. This was met by the nobs from Prussia, dated 10th October, containing the: masterly and perfectly conclusive legal statement,. which IW:t3 presented on the part of Prussia to die Verffaltut.gs-rath, on the 17th OctobJr. The next Austrian dispatch of the 23d October brings a retnon s.rance against the explanations given to the Verwal tungs•rath by the Prussian Plenipotentiary on the Bth of October, that Prussia considered itself as the repre sentative, at the Central Federal Commission of the Federal States, and that it would submit to the considera tion of the Verwaltungs-rath, :11 the more important matters previous to their being decided on by the Central Federal Commis-ion. The lirerwaltungs- rath, continued the Austriaa dispatch, was merely established to create closer union, for particular purposes, and must remain subordinate to tie larger federal power; more particularly as the tr,sty of the 26th of May owed its origin merely to the absence of a central organ. In the answer forward.d to Count Bernsdorff, Prussia explains that if a formal aad legal representation of the Verwal tungs-rath by Prussia, according to the treaty of Sep tember 30, is not in gut stion, Prussia can, neverthe- less, not lose sight of the position it acquired by the alliance of the 26th May, and will defend the interests of , hat alliance on every occasion. The Austrian Govern ment, in another note, dated 24th October, expresses its regret at the recent proceedings of the Verwaltungs. rath, and adds its formal approval of tLe declaration sent in by Hanover and Saxony on the 20th October. It is well known that those two Governments denied the legal right of the Verwaltungs-rath to publish laws for the election of Members to the Erfurt Parliament, as beyond the objects of the alliance as will as the intention of Article 11 of the Federation Act. This note called forth a sharp reply from the Prussian Cabinet, in which, amongst other things, it says that the Saxon and Hano verian Governments must answtr to their own con sciences for their prcceedings respecting the German question. About the same time Austria raised ob jections to the Assembly of the Reichstag, and in a note which was sent to the Austrian Ambas sador to be read to the Minister for Foreign Affairs here, Austria expresses its fears, that by the assembling of the Reichstag the democratic agitation would be revived, and explains its fears to arise from the excite ment which would ensue in the Austrian dominions. Prussia, in its answer,of the 30th of October, enumerates the considerations which were believed to be of im portance sufficient to outweigh objections of that nature, but which had nevertheless not been overlooked ; and concludes with expressing the eonfidence felt by the Prussian Cabinet of its capability of meeting real den• gers. The last Austrian note is by this time notorious, notwithstanding the attempted denials by some of our journals here. These same papers now seem to think the matter deserving of more serious attention than they did at first. With regard to the central federal commission, Austria at first demanded its solemn in stallation by the Reichsverwese r, which demand it failed to obtain. The Archduke will be able to abdicate only in presence of the Central Federal Commission. The second demand will likewise fail to succeed. It re ferred to the presence of the other plenipotentiaries. The negotiations are drawing to a close, and it is no longer doubted that the result will prove satisfactory to us el" The trial of WALDECK had lasted three days, and nothing whatever had transpired to implicate him. The general opinion was that he would be acquitted, and that his co- accused, Onas, who is the principal witne es against him, would be convicted. " The Finance Committee of the Second Chamber have made several important alterations in the. project for an income-tax. The -Ministerial project proposes that the valuation for the income-tax should be made by the parochial authorities generally: the Committee pro pose to place this power in the hands of particular cons mittees, to be appointed fur every parish, district, and circle. Another important alteration proposed refers to the inquisitorial inquiries into the property and income of the parties to be t xed. The Government proposes to give the Commission the power, in necessary cases, of hearing witnesses upon oath, to discover the income of an individual, and of summoning all parties to atteCel with their private accounts, titles to property, contracts, leases, &c. The Finance Committer, after a debate which lasted ten days, unanimously adopted an altera tion to the eff,et that only the cirel, cr parish com mittee shall have the power of calling upon individuals to produce their account books, &c. Ste , and that .the examination of witnesses upon oath, or of the parties to be taxed, shall only take place in disputed cases." 1 T A 1, Y The Roman Gazette of the 24th ult. has tie following : The Ca. dinals of the Government Committee are in the habit of receiving every day persons who apply to thew for audiences. This morning they mere waited upon by M. Notale Ceccarelli, former Adjutant of the 3d Bat talion of the Civic Guard of Rome, who read to them a petition, in which he peremptorily &mantled employ ment and the immediate payment of 100 scudi. lie suddenly became outrageous, walked up to the C and showing them a knife he threatened to stab himself if his demand was not instantly accethd to. The Car dinals endeavoured to calm the man; but, not succeed ing. they ordered hiM to be arrested. However, bc f,re lie could be secured and disarmed he wounded himself in the breast." A letter from Rome of the same date says— " The Spanish troops are p;:sitively to evacuate the Pontifical dominions. An order to that effect reached General Cordova on Tuesday, and to-morrow the first division is to embark. This unexpected resolution has greatly annoyed the Court of Portici, and the Spanish Ambassador, M. Martinez de la Ross. A young msn, named Diarailla, who formerly belonged to the Roman Staff at Vicenza, has been arrested, together with the priest Luigi Santarelli, who escaped in September last from the prison of the Holy Office, where he was con fined fora political offence." The Legge of Turin states that General BARAG UAY D'HILLIERS has remonstrated strongly with the tri umvirate of Cardinals on their recent stand dons proceedings, and has given them distinctly to under stand that the PRESIDENT of the French Republic will not tolerate a repetition of them. Mr. TURNER and M. MEGUIRES, a French Pro testant gentleman, have arrived at Rome, to remon strate against the imprisonment of Dr. Actium. They have been favourably receive! by General BARAGUAY D HILLIERS ; and it is said that, in order to avoid a collision with the French and English Governments, the Cardinals will connive at Dr. Ac iiimA's escape. Symptoms of insubordination have manifested themselves among the Papal troops—cries of "Down with the priests" were recently raised by a regiment of Dragoons. Letters from Naples of the 21st ult. mention that great armaments were in progress, but for what object was unknown. 'The fortress of Gaeta was being re paired and armed, and the Pontifical frontier lined with troops. Arrests continued. The correspondence with Upper Italy had become almost impossible. All letters, particularly those coming from Piedmont, being opened and read. lONIAN ISLANDS. The Legislative Assembly has by an unanimous vote sanctioned the proceedings of Sir G. IL WARD in Cephalonia. WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU TION.—Last night the concert, announced some days ago, took place in the above institution, and passed off in a very satisfactory manner. Miss Rainforth sang some favourite songs in her usual artistic manner, and her name in the programme was sufficient to attract a numerous audience. Mr. Griesbach's solo on the violin was loudly applauded, as were also the solos on the flute, concertina, and grand pianoforte by Messrs. Wells, Sedgwiek, and May. We may hint, that judging from the enthusiastic manner:in %Wel " Jo.de o' Ilaz!edean" was received last right, that if a few more Scotch songs were interspersed in these cone rt ttoy would be ren dered still more attractive, as the English in general seem highly pleased with some of the melodies of their northern neighbours. SUICIDE OF MR. BARRACLOUGIL—Last evening (Monday) Mr. Wm. Payne, the Coroner, held an in quest at Punch's Tavern, Fleet-street, on the body of Mr. Solomon Barraclough, aged 54, the tobacconist, of Ludgate-hill and Cheapside, who committed suicide under the following circumstances:—William Preston Barraclough, a son of the deceased, said that on Satur day morning last, at eight o'clock, he was awoke by _hearing a strange noise in his father's room. lie went to ascertain the cause, when his father gave a loud scream, and endeavoured to be trying to grasp something with his hands. lie afterwards got out of bed, and having been persuaded to get in again, he did so, but fell on I is head, and cried out, " Oh, ray head, my head !" Some time after that period he became more composed, and witness went to attend to the shop, and his lather told witness's cousin that he should not get up that morning (as was his usual custom) to go to the shop in Cheap side, but should remain in bed, as he was not well. Shortly before one o'clock, on finding the door locked, it was forced, and his father was found suspended from the rail of the bedstead. Mr. Jones, a surgeon, of Soho square, had been attending him some time since for disease of the kidneys. Ever since witness's mother died, hie father had been very desponding, and had com plained of being unwell and unable to sit ep. Since his mother's death he would sit down cad cry for hours together. Mr. Robert Johnstone, chemist, of Cernhill, proved that deceased's mind had be come impairs d ever since he lost his wife by cholera. Sir Chapman Mar shall gave similar evidence, and adds(' that he had no doubt the death of deceased's wife had greatly preyed on his mind, and eau-e.l him to do the act. Verdict— " Temporary insanity." STRIKE OF ENGINE-DRIVEL'S.—The engine-drivers on the East Lancashire Railway have for neatly two months past been in dispute with the directors of the comi.soy about grievances which they allege to exist, and it is expected that alter this evening they will nut return to the company's sers ice. THE 18TH ROYAL Intsti FOOT.—lntellig( ace was received at the ILI se Geoids, on Saturday eveni.ig, of the demise of Lieutenant-Colonel Pratt, formerly tl e commanding officer of this corps. His death took place near Dublin, on the 29th instant. DECEMBER 4 1849. 1140 and Ci NI IV! - C lAL NEW'S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a dull market for Cotton at Liverposl yesterday, and prises of American eesee id, per lb. lower. The sales were estimated at about 3,500 t=ales to the trade, including 2,500 American, 400 Pernam and Maranham at Od. to 6id., and 400 Surat at 44d. to 44d. per lb.—There was a brisk deurend for Railway ' Shares at improved quotations. The letters from the United States have been de livered this morning, and the following are interesting extracts blaring upon commercial topics. From New York we hate the following table showing the quantity of acme of the principal articles of produce left at tide water, from the commencement of navigation to the 14th of Nov. inclusive, during the years 1847, '49, and '49, the canal in those years having been opened on the Ist day of May:— RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE AT TIDE-WATER. Canal open May 1,1847. May 1,1848. May 1,1849. Flour bbls. 3,493,400 2,576,391 2,682.345 Wheat......bush. 3,501,487 2,678,139 2,248,532 Corn do. 5,779,951 2,706,890 4,915,077 The receipt of breadstuffs from the 14th of November to the close of navigation last y , ar were 560,356 barrels flour, 445,708 bushels wheat, 219,877 bushels Indian corn, and 241,675 bushels barley. The arrivals of In dian corn have, for some time past, been limited, and the aggregate, at the close of nevigution this year, pro. b bly K ill not compare so favourably with last 3 ear as it does now. A reduction of postage was contemplated by the Government at Washington. It is asserted that Mr. Squier, the United States Chargé to the Central American Republics, having re ceived information cf the intention o'' the English to seize the island of Tigre, belonging to Honduras, and commanding the entire Pacific Ocean, negotiated a treaty with Honduras, the terms of which have not transpired, but it is inferred from the following circular, addressed to the various foreign legations and other officials in Central America, that the United States have received important concessions from Honduras:— Legation of the United States, in Central America. Leon de Nicaragua, Sept. 28th, 1849. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that the island of Tigre, in the Gulf of Fonseca, has been ceded to the United States of North America, by the Republic of Honduras, for the time pending constitutional action upon an existing convention between the two Re publics, and that, accordingly, speedy possession will be taken of the same, upon behalf of the United States. The existing port and other regulations of the island will be continued until otherwise ordered. 1 have also the honour to add, that the United States has acquired interests in the western islands Red coasts of Honduras, which will not permit her to look with in difference upon eny measures wl.ich shall affect the pre sent order of things in that quarter. I am, Sir, with high consideration, Your obedient servant, • (Signed) E. GEO. SQUIER. Costa Rica, it is also affirmed, was in a state of, great exci , ernent. From Equador we learn that " The electoral struggle is at its utmost height. No one in the Republic thinks now of unythirg but of who is to be the President. The Opposition has brought a battering ram, consisting of eleven illantils, all enrolled against the Government, and battering at it." In l\-ru Congress was engaged in the discussion of several new Bills. One of them is to prohibit the Pre sident from taking away the special privilege from the lino of steamers now running between Valparaiso and Petfama. At Valparaiso, to Sept. 29, not much was doing in English goods. In that month generally, however, the sales are not very large for interior consumption, in consequence of the taking up of nearly half the month by religious festivities. A Danish barque arrived this month from Canton, bringing an invoice of silken goods, mats, teas, &e. Notwithstanding the lateness of the reason, some advantageous sales were made, chiefly of cloths; the other articles met with little demand. Bolivia was in an unsettled state. A proposition has been brought forward by one Cjrtes, to put up again to auction the monopoly of Cassantha Bank, which was given to the house of Pinta. It is probable this measure will be adopted, and that the existing contract will be antsulled. The Bolivian Government has given orders to the prefects to take an account of all forced levies and contributions made during the revolutionary crisis. It cannot, however, be with the intention of laying them, for the financial situation of Bolivia is most la mentable. The Echo, of Villaclova (Cuba), of the 27th October, states that the rains have been very heavy and incessant there for some times pat. These are the tropical rains, which form the winter of the Cuba climate. The Tana, of Pert° Principe, of the 26th ult., com plains that the rains have set in continuous, and so heavy as to be insufferable. The Canadian mercantile advices are more encourag ing, and even the political feeling was. much more against annexation. From Lower Canada, under date of the 17th ult., it is stated that "The weather continues delightfully mild, for the season. Tile ground is as free from snow as in the middle of June, and out-dour labour can be pursued with even more comfort than at that period of the year. All the fears entertained respecting a short supply of fodder for the cattle during the winter have been dissi pated by the unprecedented openness of the season. It is seldom, indeed, that cur farmers are so highly favoured us they are this year, their stock, up to the 17th No vember, being enabled to graze in the fields, while in ordinary years they are pent up for the winter in stall geeerally a fortnight before this time." The Hemburgh letters and pipers of Friday bring the rate of ex change at 13 10. There had nut been much doing in Funds and Shares. The Elbe was closed to navigation, and the market was quieter for staples. At St. Petersburg!), on the 20. h ult., Three Months' Bills on London were 37 5 16 to 7 16. In the Amsterdam Market on the 2d inst., there was a good business doing in Peuinsular Stocks at advancing rates. The English Securities have been very steady, but not by any means active. Consols have been (voted 95i for transfer, and 954 i• for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 95i to Bank Stock has touched 201 to 201 i, and India Stock from 9 602 have reached 263. Exchequer-Bills have teen at 465. to 495. premium, and India Bonds 84s. The Foreign Securities have been loss animated with one or two exceptions. Eitunlor Bonds have been in request at 3} to 4i. Buenos Ayres have been done at 47, and Venezuela at 29i- Mexican Stock has been at 27i- and 281, being very firm. Spanish Three per Csnts, have ranged from 3S to 39i, and Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 37-7-, to 38. IWO Two-and: a Halt per Cents. "lase been 552 • Railway Shires can scarcely be said to maintain the extreme advance of yesterday, bar area nevertheless tolerably firm. BRITISH. FUNDS TillS DAY AT. ONft O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock - 201 201% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. 9S IA '. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 zi4i6 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 B l4 8 3-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, Is6o 8 34 Consols for Account .. Exchequer Bills. 2d. March. Juno. 46 49 p 49 47 p eRICF. OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 47 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 87% Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.— Ditto, 5 per Cent Equador Bonds 4 3% 4% 4 Mexican 80n45,18.16, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Ditto, Small Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 54 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 37% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account . Ditto Passive Bonds , 4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Cent Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch .2lh per Cent.., 'l2 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK ItAmwAys. PAID. Piga SHARE. herdeen Ditto, Preference 1"01. - 5001 - \ mibtr., Notting., Boston,&c. 6% ••••• .... . to y rshire and Galloway Qlfast and County Down .. 28 •• •• 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 - eam •• to Irmingnam & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - Do., without a guarantee... 20 . , to --, Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14a — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshirs Junction.. Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... 27 1 ,¢ — - Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ..... 9 1 / 8 .. .. . to 9 Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - Chester and Holyhead..— .... 50 Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent lO - • ••• to -- Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 ,4 — Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27 1 ,x ...... Past Anglia, 25/. L. & E., Lu IL. & D - Ditto, 3;il. ,E.& 11 IS .. .. Do, 31. 1:16., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% — _. Eastern Counties . . Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten., 5 per et. No. 1, C/. 132. 4d .. p to Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... ... .. to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New Eastern Union, Claus A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 25 . ...... Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20 East Lancashire ... - Ditto, .New 25 - Do., Now Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6!4•..... ,-- .... to to —. li) ~, .• bincolashirc ~ dinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares ..... ... 25 - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 • Dit to, i! ,- lew port t':xetex, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% Exeter and Exmouth-- ... 21s. - .41asg., Dumfries, & CarliEle..B/. 65.8 d — to Glasgow, Klima] flock, & Ayr 50 — to Do.Preferenee Consolidated — to Great Northern.— . 2O Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 334 to Do. % B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ..... 10 ...... 8 tA. to ~t. South. & We.t. (Ireland) 50 GnAt North of Eng1and......100 Ditto, New 404.............. 40 Ditto, ditto ... Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, Now 151. l5 ...... . ‘ireat Western...... lOO ...... CO 61 ... to CO Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 17/ gull and Selby Ditto, flail Shares .. ...... 25 ...." . .... to Ditto,Quarter Shares . 12% — ...... to I ,aneastcr and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds .._ _ _ . _lO ...... ' .ancash ire and Yorkshire ...100 Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 23% 13% to Ditto Fifths . Ditto•Thir4s .. ... . 16 1 ,4 ...... Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 49 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 50 Do.. West Riding Union... 10 .... . 3% to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., llalf Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirak . Do. ,do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. Ditto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 - Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool. Crosby, andSouth port. London & 81ackwa11......11/.65.2d..- 3 34 ...... to —• Loud., B right., & South Coast 100 ..... 81 3 44 U... to Do., New q, gun. 6pr et.loo l3O .... . to Do. Guaranteeds per Cent. 9 De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... 54 London and Greenwich... -121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference 2O London & North We5tern.....100......1164 115% to 116 Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths 7 ..... 8 5 ,0 g ... to Do. 40g. Shares.....L. & M 85 — to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 50/........ ..... to Ditto, NE w 40/. ,Do., New Scrip, 1848, PreL 7 per Cent ...... ...... ... 5 . — ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. half Shares Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do., IlalfSharea ...... 5 ...... —...— to I.Awestoff, guar. 4 rer ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 Manch Buxton, & Matlock 5 - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - Ditto IA Shares ( No. 1) 25 ...... ..... to Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — to Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12% ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 — to Ditto, ditto. - Ditto, ditto ... ..... 1 2 1,4 — Ditto Sheffield and Line. 26 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41.25.... Midland..._...• • ..............100 52 51 1 h to 52 Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo Ditto, 50/. Shares ...... 30 gidland, Binn., and Derby...loo to Ilidland, Consul. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 saidland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 . A:. idld. Great Western (Irish) 471 i Iliddlesbro' and Itedear. 6 per cent. guar. . . Selects:le and Carlisle lOO Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 , to —.. Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s — Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ......... 20 Norfolk Ditto New 201. l5 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / 2 per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. „ ... Ditto Pall Shares. ..... ..... 12 1 ,4 — Do. Quarters Ditto Thirds..... Ditto, Preference North Staffordshire 1 7 1 /2 North Wales 3 IA ..... ..... to North Western 1 3 8,4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- _ . _ verhampton .... SO Reading,Guildid.,& Reigate 15 - Royston and Ilitchin - ..... .. -43 f...... - Scottish Centrist: .....,:::..:......25 - . .. 16% Scottish Mitilont3 ...".4:.:.....k.:!•25, ........ Ditto,Nevr...:: .. . .......».:... - .'22 3 4...... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 — Ditto. ditto. Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... . ..... to ::hrewsbury and Ilsreford .. 5 ...... .. .. to Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. D. 51in.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto 9 ... .. ...... to Ditto, Oswestry 1854...... 8!4.... to Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Fret...—. 10 hropshire Union 6%... .. ...... to south Devon Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 South Staffordshire.... B% 4 % 14... to South Eastern: 33% l9:Mi... to Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3.: 3O Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip N 0.4.. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole . .......... .......... 12 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 16% —. ... .. t o - Do. do. (South - Div.) 5 eeeeee to :,:svana. and Loughor and Ca ' merott's Stm. Coal ..... . 7 :tavf Vale Extension ........ 8 rthatnek 4 , Haven Dock and li,atiWay..4..-.... , 17 1 ,E — Vale oflieath .. ,.. 8 Waterford and Kilkenny 2O .._. Waterford and Limerick— .. 474..... Waterford,Weaford,Wicklw, and Dublin •• Wear Valley 6 per Cent. _ _ Guaranteed - 5O ..«•• Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall Xhitehaven and Fulness lB ... .. ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western... .. Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 ...... ...... to Cork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exton. 20 ..... 12 k to Do. 14. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 Do:Hartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 _ _ York and NOrtb'Midland .. 50 Dittb, Preferekice lO - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Aastrian) Boulogne and:Amierui 2O .• ••• 6 .... to -- Central of France (Orleans and Vierzoa) Demorara. ............ ........ ... 17 1 4 --. Datch Rhenish g ...... ...... to -- East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... - - Do. D 0......... ....... ... 101. Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to Luxembourg _71,41 ...... - Ditto to Madrid and Valenti* Namur and Liege 2O ... .. GM-- to Northern of Franca 14185.. 2 1 04 die... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen 20 Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 12 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... ... .. 13 Tournay, Jurbiee, Landau, and Hasselt .. ....... ...... .. 2 0 •—••— ...... to West Flanders B% — •••••• to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American •..• 50 .....• Colonial ..... ........... Commercial of London London Joint Stock 3... London and Westminster... 20 - ......Ito National Provincial of Engld. 85 - Ditto New - •••• 10 .•••••••••• to =Om National of Ireland 22% -- .•• •• to Provincial of Ireland . Ditto _ , New - ..... to Union of Australia ....... 25 Ditto, New Union of London 0000000 . •••••• 10 ••• •• • lto Union of Madrid MINI& Anglo ?laxican lOO ...... 0 ... Asturian - Australian...—. Barrossa Range 285....... —. ...... to Blaenarvon lion and Coal - •••••• to .... Bolanos Scrin - . to British Iron Urazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24%...... - Ditto Cocaea and Cuiaba... 30 - Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 .. x.d ... to Cobre Copper - .• 40 - ••• •• to General it , al del Monte, Cnreallitered ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Bed Debentures......... antiago de Cuba United Mexican The Earl of Carlisle returned to town yesterday, from the Grange, Hants. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the West India colonies, the Falkland Islands, New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land, and the Cape.of Good Hope. The Duke of Hamilton bad an intersiew with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home. ave. LLO YD'S liIPYII G—( THIS DAY.) Los:DoN, DEC. this day at neon N. W., light bre( z.s and fine. GnEaSIIY, DEC. 3.- 7 -And. Jane, Dantzic to London, leaky. OFF DOVER, DEC. 3.--Wolf's Cove, Quebec. Pt RTSMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Win. , , E.N.E.—SId. Cyrus, South Seas; Southampton, New York. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind variable.—Sld. Rajah, Port Philip; Chapman, Sierra Leone. PILL, DEC. 3.—Wind S S.E.— Sid. Mohawk, nest coast et Africa; Corsair, New Orleans; Margaret Pol lock, ditto; Compeer, Wilmington. BeISTOL, DEC. 3.—Wind E.S.E., fresll.—Arrd. Asia, Watt, China. NEWPORT, DEC. 3.—Arrd. John Bell, Clark, Quebec. Off Port, Seabird, of Galway, Quebec. SWANSEA, DEC. 3.—Arrd. Ancient Briton, Jones, Adelaide, South Australia ; Alderman Pirie, Hogan, Cuba; Bacchus, Sergeant, Quebec. Sid. Pascoe Grew• fell, Quebec. YARMOUTH, DEC. 3.—The Fleur de Marie, of London, Newcastle to Cette, drove on shore on the beach last night, mr.d. remains. The Samuel, which was on shore off the harbour, has become a wreck; the cargo has wash( d out and part picked up. Wrirrhy, ljEc. 2.—lt has blown a heavy gale all day, at S.E. The Sisters, of Ramsgate, is a total wreck, to the north of Upgaeg; crew and part of stores saved. The Victoria, of Shields, is wrecked to the northward; crew and materials saved. The White, of Sunderland, is wrecked on the Upgang Rock; crew saved. SHIELDS, DEc. 3. It blew a heavy gale last night st S.E., with a high sea en the Bar; today it is more moderate. The Nelson, Charlestown to Middleborough, ground( d at ebb tide yesterday, and remained until the Hoed; is said to make no water, and will proceed. DEAL, DEC. 3.—Wind F., fresh.—Arrd. Mary Nixon, Sl`Doeald, Demerara; Princess Victoria, Howell,Quebec. Sid. Charles, Tobago; Marlborough, Jamaica; infanta, Mobile. A cask of palm oil, marked on the head in black paint, " 18. 0. 12. E. Wells," was brought on shore this morning, having been picked up two miles to the west of the South Sand Light vessel. LIVERPOOL, Dr.c. 3.—The Irene, of Newcastle, from New York to this port, was abandoned, Oct. 18, let. 51, lon. 17, having been in contact the previous day with the Robert. The Tuscorora, hence to Philadelphia, was driven on shore near Indian River, 16th ult., and it was feared would prove a loss,, with all her cargo; crew and passengers saved. BRIDLINGTON, Drc. 3.—The William and Nancy, of Whitby, from London, was driven on shore to the lee ward of the piers this morning during a heavy gale at S.S.E.; crew saved. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Prince of Wales, Brown, Quebec; Pacha steamer, Gibraltar, &c. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 3.—The barque John, of South Shields, is aground at the entrance of the harbour; crew, except master and mate, saved. The Leeds, of Whitby, is wrecked behind the North Pier ; crew saved. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 3.—The Cosmopolitan and the R( setts, both of and from Sunderland, and the Peleon, of Whitby, from Sunderland, were all stranded this morning outside the bar during a heavy gale at E.S.E.; crews saved. SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 3.—lt blew a heavy gale yes' terday at S.E. The Riaston, Stockton to Ipswich:, got on the beach and is expected to become a wreck: cargo discharging. The Rye, of Rye, from Newcastle, and the Louise Elizabeth, of Southwold, from Shields to Malden, are sunk on the beach, but expected off should the weather moderate; cargoes discharging. The Sarah, of and for Wisbeach, from Seaham, came on shores crew saved. The gale continues. SUTTON, DEC. 3.—The Mary, of Shields, sunk this morning in the offing after striking on the Inner Don Sand; crew saved. MARKET NEWs.—(THIS DAY.) EAT na.a.ztEmrs. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 105; Clover ditto, Si Os to 4l 103; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2s 8s to 31 12t, Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 83 ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 9s pet load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WRITECHAPEL.— Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 103; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9.s par oad. Trade dull, at our quotations. COLONIAL. SUCA.R.—The market for British Plantation continues heavy, the sales being only 350 hhds, including 113 hhds Barbadoes, by auction, at 37s ad to 425. 700 bags Matt• ritius sold at fid to Is decline, good brown to low yellow at 33s 64 to 36s 6d; 3,430 bags Bengal mostly found buyers at easy rates; crystalized at 43s 6d to 44s 6dl and Benares mid to good white 38s to 41s. Of 1, 935 bags Madras offered, only a small portion sold at a further slight reduction, brown at 28s 6d to 30s, and low to fine yellow 34s to 38s 6d• 1,970 bags good current quality of Manilla (duty paid): sold at 35s 6d, being 6d to Is lower. The quantity ei British Plantation landed last wet k at the East and West India Docks was 637 hhds, 3 tierces, 528 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,278 hhds, 186 tierce* 673 barrels. The stock in the same places is 15,0 3 bhds, 2,153 tierces, 4,573 barrels. COFFEE.—The market is firm, and upwards of 5 000 bags good ord Native Ceylon changed hands privatells at 49s 6d to 50s. Rust.—The quantity landed last wet It at the East and West India Docks was 341 puns, 60 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 400 puns, 28 hhds, and eV' ported 83 puns, 24 hhds. The stock in the same place is 22,585 puns, 2,142 hhds. RICE.-500 bags Aracen sold at easy rates, viz., 7e to 8s 6d for cargo to good white. SALTPETRE.-1,150 bags Bengal were nearly all sviths drawn for want of buyers on former terms, a few lots only being realised at 28s 6d fora per cent, and 25s 6 , 1 to 26s for 91 to 81 per cent refraction, being 3d to 6 a lower. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s to 38s 63 per cwt on the spot , and Town 40s. TEA.—The market is firm, and the deliveries are good* Tonacco.—The market for American during the lest month, as in the preceding one, has continued active, an a fair extent of sales hes been effected, principally of home descriptions, at firm, and in some instances, at ire . proved prices. Tho larger amount of business has bee s done in old imports, and sales of all sorts may be eeri e mated at 1,570 hhds, which have consisted of 140 1 111 of Virginia Leaf, 200 hhds Strips, 210 bhds Kentucky and Missouri Leaf, and 1,010 hhds of Strips, and a f e f hhds of Maryland. We confirm our previous stateme e " that the present importation of Kentucky Strip although possessing generally more colour than the la, * will be found very deficient in substance, and much ' 11 ; fcrior in one essential quality. Advices received, the 30th ultimo, from America, have brought proved prices, and a good business doing ; the P r „, i sent Kentucky crop is estimated at 10,000 to 15, 0 v, hhds more than the last; but this inert ase it was P re n , sumed would have no effect on prospective prices, °w i r e , to the greatly reduced stock of old. Imports, 903 Oct stock, 25,005 hhds against 28,950 hhds in 1848. Virginia sales have been (with the exception of alel hhds), for home consumption, at firm prices; Leif li a r 41d to aid, and Strips at 41c1 to 61d. In Kentucky TA - a and Strips, although buyers have reluctantly subtaitt e .,,, to recent advanced rates, and in some instances he.,% • contracted their purchases , considerable sales h, v , been effected, chit fly in old Strips of good and middh fl e, descriptions, which are relatively cheaper than the nee; some sales have been made of the latter at 7d to 73 a and holders appear firm at these prices. Ia 15,13ryistf sales were limited at 5d to 10d. In Havannah V 3 " O a good business has been transacted, both for 101 .1 3 0 trade and exportation, and scarcely anything T eruel d, in the market. Recent advises have been receivera which represent the crop as having suffered injury! r° , heavy rains. Havannah Segars have been in talf.reio quest, at steady prices. Stock in the market, of 041, 0 sorts, is very limited. In Manill a Ch eroo t s there '„ c , been less doing. In Manill a L ea f d eman d h as been "-; tire, and sales effected of 300 bales for exportation, , full prices. Yara and C u b a h ave cont i nue d i n g ood 1 13 8 0 quest. Brazil stock exhausted of good and s sorts. Havannah Seed Leaf end Florida, soles. effected of all desirable qualities at full rat of In Porto Rico very little done. Stock nearly bare suitable descriptions. German has been in rather lt,c„ demand, but prices for good and fine have been ful e i i supported. In Columbian, Ambalema, and Giros have been made to a fair extent at full prices, and n j fine quality at a slight advance. Continental den ie .,• has induced large shipments. Amersfoort—A few ee 'io for segar purposes were taken in at improved price& Negro Head and Cavendish sales have been made of got; end fine sorts at a slight advance. Stalks were in IP demand. LAW INTELLIGENCE• CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) • s The Lord Chancellor sat in th© Old Hall, Loco! Inn, to-day, and heard appeals. TAILOR V. TAYLOR. His LORDSHIP gave judgment this morning iu 1 1;. - case, which came before him upon appeal fro t° a judgment of the Master of the Rolls, who ref usf motion to take the bill off the files of the Court, Oil - f ground that it was a supplemental Lill in the natu re ° of bill of review. His Lordship affirmed the judgment s o the Court below; and upon a motion for that Purr„„ o 3 his Lordship ordered the second bill to be removecke".„-0. the paper o f the Master of the Rllll to that of the v Chancellor of England. MALCOM v. SCOTT. The further arguments in this appeal from a e Lli o urs ment of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram occupied the the remainder of the morning. _ . ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS PAY' ) o f The further arguments in the part heard case Su'among v. Laing occupied the Court the whole del VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DA -Y , (l. fore the VICE-CILANCELLOR of ENGLAND -I ASUBUIINHAM 77. R ASIIBUNIIAN.—JUDGME NT. Hl kjg s IloNi,un gave judgment to day in this esse , f was heard before him a short ,time ago. The fovi-c:i the case are of no general interest, but his Honour Woo clearly of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled t° ip the equities he asked by his bill. His Honour, u giving judgment, observed that he lad r ead tbrot t e the whole of the bill, and he felt bound to say tb a t ap log keci upon it as a perfect model of a statement° o st equity case, for it appeared to him that it 130 all clearly, most concisely, and most cogently stated 5 points, so that in reading it no labour whatever thrown upon the understsm ing. We believe that Mr. Cfcorgf: Gifford, of the Chanceri Bar, was the draught: man who drew the bill. vice , Nothing of any interest occurred in either the. Chancellor Knight Bnic e ' d or the Vice-cbanou Wigram's Courts. . -i