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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL bE PARIS. On THURSDAY ' FIZIDAY, and SATURDAY, Ja nuar y 4,5, and 6. CI - lANGI OP PERFORMANCE. Matldide. Amaglia. Duces; Neigneurie,Lambert, Mr. New some, &c.—La lutte des Yoltigeurs.—,Tocko (flrst time).—Grand Claivalr"c Maquatvres on Twdve Horses (first time). Doors open at ILdr past Seven, commence at Eight. MORNING PERFORMANCE Durlmr, the Christmas Holidays, Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY. First Price as usual., No Second Price. Commence at Two o'clock. PP.TCES nF Anmissrox. Dress Circle, 4s. Dress Boxes, as. Upper foxes, 2s. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. 6d. Lower Gallery, Is. Upper Do. 6d. SECOND FUICE. Dress C:rele, 2s. Cd. Dress Poses, 29. Upper Roses, la. 6d Pit, Arena, and Promenade, is. Lower Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Half-past Nine o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Box-ofllee, from Ten till Five ; and at Jullieu and Co.'s, 2H, Regent-street. R 0 BEP. T II 0 IJD IN. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. ROBERT HOUDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, at this Theatre THIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening, for a short period. The Programme will be varied, and will include Robert Houdin's Grand Juvenile Distribution. Doors open each Evening at Eight. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ell J.; AT ROYAL, HA MIMI& Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs aid alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comedy of TWELFTH NIGHT; or, What you will. Duke Orinso, Mr. lioll ; Valentine, Mr. Brindal ; Sir Toby Belch, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Mr. Keeley ; Sebastian, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Malvolio, Mr. Webster ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds ; Viola Mrs. Charles Kean. Atter which, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZANIAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRIE ROYAL, ADELPTIL Under the direction ot kadrnie Celeste. Daring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Dighy Wyatt, .sq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, sec., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will he perfornted a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ ina', Book, entitled TILE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Redlaw, Mr. Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith; A. Tetterby and Ce., Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; hilly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. P. Matthews. To be for.owed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. SlwAher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tinder the Dlanagemeßt of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mahe THIS EVENINP; Will be presented THE TRAGEDY QUEEN. Mrs. Bracegirdle, Mrs. Yates. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. R. Roxby, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris, To conclude with AN APPEAL To nu: PUBLIC. Dress Boxel, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any pert of the house. The New Lloa-office, No. 2, Wellington• street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel• !failed in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrartzements have been nsade for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the counort and eenveaience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Keaworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pant•mime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.-4 gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr Hengler, the most extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. 'MIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent S:)ectaele of the - "WARS OF THE JEWS'; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. After which, Herr Henglcr on the Tight-rope. To he followed by an inimitaLle display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled SOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Hares :nut Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. B.a-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 4. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 25; Highest, 28; Noon, 34. BA.ROMETEB, 29.82. WIND variable from N. to S.E., with a fall of rain and sleet. HIGH WATiLIt AT LONDON PAITISIE. Tuts DAY —Morning, 2 min, after 9 I Evening, 37 min. after 9. To-MORROW—ltorning, 15 min. after 10 I Evening, 53 rum. after 10. . , 4 ~,k, , ''''' • - ~,, ~:;._:. i . • „0 ', , „,., cu , . m. 4 . Al: h '1 ..r.,,,,y&....- 'is ' , , ~a, • , • ' ' .zo . tan e - '46 09 LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1849 Recent events in Italy have furnished the Quar terly Review with a magnificent text to preach against revolutions, and the abettors of revolutions in general, and against the Italian movement and Lord PALMERSTON in particular. We are triumphantly as • sured by the Quarterly, that "the cause of revolution is losing ground—the crimes that have attended it have shocked the good—the ruin that has followed it has frightened the timid." We are more especially inclined to notice these remarks, because aware that many, even among the friends of liberty, share in these sentiments. With the great majority " success is virtue, and misfortune shame." Conse quently, it is by no means surprising that the events of last February should have elicited the enthusiasm of many long dormant Republicans, which enthu siasm, suddenly evoked, has been as suddenly chilled by the misfortunes which have occasionally paralysed, and the excesses which have, in some instances, dis graced the popular cause. To the true supporters of that great eause, however—to the true believers in the "right divine" of nations to assert their nationality— success and failure are alike indifferent ; their confi dence in their principles is in no wise augmented by the one, neither can it be diminished by the other. True, that the friends of liberty exulted over the events of February, and wept for the massacres of June. True, that they triumphed in the expulsion of Louis PHILIPPE, and bewailed the exile of Pope Pius ; nevertheless believing, as they do—believing, as we do—that, however tardy the day, right ultimately triumphs, and knowing, as we do, that the assertion of the popular liberties is founded on right, we can assure the Quarterly Reviewer, that, albeit some " good " may be shocked, and many " timid " may be frightened by the errors and excesses which have, unhappily, followed in its t ra i n , t h e cause o f t h e Revolution is not losing ground. Although the heir of an Imperial dynasty has been in vested with the supreme power in France, although an Emperor again rules in Vienna, although even a a liberal Sovereign has been expelled from Rome, the eticause of the Revolution is not losing ground. The m'soil (as we observed the other day) has been broken a st r up by recent convul s ions, the seeds of Democracy w haave been scattered far and wide, and those seeds will =inevitably bear fruit. Nevertheless, we are inclined to in gaink, there are many, even among the Liberal ewer * waders of the Quarterly, who will not be somewhat _Sirposed to assent to the following very plausible re a mosire :—" There are few," says the Quarterly, " who daug ht n o w believe that the Italians are fitted to enjoy gradual then res constitutional freedom they profess to covet. all who character of a nation will always fix its destiny. myself. gia have less political sagacity than the modern on medical Pills, and I and it is the singular mixture of indolence that I andty of which the national character is corn taking one that has ever kept them in ignorance of con_ ga ever taken te, Lineohnce, and which, on the downfal of their ga and a fac-si3rovernments, has exposed them to the se for use, wraif French democracy, and plunged them into and s. 6dedi ,r m . that disgrace the name of Christendom. In EART, where the national character has always ap• on Saha' in its worst extremes, the revolution has been equally d with the darkest crimes of cruelty and in• rondo w:i iticie." The logical inference to b e draw n from shock wal)ve is, that the Italians having proved them neys, ac 'unfitted for constitutional freedom, are to be mna rkl aith consigned to unconstitutional thraldom. poafideu ea*. Taermore, England to assist in ri ve tti ng th e ti of the Italian Peninsula, by way of doing is s.of oce for Lord PALMERSTON'S sins. " Our deser - Taistf Austria was more than a blunder," says the donds dteriy ; " our encouragement of rebellion was to the. pd...„ „ Let the British fleet be recalled 9th instar' 13th andfie of Naples," proceeds this authoritative " Let the attempted mediation as to rdy bi abandoned. Let the Italian Republicans hat they will not again be supported in a war of aggression. Let the Imperial Cabinet feel that its complicated difficulties shall not be increased by our wanton hostility. Let the Ministry adopt this policy —there is still time : if not, they will not again escape ."' The ambiguity of this threat renders it doubly terrible. Lord PALMERSTON is warned "in time"— either Austria must reign paramount in Italy or some unknown evil will befal the British Government ! It is unnecessary to say that we dissent from these conclusions, for we deny the premises on which they are based. The unworthy manner in which the Italians have availed themselves of their newly-acquired liberties is, in our opinion, very far from disproving their right to those liberties—it is only an evidence of the demoralising effects of absolutism. How is it possible that a people reared in slavery can at once assume the demeanour of free citizens ? How is it pos sible that a people undisciplined by the exercise of freedom, whose intelligence has not been developed by the teachings of an unfettered Press, and whose energies have become enfeebled by a prolonged and degrading servitude, can at once walk pari passe with those happier kingdoms in which custom has made the full exercise of the privileges of freedom compatible with public order and obedience to the law ? A child is unable to perform the duties of a man—an ignorant clown is unfit to exercise the rights of a citizen— education and experience alone develop and discipline the character. It is not to be supposed that newly emancipated Italians can exhibit the firmness, and independence, and moderation, which characterise the " Sons of sires that baffled Crown and sceptered tyranny; That defied the Throne and scaffold For their birthright-." Therefore we differ from the Quarterly. We admit that all the liberated have not proved themselves worthy of their liberation, but the shame of their errors falls upon their former tyrants. The Italians are not fitted to enjoy constitutional freedom, says the Quarterly. Then, hi GOD'S name, say we, let them become fitted to enjoy it by experiencing its blessings. We yesterday pointed out what we conceived to be the fatal mistake into which Mr. COBDEN had fallen in the financial scheme which he has recently submitted for public consideration. If, indeed, the savings which he contemplates could really be effected• y ten millions of pounds sterling could be struck off the national expenditure without the national honour or the national safety being thereby imperilled, his other propositions might be carried into execution, and it would then become . a question worthy of the most serious and attentive consideration how, or in what manner, the large sums made available by these reductions, and also by the extension of the probate and legacy duties to real estate, could be most judiciously applied, and whether the imposts which Mr. COBDEN conceives it desirable to mitigate, or abolish, are those which press most heavily upon the industry of the nation, and which are productive of the most injurious results. But, until we are shown the particular branches of the public expenditure in which the reductions can take place, until it can be proved that the national establish ments can be maintained in a state of efficiency for the sums that would remain applicable thereto, the question cannot arise. There is no plan by which the deficiency can be provided for, no new sources of revenue created to supply the void occasioned by the repeal of so many taxes. Which of these imposts should be retained, if a portion only of his plan could be realized ? Should the boon offered to the agricul tural interest by the abolition of the duties on malt and hops be withdrawn, or should the improvement and extension of our commercial relations with Chin a, by a more equitable adjustment of the duty on tea, be postponed or relinquished? Should the timber duties be maintained at the present rates, or the several smaller items of the tariff, the excise on soap and paper, and the advertisement duties be continued ? The changes that would take place in his project under such circumstances would involve many grave considerations, and occasion much contention among his supporters. Mr. MACGREGOR'S plan is, how ever, totally free from these objections ; he specifies distinctly and unequivocally the various items in which savings may be made, and the extent thereof. If he is wrong in any of his calculations issue may be joined forthwith, and the question may be debated. His budget is one that might be brought forward by the Minister himself, for every point thereof is perfectly clear and distinct. He furnishes a table of the Expenditure in the Naval, Military, and Ordnance departments, and also for the interest of the National Debt for a series of years, and he shows where the increase has taken place, that may be reduced. The naval expenditure he would reduce from 8,013,8731. to 6,500,000/. ; the army from 7,540,4051. to 6,000,0001. ; the ordnance from 2,947,8691. to 1,750,0001. Thus the total expenditure in these three departments, which last year amounted to 18,500,0001., would only reach 14,250,0001., by which means 4,250,0001. would be saved to the country. In addition, he would reduce various pay ments out of the Consolidated Fund from 2,319,5301. to 2,200,0001.; the miscellaneous services from 3,561,0671 to 3,250,000/. ; the charges of collecting the revenue from 3,963,539 Z. to 3,350,0001. The other payments out of the taxes in their progress to the Exchequer— (we hope,he has not forgotten their Graces of GEerror( and MARLBOROUGH, the heirs of ►SCHOMEERG And OVERKERKER; and the assignees of CHARLES Boows) —from 763,9261. to 710,0001., and the Civil List from 393,8301. to 390,000/. ; a further saving of more than 1,000,0001. would thus be obtained, and Mr. Mac- GREGOR thinks that the gross revenue might possibly be further reduced by 500,0001. Now all these suggestions appear perfectly practicable. We have no doubt that the Hon. Gentleman is prepared with the various details and all the tninutie of his plan, so that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer may be ;spared the labour which he appears so thoroughly to detest, and which he would be so unwilling to undertake. But this is not the only recommendation in favour of Mr. Mac- GREGOR'S plan; the articles on which he retains duty are probably the least objectionable that could be devised. The total abolition of the Excise has long been desired, but if the duties on spirits are retained it may almost be considered a national advantage : indeed, .there need be no limits to the taxes on spirits or tobacco, save those which are essential to prevent smuggling. It is not by any means desirable that their consumption should be in creased ; the morals or the comfort of the people would not be promoted thereby. The malt tax is o a different character, and we confess that we should hail its abolition with the utmost delight.; but, unfor tunately, there is only a choice of evils, and we have to decide between the tax on malt, on the one side and various assessed taxes, which are unequal in their operation, and highly offensive in their collection and also of the impolitic and disproportionate stamps on fire and marine assurances on the other. We must, therefore, join with Mr. MACGREGOR in retaining the former for a time, at least until the agriculturists in the House of Commons consent to an increase of the property-tax. The most valuable portion of the project, however, still remains to be noticed. Mr. MACGREGOR would place the iniquitous and unequal income-tax upon an equitable footing. He would divest it of its inqui sitorial character, . and exempt f rom it s opera ti on those who are gaming their daily bread by their honest industry—who are endeavouring to lay by a pro vision for a period of sickness or want of employment, or for their helpless families, when the parent and protector would be removed by death. He would not place the hard-working, the professional man the laborious clerk, or the struggling tradesman on the same footing with the landed proprietor or the fandholder--he would not require incomes not worth two years' purchase to contribute as largely in pro portion as those worth thirty. In place, then of the present unfair and oppresive tax, he would impose a duty of five per cent. on all realised property of every description. This is what the country desires. The objections that were entertained to the Ministerial proposition last year were not occasioned by the increase to 5 per cent. so much as by the perverse and obstinate adherence to the inequitable system. We believe that no resistance would be offered to even a higher duty than 5 per cent., if other burdens were mitiga ted in proportion, save by the class of persons im mediately interested the moneyocracy of the country. Under all the circumstances of the case, we , THE 8 ITN, LON-DON', heartily commend the plan of the Honourable Member for Glasgow to the consideration of al financial reformers. We believe that it is practicable. We are convinced that it would be highly acceptable to the nation as an instalment of justice; and, above all, it would be a step in the right direction, tending to the ultimate extinction of indirect taxation, ren dering our trade and commerce perfectly free and unfettered, and placing the entire burden of taxation upon those by whom it should - be supported—the possessors of accumulated and realised property. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The elections of Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries for the respective bureaux of the National Assembly, took place on Tuesday. They have been chosen principally from among the supporters of General CAVAIGNAC. Among the Presidents are:MM. DE LAMORICIERE, DUPONT (de l'Eure), BILLAULT, CAVAIGNAC, VALAUBELLE, MARIE, and FRANCOIS ARAGO. MM. BIXIO, PASCAL DUPRAT, LANDRIN, DE PARRIEU, and GERMAIN SARRUT, have been elected Secretaries. The PRESIDENT of the Republic complains bitterly of the conduct of MM. THIERS and MOLE, in refusing to join the Ministry, which is composed almost ex clusively of their followers ; and has, it is said, determined, if they continue to refuse the responsi bilities of office, to apply to MM. BILLAULT and GARNIER PAGES to form a Ministry, on the first appearance of difficulty. It would appear as if some understanding existed between the republicans of the Vielle and the PRE SIDENT, from the fact that M. Gatxvr has renounced his intention of putting questions to the Ministry on the subject of the recent secession of M. LEON DI MALLEVILLB. In the morning M. GREVY had a long interview with some personal friends of the PRESIDENT. The existing Ministry is considered merely as a ministry of transition, and the formation of a minis terial combination which would include M. BILLAULT and M. JULES FAVRE (the author of the celebrated Ledru-Rollin circulars) was considered probable. Such a Ministry would probably introduce a measure recognising the Dreit au travail, to which both M. BILLAULT and M. JULES PAYEE are pledged, and which right is distinctly acknowledged by the PR E.. SIDENT himself, in his work on pauperism. The Assembly met yesterday, but the proceedings were of little public interest. The Committee of Justice was yesterday occupied with the proposition of M. RATEAU, relative to the dissolution of the Assembly. M. RATEAU declared that he founded his proposition on considerations connected alike with the dignity of the Assembly, and the interests of the country. The Assembly, he said, was elected to make the Constitution, and that having been done the Assembly ought to withdraw. M. E. LEROUX denied positively the force of the conclusions come to by the Honourable Gentleman. The powers of the Assembly, he maintained, were unlimited, and it had a right to make whatever organic laws it pleased. Still, looking at the opinion which had been so generally expressed throughout the country, the Assembly was, he thought, called on to modify its position. He should, therefore, support the proposition, with the exception of that part which limited to two the number of the organic laws to be voted. M. POINT declared him self to be precisely of the same opinion. M. Ds- TOUREI opposed the proposition absolutely. M. GREY"! opposed it on the ground that from this period to March 4, the Assembly would not have time to vote the principal organic laws and the budget. The cry raised by a few journals ought not, besides, to be looked on as the opinion of the country. No decision has yet been come to by the . committee. M. MARRAST has addressed the following letter, dated the Ist, to the Evenenzent : " Monsieur le Ri lactcur,—Your journal stated today that I have officially announced my intention not to again stand for the place of the President of the National Assembly. I cannot conceive to whom I could make such an official declaration, nor who could be qualified to receive it, unless the Assembly itself ; in that case I should make it publicly. Nothing of the sort has taken place. I put myself forward as candidate only on the day of my first election, six months back. Since then, I should have thought that I failed in respect to my colleagues, if I did not remain passively at their orders, Such bas been my attitude in my five last elections. Were I to assume any other at present, it would be either pre sumption or ingratitude; and I shall on every occasion endeavour to keep myself free from both of these evil sentiments. I trust that your impartiality will induce you to publish this letter. Accept in advance my thanks for doing so." ___ BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3. THREE O'CLOClL.—There was little animation at the Bourse to-day. The opening prices of the French Rentes promised higher rates being sustained, but they closed rather lower than yesterday. Railway shares with little variation. Bons du Tresor not quoted. Ex change on London (thirty days), 25 30 ; ditto (ninety days), 25 20. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN'. 3. Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Namur and Liege, 5 Northern of Franee, 8 th—Orioans and Bordeaux, 2 5 4 1 —Paris and Rouen, 18 3 / 4 —Rouen and Havre, Mi l —Sambre and Meuse, 31h. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 28th have been received. The Gaceta contains a royal decree, creating Ge neral VILLALONGA, Marquis del MANSTRAZZO, and Viscount DE Los ALDECIDES, in consideration of his services against the insurgents. We End the following in the Journal du Peuple of Bayonne of the 31st ult. : " COMPLETE DEFEAT OF THE ARMY OF CATALONIA, COMMANDED BY THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL DON MANUEL DE LA CONCHA IN PERSON. " An express, which left Vich on the 26th, says: — 'Cabrera has just given, in our vicinity, a bloody and deci sive battle, which cannot be compared to any of his pre ceding affairs. This general, at the head of his army of 10,000 men, has completely routed the army of the Queen, 14,000 strong of all arms, commanded by General Concha in person.' The certain positive re sults of this action, which was terrible, are, that four squadrons of cavalry, and 1,200 of the companies of the elite of the Queen's army have been made prisoners, and the rest have fled in all directions. Cabrera, though wounded in the head by a ball, has gone in pur suit of the conquered." The Barcelona journals of the 28th have no notice of the above, and the Fomento, on the contrary, an nounces that the Captain-General entered Vich on the 27th ult. MADRID BOLSA, DRC. 28.—The Three per Cents. were done at 271 for paper; the Five per Cents at 10* ; the Debt without interest at 4 ; and the Cou pons at 6. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Although WINDISCHGRATZ is in possession of Raab, which was not defended by the Hungarians, yet he was completely defeated in his great object, which was to cut off the retreat of the Hungarian army, and to bring them to action. His manoeuvre, which he states was intended to effect that object, completely failed, and the Hungarians, in two columns, fell back in good order on Comorn and Ofen. The object of Kossurn is evidently to draw WINDISCHGRATZ into the interior of the country, so as to let cold and hunger do their work on the Impe rial troops, and then, having concentrated all his forces, to fall upon the army of WINDISCHGRATZ, weakened by the garrisons which he must necessarily leave in Presburg, Raab, and the other fortified towns, and bring matters to an issue, under circum stances in which the defeat of the Imperialists would be their utter destruction. It is said that WINDISCH GRATZ has taken possession of Cormorn. It is by no means improbable that he may also take possession of Pesth, but if we mistake not Pesth will be his Mos cow. The orders of Bossum are stringent. Leave the enemy nought save the land, burn the cities and villages, and destroy the provisions. HANOVER. Dic. 29.—8 y royal proclamation the KING has convoked the States for the Ist of February, in the capital city, as the ordinary Assembly has completed the work assigned to it of introducing various changes in the fundamental law of the kingdom. The elec tions are to be conducted in conformity with the pro visional elective law.—Hanover Gazette. lIRSDAY I"I!VENING, JAN tTARY 4. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at about 8,000 to 0,000 bales, of which 500 Ame rican were taken by exporters and 1,500 on apeculation. The market closed with a further tendency to advance compared with Friday's rates. Prices of all kinds were d. per lb. dearer. The Canada advices respecting the estimate of crop, receipts, and shipments, on the other side are considered satisfactory. The following are par ticulars of the day's business :-7,000 American, at 34d. to sid.; 600 Maranham, at 41d. to 4:id.; 150 Bahia, at sd. to 5-d.; 100 Egyptian, at sid. to 64d.; and 300 Surat, at 3d. to 3,id. Shares were in request. The accounts by the Overland Mail appear to be favourable in a commercial point of view, trade being tolerably brisk. The exchange at Calcutta had nut improved. The letters by the steamer Canada were delivered yesterday afternoon, and in addition to what ap pears in another column, the following statement relative to the timber trade, being furnished by a re spectable firm at Quebec, will be found interesting:— " Although the stock generally is considerably less than last year, yet, in most articles, it is a full average. It is expedient for our Western friends to restrai❑ within a moderate compass the production of timber during the ensuing winter. _ White Pine—Supply was 7,132,127 feet, against 12,026.294 in 1847—the export, 10,709,680, against 9,626,640 the previous year—the stock on hand now is 8,974,654, being 6,286,371 feet less than last year, and it must be remarked that a large proportion is of small average and inferior quality. Throughout the season common and small descriptions have been sold at low prices, whilst for the better qualities a fair inquiry has latterly existed, and prices have been maintained at a re latively fair figure. " Although the stock remaining over appears to be 8,974,654 feet, we do not estimate that much more than seven millions will be available for shipment in the spring. " The supervisor's measure being the extreme cubical contents of the timber, sk ithout reference to the sound ness and quality, we conclude that on an average the difference between the shipping measure and that of the supervisor reaches fully from 7} to 10 per cent. We have known instances when it has been as much as 15 per cent., a loss borne exclusively by the shipper. Some alteration in the present law would prove ac ceptable alike to the honourable producer and the shipper. " Red pine has gradually declined in price, notwith standing the supply is 4,223,952 feet against 6,516,922 in 1847, whilst the export is 4,365,440 against 4,466,520 the previous year. The stock is 356,8651 feet less than last year. The greater part of the timber remaining over is of small average. We take the present opportunity of mentioning that Red Pine, of less than 38 to 40 feet average, cannot compete in the British markets with Baltic ; the agents of Baltic houses are sellers at 42e. 6d. to 455. sterling per load of 50 feet, delivered in British freight and duty paid, which is equal to about 2d. ster ling per foot in Sweden. For large averages and good girths we shall retain the trade ; but small and in terior, if sold at all, must be at a price ruinous to the producer." In the continental advices received to-day there is no mercantile news of particular interest. The Carlist victory is not believed. Perhaps more than any other question just now, the Danish excites attention, because it is feared that the want of progress in the negotiations augurs badly 'for the future. There is an advance in the duty upon foreign wheat to nine shillings per quarter, the six weeks' average being lower. Business in the Stock Market is rather dull, and prices droop a little. We stated yesterday, however, that no cause beyond the ordinary realisation of profits after an advance could be assigned. Consols have ranged from 883 to 89k. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 89i to Bank Stock is worth 1891 to 191. Exchequer-bills have been 425. to 455. premium. The Foreign Securities have been also rather lower. Spanish Five per Cents., 14/ and 13k; Portuguese Four per Cents., 26k; Mexican, 25i i; Peruvian, 48* to 50i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, are 48i. Railway Shares have been rather quieter, but support fairly nearly the previous rates. • BRITISH FUNDS TI4IS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9 89% 881 Now 3 1 4 per Cent. Anis. 8934N Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 Bl% 7-16 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 44 42 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2y 2 d. 2d. March. ' June. 1,0001. Small 45 43 p 42 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... 25 25% Mexican Bones, IM6, 5 per Cent...... Cent......— Ditto for the Account .... 2 6 541,4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 4 8 1,E Ditto for the Account 50% 49 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account .. . Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account 1 4 14 13% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 /s per Cent.,l2 Guild 48% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SIIAREi AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pas SHARE. Aberdeen A mbrr., Notting., Boston, &c. 4 1 4 l 4 A 3 rehire and Galloway Bdfast and County Down .. 20% .. .. 14irmingnam & Oxford.) 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 lin-ming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction lO Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 6 Bristol and Exeter Do~ Thirds Buckinghamshire .. 141 45....... ...... to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, New 101. Preference 7' Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 5O ..... Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., amd L. & D . . Ditto, 181., E. & H Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% Eastern Counties .... 2O ...... 13 12% to 11% Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... % p to Do., do N 0.2,6/. 135.4 d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 124... .. Do., New Eastern Union, Claws A (late E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% — to Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 21 1 4 1,E 15;i to 14% Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 64 — to East Lincolnshire ... 25 ... 26 1 4 a int. to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Halt Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 to t o Ditto, New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% 1%% Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 6..8d — ... ... . Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ... DO:Preference Consolidated ..... .. ... to Great Northern Do. 1 / 2 A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 / 2 to Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6 1 /, 4:Y i 3Y ... to Do. Extension ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42 1 / 2 to Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 401. Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301 3O . ... t t o o —, Ditto, New 154-- ... - Great Western 100 Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... to Do. New 17/ ... Huddersfield and Manchester 30 to Ditto, Thirds ... 10 Hull and Selby Ditto, Halt Shares .. ...... 25 ....„ 49 3 4 to Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1,E — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do.,Thirds lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares - 43 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths lO — to Ditto Sixteenths .......... 6k...... - to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7% — to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, _ _ and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . 2 1 ,4 % to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% to Laeds and Bradford 5O .. ... 98t,..... to Leeds, Dewebury, & Manchus. 50 Do., Half Shares Ditto. Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — to --, Leeds and Thirsk ......... ..... 50 Ditto, New .... .. 35 . .... ....... to Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... ...... to Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% London & Blackwall ..„...131. Gs. 8d 43d%... to Do. Extension ... .. 22% Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .. ... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 51 1 to London and Greenwich... 121. 159. 4d... Ditto Preference London & North Western 100 ...... Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 PRUSSIA. We have dates from Berlin to January 1. The budget for 1849 was issued on that day, signed by the KING, and countersigned by KURNE, for the Mi nister of Finance. The receipts for 1849 are esti mated at 88,566,382 rix dollars; extraordinary usances, 5,608,000; total, 94,174,380. The expen diture is estimated : current expenses, 88,506,061 ; extraordinary expenses, 5,668,319; total, 94,174,380 rix dollars. The expenditure, in 1848, amounted to 85,623,739 rix dollars; consequently, the budget of 1849 is estimated at 8,550,641 rix dollars higher than in the preceding year. It was rumoured in Berlin that Count BRANDEN BURG'', who is no orator, was about'• u resign, as he dreads the interpellations which may be addressed to him on the meeting of the Chambers. In case of the retirement of Count BRANDENBURGH, Chevalier BUNSEN" will probably enter the Cabinet. Letters from Munster state that Prince ALDEMAE continues seriously indisposed, and that his recovery is exceedingly doubtful. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE of Russia, after visiting 011mutz and Prague, will proceed to Berlin. His mission has reference to the negotiation of the ne),v treaty of " Holy Alliance between Russia, Austria, and Prussia." ITALY. Prince BARBERINI has left Rome for Gaeta, to attempt to bring about a reconciliation between Pius IX. and the Romans. The POPE was to hold a consistory on the 22d, to consider temporal . affairs _ _ _ Letters from Turin of the 29th ult. state that the Chambers, which were prorogued on the 28th, will be shortly dissolved. RADETZICY has been created Prince of CUSTOSA. A letter from Alessandria, of the 27th ult., says that lodgings were being prepared in that place, as winter quarters for the King CHARLES ALBERT, who was expected at the beginning of the year. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 28th ult., says—" On the 26th ult. General FORT', com mander of the Lombard troops in the Sardinian army, passed them in review at Marengo before the colossal statue of BONAPARTE. Pointing to the statue, he cried, Soldiers ! do you know this Gene ral ? He was a son of Italy. In our plains he more than once trod under foot the enemy who now insults us ; and more than once passed as a conqueror through the cities. Cannot the land produce a hero to resemble him ?' The soldiers thereupon cried Viva l'ltalia!' " The Tesino Gazette of the 29th ult. says that RA DETZKT has given orders for a vigorous blockade against persons, merchandise, and letters, to be es tablished on the frontier. The same journal an nounces that RADETZKY had addressed new remon strances to the federal commissioners against the clandestine sending of arms to Lombardy, and had demanded that the depots, which he declares exist on the frontier, should be more strictly watched. The federal commissioners, in accordance with the Government of Tesino, answered that they had made searches, but had found no depot. It is stated in a letter from Pisa, of the 23d ult., that on that day 300 Hungarian deserters from the Austrian army had passed through that city, on their way to Tuscany to enter the Italian service. They were the advanced guard of a larger body. A letter from Rome, of thEt i 2sth ult , says—" Ge neral GALLIENO has resigned the chief command of the civic guard. Colonel TIToNI could alone replace him properly, but he seems little disposed to accept the post, though offered him by the Ministry in com pliance with the wish of the clubs. The Ministry yesterday promised to a deputation of the clubs that the question of the Italian Constituent shall be de cided to-morrow; but this is not the first time such a promise has been made, and perhaps another fortnight will pass before the electoral law shall be promulgated and the Constituent be convoked." EGYPT. The new Viceroy left Cairo on the 18th for Alex andria on his way to Constantinople to receive the confirmation of his appointment. He was to sail on the 31st in the SULTAN'S steam yacht, accompanied by two Egyptian war-steamers, taking with him 200,0001. to spend in presents at Constantinople. LATEST FROM IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The baronies in the counties of Down and Antrim, the scenes of the late disgraceful acts of incendiarism, are to be proclaimed under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Act, and an extra police force to be stationed in the localities at the expense of the inha bitants. A reward of 100/. is to be offered for the discovery of the incendiaries. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) P T I I I f; ) s DAY. LIVERPOOL, 10 45 , A. Arrived—Laminichina, Rotterdam ; Flora, St. Michael's; Ashburton, New York; Elizabeth Ha milton, Mobile ; Lusignane, Ibraila. Sailed—The Duke, Calcutta; Louise, Naples; Victoria, Vera Cruz. Two EXTENSIVE FIRES THIS DAL—About two o'clock this morning serious apprehensions were enter tained for the safety of Mr. Adkins's, straw-bonnet maker, Oakley-terrace, Old Kent-road. Flames were observed by the police in the lower room, and on the alarm having been given, the family escaped. Engines of the brigade and West of England soon reached the spot, but the fire was not extinguished till considerable damage had been done to stock (straw) and premises. Mr. Adkins is insured.—Another fire, also attended with considerable loss of property, happened in the upper floors of the house of Mr. Norton, baby-linen ware house, corner of Adam -street, Ade lphi. It originated among the stock, and the family were so alarmed that they left the premises for safety. The brigade from Chundos-street, however, after au hour's exertion, ex tinguished the fire. The proprietor of the house is in sused iu the Sun-office. ROYAL SANTIAGO MINING CODITANT.—The half yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at their offices, Broad-street-buildings, I. L. Goldsmid, Esq., in the chair. Mr, Docker, theisecretary, read the report, whence it appeared that in the half-year ending August last, the expenses of the company had been 9,139/.195.3d g of which 5,000/. had been spent in mining developments and researches, among the results of which had been the discovery of a new Pertenencia, which promised a con siderable yield. The ore raised in the same period from the existing Pertenencias amounted to 500 tons, the pro duce of which had been 3,8001., which, added to the in terest upon the company's capital, made 4,114/. 2s. 11d. In the two months following August, the yield from the same mines had been 242 tons, and the latest letters gave the directors reason to expect that the yield for the then ensuing five months would be 130 tons a month, which, even at present prices, would fully cover the expenditure, and, the directors hoped, with the produce of the new Pertenencia, enable them at their next meeting to declare a dividend.—ln answer to a shareholder, the chairman stated that the lawsuit in re lation to Sanctuary, was now the subject of negotiations, the result of which, he hoped, would be satisfactory. The report was then unanimously adopted, and thanks having been voted to the directors for their conduct of the company's affairs, the meeting separated. SOVEREIGN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANT.—Yester day the third ordinary annual meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the Thatched-house Ta vern, St. James's-street. The chair was taken by Lord A. Lennox, the chairman of the board of directors. The report stated that during the past year 191 proposals had been made to the board, in respect of which 107 policies had been granted, covering assurances to the amount of 53,700 L, and yielding an annual income of 3,5011. 4s. sd. Many of the policies effected in the Sovereign were is. sued in connexion with loans. During the crisis that prevailed in the commercial world towards the close of 1847 and the beginning of the past year, the directors thought it prudent to suspend, almost entirely, all ope rations arising from that department of business. They had recently resumed to some extent what so far had proved a safe and most valuable source of profit, and the result had been that between the 9th October and the present time sixty-seven proposals had been submitted, forty-seven of which had been ac cepted. Mr. Morgan, actuary of the Equitable Aaiur•. ance office, reported that the clear profit accruing to the company, after the payment of every expense, was 3,6931. Is. 4d. up to the 9th of October last. Two deaths had occurred, involving claims to the amount of 9001. An annuity, for which a consideration of 4001. was re ceived, had fallen in. The directors had declared all shares forfeited upon which the last call had not been paid. They recommended a division of 4 per cent. for the past year. The report was adopted; the retiring directors were re-elected; the auditors were re-appointed; and a dividend of 4 per cent., clear of income-tax, de clared. The chairman then moved a resolution, which was passed, to the effect that the preliminary expenses, in justice to the original shareholders, be extended over a period of not less than twenty-five years. The th an k s of the meeting were then voted to the noble chairman and the board of directors, and the proceedings ter mir. ated. TUE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.--Rumour has added to the list of candidates for the first seat at the Board of Admiralty two other names —Lord Hs therton, of Hatherton, Stafford, better known as M r . E. W. Littleton, M.P., for Staffordshire for many years, and for a short time Chief Secretary for Ireland; and the Right Hon. Mr. Francis Thornhill Baring, M.P. for Portsmouth, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Melbourne's Administration, and who was one of the Select Committee on the navy, army, and ordnance estimates last year. The Right Hon. Gentleman is a connexion of the Grey family, having married a sister of Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home Department. We give the above as mere rumours of the day. To replace such a man as Lord Auckland from the Whig ranks, without taking a Minister away from any other important post, is a task of the greatest difficulty. Mr. Baring, it will be remembered, declined office on the accession of the present Ministry, on ac count of ill health, but the offer of a peerage, with that of the distinguished office of First Lord of the Admi ralty, may tempt the Right Hon. Gentleman from his retirement and independence again to become a Minister of the Crown. We presume that the new First Lord of the Admiralty, be he whom ho may, will be a member of the Upper Hquse, his services not being required in the House of Commons.—Herald. THE LATE EARL. OF AUCKLAND.—The fundal of the deceased Earl, it is understood, will take place on Monday next. The remains of the Noble Lord will be removed from the Grange, Hampshire, the seat of Lord Ashburton, to the Admiralty this day, and will finally rest in the family vault at Beckenham, near Bromley, Kent, where, we believe, the late Earl's father was en tombed. The Bishop of Sodor and Man (now Earl of Auckland) was expected to arrive in town last night, from the Isle of Man. Up - ,n inquiry yesterday, it was ascertained that the Hon. Miss Eden was somewhat better, but still in a very dangerous state. CHOLERA AT THE INFANT PAUPER ASYLUM, TOOTING. —The disease has broken out suddenly amongst the children of this institution, and out of 57 cases, 12 are said to have terminated fatally. 1849 DI. New Do. Fifths " Do. 40.. Shared... .t.. & M 25 ..... Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 10 .... . Do. 104 M. and B. (B.) 10 Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 .. ro Ditto, New 504. ..... 42% Ditto. New ..... 34 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Third;...... - ...... - - 15 ...- 1G;, ..... to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls 5 . ... London, Salisbury, Vic. Yeovil 1 1 ,E — ...... to Londonderry and Ct sine ... 28% — to Londonderry and EiMinkillen 27% L*westoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (Ne. 2) 25 — to Ditto, 1 % Shares (No. 3 )... 115 i...... Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... .. 114... . to Ditto Grimsby ... 4O Ditto, ditt0......_... l3 Ditto, ditto ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 15 ...... Ditto, Grimsby- Dock 2O Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... Midland.. . Ditto, Consol. Preterence...100 Ditto. 501. Shares-- ...... 25 ......18%4 x.i to Midland, Birrn., and Derby...loo ... .. Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. -- - Dit to ditto 141.16 t .. Midland, Leices. and Swan n ington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Nlidld. Great Western (Irish) 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. 5O Newcastle and Carlisle lOO •••••• Ditto Quarter Shares .... 25 ... Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 1 2s — Newport Abe:l;y., and Here. € ...... Newry and Enniskillen ...... i Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ....,.... 20 Norfolk' Ditto New 20/.. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 - Do. Do. 5 1 ,4 per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12% — ... to Do. Quarters 6 14 3 1 , 2%... to Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds .... ........ -...• :it-- 4%% to North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire... .. ...... 15 North Wales 3% ••••• • •••• to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Guildfd., & Reigate 10 ...... Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 Ditto, New......... 17% to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole lO - ...... to Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ...; -- Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Ain.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 1 ,x — . ... to Ditto, Uswestry 17%...... 12 1 4 ex.i to Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref.-- 10 ...... Shropshire Union 4 ...... 1 to South Devon .. Ditto, Preference 25 South Staflordshire .... MA South :Eastern Ditto, No. 1. 2B Ditto, No. 2. 22 Ditto, No. 3. 3O Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 Ditto,•Scrip N 0.4.. ...... .. 10 .. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 -• Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway l7 % - Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 17%...... Waterford and Limerick..... 47 1 ,x..... Waterford, Wealord,Wieklw, _ and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. _ _ Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall West London.. Ditto, First Class Ditto, Second Class 2O Whitehaven and Furness l4 ... ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western-. .. . l2 Wilts, Somersat,&Weymouth 40 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 28 3 / 4 to Do. Original New & Ber dr 25 ... 27:14 a 5 ,0414 to Do. Exten. No. I (Y. &N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &Ili. 15 . Do. G. N. E. - Pur. or Pref. 8 Yorkiand Nortb"Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference lO l O 3 /4 x.in. to Ditto East and W estßiding Extension 25 — to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austri aia - - - Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 8%..... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ...17 to Ceylon . .. l /2 to Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish 7 1,( .... . East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Louvain ii. la Sambre .......... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia . 2 Namur and Liege 2O Northern of France l2 ...... 8 1 4...... to 8 Orlearn. and Bordeaux :... Paris and Lyons Do. Do. Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..,.. ..... 9 Rouen and Havre ........ -..... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Landon, and Hasselt ..-.. .. 26 ...... ...... to West Flanders B 3 /4 — to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial ..... .......-- Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, N evr National of Ireland 22% — ~ ~, to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New lO Union of Australia Ditto, New 2 — to Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ...... Asturian Mining Company—. 14 ...... Australian... - Blaenarvon Iron said Coal ... 50 Bolanos:Scrio British Iron - ..... to -- Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 244 Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 1$ ..... .. .. . to Cobra Copper ... 40 General Mining Real del Monte. Unregistered . Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba. lO United Mexican ..... ........ 28 1 ,x, — . ..... to LLOYD'S SIIIPPIN G.--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 4.—Wind this day at noon, E.S.E., light brecee and dull weather, with frost. STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS TEM MORNING, AT 9 A.M. Colchester N., tine. Glasgow Gloucester ....... N.E., frosty. Gosport S., pith rain. Hull Leith W., hard frost and fine. Lowestoffe Newcastle W., hard frost and fine. Portsmouth Southampton Yarmouth N.E., fine. DUBLIN, JAN. I.—Arrd. Hermia, Pratt, New York. CORK. JAN. I.—Arrd. Cambridge, New York. OASTLETOWN, BEREIIAVEN, JAN. I.—GovernorDoug las, Lock, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Cork, leaky, &c. Off port, Charles M'Phae, Pictou, Nova Scotia. CROOKHAVEN.—Arrd. Albion, St. John's, New Brunswick. BELFAST, JAN. I.—Sid. Deborah, New Orleans; Ella, Norfolk, V. SHIELDS, JAN. 2.—The Carl Richard struck on :the bar yesterday, and is very leaky. FALMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind E.—Arrd. Hymen, Meade, Pugwash. The Exile, Wishart, of Sunderland, from Catania to Newcastle, was abandoned with six feet of water in her hold, 28th ult., 30 miles S.S.W. of Scilly; crew saved by the Hymen, Meade, arrived here. RAMSGATE, JAN. 3.—Wind E.—Arrd. Ann Carr, Harrison, St. Domingo, for Bremen. DEAL, JAN. 3.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. from the River and sld. John Bremer, Bombay; Lord Dalhousie, Calcutta; City of Poonah, ditto; John Faraiworth, St. Domingo. OFF DOVER, JAN. 2. Samuel, Ceylon. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—Sid. Severn, steamer, West Indies. YARMOUTH, I. W., JAN. 3.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Her man, Monte Video. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind E.—Arrd. Batavia', Schemetz, Batavia, for Rotterdam; Alga, livay, Quebec, for Sunderland. JERSEY, JAN. I.—Sid. Indian, Ceylon. SCILLY, DEC. 31.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. William Charles, Widdiembe, Ilogadore. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA Y.) MTV: Garr. 11 AND imannze-mazz, There was a shg! - It improvem..lit in th,• general dc. mand, r,t full prices. Beet', trotn 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; V( al, 38 4d to 4s 8d; and York,, sBd to 45 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. rar..a.T SOUTHALL, JAN. 3.—We had a very inactive trade here to. day, and last week's prices were with difficulty supported. The supplies were not to say large.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Veal, to 4s 6d; and Pork, •4s to 4s 6d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JAN. 3.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in moderate-request, at about stationary prices; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state.—Beet; from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 6d; and Pork, As to 4s 6d per 81bs Suckling Calves, 17s to 245; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 22s each. HAILSHAM, JAN. 3.—Our market was rather dull for each kind of fat stock; prices, however, were fairly sup ported. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Veal 4s 2d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4a 6d per Sibs. ARUNDEL, JAN. 2.—A very inactive demand was ex perienced to-day, on the following terms:—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 38 10d to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s per 8113 s. CHICHESTER, JAN. 3.--Trade generally flat, at our quotations. Beet, from 3s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 10(1 to ss; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs.1 EAT 111.11.1tILETS. SMITMFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 103 ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 8s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 188 to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.--Meadew Hay, 21 16s to 3/ I3s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 38 to 1/ 9s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off steadily, at full prices. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Jan. 4,1845, model up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. I PEAS; PRICE .. 1 46s 10e. ' 1 31s ad 1 18s Od 28s 6d 1 33s lid 353 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 93 Od 2s Od 3s Od 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Undersheriff BURCIIELL.) NEW TRIAL.-HOLNES V. THE LONDON AND SOUTH. WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 6/. 10s., arrears of wages, claimed by the plaintiff, as a guard in the service of the London and South-Western Railway Company. The case was heard a short time since in this court, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff, but, on appli cation to the court above, a new trial was granted. The facts of the case were these :—the plaintiff had been in the service of the company since 1840. In Ja nuary, last year, the plaintiff was second guard of the train to Gosport. Amongst other rules of the company every guard was bound to light his hand-lamp at sun set; and on the day in question, at half-past five o'clock in the evening, he discovered that his lamp had not been placed for him, and as it was an express train, he stopped it at Woking station to ob tain a lamp. The delay was not more than half a mi nute, the down-train being due in five minutes. For this delay at a station at which he ought not to have stopped, Mr. Stovin, the manager on the line, reduced the plaintiff se. per week between January and August. The plaintiff was paid on 26th March. One week in June and three in\ August he was paid in full. The question now was, whether the Company were entitled to inflict an arbitrary fine in the shape of a deduction in wages for an unlimited period? From the great number of witnesses to be examined, the case is likely to occupy the greater part of the day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWHAVEN STEEPLECHASES.-WEDNESDAY. These steeplechases came off to-day, and though few were present, the sports were very tolerable. A Sweepstakes of 5/. each, with 15/. added, hw. Three miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. Murray's Democrat, 10st 121 b (Mr. Powell) 1 Mr. Preston's Mathew, 1 Ist 71b ~„ ~, 2 Mr. Cornwall's Legacy, 1 Ist 71b „, „ „, 3 Mr. Drake's Bangalore, 1 Ist 4lb „ „, 4 Betting-2 to lon Mathew, 7t o 2 agst Legacy, and 5 to 1 agst each of the others. Won cleverly by siX lengths. Match, 251. each. Two miles. Mr. Preston's The Novice, 11st (Mr. Powell) 1 Mr. Ellis's Tippoo Saib, lOst 71b 2 3 to 1 on the winner. Both horses were very well ridden, and, alter a game contest, The Novice won by little more than a length, A Sweepstakes of 34 each, p.p., llst each; winner to be sold for 1001., if demanded. Three miles. (5 Subs.) Mr. Cornwall's Bucephalus (Owner) 1 Mr. Drake's Prince George 2 Mr. Preston's Mathew... ... ... 3 Mr. Cammerall's Jenny Lind ... 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Prince George, 6to 4 agst Ba cephalus. 3 to 1 agst Mathew, and 10 t o 1 agst J enn y Lind. Won by a length. , EXETER HALL.—Last evening the seventh L'on• don Edneschly Evening Concerts took place, on which occasion Mr. Braham, sen., the Nestor of English song, appeared IT the first time at these Concerts, and the two greatest tenors England has ever produced, Braham and Sims Reeves, sang together also for the first timo. It is unnecessary to say that the hall was crowded to suffocation. The reception of Mr. Braham upon his entrance into the orchestra was of the most enthusiastic kind —every species of demon stration was resorted to that might give expression to the delight of the audience. Ile sang with his accus tomed energy the once popular song, " Stand to your guns!" and, upon its being re•deinanded, substituted a pretty ballad, with exceeding grace. The duet selected for the joint exhibition of the two greatest tenors, past and present, of which England can boast, was the well known " Gallop on gaily." This was splendidly ren dered; the magnificent organ of Sims Reeves resounded through the vast hall clear an,4 resonant, which, com bined with the unfailing vigour and fine declamation of Braham, afforded a vocal union assuredly not heard since the drys of Incledon. It was encored with ac clamation. Mr. Brahhtn then gave "The Bay of Biscay." The dramatic effect was perfect, and the mental energy fresh as ever. This was also repeated. Mr. Sims Reeves sang " Canst thou love," from the opera of the Mountain Sylph, in which he was de servedly encored. Indeed, the audience seemed to be in a humour to encore everything. The Misses Wil liams, Miss Ransford, and Miss Eliza Nelson all re ceived the compliment of an encore in the course of the evening, and Mr. Laller was loudly applauded in a descriptive song, composed by Nelson, entitled the " Wind." Miss Eate Loder performed a fantasia (composed by Vincent Wallace) on the pianoforte with exquisite taste and judgant, and Mr. Vivier a solo on the French horn with infim to delicacy of intonation. THE WEATHER AND I'HE PARKS.—The severity of the frost for the last thre, e. days has had its influence on the ornamental waters iu . James's and Hyde Parks. The water in both park s ha s been completely frozen over, but the ice is not yet sufficiently thi c k to a ll o w skaters the anticipated exercise. In St. James's Park hundreds of men and boys, however, ventured upon that portion of the frozen river im.mediately facing the Palace, and continued sliding up to the hour of the closing of the gates. The Humane Society had a test erected, but so far-removed from whet e the parties were risking their lives, that, had an accident occurred, it would have taken some time before they could have re. , moved the parties endangered. There was not even man belonging to the Humane Society on the sp et, pro bably believing that the thinness of the ice would pre- vent any sine venturing on it. The Park-ranger. were busily engaged warning off the adventurers, but they were completely set at defiance, the pansies chased taking refuge on the ice, whither the officers felt diffident of following. At three o'clock there were upwards of a hundred men and women in a cluster, when suddenly a tremendous crash was heard, and about twenty fell through, within a for yards of the embankment. Happily, however, there was no fatality attending the occurrence, the persons immersed being no more than up to their necks in ;he water, though at one period it was thought th a t 0 00 young man had been drowned, he having been taken out. in a state of insensibility. He was at once removed to a public-house in Church-street, were warm stimulants were administered, and he quickly recovered. In Hyde Park the Humane society had made every preparation; tents were erected, and the men with ladders, ,under the superintendence of Mr. Williams, were at their posts. The round pond in Kensington -gardens was thickly frozen, and the persons sliding were numerous. There were also several immersions of boys there, but nothing like danger was apprehended, the precautions and acti vity of the Royal Humane Society's men being so com plete. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN ARTlST.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford, the Westminster Coroner, held an inquest on the body of Mr. William Stevenson, at St. George's Hos pital. The deceased, who was an eminent portrait painter, was found dead on the Hounslow stage-coach last Sa turday morning. It appears that he was engaged by the Earl of Cardigan to paint a full-length portrait of his Lordship, and that he had on Saturday taming left his residence in Camden Town to proceed to Hounslow to meet the Noble Earl, who was to sit for the last time. Edward Seeker, coachman, said that on Saturday morn ing last, about a quarter-past nine o'clock, he was hailed by the deceased, who got upon the coach, and took his seat immediately behind witness. Upon the deponent asking the deceased if he would not ride on the box, he replied that he preferred remaining where he was. This conversation took place between Park. street and Hyde• park-corner, and in less than a minute after they bad ceased speaking, the deceased dropped backwards, and was found to be quite dead. Mr. Henry Potter, assis tant-surgeon at St. George's Hospital, said he could at tribute death to no other cause than that the deceased must have been running to catch the coach, which, causing him to faint, made the heart too weak to sup port the circulation of the blood. The brain was per reedy healthy. The coroner was of op i n i on t h a t the contents of the stomach should be analysed prior to finding a verdict. The inquiry was accordingly ad journed. T HE " DAILY NEWS."—It is said thitt Mr. Bright/ M. y., and two or three other persons have bought the Daily News; Mr. George Wilson, the chairman of the late Ann-Corn-law League, is to be manager in con' junction with Mr. Dilcke, the present editor. The paper is to be made the lull size of the London mornins journals, and the price is to be advanced from 3d. to.scle —Cheltenham Examiner.