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left-handed, to barn:aril:e with the motion of the engine, and a c;:ll:3lier4 - ile gaio in seed was acquired. Tire e has I , coliplishel wo , tdera, coo,,idk ring that it i.: only ~f 10 h r.,e power, occupying 5 feet 2 inches b.r 3 feet, and fitted to a ve-sel of 301 tons burden, 130 feet long, and 21 feet broad, originally constructed to carry engines of 100-horse power, which did not give her any extraordinary degree of speed, even with a considerable consumption of fuel. The 10 horse power disc engine works very econo mically, about 18 per cent. less than any other of the sa m e power tried with it—an important advantage where ten days consumption might be extended to nearly twelve days. It has no dead points, and can be worked with the greatest ease, stopping or reversing instantaneously, and may be made to go forwards or backwards with less than half a turn. As an auxiliary, its advantages will be very great ; it is compact, and not liable to get out of order, and is so easily managed. On the return of the Minx up the river, when at Bark ing -reach, she left the Monkey, and steamed up against the tide, and on being moored the engine was opened for examination, and it appeared in most admirable condition, without any symptoms of having worked on one part more than another. The speed of the two locomotives of 10 horse power fitted by Messrs. Seaward to the Miiix, and tried on the 24th of September, was 4.515 knots per hour, fully half a knot less than the Minx accomplished to day with the disc engine. The launch belonging to the Enterprise was tried in the basin yesterdey, and went down to the mea sured mile at Long-reach, with Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer, on board, to-day; it being intended to make it again ready to proceed in that vessel in her next voyage round Cape Horn to Bhering's Straits. The launch of the Investigator was left at Port Leopold. The Ariel steam-vessel, fitted with a smoke-con suming apparatus, went down the river a short distance to day on a private trial, and is to be officially tried in a few days. NOTICE 1 ANEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " Emilia Wyndham," .. " . llordaunt Hall," &c. Entitled TIIE WILMINGTONS, Will be shortly ready for publication. Orders received at all the Libraries. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. There will to no performance at the Theatres This Evening, in con sequence of the Funeral of the late Queen Dowager. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, •;,•6,, ,Ind Mame Pr. Old BromptOrt. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be performed THE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney Maynard, lir. C. Kean; Fel cia, Mrs. C. Kean. After THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna Ylolante, Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by BOX AND COX. To conclude with WHO'S MY HUABAND ? The Box-ottitie is under the direction of At'. I. T. Archer. ILLATRE aoyAL. oE Ceiest43: TO-MORROW, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. B-d -ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. - fo t» rol!owed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO. MEsTIC ECONOMY. Joha Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. , To conclude with a new slippery Sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S TPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smitn, Mr. 0. Smith : Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Bighlmry Barnes, Miss Brooks. PRUcCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. TO-MORROW, Will be performed a new and original 'coml. Opera called MINA, Principal characters by Messrs. W. ilarrison, Weise, Corti, Wynn; Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Louisa Tyne. After which, the Extravaganza of TILE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. ISTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRZ. Proprietor, Ur. W. Batty. TO-BORROW, Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has sue ceedel i . engaging MalemoisJle ANGELE, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and whi, is the first Eqa. strum of the day, with her highly trained Ste. ds, " Senora" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angelo is the same„Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mare " Angela" over twenty-eight teet of water. She will shortly make her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in announcing that he has engaged Madlle. Codoni, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope in Europe, who will appear every Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with the Grand national and tragnifieent Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, in which Air. Edward Gomersal will appear in his Original character of Napoleon. Ater which Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA, sn:lnned by Messrs. T. Barry, E. Jacksm, and Wheale. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; r the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HORSEKEEPING hi which the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a lonr train of moveables, comprising Omnibus, Barouche, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open ',rem Eleven till Fot r. -tag° Nr. W. West. 111411.1 kT LONDON BRIDGE. ikt n DAY —M Irning, 5S min. after 12 Evening, 20 min. after 1 To-Nl•azow Yorninr, 11 min. after 1 I Evening, 57 min. after I WAATHER.--SUN OnxcE, Disc. 13. tiIERNOVETEIt, Lowest, 26; Highest, 34; Noon, 30. BAROMETER, 29.92. WIND E.S:E —Damp, cold, foggy weather. . Q L - 4 7t 0 ., OR-CE:4 ( Cr 1 e§PHatt NOON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1849. We earnestly invite the attention of the British public to a communication from RUNGO BAPOJEE, which will b 3 found in another part of this day's impression. It has been elicited by the unprovoked and unwarranted attacks that appeared in a morning Contemporary u; :on the course which he was promp'gd to pursue by the loyalty and devotion of his nature, and the feeling of despair entertained by himself, " a foreigner in a strange land, in the midst of difficulties." We haVe already alluded to the article referred to by our correspondent ; it smacks toe strongly of Leadenhall-street to permit it to be mistaken even for a moment for the calm and , deliherat expression cf the opinions of a disinterested and impartial judge. The writer must have been long accustomed to Asiatic subservience and oriental despotism. lie appears to have forgotten English usages and habits, and to believe that the well founded complaints of a long suffering and deeply injured man can be suppressed with the strong hand, that qualities which Englishmen have ever been ac customed to regard with respect and admiration can be sneered at and despised with impunity, , and their enthusiastic possessor made an object of contempt and ridicule, a laughing-stock for the witlings of the Honourable Board of Directors. ItinNoo BAPOJEB'S vindication of his own conduct is so full and complete, so satisfactory in every parti cular, as to require but little argument on our parts to sustain it. We have already explained the position of that zealous and faithful adherent to an oppressed and persecuted Sovereign, and the circumstances under which he has been induced to appeal, not to British mercy or British compassion, but to British honour and to British justice. Deputed to bring the wrongs of the unfortunate and deeply 'injured I'ERTAUB SINGS under the notice of the British nation, for " ten long years of respectful prayer, and earnest solicitation for justice," he has preferred his suit, with " bated breath arid deep humility," to the Hon. the Court of Di rectors, to the Board of Control, and finally to the chosen representatives of the people of Great Britain. " The head and front of his offending hath this ex tent, no more"—that when " ill-used, spurned, con temned, despised," by the Indian authorities, he beheld his illustrious friend, revered master, and rightful Sovereign, perish broken-hearted in his exile, a victim to the cruel persecutions he had endured — when he beheld the adopted child and rightful heir of that deeply-injured Prince excluded from the throne of -his ancestors, his wide spread and fertile dominions confiscated and absorbed into the Company's territory, and himself left a beggar, without station or fortune, the private property of his adoptive father being also absorbed in the public treasury; and when, finally, the faithful Vakeel despaired of obtaining redress for these manifold grievances, he directed his warning voice to his compatriots, the native princes and chiefs of India, recommending that they should " look into their own treatise and immediately address the Governor-General, to know if they are to un derstand whether by the treaty, according to which their heirs are entitled to sue coed, they are to be permitted to ex ercise the right of adoption, in conformity with the law and cusi.orn of the Hindoos, or whether such law is to be violated and henceforward set at naught ?" This is an important and highly pertinent, but at the same time a most inconvenient inquiry to the 1 1 )Tagnates of Leadenhall•street. If it should be ffrfnative —if subterfuge and_ .dis guisi should be cast aside, and that they should boldly avqw their secret resolution to abrogate the moat sacred custom of the IlindoO law, which has been znuOtimied and recognized from time immemorial, long before the Winn sail wai pres.f,l by the footstep of the atiAvvert , i A Saxon—a would be excited. that Would shake the British empire in liindostan to its very fouridatieni. A war of extermination—a sanguinary and desperate conflict—would arise, that could only terminate ;in the total destruction of ona of the Belli• g.-rent parties. There could be no peace until either I the invaders were expelled from the Eastern clime, or they ruled without dispute over a depopulated territory, the very sources of their wealth and power being in volved in the general destruction. They might, indeed, possibly " make a desert and call it peace," but would that answer. their purposes ? Would it meet the wishes of even the,niost grasping director ? We be lieve not. The process of " absorption" must be gradual. The resources of the Company, enormous as they are, would not be adequate to so bold and unscrupulous a line of policy. And if the interroga tions suggested by Iturioo BAPOJEB be pressed, the answers must necessarily be in the negative, and the supposed intention solemnly and emphatically denied. Butif this should be the case, will it not deprive them of many opportunities of aggrandizement, and will it not exhibit their conduct to the unfortunate Tam- BULTEE RAJA in the most invidious light ? If they are prepared to avow their intention of not recognizing any " act of adoption," the consequences will indeed be of the most fearful character. If, on the other hand, they declare their determination to adhere to treaties, and to acknowledge the hitherto unquestioned privilege of the native princes and chiefs, how can they justify their exclusion of TRIMBURJEE RAJA? They are thus tossed on the horns of a very unplea sant dilemma, from which they cannot escape under any circumstances. They must either acknowledge their past injustice, and repair the grievous wrongs they have inflicted, or brave results at which even the boldest may shudder. The difficulty is manifest— palpable even to the meanest capacity. Hence the indignation at the audacious attempt of the indefa tigable Vakeel, which has armed him with a new weapon which even the most " cunning of fence" among them can scarcely resist. Hence the attempt to meet reason and argument with contumely and reproach, and to silence a formidable opponent by the combined force of ridicule and of threats. All, however, is in vain ; there is no escape or subterfuge open, they must submit to one of the alternatives, and either will be equally distasteful to the potentates of Leadenhall-street. We can easily understand the anxiety of the Court of Directors to cushion all inquiry into the case of the late Raja of SAT FARA. There are, perhaps, no principles more deeply implanted in English hearts than the love ,of equity and justice, the hatred of tyranny :and oppression in any form and under any pretext whatever. The " trial by jury" is justly regarded as the palladium of our liberties. Un der that glorious institution the humblest citi zen cannot be condemned, or in any manner injured either in person or in property, without having been confronted face to face with his accusers—without hearing all that could be alleged against him, and being fully heard in his own defence. The privilege of which we are so justly jealous ourselves we should be prepared to accord to all who may be brought into connexion with us. The mission of B,ureao BAPOJEE is to implore —to demand—that we should not be forgetful of the Divine precept, which ordains that we should " do unto others as we would they should do unto us." He has a double duty imposed on him—to vindicate the memory of the departed, and to reinstate the living in his unquestionable rights. All he asks for or would accept is a stringent and searching investiga tion before an unprejudiced tribunal. He asserts the total groundlessness of the frivolous and absurd charges that were preferred against his deceased master; he loudly proclaims the infamous means by which the trumpery accusations were sustained before the mock tribunal assembled for the trial of a sove reign Prince. He declares the motive by which the Company were actuated, " that it was for the purpose of taking the RANA'S country," and he demurs to a jurisdiction in which the same persons fill the somewhat anomalous positions of judges, prosecutors and parties to profit by the conviction of the accused., The British nation will, when the case is fairly brought before them, acknowledge the justice and propriety of the demand. The voice of public opinion will at length be heard in its irresistible force. The patronage of Leadenhall- street cannot be permitted to impede the course of national justice, which must continue clear and unpolluted. If the Members of the present Parliament remain insensible to the prayers of the oppressed, their sue. cessors may happily prove less obdurate. They must again appeal, and at no distant period, to their respective constituencies, and questions may be addressed to them during their canvass and on the hustings which it will be difficult, indeed, to answer. The Directors will then learn that their authority, although great, is not altogether despotic ; that there is a tribunal which, even in the plenitude of their power, they must respect; that they are but the trus tees of the British nation, and that they must act with justice and moderation towards all, so as to consolidate the British strength in India, and toregain the good opinion of the natives which they had for merly merited, but which they have greatly impaired, if not altogether forfeited, by recent transactions, more especially by their conduct towards the cruelly per,ecuted and deeply injured Baja of SATTARA. Mr. MATTHEW Somsar, whose letter appeared in our impression of Saturday last, along with the admirable communication of Archdeacon KEATING, has given a very interesting sketch of the rise and progress of the savings'-bank system in this country, and an accurate view of the existing state of the law on the subject. It is exceedingly desirable that no mistake should be suffered to exist on a point of such vital importance to the working classes—that they should clearly and distinctly understand the nature of ' the security on which they are about to invest the savings of their hardly-earned wages, to form a pro vision for their declining years. This knowledge is the more essential, as it will not only prevent the disastrous consequences of any undue panic among the depositors of the several branch establishments throughout the kingdom, by which a run might be occasioned, but will at the same time point out exist. ing defects, and indicate the nature of the remedy that must be provided with the least possible delay. It is true, then, as our esteemed correspondent states, that depositors possess the security of Govern ment in a certain sense, that is to say, for all such sums 'as may be invested with the Commissioners" for the Reduction of the National Debt, pursuant to the several statutes in such case made and provided. As all sums lodged in the several branch banks should be so invested, a small balance only being retained in hand to answer any unexpected demand, it is obvious that, so long as the national faith remains inviolate the great body of the capital of the savings'. banks, vested in the public funds, must be per fectly safe. But the nation is only responsible for the money actually invested, and is in no degree liable for any losses that may be sustained by the fraud or defalcation of any officer or party connected with the management of the local establishments ; the only risk incurred by the depo sitor is in the transmission of his money from the clerk of the savings' bank, to whom he pays it, through the treasurer and trustees, to the Bank of England, and also in the application of the sums that may be drawn out of the public funds by the trustees. If the affairs of each branch be judiciously conducted, and that a stringent investigation into the state of the assets and liabiliti es should take place periodically, little, if any, danger can arise of loss to the parties interested. It is only when a blind and implicit confidence is reposed in some actuary, manager, or other officer connected with the institution, and the ordinary precautions are dispensed with, in his favour, that fraud to any considerable extent can take place. There must, in fact, be gross and culpable negligence on the part of the trustees, and according to every principle of justice and equity the parties who voluntarily under take important duties, in the proper and efficient discharge of which so large a body of their fellow subjects are deeply interested without any intention of giving themselves any trouble, should be respon sible for the untoward results of their own lathes and want of caution. And such, in fact, Was the state of -the law up to the year 1844, when an Act was brought in by Mr. GOULUURN, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer (7 and 8 Victoria, C. 83), by which, among other things, it was provided— " That no trustee or manager of any savings' ba n k shall be liable to make good any deficiency which may , hereafter arise in the funds of any savings' 1 bank unless such persons shall have respectively declared, under their hands, and deposited with the Corarnis)ioners for the Reduction of tha Nationd Debt,that they - Reductionare Ming' s to be ansr.erable, and it shall be lawful for each of such prr-oas, or for such perzons collectively, to limit his or their re,pousibility to such sum as shall be apt cid ,, tl in snv Ouch instrument, pro vided always that the trus!:.; .and manager of any such institution than he, and hot by declared to be per responsible, and liable ior all moneys actually received by him, on account of, or to, and for the use of such institution, and not paid over or disposed of in the manner directed by the rues of the said institution." By this most unwise and improvident enactment every trustee, was freed from all responsibility, except for such sums as may have actuallly " been received by himself in person for the use of the institution," and not paid over and disposed of according to its rules; and it is impossible to fasten any trustee with personal liability, no matter how gross, or how wilful might be his neglect of duty ; nay, although he had certified under Ms hand accounts to be true, the most trifling examination of which must have convinced him of their inaccuracy. This, then, is the great danger to be guarded against. The enormous frauds carried on at Rochdale through a long series of years—frauds that were never brought to light until after the death of the delinquent—and also at Kil kenny and Tralee, in which latter case the criminal was most justly convicted and sentenced to trans portation for fourteen years, were the natural results of the absence of responsibility on the part of the trustees, and their consequent carelessness. In case that there should be a swindling officer the unfortunate depositors are wholly at his mercy, and they are dependent on the honour of the trustees to protect them from the total loss of the accumulations of their lives. In the cases that have already occurred in this country, at St. Albans and Northampton, the trustees acted in a manner worthy of English gentle men, of men of honour and integrity. They made up the deficiencies from their private funds, and no de positor was permitted to lose a single shilling. We trust that the gentlemen of Rochdale will behave in a similar manner. Had the trustees adopted the mere ordinary precautions that every man would teke with respect to his own private affairs, the frauds could not have remained so long undiscovered, or have been carried to so grievous an extent. It is said that the defalcations amount to no less than from 45,0001. to 70,001. sterling, that they have been spread over many years, and that they were concealed by means of a double set of books, in one of which he entered the sums which he banded over to the treasurer, and in the other those which he appropriated to his own private use. how loose must have been the system of business under which such a course could have been pursued for at least ten consecutive years without detection ! What comparison of assets and liabilities could have taken place during that period ? Did any searching inquiry, of any, and what nature er kind, take place? The depositors and the public gene rally—all who are interested in the continu ance of the system, are entitled to full and satisfactory answers. The question uinaot be evaded, and we doubt not that it will appear that the trustees are at least morally liable for the conse quences of their own fatal negligence and over weening confidence in the integrity of Mr. GEORGE llAworrrn. If such be the case, they will of course act as honest men, and save the innocent depositors harmless. Under any circumstances, the Act of 1844 must be modified, and trustees of savings' banks must be rendered responsible (as all other men are by law) for the consequences of their own wilful neglect and default. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. At the sitting of the Assembly on Tuesday, M. BAum moved an order of the day motive, censuring the Minister of War for issuing his recent circular to the officers of the Gendarmerie. General D'HAUT rota, defended himself, and said a circular of a simi lar character had been issued by General LAMO• HICIERZ, when he was Minister of War under General CAYAIGNAC. This observation brought General CA YAIGNAC to the tribune, who said, "I do not approve of the circular which is at present under discussion, and which calls upon the Gendarmerie to exercise a surveillance over the Functionaires. The circular of General LAmoniciEue which has been read to Sou •ontains no such recommendation, and it is on account of this difference that I accept the responsibility of the circular of General LAMORICIERE, and that I blame the circular which is now under discussion." An animated debate follos% ed, at the conclusion of which the order of the day, pure and simple, was voted, in preference to the order of the day motia, by a majority of 378 to 202. The question of the circular having been disposed of, M. FouLD, the Minister of Finance, proposed the adoption of the law re-establishing the duty on potable liquors, for the year 1850. He said that he had already, in the financial statement which he had with perfect good faith laid before the House, showed the renewal of this tax to be indispensable. If they did not reim pose this tax, he begged to ask what others could they find in its place ? They could not have recourse to an income-tax, which had been repudiated by the Assembly and the country. The present tax had not met with the same objections. There had been no outcry against it. There was no agitation anywhere. The renewal of the tax had been recommended by 58 of the Departmental Councils. In order to show that the tax on potable liquors was not any hindrance to the production of wine, or to the home and foreign consumption, he must be allowed to point out some results drawn from official documents. In 1788 there were 1,555,400 hectares of vineyards in cultivation; in 1830 there were 1,993.000 hectares; and at the present time 2,137,000. The quantity of wines thus offered to foreign consumption showed a constantly progressive increase from 1,144,000 hectolitres to 1,550,000 hectolitres, and from 44 millions to 54i millions—that is to say, of 33 per cent, on the quantity, and of 18 per cent. on the value. The home consumption had followed the same rate of increase, and it was im portant to state that the Revolution of July had done what that of February had not done, although the circumstances were vite as serious; thus, in 1848, far from the consumption and the receipts stopping as they did in 1830, they reached the quantity of 10 million hectolitres, which they had never before attained. The increase in spirits was not less remarkable. The quantity exported had risen between the years 1831 and 1848, in the proportion of three to five.—(l - lear.) Tne difference was still greater on brandy. He would now point out the consequences of the step the Assembly was about to take. It would be impossible to carry on the Government, if, while the expenses increased, the taxes were diminished. That was the path that had been followed for the last two years. Since 1843, 155 millions had been added to the budget of expenses for public assistance,. and that at the time when the disturbances of the country had decreased the receipts by an equal amount. The abolition of stamp duty on journals had cost the country 4 millions ; the postal reform 12 millions ; and the reduction of the duty on salt 40 millions. It was necessary to stop on that fatal declivity. If the tax on potable liquors were to be abolished, a fatal blow would be aimed at the finances of the country; confidence would be arrested, and the country would fall into a crisis of which it was impossible to foresee the end. The first effect of the abolition of the tax would be the sus pension of labour, and the working classes would be exposed to sufferings for which they might justly reproach the Assembly. The finances of the State would not only be disorganised, but the communes would be prevented from receiving the octroi duties, and they would be deprived of the resource of the additional centimes. " Happily (said the Minister in conclusion) I feel not the slightest fear of the result in an Assembly so enlightened. We reject all the amendments, which are nothing more than an encroachment on the Parliamentary inquiry which we propose."—(Hear, hear.) After a long speech from M. ANTHONY THOURET in opposition to the measure, and one from M. DEFASSE in support of it, the debate was adjourned. PARIS I3OURSE, WEDNESDAY, DEC: 12. The market has been again very firm to-day, prices steadily rising to near the, close, when a few sales for cash brought quotations down a little; the rise for the account, however, being still maintained, Threes closing at 561. 50c., and Fives at 91f. 95c. The market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 56f. 40c., for account, 56f. 60e.; Fives, for cash, 911'. 65c., for account, 91f 950,; Bank of Franco Shares, 2,430 f ; Spanish Threes, 3Sif.; Do. Fives and Neapolitans not quoted. 'Lamm:Lys —The Share market h-s been also well supported. and prices have again improved. Orleans closed at 7621. 50c.; Rouen, 552 f. 50c.; Havre, 241 f. 25e.; Avignon, 220 f.; Vi'A son, 335.; Bale, 1051.; Bordeaux, 406 f. 25c ; Northern. 461 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburgh, 362 f. 50c.; Nantes, 280 k.; Montereau, 115 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE DEC 12 . Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Dutch Rhenish, I—Luxem bdurg, %—Northern of France, 1% dis.—Paris and Ron: n, 21.k s —Paris and Strasbour4, 6L A —Rouen and Havre, 9%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived. Father FuLaENCIO and his brother intriguers of the parti• pretre, have been permitted to return to Madrid. It was rumoured that the POPE was about to raise a Spanish legion to garrison Rome. MADRID BOMA, DEc. 6.—The Three per Cents., 29 15-16 ; Five per Cents., 13, both for account. Exchange on LoEdon, .5035-. Thus it will be sett) that the Funds have risen, and are very buoyant. E lt, Al A .N Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Austria, a commercial journal of Vienna, pub lished on the 6th instant the text of the commercial treaty concluded between Austria and Parma, and Modena, to which the POPE and the Grand Duke of TUSCANY have also acceded. The following are the more important provisions of this treaty : " The two ducal governments engage, within six weeks, to pronounce their decision as to the acceptation of these articles, and the deputies of the three states will again assemble, at latest, by the end of March, 1850, to agree upon the numerous legislative and ad ministrative minutia. which are bound up in a compact so closely affecting public and private interests. Ac cording to these general articles those portions of the Austrian territory and of the two duchies enclosed i❑ the general line of customs, are to form one Z and the goods that are produced in either one of these c - iuntries, or on which the duty has been paid, will be allowed to pass from one territory to the other, tax free, and unrestricted. All the distinctions with regard to the payment of tolls, and the levying of rates and taxes, which hitherto impeded free communication and traffic at annual and weekly fairs, are done away wi.h. The free navigation of the Po and its tributaries is gua ranteed to all classes of subjects alike. Austrianc consuls andertake;the managementiof the affairs of the duchies in all places where the subjects of the latter are not repre sented—a reciprocity of service being guaranteed by the two duchies. The rights belonging to the most favoured nations are secured to the vessels and wares of Parma and Modena, in Austrian ports, and vice verso'. "Is everything relating to the financial department of the Legislature the two duchies:enter into the closest alliance with the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. They accept the laws framed in the latter for the system of customs, state monopolies, the names of goods, stamps, and duties upon inland sugar, &c. . . . . A central Commission in Verona, to which Austria sends one member, and appoints the presidents, the two duchies being represented by as many delegates, will watch over the common interests, and superintend the Oaks of the respective powers. The revenues resulting from the customs in- the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom and the two dueties will be divided amongst the three Govern ments, according to the amount of population. " With respect-to the external relations of the customs union, both the'ducal Governments unite in conferring upon Austria the power to negotiate for the common weal, in extending to the frontier between Parma and Sardinia the convention already existing with Sar , dinia, with a view to the suppression of smuggling on the common border; and Austria is further em powered to negotiate similar conventions, and con clude with other Italian Governments compacts oragree nients, which will tend to widen the sphere of commer cial operation, benefit trade and commerce, or augment the revenues of the state. It remains, however, optional with the ducal governments to take part in these trans actions; and in: any case the treaties must dc rata fled by them. Concerning the trade and customs union with German states Austria is free to act unfettered, and the two Governments in question bind themselves before hand to give consent to every such treaty which does not affect the equality of legislative rights, or alter the division of state revenues derived from the customs, between the Lom)ardo-Venetian kingdom and the two duchies, nor impose obligations upon the latter inconsis tent with the above articles. The duration of the com p-Let is fixed (four years). and unless at the commence ment of the last year due notice be given, the treaty is to be considered good for another four years." PRUSSIA. Accounts from Berlin of the Bth state that there is a report of another joint note of the four German king doms (Hanover, Saxony, Bavaris, and Wirtemberg), and of Austria, against the assembling of the German Parliament at Erfurth. Some very clever statesmen blame M. DE RADOWITZ, who urges the Government to act with energy, for raising by his counsels conflicts between Austria and Prussia. Tile Poles of the Duchy of Posen refuse to elect members to the Diet at Erfurth. Citing the treaties of 1815, they will not &low of the incorporation of the Grand Durby of Posen into the German Con federation, and, therefore, demand that even the Germans of that province shall not take part in the election. The Polish members of the Second Chamber have made a motion to that effect. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. ALTONA, DEC. B.—The Members of the Schleswig- Holstein Assembly of the States are summoned by the President automat to meet in convocation at Kiel on the 13th inst. HAM B tIRG IL DEC. B.—The early frost has done incalculable injury to our commerce, many foreign vessels des tined for our port being unable to gain it in conse quence of the ice. Three hundred vessels laden with rich cargoes, which left in the spring for India, are now on their way how. The Elbe is now crossed with sledges, but the ice is not yet very strong. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, DEC. B.—The provincial States of Overyssel have voted the sum of 300,000 francs for making a canal from Zwolle to Almeno. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople of the 25th state that the Russian Minister was continually presenting notes to the Porte. On the 19th ult. the Russian Minister presented a note to the Turkish Cabinet, said to relate to the expulsion of the refugees, to which, on the 22d, the Porte replied in a dignified manner, stating that it was anxious to maintain existing treaties, but avoided entering into any details on the subject. The British fleet, under Admiral Sir W. PARKER, was still in Beshika Bay, while the French fleet was anchored at Ourlah. Nothing was known as to their future movements. A few days back Sir STRATFORD CANNING paid a short visit to Admiral PARKER, at Beshika Bay. His Excellency delivered a letter of thanks from the Minister for Foreiga Affairs, expressing the regret that his important duties could not allow him the opportunity of visiting Sir WILLIAM PARKER. The Grand Vizir has likewise forwarded a complimentary letter by one of his aides de camp. The Turkish fleet will not be disarmed this season, probably owing to the events of the day. Another item of importance is the order just ema nated from the Commander in-Chief for calling under the standard the militia in Rutilelia, which amounts, according to estimates, to upwards of 90,000 men. GREECE. Accounts from Athens to the 28th nit. have been received. The passage in the speech of the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, explana tory of the allusion to the King of GREECE in his previous proclamation, has given the utmost satisfac tion to his MAJBSTY. ITALY. Letters from Rome state that General BARA QUAY D i ll lELIERS had an interview with the POPE at Portici on the 3d, and that it was extremely doubtful whether the Porn would return at once to Rome, or whether he would remain at Portici. Great blame is cast upon General OUDINOT f2r having consented to the re establishment of th e Aquisition, and of the tribunal of the Vicar-General. Dr. Aciair.ta still languishes in the dungeons of the In quisition, and the persecuting priests have now thrown off the mstk 'They admit that the accusations which they originally brought against him, of perjury and 'of. the seduction of a nun, are totally without foundation, mere fabrications, in fact, invented to deceive tote French authorities, and to induce them to connive at the arrest, and that it is solely because he has 'become a Protestant that Dr. AcuiLLl is detained in their dungeons, from which they refuse to release him, while they also refuse to permit him to defend himself. The Spanish troops have commenced their ember cation at Terracina for Spain. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince walked early this morning in Osborne Park and grounds. His_Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as usual. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar aed the Princesses Anne and Amelie of Suxe Weimar left Bentley Priory for Windsor yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat three hours. [he Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The appeal " Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter" was resumEd. The Court adjourned until to-morrow (Friday). A deputation, consisting of Mr. Bruce, chairman of the directors of the East Anglian RTilway Com• pany ; Messrs. Everard Scutt, and H.all, Committee. men of the Committee of Bondholders, and Mr. Va lentine, engineer of the company, had an interview wLII the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the. Board of Trade. Lord Portman had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. )1.*4±. - i snit COMMERCIAL ZS v., W CITY QUARTER 7'o 'IE E. rac sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti matel at 3,000 bales, inclining 4,000 Atnerical, 500 B'FZI, at 611. to sea. ; 400 Surat, at 40. to •tid., and 10 Sea Hand, at Is. to Is. 31. per lb. The mark et losrd firmly. Compared with Friday's rates, prices of A,nt rican were id. per lb. dearer ; Brazil is heavy, and low Egyria.n id. per lb. lower.--Railway Shares were without alteration. The sales of grain in the provincial markets were last week larger. The Amsterdam markat OA the llthinst. was still very firm for Dutch Stock, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 55i to In Spanish Bonds there was less elasticity. At Vienna on the 7th inst. Austrian Bonds were 94k, and at Frankfort on the Bth, 851. _ . The Russian Minister of Finance has is - mcd a notice reminding parties interested that in importing salt into the ports of the empire strict attention must be paid to the production of the retnired certificates as to the shippers being natives of the country whence it is forwarded. This is because England, France, &c., have greater privileges than Holland. The American letters and papers were delivered this morning. The most impoi tent point is the fact that the cotton crop is almost certain to be 2,300.000 bales, end may be larger. The Governor of Alabama, in his message to the Legislature of that State, gives a very full statement of the public finances, but says nothing about the liquidation of the principal of the debt any further than that the treasury will be only able to pay the interest, and that the payment of the principal must be left to ~orno future generation. The balance in the treasury, on the Ist of November, 1849, amounted to 528,016 dollars, 58 cents. This is exclusive of the taxes for the present year, due on the Ist of December, which are estimated at 415,000 dollars, making an aggregate of 943,016 dollars, 58 cents. The Governor anticipates an increase of revenue for the next finest year from various sources. A reduction on the estimates the Executive thinks may be effected of 47,000 dolls., which would leave the actual expenditure of the treasury, for the ensuing two years, 268,357 dolls. The Governor advises against any further increase of the burdens of taxation, but an amendment to the law, which will tend more completely to equalise its operations. " The report of the Treasurer of the State of Georgia, for 1848-9, exhibits a very fair surplus for the fiscal year. The total] balance in the treasury, on the 20th of October, 1849, was 345 697 dolls. 52 cents., of which only 67,351 dolls. 52 cents. was available, the balance being in bank stock, railroad scrip, and uncur rent funds. In Canada the weather continued mild. At Montreal, on the 231 ult., flour sold at 20s 6d. to 20s. 9d. for su perfine. Ashes steady, and exchange on London tending downwards, being at 11 I to 12 for 60 days bank hills. There has been a change for the worse in the English Funds, this being the 14st transfer day, and a little money stock having had to be brought to market to make up differences upon the settlement, for the Bears are heavy losers. It will not, therefore, excite surprise that mischief has ensued, and two failures of importance are announced. One defalcation concerns a gentleman now abroad, who was Iso injudicious, although it is cer tainly often done, as to leave power with another to operate for him, and 12,000/., it is said, will not cover the lcss. The individual who has been offiJiating, however, is charged with something more serious, via., with misappropriation, and it having been discovered yesterday afternoon that he was not forthcoming, and that about 4,5001. of stock had disappeared with him, ; which is, we believe, in addi tion to the ; speculative losses above mentioned, pursuit was given by the mail-train in the direction which he was supposed or known to have taken. Another case is that of a Hebrew gentleman, of fair standing in the market. These occurrences have compelled the persons who expected to receive payments;to sell stock, but the Bank of England has given some accommodation on Exchequer-bills. The accounts from Turkey are will not of a character to inspire full confidence, and hence Consols have ru'ed . heavy at 971 and 96i for Transfer, and at 91 to 97i for Account. Exchrquer bills have been 535. to 545. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 97e to 974. Bank Stock is worth 202 to 203. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds have been IBi and Portuguese Four per Cents. 35k to 36. Mexican Bonds have been 28k to 28k. Dutch Two-and• s-Half per Cents. have been 55g. The following is a statement of the week's railway traffic:— 1819. 1848. Great Western 16,656 A 17,100 Bristol and Exeter North- Western 36,605 36,011 Bouth-Westetn 7,174 7,583 Caledonian, 2d Brighton Midland .... •• 19.065 South-Eastern .... ... ..... 7,681 7,105 19,631 6,787 Railway Shares dull on the whole, and not quite so good, but the tone of the market can, in the absence of business, scarcely be ascertained. BRITISH. FUNDS nits DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 203 202 3 per Cent. Reduced 6 , Annuities 8 per Cent. Consols Anns New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann,. 0 7'14 I fi l Af Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1660.- 8 1 / 2 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 5-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860- 8 13-16 $ South Sea Stock - Ditto Old Annuities 93 3 ,,. Consols for Account...... Exchequer Bills, 1 1 / 2 d. 2d. March. June. 1,009/. - 53 p 5001 - 54 p Small - 54 51 r 'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds ... 3" Mexican 80n45,1846, 5 per Cent., CJupons- 7 Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o - Ditto Account . Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cent. Dutch 2,4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 11kUSINES3 DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOO RAILWAYS. PAID. Psa SSAU. Aberdeen - Ditto, Preference Bl - die.... to - Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 633 / 4 - .... . to - Ayrshire and Galloway - to - Belfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. - 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 - Birmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - to - Do., without a guarantee... 20 .. - - Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . - - Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., 'Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14s - - Birkenhead, Lancashire. and Cheshire Junction., 2O Bristol and Exeter - - Do., Thirds ... ..... ... 27 1 / 2 - ..... to - Buckinghamshire... - 17 1 / 2 - to - Caledonian • ...... 50 ..... 11% 1 / 2 ... to - Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ...... 814 to - Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - to -- Chester and H01yhead......... 50 ..... - - Ditto, Preference - to - Clarence. 74 - ...... to -- Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 -, . ... to - D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to - Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 - to - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 2714...... - - East Anglia, 251. L. & E„ and L. & D - ..... to - Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ... .. - - Do, 31. 195.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3 1 ,4 - - Do, 71.17 L, 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 - to - Eastern Counties - Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1, 61.135. 4d .. - p Do., d 0.... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... - ... - Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to - Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New - ...... to - Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - to - Ditto, do, Class B & C....... 25 ...... - - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 - .. .. to - East Lancashire ... . . - Ditto, New .. . . 25 - to - Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares - East Lincolnshire 25 - Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Half Shares - - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - - Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - ..... to _ Exeter and Exmouth.... 2ls. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 64.8 d - ..... to - rilasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ..... to - Do. Preference Consolidated - .- - . ... to - Great Northern 2O ...... 7 1 / 2 ..... to -- Do. 1 / 2 A Deferred ..... - Do. 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent....... 7 1 / 2 - ...... to - Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ... ... 10 - . ... to - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 - to - Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 - ...... to .... Great North of England 100 ...... - ..... to - Ditto. New 406.... ..... .. 4O - to - Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301. ... 30 ... - - Ditto, New 151. l5 ...... - . Great Western 100 ...... 59k ...... to - Ditto, Half Shares 5O - Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 - Ditto, Fifths 2O - Do. New 17/. l5 . - Liull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 - . .... to - Ditto,Quarter Shares - 12 1 / 2 - ...... to - Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 - Do., Thirds - ...... to - Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO - ...... to - llitto, ditto - ... .. to - Ditto Half Shares - ....., to - Ditto Quarters 2 3 1 / 2.... - to - Ditto Fifths - . .... to - Ditto. Thirgs - 16 1 / 2 - ...... to - Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 - - Do. (Radders. and Shaft:) 50 - to - Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... . - - Do., Preston arid Wyre ... 25 ...... - - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 - ...... to -. Leeds and Bradford ..... ....-:- 50 lOO ...... to - Leeds and Thirsk ....... ....... 50 - .... . to - Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3.4 - -... to ... Ditto, ditto... - - Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 - Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 - to - Liverpool, Crosby, andSoutb- port. 10 London & Blackwall ......111. 65. 3d — to -- Lond.,Bright.,&SouthCoarstloo to Do., New 1., gua. opi Ct.loo l3O .... • to Do. GuaranteiM 5 per Cent. 9 to Do Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 — to -- • - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .• ••• LOridiln and Gr2enwich••• 121.15 x. 4d••• •••••• to -••• Ditto Preference London & North Westetn.....loo ......113 118% to 112% Do. New Quarterq Do. Fifths Do. 40s. Shares... .L. & M 85 ...... Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 Lo:idon and S. Western.... 60 ... Ditto, New 504 42%...... Ditto, NEW 40/. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Fret 7 per Cent .... ••• 5 • ••• 6%...... to --. Londonderrrand Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 — Do.. Half Shares s westoff, guar. 4 per et 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... ‘lanch Buxton, & Matlock 5 - ...... to -- Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares( No. 1) ... 25 ...... ...• to Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — to Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12 1 %..... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ..... Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Line. 25 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 oat°, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 28. ... Mid1ind.......• .... ..........100. ditto, Consol. Preference...loo Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 30 .......8 , / 7... to ,elidland, Birm., and Derby...100 i4idland, Como). Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... WO ei idland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. Ditto ditto 221. 7s. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 I , lidland, Leicer. - and Swan ,: ingtor• (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . i idld. Great Western (Irish) 47 4 to viddlesbro' and litedcar. 6 per cent. guar. SO Sewcz Lie and Carlisle lOO ••.• • • - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket .. 23 - •••••• to -... Ditto Extension Scrip... 21 !2s — - Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 - Newry and Enniskillen - •••••• to Newry, Warrenpoint, and tostrevor •••• . • ••.• •••••-•••• 20 gorfolk lOO — to Ditto New 201. • Ditto Guaranteed 6 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 ....•: Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union ~. 4 ' , Tor h British .. .. ... - Ditto Half 5hare5........„ 12% 5 to Do. Quarters Cri ...... ism - Ditto Thirds MA...ft 0000000 1114 ••• •• - Ditto. Preference ...... 5 - \ orth Staffordshire— .. ...... 17 1 4 ',Zorn) Weste rn 13% ••••• •••••• to north Western 13% xford, Worcester, and Wol- verhamjton Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 t;oyston and Hitchin - to Scottish Central: 25 ... .. .....;to •)cottish Midland .... ....... Ditto, New.......... 2 2 1, — to -- Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 — to Ditto. ditto, Class B. $ _ Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 • 4 hrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester _ (Nor. W. alin.) - 000000 to - Ditto Halves, Ditto 9 ... ~ Ditto, Oawestry 1814...... •••• to - Ditto (New)... Ditto tiper Cent. Pref.—.... 10 :hropshire Union 6%..... ...... to .!•outh Devon .. 5O ...... _____ -- Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 south Staffordshire B% 3 14...... to .-. south Eastert : 33 38 133, ..... to Ditto, No. 2. BO Ditto, No. 3." 3O Ditto, Iteg:stered No. 4.... 10 ...... to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.... lO ..... VA% % to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster! and Goole h fliold, Rotherham, and 1;oole (.N.D) Goa. 5 parct. 11 1 4 — ••• . to Do. do. (South Div.) • 5 wans. and Loughor and Ca meron's 5tm.C0a1........• . 7 - raw Vale Extension ........ 8 ...... Thames Haven Dock and Railway ... 17 1 ,4...... -0. ...... to Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ..... ..... Naterford and Limerick..... 47%..... Waterford,Wexford,Wfeklw, And Dublin Wear Valley 6 per rent. I (Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. • 15 .•• • -- West Cornwall 6 - Nnitehaven and Furness lB ... .. .-- ••••• to ..... Windsor, Staines, and South Western..... Wilts,Somerset4Wermouth 45 - t oil., Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exton. 20 .. ... __ __ ...... _.. Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. $ Do. Hartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 fork aria IN .r t 13' Mitland .. 50 . IS% to 173 Ditto, Preferei7ce FOREIGN itAILWATB. anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) p m _, to doulogne and:Amiens 2O ..... 6 3 /04... to Central ... 4x France (Orleans and Vierzom) .... ...... 20 Dinnertir... Dutch Rhenish S ..... . East Indian jreat Indian Peninsular..... b ...... 5!4 to Do. Do los. Louvain Ila Sambre ... .. 7 1 /,, — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto ... 10 ...... Madrid and Valenti,. Namur and Liege... Northern of France 14/ E 5..... 114 dis... to Orleans ant Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Itonen Paris & Strasbourg ......... 12 Rouen and Havre ...... ..... .. 20 Satnbre and Meuse :strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ..... roars & Nantes ... • .. 13 Tournay, Jurbise, Landon, and fiasselt .. West Flanders Bl l /4 — •••••• t. - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... SO ...... Colonial ... -.. ... 26 ..... . Commercial or London 2O ...... London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 London and Westminster... 21 ...... !to National Provincial of Engld. 85 - Ditto, New National of Ireland 2 2 1 7i — .. .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ..... .....- ..... 10 Union of Australia ...... ...... 25 - Ditto, New .. 24 — Union of Loudon ...... .. ..... 10 Union of Madrid • - - MINES. Anglo klexican lOO ...... Asturian ........ ........ ..... 1$ ...... Australian ..... Barrossa Range . 285. — Blaenarren Iron and Coal ... 50 ...... Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .• ... 24 1 ,4...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba.„ 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper General Real del Monte. Unregistered —.. .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentured ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. lO ....• -- ••• .. to United Mexican ....... ........ 28 - LLOYD'S SHIPPIIN (3—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 13.—Wind E., light airs, and dull hazy weather. PLYMOUTH.—Arrd. Finestone, Gallon. Portobello. Ski. Glentarrner, St. Helena and Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH. DEC. 12. Wind E., strong.—Arrd. Robins, Martin, Rio Grande, sailed Sept. 20; Union, Kitt, Honduras. Off port, Victoria, St. Kitts. A brig, waterlogged, with the stumps of her masts and bowsprit standing, a round house abaft painted yellow inside, and apparently not along abandoned, no name on her stern, suppostd to be an American, was passed on 6 th ult., by the Henry, for Honduras, arrived here. PILL, DEC. 12.—The Pbcenix was in contact with the _Clara (steamer) this morning, and received COL. siderable damage. GRIMSBY, DEC. 12.—The Tweed, of Whitby, has been assisted in, disabled, leaky, and the crew exhausted. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 12.—The Azarian, Bristol to Bremerhaven, has been assisted in, leaky, &c. ; cargo expected to be discharged. HARWICH, DEC. 12.—The Helena, of and from Stock holm for Lisbon, went on shore on the Cork Sand last night, and is likely to become a wreck; crewisaved. JERSEY, DEC. 11.—Wind E.—Arrd. St. Brelade, Alexandre, ShipPegaD• NEWPORT, DEC. 12.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Silurian, Savannah. 13EAUMARIS, DEC. 12.—Wind E., strong.—Arrd. Lively, Mouarty, St. Andrew's. RAMSGATE, Mac. 12.—Wind E. by S.—Sld. Plata, Buenos Ayres. DEAL, DEC. 12.—Wind E. to E.S E.—Arrd. Senegal, Moodie, Moulmein for Newcastle; Lady Bruce, Brown, Calcutta. Arrd. from the Ri ve r an d sa il e d , DLmerara. PORTSMoUTII, DEC. 12.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Her rnione, Raschen, Richmond V., for Bremen. LivEarooL, DEC. 12.—Wind S.S E.—Arrd. Adele, Field, Prince Edward's Island; Russia, Tucker, New foundland; Jessie and Hercyner, Queb( c. Sid. Li bra, Buenos Ayres; Pilot Fish, Bahia; Richard, Per numbuco; Jessie, Apalachicola; Enterprise, New York. Off port. Zion, Hope, Bombay, 'YARMOUTH, DEC. 12.—The Japes, Kompberg to Lon don, was driven on the beach yesterday; crew saved; cargo discharging. PENTLAND FRITH. DETENTION OF MAILS.-- Gales in the Pentland Frith have for some tim e p as t occasioned great irregularity in the mails between Wick and Orkney. Oa Thursday week fourteen bags were delivered together; and from that day there were no bags till Wednesday night last, when also fourteen bags were crossed to Wick. The weather on the north coast has been very obsugeable.—Edinburgle Advertiser. ,1 ,•• li t‘ 16 I 1,1 •I 4• iS iy t t • ) IV viz aa T AND LEJUIEN A.zia. Thi , :e markets v.ere tolerably steady to-day. at full prices. 13:-ef, from Its 8i to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s. 10:!; Vea', 3s 2d to 3s 101; and Pork, 2s 8d 'to S p-r 811”. 1% EAT MAILKBTO. SOUTIJALL, I)Ec. 12.—Alto , pgh tee supply of Ist stork was on the incr,ase to-day, tho ral "demo] ruled steady, and prices had an upward tendency Pee! from 38 to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4'l; Veal, 33 4 u to 3s 83; and Pork, 3s 8d to 43 8d per 81bs, to Dirik the offals. ROMFOIID, DEC. 12.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off freely, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81) 6 . Must other kinds of stock were steady. Beef, from 3a to 4s 2d; Mutton, 33 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3a to 3s Sd; and Pork, 31 4d to 3s 10d per 81hs. Suckling Calves. 18s to 24. e; Quarter•old Store Pi's, 18i to 225; and Mulch Cows Kith their email Colt, 151 to 18151 each. LEWES, DEC. I.—Our market was firm at improvfd currenci4 Bee, from 3s 41 to 44 4'; Mutton, sa 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 35 811; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3 s Sd per Sibs. _ _ _ BAT IVIAILIEZTB. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow 11;iy, 2/ 83 to 31 9s; Clover into, 31 0; to 41 8,;; and Straw, 11 Ss to 11 Ss pW loaf!. A fair average supply, and a dull trade. t ;umnEntAND.—Meadow Hay, 2e 84 n 31 10i; Clover law, 3/ 04 to 41 6s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 Ss per oad : Supply moderate, and trade dull. Meadow !lay, 2/ 5s to 3/ IN; lover, ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 1114; and Straw, 112 s to 1/ 8s per load. A sluggish irAuiry, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORY For the Week ended Dec. 6, 1849, made up from th - . Returns et MO Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Was. per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. ILTE. BEANS. I MAC, PRICE .. I 39s 4d 27e s l d 1 168 Gd 23, 31 , 283 4d 180 s 11 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. %HEAT. BAALET. I OATS. 1 ETC I I BEANS. pus. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is 01 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COMMON LAW COURTS. (THIS DAY.) This being the day appointed for the interment of Her late Majesty the Que. n Dowager, neither the Court of Queen's Bench, the Court of CominonTleas, nor the Court of Exchequer held their sittings. They stand adjourned until to•n,orrow. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under• Sheriff BURCHELL.) LEWIS V. KNIGHT. This was an action to recover the sun] of 61. Os. 6 3 . , on a bill (t exchange, of. which defendant waa th e drawer arid indoner. The defendant pleaded that he did not draw or indorie the bill, and, secondly, that he had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act. A witness was called who most distinctly proved the defendant's handwriting. For the defence, two extracts of the schedule filed is the Insolvent Court was tendered, as also the .adjudics• den. The extracts alluded to a bill of exchange, but plaintiff's name did not appear on the face of the _pia' ceedings. It was, however, contended that there was sufficient identity of the bill to prove that it was the one mentioned in the schedule, Ind that, consequently, de* fendant was released from all liability. Mr. HAWKINS, for -the plaintiff, objected to the ad' mission of the document. although certified as office copies, under the seal of the Court, contending, that si the plaintiff's name was not mentioned, and he had ni notice of defendant's intention to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act, the plaintiff was not protected. Mr. MARRIOTT, .he defendant's counsel, said that the bill was sufficiently - described, for after it once went cdo of the hands of the drawer t r indorser it was next t• impossible to ascertain through. whose hands it passe l l nor was an insolvent botind to do so. From the state' went on the schedule there was good reason to sup Pc t. the bill had got into the hands of plaintiff without I giving any consideration, and after the insolvency. , 1 Mr. HAWKINS complained that suc h assert i ons s hoo' net be made, as they did not admit of proof under 0 6 pleas. Mr. Mennerr submitted that the whok.of the stag e : ment sworn to by the d e t en d ae t on p ass i ng t h e I ns olven t Court was admissable. The Learned UNDER SHERIFF— Am I to understeti d your proposition to be that whatever an insolvent sva 6ll , to in his schedule is to be received as evidence in b 1; own favour, or against any thi r d p ar ti es w h ose none' do not appear? Defendant's COUNSEL considered so, w h ere there could be no doubt that it referred to th e subject-matt er in dispute. de The Learned UNDER SHERIFF said he wo u ld aa lt -- the evidence for what it was eorth, and leave it to the jury to say whether they believed the en t r y referred tv ~ the bill in question, but he would tak e a note of objections. In summieg up, the Learned Uuder-Sher m said that he was of opinion that . the plaintiff was ell; titled to a verdict, for the onus was on the .defendee. cl arly to matte out that he:bad been legally discharged from his liabilities. The jury considered for some time and then gave 6 verdict for the defendant. A The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said that he wo ol , - retain the writ, and give Mr. Hawkini liberty to inso the Court ahoy.- on the point rtservbd. Mr. HAWKINS applied to have the deem:ciente pro' duced retained. Th.' UNDER-SHERIFF said he had no power to do ea Mr. Hawkips coul.; ~b rain other office copies. MARLBRO -STREET—(THIS DAY.) Dote STEALING —James Brown, a notorious dor stealer, was charged before Mr. Bingham, with Wing stub n a valuable spaniel deg, belonging to Mr. Georg . Goedwin Ewant, 75, Maddox-street. Abeut six o'cl , ck last evening; the prosecutor wtb psssing ut of Oxford street into Hanover-square, with a valuable spaniel do?, following him. On a rriving . 1 " Ilarewood-place, he suddenly missed the dog, and ahtla he was looking for it a young snan cane up to him, 513 informed him that he hed seen a man' pick the snit° up, and run up Oxford-street towards the Circus. r' c ' . secutor went in pursuit, and the priso ner was stopp ed ~, by a constable in Swallow-passag e , w h o h a d seen , drop the deg, and taken t o th e s t a ti on . Th e preeen, l3. tor added, that he would not h ave l os t th e d og f o r 20 1 ,.. John Anderson said he was in Oxford-street on previous evening, near Ilarewaod-place, when he saw t't; prisoner pick up a spaniel dug, and putting it under T o arm, ran off as fast as he could. Witness informed lil t prosecutor of what be had seen, and they both 157913 4 after the prisoner, whom they c a ught i n th e cus tody' v a constable in Swallow-passage. Police-constable 396 A proved seeing the prisonq running along Oxford street with th e d o g produc e ' . under his arm. On seeing witness he dropped the d o g and and ran down Swallow-passage. Witness f o llowed nw and took him into custody. Sergeant Hardwick, of the D division,proved tw former convictions against the priso ner fur a ein )Pfl offence. Mr. BINGHAM committed the prisoner under t e e e second clase of an Act of Parliament pas s ed in 1 84 ' ; known as " Bishop's" Act, for six months to the Iloti s of Correction, with hard laboue. el It is not generally known that the adopti on of the , above-named, which interposeseby its penal provisi 4 l so material a check on the growing evil of d og -stealine owes its existence to the unceasing efforts of Mr. Bieti4 the well-known gun-smith, of New Bond-street. gentleman's intercouse with persons of the highest (II unction, who had been the victims o f professed (P i g: stealers, enabled him to obtain their aid in the Leg i t n e ture to carry a measure, the ab so l ute necess i ty o f w.. - a had become apparent to all who valued a useful 11 % faithful companion. Since .the above Act has been : 4 force the crime of dog -stealing has been much on ih decrease in the metropolis. emb' durit town for h node irivar has ri be t; A mo The ' Iler li Morn • A, m, Th pr oe , St floor! c loth f orm the toy, Al ai R , 'the, werE 4 hall b eat , frotT Plat to ti at te talc, Th, th e the SPORTING IN TELLI(;ENCE• METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASES.—WAD, NESDAY. The Metropolitan Handicap of 20 BOYS etch, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with foo mined; the second to safe his stake. (15 Subs., 4of whom declared.) Mr. Tredgold's Maria Day, lOst (Frisby) % Mr. Vevers's Vain Hope, lOst 91b (Archer) 5 Lord Strathmore;s The Doctor, llst llb ...(Rsckley) 4 Mr. J. Elmore a British Yeoman, 12st ... m a son) 6 Captain Little's Chandler, list 41b .. (Oliver) Tho following also ran:—The Marquis of Waterfo r° Sir Arthur, list 81b (Ryan)—M r . Dok ° n ° g Cornwall, 9st bib (Boyce)—Mr. Butler's Lottery', 7- Blh (owner)—Mr. Young's Sarah Sykes, 9st (BradleYlit Betting-5 to 2 agst Vain Hope, sto 2 agst•„, r , Arthur, 6 to 1 each agst British Yeoman and Chen°74 ; 10 to 1 agst M ar i a D ay, 12 to I each agst The INc-e. and Sarah Sykes. W on by a nec k, a f ter a go od r 9 c 0 the Doctor third by three lengths, the British Yo li :b. fourth, and Chandler fifth ; the others did not pass post. The Free Handicap Steeple Chase Stakes of 5 9 , each, with 25 added. Three miles. (11 5a10.,/i Mr. Oliver's Trust•me-not, list 2lb (j. Alason), Mr. Vevers's bg by The Cardinal, 10 s t 81b (Archer) 5 Mr. Wilkin's Ima, 9st 13. b (Read) , 4 Mr. K. Hunter's My Uccle, lOst (Green ) nib The following also ran:—Mr. Hunter'Orlope l (Hunter)—Mr. Hardy's Blossom, lOst 31b (1-1 0 Y 1 d'0 Mr. Terry's Jenny Jones, lOst 31b (Darby)—Mr. "'" re's Billy Morgan, lOst 31b (Bradley)—Lord Stratlim° l l e , Miss Burns, lOst 21b (Frisby)—Mr. Steward's 9st 12Ib (C. Balchin). Betting— Tro9: 4 to 1 agst Cardinal g, 4 to 1 agst - r oe , me-not, sto 1 each eget Billy Morgan and Aliso 1 31 , 1 .0 1, Won by two lengths, the same between second and I LL The Aristocratic Steeplechase did not come oft Match, 251. Three miles. Mr. Fran's Sampson, list (Jackson) % Mr. Reed's The Cub, lOst 71b (R. Reed) Won easily. FUNERAL OF THE LATE QUEEN DOWA ddi t; Yesterday orders were issued ca-otn the Lord Cl -staw ", j d lain's office for closing; the metropolitan theatre° end other plrzes of public amusement licensed tinder, the" e % 52d George 11., which are situated on the Mi dd e rs side of the river Thames, this evening. The al‘ n° d g t he of the Surrey, Victot ia, Astley's A mphithestre, on t iog Bower Saloon have given notice that their reeP ec d a establishments will not be opened this evening. " 0 , mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Q u e e ,e- The bells of St. Paul's, Westminster fro o vlral churches in the metropolis, wore toile". ten afternoon, o'clock in the forenoon until on 2 o'clock 0.0 afternoon, and the shops of her Majoity's trades "" were wholly closed during the day. M ' r. Beckwith, late secretary to the Levi, tior mart', has been sentenced to seven years' trstlePo °- w t o 0 for embezzling uPWards of 1,0001. from tie A ud° institution. sone entr Ti Mel consi eiou s of b e befor her li to th th e , respec of t ,Wind on th Thl order. wits Diary bean ( A 310, A. me born e At in g t Rated ueei Tee bro a , sail ( Wore • CQrd ~ THE S (J N, LONDO NT, THURSDAY EY'ENINr, DR' HvBER 13, 'Ri9.