The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-15 00:00:00

- - - FUND FOR PROMOTING FEMALE EMIGRATION. The sympathies of the public have recently been interested by de tailed accounts of the condition of the poor, and especially of the suf ferings of some of those who are furv.ng the most helpless of their sex—the working women of the country. In the metropolis alone, 33,500 women are engaged in the single business of apparel .making. It is estimated that 28,500 of them are under 20 years of age, and that of these a large portion are subsisting, or attempting to subsist, on sums varying from 4%d. to 2%d. a day. Throughout Great Britain the male population is greatly outnum bered by the female. By the census of 1841 it appeared that there were 320,000 more women than men, and so great has been the amount of male emigration during the last nine years, that the ex zees of females may be fairly supposed to have reached half a million. In the British Colonies, on the other hand, the inequality is re versed : in 1847 there were in New South Wales only 41,000 females to 83,000 males ; in south Australa only 13,000 females to 17,000 males.. Similar disproportion exists in Van Diemen's Land and other Colonial dependencies. It is proposed to take measures with a view to abate this double vil ; to supply the Colonies with the population which is the crying want of society there, and at the same time to redress this increas ing grievance of the mother country, to rescue from penury and mi sery those who emigrate, and, by diminishing the unnatural excess of female labour, to better the condition of those who remain. With these views the following Noblemen and Gentlemen have formed themselves into a COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. SIDNEY HERBERT, M.P., Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. The Most Noble tbe Marquis of Westminster The Right Hen. the Earl of Carlisle The Right lion. the Earl of Harrowby - The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germaine The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London . The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford The Most Noble the Marquis of Granby, M.P. The Lord Ashley, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, M.P. The Hon. John Talbot, Q.C. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird Sir Walter Rockliff Farquhar, Dart. Sir James Duke, Bart. M.P. The Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P. C. B. Adderley, Esq., M.P. George Carr Glyn, Esq., M.P. John Masterman, Esq., M.P. John Walter, Esq., M.P. William Page Weed, Esq., M.P. C. J. Bevan, Esq. The Rev. Joseph. Brown The Rev. W. W. Charnpueys William Cotton, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Dale W. F. A. Delano, Esq. The Rev. John Garwood William Gregson, Esq. Robert Banbury, Esq. M. I. Higgins, Esq. Charles Hoare, Esq. George Jelf, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq, Samuel Jones "Loyd, Ese. W. G. Prescott, Esq. The Rev, W. Quekett The Rev. B. C. saugar William Shaw, E)fq. The Rev. J. Sherman The Count de Strzelecki, C.D. J. J. Travers, Esq. It is proposed to take immediate measures for promoting Emigra tion to the British Colonies on an extensive scale. Assistance will, in the first instance, be extended to the class which, as the poorest and most helpless, has a reasonable claim to early consideration —the needlewemen and slop-workers. Offices will be immediately opened, at which such parties may re gister their applications. Care will be taken to select such persons only as are well recom mended, and whose age and habits render them fit subjects for emi gration. Such arrangements will be made as will secure for them every possible safeguard and care during the passage out. Communica tions will be opened with the colonies, with a view to the proper re ception of the emigrants on their arriv.l; for their temporary as sistance, sad .to afford them facilities for placing themselves in respectable positions. The amount of the assistance, and the form in which it is to be rendered to the emigrants, whether that assistance shall be by way of gift or loan, or both, must depend upon the amount of contribu tions at the disposal of the committee, and be necessarily regulated by the circumstances of each case. A vast undertaking is proposed, a great and growing evil is to be met and remedied, vigorous ache' and large means are required ; but the Committee look with confidence to the public for support, doubting not that in a land abounding with wealth, and in which there is a self-denying and a Christian spirit, means will be proNlded for accomplishing so great an end. They venture to remind the nation of the great and grievous affi etion which, by the Providence of God, they have just escaped, and they urge upon them the great duty of showing their gratitude to their Divine Benefactor by assisting the moat helpless and needy of his creatares. Donations may, if it be desired, be paid in two, three, or four an nual instalments. The following bankers will receive money for the fund f In the City. At the West-end. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. Messrs. lloares, Fleet-street. Messrs. Glyn and Co. Messrs. Coutts and Co. ' Strand. Messrs. Junes Loyd aad Co. Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall- Messrs. Masterman and Cs. mall. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Messrs. llerries and C 0.., St. James's-street. be published in a few days. TM. T. HILY, Hou. SocretAry. •square, Dec. 11, 1849. A List of Contributions will 4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-; NEW NOVEL BY THE HON. C. S. SAVILE. Just ready, In 3 vols. post Svo. I EONAUD NORMANDALE Or, THE THREE BROTHERS. By the Hon. C. STUART SAVILE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. INTERESTING LITERARY CHRISTMAS PRESENT, New ready, 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, LIVES of the PRIN CESSES 01 ENGLAND. By MRS. EVERETT GREEN. Editor of the " Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies." " A valuable addition to the historical library, and forms a meet corn panion for the work of Miss Strickland, to which indeed it is an indis pensable addition. The author has executed her task with great skill and ilde:ity. There is a graceful combination of sound hi stori cal erudition with an air of romance and adventure that is highly pleasing."—B ritann la. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAIMET. Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING, Wtil be performed f new Comely, entiVel THE SEETOUS rA- Army. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, But:ketone ; Sirs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fltzwilliam. To be followed by BOX AND COX. After which a new Farce entitled THE LAUGHING HTENin. To cenclude with an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keelky. The Box-ofilte is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELYILL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Dram's, called THE WILL OW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bel ford, 0. Smith; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled 1)0- 3,IESTIC ECONOMY. John Grimly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Graml ey. Mrs. F. Mathews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BITISM UR P'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbary Barnes, Mr. I'. Bedford ; Bob Twin ka, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. X. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be nerformed METHINKS I SEE MY MOTHER, To be followed by DELICATE GROUND. After which II WOULD BE AN ACTOR. To conclude with ItAISINQ THE WIND. Dress Boxes 54.: Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. gro half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Bones mast be made to Mr. Aileron, 11",;, New Bond-street. PEL.NICESS'S Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original comic Opera called MINA... Principal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, Weise, Cord, Wynn Mrs. Weiss. and Miss Louisa Pyne. Ire conclude with the celebrated Opera of DON PASQUALE. • ASTLE VS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Prarliater, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVEN NG, Mr. BATTY has great pleasure in announcing that he has suc ceeded II engaging Mademoiselle ANGELS, from the Hippodrome,. Paris, and who is the first Equestrian of the day, with her highly— trained Steeds, " Smola" and " Bertram." Mademoiselle Angels is: the same:Lady that rode the celebrated English Steeplechase Mares " Angela" over twenty-eight feet of water. She will shortly makes her appearance at Astley's Ampitheatre. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in announcing *it he has engaged Madlle. Codoni, the most graceful performer on the Tight Rope ha Europe, who will appear every Evening. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with the Grand national and magnificent Spectacle of THE BATTLE OP" WATERLOO, in whieh Mr. Edward Gomersal will appear in Ws original character of Napoleon. After which Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA, =livened by' Messrs. T. Barry, E. Jackspn, and Wheale. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; 6, r the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HOUSEKEEPING,. fa whieh the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a. LAII train of moveables, comprising Omnibus, Baroucke, oe-Cart„ and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Fotr. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 111G11 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins Del —Mornirg, 15 min. after 2 ! Evening, 25 min. after 1! To-Monnow -Morning, .51 min. aster 2 !Evening, 8 min &Ma 1; THE WEATHER.—Surt OrricE, Dsc. lg. TILERMOMETEIt, Lowast, 47; Highou, 53; Noon, 53, BAROMETER, 29.87. WIND S.W.-dull rainy weather. 4 ...,,1,„ , .., w ,. k stt , s T4;111•,, 0 , ', . 4. ...' •-. it. , V 'l 4 , , at)i i,- -, . .;;,-, , it .., - . .\‘'..,,) .. .- '.., t. ' . • ilv .. ~• • . 7,1.• , S , 1 . . mu . • 11. Ult; xlcurfit r...ONDON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1841. The inveterate hostility with which the Hunga lien movement has been hitherto regarded by the vast majority of English journalists is already be ginning to give tokens of its ultimate disappearance , Some of the most virulent opponents of the Magyars are even at this early pericd evincing a disposition to diminish the violence of their aspersions, and are , actually recognising justice and reason in what they had up to the present moment stigmatized as a flagrant and unjustifiable rebellion. Within the pre-- sent week indeed it has been actually confessed by one of the principal among our morning Contempo— raries, that in their estimation, the royal diadem of Hungary and the imperial diadem of Austria have never been united, although they have been settled upon the some dynasty. The acknowledgment is sufficiently significant : inasmuch as it is a virtual recognition of the rights of the Isllgyars to vindicate their national independence, especially at a period when that independence is violated by shameful perfidies, and threatened openly with yet greater en croachments. Upon the settlement of the difficulty the merits of the question are dependant. For if it be demonstrated beyond denial that the crown of the Hungarian monarchy has throughout past centuries remained totally apart from the crown of the Austrian empire, it is evident that any assumption of authority on the part of the latter Government in its relations with the former, is an arrogant pretension such as no free people would submit to without an effort to repel the demand by the force of their indignation. It is admitted, moreover, in the columns of the re-actionary • newspapers of London, that the Pragmatic Sanction in no respect altered the position in which Hungary stood towards its imperial neighbour. In testimony of this it is only necessary to remark upon the cir cumstance, that even subsequently to that memorable treaty the Austrian Emperors have invariably ap plied to the Hungarian Diet for supplies to enable the Cabinet of Vienna to carry on their wars, alter natively, with one or other of the different Powers of Europe. As an evidence, in like manner, of the jealousy with which this isolation of the regal dig nity over the Hungarians is regarded by the Magyars themselves, it has been instanced by Mr. PAGET, in his work upon the great country bordering the Danube, that even in apparently the most trivial points of ceremonial etiquette, the members of the Hungarian Diet have always been exquisitely chary of affording to the Viennese Camarilla any one inci dent which they might afterwards pervert into a precedent. For example, he has adduced, in illus tration of this, the circumstance which first arrested his attention on reaching Presburg, namely, the dis cussion then being carried on in the Diet for the determination whether the title of the new Emperor should be that of FERDINAND I. or FERDINAND V. of Hungary, he being at the moment of his accession to the imperial throne FERDINAND V. of Austria. After a prolonged debate, he observes that it was ultimately decided by the majority of the Diet that, in spite of the wishes of the Court party to the contrary, the title of the new Sovereign should be that of King FERDINAND I. of Hungary ; so punctilious have the people of that country shown themselves during the whole of their career in the retention of every tittle, token, or form of their national independence. Seeing that admissions are already making in this manner, on the part of the reactionary newspapers of England, as to the distinction necessary to be drawn between the powers of the two diadems even when combined upon the same head—which they cannot be in the person of the young Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH, without a direct infraction of the Hungarian constitution—we are sanguine that when a little of the heats of factious animosities and predilections have cooled down the judgment of these same journalists may become equally rational in its consideration of the whole of the recent movement. By the Pragmatic Sanction it was guaranteed that the descendants of CHARLES, JOSEPH, and LEOPOLD " juxta stabilitatum primogeniturce ordinem" should possess the crowns of Austria, of Hungary and its dependencies. Accord ing to that stipulation alone FRANCIS JOSEPH has no claim whatever to be regarded as the King of the Hungarians. It is the fortune, however, of the Red Emrestou to be surrounded by many other obstacles to the attainment of that coveted distinction. Until the brow of the acknowledged heir to the diadem has been girdled by the crown of ST. STEPHEN, until the ceremonies of coronation have been performed, until the oath of allegiance to the Hungarian Constitution has been pronounced, until the magnates and representatives of the race of the Magyars have given the customary pledges of their loyalty, the man is not King of Hungary; he is only a claimant to that supreme rank in the Hungarian Com monwealth. Now it is, of course, sufficiently notoi ions that FRANCIS JOSEPH is not merely without any right to the royal diadem, not coming to it according to the direct descent by the right of primogeniture, but that he has never been invested with the purple in the cathedral at Presburg, and that the crown of ST. STEPHEN, in fact, is removed out of the reach of his government; so that the requisite ceremony of coro nation cannot be attempted by the ally of the AUTOCRAT. To say that he has never pronounced the oath of allegiance to the Hungarian Constitution is as unnecessary as it would be to declare that, if that asseveration were articulated by his lips, it would be credited by any man not confined without an asylum of lunatics. Equally no torious is it that so far from the mag nates and commons of Hungary having sworn obedience to the Pretender, they have protested against his insolent advances by words and by arms, by decrees pronounced in the Diet and by pitched battles fought in the valleys and on the mountains. For all these reasons, therefore, the student of European history cannot but regard the Red En- PEROB of the Austrians as an usurper on the throne of Hungary—a prince possessed of one only right to the sceptre of the Magyars—the right of conquest. As conqueror, or rather as the ally of a conqueror and a traitor—the traitor GEORGEY and the conqueror PASKEWITCII, the chief of the lieutenants of the Russian AUTOCRAT--FRANCIS JOSEPH has acquired the dominion of the land of the Danube. By fraud, by treachery, by lying and massacre, by pillage and arson, by cruelty and ferocity, the Red EMPEROR has pushed forward to the throne of the hero-King ST. STEPHEN. He has grasped the sceptre, held by so many noble and august potentates, with a hand incarnadined by his butcheries ; he has donned the semblance of the Hungarian diadem while his features are still reeking with the evil passions, while his whole counte nance is still overshadowed with the gloom of his still unsatisfied vengeance. The dais upon which he has raised his chair of state is nothing less than the elevation of the scaffold ; the lictors preceding him as heltraverses the country of his invasion are turnkeys and headsmen : the only benefaction bestowed by him upon the land just subjected to hie sinister dominion is that of having enriched its soil with the heart's blood of its patriotic children. This is the precocious tyrant before whom the widows of Hungary are required to bend the knee in homage. The scourger of women is greeted as prince of chivalry. With HAYNAU for his CARRIER and Buda for his Nantes, he expects the evil•disposed among the population to be removed reaped down by the blade of the guillotine, beaten down to the dust by the leaden hail-storms of musketry. If he is to be viewed_as King of HUNGARY, he is King by the grace of the guillotine! The infamy of his prema ture achievements has doomed him to renown amongst the princes of this generation—but his re nown is that of a despot, great only in his atrocities, As CHARLES ALBERT was the most heroic, 119 NICHOLAS is the most inexorable, as FREDERICK WILLIAM is the most faithless, and as Pius is the most unfortunate, so is FRANCIS JOSEPH, the Red Emperor of Austria, the most infamous and detest able. Hence it is that in our estimation the period of his dominion over the gungarians must prove only marvel lously evanescent; for twelve millions of heroes can not be so easily brought under a permanent subjuga tion even by, the united agencies of perfidy, brute force, and ruthlessness. The day of retribution may be delayed, but its ultimate arrival is inevitable. The approach of Christmas is invariably heralded by two metropolitan exhibitions of no ordinary in terest to agriculturists—the Smithfield Club Show of fat cattle and farming implements, held at the Bazaar, King.street, Portman-square; and the annual meet ing of sturdy yeomen, at No. 17, Old Bond-street. These bucolic gatherings may be regarded as affording the best illustrations of the " sayings and doings " of those engaged in the cultivation of the soil throughout the entire coun try. The one furnishes a practical proof of the progress of agricultural pursuits, and of the great improvement that has been effected in the breeding and fattening of stock, no unimportant part of the farmer's business. The other shows the feeling en tertained, by the farmers themselves as to their actual state and condition. Nothing could be more propi tious than the former, or more gloomy than the latter. Never was there a finer show of stock of every description, both in quantity and in quality, than at the bazaar. Oxen and steers, cows and heifers, of the most approved breeds, long-horned and short-horned, A vrshires, Devons, Il€refvrds, and Galloways, were ranged together in goodly numbers and rich unc tuosity, enjoying their short-lived triumphs before they should go the way of all fat cattle by being consigned to the butcher's axe, and exciting savoury anticipations in the minds of epicures, who revel!ed in imagination on luscious sirloins or melting. ribs. The sheep pens were not of inferior at traction. Leicesters and Southdowns, long wools (not Leicesters) and short wools (not South downs), and cross breeds afforded unequivocal evidence that the taste for mutton has not de• parted from the shores of merry England, and that haunch or saddle will still find willing consumers in the British metropolis. The swine, too, should not be overlooked or neglected. Every variety of the animal which the negro considered the only "real gegtleman" was forthcoming ; while, together with these, were clod-crushers, scarifiers, bruisers, ploughs, harrows, &c., &c., every implement in fact that could be required to develope the utmost resources of the land, and to make the soil give forth its produce, in luxuriant abundance. To judge from the entire proceedings, English yeomen have but little to fear from foreign competition. Every adjunct that could be required or wished for is of easy attainment, and with such means at their disposal, and the best market in the world at their very thresholds, the farmers have only theme selves to blame if they do not reap the legitimate rewards of their enterprise and industry. The proceedings at 17, Old Bond street, however, afforded a lamentable contrast to those at King street ; the aspects of the one were as dark and lowering as the other were cheering and auspicious. We confess that we awaited with some curiosity the demonstrations that would be made at what may be considered the central agricultural society of England, attended by representatives from every district. The divisions and differences that exist among the Protectionists have been perceptible to the most superficial observer. At Bromley, Reigate, and a score of other localities the complete ruin of the country, and the utter inutility of any attempts to avert or retard a general bankruptcy, were loudly proclaimed. No thing but an immediate dissolution of Parliament, an appeal to the country, a total change of the national policy, and the resuscitation of the principle of mo ' nopoly, when all classes paid tribute to the territo rial aristocracy, could avert the decline and fall of Britain's glory. At Newport Pagnel, on the con trary, the assembled farmers, under the guidance and direction of their eloquent and accomplished repre sentative, were [prepared to direct their exertions for the attainment of practicable alterations. The aboli tion or modification of the local burdens, the estab lishment of a real sinking fund, the ways and means being provided by additional duties on foreign pro ductions, would afford .:very acceptable and sub stantial relief. A still more manly tone was adopted at the recent meeting at Cirencester; there was a spirit of self-re liance and confidence worthy of the utmost praise. The farmers were told in what manner they might meet the pressure of the times, with the means at their disposal ; that by employing additional labour they might, at the same time, in crease the produce of their lands and diminish the poor-rates, and by raising double crops realise better profits, with wheat at 101. per load, than formerly when the same quantity could be sold at 151. It remained, then, to be seen which of these sec tions of the agricultural party would obtain the majority at the council of the " Society for the Promotion of Agriculture and British Industry ;" and among the orators that might subse quently address the meeting, there was but little expectation that the salutary example afforded at Cirencester would be followed, but some doubts might be entertained as to the fate of the propositions submitted by the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire ; whether, in fact, his leadership of the party would be accepted or repudiated. That point has been settled. Mr. DISRAELI'S policy has been effectually rejected by chairman, council, and members of the society. It is true that the language of compliment was used towards the Hon. Gentleman, but the result was no less decisive. They could not afford to throw over board incomparably the most talented member of their party—the only man qualified to exhibit the sophisms of Protection in a favourable light. The sharp blows were, therefore, accompanied by honeyed words ; he was patted on the head and called a good boy, while his suggestions were disposed of in the most summary and uncere monious manner by peer and peasant. After such treatment can Mr. DISRAELI longer remain among the party ? Can he waste his unques tionable powers in favour of such ungrateful and rebellious followers ? The old distich bath it that " Who drives fat cattlo Should himself be fat," and the Protectionist leader must exhibit a stolidity and obstinacy suited to the mass. Mr. DISRAELI iS too keen sighted and intelligent, too acute and brilliant for the Protectionists. He should abandon their cause and apply his powerful intellect to the service of the community in general. One of the orators (a Mr. STONE) was exceedingly irate at the unceremonious manner in which Dr. BUCKLAND spoke of the agriculturists, when he described them as being "stupid as their own oxen." Whatever might be the opinion of the speaker, we believe that it is very generally admitted throughout the country that there is no better judge of " Stones" of every description than that eminent geologist, and that his decision on that " brilliant specimen" and his associates was not so great a mistake as the orator might fondly suppose. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The debate on the re-imposition of the duty on potable liquors was resumed in the National Assem bly on Thursday, by M. DB MO/ITALEMBERT, who spoke in favour of the re-imposition of the tax. At the conclusion of his speech the debate was again adjourned. Previous to the commencement of the adjourned debate, M. PASUEU, Minister of Public Instruction, i ascended the tribune, and deposited on the table a project of law on primary instruction. The Govern ment, he said, was most anxious to propagate that in struction, but it thought that the personnel of the masters should be speedily reformed. Functionaries of the State, they owed an account of their mission to the Minister in whose jurisdiction they were placed. Ihe clauses referring to them had been ex tracted from the Bill on secondary instruction which the Assembly had sent a month ago to the Council of State. That examination was nearly termi nated, but the time its discussion would require rendered it imperative for him to submit to the As. sembly several transitory measures respecting those masters, which it was urgent to adopt in order to obviate the evils complained of. One of the articles provided that the primary master dismissed from the functions should not be permitted to open a school in the district where he had exercised them.—(Lund murmurs on the Left.) Primary instruction is to be placed under the surveillance of the Prefects.—(Fresh murmurs on the same side; " And of the gendarmes," exclaimed several Members." Here M. Dupin, addressing the Left, said to them, "The discussion has not yet commenced, and you are doing more for the adoption of the Bill than you are aware of." " The Prefect," continued the Minister, " will chocSe the primary instructors from among the hymen or the members of the religious associations recognized by the State, after consulting:the Municipal Council of the district."—(Murmurs on the Left, applause on the Right. Voices from the Montague—" Vice Henry V. !" " Vivent les Jesuites !") When the Minister bad concluded, M. Pascal Duprat combated the immediate discus sion of this provisional Bill, and demanded that it be referred to the Council of State, which, he understood, had modified the project in the liberal sense of the Bill prepared by M. Guizot in 1638. M. Parieu replied that the Council of State had adopted the principles laid down by the Cabinet, as the Assembly would perceive in a few days. After a few words from M. Beaune, the Assembly, on being consulted, decided the questiun of the urgency of the discussion by a very large majority. A debate then ensued on the mode of disposing of the Bill. Some proposed to refer it to the former Committee on Public Instruction, and others to the bureaux. M. Bourzat moved that it be referred to the Pope. —(Laughter.) After hearing MM. Lherbette, Parieu, and St. Hilaire, the Assembly referred the Bill to the former Committee. . The ilionzteur contradicts the rumour that was cir culated on Thursday in the Assembly, of M.M. FER DINAND BARBOT and DUMAS being about to quit the Ministry. The Evenewent says—" In consequence of the experiment made on the 11th by the committee of the Boulogne Railroad, the Minister of Finances has resolved to send an inspector of finances to Boulogne and Calais, to ascertain the means of accelerating the mail service between France and England." The Constitutionnel announces the appointment of M. DE PERSIGNY as Minister to Berlin, and of General CASTELBAJAC as Minister to St. Petersburgh. General HERBELLON has sent three standards, taken at Zaatcha, to Paris. They are to be deposited in the Church cf the Invalides, A grand dinner was given on Wednesday to Colonel FORESTIER, in honour of his acquittal by the High Court of Versailles, and a sword of honour was presented to him. During the dinner a commissary of police presented himself, and announced, in the name of the Prefect, that he would not suffer any speeches of a political kind to be delivered. The persons present submitted, after having protested against the act of the authorities. The Moniteur denounces as calumnious an accusa tion by the ,National against M. DLICRATEL, of having a''''"THE SUN, LONDON, :SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15; •;•appropriated 1,317,000 f. destined for the tomb of mil. NAFOL, f',lllov Punk returns : --ing are the chief items in the weekly Francs. Specie in Paris ~. 291,632,364 Ditto in branches ... 128,631,341 Bills in Paris portfolio 40,816,381 Ditto in branches 75,618,813 Bills lying unpaid g 4 9 9 716 Ditto in brunches , — 1,903,682 Notes in circulation ... 364,697,500 Ditto in branches... ... 67,083,550 Credit to Treasury 74,428,392 Ditto private accounts 80,120 368 Ditto in branches 27,289.883 There are four millions more of gold in Paris and •n the branches above the previous week's account. There is a decline of two hundred thousand francs in the discounted bills account, and two millions decline in the branches. The bank notes are contracted in circulation by upwards of four millions and a quar ter, with nearly three.quarters of a million in the provinces, or making together five millions. The credit to Treasury has increased three millions. The adjourned debate on the tax on potable liquors was resumed yesterday in the National Assembly by M. PASCAL DUPRAT, who spc:he against the tax. He as replied to by M. LEON FAUCHER, and when the post left M. GEM was speaking against the Bill. The Bill,will, it is said, be carried by a good majority. PARIS BOURSE—FRIDA DEc. 14. The market opened firm, but large orders for sales, in consequence of the late advanceC in prices, coming up from the country, prices soon afterwards gave way, to leave off lower than yesterday, Threes for the Account were last marked at 561. 15c., and Fives at 9 If. 30c. The market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 56f. 15e., for Account, 56f. 15c.; Fives, for cash, 911. 10c., f ora ccount, 91f. 30c.; Bank of France Shares 2,420 f.; Ne apolitan, 941 .; Spanish Threes, 381 . 50c.; Ditto Fives not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share market has been rather flat, and some of the lines are quoted a shade lower. Orleans closed at 7571. 50c,; Rouen, 5481. 75c.; Havre, 240 f.; Vierzon, 3251.; Bale, 105 f.; Bordeaux, 405 f.; Northern, 4551.; Paris and Strasburgh, 3661.; Nantes, 2771. 50e.; Dieppe, 1801. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. DEC. 14. Boulogne and Amiens, e l —Orleans and Bordeaux, 3!i — Sambre and Meuse, VA. SPAIN. Madrid journids of the Bth have arrived. Queen ISAVELLA has entirely recovered from her recent indisposition, but fears are entertained that the hopes which had been indulged in with regard to the birth of an heir to the Throne may be disap pointed. The l3olsa was closed on the Bth. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. HANOVER. Upon the Bth instant the Second Hanoverian Chamber unanimously voted an address of condolence to the KING upon the demise of her late Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER. The motion was made by M. BaunEN, and in the following terms, which, not only from their quaintness, but from their kindly and grateful sentiments, merit translation : " Mr. President, —Joys shared are double joys ! Grief shared is half relieved ! This consideration in duced the loyal Cham'uers of the Monarchy, which is united with its noble mov..reign house, to depose, upon a recent occasion (birth of a princess), its vows for blessings upon the cradle of a dear suck hng (.01;glings) of our royal race. This consi deration, in my opinion, which justly prescribes to us representatives the duty of deposing, in like unity, a cypress wreath upon the grave of a Queen of this land, with whose memory so many dear remem brances and ties of love aro interwoven—upon the grave of the widow of that King, William IV., to whom Hanover owes her Magna Charto, the basis of her con stitutional liberty, on which we are now building— upon the grave of a royal lady, whose high virtues were previously proclaimed in the warmest terms by the Chambers, upon the occasion of an address of condolence on the 28th June, 1837—virtues which the elevated pages of history will now immortalize, whilst the tears of the poor and oppressed in her immediate vicinity will fall on her ashes as the holiest of all blessings that can be offered as a testimony to the beneficent actions of—in the utmost sense of the word—a most exalted lady." AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The last act of Baron HAYNAu is the acquital of all the employes who served the Hungarian Govern. ment from the Bth of October, 1849, to the sth of January, the day on which Prince WINDISCHGRATZ entered Pesti). They are not held amenable for their acts during that period, unless crimes can be alleged against them. The only investigation of their con duct that will take place will bear upon thu space of time dated from the 6th of January, of which they must give an account. Accounts from Vienna of the 10th do not confirm the rumours which were in circulation as to the order said , to have been given to the Austrian troops to enter Saxony. PRUSSIA. The Paris journal the Ordre, the organ of M. ()DILLON BABROT, declares that there is no probabi lity of any war arising between Austria and Prussia on the German question. " The armaments are not made in contemplation - of a general war," says the Ordre, " they are raised for another sort of object, and are directed against Parliaments." This journal says—" This campaign will be anti parliamentary. The army of Bohemia is, as all the world knows, destined for Saxony ; the army of the Tyrol, is destined for Wurtemburg. The Bavarian troops, being supported by the regiments of the Tyrol, will be able to keep down Franconia and Swabia, and as for i the rest . of Germany, the arm of Prussia will suffice." HOLLAND. TUE lIAGLJE.—Among the various projects of law lately submitted to the Chambers by the Minister of Finance, one of the most important is that of the navigation laws. By this project "The transit and navigation dues upon the Rhine are to be abolished, and the differential duties on colonial trade abro gated. All flags, on condition of reciprocity, are to be placed on an equal footing with the Netherlands flag. Premiums and other privileges hitherto en joyed by the Netherlands fkg, to be abolished; the coasting trade of the colonies is, however, reserved to the national flag alone. Ships of every nation, which act upon the system of reciprocity, shall not pay higher dues of any kind in the Netherlands har bours than is paid by Netherlands vessels; and vessels built abroad may obtain home charters." If this project of law b e pas s ed, a g i gan ti c s t r id e w ill have been taken on the road to free trade, and would greatly diminish the incessant and frequently unjust reproaches DOW imputed to the Dutch colonial trading systern.—Allgemeine Zeituiig. LUXE NIBURGII. LUXEMBURGH, DEC, 7.—Next week the Chambers will have to pass their judgment respecting the accession of the grand duchy to the federative state. It will likewise come to a decision, on the proposition of some of its memhers, as to whether the State shall charge itself with the guaranteeing an interest of 3 per cent. upon a capital of 6,000,000, for making Luxem burgh enter into the labyrinth of railways. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. COPENHAGEN, DEC. B.—The elections for the Second Chamber terminated on the sth. They produced a great agitation in the capital—an extraordinary sensation—to which we are not at all accustomed here. Since the revolution in the two Duchies the real interest in Denmark is considered by one party to be the preservation of the whole of Schleswig, while others would be content with retaining the northern part, where the Danish language and Danish customs have ever prevailed. The two parties who split upon this ques tion have energetically disputed for victory through the electors, the former party, at the head of which is the present Ministry, have carried the day and turned all their competitors out of the electoral urn. Thus the party which wishes to retain the whole of Schleswig, and, according to the pro gramme issued, will not tolerate the severance of even a single village, will have a great majority . in the Chambers. Whether, therefore, the negotia tions for peace be carried on at Berlin, at Copenhagen, or upon neutral ground, it may be regarded a s c ertai n that the proposition which ' has been so often canvassed, the division of Schleswig, is no longer admissible ; but the basis will be founded upon the plan that Denmark shall re tain possession of the entire province intact. A Copenhagen correspondent of the Germ & Re form denies that the Danish Government has acceded to the proposition of the appointment of Danish and Schleswig-Holstein umpires, and declares that no thing whatever has yet been submitted to the Ku.° respecting the direct negotiations already commenced between the KING and the Stadtholdership, except chat the KING has replied to the conciliatory letter of Messrs. ItevaisTnow and BESELER in an equally con ciliatory tone. SOUTTIAMPTON, FRIDAY, DEc. 14. The Right llon. Lord John Ru2sell arrived here from Loudon by the 2 P.M. train, and embarked from Southampton Docks on board her Majesty's steamer Fairy, Commander Crispin, R.N., for thborne. Tho Premier likewise arrived here on Thursday week last, and embarked in a similar manner for the island. APOTHECARIES'• HALL—Namcs of gentlemen who passed thPir examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, the 13th of December:—Edward finder; Sturley Payne, Bury St, Edmund's; Robert Gething, Newport, Montacuthshire; Gilliam garrioou, Bedford. ITALY. The following letter from Rome of the 6th of December is published by the Paris Constitutiourtel:— " I have just received a very important piece of mws, which I hasten to transmit to you. The Marqui:i Sa chetti, who was to have sent this week to Naples a quantity of decorations which the Popo ordered, has just received directions not to do so. A person, gene rally well-info tried of what is going on, has just told me in a positive manner that his Bolin( ss is expected hero towards the end of next week, or the beginning of the vveele followi;.g. At an early hour this morning the large state carriage of the Pope was taken to the Vatican. Judge of the joy of Rome and of the Ca tholic world if this news of •his coming hack turns out to bo true ! We shall then see the horizon clear, and our hearts will open to some hope. The. Pope once more at Rome, the European question will be half solved, and we may hope that ever) thing will be ter minated in a pacific manner. You are aware that General Rostolon has received from the Holy Father the Grand Cross of the Ordine Piano, and that his aide-de camp has also been decorated. It is stated that at the first non-official interview of General Baraguay d'Hil hers the Pope asked him if he were married. The General replying in the affirmative, his Holiness took from his secretary four precious chaplets which h.,d been consecrated by himself, and gave them to the General for his family. General Baraguay d'flilliers has not yet returned to Rome, but is expected every day. M. de Corcelles, it is said, will come with him." The Statute of Florence of the 15th states, how ever, that the POPE has declared to General BARRA GUAY D'HILLIERS, that he cannot return to Rome for the present, and the Paris Siècle adds that the reason is that he has no funds. General BARRAGUAY D'HIL. LIERS was still at Portici. The Courtier des Alpes of the 11th announces the election of constitutional deputies to the Piedmontese Chamber by large majorities at Pont-Beauvoison, Albertville, and Annemasse. The Risorgimento of Turin of the 10th gives the following constitutional elections at Turin :—Cavour,l3albo, Galvegno, Gioia, Pinelii, and Novelli. The President of the Council M. d'Azeglio has been elected at Strambino, General Dabormida at Avigliana, and Terenzio amiani at Pinerolu. Of the Democratic party, we notice the names of Josti, Meliana, and Ratazzi. A letter froM Milan . of the 4th contradicts the rumour of the resignation of itADETZKY. In Naples the obscurantists are carrying every thing with a high hand ; the education of the people is given over exclusively to the priests. The Minister of Public Instruction of Naples has issued a decree, dated the 30th ult., to regulate the religious discipline of the students of the colleges and universities. By this decree a commission of four ecclesiastics is instituted to superintend the conduct of the students. Every student to belong to some religious congregation or society (Congregazione di Spirito). No permission of residence will be granted to a student unless he produces a cer tificate from one of the said congregations. He is bound to attend the congregation on every holiday, and every month a certificate of at tendence is delivered to him by the . Prefect. The student is also bound to present once a month to the congregation a certificate proving that he has followed the lessons of a master approved by the Minister of Public Instruction. No - student can obtain acade mical degrees unless he has attended a congregation for at least eight months. The same period of at tendance is required for every successive degree. The directors of institutes are bound to take their pupils above ten years old to one of the congregations, and to present once a month to the commission a certifi cate of attendance. The day-scholars frequz_nting the ccums and private Echoolg are subject to the same ObligAtiOLS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chief Justice Wilde and a special jury were occupied during the whole of the morning at Guild hall in trying the cause of Whitfield and others v. Aland, which involved no materials to justify a detailed repot t, the sole question being whether a bankrupt had given a fraudulent preference to some of his creditors. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER-FRIDAY. CHESTER Cup.—Nothing doing beyond an offer to lay 1,000 to 15 agst anything except Peep-o'-day Boy and Ludy Evelyn. DEanY.—The only bets on this event were 300 to 20 agst the Italian, and 3,000 to 45 agst Yew The ; 25 to 1 egst Sweetheart; and 25 to; 1 agst Voltigeur (offered.) _____ ____________ HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Carlisle bans., Mon., High Hesket ; Wed., New Inn, Armathwaite ; Fri., Red Huuse, KirMinton-9. Egmont harm., Mon., Wintherwath ; Wed., Newton ; Sat., Little Salkeld-101. . _ Dumfriesshire hds, Tiles., Ramerscales ; Sat., Castle- Tiverton lids., Mon., Twitchen Village ; Thurs., Yardgate, near Northmolton ; Sat., eighth milestone on the Old Southmolton•road-10i. Durham County lids., Mon., Maiden Law ; Wed., Sunderland-bridge ; Fri., Seaham Lodge-10i. Hunvorth hds., Wed., Deighton Village ; Sat., Hurworth. Raby hds., Mon., Staindrop Plains ; Wed., Raby Kennels ; Fri., Middleton Tyas-101. Mr. Bildyard's harrs., Mon., Acklam Blue Bell; Fri., Carlton Guide-post-101. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Wheatsheaf, Hariten ; Fri., Potten Wood-10i. Southdown hds., Mon., Windore•hill; Fri., Seaford. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GILEDIEN. - - For the time of year, the supply of Vegeta bles hero was extensive. For all kinds the de mand ruled heavy, at last week's prices. The show of Foreign Fruit was on the increase. English Fruits— Pine Apples, 4s to 63 ; Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, 6s to 5s Gd; Black Hnmburgh Grapes, 2s 6d to 3s per lb; Pears, 5s to 10s ; Eating Apples, 2s Gd to 3s 6d per half-sieve ; Apples for cooking, 2s to 3s Gd per bushel; Filberts, 6')s to 65s per 1001bs. Foreign Fruits—Black Hamburgh Grapes, 6d to 9d; White ditto, 6d to 8d per lb ; Spanish Nuts, 43 to 6J; Walnuts, 3s to 6s ; Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s per peck; Oranges, 36 to 105 ; Lemons, 4s to 83 per 100. Vege tables—Cape Brocoli, 3s to Gs per dozen bunches ; Cauliflowers, 2s to 4s per dozen; Turnips, 9d to ls; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, Is to is Gd per dozen bunches ; Onions, 23 6d to 3s Gd per bushel ; ditto for pickling, 2s to 2s 6d per half-sieve; Horse-radish, is 6d to 3s ; and Celery, is to is 3d per handle; Levics, 84 to Is; Parsley, 9d to is per dozen bunches; White Cabbages, 64 to Gd ; Savoy ditto, 64 to 8d; R7i ditto, Is 3d to Is 9d per dozen; Brussels Sprouts, is to is 6 i per half•eieve; Endive, is to is 3d per score ; Red Beet, Is to is Gd ; Parsnips, 4d to 84 per dozen ; Tomatoes, 5a to 6s per half-sieve; Mushrooms, 8d to is per pottle; Spinach, is 3d to is 61 per half sieve; Small Salad, 2s to 2s Gd per dozen punnets; Sage, is to is 61 per dozen bunches; Corn Salad, is 3d to 15 Gd per half sieve; Shallots, 2id to 3d per lb; Potatoes, 80s to 120 a per ton; ditto, 2a 61 to 3s 5d per bushel; Sou Kell, 2s Gd to 3s per punnet. X WGATZi 3~xv» 1. .(2.12-SZT IT AIM. Turkeys, 6s Od to 10s Od; Geese, 43 6d to 7s Od ; Ducks, is Gd to 2s 6d ; Tome Rabbits, is Od to is 83; Wild ditto, 81 to is ; Pigeons, Gd to Lid ; Roasting Pigs, 5s 03 to 8s 03 each ; Surrey Fords, Gs Gd to 8s 03 ; ditto Chickens, 3s 6d to 03 ; Barridoor Fowls, 23 9d to 5s Gd per couple ; Freh Butter, 8s to 13s per duzun lb ; English Eggs, 8s 63 to lOs 83 ; and French ditto, 7s Od to 8s 3d per 100 ; Pheasants, 2s GI to 3s Gd ; Partridges, is 3d to Is 3d; Hares, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Woodcocks, 2s 3d to 2:3 83 , Grouse, 13 93 to 2s Gd; Ptarmigans, is Cd to is 83 ; Snipes, 83 to Is 23; Teal, 61 to Is; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 63; Widgeons 8d to Is 4d; and Movers, 6;1 to Is Od each. NZINATP 011 T. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s; Vea!, 3s 4d to 43 Od ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d par thin. WIIiTECIFIAPEL. Beef, from 23 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 103 to 3s 10d; Veal, 33 4d to 38 10d; and Polk, 23 8d to 48 per Sibs, by the carcase. BILLXIVCSGATE. Salmon, is to Is 4d per lb ; Turbots, 4s to 16s; Brills, 2s 6d to 6; Cod Fish, 3s 6d to 8s Od; Whitings 4d to 8d; Lobsters, 8d to Is 8d; Crabs, 4d to Is 2d each; Soles, Gd to is 8d per pair; Eels, 4d to is per lb.; Large Haddocks, 8d to is ; small ditto, 5d to 7d each ; Crimped Skate. 8d to 9d; and Prawns, 2s to 2s 6d per lb; Shrimps, is Od to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, is 3d to Is 6d per dozen; Common Oysters, 10s to 15s; Scotch Pearls, 16s to 21s ; and B e st Natives, 42s to 60s per bushel; Flounders, 8d to Is; and smelts, is to Is Gd per dozen. 7112.EAD, The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6id to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 4lbs loaf. nron BTARIEET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to Od; ditto, G4lb to 721 b, 14d to 2J; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 21d; ditto, 80Ib to 881 b, 2id to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 21t1 to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 31d; ditto, 104 U) to 1121 b, aid to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s Od to 3s; ditto full, Gs; Horn Hides, 7s; Polled Sheep, 5s Od to 7t Od; Bunts and Half breds 4s Od to 5s 3d; Downs, 3s Od to 4s Od. 71411.1 r :5/.B.XECEITS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31. 10s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 7s 6:I; and Sraw, 11 25 to 11 is per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2; Es to 31 10J; Cloc er ditto, 3i Os to 41 Ga ; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 Ss per 'end. Supply tolerably good, and trade very dull. WHITECHAPELI Meadow Hay, 2/ Si tc: 31 103; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to Al 103; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 7s per Both flay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely late rates. The foilocing are the names and ratings of the ten seamen and petty officers who were selected to bear the coffin of Queen Adelaide to the tomb:—Samuel Long, iptartermaster, who was coxswain to the deceased;Queen's barge whin cruising in hcr Majesty's ship Hastings, 74; John Ilayles, able seaman; James Berry, boatswain's mate; henry Hinkins, quartermaster; Jeremiah Glatt v id°, boatswain's mate; Hiellford Hill, boatswain's mate; Phillip Perry, captain's coxswain; John Brodie, able seaman; James Gradey, yeoman of the signals; and John Glass, able seaman. They all wore their service medals and good condue4 badges, 1849. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW ,t;'. CITY, QUARTER' TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liver pool yesterday were about 4,000 bales, including SCO American on speculation. The market was quiet, but firm at previous rates. The sales cernprised 3,500 American, 250 Pernam and Ma ranhani, at 6,11. to 63e1., and 200 Surat at 4ed. to 43d. per lb.—Railway Shares were flat, and prices had a downward tendency. The weekly statement to the Bth inst. of the Bank of England liabilities and assets is again well worthy of attentien. The accumulation of assets in nearly every shape, the steady addition to the public or treasury account, the fulling cif in circulation, and the accumula tion of the precious metals, are all circumstances that presage an important future in the Money Market, unless some very unexpected change occurs. The com parison of the present with the previous return is as under : Notes Issued ... 29,983,955 Increase 263,760 Rest ... 3,108,687 Increase 2,064 ••• ••• ••• Public Deposits ... 8,931,249 Increase.. 468,594 . Other Deposits ... 9,519,954 Increase a . ▪ 129,948 Seven Day and other Bills 1,093,531 Increase ... 11,104 Government Securities ... ▪ no alteration Other Securities ... 10,016,315 Increase 246,126 Notes 12,062,290 Increase . . 368,960 Bullion ... ... 16,772,792 Increase ... ... 260,364 Active Circulation 17,921,665 Decrease ... 105,200 The Foreign Exchanges were quoted yesterday after noon for 90 days' bills as follows:—Paris 25 60 to 62k, Antwerp 12 2 to 23-, Amsterdam 12 2 to 23, llamburgh 18 13i to t, and Trieste 10 14 to 16. The rate on Hamburgh was steady as compared with the previous post-day, but the quotations on the other cities could scarcely be called so good. It will have been observed by the last weekly railway returns that they contrast unfavourably on the whole with the corresponding period of 1848, the North- Western, Caledonian, and South-Eastern being instances to the contrary among what may be termed the great lines. The Brighton stands well, but is nevertheless a shade under this time last year, and the South-Eastern, thanks, no doubt, to its important Chatham branch, in creased about 900/, The worst exhibit is that of the York and Berwick, and of the York and North Midland, the deficiency upon a much smaller total receipt being far greater than in the Midland, and competition probably has much to do with this. The Scotch lines generally a:e doing pretty well, and the Great Southern and Western of Ireland has a largely increased taking, though the opening of fifty-eight additional miles must be taken into account. The Amiens and Boulogne on the same mileage took 56/. more. The exports of the precious metals from London during the week ending Thursday last, were very :large, comprising 4,000 ounces of gold, in dust and bars, to Dunkirk, and 612 to Rotterdam. Also upwards of 360,000 ounces in silver to France, Holland, Belgium, and the lonian Isles. The accounts received from Manchester this morning state that business was good, but at Leeds the market was dull. It has been determined by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send assistance to the homeward bound trade detained in the chops of the channel. The Funds are without any particular alteration this morning, and not much is doing. Consols 96it to ex dividend. New Three-rind a-Quarter per Ceilts. 971 to 98. Exchequer-bills 51s to 54s premium. The Foreign Securities are buoyant. Mexican have riven to 30 and 30k. Grenada are 161. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 181 i e and the Three per Cents. 38.. Portuguese Four per Cents., 364. Duteh Two-and a-Half per Cents. are very firm at 561. Railway Shares are heavy, and nearly all lower. liUNDS TE IS DAY AT 01 , 111; O'CLuCH. (From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Reduced Amenities 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 par Cent. Anus. 93 97% 91% India Stock Do. Bonds, 1000/ Batik Stock for Account 203 1 / 2 t ameels for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. 20. March. June. 1,000/. 500/ 5l 54 p Small 5l 54 n PRICE OF FOP.EIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds Grenada, 1 per Cent.... 16% Mexican 80na15,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Date Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 54 Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent B3 Ditto, Small Ditto 4 per Cent. . Ditto Account Spanish Bonds,s per Cent,lB4o 18% Ditto Account . Ditto .... lB4l 14% Ditto Ditto Passive Bonds Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 366. Dividenda on the above savable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates 84 1 4 % Ri7SINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK ItAJLWAIS. PM SHAUL Aberdeen Ditto, Preference B4 - die.... to ember., Notting., Boston, &c. 6 d/ 4 — .... . to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. Berk. and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 Wrmingtiatn & Oxford J unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee.., 10 Birnsing., Wok, & Stour Val. 131.14 s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... 2O Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire..- —1 7 1 h 16 Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 .... V % to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... Ditto, Preference Clarence. .... 7 E ,1 Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5M — to Deblin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27%....•. - East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., awl L. & D Ditto, 18/., E. :z li lB ... .. Do, 31. 136., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% — Do, 71. 175., 7 por Ct. Pref. 2 Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 par Ct. 10 - Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. I, 64 138. 4d .. p to Do., do N 0.2,61. 138.4 d... ... .. to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. 5O . — ...... to Ditto, New .. „ 43 . .... ...... to Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - Ditto, do, Class B & C 25 . Ditto Scrip (gua. 0 per et.) 20 . — F.a2t Lancashire .. - .... to Ditto, New Do., New Quarters Do., 6 par Cent. Preference Quarter Shares ...... ..... 6 East LincoLoslire ... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New p0rt..... l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to Exeter and Exmouth 2lB. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B4 62.8 d — ...... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Do.Preferenee Consolidated ..... .. to Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 Great Northern..... ... 20 Do. 1 ,4 A Deferred ......• 12% — Do. 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. ...... 7% 4% to Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ... ... 10 ...... 7%. to 8 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 404. .. .. 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 30/ Ditto, New 151. l5 ..-.. . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares ...... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 174 l5 .. .„ Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto,Quarter Shares . 12% — ...... to Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 D0., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ..,100 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares ... 49 ...... Ditto Quarters ...... 23% — to Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thir4s Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. (Huddcrs. and Shoff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union.... 10 .... , to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 -...,.. to -.. Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... „.... to Leeds and Thirsk ..... .... Do. ,do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 / — Ditto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool,Crusby, andSeuth port. - London & Blackwell --11/. 6s. 3d Lond.,Bright.,Et SouthCoastloo ..... 79 1 4 Do., New Si., gas. 6 pr CLIOO Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 ....• — .. ... to —. De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - Ditto, ditto 1852 60 ..... - London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... - Ditto Preference 2O - London A North. Western...loo 11 1%•••... to 112% Do. New Quarters. to • Do. Fifths . _ 7 ..... .. ...... to Do. 40e. Shares...,,L. & M 85 Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and ~.:. Western....... 50 Ditto, Ncw 504 ....... .. ..... 42 1 4...... Ditto, New 401 ...... to —. Dc., New Scrip, 1848, rref 7 per Cent ... 5 . ... .... ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 ...... .... ..... . to Do. Half Shares .. ... to Loudondwy glci gtitliPliillol3 25 - Do., INV Share , s - 7 , eitolf, guar. 4 yer et 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Pdanch Buxton, & Matlock 5 Bianchi., Shollield, and Line.loo Ditto IA Shares (Ne. 1) ... 25 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto. Shares (No. 3)... 12% — to Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ..... 9 1 4 to -- Dino, Orli - 1181;y & Sheffield 50 ...... - IXtto, ditto. ... ,70 . ..... ti - # -- Ditto, ditto Ditto Shatield and Line. 25 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 Ditto, Sia.n. & LID. Union 41. 2s. ... Mid1aud.......... .... ........ ...100 Ditto, Consol. Precreuec...100 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 30 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, ti per c0nt....101) - gidland, Briatul and Glouc. 42 ..... Ditto ditto 22/. 7a. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... SO -• •••••• to ...m. Midland, Leices. and Swan- iiington (8 per ct.g . u«.)....100 .... . - &I i dld. Great Western (Irish) 47 LA — to Sliddlesbro' and Redear. 6 per cent. guar. ., ... 50 Newer. sae and Carlisle lOO ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ...... 23 ...... -- Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12e — to Newport Alwrgy., and Herat. 6 - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ....•• to Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ......... 20 , —. ... ~ to .... Norfolk Ditto New 201. IL •••-• • to -- Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct • 20 - Do. Do. 5% per cent A .. •••: Do. do. Wareney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ... ...... . 25 ...... to --- Ditto Ealf 5hare5........... 12 1 4 — to Do. Quarters - Ditto Thirds: Bl ••—• - Ditto. Preferonce ...... ...... 5 North Staffordshire... . 17% - North Wales 3% ••••• • •••• to North Western .....• 13% Oxford, Worcester, slid Wol- -- verhantpton - 50 : to --- ktading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 ltoyston and Hitchin Ecottish Central: 25 ... .. —. Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 ...... —...— to ---. Ditto,Ncw... 22% a te Shrewsbury and Birmingkam 12 — Ditto. ditto, Clase B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - • ..... to Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. If . ktin.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry lB% ••• • to -- Ditto (New)... - Ditto b per Cent. Pref....... 10 - Shropshire Union 6%..... ...... to -- South Devon BO •••••• .....• to •-• Ditto, Preference ....... . - i••• ••• to .... South Staflordshire Bl4 — - to South Eastern: 3 3 1 /8 l9 - Ditto, No. 2. 3O - Ditto, No. 3 ' 3O Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...... to •••• Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South - Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaoter! and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (NJ)) Gaa. 6 perct. 16%...... Do. do. (South Div.) 5 ..... . Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 Taw Vale Extension - • • •••• to ..... Thames Ilavou Dock and hallway ... 17 1 / 2 — - Vale cf IN eath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%.„. , to --* Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 - .... •to ...... Wear Valley 6 par Cent. Guaranteed ...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ..... •• 15 .•• • Met Cornwall Aftlitehaven and Furness lB •• ••••• ••••o •••• Windsor, Staines, and South ........ Vtrestern... . _ . l4 Wil ts,Somenet,&Wennoutla. 45 York, Newcastle, andßerwick a lrk to 17% Do. and Newcastle Exton. 20 ..... 11%14 to --- Do. G. N. E. Fur. or Pref. 8 Do. Hai tlepool Lk. Si. Rly. 100 York hnd North:Nlidltuid .. 50 Ditto, Preforeuu lO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Anstri au j 51 e — ...... to Boulogne and;Amiens ... 20 - ... 87 ; ...... to 7 Central of France (Orleans an:l Vierzon) ... 20 - Demerara. - Dutch Rhenish 8 - East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 6 ....•• -- ...... to ---• Do. Do los. - Louvain it la Sambre ........ 71/ t — . ..... to -- 1 Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege 2O ... .. ...... to -- Northern of France 14.1 ile.. ... L 2 dig ... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... - Paris and Orleans... 2O - Paris and Rouen .. ... .. 2O - Paris & Strasbourg ........... 12 - Rouen and ILivrc 2O - Saintre and Meuse - Strasburg and Bale l4 , — - Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .• 13 - Tournay, Jurbixe, Landen, and Ilasselt . •••• .. 20 ••.... -- es... to ...... West Flanders g u A — ••••,.. to ---. JOINT STOCK HANKS. Australasia - Britich North American - Colonial - Commercial of Loudon 2O ...••• --- ..•... to •••• London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New .... ... to --" National of Ireland ....... ..... 22% — ..... to --' Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia 25 - Ditto, New .. 25( - Union of London ........ ..... 10 - Union of Madrid ........ ....... 40 MINES. Anglo /lexicon lOO •••••• -- Asturian - Australian ... Barrossa Range . Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24%........- ~ to •-• Ditto Cocacs and Cuiaba... 83 - Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 • —. ..... to --' Cobro Copper General Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .. .. ... to *".. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba . 10 ...... --..... to ---. United Mexican .. ... 28% 6 14 •••.. to ".". COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 23., Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 Bottctdam •• .• 12 2% Antwerp.. 25 70 tlamburgh "11.11. 13 14 /atom).. Parts, 3 days'alght 25 45 Ditto, 3 months 25 65 Marseilles 25 1.734 80urde•tux......... • 25 70 Frankfort on Maine...,, 122 Potersburgh, Sii.ltble.• 36% Berlln • • •• •• Vienna, °free. flo• ••• •• 11 21 Trieste, ditto.— • • .... 11 21 51adild •••••••••• • • •• 49 % Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49% Bilbao.. •• •• •• • a Barcelona •• •• • • •• •• •• 5071110.• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. • . .......• 3 Leghorn ........ •• •. • • 6o a - Milan .. .• . • Venice.. .. .. ••• • • • aftl' Naples ............ •• Polerrno, mos .... •• •• Olt Messina ............ • • 10, Lisbon .. • • bgl v Oporto .• •..• •• ..••• Rio Janeiro • • Buenos Ayres .. .•.. • • ow New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .....••••• ow TRICIS BI7LLIONt r, 7 10 ' Foreign Gold In bars. •£ 3 0 g Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 ,Spanish Doubloons .. 0 A New Dollars ••• • • • . 4‘ Silver ha bars ........0 : P - - LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAV!, LONDON, DEC. 15.—Wind this day at noon P' fresh breeze and dull cloudy weather. tfr DEAL, DEC. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. C am d e r, O Quebec. _ GLOUCESTER.—SId. Ocean Queen, Apalach:colei„ PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 14.--Wind W.S.W.—The is multi' g water, has been surveyed, ani v" i lightened. Zit LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14.—Wi n d S . S . E Tr• A d `" -1 0 11 , Hope, Park er , B om b ay. S i d. J oven Maria, HO"- Sarawak, Philadelphia. BELFAST, DEC. 13.—Wind S.E., strong glues.' Independence, N ew O r l eans . BEAUNARIS, DEC. 13.—The Jane, f or Liverpoob 00 :lore und.r Trecastle, ha s b een assisted off leaky 045 Dum..nr, 14.—The Wanderer, on shcl e •vet, G re} stone!, has broken up. The Hampton, frau,. to'', pool, got in contact with th e F ox sc h ooner , or o r port, and carried away her bowsprit, mainmast, received. other damage. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind ID• e - Stevenson, St. John's, New Brunswick. g el° FAL3IOUTH, DEC. 14.—A calm.—Arrd. Williatalolll celfe, Clarke, St. John's, New Brunswick, for old Adrianusen, Jacobus, Rotterdam, for Batavia China, with trifling damage, ha v i ng b een i n coetof sip MILFORD, DEC. 13.—1 t has blown a heavy 10„; ° ,. 0 01 01 yesterday morning at E.S.E. to S.S.E.—The . I : fl yer dour steamer, Swansea to Liverpool, was toWed 1- terday, with main shaft broken. sh er d YARMOUTH, DEC.l4.—The John and Mary, -fiffsto, to London, got on Carton Said, w as ass isted °, e evi into the roads, making but little wate!, and will Prri f 0 0 ; HARWICH, DEC. 14.—The Maria Elias, of 14000 Port Madoc for Woodbridge, went on shore e , Man last night, but has been got off without ea k il l i f CLYDE, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Miramichi, St. Rui n "' Brunswick. Sid. Julian, Savannah. drelv '° ' LEITH.—Arrd. Froviner, Zevinengcn, St. fo special THE PROTECTION SOCIETIES.—At a 't uts of the " Society for the Protection of Agil e ", de' and British Industry," which was attended bi r ; the putation from the " National Assooiation Protection of British Industry and Capitals° etiee yesterday unanimously resolved that the twos ' Ol l o ke be united, and a committee was appointed t° et) 1 ' the necessary arrangements. 'Me meeting v lll5 fully attended. t' Dispatches Amer the Governors of Cana l t c st( other North can Colonies were sen d o ff - I ; N ' V day evening from th 3 Colonial-office. M9P,.,a -w( re also sent off last evulin fa the 0 08 Van Dionu'g LAW, P _ ,~. stre u np te n d Oho ,