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help, what protection, they bestow on their sick labour- 0 ing people when profits a re fallin g ?" This paragraph might be left to be answered by its own irrelevance and absurdity, were it not that there may be possibly somebody to read it as ignorant of the questions involved in it as its writer seetns to be. There fore it shall be answered. 1. " Such is the system established for the protection of the soldier—[Protection against whom?] —who has also the guarantee, uo slight one in the British army, of his officer's honour." The Financial Reform Association made no reflection on the honour of the regimental officers. The elaborate explanation of " that system" which protects the soldier from them does reflect on their honour. 2. " Will those persons who have so wantonly and so recklessly assailed that system," &c. The system of protecting the soldier was not assailed. It was the system of voting money in Parliament, in name of providing clothing for the army, part of which money is afterwards divided as emoluments among gene ral officers, some of whom sit in Parliament and vote these very sums (714 L 4s. of which is Sir William Na pier's share, besides his other pay), which was assailed. 3. " Will they publish a true detailed account of their truck'system?" They have no track system; nor does payment by truck exist in Liverpool in the business of commerce or manufactures. If it exists at all, now that laws have been enacted to suppress it, it is when " tailing" wheat is given to labourers as wages at the rate of 121. a load, while good wheat sells at 101. a load, as explained in the Times of Dec. 30, as are certain properties about Kilkenny and Tipperary. probably not unknown to Sir William Napier, where the field labourer is paid by let ting con-acres to plant potatoes at 8/, 104, 121., or 141. per acre, or in paying the daily wages in two meals of potatoes and buttermilk, and . one of yellow meal. 4. " Will they state what care, what money; what help, what protection, they bestow on their sick labouring people when profits are falling?" Yes, they not only support at all times and under all circumstances, their public hospitals for the sick poor, but (as well as their labouring men, women, and chil dren) are taxed to pay for the medical establishment for the sick military officer; they pay for the regimental hospitals and all their expenses, except that portion of them paid by the stoppages on the pay of the private soldier patients, whose officers pay nothing. • The prominence you have to Sir William F. P. Napier's letter, charginrthe Financial Reform Associa tion with publishing falsehoods, and charging them with other sins, which are here replied to, lead them to expect the same favour to this communication.—.l am, &c., . - ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, President of the Financial Reform Association. Liverpool, Jan. 4, 1849. NEW MUSICAL (and Useful) ANNUAL. Prfee One Shilling, COCKS' MUSICAL ALMANACK for 1349, will be found equally acceptable to the Musical Profession and Amateurs, as well as to all those who wish to possess an Almanack replete with useful information, asi besides furnishing evfry event Which cats interest die / musician er lover of music, it supplies also a variety of valuable iniormation of the utmost importance to the pub lic in.geaerab • London ; New Burlington-street ; and of all Musicsellers and Book- Sellets. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE - NATIONAL DE PARIS. On FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, January 5, and 6. CHANGE OF PERFORMANCE. Mathilde, Amaglia, Duces, Seignearie, Lambert, Mr. New some, kc.—La lutte des Voltigeurs.—Jocko (second time).—Grand Chiyalrie Ilanceuvres on Twelve Merges (second time). Doors open at Half- past Seven, commence at Eight. MORNING PERFORMANCE During the Christmas Holidays, MVery MONDAY; WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY. First Price as usual. No Second Price. Commence at Two PRICES OF ADMISSION. DresW DreSi Boxes, 3s. Upper Boxes,'2s. PR, ArenaonadPronsOnade; Is. 6d. 'Lower Gallery, IS. :Upper Do. 6d. SECOND PRICE. Drees Circle, ts. 6d. Dress Boxes, 2s. Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. Pit, Arena, and Promenade. ls. Lower Gallery, 6d. second Price at Half-past Nine o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Box-office, from Ten till Five ; and at Jallien' and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. S T. JAMES'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT OF DUMBOLTON'S SERENADERS. This popular Troupe will give their final performance at the it, James's Theatre THIS EVENING, Friday, Jan. b, being most positively their Last Appearance, in consequence of the Theatre being required for the usual season of French Plays. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal • Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-eitice. isOrAL, LEA YMAItICE Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager. Old Bromptoa. Tha public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, uadergone very extensive repairs aed alterations and the whole re-decorated. VHS EVENIXO, Wlll ,be performed THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Charles Kean ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kean. fitter' whish, an Arabian Night's Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prlnde. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Morton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRA ROYAL, ,DELPHI. t -, e direction o; Madame Celeste Durirg the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs be Dizby Wyatt, Ems, executed ly Mr.:Sang. A sew Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarge d, B acks added "to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ . Nut i - Book, entitled THB HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Bedlaw, Mr. Hughes: the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co., Mr. Wright.; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by TH ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Pail Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce call;d SLAS HER AND CRASHER. Mr. rila.,her, Mr. Wright; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Redford. MOTAL LYCr.I.JM the Managernemt Madam - VesrM. o. I.eseee. Mr. Chal x' he _ . Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE XING OF THZ PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, N. Hal!, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, 31iss L. Howard, M. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Kiss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and )l aflame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL ro ' , FIE PUBLIC. Dross ,xei, bs.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; tlaUcl7, Is. No italf-price to any part of the house. Tr, .yew Box-office, No. 5, Welling. .., street, is open to the public cLry deg, from Ton till Six. - PRINCESS'S THEO:It:A. , Mr. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and :Manager. Durtnr, the . Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a' superb and costly manner ty Mr. Hurwitz. 'A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrftn, .ments have been made for the dne Ventilation of the Theatre, and the counort and convenience of the audience. TIII3 EVENING, Will - be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROSIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Keaworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled /SLEPT' RING HAL ; or; Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Pologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Elezmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ITnder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Rey's' Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enrnmous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Ketropolls.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr Hengler, the m•st extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the Magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. After which, Herr Herigler on the Tight-ropof SCENES IN THE e. To be followed by an Inimitable display CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, Tho Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. The Celebrated ARABS will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESrONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be retu med. TIKE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 5. TiiamostaTza, Lowest, 32; Highest, 33; lifoon, 33. BAROMETER, 29.82. WIND E.N.E..; dirty foggy weather, with rain and sleet. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGC Tau .D A 7,-- , .l.,rning, 5 !aim. after 10 I F.:venlig, 43 rain. after 10. To - Afoano w—Morning, 18 min. after 11 [Evening, 50, min. after 11. -- 3 ,......„, -•.• • ',.',- 4 , •- v c...1.- : ; . ci, - Ai * II, %,7(1, ,r_L7:4,„ W.: . '- • '.' , ~ ? • ( t 4l 4f- - ..i 1, AP...iff,•410 0 ;,. • ' •., "a* , P = , ii. JP • ''''' ~- ~ *.• , •V. - • ,M•ft,..., .., ~..,,, el , , . ' it. .1., ; ; , ,0•At5 , «,.. ...,:' ' %, etrZnitri 't • ( • 6, , • 4 • LO NDON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1849. Considering that no reinforcements whatever had bean received even towards the 'close of November, the intelligence from the seat of War in the northern provinces of Ilir.dostan must be regarded as in the highest. degree satisfactory. Our forces have not merely maintained, their position in the mm • 1 t o fa general and organized insurrection, but they s have obtained several successes over the most, distinguished chiefs of the rebellion. - Nor have these advantages been merely produ ctive of the éclat of a fewwhile captured, or a few cannon spiked, they have, batteries carrying dismay into the hearts of our antagonist s , *and infusing into our own soldiers an additional confidence in the superiority o f European over Oriental tactics, driven back the re volted population to the western banks of the Che nauh. So decisiVe, indeed, have these movements been in reference to the ultimate acquisition of the territories surrounding Lahore, that the whole of the eastern division of thePunj aub may now be considered as again in our possession. Between the Chenaub and the Sutledge not one solitary band of the Seikh multi ' tude remains to be routed. The satisfaction with which these occurrences will be' regarded must in -,favitably become enhanced when the details of each - event have been duly scrutinized. It will then be per ' ciived that the Anglo-Indian forces have beaten back t h ° *glints in the teeth of an accumulation disce o mgrements. addition to the depression tcraselnent upon 'the non-arrival of the aid so long said vainly looltea for from Sinde and Ferozepore, our Jou 1 1 0 theii ardour . dfunp . ed by the knowledge of the insurrection which had recently broken forth beyond the frontiers of Caubul. Neither is it by any means improbable that the disastrous character I of that supplemental outbreak had been grievously ' exaggerated in the course of its transmission as a rumour from the suburbs of Peshawur. Notwithstanding the dejection naturally produced by these calamities—both • anticipated and ex perienced—the British troops and the sepoys have shown themselves in every instance the worthy descendants of the heroic battalions who mingled their blood with the bang of Arcot, -and triumphed over the legions of the Great Nabob under the mango trees of Plassey. From a consciousness of the comprehensive scheme of the campaign, as already determined upon by the veteran Commander-in-Chief, and the extensive outlines of which are by this time more than conjectured— the principal share of our attention is of course directed to the line connecting together the cities of Attock and Umritsir ; for along that line extend the most important movements of the belligerents. Yet, in spite of the paramount attraction thus presented to the imagination, our mind does not fail to revert with interest to the pro ceedings. which have taken place in the camp of General Winsu. Saddened by an increasing sense of their isolation, by a belief that the main body of the Sinde reinforcements had not adventured beyond Sukkur, and by the accounts obtained respecting the escape of Colonel LAWRARCR from Peshawur— the forces under General WH . ISt! were suddenly, on the 6th of November, assaulted by a formidable sortie from the battlements of the MOOBRAJ. By singular good luck the assailants issued forth against the quarters occupied by the Irregulars of Major EDWARbES. Under their youthful and heroic com mander those troops did not fail to sustain their high and rapidly-acquired reputation. After driving back the Seikhs in a hand-to-hand encounter, the soldiers of EDWARDES were joined by the - brigade of General MARKHAM ; and then, not satisfied with the simple retreat of their enemies, the Major and the Brigadier caused their men to advance simultaneously with an impetuosity which defied opposition. The result of the attack was as brilliant as could possibly have been desired the soldiers of the MOGI, RAJ were, with a severe loss in killed and wounded, compelled to seek shelter within the fortifi cations—one of the most formidable of their outworks was seized—battery after battery fell into the posses sion of the Europeans, and with the exception of two guns hurriedly conveyed behind the ramparts, the victors were enriched by the capture of the whole of the h e avy artillery. In this vigorous encounter the brigade is conceived to have experienced a loss of merely six killed and about fourteen wounded, the sufferers among the irregulars, both killed and wounded, are estimated at nearly two hun dred, whilst their antagonists are presumed to have borne the brunt of an assault which as far as regards themselves might almost be designated a slaughter. The triumphant result of this collision must in some measure, we conjecture, be attributed to the indignation excited in the hearts of the Europeans by the perfidious conduct of the Asiatics, the latter having recently endeavoured to corrupt the artillery at Dum-Dum, while they had actually succeeded in inciting to desertion six com panies of the regiment of General CORTLANDT. While these events were transpiring amongst the brick-kilns and orchards of Moulton, the position of the other insurgent chieftains was becoming every day more precarious. CHUTTUR SINGH continued in the vicinity of Peshawur, and by those few who re garded his destinies with interest it was yet hoped that victory would cover the banners of the hoary and graceless rebel of JuMmoo. Ilia son SEIERZ SINGH remained at Vizierababad, awaiting a rein forcement of• five Seikh regiments from the direction of Burma°, until the approach of Bigadier CURE.. TON affrighted him from his lethargy, and com pelled him to hasten with the utmost rapidity toy the opposite banks of the Cheziaub. Such was the posture of affairs when Lord GOUGH, crossing the Ravee near Rumnugger. took up his position within sixty miles of Lahore, and when, somewhere about the same time, Lord DAL HOUSIE, emerging from the gates of Allahabid, ' advanced in the direction of the north-west frontier. the question is no longer whether, but when the Punjaub is to be conquered : and its definitive anexa tion with the British dominions has been at length fully and resolutely determined upon. Thanks to the insane faithlessness of the Seikhs, the Asiatic territories of England will very soon have stretched as far northwards as the foot of the Himalayas. Some time since, when railway property was de preciated to the utmost, when a panic prevailed in the market, and purchasers could scarcely be obtained for shares in dividend paying lines at any price, we ventured to offer some encouragement to share holders. We exposed the machinations of those who, for their own vile purposes, invented and circu lated the most unfounded rumours, and plun dered their fellow-subjects of their pro perty without the least compunction or remorse, and we entreated of the shareholders not to sacrifice their property by casting it recklessly on the market to be sold for whatever it might bring, and thus to pray the game of their ruthless assailants. On the 25th October, when the gloom was deepest, we ad dressed the following recommendation to those in terested in railway stock, which we shall offer no apology for transcribing. We said, "On the whole let the shareholders, not be dispirited.! Let them be lieve there is a good time coming, and it will come. Let them determine not to sacrifice their property for less than its fair value, but to retain it in their hands until a fair price is offered, and that price will eventually he offered. Above all, let them not encourage the 'Bearing' system by sending in their shares, to enable those parties to complete their speculative contracts, by which they must become severe losers, if the shareholders do not play into their hands, to their own grievous loss, perhaps ultimate rain." We are happy to say that those who followed our advice, and acted on the recommendations Which we offered almost every day, had no cause to regret their confidence. The predictions which we uttered have hitherto been verified, and they are still but in course of completion. There is no word of hope which we then uttered - that is not applicable to the present moment. The tide has been turned, and it has flowed . upwards in a gentle but steady stream. And we have no doubt. but that itt will continue to do so for' a considerable time, Without let or hindrance, until the actual and bona ,fide vfilne of stock is arrived at. We are proud to think that we contributed in mi)ine degree to that improvement, by ipdicating the causes of the general depreciation, and proving -that 'the panic was ascribable in a great degree to the otierations of the 'Bearish' fraternity, and not to any' real deterioration in the ' value of railway pro perty. We shall still endeavour to lay a true state of facts before the public, and to point out, that prices have not.yet attained their fair level, and 'that an improvement to the extent of at least 25 per cent. on the shares of the principal lines may still reasonably be expected ; :that ; there is every prospect that shares will arrive at the quotations of last January, if not still higher. The financial statements that have been issued by the principal companies completely establish the soundness and stability of their positions. They have proved clearly and satisfactorily that there is every reason to calculate upon al fair and remunerative dividend being 'main tained without diminution, and that if a general im provement should take place, and a greater degree of activity 'should prevail throughout the country, a considerabl eition o r increase on the estimated profits might fairly be looked for. In many respects, therefore, the twelve montahislw s a in y property is better than it had been satisfactoryce, lna s m uch asthe enc s e har o e n ho t l h d o e s r e s have now f a ll and points hwthveichalstohebeeytn hen took evidence upon trust. Assur ancesgiveu for the demands will not be made upon sharehold ers the construction works for which powers had be en of alt_ananned,obtained.at least Certain lines lines have been formally present, aryl no progress will be made therein until the assent of the general body of the shareholders has been given thereto. We, therefore, unhesit a ti ngly say, that railway property should now (without any reference to the state of the Money - market) bear higher prices than in January, 1848. But, inasmuch as • every circtunstance connected 'with monetary affairs is now very much from favourable than it wa s at that period, a still frrther improvement might fairly be looked for on that account. ' At this time last year, the minimum rate of inte rest accepted by the Bank was five per cent., and it was not until the 27th of January that it was re duced to four per cent., a reduction which was pro tested against in the strongest terms by some of our contemporaries, as not being warranted by the condi tion of the country. That minimum rate now stands at three per cent., and if we look to the high state of the banking reserve (considerably more than 11,000,000/.. sterling), the enormous amount of bullion uselessly stored in the coffers of the Bank, and the comparatively small amount of " other securities," it will appear more than probable that a further reduction must speedily take place. The prices of Consols for the opening on the 18th of Janudry, 1848, were 85f ; they now stand at 891, an improvement of. 3i per cent., which is more than warranted by the more propi tious prospects of the country. There is also . an improvement in almost every other description of property save in railways, and although they are far better than in October, when we endea voured to encourage the shareholders, they are still far below the quotations of January, 1848. We shall now point the prices of a few of the leading lints as they stood upon the: 27th January, 1848, the 23d October, 1848, and the 4th January, 1849, and confidently ask why a further material improvement should not take place. North- Westerns, which in January sold at 1531., had fallen in October to par or one discount, and have since rallied to 1271.. Great Westerns, which in January were at 15 premium, and in October at 23 discount, are now 9 discount. Eastern Counties, in January, 16; in October, Ilk; now, 12i. Midlands, in January, 115 . ;' October, 66 . ; now, 87. York,"New castle, and,Berwick, in January, 35i ; October, 21, ; now, 29.. York. and North Midland, January, 78 ; October, 42; now, 57. South-Eastern, January, 31; October, 20; now, 24i. London, Brighton, and South Coast, January, 43 ; October, 25 ; now 32,1. London and South-Western, January, 56 ; October, 36 ; now, 42. We might multiply cases, all showing similar results. We have, how ever, adduced sufficient evidence to show how fully our predictions have been verified; and that although a rise of from 20 to 25 per cent. has already taken place, an improvement on present prices to at least an equal extent, may reasonably be looked for within the next few months, unless some unforeseen events should darken the political horizon and lead to a general gloom. We therefore repeat the advice we tendered in October to shareholders, to preserve their property until a fair price can be obtained, and to capitalists to look to railway shares in preference to any other description of investment that may offer which does not possess extraordinary attractions. Let them recollect that 6 or 7 per cent. can still be obtained in safe lines, and to what other quarter can they look with such favourable prospects ? THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. It appears that there will be no explanations in the National Assembly on the subject of the recent dif ference between the Prince-PRESIDENT and his ex- Minister of the Interior. A quasi reconciliation has been patched up. The PHACHUM and LocKIT of the Republic, exclaim "Brother ! Brother ! we are both wrong ;" and forthwith fraternise. The proposition of M. RATEAU, fixing the general elections for the new Legislative Assembly for the 4th of March, has been rejected by the Committees of Legislation and Justice, to which it had been referred. The Committee of Legislation rejected the measure by a majority of 19 votes to 18, and in the Committee' of Justice the votes were 18 to 18. A report on the question will , be submitted to the Assembly. In the sitting of Thursday, the National Assembly resolved that henceforth there should be three deliber ations and three votes on every measure before it can have the force of law. The Assembly also adopted a Bill authorising the Bank of France to make a loan of three millions to the department of the Seine, and another granting a credit of 400,000 f. to the Minister of Public Works for indemnities to the clergy ; and another credit to the Minister of the Interior of 130,000 f. for the expense of the transported in surgents... _ • _ _ The following law has been proposed to the As. sernblv " Shall be punished with imprisonment, varying from six days to three months, and a fine of 100 f. to 1,000 f., all who have con.pired to cause a rise in wages, either by menace, violence, or any other means of intimidation; or by workmen abandoning their workshops, or by those who employ them suddenly dismissing them without conforming to the stipulations mutually agreed upon." The proposed conferences on the affairs of Italy, which were to have been held at Brussels, are, it is said, indefinitely postponed. We find the following, on this subject, in the Patrie : " Some days ago we announced that M. de Ricci, the Sardinian Ambassador, who was to represent the ourt of Turin in the conferences at Brussels, had quitted Paris, leaving in his place the Count d'Antioche, as charg‘ d'affaires, and M. Barron& as first secretary. This fact has led to the belief in another, which, without being official, was current yesterday in the diplomatic world. The Congress of Brussels will not take place. The project of mediation may be considered as aban doned. It is well known that Austria only accepted the mediation by constraint. She has therefore seized with readiness the first opportunity of pointing out the inuti lity of conferences which could lead to nothing. The programme manifesto of Gioberti has been made the pretext. Gioberti said that Sardinia would not cease to prepare for war.' Austria has pretended to see in that assurance a sort of declaration of war, and she has, it is said, proclaimed that the Congress was an absurdity from the moment that Sardinia did not think of peace." The C onstitutionnel, in relation to the departure of the Sardinan Envoy from Paris, says it must not be nferred, from the sudden departure of the Marquis DE RICCI, that the Congress at Brussels has been abandoned. The Marquis DE • RICCI was recalled in odder to fill another place, but the Sardinian Govern ment at once announced to the Cabinets of. Paris and London that another Envoy would be at once ap pointed in his stead, with similar powers. The Grand Dachess STEPHANIE of Baden, the cousin of Queen HORTENSE and the mother of the. Marchioness of DOUGLAS, is daily expected in Paris to do the honours of the Elysee Bourbon. Great dissatisfaction is expressed by many of the National Guard at the manner of the reception of the PRESIDENT on New-year's-day ; they also object to the personal entourage of the PRESIDENT, as being composed of persons who are known to be hostile to Republican principles. the Ministry is considered to be in a very ricketty condition. Overtures, it is said, have been made to DUFALURE to join the Cabinet. Marshal BUGEAUD has arrived at Lyons. M. PRouDuoN is suffering from an attack of typhus fever. M. DE RaiLoux, the Minister of Public Instruc tion withdrew yesterday the measure respecting public instruction which had been introduced by M.. OARrio.r. The Meniteur publishes a decree appointing a commission, to draw up, along with the Minister of Public Instruction, a law with respect to primary instruction. The commission is composed of the Mi nister of Public Instruction himself, and MM. Pou- LAIN- DE BOSSAY, Cl/VIER (pesteur) MICHEL, assistant of Father GERARD ; ARMAND DE MELUN, President of the Society of Economical Charity; HENRY DE 4IANCEY, member of the same society; COCHIN, member of the Society of the Friends of Infancy, ; and MM. BUCHEZ,- SIBOUR,' ROUX.LAYERGNE, DE MON TREIIIL, and PRUPIN, representatives of the people. Another decree appoints a similar commission re specting secondary instruction, consisting . of the Minister and. MM. Cousin, St. Marc Girardin, , Dubois Dapanloup, Vicar-General of the diocese of Paris; Janvier, Laurentie; Inspector-General of the University ' • Bellaguet,'President of the Chefs d' In stitutionss of the Seine ; lend MM. Thiers, Freslon, Montalembert, Come, Corcelles, and Fresneau, repre sentatives of the people. The ceremony of the formal installation of JEROME BONAPARTE, as Governor of the Invalides, took place yesterday. JEROME BONAPARTE arrived at the In valides at noon, accompanied by his son Jerome Na poleon Bonaparte, General Changarnier, and Lieute nant-Colonel Clary. There were also present Colonel Cipriani, the aide-de-camp of Jerome Bonaparte at Waterloo ; M. de Vatry, Count Walewski, M. Arrighi de Padua, and his son, M. Thayer; the Director-General of the Post-office, Scc. General PETIT and his staff received the new Governor at the entrance. The Invalides were then formed into a square, dressed out in their dress equip ments. Among them were several who left their sick beds to do honour to the brother of the EMPEROR. After JEROME BONAPARTE had been proclaimed Governor of the Invalides, General PETIT surrendered to him the command; after which he addressed the old soldiers in the following terms : " Officers, Subalterns, and Soldiers !—The Govern ment of the Republic, in calling me to the honour of commanding you, and in entrusting me with the custody of the tomb of the Emperor, my brother, endeavoured to I'llE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1849, express the wish of the French people. It is in that ' conviction that I have accepted with pride and gratitud• that holy and pious mission. Military Invalides!—l will watch over you as the Emperor watched over me from my earliest years. The Emperor owed everything to France, but his family owe him much more still: thus it will never forget that, having sprung from the people, there is no sacrifice sufficient for it when it has to serve the people. Allons mes amis t Let us cry from the bottom of our hearts, Vice la France ! Tout pour la France! Rien_gue par la France !' This speech MA received with loud cheering. The new Governor, surrounded by the remains of the grand armee, then proceeded to the chapel, where prayers were said. He remained a considerable time in the part of the church where the remains of the EMPEROR are deposited. • He then visited the dining rooms, sleePing-Places, and infirmary. The appointment of Admiral CECILLE as Ambas sador to the Court of Great Britain, and of M. DE LAORPNEE as Plenipotentiary at the Conferences at Brussels, are announced in the .3loniteur. BOURSE--PARIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 4. THREE O'CLocx.—The French Funds were weak throughout the day, and closed fully one half per cent. below the closing prices of yesterday. There is a gene ral feeling of indefinite uneasiness among speculators, not proceeding so much from any positive facts, as from the fear that the present Government is about to meet fully as great difficulties as its predecessors. It is said that bad news had been received by the French Govern ment from Rome, but the nature of it was not stated. Exchange on London (thirty days), 25 27 ; ditto ninety days), 25 20. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JAN. 4. Boulogne and Amiens, VA—Namur and Liege, 5 3 4 Northern of France, B—Orleans sand Bordeaux, VA—Paris and Rouen, 18 3 / 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 2 3 4—Rouen and Havre, 97i. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have arrived. The state of siege has been removed in Ciudad, Roderigo and Toledo. The debate on the Address had commenced in the Chamber of Deputies. MADRID BOLIIIA, Dec. 28.--The Three per Cents. were done at 201 for paper; the Five per Cents. at 10 ; the Debt without Interest at 4 ; and the Cou pons at 6. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. Advices have been received from Vienna to the 29th ult. The budget for 1848, which was published on the 28th, shows a deficit of 43i millions of florins, the receipts being 112- millions, and the expenditures 156 millions. Notwithstanding this unsatisfactory statement, public confidence is on the increase. Prince SCRWARZENBERG has issued the following address to the electors of the Wieden district of Vienna : " The undersigned President-Minister has laid before the Emperor the address of the electors of the Wieden district, in which they protest against Articles 2 and 3 of the project of Constitution of the Central Power at Frankfort, and declared their adhesion to the manifest of the Imperial Mir.istry. His Majesty heard with pleasure this true Austrian expression of feeling, and has commissioned the undersigned to inform the electors that there is every reason to believe that a solution of this delicate and important matter will be effected in the interests of Austria and of Germany. Measures have been taken to provide for the desired circulation of the address to his Majesty, as also of the vote of confidenc e to the Deputy at Frankfort of the Wieden district. (Signed) " F. SCHWARZENBERG. " OIMUtZ, Dec. 13, 1848." The Wiener Zeitung, in allusion to the letter published by the National, and written by a prisoner of WINDISCHGRATZ, denies that the twelve students were shot as reported by the writer of the letter, because, says the Wiener Zeitung, no execution by martial law took place but a report of it was officially inserted the next day in the Wiener Zeitung, and assuredly no list of twelve students was ever inserted in that or any other paper. This tardy denial, how ever, by no means satisfies us that the atrocity, as recorded by the writer in the National, never took place. The execution did not take place by martial law, because probably the students were shot down without even the form of a trial, as many hundreds were during the month of November by the barbarian Croats of JELLACHICH. Will the Wiener Zeitung venture to assert that no prisoners were shot by the Imperialists save those who were condemned by martial law. The contradiction as it at present stands is a mere " swearing by the card." The EMPEROR has appointed Count FE= ZICHI Royal Commissioner for the two countries of Pres burg and Wiesselburg. The Austrian Lloyd's has the following frdm Trieste, dated Dec. 24 : "The English war steamer Ardent has, just arrived here from Venice. The fearful storm which has been raging here for some days has prevailed there also; and the English brig of war Mu tine was wrecked upon the sandbanks. Three officers and two marines were drowned, and several others had their feet frozen. The rest of the crew were rescued by the Ardent. The Sar dinian fleet was seen at Otranto." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. 2.—The KING has addressed the fol lowing order of the day to the army : " I address a new year's greeting to my splendid army of the line and Landwehr. The sand of the melancholy year of 1848 has now run out, and on this occasion I must address a few grateful words to my army. During this eventful year, in which, without Divine Providence, Prussia must have sunk, the Prussian army not only maintained its ancient glory, but it has acquired fresh renown. The King and the people look with pride at these brave sons of their country. They remained un shaken in their loyalty, while revolt was undermining the free development of those liberal institutions to which I desired prudently to lead my people. Their banners have been crowned with fresh laurels, when they were called upon to aid Germany in the cause of Schleswig. They overcame victoriously both fatigue and danger, when desired to quell the insurrection in Posen. Their c o-operation has maintained order in Southern Germany, where the Prussian name has gained fresh honour—where, in short, an attempt was made to in fringe the laws of their own country, which called forth the intervention of the armed force and of the Landwehr. The brave men of the Landwehr cheerfully quitted their families and their homes, and all, both line and Landwehr, justified the confidence which I had ever placed in them, and likewise proved the admirable organization given by the late King to our army. Every where the army has dose its duty. " But even more than all these do I appreciate the atti tude assumed by the army in these latter times ; op posing to the most base calumnies, and to bribery, its excellent spirit and noble discipline. I know my army from whatever part I called it, was ready in discipline, and unshaken in loyalty. The troops could not have done more in the most. glorious efforts of the Prussian annals. •{ I thank the generals, the officers, and the soldiers of the line and Landwehr, in my own name, and that of the country. " FERDINAND WILLIAM. _ (Countersigned) " VAN STROTHE." M. TEMME, Director of the Superior Provincial Court of Justice at Munster, and late a deputy to the National Assembly, has been arrested. FRANKFORT. According to the Cologne Gazette, in a sitting at Frankfort, of the Commission of the Assembly, of the 2gth ult., the important paragraph was adopted— That the dignity of Head of the Empire was to be conferred upon a reigning German Prince. RUSSIA ST. PETEISIIIIRGH, Dec. 23.;—The St. Petersburgh Journal contains the f o ll ow i n g statement respecting the visit of the A rc hd u k e C ONSTA NTINE to Austria : " His Imperial Highness quitted us for for Olmutz on the 19th, being charged with the mission to pre sent the Emperor's congratulations to the Emperor of Austria, Francis Joseph 11., on his accession to the throne. illustrious son, fo r th e purpose of testifying the high His Majesty has confided this mission to his value which his Majesty attaches to the maintenance of those relations which have hitherto united the two Imperial C ourts. From Ol mu ta the Archd u ke w ill go to Prague, m!nts of s y mpathy an d go od will which his Maj es ty for the purpose of expressing those senti will ever entertain for the honour of his Majesty the Emperor Ferdinand." HOLLAND. THE HAGDE.—Our Government has resolved to grant a furlough of one year to all officers of the land force, who may ask for it, on condition of their retaining t wo - t hi rds o f th e i r pay. The concl us i on drawn from this act is, that the Government desires at this moment to avoid all interference abroad. Count ESTERHAZY, who has hitherto been the Austrian Am bassador at this Court, is to fill this post at Berlin. He will be succeded here by Baron DODRLHar. NETHERLANDS FINANCE.—The chief difficulty of the Netherlands is its financial state. The Govern ment has a thankless task in prospect; and the first work of the new Chambers will be to give a helping hand to rectify the absurd mistakes that have hitherto been made in the unequal imposition of taxes. The finances are the shoals on which the Government vessel has often struck and received much damage, and it is now high time to avert a complete shipwreck by some precautionary measures. The deficit f or 1848 and 1849 is estimated at 15,000,000 gu ild ers . S om ething must be do n e i n this emerge ncy , but such is the state of the country that fresh loans are out of the question. The nominal capital of the national debt is estimated at 1,239,519,911 guilders. It is true that this:is merely nominal capital for 816,516,100f1. are in the Two per Cents., 1 20,856,861f1. in the Three per Cents., 23,008,0666. in the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 252,188,950, in the Four per Cents., 8,000,0001 at four-and-a-half per cent., and 9,000,000 A. at five per cent. interest, but the yearly interest paid is 36,271,811f1. 53c., and this swells the budget of this imall kingdom to,the enormous amount of 71,000,000f1; Numerous retrenchments have been proposed and adopted, both in the Royal household and other de partments, but at the very outside they do not amount to more than two millions. The Ministers, it is said, intend, at the opening of the Chambers, to propose the following new taxes, in some measure to meet the deficit : a tax of 5 per cent. on the net profits of all landed property, a kind of income.tax; 5 per cent. on large properties and pensions, and a lower rate on smaller incomes ; a scale of rates on patents, which shall be imposed on various trades and professions hitherto exempt from any patent ; and, lastly, the most important tax of all, 5 per cent. interest on all Exchequer-bills, whether home or foreign. There can be no doubt that numerous will, and must be, the objections stated against all and several of these taxes; but evenLif they should not be imposed, the Legislature may be able, after discussion in the Chambers, to arrive at some conclusion, and discover some method whereby the country may be saved from the impending ruin which awaits it in its financial relations, unless some decided measure be speedily adopted. THE CHOLERA. At Rotterdam, on the 2d, 5 new cases were re ported—deaths, 2 ; recoveries, 3. Total since com mencement of disease, I,2lo—deaths, 633 ; recoveries, 426. At Dordrecht 3 new cases occurred and 1 death ; total since commencement, 115 cases—deaths, 65 ; recoveries, 21. At Utrecht 35 cases were re ported—deaths, 30; recoveries, 3 ; total since com mencement, 370 cases—deaths, 196 ; recoveries, 130. At Schiedam 2 fresh cases were reported—deaths, 2 ; recoveries, 1 ; under treatment, 6. At Groningen no fresh case occurred—deaths, 1; recoveries, 1; total number of cases, 248 —deaths, 129 ; recoveries, 108 ; under treatment, 11.—Dutch Papers, Jan. 3. DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG- HOLSTEIN. The following is said to be the proposition of Lord PALMERSTON for the settlement of the differences be tween Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein and the Central German Power :—That Schleswig shall be declared completely independent of both Denmark and Germany fur the time being, and continue so until its position and connexions shall be definitely fixed by treaty, of which the mediating powers shall be guarantees. The territory would then be eva cuated by the troops of the Confederation and of Denmark, and left entirely to its own self-govern ment, with the full enjoyment of neutrality. This temporary independence would not, of course, affect subsequent arrangements, or be construed into an acknowledgment or prejudgment of claims. It is said that Russia, France, and Sweden approve of Lord PALMERSTON'S proposition. ITALY. King CLIA.RLES ALBERT is about to take up his winter quarters in the fortress of Alessendris. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A melodrama, entitled the Headsman, being a dramatic adaptation, by Albert Smith, of a tale which appeared in a recent number of Blackwood, was produced here last evening with the most complete and deserved success. The interest of the piece turns upon the law which pre vailed in the Low Countries during the middle ages, involving the entail of the office of public executioner upon the eldest son of the existent functionary, the odium attached to the unlucky family in whom was vested the exclusive privilege of wielding the re• tributive axe often subjecting its members to the insulting and dangerous hatred of the populace. The drama illustrates the agony of a young man, the offspring of one of the denounced and outlawed class, who is called upon to decapitate a felon in consequence of the accidental inability of the father to perform the duty. The drama represents his ignominious expulsion from a cabaret, the heroic sympathy of his sweetheart, and his ultimate appearance on the, scaffold, when a shriek from his betrothed unnerves his arm, and the fatal axe, hanging over the head of the condemned, falls power less, amid the invectives and execration of the bystanders, while the denouement is brought about by the disco very that he is not the son of the headsman, but the illegitimate child of the reigning prince, and happily ex empt from the repugnant contingencies of his reputed birth. The success of the drama depended chiefly upon the gloomy interest of the last scene, when the spectator beheld the scaffold in all its visible reality, lit with dimly burninglanthorns, and the wretched criminal, attended by his ghostly confessor, awaiting bare-necked the impend ing blow. Mr. Leigh Murray exhibited the distress of the youthful headsman with great effect, and his denuncia tions of the loathsome task which devolved upon him were delivered with much manly feeling. Ho was admirably supported by Miss De Burgh, as the heroine. Miss De Burgh is a young lady now to the Lon don boards, and will become a great acquisition. She is a most interesting looking girl, and her features, which are very expressive, have a pensive cast, which suits exactly with the character. She has, moreover, a sweet voice, " a most excellent thing in woman," and in her acting shows great intensity and pathos. She will soon be what Mrs. Yates was twenty years ago. The quaint dry humour of Compton, who acted the part of a relic maker, was a welcome relief to the more serious parts of the drama. The piece was announced for repetition by Mr. Leigh Murray, amidst the enthusiastic applause of a very crowded house. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. The Marylebone pantomime of the Knight and the Wooden Demon continues to attract crowded houses here every night. It is a pantomime of the old school, full of fuu, frolic, and trick; with a Harlequin, Panta loon, and Clown who do not fear to exert them selves. It is delightful to witness the uproarious joy of the children at this theatre. The engagement of Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone, which terminates shortly, has been most profitable to the management. Every night since Christmas this snug little theatre has been crowded to suffbcation. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness walked this morning in the Home Park. His Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales and the younger branches of the Royal Family walked and rode in the Home Park. The Baron Andrian left the Castle thin morning . for London. The Chevalier Bunsen is expected to arrive at Windsor Castle this afternoon, on a visit to the Queen and his Royal Highness. Her Majesty had a small evening party, yesterday evening. The following had the honour of receiving invitations :—the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. and Miss Meynell, the Hon. Mrs. Phipps, and Miss Bathurst. The royal dinner party this evening will include, in addition to the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, his Serene Highness Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar, Lady Augusta Cadogan, the Marchioness of Waterford, Baroness Speth, Lady Fanny Howard, Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer, the Chevalier Bunsen, Baron Stockmar, Viscount Clifden, Baron Knesebeck, and Capt F. Seymour. ' The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday at the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing-street. There were present the Master of the Rolls, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the De- Deputy-Governor. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General, was in attendance. TIM LATE EAnr. or AUCKLAND.--The deceased Earl will be interred at Beckenham on Saturday, instead of on Monday. The Bishop of Sodor and Man arrived at the Admiralty on Wednesday evening; and the body of the deceased Earl arrived at Whitehall, in a hearse, from Lord Ashburton's, yesterday afternoon, at five. The mournful cortege, Which is to be strictly private, will leave the Admiralty for Beckenham, tomorrow morning, at nine o'clock. The funeral of the late First Lord of the Admiralty having been appointed to take place to-morrow, an order has been issued by the Board that all men-of-war hoist their colours half-mast high on the occasion, from nine o'clock in the morning till sunset on that day, and the Lord Mayor of London has written to the harbour-mas ters of the port to intimate to the commanders of the vessels in the river his request that they will perform the same ceremony of respect to the memory of the lamented nobleman. ICE STORM IN CANADA.--In my last I gave you rather a particular description of an ice-storm, together with some of the effects and consequences of this me teorological phenomenon; but, in doing this, I omitted to mention one of its effects, of more consequence, per haps, than any other. In this country the electric tele graph communication is conveyed along wires supported by upright poles, about 15 feet high and 200 feet apart, except in two or three instances, where they cross our immense rivers, where they are obliged to be stretched to a much greater extent, in ono instance to a thousand feet, without any intermediate support. Now, when it rains and freezes at the same time, as is the case in an "ice storm," these wires immediately become coated with ice, and this adds to their weight so materially as to break them down, especially in the instances of such long stretches as I have mentioned. Such breaks, how ever, are not confined to these; for since the last break steel wire have been substituted, of so fine a texture, that they are less liable to be broken by such means. In the present instance they were not injured, while the shorter stretches of less perfect materials, although three or four times their thickness, were broken by the super incumbent weight, and thus the communication was cut off so long, that we actually received th 3 mail itself by the Britannia before a telegraphic communication of its principal items of intelligence could reach us.—Chronicle Correspondent. Y ANKE E RECEPTION OF T HE P RESIDE NT'S MRS SAGE.—" The country papers are loud in their com plaints of the almost interminable length of the Presi dent's message. Not one in ten can publish it, and those which do, give_ it by instalments."--, ew York Coioier. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales.' The market throughout the day was firm.— in Railway Shares there,was net much doing, but prices , were very firm. The satisfactory issue of the meeting of Peruvian Bondholders held yesterday has quite thrown in the shade further complaints as to the jobbing that has been practised. The Chairman ad mitted that he had received letters of com plaint from bondholders, who stated that they had sold their stock in ignorance of the excellent terms to be proposed, but observed that the committee were not responsible for this. This is perfectly correct, for the committe, in their official capacity, do not seem to have heard of them until long after others knew, if not the details, at least that something very good was coming out. Senor Osma is highly spoken of as a man of integrity, and how the matter oozed out, whether throagh letters sent from Lima or ortherwise, we shall never be able to ascertain, probably, All we hope is that Peru will faithfully adhere to her protni:.es, that the guano will continue to be found in abundance, and that Messrs. Antony Gibbs and Sons, who have contracted to receive it, will duly pay over half the proceeds to treasurers jointly appointed by Senor Osma and the committee of bondholders. This is really a very important point, because, as the chair man stated yesterday, the Venezuela Government, after remitting funds to Messrs. Reid, Irving and Co., to pay the dividends, actually withdrew them for its own pur poses ; and we all remember similar cases, none being more flagrant than that of Mexico, when Santa Anna was in power. As it is not yet settled who is to appoint the agent, or rather Senor Osma stipulates to do so, we hope that the committee will use every exertion to have a voice in the nomination. There is nothing like doing the thine. rightly and fully while they are about it, to avoid the unseemly squabbling that has so frequently occurred as to whom the agents act for, whether the foreign Government or its English creditors, until either both parties are kept out of it, or more frequently, the former gets possession. The California gold fever does not subside. Expe rienced parties in the City state that the gold must be the purest, perhaps, ever discovered, if the analysis given in the American papers be correct. We understand that; an American citizen has disco vered an extensive deposit of rock salt in New Bruns wick, and that he has made a proposition to the Go vernment of that province to make them acquainted with the locality, on being assured a small per tentage of the duty paid to the Government on the quantity raised, and this only for a limited term of years. As this proposi tion involves an outlay on the part of the Government, and offers the greatest security against deception or im position, we hope the proposition will be favour ably received; for if no salt is raised no money is to be paid, and the Government have it at all times in their own power to regulate the rate of duty which shall be collected on the mineral. It is, however, as a local editor observes, rather singular that we should have had a provincial geologist wandering over the lace of the country for years, at a heavy expense to the public, and that he should have discovered no indication: of this deposit during his peregrinations. Fortunately for the public, a lynx-eyed Yankee occasionally follows in the track of these well-paid official gentlemen, and when they happen to make a discovery, such as we have just re ferred to, we see no reason in the world why they should not be permitted to benefit by their ingenuity. There are reports that the Revenue Returns for the quarter ending this evening, will not be altogether so favourable as was stated a day or two since, hut this is mere conjecture. The prices coming lower from Paris, and the unfavourable weather, in co junction with the Danish affair, have an effect on the Funds, and there has been again a little realising. Consols are 88 a New Three-aud-a-Quarter per Cents. 59,1 and the Three per Cents. 88 Exchequer-bills are 425, to 455. premium, and India Bond, 41s. to 455. premium. Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds are 26f. and Portu guese Four per Cents. 26. Mexican Stock is at 25 to 251; Peruvian are 484 to 494; Dutch Two-and-a- Halt per Cents. are at 48 to 49. Railway shares are rather cheaper generally, but there have been a good many transactions. BRITISH FUN DS Tti DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced 8 8 3% 5 / ii New 3% per Cent. Anna Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 11-16 3 / 4 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1.859 8 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 44 45 41 p Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 500/. Small 42 45 p 42 45 p i'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... 25% Equador Bonds 2%% Mexican Bon4s, 1846, 5 per Cent 25 Ditto for the Account .... . Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditte for the Account 48% 49 3 % Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ... 26 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2 6 1/ Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent 74f. 75f. Exchange 2sf. 50c. t , 11:-_INESS:1 ONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SnAzie. kberdeen Ambeer., Notting., Boston, &c. kyrshire and Gallaway _7lll — Bilfast and County Down .. 20 girmingnam & Oxford Junct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 . to Birmingham, \ & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . 15 Do., without a guarantee.— 10 Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... .• •• to iiirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.., lO Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 6 Bristol 6 and Exeter . Do., Thirds luckinghamshire.. . _ ~.; aledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, New 101. Preference 7 1 Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 jhester and Holyhead 5O ..... Ditto, Preference larence. _ ._ Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 _ _ Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 ...... to )irect London Sz, Portsmouth 5 1 4 — _ to . _ i.iublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 i)undalk and Enniskillen ... 20 ~ ast Anglia, 251. L. & E., mad L. & D Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ...... 8U 3 ....... to Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H 3% E iltern Counties Do.. New Guarant. 6 per Ot. 10 Do. l'erpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., do 1.5i0.2, 61. 13s. 4d... 1 / 4 p to par uo., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter 12%..... Do., New Eastern Union, Clans A (late E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% — to Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 -.. to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 / — ast Lancashire Ditto, New .. Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares _6 1 4 — to Last Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares _ __ Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port l5 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% .. to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 6.8 d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consolidated ..... .. Great Northern ... 19 Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 4% to Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% 4%%... to Do. Extension ... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland)_42% great North of England 100 Ditto, New 401 Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301 Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 14 ...... • Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares ..._ Ditto, Quarter Shares 2l Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 30 .. _ _ to Ditto, Thirds lO Hull and Selby 5O lOO Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1,4 — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds.. Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares ... 43 ...... Ditto Quarters 17% l 2 Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6 LA ...... .. . Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7% 8%%... to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . Do., Preston and Wyro ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 1 / 2 to Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 99 ... .. to Leeds, Dnwehury, & blanches. 50 Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 21 Leeds and Thirsk ...—.... ..... 50 Ditto, New Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... ...... to Liverpool, Crosby, and Suut h ourt. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 l/2 — London Ait Blackwall ......131.65. 8d.... Do. Extension L ind., Bright., & South Coast 50 De. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 Do. Prat. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ....• Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London and Greenwich... 12/,155. 4d... 9 1 A ... to Ditto Preference London & North Western 100 ...•..125 1 Do. Quarters ( L. and B.) 22 Th. New ... Do. Eiftito Do. 40t. Shares... L. & M 25 — to Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 10 .... . Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 10 ...... to Do. lOL ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 .. Ditto, New 501. - ..... 42 1 / 2 ...,.. 30% to Ditto, New 40/...... , ........ : , :34 Do. Tenths (Consolidate 4) 50 ....„ to Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto,_Thimls.... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and . 5 per Ct. on Calls London, Salisbury, 01 1 4, ...... Londonderry and Caine...Clur 28: % — ...... to Londonderry and raliskillen 27 1 / : 2 — .. to Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ..... ...... to Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 %a ..... to danchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 / 1 Shares (No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (Ne. 2) Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No. 3)... 11 1 4 — ...... to Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... Ditto Grimsby 4O — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheclield and Line. 15 Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 20 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41., 25.... Nlidland. Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 25 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... • Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 .., „~ Ditto ditto 141.18 a... Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . alidld. Great Western (Irish) 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. -- Newmarket ........ . —......, 20 ..... Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 1 2s. — Newport Abergy., and Heret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ....., I -- ...... to Newry, Warrenpoint, and liostrevor ..... ............... 20 ••• •• to Norfolk: 100 ...... 47 Ditto New 201. l5 •..... to -- Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / per cent 5 ..... -- ...... to Do. do. Waveney Valley 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares, ..... ..... 12 1 / 7 ....„ to ..... Do. Quarters 6 IA 3l to Ditto. Extension 1110... to to ...... Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... /31 ' i...... 4% t o North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire..... l 5 North Wales - North Western lO ..... .... to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - Reading,Guildfd., & Reigate 10 ...... 10 1 4 to --- Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 ...... Scottish Central "rottish Midland ............„. 25 . Ditto, Now.. heflield, Rotherham, and Goole Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..... .. .... to .. hrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 ( Nor. W. Blin.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto 9 ..„ „. ..... • ... to Ditto, Oswestry 1 6% ...... ...... to Ditto ,New L.. Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 • , ihropshire :Uni0n... ..... to _ •=outh Devon . Ditto, Preference 25 'outh Staffordshire.... 6 1,2 — .. .. to South Eastern Ditto, No. I. - Ditto. No. 2. Ditto. No. 3. /4 Ditte,:liegistered No. 4.... 10 Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. -outh Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole -' , wans. and Loughor and Ca 5 . meron's Stm. Coal . 6 - -to raw Vale Extension ... ..... 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway l 7 l/ — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1 7 1, , 5.._., Waterford and Limerick ... .. 474..... Waterford, Wemford,Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 ...... -- Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... .10 West Cornwall 6 - - West London ..• -. to Ditto, First Class .. 20 Ditto, Second Class 2O Whitehaven and Furness l4 ... .. ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South Western...... , 12 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ...... 26 ex.int to Fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 ...E27 l h 5 / i to -- Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &:13. 15 - - Do. G. N. E. - Pur. or Pref. 8 fork and North - Midland .. 50 —.. Ditto, Preference to Ditto East and West Ridin g -- Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O ... .. to --.. Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... Ceylon ....... - ...... ...... to Demerara. - Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..„ . - Dutch Rhenish 7/4 - East Indian Great Indian Peninsular !4 — ...... to Louvain tla Sambre ......... 7 1 / 2 — . ..... to Luxembourg to Ditto Madrid and Valentia - . ... to Namur and Liege........ 2O Northern of France l2 ..... - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Lyons Do. Do. Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen - Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 8 Rouen and Havre ... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - Tours & Nantss ... .. ...... .. 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell ... .. .. 20 ...... ....., to West Flanders B 3 /4 — ...... to -- JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial .... .. .. .-.. . 25 ..... . t o Commercial of London .. ..... 20 ...... London Joint Stock ...- ..... 10 -' — Loudon and Westminster. .. 20 — ..... 22 1 / 2 to National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland?; 25 Ditto, New Union of Australia 25 - Ditto, New Union of London ........ ...... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo /lexicon lOO ••• •• • - to - Asturian Mining Company... 14 ..... to Australian ... 2IA Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip British Iron. Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24%...... Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobra Copper lle e....... 40 - General Mining ... ~... 28 Real del Monte, Unregistered —•—• .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures Santiago de Cuba. lO ••••• •• -- ••• .• to United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. s.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze and dull weather, with drizzling rain. STATH OF WIND AND WEATHER AT TRH PROTINCIAL PORTS THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. • Glasgow Gosport S., dull and foggy. Hull Lowestoffe Newcastle S.W. oy W., frost. Portsmouth Southampton Yarmouth S.S.E., snow. PENZANCE, JAN. 2.—Arrd. William and Ann, Jacks, Seville; Bravo, Pierre, Llanelly, Othelia, La Croix, Swansea, both for Nantes; Jeunealine, Cruillon, Lla nelly, Abignon, Cassard, Pembray, both for Brest. GRIMSBY, JAN. 4. Arrd. Flotte, Harkroast, II vannah ; Christine Maria, Slundling, Konigsberg ; Antina, Balling, Stettin; Agreetha, Foken, Stettin; Sirius, Schumacher, Riga ; Nautilus, Cristoffers, St. Petersburgh ; Charlotte, Nogaely, Newcastle. WHITBY ROADS, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Sedulous, Jefferson , Dantzic, for London. LIMERICK, JAN. 3. Wind E. Arrd. Cosstang Onore, Serra, Trieste; Graziata, Callick, Trieste. WIIITEHAVEN, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Samuel, M'Loan, Ste John's, and proceeded to Holyhead. COWES, JAN. 4.—Wind E S.E. Arrd. Brougham, Wells, London, for the South S eas . • L IVER PoOL,JAN. 4.—The Newton, from Cronstadt that ran on shore on Crosly Beach on the 27th ult., Ws s got off last night, and brought in here. :off port Cairo, New Orleans. Arrd. 3. Elizabeth Hamilton, Jones, Lucsignane, Cippeny, Ihraila; Lammanchins , Pronog, Rotterdam ; Ulysses, Arthur, Laguna; Venice , Sage , NPW Orleans; Soldan, Thomas, ditto; Sarah Ann, Skollield, ditto; JeLissen, Wood, Savanah; Sr. Michaels; Athen, Heeran, Bremen. Sid. The Duke, Atkinson, Calcutta; Victoria Le Gresley, Ver a Cruz; Louisa, Flew, Naples. 4 . Richmond, Grayso n, Buenos Ayres.—Wind S.E. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. from the river and sid. 3d, St. George, :Kyle, Berbice; Cotfteld, Cargie, Cork; 4th, Sydney, White, New South Wa les; Garland Grove, Mattheson, Port Philip; Earl Balearras, Morris, Bombay; Isabella Blyth, Hall, Mauritius; LP" venside, Cameron, St. Helena; Comet, Airth, Madeira; Prima Donna, Howarth, St. Michael's; John Oldhatts, Canney, Jamaica ; Codrington, Huxtable, Antigua& Arabella, Collings, Trieste; Mischief, Bum, Venice)