The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

HIGH W 4 tTER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate Day ---% , .rninr, 12 min. after 6 I Evening, 34 rain. after 6 To-Mosaow—Morning, 55 min. after 6 I Evening, 16 min. after 7 NOTICE. THE CONCLUSION OF KING ARTHUR, By Sir E. BULWER LYTTCN, Author of " THE NEW TLIION," Will be ready on Wednesday, January 17. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. MORNING PERFORMANCE, WEDNESDAY MORNING NEXT. JANUARY 17. GRAND JUVENILE FETE. CHILDREN AT REDUCBD PRICES. ATTEND RICE of the GRBENWICH HOSPITAL SCHOOLS. Mr. DF.JEAN begs respectfully to announce that a GRAND JUVENILE FETE will take place on WEDNESDAY MORNING NEXT, January l7, for which occasion he has used every endeavour to arrange an entertainment which he trusts cannot :all to afford to his young visitors the greatest gratification and amusement. He has also much pleasure in stating that the Boys of the Royal Green wich Hospital Schools have been permitted to accept an invitation to attend, and that Eight Hundred of them will be present at the Fate, with their Bands. *** For this occasion, Children under Twelve Years of Age will be admitted at Reduced Prices. The Entertainments will be arranged according to the following Programme t PART I. The Voltige,by La Petite Louise Anato. Exeraises of M. Francon' 9 Two Famous Horses, Pyramus and Thisbe. The Andalusian, by Madlle. Seigneurie. Tricks of the Two Clowns. M. Felix's Riding Backwards. Jocko's Pantomime, or the Ape of Brazil, by the Man Monkey, The Leap of tlid Streamers, by Madlie, Ducos. Master Loisset as the Little Drummer, The Celebrated Mate! of the Twenty-fin Vaulters. PART IL M. Leroy's Extraordinary Globe Feat'. The clown's Comic Transformations, by M. Auriol and Assistants. The Manola, by La Petite Anate. Juggling, by M. Henri. Old Danis and hls Wife, a Comic Scene, by M.M. Leclair, Herman and Siegrist. Madlle. Caroline's Beautiful Exercises. The Celebrated Feat of Scarfs and Circles, by Madlle. Palmyre Anato. The Human Pyramid on Two Horses. The Comic Scene of the Man with his Head off. The English Lancers, a Grand Cavalry Parade, by Nine Ladles. &c. &c. SLc The Performances will be accompanied daring the whole of the Morning by th Eccentrizitles of Messrs. Auriol, Leclair, Young Aurlol, and Mohamet Ben Said. Doors open at Half-past One, commence at Two o'clock. The Performances will terminate about Five o'clock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Dress Circle, 4s. Dress Boxes, as. Upper Boxes, 2s. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. 6d. Lower Gallery, Is. Children, under twelve year, of age, Rill be admitted et the fol- lowing reduced prices : Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. Dress lioxes, 25. Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. Pit, Arena, and Promenade, Is. Lower Gallery, 6d. Tickets to be had of Mr. O'Reilly, at the Box-office ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. First Night of the Season. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with LE MAITRE DE CHAPELLE. Barnabe, M. teauce ; Gertrude, Mdlle. Guichard. During the Evening, " God Save the Queen." To conclude with the popular Opera Comique, entitled LE DOMINO Nom. Horace, M. Couderc ; Angele, Mdlle. Charton. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in tressed expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: Boxes .. Pit .. Amphitheatre _ _ ss. Od. 3J. Od. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ! and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public Is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. Warner ; Ophelia, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled C IMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Morton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. l':Tider the direction of Madame Celeste. Daring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, EN!, executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, 84c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the *eats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Itedlaw, Mr. Hughes; the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and C. , Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; ➢illy, Miss Woolgar; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. lilla-vher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. NOTAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Hader the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mahe as. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. 31 acnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL 'CUE PUBLIC. Dress eloxes, Is.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The Yew Boa-office, No. 2, Wellln;ton- street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TREATI:.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this The a tre has been re-decorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner r y Mr. Ilurvritz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best acranz. meats have been made tor the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience •t the audience. _ THIS EVENING, Will performed a new Itallad °pert, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fl.her ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Keawerthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF RING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. 1-sulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Miss Woolford on the Tight-rope.—Brilllant Scenes of the Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, MI curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF TILE JEWS : or, Tt.e Fall of Jerusalem. After which, Miss Woolford on the Tight-rope. To be followed by an Inimitable cUsp!ay of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The 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 COKRESPONOE.NTS. No communication can be attended to ucless authenti cated by the name and address 01 the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. TUE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE. JANUARY 14. THEANOMEARR, Lowest, 36: Highest, 50; Noon, 53 BAROMETER. 29.47. WIND S.W. to W.N.W. ; dirty, dark, squally weather, with slight drizzling rain and plenty of scud. JANUARY 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Inghest, 53; Noon, 41. BAROMETER, 30.07. The Barometer has risen nearly 60 points since yesterday WIND W. ; fine weather. 4 laellini altit LONDOV, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1849. of the com- On Saturday we pu blished th e reply mittee of the Liverpool Currency Reform Association to the strictures upon their plan put forward by a morning Contemporary. We would strongly recom mend those anxious to form a sound and unprejudiced judgment upon the most important question of the day to consider calmly and attentively the arguments contained. therein. The several objections that have been urg e d aga i ns t their propositions a re dis p osed of in a masterly manner. 'Nothing has been left unan swered. The discussions that have taken place must serve materially to enlighten the public mind. The great majority of the people have hitherto been accustomed to regard the monetary question as some thing so abstruse and difficult of comprehension as to be utterly beyond the reach of ordinary capaci ties. They have been contented to receive without question the dogmas pompously enunciated. They have suffered' themselves to be mystified by the cur rency quacks—and deeply and painfully has their folly been expiated. There have been periodial fluc tuations of the currency, that have deranged all the calculations of commercial men, thrown our artizans and operatives out of employment, and involved all classes in pecuniary difficulties. Mr. COBDEN Ins declared in his evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons upon the Banks of Issue, " that greater evils—pecuniary, social, and moral," have been occasioned by these fluctuations—" than by the direct failure of all the banks of issue since they were first established in this country."- The . llon. Gentleman is:in this respect an unexceptionable witness, whose testimony will scarcely be impeached even by the bullionists them selves. The chief argument adduced in favour of the iniquitous and impolitic Act of 1844 was, that it would in a great degree prevent these ruinous fluctu ations ; but even its Parliamentary sponsor, Sir R. Net., was himself compelled to admit that it had utterly failed in that respect and the country has learned _from the most . Rainful experience that the 4 1 , -grogit‘ • Itirt - - - • „", • - THE SUN, LONDON, intensity of the crisis was fearfully aggravated through its operation. If there is any foundation whatever for the state ments that have been made respecting the late dis coveries of gold in California—if only a very minute portion of the hopes of the speculators should be realised—another great change in the value of money must take place, of which it would be impossible to cal culate the consequences. The extraordinary results that followed the discovery of the mines of Mexico and Peru, and the Brazils, and the consequent alte ration in the value of the precious metals, are already well known. Gold and silver continued to be poured into Europe in unprecedented plenty; there was a vast increase in the circulating medium of the several countries, and, as a natural consequence, a corres ponding increase in the price of commodities of every description. The average price of wheat from the year 1459 to 1560 was about 9s.' 2d. per quarter, t while from 1561 to 1601 it had increased to no less than 2/. 7s. sd. Within less than a century the average price of this, the most important article of food for the population, had increased fivefold. Every other article of merchandize had experienced a similar alteration. Various causes were assigned for these ex traordinary changes. The enhanced prices were at tributed to monopolies, to hoarding, to forestalling, regrating, and a variety of different matters, but the true cause was only subsequently discovered, viz., the depreciation in the value of gold and silver consequent upon the increased supply thereof. If gold to the value of eight or ten millions ster ling should be obtained annually from the soil of California, a similar depreciation must again take place. The bullionists will be stripped of their strongest argument; and it is by no means impos sible that we shall find those who have hitherto advo cated an exclusively metallic currency, or, at least, a currency at all times convertible, become the most strenuous supporters of a national incon vertible note. Gold and silver have been selected as the representatives and measures of value, because it is supposed that there is little probability of their being suddenly increased or diminished in any cor.siderable quantity. The amount that has been collected has hitherto not much more than balanced the wear and tear, and the waste that usually takes place, and the absorption of the metals into other channels. Hence, say the bul lionists—" The quantity of these metals, available at any given period, is much the same, and as the pur poses for which they are wanted throughout the world do not vary materially or suddenly, they maintain, as a consequence, a very uniform value, and this value forms a standard by which to measure the various values of more variable com modities." This will, however, no longer be the case. The same quantity of labour will no longer be required to extract the mineral treasures from the soil. That labour constitutes the only true measure of value. It is not because gold and silver possess intrinsic value, that they have been adopted by universal consent; but because they could not be obtained without immense labour and research. If, however, the more precious of the two—that which in this country constitutes the only circulating medium that can be legally tendered in satisfaction of debts and liabilities—can be gathered up by common labourers, without the aid of complicated ma- . chinery or the application of capital, to, the extent of ten or twenty pounds a day as alleged, or even to that number of dollars—it will soon become comparatively cheap and valueless. The enormous increase in the value of commodities that has already taken place in the gold producing dis tricts will speedily extend throughout the whole world. Then, indeed, public creditors and fund holders will have just cause to complain. The word of promise will be kept to the ear, but broken to the hope ; they will receive the due weight of metal, of the requisite standard, but unfortunately that metal will no longer possess the same command over the necessaries and comforts of life that it formerly had ; the gold will be there, but the " purchasing power" will no longer exist. The equity of the con tract will certainly not be fulfilled. Now the plan suggested by the association would do justice to all parties. Whether a great increase or diminution took place would be a matter of little consequence. Gold would follow the same law that relates to all other commodities. Its market price would depend on the relationship between the supply and demand. Under the present system, however abun dant it may be, the Bank is bound to pay a certain price for all that may be offered. Although not re quired for general use, it must still be received, and all the transactions of the country thereby dis arranged. We are bound to pay when gold is cheap and abundant the same price for which we are com pelled to supply it when dear and scarce. This is certainly not very reasonable, and unless the law be altered, and that speedily, the country will pay dearly for the folly of its legislators. Although the gold mines of California may stimu late the cupidity of the fortune-hunter, the vast regions of Australia are still regarded as the true El Dorado by the suffering and the starving, whose name, unhappily, is Legion. The subject of emi gration now occupies much of the public attention, and there are few subjects so deserving of considera tion from all who have the well-being of their fel low men at heart. Some three years since the author of "Sybil" alluded to the annual arrival of three hundred thousand strangers in this island, as testified by the "Population Returns." "How will you feed them ? How will you clothe them ? How will you house them ?" he asked. "The rags of the kingdom are exhausted, and your sinks and cellars already swarm like rabbit-warrens." To these momentous questions, of which three years have only increased the imminent importance, there is but one answer—Let them emigrate. Let the hands for which there is here no labour repair to the lands where there are none to labour—the lands which lie waste for want of cultivation. This important sub ject has rarely been set forth in a more earnest and forcible manner than in the present number of the Church of England Quarterly Review. Speaking of the number of men out of employ, the reviewer very truthfully—unfortunately too truthfully—remarks : Every trade is overstocked with workmen—still more come and ask for labour. There is such an alarm ing amount of unemployed labour in the market that its value—the only physical value of a man as far as pounds, shillings, and pence are concerned—is deterio rated. Rather than starve, a man will work for three tourths, one-half, or even one-third less than another, until the absolute and real value is altogether lost sight of. It becomes no longer a matter of what it is worth' —it is merely a question of what it will fetch.' " The remedy—the only remedy—for such a state of things is obvious. People starve by the wayside, and if they hold out the hand to beg the passer-by ex claims reproachfully, " Work I" The advice, strictly speaking, is right enough, for the labourer alone is worthy of hire ; but, under present circumstances, such advice is too often mockery. " Work—work—work," sang the sempstress, "In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Work—work—work, While the cock is crowing aloof; And work—work--work, Till the stars shine through the roof." But such continual application barely sufficed to pre serve her miserable existence, because the market was already overstocked by hundreds and tens of hundreds as fit for work as she. Therefore it is a mockery to tell a man to work without in some way enabling him to obey such an injunction. The Church of . England Quarterly Reviewer strenuously advocates the adoption of an organized plan of whole sale emigration. But, whether such a system as he recommends be adopted or not, the advisability of some such scheme must be obvious to all who thoughtfully consider the subject. " You marvel at the ingratitude poverty? of the poor," continues the revie wer—" why ?" " What in effect have they to be grateful for ?—for their lyso their thou gh t s well-to-do friend,l ' ourselves in • Let us cease to talk idly if we can, and, plac inghehiyr c h o u n r d o it w io u i . i, tenageinrideeyaovuorurwtiofe,anmay shivering and huddled neighbouXongd I n a cellar or an attic in a fever strickenydourself in rags, your child rentogether in a corner—your cupboards empty, the reli e ev' you or flatly refused you n it u 3s h t e aney—even beggary has officer to have neglected proved itself to be only every insolvency to you— every outlet, every doorway, us h eart and hand closed against you—and then let know the state of your ' gratitude' to your fellow -man." There is one way, however, by which we may earn the gratitude of the poor : " Fifty thousand pounds is not a very great sum to build a house for the furtherance of pauperism. What would that sum do in the cause of emigration? What noble workhouses such an amount would have built in that far ka t across the seas—what smiling little cot tages, with the birds singing in the ears and the flowers blooming •around the small garden—what a joyous fire side where sire, and son, and mother sit around and fear nought without!" Noble workhouses indeed ! Would to GOO that our starving and our"paupers were so housed! Many, we doubt not, will echo such an aspiration ; but how many will need a hand to enable that aspiration to be realised ? The Archbishop of CANTERBURY has returned ex actly the sort of reply to the memorial of the Ply mouth requisitionists, complaining of the prevalence of Puseyism in the diocese of Exeter, which it was to be expected that his Grace would return. Inasmuch as it is by no means impossible that his Grace may be called upon hereafter to decide judicially upon the conduct, life, and doctrine of his suffragan of Exeter, it would have been clearly indecorous as well as im politic to have made any very pointed allusions to, or to have expressed any very decided opinion on those subjects ; but, with regard to the conduct of the in ferior clergy of the diocese, his Grace was under no such restraint, and accordingly he thus speaks of the " practices of the younger clergy"—practices not only tacitly sanctioned but positively commanded in many instances by the Bishop of EXETER. " I could certainly have wished," says the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, "that the younger clergy, to whom your remarks are chiefly applicable, bad thought themselves at liberty to follow the usage of their pre decessors and the example of the great majority of their brethren at the present day, so as to acquiesce in those slight deviations from the Rubric which custom had sanctioned and which had not been re proved by competent authority. I could have wished they had considered the APOSTLE'S example appli cable to their case, and in non-essential things had yielded to the feelings of the people as he yielded to those of the Jews, for the sake of avoiding offence and gaining confidence. Especially I regret the intro duction into our parish churches of a mode of wor ship which, however proper and suitable in our cathedrals, appears too artificial and elaborate for simple and general devotion." It is evident from this passage that the Archbishop of CANTERBURY agrees with the great body of, we will not say the members of the Church of England only, but of the Protestants of the British empire, in the manner in which he regards Tractarian obser vances, and although his Grace has declined for the present to call the attention of the Legislature to the subject, on the ground that the time is not yet come for the introduction of such a measure, yet these words afford abundant encouragement to all who do not repudiate the name of Protestant to persevere in their endeavoars to . purge the Protestant Church from those, who nominated as ministers or servants of the Church, would fain make themselves masters, and who, appointed to preach the Scriptures, endeavour to make the Word of GOD of none effect by vain traditions. Accordingly we are rejoiced to find that the men of Plymouth are determined to persevere with the agitation which they have so gloriously commenced, and in which they will, we trust, be joined, not merely by the lay members of the Church of England, but by the clergy and laity both of the Kirk and of the Free Church of Scot land, and of every denomination of Protestant Dissenters throughout the three kingdoms • Indeed the Protestant Dissenters, the old and tried friends of civil and religious liberty, are to the full as much interested in inflicting "a heavy blow and a great discouragement" on Puseyism as the Evangelical members of the Church of England themselves. In former days, when doctrines analo gous to those held by the Puseyites were in the ascendant, Dissenters were persecuted every where to death. LAUD, and STRAFFORD, and CLAVERSOUSE, and JEFFERIES, and KIRKE, the persecutions of the Presbyterians, the murder (under form of law) of Mrs. GAUNT, the Anabaptist, are examples of what Puseyism was, and what Puseyites would do if they could but once obtain an ascendancy. That the same spirit still actuates them let their fierce denunciations of all Dissent and of all Dissenters bear witness. On Thursday the adjourned meeting of the in habitants of Plymouth and its neighbourhood took place, on which occasion the room in which the meet ing was held was again crowded in every part. The deputation which had waited on the Archbishop of CANTERBURY with the -memorial agreed to at the former meeting, read his Grace's reply thereto, from which we have given an extract above, and a petition to her MAJESTY was unanimously agreed to. In ad dressing her MAJESTY, the petitioners say— " We have, for some years past, observed with deep and increasing apprehension, the adoption, by a large body of the clergy, of a system of divinity and minis terial teaching, which has for its object the depreciation of the distinctive doctrines of the Reformation, as taught by the Articles of our Church, and the encouragement in an equal degree of opposite doctrines of the Church of Rome; a system which, in proportion to the extent to which it is received or avowed, either leads its adherents to an open conformity to that Church, or, as we believe more frequently happens, to a virtual adoption of the essential principles of Romanism, under a nominal and ill-sustained allegiance to our Protestant Church. " The class of unsound divines to whom we refer, in variably base the defence of their principles on their construction of certain passages and forms of words which occur in some of the offices of the Church—par ticularly in those appointed for the ordination of minis ters—the baptism of infants— the visitation of the sick, and the Catechism—forms of expression which taken alone, and unexplained bythe tenor of the Articles and the Church's general doctrine, may perhaps be of a doubtful meaning, and,,therefore afford opportunity for misrepresentation . _ _ " It is, unhappily, too notorious that this system of error has become widely prevalent throughout Great Britain, and this diocese in particular, and we grieve to state it to be our deliberate and painful conviction, that its principles, as well as the ceremonial practices which its advocates have introduced, receive encouragement from the Lord Bishop of Exeter." The petition concludes with the followingprayer : " Under a deep conviction that the extensive evils to which we have adverted will be aggravated by any lengthened delay, and that the strength and efficiency of the Church, and the best interests of the, community will be largely promoted by a removal of the occa s ion of a complaint so general and well founded, we humbly but earnestly pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct the adop tion of such measures with a view to an authoritative and Protestant determination of the sense of the Liturgy in iill its parts, and also for defining the ceremonial of the:Church in conformity to established usages as to your Majesty's wisdom may seem best calculated to obtain those desirable objects." The Plymouth demonstration has already begun to produce its effects. The Bishop of EXETER has ac cepted the resignation of Mr. MesxELL, his exa mining chaplain, which resignation he had, before the holding of the Plymouth meeting, refused to ac cept. It is true that in his letter accepting such resignation, the Bishop of EXETER declares that to the excitement produced by the Plymouth meeting he pays no attention whatever, and adds, " such excitement and such statements as are said to have been made at that meeting, could have no weight with me ;" but in coming to an opinion on this part of the subject, it is necessary to bear in mind the verdict of the jury in the case of " The QUEEN V. LATIMER." As was well observed by Mr. SOLTAU at the meeting on Thursday, " Whatever sophistry might be :thrown around it; whatever pretence might be put forward, the tact was undoubted, that, in consequence of a meeting held at Plymouth, some three weeks since, Mr. Maskell's resig nation had been given in. They might attempt to blink the question; they might attempt to say that it proceeded from other causes, but no man who had read the corre spondedence carefully, could have any difficulty what ever as to the true reason. Let them then make use of the power they possessed, as laymen, and persevere as laymen in the course which was right, and their effort must lead to useful and beneficial results." There cannot be a doubt but that beneficial results must follow from this grand Protestant movement which has commenced in Plymouth, but which will extend over the whole kingdom. Let the example of Plymouth be followed by every town and city in the kingdom—let all " Protestants," of whatever denomina tion—let all who value the right of private judgment en the Scriptures—let all who are for " the Bible, the whale Bible, and nothing but the Bible," join in this great movement. As was well observed by Mr. BENNETT, at the Plymouth meeting on Thursday, "this question affects all religious communities, and the well-being of the general body of the people." BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.—MIDDLE TEMPLE, JAN. 13. —The under-mentioned gentlemen, called to the degree of the utter bar on Friday, were published in the Middle Temple Hall this day:—George Tennant, John Jrvis, William Tapping, George Frederick Speke, Charles Chandos Pole, Thomas Harrison, James German, John Brewer, and John Oliver Surtees, Esqs. The Dumbolton Serenaders, from the St. James's Theatre, are " starring " it with great success at Liverpool MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1849. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The National Assembly, in its sitting on Fri , lay, determined, by a majority of 3, to take into consi deration the proposition of M. RATEAU for its disso lution. This decision is tantamount to granting leave to bring a Bill, and it is by no means to be taken as an indication that the proposition of M. RATEA. will be adopted in its entirety, or even that it will be adopted in principle. All that the Assembly has as yet decided is that it is desirable the question should be discussed. The debate was very animated, and the speech of M. ODILON BARROT was remarkable for its want of temper, and its viru lent abuse of the Republic, of which he is a Minister. Having betrayed the Monarchy in 184 k, he seeks, as a set off, to betray the Republic in 1849, but it is to be hoped that the PRESIDENT of the Republic will remember his responsibilities, and protect the Republic, which he has sworn to defend from thenow too-evident treachery of the President of the Council. M. OniLoN BARROT has cast away his mask somewhat too soon. He has so effectually damaged himself, that finding he has no chance of being elected Vice- President of the Republic, he has ceased to be a candidate for the office, and will, it is said, support the candidature of M. VIVIEN. In The Sun, of Saturday, we gave a report of the speech of lA. Gszz, who commenced the dis cussion. M. Pierre Bonaparte next rose, and said that he did not intend to speak in so grave a discussion, but he wished to refute a calumny directed against the As sembly. It was asserted that the latter was hostile to the President. This was untrue. It was the Assembly that admitted him into its ranks when he was elected Representative of the people. It was the Assembly that had recalled his family from exile, and had proclaimed him President. That alleged hostility was a mere de mocratical susceptibility. The accord between the two powers was the only safeguard of the constitution, and what proved the necessity of that harmony was the audacity of the re-actiouary parties. It belonged to the Assembly alone to assign a period to its glorious session. If the Government, invested with all the power of the country, did not maintain the liberty of is deli• berations, it would betray its duties, for the decrees of the Assmbly were the law of the land.—(Bravos.) He hoped the Assembly would solve with energy a question that ought not to have been brought forward. In May and June it had demonstrated that the factions could not intimidate it, and it bad sealed with its generous blood its attachment to the cause of order and the country. He trusted that the Assembly would impose silence on its rebellious adversaries by manifesting its determina tion to frame the organic laws. In the name of the (le mocratical Republic and the sovereign people he pro tested against the pretensions of those who questioned its right to accomplish its mission to the end. M. Montalembert, who followed, said that the Assem bly was composed of three parties—a minority desirous to retire at any prise, because, amongst other good reasons, it believed itself certain of being re-elected ; another party resisted the dissolution for the contrary motive.—(Laughter.) There was another party, com posed of men who had no decided opinion on the subject, but which was waiting to hear the reasons for and against the measure, in order to form its opinion. That party, when enlightened, would decide the question. To this last party he addressed himself. The demonstra tion of the 10th of December was not the mere triumph of a name; it was a manifestation in favour of a mode rate policy and order. The country was thrown by the Revolution of February into a state of fever, and had tried all sorts of remedies. It now regarded the convo cation of a new Assembly as another remedy. The patient was the master of its physicians, and could pre pare its own prescriptions. The Revolution had let loose the giant, and armed him with the irresistible force of universal suffrage. He now told the Assem.. bly his wish in a low voice, and the latter should not compel him to tell it aloud.—(Murmurs.) M. de Montalembert then contended that the organic laws were not the same_ thing as the Consti stution, and could be framed by the next Assembly. If it were animated with the same spirit it would frame them to its satisfaction. If animated with a contrary spirit nothing could prevent them from undoing its work.—(Loud murmurs.) M. de Montalembert pro posed for imitation to the Assembly the noble conduct of General Cavaignac, who, after being invested with the most extensive powers, which he had used for the sal vation of society, had loyally resigned that authority into the hands of the elect of the people. M. Billault ascended the tribune, and said that the opinion he was about to express would be in no way influenced by seeing an election in perspective. Every member in that Assembly had issued from universal suffrage, and it was because they were the delegates o f the French people that they had a right to speak in its name. When the Constitution was voted, when the discussion on the organic laws was postponed, it had never entered into the mind of any one to dispute the ad journment, for the object of the delay was to arrive at a definitive state of things, for which the country was so anxious. —(Hear, hear, on the Left.) The Assembly did not by so doing renounce its work, and no one could se riously contest its right to complete the task which it had commenced, and which it was its duty to terminate. The question did not, therefore, lie in that point; it was one of a purely political character; it was to know whether the Assembly, invested with its electoral mandate, should hasten or retard the period of its dissolution. lie admitted that after the trials through which the country had had to pass, it stood in need of peace and stabLity. It had thought that the six millions of votes which had invested a citizen with the supreme magistracy would have given an immense force to the Government, and to the country great p:-osperity, That strength of Government was not now called in question, but nevertheless confidence bad not been re-established, and it was asked with a feeling of un easiness why, after the immense majority of votes given to the President, business did not revive. It was not au easy thing to constitute a Government and to give it a firm root in the country; it was a difficult task. The present Government could not boast of having acquired that feeling of unanimity. The Republican Go vernment which had been founded had also had ob stacles to contend with, obstacles of which advantage had been taken, and which were still endeavoured to be turned to account.—(Murmurs.) Much had been I said of a want of agreement, of a governmental incain patibility between the National Assembly and the Pre sidency of the Republic, but these insinuations had been clearly proved to be unfoundsd. It had been sought to organize the public mind against the Assem bly, to bring about not a material, but a moral 15th of May.—(Hear, hear, on the Left.) It had been wished to ascertain whether the Assembly, which had by its attitude resisted an anarchical emeute, would be able to resist anti -revolutionary passions.—(Renewed approba tion from the Left.) The Assembly would know how to stand firm between these two extreme opinions which struggled against it; it would prove itself equal to the question of order which interested both the power of authority and the Constitution. ...Tie was aware that it had been said to those who were impatient, that the work they wished for could not be accomplished; that the Na tional Assembly was a permanent o b stac l e, that i t h a d been condemned on the 10th of December, and must re tire.—(Hear, hear.) But he would simply ask, what had taken place on the 10th of December ? What were the principles professed by the President of the Re public in his programme, when h e solicited the suffrages of the French people? Did he not promise to found an honest Republic, to protect religion, family ties, and property; to diminish the taxes which bore heavily on the working classes; were not those the principles which they all professed, and which the National Assembly had energetically practised? On their first assembling they had proclaimed respect for the great social prin ciples; and when, a t a later peri o d , the sovereignty of the Assembly had been attacked, it had with stoical courage caused riot to recoil. Again, in June, the Assembly had presided over the defence of social order. Let any one state a single day when the Assembly had been wanting in its duty, a single measure which had been rejected that was considered beneficial to the country.— (Hear, hear, on the left.) The programme of the Presi dent of the Republic was, therefore, he would repeat, merely a simple repetition of the principles of the As sembly; how then could it be /mid that the election of the 10,h December had condemned the Assembly, unless the programme of the President contained some hidden intentions? The Assembly had in no way changed its principles—they remained the same as they had always been. That pretended obstacle, therefore, did not exist. It had also been said that the action of the Executive Government would not be complete in the presence of the National Assembly. That he could not conceive, as the Constitution had clearly defined the rights of the Executive Power. There was .only one point, the promulgation of the laws, and the right to make ob nervations which the President of the Republic could not exercise towards a Constituent as he could towards a purely Legislative Assembly. The great reason why the country wa s uneasy and confidence not restored was that none of the great questions which really and inti mately conserved it had been settled. It bad been said that the National Assembly impeded the progress of the Government, but that could not be the case, for although the Ministry had been formed for a month, it had not brought forward a single Ministerial question. The country wished for a strong Government; what, then would it think when it saw men whose previous conduct had given hopes of better things hold aloof add leave to others the care of overcoming the first difficulties?— (Approbation on the Left.) That fact was calculated to give uneasiness to the country; in fact, when they should have given for some months a spectacle of inertness, it would be said that the Republican Government had been definitely condemned, that it produced only hesi tation, and then the currei.t which now impelled them would carry away both the Republic and its President. He should prefer to defend what now existed to incurring fresh dangers, and having per haps to recommend a fresh revolution. If he bad in cer tain cases considered it his duty to recommend concilia tion, it was to prevent the misfortunes which inevitably resulted from division and party spirit. It was only ne cessary to read the petitions which were put forth against the Assembly to be convinced of the truth of what he said. A kind of terrozism had been got up in the journals against the National Assembly, and chose who pretended to be Conservatives, and applauded such manmuvres, were, in his opinion, highly culpable. 'There were in that Assembly contrary currents; those who wished for the maintenance of the Republic end of the Constitution, and those who believed that its existence was not possible. He should, in conclusion, repeat what he he had said •t the commencement, that whatever might be the influence his opinion might have in another election, ho should support the con clusions of the committee. The President—The tribune is to M. 0. Barrot.— (Moven) , nt of interest.) The President of the Council—l am perfectly aware of the reserve which a discussion like the present im poses on the Government. I know that no influence from without ought to weigh on the Assembly, and therefore I not only set myself against every kind of threat, but, as the depository of the Government, I will put them down as much as is in my power.—(Hear, hear.) But I must be permitted to say that the Assem bly ought not to occupy itself so much about its elec toral prospects as about the interest of the country. — (Hear, hear.) I come here to tell you what are the views of the Government on this question. If the mat ter were a personal one, as the last speaker seems to imply, I should not come forward to speak; but the question is of the very highest interest, and may involve a public peril; cc nsequently it is my duty to speak—no matter what Ministry might be in power—even if M. Billault himself were a member of it.—(Laughter.) If I speak of M. Billault, it is because his talents and personal consideration entitle him to hold a place in a Ministry.—{Renewed laughter.) I say that what ever persons might compose the Ministry in power, with an Assembly like the present, whose days are num bered, with an Assembly fated to cease on the comple tion of the Constitution, with the electoral incident which has crossed your existence—that Government would be reduced to mere impotent efforts.—(Violent murmurs on the Left.) I maintain that there is no Go vernment whatever that could look forward to any length of existence or carry out a sound and useful policy in such conditions.—(Agitatiotf.) I have re received so many marks of confidence from the Assembly that I consider myself bound to tell it the exact truth. But that truth has been already told by the Constitution itself. It proceeded from the particular situation in which we are now placed—it comprehended this respective situation of the two powers—it foresaw the present fal a position.—(Agitation.) The Constitution so well f.resaw what would come to pass that it de clared that the Assembly of revision had only to pay at tention to one great question—the Constitution itself, and the measures of inquiry connected with it. Well, does not the situation so foreseen now exist? Have you not in your hands at present a part of the executive power? Rave you not made and unmade the executive power? And does not the remembrance of what you have done as a constituent body weigh on you and impede your movement? I know that with cleverness the present difficulties might be in a measure masked; but will that prevent the difficulties from existing? We have been reproached with not having, since we have been in power, decided on any of those great measures which engage the future course of a Government. How could it be otherwise? Do you forget that since we have ex isted as a Ministry we have been each day the object of incessant and most violent attacks?—(lnterruption.) I will not recal to your attention the incidents which have arisen at each sitting—l will not remind you of the fact that your time has been wasted in sterile discussions, when it could have been better employed in voting the organic laws.—(Loud interruption, which prevented the Hon. Gentleman from going on. Cries of " Order.") The President—l think it right to say, that after the vote of the Constitution, the Assembly occupied itself with the election of the President of the Republic, voted the rectified budget for 1848, and prepared several or ganic laws.—(Yes, yes; agitation.) The President of the Council—l say that both the reminiscences of what you have done, and your own personal views, render you but little calculated to live in face of an executive power perfectly independent of you. I say that for the last two months you have been occupied more with the Government than with passing laws.—(Renewed agitation.) A Voice—That Is not true. The President—Such an interruption is contrary to all parliamentary usage and to order. The President of the Council—lf such a manifestation of feeling continues— M. Portalie— Order, order! The President—M. Portalis, if you go on disturbing the discussion in this way, I shall be obliged to call you to order! _ _ _ The President of the Council—When I speak of your personal views, and of the continual interruptions which have broken in on our labours, I point out the ♦ery gravest symptom of all—the matter which most attracts the attention of the country.—(lnterruption.) A Voice—Why, that is an invitation to civil war!— (Agitation.) The President of the Council—l do not doubt your patriotism, but I believe that in this case it is mistaken. —(Noise.) Here are men who have always praised up universal suffrage, and yet they now seem afraid to meet it! The Assembly ought to dissolve, and again present itself to the suffrages of the country. That act I declare to be absolutely necessary to restore public confidence; for it is uncertainty which causes passions to ferment.— (Loud applause on the Right.) M. Portalis entered into some explanations to show that he had not been justly called to order. The dis cussion was then declared to be closed, and a division was piroceeded to, amidst the greatest agitation. The following was the result:— Number of voters 805 Absolute majority ... ... 403 Fur the conclusion of the (Movement) Committee ... ... 401 Against it ... 404 Majority ... —3 In consequence, it was declared that the proposition was to be taken into consideration.—(Agitation.) The President—l have been just informed that some Members have voted both ways. The votes shall there fore be carefully examined, and the result made known to-morrow. The Assembly then rose in the greatest agitation at a quarter to eight o'clock. - The AsseMbly met on Saturday, when the error alluded to in the voting was corrected, without how ever, affecting the result. The real numbers were announced to be as follows For considering the question of dissolution ... 400 Against it 396 Majority . —4 The proposition will now be referred to the bureaux, who will draw up a report, which will embrace all the propositions that have been presented for fixing a time for the dissolution of the Assembly. The reactionaries; are of course in ecstacies at the result of this division. The Democratic Pacifique says that a Royalist, on leaving the Chamber after the vote, said, " We must be sad bunglers if before the end of the year we do not bring back HENRY V." That there is an intention on the part of the Ministry to betray M. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE into the hands of the Orleanists and Legitimatists, is evident from the appointments they have recently made to the various departmental prefectures. On this subject, The National says : 4! Who will, therefore, pretend that we are under a Republic? Are not the ten months which have just passed merely a dream? Let us awake and return quickly to reality. It is now the 24th of February, 1848, the happy day from which dates the Ministry of M. 0. Barrot. " His Majesty Louis Philippe, yielding to the obser vations of the Chamber, and to the pressure of general opinion, has confided to M. Thiers the task of forming a new Cabinet. It is to him, in fact, the devoted servant of the Monarchy of July, that it belongs to point ou t the mew capable of esti ma ti ng th e wan t s o f e lectoral re form. and the necessity of preserving those great principles of order and of authority which the Orleans dyna s ty now represents. M. Thiers, in accepting this mission, has refused to enter into the Cabinet, in order not to alarm Europe, which is still uneasy at the tapage of 1840. " M. Thiers, united to M. Mole in this work of dis interestedness and self-denial, is content with placing one of his most faithful servants as Minister of the Inte rior—M. Leon Faucher, so well known by his note of the Bth October, and by the Free-trade Association. M. Odilon Barrot, in default of M. Thiers, has naturally . taken the place of President of the Council. The rest o f the Cabinet is composed of members of the moderate left, MM. Tracy, Lacrosse, &c. We only make an ex ception in favour of M. de Rulhiere, whose presence in the Ministry was demanded by the King, in order to bold a high hand over the army; for the Viscount de Falloux, who secures the support of the right for M. Passy, specially recommended by the tiers-parti, and M. Buffet, who represents nothing. The new Cabinet is therefore remarkable for the spirit of unity which bas ruled over its " Scarcely had it been installed than the Council con sidered it necessary to turn its attention to the prefec• tures. The instruments of the 29th of October, the times damnoes of M. Duchatel—tbose men, in a word, to whom we owe the Pritchardist majority, and, more recently still, les satisfaits T eannot think of retaining their func tions under a Mlinstry formed to the cry of Vive la Reforme,' A has la corruption.' " The Ilioniteur publishes in fact this morning 17 no minations, and 18 changes in the personnel of the sub prefectures. But can we believe our eyes? Can it be true that M. Guizot is again Minister? No. Let us not calumniate any one. M. Guizot is in London. Louis Philippe has been driven from the Tuileries! France has proclaimed a Republic. (After some further criti cisms on the appointments of the sub-prefects above al luded to, the IV ational continues), M. Barrot talked a few duys since of conciliation. He now shows us how he understands carrying that principle into practice. What M. Guizot would no t h ave d ared under Lou i s Philippe, M. Barrot has done under a Republic. By the aide of prefets, Orleanists, pond memo, figure irrecon cilable Legitimists, the avowed partisans of Henri V., even those who have all their lives exclaimed loudly against the revolution. This is what is called con ciliation. " If these deplorable and shameful appointments, which have raised a cry of indignation in the ranks of the majority, are not a veritable act of treason against incapacity of Republic, they at least testify the great of the members of the old Left.' Let any one now accuse the Republican party with the weakness, and poverty of its personnel We shall reply by the names inscribed in the Moniteur. You are now the masters, and you can find to place in,the prefectures only the old and sad supporters of the 29th October. Is it, there fore, men or principles that are wanting? F or e i ght y ear • s you opposed the policy of M. Duchat e l, an d yet you inaugurate your accession to power by insta lli ng in office the very men in which the fallen sy s t em was per sonified. We consider you either as traitors or as den cient in power—you can choose which appellation best suits you." Those who in 1841 betrayed Prince Louis NAPO LEON BONAPARTE tO King LOUIS PHILIPPE, are endeavouring in 1849 to betray the PRESIDENT of the Republic to the Bourbon Pretender. The PRESIDENT of the Republic, it is said, refuses to nominate M. VIVIEN as one of the candidates for the Vice-Presidency. He is exceedingly desirous that M. ODILON BARROT should be chosen, in which case M. DUFAURE will, in all probability, be called on to form a Ministry. It is intended to fit out an expedition for the resto ration of the PorE. The IVouvelliste of Marseilles of the 10th of Ja nuary, says : We can announce, in the most certain manner, that telegraphic dispatch reached Toni( tn yesterday, enjoining the Maritime Pref-ct to pres, by all the means in his power, the immediate arming of eleven steamers. On tin receipt of this dispatch the Solon steam•corvette imme. diately got up her steam- and started for Gaeta on a secret mission to the Sovereign Pontiff. Although the destination of that force is kept quiet, there can be no doubt that it is prepared with the view to an intervention in the States of the Church. We know, from a source worthy of our confidence, that Pius IX. has given his adherence to that extreme measure, and that it has been adopted, in concert with all the great Powers. It is not yet positively known what part these Powers are to take in an armed intervention, but it is beyond a doubt that each of them will interfere, at least in a diplomatic way. It i s thought that a part at least of the vt ssels armed at Toulon will be sent to Marseilles, to take on hoard the brigade of General Molliere." The Journal des Daats publishes a letter direct from Toulon, which confirms this news, and says that the following steamers are all ready to sail, and are only waiting orders by the telegraph :—The Ca cique and Magellan steam-frigates, the Cato steam corvette, the small steamer the Liamone, and the hos pital steamer the Gregeois. The steamers were all taking in their coals. A fresh levee of sailors in the sth maritime arrondissement has been ordered to complete the crews. The Ocean, three-decker, which had discharged a large portion of her crew, has been ordered to take them again on board, and to prepare for sea. The Magellan was under orders to sail for Algiers, with a detachment of the 45th regi ment of the line, but counter-orders arrived from Paris after she had the men on board, and her desti nation was at once changed. In the arsenals, the port, and the roads of Toulon, everything was in the utmost bustle of preparation. The men were kept at work all night, and the steamers intended for the ex pedition wer e ge tti ng i n th e i r prov i s i ons w ith a ll pos sible speed. A great personage was expected to arrive at Toulon from Paris, whom the Government of the Republic was to send on an expedition to the Pope at Gaeta, and the report was that it was the Archbishop of Paris. The Cato steamer was placed at his disposal. A fair share of business was done in the Five per Cents. in the Passage de l'Opera. They opened at 75f. 80c., but then went down to 75f. 60e., to close at 75f. 70c.; the tendency, on the whole, being some what more downwards. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, J.N. 13. Boulogne and Amiens, B—Dutch Rhenish, 3N—Luxem bourg (10/.), 296—Namur and Liege, 6 1 1 1 —Northern of Franee, B—Rouen and Havre, 94 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 7th have been received. The Finance Minister Mori has presented his budget before the Council of Ministers. PONS, the brother of BEP DEL OLT, who deserted to the Queen's party in Catalonia, has been shot. The Bolsa was closed on the 7th. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. A UST RIA. Count WELDEN, the Governor of Vienna, has offi cially announced the surrender of Buda Pesth. FRANKFORT. At the sitting of the German Parliament on the 9th, the President announced the receipt of a note from the Imperial Ministry, stating that General Von SCHAFER-BERNSTEIN had completed the line of demar cation between German and Polish Posen. This line had met with the approval, both of the Central Power and the Prussian Government. The Ministry moved that Sc HAFEE-BERNSTEIN'S plan be accepted: all draw ings and documents relating thereto should be laid without reserve before the House, and any special infurtnation given that might be required. The whole of the papers, &c., were referred to the international committee. MAMMEN said, that as the National Assembly had done nothing in the course of full eight months to relieve the material wants of the German people, he might at least be allowed to ask the Minister of Commerce when he would be prepared with the draught of a law concerning the total abolition of river dues on German rivers, and whether it would be possible, according to the Minister's plans, to bring such a law into force by the Ist of March en suing FREIIDENTHEIL would ask the Department of Marine whether the whole 6,000,000 florins voted for- the foundation of a fleet had been paid in ? If not, how did the Ministry intend to enforce the payment of the arrears on the part cf the individual states ? What was the present condition of the German fleet And, since the armistice of Malmoe would expire in March next, would the German naval force be sufficient by that time to defend German merchantmen against the aggressions of the Danes ? The following resolutions were then adopted, form ing section 191 of the chapter entitled " The Impe rial Parliament:"— " 1. All financial proposals made by the Imperial Go vernment must be laid, in the first place, before the House of the People. " 2. Grants of money can only be made on a motion of the Imperial Government, and only to the amount specified in such motion. All monetary grants are to be regarded as made for that particular purpose only for which they were demanded, and the consequent expen diture must be confined within the limits of the grant. "3. The financial period, and the duration of the grants made in respect of the budget, are a year. " 4. The budget concerning the regular disbursements of the empire, as also concerning the reserve tund, to• gether with the means of providing for both, are to be determined in the first Imperial Parliament, in the form of Parliamentary resolutions. An increase in this bud get in any subsequent Parliament also requires a Parlia mentary resolution. This ordinary budget is, in each separate Parliament to be laid, in the first place, before the House of the People; which House shall examine it, clause for clause, according to the explanations and vouchers produced by the Imperial Government, and wholly or partially adopt or reject it. " 6. After being examined and approved of by the House of the People, the budget is to be taken up to the House of States. This House has the right of making emendatory additions and deductions within the sum total of the amount of the ordinary budget as fixed in the first Parliament, or by subsequent resolutions of Parlia ment, which additions and deductions are finally declared valid or invalid by the House of the People. " 7. All extraordinary disbursements and the means of providing for them, require, like the increase of the ordi nary budget, a resolution of Parliament. ; . 1 " 8. The statement showing the application of the Im perial moneys is to be laid before the Parliament for exa mination and approval; and, in the first place, before the House of the People." Hesse, Brunswick, and Hamburgh have decided to support measures for bestowing the Crown of Ger many on the King of PRUSSIA. HAMBURGH. The Hamburgh Borsenhalle of the 9th says—" The Elbe is now firmly frozen over as far as Schuld, and can be safely passed everywhere on foot ; but sledges crossing to Twielenfleth are obliged to make a detour through the Suder Elbe. This morning several pas sengers' carriages and other light vehicles arrived here from Harburg by the ice-bridge. The cold was last night I deg., and at noon 10 deg." POLAND. A letter from Cracow, of the Nth ult., announces the death of Prince PASKEWITSCH, Governor of Warsaw. TURKEY. Intelligence has arrived from Constantinople to the 24th December. Mr. ASHBURNHAM, First Secretary to the British Embassy, died of cholera at Pera on the 22d December. ITALY. ..____•___. According to the Alba of Florence, an insurrection of a serious character has broken out at Piacenza. RIMMELL'S PERFUMED ALMANAC.—M. Rimmell has had the happy idea of publishing an almanac, beautifully printed on a single card, the edges of which are in imitation of lace pattern, and of having this card almanac saturated with most delicious per fume, so that if placed in a writing-desk, the contents of the desk imbibe from the almanac the most delicious fragrance. Rinamell's perfumed almanac is the prettiest cadeau that can be presented to a lady. It should be found in every boudoir, and on the table of every drawing room. ERRATUM.—Iti our first leading article of Satur day, towards the close of the seventh sentence, instead of saying of the late lamented Mr. Blake, that "he was equally obnoxious to the designs of both Liberals and Repealers"—it should have been "to the designs of Uitra-Liberals and Repealers." TRINITY DISTRICT, FARRINCDON WARD.—Yester day morning the Lord Mayor, Sir James Duke, alder man of the ward of Furringdon, the Sheriffs, T. Quested Finnis, Esq., alderman of the Tower-ward, and J. E. Goodhart, Esq., and several gentlemen of the Common . Council, attended divine service in state, at Trinity Church, Gough-square, Fleet-street. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Denis Kelly, M.A. A collection was made towards defraying the expense of conducting Divine worship, the whole of the seats being free, and no income derivable from pew rents, to which the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs liberally contributed. Mr. John Lowes, amateur florist, of this city, had a beautiful specimen of Cactus Stephensonia in full bloom on New Year's Day,—Durham Advertiser. NIONEY and COidIVIERCIAL NEWS CITY, Q b'ARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet but firm, without alteration in prices. The sales, of which 1,000 were American on speculation, amounted to 5 000 bales, ircluoing 4,000 American at 31d. to 411 , 600 Egyptian at sid. to 611., and 200 Surat at 3d. to The markst for Itailvray Shares was strong aIA good, and prices of Stacks and Shares were well maintained. The a, counts from the Continent are generally of a favourable character in reference to mercantile matters, and the smallness of the majority in the French Cham bers on the expedition from Toulon excites but little Attention. The circulation of the Societe GinErale and the Bank of Belgium on the 10th inst. was 5,938,757 f. The Corn Market is much the same to-day as on Monday last. . . . It may be somewhat interesting to our readers to place the following account of the gold country before them, extracted from the Gazetteer, edited by R. Brookes, M.D., and published in 1800: "California is said to have been visited by Sir Francis Drake in 1578, and was discovered by Cortes in 1536. During a long period California continued to be so little frequented that even its form was unknown, and in most charts it was represented as an island. During the last century the Court of Madrid appointed Don Joseph Galvez to visit this peninsula. His account of the country was favourable; he found the pearl fishery on its coast to be valuable, and he discovered mines of gold of a very promising appearance. It is inhabited by va rious tribes, but acknowledges no head or chief; each father is a prince over his own family, &c." Advices of November 30, from Pernambuco, state that the province was trarquil. On England the ex change was 25d. Freights to Liverpool were at 11. 55., and five per cent. for sugar, which, in cases, was quoted 600 to 700. At Rio, on the 24th of November, the rate of exchange was 24d. to 240. There were 51 vessels at Pernambuco, six of which were English. The Stock Market is extremely firm again, and prices are higher. Consols, which closed on Saturday at 894 4, are now quoted 894 4. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 904 to 904. and the Three per Cents. 894 4. Excheqaer-bills are 40 s . t o 43 5 ., an d India Boi . ds 455. premium, being previous rates. The books open to-morrow at the Bank of England for gene ral transfers, and the settlement of the account then takes glace. From the firmness of Consols, it would appear that the account is Bearish, but even were it otherwise, such is the confidence telt, that loans upon stock are ob tainable with great facility. Money is cheap, though the settlement of three accounts in succession, viz., the English, Foreign, and Share, causes temporarily more demand. The Foreign Market is extremely active, and there is a further rise in the speculative bonds. Mexican have been done at 26 and 264 for money, and at 261 to for account. Peruvian Stock has been done at 49, Equa dor at 314, Grenada at 164, Buenos Ayres at 28, Brazilian at 764, Chilian Three per Cents, at 50, and Venezuela Deterred at 64. Portuguese Old Bends have been at 71, and Spanish Five per Cents. at 151 to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 491 to 4. Railway Shares are looking much better, and a de cided improvement in the quotations of all the principal lines has occurred, with a large business doing. ONE tti rh• at RITktU FUNDd. O'CLOCK. •er Cent. Reduced Arms 89%% 8 ow Cent. Consols Annuities B9l/9 ew 3 1 4 per Cent. Aims-- ~ongAnns. to expire J an. 1860 Indis Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000 t... ...... 45 p Consols for Account 89 % 34 Exchequer Bills. 2 1 ,4 d. & 2d. 1,0 is.. utarch ... 4O 43 p 1,0001. June 4l 44 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian bonds .. . 76 1 ,4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 28 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... •• Ditto 3 per Cent 5O CLOSING PRICES. 89 3 4 89 1 A 90 tN 45 p 45 p 89% CLOSING PRICES. 76% 26% Equador Bonds tirenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. •tiexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 26 26% 26 /4 Ditto, Account ...... 26 1 4% % 26% Peruvian Boxids, 6 per Cents 49 49 Portuguese 5 per Cents. 7l 71 Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account 26% Russian Bonds ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account 1 5 3/ 16 Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... 28% Ditto, Account — 29 1 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — Ditto, Deferred 6% 6% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49 1 4 V, 49 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 77 77% 77 3 4 PRICES OF PAM . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ItAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen. SO Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 414..... • Ayrshire and Galloway.. 71,,E Belfast & County Down 20 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 , ... Bimaing, W olverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. withoutguarantee 10 - Birming., W oiverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, ami Cheshire Jun"..., 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... Bristol and Exeter 9O „.. .. t - Ditto, Thirds ..- iiuckinglaa mshire... 161. 48. Caledonian 5O ...... 24% 25 Ditto. Quarter Shares 11 1 4 ..... !.‘ Do. New 101. Pref..... 7%... .. 8 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... 20 21 Ditto, Preference ls Clarence 4 7 8 14 ..... Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 21 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports month Dublin and Belfast June 35 ...... ••• • Dundalk & Enniskillen 221 A,,,.,. I , sat Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ... 41A i 8 Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 ...... Do., 31. 10s. Eastern Counties 2O ...... 11% 3 4 d . 11% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. . ... ..... 10 ...... 11 1 ,E ll% Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters - - Do. New 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 1 ,4 Ditto, Class B (L & and B.) 2 2 1,4 — Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . .... ............... ' Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ...„. ..... . .. ..... Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent...." ...... 2% ... East Lancashire ......... 25 Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 . - ....... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- • . ference Quarters _. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . - Ditto, Half Share s ... 20 ....... .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 23 • Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... -8/. 6s. 8d.... ... - Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. -•••-• . ..• -- Great Northern - • 9 Do., - 1 / 2 A Deferred Do., % B 6 per Cent. guaranteed ... ..... 6%. 4%% 4% Do. Extension 2% ..... ireat South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England 100 ......237 Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O - ........ se ..... - Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. .. ........ ...... -- Great Western 100 ...... 92 93 1 ,4 ....... .. 93% Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... 47 ...... . ..... ... 47 Ditto, .!4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 15 ... 1.3 „. ......... — I3A Ditto, New 171..... . H udderstield and Manch. 30 ........ Ditto, Thirds .••••• • tiull and Selby .. 5O ......100 3 / 4 loo9i Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ••„•• 50% 50% Ditto, '4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... _ - Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 „. .. _ , Do. Quarter Shares... 17% ...... 12 %% 10 • Do. Sixteenths ....... .. 6 1 4 , —•••-• ..•..••• Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 ..... Do. N ew, Gua. 6 peret. 7% — ••• Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto 44 (late Hud dersfield and Sheri.) 43 - •• Do.( Waketield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 .. „• . ... ..... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ...... D 0.% Shares (A)... 9% .... Leeds and Bradford...... 50 ...... 99 ..- ... 99 Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 „,~ Do., Half Shares ...... 25 ....., MED Do.. (blue) Scrip ..... 2%••• -44 „.. — Leeds and Thirsk ••-••.• Ditto, New .... ....... 40 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 / 4 .-- ....... "'""— Liverpool, Cro s b y and Southport 3i t -. „.„ ... ,iverp., aanclster, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 ,4 — London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d — Do. Extension ..... ... 22% —....-... ....... London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 - Do.Guarant.s per et.., 9 ...... . -- Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 _ .., - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 — — — -- Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... 9 ... ......... Pitto, Preference .. . 20 34 3 4 40p 44 p 41 p 12% - i -~~ CE D E D i 121, li t ,' th i Ro itt ii b t , 4 ti 44i