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THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. liteckstone. THIS EVENING, plc. 20, . Will be performed the Comely of PRESENTED AT COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Howe ; Misses Reynolds, E. Chaplin, Grantham, and Lavine. After which, the Ba let of THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA, in Which Senora Perea Nene will appear. To which wIJ be added THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Followed by THE IRISH LION. To conclude vil'h THE STAR OF CURB A, by the Spanish Dancers. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaaaLas IC.mazr. THIS EVENING. DEC. 20, Will be performed (for the Bth time this season) TH E CORSI CAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. IC-can• To be followed by A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. To conclude with AWAY WITH MELANCHOL Misses Mar- Y. Principa l Characters by Messrs Meadows, D. Fisher, and Saker ; ay and Daly. Ll' CEII 3f T LIE AT RE. THIA "EVENING, DEC. 20, Will be performed AGUE. kV.ITING Pripal caracter by Messrs. C. Mathews, Itoxby, 1-taker, !miahnd Tern pleton: Mrs. Macnamsra, and Misses Oliver and H. cordon. To which will be added the new Comic D. ama, called A COMICAL COHN TES3, To be followed by TWO lIEAD3 ART; BETTER TITAN ONE. To conclude with the Farce entitled II YELLOW CLERK.. TaEATR ROYAL ADELPIII. proprietor, M. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EYEtiING,•DEc. 20. Will be perf.rmed an entire new Rustic Drama called PIERRE ESE FOUNDLING. Supported by Messrs. B. Webster and Kee .ey, and Mrs. Keeley and Miss Wcolgar. rolowed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To which will be added a flaw Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIiEtTRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Dm. 20. Will be presented a new Comedietta, c alled A WIFE'S JOURNAL. Characters by Messrs. Brown, Emery, Harcourt, and Leslie; and Mrs. Erown, and Miss Maskell. To be followed by THE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and H. Cooper ; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallan, and Miss Julia St. George. To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Altred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone ; Miss Julia at. George, and Miss Emily Ormonde. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The Wonderful PERFORMING ELEPHANTS for this week only THIS EVENING, THE BATTLE of THE ALMA! After which, the varied SCENES in the CIRCLE. Also, the Wonderful PERFORMING ELEPHANTS, whose asto nishing sagacity and indescribable development of the reasoning faculty have been the theme of universal admiration. To conclude with the MARRIED BACHELOR. N.B.—A MORNING PERFORMANCE consisting of the New Comic Pantomime and Scenes in the Arena, will take place on TUESDAY, 26th (Boxing Day);at Two o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAY —vorning 39 min.after 1 1 e ve ning 4 atin.att. 2 lonAcw Y ,rning '2B tnin.nfter 2 1 Evening 52 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHEE.--Sus Onus, Dec. 20. I'HEamOYwrzs, lIQ TEM SHAM 46—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BABomrrEß down to 29'45, now up to 29'63. Great fluctuations for the last few days. WIND, N.N.W. to N.—Squally and strong, with dirty rainy weather. It began to rain last night about ten o'clock. HALF-PAST Tviro.—The wind has shifted to N.E., blow g quite stormy, and cold. Barometer up to 29-75. 14y , , " LONDON, WFDNESI)AY, DECEMBER 20, 1854 • .erifouse of Commons last night affirmed, by Aority of 39, that "it is expedient that her rBl4l 9C should be enabled to enlist and employ nets in her array." The proposition, how , was strongly contested, and we venture to , rt that many of the majority /WY Or gave a - unpalatable vote since the commencement of r Parliamentary career. A. large proportion the number decided in direct opposition to eir own views and feelings. Under other cir eumstances, if a Derbyite Ministry held the seals of office, the proposition would have been resisted with the utmost energy and determination, and the motives of those by whom it was brought for ward fiercely impugned. But now it seems as if Honourable Gentlemen looked to " men rather than measures," and that what would in one case be sternly denounced, would, in the other, be ac cepted without protest or remonstrance. It is but an act of justice to admit that " the leek" was, in most instances, swallowed with edi fying humility. In place of making wry faces and uttering threats of speedy and most hor rible vengeance, they had to dispose of the nauseous dose with cheerful countenances, s.tch as nurses exhibit when inducing their refractory charges to obey the doctor's orders, persuading them that it is so nice, and hinting how " glad many poor children would be of such nice physic." The specious pretences were, however, easily discovered •; an involuntary rising of the gorge against the bitter pill betray jug the real sentiments of its pretended ad mirers. Two causes were mainly instrumental • m pro curing for Ministers the success which they achieved. Ist, The knowledge that if the mea sure had been ignominiously rejected —as it ought to have been—it would have aff3rded an excuse for all past and future transgressions. The ex traordinary credulity, or rather gullibility, which they displayed in regarding the professions rather than the practice, the "sayings" rather than the "doings," of Nicuo.L.As, with which they perversely clung to the hope of peace, long after it had vanished from every rational mind, would all be atoned for and involved in oblivion, if the House of Commons considered that 10,000 English, Scotch, or Irish, might possibly prove as efficient soldiers as an equal number of Ger mans—that they could fight as vigorously fur the safety and honour of their fatherland as the foreign mercenaries for the " pelt" for which they were ready to sell their venal srvicos to the highest and fairest bidder, to NICROLIS as well as to Queen VICTORIA. Any future mishap, too, would be ascribed to the rejection ; and if Russian reinforcements suc ceeded in shedding more English blood, it would all be owing to the factious refusal to employ the invincible and irresistible Germans ! This was a responsibility which many persons did not wish to assume, or to afford a convenient cloak under which Ministers might shelter all sins of omission or commission. They thought, whether justly or otherwise we leave the public to decide, that they wash" allow the Government to take its own c°llll 'efe'r the present, unfettered and unrestrained • -- g iv e it ample rope, and abide the result. We confess, however, we cannot regard such a course as either manly or constitutional. Nor do we see how men can consistently divest themselves of the important duties confided to their charge by the suffrages of free and • independent consti tuencies. But there w as a second and oven more powerful o p e ration. The th reat influence in resorted to only in desperate cases was fulmin a t ed againt waverers. A "resignation" or a dissolution we re th © aw f ul alternatives that must fo llow a Mi nisterial d e f eat. Many felt that the result of an appeal to the country would be that they would have to bid a long farewell to all their greatness "—that they could no longer append the magic initials M.P. to their names, but would be compelled to sink into priv4e life. Others, although they might anticipate a renewal of confidence and further tenure of their seats, might tremble at the large amounts to be extracted from their pockets for THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1854. the contest, recollecting with sickening apprehen sion the wonderful ingenuity of agents and cora mittee-men in m ultiplying strictly " legitimate , expenses" to a very formidable sum total ; while few men, who had nothing to dread so far as they were personally concerned, might reasonably deprecate the excitement and turmoil of a general election. Under the existing circumstances of the country, Ministers made the most of all these va rious matters, and the result was that they ob tained the above-mentioned majority of 39 in a House of 443, or rather, including tellers and Speaker, of 448 members—an unusually large attendance before Christmas—there being 241 for, and 202 against. One delusion that prevailed, and which cer tainly appeared to rest on a tolerably solid foun dation, was removed during the evening. The Duke of NEWCASTLE had, when first introducing the measure, spoken of 15,000 troops as the num ber about to be raised. As a great concession, he agreed to reduce the number to 10,000, and complained that it did not lead to the withdrawal of the opposition, as the 10,000 had been as strongly objected to as the 15,000. Now, Lord PALMERSTON last night told us that the number was unlimited, or limited only by the sanction of that House. The limit was only to the number who may be within the kingdom. On the other hand, the Duke of NEWCASTLE insisted that none were to be employod within the country at all, and he was far from desiring that the Crown should possess the power." These are matters to be thought of during the recess, and we trust that, when Parliament re assembles:on the 23d of January, Hon. Gentle men may be made aware of the error they have committed in passing a bill so recklessly hurried through both Houses, without an opportunity being afforded of learning the state of public opinion thereon, or ascertaining the deep-rooted objections that exist against this new and very obnoxious phase of " Germanism." " JOHN BRIGHT AT HOME." A pretty row indeed there was last Monday in the great metropolis of cotton-spinning, and with Jon BRIGHT, M.P., as the guilty cause. Guilty, not because he wrote a letter to an individual meant for the public—he and Lord JouN RUSSELL are allowed that style of statesmanship—nor be •luse he attended a meeting called to show that Manchester would not countersign his letter : he had a right to be heard in defence of his views ; but guilty because, according to his own showing, he who defends himself, or rather he who enlists others in his own defence, is responsible for a] ;he consequences. Our worthy Friend has no escape. We indeed always thought the greater part of his celebrated letter little better than in genious sophistry. But its author does not think so. Ho told the meeting he was prepared to de fend its statements, one and all. Well, then, in this letter JoHN BRIGHT explicitly casts the " re- sponsibility" of the present War " upon those who expressed opinions favourable to IL" NICHO- Les, the disturber of the peace, was innocent, although his invasion of th'e provinces was "im politic and immoral." Those who would not be borne down by " immoral" ambition, those who called in allie3 to sustain them under the pres sure, they and their helpers were the guilty authors of the War Transfer the scene to Man chester, -write Manchester Merle. for 'Russians, and JOHN BRIGHT and his staff of Leaguers for the SULTAN and his Allies, and, minus the bullets and bayonets, it is the very thing over again. On Mr. Joins . BRIGHT and his friends, who would not succumb to any invasion of his right to pub lish what opinions lie pleased, who chose rather to provoke a continuous uproar and battle lasting as many hours as that of the Alma, rests all the responsibility of a great public and disgraceful Manchester brawl. We would add, however, that but for his own letter we should have commended the Hon. Mem ber. We censure him not on our principles, but on his own only. On those principles, if he re membered them, he did what he condemns in others. But the truth is, his English heart was better than his Quaker creed. We honour him and his friends for it. It was indecent, it was un-English, it was Czar-like, for a large meet ing to make one single man's opinions the object of their assembling and animadversion, and then to refuse him a hearing. To silence the assertion and defence of opinions by brute noise and vio lence was quite of a piece with defending the creed of the Greek Church in Turkey by Russian bayonets, and by putting down the SULTAN in his own palace. It was worthy of the Lord of Siberia, and the flogger of the nuns tit Minsk. But, then, Mr. JOHN BRIGHT must not play fast and loose with his arguments. If non-resistance was good for the SULTAN, then it was not good for our Friend to resist the riot, albeit i❑ silence, for " precisely thirteen minutes ;" and still less the thing for him to defy the meeting to greater wrath and uproariousness by " having his say out" to the League gentleman and the reporters. Lambs and doves, those pretty em blems of peace and love, often fulfil their emble matic duties rather queerly. We have all seen the one butt at, and the other peck, their fellows in anything but the gentle poetic style ; and it would really seem as if the sect which holds itself bound to " testify" to non-resistance and peace principles could not avoid a sturdy fight now and then ; and, despite its creed, was compelled to vindicate the old Horatian maxim, that even " if you turn out Nature with a pitchfork, in she'll come again." The Quaker of the Russian letter fought like a Turk at Silistria in its defence. His motto seemed to be duke et decorum est pro literis ntori. The meeting, to be sure, got itself into rather an awkward plight. It had a resolution and an amendment before it. Both of them very good, too, in their way. Both might have been passed without inconsistency in words. It was quite true that the " citizens of Manchester did not, as a body, concur in the views of Mr. BRIGHT's let ter ;" everybody knew it, and Mr. BRIGHT knew it. It was also true that the citizens g enera ll y desired that "the War should be carried on with the utmost vigour." Again, all Manchester and all England would agree with the amendment, that Mr. BRIGHT exercised an " undoubted right" in publishing boldly his opinions, and that to " censure him, even by implication, for so doing, would be unfair, tyrannical, and unjust." The opposing parties were, therefore, each required to vote against what they believed, if one of them were determined to beat the other. Tho ite wamaseiid resolution all m ig hmight e I a h v a e v e a gre includeded that t ho nourable to defend opinions, honestly held, though they happened to be unpopular ; yet, that nearly all Manchester was opposed to the opinions thus honourably maintained. But no ; a fight there was to be, and a regular fight there was ; not, however, like those glorious battles about - which Mr. Btuoux and Manchester fought. Tthis one, at least, was a drawn battle. The originators of tho fight, however, were not so easily satisfied; they adjouriied'to the old League barracks, and, on their own parade ground, it is but justice to say that the practice and evolu- tions were as admirable as usual. What will NICHOLAS say to the meeting ? ills first thought will be of the Invalide Busse. The scissors won't exactly do. Very little cooking, however, will make of it an admirable dish to set before his Loyal serfs. The BRIMIT letter has already done duty as first course. Now comes the meeting forsecond course. "It was crowded to suf ocation. Aresolution was moved condemnatory of the author of the letter, which denounces the War against innocent and religious Russia. The speakers could not get a hearing. On a division the num bers on each side were equal. Half Manchester, my dear children, are opposed to the War ; and the Hon. Member who condemns it withdrew with the respectable portion of the assembly, and held a successful meeting in another building." Such will, of course, be the report of a meeting so dis creditable to the great metropolis of our industry. The merits of the case in truth lay in a nut-shell. It was desirable that Manchester should pronounce in opposition to the ♦iews of its representative ; yet it was desirable to respect the right of free dis cussion. The Manchester men were certainly bound to support this right in their own member ; he was no turn-coat ; they elected him with the fullest knowledge of his out-and-out Peace prin ciples ; they, in fact, had turned rather than he ; and they must have despised him had he renounced his opinions at the bidding of the multitude. On the other hand, Mr. BRIGHT would have assuredly retained universal respect had he stood only upon his known religious convictions ; all respectable persons would have felt ashamed to violate them. His mistake was in attempting to argue the case on political and moral grounds. If before his MAKER he feels all war to be sinful, our consci ence and his judge by very different measures, but his convictions are sacred. When, however, he extenuates the crimes, barbarities, and super stitions of the CZAR and his barbarians—exagge• rates the errors of Mahometanism, and impugns the motives of the Allies—he quits sacred ground altogether, and becomes either the sophist or the blind partisan. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TW 0 o'CLOCK, The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market con tinued heavy at previous rates. The sales comprised 40 Pernam and Marasham, at 61d., 500 Surat at 3kd to W., 60 Sea Islands, at is. to ls. Gd. and the remainder American. Railway shares were dull, at rather lower prices. Accounts from St. Petersburg state that great preparations were making to fortify Finland, and prepare against any attack of the allies next season. Besides forts, there was to be an en trenched camp. The entrance to the port of Riga is stated to have been blocked up by the sinking of vessels laden with granite. The cold at Helsing fors had already been up to 14 deg. of Reamur. There was a slight improvement yesterday after noon in the rates at which Bills of Exchange were negotiated upon the principal continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was at 25 32i to 37i ; Amsterdam, at 11 17/ to 171 ; Hamburgh, at 13 h to 5i ; and Trieste, at 12 33 to 38. Nearly all the gold received from Australia by the steamer Creesus has been taken for shipment to the Continent. The English Stock Market opened at barely yes terday's rates, Consols being 91 but upon sales made they have since declined to RI The ma jority %low the Foreign Enlistment Bill has thus far been of little account, but the decline in the French Funds to the close of business yesterday, about. 1 per ...lA* on virgrelocraw Aiouaz.tieaa had some effect. The New 3 per Cents. have been 918 to g, aid the Reduced 91k to g. Exchequer Bills are 4s. to is., and India Bonds 93. to 12s. premium. The operations in the Foreign Stock Market are confined within a very narrow compass. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are quoted 98, and Russian 41 per Cents. 881. Spanish Deferred Bonds remain at 19. Dutch 4 per Cents. are weaker, being 91. The Turkish Scrip is now quoted fully paid up, and is rather flatter at 734 to 744. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign _ _ S'.ocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Meii can, 21 to 218 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 19 to 19i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 39 to 39i ; ditto Certificates, 54- to 5i ; ditto Passive, 41 to 4i 5 ,. There is a heavier market for most of the Eng lish Railway Shares, and in some eases a decline of ss. has occurred, but the amount of business doing is limited. The Foreign lines are dull, and some what depressed also. In Mining Shares the dealings are restricted, the Banks are without particular variation, and the miscellaneous undertakings generallyinactive. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Shares are rather lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOOK (Prom the O9cial Lid. ) Dullness done 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 ll i i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Lowy, Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 i [ndia Bonds. 1000 ....... ........... ~ Ditto, under £lOOO l2 Cousols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bills, 2id. £IOOO Small 4 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9B Russian Bonds, 41 per Cent BBi Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9 rnrkish Scrip, paid up Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cent. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 tier Cant. 03rtifieatee.. .... HALF-PAST TWO. Consols . . 913 i MARKET NEW 2--(THIS DA Y.; CORN EXCHANGE. Although.the supplies of each kind of grain in to-day's market wero moderate, the demand was in a sluggish state, on former term?. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. 1 Wheat. Barley. Malt. English .. 1,010 1,060 1,080 Irish .... Foreign .. 1,093 Oats. 630 1,170 3,333 Flour, 220 ,29 sks WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 4d to is 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 101 to 5s 2d; pork, 3s Od to 43 6d per Blbs. by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We have a slow sale for most kinds of hops. Inferior parcels are offering on lower terms. The imports of foreign hops coastwise very extensive. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y. LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; fresh breeze, with rain. SountAitrroN, Dec. 19.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Duke of Cornwall (s), from Dublin, and loft for London. Sailed —lberia (s), for Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. N.W. Arrived—Her binge, from London, for Berbice. Sailed—Ocean, for Guldaloupe. DOVER, Dec. 19. —Wind, N. Arrived—London, from Lisbon, with loss of foreyard, anchor, and chain. Sailed —Thalia, for Malaga, after repairing. FALMOUTH, Dec. 19..—Wind, W. Arrived—Valorous, from Constantinople ; Ondino (s), London, and loft for Dublin. Sai!ed—Gothenburg (s s), for Balaklava. MILFORD, Dec. 19. —Wind , W. N. W. Arrived—Uni corn, from Gaboon. Sailed—Hercules, for Sierra Leone. SALCOMBE, Dec. 19.—Wind, W. Arrived—Queen of the West, from London, for the Azores. Sailed—Speedy, for the Azores. BRISTOL, Dec. 19.—Wind, W. Arrived—Alexander Edmond, from Quebec. CABINET COUNCIL.— A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Minis. ters present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne,Vileount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sid ney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Coun cil sat two hours. Major-General Lord Rokeby will leave town, to take the command of the division to which he has been ap pointed in the Crimea, on the 27th instant. AYRSHIRE ELECTION.—The 27th instant has been fixed for the nomination of candidates for the represen tation of the comity. The polling will take place on the 29th.—A yr Advertiser. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE Or COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 . o'clock. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES MANAGEMENT BILL. The Marquis of BLANDFORD brought in this bill, which was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time after the recess. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. Mr. EWART brought in this bill which was read a first time and ordered to be road a second time on Friday next. CONSOLIDATED FUND. 27 On the motion for going into committee on the Con solidated Fund, 22 Mr. HENLEY objected to going into committee 25 without notice. The object of the committee was to enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to deal with the St. Savings Banks Fund, and he thought before the Speaker t• left the chair they ought to have some explanations of 10 the necessity for dealing with the subject at this period 50 of the session. The CHANCELLOR o f th e EXCHEQUER th oug ht 50 2 0 the proper time to make his statement would be when 20 they got into committee. 10 Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY said the house could not be 50 in a position to discuss financial matters without pre- 25 vious notice. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said all his right lion. friend 25 wanted was, to go into committee for the purpose of St, snaking a statement. 20 Mr. SPOONER insisted th a t th ere wa s no pressing St. necessity for the statement. Besides, many members s t. had left town under the impression that there would be 25 no financial statement before Christmas. St. Sir F. BARING thought the right. hon. gentleman St. ought to have an opportunity of making his explanation 10 now ; but the house should abstain from coming to any St. resolution upon it at present. 10 The house then went into committee. St. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the explanation he had to make would not be a financial SG statement, in the ordinary acceptation of de term, be- St. cause the resolution h e h a d t o propose i n no way related St, to taxes —the subject of taxes in the ways and means of St, the year. It referred exclusively to a matter of admi nistrative arrangement, and his object in proposing the 12 resolution was simply to enable him to print the mea 50 - sure of the Government with the view of its being con- 16i sidered during the recess. The resolution would form St: the foundation of a bill intended to remove the objections 1% which hitherto had been taken to the existing law 14 relating to Savings' Banks funds. The subject of 20 Savings' Banks divided itself into two branches • the 11 first was the custody of the moneys, and the se- St, cond the guarantee to be afforded to the deposi- St. tors. The bill he had now in view would 20 relate to the first of these branches, but it would be his 10 duty after the reces s t o b r i ng i n a s econd bill for the I E Z purpose of strengthening the guarantees which deposi- 50 tors already possess, giving them increased facilities for 40 enforcing their rights, and regulating the internal 25 management of Savings' Banks. At present the law 25 affecting Savings Banks deposits was exceedingly St. complicated ; Government were only responsible for 81 21 the sums which absolutely reached their hands, St. while they were bound to insert it in a parti- St. cular security, and an erroneous impression had gone ‘ 5 ,2 abroad that the interests of the depositor was seriously IZ-1, affected by the fluctuations of the public securities. It v`4, was no such thing ; but still the depositor had the right 25' to demand that the law relating to his security should 5 0 be simple and explicit, and that was the main object of 20 this resolution. The bill to be founded upon it would require the National Debt Commissioners to publish St. once a year a statement of their liabilities on account Fo . of Savings' Banks depositors, and certain other provisions )61 of animportant character. The resolution he had to move 1,6 was this, viz. : that it is expedient to create a charge on L'B' the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 8 Britain and Ireland, in respect of the sums due to st . Savings Banks and Friendly Societies, and to provide 2s, for the payment of • interest thereon to the Coma 25 missioners of the National Debt at three per centum 50 per annum, and also to make provision out of the St. said Consolidated Fund, or by Exchequer Bills or 50 Exchequer Bonds, for any difference which may now or 10 hereafter exist between the assets in the hands of the 10 Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt in respect of savings banks and friendly societies, and the liabilities thereon ; and also for the interest on such Exchequer bills or Exchequer bonds. The second bill would relate to the management of savings banks and the rights and securities of depositors. Mr. DISRAELI thought the proposal of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer was reasonable enough ; it was impossible that the house could be in a position to consider the measure of the Government until they had the measure itself before them. Now, the bill could not be introduced according to the forms of the house without a preliminary resolution, and he therefore thought they ought to agree to it pro forma. 50 Mr. HENLEY hoped the effect of the two bills would St. be to prevent the tampering, on the paft of the State, 50 with savings banks' deposits. He should not object to 20 the passing of the resolution, but it must be understood 20 20 that it did not bind the house to the principle of the t ctcyverarnent measure. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY questioned the policy of re- st. ducing the interest on Sayings' Banksdeposits. 10 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHERUER said st, the interest payable to Savings' Bank depositors was 25 not in any way affected by this resolution. Lord J. RUSSELL deprecated discussion until the bill was before the house. The resolution was then agreed to, and, the house having resumed, leave was given to bring in a bill founded on it. ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. NEWDEGATE asked whether any steps had been taken for bringing British troops from India to be used for the purposes of the war ? Lord J. RUSSELL declined to enter into any ex planation of what the Government had done or intended to do for collecting troops. Mr. LIDDEL said, although he could not approve of the bill, he yet hoped the anticipations which Govern ment had brined of it would turn out correct. The house had sanctioned its principle, and he did not apprehend that there would be much quarrelling about its details, but at the same time lie felt bound to express his belief that the measure would prove an entire failure. Mr. RICH had voted for the bill, but it must be dis tinctly understood that he was averse to the employ' meat of mere mercenary troops. He did not object to the services of foreigners who entered our army from 100 a patriotic spirit; but he could not bring himself to be- 20 lieve that men who entered from mercenary motives, 25 would even make good soldiers. He suggested a reor- 25 ga.nisation of the Cabinet in order that the war might 25 be carried on with the utmost vigour, at present the Peelites had too great a preponderance of the power 100 whieh Ministers exercised, and he hoped, during the recess, this state of things would be changed. 100 Mr. DRUMM.OND said the public out of doors, 20 looked upon this bill with something of the same feeling that Newmarket people viewed " a dark horse," they 20 , telt that every thi n g was not fair and above board, that Government entertained some ulterior object which they 100 kept out of sight, and if that Were so it should never be passehoorrs otheres at Seba s t o p o l ea ti ng eac h 100 d. He thought even if th e G overnment did re - 100 sign, might be found who would 100 prev ent otli er s t me a h o the might ne enable the officers and men to have a change of linen before now, and to prevent the clothes of 20i officers and men droppinssoff their hacks. At all events 10 2 7, h e entreated the Government mat to pass the bill till the 5 country had time to pronounce an opinion upon it. Colonel 'VERNER also opposed .the further progress 20 of the bill, and gave his own experiences of the deser tions and other ill consequences of oar enlisting foreign 4 troops in the late war. 20 Mr. OTWAY having voted against the Government 20 last night wished to state his reasons for doing so. He 20 believed this proposed measure was perfectly unneces- 33 sary, and that we might obtain great reinforcements 10 from other portions of our empire —from India, for ex- 20 ample, whero there was a large European force which 20 might now be very well spared—(Hear, hear)—and those forces might new be sent to the Crimea very much sooner than the proposed foreign troops could be enlisted, trained, officered, and sent out to the seat of war, Ile could n o t ent i re l y approve of the p ro p ose d German legio n . P russ i a was the only part of Germany where a man was o f neces sity a soldier, and the inhabitants of the o th er portions of Germany would require as much drillin g an d training as any portion of our o wn p eop l e. I f the Government had announced their intention to form a Polish legion, he should have been perfectly willing to support them; if they had land e d a Polish legion of 400 or 500 men in the Crimea, he had no doubt they would be joined by a very large number of 'deserters among their fellow countrymen who were now forced to serve Russia against their will. Mr. WHITESIDE quoted the opinion of Mr, Burke, that if at the time of the infamous partition of Poland there had been an English Minister of spirit at the head of affairs that result of imperial conspirators would never have taken place. [LEFT OUTING.] 20 20 10 10 20 MARYLEBONE ELECTION. 200 (THIS DAY.) 20 OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. This morning shortly after 12 o'clock, the Returning- 40 office r announced the numbers polled for the respective 40 candidates for the seat in Parliament for Marylebone, as follows : 50 Lard Ebrington 25 20 Mr. 8e11.... 6,919 4,166 100 Majority for Lord Ebrington, 2,753 100 Lord EBRINGTON briefly returned thanks for the 20 honour conferred on him. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. Francis B. Newton and TVilliam P. Newton surren dered this morning to take their trial for wounding Adam Stewart Kerr. The facts of the case our readers are perfectly familiar with, as they have frequently appealed in this journal under the title of " The Murderous Outrage at the Beulah Spa." 100 The jury had not returned their verdict when we went 10 10 0 to press. A letter from Bucharest, in the Post Ampt Gazette of 25 Frankfort, states that among the Turkish troops embark- 25 ing at Varna for the Crimea are 7,000 men of the garri- 193 sou of Silistria. 1.00 Aberdeen.. . ...... 81 Ambg. Nottng Bost. and Eastn. Junct:.. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Bi r ming. Wolverh. Stour Valley 29i Birkenhd. Lanesh. di, Cheshire .iunct all Do. Chesh. di Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., ......... 30 Blyth ALTyn 3 original £25 (issd. at £45; 1.00 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. 21s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester tit Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, 6i. Pass 16 Cornwall 1i Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJu nc all - Dundee Perth&Aber dccn Junction all Do. N0w...... 100 East Anglian all Ea,stern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock . ......... 100 Do., B. Stock 84 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 94 Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Edin. Prth &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 1 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 • 0., B. Stock ... 100 t. Sth. &West.(lre.; ,100 reat Western 11.00 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle 1.4$ Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 19 Do., Fifths 11f Wet. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 1 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.102.5h.,M&8...‘ 24 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 424 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndildrry& Col eraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby all rfidld. G. West. (Ire„) 22.4 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 54 Newmkt.BuryExten 2t Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd S Newry &Enniskillen, all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 orfolk Nortlin.Counties Un. 100 North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 1 A Deferred ' all Do., B Guarantee , LOO N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London E 3 Do. New £lO 11 N.&S.Wstrn., ll amp• stead, and City Jn , 174 North Staffordshim all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June, 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester .00 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth 00 Scottish Central ..... 00 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & Herefd it Shropshire Union Do. A, 1 3, C,& paid up at per can ill South Devon 00 South Eastern ill 3on'.,h Vi2 l C3 5 4. Yrksh. & v. Dui 5 Do. . 8 Staines,Wok. &Wok , 11 tockton & Darling, . 'Atockton & tiartlapl 1.00 raft Vale 9 Do. £lO shares 1.C3 Do. Pref., Is o. 21 [lames Haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neatlr all Waterfil. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek 18 West Cornwall. 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all West London Ills. Wimbledn &Croydon SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 'ald.l RAILWAY'S. t - losing Prices yesterday. 20 - 20 3 / 4 4 3 / 4 - 5 8 - 8i -11 i d 17 7 - 6 - 95 .. • •• - 611 - 15 - 11 • ••• 4 - ii - 7. 15 - 16 11A - 11; 70 - 53 - 19b - 69 90 - 91 78 - 80 123 - 125 88 8 - ) 701 70i 58 - 62 ii - 77 6 -8 , 6 - 8 731 51 - ri 1 106 107 001 —109 i d 6 1a lb 83 .^. ... 24 d 69 69. 41 - 42 -- pal 10i -- 9 4 -- 2 :i6 - a 3f 3 4 - 31 ... 32 8 10 64 74 -- 7 5 7 -- 41 -- 3 i 121 -- 13 52 -- 53 53 -- 55 4i -- 4id 6 -- 64 oe• ... .. , 21 - 32 93 - 95 60 - 62 71 - 8 11 43 - 45 11 - 13 691 - 59 28i - 29, ••• } . d •• • 35 37 31 - 3i 16i 17i 4 - O A ' 20 - !;2 6 - 7 • .. -- 6 - 7 FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3, Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graisseesac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon any ".esancon 10 Dutch 1 11 enish all Eastei aof France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '5O, do 10 Gd. Janet. of France 12 s Gd. Tk of Canada.A is. all Do. do sil ,Do. St. Lawrence & A:Auntie 00. .8 1 1 Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. No s 5 por cent. GLlVosterr o:Canad. Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all De. do., '62, p.'56 all Di. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, w :,hout option .. all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Conet. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Geneva 1 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 16 j, Madras • Do. New 11 Maria Antonia 3,11 Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Shs.lats Char leroi and Erquelincs guar. 31 p. c. & red. at 22y. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. • Bdo. (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen &Cherbrg. all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 51 p. cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), all West Flanders all Do 51 per c. Prof 12 Western of France West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ............ 20 Zealand 20 10 20 20 JOINT-S i all !Australasia .....' . all !British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, Sc China 25 Colonial ................ 20 Commercial of Lond. 16 English Scottish and 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 - I Au5tra1ian............ all Lond. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 224 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia , all lUnion of Australia••• 2Z Do. New 11, thet9n of Loudon.", 6; - 6-1 li - li d- h p • - P 3 . 1 - d 31i - 311 1 -14 p, - ---- . 6 0 8 - 7 9 - 8d 10 8.1 AP - iP - iP 16 - 174 ld fp. 2d par 2 d par 2 d par ... diß 3k 3 2t 2 t d 1p I d par 6 - 7 ••• - 341 - 121 -- 12 8i -- 9i 19i -- 20 4$ 38 40 _. pm 21! id 7 d 7 ... .... ~ ... - PM - NPI iA -17 BANKS. 1... •••••• •• d•••i•d 3 2id 213 -22 i 35 7= 40 38 ..- 40 il. -- 43 67 - 69 N• Buftineas ion* 1 50 this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED ILENTALS. 'aid 1 RAILWAYS; Leasing Compans cowl on & N. West. L.SLN.W. Caledon... all Bedford and Bletcbloy .00 Buckghamsh. .00 Clydesdale Jc. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. • all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New.-- all :31str.& Du. Fr all Alrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.&Greenw, all Do.Prefcrencel all Lon.,Til.,&S.i 100 Lowestoft gr.l 4 per cent. WO Do. 6 per et. all Nianch. Bstn and Matlock all Middlesbro' & 11,cdcax all Ntidld.Bradfd all Northern and Ea.sternsp.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fix.cds p all l'rest. &Wyrt. Clit.Nrthn. Do Gt. West Yk. No & Berm. Y. &NMO Jo Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co iNorfolk L.kN.\F & Stek ton Darli ngi vlidlaud, E. Conn loeing Piic yester lay. 95 - 100 98 - 100 'Jo G. &N.W kLn&Yli Do Northu Lancash & Yorksh. A.Melear , itockt. & Darlingt ,Do.. ..... 133 - 135 162 ... - ••• 13 - 23 - 24 11 - 111. 23 - 28 all Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.Stllit. 18i; Shef.Roth anc Goole g. 5 p. c. N S. Staflordsh. all WearValleygr !,1 J: - 59 6 per cent.. all IDo 100 Wilts&gomrst •• • -"" • • 133 = 135 21- - 2 30 - 31 92 - 94 :(ItWestu this ;itty LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL 70 I OX &ITO PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20. 72 The Moniteur says :—" A despatch from Sebas. topol, dated Dec. 13, announces that nothing o: importance had taken place there since the lasi advices. 107 1001 " The weather had improved." Our correspondent at Vienna sends us an extract from the Presse, dated Galatz, December 15, stat ing that the following occurrence had created a great sensation : 83i i 68i i " A Cossack detachment crossed the Pruth, and, in presence of the Austrian troops, destroyed the supplies of straw and hay which had been prepared for the Austrian army in Moldavia." Our correspondent at Marseilles states that the Indus, from Constantinople, which was expected yesterday (Tuesday) evening, had not arrived. The Tage had sailed for Scutari and the Crimea with 20 English surgeons. PANIC AT ODESSA. - EXPECTED BON. BARDMENT. VIENNA, TUESDAY NIGHT A despatch from Odessa says that a perfect panic reigns in that city. The garrison is weak from re peated drafts to the Crimea. All the trading esta blishments are closed. Seine families have departed for the interior of Bessarabia ; others to the Ukraine. The troops which Omer Paella has em barked at Varna are expected, as well as a bom barding squadron from the Allied fleets. Several of the enemy's steamers are in sight. DENMARK. We have received the following intelligence via Hamburg : COPENHAGEN, TUESDAY EVENING. The Ministerial programme recognises the alter ation in the fundamental law, by which Parlia mentary representatives may have legislative power in financial questions, and in enacting laws. Mem bers are to be nominated by the King. The fo reign policy remains unchanged. The programme was loudly cheered. Scheel (the Minister for Holstein) has been made a Knight of the Elephant. A royal decree annuls the prohibition of Fardre landisc and Daghladt in Schleswig. PRUSSIA. Prussia desires to avoid acceding to the treaty of the 2d December, by endeavouring to conclude a special treaty with France. 'the Emancipatitht of Brussels says :—" We learn from Berlin that the Prussian Government has declared to the Courts of Russia, Austria, France, and England that it will adhere to the treaty of Vienna of the 2d inst., if before the 2d of January the Czar shall not have accepted the conditions which are offered to him." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. His Excellency Lord Cowley has addressed the following letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs : " Paris, December 17, 1854. "Monsieur le Ministre—Never was a duty more agreeable or more flattering to me than that which I fulfil in transmitting to your Excellency the subjoined records of the sittings of Parliament of the 15th of the present month, in which both houses have resolved unanimously to offer their thanks to the French army and navy for the cordial co-operation and assistance which they have afforded to the military and naval forces of the Queen in their combined operations. " In conformity to the usages and rules of Parliament, Field-Marshal Lord Raglan and Vice-Admiral Dundas are to convey to General Canrobert and Admiral name lin the thanks of the two Chambers. But I am in structed at the same time to bring to the knowledge of the Emperor and his Government in what high esteem the British Parliament holds the conduct of the French army and navy, as also the profound satisfaction with which the Government of the Queen has seen the Na tional Legislature associating itself with so much cor diality in the sentiments which it professes for the im perial army and navy. " In begging your Excellency to have the goodness to be the intermediary of this communication, I seize, &c., " COWLEY." Subjoined is given the text of the identical reso lutions adapted by both Houses of Parliament. Additional letters from Constantinople of the sth, with news from the Crimea, state that General Can robert had addressed an order of the day to the army, announcing that so soon as the weather per mitted the bombardment of Sebastopol would be resumed, and the assault commenced. It was said that 20,000 Russians, utterly exhausted by privations, had marched to Simpheropol to escape extinction by the sickness which was decimating the army in the marshes they occupied in their first position. The funeral of AL Leon Faucher took place at 10 o'clock this morning, at the church of the Tri nity, Rue de Clichy, and was attended by a largo concourse of the friends and admirers of the de ceased. It is intended that a part of the Imperial Guard, to be detached for service in the Crimea, shall form the nucleus of a distinct corps on the field, to be augmented successively by soldiers taken from the army under Gener a l C anro b er t , an d w h o h ave mos t distinguished themselves during the present opera tions. It will be commanded by a general officer. The Emperor has, out of his own privy purse, doubled the pension of 20,000 f. already granted to the widow of Marshal St. Arnaud. The Patric contains the following telegraphic de spatch "HAMBURG, Dec. 16.—Accounts from Warsaw an nounce that four regiments of Cuirassiers of the Russian Imperial Guard bad established their quarters in the neighbourhood of Biala and Brzesc. The infantry is to be concentrated at the close of January between Brzesc and Wilna." 150 guns of large calibre are to be sent from Toulon to the Crimea. THE LANCASTER GUN.—The great gun practice and trial of the Lancaster gun continues at Shoeburyness, Essex. The booming report of the Lancaster is dis tinctly heard on these shores (Whitstable) a distance of about 26 miles, and . is even muc h l ouder than that of the 32-pounder used in the drilling of the Ccast Guards at Seasalter, a distance of only a mile. Queen Isabella 11. ( says the Madrid correspondent of La Presse) presents the Pope with a magnificent tiara worth 200,000 francs, in honour of his decision respecting the Immaculate Conception. The tiara is now exposed to public view at Madrid. Despatches f rom H anover announce that the Govern ment is occupied in reinforcing the army, and principally the artillery. The greatest activity prevails in the arsenals, and important orders have been given for arms for the infantry. REJOICINGS AT LOUGHREA ON THE ARRIVAL CF LORD DUNICELLIN.—On Friday last the town of Loughrea was brillia n tl y ill um i nated, to show the feelings entertained by the inhabitants towards the family of the Marquis of Clanricarde, on the arrival of Ys lordship's eldest son, Lord Duukellin from the seat of war. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Evening.—The South American Steam Navigation Company's mail steamer Pampero, Captain Haran, will be ready to leave Plymouth on Thursday evening f or Li s q so n,lCaderi a , Brazils, and the River Plate. 20 20 50 20 901 90 N 8 COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—DEC. 19. At this day's market there was only a thin attendance of the trade, and the business done was altogether of a r etail character. Wheat sold at the full prices of Friday, being an advance of 2d to 3d per 701 b on the finer qualities, and 4d to Gd on inferior old foreign and new Irish. Flour was in limited request ; however in the sales made 6d to is per barrel, and is to 2s per sack more money was generally rea lised. Oats barely maintained their value. Oatmeal about Gd per load dearer. Barley, beans, and peas without any alteration. IPSWICH—DEC. 19. We have a small supply of wheat, and the trade firm Barley a free sale. Beans and peas dearer. rsa QUARTER. PER QUART'', E . Wheat, red (old) 72s to 766 arley, grinding ... 32s to 36s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 78 s t o St s P eas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 35s to 38s)Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR TR& WEEK ENDING DEC. 16, 1854. Wheat Oats Peas Bears Barley HULL—DEC. 19. A moderate supply of wheat, which met a fair sale. Old foreign and new meet more attention. More tone in 03 t 8 and barley. Linseed market firmer, and the demand for feeding rape cakes continues good. 8 $1 Wheat, English, red 74 to 77 Ditto white 7B to S 4 Dantzie and Konigs- Peas, grey and black to Linseed, Black Sea, 68 to 6) Ditto Petersburgh 5B to 65 Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 5O to 50 Per Ton Lins. c., Hull 12/ 7s 6d to 001 0 Ditto fine for. ill Os 121001 Od Ditto inf. for olos Od to 0100 Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 Os Rape cakes 130 s Od to 000 01 Tares, English 4ss to 853 Ditto foreign Guano 4l 10s Si tol2l Os Bones ; Rye Meal 75 to 85' berg . Po meraniau and Ham - burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 7O to 75 Russian and Odessa 60 to 70 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 3O to 32 Ba ..my, malting Ditto grinding 3l to 3-1 Beaus Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 46 to 48 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam .. 11 Ditto, three months .. 1 Rotterdam 11 16 Gibraltar ........... 17% Lcgtorn ..••...... ... 80 57g 18 Genoa .......... 2 5 57Y, Antwerp .............. 25 35 Milan ......•• ......•• Brussels ..... .25 35 Venice -- ia ,lainbargli .......... 13 5 3 ,1 Naples •• • • ... . 43 Altona .. • • Palerm• ...... .• • • 131 q, Pari5........ . .... 25 1214 Messina ... •• • lai , r, Ditto, three months .. 25 37k, Lisbon .......... ••• • • • "7„ Marseilles .............25 37 , ‘ Oporto 033 Bourdeaux ........ Rio Janeiro Pi ankfort-on- aine •.. 118 Buenos Ayres.. •••• • • • • Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sight Vienna—. • • .... 12 40 Philadelphia , Trieste........ •• • • .... 12 45 PRICES OF BIILLICN, PER 0Z . ,. Petersburg ............ 35% Foreign (lola in Btu's £3 17 Madrid ............... 50 1 ,6 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz .„ „ „ .. 50% I Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Barcelona ...... 0 0 ?, Seville.. • • .......... Sliver in bars . 0 b '73 SEABORNZ MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General rest -ofilce by the night—and M by the morning--despatch.) COUNTRIES. Day when matt up \ in General Post- Office, London.. From wi at Vaal Port due IN Dispatch,;,. En.; and. .e•-• Liverpool Each 144 'Liverpool ... Jan . 3 Southampton Southampton Feb. 7 Dover ...• •• .. Uncertain Plymouth Dover .. ISouchamptob , South m p ton Dover ......1 Southumpto, Souttnune tnn ' Various ports smerica(byßrit.pack)l l / 4 smerica (by United Sts. packet)• smerica (by U. States packet) Australia (via South ampton) Ditto (via Marseilles) Is Ditto (via Cape of ciao(' Hop®) •• •• •• •• •• • •N 1 ( West Coast) N 1 klexandria M 1 Bahamas ...........M, Belgium ............N , Brazil ..............M Buenos Ayres .. M every Friday .. INov. 14........ iNOT• 22.. • •• •• •• 'Jan. 4 Jan 9 Dec. 4 ..... I . t3d of the month.. 14, 9, 24, & 30 of tn. ,4th & 20th of mon. 'l7th of the month 1 9th of the month.. ,9th of the month.. • Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .............. N Channel Isles ........N China (see India) Constantinople ......N Constantinople ........ Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France ........ hL & N Abraltar ........ 4reeee (see India) Ireytown .. • ..... :• dainhurgh Savannah .. • ....... M; `dolland .• • • • • ...... MI ilondurai .......... Ai (ndi a (viaSouthampt.)lll India (via Marseilles)M fonlan Isles (see India) Ireland ......M & N (Ashen vladeira ............hl vladeira ............ N vialta (see India) 9th of the month ',Southampton Mon ~ed.,BcFrig. 12d & 17t W h of month 8,13,18,23,&28 ofm 4th & 20th of moil. 1 Twice daily ...... Twice dai1y...... 1,7, 17, 20, 27 of in 12nd &17th of mon.l iTueaday & Friday 2nd of the month 117th of the month. 4th & 20th of mon. 19th& 25th of month 17, 17, & 27 of mon iTwieddaily 17,9, 17,& 27 of tn. 9th of the mouth !23d of month %Alta ......... lr ilauritius (see India) vlauritlus Mexico Nap N Nev. Granada New Zeeland.,,.., Papal States N i'enir.sula . ...... M Vera .. l'lrt Natal ..........N Sicily .............. N I ['uccany Venezuela ..........M Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) Vest Indies .... M Southampton Southampton, DOver ISouthampton Dover • • • • . • Dover •• •• • • 13outhamptor IDaIII Dec. 18 ;Uncertals .iouthamptoil London ..... Southampton Dover ....... Southampton Plymouth Dover ...... D0ver...... Ilolyhead Soutilamptor. 3outhamptoi, Liverpool... 8, 18, & 28 of mon llover ...... 14th of the month ' Mcl of the month.. 'sthlsth2ithofmor.. 2d & 17 th of month By private ship itl.lsth2sthofmon. 7th 17 th 27 thofinon. nl & 27th of mon. By private ship.,, 15th I , th2sthotnion, 15th 15025 thofmon. 2d& 17th of month ITu.Tb.9t ITwicedstli ' rwiced atri ,Deo. 20 ja rriTed Dec. 16 Dal' Dec.i 111 'rsvice(loll, Dec• 16 IDec. 2) Southamptat. Dover ...... Southampton. Various port Dover ...... Southamptot Aouthamptru. Various porta Dover ...... Dover Southampton Ipec. 16 t r a cero l (Incertair ISouthampteL !De0.: 16 ,1 Dec. 16 I_____—• 17th o month be When any of these dates fall cm a %;unday, the mails will dr. spatched on the following day, with the exception of the 11'"- the outhampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched preceding da3 . WIND AND WEA.THEIC REPORT• MONDAY, Dec. IS. Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich S.W Overcast—Rain. Lothbury Dublin N.N.W Rain—Windy. Liverpool Holyhead Bangor N.W Cloudy. York Glasgow W. Frosty. Edinburgh N. Frosty. Berwick N.W. Par ~h Grc 3nhill N.E Hard frost. Stirling 'Aberdeen N.E.Snow. Forfar W. Very cold. Darlington N.W.Frosty. Kirkcaldy N Dundee Hull W Rain—Sleet. Bridlington Scarborough Whitby Manchester Sheffield N.W Rain—Snow. Wakefield MarypOrt Stoke-on-Trent Lancaster Swansea N.W Cloudy. Haverfordm elt ... S.W Cloudy. Cardiff N Gloucester Bath Taunton W Windy. Torquay N.W. Plymouth Bristol N.W Much lain. Carlisle Bradford N.E. Snow. Leeds .. N Yarmouth. W. Rain. 'Brighton N.W Rain. Leamington. W Much rain. Ipswich Normanton W.N.W. ... Rain. Derby N.E. Rain. Stamford W Rain. Chesterfield ... ..... N.W. Leicester W. Rain. Burton-on-Trent W ...... ....... Rain. Nottingham Lo .vestoft W. Sou:Arampton N.W. Cowes N.W. Portsmouth Poole Dorchester S.W. Boston • S. W Rain. Great Grimsby ,„ N.E Rain. Newcastle Hague S.W Rain. BIRTHS. OF A SON. At Houghton Rectory, Hants, the wife of th e Rec. t A. Peck. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 19th inst., at 55, E usse ll- sqla re, the wife of Is T. Ciarke, Esq. ---------. MARRIED. ci• On the 19th inst., Edward Winser, Esq., la te of ham College, Oxfor, to Anne, eldest daughter of the W' James Teasdale, Esq., of Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. On the 19th inst., at St. Peter's, Eaton-square, 1 1 ° n. : Dorrien Streatfeild, Captain Ist Life Guards, of ChificO v i stone, Kent, to Marion Henrietta, youngest daughter ° Oswald Smith, Esq., of Blendon Hall, in the same coon DIED. On e 30th ult., at Scutari , from a wound received !ll action th at Inkerman, Lieut.-Col. John George Chau:leo' 9th Regt. eldest son of t he late Major J. C. C hao 21st N. B. 'Fusiliers, aged 3J. Oa the 2Sth ult., in camp before Sebastopol, LieuteOnf Donald G. C. Maclachlan, Royal Artillery, eldest 800 Dr. Maclaehlan, Physician, Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Lospox : Printed and Published by AWED() 11.2 o f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, Offico, N°' a Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cooly, Wodneulay, Decolabox 2Q, jam' _.* 12 i 52 # 59 81 281 !l6i , 4 '~~ 44+ ;