The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-17 00:00:00

Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo.,with Portraits, 21s. bound, MY ADVENTURES. By COLONEL MONTGOMERY MAXWELL, K. 11., Commanding the 36th Regiment. " Colonel Maxwell from an early period kept a copious diary, and these volumes being extracted from it, have, the force, freedom, and liveliness of reality. The book is in the rollicking Harry Lorrcquer style, with plenty of fun among Italian signors, and love-making with the principessas ; but it contains many passages of historical interest, and abundance of anecdote. There is much of value lu the volumes to entitle Colonel Maxwell to our thanks for his publication."— Britannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 17, Will be repeated a Grand Opera Seria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusiitiano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornare, Mr. Borrani ; Monce,igo, Mr. Weics ; Adolphe de Cou'cy, M. W. Barris( n ; atarina Cornaro, Rainforth To conclude with a SEVILLE. in which Monsieqr and Madame Finart (Principal Dancers from the Grand Th atre at Ma led), will make thdc Third Appearance in this country in a Ncw Grand Pa- , de Deux. Lie Box-orrice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes. Stalls, Places, a id Tickets may be had on a:,plication to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARZET. Lessre, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, IgiCEMBER 17. Will he perrormcd 'a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HE it it - rs. Colonel Rocket Mr. S rickland ' • Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe- s t Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren; The Count-ss of i pion. Mrs. W. Gifford ; Alice Hawthori, Madame Ve.tris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia ennttt. Aft?.c• which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Nlt.ritz, M . Charles slathews; Madame Vestris. To e t.ll ,wed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG KNGLA IND Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. l' , 010t• ' Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On • Guinea and a-Half each. rickets and Places to he had of Mr. I. cher, at the Box.office, from fen till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 17, Will he performed VICTORINE; or, Pll Sleep on It. Alex. Andre, Mr. Hudson ; Michael, Mr. Seby, Victorine, Mrs. Yates; Elise, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Cout.t Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson; Count Janine. Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste; Crequet,' Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEM ‘N, In which Messrs. Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter, Or Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-odice open from Eleven till F our. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. NOTICE. ilyo-MORRO W EVENIN produced, by the especial per. mission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHIMES; A Goblin story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. The Scenery roan the Original Sketches or Dan;el Maclise, ILA Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., John Leech, and R. Doyle. The Story Dramatised by Mark Lemon and Gilbert A'Beckett. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. Id. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 'M be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun.; l Richard, Mr. Himo ; Re Laud , Mr. Mattacks; Iron, Mr. LoSlcr; Hermine, Mdlle, Helen Conde'l ; Gertru 'e, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Mr. Felix Toddle, Mr. Waltor Licy; Jacob Close, Mr. Compton; Mrs. T 0,.. heavy, Mrs. Biougliam. To conclude with a New Grand Orieatal Ballet, called THE ENCIIANrEo BELL. Azolin (an Hiadan Peasant), M. Roussett ; Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mille. Caroline Iloussott; Naire (her Frieml), Mdlle. Teresine; Ding Dailg (the Genii of the Bell), Miss MarshalL Stage Manager Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. ,Manager, BradwelL _ . Friday last was distinguished by the proceedings of two remarkable public meetings, at which certain home truths were announced and discussed, that cannot be too often or too prominently enforced upon public attention. The one of these meetings was that of the " Agricultural Protection Society for Great Britain and Ireland," at which his Grace the Duke of RICHMOND presided; the other, of farmers, &c., assembled (on the occasion of coming up to London to attend the Christmas Cattle Show) for the purpose of promoting the repeal of the malt-tax. These parties assembled at the Freemasons' Tavern; and A. SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., who happened to be present as a spectator, was unanimously voted into the chair. 'With regard to the former of these meetings, our own objections to the principle of such agricul tural protection as the farming interest have hitherto sought, especially in their demands for the repeal of the Canada Flour Bill, the new tariff, &c., have been so of:en enforced, that we shall not here enter upon the arguments we might otherwise be disposed to ad duce in refutation of it. But we must fairly own that some of the speakers, at both meetings, pointed out with great force, and in language to which we heartily respond, the enormous injustice of the pressure of indirect taxation on the pro dui ing classes, whose wages throughout the last few years have been so fearfully reduced, and the enor mous evil of a state of things which goes on multi plying the power and the sum of production, but fearfully cramping the scope of the distribution of its products. It was, however a tthe Freemasons' Tavern . meeting that this last fact was most emphatically demonstrated, and its indivisible connexion with our existing monetary system fearfully established. The experience of every day confirms our own melancholy impressions on this subject ; and it is matter of some congratulation that the pressure of losi prices and the other influences produced by vicious and fluctuating legislation, in the shape of corn-laws and commercial prohibitions and restrictions, has not so pre-occupied or prejudiced the minds of the intelligent farmers, who are endeavouring to obtain the repeal of the MALT•TAX, as to blind them to the operation of one out of two of the great causes of industrial distress in this coun try. They most truly declared that that is a scheme of crying injustice which on the fright fully diminished wages of labouring industry continues to levy, annually, the vastly larger proportion of that indirect taxation which it was the meaning of the Legislature, at its original imposition, to visit upon the wealthy and the middling classes above them. And undoubtedly it is an infinite aggravation of the cruelty of such an unrighteous transfer of a most grievous burden from the shoulders of these classes to their own, when the indirect fax is collected on a commodity which is not less than a necessary of life for them, but which, not ranking as an article of luxury or refinement, scarcely enters at all into the subsistence of the more fortunate classes of the com munity. In this light the malt-tax is essentially a penal visitation on poverty, the consumer; and it is protanto, a boon to wealth or competency, the non : . consumer, whose contribution to the public income is decreased by the very five millions, the yield of the malt duties—thus wrung from the famishing indus trial poor. But why is that vast section of the people reduced to this extreme poverty, who are its producing classes ? It is certain that their labour is far, more severe, and more continuous, notwithstanding all the improvements of machinery, in turning out or raising the various products and commodities to which it is applied, than it was five-and-twenty years ago. It is The ferment throughout the diocese of Exeter, in indisputable that five-and-twenty years ago their consequence of the Bishop's late Pastoral Letter, sti:l is ages, fur lighter and less protracted labour, were continues unabated. The parishioners of Tavistoek, very much higher. Then the great question with all and several other t awns an 1 villages, have already as. who are alive to the ine x pre ss ibl e importance of sembled, or are abeut to assemble, in vestry on the providing for industrial labour the m eans o f subsisting subject, while in the cathedral city of Exeter itself itself, still remains—What is th e ca use o f th ese re there is scarcely a sin g le parish that has not expressed dosed, inadequate, stinted wag e s strongly in disapproval of the proposed innovations. The farmers, finding these much oppr esse d c l asses under the same visitation as themselves, th oug h i n a St. Martin's is among the latest, th o ugh not the least active, of those that have entered into the field of more intense degree from depressed prices, rightly enough make common cause with them i n d eman di ng , controversy; and at a ves t ry meet i ng w hi c h t oo k place in that church on Saturday last, it was moved, as a remedial measure, a repeal of the malt-tax. But among other equally emphatic resolutions, that, be- ss ere that repeal conceded to-morrow, it would lieving the safety of Government to be founded on not, singly, either rectify the existing depreciation of the purity, unity, and truth of the Established Re- the industrial classes ; or arrest its downward lig,ion, purged, as it has long been, of the error s o f tendency. It would be but "a" m eans , i n t er Romanism, the p trishioners were extremely jealous of ulna, for improving their condition, or th a t o f th e any attempts to restore dormant rubrics, canons, farmers. The true, primal, pervading, p ermanen t forms, ceremonies, or vestments, which might have cause of the evils which both have to deplor e , i s our the effect of making even a true religion suspected to present monetary system ; the monster prog en y o f be .a fahe one. In consequence, evidently, of this the Currency Bill of 1819, increased and invig ora t e d by its ill-favoured successor of 1843. It i s w i t h strong expression of public opinion through o ut hi s diocese on the part of th e l a ity, th e Bi s h o p o f EXETER pleasure, therefore, that we find Mr. S POTTISWOODZ (the Chairman, we believe, of a Society h av i ng f or has deemed it exp e di en t— as Si r R OBERT P EEL . Wou ld say —to address a lett e r t o a rura l d ean , w h ere i n h e its object the repeal of those statutes, an d th e re states his readiness to permit hi s c l erg y t o postpone e.stablishment of the currency on a p rac ti ca l, long the use of the surplice in preachi ng till t h e fi rst tested, and common••aense basis, i ns t ea d o f Sunday in January next, but aftet th a t_ ti me , as we abstract principles, false in theory, and pre gatherpneterous failur es w h en carr i e d i nto execut i on), on peril of incurring his sovereign displ easure . from his communication, they are t o wear itf was called by the far mers t o pres id e over t h e i r there are any so perverse," adds his Lordship, " as to discussions. They c o u ld no t h ave d e lib erated under the auspices of a better-inf o r me d, more extens i ve, or deny to the Bishop the right to niche such an order, and if they threaten to leave the Church on account more practical judgment on th e currency question . of it, use with them all Christian persuasion ; let them than his own. Indeed, they must have f e l t t h at the vicious state of our currency laws was a t th e b ottom see th it it is not really the surplice which is here th e of the disastrous condition of the malt consumers; point at issue, but it is the right and duty of the for their very first resolution concluded with a decla- Bishop. The real question, in short, is whether there ra tion of the paramount necessity for "a removal of shall be authority or not. Those who sly there shall these taxes and a revision of the currency." At the not, must be already separated in heart; and we dar e A g ricultural Protection Society's meeting, having not sacrifice a necessary principle to their pleasure." the'err Dukeo OND in the chair, Mr. ALLNUTT, It will be seen by the above extract from his letter, a v er y v able agriculturist—and speaker—thus ex. that, notwithstanding his studious affectation of the pressed himself:— conciliatory, the Bishop of EXETER sticks firm to his " It was thought that the farmers of England might be text, and will insist—no matter how distasteful his -p or t for theorists like those who, enjoying great wealth innovations may be to the l a ity of hi s diocese— on th emse l ves , h a d, per h aps , f ew opportunities, or but little the fullest and m Ist unhesitating obedience being inclination to look fairly at the question at issue—and he paid to his orders. For three week briger his clergy regretted to say that, as the wealth of the many had sac cumulated in the hands of the few, the very laws which may still continue to preach in th e o ld acc u s t ome d had been brought forward, from' thepassing of that black gown, hut after that time, on mus t go th e w hit e w i c k e d measure th e C urrency Bill, d own to the " conaple surplice ! Fiat justitia, rout cerium. The episcopal went," as Sir Robert Peel called the Bank Charter Bill— mandatethat there had ap p eared .. to be one prevailing spiritin these must be obeyed, even though the obedience oy t t e e v e a r l i u e e rg o i f es in involve the safety of the Established Church. We say d m uTt ' r t i l o r u e s s— cla " s z ses a , and to enhanc edetr mofontheye b nothing of the Right Rev. Prelate's rich and intempe- diminishing the produce of the soil—the produce of that rate soil on which honest men form e rly existed, but which rate conduct i n i ns i s ti ng on t h e rev i va l o f t hi s and . n. . n ,w unfortunately was converted into tangible heavy other obsolete usages, but think of his glaring gold, that . found its place in the pockets of our legis consistency ! For many of the best years of his lators, while the farmers were robbed and drained of the life he was one of th e most active and determi ne d op- last shilling in their pockets." - 4 # 24l o44 u llif v f aislici stn sh7le n t ever posse Ase I. He was ain every form and varlet And at the Freemasons' Tavern, another and very eminent farmer and agriculturist ofEssex, Mr. &tame, i y ang Protestant, if possible, than of Writtle, still more distinctly insist e d o n thi s pan ne ablest pamphlets he e • mount topic : !er "in a spirit o f f ur i ous op Unless somethinre done for the roduein position classes —unless there w ere we some efforts made t p o remov e Dress Circle, sa. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallo Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, lg.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Hilf. Doors to be opened at Half.. oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Bex_otlice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh sm. Private Sexes and Free Ad.nissions for the Season to be had at the lh. at e. H e.ATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management 05 Mrs. KEELEY. Signor Camillo SI VORI for This Night only. THIS EVENINtf, DECEMBER 17, Will be repeated a New Farce, called A TRIPTO KISSINGEN. Charactets by Messrs. Wigan, Kin oth, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Keeley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. To be succeeded by the First Part of Sivot Ps Concerto, No. 11.,' Signor Camolo Sivori. • Atter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARR e. Supported by Messrs. F. Mathews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woolli4ge. To which will I , e a idea Pagan.ni's Thyme Burlesque and Carnaval de Veni.c, by Signor Cami to sive& To he followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by Messrs. W.gan, Y mild, Keeley, and Ars. Keeley. In t: e coor,e of the Evenint; A DIVERTISSEMENT, in wiz ich Jull. en's Mazurka and Cellanus Valse will be danced by .vldlles. LoniKe and Adele, Miss James, and Miss Fairhrother. • To c. nchule with a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND , WAR!). Toe charm: , ers by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Mts. A. Wigan. Pr ICES e A 1)k.11,SIO isatcooy I:oxes. 4+.; Upper B ) , s , Ss. ; Caleri,Gd. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ; Upper Roses, 14. 6d.; Pit, Is. Prirate Boxes OR the vt-oclny Tier (hot ling eight persons), Tao fiuineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private B se- on the Fit Ti2r (holding six persons), One Guire.l, free Box. 'lice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTI. ROYAL tiMelit'l iIEATRE OF ARTY. . Prnnrietor and Mar;ager, Mr. W RATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBETI 17, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitlel THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, I'he Race- , for e and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; intr...ducing unequaled Natim al Fete , . Heal Fox-chaie on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fo• and real Pack of Hounds, purchased bz . . o lr. Batty a o n t d N o l t r he ' r ra s tg r T i l ,g l, g at r u e r a e l , ise this novel production. New Scenes of the Lircle, and entirc change in the Feati of Horse manship. The Fir•t Week of the extraordinary B.itish Vault'r and Somersault Thrower, Mr Price, and Ma=ter ChaVes Pi ice, the Littlii Equestrian Wonder, and other Novelt es. Acting an Atage.:n mager, Mr. W Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding tv Mr. R. smith daily. Mr. BATTY begs to a - quaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests from the country, and by srocial desire, he has formed ar anvements to pre sent, during the Christmas Iloidayq a S ries of FQOF.STRI AN MORNINO FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. A NCE, to commence at Half-past One, and term.nate at Half-past Three: consisting of Batty's Salendid rues of Equitat:on in the C rcle. Th., first Three Morning Performances will take place on Monday, Dec.3l, Wednesday, Jan. 2, aril Friday, Jan. 4. ‘.7. Tr i art i ypcom, pro s, c;: .4 . iyeu Lord - Eimer ( -, ►tote were writer I _ , '. . ~' r; _r ` ,, ~ ~ ~, N. itql TIIE WEATHEIL-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 35 ; Noon, 36, BAROMETER, 29.4.—W1ND, E.S.E. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 cn Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. /. I '""4i¢ ...:O minutes after 7 1 EVenlng ... 48 minutes after 7 •to Catholic Emancipation. He ransacked the Eng lish language for the most violent terms wherein to express his horror and detestation of Popery, its principles, its ceremonies, and its usages. The Pope was to him Antichrist, and the priests the undoubted issue of his antichristian loins. And yet we now find him giving his insidious, indirect encouragement to Puseyism, which, as all the world knows, is but a modified species of Catholicism ! His past principles are all forgotten, or regarded with shameless in difference, and he can now endure, through the medium a a Pastoral Letter, to give the heaviest blow and the greatest discouragement to the reformed Protestant Establishment that it has met with for many a long year past! For let no one suppose that the mischievous effects of the Letter in question will be confined to the diocese of Exeter alone. They will be felt far and wide. The more zealous and de termined among the Puseyites will be confirmed in their heretical tenets by the high sanction of the apostolic PHILLPOTTS, and will carry on the war against sober, rational, moderate-minded Protestant • ism, with more energy than ever. When once the flia me is fairly lighted, who shall extinguish it—who shall say at what point the conflagration shall stop ? The Archbishops and Bishops may meet if they please, in solemn conclave, but we wholly despair of their being able to effect any substantial good by their deliberations. If they attempt to conciliate, as CHARLES JAMES LONDON did the other day, the fanatical Puseyites, they will egregiously fail, for when was fanaticism ever yet conciliated ? If, on the contrary, they bring all the weight of their episcopal authority to bear against them, they will, in the first place, only confirm them in their heresy, by impressing them with the proud, flattering idea, that they are martyrs to their conscientious scruples; and, secondly, they will expose the weakness of the Church—its dissensions, its distrusts, and the heart burnings raging within its bosom, in a broader, fuller light to the public gaze, than has yet been the case. Alas ! for the Establishment, once so lofty in its tone—so firm and self-confident of its authority We greatly fear that this P.useyite or Tractarian heresy is but a symptom of " the beginning of the end." '3 • t 111 u •. 4 • \ "4, 4 c • , >gt - Y 7 ' •t 4.. ^" • 7 " fr • • ' A 7• m 0 , DRoly r'• • - E - • iouin'"nn. LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1844. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17 Wt. the burthens from the industrious classes—a dreadful revolution must be the consequence; —(Hear, hear.) The resolution contained an allusion to the currency, and he considered it deserved their most serious consideration. —(Hear, hear.) If the farmers looked to those things which most- concerned them, they would find that no thing bore so directly upon their interests as this ques tion.—(Hear.)" And again, the same speaker :—" He, however , told them to look to the currency as the cure for all the evils which afflicted them.—(Hear, hear.) .He did not pretend to understand so much of this sub ject as his neighbours, but if he were called upon to pay 20s. for 13s. 4d. borrowed, he thought he should give a fair idea of his feelings on this subject."—(Hear.) Now in all candour we must own that we see not how Sir R. PEEL can give up, in the present condition of the country, the five millions malt duty, however reason and equity demand that he should do so. But if he will be bold, righteous, wise enough to repair an enormous error, by consenting to render the currency expansible, instead of immoveable, except for the process of contraction,—and adopt, for his un lucky standard of value, gold at the market, instead of his Act of Pediment, price ;—he may yet save the empire which his legislation is fast hastening to ruin ; revive the noble commerce, whose energies he has now paralysed ; give expansion and prosperity to agricul ture, in place of present decay and fast approaching ruin ; raise and exalt, employ and remunerate, labour throughout the land ; and replace domestic pauperism and despair by social competence and peace. Madrid journals of the Bth have been receiv d, and bring more accounts of butcheries in the northern provinces. The Herald() announces that the Go vernment had been officially informed by General BRETON, Captain-General of Saragossa, that twelve individuals implicated in the late affairs of Hecho and Anso had been shot on the 3d inst. Fortunately, at Madrid executions have not followed so quickly after arrest. The decision of the Court-martial condemn ing Col. REusymo, with two others, to death, arid eight to the galleys, had been reversed by the Su preme Military Tribunals, an+ the proceedings de clared illegal. Hopes are therefore entertained that the lives of these unfortunate victims will be spared. MADRID BOURSE, DEC. 7.—The Three per Cents, closed. at 31 •cash, and 314 at 60 days. Five per Cents. 21f at 60 days with premium. Passive Debt, 6 3-16 at 60 days. According to intelligence from Switzerland, pub ' lished in the Paris papers, the disturbances in the Canton of Lucerne have been put clown for the present— the Jesuits have triumphed. Several of the leaders of the Liberal party, among others Dr. STEIGER and Captain Aurnea MANN, had been taken, and the Government had countermanded the reinforcements which they had required of the neighbouring Catholic cantons. The Protestant cantons had collected troops, but chiefly for the purpose of protecting their frontiers. From the little resistence made to the Government troops of Lucerne, and the apathy which pervades the rural po pulation, it would appear that the . Catholic High Church party are predominant in the canton. The following extract of a letter from Berne, dated the 10th inst , furnishes the latest particulars :—" By the arrivals from Lucerne this morning, we learn that the city is filled with troops and that arrests continue to be made. The Jesuits triumph to the full extent of the word, thanks to the means of seduction they have employed. Dr. STEIGER, one of the chiefs of the Liberal party, who is paying by imprisonment for his opposition to the Jesuits, is a man of mind and energy, who was the only one that could rally the Liberal party of the country, which was without leaders. Colonel KuG GENBUHLEIt, another chief of ,the Liberal party, has succeeded in escaping into the territory of Berne. Many other fugitives hare succeeded in getting over the border; but, although our Government feels the necessity of stopping the reaction, it will consider twice before it makes any demon stration _which may become a signal for a ge neral conflict in Switzerland. The people, however, who do not look so closely to the Federal Compact, are discontented with this forbearance. A volunteer from Argau, who joined the expedition against Lu cerne, writes from Arau last night, that nearly all the eight hundred volunteers are returned, worn out with fatigue, and dissatisfied at not having met with any support from the people of the places through which they passed.. There has been, nevertheless, a serious engagement at the bridge of the Emilie, half a league from Lucerne, in which there were killed and wounded on both sides. The volunteers suc ceeded hi forcing the passage, but, finding no one on the other side ready or willing to join them, they re tired, and were nearly cut off at Sursee." The domestic news in the Paris papers is generally utterly destitute of interest. The country is so quiet, and the Government at present interferes so little in public affairs, that the Opposition journals cannot find out one grievance which would furnish arguments against M. GUIZOT and his colleagues. The National, it is true makes the attempt in reference to a detailed account published in the Quotidienne, showing the enormous losses sustained by the French fleets since the death of Louis XVI., and thus upbraids Admiral NIACKAU for his silence :—" If we had at the head of our naval department a man anxious for the honour of our flag, and the reputation of our sailors, we should find him replying, by the official documents which are in his possession, to statements which are as false as they are injurious to our national pride. But what are we to expect from men who show so much humility towards the English Cahinet, and who disavow every day some of our bravest cap tains ? " As we published the article of the Quotidienne, it is only fair to give the following reply to it from the National, with this remark, that it is amusing to find a French writer bringing a charge against the English Government, of which no ruler ever was so deservedly guilty as NAPOLEON : " We can easily conceive that such false and incom plete calculations should find their u , y into the English journals, fur it is the custom of the English, more than of any other nation, to conceal their losses, and exagge rate those of their enemies ; but we may expre ss our surprise at se e in g French men thus depreciating the services and glory of our defenders, and rendering them selves the echoes of English boastings. If it were true, as stated, that during twenty-two years of war the French navy, after experiencing so many disasters, had caused to the English a loss of only seven ships of the line, and fourteen frigates captured, it would really be the fable of Europe. Happily, , however, the tables which have been published are incorrect, and were drawn up in the culpable spirit of party. The English who were in face of our sailors- in the days of prairial year 2, in the combats of Alassio. Aboukir, Algesiras, Trafalgar, and St. Domingo, know well how vigorously victory was disputed, and how dearly they purchased it. It will suffice, in order to show the omis sions of these tables, to cite the accounts given at the time of the battle of Trafalgar. If in that battle the combined fleets of France and Spain experienced a loss of twenty ships of the line, sunk or captured, and of which four teen were French, the English on their side lost their great Admiral Nelson, and had fourteen of their ships of the line rendered incapable of service. We may judge of the crippled state of the victorious fleet by a single fact. On the day after the battle, the intrepid Cosmao Kerjulien, captain of the Pluton, returned and recap tured, almost on the field of battle, three vessels which had been taken. by the victors. This is not all. In the account of the losses experienced by France eleven ships of the line are given as wrecked, or burned by accident. Now, it is notorious that England, compelled to keep up for twenty-two years of war large squadrons in every part of the globe, and frequently in quarters where there is no shelter, lost a very large number of ships, of which there was no mention. " We subjoin some miscellaneous extracts from the foreign papers. The Augsburg Gazette has the fol lowing from Constantinople, Nov. 22 : " The English Ambassador has quitted the capital suddenly, on board a vessel which was at his disposal. It is not known what route he has taken. Some per sons think that he is only gone oil a promenade; others say that bis departure is the result of a difference with the Porte, relative to an insult to the British Consul at Trt bisonde." A letter from Sigmaringen, sth instant, in the Journal de Francfort, announces the marriage there on that day of the Marquis JOACHIM NAPOLEON PErot!, grandson of MURAT, with her Serene Highness Princess FRIDADE . HOHENZOLLERN SIGMA BINGEN, youngest daughter of the reigning Prince. A Vienna letter, of the sth states, that the late re duction of the duty on coffee in the Austrian States has been so beneficial to the Treasury by the increase of the consumption, that a further reduction is con templated. It is said also that the Austrian Govern ment intends to modify considerably its prohibitory system. The Messager states that the last accounts from Algiers represent the state of the division of Algiers and the south of Algeria to be perfectly satisfactory. The tribes who have submitted are not only tranquil, but bring their produce to the markets of the towns occupied by the French, and appear disposed to apply themselves zealously to the pursuits of industry. The commerce of the coast is stated to be essiblished on a firm basis. THE BOURSE--SATCRDAY, DEc. 14. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Fi Fo Ye ars. pe!Cents •• 121 10 .. 121 10 .. 120 90 .. 120 90 •• 108 .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 Three per Cents.— •• 84 05 •• 85 15 .. 84 85 .. 34 85 Ne w Loan -. •. •• • • 86 60 86 65 .. 86 85 .. 86 55 Bank of France Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Shares . lllo ..1110 .• 1110 —lllO 5,000 f. 3haresso93 •.5090 •.5090 ••5090 B e l g i an 8ank,.........•••• 588 . 75 •• ABS 75 .. 885 .. 585 1841 1100 ••1100 ..1100 ..1100 Belgian Fives, 1840 •• • • •• 104, .. 103: • . 103 1842 •••• • • • • 186 1 • • 106} .. 106; 106.1 Two-and-a-Half— •• 62 50 ;• 62 50 .. 62 50 .. 62 50 Spanlah Active •••••• •••••• 33 .. 33 .. 33 .. 33 Paaaive ...... .• •• 6 .• 6 .. 6 .. 6 Neapolitan— • ... .96 . 56 .. 98 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 50 .• iO4l 1 . 14 ROM= • • • •••• ** log .. 104; RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ............•.1010 , ••1010 ..1010 ..1010 Versailles,E.B.•• •••• •• •• •• 495 •• 495 .. 495 .. 495 L. 8.•• • • •• •• •• •• 380 .. 385 .. 380 .. 350 Rosen •• ..................1032 50 . 1032 50 ..1032 50 ..1032 50 Rouen to 792 50 .. 792 30 .. 792 50 752 50 Orleans Strasburg:to Bale. ...... 300 .. 310 300 310 Avignon to Marseilles• • • • • • 931 SO .. 931 50 .. 931 50 .. 932 50 RAILWAYS FOR TR& ACCOUNT, Dzc 16. St. Germain..... ••••••••1015 ..1025 ..1012 60 ••1011 50 Versailles, R. 8...• ...... 495 .. 495 .. 495 .. 495 L. 11•••• 3BO . 385 .. 340 .. 385 R ouen ........ •• •• •• • •1535 "1040 ..1032 50 ..1035 Rouen to Nam ... 795 •• 798 75 -. 795 .. 725 Orleans •• ••••1095 —llO7 50 —1095 "1102 50 Strasburg to Bale • •• •• •• •• 3 0 0 •• Avignon to Marseilles.. •• •• 1,30 .. 935 .. 310 .. 307 b 0 .. 93G .. 922 b 9 AMERICAN NEWS The Royal Mail steam•packet Britannia, Captain Hewitt, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, at ten o'clock. She brings fifty passengers, and papers from New York to the Ist of December. The Cale donia was seen about a day's sail from Halifax, all well. The news by this conveyance is not politically im portant. Public attention was directed to the open ing of Congress, and much speculation was afloat as to the future policy of the new President. The Whigs were consoling themselves, that although they were beaten, their views must be carried out by the new Government, as they were able to resist any measures which were not in accordance with their supposed interests. The annexation of Texas still continues a favourite topic, and would, no doubt, be persisted in, if their fears were not paramount to their wishes. The fol lowing are extracts : (From the New lork Inquirer of Nov. 30.) The approaching session of Congress will be a re markable one in some respects, but it will pass with out producing any result. The term fdr which Gen. Harrison was elected President by a large majority of the people, expires on the 4th of March next ; and although John Tyler, by his treachery, has prevented the Whigs carrying out the great measures to which he, in common with our party, was solemnly pledged, the Whigs are nevertheless responsible to the country for all legislation up to the 4th of March. They can not, we know, pass the laws they believe necessary for the welfare of the people ; but they can, and must, and will prevent the adoption of any but Whig measures. This being the state of affairs, it follows, of course, that the tariff will not be permitted to be touched during the coming session, nor will Texas be ad mitted into the Union, except in connexion with the adoption of great Whig measures, and upon terms honourable to the good faith of the nation. After the 4th of March, Mr. Polk and his friends will be re sponsible for the legislation of the country; and then, he and they will give or withhold from the people, as they think proper, the measures which they have de manded by their recent action. at the polls. B u t already we perceive the evidence of a design to.cheat the people by avoiding the proper responsibility of their acts; and with that view, attempts will be made at the coming session to settle the Texas, Tariff, and Oregon questions, and if difficulties grow out of such legislation, Mr. Polk and the Loco Foco party will say most truly that is is no affair of theirs, because their responsibility ,does not commence until after the 4th of March next. We entreat our Whig friends, and more particu larly the Whigs of the Senate, to bear in mind the simple fact here stated ; and not to permit any Loco Foco measures to 'be consummated by the existing Congress. Even if some of our Whig Senators should feel themselves instructed by the recent elections, we call upon them in the ,name of the Whig party, not to consider such instructions as having any bearing' until after the 4th of March, 1845. Then, and not till then, can Mi. Polk and his friends be held responsible for the legislation of the country; . and then, if they - will present to the Senate a tariff such as Mr. Polk is pledged to sustain, let that body adopt it. His tariff—the tariff for which the people have voted—is twenty per cent. ed valorem duty, and such discrimination under twenty per cent. •as may be required for revenue ! If the Loco Focos will pass such a Bill in the House of Representatives after the 4th of March, the Whigs should not stop it in the Senate. But let them insist upon such a Bill or the tariff of 1842. The one is a Loco Foco, the other a Whig measure • and let the two grand parties stand or fall by their measures. The Northern Loco Focos will endeavour to shrink from the responsibility of their position by a middle course, and the adoption of Mr. M`Ray's Bill of last session. • Against this the Whigs must at once set their faces, giving their opponents to understand that at this session the tariff cannot be touched, but after the 4th of March they will riot stand in the way of the alteration for which the people voted and to which Mr. Polk is pledged.--and thatif the Loco Focos dare not give the people , Mr. Polk's tariff they must be content with the Whig measure of 1842. The propriety and justice of this policy must be obvious to all; and we cannot doubt that our Whig friends will act in concert as they have heretofore done, in regard to all the great questions which have agitated the count:T. Their .object now sh o uld be, to hold the Loco °co. party to their principles, and principles there a r c e a . n be no question here ainftellr such what a m those ann e r NSIGNATION or SSNAT ORS .—W e l earn f rom the Argus that the Hon. Silas Wri g ht, G overnor e l ec t , has tendered to the Governor his resignation as a Se nator of the United States; and that Mr. Tallmadge, our other Senator, sometime since also resigned his seat as one of the Senators of this State in the Senate of the United States. Fist.—The hull of the sloop Marshall, from Sau gerties, New York, lying at the foot of Canal-street, with a cargo of hay, apples, grain, wood, &c., was en tirely destroyed by fire this morn i ng at one o ' clock. No insurance on either cargo or vessel. The fire caught from the stove-pipe running through the deck. Captain C. Crawford, of the • ship Albany, from Havre, informs us that on the voyage out and home, and during the time he lay in Havre, he has not had twenty-four hours at a time clear weather. The Albany Argut of Friday morning says—" Ye sterday snow fell without intermission during the day; to the depth of several inches. The river is filled with ice. The Rochester was the only boat up yesterday, and she remained at the wharf scarcely an hour. We may have another to-day; but the chances are against it." FIRE AT TROT.—A fire broke out on Thursday , afternoon in the paint-shop of J. S. Perry, in River street, Troy, which consumed four wooden buildings, none of which was of much value. They were occu pied by the following persons :—J. S. Perry, paint shop ; Michael Bouhan, boot and shoe store ; John C. Thomson, paint-shop; Peter Neels, tailor; Patrick Rogers, dwelling-house ; Henry Hughes, fruit store ; John Rikard, eamphine lamps and oil. Messrs. Bouhan, Neels, and Hughes, also occupied with their families the upper stories of their shops. HORRIBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE.-011 Wed- nesday last, Orrin Clover, of Annsville, Oneida county, killed his wife by cutting her throat with a jack knife, and afterwards killed himself by cutting his throat. Jealousy was the cause. Anornan SUICIDE.—SamueI Ball, an Englishman, aged 22, hung himself at Onondaga on the 19th inst. He had been employed by Mr. Ellis and Mr. Bron son as a labourer, and left about eighty dollars in money and notes.- _ _ PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28, FIVE P.m.—Taking into consideration the extreme inclemency of the weather, there was a fair amount of business done in stocks to day, and pretty generally at slightly advanced rates. A north-easterly storm commenced at a very early hour this morning, and at eight o'clock the roofs of the houses were nearly covered with snow and frozen rain. Shortly after it commenced raining, which formed into ice directly after reaching terra firma, our sidewalks were completely covered with ice, and so slippery, that the boys found much amusement upon their skates. This afternoon the weather is more m►ld, and the ice has nearly diSappeared- FROM MEXICO.--Mexican papers recently receive , ' at New Orleans, bring intelligence of the refusal of the Chamber of Deputies to vote the loan required by the Mexican Government to carry on the camplign against Texas. The Government had presented to the two branches of Congress a project of law, autho rising a national or foreign loan of ten millions of dollars, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Texan war. The Committee appointed by the Chamber of Deputies to examine the project, reduced the amount required to six millions. The Bill was referred to another Committee, in whose hands the amount was again reduced to three millions. In this shape it was submitted ."Xl Congress on the 15th ult., and was discussed with great ardour and vehemence. On the 16th, a vote was taken and the Bill rejected-44 to 17. It is also stated that the utmost discord prevails between the Government and Congress. This want of mutual understanding clogs all the operations of the Administration. Don Ignacio 6 Trigueros has resigned the office of Minister of Fi nance. Fco. Lombardo has been appointed Minister ad interim. The best informed in Mexican affairs be lieve that a revolution is inevitable. NEW YORK MARKETS, Nov. 30. AsnEs.—Both Pot and Pearl Ashes have remained steady in price since our last review, at 4 cents for the former and 4+ for the latter, with a limited demand. COITEE.—The operations in Brazil Coffee have been extensive, amounting to about 10,000 bags within the last eight days. Prices have ranged from 6 to 6.1 and 7 cents, mostly at 6 a 6+ eta • 500 bags Laguira sold at 7 a 7+; .200 do Maracaibo 6+ a 61 ; 450 do Java 81 a 9 and 91; 250 do Sumatra 6i ; 100 bags Cuba 64, 4 and 6 mos; and 110 bags St. Do mingo at 6 cts cash. COTTON.—There has been a little more activity in the Cotton market, and shippers have come into market more freely, but prices have not undergone any material alteration. FLOUR.—The season has about closed, and the article for the week past has been inactive and dull; holders ask $4,681 for Genesee, and the principal transactions are at that rate—a few sales are, however, daily made at $4,621. GRAIN.—The market has been rather better sup p'ied with Wheat for a week past.• Among the sales are 1,000 bush. Baltimore at 95c. ; 2,300 bush. do., 102 c.; 1,100 bush. North Carolina, 98c., and 2,000 bush. Delaware, 101 a 102 c. , Rye h as further de clined, with sales of 8,000 bush. at 65 a 67c. Oats are firm at 36 a 37c. Barley is dull at 57 a 60c. Corn is now more plenty ; 10,500 bush. Northern, part new, sold for 50 a 52c., weight and m easure; 1,000 bush. North River, new, 36c., weight ; 1,800 bush: Jersey, old, 53c., measure. hon.—Since our ast 400 tons Scotch Pig have been sold on private terms. English Bars are dull, with a heavy stock in the market. LEAD.—There have been sales of 5,000 pigs at 3 dolls. 75c. • and 2.600 pigs at 4c., 6 mos. SUGARS.—Muscovado Sugars ull of sale, and prices heavy ; 200 hhds. Cuba sold at 5/c. a 64c. ; 20 hhds. St. Croix, 7c. ; 140 hhds. N. Orleans 51c. a 61c.; 16 hhds new crop, 6 dolls. 31c.; 50 hhds. Porto Rico, 6 dolls. 56c. a 6 dolls. 621 c.; 176 hh Is. ditto, on private terms; 1,000 boxes Brown Havannah, 61c. a 7ic., 4 mos. MOLASSES.—The sales hare been limited to a few small lots at former prices. Pacivzsions.—Beef firm at 6 dolls. 7c. and 4 dolls. 75c. for Mess and Prime, awl for an extra article something over has been obtained. Pork sells at 9 dolls. to 9 dolls. 121 c. for Mess, and 6 dolls 75c. to 6 dolls. 81c. for Prime. New Smoked Hams at 9c. Smoked Beef at 4c. It!mi.—The transactions for the week were con fined to about 350 tierces, at 3 dols. 121 a 3 dots. 62 . cash. SPlRlTS.—Domestic Whisky is in moderate de mand at 24c. in drudge casks, and 2.5 c. in barrels. A few barrels sold as low as 2 4k. 30 half pipes Otard, Dupuy, and Co. Brandy sold at 2,20 a 2,50 dols. Fire puncheons Scotch Whisky sold at 2,12 i dols. Ten pipes Wolfe's Swan Gin, 1,15, 6 mos. 10 hhds. St. Croix Rum, 1,03 dols. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE iV CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Consols leave off well this afternoon, being loci to for Account, while a special bargain fur Money was ef fected at 101*. The heavy securities remained as in the morning. There was a rally in the Foreign Stocks. Spanish Ac tives improved to 25, the Three per Cents. to 371, Mexican to 36i, Brazilian to 89,i, and Portuguese Con verted to 574 and 58. Tho additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Cambridge and Lincoln, to 1 ; Edin- burgh and Glasgow, 13 ; Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 34- ; Great North of England, 234- ; Great Western, 74 to 72; Ditto, Half, 39 to 391; Ditto, Fifths, 16 to 154 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 4 ; Birmingham, Quarter, 244- ; Brighton, '1 ; South-Western, 411 ; Croydon, 3* ; London and York, 1 to 4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 12 ; Midland, 12k ; Newcastle and Darlinton, 36 ; North British, ; North Kent, * ; -Norwich and Brandon, New, 21 ; Richmond, H to 14 ; South-Eastern, 54 ; Ditto, New, 74 ; York and North Midland, 511 to 531 ; Ditto, Half, 27 ; Boulogne and Amiens, q-; Orleans and Bordeaux, 5 to i f ; Paris and Lyons, 11 ; Paris and Orleans, 23 ; and Paris and Rouen 201- premium. Birmin g h am an d Gl oucester have Coen 3f ; Dublin and Galway, ; Greenwich, 3 ; and Strasbourg and Bale, 14. bfullingar and Ely and Bedford were at par. London Joint-Stock Bank Shares were 31, and Union of Australia 2 to if premium. (Frei; The Sun of Last Night.) The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were not large, and the market was heavy, although prices did not vary. Sales, 3,500 bales, of which specu lators took I,ooo.—The Share market had materially changed. The leading Railway Stocks were in request, but not much was doing in the minor lines. Binning ham and Derby, 814; Chester and Birkenhead, Half, 161; Chester and Holyhead, 54; Churnet 70s. 3d. ; Edinburgl and Glasgow, 64; Kendal and Windermere, AQ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 364; London and Birmingham, 223; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 264; London and York, 41. Is. 3d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 51i; Midland Counties, 1111; North Union, 1441; Sheffield and Manchester, 98 ; South- Eastern, New, 124 ; Paris and Lyons, 31. 6s. 6d.; Sam bre and Meuse, 31. Os. 6d. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 51 5. There are no ship arrivals to-day with late new: from any quarter, but the American mail per Halifax steamer is almost due. The Public Securities continue very steady, and as regards the unfunded debt there is a slight tendency to advance. Consols for the opening continuo at 100* to 1001, without the dividend. The Reduced Three per Cents. arc 1 per cent, above par. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. obtain 102 to 103. Bank Stock is well supported at 208 to 201, and India Stock for Account has been at 2851. Exchequer Bills have improved a little, being 58s. to 595. premium, and East India Bonds, under 1,0001. have been done at 725. prem. The Foreign Market is in some respects drooping. Spanish Five per Cents. are 24- to 25, and the Three per Cents. 374 to 3q, the latter being depressed by a sale to some amount. Portuguese Converted Stock is firm at eB. Mexican Bonds have receded again, having been done at 361 to 354. Columbian Stock has realised 141. Belgian Bonds are up to 1021 ; and Dutch Two-and-a- Half •per Cents. to 641. The French Scrip has been marked 2 premium. For Railway Shares in general there has been rather an improved demand, and consequently the quotations are in some instances firmer. Great Western have been marked 74 ; Birmingham, Thirds, 36i to 37 ; South- Western, 40* to 41 ; Midland, 11 to 121 ; and South- Eastern, 51 premium ; Brighton are par to A- premium ; Paris and Orleans Shares have touched 221 / premium. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock for Account ...... 20634 Sill 3 per Cont.. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO3 10'2% 103 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 ll 15-16% India 80nd5,1,000.. Ditto under ....... 72 Bank Stock Console for Opening 100%4 India Stock for Account 285% Exchequer Bills. 140. 1 46d 1,0901. ............ 50 58 prn. Ditto 57 59 pm. Ditto ............ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 10236 Columbian Bonds. ..... ....... ...... 14 36 Mexican Bonds. 1937, 5 per Cent „«........ 30 4, .35% 36 Ditto Deferred Stock 164 Portuguese Boasts, 5 per Cent.. .......... Ditto Converte d Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 24% Ditto for the Ditto Deferred........ Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account... ..... 37 37 Dutch 236 per ....... 64% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Dutch 5 per ........ 99% PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. flaiLvvive. PAID. PER SMARR. Cambridge and Lincoln Cornwall Direct Northern .. to Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% .... 3% to E (stern Counties 25 13% to 1414 Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 Grand Junction lOO 22i36 Great Western - 1,9 to —. London and Birmingham. ...... 100 Ditto New Thirds ......... Ditto 4 Shares London and Brighton London and South Western ...... 82 311 34 London and York Manchester and Leeds 7O ..... Ditto Sixteenths ll 5s . 4% Midland ...... Birmingham and Derby .......... 100 . Newcastle and Darlington Junct. '24 ill to Portsmouth Direct . 1 0% Richmondand West End Juliet. 1 , ..... to South Eastern and Dover ..... 33% % 38 30... to 18% Ditto New ... ....... .......... 4 12% ...... to 12 Trent ....... ..... 2 to York and North Midland . ... 50 Ditto Extension oss.. 12% Boulogne and Arnie is 2 ... .... 5% Orleans and Bourdeaux Paris ..nd 0r1ean5....... 3O - ? 14 ... to Parisand ........YO :4 0 14 . - 9% to 4046 Paris and Stra boutg Rouen and Havre. ......... ......... 12 23 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Dac. 12. 3 per Cent. Consols . .. ........ , .......... ;go% 3 per Cent. Ituduced Three and a Quarter Stock Ditto New, 1,30 346 per Cent. Debentures... .......... ....... Long Annuities Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock .... . ... Grand Canal Debentures,6 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent 4 per Cent. City Debentures „., 4 per Cent. City Debentures, New 4 per Cent. Ballast Office Debentures 4 per Cent. Pipe Water Kingstown Railway Debentures LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES RAILWAYS PAID. PER SHARD. Dublin and K. Railway ............. ..... 100 2(2 Drogheda Ditto,~ Great Southern and Western 5 ... ...... 8 44 Ditto Extension ..... 3% Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% ..... 4 Dublin and Cashel ditto Athlone Railway,. 2 Belfast and Ballymen a Waterford and Limerick ...... 2% 3% Hibernian Bank 2536 loyal Bank National Insurance Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company Ditto Diftu, 18311 ........ 50 53 Steam Ship Building Company Ditto Ditto 5O British and Irish Steam Company 50 Limerick Extension Railway MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, f)EC. 14.—The market has been quieter to•day, without much variation in prices. Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 371; London and Brighton, Eighths, 2k; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2L Is. 6d. ; Leeds and Thirsk, 3i; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2; Manchester, Bury, and Ros sendale, Si West Yorkshire, CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock. 2OB per Cent. Red lOO%, 3 per Cent. Cons. per Cent. Red New 3% per Cent. lO3 New 5 per Cont. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860............... 12 1.16 Oct. 1859..„...,..,„,. 11% Jan. 1860 Indian Stock. FOREIG 1‘ Austrian, 5 per Cent ..... Belgian, 5 per Cent............ 102 34 Brazilian Bonds ............... 89% Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ohllian, per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent ..... Greek, 18:.:5, 5 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent Neapolitan Bonds, 5 perCt — Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct — Portuguese Bonds, S per Ct IDitto Bonds £l,OOO — pm, Ditto under £l,OOO 72 pm, ,South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I}id Ditto 5001. ..".. Ditto Small 5O pin Rank Stock for Acct 2OO Consols for Opg. India Stock for Acct 285% g FUNDS. Russian 5 per Ditto,Metallic ipanish, 5 per Cent., 1840 25 Jitto, 1841 Ditto, 1842 Ditto, 143. Ditto, 1841 Ditto, 3 per Cent 371( Venezuela Bonds, '2 per Ct — French, 5 per Cent.,...,.. —t -c. French, 3 per Cent...—. —f Exchange ...... —c. Dutch, 2% per " Cent Ditto..s per Cent..........., SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 96% Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 5o paid lilyand Bedford, 1 paid Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 paid ... 8 Great North of England, 100 paid Ureat Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid Ditto Fifths, 12 paid Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto Quarters ( 2 paid) , .. .. . , . . Lonion ;rid Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (Ht. Its. 4d. paid) ...... Londos and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) B3 London and Croydon London and York, 2% paid 44 Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid i2 Midland (100 paid) Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid 834 Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 24 paid North British, 74 paid North Kent, 2% Paid 2% Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid. Ditto, New Shares, I paid...... 34 Richmond and \Veit Err Junction, I paid .... 2 1 4 South .Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ......... 39 Ditto Jew Shares (4 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) 1034 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Ditto Ext,nsion ...... . Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid ..... ...... ...... Orleans and Boursleaux, '2 paid Paris and Lyons, 2 paid 3% Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen. 20 paid Erratum in Saturday's list.—Read Paris and Strasburg 3 nstead of Paris and Lyons. , . COAT. MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Hasting's Hartley, 27s ; W. E., Lambton, 35s ; Morgan's Stone, 25s 6d.—One ship arrived. GENERAL NOTT.—We lament to learn that Major- General Nott, now residing at Carmarthen, amongst us, is so seriously ill as to create apprehensions of his ulti mate recovery. The severity of the weather during the past week, it is believed, has been the chief cause of re lapse.—The Welshman. G. Grote, Esq., formerly M.P. for the City of London, has become the purchaser of the East Burnham Park estate from R. Gordon, Esq., late M.P. for Wind sor ; as also the lease of the same from the executors of the late Mr. W. Dancer. — Windsor Express. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 18.—The Moniteur Beige publishes to-day a law of the 9th, by which, independently of the ♦otes of credit allowed by the law of the 30th December,' 1843, 18th February, 29th May, and .30th June, 1844, additional credit is given to- the War Department of 4,130,000 f., which makes the expense of that depart ment for the year amount to 28,130,000 f. The advan tage of the new line of steamers between Ostend and Dover has become inestimable since the cold has closed the Schelde. The Antwerpen did not leave yesterday. The Soho will not leave to-day. The Princess Mary cannot be stopped by any obstacle. A letter from Antwerp, of the 12th, says :—" The Scheldt is fuller of floating ice than it has yet been ; the cold cottinues, and the sky is perfectly clear." Meteorological Observations at the Royal Observa tory at Brussels.—The cold, which decreased yesterday, has become more intense to day : _ Centrigrade Therm. Dec. 11. at Noon 6.3 Two o'clock _ _ Four o'clock Eight o'clock Midnight .. 10.2 Eight o'clock Noon BRUSBRLS, Dnc. 13.—At the commencement of the sitting of the Chamber to-day, the ninister of the Inte rior laid on the table all the documents relative to the treaty between Belgium and the Zollverein. On the motion of the Minister of the Interior the debate on his budget will commence immediately after the close of the presont discussion. The Chamber then proceeded in the debate on the treaty with the Zollverein. The general debate was not closed to-day. The Ministers of the- Interior and of Public Works entered into a long discussion on the commercial policy of the Government, and on the effects of the convention with Prussia, but the debate will . be resumed to-morrow, D'Elboungne having announced that he intended to enter into a thorough examination'of the treaty. The Senate in its sitting yesterday commenced the de bate on the budget of ways and means. To-day it dis cussed the project of law on the budget of the public debt. The project of law, giving an additional credit for the budget of the year 1844, was agreed to, as was like wise the budget of the ways and means. The cold has abated. To-day, the 13th, it was— Centrigrade Therm. At midnight, 7 deg. 40 Four o'clock 6 deg. 1 Eight o'clock 8 deg. 7 Noon 4 deg. 7 Two o'clock /SILVIA/I FUNDS..—BaueseLs, Dm. 13. Aetna Debt, 2% per Cent, ..«.».».«.«.».»........ Rothschild's Loan, Fire per Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per IPS% Three per Cent. ....«.... Thirty-seven Million, ditto 77% (18411)............ 103% •••••••••••••••100111 103% Loan of City, 1813. Four per 103 1832 •• .. 102 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent............ ...... 54 ig —Dryads Paper., Dee. 14. AUSTRIAN FUNDll...Vismis, Die. O. Mire per Cents. Motalliques , .....••••••••••••••••••11.1 110 Tour per COntrn• •••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 1..••••••••••••••••••• 140 Three per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 000000 7514 Rank Shares •••••• 1040 Loan, 1434 00000000 ••••••••••• •••••••••••• 154 Ditto, 1430 ..«....«••..«.........••.. NM Ibtorhazy's Loan AUgensekis Zeitung, Doe. 10. ANOTHER FACT.—BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 14 —Mr. Joseph Sturge, it appears, has withdrawn his name as a member of the recently organised Committee for the promotion of public baths and pleasure -grounds in this town, because, as he alleges, the Committee have con sented to receive nearly eighty pounds from Mr. Alfred Ormonde, which sum being a part of the profits arising from two evenings' entertainment at the Town-hall, by a number of French artists, who exhibit the character istic dances of all nations, which entertainments, and all such, are deprecated by Mr. Sturge I What next ? From a Correspondent. SOUTH SHIELDS, DEC. 14.—BRANDLING JUNCTION. —Another serious collision between the quick passenger train and some coal waggons took place on this railway between • the Felling and Pelaw stations, near Gateshead, on Friday night, about nine o'clock, but fortunately, more from luck than good management, it was not attended with loss of life ; the only person who suffered severely was the engiae-man, who was much injured in the face. The accident arose in consequence of a coal train having given way by the breakage of a wheel, which threw the train off the line. From the frequent complaints and accidents on the line, and, particularly, the late occurrence, where so many broken limbs and heads took place, it ought to stimulate the Directors to use every means to avoid such disasters. On the meet ing of Parliament no doubt some measures will be taken by the Legislature as to railways generally; and as rail way traffic has now assumed a momentous • question, it is only right that the numerous projected schemes and speculations should be narrowly watched, and stringent restrictions made to protect both public and private rights.—From a Correspondent. The Earl of Harrowby has allotted, at a moderate rent a large piece of land, to fifty poor ho.i. eholders in the parish of Bidford. ‘ire perceive that Mrs. Keeley has engaged Signor Sivori to give two of his popular concertos at the Ly ceum. His exquisite performance will no doubt prove attractive, and tend to fill up the theatrical k cuum of the week preceding "merry Christians." ALLEGED CONFESSION OF • A MURDEIL—Some years ago, a man named Thomas Willey, was tried in Exeter, for the murder of a person named Cropp; a tailor, who was found drowned below Trew's Weir. He was however acquitted froth scone defect in the evidence. On Friday last he died, in a state of great misery, in the Exeter workhouse, and it has been reported that, pre vious to his death, he confessed to the chaplain of the workhouse that he was really the murderer, and that two other men were implicated with him in the foul transac tion. This is not exactly correct. That he saw the chaplain, very shortly indeed before his death, is quite true, and it is also true that he appeared most anxious to make some communication to him, but his condition w as such that he w as no t a bl e to articulate more than a word or two. It was the chaplain's impression from his manner, and from all that he saw at the time, that he was really about to make a confession of the crime of which the Rev. Gentleman was aware' he had been ac cused, and he addressed him accordingly—but as there was certainly no confession in express words, and as the man became insensible almost immediately afterwards and remained so until the time of his death, it is right that so much, at least, should be stated.—Devonport Independent. ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.-Itt the action of trover brought by the Lord Mayor (perpetual church. warden Gibbs) against Mr. Flight and others, to recover possession of the minute-book of the select vestry, seized and taken by the latter, the important question of the authority of the select vestry, which has agitated the parish so long, will be raised on the trial, which is ap pointed for this day. at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and a special jury. Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Sergeant Channell will ap pear for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and blr. Adolphus, for the defendants. Notice has been given, by the defendants' attorneys to the plaintiff's to produce the accounts of the Lord Mayor (as church warden) relating to the parish. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Optitton. " Who runs may read." PDXIaLGX. On Thursday evening their Majesties the King a nu Queen of the French received the British Ambassad or ' Lord Cowley, the Minist e rs o f B raz il, B ava ri a , and Ire ! land, the Chargé d'Affaires of Spain, Baron de B 9 tu queney, the President of the Chamber of Peers, Marsh Duke de Reggio, Marshal Count Molitor, Count dereS thuis, Baron Girod (d e l'Ai n ), M. Casimir rider, P . Vatry, and M. Lavalette. The Duke d'Aumale, with his young bride, arrived e l the Tuileries o n F r id a y a ft ernoon , an d were receive d at the foot of the staircase of the Palace in the most at fectionate manner by the whole of the Royal Farstil, assembled, including the King and Queen of theN s e , gians. At sev e n o'clock there was a grand dinner 9' 150 covers, and all the windows of the Tuileries in a blaze of light. The Prince do Joinville had 1 " j0 arrived. The King and Queen are, therefore, 50P , rounded by the whole of th e ir f a mily, forming pedal: the most happy domestic circle in France, and /i f believe a model of good order and morality to the rest ° the nation. A Council of Ministers was held on Thursday at /13. Tuileries, at which the King presided. et' Some of the journals s tate that the Paris and • sailles Company (right bank) have agreed with r 1.9 0 i fessor Wheatstone for the e s t a bli s h me nt of his system electrical telegraph on the whole of their line. 'I he Journal des Debuts announces that the 0 ,1 5 months' interest on the Spanish Three per Cents. Will v . e e paid in Paris, by M. Pullet, Will, and (0., from the 17 of January next. et A complete change of weather has taken place , Paris. On Friday night a thaw commenced and Cu. tinued daring Saturday. The Minister of Public Worship has addressed S s it ; cular to the French Bishops, stating that, having be t e l , applied to by one of their body to kn ow w hether, ss r fete of the Ascension and that of Louis Philippe till , :j the year 1845, on the same day, they are to be celehra at :he same time, he had to reply that he saw no reason why this should not take place, the c e re m oni e s usual °a the King's fete in no way interfering with the service cidental to the Ascension. . A prosecution against M. Mangin, chief editor of a le National t Ouest of Nantes, founded upon an arts, entitled "De la Richeese du Clerge Nantes, th ‘ je t tried on the 9th before the Court of Assizes inA'ai city. The charges were, outrage in turning int° " • sion the Catholic religion, legally recognised in Yr s e P s e • l of exciting animosity between different classes °` ciety, and endeavouring to disturb the public pes ee lo s exciting the animosity of the citizens a ga inst one e r of society. The jury, however, returned a general re _ in . diet of not guilty upon all the counts, and M. iSisnr was discharged. The Sud of Marseilles states that on the Bth the" was the heaviest fall of snow in that city that has bed recorded fur a hundred years. The snow was marl). sentinaitres (about 20 inches English) in depth. e SLAW ATITD The Commission for the town and county of Nott i l; ham was opened on Saturday before Mr. Justice robin son. The Grand Jury, at a late hour, ignored the against Lightfoot and Raven. At Liverpool, George Evans was convicted Of t bs e murder of Jane Millon, at Hulme, in the boroughdl 0 Manchester, on the 14th of August last, and sentence death. Alfred Hawke and Thomas Woolhouse, who hail out on bail, were charged at York with having , ,b e Sheffield, thrown some explosive substance into l air dwelling-house of Joseph Almond, with intent to Inti r to e, or do him some grievous bodily harm. The prosecu rel on being examined, would not swear to the pris°, i ne bii ' the case was accordingly at once abandoned, ssu,„,e , Lordship intimated that he should not allow the cutor's costs. At Bury St. Edmund's, Mary Shaming, aged 51' ,10 convicted of the wilful murder of John Sheming, 1/11 41. infant child, the natural son of Caroline Sheming• Learned Judge, in most feeling and impressive ' ep , gunge, passed upon the wretched culprit the awful tense of death. coInitT—FAAMIO3I/41.233,21 The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and C,, a o e ra. line Leveson Gower were to have arrived at Trent", Hall, Staffordshire, on Saturday last, fr o m H o lkar il A re the Earl of Burlington's seat, near Bilnethorpe, t he they have been staying since their departure frog!: Dowager Lady Blantyre's seat, near Edinburgh. oP The Duke of Cleveland has left St. James'e-squa r v e to , his return to join the Duchess and Lady Augusta lett at Raby Castle, Durham. to The Duke of Rutland has left town on his rettl''' re • Belvoir Castle, where the Noble Deice will shortly ceire a succession of visitors. ,erift The Duke of Dev " onshire entertained a party at - on Friday List, at Devonshire House. The marquis and Marchioness of Normanbi rets ir rii r i e to the Clarendon Hotel, on Saturday, from a visit to count Melbourne, at Brocket Hall. bridg e The Marquis of Anglesey on Friday left Vs, - G O. House for Beaudesert, Staffordshire, the N o ble sn" s the lent Marquis having come to to w n sol e ly to Atte" chapter of the order of the Garter. o 0 p rl and Countess De Grey left St. James's-6(1° 4 0f Saturday last for Wrest P ar k, B e d s . E ar l an d Cen' ae ri Cowper, Mr. and Lady M ar y Vy ner , an d a se l e ct P' go to Wrest Park to pass the approaching Christrfori The Marquis and Marchio ness o f B at h, Lord td' Thynne, Viscount Dungarv an , Si r G. an d Lady '"°ed ton, Lady Johnstone, H o n. M r . B o yl e , an d C o lonel - Mrs. Daly, are amongst the latest arrivals at Bath' Earl Cadegen left Piccadilly on Saturday for Les° oo ll ton Spa, from whence the Earl goes to Btaudesertr Tye visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of AngleseY. Countess and Ladies Cadogan remain in town. , of The Earl of Powis has returned to Powis Castl e ' b oo Welshpool, to join the Countess and family, vrb ° arrived there from Wynnstay, Sir W. W. Wynn 's 5. " Mil C AL rflll At the meeting of the Agricultural Protection S° ° held on saturday, at their rcoms, Hanover-equs rn fi t° Hudson read the report, from which it appeared tb d ie large amount of arrears in subscriptions had bee ° , vO charged during the last h a lf y ear , an d s t e ps had jot taken for thcilitating future collections. Since 0 10 half yearly meeting, upwards of 300 mem b e rs had !Ifs elected, and the society now consisted of 9' 410, governors, 208 annual governors, 6,037 menlihe"' s ets' life members, and 15 honorary m em b ers , ma king s eev l of 6,827 members on the list of the society at the P re time. 1 0° 1 The Commissioners of Woods a nd F ores ts are A I! to proceed with the e r ec tio n , i n N ew Palace-}'srthe temporary Committ ee - rooms f or th e M em bers e' r , ba tr House of Commons, and of courts for the u ilf cellors. They will be erected in immediate cont 4 with Westminster Hall. 0 0°'' There are in France, says one of the journals, 3,- . fl eof tors, 2,9oo:actresses, andl6,ooo i n di v id ua l s a ttache way or other to th e th ea t res , ma ki ng a t o t a l of ee l ! , persons living uport the budget of Thalia and merle, which is estirnattd at 30,000,000 f. locl i ' On Saturday evening, the 7th inst., about 7 ° wee as Mr. Thomas M'Kim, of Grangemore, barony o f " 1. 11 0, ragh, and county of Sligo, was returning home fron 5 0 1 0 1 on horseback, two shots were fired at him on 'b e d t he coach road, about midway between Ballysodare sn chapel of Currowna ; the first ball hit him on the,:ipii side of the head at the back of his ear, knocked o r ioti hat, and cut the skin to the bone; the second ball 1 0 him on the right eyebrow. On Saturday night W t ° l l tionift°tirocil Id Ins ...turday night the . est•ent Nightly Relief of the Houseless Poor, which is fil l e u t i f occ in Market-street, Edgeware-road, was, for the firs t opened for the reception of inmates, and which c li ,f r oif 4 of affording accommodation for about 200 men, Ir and children, who hare their separate wards. ,„re The Rev. Dr. M'Caul, Rector of St. Bishopgate, and Professor of Hebrew in King's C o f London, having been appointed a prebendary the Paul's, read himself in on Sunday, at the close afternoon service. vs 0 1 ' IMPROPRIETY or LI?IING WIILL3 WITH --- - 1100 . ; —Two or three pieces of common brick were steer ;" sfr i days in a basinful of distilled water ; the wa t. t6 ' o ici t : then decanted off and examined by various cu e i' s , tests. It was immiscible with soap, struck green with syrup of violets, was rendered slight,.'Y the tesceat by the volatile alkali, and quite milk): 0 1.'110, fixed alkali and a solution of saccharine saturni. experiment affords a striking proof of th e impror de ria lining wells with bricks, which cannot fail of ren the water hard and unwholesome.—The Builder. t.boi lf' There has just been discovered in the neig" hood of Bonn the s k e l e t o n of a mons t rous croc odil e ' o ol ( fering in its conformation from all the speci es oiti; known. These animals differ from each other ace ° to the countries which they inhabit. Those of t he o c ,j bear no great resemblance to either the cair 6 roayd America or the animals seen in the Ganges. ho seem that in the antideluvian ages the Rhine 01 its peculiar species. ri . S ll ; ARRIVAL OP GIBRA L TAR MAILS.--SOUTH— S pv e DEC. 15.—The Oriental Company's steatn•ehiP .;) t b c t arrived thi s morn i ng , a t h a lf-p as t t en o'clock , , i , docks, f rom Gib ra l tar , an d l an d e d t h e Peninsq' of , Mediterranean m a il s , which will be forwarded to Pore! by the mail train to-morrow morning. Her do te° 10 01? Gibraltar, 7th instant ; Cadiz, Bth ; Lisbon,efet, Oporto and Vigo, 11th. The niche has eight P'ls,:of tb and a small cargo of fruit. The Braganza, ° n- • n e Oriental steam-ships, arrived at the new quaranoil s fti ii tion early this morning, from Constantinople , w it o t.„ cargo of silk. Si,e left Gibraltar on the 7th infig n Pl'; SINGULAR DISCOVERY IN TILE T O WER• turday foren oo n th e me n em pl o y e d for souse % u se r , removing the remains of those interred in th e To r , ground on the north side of the parade, in the re n et preparat or y t o th e erec ti on o f new barracks,w e tro co ljl little surpri se d, w hil s t p ursu i ng th e ir operations , „ re f) upon a coffin, the contents of which consisted enP 0 ;01 0 f 4 saw dust, not a particle of human bone being b° The outside coffin, which was made of wood t f 0 ,6 brass handl es , contained a leaden one, in which C o w o shell filled with saw dust, and nothing else. Th e oce r : had been in the ground 61 years, the date beif h i, es P e tamed from the plate on the exterior coffin. 1 ; „ ie teriorts discovery has occasioned much got s '''die, Tower, and numerous arc the surmises as to 111 , e v ol., of the body, which to a certainty terred, and consequently the funeral, as „ burial service, must have been a solemn mocke r Psell` OP MP ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW-CLEANING. of c e i c ier day afternoon a young woman, in the servi n _ Chivcrs, Church-street, hackney, while tie,, a to o a d cleaning the landing-window, suddenly t grouna l . On being picked up bee' right art ;ar ed. never W ell 0 tp broke_4 in two places and her body severelY " N G i i %., Pri tnc the Ca! ?lei, Par wit . th e bu s I 2po c 4 0( IDoc iNg sor t tfhl let tr a i T at Prie