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THIRD EDITION. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS; By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. " R. markable for its colouring power and play of fancy, Its useful and interesting information."—Quarterly Review. •, Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour, are to be found in these volumes."—Specta.or. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. First Number ready Dec. 16. MEPHISTOPHELES : a Journal of Satire, Wit, and Wisdom, published every Saturday, price Sd., Stained, 4d., consisting of Twelve Quarto Pages, size of the " Medi cal Times" and " Athenceum," and lavishly illustrated. The best Authors and Artists known to English literature will concur in giving MEPHISTOPHELES as many readers as there are thinkers. He seeks no other. For a Prr spectus, apply to the Office, 49, Essex-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING __— Will be repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritima, Miss Romer ; r-azarillo, Miss Poole. To be followed by a Selection from LA BAYADERE. To conclude with the First Act of DER FREISCHUTZ. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART T. Overture, " La Gazza Ladra"—Rossini. Quadrille, "Alma"—Jullien. Solo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson. Polonaise. The Original Polonaise—Jullien. Symphony, The Andante, from Haydn's Surprise Symphony—Haydn Jullien's New Quadrille, The BritishNavy—Jullien. PAkT 11. Arblent Music—The Celebrated Music to " Macbeth," with Solos- Locke. Valse a Deux Tems (Second Set), " The Bridal"—Jullien. S 10, Violin, by Mr. Collins, " La Romantique,"—GhyQ, The Polka Quatlfille—Julllen. Solo, Cornet-a-pistons, by Heir Rcenig—Donizettl. The Original Napolitaine ; or, Tarentella des Salons—Jullien. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. • Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. The Atulienceportion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators :—Dress Circles, 5 1 3. ; Boxes, 35.; Galleries, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyton. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hodson; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will he repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Stokers Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a /few Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. _ _ _ After which, DON CIESAR DE BAZAN. Don Ceesar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTIT BIDES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Monms, Mr. G. Wild. To be followed by THE RAILWAY £KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. To conclude with BAMBOOZLING. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS ; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. Introducing original and stupendous effects. The Arena of Equitation will display its countless attractions, aided by the principal Equestrians and magnificent Stud. To conclude with THE BRIGAND OF ANCONA. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. More Novelty—The Wonderful Performances of the Infant Sappho, the First Musical Genius of the Day. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA, Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fruderieks, Mrs. Vining, ai4l Miss Martin. After which, HOLE IN THE WALL. To be followed by the FORTY THIEVES. To conclude with CHARMING I'OLLY; or, Luck}- and Unlucky Days. In which Messrs. Rogers, Hicks, Cowell, Fredericks, Mrs. Wining, Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly will perform. THE WEATHER.--Sux OFFICE, DEC. 10. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 44; Noon, 39. BAROMETER, 30.39.—W1ND W.N.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 minutes after 0 Evening .. 17 minutes after 0. • .v. -, ...:.:v . •A - . ;',A. it I - • • , ‘q.S.77':, ' . ' St:o -.':;.-:',.., 1 1.- 1 • ,' ' 0100.;!' i Y- I. ' It --( . k 1 „,, , ,\ ~..: ~. -,,,, . :';:- 1 ........N., , 74iA tiro ' --, • 4 • „ 44,1 ,, - .. ~,, , „. 5...-.. ipz , - _ `A.A . v ., '•m o' /Z.: : '''' . 111 ;ot ArAse ,-0. -..„.... , Ant . 4 4n,arnx,!,,t LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1845 FURTHER PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. At the Privy Council held yesterday at OSBORNE House, Parliament was further prorogued from Tuesday next, the sixteenth, to Tuesday, the THIR TIETH instant—just one fortnight! From this short prorogation, it is evident that Ministers are wait ing for certain expected contingencies. The most prominent of these is, no doubt, the ar rival of the Speech of the PRESIDENT of the United States, which may be expected to reach this country in ten or twelve days—from the 23d to the 25 th—Christmas-day. If the tenor of that Speech he warlike, the Christmas chimes will not sound so merrily as they were wont. A prorogation for a fortnight is something very unusual—it is a sort of from hand to mouth political expediency. As the emergency presses, the Minister pauses to see his course more. clearly before he de cides, and his caution seems to increase with the gravity of his position. But that circum spection is wise. Precipitantcy too often re pents its daring, while sober resolve is fully prepared to carry out its purpose. It is on this principle we think that Ministers have delayed the meeting of Parliament for yet a little longer. Looking at the members of the Cabinet present at the Council, it will be seen that they represent every shade of poli tical opinion, or party interest, in the present Adminis tration. The Duke of WELLINGTON was present,— even the Iron Duke, whom a Morning Contemporary whispered as having put his " No !" againstany inter ference with the corn-laws ! but which sliding laws it was said, in The San of yesterday, the Noble Duke bad DOOMED !! So much for the rumours of the Clubs. There were also present the Duke of Buccr.zuctf, Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir J. GRAHAM, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Lord STANLEY, Mr. GOULBURN, the Earl of LINCOLN, and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT— in all, nine out of twelve or thirteen composing the entire Cabinet. From this assemblage we may readily infer the complexion of the whole. If the tenor of the American PRESIDENT'S Speech be aggressive or even ambiguous, Parliament will no doubt he summoned for the thirteenth or fiteenth of January; but if Mr. POLK should deem it more prudent to bide his time, why then Sir ROBERT PEEL will let the meeting of Parliament stand over until the 20th or 27th of January, or, it may be, until the old-fashioned 3d or sth of Fe bruary, in order to allow Mr. COBDEN ample time to clench the repeal of the corn-laws on the classic b yards of Covent-garden In the meantime, the landlords will be at work, urged on by Lordly Dukes and apprehensive mort_ gagors ! The poor, deluded farmers, will be called on to pelt the PEEL Ministry with diseased potatoes instead of rotten eggs, and the horrors of approaching famine will be laid to the account of the Premier's free-trade in politics, and over-speculation in direct rail ways ! The reversal by the Judges of the conviction for mar drr of the seven Brazilians, tried and sentenced to death by Ur. Baron PLATT last autumn at Exeter, is an event which, for many reasons, should not pass viiith out public comment. The chief facts of the case are briefly these. The Felicidade, a Brazilian schooner, fitted out for the slave- I of the fifteen Judges. It would be thought that the Judge would have been glad of an excuse to relieve him self of the awful responsibility, and, if only one doubtful point had presented itself, would have been eager, in such a case, to have the opinions of all his brethren. Not so Mr. Baron PLATT. Not one point only, but six or seven points of nicety, were raised in this case by the prisoner's counsel ; and the professional character of Mr. Sergeant MANNING was a guarantee that the points were worthy of consideration. Mr. Baron PLATT saw no necessity to reserve anything ; he had his doubts at first on some of the points, and had expressed them ; he had admitted that the points were new ; that the Bra zilian treaty, on which all depended, was new to him ; but in a trice his mind was made up—he had no doubt ; there should be no delay: the jury found seven of the ten prisoners guilty, and Mr. Baron PLATT sentenced them to death; and they would have been hung within ten days but for the interposition of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who did what Mr. Baron PLATT had refused to do —brought the case under the review of the fifteen Judges, who, after much deliberation, and after calling for a second argument from civilians, have reversed Mr. Baron PLATT'S judgment. If Mr. Baron PLATT has any feelings of shame, we do not envy him under their working at this moment. To Sir JAMES GRAHAM credit is due for the moral #courage of an interference that must have been most !unpalatable to a Judge very recently made by his own Government. But if these Brazilians had been hnaged, illegally, as the Judges have decided, what irretrievable disgrace would not have been cast on the English ad ministration of justice—what a heavy blow and deep dis rouragement would not have been given to our efforts for the abolition of the slave-trade—what danger might tot have been incurred in our relations with Brazil ! As it is, Mr. Baron PLATT'S judicial conduct cannot but lave lowered the character of our Judges in the estima t ion of foreign powers. The grounds on which the Judges have determined that the conviction was illegal are understood to be two. The convention of 1826 with Brazil, which de dlares Brazilians carrying on the slave-trade pirates is aof sufficient, in the opinion of the Judges, to give our Courts power to punish them as pirates, there being no 11 sw in Brazil making the carrying on of the slave-trade piracy. The carrying on of the slave-trade is not piracy by the law of nations; it cannot be made so, say tl to Judges, by treaties. The Brazilian Executive can riot supersede the Brazilian Legislature in the making of laws; and until the Brazilian Legislature has passed an Act making the carrying on of the slave-trade piracy, we cannot legally punish them as such, notwithstanding the convention with Brazil. The other ground of reversal is, that the Felicidade had no slaves on board when she was captured, and our treaty with Brazil prescribes that no slave ship shall be detained, " not having slaves actually on board;" that the capture of the Felicidade being thus illegal, the cap ture of the Echo was illegal also, and that the prisoners were thus justified in putting Mr. PALMER and his men to death, no other means being sufficient to extricate themselves from illegal custody. We thus see what caution is necessary on the part of British officers in carrying out powers, given by treaties with foreign nations, for sup pression of the slave-trade. A failure arising from an exceeding of our powers injures the cause which the English nation has so greatly at heart, and for which the English people have laboured and sacrificed so much. The continued failure of the Brazilian Legislature to pass an Act making carrying on the slave-trade piracy, and thus give effect to the convention of 1826, is a subject of far greater interest and importance. The explanation of the conduct of the Brazilian Legislature is our own conduct with regard to Brazilian sugar. They will do nothing to further our objects while our com mercial legislation proscribes their staple article of commerce. But this is a subject too large to enter upon at the tail of an article. We shall shortly return to it. On Monday we expressed our conviction, from what had occurred at two agricultural meetings held last week, as well as from the tone of journals which advo cate the claims of the landed interest, that the " farmers' friends " were resolved to resist every alteration of t he corn-laws. Our anticipation has been completely con firmed by the proceedings which took place on Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Agricultural Protection Society, held at the Society's Rooms, Bond-street. The meeting was not large, for, according to some accounts, it did not exceed fifty members ; but that is not material, for many of them were delegates from branch societies established in the provinces, and the chair was taken by the Duke of RICHMOND, regarded as the head of the party resolved to resist to the last all further concessions to the corn-law repealers. No other nobleman attended except the Marquis of SALISBURY, though a communi cation was received from the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, who simply stated that he was desirous of being present, but was unavoidably prevented from attending. This, we admit, looks a little ominous for the " protection" advocates. For some time his Grace was the leader of the party, and had obtained the endearing epithet of the " Firmer's Friend :" he actually resigned his seat in the PEEL Cabinet, because he would not hear of the sliding scale being touched, though ever so gently ; and great expectations were entertained that when in opposition he would have rallied his friends, end made a successful stand with those who had placed Sir ROBERT PEEL at the head of the Cabinet. From some cause or other, however, all these expectations were grievously disap pointed ; his Grace evinced no vigour in the good cause, and actually refrained from attending agricultural meetings when be knew the backslidings of the Premier would form the principal topic of discussion. He still perseveres in the same plan, and the Duke of Mu:l - therefore, may expect little aid from his brother of BUCKINGHAM. But the Noble President of the Pro tection Society is, like all his family, brave and un daunted, and will fight the battle to the last, though even single-handed. "In your hands," said he, "and in the hands of the Protection Societies of England, at the present moment, are the weal and greatness of the country. My opinions are unchanged. I hope and trust that the report which we have heard as to the intention of the Government to move a repeal of the corn-law upon the first or second day of the next session of Parliament is not a correct one. I cannot believe that it is. I cannot believe that such perfidy could enter the minds of any Government. I cannot believe that it should. All I can say is, that if, unfor tunately, it has, I hope the House of Commons, the members and representatives of the agricultural interest, will throw it out. And if they do not, I look still to the hereditary Peerage of England for maintaining your interests." These sentiments were responded to with loud cheers, and a petition to the Legislature was pro posed and adopted, calling upon them to uphold in their integrity the present system of the corn-laws, or appeal to the constituencies of the United Kingdom—in other words, call upon her MAJESTY to dissolve the pre sent Parliament. The numerous free-trade meetings held lately throughout the country have afforded wel grounded hopes that the corn-laws cannot last another session; but these hopes are greatly strengthened by the proceedings which took place on Tuesday at this Anti- League Society, and especially by the dubious language in which some of the speakers expressed themselves. They have no hopes in the Minister, and even doubt the loyalty of those who were to unmake him. Many of them have already yielded to his gentle insinuations, and more desertions are anticipated; indeed such is the spirit of disaffection, that little confidence is placed in the decision of the Commons, and the only hope is from a new Parliament. This is a dismal prospect for the Protectionists in the present excited state of the country, with such a power ful Opposition pledged to total repeal, and with the well known sentiments of Sir R. PEEL in regard to the principles of free trade. If th e present Parliament, returned for the purpose of resisting any chang e i n t h e corn-laws, cannot resist public o pi n i on and the great crisis brought about by the state of the crops, what holm can the Duk e o f RICHMOND have from an i+oard, was captured in trade, but having no slaves on „ the Felicidade, February last by H. M. brig Wasp ; an, of the having been taken possession of by the office._ .I, e Wasp, afterwards captured another Brazilian slaver, t, Echo. Some of the crew of the Echo were taken to the Felicidade, and there left under the charge of Mr. PALMER, midshipman of the Wasp. They fell upon Mr. PALMER and his men, and, after stabbing them with knives, threw them all overboard. The Felicidade was afterwards captured by H. M. ship Star; and ten of the Brazilians concerned in the death of Mr. PALMER and hie men, being brought prisoners to England and landed at Plymouth, were tried at the last summer assizes at Exeter for murder. Seven were found guilty, and sen tenced to death. The counsel for the prisoners urged a variety of points, chiefly arising out of the treaties with Brazil for the suppression of the slave-trade, to show that the capture of the Echo, and consequently the detention of its crew, was illegal, and that the prisoners having no other means of extricating themselves from illegal custody than by killing Mr. PALMER and his men, were not guilty of murder, but committed an act of justifiable homicide. Mr. Baron PLATT overruled all the points raised. Mr. Sergeant MANNING, the prisoner's counsel, then urged the Judge, in consideration of the great im portance of the case, and of the nicety and newness of the points raised, to reserve these points for the opinion appeal to the people, or what grounds can he find for believing that a new Parliament would be more powerful ? It cannot be doubted that a vast e n a u : mb as er a o n f x i T o u o s ri f e o s r a a n o d h C a n o g n e s e a r s v a t t e v e enga ge d Whigs orth in e Leagae; many that in of themns many ywould boroughs,votefowrhae where at h o o f the corn-laws, ge neral thatnia and n election the Tory interest p reva il e d f rom antipathy to the last Administration, free-traders would be returned, and after a delay of some six months, daring which time trade and enterprise would be paralysed, the great measure would be carried by a large majority. The Duke of RicuAtozus had therefore better yield in season, and not encourage an agitation which may lead to other " encroachments" on the landed interest, besides the very harmless repeal of this useless tax. His Grace knows well the sentiments of the Scotch farmers on the subject; he knows that the unsettled state of the law has driven many of them to the conclusion that it can exist no longer with safety to agriculture, and also that large numbers of the English tenantry are coming round to the same opinions. Would it not, therefore, be wise on the part of a nobleman, in other respects so estimable, to give up his crochet and submit with a good grace to imperious necessity ? MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Nighs.) The sales of Cotton atLiverpoolyesterd a y were 2,500 bales, at steady prices. Shares were very quiet, but firm. There are no arrivals to-day. We are all on the qui rive for Monday's demonstration at the Mansion House, and the renewed rumour of Sir Robert Peel's resignation serves to keep alive the excitement. The Funds opened firmly to-day and support rather fuller rates. Consols for present transfer have been 94% to 3 4, and for time 9 , 1 3 4 to 95%. The premium on Exchequer bills has been 21s. to 235., and on India Bonds under 1,0001., 303. The New Th ree - an d- a . Quarter per Cents. have been 95% to %, and the Three per Cents. 93% to Ai. Bank Stock is at 201. East India Stock is nominally without al teration. In the Foreign Investments business is slack. Sr,souish Five per Cents. have improved, however to 28 1 / 2 , and the Three per Cents. to 38. P or t uguese Four per Cents. are steady at 59. Mexican Bonds have been heavy at 29 3 4 ; and Colum bian are about 16%. Dutch Four per Cents. have been quoted 93. In the market for Railway Shares there is not much acti vity, but prices look tolerably firm. r Do. New Brand ling... 15 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... New Ross and Carlow... 22s ..... .... .... Newry and Enni s kill en 2% 1..... .. I , / 1 2 Newark, Sheffield, an d ... Boston Norfolk Extension — North British Do. Half Shares Do. Eaten. to Carlisle 114 Do. Ext. to D a lk e ith 2 5 Ditto ditto North Devon 2 - .... ...... • North of Norfolk — ••• •• ..... Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% North Staffordshire 42s. .._.. 32% p North Wales North and South Wales and 'Worcester ...... ....• • Northern and Southern Connecting — — Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, • and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% 1 Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester 1% —.. Nottingham and Mans field ..... Oxford, Gosport, Ports. ..•••• mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..., Perth and Inverness Pil brow Atmospheric ... 1 Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 Preston and Wyre Do. 1 / 2 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ... 42s. — ... • Richmond 5 — Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester... ... 425. Scottish C entra l .... ""'«""' Scottish Midland 5 — Sheffield & Alanchesterloo Shrewsbury and Birm... VA.— • 3 %4% —...•• Shropshire Mineral...... 425....... Shropshire Union ...... 428 Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh, June. 2 1 ,4 Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2% South Devon ••• •• South Midland 42s. South & Midl an d s J une. 425...... ... South Sta'ffordshire June. 2% — South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 35 1 4 3 4 ...... Do., No. 1 l2 — Do,, No. 2. Do., Ne. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 2 St. Alban's, Hatfield , and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 South Wales ... ... 2%...... Taw Vale Extension ... ......" ••••• Tean and Dov e V a ll ey 1% 1i 5.,... Trent Valley 2 .... . 16 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness ...... Vale of Neath ... ........ 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. — W aterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Düblin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 - Welch Midland ilrest Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties • Wexford and Ca r l ow ... 2 1 % % .. .. .. ... -- .. Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton ... ...... 1% — "'Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, 2% and Gloucester 425....,.. Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow '... .. Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1%... .. Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby... .. ........... ... Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — ........ •••••• Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 34 York and Lancaster 2% York and North Midland 50 — Ditto 1 / 2 Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 'Do Selby 2O — Do. Extension ...... .. 5 314 p PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O' ONE CLOSING Bank Stock .201 201 3 per Cent. Reduc e d 3 per Cent. Consols A nnu it ies 94%%34 94% New 34 per Cent s . 95141 % 95% fAing Annuities to expireJa n .lB 6o 10% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 11-16 10 11-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 3O 30 Bank Stock for Account ...... ...202 202 Consols for Account .. . . ....... 94 3 % 95% 95 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 1 1 ,4 d. ... 28 21 pm. 21 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES 20% ex div 29% 30 Madrid journals of the 2d have been received. From all accounts the Government is gaining strength and confidence every day ; the Opposition can make no resistance, and the financial measures of Senor MON are furnishing money for the payment of the troops—a cir cumstance greatly calculated to secure their fidelity. NARVAEZ, having gained the confidence cf the army, has now turned his attention to the journalists, and with some of the income••tax, probably, has purchased in the name of a friend (such is the report) the Heraldo, for some time a renegade Opposition paper. The price is 42,000 piastres, and the ex-editors are also provided for. The Funds improved on the 2d, the Three per Cents. closing at 36* at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 24 1-16, at 60 days. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837........ Ditto, Account 29% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Account 59 Russian Bonds ••• Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840..... Ditto, Account 28% Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account 3B Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 The accounts from Paris of the state of the stock and share-market on Monday are very favourable. The settlement of accounts went off, not only without any untoward event, but with a considerable advance. The tendency to sell has completely disappeared, and the tide runs strong in favour of investment at the present low prices. During the last week the Three per Cents. had advanced If. 30c., and the Fives 90c.; and in Rail way Shares the improvement is still more marked. The political articles in the journals possess little inte rest. Those of the Opposition appear to have great diffi culty in finding reasons for attacking M. GUTZOT during the ensuing session. The .11'ational, the most violent of the party, can find nothing to harp upon but the expedi tion to Madagascar, which, in the opinion of the writer, shows that the Foreign Minister is prepared to sacrifice the rights of France to please the English Ministry " An expedition," it says, " is organised, and will con sist of several frigates, with infantry on board, and some other vessels of minor force. But it is not less certain that an expedition is also being prepared in England, and everything seems to intimate that the two Powers will act in concert. We had a presentiment of th's new baseness. However, in present circumstances, the question was so clear, the right of France so evident and so incontestable, that we allowed ourselves to hope vaguely for a decision in conformity with the interests of the country. England is allowed to combat populations lying under the exclu sive sovereignty of France. She is allowed a right which is a formal denial of her own. She is permitted to appear at Madagascar on the same footing as we our selves, who are the masters of the whole island. In a word, our title-deeds to a magnificent country are torn up, simply for the purpose of adding a new conces sion to all those which the entente cordiale has already cost us." The late dispatches from Algeria furnish topics of discussion for the Opposition journals, and those of the Government can make but a poor defence in reply to facts about which there can be no dispute, In a dispatch published in the Moniteur, General D'AR BOUVILLE describes the treacherous reception given to his column by a Kabyle tribe,:near a place called Oued- Boullec-Badou, and the chastisement upon them, by setting fire to 300 houses, and destroying the property and all who defended them. Next day, the 25th of No vember, the same tribe, to the number of 3,000, at tacked him with the utmost spirit and bravery, and he likewise pretty clearly avows that, after three hours of firing, and repeated bayonet-charges, he was com pelled to retreat. The rising in the province of Constantine is considered of a serious character. The Journal des Debuts, in adverting to the movement of ADD-EL-KADER in the direction of Taguine says :—" This expedition of the EMIR, al though it has taken place beyond our line of frontier and the territory called the Tell, is not the less detrimental to our interests, inasmuch as it makes many tribes, whose cavalry is strong, and who previously had either submitted or were neutral, fall again under the EMIR'S yoke. The EMIR has striven to cut off our commercial relations with our allies of the Ksour, or fortified towns, of El Aghouat and Ain Madhy. He must have de stroyed the fortifications which General Mencv had raised on the road from Boghar to Taguine, in order to serve as points d'appui to the Arab Douars entrusted with the protection of the caravans from El Aghouat to Medeah. ABD - EL-KADER'S mere appearance in the dis trict of Tittery, the news of which will be sure to spread afar, just as if he were approaching i❑ person, may give rise to insurrections, and revive such as have just been crushed. General JUSSAF has been sent on to Tenich-el-Had, in order to pursue the Emnt ; but the latter will nowhere wait for him, his plan being always to avoid an encounter, and to harass us on all points by means of an insurrection of the tribes." PRICES O BUSINESS DONE P' RAILWAY MARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen Aberdeen,Banff, & Elgin Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% - Belfast & County Down 2% ..... Bideford andTavistock... 1% — Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 122 .., Ditto New 17% — .. Birmingham and Ox- .. ford Junction ••• Birmingham & Leicester Direst Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 22s — Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... ... .... Bristol and Liver. June Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand June 42s Cambridge a n d Li nco l n 1% 3 l/o.i • • -.. . • • Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1 3;, - ... ..... Canterbury and Dover.. 1% - .. Central Kent 2 14 Chelmsford and Bury... 1% — - Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 21 ,4 — Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 ,L — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l l4 — ••• Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe ...... .. Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby...... ... 13‘ - ...... .. Derby Uttoxet, 5 eeeeee - .. ..., 23 / 4 p • ••• . `er, and -.r• - Stafford 2%...... - Direct Manchester (Remington's) - Ditto (Rackstrick's) 54.- 3 ... •.. ••• Direct Northern - Direct Norwich ........... 1 - Dublin and Armagh •l% - Dublin and Belfast June. 5 - Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine ............... 2% - ......... Dublin and Galway... - 4 - ..... , Dudley, Mad e ly, an d ••. . Broseley - Dundalk & Enniskillen 21/ Eastern Counties...... 14/. 16s 19% 20 .. Ditto New ............ 6/. 16s. Ditto Peypetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. -6/. 13s. 4d Ditto ditto, No. 2-4/. 13s. 4d - EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 - Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 24 - Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 1% - Do. Exten'n to Norw'n 21j, _ Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 i...... - East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... - Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 67 1 / 67 69 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... - Ditto, New ... 5 - Edinburgh & Northern.. 114 - Edinburgh and Perth... 1% .... •• Ely and Huntingd on ... 5 - .. ••• Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% - Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% - Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth ... ••• Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 / 4 ...... Glouc.,Aberystwith, and Central of Wales l3g ... . . _ Goole and Doncaster .. 425. ...... - Grand Junction ...100 ..... _ . .. Ditto Half Shares 5O . ..... - Ditto Quarters 25 .. .... -- Grand Union 1 % ....... 1% . Great Eastern &Western 2 1 ...... GreatGrimsby and Shef field - Great South. and West "'•" •••••1 (Ireland) Ditto Extension - Great Munster . .. ............ . 2 1 / 2 _ Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 ~,_ _ Great North of England..loo ...... ___ Ditto New 5 ..... Great Do. I N v e e w stern B O2 . ........4i.... - Ditto % Shares 5O ...... 87 Ditto 4 Shares 2%••.... 15 Ditto Fifths - ; Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 1 / 2 .., _ Harwich Hull and Selby 5O ..... 1001/ Ditto 4 Shares ..• Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 ... - ........ Ipswich, Norwi c h, and ••• ... Yarmouth ..... ••4 ••• ...... • Irish North Midl an d l% O% ..... - ...... Isle ofAxholme 2% - .. ........... Killarney Junctions l4 - ....... Kendal and Windermere 1% - ..... ~ ....... .. .... , Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal- ""'•"' lymena ...... Leeds and C ar li s l e - .. ...... ... Leeds and W es t Riding •.""""' Junction - .., ... ...... Leicester & Birmingham 225. - _ ... .. ... Leicester and B e df or d... 22s % p... ......... Leicester and Tamworth 425. - .......... Liverp. and M ane h ester. loo ... - ..... .............. . Do. 1 / 2 Shares - ... ......... Do. Quarte rs 25 - ........... .. Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% •• - ............... Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birminghmloo 214 212 ...... ..„.. Do. Thirds Do. 14 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... 1% - ...... . . London and Blackwall. 161. 133.4 d. 98% .... Do. New - ................... Ditto Extension . • - • ........ ... London. and Brighton 5O - ••• Do. consolidated Bths... 35 Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18 3 / 4 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. ... 8 - ~. .... •• ••••• Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d London, Hounslow. and Western - ..•••••• • ••• Load. & S.Western 411 6s 10d Do. New ConsoL Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2 3 / 4 - London and York 21.,„„ 4 1 78 4 London and Windsor ... 1 ••• London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... ...... 2% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... ».......... 2% - Londonderry &Coleraine 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham ...... 5 Manchester and Leeds .. 76 Ditto 1 / 1 . Shares ....... 34 ..... 59 ... •••• •• - Do. Quarter 5............ 2 - • Do. Fifths 1 Do. Sixteenths ... 4 1 ,4 - ..... Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation. and Welsh Junction ...... 1% Manchester,Buxton,and Natio -± ............... 425. l 3 /4 2i.i P Manchester, Birrn., and Mould Junction - ... - - Direct .......... . ...... -- Manchest. & Southampt. 2 . Mid1and............ ... ...... 100 • ... 143 141% Do. F ifth a ............... 2 Do. New ............... 6 Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo _ Midld. & East. Counties 2% .. . ' •• Midland Great Western . (Irish) ............... 2 1 ,4 - Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 ... - Newcastle and Darling- ~ ton Juncti0n............ 25 ...... 54 1,4% p...., 25i/ 2 FOREIGN RAILWATS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and A miens... 8 8 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2.. 1 3 A Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders —• Callao, Lima, an d Pacific ••"•• Coast Central of Spain ... Ceylon .......... ss. Demerara 2 l /2 ... .. ... Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... s s . Eastern Belgian Junetn. 2 1 / 2 Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted .. Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. — Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ... . . . Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 The Presse writes in the strongest terms against the ruinous policy pursued by BIIGEAUD, and gives the fol lowing letter of a correspondent, dated Ora', Nov. 25, to show that every day the new mode of warfare increases in atrocity :- "We are here without any news from the army. The Marshal has given the most peremptory orders to the Gene rals, and other officers in command of columns, to suffer nothing relating to their operations to transpire, and to give no account of them to any one but himself. All we know is, that these commanders have orders to burn as many villages, and cut off as many heads as possible. Thirteen villages have been burnt in th e env i rons of Tlemcen. General deLamori ciere is at Mascara, and the Marshal in the country of the Flittas. The communications between Oran and Tlemcen are still interrupted, and all we learn from Tlemcen reaches us through Djemma Ghazaouat, and we cannot tell when the next convoy for Tlemcen will take its departure." On Monday the Three per Cents closed at 82f. 15c. ex div. ; the New Loan at 81f. 75c. ex div. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 10c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,172 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 970 f. ; Northerns, 720 f. ; Havre, 745 f. ; Avignon, 895 f ; Vierzon, 655 f. ; Bordeaux, 610 f. ; Bouogne, 502 C 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 420 f. ; Basle, 240 f. 50c.; Fampoux, 490 f ; Spanish Three per Cents, 38 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 34 1 , 4 ; ditto, Passives, 6%; New Deferred Stock, 16. The following are the quotations for other lines:- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 71. 50c. premium ; ditto (Calon), 6f 50c. ; Union, 7f ; ditto (Ganneron), 6f. ~ ditto (Lapinsonniere), 4f. 50c. ; Messageries, hf. ; Ard o i n , af. 50c. ; Receveurs-Genereaux, 6f.; Paris and Strasbourg (Gan neron), If. ; ditto (Hiuguerlot), lf. ; ditto (Bechet), If.; Aymard, lf. ; Tours and Nant es (Mackenzie), 6f. ; Carette, 6f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), 6C ; ditto (O'Neill), 4f. ; ditto (Lefevre), 61.; Lyons and A v i gnon (Talahot), If. ; ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), par; Bor deaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Espeleta), if. 25c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, no quotation; the Lyons definitive shares sold for 70f. premium; Strasburg ditto, 25f.; Nantes ditto, 40f. MAF:SEILT,ES, DEC. 3 . -Marseilles and Avignon, 825 f. ; Boulogne, 495 f ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c.; Orleans and Bordeaux, 528 f 50c BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEO. 9. Anglo-Belgian - Mauritius - Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 1 4 Namur and Liege - Bordeaux &Mediterran s' - Ndrth Jamaica ... - Bordeaux and Toulouse - Orleans and Vierzon .. - Do. & Cette (Espeleta) - Orleans and Bordeaux 97i Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 1 3 / 4 Over Yssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris &Lyons (Laffitte) - aide Coast - Ditto (Ganneron's). 3 Central of Spain .. - Ditto (Won's)... - - Ceylon . - Ditto (Sud Est) Demerara - IParis and 0 r 1 ean5...... - Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ... - Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Janet - (Ganneron's) Dijon and Mulhouse ... - Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 East Indian ..... ........ 1% Do. (Aymard's) 2l Fampoux & Hazebrouk - Paris and St. Quentin - Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre - Constituted l2th Royal North of Spain. - Do. Pepin la Hallenr - Sambre and Meuse .... - Great Paris and Lyons - Strasburg and Basle ... - Great Western Bengal - Teurnay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada 3 3 4 den, and Hasselt ... - Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 2 1 ,E Tours and Nantes De. North Midland 1 (Mackenzie's) - Do. Extension ...... - Do. (Lefebvre's) - Jersey .... - Do. (O'Neill's) - Louvain and Jemappe.. - Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... - Verona and Ancona 2 14 Luxembourg - West Flanders - Madrid and Valencia-. - Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 1% Lyons and Avignon 2 laxembourm Madrid aneValentia 2 ... , Mauritius 1 Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 ...... 15 . Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d — Paris BcLyons(Laflitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2IA Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and 0r1ean5......... 20 Paris and ttouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse 6 ...... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) Do. do. (Lefebvre's) 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 _... . Trinidad Verona and Ancona..... 3 West Flanders ••• MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. The following are the quotations of the lots actually sold at the auction of railway shares yesterday afternoon, by Messrs. Lamond and Co. Description. Grand Trunk Ditto Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries 1% Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 Great Kent Atmospheric .. •.• 2 1 / 2 Worcester, Warwi c k, an d Rugby .. 42s Chepstow and Forest of Dean 42s Ditt o ditto "' Grand Trunk Ditto ... ••• ". Bin, W. Bromwch,Wdnsbry, &Walsall 42s Northumberland and Lancashire .. 42s Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... Leicester and Birmingham ... 22s Madrid a n d V a l entia ••• ••• Great N. and S. Wales and • Worcester 1 Dublin and Armagh—lnland ... 1% Calcutta an d S t. George's Point ••• 7 s Ditto ditto ... Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, Great Paris and Lyons ... ••• "• 2 Reading and Reigate ••• ••• 42s Chepstow and Forest of Dean ... 423 Ditto ditto ••• Paris and L yons (Ganneron's) Great Paris and Lyons Paris and L yons (Calon's) .. ••• •••••• Oxford and Cambridge ••• D itto ditto ••• ••• ••• .•• Dutch Rhenish -.. • • ••• ••• North Staff., Churnet, and Potteries ... Ditto ditto Grand T run k 42 5 •• ••• Chepstow and Fo r e s t o f Dean ••• 42s Warwick and Worcester ... ... ••• ". 42s Great K en t A tmospheric ••• 2 Ditto ditto ••• ••• Nort hampton,Banbury,andCheltenham 1 Essex and Suffolk ••• ••• Worcester an d S out h W ales ••• Great Western of •Bengal ••• ••• Ditto ... ••• •• 7s Calcutta a n d S t. G eorge ' s Point 425 , ?s Goole, and Doncaster ... ••• ••• ••• Hereford and M er th yr T y d v il ••• Madrid and V a l ent i a Warwick and Worc es t er ••• '" 4223 Paid ... ... ..• ... ... 42s .. ... ... 428 A rumour prevailed in the clubs last night, which we deem t right to publish, as a good deal of credit was attached to it. It is said that the Duke of Wellington refuses to support any alteration in the corn-laws, and that in consequence of the difficulty thus created Sir Robert Peel has determined to resign. It is added, in Confirmation of this statement, that it was determined at the Cabinet Council, held on Monday, that Parliament should be again further prorogued, instead of beingsummoned by proclamation for the dispatch of business.-- Chronicle of yesterday.—[We attach little credit to this ru mour. The Duke of Wellington will not commit a second time a blunder like that by which he gave such an impulse to Par liamentary Reform, and obstinately refuse to support any alteration in the corn-laws. Indeed, we have heard that he has expressed himself without equivocation in a very -dif ferent manner, and that he considers the corn-laws "doomed." —ED. San.] 3 2 2 1% 0 9 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 3 6 1 0 0 SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1845. Ditto _ Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 Ditto ditto ... Bridgewater and Minebead ..• Great Weste rn o f Bengal ... ••• ... Ditto ditto Dendre Valley ... 2 Shrewsbury and Hereford London, Bristol, and South Wales ... 42s Warwick and Ch e lt en h am ... 1% Ditto ditto ... ••• Nortbampton,Ba n b ury, and Chelt'ham. 2 Leicester and Birmingham ... ... 22s Ditto ditto ... ..• ••• Great Eastern an d Western Ditto .. 2 1 / 2 Lon., Oxf., Chelt., Glos'ter, & Herefd. Great Western of Bengal ... ••• Ditto ... ••• WarePick and W orcester ... ••• •••42s Ditto ditto .. ..• London and Windsor ... ••• ... 1 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE• ••• Ditto ••• Great Western of Bengal ... Ditto ditto ••• ••• • Calcutta and St. G eorge ' s Point ... •• Tean and Dove Valley ... Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• Bridgewater and Minehead Liverp., Manch., and Newc.-upon-Tyne Great Indian Peninsular Ditto Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford ... Exeter, Dorchester, and Weym. Coast... London, Bristol, and South Wales ... Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Reading and Reigate ... Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Cornwall and Central Devon ... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter ... Dudley, Madely, Brosley, and I. Bridge CONTINENTAL LINES.-TRAFFIC ON G P' MAN LINES FOR SEPTEMBER. 0 0, 1. LINZ AND BUDEVEIS.-Passengers, 2,353 69,039 cwt. ; receipts, 28,986 florins M.C. loriii; miles. Correspondi ng mont h , 1844: Passengers, eLoci goods, 63,564 cwt.; receipts, 26,187 florins ac. ad January 1, 1845 : P assengers, 14,099 ; goo d s , 487,." - own; receipts, 199,122 florins. 2. LINZ AND GM UNDEN. -P assengers, I8,071;!111 M 80,989 cwt. ; receipt s , 25 , 457 florins .C. , l eub- 65,,, miles. Correspondi ng mont h , 1844: Passengers, i'4oo goods, 75,442 cwt.; receipts, 23,646 florins M.C. Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 114,477; goods, 622,22 0 receipts, 176,989 florins M.C. „ tt+ 3. EMPEROR FERDINAND'S NORTHERN.-PaSSelec; 71,648 ; goods, 188,111 ; rece i pts, 211,362 fl or ins ) , 00 , length, 42 miles. C orrespon di ng month, 1 844 :-` sengers, 68.550; goods, 189 , 276 cwt.; rece i p t s , 1671 565, ,s s , Since January I, 1845 : P assengers, 494,8 54 ; god' 1,535,167 cwt.; receipts, 1,338,718., a BRUNNER (BRANCH).-Passengers, 38,68 0 ; 175,706 cwt.; receipts, 196,734 florins, M.C.; si4; miles. Correspondi ng mont h , 1844: Passengers+ 'tea goods, 166,467 cwt. ; rece i pts, 1 50,671 florinS•2:4 l , Since January, 1845 P assergers, 247,2 21 ; 1,380.271 cwt.; receipts, 1,222,299 florins, M.C. 96 5; b STOCXERAUER (BRA NCH ). - Passengers, 311 goods, 12,405 c w t. ; rece i pts, 14,628 florins, for length, 2 miles. Corresponding month, 18 44 ',0,86 sengers, 36,038 ; goods, 22,809 cwt. ; receiplS+ florins, M.C• Since January, 1845 : Passengers, 24,' goods, 154,896 cwt.; receipts, 116 , 418 fl or i ns , 4. VIENNA AND GLOGNITZ.-Passengers, 1 1 0 ,1 goads, 154,924 cwt. ; rece i p t s, 1 21,740 florins, ptr length, 10 miles. C orrespon di ng mont h , 1844 !,.: 60 0 sengers, 141,855 ; goods, 96,474 cwt. ; receipts , M o o florins, M.C. Sinc e J anuary 1, 1845 : Bolt 860,167; goods, 414,466 cwt.; receipts, 773,497, 5. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN STATE Raiewes.- -- "'" turns as yet made. 6. BAVARIAN STATE.-Passengers, 67,142 SI 58,062 cwt. ; receipt s , 56 , 990 flor. Men. ; tr miles. Since Ist Jan., 1845 : Passengers, 53+ 41 ceipts, 404,185 flor. Rhen. 27 754; a M UNCHEN AND AU GSBURG. - Passengers, ,'„ftll, goods, 60,700 cwt. ; rece i pts, 29,179 f or. Rhen.; t;fl, 8 miles. Corresponding month, 1844 : Passel 0., 19,818 ; receipts, 27,899 flor. Rhen. Since 10 . 01 ,0. 1845: Passengers, 178,351 ; rece i pts, 22 7 ,0 52 flor.ries H 6 AUGSBURG AND D ONAU WORTH.- P assenge rs, 1 co 10 receipts, 9,054 flor. Rh en . ; l engt h , 5 m il es . Jan., 1845 : Passengers, 89,861 ; receipts, 53+ 96 ' Rhen. C NURNBERG AND BAM BERG. -P aSsengerS , 2 7' S _ B9 , ' receipts, 18,756 florins Rhen.; length, 8 miles. ,64 Ist Jan.. 1845 : Pass engers, 27 6,516 ; rece i p ts, 1431' florins Rhenish. tr 7. NURNBERG AND F URTH .-P assengers, Ag i 41 ceipts, 5,428 florins Rhenish ; length, 1 mile. no sponding month, 1844 : P assengers, 51,03 2 ; ree4far 5,836 florins Rhenish. Since Ist January, 1845 : 6 0 sengers, 360,236 ; goods, 1,171 cwt. ; 41, rece ipts, florins Rhenish. 6 4 + 167 8. 'Tausius.-Passengers, 95,025 ; receipts, florins Rhenish ; len g th, 5 m il es. Corresponding %Tot 1844 : Passengers, 93,639 ; rece i pts, 60,039 "et Rhenish. Since Ist January, 1845 : PO sell 598,664 ; receipts, 358,635 florins Rhenish. 135, 4 „ 51 4 9. Banes.-Pa ssengers, 2 19,144 ; goods, cwt. ; receipts, 205,527 flor. Rhenish. Uwe miles. Corresponding month. 1844 : Pa sse :job 171,611 receipts, 128,353 flor. Rhenish, Since 1845: Passengers. 1,343,907; goods, 843,150 0" ceipts, 1,080,767 flor. Rhenish. 10. HAMBURGH AND BERGEDORF.-ra 22,158 ; receipts, 10,640 marks ct. Length, 2 wil e '', e ipo l responding month, 1844: Passengers, 29,609; r e .„ t ao 12,874 marks ct. Si nce Jan. 1, 1845: Pag s ' w 70,626 ; receipts, 78,920 marks ct. 11. ALTONA AND KEEL.-Passengers, 36,38 3 ;51 157 392 cwt.; receipts, 76,103 M.C. ; length, 1 t ' 4; Corresponding month, 1844 : Passengers, 16+34+51* ceipts, 20,506 M.C. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Pas s 290,000 ; receipts, 500,000 M.C. 0 95 1 ; 12. GLUCSTADT AND ELMSHORN.-Passenger 10 .1 receipts, 4,379 M.C.; length, 21 miles. Sinc,?, 1845: Passengers, 16,000 ; rece i pts, 11.000 MAI' D eo 13. RENDSBURG AND NEUMUNSTER.--PaSSe 3,528; receipts, 3,312 M.C.; length, 4/ miles. Jan. 1: Passengers, 3,528; receipts, 3,512 AC. l ot ; ' 14. BERLIN AN D ANHALT.-Passengers 31b goods, 65,446 cwt. ; re ce ipt s, 73 ,822 dolls.; 1eng'.,6671 miles. Corresponding mont h , 18 44: P assenger s, 11 goods, 59,737 cwt. ; receipts, 81,532. Since re 1845 : Passengers, 262,182 ; goo d s, 410,498 0914 ceipts, 498,998 dolls. lig e d ° 2; 15. MIDERSCHLESIE N AND MARKLAND.---p, e c ho,- 37,965 ; goods. 20,291 cwt. ; rece i pts, 32,204 bel length, 19 miles. Si nce J an. 1, 1845 : ra s• 305,563; receipts, 289,196 dolls. 18 , 5,4 9 . 51 a BERLIN AND FRANKFORT.-PaSSengerg, „, goods, 17,007 cwt. ; receipts, 20,211 dolls. CorresP, o 4.l months, 1844: Passengers, 21,957; goods, 11,7 59 1 06 receipts, 22,892 dolls.. Since Jan. 1, 1815: POS S i e ,o, 171,678; goods, 211,921 cwt.; receipts, 299,817 "; 6 6,11 b BRESLAU AND LIEGNITZ.-PaSSengerS, / 80 ,00 goods, 3,283 cwt.; receipts, 11,990 dolls.; l e ngth, , 6, 54 0 Since Jan. 1, 1845: Pass engers, 1 33,885; gOO l5 l cwt.; receipts, 79,579 dolls. 16. BERLIN AND POTSDA 31.- Passengers, 40 _op. goods, 12,956 cwt. ; rece i p t a, 'l7 ,66o d olls. Corrrsp° .tr month, 1844: Passengers, 52,961; goods, 9,712 ctro,o ceipts, 20,193 dolls. S ince J an. 1, 1845 : PIOUS.; 315,518 ; goods, 128,758 cwt. ; receipts, 135,426 " length, 3/ miles. gi ssl 17. BERLIN AND STETTIN.-Passengers, g00d5,58,062cwt.; receipts, 41.873 dolls; length+ I° s - 4,3 0° In September, 1844: Passengers, 28,823 ; good° , ig4s; cwt.; receipts, 44,613 dolls. Since January l iptst Passengers, 203,850 ; goods, 640,005 cwt. ; 327,600 dolls. c ei Pd t* 18. OBERSCHLESI EN .-P assengers, 26,158 ; re 18,022 dolls ; length, 10 miles. Corresponding Sipes 1844: Passengers, 24,077 ; receipts, 14,971 dolls. 7 ,0 59 January 1, 1845: Passengers, 184,945; receipts , 12 dolls. SY 19. BRESLAU, SCHWERIN, AND FREIBU'RG. -- PO; gees, 24,301 ; goods, 80,016 cwt.; receipts, 17,826 Der length, 8 miles. C orrespon d ing month, 1844: . 1 - 010 gers, 26,158 ; goods , 27,437 cwt. ; receipts, 14, 163 0 Since Jan. 1, 1845 : Passengers, 198,487 ; goods, 6 4 06 , cwt.; receipts, 140,437 dolls. 356; 20. SAXONY AN D BAVARIA.-Passengers, 3 0 ;tb, goods, 60.373 cwt. ; receipts, 27,659 dolls. ; le° . 4 17; miles. Correspondi ng mont h , 1844: Passengers + 2'0% goods, 32,901 c w t. ; rece i pts, 18,765. Since Jan. 1 + jet Pa: sengers, 165,511 ; goods, 376,090 cwt. ; dip 144,601 dolls. 63 ,25 6 .1 21. LEIPZIG AND D RESDEN. -Passengers, goods, 101,180 cwt.; receipts, 67,937 dolls. ; 1e n g,717 4 ; miles. Corresponding month, 1844: 1 1 assengerse;145; goods, 93,775 cwt. ; rece i pts, 60,049, Since Jan. • et+ Passengers, 348,011 ; goods, 736,479 cwt.; 1'6'4 489,192 dolls. 3 25 1 9 6 ; 22. MAGDEBURp AND L EIPZIG.-Passengers, 7 goods, 127,363/ cwt. ; rece i pts, 77,325 dolls. ; lengs-641; o miles. Correspondin g mont h , 1844: Passengers, ° 'Joe goods, 120,115 cwt.; receipts, 81,719 dolls. S in l te e 1, 1845: Passen gers, 510 ,946; goods, 963,546 / cw ; ceipts, 508,301 dolls. age/ 23 . MAGDEBU RG AND H ALBERST ADT.---. -- pas , se A c ,l9" 22,867 ; good s , 43,688 cwt. ; receipt s , 14,964 -Of length, 7/ miles. Corresponding month, 1844 : do ns. sengers, 21,497 ; go o d s , 26 ,325 ; receipts, 13.957d015+ Since January 1, 1845 : P assengers, 166,32 5 ; g 393,410 k; receipts, 110,092 dolls. 24. BRAUNSCHWEIG.-Passengers, 47,355 ; reCes n OOIPC 24,339 dolls. ; l eng th, 13 m il es. Corresponding "-ot" 1844 : Passengers, 46,719 ; rece i pts, 22,795 d0115•g3,574 Jan. 1, 1845 : Passengersdolls., 384,264 ; receipts, 0 - 2, 25. IfANOVER. Passengers, 19,295 ; gooos+ orisr cwt.; receipts, 12,891 dolls. ; length, 8 miles. C . s, sponding month, 1844: Passengers, 23,242 ; Os 22,097 cwt.; receipts, 12,197 dolls. Since Jan.l+;sip Passengers, 137,276 ; goo d s, 308,43 G cwt. ; 95,286 dolls, P i " ; 26. DUSSEL DORF AND ELBERITLD. Po s t el o.• 35 ; 881 ; goods, 105,073 2-3 cwt.; - receipts, 17,50' d 0 1.1 per length, 3/ miles. Corresponding mont h,' 18 44 6.7 /6 sengers, 32,248 ; good s , 96,516 citt.; receipts , dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 251,858; IP' 785,214 2.3 cwt.; receipts, 129,782 dolls. 242 5 i 9 27. RHENISH.-P assengers, 54,250 ; goods, Cwt.; receipts, 65,752 ; length, 11l miles. CorresP: s o6 ing month, 1844 : P assengers, 49,468 ; goods, 1,5 r ' A cwt.; receip t s, 67,144 d o ll s. Si nce Jan. 1, 1845: 'site gers, 49,197 ; receipts, 100,644 dolls. , g . re• 28. BONN A ND C OLOGNE. _ Passengers, ding ceipts, 50,054 dolls.; length, 31 miles. CorresPl o gs. month, 1844: Pa ssengers, 80,791; receipts, 14+7894W+ Since Jan. 1, 1845 : P assengers, 491,187; rec.- 100,644 dolls. Total in Septe m b er, 1845- P assengers, 1,3- Aiot463lal goods, 1,569,836 cw t .; rece i pts, 1,791,589 florins. 4_,,t.; in 1844-Passeng ers , 1 , 2 20,100 / ; goods, 1,293, 508 receipts, 1,533,822 florins. Increase in 1 845 7 61 sengers, 115,394/ ; goods, 276,327 cwt.; receipts+ 25' florins. 1- 1 Ge r The mile spoken of i n th e a b ove i s always t--e man mile, which is equal to 41 English miles. 1 6 1 13 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yes terday at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. The Council was attended by his Royal' Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Privy Seal ; the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief • Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment ; the Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer; the Earl of Lincoln, Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests • and the Right Ho n . Sid ney H er b ert, Secretary at-War. At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be fur ther prorogued from Tuesday, the 16th December, unto Tuesday, the 30th December. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the Court the Right Rev. Dr. Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, had an audience of her Majesty, and did homage upon his appointment to that see. Sir James Graham, her Majesty's principal Secre tary of State for the Home Department, and the Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, assisted at the ceremony. The Earl of Warwick was the Lord in Waiting. Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lords Aberdeen, Stanley, and Lincoln, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Sidney Herbert, travelled from town to attend the Council by a special train on the South-Western Railway. At Basingstoke the Duke of Wellington joined his colleagues. From Southampton the party was conveyed in the Fairy steam-yacht to Cowes, arriving at Osborne House at five minutes past twelve o'clock. After the Council the Cabinet Ministers left Os borne House, together with the Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Oxford, and Mr. C. Greville, and were conveyed in the Fairy steam-yacht to Southampton, where a special train was in readiness on the South- Western Railway. The party proceeded to Basing stoke, where the Duke of Wellington alighted from the train ; the other noblemen and gentlemen went to town, accomplishing the distance in one hour and fifty-three minutes. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in a pony phaeton on Tuesday afternoon. The Royal Family were taken an airing in a car riage on Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. The royal children were taken in the pleasure -grounds yes terday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Ely, Llandaff, Rochester, and Salisbury ; the Judge of the Prerogative Court and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, was rather better yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New South Wales, New Zealand, and Ceylon, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 1, 8 p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Half Shares 8 p.-Grand Junction, 233-Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 32 p.-London and Birmingham, 213-Ditto, Fifths, 20 p. -Manchester and Leeds, 55 1 / p.-Ditto, Fifth Shares, 10 1 / p. -Midland, 141-North Union (A), 207-Sheffield and Man chester, 119-Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 5 p.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 3% p.-South-Eastern and Dover, 35-Ditto. Consolidated Thirds, Half Shares, 19s. p. -Caledonian, 3 p.-Dublin and Belfast Junction, 20s. p.- Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4 1 4 p.-Leeds and Dews bury, 11 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, p.-Shrewsbury, Oswes try, and Chester, 2 p.-Goole and Doncaster, Bs. p.-Liver pool, Ormekirk, and Preston, 1 3 / 4 p.-Derby and Crewe, 2% p.-Great North of Scotland, 10s. p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 20s. p.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 15s. p.-Matlock and Midland Junction, 24 p.-Newry and Warrenpoint, 1 1 / 2 p.-North Staffordshire. 595. 6d. p.-Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, par- West Riding Union, 4 1 % p.-Dutch Rhenish, 2% p.-Paris and Lyons (Lafitte's), ss, p. MANCHESTER, DEC. 9. STOCK ExerrAwax.-The sales are-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2%-Derby and Crewe, 4%-Dudley Iron Brid ge , and Sheffield, 1%-East Lancashire, No. 2, 1 0-Exeter and Exmouth, 3 / 4 -Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junc tion, 22a-Glasgow and Dumfries, 21 /-Huddersfield and Manchester Rally/ay and Canal, 8 c.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 475.-Leeds and Thirsk, 10 1 4 c.-Leices ter and Tamworth, 42 5.-Liverpool and Bury, 2014-Man chester and Leeds, Halves, 58 -Manchester, Sheffield. and Midland, 54-Manchester and Southompton, 3-North Staffordshire, Si. 2 5.-Nottingham and Boston, 11/2-Preston and Wyre, Halves, 5 94-Sheffield and Manchester, 119- Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 10-Ditto, ditto, No. 3, 6%-Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction, 52. LEEDS, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10 1 4 p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 6 1 / 8 -Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 10 %- Leeds and Bradford, 46-Ditto, Extensions, 46-Leeds and Dewsbury, New Shares, 5 1 4-Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton, 14-London and York, 4-Sheffield and Lin coln, 3 3 / 4 -Dirct Northern, I'll-Liverpool, Orrnskirk, and Preston, 414-West Riding Union, 6 1 / 8 -Clitheroe Junction, 3-Grand Union, ls. 6d. p.-Lancashire and North York shire, 2s. 6d.p -Leeds and York, ss. dis.-Manchester, Bux ton, Matlock, and Midl an d, 2/. 9s. p.-North Staffordshire, 5-North Western, 21. 16s. 6d.-Notti ng h am, E rewash, and Ambergate, 2%-South Midla n d s , 31. 3 s. p.-South Staffordshire 394- Vakefleld and Bradf or d, 7 5. 6d . dis.- Wakefield and Harrogate 11s. p.-Welsh Midl an d s , 2% . BRISTOL,. DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristel and Exeter New, 5 3 4-Midland, New, 19%- Wilts, Somerset, and Wey. mouth, 31,4. SHEFFIELD, Disc. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The 1 sales are—Leeds and Thirsk, Wakefield, Pontefract, an d Goole, 25 3 % Derby and Gainsborough, 1/. Bs. 6d.—Lincoln and Wainfleet, Gs. 6d. d.—North Western, 3—Wakefield and Harrogate, 2%. HULL, Dac. 9. STocK Excitawatc.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 18% —South Eastern, No. 2, 9—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, B—North British, 22% —Ditto, 214—East Lin c )Inshire, 2 1 4—Grand Union, 30s.—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 10—Guildford, Fareham, &c., s —Hull and Barnsley Junction, 43s.—Leicester anti Birmingham, 17s. —London and York, 4—North Staffordshire, Ws—Wake field and Harrogate, 2%. HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Huddersfield and Manchester, 6%—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 17— Leeds and Thirsk, 9LA—Grand Union, ILA—North and South Junction, 24—South Midlands, 34 p.—Wexford, Waterford and Valentia, 1/. 10s. YORK, DEC. 9. STocx ExciLucciE.—The sales are—York and North Mid land, Selby, 69—Ditto, Extension, 26 4—Newcastle and Bet-. wick, 12 1 4—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 24—Lon. don and York, 4 1 / 9 —Grand Union, l%—Leicester and Bed. ford, I%—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 4 1 / 2 . GLASGOW, DEC. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath gate, 58s. 6d.—Ayr and Galloway, 405.. British and Irish Union, 713s.—Caledonian Extension, 65 s. —Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 495. 6d.—Dundee and Forfar Junc tion, 775. 6d.—East andian Railway, 278.—Edinburgh and Northern, 44—Edinburgh and Perth, 43 4—Forth and Clyde Junction, 2% —Glasgow General Terminus, B—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 46s.—Glasgow, D um f r i es, and Carlisle, 465. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 755. 6d.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 555. 6d. —Great Indian Peninsular, 6s.—Lanark and Lothians, 625. 6d.—Lesma hagow, 34—Perth and Inverness, 475. 6 d.—Scottish Cen tral and Caledonian Junction, 3 6s.—Stirling and Dunferm line, 50s.—Strathern Junction, 525. 6d. DIRECTIONS FOR APPIXI.NG POSTAGE LABELS. The most effectual plan is to dip the label wholly into water, to shake off the water immediately, and to press the label upon the letter with a piece of clean blotting paper. When the gum is dull in appearance it will require rather more time and moisture to make it stick firmly than when it is glossy. N.B.—The purpose of wetting the label wholly is to counteract the tendency it has to curl up from the letter when only one side is wetted; a tendency caused by the expansion of that side as it imbibes the moisture. PARIS AND ORLEANS.—On the 24th of Auaust, 184° M. ; Lev 6, of Orl eans , was ro bb e d o f twenty-n'ine 5b.1, 3 in the P a ris an d O r l eans R a i lway. These shares presented to M. Vandermarcq, agent de change, by Y . Forteau, for the purpose of selling them at the 1 30 v- r.. .; M.yandermarcq soul at 668 francs, each of the sha res which had been confided to him, and ave tha saw to which they amounted, 17 367 francs to g the person had brought them. This' sale was not ' known till 18 4 " when the shares were again presented at the Bourse the Company Hottinguer, which had become the ownf r ; M. Textoris, agent de change, having obtained them y; All was then revealed. ,OPAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—This at. tractive place of amusement was never so well worthy a visit at this season of the year as at the present time. The col lection is unusually extensive, including a giraffe, chimpan zee, herd of lions, sagacious elephant, and other wonderf. We earnestly advise our country friends now in town by all means to pay it a visit. INCENDlARlsm.—Tuesday's Government Police Ga zette costains the offer of a reward of 501. for the discovery and apprehension of the person or persons who on the night of the let instant maliciously set fire to an out-buildi! g i containing about six loads of unthreshed wheat, the pro perty of John Shand, Esq., of Reny-Birn Hall, near Rua bon, Denbighshire, by which the building and its contents were consumed. Levu from whom shares had been stolen, made his complaint at the Pie; quet , d'Orleans, but the thief could not be found. Leve having commenced legal proceedings Vandermarcq, whom he held responsible, to receler from him the amount of the shares, judgment Was , 1 1 ; the 6th instant, delivered in the Tribunal Civil d e la Seine. The substance of the judgment was, that 1 court held M. Vandermarcq irresponsible for the sale ° d the shares, the demand of M. Leve badly founded, an condemned him to pay the costs of the proceedings. The works on the railway from Paris to Sceaux , 11116 - ( 3, with great activity, are now so far advanced to"' before completion that the line will probably be opened the middle of next year. against Di. NORTHERN LINE.—It is stated that the company has the intention of bringing into operation the section from Paris to Pontoise in the month of January next: Its opening will not be delayed u n l ess the administration of ponts-et-chaus4is is not ready w ith the station at tee Faubourg St. Denis. PARIS AND STRASBURG LINE—RHEIMS BRANCH AND SARRIBR . OOIK EXTENSION.—In the terms of the c,onces" sion of this line, the company must construct A, bran' to Metz, and extend the line to Sarrebruck. The follow- 28 1 ,4 % 38 1 4 96 60 1 4 93% CLOSING PRICES. 78 64 20 6p % P 67% 148 87 15 34% P 3 1 4 213 2.5 22 1 4 8% 61 1 4 18% 831, 154 5 Tk - 5 Ili 60 1 ,4 1% p 19% 21% 5 2!4 35% 9 1, 4 318