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SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS IN ONE VOLUME. On Tuesday, January 7, will be published, in One Volume, square crown Bvo , uniform with " Mr. Macaulay's Essays" and " The Rev. Sydney Smith's Works," with Portrait engrayed by Great bach, and Vignette, price One Guinea, cloth ; or 30s. handsomely bound in calf by Hayday. SIR. JAMES MACKINTOSH'SMISCELLA- K." NEOUS WORKS ; Including his Contributions to the Edin burgh Review. Edred by R. J. MACKINTOSH, Esq. A New Edition, complete in One Volume. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. MRS. JOANNA BAILLIE'S WORKS IN ONE VOLIDIE. On Tuesday, January 7, will be published, in One Volume, square crown Svo., uniform with the New Edition of "James "Afont gomery's Poetical Works," with Portrait engraved by H. Robin son, and Vignette, price One Guinea, cloth ; or 425. handsomely bound in morocco by Ilayday, JOANNA. BAILLIE'S - DRAMATIC and POETICAL WORKS. Now first collected, complete in One Volume, and comprising the Plays of the Passions, Miscellaneous Dramas, Metrical Legends, Fugitive Pieces, and Ahalya Baee. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NEW WORK BY THE REV. ERSKINE NEALE On TUESDAY, January 7, 1951, will be publi-hed, on One Volume, Icp. Bvo. with Wood Engravings, price 7s. cloth. THE EARTHLY RESTING PLACES of the JUST. By the Rev. ERSKINE NENLE, M.A., Rector of Kirton, Suffolk ; lior of " The Life of the Duke of Kent," "The Bishop's Daughter," &c. By the sarre Author, in 2 vols. fcp. Bvo. price 12s. cloth, The CLOS[NG SCENE. New Editions of the First and Second Series, which may be had separately, price Gs. each. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lougmani, DR. SCHMITZ'S ABRIDGEMENT OF BISHOP THIRLWALL'S HISTORY OF GREECE On Tuesday, January 7. 1851, will be published, in 1 vol. 12 no., price _ - 7s. 6d. cl , th, AHISTORY of GREECE. from the Eirliest Time to the Taking of Corinth by the Romans, B. c. 140, mainly used upon Bishop Thirlwail's History of Greece. By I)r. LEON HARD SCHMITZ, F.R.S.E., Rector of the High School of Edinburgh. London Longman, Brown, Green, and Lengmans ; and John Taylor. ITIHE WIDOW of the late THOMAS BELLIS, a. of Birmingham, returns her grateful thanks to those kind Friends by whose exertions her child, THOMAS BELLIS, became a SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE for admission into the Commercial Travellers' School at the election on Saturday, Dec. 28, 1850. December 30, 1850. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Tke Performances (daring the holidays) will commence at Half. past Six precisely. Doors open at Six. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. J. Anderson ; Ophella, Mrs. 'Walter Lacy. After which (fourth time) an entirely New Grand, Historical, Em blematical, Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, Municipal, Juvenile, Pantomical Pantomime, by the popular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," E. Fitzball, entitled HARLEQUIN and HUMPTY DUMPTY; or, Bobbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Luifun. Private Boxes, 31. 35., V. 12s. Gd., 21.25., Id. Its. 6d., and Id. Is. To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co. ; Andrews and Alcroft, Bend-street; at Jullien's Mus.c Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street ; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Bond-street ; Itansford and Co., New Bond-street; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Price—Dress Circle, Is. Od. ; Boxes, 45. ; Pit. 2s. 641. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First ct ofthe Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BrOmpton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready, After which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie. Principsd characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. llugbes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by a now Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madams Celeste, &c. To conclude with TIIE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keax and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstrff, Mr. Bartley. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flesmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Fear o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HANDSOME HUSB.SNb, Aftcr which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to he called KING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of raradisc. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and llonner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Mss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Re-engagement of Mr. G. V. Brooke. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TILE STRANGER. To conclude with PRINCE DOItITS ; or, The Romance of the Nose. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Hr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacleofl(l3l;rlLkiOP..Tll; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Magnificent Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes, also, for the first time in England, M. Ghelia, with his three highly-trained Steeds, M. Nicolo I'lige, the great Barrel Fquilibrist, and the Bro th rs Francisco, from tl:e Hippodrome, Paris. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas - Pantomime., written expressly for this rrlitr,., by tJ~o auCtiv, vc &mg Hai," to he entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGHUE; or, The White Hurse of Killarn,y. Box-oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAT norning 4i min. after 11 Evening 0 min. after 0 To •afoxlOw —Morning 13 min. after 12 I Evening 36 min. after 12 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, DECEMBER 29. THERMOMETER, LEI TIIE SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30-23. WIND Westerly—fine cool breeze, with occasional sunshine Afternoon, dull. MONDAY, D=c. 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 46 - this day, ct flout. BAROMHTER, 29'98. Wpm W.— dull, cloudy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. R.INGSTOWN (DUBLIN) —Wind W. N. W., strong breeze— scud. PLYMOUTH—Wind N.W., calm —partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. So UTHA3iPTON— Wind N. W., gentle breeze—foggy. BASLN6STOKE — Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENWICEI—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—Wind S.W., light airs—cloudless. OxFoRD —Wind W., calm—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind N.W., strong breeze—overcast. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TAnmouni—Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. LYNN—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CON WAY—W in d S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. HoLYHEAD—Wind W.N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. LivEßrooL—Wind W., calm—cloudless. MANCHESTER—Wind W., strong breeze—overcast. WHITBY—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—Wind W., strong breeze—overcast. SUNDERLAND—Wind N. %V., strong breeze—clear. BEArrocß—Wind N.W., hard wind—rain.. EDlNBuncti —Wind W., hard wind—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Calm—heavy fog. CARLow—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. MuLTANeAB—Wind W., calm—hazy. POOLE —Wind N.W , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. LREDS— Wind W., strong breeze— partially cloudy. Win - my—Wind S W., gentle breeze—principally clear. DARLINGTON—Wind W., gentle breeze cloudless. CAR.LisLE —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. •O• N. ' •C‘ •• 7 4 ' ' ,:".' 1 ` 4-7,t /44 - 4 ' . • N , . . , S (771, . - .1 - S. A., • ~ Al., .„„ l o 'l E Li a, , ,,... • 7 • Ito 4 017 . ~bb'~a~~TAl `Abfl~ LONDON, MONDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1850. The retreat of Mrs. SLOANE has not as yet been discovered. She is still at large, and laughs at those who speak of prosecutions while neglecting the obvious precaution to properly insisted on by Mrs. GLASSE of " first catching their hare." Nor have any active exert i ons been made to render her amenable to justice and to ensure her presence at the time appointed for the trial of her husband. The warrant officer, it is true, oc casionally saunters down to Pump-court and inquires at the chambers whether she is at home. He may also ask a few questions of the porters and laundresses as to whether she has been seen in the neighbourhood, and receiving answers in the negative, thinks that he has done all that could be expected at his hands. Alderman HUMPUERY appears to be contented with, not a distinct assurance, but " being given to understand that Mrs. SLOANE will surrender at the Old Bailey to take her trial ;" while the guardians of the 'West London Union, who at the eleventh hour were induced to come for ward as prosecutors, did not receive with approbation the suggestion " that a reward of twenty pounds should be offered for her apprehension." Nothing, in fact, is done. The law is left to execute itself, and if Mrs. SLOANE chooses to come forward to abide the investigation into her conduct it must be altogether of her own free will and accord. We confess that we are not quite so credulous as Alderman HUMPHERY—we do not believe that she will make her appearance at the Central Criminal Court on the appointed day. Her friends, who have hitherto advised her to keep away from the police office, will think it de s irable that the opinion of a judge and jury should be previously taken on her husband's conduct ; and the learned counsel, who on the first hearing, when poor JANE WILBRED was in so precarious a condition, and when Alderman HUMPHEUT issued his summons to Mrs. SLOANE to attend en the following week, made so many objections against the admission of evidence respecting matters that took ploy in the absence of his client, will see the great advantage of having an absent scapegoat to whose shoulders the principa atrocities may he transferred with impunity. We are, therefore, fully convinced that Mrs. SLOANE will not be forthcoming unless acme more energetic steps be taken than any that have hitherto been tried. It is manifest that the Temple is the last place she is likely to visit, while desirous of re maining in concealment, and ROE, the warrant-officer, has no time to trace her out, from point to point in her wanderings—that is to say, if she has deemed it necessary even to leave the metropolis. If there be really any anxiety on the part of the guardians, or of the magistrate—whose singular leniency enabled her to make her escape—that she should be brought before a jury of her countrymen, the matter should be placed in the hands of the detective police, and a suitable reward proposed to stimulate them to the ut most exertion. We can only say that large sums have been subscribed and offered for the capture of accused parties in cases of far less importance. The proceedings during the adjourned examination on Friday principally related to attempted justifica tion by the guardians and by the presiding magis trate of their own conduct in the transaction. The former were desirous of showing that there was no want of alacrity on their part in vindicating the cause of the unfortunate girl who had been so long under their care and protection, the latter, of proving that he was not guilty of any oversight in affording an opportunity of escape to the female defendant. It is for the public to say whether they, or either of them, have succeeded in their objects. The case of the guardians is, that the first exam'. nation took place on Saturday, the 7th of December, the report of which was published in all the daily papers of the 9th instant. On Tuesday, the 10th, the usual meeting of the board was held, and the case brought under their notice. " After some delibera tion, they came to the conclusion that the matter was sufficiently important for the guardians to take it up" (this, be it remembered, is the statement of their own Counsel) ; " and a spe cial meeting was called for the following Thursday." On that day they entered into a correspondence with the Poor-law Board on the subject, and determined " that their clerk should attend at the next hearing of the charge, and inform the :magistrates of the great anxiety they felt with respect to their improper treat ment of the girl JANE WILBRED, and of their willing ness, should it become necessary, to conduct a prosecu tion on her behalf, if they could legally do so (what reasonable doubt could be enter tained on this point ?) and that the Poor-law Board had been communicated with, and their answer requested at the earliest possible moment." Even on their own showing there was no great alacrity exhi bited. There was, it appears, " some deliberation" before the conclusion was arrived at that " the matter was sufficiently important for the guardians to take it up ;" and this with the full knowledge of all the hor rible and disgusting details contained in every public , urnal of the Bth or 9th December ; and even then, in place of acting with the prompti tude and decision that might have been ex ' petted from any body of Englishmen, they only called a special meeting, at which they de cided on entering into a correspondence with the Poor-law Board to know whether they could " le gally" take up and conduct the prosecution against Mr. SLOANE. Alderman liumraEav, however, com pletely overturned this defence, such as it was, by showing that the original statements of Mr. PuILLI MORE and Mr. Far, en applying for a summons, ap peared in the public journals of Thursday, the Sth instant, the hearing of which took place o❑ the 7cb, but without any notice on the part of the guardians until the second hearing (ten dip after the matter had been made public), and then they only sent their clerk to the office, but without any instructions save to be present at the hearing. We fear that the community will feel disposed to agree with the worthy Alderman, in thinking that, " to say the least of it, it showed a want of feeling on the part of the guardians." We cannot, however, say that Alderman Hum ?Haar was so successful in vindicating himself as he was in overturning the defence of the guardians. All he said was, that " had he known that Mrs. SLOANE, was so deeply implicated at first, he would have taken such precautions as would have insured her apprehen sion." We beg the Alderman to refer to the depositions or even to the published reports, to which he himself alluded, of what took place on the first examination (we shall not pollute our columns by a repetition of the revolting narrative), and to say whether every point was not brought out as clearly and distinctly against Mrs. SLOANE, as it has been at any time since. He cannot say that such was not the case, or seriously endeavour to justify himself against the charge of gross and culpable apathy. In trutb, both Alderman and guardians have been singularly negligent, and we can only hope that they will by their future activity make the only reparation in their power for their former omissions. At a season when the wealthier portion of the community is most charitably disposed, when the wants of the living are more gen erously cared for than at any other period of the twelve months, it may not be amiss to urge upon general attention the wants of the dead, or, in other words, the necessity of providing decent sepulture for the indigent. Hitherto no provision whatever has been made towards the alleviation, in this way, of the impoverished and in dustrious classes of the population. Last session, it is true, a Bill passed through Parliament with a view to prevent the indecorum of further burials in the me tropolis, and to provide for the humbler section of its inhabitants the advantages of economical interment. Unfortunately, however, by this time the utter ineffi cacy of that measure has become apparent. Instead of preventing in any manner the contamination of the atmosphere of London by the crowding yet more of its intramural churchyards with decaying masses of cor.. ruption—it has taken to itself the shape of a kind of legis.. lative shield under which that iniquitous system may still flourish. Several of the most pestilential of our metro politan pits of death—(pits of death, alas ! in more senses than one)—have been re-opened since the pas sing of the above-mentioned enactment; and in one or two instances the record of fatal cases of cholera in the vicinity has been the consequence. The reality of this is unhappily attested in the gloomy circulars of the Registrar- General. Such being indisputably the case, it must be sufficiently manifest, we presume, that precautionary arrangements must be adopted for the dissipation of a source of wretchedness so fruitful in its character by some means more efficient than a feeble and paltering effort on the part of the Legislature. The truth is, neither the Government nor the Parliament are as yet adequately im pressed with a conviction that the maintenance of the custom of intramural interment is destructive to the health of the living, injurious to the sacred associa tions connected with the dead, pernicious to the cause of public morality, and baneful to the interests of religion. Yet such it unquestionably is, and such it has long shown itself to be in the judgment of all true sanitary reformers. So important, in fact, are the evils resulting from the infrequency of the patronage afforded to ex tramural cemeteries as the fittest place for the repose of the departed, that some of the principal advocates of sanitary innovation have accorded to the reform of our system in this particular the most prominent place n in the catalogue of their improvements. Neither ia , ke have they in so doing been in any way mistaken, or carried away by an exaggerated sentiment of entbUsilism• Before a n y good can be effected for the living multitude some such benefit as the one here indicated must be secured to the remains of the dying multitude. To act other wiee would be in the gravest sense of the word reprehensible. So long, for example, as the spots selected for the reception of the . departed were allowed to remain within the limits of our great cities, in the midst of the dwellings of the people, reeking with pestilential vapours and scat tering poison over the air inhaled by the surround ing inhabitants, so long would it be idle to attempt anything like a purgation of our crowded localities from the destructive influence of contagious and infectious maladies. It would be as it were healing one wound at the moment of in flicting a variety of others. The truth of this, with the generality we are rejoiced to think, is by this time so obvious as to preclude us from the necessity of further argument. To the Go vernment and the Legislature, however, vs e have uofertunatcly yet to bring home a similar con viction. We have yet to force upon them a just appreciation of the stain we are solicitous to aid in obliterating. We are compelled, for this purpose, to reiterate again and again assertions, the repetition of which has rendered them for some time past familiar to the mass cf the population. Unsa tisfactory as this constant revival of a most painful theme must appear to many, we are sanguine that the remembrance of our pertinacity upon the subject may ultimately prove not unpleasing to ourselves. Nor can we induce ourselves to imagine that it will be different with our readers—with that earnest portion of them, at least, whose sympathies are in volved in the progress of the sanitary move ment. Let them call to mind the man ner in which the most remarkable changes have been brought about in our social and political systems, and they will recollect that in all the means adopted by the successful Reformers have been invariably those of unflagging determi nation and inexhaustible perseverance. So it must be, we are conscious, with this long .desired innovation. From the first we recognized the labours that would have to be accomplished, and the disappointments that would have to be incurred before the time of its ulterior acquisition. That time, we are satisfied, though long delayed, is now rapidly approaching. Many imagined that last session was the period in ques tion, and that from the passing of the late enactment might be dated the extinction of intramural interment. Those who have even cursorily watched our arguments on topics of a sanitary ten dency cannot but have observed that we have sedulously kept ourselves aloof from the influence of any such illusion. Throughout the whole of the various stages of its progress through the two Houses of Parliament we protested against the Bill as one almost certain to be inopera tive, or, if in any way operative, operative only to the injury of the population. Scarcely a quarter of a year has elapsed since the legis lative transformation of the measure into an enactment, and already our predictions have been lamentably verified. They have been verified by the continuance of intramural burial in the metropolis, by the keeping open of those most unwholesome dens of abomination, which are not less curses to the contiguous multitude than they are insults to the sacred name of Christianity. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. The discussion on Friday in the Assembly, of some amendments proposed by M. D ' ARBLAY, in the Algeria Commercial Regulation Bill was interrupted by The Minister of the Interior, who regretted the neces sity under which he was placed to give some explana tions relative to a personal matter. A letter, signed by M. Pascal Duprat, appeared in one of the morning jour nals, in which that gentleman formally contradicted a statement of his respecting an alleged repo' t, which he (the Minister) declared on Saturday ho had never re ceived or seen. That report described abuses occasioned by the lottery of the gold ingots, and which M. Pascal Duprat maintained had been addressed to him by one of the chiefs of his administration towards the close of October. The style of that document sufficiently demon strated that it could not emanate from his administra tion. Nevertheless, on his return to the Ministry, he directed search to be made in order to ascertain if any trace of that document could be discovered in his office. He had examined the chiefs of the different branches of the Home Department, and, being satisfied that it had never existed, he inserted a note to that Effect in the Moniteur of Tuesday. Now:this morning a letter pub liihed in a journal, and signed by M. Pascal Duprat, asserted that the report had been drawn up at the request of the Allinster, and affirmed that the latter had read it.—(Murmurs in the Assembly.) After reading that Latter he ordered fresh investigations, and requested the Prefect of Police to snake similar inquiries in his offices. An hour before the sitting the paper he held in his hand was disco vered. It was not a report, it was a mere note, ad dressed to him by Messrs. Dumartroy and Lasalle, who asked to be authorised to establish a lottery of 6,000,000 f., as a complement to the lottery of the gold ingots, the proceeds being intended to afford the emigrants means of subsisting in California after their landing. That note bad been addressed to the chief of his Cabinet, M. Mauroy, who after perusing it transmitted it to the Pre fecture of Police, with a letter stating that some useful information might be found in it respecting the lottery of the gold ingots. Now, he was justified in affirming that the document in question was not a report, but a mere petition, addressed to him by a speculator. (M. Duprat, here interrupting the Minister, said. "Name a jury of honour to examine the affair.") The Minister replied that the jury of honour he would appoint was the Na tional Assembly, to whose esteem he attached the greatest value. That note had, no doubt, been given to M. Duprat by the man whose speculation had been de feated, and a colleague should have considered before he ventexed to direct an accusation against a man of honour and offered him an unjust, unmerited, and calumnious M. Pascal Duprat maintained his original assertion, and said that if he did not disclose the means by which that document had come into his hands, it was for the sake of some public functionaries, two of whom, he un derstood, were now menaced in their existence. The report he alluded to lied been deposited in the Home office on a Sunday, when the Minister was in the country. Three Honourable Generals, members of the Assembly, had taken the new lottery under their protection, and consented to become members of the committee. The Minister was fully aware of the petition, for he had written from the country to demvid a report upon it— that said report had been consequently drawn up at his special request—that he had read it, and that it must exist in the office of the Home Department. If it had disappeared, it was the duty of the Minister to order fresh inquiries, and for his part he declared and main tained that he had not produced at.the tribune a forged document. There was no interest on his part, whilst there was one on the part of the Minister to deny having seen that document. His affirmation was as good as that of the Minister. M. Barocbe, who followed, maintained that M. Pascal Duprat had positively declared that the note in question was a report emanating from functionaries of his depart ment, who protested against the immorality of the lot tery and, no doubt, of the Minister who had sanctioned it. Now he repeated that no such document existed, and that, consequently, he could not have ordered it to be prepared, nor read it. M. Duprat forgot the courtesy he owed him, not as a Minister, but as a colleague. He had gratuitously directed against him an accusation which be could not prove, and defied him to prove. The Assembly would judge. M. Pascal Duprat next rose, and contended that the note or report, as it might please the Minister to call it, emanated from his offices and not from a stranger to his department. At. Baroche contended that the document in question was in the handwriting of the individual who claimed the authorization to establish the lottery. M. Pascal Duprat, in conclusion, declared that he ac cepted without fear the appeal the Minister had made to the country. M. Clary here ascended the tribune, but cries of " Enough! enough!" echoed on all sides, and the As sembly being consulted passed to the order of the day. M. Anthony Thouret, who had been called to order in the course of the discussion, begged leave to explain. Ile had interrupted the Minister and asked him who had signed the article inserted in the Moniteur. The law was equal for all, and ;the depositories of power should be the first to obey it. M. Dupin, President, replied that M. Anthony Thouret had interrupted the Alinisur; that he had not to inquire into the quality but the fact of his interruption— (Laughter) —and he had called him to order after he had thrice repeated his interruption. M. Anthony Thouret explained, after which the As sembly resumed the discussion on M. Darblay's amend ment, which was rejected. Tb e Assembly then commenced the discussion of the v arious articles of the Bill, and consented, without a division, to the importation into France from Al. geria of horses, cattle, canes and timber, duty free. It leas then proposed that corn should also be ad mittF:d duty free; this propoaition was opposed by M. BA2E, and supported by M. PA.S.Y, and was carried on a division by a majority of 282, the numbers being for f ree importation of corn from Algeria 428, against it 147. In the sitting of Saturday the Ministers suffered a &feat of a most damaging character, and one which will, ppobably, eventually lead to a modification it not to a change of the Ministry. It appears that on Thursday M. MAUGUIN, one of the representatives of the people, having been arrested fcr a sum of 1,093 f. 50z., u rged his non-liability to arrest as a member of the National Assembly, and demanded to be taken en refiri before the President of the Tribunal. The President declared that the arrest was legal, the Constitution of 1848 not having reproduced the prevision of the Charter of 1830, by whi c h :.,embers of the legislative body were protected from arrest during the session, and for six weeks preceding and following it. On Saturday M. DE LenociaEsaQue- LIN brought' the matter under the notice of the As sembly and 'denounced the arrest of M. MAUGUIN as a gross breach of privilege. Acting under the advice of M. Dueler, the President of the Assembly, he addressed interpellations to the Ministry on the subject, contending that inasmuch as at the time of the enactment of the Constitution, inlB4B, imprisonment fur debt was abolished, it was impossible that the Constitution could provide for protection egainst that which was non-existent, but that the Assembly, when it re-enacted that law, must be taken to have also re enacted the exceptions. M. ROUHER, the Minister of Justice, opposed the liberation of M. MAUGUIN, and was replied to by M. VATISMENIL ! whereupon M. DE LAROCHEVAQUELIN moved an order of the day motive, ordering, in the name of the Assembly, the immediate liberation of M. N . GU IN, and this motion, notwithstanding the opposition of the Ministry, was carried by an over whelming majority, Republicans, Tiers porti, and Legitimatists all uniting in a vote against the Ministry. M. Dorm immediately signed an order for the liberation of M. MAUGUIN, and dispatched it by the principal usher of the Assembly to Clichy. This first direct collision between the Assembly and the Executive will speedily be followed by another, on the subject of M. YON, who still maintains the ac curacy of the informations he gave to the Com mittee of Permanence on the subject of the plot of the Rue de Saussaies, and who is supported by M. DUPIN. The following " communicated" note, se hich appears in the Patrie, proves that this affair of M. YON is likely to become very serious : " M. You yesterday reproduced before the Correc tional Tribune of the Seine, affirming that he gave credit to it, the declaration of Allais that he had been received at a private audience by the President of the Republic. This assertion is completely false, and is a fresh and odious calumny. The President of the Republic has never seen Allais." The same journal says : " The journals of this morning announced that the bureau of the Assembly had met yesterday to deliberate on the question of dismissing or retaining M. Yon. This is an error. The members of the bureau met, in fact; but only the question of adjournment was discussed, and this was_decided in the affirmative. Now that the Tri bunal of Correctional Police has given its sentence in the affair of Allais, it was supposed that the bureau would no longer delay its decision; but we are just in formed that it has been postponed to Sunday, and that eight members of the Bureau are of opinion that M. Yon should be maintained in his functions as commissary of police of the National Assembly." The Ministry demands the immediate dismissal of M. YoN ; and M. CARLIER has directed the Sergens de Ville not to obey the orders of M. YON. The Assembly treat it as a question of privilege, and their decision in the case of M. MA UGUIN proves how cer tain the Minister is to be defeated in any attempts he may make to curtail those privileges ; when we con sider, moreover, that ere - long a fresh demand must be made from the Elysifte for money, and the neces sity, therefore, that exists for keeping the majority in good humour, the probabilities certainly are that ere long a change of Ministry, involving the retire ment of MM. BAROCHE, ROUHER, and CARLIER, must take place. Annan has appealed against the decision of the Court against him. The following from the Siicle shows the effect produced on the French Money Market by the recent proceedings of the Bank of England : " Much astonishment has been felt in the financial world that England should take a resolution directly contrary to that of France for the sake of preventing an exportation of gold. The determination taken by the directors of the Bank of England has been induced by the large exportation of gold into France by English speculators and merchants, who have been buying eagerly French goods, and particularly railway shares. These speculators hoped that by subsequently throwing those very goods and shares upon our market to obtain back a larger quantity of gold owing to the depreciation they expected to cause in the value of gold, and the consequent rise in the price of all articles. It is owing chiefly to this cause that there has been such a quan tity of gold sent lately to the Mint. Already has the measure of the Bank of England produced an effect, for within the last two days the exchange on London has been returning to its former level. Paper on London is becoming more scarce, which is a sure indieation of the approaching diminution of English sovereigns in our market." We find the following remarks in the Constitution nel on the gold question : " Two measures which may interest us at the moment when the question of the geld coinage is agitated in France, have just Leen adopted, or ire on the point of being so ; the one in Belgium, and the other in England. The first, voted by the Chamber of Representatives, and at present before the Senate, is the removal of gold from circulation, and the suppression of the Icgal cur rency of French coin in Belgium. What consequences may result to us from this ? Evidently none of a very serious nature. The removal of gold from circulation in Belgium will only throw the precious metals into com merce to the amount of 14 millions. As to our gold coins, d th im e t q u a l a sh n e ti d ty ll i y n the suppression 13 J 1' ;h 4 ert: Teg n al Le e=7; their value being guaranteed by the French Government, the Belgians who use them have no loss to fear, and they moreover understand that they will be more useful to cir culation when Belgian gold shall be withdrawn. The other measure to which we allude is that recently adopted by the Bank of England—the raising of its rate of discount from 2i to 3 per cent. Whilst the continental nations are alarmed at seeing the influx of goldlinto their states, England, on.the contrary, seeks to prevent its exporta tion. From the accounts given by the English journals it appears that the value of gold bullion in the cellars of the Bank, which was last week 16,037,6901., has de creased to 15,820,000/.—a diminution of 217,560/. in only eight days. The advance in the rate of discount has no other object than to stop this exportation. The state of the gold market presents at this moment a per fectly exceptional character; it arises from the unusual fall which has taken place in the exchange between Paris and London. Within the last few days it has been so law as 24f. 80c., or 30e. below par; hence the profit which French merchants and capitalists derive from getting themselves paid in sovereigns, which they im mediately convert into 20f. pieces. The rise which has since taken place in the exchange on London to 24f, 90e., had for result to reduce the profits of this operation, and the measure of the Bank of England will tend to a fur ther rise." M. LACLAUDURE has presented the following amendment to the proposition of M. D'OLIVIER, is for the observance of Sund a y s an d fê te days : " Wherea-, if it just to grant to the daily workman a day's rest in the week, it is also just and conform able to the principles of morality and religion to take precautions to prevent the workman and his family from being exposed to die of hunger during that day's rest. The undersigned proposes to add to Art. 1 of the Bill the following amendment All workmen by the day shall receive, for hi s d a y o f res t , t h e same pay as he receives in the week for his day's work.' " We find the following in the Presse :—" M. DE MONTALEMDEET, who at first formed part of the Parliamentary Club, recently founded by M. MOLE, has just withdrawn himself from it. His retirement is attributed to some differences of opinion on ques tions connected personally with the PRESIDENT'of the Republic. M. DE MOUSTIE; the father-in-law of M. DE MONTALEILBERT, continues to b e one o f th e secretaries of this club. " There was a considerable number of Bourse specu lators assembled in the passage of the Opera, but there was no business transacted. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEc. 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 3 4—East Indian, 12 —Namur and Liege, 87‘,—Northern of France, 15%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 1 4—Paris and Rouen, 27 1 ,E—Paris and Stras bourg, 9 —Rouen and Havre, 11. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, PIDAL, refused to answer certain questions put to hirn in the Cham ber on the subject of the negotiations pending with Rome. The Committee on the Press Bill have resolved to recommend the granting to the proper authorities power to suspend the publication of any number of a journal when in its articles it brings into dispute or attacks the vital principles of Government; when it discusses questions affecting the royal family ; when it interferes with the private life of the citizens, or when it enunciates doc trines or publishes news of a nature to imperil the public tranquillity. In all these cases the authorities must deliver the printed t heels to the tribunals within twenty-four hours. The question of the tribunal be fore which the journals are to be accused has not yet been considered. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 23.—The Three per Cents., 35 7-16 ; Five per Cents., 12i. Exchange on Lon don, 50 45 paper. GERMANY. The Elector of HESSE entered Cassel on the 27th, guarded by his household troops. There was a grand review the same day of Prussian, Hessian, and Ba varian troops. In the evening there were some clis turbsnces, occasioned by the quarrels of the Bavarian and Austrian troops, and the Austrian Commission published a proclamation threatening to enforce martial law in the event of any disturbance arising. The ELECTO& has promised not to insist on the re cognition of the decree of 28th September. As a consequence of the differences between the Prussian and Austrian Commissioners, the Prussian corps under General TIETZEN has returned to the Electorate, and advanced to within two leagues of Cassel. The Prussian troops retreated, however, when a promise was given that the Bavarian gar rison of Cassel should be reduced in number. The Grand Duke of HESSE DARMSTADT has con voked the Chambers for the 15th of January. The whole of the Ileuipoteutiarieel with the ex ception of Baron PLCHLIN, had arrived at Dresden on the 26th. It is said that Prussia and Austria ere agreed as to the disaiity of the power, and that the policy of VON DER PEORTDEN, the Bavarian Mi nister, is losing ground. Al ANTEUFFEL and SCUWART ZENDERG were to leave on the 27th for Berlin, where they were expected to arrive on the 28th. On Christmas-dap the Holstein agent, Count RE VENTLOW-FARVE, aildia:COS of Prince ScHwAR ZENBERG and M. VON DER PFORDTEN. He was in formed, it is said, in unequivocal terms-1. That further resistance to the demand made for disarma ment could only be regarded as a breach of the laws of the Confederation which could not fail to produce serious consequences. 2. That the Austrian Colonel GABLENS, who had proceeded yesterday to Cassel on business connected with the Austro- Bavarian troops, had received orders to continue his journey to Kiel for the purpose . of communicating to the Stadtholderate an order from the Confederation to reduce its army to one-third, and that in the event of resistance the joint commissioners, who are on the eve of starting, would valopt such measures as cir cumstances might require. Count .B.EvEivrnow is said to have replied that Holland could not pretend to oppose resistance to overwhelm ing force, and that b e s h ou ld write and recommend submission, but could not answer for his advice being attended to. N. VON DER PEORDTEN is understood to have told Cniunt REVENTLOW that the sympathies of Bavaria were always the same ; but as two great Powers acting in the name of the Confe deration, had decided that the disarming should take place, nothing remained for him but to say—amen ! The same opinion has been given by representatives of small states. ITALY. Her Royal Highness the Princess of COURLA.ND, mother of CHARLES ALBERT, passed through Vinti miglia on the 17th, on her way to Nice. In its sitting of the 24th, the Chamber of Deputies of Turin passed the Bill for laying a tax on Church property by 100 votes against 36. The Minister of Finance announced to the Chamber that a reduction of 13 millions of francs would be made in the expendi ture of 1851. The Osservatore Romano of the 16th contradicts the statement that the Papal Nuncio at Paris had received orders not to sign passports of English travellers for Home. The Giornale di Roma announces that besides the three ordinary arrivals from France by sea, on the 3d, 13th, and 23d of every month, there will hence forth be three more—on the Bth, 11th, and 28th. A letter from Naples of the 15th states that the prosecution of the persons accused of forming part of the sect of the Unita Italiana is drawing to a close. As it has already lasted six months, in which case the Neapolitan law provides that the proceedings shall be broken off and recommenced anew, the prisoners were in danger of seeing their case prolonged indefinitely. To obviate this, the ICING has decided that in this particular case the proceedings shall continue without interruption. The public prosecutor, therefore, has been able to make his requisitory, and the case for the defence, which will take eight sittings, was to commence immediately. It was expected sentence would be pronounced before the end of this month. The letter adds that a cool ness has arisen between the Courts of Turin and Naples, and that it was even supposed that their re spective diplomatic agents would be recalled.; but that hopes were entertained of an amicable arrange ment. Naples is full of foreigners ; M. DE TOCCJE• VILLE and M. AMPERE are at Sorrento. GUILDHALL.-•-(THIS DAY.) FINAL COMMITTAL OF MR. SLOANE FOR TRIAL. This morning, contrary to all expectation, long before the usual hour for commencing business at this court, Mr. George Sloane was brought up, in the custody of Hoe, the warrant officer of the court, from Giltspur street Corepter, and placed at the bar for final ex amination. This course has been adopted at the suggestion of Al. derman Humphery, a repetitioh of the scenes of Friday last being apprehended. So profound a seeret has the proceeding been kept, that even the officers of the gaol and those in attendance at the court were unac quainted with the fact, and the inquiry was conducted with closed doors, the only persons present besides the alderman and clerk, and Roe, the officer, being the solici tors on the part of the defendant and the prosecution. The defendant, accompanied only by Mr. Roe, left the prison about half past ten, and succeeded in reaching the office without being recognized. Mr. Wood, the Chief Clerk, then said, as the whole of the depositions had been read over, signed, and sworn to by the several witnesses, with the exception of those of Jane Hill and Jane Wilbred, taken on Friday, it would not bo necessary to read them over again. The depositions of Jane Hill and Jane Wilbred having been read over, Mr. Wood said that would complete the whole of the depositions, which would be returned to the Central Cri minal Court. Alderman HIIMPHERY, add' easing the defendant, said, Mr. Sloane, it is my duty to read over to you the form prescribed by way of caution, you are not bound to say anything, but whatever you do say will be taken down eno used against you on your trial. _ _ The defendants:lid he - bhould reserve his defence un he trial. Mr. Alderman HumPinar —Then it is my duty to fully commit you for trial at the next sessions st the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Phillips (defendant's solicitor)—l presume you will not refuse to accept bail. Alderman HIIMPHERY-ft is understood that the same bail will be taken, two sureties in 2501. each, and the defendant himself in 5001, to appear and answer the charge at the next sesions._ The bail having been duly recorded and put in, the defendant entered into the required rccognieances; they were Mr. Henry Phillips, of Siie-lane, attorney, and Mr. Robert Vass, of Pendensen-terrace, Bethnal-green, who acted as the defendant's solicitors. Neither Mr. Clarkson nor Mr. Huddlestone were present. _ _ • Mr. Alderman lIIIMPHERY asked Roe, the officer, if he had done anything further to execute the warrant on Mrs. Sloane?—Roe said he had been unable to obtain the slightest clue as to where Mrs. Sloane was, but he understood from Mr. Sloane that she was kept out of the way by her friends, but that she would be forth coming and surrender on the day ( f trial. It was intinoted to'Alderman Humphery by the de fendant's solicitor there was no doubt Mrs. Sloane would appear. Alderman HIIMPITERY said of course Roe would hold the warrant, and do all in his power to ex. cute. The subject then dropped, and the defendant was discharged, and immediately left the court wholly un recognised. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) - A thick-set, sturdy-looking young man, named Wilson, was charged with assaulting his father. A longinghouse-keeper in Drury-lane, stated that about one o'clock this morning he was awoke out of his first sleep by a cry of " Murder," proceeding from his second floor, and on hastening up there, ho found the prisoner holding his father on the ground, and swearing that he would pitch him over the Lanisters. He en deavoured to get the father away, but this only served to increase the exasperation of the prisoner; and before witness could get away the prisoner seized him, and literally tore his shirt into ribbons. Witness thought this was too bad, and running to the window he called in the police, and gave the prisoner into custody. The father excused his son's conduct because he had been slightly touched in his head ever since he was a child, and whenever he got a little dridk he was furious. Prisoner—l never has no drink, but father there he gets drunk every night, and if I followed his example it would'nt be no great harm. Mr. Hem, was afraid drink was the cause of the mad ness, and therefore a visit to the House of Correction would do him no harm. The father hoped his Worship would not adopt Thai course. Mr. HALL said if he really were insane ho could not be allowed to rove about like a mad dog, nor could he be suffered to give vent to his fury if it arose from drunkenness, and he must pay a fine of 203., or go to prison for a fortnight. The father paid the fine and the prisoner was liberated DA RING BURGLARIES.—Two men were appre hended on Friday on suspicion of having committed, in the early part of the week, two burglaries on the borders of Essex and Herts, which though not serious as regards th e property carried off were of a most daring character. The first was in the house of a person named Law, at Furneaux Pelham. Law is in the employ of a lady near by, and in consequence of the alarm of robbers which prevailed was staying at her house to help and protect it if attacked. At midnight his wife was called up and summoned to open the door for the gang, and on her refusal the window was smashed in and two men entered, who forced her to her bed, and nearly smothered her beneath the clothes and pillows, which they heaped on her to prevent her giving an alarm. They then ransacked the house, carrying off' a quantity of food and apparel and some money. The next night (T ues . day ) they attacked the house of the farm bailiff on the estate of Mr. R. Dawson, at Allbu r y, openly smashing in the front door and ransacking the rooms. On their leaving the bailiff endeavoured to give an alarm from the window, when two guns were discharged at him. NEW CHURCUES IN WESTMINSTER . --The Bishop of London has given instructions to the contractors of the new church being now erected in Peter-street, Westminster, to push forward the works, in order that it may be ready for consecration early in the ensuing spring, by which time it is expected that the church being now erected by the lady of the Venerable Archdeacon Bentinck, at Vauxhall-bridge, will also be ready. As the foundation stone of both churches were laid:on the same day (Nov. 8, 1849), it is intended if possible to consecrate them on the same day. The Bishop of Durham hns presented 1,0001. to wards the erection of a new church at Blyth, Northumber land, provided that 4,000/. more are subscribed for the pur pose.— Carlisle Patriot. INCENDIARY FIRE.—LITTLE PAXTON:— destruc tive fire broke out in the rickyard of Mr. John C r os s , f armer, about half-past si x o'clock in the evening of Christmas-day, which consumed several stacks of wheat, barley, and beans, estimated value about 6001., no doubt the act of some vile but yet undiscovered incendiary. • • The Polytechnic Institution was visited on Thurs day last (Boxing-day) by no fewer than 3,C00 persons. This speaks well for the interest tlken in works of art by the lower orders. TIM SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. 1 Nominal Prices. Railways. Aberdeen.. ..! Do. Preference .. Ambergate, Nottingham,' Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway.. Belfast and County Down Berks and Hants Eaten. (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent ) Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhanw ten, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a, guarantee • • • • •• ' Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter • • • • Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledoniam • • • • • • Do. 10/. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale June. • • Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference Clarence .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d do., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. 1.0an,4 pr. et. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Juliet. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. 8:1 E. and L. & D.) • • • • Do. (181. E. & II.) • • Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference •• Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p.c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Exten., 5 percent. No. 1 •• .. • • Do. No. 2 .. • • .. Do. New Preference, 6 per cent... • .. Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • .. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., Y & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • . East Lancashire .. • • Do. New quarters Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C. stack Gloucester & Dean Forest Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Do. eighths .. Great North of England . Do. new 401. Do. new 301. Do. new 151. • .. Great Western .. .• Do. New, 171. .. • • Hull and Selby • • • • Do. half shares • • • • Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • •• 1 Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths . Do. F. 20/. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. Do. Yludders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford .. Leeds and Thirsk Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1818 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. Do. guarteed. 5 per et., late Croyd ,, n thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent._ London and Greenwich . Do. preference . .• London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M.& B (c) London and S.-IN estern Do. new 50/. .. Do. new 40/. .. •• Do. new preference • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, suer. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. •• Do. half shares • • •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Manchester, Sheffield, lc Lincolnshire De. quarters, No. 1 . . Do. new, 10/ preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union Midland Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares .. Do. 'Miming & Derby 1)o. Consol. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent., Do. Bristol & - Glouces. Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. _8 per cent. guar. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. N ewmarket . • .. • • Do. extension scrip • • Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • • • • Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • • • • • Norfolk .. • • • • • • Do. New 201. shares.. Do. Extension • • ..1 Du. guar. 534 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Ijaion North British • • • • • . Do. Preference •• North Staffordshire North-Western Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton., .. Preston and Wyre ~ Do. Halves (A) .. .. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • • Royston and Ilitchln Do. Sheproth Eaten. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. new Shrewsbury & Birming. Class A.. Do. glass 8.. Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Hales bo. Oswestri .... : Do. New.... . Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union , SouthD "reference DevonD evon • South Staffordshire • South-Eastern .. • Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and : Dun Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. Swansea & Loughor, Sze. raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and • Railway • • Vale of Neath .• • ] Waterford and Kilkenny] Waterford and Limerick Tvati-i:O";Zi, - W -- e — x7,ii;T., and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. Do. do. West Cornwall .. Whitehayen and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. do. .. do. • • Western .. • • .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- mouth • • • • • • • • York, Newcastle, & Ber- wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. Do. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. .. York and North Midland Do. Preference .. .. Anglo-Italian (late Ita• Tian and Austrian) .. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) .. Demerara .. .. .. Dutch Rhenish .• East Indian .. .. .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula. • Ditto ditto .. .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg .. .. .. Ditto • • Madrid and V alentia Namur and Liege .. :: Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • • .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. _ Rouen and Havre .. . Sambre and Meuse .. Strasboxrg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt West Flanders Australasia British North America.. Colonial .... • • • . Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ........ • • •-• National of Ireland ..•. Provincial of Ireland.... ErniOn of Australia Do. 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N —2% p. •• --- •• 13 - 15 3% —3% dli. 26% 27% 11 12 16 le% 3}i 2 dia. 48 —49 iv ISA dim 24 —26 198 - 130 • •• 2% - - 3 •• .. 21 —2B 15 —l4 die. 16 —l7 4% 4)i 9 —9% 8% db. u; -18% 41% -42% 7 14 - 18% - 19% 7% - $ 1%- 1% p. 13%'- 14 6% -7% 6% —5% die, 5% —4%, clls, 9%-10 11 —l3 6% —6% 8% —9% - 1 dia. 13% 14 8% —8% dia. 14 16 11 13 4 —3% dia. 23 23% •• --- .• 22 -23 a —2% dis. 9 - 7 4. 7% —6% Cs, 3% —4% 16% 18 .. , 2O -21% i 1 .6.34 44 -46 - 19% F)4 -6 died 3% —2% dial l 6 -- 17 3% —4% 23 - 23% 1% -1 tip. 2 -2% 16 -16% 474 4 1 t;;d1s.x.d II - 1 pm. U - 34 pm. % - k pm. I -11 i 214 -23 EiN —93( 15% 15% 4 —3% cllll. 35 -- 36 2 - 7 4 27 6 —3% (Us, 11 11% 3% 334 0 —9% dis. ad .. ---- •• 1% - I% !K BANKS. 17% - 42 • .- 34% -- 35 . , 12% lax = Business done to-day. 10!-i, 10 3i 13 14 0 100 17% 178 6 8 6 13 6 :3 t 2 % 1 1 0 8 6 8 100 13 4 1 47% 100 23% 11% 6 15 11 6 I 100 12 15 100 42,34 4 2 01 129 16 0 100 47% :IGN. MINES. Paid. Nominal Prices. Bu mess dor.° Angio-Mexican(fs. 51. p.) 100 .. Asturian ...... • • . • • • • • 15 Australian ..... • 4 3t,_— 3 Barossa Range ...... . 113 0 1 Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolann , , Scrip .. British 1i0n... • ..... 13 5 .. Brazilian Imp (Is. 57. p.) 24% Do. Comes and Culaba 30 3% 34( Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% —14 U Cobra Copper ..... .•• 40 32% —35 34 Copiapo ..... • • • 5 5 General.. ••• . •• 20 13% 13% Real Del Monte, Ui.reg, Do. Black Debentures. Do. lied Debentures , Santiago de Cuba ......! 10 9 7!4 Tin Croft •••••••• .. • • 7 to% —ll United Mexican........ 28 28% 6 —5% MISCELLANEOUS. Canada ........ ••• • • • 32% 42% —44 Gen. Sterna Navigation . 14 26% —27 & Oriental Steam. 50 89% —B9 88 Royal It.!ail Steam 60 73 —74 [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, a nd Will not be Influenced by interested correspondents.] Gen. Steam Navigation Penis. & Oriental Steam. Royal .'ail Stearn [We cannot be answer will not be influenced by MONLY and CUMilikiltUlAL NEW :14. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday wer e e . s:nwited at 5,000 bales; comprising 4,000 Am erican ' 200 Psrnana eed Maranham, at Sid. to Sid.; 300 Egyr tran s at to 10d.; 100 Bahia, at 8-fd. to 81,1-; A nd 100 Sea Island, at Is. 2d. to Is. 41d. per lb. The market closed steadily.—The Railway Share Market relied con siderably, and closed firm. The American advices are favourable as regards the money and mercantile markets. From Quebec we are advised:—" The returns of the shipping engaged in the trade with Great Britain, s" vr a steady increase since 1847, for which year and preced ing it, the arrivals were unprecedentedly numerous. In 1848, 1,044 vessels arrived at the port, of the bu rden of 426,968 tons ; i n 184 9, t h ere were 1,064, o f f . 431,953 tons, whil e i n 18 5 0 t h ere were 1, 079, 434,294 tons burden. These figures include the vessels passing to Montreal, and the consequence is that of the number mentioned for 1850, only 1,054 cleared from thi s port. The number of vessels engaged in the trade with the lower provinces has i ncrease d during the past five years to a very great extent. There is a decided improve ment this year in our connexion with the United Stater, through our inland navigation, in spite of our being denied the privile ge o f using foreign vessels in the trade. In shipbuilding, too, there has been a steady increase for the past three years, although we have not yet reached _ the amount of tonnag e built in 1847. Th e amount of shipbuilding, it is likely, will be largely increased this year, as 30,000 tons are i n course o f construction at 014 time—nearly as many as during the whole of l ast y ear. The navigation was all but closed, and in another week all the steamers would probably be lai d up. T season had previously been very mild. the Bourse as At Amsterdam, on the 28th instant, in a less favourabl e p os iti on , ow i ng to the decline in t• b London exchange. Dutch Trio-and-a-Half per Cents' were 57 1-16th. of w The gold coinage of Belgium, to the am ount 14,646,025 francs, accor di ng to the original issue, is trl: be received at the Gov e rnment treasury at its nominal value for a given period, to be notified by the Govern. meet, after which it will cease to be a legal tender. The following letter, dated 26th instant , has boo; received from the Secretary of the York, Newcastle, an d Berwick Railway:— " To avoid misapprehension, I am instructed to inform you that the dividend for the half-year ending 31st De: comber, 1850, on the 81. per share paid upon the Gr!i! s _ North of En g l an d p u rchase shares in tnbl: company (which will henceforward be at same rate as the dividend paid upon the ori,glie nal shares of the company), will be P ayan at the same time as the ordinary half-yearly and to those parties who are on the register when th e , transfer books close. But that the yearanteed divide.nea. of 41. per cent. upon all sums paid on such shares _ yond the 8/. per share will be paid as usual about the_ de end of January next; and in this last case those n_, are registered in the books of the company on the 3 1 " December, 1850, will be entitled to the divid end. There is not quite such a firm market for Public So' curities, but the speculative business done is of no l 1,n2; portance. Consols have been 961, and since 961. nA New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 98 1 to 1, 0,1; the Three per Cents. 97 to Bank Sto ck is to 2131, and steady. Exchequer-bills are 58s. to 620. premium, and India Bonds 735. premium. of In the Foreign Market, the transactions have been no importance. The settlement of the account take place to-morrow. Mexican Bonds have been 351 for Transfer, and 35} for Account. Spanish Five per Cents. are 171, and the Three per Cents. 391. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. aro 98i Venezuela Stock is at 31 for the Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents" and at 11 to 1 for the Deferred. Belgian Four-and•a- Half per Cents. are 901, and Dutch Four per Cents. 9 0 1 to 91. The Railway Share Market has been rather fluctuat ing on account of the arrangements for the settlement which takes place to- morrow. Some of the old lines are lower, North-Western and Great Western, for e xample,: but Midland, South-Western, and South-Eastern, with York and Berwick, have been fairly maintained. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols Ditto Account ••• ... 96i i cz d', ONE CLOB O.O rRICE3 OF BRITIntI FUNDS) O'CLOCK. PRICY . Binh , tock 8 per Cent. Reduced Anns. N-N , 3 , 4 p , , , r Cent. Anna.. ... India Bonds, 1,000/.._ ............ ..„ — -- Ditto under 1,000/....,.. 73 p TS P Conaols for Account 96%% 9851 i Exchequer Bills. 14d. ts 2d 1,0001. June 500/. June Small, June 62 58 p 68 P ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons — Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..... 35 85% Ditto, Account .... ........... 35% Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent...... Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds 58 P Ditto, 4 1 4 psr Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 17% Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Beligan, 4% per Cent. ucen x 46 per Cent., 12 Guild. D . tto, 4 per Cent. CArtifieatee 9l 901/4 58 P CLOAIN O PRICES. 343 i 38 1 98% 17% 394 i si 3 / 4 11% 90 594 90% LLOYD'S SHIPYIN G.—( THIS DAY') LONDON, DEC. 30.—Wind at noon 5.W., light breo e and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Wind W. tO W.I`T•VV• --° port Christine and Marie, Buenos Ayres for Brem en; Cyprus, Quebec. DUBLIN, DEC. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Sid. Vi r g ini* New Orl,ans, QUEENsTOWN, D EC . 28.—Wi n d N.W.—Arrd. Meg"' Demerara ; Adler, La guna . Sid. Catherine, Shure;, San L A Orrd. port,ff M aria , N ew y Stratford,Mauritius. Anna ork . SUNDERLAND.—Arrd. Henrietta Sophia, Quebec. DEAL, DEC. 29.—Wind W. to W .N.W. and W.S.w• —Arrd. Bombay, Singapore; Dublin, Trinidad; Bolive.r.: St. Vincent ; Victoire and Elise, St. Domingo; Tra i ne r, Tatmagouche; Spartan, Jamaica. Arrd. from the WYO. William Watson, Bombay; Paul, Rio Janeir o ; So p hi s s Jamaica; Adele, Demerara; Tom Cringle, Cubs; Sj i r ; bander, Calcutt a; Laurence, Oporto and Sydney', I`,e,d. South Wales ; Dida, ditto; Cambyses, Jamaica. °' Margaret West, B a t av i a; A nn , Cape of Good IP'Peb' Vallisneria, Cape o f G oo d H o p e; Catherine Elizsbet St. Vincent. CLYDE, DEC. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. James gu st ' Berbice; Mary and Ann, Demerara; George, Charlestolt HULL, DEC. 29.—Wi n d S.W.—Arrd. Fredericka, Stsu Francisco; Chunee, Quebec. Std. Tamarac, BOrnbaPer. LITERPOOL.—Arrd. Nell, Calcutta; Richard, nab, nambuco; Gipsey, Marab am; Areturus, Laguna; 5.."11/I,' Mobile; Gond ar , Phil a d e l p hi a; Li ve rpool, New Yon g; Aruca, ditto; Asia steamer, ditto; Sutton, ward's Island ; S an db us b, D eme rara. Sid. Atlan."° o steamer, Nt w York. The Kitty Cordes, Mobile t! port, which put int o Ch ar l es t on in distress, after being on shore, had discharged, and would repair. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA CORN EXCHANGE—MONDA ' re Most of the country markets held on Saturday wed, fully supplied with English Wheat, for which th° ea t mend ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Even the u n ner Barley was very dull, and all kinds gave way is to quarter. Malt, Oats, Beaus, and Peas wore low purchase. No material change took place in Flour. toss Letters from New York to the lith inst. state .":, the demand for Flour had improved, and that P rlc t iil had an upward tendency. In F rance , the trade s' or active; but, in the leading grain—shipping porn , few transactions have taken place of late. elieh Up to our market last week, the arrivals of Jo , ' 5 quartersgl osnupwn su n dry Peas, of f, v r m s3 i h t eo l e e da r st a : t Ie; Tares,. 715 20 F 51 3a m s3r lae a cyLk b , 3 o 4as a Aen d e7dd w 9 receivedel(:ao3t;4 0 6 1 0 e b. 4B ro l:f e d: s sap of 244 miFnigldTo,dBuhireim.nsgaurpcikpleilatyliforfo from Wheat E s Essex receivedex was unusually s u i p i y t sme ll, rate. i r p elv le tign a s wf _ aa i owing Byto t i h a e nd changeable state of the weather, of :e a rl . from extensive and carri a ge a From tgheea ngde Kent nse ar am t l h p e sl eh r ot e wh c e e i o p s fu ts psp w : comparatively limited rnevertheless the demand f°/. eseriptions, notaithstanding that the attendance) of or . country m ill ers was tolerably goed for a holiday 4e day, was dull in the extreme, and in some inste ncta value of the middli ng an d inferior kinds give w 5 ) 1 1 ,11 per quart er . S e l ecte d qua li t i es were mos tly held ag ' the prices. The heavy p ressure o f f ore i g n Flour, al ld bo a prospect o f further- extensive importations, doubt produced the depresSion above noticed. n lett With foreign Wheat we were but moderately of o f Fine samples were almost nominal, at the currencies this day se'nnight ; but all other kinds were certain!. Is per q iarzer lower to purchase. Thelbulk of the 11 pies W 33 ex granary, as some of the millers are 8t importing on their own account. - - -Pe The quantity of foreign -Barley ff 7.4 arley -oing-vies'l,., ' but that of English Waes-ote: , the Wes ruled very dull, at a fall of 14*.`te c oarttr: ing end distillin g sort s coMmaildtdrvery litklifst o 2l 4 l We had a very slow - inquiry lot Mlti}ititn 9 . - r 7 decline wus submitted to by the fsetorti.- 173( 10 % % U IG% 1G 13h 34 P li tlis. 10X 11 19 12% % IN x 6% % % nit 12 % % % 39% 7$ 77% 78U 68% I) 57N SS 57% 4% % 6% X X [123% 124% 124% 125 2074 3% 78 79% 77 [79 4 din. 45% % 473( 15x 9% 8% 9% 5% 9 )9 3i 17%11 6 5% 6% dis 5 4% dia. 9% 144 N 12 23 % 2% 3 22% 19 18% Is% 14 IBA 28% 27 9 •% % 15% 11% Jo% 15 3%8 27% 14 11 a 4 3i 6 x.d Plied of fu racen ralec , Si pvve imp o Th e 'eat Is int York Bente Wisb 1)6 Forel Linec rent • Were fro m tro op ; from derat, doing °Wad hai echo and Gret Stni i wife, A Pod THE SUN, LON DON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 80, 1850. 32%% 6 3i 55 56 26 27 2% % ,Triter l eCol Prim ?rim Lirg, Pri m Sack] Lunt Beef, . ....... , ....... i Peal. ou of N, giab Price si, i Pike of ii, Nese No !onat 2 _ l lacti fo rßa 368 6 Per E Stock I Price bellye Ditto f Arriv e Ditto Pri ce (