The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-02 00:00:00

NEW STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE, by the Author of MARGARET MAITLAND." Vow ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., E R K L A N D. By the Author of " PAs.ages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunny Side," " No doubt every page of this profoundly interesting book will be perused by the thousands who have sympathised with the joys and sorrows of the gentle Mrs. Margaret Maitland. Th re arc passages in ' Merkland,' which, for genuine unaffected pathos and profou:id appreciation of the springs of human motive stand psssions, have been surpassed in no book since Fielding wrote his immortal prose epic." —Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. M THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. The Performances (during the Holidays) will commence at Half. p..st Six precisely. Doors open at Six. THIS EVENING, Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants THE LOVE CHASE. Wildrake , Mr. W alter Lacy ; Constance, Mrs. Nisbett ; Widow Green, Mrs. Parker; Lydia, Miss F. Vining. After which an entirely New Grand, Historical, Embl Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, Municipal, Juvenile, Pantomical Pantomime, by E. Fitzball, the po pular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," entitled HARLEQUIN and HU3IPTY DUNI PTY ; ors Robbie de Bobbin and the First Lord Nis yor of Lun'un. Private Boxes, 31. 38., 21. 12s. 6;1., IL 25., 1/. 1 Is. 6d., and 1/. Is. To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebert and Co. ; Andrews and Alcroft, Bond-street; at Juillen's Music Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappell, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, N and ew Bond-street; B ans f o rd aid Co., New Bond-street ; and Bailey Moon, Carlton Library . 12, Regen t-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Price—Dress Circle, ss. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. Is. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s Gd. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. Gd. 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 alter the First ct of the Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYIEAF.KET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed KING JOHN. King John, Mr. Macready. After which a new translation of THE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie. Principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Dedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. To conclude with TILE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C N . Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EV EI NG, Shakespere's Flay of TWELFTH NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Belton, Ryder, Addison, J. Yining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss I hillips, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR I3IOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Fiexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq. Private Boxes, Pte., 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 Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Ilorncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Bonner; Madame Vcstris, Mrs. Frank NT atthcws, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING. Will be performed A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS, sup ported by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, W. Farrt n, Leigh Murray, Comp ton, Diddear, W. Farren, jun. ; Me.sdames Leigh Murray and Adams To conclude with PRINCE DORITS ; or, The Romance of the ASTLE Y'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE. Under tho Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KENNIL4MI ORTH ; 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 Plige, the great Barrel Equilibrist, and the Bo thers Francisco, from the Hippodrome, Paris. To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical El ucetrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled _ BARU:QUIN AND O'DONQGIIIIE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. Box-offico open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. 111011 WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tars DAT —6lorning 46 min. after 1 I Evening 6 min. after 2 To-Mos-sow—Morning 27 min. after 2 I Evening 47 min. after 2 THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 2. THERMOMETER, DT THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.79. WLND S.W. fresh br,eze and dull weather. DALLY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH-W ind S.W., strong breeze-rain. PowrsmouTn-Wind S.W., strong breeze-overcast. SOUTHAMPTON- Wind S.W., heavy gale-rain. BASINGSTOKE - Wind S., heavy gale - rain. GREENWICH-Wind S. W., hard wind-overcast. SWINDON-Wind S.W., fresh breeze-rain. CoLcx ESTER- W kid S.E., strong breeze-overcast. CAMBRIDGIL-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. YARMOUTH-Wind S.W., strong breeze -overcast. MANCHESTER-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. LANCASTER-W ind S.W., strong breeze-partially cloudy. WHITEY-Wind S. W , strong breeze-overcast. DanuNuros-Wind W., stormy- partially cloudy. SHAP-Wind S.W., strong breeze- rain. Ckaustx-Wind N.W., strong breeze-cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at , nine o'clock :- CORK-Wind S., strong bresza-rain. LIMERICK-Wind 5, strong breeze-scud, rain. CARLow-Wind S. W., gentle breeze-rain. POOLE-Wind W , hard wind-semi, rain. CONWAY - W ind S. W., gentle breeze-cloudless. LivEttroot.-Wind W., gentle breeze-overcast. - Wind W., calm - overcast. DARLINGTON- Wind W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. e s , 4 1 1 ;i _ s‘n, - I Otto - vino "1-'6llll. LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1851. Endeavours of the most laudable kind are now-a days being made for the emancipation of knowledge and the development of the national intellect. It is understood, among other wholesome changes in pre paration, that an effort- will be made in Parliament for the abandonment of the duty on paper, and for the diminution, at least, of the duty on advertise ments. Whether both or either of these reforms may be realized during the next session it would, of course, be somewhat difficult to predict with any dis tinctness—so frequently have we looked for ward to the same end, and so often have we been disappointed. There seems, however, just now to be a better pro spect than we can ever call to mind of the legislative abandonment of these melancholy padlocks upon * knowledge. The conviction of their injustice has been long extending itself among the multitude, and by this time may be said to have penetrated into the esoteric circle of the Administration. All this has been ac complished by th e discussions provoked of late years and especially durin g the last few months, upon the, subject, in connexio n with the cause o. popular self-education. In the daily press the .injuri ous consequences of this species of taxation hove been exposed until denial argument was carriedbeoeuarat e ill lna t p o racticable. The e columns of our weekly contemporaries. It found advocates in several of the monthly periodicals ; an d obtained also in one or two instances a share of att en ti on from theor all suc h reviewers. Upon the depressin g influence quarterly taxes upon knowledge, moreo ver , a variety of ener getic pamphleteers became eloqu en t and argumenta tive. Among the latter not one writer assumed a loftier tone or a more practical energy than CIIARLNS KNIGHT, the Good G en i us o f Cheap Literature anti Popular Publications. After the " History of a Book," in which that distinguished publisher exposed the miseries and failures resulting from the short-sighted policy of the Legislature, but little, indeed, remained to be said in illustration of the malign effects of these same taxes upon know ledge. The atrocity of such a mode of taxation has by him and others been removed for ever from the reach of being gainsaid ; and hence it is that, in spite of so many bygone disappointments, we are sanguine of witnessing . the long-desired reform ex torted next session from the Imperial Parliament. Together with these satisfactory cir.nges in regard to the paper duty and the duty on advertisements, we continue to he hopeful of observing another beneficial innovation referring to the popular intel ljgence. The innovation we are now alluding to is 0 .. y e frequently taken occasion to discuss of . .,114 9 , columns, we mean that relating to the . 1 ., _ _ . (--- ea. ... 4 sjyriglitt f ventors. Hitherto, as we have already ,431:, iffbatedly, those rights have been either vill. l I :: . - 7 eL altogether or subjected to the ' la ; ... . :0 _es of the most injurious and extortionate = tiscriptiimr; The abolition of those fees has at length fitt i grop-1440C Aecessity, The zhibition of Indget r y, fit:. . THE to take place during the course of the present year, • will doubtless act as an additional incentive to those who are now endeavouring, in concert with ourselves, to force the reform here indicated upon the recogni tion and acceptance of the Legislature. In the Crystal Palace of the Exposition will be visible, for instance, a multitude of assurances that the acknowledg ment of the rights of inventors would be most desirable, if only with a view to the encouragement of scientific enterprise and the furtherance of mechanical experi ments. Speaking upon the subject of these rights, the recent report of the Committee appointed by the Society of Arts, observes :—" Inventive labour is a right which no power in the State ought to have any option in the recognition of. If the exercise of the right be useless and frivolous, the public are sure to pass it by with contempt ; if it be contrary to estab lished law, then. the proprietor is checked by the law itself. As a general principle, it must be conceded that inventors are entitled as fully to a positive recognition of their labours as pro perty, as any other description of working people in the commonwealth. It would seem to be unnecessary to argue this point even at all whilst the State recog niz,:s right of property in literature of all kinds— books, articles in newspapers, and reviews; in songs ; even in lecturing ; in any unpublished manuscripts ; in engravings, although not published ; in ornamental designs of the simplest character ; in mere arrange ments of geometric forms ; and, lastly, in the inven tion of the form or configuration' of any article of utility, in the shape of a steel pen, or of a toothpick. But the producer of a mechanical action or chemicel discovery has no right of property in it at all, if the Attorney-General should think fit to refuse it, or he should be unable to pay the toll of 1001. for a patent ! " Further on, in the same sagacious argument, the Committee remarks—" Upon the intrinsic merits of an invention the public at large are the best and only judges, but it is prophesied that if inventive rights were easily recognised, they would generate endless litigation, and there are ad vocates for the establishment of a tribunal to pro nounce judgment on the legal validity of a claim before it should be recognised. There are many strong objections to such a course. It is clear that any tribunal would entail cost—and, probably, very heavy cost. Its mere existence would encourage dis putes, because there are always parties who live by such disputes, and whose interest would be to keep the tribunal in a plentiful supply of work whose interest it would be, in fact, to dispute every claim for rights. Such a tribunal to investigate all claims might, perhaps, usefully negative a few ; but its cost and its practical working would be a tax upon all upon those which were sound and unimpregnable and those which were invalid. So far as it was a general tax, it would discourage inven tion. To be of any use the decision of this state tribunal—this Pope over inventions—must be final and absolute. Is its infallibility to be trusted ? And is the whole progress of invention to be regu lated by it ? It has yet to be proved that affixing a legal respect on small rights begets a moral disrespect for them, And if litigation should increase, as is predicted, to an insupportable extent, we may assume that a remedy will be found. Let us first have proof of the evil before we legis late in the dark to remedy it, for it may never come to pass. It will be time enough," continues the report, "to investigate the legal validity of the claim when it is questioned." From these and a variety of other equally cogent considerations it must be obvious that justice is on the side of those who advocate the rights of inventors, and not on that of their antagonists ; and knowing thig, we may rest confident in the ultimate triumph of those who are struggling to destroy the ulious and ruinous routine necessary for the obtaining of letters patent. More ostentatious improvements than these will be brought under the consideration of the Legislature during the ensuing session, but none more largely affecting the interests of humanity, connected as they are with the emancipation of the popular in telligence. The directors of the London and North-Western Railway have, by their judicious, and, at the same time, vigorous and uncompromising conduct emi nently entitled themselves to the thanks and gratitude not only of the directors of other railway companies, but of every employer of labour throughout the entire country. They have emulated the noble conduct of their brethren of the Eastern Counties, by resisting, at every hazard, the unwarrantable dictation that was attempted to be enforced by their own servants. By so doing they have inflicted a formidable blow on the mischievous system which has been productive of the . most injurious consequences to masters and w ()Amer, employers and employed. The latter have invariably been the deep( st sufferers, by their own folly in permitting themselves to be made the tools of designing men, who, reckless of . the consequences to their unfortunate dupes, make use of them as passive instruments to work out their own nefarious projects; but the former have also sus tained considerable damage. Heavy pecuniary losses to both parties must be the inevitable result. The master will see his works . remaining idle, his capital un productive at a time when he might be realizing handsome profits, and he may even be liable to d images for the non-completion of some contract into which he had entered, perhaps, for the purpose of keeping those very persons in employment who have acted with such gross ingratitude towards him as to ,‘ turn out" without reasonable cause ; but there the evil ends, so far as he is concerned, he is only injured while the hands are on the strike. But with the opera tives the case is very different. They enjoy no peace, the grievance never ends. The most amicable relations may exist between themselves and their em ployers. Each may be willing to discharge their own duties in an exemplary manner, and to respect the rights of the other party. But the men must con tribute largely from their earnings towards the ex pen/es of a grand central executive committee-- composed of a pack of scoundrels, too idle to work themselves, who exercise despotic authority, and view with suspicion every act of the masters, compelling the workmen to offer a combined resistance in matters, the chief end and object whereof was the benefit of the men them selves. But this is by no means the worst part of the system. They have to support a•parcel of idle drones who are "on the strike " in obedience to the dictates of the secret conclave who pull the wires behind the scenes. There are also heavy potations during the club meetings at the public-houses where the discussions are carried on. The men are taken from their families dur ing the leisure hours that might be more profitably and agreeably spent in the pleasures of domestic intercourse, and they incur habits of intemperance and expenditure fatal to the happiness of themselves and families. We may say it advisedly, and with the most perfect conviction of the accuracy of our assertion, that the greatest advantages to the working population of the country that was ever anticipated by the most sanguine ' from " combination," either in keeping up wages, or intimidating employers, are not equivalent to the tithe of the evils that necessarily attend th e system, and it is as real friends to the labouring population that we earnestly entreat them to eschew, henceforward and for ever, all illegal confederacies and trade clubs, that must be productive of the greatest misery to themselves. I T he complete and decisive victory gained by the London and North-Western directors during the present triumph, and the success of the Eastern Counties Board in, A u gust last, must con vince railway d Yee ' aeusnd: more There es p eciallylonger en gine-dri v . rs an intimidation are e mplo yees , an - firemen that the days of any terror i n a threatened' strikt." Its only effect, s is to consoli,late the power of the directors e nd to enable them t o ge t r id of the more inefficien t nt an d worthless men, wh o are made examples of others from offendi ng i n lik e manner. Let t t h o deter just consider the occurrences of the last ten day s,men and they will see the utter i nu tilit y o f their proceeding proceedings which wer e commenced without any adequate cause, for none h a d b een i mposed, but from y an absurd and unreasonable jealousy of their employers. In their remonstrance they say, "it is reported currently over the whole length of the London and North-Western Railway, that on a future occasion you will do all the injury you can to your memorialists." And it is on such vague, silly, and unfounded rumours that rational men, in the enjoyment of comfortable wages, far more than could SUN, LONDON, be earned by persons of their class in almost any other occupations, were prepared to act, and to relin quish situations which were of the utmost importance to themselves and families. How unreasonable was it, while claiming credit for their own twelve or thirteen years' servitude, which they thought " was a sufficient guarantee for their steadiness without binding them to a tree months' notice," to make no allowance for those who had acttd as kind and considerate masters during these periods, and who should be supposed incapable of using the power thereby afforded for any sinister purpose. The directors had just reason to complain of the un warranted and unwarrantable suspicion. One fact should not be forgotten by the men. There were 138 drivers on the northern division of the line, and there were 230 applications for employment by competent Tpersons within a single week ; while during the same time there were 128 applica tion for the 130 situations on the southern division. This must convince the malcontents that kubstitutes could be more easily provided than they had previ ously supposed. The contest has, however, termi nated. The men have yielded at discretion ; the great majority have declared their adhesion to the existing regulation, by affixing their signatures to the document issm d by the company withdraw ing the objection to the three months' notice. We have now only to express our hope that the directors will use their victory with modera- tion, and exhibit the magnanimity which their con duct during the discussion warrants us in anticipating; that they will let " bygones be bygones," and pro claim a general amnesty for acts committed during the unfortunate discussion that has been brought to so happy a termination. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. M. Yon has been induced to tender his resignation as Commissary of the Assembly, and M. DUPIN has, to quote the words of the National, had the weakness to accept it. In his letter of resignation he says— " Notwithstanding the honourable decision of the Bureau of the Assembly to retain my services, I have determined; from unwillingness to embarrass the As sembly, which I have faithfully served, to relieve myself of the tunctions of Commissary of Police, which the As sembly did me the honour to confide to me." The ccnfiict impending between the Assembly and the Executive will not be even postponed by the re tirement of M. Yore. The official reception of the Legislative Assembly took place at the Elysee on Tuesday evening, and the two Presidents, M. BONA PARTE and M. Dunn, could not refrain, even on that public and complimentary occasion, from talking at each other. In his address M. Dunn took occasion to assure the PRESIDENT of the Republic that all the acts of the Assembly, as well as those of its Bureau, were inspired by a profound attachment for the person of the PRESIDENT, and a warm desire to preserve a good understanding be tween the two powers of the state. Hereupon he was interrupted by M. BONAPARTE, who audibly ex claimed, " I must believe it, M. le President, because you say it." On which General BEDEAU immediately withdrew in disgust. The address was again interrupted by the PRESIDENT of the Republic, who thus addressed the President of the Assembly : " You and I, each in the limits of our attributes, must endeavour to enforce respect for the laws of the country and the authority which is given to us by the constitution, without encroachment by the one power on the other. Ido not insist on the prorogation of my powers, but I do insist, when I shall restore to the people the power which I have received from it, to restore it intact and respected. My conviction is, that France wishes for peace and order, and it would blame the one of the two powers which would attack the other." The entourage of the Elysee treated DUPIN with the greatest contempt, and observed that as he had played out his part the sooner he quitted the stage the better. M. DE LA DEVAUSAYE, a Bourbonist representative, has given notice of a proposition to the effect that every representative whose allowances have been seized for debt within the last three months, shall be considered as having given his resignation of his seat in the Assembly. It is not said whether the Hon. Gentleman intends to apply the same principle to the Presidency of the Republic. We find the following in the Independance of Brus sels of Sunday. " There was much talk last eveninc , in a large poll tic,Al salon of a letter said to have been addressed by ene of the Princes of the House of Orleans to an eminent individual in France, and in which the idea of the fusion of the two branches was considered as imprac ticable, impolitic, and compromising for the dignity of the children of Louis Philippe. According to this letter, the before his death, is s'a.ed to have nothing which could be either directly or indirectly considered as an approbation of, or a desire for, such a fusi, n, or even as a tez.dency towards acts which might It a , l to it. The members of the House of Orleans are all more united ihan ever in this idea, and in the resolu- tiou to keep away from any co-operation iu political movements of an) kind. The old chiefs of the Orleaniat arty entertain similar feelings as regards the luzion. All that may be attempted or imagined in certain cote mitue,, the principal fault of which is that they have no authoril from the contracting parties, is therefore without value, without foundation, and without im port arice." RUSINi SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 1. Boulogne :and Amiens, 8 3 A —Luxembourg, 11 s —Ditto, 21— Namur and Liege, B%—Northern of France, 15—Or leans and Bordeaux, 3% ex div.--Paris and Rouen, 26% — Rouen and Havre, 103 —Sambre and Meuse, 3%. GERMANY. The German Reform of Berlin publishes the speeches of Prince SCEIWARTVIENDERG and M. DE MANTEUFFEL at Dresden on opening the conferences. We extract as follows from the speech of the Prince the most important passages : " Experience has demonstrated to us the imperfections of the federal compact, and indicated the blanks that it is necessary to fill up. We must above all things fortify the supreme federal rower by institutions which will enable it to resist the torrents of revolution and protect the monarchical principle. The conviction of this truth must necessarily lead to the task which is imposed upon us, and which is the revision of the federal compact and of the laws which have followed its development. If we take for the basis and for the issue of our deliberations the constitution primi tively given to the confederation, if we endeavour to complete and ameliorate this constitution, in profiting by the lessons of experience, and having regard to all that time and circumstances require for the prosperity of the country ; if we create in fact a supreme federal authority, sufficiently strong to save and guarantee against new dangers, the most precious rights of society, by the protection afforded to governments against the enemies of order, we shall respond to the exigencies of right and equity, to the inspirations of policy, to the engagements w hich our Sovereigns have contracted by sacred treaties for their mutu4l relations, and to the duties which Providence has imposed on them towards their people. There is no doubt, gentlemen, but that your Governments and yourselves will adhere to this manner of viewing the case, which the Imperial Court has charged me to communicate to you. Being agreed as to the starting point, we shall certainly attain the ob ject. Let us put our hands to the work with loyal good will, with reciprocal confidence, with the blessing of God, and consequently with courage, in order that s e may succeed. The country whose prosperity has been shaken by the storms of the last few years, and which still suffers under the weight of existing circumstances, waits for acts with impatience, and attaches to their suc cess its hopes of a better future. It is only by these results that order, legality, and peace, and consequently true liberty and prosperity, can be restored to every part of our fine German country, and that its influence abroad can be strengthened. I am convinced, Gentle men, that I have understood your ideas, and I also think I have expressed your sentiments in thanking the Riyal Saxon Gavernment, and particularly the King, so worthy as a man, and so respectable as a Monarch, in the name of our Sovereigns,for the kind welcome we have here received." The speech of M. DE MANTEUFFEL was AS fol lows : "Permit me, also, gentlemen, to express my thanks for the eagerness with which you have responded to the invitation to attend the conferences which have opened to-day, so that after more than two years, after different schisms and sad quarrels, the Plenipotentiaries of all the German States are assembled here with the unanimous resolution of acting in common, and in a useful manner. I will add one word more of hope and confidence. Is it our wish to avoid the return of these sad trials? Let us then show to the German nations that their Goverments have the will, the intelligence, and the force necessary to remove existing abuses, and to found useful and dura ble institutions." Accounts from Berlin of the 30th state that Prince SCHWARTZBNBURG was to leavo. ft-r Dresden that even ing. An energetic course of action had been agreed on in rrlation to the Holstein of sir, and the Federal troops are to be allowed to cross the Prussian terri tories. This statement is confirmed by accounts from Vienna of the 29th, and advices from Cassel and Frankfort of the 31st announce that the Federal troops have already begun their march upon Hol stein ; they are to proceed by way of Magdeburgh. Railways. Aberdeen.. Do. Preference •• g 6 8 Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion 834 Ayrshire and Galloway •• 74 Belfast and County Down, 32 Berks and Hants Eaten.; (Great Western Per- , petual 5 per cent) •• i 6 Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly ; paid, or with a guar... 20 Do. without a guar.• • 20 Binning., Wolverhamp-1 • ten, and Dudley, canal duly paid, or with a guarantee • . • • ••1 15 1)o. without a guar. •• i 5 Binning., WoiverLamp.,, and Stour Valley •• 13 14 0 Birkenhead, Lancas., and, Cheshire Junction ••1 26 Bristol and Exeter• • • IGO Buckinghamshire • • •• : 17% Caledonian • • • • •• I 50 D 101. Preference • • 10 Do. Clydesdale J unc.• • 50 50 15 •• 78 6 9 Chester and Holyhead ..; be. l'reterence Clarence .• Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and l'ortsm. Dublin and Beltast J unct. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. 85 E. and L. & D.) •• •• Do, (181. E. & H.) •• 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 per . cent. 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., 13 & 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 stock Gloucester &DeanForest l Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. Do. eighths .. Great North of England . Do. new 40/. .. Do. new 30/. .. Do. new 151. • .. Great Western .. • • Do. New, 171. .. - • Hull and Selby .. .. Do. half shares .. .. Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. .• Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • • Do. F. 201. .. • • .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. Do. Rudders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford • • Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • London and Blsckwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • . Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croy - din 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., 31. &B (c) London and 8.-Western Do. new 50/. Do. new 40/. .. • • Do. new preference • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. halt shares .• Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • . • • Do. half shares • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • • . Do. quarters, No. 1 .• Do. new, 101 preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• e idland • • • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares .• • • Do. Miming & Derby Do. Consol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent.l Do. Bristol & Glouces.l Do. do. do. • • Do. Erewash Val. pref.l Do. Leic. & swanning. ! 8 per cent. guar. • 1 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.)l 3liddlesbro' and Redcar,l 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle— Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. Do. extension scrip • Newport, Abergavenny, and 11Creford • • • . Newry & Enniskillen •• Newry, W arrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • • • •• I Norfolk • • • • • • •• I Do. New 201. shares • • Do. Extension • • • • Do. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British...... Do. 1 reference • • .. North Staffordshire .• North-Western .. • • Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre .. Do. Halves (A) .. • • Reading, Guildford, and 10 10 10 M i t 45 30 6 13 4 1 6 13 t /Zeigite.. • • • • • • Royston and Hfichin Do. Shepreth Exten.• • Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new .. • Shrewsbury & Binning. Class A.. •• Do. Class 8.. • • • • Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford hfewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Lia.lies .. • • • • Do. Oswestry •• Do. New.. • • • • •• Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union • • •• South Devon • • •• •• Do. Preference • South Staffordshire •• South-Eastern .• - 1)o. do. 4).6 per cent... South Wales.. • • • - South Yorksh. and River Dun Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &c. Caw Vale Extension .. !tames Haven Dock and Railway .. .• • • Wale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wea., Wick., 2% 1 1 0 8 6 8 2% 100 12% 50 11 13 41 and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent, guaranteed • • Do. do. Do. do. West tiornwall .. • • Whitt.iaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. do. .. do. .. Western .. • . • • Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- 47% 100 23% 11% mouth • • • • • • • • York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. .. • . • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. Preference .. Anglo-Italian (late Ita• Iran and Austrian) • • Boulogne and Amiens • • Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) •• Demerara .. .. .. Dutch Rhenish .. .. East Indian • • .. .. 100 12 15 4 20 100 100 42% 4 2 0 129 1G 0 100 47% 2 12 0 13 5 3 9 12 3 6 13 4 20 Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula. • Ditto ditto • • .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg •• .. .. Ditto •• • • • • •• Madrid and Valentla Namur and Liege Northern of France • • Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen • • • • Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Ilavre Sambre and Meuse •• Strasbourg ai:d Basle .. Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jurbise, Lan don, and Hasselt • • West Flaatlers .. • • 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.... Do. New ........ Union of Austral& .... [NT STI Do. New ........ • ... Union of London ...... ,llnion Of Aladriel ...... THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1851. TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS ITALY. therenumberof t the e 024th Swiss announces recruits,th the n arrivaltb etheir Leghorn ofa letter large passed in t h e course o f the last month. A rumour way to N ap l es . Upwards of 2,000 are said to have being current at Pisa t h at t h e..cons t i t u t i onal party intended t o make a d emonstra t ion , th e authorities have thought p roper to cause numerous pi que t s o f soldiers to parade the town daily. The Communal Council of Vercelli, in its sitting of the 16th, vot e d a ser i es of regulations, the chief provision of Which is the abolition of the bread-tax. It is believed the Sardinian Government will sanction the measure. The British squadron under the command of Rear- Admiral Sir W. PARKER arrived at Cagliari on the 16th. A letter from Rome of the 21st, in the Risorgi mento, states that Signor OFFREDUZZI, who was chief of one of the rioni, or quarters of Rome, under the late Republic, has succeeded in making his escape from Castel St. Angelo. All political prisoners have now been removed from that place and sent to P:lgliano. Notwithstanding the vigilance of the Papal Government, numerous clandestine oamphkts continue to circulate among the public. It was ex pected the HOLY FATHER would pardon some political offenders on Christmas-day. Letters from Bologna state that on the 18th a party of Austrain soldiers had a skirmish with nine banditti, headEd by IL PASSATORE his,melf. A soldier was killed, and another wounded in the contest; the banditti were, however, put to flight, after the loss of one man, named LAMI, on whose body articles of value were found. A let:or from Naples of the 16th, in the Slatuto, announces the arrest in that city of a naive of Con stantinople, whose passport was not regular, an.l the subv.quent discovery about his person of a treasonable correspondence of great importance. At a late sitting of the Tribunal, for the hearing of the case of the Uniti Italiana, the musket of a gendarme accidentally went off, which caused immenF.e confu sion, both among the judges and the audience; the former fled into the council chamber, while the latter mark an ineffectual rush to get out into the street. The gendarmes increased the confusion by pointing their muskets, out of precaution, both at the public and the prisoners. Order was with difficulty re stored. lONIAN ISLANDS. The Malta Mail publishes the following extract from the speech of the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands on proroguing the Parliament : " Mr. President and Gentlemen,—l have now laid be fore you the questions upon which I conceive that you may honourably and usefully co operate with the Go vernment for the benefit of your common country. Ex tend the range of these as much as you think proper. In the work t f internal amelioration—the revision of the system of public education, of taxation, and the removal of all burdens that press unequally upon the people — there is a wide field of utility open to you, and I can have no bettergeide in approaching it than the decisions of the Assembly. It would be most painful to me to think that the practical good which may be thus achieved is destined again to be sacrificed to visions which it is impossible to realise without an entire change in the policy of the Great European Powers connected with the East by treaty and by territorial possessions. No such change is contem plated. It has never been the intention of the Queen to abandon a position placed under the safeguard of the British Crown by the treaty of Paris. And, while it is the desire of her Majesty religiously to respect the rights secured to you by the Constitution, and to which she has herself added so largely, it will be ray duty, as her Ma jest3's representative, to assert, upon all occasions, the rights which that same Constitution secures to her, and to maintain them inviolate. I am compelled to make this declaration by the publication of a document to which some members of the Assembly have affixed their names, and by the continuance of an agitation in one or two of those islands, which can have no other effect than to divert the minds of the people from things that are practicable and easy of attainment, I believe this agitation to rest neither upon the property nor the intel ligence of the country. I have, during the last six months, been brought largely in contact with _the popu lation of the rural districts, and I should do little justice to my own feelings if I were tot publicly to express my grat ful eenee of the reception that I hive experienced, and my admiration cf the good sense, good feel ing, and intelligence which I have found amongst them. Believe me', gentlemen, they think little of political theories, or personal rivalities. They want good go vernment. They are occupied with practical things. Their roads, their schools, the opening of the ports, which serve as an outlet for their produce, the removal of unnecessary restraints upon their trade, security for property and life by an effective police, and an impartial administration of justice—these are the questions which interest them, and upon each and all of these they will find in me a zealous fellow-labourer. What it depends on me to do, by freeieg commerce from unnecessary shackles, and facilitating the communications between the islands, is done already. In what remains to be done, 1 ROW most earnestly solicit your •co-operation. In seeking this, I ask for no unworthy concession. I ask no man to give up the principle of nationality. Greeks, by birth, by education, and in mind, you naturally look back with pride to the ancient splen dours of your race, and retain a lively interest in its destinies. All that I desire is, that you will ac cept the good which the present time may afford, and place yourselves and me in a position to realize it, by a frank and loyal recognition of the rights of a power which desires to act frankly and legally ny you, and has no other desire or wish, in the administration of your affairs, than to see the principles of constitutional liberty developed amongst you under the protection of the oldest European free states and the greatest of her mari time powers. By the development of constitutional principles, I mean the best possible administration of your ir.ternal rAftirs, by the men who shall show them selves to have the best title to the confidence of their countrymen, and the gradual improvement of the con stitution when time and events shall hare proved it to be necessary. I am enabled, however, to communi,ate to ycu, in his own words, the sentiments of Lerd Grey upon the subject ; he reminds you, that changes in the constitueie.n of the Legislature, and in the divtiibution of political poser, although from time to tittle they may be necessary in every country, contribute nothing directly to the improvement cf the condition of the people. They are valuede only as affording the means by which improvements in the laws and in the system of administration and economy in the public expenditure may be secured. So far from being beneficial in themselves, it is notoriou i that, so long as the discussion of constitutional changes is going on, the consideration of those practical measures, which are the ultimate objects of such alterations, is suspended; while the frequency of such changes is in the highest degree injurious, by destroying that confidence in the stability of the constituted authorities which is one of the main elements of their strength. It will therefore be much to be desired that the attention of the Parliament, whets it re-assembles, should be directed more to the use of the powers already granted to the people in the introduction of practical improvements, than to the consideration of new plans for further changes in the constitution so lately established.' Upon this basis I invite you to concur with me in doing what good we can during the remainder of the present session, by entering at once upon a course of legislation honourable to yourselves and useful to your country. I entreat your kid in this good weak, and I repeat to you the assurance of my most cordial cc-operation. THE TRINITY Houss.—A vacancy is occasioned among the elder brethren of this Corporation, by the de cease of Captain Aaron Chapman, the senior of the brethren, having been elected as far back as 18U9. Captain Chapman died on Saturday last, at his residence, Ilighbury Park, in his t , Otli year. The deceased gentleman was long known and highly esteemed in the city of London, and in four successive Parliaments since the Reform Bill repres:nted the borough of Whitby in the House of Commons. THE COLLISION ON THE YORK AND NORTH MID LAND RAILWAY.—SOUTII MILFORD, DEC. 30.—T0-day the coroner and jury again assembled at the White Swan, when the jury gave in their verdict, which was that of " Manslaugh ter against Edward Grimston," the guard of the luggage train which caused the accident. Grimston will, of course, be committed to take his trial at the Yorkshire spring assizes. We are enabled to state from unquestionable au thority that the report that Mr. Bennett has retracted his resignation of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, is wholly devoid of foundation.— Chronicle. PRIZE FIGtITINCI I s SURREY.—At a meeting of the Surrey magistrates on Tuesday, a lengthened discussion took place with reference to the conduct of the South-Western Railway Cumpany, in giving a special train for the use of the combatants and their friends on the occasion of the re cent fight between the Tipton Slaster and Paddock. One of the magistrates, Mr. Scott, who is also a director of the com pany, on the part of that body stated that they had no know ledge of the purpose for which the train was used on the oc casion referred to, and gave an assurance that no facility for a similar "demonstration" should be hereafter afforded by the railway authorities, On the faith of this assurance the indictment for a misdemeanour has been withdrawn. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—The quarterly general court of the members of this corporation took place yesterday at the institution, Crane -court, Fleet-street, Sir Walter G. Stirling, Bart., in the chair. The minutes of the last meet ing having been read, some alterations were made in the bye-laws of the corporation, and a statement was brought forward showing the position of the Kinloch Fund for the past year. From this it appeared that 2,000/. had been dis tributed during the year to about 500 pensioners. On the motion of Dr. Webster, it was agreed that the " building committee " be renewed, for the purpose of establishing a better home and refuge for the pensioners, and that the names of the chairman, Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, Mr. Bennoch, and Mr. Croll b e included amongst the members of such com mittee. Some formal business was afterwards disposed of, and the meeting separated. THE GItEAT r. EXHIBITION.—FOREIGN GOODS-- The Commissioners of the Customs have approved of the following new form of sight bill of entry to be used for goods imported from abroad, and intended for the Great Exhibi tion of the Works of Industry of All Natiocs, and have or dered the same to be adopted and used for that purpose ac cordingly : —" Warehousing Sight—Goods for the Great Ex hibition only, viz. (here the description of the goods, with the requisite particulars, is to be given). I, importer, do hereby declare that the packages herein described are in tended for the Great Exhibition, a❑d that I will forward them in the same state as when landed, with due dispatch, to the buil:lino- for the Great in Hyde-park. Signed and declared this day of —, 1851, in the presence of 6 c. P.S. Let this sight pa's for the packages above ment'oned. to be laude and forwarded to the buikting for the Great Exhibition in Hyde-park, for examinati n under the regulations contained in the minute issued on the subject." A WORD FOR. MR. BENNETT.—Whatever we may say about the conduct of Mr. St. Barnabas Bennett, there is, at any rate, no doubt that he is adverse to the display of one very great virtue—resignation. — Punch. TI.IE LATE Ma, RAPHAEL, M.P.--The Dublin Evening Mail contains the following :—" The late Member for St. Albans died without signing the deed transferring the new churches at Kingston and St. Albans, as well as Prior-park, near Bath, to the Cardinal. The delay is said to have been caused by the Cardinal's objecting to Mr. Raphael naming the clergyman, and the result is that he has lost about 70,0001. worth of property. Mr. Raphael's sister died on Sunday, so that his nephew comes in for all. The personal property has been sworn at 250,000/. and the landed property 14 estimated at a larger Ogue' Nominal Prices. 10 to 10% '— 34 Ws. 5% —5% dis. 3i - 1 p. 29 -30 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 8 p log ii% 75 -77 17% - IV 10% - 10% 5% -5% 16 -17 1314 - 14 .. .. 25 —23 dis. 3% -3% 2% -2% 1% - 116 1 - 1 74 - I 6 -6 %-14 P % Ws. % P 10% - 11 55 -57 55 -57 4 -6 p 63 -7 4% -4% 18% - 194 11% - IN 2% -2% 31% -32 w 27 -29 6 - 7 1%- 2 %- 3' 17% - 17% 6% -6% 10% - 11% 12% - 12% 38 -40 %- 14 P , 242 - 245 77 —7B 44 —3% es. 99 101 49% 50% 22 —23 64 —7O 6% —6% p. 26 —27 p 56% 57% 10% 104 dia. 7 dis. 1% 134 dis. 128 - 132 - 5 j dLs. 96 —97 12% 13% 3% —2% 415. 3% 3 dill. i% % dis. % 1 1, 6% -6% 86% -87% le% I 1( 57 —6O 57 -60 137 - 139 11%-12 23% -U% -124 334 4 p. 4 —4% p. 2%-2 p. 77% 78% 12 —ll Ms 10 NAL —2% p. .• -- •• 13 -15 4% 4 dis.l 25% 26% 10% —ll% 9% 10% 3 —2% dis. 465( 1 473{ 19% —l9 dlB. 24 —26 128 - 130 •i% _I - 'i 21 —23 15 —l4 die. 16 —l7 44 —4% 8% 9 4,-5% 8% —B% Ms., 17 -17% 41% - 42% 7% - 8 % p. 18%--19% 7%- 7 % 1 -1% p. 1314 -14' - 6% -7% 6 514 die. 5 —4% dim. 9% 10 12 —l3 6 —6% 9 —lO N 1 die. 13% 14 3% —3% die. 14 16 11 —l3 3% 33( die. 22% 23 .. - .. 22 -23 3 234 dis. • • • • 9 7 db. —6% die. 3 1614 18 20% - 21% •• -- •• 8 -8% 44 -45 18% - 19 f% 6 dis.l 3 56 —2% dis. 16 —l7 3%( -4% • -- •• 22 22% 1 dig, :lON. 2 - 234 a% —B% 15% - 16 4% —44 t % I pm. U - % Pm. % - % Pm. 1 -1U 2% -2% - 8 14 15 —15% 4% 4 Ms. x.(1 1 3.1 —35 25Y, —27 —5% die. 10% 11 356 10!i 9% dis.xd 'i%::: i'x :K BANKS. 28 -31 k 42 -43 9% - 10 25 -25 k 18%-19% 27% -28% 17% - 18 42 - 43% 15% - 15% 347 8 - 35 12% -0% INON. ..... Paid. Nominal Prices. Business don _ to-day. — ---- Anglo-Mexican(is. 5/. p.) 100 .. —• • Asturian .... • ..... •. • • 15 .. —.. Australian .... •••• • • .. 4 3q - 3 Barossa Range ....... 113 0 3% —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 10 • • —.. Bolanos Scrip ........ • • • • —•- British Iron.. • ......... 13 5 .. .. Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/. p.) 24% .. —.. Do. Cocaes and Culaba 30 3% 34 Da. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% —14 IA Cobre. Copper .• .... . • • 40 32% 35 Copiapo ..... • • .... • • • 14 53! —5% 5% General 2O 13% 13% Real Del Monte, Uhreg. % Do. Black Debentures . .. —.. Do. Red Debentures Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft .. • • • • • • .... • • I 7 10% 11 United Mexican • • MISCELLANEOUS. Canada .... ••••• • • • • • 32% 42% —44 Gen. Steam Navigation .1 14 26% 27 Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 8 9'% t:8 Royal Mail Steam .. • • 78% [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Ye Ftcrday was a close holiday in the Livi rpoul Cotton Market and Stock Exchange. The periodical trade reports, brimful of stevittics and practical remarks, pour in upon us in force and volume that would of themselves impress upon us, were we otherwise unmindful of the fact, tha , the year 1850 had given place to a successor. Upon tex!ile mauufsetures, raw staples, shipping and public securities, we have every information and we cull the requisite portions:— ssrs. Tonge, Curry, and Co.; of Liverpool, write as follows:—" It gives us plessure to be able to state that the amount of tonnage sold exceeds that of 1849; being 81,028,t0ns against 78,212, for 1849, showing an increase of 3.6 per cent. At the same time there is a falling off in the number of ships sold, being 211 against 221 in 1849, equal to 4,52 per cent. This does not include foreign ships, of which but three have found purchasers during the year, although the arrivals from the continent show an increase of nearly double, which in 1849 were about 360, and in 1850 nearly 700. Very few have been placed on the market, and such as were at all worth notice, with a limit of price that must remove all anxiety from our colonial friends on the ground of competition. Among them were 'some French :craft, wholly unfit for ' English employ. The number of second hand British vessels sold has been unusually large, .a great propor tion of which have been taken for California, and which new source of enterprise has proved a most opportune outlet for vessels that have spent the best of their days in more regularly established trades. "New British ships have fully maintained our last quotations; indeed we have felt the want of a larger supply of good vessels of 500 to 650 tons register, which would have met a ready sale at fair prices, if at band. We have also had much inquiry for good vessels of this size, having from four to six years to remain A. 1, but have not found owners of such disposed to sell. If some of the v, awls of this class, s) long kept on the stock far sale at the outports, were finished and sent round hero under Baltic outfit, a quick return might be calculated upon. " The number of ships launched and in course of completion in our port this year is 20, tonnage computed 7,409. against 8, computed at 2,800, in 1819, which, however, are built to order. As regards steamers, there is an increased inquiry for both paddle and screw boats, the former for the cattle.oarrying trade, and, we pre sume, in anticipation of the expected increased consump• Lion during the ensuing summer." Messrs. Wright, Young and Wright, of Hull, state:— " We have much pleasure in again laying before you our annual review of some of the principal features of interest to you in the commerce of Hull. The past year has not been remarkable for any peculiar activity in our trade; indeed it will be seen by reference to . the annexed tables, the imports of most articles of produce exhibit some deficiency compared with the previous year. "The tonnage of vessels liable to dock dues, which entered this port in 1850, amounts to 812,554, showing an excess upon that of the previous year of 27,966 tons; but this apparent discrepancy with the imports is ex plained by the steamers having been only partially loaded daring the summer months. " On a former occasion we were led to anticipate a gradual improvement in our trade, commensurate in some degree with the increased facilities recently af forded; as regards the past year, however, it must be confessed the anticipation has not been realized, the amount of import business transacted showing, as above remarked, a diminution when compared with that of 1840; still the causes are not of a permanent or irre mediable character, and we yet venture to predict that, if the true policy be pursued—that of meeting opposing interests by timely and liberal concessions to the trading and shipping interests, in the prompt removal of all un necessary obstructions, whether in the shape of over charges or otherwise, this port will not only stand its ground, but continue to increase in a ratio perhaps little short of that of the preceding ten years. " A considerable agitation, with a view to a reduction of the port charges, has not been attended with any im mediate result; but it is to be hoped that the wishes of merchants and shipowners, naturally desirous of preserv ing end increasing their trade, as well as of benefiting the port at large, will be ultimately gratified; in that case affording, in addition to the ample dock accommo dation already provided, rates and charges of a reason able character. The alterations already made by the Dock Company in rates of wharfage and granary charges, have been considerable, and attended with pro portionate advantage. The aggregate amount of imports furnish( s us with curs ect data whereby we may note the past as well as review our present position; anti we freely hazard the opinion that the contemplated reductions are called fur to enable us to compete successfully with rival ports, possessing as they do the advantages of a low scale of charges to the fullest extent. " The substitution of steam-vessels for sailing ships, which has been called into existence by the demands of the day for dispatch and facilities for business, is gradu ally altering the character of our shipping. The decline of the ship-building trade is perhaps in some measure a natural consequence of this change; yet, as the ports in the North are by degrees extending this business, it would rather seem that Hull does not aspire to eminence in a department for which it is in many respects so well qualified. The almost total failure of the Northern Whale and Seal fishery last season was very discouraging to those embarked therein; and, following the ill experi ence of several previous years, will no doubt serve to re strict still more its pursuit for the future. " The seed crushing trade, an important branch here, was carried on to its usual extent, but, owing to causes explained in some of our accompanying remarks, without adequate remuneration. " The import business in Corn in the early months was generally profitable; but subsequently, owing to con tinued dull markets with low prices, was too of ten other wise; upon the whole complaints are not numerous, end sanguine expectations are formed that a more satisfac , tory state of things will follow with the new year. " From the commencement of the military movements in Germany a sensible deficiency in our exports to the continent was observable; the effect was not so striking in reference to the imports, but even here they no doubt operated prejudicially. Now, however, that all fears of a war have subsided, a revival may be looked for, and to this port the preservation of peace cannot fail to be bt neficial in an eminent degree." From Glasgow Mr. 11. Ferguson advises us— "lt may not be out of place to remark that, notwith standing the increased stock of pig-iron, the withdrawal from circulation of a large quantity of scrip has alrea:4 very much reduced the available iron in the market; and, should the scrip system be permanently discontinued, there seems no reason to doubt that, when speculators have satisfied themselves with their dealings in pig-iron, the practice which obtained previous to storing and scrip having been adopted, will again be re sumed, and that business in this article will be transacted on the same principle as in other departments of com merce. "By latest advices from America, no measures had been taken to alter her tariff, and should no change take place in this respect, a good demand may be ex pected from that quarter; and the contrary should her legislature impose a high specific duty on imported foreign iron. Our home demand is good as a whole, and the general requirements of the country next year will in all probability equal, if not exceed, those of 1850; did the Continent of Europe present the same phases, the hopes and prospects of the iron trade would be more encouraging than at any time during the last two years, and all interests concerned must concur in the desire that its revival may not be far distant. "The market has been well supported these two weeks, both pig and manufactured iron being in better request, the former I quote 445. 6d. net cash, f.0.b.; bars, 51. 7s. 63. to 51. 12s. 6d; and plates, 71. 10s. to Si. 55., less 4 per cent. discount for cash." Messrs. Joseph Robinson and Co., of Liverpool, state upon the subject of oil: " The market is dull and the sales limited, speculators are holding with firmness, but recent imports are offered at current rates; a few purchases can be bad at 10s. per tun lower, if taken from the quay. " Although the past year's records are without great variation, yet a brief review may not be found uninter esting, inasmuch as the outline will show that the trade is in a healthy and flourishing position, that importers and consumers have little to fear for some time hence from a depressing change, and unless an unforeseen event occur in the political condition of the world, the circumvolution of machinery and increasing commercial enterprise, will continue unabated for the general bene fit. It is with a degree of satisfaction we notice that tho bright anticipations predicted in our last annual circular have been fully realized, as to a bountiful tied uncewiug demand, proving that this country has materially be nefitted by the late continental agitations; all must ad mit that the internal state of other empires, shaken to their centres with commotion, operated disastrously on their commercial arrangements, causing their millions to seek in peaswel England those fabrics, which could not be rendered amidst tumult and confusion. The open ing part of the year, 1850, was marked with favourable indications, tranquillity reigned supreme, the money market was perfectly easy, with every facility shown in discounts, end confidence was strongly manifest in the expectation of a good spring trade, the realization of which, and the abundance of fore in orders, gavo a fur ther impetus to consumption and increased the value of the btvle article; as month followed month the demand became more extensive, stocks became reduced in all the the markets, and as a natural consequence prices con tinued to advance; the rise was gradual until November, when the warlike aspect of affairs between Austria and Prussia checked the demand for a short time; however the amicable settlement of the pending question be tween those two great powers soon bad its effect, and caused higher rotes and as active business to the close, In Yorkshire, that great arena of manufacture e as also in other districts, general activity prevailed, but amidst this an iutcry continued from period to period, that Wool was above its relative value, that manufacturers could obtain no remuneration, that they must either close their mills or work short time; yet around this scene of what might be supposed blank despair, new mills were erected, Several extended, and others still in progress of large dimensions, so that the curious have not to tae present time been enabled to reconcile the appearances with the complaints ; it certainly is an in tricate problem to solve. Remarks have been prevalent that importers are the parties who are the chief partici pators in the advantages obtained, it cannot be denied that they have nut been remunerated, but by no means to the extent presumed; they have regularly met the market on arrival, and not held for advancing prices. When it is considered that the means of transit are so fro quest and expeditious, and the markets abroad sus fain an immediate proportionate advance, the importers may Le said to have a mere temporary opportunity of pining to any great extent. A glance at the consume' Lion is necessary, because it is almost universally known that there never was so much of the raw material worked up in any previous twelve months, stocks were cleared and purchases made to arrive for large parcels, the ear periums of the kingdom got reduced to a nonentity for a supply, importations and home growth productions seem to be inadequate to meet the increasing require tuents of the triizen, therefore we deem it urgent to re' commend farmers and egriculturists to pay at me atten tion to this essential article of cousumption. General observation has shown to us it at our home trade for manufactures has been good and much increased, but 0 0 referring to the exports we find that more, by nearly one-halt, was taken from our shores for foreign recount last year, than the previous year, which was one-third ut an increase on 1848; with such an augmentation of demand from abroad, the most sceptical must be con vinced that the rise in value is not of a supetficial nature , but founded on the actual scarcity of the raw material. The imports to this market fur the year number 79,959 bales, against 81,251 bales in 1549, showing a falling off of 1,292 bales. Stocks on hand are exceedingly lovsi with such a deficiency in the market, considerable ior ports are wanted to meet the still increasing consume' Lion; present quotations will be no doubt fully supported , and enhanced ere long, and unless timely arrivals inter" fere, the value will become beyond all latitude. The Amerisan President's last Message, and the undisturbed quietude of the European powers, induce the belief tbst pacific feelings will be maintained, and that the onward course of trade 'rill continue uninterrupted. The Manchester Piece,Goods Market is thus describe" by Mr. G. F. Mandley:— " At the close of the year I have the pleasure of re' porting the very favourable position of this market; which so fur, perhaps, as respects the employers and their operatives engaged in the great staple production s of this district, is more satisfactory than at any former Pe' riod since the revulsion commenced in the latter e nd of 1845. Doubtless the year just closed would have beets a period of prosperity but for the comparative swell and high price of the raw material. The action of th e Factory Law has been very beneficial under the ciretl o3 ; stances. It has tended to distribute employment, Be" has kept in check violent and sudden advances in th e price of Cotton. The rise in the value of Yarns an d goods has been graduated, and during the year thet a has been rarely any undue pressure of stock or force d sales. Standing now on the verge of the new year,'" find stocks of almost all descriptions of fabrics bare' demand generally active, and prices, notwithstanding th e high rates of Cotton, such as will afford an encouraging f margin to the pretlucers of almost all kinds of our chi ef staples, and more especially of yarns. For a compariso° of prices we must revert to the prosperous year of 1 845 ' when the low prices of food arising from abundant her; vests let free a large amount of capital, at low rates ()! interest, fur reproductive employment. At 00 period the prices of our chief products very cloself approximated to those now current, and our fe e ' tortes, print and dyeworks, bleach crofts, 86° ' were vigourously employed during long hour , ' and with the advantage of much lower Pele e. fur Cotton, Dyestuffs, &c., than rule at present. I I P d . pend a comparative table, showing prices at the pen t ° in 1845, just antecedent to the revulsion produced a t the failure of the harvest of that year ; the eurreo rates at the lowest period of 1848, consequent on th e failure of the root and cereal crops, the rebellion, bo out of famine, and the commercial bankruptcies ; 4e i gether with the prices ruling at the close of last year O , the present. From the foregoing it will be observe d ' that the margin between the cost of the raw mater''" and the market %slue of the manufactured article, left!. greater return for profit to the producer in 1845, than la now afforded by the like estimate. Still it is believed that spinners and manufacturers have good reason to be content, as the economy of production has been 11 311 . e improved in the interval, sad at present rates, their 1 0 * dustry and enterprise have an encouraging reward. Coe sideriog that the stocks of Yarn and goods are bic re il bare than for many years past, that the supply of Cott?, from all quarters is scarcely likely to be equal to // 3 .,, wants of the coming year, and that the general conditi ° i 'i and prospects of trade are eminently encouraging, 11 appears to be very probable, that a large business e ll be done in this market during the coming year, at Pri ce. even still higher than those now ruling here." The accounts received this morning by the steatOe f Arctic from New York, represent the rate of excbsog e e on London as being high, viz., 1104, and 2,000, 00 " , dollars had been received from Califarnia. Further s e ' counts were coming forward. The mails Irons the continent are behind time, ova to the boisterous weather last night. The English Funds have barn very firm, and there have been fair dealings. Conso's for Account realise 96i The New Threeeand-a-Quarter per Cents. arc 96a I, e v as the Three per Cents. 971 to 1. Bank Stock is firro 2131, and India Stock at 2671. Exchequer-bills 1 30 been 675., and India Bonds 765. premium. Foreign Securities have been quiet again. Spal 3if i e b Tilt co per Cents. are 38i to ex dividend. Venezal Bonds are 311. Mexican Stock is worth 35/ a, f e . Grenada Deferred Bonds are 3a. Dutch Two - and'"' Half per Cents. have been 57i to 58. Railway Shares have rather improved in value, h e there is not much doing. this The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to day are in round figures as tinder:— 1 1849. 850. Great-Western £14,844 ... .£1 2 e 957 , 9 3 North-Western 41,553 37,' gi South-Western 95,87 ... B' s- Brighten 0 Midland 9,1 23,- 58 South-Eastern North Stafford - 4,628 ~ Caledonian 6,469 ... 5,995 QUARTER TO VIRE*" - Consols Ditto Account ... 961 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOO (From the Official List.) Rank Stock 213% . I per Cent. Reduced Annuities— 97.4 1,4 New 3 1 A per Cent. Anal. 98 305% India Stock 267% India Bonds under 1,0001. .... ....... 76 p :. onsets for Account ... 96% 1 ,0.4 E Echequer BillP. 14d rid. March Jun& • gma t,06 0/. . — 60 p ll 67 GU PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCI" Grenada, 1' per Cent. Ditto Deferred MI xican Bemis, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . 35 N1,/ d . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,1840 Venezuela Bonds 3 1 14 Do. Deferred Dividends on the above payable is London. ~ d, Dutch 214 per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 nor Cent. Cagicates LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DA I( A LONDON, JAN. 2.—lt blew a tremendous gale all A a ' s night, accompanied with terrific squalls. Wind at V ° ( l S., fresh gale, a nd cloudy.—The Geor g e an d Riculi r brig, of London, was lost on a tongue of mud n e " gt Monte Video; crew saved. HOLYHEAD, JAN. I.—The Shannon schooner , he Gillies to Liverpool, has been totally wrecked on t", rocks at Rhoselyn (?) during a thick fog last night; ,°/) boy drowned. do' KINGSTOWN, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Fairy Queen, Cala be ST. ANDREW'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, DEe. El Dorado, of this port, bound to Liv e rpool, g ot agrott d 6th inst., came off on the flood, and filled ; is di s chargl" her:between-deck cargo. DEAL, JAN. I.—Wind strong and squally at S. v". f . And. Ipswich, Buenos Ayre s . Arrd. from the IVY"' Lady Hilda, Barbadoes. sai FALMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind W.S.W. fresh gales squally.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Rawlinson, Jaffa for ford. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 31.—Wind S.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Duc de Brabant, Welde, Callao; The ll Gregory, ditto; Lebra, Moir, ditto. A vessel with W mast gone, timber laden, waterlo gge d, an d abandon ed' was seen 25th December. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind W.S.W. to ' blowing hard.— Off port, John Knox, Sydney, N. 5 .1 1 w. 06 LITERPOOL,JAN.I.—Wind S. to W.S.W.—Arrd. tor, Harper, Callao. Jemima, Johns, Calcutta, 1e f6 .,: New b, Helena 20th Novem ber ; Schoodiac, Nichols Saysn' experienced fin e weat h er; A rct i c steamer, i; • . MARGATE, JAN. I.—The Speedy sc h ooner o f GO sey is on the Hook of Margate Sand. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY•) NEW - GATE AND LEADENUAX.D. nest With the exception of Mutton hying in steady rigt e at full prices, the general demand ruled very inse,ti - : Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s iv` ii ; Veal, 38 Od to 4s Od; Pork ' , 2s 6d to 4s per 81b5, by t carcase. BAY 7101.41E1M15T9. SMITHFIELD.—kIeadow Hay, 21 10s to 41 0s; Clover, ... 31 Os to 4/ 2s ; and Straw, 11 ls to 11 as per " Trade steady, at full prices. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 4 1 . 0 1 1 1 Clover, 31 Os to 410 s; and Straw, 1/ 2 $ t o 1/ 9 3 per 1 06 A full average supply, and a steady demand. W HITECJIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to al 18 " Clover, 3103 to 410 s; and Straw, 1/ le to 118 s per 103 d. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. k HAILSHADI, JAN. I.—A very limited supply of Bee f , was ou offer to day, and which sold as follows: n; from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Pork, 3 3 L ° 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, DEC. 31.—Prime Beasts and Sheep Bold at full prices ; otherwise, the demand ruled heavy. 13 ". from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Pork, 312 d Moll 64 per 81bs. CHICHESTER, JAN. I.—We had a slow trade to 410 yet late rates were well supported. Beef, from So to 40i 15 11 6 3, Business done to-day. 10% dis. 10% % 10% 7 11% 12 17X Ii _6% 12% % 7 1 54 % '4 34 15734 58% 5734 123% 1245 20% 16 7636 X die. 0 % 48 5% ail. 4% dill. 23% 3 % 3 97i X IN ar e 2E. d. 5 x.d Paid.