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• such a change on your part, is what I should have least expected, and what I still less know how to ac count for. You have promised in your letter to send me a further explanation, but a fortnight has elapsed with out my having received any. I can hardly persuade myself that you seriously mean what your letter asserts, viz., that you mean to throw me off because another aweetheart, who I learn from your letter with sad stir prise.waS formerly in favour, has now returned to his a ll e giance. 'Surely, I, who have never departed from that allegiance, have the most claim to your kindness, and I feel sure that when you come to consider the matter seriously you will allow me to resume that place in your esteem which you have permitted another to usurp. You say you should not be happy were ycu to keep your en gagement with me, but in this I must differ from you, and I am firmly persuaded that you would have a right to expect happiness from the future consciousness of having fulfilled your duty towards me. Pray do not think lightly of this; reflect on the pain of mind you inflict on me, and remember that a young man seriously deprived of the hope to which he was adhering with fondness receives an injury which is beyond the ,surgeon's skill. lam not, my dear Mary Ann, the coward for which you take me. I rio not give you up as hopeless, because you have expressed a sentiment differ ing from those which I have always heard from you. I am ready at once to perform my part of our engage ment, and will take you, whenever convenient to your self, and I hope a no unwilling sacrifice, to that altar which I would not approach lightly, and on which I shall call you to plight your faith to me, and I promise carefully to guard the happiness which will be thus in trusted to my care. I hope your last letter was candid; you distinctly say that there is no other reason for your wishing to break off the engagement than that an old sweetheart has returned, and now stands in my place. Answer me frankly, for if you are disguising the reason you are not dealing fairly by me. If you have any ob jection to my person, or any dislike to my address or habits, you ought to inform me of it, that I might have the opportunity of altering what displeases you, and of becoming more agreeable to your taste. Do not keep me in suspense, as I have been a long time without hearing from you as I expected. I accept your pretty purse, Wit I have not expended for you nearly as much as you sent me. I ,have therefore a balance to strike with you, but feel no disposition to be in a hurry about it, as I hope our future interviews will be long, inti mate, and many.—l am, my dear Mary Ann, yours affectionately, " FREDERICK STRANGE." BRETT'S SPIRIT HAMPERS, 20s. EACH. FREE OF CARRIAGE. These favourite little Packages contain such an exquisite assortment of Brandy, Rum, Geneva, and Ginger Brandy, as cannot be procured at any other house in the world. We undertake to pay the carriage on single gallons of BRAYDY at 18s., and on all orders forjWINES or SPIRITS amounting to 205., to any town in England having di rect commusiaation with London. A pamphlet of particulars may be had (post free) upon application. bENRY BRETT and Co., Old Furnival's Inn, Holborn. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. The LAST WEEK of the present season. Two Farewell Nights of Madlle. ANURI. Mr. BALFE S Benefit on ONDAY next. THIS EVENING. The Pastoral. Symphonie Beethoven. Overture is Massaniello, Auber. The Grand Battle Overture, Lindpainter. The Caliph's March, from the new Serenata, " The Sleeper Awakened, Macfarren. Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera, La Figlia del Reggirnente. L. Negri. • Miss Poore, Molique, Alban, Baumann, Barret, and Rickartioa. 31usical Director, Cumporter, and Conductor—X. Salle. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Labitzky. Promenade (admitting w the Half-Circles, Gallery 1 6 and Pit*alls) • . •• • • • • The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. I ri:E ROYAL, HAYMARKET Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessea and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADT. t HIS LVENING, The Single Act of the Second Part of HENRY THE TOURTH. Henry IV., Mr. Macready. To be followed by the JEALOUS WIFE, in whieh Mr. Macready Trill appear. After which A RADICAL CURE. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Peter White, Mr. H. Bedford. THEATRE kOYAL, Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. characters by - If essrs. ILighes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ord, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. Atter which a new Te.rce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling flop. CAptaln Kitetlyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. To be followed by a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Toni, ie, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Eti quett... ROYAL PRINCESS'S TiIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management 01 Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstrff, Mr. Bartley. After which BETSY BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by Half." Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Murray. To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE EINGDOTZS. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING. Vo conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. • ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENTNG. Will be performed HEARTS ALE TITKPII. To be followe,l by ANTHONY AND ULEUA'ATRA. After which THE UNPROTECTED FEIiALE. To implode with ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE. 1", 1,;()Y.J.1. . NPHiTiIEATRE Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his neyal Highness Prime Albert. Pronrtetor and Manager, Mr. W. Ratty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Second week of the Revival of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. THIS Ie,VENING. The Grand new Spectacle of KENNILVS 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 Magnlticemt Stud and Company of unequalled Arti;tes. — The whole concluding with the - Equestrian Drama (for the firs, time these five years) of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. Extensive preparations are now being made for the production • a new and original Equestrian Comic Pant.mime, written expressly for this Theatre, by G. H. Rcdwell, Esq. Box-effico open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tim DAT —Morning 47 min. after 12 I Evening 11 rain. after 1 To .Mcnotow —Morning 32 min. after 1 I Evening 54 min. after 1 THE WEATHER. — SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 18, THEILMOMETER, t THE SHADE. 42—highest since noon yesterday. 29—lowest this morning and during the night. 36—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.47. Warn S.W.— cold breeze and fine. DAILY 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. KINGSTOWN (DUBLIN)—Wind W.N.W., strong breeze— partially cloudy. pLYMOCTII—Wind N.W., strong breeze—rain. PORTSMOUTH—Wind W., strong breeze—rain. BRIGHTON—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS Wind W., strong! breeze—partially cloudy. ,S, OUTHAMPTON—Win , ' W., strong breeze—overcast. FoutEszosu—Wind W.., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE —Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. READING —Wind S.W., calm—overcast. GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SwniDort—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LEIGHTON —Wind S.W.. strong breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH — Wind W., hard wind—cloudless. CREWE—Wind S.W., fresh breeze— partially cloudy. CoNwAY—Wind W.S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. IIoLYHEAD—Wind W , hard wind—partially cloudy. LIVERPOOL—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cicudless. YORK—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SHAY—Wind W., strong breeze—snow. SUNDERLAND—Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. Caßusr.E—W ind S. W., breeze— partially cloudy. BEATTOCK —Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. BEnwtex—Wind W.—gentle breeze—rain. EDINBURGH—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy. The returna from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : Coin—Wind W., strong breeze—heavy rain. CARLOW—Wind S.W., hard wind—rain. The mean daily reading of the barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was high es t on S un d a y, w h e n it was 30.212 inches; it was also above 30 inches on the two following days ; the mean of the week was 29.9311 inches. The temperature was lowest on Tuesday, when the daily mean was 32.8°, which is less by 6° than the average of the same day in seven years. It rose on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, when the mean was about 46°, or 6 1 above the average. The mean of the whole week was 40'1°. The wind was for the most part in the south-east on the lint four days, and in the south-west for the rest of the week. nation as the successor of ZACEIAEY TAYLOR. That Message, however, was written, be it remembered, hurriedly, in the extraordinary exigency of the mo ment, consequent on the melancholy event which de prived the United States of the ability and integrity of the conqueror of Mexico. At length the states man selected to follow in the footsteps of old Rough and Ready has been enabled to articulate his real sentiments t i the Congress newly assembled at Washington, with due time for serious and earnest consideration. Hence it is that we regard the Message now published in our columns as the first veritable revelation of his views in regard to the ne cessities of the Government. Comprehensive as the document before us is, un questionably, in its actual dimensions, MILLARD FILL MORE has only been enabled to indicate briefly, and sometimes incidentally, his opinions in reference to the various subjects therein payed under scrutiny— so numerous are the topics alluded to, and so pecu liarly diversified in their character. Even a hasty glance through the Presidential Message will be suf ficient to show that several of its themes are of more than usual interest, and some of them of a more than ordinary importance. They relate to one or other of the different departments of the administration. In one instance, indeed, they even go beyond those widely-extended limits ; we mean where the PRESIDENT recommends to the Congress the establishment of an agricultural bureau in the Government. Generally speaking, the language employed by him throughout is of a highly satisfactory kind, gratifying as to the past and en couraging as to to the future ; filling the minds of the American citizens with confidence in the intentions of his Government. At the very outset of his observations Mr. FILLMORE intimates clearly enough his fixed and unalterable determina tion to abide in all things by the obvious principles of the Constitution. Insomuch, indeed, would this appear to be his resolve, that he announces his intention to submit all questions of a dubious de scription to the judicial decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, so that a guarantee will be thereby afforded to the public that in no case will the polity of the nation be marred by false precedents or by unnecessary encroachments. In the event, moreover, of any enactment passing through both Houses of Congress which may seem to, him to be un constitutional in its nature, or an infraction of the pri vileges of any one department, the extraordinary powers of the veto, confided to the PRESIDENT by the Constitution, will, it is intimated, be employed by him for the purpose of guarding against any injurious consequences. Having satisfied his conscience by this bold and explicit declara tion, Mr. FILLMORE proceeds to the elucidation of his ideas in regard to the various points likely to be brought under the consideration of the Republican Legislature. He informs the Congress that in re ference to the subject of Foreign Relations little is left to be accomplished in the carrying out of the treaty, lately ratified between Great Britain and the United States, as to the construction of a ship canal connec ting the Pacific with the Atlantic, and passing through the American isthmus at the territory of Nicaragua. He asserts, even, that that little may be said to refer merely to the indication and construction of a free port at each end of this canal, and the designation of certain boundaries from shore to shore, within which all belligerent operations must terminate. He proclaims, in reference to the Slave Question, that the laws as they now stand shall be rigorously adminis tered, and accompanies the declaration with remarks of an admonitory kind, addressed to the connoting parties in the United States, the Abolitionists and the Non-Abolitionists. He gives a satisfactory sketch of the financial condition of the Republic, pointing out a considerable reduction in the National Debt as having taken place since the last annual report from the Treasury department. He presents, likewise, a rapid outline of the contemplated Tariff, by which it is intended to raise a large portion of the revenue needful towards the support of the Government, by .the levying of certain moderate duties upon articles of importation—expressing, at the same time, his preference for duties rather specific than ad valorem. Added to the foregoing should be mentioned one or two other intimations embodied in this remarkable Message of the American PRESIDE ST. He suggests, for example, that a mint should be organized and forthwith established in Califormia. He recommends a reduction of charges in the Post ( ffice department. He advises the ixtending of pro tection to American commerce in Asia. He avows bimseif favourably disposed towards various schemes of internal improvement, among which may be enumerated the creation of a pension fund for the naval and military profes sions, and the construction of houses of refuge for those who have distinguished themselves by their pa triJtic and meritorious behaviour. Throughout the whole document may be discovered an ever-present solicitude to fulfil, to the best of his energies, the vast responsibilities of his position —a solicitude which must prove the best safeguard from error and the most wholesome incitement towards reforms of a constitutional character. Those who were so long indifferent to the suffer ings of the industrious classes, who regarded as the triumph of legislation the mischievous and iniquitous enactments that imposed undue restrictions on the issue of bank-notes, thus rendering money scarce, and, of course, dear, are already startled from their propriety on discovering that the tide has already turned, and that there is every reason to suppose that owing to the abundant supply of gold from Cali fornia, to which we have already alluded, the idol which they have set up will be overturned, and that its votaries and worshippers will share in its prostration. The most ridiculous suggestions, worthy of a semi-barbarous age, ignorant of the first principles of econowinal science, have already not only been thrown out, but seriously canvassed, and if the advice, freely tendered, should be followed, we should behold in the middle of the 19th century a repetition of the commercial absurdity by which the inhabitants of the Spice Islands en deavoured to keep up and enhance the pi ices of their commodities, by the wilful and deliberate destruc tion of a great part of their produce. The Dutch colonists then decided what quantity of nut megs, &c., would be sufficient for the supply of the world on the scale suited to their own narrow views, and the remainder of the crop was solemnly burned in the presence of the authorities, thus neutralising the bounties of PROVIDENCE for their own short-sighted purposes ; and their admirers and would-be imitators of the present day would, as far as practicable, follow their brilliant example. " Protection to bullion" is now the cry, and that by persons who would not for a moment sanction protection to any of the natural pro ductions of their own country. Much has not as yet been said in England on the subject. As silver is only a legal tender to the extent of 405., and the change in its value has not as yet amounted to the enormous seignorage charged by our Government on its coinage, which, in ordinary times, when silver could be ob tained at 4s. 110. per ounce, amounted to more than 11 per cent., the pound troy of standard silver being coined into 66 shillings, or the ounce into is. 6d., we have not as yet experienced the natural results of the change. It has not as yet become a pro fitable speculation to withdraw our silver currency from circulation, and export it largely to the continent. That period must, however, speedil y arrive, and then active measures will become es sential. On the continent the question as to "the pro priety of interfering by legislative means with the na tural results of the Californian discoveries" is already seriously discussed. In Holland the gold currency—. the five and ten guilder pieces —have already been called in, and the double standard of value has been abolished. A large sum, about 4,000,0001., has thereby been released, which will naturally find its way to England, the only nation in the world where gold is the exclusive standard. The greater portion of the produce of CAliforuia will eventually follow to the same market. Our coin will become seriously depreebteci, its relative value with the currency of other nations will be completely changed. We con fess that we can look upon this contingency without apprehension. When gold is cheap and plentiful our foreign corrfspondents will no longer take it in exl b, : ge for their commodities. In place of instructing their agents to forward the amount to which they are entitled in gold they will receive it in our manufactures, the prices of which will ri se in consequnce, and so will every other article. The wages of labour will participate in the general im provement, and the pressure of taxation will be mate rially lightened. The drones in the national hive will alone be the sufferers. The income of the fundholder will practically be diminished to one-half its present amount, but he will still receive as much as he was entitled to, according to the scale in operation when the obligation was con tracted. It must not be forgotten that money was abundant at the time the debt was incurred ; the bank-note was inconvertible ; the labour of the country was fully employed; corn maintained an average price of Bfs. 10d. per bushel. The pound note was practically only worth 1311. in specie, and the amount of the liability should, in common justice to the tax-payer, have been liquidated at the same rate. But the intneyocracy were in the ascendant ; their influence prevailed in the national councils, and the Acts of 1819 and 1844 were pasoed, the effect of which, according to the admission of Sir CHARLES WOOD, was to double the purchasing power of the pound sterling, to give it a twofold command over necessaries and comforts, and thus to give double payment to the public creditor; or, to look at the reverse of the picture, to make the over-toiled artizan or operative, whose labour was mortgaged be fore he came into the world, work twice the number of hours, in order to satisfy the demands of the public tax gatherer. gross and palpable injustice will at last be remedied, and some of the fetters struck off from the limbs of the "English slave." Yes, " slave," for what is a slave but one who is compelled to give his labour for the benefit of another, to toil and work at the direction of his taskmaster ? But England will in one respect be a heavy loser— the gold of which we are the holders, of which there is some 16,000,0001. lying idle in the coffers of the Bank, and the further sum of 50,000,0001. now circulating from hand to hand, in consequence of our absurd prohibition of a small note currency will be reduced to about one-half its present nominal value. By our present laws we are prevented from using this bullion while its value remains, and it can only be relieved by the issue of notes of small deno minations, and the abolition of the restrictions as to silver. At present the Bank of England is limited in the amount of silver which it is allowed to retain on hand. The injurious tffects of the restrictive enact ment were painfully perceptible during the commercial crisis of 1847, when a merchant, with a large quantity of silver bul lion, was unable to' obtain an advance upon it or to sell it. This drove the silver, which is now likely to become so valuable, out of the country. A great and comprehensive measure of monetary reform is now clearly essential. The bullionists per ceive that necessity as clearly as any others in the community, and, therefore, there is every reason to suppose that the question will be brought under the consideration of Parliament during the ensuing session. The industrious classes must, however, be vigilant in order to guard their own interests, and to se• that they are not again sacrificed at the shrine of Mammon by their ruthless takmasters. t• I 1 ; 441 ) 1 A It ~... )rk. A -,•<;td...14` 4170 Mitisi -•'7'..- _ 5.....,,...,,,_,..„,;_ ........,. ‘Y, .. . • - '-, • . "' .......:. , 1 01,, r.1,;',;.' al Pi ei' , P4,.. i, ,1".;.„ 4 . - At C...' ~ ~,, l '.lo, • ' .!larra. ' -, ' , 14,1 „ '''. IT ityi nina .:31,t1flb 18, 1850. LONDON, WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER A more interesting Message has never been sub mitted to the Americas Congress by the United States' PRESIDENT than the one published elsewhere in our impression of the evening. More important do. cuments of the like character have, doubtless, been issued before now, but none, we are bold to say, more peculiarly attractive. Besides being addressed to a newly-elected Legislature, the official manifesto in question possesses another equally striking feature, in the circumstance that it may be considered as the first decided intimation of the policy about to be ad- venture& upon by the newly appointed chief magis trt!te of the great Transatlanetic Democracy. It:is true, that immediately on his elevation to the rank of Presi dent M ILLLuD . FILLMORE addressed a message to the ; InMentathee of the Republic, snnouncing his nomi. SUN, THE LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1850. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. On Monday M. JULES DE LASTEYRIE presented the report of the Committee to which was referred the proposition of M. Vrcrox LEFRANC for an amend ment of the Electoral Law of the 31st May. The Committee recommend the rejection of the proposi tion. The report states that the law of the 31st May has disfranchised upwards of three millions of voters. The report was ordered to be printed and circulated previous to the debate. The mail train to Calais was blown off the line on Sunday night by the violence of the storm. A col lision with an up-train was the consequence, and several persons sere seriously injured. On Monday a religious service was celebrated in the chapel of the Invalides, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the bringing of the remains of the Emperor NAPOLEON` to France. The centre of the chapel was filled with old soldiers of the Imperial army, and with servants of the family. Invalids, bearing their lances, formed a line from the altar to the principal gate, and along this the Marshal. Governor JEROME BONAPARTE passed, preceded by the clergy, and accompanied by Generals PETIT and. GOURGAUD, and a numerous staff. He was re ceived on entering the chapel by the beating of drums and the music of the band of the fif th Regi ment. Several Representatives of the People, among others M. AEMATUCCI, M. NAPOLEON DARU, &c., and M. JERoME BONAPARTE, occupied the choir, and the galleries were filled with ladies, nearly all of whom wore deep mourning. When the ceremony was concluded the clergy conducted the Marsbsl to the chapel of Saint Joseph, in which the remains of the EMPEROR are provisionally deposited. Here some prayers were said, and many of the old soldiers present wept. The Marshal afterwards passed the Invalids in review ; also a number of old Imperial soldiers, who had assembled in their old uniforms. The Marshal distributed some crosses of the Legion of Honour, and he was greeted with shouts of " Vive le nom de Napoleon I vive l'Empereur The Bourse opened dull, but after some time it became more animated, and Government stock closed more firm. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. ssc., and rose to 95f. 15c., at which they closed : the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 30c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dzc. 17. Boulogne and Amiens, Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), I6l—Duth Rhenish, 34—Great Indian Peninsula, 2 —Namur and Liege, 85k—Northern of France, 15'. —Orleans and Bordeaux, 2k t — Paris and Rouen, 26 , , —Paris and Strasbourg, 9% Roues and Havre, 103 g Sambre and Meuse, 31—Tours and Nantes, 5 1 4 . SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. -- - - - - - NARVAEZ left Madrid that morning for Aranjuez. The Herald() publishes an official contradiction of the rumour of a Ministerial crisis. BERTRAND Da Lis has been elected President, and GONZALEZ Ro- MERO Vice-President of the Budget Committee. The Chambers did not meet on — the 11th. On that day a sort of panic prevailed in the Stock Exchange among the holders of shares in the Bank of San Fer nando, in consequence of the Government having, it was said, resolved to suppress in the budget of the Minister of the Interior the 14,000,000 reals it has hitherto allowed that establisbment ; the fall was from 64 to 53 reals per share. The directors of the bank intended to make energetic remonstrances against the proposed measure. The English squadron, under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir WILLIAM PARKER, arrived at Bar celona on the 6 tb. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 11.—Three per Cents., 34 15-16 cash, and 3 buyers, 15-16 sellers, after the close ; Five per Cents., with current coupon, 121 ; Coupons, 6f to 7; Passive Debt, 33; Exchange on London, 50 30. GERMAN Y. Accounts from Berlin of the 15th state that Baron WILYLEMEN has refused to accept the seals of the Home-office. Vienna letters of the 13th state that RADETZHY has at length obtained leave to return to Lombardy. Count BicoL has been appointed Austrian Minister at the Dresden conferences. The Bavarian army is to be reduced forthwith. The Bavarian troops have refused to march from Frank fort. In Hesse-Cassel they have advanced to Mel sungen, within fifteen miles of Cassel. General PEUKER, who has been appointed Prussian Commander in Hesse, has declined to accept that office. Count LEININGEN, the Austrian Commissioner, has left for Rotenburg, in Hesse. • . The Government of Wirtemburg has no intention of opposing the treaty of Olmuta. The editors of the New German Gazette of Frank fort, who have just hem expelled by the police from that city, have been forbidden to approach it within twenty miles: This measure is the first of the kind adopted since 18411 ; it was taken on the demand of different German States. The Gazette has ceased to appear. The names of the editors are Dr. GUNTHER, Dr. KUNING, and Dr. WEYDEMAYER. The Post Gazette of Frankfort, of the 14th, states that the Minister of the Elector of HEssE in the Ger manic Diet has proposed to reduce the Federal truopa in the Electorate, which were increased in conse quence of the intervention of the Prussian!, to the number originally fixed. The German Journal an nounces that the Vh:corps darnmie of Prussia is to pass the winter in the Decturate. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A rumour that it was the intention of General Vox DER HOST to make a general attack on the Danish lines having prevailed at Berlin on the 13th, the Prussian Government, on the 14th, sent a confi dential diplomatic agent to the Lieutenance, to in form them that, in the case of such an event, the Cabinet of Berlin could no longer be guarantee for the preservation of the rights of the... Duchies, nor hinder the Danes from occupying Helstpin. A new defeat would place the Duchies at the conqueror's tuercy. SWEDEN. A letter from Stockholm announces that the elec 'Lona of the Committees of the Swedish Diet have been generally favourable to the Royalist t.nd Con servative party. BOSNIA. Letters from Zara, of the Bth, announce that the revolt of Herzgovine has been completely put down, in consequence of a decisive battle which had been fought near Fava. The SULTAN'S troops have made 600 prisoners ; about 1,300 men have fallen on both sides. Alostar still holds out. ITALY. A letter from Rome, of the 3d, in the Risorgimento of Turin, announces that the Austrian troops were on the following day to resume all the positions they had formerly occupied at Perugia, and other places of Umbria and of the Marches. The persons accused of having burnt several confessioaals in the latter days of the Roman revolution have been sentenced to fif teen years' bard labour. CICERUACCIIIO, who has absconded, is one of the conth.coned. The affair of the burning of several cardinals' carriages is not yet concluded. The Osscreatore ?Westin°, a semi- official paper of the Austrian Government, quotes a letter from Ancona of the 29th ult., containing some very severe rein irks on the last Papal decrees, on the organization of the communes, which are considered as the completion of the promises made in the motu-proprio of the 12th of September, 1849. The following passage, under the circumstances, is worth quoting : It may, therefore, be conclud« d that the rules constituting the principal bases of poii:ical, financial, and municipal administration are nearly the same (except in some non-essential parts) as those which governed the Papal States in the remotest times arid which are insufficient to pacify the inhabitants of that country, whose irritation daily increases on account of the heavy taxes to which they are subjected by the Government. Such is the deplora ble situation of the Government of the Holy See, which, believing itself secure for the present at Rome and in the Comarca on account of the presence of the French troops, and in the rest of the Romagna, the Marches, and part of Umbria, because of their occupation by the Austrian troops, forgets the past, neglects the present, and does not look to the future." The Statuto of Florence states, from Leghorn, that on the 7th the apartments of the sculptor GUERRAZZI, advocate FRANZI, and Signor BISCARDI were searched by the police, but without any further result. SICILY. The news of the outbreak of an insurrection in Sicily and of the victory of the Patriot troops over the mercenaries of the usurping King BOMBA, is con firmed, with this important addition, the Swiss troops have refused to act against the Sicilians. The Paris Evenement says that it has received accounts from Sicily which confirm the news of the disturbances said to have broken out in that island. At the de parture of the courier a band of 600 men was as sembled on the mountains of Suacca. Smaller bands were seen every day in the neighbourhood of Barleona and St. Gueseppo. In the first attack on the insur gents the Royal troops were driven back, but General PRONIO had since left Palermo with some regiments of the line and artillery. The correspondence of the Government and some Government money had fallen into the hands of the insurgents. The Swiss troops had refused to act. The latest intelligence is given by the Croce di Savoia of Turin, which publishes a letter from Palermo, of the 26th ult , stating that three carts full of wounded soldiers arrived at Palermo on that day, from the valley of Gigenti, where 600 insur gents are said to hold out against the Government troops, who, it would appear from this statement, have suffered a second defeat. MORE TRACTARIAN RESIGNATIONS.—A report reached us last night that the Rev. Mr. Dodsworth had ten dered his resignation to the Bishop of London, as incumbent of Trinity Church, Albany-road, Regent's-park, and that the resignation, as was to be expected, had been accepted. From the quarter whence the information reached us we are inclined to believe it is correct. Before the week is out, the resignation of Mr. Richards, of Margaret-street, and Mr. Murray, of St. Andrew's Church, Wells-street, may also, we are assured, be expected.—Merging Advertiser. THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.-.... THE CARRIAGE AND FOOTWAYS. - The subject relative to the carriage and foot ways around and approaching to the Crystal Palace, which appears to have been hitherto overlooked, has latterly be come a matter of consideration, as the old roads and paths, however appropriate they may have proved for all the pre vious traffic to which they have been subjected, are not ex pected to be equally so for the accommodation of the antici pated myriads of visitors from the probable annoyances of clouds of dust in dry weather, or of mud after heavy rain. Paving has been recommended, but objected to oa the ground that it would destroy the usual characteristics of a park, while asphalte is equally disapproved, on account of its general dingy colour. Attention has accordingly been called to some footpaths which have been laid down during the recent extensive alterati ,ns and improvements at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park. These are laid with a material which, while it has all the brilliant colour and plea sant pebbly surface of the best garden gravel, imbibes no moisture, and cannel* by the greatest wear and tear be so disturbed as to create dust or mud, either when used as a carriage or footway, and this material it is believed will be adopted by the Commissioners for the purposes of the Exhi bition. HATS.—Men, in their dress, are stiff' to an excess. There is not a particle of taste displayed in modern male clothing. The coat, with its swallow tails swinging about behind, is a hideous invention, and so is the pilot sack, in which we are wont to conceal ourselves in winter. The latest paletot is only an exaggeration of the ugliness; and this the ladies have borrowed. The fair sex certainly have retained some grace in their clothing. The shawl and scarf afford a beautiful drapery when neatly assumed —as, for in stance, by a Parisian woman. And the beauty of their oval figure cannot be altogether concealed. But that horrid paletot I What is there about it but ugliness and comfort Ah ! the secret is there, we fear. English ladies love to be comfortable as well as fashionable. But what good word can be said of the modern Golgotha, the male hat? Look at it! Straight up and down, stiff, erect, hard, and black, of most uncouth shape, whether its rim be narrow or broad, cramping to the head, which it marks in front by ite pressure, uncom fortable, and stupid : the sooner its crown is kicked out, and a more graceful and comfortable covering obtained for the human head, the better. The only worse thing that we know of in the way of headgear is the Albert tile, which is certainly a disgrace to the otherwise excellent taste of the Prince Consort. Cannot our artists invent something mere becoming? Let us have a cap, a bonnet, or a turban, so that we escape from the stiff castor now in use. Even a " wide-awake" is infinitely preferable —more soft, comfort able, and defensive. Indeed, wide-awakes have taken " run" of late, nor do we wonder. Anything rather than the erect, modern, black funnel I We see it suggested by the ilthenseam that the exhibition of 1851 should include new in ventions in the way of dress, and we hail the idea, longing for an improvement on the hat. Anti-hat societies are also said to be springing up in England, and we wish them success. Till a better covering for our head has been devised, we shall certainly continue to sport our "wide-awake," hoping that some ingenious artist may yet be able to invest it with the gracefulness of a Greek cap.......Diza Cook's Journal. THE GREAT COAL FOB THE EXHIBITION OF 1851. —A few days ago this large block of coal was drawn cut of one of the pits in the Hange Colliery, Tividale, near Tipton, belonging to Mr. Daniel George Round. Upon the first at tempt being made, such was the great weight of the coal that the niche ring upon which the rope is wound broke through in two places, it being cast-iron, six inches broad and one inch thick. A new niche ring being put on, a coal was brought to light up t h e shaft, 200 yards deep, in t h secondespa space attempt r ee was minutes. made, when, The amidst great suspense, the waggons being run over the pit the coal was landed amidst the shouts and cheers of all assembled. The coal was then transmitted, by an inclined railway, about 300 yards, to the wharf, the colliers holding it back by ropes. It had to be brought to the bottom of the pit some considerable distance, the ponderous mass at times breaking the cast-iron rails and sleepers forming the rail road, as it moved slowly along. The weight of the coal itself; exclusive of any chains, &c., is about five tons, ascertained by means of steelyards. When lifted to be weighed the hook by which the coal was suspended broke through, being of wrought iron, 11 inch square. The sise is 6 feet high and 18 feet in circumference, necessarily of a circular shape to admit it up the pit shaft; the largest size that could possi bly be produced, and probably the greatest weight ever at tempted to be drawn out of a mine, and must have been at tended with great risk to the machinery and ropes. No other than the 30-feet or thick coal-seam of South Stafford shire could allow of such a large piece of coal being pro duced. Its height, upon the skip and Waggon is nearly 9 feet. It is a fine coal, remarkably bright and clear. We are glad to learn that no:accident occurred to any of the men. There can be no doubt it will form a very interesting addi tion to the great Exhibition, more especially in Loudon, where the sea-coal is principally used. It is worthy of remark, that the services of the nen were gratuitous in getting the coal, and sending it from the mine to the wharf, thus showing the good feeling existing between Mr. Round and his work men.—Birmingham JOUrsal. FORCE or CONSCIENCE.—A letter bearing the Devonport post-mark, and containing 45. 6d. postage stamps, was received yesterday by an artisan in the dockyard, stating that the writer picked the pocket of his son eleven years since, when employed as a weeding boy, of half-a-crown, his week's wages, and that it rested so heavily on his mind that he returned the above as an atonement. —Plymouth Journal. FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE.—A man named John Lam bert, who resided at 39, Holywell•street, Westminster, took a dose of poison, and before the sante had time to operate he cut his throat from ear to • ear, nearly severing the head from the neck, and died yesterday at the Westminster Hospital. MR. HUDSON'S SPECULATIONS.—It is confidently step(' that within the last few weeks Mr. Hudson has cleared from 40,0001. to 50,0004 by speculations in the Lan• cashire and Yorkshire Railway. —Advertiser. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—It is stated that Ply mouth is likely to be the port of departure and arrival for Government packets, instead of Southampton; and this be lief is connected with the rise which has recently taken place in the South Devon Railway shares. A MODERN HERCULES—There lives on the banks of the Dee-side, immediately opposite Balmoral Castle, her Majesty's Highland home, a farmer, well known by the name of Street of Moualtrie, who is renowned in that mountainous district for his astonishing feats of strength and agility. Our informant tells us that he has witnessed him raising on his shoulders the heaviest horse (equal in sine and weight to our own farm horses) in that locality, and elevating him nearly two feet from the ground. It was under this same indivi dual's roof that her Majesty the Queen, on her last visit, par took so cheerfully of his hospitable fare, cakes and milk, and pree'd his bottle of " Royal Loch-na-liar," after enjoying hit facetious remark, " that she would ha'e nae better than that at hame."—Scottish Guardian. There are in the world 'three kinds of things—the valuable, the non-valuable, and the invaluable; and it is `a long rime before we decide in our minds which of them we have been endeavouring,to obtain.—Eliza cook's Journal. WHEAL CURTIS COPPER MINING ComPANy.—This company is the first which will be wound up under the Joint Stock Companies' Winding-up Act. The per centage due in lieu of all fees; in respect of all proceedings under the Act, has been paid into the Bank of England, to the credit 9( the Suitors' Ft o-fvuad. TIIE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Railways. )berdeen 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... Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly - paid, or with a ;guarantee •• •• Do. without a guar. •• Birthing.," Wolvertatap., and Stour Valley ,• Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter.. Buckinghamshire • • •• Caledonian •• •• •• DJ. IP/. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. I Clarence .. • • .. • • Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ct.l Direct Lund. and Purism.' Dublin and Belfast Junct.l Dundalk and Enniskillen,' East Anglian (251. L. al E. and L. & D.) • • •• I Do (181. E.& II.) • • Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per, cent. Preference ••i Do. (51.) 7 pr. et. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties Do. Exten., 5 per cent. No. I .. • • Do. No. 2 .. • • • Do . New Preference, 6 per cent. .. Do. North. and East. 6 per cant. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., Z & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. •• East Lancashire .. • • Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter Blares.. ••_ East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport I. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasge w and South- %Vest, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C.stock Gloucester &Dean Forest 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 401. 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 .. Lanca,hire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. riiths .. . .. Do. F. 201. .. .. I Do. new, guaranteed 6 1 per cent. .• I Do. lludders. & Sheff.l Do. West Riding Union' Leeds and Brasford Leeds and Thirsk • • Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 2 Do. pret. 6 p a Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, andl Southport .. .. • . London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds• . Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. . _ DO. new guaranteed, 61 per cent. .. Loudon and Greenwich . Do. preference . • • London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 10/. sh., 31. &11 (c) London and 8.-1\ estern Do. new 50/. .. Do. new 401. Do. new preference • . Londonderry & Coleraine Do. hal: shares Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • •• 1 Do. half shares • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock M anchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • .. Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new, 101 preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• .• •• •• .• Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares .: Do. Dl miug & Derbyl Do. Cousol. 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.)l Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford - • • Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, NV arrenpoint, Rostrevor • .. • • Norfolk .. • • • • • Do. New 201. shares.. 1/o. Extension Do. guar. 534 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British.. Do. i'reference North Staffordshire .. North-li estern Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) • • •• Reading, Guildford, and litigate .. • • • • • • Royston and Hitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten. • • Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. 1p.,. new Sarewsbury & Binning. CI aF.3 A.. • • Dc. Class 8.. • • • • 1)c. New Guarantee.. ottrewslany & Hereford hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. if al,es .. Do. Oswestry • • Do. New.. .. .. • • Do. S p:r cent. Pref. . Shropshi;e Union . • .. South Devon • • .. Do. Preference •. south Staffordshire .. South-Fastem •. Do. do. 413 per cent... South Wales.. .. • • South Yorksh. and.ltiver Dun • .. • • .. Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dosk and Railway .. Vale of eath .. • . Waterford and Kilkenny', Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Welt., Wick., and I)ublin .. .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. .. .. do. .. do. .. Do. do. West .Joruwall Whitthaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. .. .. Wilts. Somerset, & Wey- mentli . • • • • • . 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 Its Ilan 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 Valenti& .. Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans asd Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse .. Strasbourg aed Basle Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt West Flanders .. A ustralasla British North America.. Colonial .; • Commercial of London.. London Joint stock. ~.. Lout•lon and Westminster National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland ...., Provincial of Ireland•• • • Do. New Union of Australia .. •• , Union of London Union of Madrid Paid. I Nonsilial Prices. so 8 6 8 11 1 4 to 11% it —N, die. 5% —5% dis. Sy - 1 P. 29 -30 17 - 28 8- 9 p 7- 5 p 10% -11% 74 -76 I7N - 18 10 - lON s yt - 6N 16% - 17% 134 - 13% 23 —2l ills, 3% -3% 2% -2% 1% -1% 1 - I}i ji -1 6 -6 % — iiP Ms. % P lON 111ixd. 56 -58 55 -67 5 - 7 p 6 -7 4 -4% 19 - 19% 12% - 13% 2% - 2% 31 - 32 24 -33 7 -7% 1N - 2 - 34 17% -- 17% -6% 11M - 11% 12% - 12% 40 -42 % - P• 242 - 245 77 —7s 4 sii ills. 99 101 49% 50% 22 —23 69 —7l 6 7 p. 26 —27 p 58 59 11 10% die. 7% 7 die. IN, 1 dis. 6 —5% dls.l 95 —97 14% 15% 2X dia. 3% —3dis. % X dia. IS, P 'i -=*ii 87 -88 10% - 11% 57 -60 57 -60 j 136 -138 11% - 12% 23% - 24% 126% -127% 4 -4% p. 5 -5% p. -2T p. 78 -79 12 —ll 9% —B% dis , —2% p. •• - •• 19 -14 4 —3% dig. 27 - 28 113 i -12% 1o" —ll 214 dis. 48 44% 20 di.. 24 —26 129 - 131 - . .. 3 -3% 21 211 15 —l4 dls. 16% 16% 4% —4% 54 b 4 IFIN 19( 42 —4a 734 8 P. 18% - 19 7% -7% 1 -1 1 4 p. 13! - 13% 64 es. 5% 5 dis. 9% 10 11 -- 13 5% —6% B% 9% 11A 1 dia. 13zX —14 M 34 3 dis. 13 —l5 11 —l3 N —2% Ws. 2N— 23% .. - .. 23% - 24 3 %► —2% die. 9 7 dia. 3 -3% 4 - IG3 -18 41 -40% 19 -21 .8 --: £l.)i 43% - 44% 18% - 193( r%-5% Mc, 354 3 dim. 15 —l6 4 43% 20( 1% —1% die. 2 -2g 9 -IN 161( -16% 4% —4% die. Pm. 11% - It I •P Pm. - % PM. 1 -I% 2 -8% 15% - 15% 4% - 118. 33 -35 26% —',6% 5% —5% d//1, 10% 10% 3 % —3% .9% :I: . 9 . % dis. IN - I% Z tiANIES. 28 - 3034 4214 -.42 ¶4% - 10 25- -233( 18 % - 18% 2731 - 27% 17% - 18 42 -4314 15% - 15% 34% - 35% 12%- la Business done to-day. WA % /0i % X h dis. MINES, Paid. Nominal Prices. BUSHICSS 313.3,.. to-day. Anglo-Mexican(ls. 5/. p.) 100 .. —.. Asturian .... ••••.. • • • • 15 .. —.. Australian ........... 4 3 —31 A Barossa Range .. •.... . ll3 0 3 % — 3 % Blaenarvor iron and Coal 50 • • —• • Bolanos Scrip .. .. British Iron.. .. Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 243 .. —.. Do. Cocaes and Culaba 30 3% 3 De. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 164 Cobre Copper -•.... .• • 40 32% 33% Cupiapo ..... • • .... •• • —. 5% 5 General.. ••.. • • Real Del Monte, IThreg. u Do. Black Debenture. .. _ ~ Do. lied Debentures .. .. .. Fantiago de Cuba .. lO 9 734 Tin Croft .. •.• • • • United Mexican —• • 31ISCELLANEOUS. Canada ...... 1 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% —27 I'enin. & Oriental Sleam. 50 89% 89% 69% Royal Sail Steam [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, an will not be influenced by interested correspondents.) MONEY anu UAL NEWS CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 12 ; 000 to 14,000 bales, of which 2,000 American, 100 EgypCan, and 500 Surat were taken on speculation, and comprised 9,000 American, 1.500 Bahia, at B*d. to Sid.; 1,500 Egyptian, at 74d. to Sid.; and 1 200 burst, at 3d. to 54d. per lb. Prices of all kinds were 0. higher, and the market closed firm.—ln Railway Shares there was a slight variation, and prices were declining, Some of the Continental mails are behind time this morning, and there is nothing from Belgium or Hol land. The Paris accounts are merely such as are con tained in a telegraphic dispatch. The letters by the American steamer have been de livered this morning, and they furnish a few additional items from Canada. The Montreal Herald states :—" We learn that Mr. Jesse Joseph has insured the cargo of the Cyrus, from Montreal to London, at 3} per cent., for part of the cargo, and at 2 per cent. tor the remainder—the latter risk against total loss only—the ship to sail on or before the 25th. This insurance has been effected with the same underwriters as the Pearl, and it is, we are informed, a great reduction on the usual rates. We believe that the present cost in England would probably be 10 per cent." This suggests the probability of very keen competition with the underwriters at Lloyds', sup posing the version to be correct. We are further advised from Montreal that—" As the weather con tinues open, merchants are busy getting off goods before the close of the canals, which may now shortly b, , x pected. The stocks in market must be getting consider. ably diminished, if we may judge from the quantities of goods sent to the canal for transport since the opening of it on the 14th inst., after the repairs. The quantity of Bar and Heavy Iron especially sent to Upper Canada this fall is very considerable." The business of Lake Champlain, chiefly the lumber trade, has increased six hundred per cent. within four years. For 1846, the number of vessels entering from the Chambly Canal, was 426. The presect year, up to November, was 2,581 ; and the total lumber exports, during the same period, amount to the large quantity of 51,7011,941 feet. Arrangements are in progress for en larging the Chambly Canal very materially. The editor of the St. John's News, in recording the reminiscences of an excursion, says that he recently visited the establishment of Messrs. S. T. and G. R. Will( t, at Chambly, the principal portion of whose cloths is sold in the Montreal market by Messrs. Seymour, and Whitney. The factory consumes about 2.0001b5. of wool weekly, yielding about 1,800 yards of cloth of various texture and finis's, afford ing constant employment to 25 operatives; the chief supply of wool is derived from the eastern townships, and in quality is pronounced to be equal to any obtained in Vermont. Messrs. Schroeder and Mummy's Circular, dated New Orleans, Nov. 23, states that for Rio Coffee there is a fair demand at the ruling rates of the market at 10i to 10,ic. The importations since our last consist of the following cargoes, viz., per Creole, 3,557 sacks; Clin tonia Wright. 3,100 sacks; Kremlin, 5,770 sacks; and Gipsy, 4,000. The last named cargo, per Kremlin, has just now been sold for the West at 10 c. per lb. Stock, 15,000 sacks. Imports, since Ist September, 1850, 28 ; 217 sacks, against 8,870 sacks, last year. The English Funds are much the same as they ruled yesterday, and there is no large amount of business doing. Consols for Account have been 961 to 94. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 981 to 99, and the Three per Cents: 97i to I. Bank Stuck has been steady at 2131, and Lelia Stock at 271. Exchequer-bills have been a shade lower, via., 645. to 676 , arid India Bonds have realised 84s. Consuls. now are 961 4. In the Foreign market the transactions have been more limited. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted 181, and Portuguese Feur per Cents. have been done at 35. Mexican are not quite so good, being 35i to 361 for Account. Russian Four-and-a- Half per Cents. have realised 97k, and Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been 58i to The further advanced prices of yesterday in the Rail way Share Market have induced sales, but there has been an extensive business done. Among the lines which have reacted are Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, East Lancashire, North Stafford, North Western, South Western and Caledonian, South Eastern, and Oxford and Wolverhampton. Bristol and Exeer, Aberdeen, Blackwell, and York and North are fairly supported. Foreign Shares continue in favour, but Boulogne and Amiens are scarcely so good. Paris and Rouen, Sambre and Meuse, and Rouen and Havre, have been higher. QUARTER TO THREE Conic , ls Ditto Account ... 961 ex d. CLOSING PRICES. 213 ii 97 7 13-16 271 YRICES OF BRITISH rUND9 .......,,..„ ..,.: ...______ _ __._ _ .lank 6toct.: 3 ..e‘ Lent. Reduced An-is. 3 ;rer Cont. Consols Annuities... ..... _ Sew 3J-A per Cent. Aims- ... ........ 99 98X _,k , rig Anus. to expire Jan.lB6o 7 13-16 India Stock ':ll(tik. Bonds, 1,000/........... ..... , .... Ditto under ....... 84 p . - onsols for Account 96:A 7 8 5 ,i Exchequer Bills. 1 1 4,u.6, 1,000/. June 500/. June .................... 64 67 64 p SmslL June ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN rtmros. O'CLOCK. ,l'azillFlta isonds ................. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..... . 36 Ditto, Account ..... . 36 1 / 1 :35% 3 / 4 Po-avian Bonds, 4% per Cent—. Ditto Deferred Po:tuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto,4 per Cent. imian Bonds - Ditto, 4% per Cent S , aniAh 5 per Ccnt. 1840 Ditto Account .. Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent Dividonds on the above payable in London )utch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates — COURSE OF EXCHANGE. meterdftin 11 144 Pitto, three months 11 1534 Rotterdam 11 15)4 Antwerp 25 20 Brussels.. • ..... • 25 20 llamburgh .... • . M.B . 13 6 Paris, 3 days'sight 24 22% Ditto. 3 months _ 25 17% Marseilles .. 25 20 Frankfort on Maine... Vienna, effec. f 10...... 12 50 Trieste, ditto.. 12 50 Petersburgh, 88. Rble.. Madrid •• .• •• •• 84 p 96% ........ Cadiz Barcelona •• •• • • • • •• " •• •• •• •• •• •• " 117 N 64 p E 4 P CLOING PRICES. 87% 102% 3 6 4, 3 114 - 57 1 4 r 'lB 7 / 4 31 58 3 % 89,% Gibraltar.. •• •• •• •• •• •• leghorn •• •• •..• • •• • •• 30 86 Genoa •• •••••••• •• •• •• 25 80 Milan .• •• •e • • • • •• •• •• •••• Venice........ •• •• Naples • • •• •• •• •• •• 41 Palermo, peroz ........ Messina •• .• •• •. •• •• •• Lisbon• •••••••• • • • •• •• 53% Oporto— .. • • .... •• .. 53% Rio Janeiro ......... Buenos Ayres New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia PRICRe OF BI7LLION, PEE Of. Foreign Geld in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 _ - - - I - New Dollars ...... 0 4 11% Silver is: bars ...... •• 0 5 IN LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 18.—Wind at 'non S.W., and hazy. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrd. Euphrates, Madras ; Mariane, Campbell, Bombay ; Charles Chaloner, New Orleans ; Sarawak, Philadel phia ; Rosetta, Richebucto ; Clara, Wheeler, New Or leans ; Elizabeth Bruce, Mobile ; Lord Ashley, Pug wash ; Victory, Nodland. Sld. Grecian steamer, Con stamtinople. A barque was seen on shore on the Tor togas, 23d ;November, a wreck, and others alongside. The schooner Cremona, of this port, dismasted in a squall, December 13, and in tow of another schooner, was passed lith, off the Settees. Off port, Mary Stew art, Lord George Bentinck, and Cromwell. LOWEgTOTT, DEC 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Bro thers, Simpson, St. Andrew's. The whole of last night it blew a violent gale from W.S.W. Many vessels have parted their anchors. The Jane, of Stinderland, is on the Newcome, and remains. DEAL, Dec. 17.—Wind W.S.W., variable, fresh, and squally.—Arrd. Louise, Hansetnan, Calcutta ; Eliza Sharp, Darling, Singapore. Louisa Christina, Peters, Surinam, for Amsterdam, leaky, and with loss of sails, and other damage ; Matela Luckie, Berbice ; Clydes dale, Thompson, Cuba ; Helen, Quebec. Come down, I: T. Foord, for Port Philip ; Ayrshire, for Men. A ship, with loss of topmast, and apparently also bowsprit, steering W., was passed off the Western Islands, by the Golden Spring, arrived in the Downs. QTJEENSTOWN, DEC 16.—Wind W. to N. W„ squally. —Arrd. Katharine, Newcastle, for Valparaiso. Put back, Isabella, Thompson, for Valparaiso, with loss of bulwarks, &c. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Gil Vas, Havre, for Buenos Ayres; Mary Wilson, Liver pool, for tit. Thomas, with damage to rigging. George Hudson, Sondprland, for Naples, put back from 7 W., leaky; his, Yarmouth, for Trieste, with loss of foremast, sails, &c. New YORK, DEC. 4.—The James Parnell, from Li verpool, has arrived et Now Orleans, with loss of raizen tnast, sails. boats, foremast sprung, &c., boats stove, and otiwr damage, having beet. in a squall, Nov. 15, let. 26, long. 89. The Austrian barque Grsgiata, from New Orleans to Trieste, was lost on Florida Reef, Nov. 10 ; cargo saved by wreckers and taken to Key Wei% It blew a very heavy gale' at Pietou. N. 5.,. prior to Noy. '23, and only two yessels out Ofsixtren that were against ;ha li4rbOur on the 21st hsd made thp port; he coast was' ~r , w ed with wrecks, eight or ten within as many miles of the light-house. FALMOUTH, DEC. 17.—,Wind W.S.W., fresh gales; :.with violent squalls.—Arrd. Rokeby, ,Trotter, Mauri tius, with lost of master and chief mate, longboat, galley, bulwark!, U., having been struck by a heavy sea Dec. 14, in 50 N., 12 NV. Off port, 14, Devonport, Mso ke z e, America. for Have. 1. - :li1STOI„ DEC. 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Sophist, Everett, w Brunswick. GLOUCESTER, DEC. 16.—Arrd. Ireland and Elizabeth, th frAn Quebec. CIF TAE WIGHT, DEC. 14.—Gratitude Or Gertrude, Ba , ,,via, tor Rotterdam. YARMOUTH ROADS.— Arrd. Eden, Hartlepool, for London, loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with a French schooner. PETERHEAD, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Elizabeth, .Dunnell, for Newcastle, with damage, having been in contact, of Becheness, with a schooner with a white paint streak and figure-head. YARMOUTH, DEC. 16.—The wreck of a vessel of about 200 tone, apparently a brig, with one mast about five feet above water, was passed, Dec. 12, the Sand Solo bearing S.S.E. six miles, by the Manchester, arrived bee. LOWESTOFT. DEC. 16.—The Wave, from the Tees to . London, grounded on the Holm this morning , but go wi out assistance, and anchored in the goads. KIRKCUDBRIGHT, DEC 16.—Arrd. Ann, Quebec. CLYDE, DEC Is.—Arrd. Thomas aced Henry. Jen; kins, Quebec. 16. Renfeewslaire, Quebec. ru t Hamill, Mitchell, for Hong-Kong. RA:JSGATE, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Charles, Ostend for 14i verpoo!, with pumps choked. OFF THE NORTH FoRELAND.—Canton, flondtir ss ' PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Wind to we p a cts SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 17.—Wind steamer, China ; Medway steamer, West oases Montrose steamer, Gibraltar. TORBAT, DEC. 17.—Wind S.W.—A rrd. Kate,V ting ' Cuba, with loss of sails, b u l war ks, &c.; We ns i ka ,, P t h e Newcastle for Alt xandria, with l oss of sails and e damage. MARKET N WS.—(TH IS DA Y ' ) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNE S D AY v , The supply of English Wheat on sale in : "" ll 'A"s market was very limited, and of middling qus lit. frea the attendance of both town and country small, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of lw rae P duce ruled very inactive, but we have no cluing, notice in prices. Fine foreign Wheats wer. b i e nt iong previous rates. In the middling and inferior des ar i g urlel very few transactions took place. Finn hell : s th ro elf was quite as dear. Light samples command e s`' large, any attention. Malt, the supply of which Was I li e htla changed hands slowly at last week's current'''. fi - es si ro. a steady, though not to say brisk, inquiry for - 1 , - , 'er• very full prices. Beans, Peas, and all other sr4c— dull in sale. 13 14 0 78 6 6 13 4 6 13 4 2% 1 1 0 8 6 81 11 13 41 47% 100 23% 11% 15 11 6 3 100 12 15 4 2 0 29 16 0 13 5 9 12 31 6 13 4 20 AGM. 76 75% 17% to 16% 1 3% 7 % 3 71 % 19 13 1111% 1 7% % % % % 11% 12% % % 11% 77% 77 % 31 11 - (67% SB% S 8 % 5% % 96 14% % El2s N 120 126 A 126 77% 77 1% 27% 27 11 lON dis. 48 47% 48% [ 4 7% % 15% IN IN 23 4 21% 9 9i 9 % )11 b_4% 94 i . 5( 18% 1i 119% 18% 1.% 7% 3., % 13% % die. 11% cue. 3% Nt 15% 111 1134 11% 122% 23 2241% 111 Is% lf la% x 5 % t 123% 24 211%1 $:4 ,I I 8% II 8% 2% •'i % % % 15; % IS 2% % 26% 4 % 956 % to it is% % 334 li % li 4h x.d L 2 ONE O'CLOCK. ARRIVALS THIS WEER irloar• Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. .....---"" sa_,,,c ll. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. (1 0, . Pv English •••••• I,l°o 1,750 lAN 3,030 ." 5c0tch........ .... Irish •....... MVO 3,57 0 Foreign ...... 3,660 1,310 00 BOROUGH HOP 'WARIEST• ea sod i ° Our market continues in a very inactive sta' A " some instances the quotations are almost noitimi" WHITECTIAPEL. ; a la The general demand continues very inß e t a l- 'olice• prices, however, we have no material change 1 " 3 , 0; Beef, from 2s to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 4d t° b y the Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per Blb s ' carcase. _ QUEEN'S BENCH.---(THIS 1 1 ' . „ D ied Lord Campbell and a Special Jury were ,the"' throughout the morning, at Guildhall, in trp n f c , re' cause of Laming v. Adams, whi c h w as an w il et 00" cover the price of 300 c as k s o f b u tt er , a nd b teresting to any but the parties concerned. INSOLVENCY.—(THIS HANNAH'S RETREAT.—IN THE MATTER OF / 1-1 ' BENFIELD. hOO 5B This insolvent, the keeper of the George 1” 1 1 1 ,4 4. 0 - 0b is at Bankside, where Marshal Haynau retreat ed Goer' attack by the draymen, whose case was before th t e .„.tiee on a former occasion, again appeared on his el ) P el a ''oe• under the Protection Act. There was no c'e,r env' It will be recollected that the insolvency ho d George' in consrquence of the crowds attracted to th e "„ d enee and the absence of the regular customers in coese".oo3l' Ile of such attendance. It was understood that tb e vent received nothing for sheltering the Mar el : tb i e stated on the present occasion that he was 8 :4- 111 Ps public-house, selling beer and spirits, until the could let the premises. WO CHIEF COMMISSIONER—I thought so; and P r- g e ssro' are the landlords The insolvent roPlie tfr- Manvers, the brewers of Whitechapel. ArlJ . It was stated that on the former hearing a:; 6 08 4 ler, who held a bill of sale on the property at t he - was examined. t he sat e The CHIEF COMMISSIONER asked whether negatice. . had been apposed, and was answered in the der' His HONOUR granted the insolvent his final or CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS D AY., OLD COURT. v f. a . (Before Mr. Justice WIOHTMAN and Mr. Baron this The second bel edition of the Calendar, publieb e ." ng 31 morning, contains the names of 162 prisoners , more than appeared in the first edition. (* I" POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES.—Andrew Edney, toter' ably-dressed man, aged 33, and described e s ,: in r e tfre wasgindicted fir stealin a post letter eou toi "" watches, the property o f the Postmaster- d o: , e r e t r h a e l. prot e. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin cution, and Mr. Ballantine defendaepdpethaer prie eher h The prisoner had b( en a messenger in t he en t , of t h e d a t er. Post-office, and it was occasional! assist in stamping letters. On the 6th of ; s eed tw e Gear, a watchmaker is Newgate-street,P latter elle r, silver watches in a box, and, covering th e p. per, he directei it to Mr. S. Waltenburg, Lytham, Lancashire, and then posted it at the u e ith Post-office in Sr. N tin's-le-Grand. This letter, "co Navin enclosure, never reached its destination, and sosP i f e c er eying fell upon the prisoner, Beak, the detective e so. April I to:0 engaged in the Post-office, went to his lodging s 'aebt , Windsor-terrace, City-road, where he found w h - Sr. which afterward s turn e d out t o b e o ne of those wb Gear ie: r enclosed in his letter of the 6th of o nce The prisoner was dire c t e d t o a ttend at the Po d bold the next day, which h e did ; an d when he was toil e of became by the watch, h e r e plied that towards the e" last April he was in Southampton, where he met 110,0, lar named Levis, who was well known in tbet,g From this man, he added, he purchased the was", 'rob ing an old one and 21. for it, but although careful sea was made in Southampton for him, no such Par se .; r that described by the prisoner could b• found. n 8 ": 4 11 41 quently transpired that the other missing watch ill" o f the possession of Mr. William Mitchell, the landle r n, th• Eagle Tavern, Wandsworth, and it turned ou t : h f the prisoner presented the second watch to the Mr. Mitchell; and that circumstance, coupled with ;be fact that the prisoner was on duty at the time whe„„h letter was posted on the 6th of April, induced the d; et office authorities to give him in custody on the Pr°P charge. f o r 11 0 Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jut,' defence, and called several witnesses to character, Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, and The jury returne a verdict of G. The COURT sentenced the prisoner s t o be traner fteci for ten years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS' THIS DAY. Mr. Witham, in the ( absence of t he A s sistant - u ° Tat e ' sat this morning. Mary Lloyd was indicted for stealing 42 flannel, the property of Charles Longman. s , t he P r i ; It appeared that, on th e 2d o f this mont.. so tP soner, in company with another woman, went ' ll . l . th e passage of the shop, wh en s h e p u t her cloak OY` fis t he flannel and walked off. She was followed, and d,r ° r , flannel. The other woman was not apprehende d ... Mr. HOARY, who appeared for the prisoner, it prl' some bullocks were passing at th e time. and in tr a Boner, in company with sever a l o th e rs, took ref u g h - le 0 7 door, when the flannel w as k noc k e d d o wn, and waling - was stooping to pick it up she was accused of a te- i g Witnesses were called, who gave her an exce lle° racter. Mr. WITHAM having summed up, b A The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, anu,:f , sentenced to six calendar months in the Roue . ' ° rection, with hard labour. INDIA HOUSE.— ,A.Y .) (THIS . 5 " O - A quarterly general Court of the preprieto rs to East India Company was held this morning ati I A of di House, Captain Sheppard, chairman of the o° Oa rectors, in the chair. read . The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed. RASA (11 SATTAZA. S ill": The CHAIRMAN said he understood that Mr . wished to put a question to the court of direeW r Zlif°' subject of the Raja of Satter*. Perhaps M r ' would be good enough to ask it now. ~/ 000 0 _ ,•# Mr. SULLIVAN said he was obliged to the able Chairman for giving him this op ortunitY rfalf, the question. It would be remembered P that ogre in'e'l last (as we understood) the Government of Indi a tt°" Sett rag 61 to make a certain allowance to the Raja of Std• f ‘ pr . what he wished to know was, whether any en sf , i ; t at b o e s e it n ng r dl e ei ac shillinge o i received e d t hteo hadthe subject.beebeen aHlieo v‘, communic a tion which wa s t v remained in a state of beggar The CHAIRMAN said with reference to the q t - or, that had been asked by the Honourable P1'01 0°3 0 0" ify", beggary dantdo understood shtiamr v, t a h at a ino t t e . 9 bt : e0 17 0 ; had to inform him that certain papers had been r ,:d „, from India, but so very lately, Oa; the directors 'VP' had time to consider them, so as to bring thetu 11- the present Court. VACANCIES IN THE INDIAN ARMY. 0 fsi Mr. M. LEWIN mov e d th a t it was expedien t lo c e ° cancies occurring in the army of India, in the ° o is a Commander-in-Chief, that such vacancies be give 010 just proportion to the military servants of th e oer° India Company, unless it could be shown til l 0 0 were not men in India really fit for the serlicepoint' could see no reason whatever that any high, 6 P tr ool o ' ments in India should be given to the Que en I ' re d ° I) and no such high appointments should be co nfer the troops of the Company. h' h ae° Mr. SULLIVAN seconded the motion, on w hic h colace' sohory and somewhat personal discussion took which resulted in the motion being withdrawn' The Court then adjourned. ` 'v. NT ' CO SP 0 RTIN Li INT LIALIGJI:, - , EPSOM SMING ME,FACING, The Metropolitan Stakes. 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