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RIBU IT AL OF COMMERCE. 1 As J. M. FRASER, Esq., has, with others, formed and adopted a resolution (most incorrectly said to have been passed by the General Committee and Subscribers) in which it is stated that I have acted contrary ;to the " formal " instruction of the Executive Committe, and since Mr. Fraser has, by circular letter and advertisement, endeavoured to enlarge his influence by the circulation of Ibis statement, I have to request, as an act of justice to myself, tkat if Mr. Fraser does not, within I twenty-four hours from the appearance of this advertisement, give to the public a copy:of the " formal" protest he has referred to, with the Names of the Executive Committee attached thereto, that they will take it for granted Mr. Fraser and his present active companions forgot what was due to justice as well as to me and to the public when they composed toe resolution in question, said to have been "carried" at the London Tavern on the 17th inst., J. M. Fraser, Esq., in the chair, Mr. Fraser thought it proper to "ap peal unto Caesar ;" he has been one little week before the public - in the hands of the public I must leave him. When the woman agreed to divide the child (or, said Mr. Fraser, give the matter up and divide the balance equitably among the subscribers) Solomon diszovered who was the real mother child. FRANCIS LYNE, Hon. Sec. 12, Mark-lane, 23,1 Dec._ 1851 1851 RIINGERFORD-HALL, STRAND. UNRIVALLED COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. SOIREES LASSAIGNE this Evening and Friday (this week only) at Eight o'clock. Admission is., 25., and 4s. Stalls and Reserved Seats may be secured at Mr. Sams's Itoyal Library, St. James's-street; at Mr. Ebers's, Bookseller to her Majesty, 27, Old Bond-street; and at the Manager's Oilico, Hunger. ford-hall. THEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. " SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES," Juvenile Amusements, by . and Madame Langlois, of Paris , and t he celebrated Indian JugglMer, Dialma, with :Dissolving Views, Chromatrope, &c., this Evening, Friday, and Saturday (this week only), at Seven o'clock. A,Lrasstou Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. 6d. DIORAMA. —Every Day, from Twelve to Three. Prices of Ad mission Is. 6d., Is., and 6d. BAZAARS—Open daily from Ten A.M. to Ten P.X. Admission Free. MAGNETOID CURRENTS and the MAGNE TOSCOP Satuzda E. Dr. Leger's Philosophical and Experimental Lecture s every y Evening, at Eight. Admission Is. and 2s. past Eight o'clock On Saturday Evening,Lassaigne a nd Madlle. Pm. • E nsi at dence will give an Experimental Soiree in Ant Magnetism, the Victoria or Bull Hotel, Rochester, at Hair" precisely. ___.............,„,„„.„... m ..... THEATRE ROYAL. IT d oanag ylki. er. 0E T . 10 Brom , pto Kr. B. Webstar. -.lola Lessee art , ~......., , ~. Last Night before the C,'"?., s ` G ":" L"IaYS. THIS Vi rs ''' " entitled THE MAN OF LAW. ' Will be performed a new Co ocri ; Raoul, Mr. L. Murray. Marquis de la Seigliere, Mr: i • • Bernard, Mr. Howe • Baroness ay; de B. Wean s ~..„,, 'de la Selgliere, Miss A. Vining. Destonrnelles, Mr. Yaubert, !iiirs. Stirling rar ; ''. e - , entitled THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. After which a new .... r 13uckstone; Mrs. Bo castle, Mrs. Mack lin Bonnycastle, •.• ' Ingham. . THE JACOBITE. To conclude wit'' -, FiIEATIL6 ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tinder the direction of Mr. B. Webster. The u iar will appear Comedian This Mr. Wrini ght, having recovered from MS in po P nEveng. dispoti o snore:tons success of the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee. Last Night before the Christmas Holidays. THIS EVENING, will be performed the comic Drama, entitled THE FOREST ROSE! and the YANKEE PLOUGHBOY. Jonathan Ploughboy, Mr. J. Silsbee • Bellamy, Mr. Worrell; Harriet Miller, Miss Col lins; Sally Forest, Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Emery ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr. Willis, Mr. Worrell; Marian, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which, a new and laughable Piece de Circonstance, entitled BLGO3fERI4M ; or, The Follies of a Day. Mr. Agricola Green, Mr. Honey; Mr. Flighty Bounce, Mr. Paul Bedford ; John irey, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr. Weakly, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Portia Lu ereala Green, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managementof Mr. C. 'Seal. On FRIDAY, Will be perfbrmed THE 3IERCIUNT OF VENICE. Principal sharaaters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Harley , F isher, J. Vining, Ryder, Addison, C. Kean ; Misses Robertson, Mary Keeley, and Frankland. With a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN . BILLY TAYLOR; or, The Flying Dutchman and the King of Ra ritongo. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown , Mr. Fle xmore ; Panta -I°On, Mr. Paulo; Sprite, Mr. Le Barr ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leciercq. Priva t e Boxes, Br.c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and Of Masslngham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-oftice, fth - ini-stre4t, from Eleven till Five ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Maclaine Vestris. On FRIDAY, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, B. BoxbY, B. Baker ; Mrs. c. ilOrn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with A now and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE OF lIAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosina Wrigtt, Messrs. F. Matthews , B. Baker, Suter, Borncastle, Butler, and Vernon. - - - 4uXAL ULY:APic Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farm. THI•`I EVENING. Will be performed LUCILLE; or, The Story of a Heart. St. Cyr, Mr, 11. Farren ; Vernet, Mr. Diddear ; lzak, Mr. Shaiders ; Von Metz, Mr. Cooke ; Lucille, Miss. L. Howard ; Julie, Miss Fielding. With the FAST COACH. To conclude with THE LONELY MAN OF THE OCEAN, sup ported by Messrs. H. Farren, W. Farren, Bender, Norton, Mesdames Fielding and J. Adams. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEA.TEE. Lessee. Mr. W. E. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Warmest Theatre in Lendon. Another New Farce. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. After which, BREAKFAST FOR. TWO. To be followed by a new Farce, entitled CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Belton, Romer, Misses Marshall and Maskell. With STROLLERS AND STRATAGEMS. To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE FIFTH OF NOVEM BER, by Meaars. Tilbury, Rogers, Hudspeth, Misses Saunders and Haskell. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4s; boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 20. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to oommeneo at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock —first circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. tinder the Patronage of her Mikiesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. • Azael still continues the Star of the Theatrical World. THIS EVE NING, Will be produced new grand Spectacle, from the pen of E. Fitzball, Esq., and written expressly for this establishment, entitled AZAEL, in which will be introduced the same highly-trained Horses and Camels that appeared in the Opera at her Majesty's Theatre, with an addition of Ostriches, Zebras, &c., &c., the whole of the well known resources of Astley's. It has been pronounced by publlc opinion to be the most gorgeous and effective production ever witnessed within the walls of a theatre, assisted with magnificent scenery and brilliant costumes. The new Dramatic Performers having achieved an unparalleled triumph, will have the the honour of appearing every evening until further notice. With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British Male and Female Artists of superior talent. On Friday a new Pantomime, written expressly for this Amphi theatre by Nelson Lee, Esq.,-founded on the ludicrous exploits of Briggs, so facetiously set forth by the inimitable " Punch," entitled 31R. and MRS. BRIGGS; or, Punch's Festival—Mirth, Wit, and Jollity. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey ; Columbine, Mrs. Harvey ; Panta loon, Mr. Buckman; Clown, Arthur nelson, who will in the course of each evening play a number of favourite airs on the Rock Har monicon. Tickets to be had at the Bea-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. T. l'hompcon. PORTRAITS SOULT AND WELLINGTON, WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIMILIES OF THEIR ILA.ND- WRITINGS. THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY WYON, 'OR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES TOGETHER WITH A PORTRAIT OF TIM DUKE OF WELLINGTON IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE O.IVE SHILLING. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tall DAY —Morning 2 min, after 2 Evening 26 min after 2 To-Mmimow—Morning 47 n•in. alter 2 Evening 8 min after 3 THE WEATHER.-3UI OFFICE, DECEMBER 23. THEAMOMETEB, IX THE SHAM 47—highest since noon yesterday. 36—loweA this morning and during the night. 40 —this day, at noon. BARowfxrin, 30 22; a rise of half an inch since yesterday ; with every indication of frosty weather. W l 3 rn N.E.—light breeze and fine weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock lesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. cairn — overcast. B it T wiToN—Wind S W., liisTOTOS Calm—rain. 200 . TuA yrrox —wind !I. W., gentle breeze—rain. For.forsToNg --W . ind S.W., gentle breed S. E , calm - ze—overcast. TITNERIDGI-- .It: -- In * heavy rain. G REENWICH—CaIm rain. STILOOD —Wind S., g entle breeze—scud, rain. CAMBRIDGE —Calm—foggY• --------...._ TO COR RESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unless *ohm *dented by the name and address of the write• Rejected communications cannot b 9 returned. --------n"'"-w____ a s 4 l / 4 9.V %AC tl • ,t • ebiMinit gint LONDON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 185 , Although we may reasonably congratulate our selves upon the absence of any resemblance between our own population a n d th a t o f the neighbouring Re public, inasmuch as we have for a long time sedu lously abjured revolution, there are subjects and sys tems upon which it would be well for us to consent to a certain degree of imitation, or of emulation. Among these must more p articularl y be noticed th e arrangements made by the Parisians for the interment of the dead in every instance beyond the walls of the metropolis. Hitherto the practice in London has been diametrically the reverse. Hitherto the decaying rem nants of mortality have been carefully deposited within our most populous localities, so that the atmosphere inhaled by the living has been strongly impregnated with the deleterious and pestilential vapours reeking from the bodies of the departed community. Often as we have, ere this, enlarged upon the folly, upon the madness, and upon the immorality of this system, there still unhappily exists the same serious cause for complaint, no perceptible diminution being to this moment visible in the regulation of the metropolitan interments. This, moreover, notwithstanding a statute nominally interdicting the continuance of the old<nbomination ! It is surely most lamentable to reflect upon the apathy with which the inhabitants of the wealthiest and of one of the most enlightened capitals in the world regard facts so material affect ing their own health and happiness. During four teen or fifteen years we have listened to the terrible revelations of Mr. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER—one of the most practical of reformers, and one of the most energetic of philanthropists—and yet, in de fiance of all his unanswerable arguments against in tramural interments, the multitude still consent to witness burial after burial in the graveyards of Lon don and Westminster. The notoriety of the evils insisted upon for so long a period by Mr. WALKER has been so great and indisputable that the Parlia ment itself—the last of all public bodies consenting to innovation—has recognised the necessity for its inter ference. It has interposed. Its discussions upon the subject have ended in the passing of an Act for the prevention henceforth of the evil complained of—and yet, despite all this, the air of the chief city of the British Empire is still poisoned by the miasma en gendered by this very terrible system of intramural interments. The reason of the failure of the measure here particularised we ourselves have already again and again proclaimed. From the moment of its first intro duction to the notice of the Imperial Legislature we asserted that the boon held out to the community was certain to prove altogether illusory in its character. The result has unfortunately shown the accuracy of our predictions. So far from any change for the better having been secured by the new and vaunted law of amelioration, whatever change there has been is decidedly for the worse. We assert this most con fidently, because by the passing of the Bill in question the agitation in favour of the desired organization of extramural sepulture was, to a very considerable ex tent, terminated. That circumstance, therefore, ne cessitates the loss of much valuable time in the effort at its revival—more especially when the advocates for the system of burial in cemeteries find themselves somewhat discouraged at the commencement of their new enterprise by the fact of the recent failure of their expectations. While such has been the lamentable condition of ' the people of London, the population of Paris ;have very wisely acted upon totally different principles in regard to the important subject of interment. Instead of allowing the metropolis of their country to be rendered a nest of perpetuated and continually increas ing pestilence, by burying their dead within its boun daries, they .have so arranged that every corpse within 24 hours after demise is decently interred in one or other of their extramural cemeteries. By this arrangement they have preserved most effectually the salubrity of the atmosphere, and have secured the purity of the water supplied to them for general consumption. Pere la Chaise, and other noble establishments of a similar description, in the vicinity of the French capital, are mag nificent testimonies of the wisdom of our neighbours in this particular. If we avoid any resemblance to them in their emeutes and revolutions, it would be well for us to emulate the course pursued by them in the con duct of their metropolitan interments. We should then materially and appreciably diminish the amount of our annual mortality. We should be enabled to breathe a:purer air, to drink a purer water, and to'live, moreover, in the midst of scenes more accordant with the beautiful morality inculcated by the Christian Religion. Instead of heaping together under the pavements of our City churches a hideous accumu lation of putrescent matter, the exhalations of which necessarily act most destructively upon the health of the assembled worshippers, we should then, under the new system, be enabled to transform those structures from dens of corruption into houses of sweetness and sanctity. Horrible though it is to reflect upon, and incredible though it may appear, yet it is not the less true, that, not only is the water which is con sumed by the citizens of this metropolis contaminated by disgusting filtrations from the intramural grave yards, but the very meat hanging in their larders becomes tainted by the odious vapours from those same golgothas and aceldamas of our metropolis. With these facts_before them, it is marvellous, in truth, to reflect upon the indifference evinced in a matter of so much importance by the inhabitants of London and Westminster. They appear to be un conscious of the fearful consequences to themselves of this most remarkable apathy. Ultimately they cannot fail to recognise the reality of the grievance insisted upon during so many years by the advocates of extramural interment. Pity it is, however, that ;he magnitude of the evil is not already appreciated ! On Saturday, when noticing the valuable sugges tions of our esteemed correspondent, Mr. W. CIIAL LINOR, for conferring on the superior courts of corn law " full jurisdiction as to those fertile sources of Chancery abuse, viz., questions of legacies, intesta cies, and partnership estates," we observed that " a still better course would be the amalgamation of the superior, legal, and equitable tribunals." These views received the strongest confirmation on that very day, when the members of the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law entertained, at the London Tavern, Mr. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, a gentleman who, having been intrusted by the State of New York with the arduous and important duty of reporting on the changes and alterations which it might be necessary to make in the system of administration of the law and the forms of procedure, had discharged the task with ability, fidelity, and zeal, and had the gratification of seeing his recommendations adopted by the Legislature, and passed into a law. The extent of the evil, for which an adequate remedy wa s to be provided, was fully understood by Mr. FIELD and his learned associates. It was not (as truly stated by the chairman of the evening, Mr. N. D. HILL, Q.C.), by " some petty amendments — some little changes —some patchwork tinkering"— that this great work was to be achieved. It could only be accomplished by " a complete revision of the law in all its branches." The magnitude of such an undertaking might have well appalled the most industrious, but it did not terrify Mr. FIELD. Had he regarded every existing rule and form with almost superstitious veneration, he could never have surmounted the obstacles that impeded his progress; but his object was to get rid of all that was 'useless, to abolish every form and proceeding that was not absolutely necessary to determine the rights of the parties. It may be well here to state, in order that some conception may be formed of the nature of the duty, that the Court of Chancery in New York had been modelled upon that in England, and that the laws of both countries were to all intents and purposes the same—the English law having been transplanted bodily into New York. The result was that the Court of Chancery was abolished; the Supreme Court, analagous to our Court of Queen's Bench, was also abolished, while a n iL e n ee ..ch cort :as instituted, having jurisdiction over "nttlave and equity • the offices of master and examiner were done ' away with, while the system of written in terrogatories was also abolished, and every personally o :biLaeif court , odranettnotdthaheneswerconsideration, s moment,u t c o hsubmitwi twith out or leisure witness brough t to a viva voce ex t ,„ in ques tions as might be aq,„,, i of out having time for fe effected in the con leisure to fram e a dece p tiv e r esponse. Such w e re the general changes tribunals—the havin su bstitution of one efficient jurisdiction to give suit ablesticon- stitution ofthe court, g relief in any case that 'n i ght te brought under its cogni zance, for tw o , nei ther of which could give complete relief, and which in many instances r( gaited the assistance of the other, and: between which the line of demarca tion was so very slight that frequent mistakes were made as to the proper tribunal to resort to, mistakes which were attended with almost ruinous conse quences to the unfortunate litigants who had been misled by their professional advisers. In place of that, there was a uniform procedure in all legal and equitable proceedings, and the details were intended to carry out that principle with simplicity and dispatch. Let us now look to the bold and straightforward course adopted by the Commisiioners, And subse. THE SUN, LONDON, quently sanctioned by the Legislature for the pur pose of attaining that great desideratum. Mr. FIELD, in returning thanks for the cordial and enthusiastic manner in which his health had been received by the assembled company, briefly stated their course—" They , first of all abolished all forms of action and proceed ings which constituted a distinction between legal and equitable cases. They established a uniform course of action in both departments ; the pleadings of all parties were to be verified by oath ; the plaintiff was called upon to make his statement, not in tech nical language, but in the ordinary language of mankind; and the defendant, if he answered at all, was called upon to answer in the same manner, while every plea that was not answered was deemed to be admitted. Then it was provided that the mode of trial should be uniform in all cases, whether by jury, by the court, or by referee, according to the exigencies of the case or the decision of the judge. Then they established a uniform mode of executing judgment, and uniform pleadings. Now as to the effects of all these changes, in the first place, the long bills and answers which once existed in the American Court of Chancery, and still existed in the English, were all done away ; no repetitions were necessary, and scarcely any were given, because they had got rid of the long machinery which still existed in England, where, if the defendant did not answer every plea, there were exceptions and exceptions and exceptions, so that what formerly occupied a year in America was now settled in 20 days. The next effect was, that all parties were careful of the statements they put in their pleadings, because both parties were liable to be called by their adversary into the witness box, so that they were careful of inserting in their written plead ings anything that they would decline to verify in the witness-box. Further, all the mischief's that used to arise from not going before the right tribunal were now avoided, and all causes were determined on their real merits." Many persons, with that pretended caution that is but too frequently the excuse for avoiding any interference with abuses, however glaring, may declare that such changes were too sweeping; that they should have been effected gradually, so as to avoid the dangers in separable from so bold a movement. Such changes could not, however, have been introduced in the way suggested, and their good effects might have been greatly impaired but for the very boldness of the mode adopted. The bull was at once taken by the horns, and the result has fully equalled, if it has not surpassed, the most sanguine expectations that were entertained as to its effects. There have been no less than five years' experience of the operation of the new code, and it has in every in stance been eminently successful, so that Mr. FIELD was enabled to declare that "he did not believe that there was a respectable lawyer or a judge in the United States who would affirm that there was any insurmountable difficulty in making a uniform course of procedure in all cases legal or equitable." But we are not restricted to Mr. FIELD'S evidence, which, however valuable, may be looked upon as prejudiced, or biassed, in favour of the system he had himself introduce 1. The Law Amendment Society, duly appreciating the vital importance of the subject, bad inquired for themselves, and had gone to the fountain head for full information. The investigation had been conducted by their own agents, and they now have on their records the evidence of judges, of dif ferent attorney-generals, and of persons filling various high dices, the vast preponderance whereof, if not the entire, is wholly in favour of the practicability and expediency of such a change. Away, then, with the farce of saying that a similar reform cannot safely be attempted in this country. Let us no longer attempt to patch up the dilapidated mansion, no repairs can be effectual ; we must pull down the tottering ruin in order to erect on its site a stately building, that may be useful and ornamental, that will prove the admiration and blessing of the surrounding country, in place of being the object of general disgust and indignation. LATEST NEWS FROM PARIS. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] (From the Morning Chronicle.) PARIS, TUESDAY, NINE A.M. The following is the definitive result of the election in the department of the Seine : Registered votes • .. 392,026 Number of voters .. 296,390 For Against The Constitutionnel gives the following number ol votes known to this time : Yes No 389,358 (From the Times.) PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING, NINE o'CLocs. Votes known up to the present hour : Departments—Yes, 2,911,963; No, 431,037. Paris and Banlieue—Yes, 196,676; No, 83,925. TREATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAIVE. Lille Rouen Mr. Bunn has just put forth his programme for the season, and a more promising programme . has never been issued even by Mr. Bunn himself. .No one can reproach him with neglecting the legitimate drama, for he has engaged Miss H. Faucit, Miss Glyn, Miss Fitzpatrick, Mr. J. Anderson, Mr. Cooper, in short all the talent at present in the market. He commences his season with Fazio, on Friday laext, when Mr. Anderson will appear as Fazio, and Miss Glyn as Bianca. In the operatic department Drury-lane wUI be, as might have been expected, exceedingly strong. Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, Miss P. Horton, iNir_iss Poole, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. C. Manvers, Mr. He nri Drayton, and various other English notabilities rare engaged, as are the following artistes, who are new to the boards of Drury-lane : Mr. Fedor, Mr. Rayman, Mr. De Raga, Mademoiselle Evelina Garcia, Mademoiselle Ad ele Alphonse, and the celebrated " contralto Mada me Bockholtz Falconi, and an engagement is pendi ng with Madame Sontag. Operas by Balfe, Benedict, Barnett, Loder, and Macfar ten are promised. Balfe and Schirra are the conductors, and Oury is the leader. 'The ballet department will be supported by Mad lle. Plunkett, Signora Priora, and a host of talent under the direction of M. Petips, and Mr. Planche is engaged on a grand spectacle. Among the earliest productions will be the new ballet of Vert Vert, - for Madlle. Plunkett. Mr. J. M. Morton is the stag •e -manager, and Mr. W. West the director of spectacle. We are sorry to state, from the last letters from Madeira, that Lord Frederick FitzclarQnce was suffer ing from another severe attack of gout, and that Miss F itz clarence was still unwell. HEALTH OF LORD PANMURE —We are glad to state that the health of Lord Panmure, whieh bad for :it/ me time been in a declining state, is now considerably imprcer ed, and all fear of immediate danger is at present dispelled . Montrose Review. ALARMING FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about iur o'clock, a tire of a destructive character broke out on the ,re mises of Mr. Ashford, residing at No. 20, Bethnal-gre an road,.Shoreditch. It appears that the flames were first dis covered by a police-constable, raging on the ground A oor. The officer raised the alarm by springing his rattle, and as sistance having reached the spot, messengers were dispats for the engines. In the meanwhile the inmates escapocl, but the flames soon obtained a firm hold on the second floor. The engines of the parish, Jeffrey's-square, and others lie ving arrived, a plentiful supply of water was obtained and t hi own upon the burning premises, which were nearly death )yed before the firemen could obtain a mastery over the fla mes. During the progress of the fire two of the brigade men mounted the upper portion of the staircase to get st b etter command of the flames, and while they were in the pi srf )rm ance of their duties, the staircase gave way, and preci pi. rated them to the basement of the building. Mr. Fogo, the a cting inspector, and several firemen rushed to their assistance , and immediately extricated the poor fellows, who fortunate 13 sus tained only a few bruises and contusions by the fall. They were taken to the London Hospital, but were able to leave shortly afterwards. Mr. Ashford was fortunately ilas fired, but the origin of the fire remains a mystery. LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY.—The members of the Law Amendment Society dined together on Saturday'' night at the London Tavern. The principal object of their 'meet ing was to mark their respect for the labours of Mr. David Dudley Field, who, our readers may remember, visit ;et 1 this country about this time last year, and expounded tl Le prin ciples on which the state cf New 'York had reforn is t the administration of justice among them, by fusing tog ether Pitt das Taylor, _lllr. Lowevice-cha i rm a n• the courts of law and equity, and es t a bl is hi n g i n a ll ses a uniform course of procedure. Mr. M. D. Ilill, Q.CL, was in the chai r , h av i ng on hi s r i g h t the guest of the eve n i ng, A a l e r . . e Field. Mr. Jam es St ewar t, th e t reasurer o f the se . 3iety, Praonfedssotrhelrleuffwrneraen,alfsorompreAsetlim lux presets! Power, Recorder of lpswich • , Mr. G. Chadwick . ; and of civilians, Mr. W • &c., &c. au. Dillon, Mr. Wm. Hawes, Mr. rrs .vers, bounty was distributed DlSTRintyrrox OF :1t7 , 1 at the Royal Al, in airy office, Middle Scotland-yard _yesterday MAJESTY'S her C 11 B R l Tl aj l i : sty's U'kS BOUNTY TO THE AGED 1:1 P " the pu m rp o o n s e e y f bein g paid in two women,y the almoners as id sub above rt s e i m x silty the years lriie 4:f . age, The Christmas y -two fifty 1" sub almoners, s l , v h t o o m 4 OC l receivedm en an s d s new half-crowns, isued for the average age of the recipients was eigh number being upwards ef ninety y ears Qt . , o the a g e / Euld tin ve t cen tenarians. THE FIDE ,EPUBLIC. We have re:eived the Paris journals of yesterday. The following is the state of the poll in the de partments so far as the same was known in Paris yesterday afternoon : Havre ... Ingouvill© Calais ... Rheims... YES. ... 50,272 ... 28,090 ... 3,523 ... 1,580 ... 5,392 ... 6,615 Epernay ... 1,350 Montargis ... 1,215 Bourges Angers ... ... 9,897 Arrondissement of Valenciennes ... 28,364 (In 1848 Louis Napoleon had only 14,394 votes.) IS Communes of the Arrondissement of Tonnerre 7 Communes of the NWere ••• Montereau (Villa) Roubaix ••• Chkeauroux Chantilly Coulommiers ... 3,200 ... 2,308 ... 1,104 ... 4,427 ... 2,356 ... 388 ... 857 NO. 9,152 6,810 1,544 451 1,823 223 1,099 1,625 1,496 Melun ... 1,582 211 Forchambanit •... 1,045 15 Magny (Ni vre) 7 Sens ... ..• ... 1,939 465 Commune of Sevres (Seine•et-Oise)... 1,101 143 Chatott ... 312 33 Croissy 171 1 Lon gj mean 50 The following is given as the gross result from 50 departments up to nine o'clock yesterday evening : " Yes," ••• 1,584,000 "No," •... 248,000 Making a total of 1 , 832 , 000 , with about 86 per cent. in favour of the PRESIDENT. In this statement the department of the Seine is included, where the num bers were — "Yes," ••• ..• ... 196,000 "No," 95,000 The balloting urns for Paris were closed on Sunday night, and were opened yesterday morning, at ten o'clock. Nothing could be more orderly than the proceedings throughout the election. The proportion of votes in the departments are said to be 8 Yes to 1 No. At Amiens the Bishop and clergy voted Yes with open bulletins. RESULT CF THE VOTING IN PARIS. Ist Arrondissement—Yes, 15,000; no, 5,441. 2d Arrondissement—Registered electors, 34,015; voted, 23,890; yes, 15,712; no, 7,907. 3d Arrondissement—Registered electors, 19,384; voted, 15,193; yes, 9,280; no, 5,691. 4th Arrondissement—Registered electors. 13,199; voted, 10 856; yes, 6,227; no, 4,475, sth Arrondissement—Yes, 12,053; no, 9,218. 6th Arrondissement—Yes, 13,250; no, 10,159. 7th Arrondissement—Voted, 14,332; yes, 8,133; no, 6,052. Bth Arrondissement—Registered electors, 28,705; voted, 22,839; yes, 13,438; no, 9,140. 9th Arrondissement—Registered electors, 11,135; voted, 9,655; yes, 6,189; no, 3,323. 10th Arrondissement—Yes, 13,424; no, 6,588. 11th Arrondissement—Registered electors, 18,623 ; voted, 14,478; yes, 8,635; no, 5,572, 12th Arrondissement—Registered electors, 28,949 ; voted, 18,661; yes, 11,479; no, 6,920. BANLIEUE. Yes. No. Belleville ... ... ... ... 5,253 1,827 Batignolles ... .. ... ... 3,855 1,658 nontrenge ... ... .. ... 1,975 595 Vaugirard .., ... ... ... 2,692 836 Grendle ... ... ... ... 1,522 395 The! result of the votes which have reachtd Govern. merit : &line-Inferieure Diret . . Par-de-Calais ... ludre Vienne... ... CO:e d'Or Marne ... Cher Seine-et-Oise Eure ... Eure-et-Loiro Oise ... Aisne Somme Yonne ... ..• Nord ... ... Haute-Vienne Yes. ... 227,152 ... 64,711 ... 19.272 2,356 3 72 9821 6 :2: 60 4 : 238 26 7 2621 ... 1,253 884 ••• ... , 1 480 ..• 3 387 ... 4,270 ••• 13,925 ... 1,180 ... 174,627 ... 9,540 Loire-ia!6cieure Dordogne ... Loir-et-Cher Calvados Mayenne Deux-&!vres 28 983 4,644 2.750 826 6,956 1,027 304 3,182 5,445 136 13,851 ..„ 4,819 ... 13,701 5,456 ... 14,351 ... 7,439 Allier ... Aube ... ... 7,947 ... 5,420 71 124 333 350 1,236 206 33,757 2,352 3,355 433 1,686 1,401 1,409 726 Indre.et•Loire Sarthe ... . 21,071 6 529 1,623 1,415 Nievre 2,268 384 Loiret... ... ... 6,634 1,355 The telegraphic dispatch received this morning in Paris from Rouen was, it is said, erroneous; it an nounced that 28,090 affirmative votes bad been given to LOUIS NAPOLEON. The following is the result of the election al Rouen, as announced officially by the Mayor;— Number of voters registered, 27,735 ; number o voters, 21,749. Affirmative votes Negative Null ... ... 17,741 3,891 117 • 21,749 The result of other sections of the department o the Seine-Inferieure has been received. The affirm tive votes are 83,546 ; negative, 10,443. The Afoniteur contains the following report from the Minister of Marine and Colonies to the PRESIDENT of the Republic M. le President, —By a decree of the Bth of this month, you decided that individuals placed - under the surveillance of the popes, who should be proved guilty of having broken their ban should be transported, for the sake of general safety, to a penal colony, such as Cay enne or Algeria, and that the same measure should apply to persons proved to have belonged to a secret society. In execution of that decree a certain number of per sons are at present about to be sent to Cayenne. Thi s operation requires several provisions, urgently called for, which I am occupied in arranging to meet. In particular, it is necessary to have a quantity of eat ables, clothing, and medicine provided at Cayenne; also and 600,000 f. for! the expenses of the to have wooden houses constructed for residence. The first credits indispensably necessary for these matters will amount to 658,000 f,, thus divided-58,000f. for m mi il l i i t t a ar ry y It is to provide for such credits that I submit to you the following special decree ; and am a lluded to follows, by which the PRE SIDENT with respeseeoclrtov,nicAyei:onsieur le President, your very humble Republic grants the sums applied for. and obedient servant, " THEODORE Ducos " We are informed that T T h h e e c l o e f o c the Porn h as addressed a letter to his Nuncio in Paris, in which he expresses his entire approbation of the acts of Loins NA P OLEON, which have saved society need relative to the circumstances The Court of Nismes has ordered a judicial instruc tion religio n . with the late invasion of the town of Apt. giotilzhes.ete:tutionei says_i, connected tion t M. TuortoNo is charged with the conduct of the matter. The Court of Appeal of Dijon has also ordered a similar investigation into the late distur o bances in the Saone-et-Loire. be co mmenced c w o Tne Courrier de Marseille gives the following from its correspondent at Digne, dated the 17th : " Barcelonette, the only point on which the insurgents still held out, has just been reduced by M. Dunoyer, the prefect, who left Digne en the 14th with a strong body of troops. The Socialists, however, would not wait for the arrival of our soldiers, who have everywhere given proof of such admirable vigour and energyAut evacuated the place. The pacification of our department may therefore be considered as terminated, with the excep tion of some operations of detail which are being car ried on in petty localities. Detachments, under the direction of the Sub-Prefect and Colonel Millet, com manding the state of siege, left yesterday for Forcal quier, to clear the neighbouring communes of the rem nants of the dispersed bands. Two hours before day light the troops suddenly surrounded the villages of Dauphin and St. Marine. Searches were then made, and twenty-fire persons, the leaders of the contingents who had marched on the chef-lieu, were arrested. Nu merous arrests have taken place among the most violent members of the secret societies, with which this part of the country was infested. These men materially assist the efforts of the authorities in their judicial investigation by the fraternal eagerness with which they denounce each other. The inquiry which is going on with the greatest activity under the direction of the commandant of the state of sit ge, promises some curious revelations of the infernal revolutionary organi sation given to the department by Langomazino and Gent. At St. Etienne the column of Commandant Vinoy has also made many captures; eight persons who were taken with arms in their hands were shot on the spot." The principal insurgent chiefs aro followed up in all directions. The mountain of Lure, where some re manets of the bands have taken refuge, is surrounded on all sides, and the insurgents cannot fail to be soon in the hands of justice. Public feeling is much improved under the influence of the wise measures adopted by the authorities." The Siècle announces that General CAVAIGNAC is free, and had arrived on Friday in Paris. The Patrie says—" During the last few days a great number of arrests have been made. Amongst the persons arrested are cited M. BEAUME, brother of the representative, who played an important part at the barricades of the Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau in February, 1848 ; LEON WATRIPON, one of the getters up the barricades of the 3d and 4th of December, and who was one of the editors of the red journal, the Revolution; VAILLANT and LEDEGUE, chiefs of sections ; GUERIN, member of the European Socialist Committee at London; LEVAYEN, 'ex political prisoner; and HENRI AUXpOUR:9, one of the chiefs of the barricades. Thee+) arreits connected with the discovery of secret societies, the . • - TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1851. object of which was to recommence a fatal civil war. At the 'house of one of the prs.m.3 Lirre,:ted were portable pumps for throwing inflammable esbences. It will be remembered that it was by these horrible means that, in Jane, 1848, the barracks of Renilly were set on fire." The ex-representative MIOT, who is in confinement at Ste. Pelegie, has just received notice that a war rant has been obtained against him by the captain reporter of the court•martial of the 13th military division at Bourges, on a charge of being connected with the insurrection in the Nivre. The famous PoRNIN, commonly called the Jambe de-Bois, the ex captain of the Montagnards of CAUS-- SIDIERE, who had hitherto evaded the researches of the police, has just been arrested. Several arrests were made on Saturday evening of persons suspected of having been engaged in the late insurrection. We read in the Ordre—" The Pays has stated, on the authority of an Italian journal, the Italia del Papal°, that MM. MANIN, CERNITSCIII, MONTA NP.LLI, RICCIARDI, GIANNONE, and CAMIIIACCO lost their lives or been wounded in the late events of Paris. This news is only true with respect to M. CAMDIASCO, who, when in the crowd from curiosity, was struck by a ball and killed." We find the following in the Pays, relative to M. DE LAMARTINE " We have received accounts from M. de Lamartine, whose health, which appeared better for a short time, is unfortunately threatened with another attack of the com plaint which has confined him to his bed for the last two months. M. de Lamatino, who has been a stranger to po litics since the 2d Dec., has ceased to write from the day when tho Constitution ceased to exist. We cannot but honour such a resolution, M. de Lamartine is the man of the 24th February. That date engages his responsibility, his honour, and his name before posterity. But the silence of oar illustrious friend does not command ours. Unfortunately for us, having no joint responsibility in his glory, we have none of the obligations of it. We have not the right to bo silent, oven when he has with drawn his inspiration and his direction from this journal, and from all polemics. What he cannot withdraw and what we retain is, the tradition of a patriotism, which has never been led astray, of a moderation which has never been contradicted, and of an independt.nca which has always respected itself. M. do Lamartine, in a letter which he has addressed to us, has thus defined the state of things:—' I have to preserve and to maintain towards the public, friend or enemy, the character of a men of the 24th February. If I allowed the moderate but con sistent firmness of that character to be suspected in me, I should be no longer a man. That exceptional situa tion commands me to differ from all those who, having the same antecedents, have not the same duties. A very numerous deputation, representing the different branches of trade and manufactures in Paris, headed by M. SALLANDROUZE DE LAMORNAIX, the Honorary President of the Parisian Industrial Union, had on Saturday an interview of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, by whom they were received in the most gracious manner. M. GAUSSEN, a shawl manu facturer, and member of the International Jury, addressed Louis NAPOLEON on behalf of the deputa tion as follows : "Prince,—We have witnessed with happiness the realization of the memorable words which you addressed to us on a recent occasion. You have given France se curity in the future. We come in the name of a great part of the manufacturing interest of Paris to express to you our deep gratitude. You have restored confidence to us; we owe to you order and labour, which constitute the strength and wealth of states. We have come, Prince, to tell you that we place entire faith in your exa'ted wisdom, and is your enlightened solicitude for the true interests of French industry." Lours NAPOLEON replied as follows : " Gentlemen,—l am delighted to see that a large por tion of the manufacturers of Paris sympathise with the political measures which the safety of the country ren dcri d necessary. I hope that labour has not been too much interrup'ed in your manufactories, and that your workmen have not teken part in the disturbances which have occurred. Tell them that my most ardent doaire is to improve their condition, and to favour as much as possible the development of our fine productions." The Prince afterwards conversed for some time with the different members of the deputation, who retired charmed with his solicitude and affability. The adhesions of municipal and other public bodies to the PRESIDENT of the Republic have now become almost general. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has introduced a new system of foreign passport, as follows : " In the name of the French Republic.—The Minis ter for Foreign Affairs requests MM. the Consols and diplomatic agents of the nations friendly or allies of France to permit M to pass, proceeding to , without permission to return. " The Minister for Foreign Affairs, TIIEGOT." Those permissions are only given to proceed to England or to the United States. The Minister refuses them to persons wishing to proceed to the continent of Europe. Public Securities continued their ascensional move ment. The Five per Cents. opened at 103 f. 50c., fell to 1021. 90e., and closed at 103 f. 50C. for the end of the month. The Three per Cents. closed at 66f. 85e.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,0501.; Rotten, 635 f.; Havre, 2411. 25c. ; Great Northern, 533 f. 75c.; Vierzon, 495 f.; Base, 1821. 50e.; Boulogne, 2751.; Bordeaux, 415 E; Paris and Wrasburg, 4071. 50e.; Tours and Nantes, 2821. 50e. BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEc. 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 10% Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 19 1 4—Dutch Rhenish, 34—Luxembourg, —Namur and Liege, VA—Northern of France, 16L—Or leans and Bordeaux, 5 —Paris and Rouen, 251 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 14%—Rouen and 13avre,9 , A—Tours and Nantep, 8 ex int. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th inst, have arrived. The Epoca gives an account of the prosecutions in stituted against the Madrid press by the existing Cabinet, which has not been in power quite a year. It appears from it that the Europa has been sup pressed and fined 30,000 reals ; that the Illundo .Nuevo, the Murga, and the Tribuna del Populo, have been repeatedly seized, fined, and have ceased to appear; the Nation has been seized eleven times, fined 20,000 reals, and has an editor in prison ; the Heraldo has been seized ten times, is printed under the surveil lance of the police, and has one of its editors in pri son ; the Constitutional has been seized three times, and fined 20,000 reels • the Epoca seized seven times ; the Observador, the Catolico, and the Novedarles have also been seiztd several times. It was said that if the Cortes did not meet in the course of a short time, M. ISTURITZ, M. BENALIIA, and M. DE AYLLON would leave at the beginning of January for their diplomatic posts at London, Berlin, and Vienna. The accounts from the provinces represent that there was excessive drought ; in Andalusia and Bstramadura there had been considerable mortality amongst the cattle, in consequence of it. MADRID BOLqA, DEC. 17.—The Three per Cents. were done at 378 for time; the Four per Cents., at 131; the Five per Cents ' at 16k; the Debt without Interest, at 5 7-16; and the Coupons, at 7i. GERM kiN Y. The Second Chamber of Prussia ratified on Friday the commercial treaty of the 7th September with Hanover. The Hanoverian Chambers, on the other hand, have demanded a month's delay before ex amining it. The Second Chamber of Hanover, in the sitting of the 18th, adhered, by 37 votes to 32, to the resolu tion of the First Chamber, to the effect that the Mi nistry ought to proceed immediataly to the execution of the organic laws. The Archduke ALBERT, Governor of Hungary, left Vienna for Pesth on the 17th, charged with legislative and judicial powers, in addition to the ordinary autho rity of the Government. It appears that the sisters of KOSSUTH, residing at Pesth, were arrested on the denunciation of two students who lodged in the house, in which they resided, and who, having heard unusual noises in the rooms at night, denounced the ladies to the police. One of these honourable and gallant denunciators has been rewarded with a purse of 200 ducats for his pains. ITALY. The Augsburg Gazette quotes a letter from Rome of the Bth, stating that a great many of the English tourists lately arrived there having dish ibuted seditiou and anti-Catholic pamphlets, and the police having caught some in the fact, the Minister of Finance has given strict orders to visit the baggage of travellers with tho greatest minuteness. A Turin journal having stated that General LA MARMOILA was to set out for Savoy to take the com mand of a division of troops on the frontier of that province, the Piechnontese Gazette of the 19th denies the statement officially. In its sitting of the 18th the Chamber of Deputies of Turin adopted the postal convention concluded with Spain. Signor AVIGDOR took this opportunity to re mark that, in consequence of the great rise of public securities since the late event!t, the attention of specula tors in stock has been directed to the means of obtaining speedy information from Paris, and that several hod realised immense profits by having the start of but a few hours. He therefore strongly recommended that measures should be taken to have an electric tele graph between Paris and Turin, to prevent such fraudulent practices. The Chamber appeared rather favourable to this suggestion, and, after some con versation it was agreed the matter should be discussed in the debate on the budget of Public Works. The Costituzionale of Florence, which had been suspended by order of the Government, resumed its publication on the 16,h. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. A letter from Gibraltar of the 7th, in the Clamor Publico of Madrid, states that information had reached that place that the Emperor of Mouocco had not only refused to accept the propositions of Admiral DUBOURDIEU for the settlement of the differences with France, but was descending to the coast with 40.,000 men. The letter adds, however, that the Ad miral did not intend to renew hostilities until after the receipt of new orders from Paris. THE SHARE MARKETS. 1 1311,1T101L RAX1.N.V11.75. Railways, Paid. Nominal hiceo, Business done to-day. Aberdeen.. •• • • : 4 -mbergate, Nottingham, Boston, 85 E. Juncion Belfast and County Down trml Wig., Ivo tm➢.,, and 'Ainar Valley - airketth., Lan., & Chest, June., late 331.65. Ad.. Jo .Chest. & 111rkenhd.,' &251. Consolidated Do., d0.,201... Bristol and Exeter.• .• Caledonian Chester and Holyhead .. :;nblin and Belt.tst Janet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen D mdee, Perth, and Aber leen Junction .. Do., New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. Do. (IS/. E. & IL) .. Eastern Counties 'lnatorn Union, elan A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do.. B & C shams Feat Lancashire New quarters • . East rz West Ind ia Docks and Birm. June. .. East & West York. June. Edinburgh an, Glasgew Edit 1., Perth, an,l Dundee Glasgow and South-Wert. Do. do. G. D. & C. stink Nreat Northern .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, 13, 6 per et., Great Aouthern and' Weatern, Ireland .. Great Western .. Lanea,ter and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. LauesE , bi re anal orkshire Do. quarter sl res Do. fifths Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern • . .• Liverpool. Crosby, and Southport London and Blackwell .. Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .. London and N.-Western Do. do. qnarters .. Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M.& L (e) London and S.- Webtera Do. new 501. Do. new 401. Ka.r.rzhester, Brixton, and Matlock .. itancheit.4r, Shcfaeld, & Lincolnihire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. Midland .. Do. 501. shares .. Do D. Itirming S 6 Derby Midland Cit. West. (Ire.) :i;eweastlQ and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .. • • Newry and Enniskillen • • Newry, W arrenpoint, do Rostrevor • • • • • • • • I N:orfolt . • .. .. Do. New 201. shares • • Northern Counties Union North tritish • • .. • • North Devon • • • • North Staffordshire •• North-Western •• North & Sth.-West. Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. 4 cottish Midland .. Do. new & Ltirm., Clam 3 A Do. Class 8.. .. • . & flereford., 014 Do., do., New •• 4.1 - u-ewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. .• • • Dz'. Oswestry Do. New. .. • • ihropshire Union • • • • 1.0., A, B, D, Pally paid up at per cent • • .;outh Devon .. F, aa t ern .. th 'e; ales .. 1 Yorksh. and Riverl Dun •• •• •• •• •Alleff.,Roth.,and Geole, South Divisioe . I ticlrnß end Ddnf.rmlinel Stockton and Hartlepool Tail Vale ..• Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Peck and Railway .. • . • • Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wax., Wick. and Dublin Weet Cornwall • • • . Whitehaven and Farness York, Newc.. 86 Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Eitel:1910B Dicta G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland LINES =EAS: 3) AT FIXED RE' INTALS. Le sing Business Railways. Paid. I Nominal Prices. done to-day. Compamen. Bcdf. & Bletch ley - Lon. & T.W. all .. nit ming: & Oa ford Juncion, guaranteed •• Gt. Western all 28 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. Dc .. .. all 28 —29 Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do .. all 8 —lO p Do., without a guarantee •• Do •• all 7 9 p Buckingham sh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 18 'A Clvdosdale June Calodonian all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. G Per Cont. •• G. Northern all 82% —B3 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 p flartlepl Dock Yrk, New., and Railway t Etna Ber. j Hull and Selby Yk. &N. 81. all 104 106 Do. % Shares .. all 51% 52% Do. Shares Do .. all 24% 25% Leads and Brad. Midland all 101 102 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% 12% Do., Pref. .. Do .. .. all 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 14 —l5 Dt... 6 per cent Do .. •• all .. •• Sliddlesbro' and Railcar, Gp. ct Stockt.& Dar all •• •• N. & East, 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties all • • Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 5 4 56 Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 4 b P Preston and S L. & N.W.I all Wyre • • ..l & La.& Y. Do. y, Shares ADo .. • • U p Read., Guild., and Roigato .. S. Eastern I. all 21% _ 21% Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern all 7% 8 0. Shop. Ex.. Do •• 5 % -- 2 p. ghef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lanc. &York 18 11 6 South Staffords. Mr. lll`Clean 9% 2% %D i. Wear Val. 6 par Cont. gua. Stock.& Dar. all D o . do. .. Do .. • • 25 28 •••• 29 Do. do. •• Do • • 25 .. STAUB & Somers. qt. Western 100 91% 92% me: oItErER: BHAILES. Railways.. Paid. Nominal Prima. Business does to-day. Aberdeen •• all 2X 1% die. Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 2 36 Caledonian 10/. 10 7% 7 Cheater and Holyhead .. all 1536 —l6 Dund. Per. & Aber. June. all 1 —% d. East Anglian (31. 10a.) 6 per cent. .. • • au 2% —2% Eastern Counties Exton., per cent. No. 1 .. all % p pm Do. No. 2 ...... all par p pm Do. Now 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% —ll Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 103( Do. 101. Daben. Shares . all East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares all •• E. &W. York. Juno. 5 ths all Edin. Per. & Dun. 5f p.ct. all •1 36 • as. a IRSP,'SW Conaol. 100 (3t. Northern, 5 ;ter sent. all 13% 13% 13 36 D0.,5 p.c. Redeem.Serip 3 36 % 34 a3i Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths all 136 —1% p, Gt estorn (darks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 •• —•• P. Lancashire and York shire, F.201.......6 • • —• • die. Do. 6 per et. Stock .. 100 183 135 Leeds Northern, 6 par cent., No. 1 .. .. 11 p Do. quarters, 1844 .. 9 •• —•• P London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. 100 .• ••• •• Do. pref., I p et. 5k,1851 100 —• • Do. new guar., S per et. 100 141 143 1 41 36 Lon. & N. West. (Cm% & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. 1334 •• •• London & 8.-W ~ new 234 2 p. Manch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. shrs., No. 1 all 1034 113{ Do. new, 101. .. all 1234 12% Do., 61. • • • • •• •• 3 % % Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 Do. Consel. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... 100 132 133 Do. P.ristol & Glouces. all .. Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. . 100 ••• Do., Preference • • .. 5 % dia. Norfolk Extension • • all 18% 1636 00. guar. 5% per cent. all 4 —4% North British 5 Oxf. door. &W 01.151.6 p.c 8 % d lB Shrowg. & Btr., new guar. all 9% . Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. all 1536 16 W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon 11 13 Song:-F.aottrn, p. ct 10 •• York, Newc., and Bony., 134 - 16% Gt. N . el E. Per. all 3 % -4 % York and North Midland 11. and S. ninth. .. 1 0 1 3( % F 072,E1GN. Boulogne and Amiens •• all 10 36 1 0% 10% Contra] of trance (Or leans and Vterzon) •• all 19 % 18% 19 36 % Dutch Rhenish • • .. 8 434 die. East Indian •• 18 234 —3 p. Do, do. do. • • 20 Great Indian Peninsula • • an •% % Ditto ditto 3 % % %P• Louvain A la .. p .- c•ntre .. 734 . Luxembourg • • • • •• 13 3 3 Ditto (Railway) • •• 10 2% —2% % Ditto (Canal) .• • • 2 % Maria Antonia •• .. 171 Ga 84 Ditto, New •• •• 8% Namur and Liege .. au 6 634 N or thern of France .. 16 16% —1 6% 17% 17 1 4 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 9 . : 4 d. 5 3% % Paris and Orleans .. .. all 39 —4l Paris and Rouen •• all 2536 —26 25% % I'aris and Strasbourg ~ 18 31,fi 234 dis. 153( Rouen and Havre .„ ~ all 9% —9% 9% S a mbre and all 3x 4 374 St. Anarew's & Quebe.(A) 2 • Tours and /4antes 1 7 934 -- 874 clls.x.l x.l onrnay, Jurbise, Lau. den, and Hugon 6 an wcat ilvidens 6% 2 ...154 a =I% 10% to LI 4% - 5!6 to —lO 13 —ll cl. 5%(11.5. 81 16 20y4 'AI 4. 6 - 7 3% - 3X 2% - 6% - 4% —b% 3% -3% 15 -15% 49 -51 26 -28 5 -5% 18% - 18% 5% -5% 13% - 13% 35 1 4 -UN 8( - 86% 74 -80 8 %- 8 % P ilsi :5.8.!i 834 —8 d. 6 —5% d. l 4 —l5 • .... •• 6% 7 95 -$6 ic'4 —II6N 3 % 3 %P I% 2% -- p. 84% —84% 8 7 Ms 7 6 Ws. 2 -2% 32 -33 El,( —2% dill. 56% —5; __ 27 -29 7% - 814 8% — 5 1 A - 22 14% 13% dia. 3% 9 die. 7 7% Gyy dis. —7% dis. , dia. dls. par 15 —15% 14 14% 9 9)6 734 8 6% —6% 4% —4% 334 die. It 16 7 8 10 11 % % 3% —3% d. 14 -16 2016 - 2156 28% - 29%, 3►% •- 9 —lO 11 13 149 151 .. ... .. dis. 16 —l5 Ms. . • ..... .. d. .. -- .. dia. .. .. is —1834 7'4 —631 d. 3 3i IN d. 22 22% 5 16 5 80 1614 16% NO 8 6 8 4 2 0' too 16 2-3 126 24 Agna Fria .. e... Anglo eatilomian ..•• • Ave Maria - % P - 1 Asturian .... •. • ..... • • Australian • ... •••• • • .. Ilaroasa Range Brazilian Imp, (is. V. p.) Do. Coeaes and Culabx Do. St. John dcl itcy • Cobre Copier . Coplapo .• • •• • • • General..... Mexican& S. American Ncuvoau Monde li - -s4 314 -3% 33 33 34 % 756 1104 — l4 37, 5 i 44 1 Real Del Monte, T.Tkrig. Do. Black Dcoenturea. Do. Red Dobentures Santifigo de Cuba Tin Croft ~ • • le% •4% • 7 6% 8 28 2 ft% 3 —2 1 1 —% bTOCB 3138.11480, 9% 50 46% —49 25 10% -- 11 20 25 26 1 4 19 13%-lis 20 28% 2934 United Mexican— .:::. West ➢lariposa ..... 301 N! Australasia •....... British North America.. Colonial .... •......... Commercial of London.. London Joint Steck .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland Oriental Bank Corporat. Provincial of - •• 181 i 17% 27 - 24 43% 157(5 - 1 0 4 35 3 ' 5 4 3 -3% 44% - 154 Do. New „ Union of Australia .... Do. New ............ Union of London ...... Union of Madrid 411NZOITO. 48 49% 27% 28 75 — 76 1714 —18 M 79% 80% )ecem her. Ticket Account days. 16 C he errors of the 01 d corresrondentii.) Canada Gen. Steam Navigation .1 Penin. & Oriental Steam. 74 ig 17w axya 80% rdi r° d an d 31,-- Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...• ..1 Settling days in the MOI tered shares, 15th sn nth of I Id 2.oth. tble for ti Intereste iWo cannot be answen will not be influenced by 0 ,. ---------------. NEW S ' MONEY and COMMERCiAL 3 -`" -- ffir ttt ' 7 LOV ' t ki . 4 It, "' CITY, TWO 0 C ~,,e o ti. 0 , The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday' all e C e p for 41' 4 I t o mated at 7,000 bales, of which 500 Surat were ll 4l ' l'h° lia ion. export, 500 American and 500 Surat on speculoan Ator IN 3 market closed steadily. The sales comprised 4,0u 1d , 30 1i % 4 1 rican, 250 Pernem and Maranhatn at 4id• t° 64 Is t a t oo Sor t p t itilPii Bahia at 61, 50 Egyptian at 6d. to 9d., ,-- ad. r r la t it 2 1 id. to 3 ; 11, and 80 Sea Island at Is. 2d, to I°' 3 slll l ' .'Ji I b. — l n Railway Shares a fair business was cl°lve .. o 't b 4 4 l: proved prices. A ma tera ll ' The accounts received this morning from ' 44. noula er T ), N state that the Second Chamber has adopted the ' 1 41 t vial treaty with Belgium. 0, jo to etYr be commenced railway from St. Petersburgh to Wa ll ' , commenced next spring. t Pie t N Ina l,_ '4, 1 pamphlet upon thu evils of our Pr eget.' folle ci i Stock Banking System, by Mr. J. B. Browne , til d e Act ° mg suggestions are made:—" I would pr o P ° l:7.lo o Y_l b l Parliamentformed after the e ulate all joint-stock bank° :sic vipleh ra I l' iel iit e ,, passing of the Act, 0 a a nd to lo ferw existing joint-stock banks should be bound t ° 04 1; o fi d Ih tt ° ,. l I l i a„, o, after a certain period, giving thcm ang le ~P° , poi,te, 4'll facilities fur doing so. On the principle 0' prey' dO° tr ill 41 10 Liability' on the part of shareholders, the ke tt : that no bank should be formed 11° ' e to 1 1 k lir Act with the capital of less than e ach slie lhare t' s I} lta tll named, fixing the minimum value of ' / 0 0 ' It t i k b ki 51. to 101., the whole to be subscribed for 1; 600 0 It to application for charter, and a large Prq beau.°el lti 411 capital to be paid up previo , us . to conalnen ti c i iv a g p , . i kii tle4 , r to to et. the whole to be - paid up w ithin a Bert a epos .as Si t would limit the amount to be received on trio lye , double the amouat of capital. 1 A r ag 01 0 6 6 P h wail- „ to : to .4 Cl„kll a amount of deposit to be treated as aP l ' at oe'' La ''' three or did l a Pit sums received for not less than at certain. I mean, to be made use ° f flostili,ri !iii,ill counts. &c.; remainder of deposit to be 100 a t s 3,ite i ; 4 ° 4 capital, or made use of for loans ' oil ca l!' for O P ; 47 i not more than a fortnight. I would provide ro f 0:0 Lo n , mediate winding-up of the Lank in the e t il e ats °fa l it 1 fourth of capital la ing ahe 4 be rr .ade to restore capital to ' i;s original Mt e g o ace j ' a s hi : lost unless arrang- r im iv , which I would provid e f ac ili t i es . I would e u rt hala e • i 4 4 1 : fullest publicity with regard to retiring 0 310 6b,%41/1/311 !th e ' W to ith incoming one's liability of shareholders t 4 te r ,t, L'lli, t i amount of shares and to contintle I v 0 3 41 ' l 4 and transfer until after: next halft eu t r ' tiro 'pee ing. I would give a eimPlo "-- ti. t ° 0 . 4 plan for furnishing hatfayeafly stave:len ..ived _. 4t 4 reov (vi l er etas properly audited and registered, and to be : 0 1, + . ,,„i i , evidence in case of subsequent diEcovery ef' l.ll 4 :,:alay i ti , i t la llii should be formed in such a way as to gic e l ) ; - .s i li a i '0 4 liabilities, beyond a certain amount, wit h a r n o - ors' 4 ' Jotte r° ' 114 4 c/Il ' dual or firm, with actual value, and nattl 1 r t r i e o f 11 4 4 held on such amount; these to be given uno! de 110.00 Itte4, to avoid betrayal of secrets I would Pre°lNo,ol4;tid 111,11; fraudulent appropriation 'of funds or, if e acet 1 41 41 'de ill%i II of accounts should be treated as a crinsinaid° plaio l h i .llti simple specify formthe fpearrttaieksingaccioauwntable. proceeding orf in ,lo l4 tall o f deb p.- i the bank, and for regulating all matters . 00 I hies; each bank should be hound to publish the P re e, o t L l St ciples on which its business should be cood u° orat it i'llth The English Stock Market wa s Hint, li g/ of tti lq v ti the commencement of business this 0 2 ° 1r- ro gee P A ls t t it' 4 weaker just now. The satisfactorY 1 ) to 0 4 ti 4 tP it t l i l the French elections caused Pr ices n p i is 0 it: t 4 ltit . higher, and the reaction has b . ec- otere l : 00° .qt 4. - I t by a renewal of the TULUGUr th i " l , oo be TV 10,;, " split" in the English Cabinet. Consols ' ... . e 11ere . „ 4 1. 1' ,t'Plo' at 97 and 97i, and are now 96k, ro ll l er -- it 7 "oo ' 1 " a c e bee _te 4 1 1 541 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. Dil II"' and the Three per Cents. 973 • --' 0 - ' , t alk E cheq uer' , 0 b. , 41 1 at the higher premium of 995. to 520. 1110 1 i °D A 1 0 hi i t e Foreign Securities have been rather rala,,4 tot ra- 2 1 RP . t o buoyant priers. Spanish have been 2 0 1 I ,; crit . De 0 55 ! i lit te -1 , Three per Cents. 401. The Three Peer C ce ots• 'oil t „,lis t Stock is at 14 Portuguese Four p , jars' 0 0 ‘ tli t „ aria A O Ith to f . Mexican Stock is at 263- to 2 " r - 0 , ti kl P 4 a and Coo Old Bonds 95. Grenada Bonds are 1 4 4' I f pet o f ll 'kt ,il have been 90 to 1. Russian Four-so d ' u ' ll ; or e 0 11 f el li Nti 6 have been marked 1021 1 Sardinian De ll e O 3 Or Nei . ath 1 4 14 85. French Five per Cents. are 102, al l oe i g ia o a lla Cents. 65, with the exchange at 2 5 1 ' 3 0/ ) Oki and-a-Half per Cents. are 9 If. 1 0 . te' ' o ei 111 i tit 901 019 ; The Railway Share Market has Wen - t he r 000 Ni improved quotations have been realised W o o; 4tog, Poet lines, both the larger and smaller sha res ], to i bt „, l !l i ti t ,' I French shares are dearer. Northern ar e ' lolle` /6 11 but t ll Gold Mine Shares are quieter, 13° .1 5' I , .0 Steam Navigation Shares are firm. 0 1 1 I NI a f tiL ll 6061 Consols for Opening, Q TianillTl-66 11 ! ° , 1 97 0 e ' 0%;°111 li h !% ti te rr NJ' •4 t BRITISH FUNDS THIS DATA - ° 14 a 7P 0 (From - the Official Vet". 9 8 4 , li' it 8 per Cent. Reduced-Anauitiew.. .. . . •••• ts New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ana% .... . ..... ... •'• .... Slt !I South Sea Stock ........ : ...... .; ....... 4 1 4 , 1 4; ic 0 _ Ditto Old Annuitie5.......................... ; 7 14 v! It s Consols for Account ................. 1 0 , ktti ]r 1,0001. Bills ....... 49 P A s p 1 4 :(' 1,0001. .... 4 9 a- a pi k e s ,00/ .... 49 Y OO Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT v` . " 95, z 0 1 cs Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.'.'. 921 4tk Ditto (Itothschild's).-- .• ..... ."-. ti q t , Ditto New 80nd5,1829 and 03 9 5 . h i t Dale (Rothschild's) ............... 04 1111 11 Grenada, 1% per Cent. . ........ „ i '' ...a z al Oti 'til Mexican Bonds, 1846, ex Jan. Cote - 2 674 t Ditto Account ... .. ............... no ki k Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent ......... i' 9 'o4 1 t , 4 ' Ditto Account . ...... •-• ..... 46 43' Do. Deferred ..... .. ................. ~. a 0 ! ) 4 1 / 1 Portuguese Bends,s per Cent ...... as e , 4,l 1 41 4 Ditto 4 per Cent. .................. "...., . 11ta,,l Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cen t ' . 102 1 . 4 le ' Ditto 4% per Cent .••••••' '" .... 85 / N kliv Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent- ...... ••• ‘2,os 60 eptinish Bends, 5 per Centsl B4° "‘ 41 r 0 1 u Spanish Bonds, 3 pier Cent....••• ' 16 4_ , , i v D i d i t e t n o, 4 n N f e m w tDheefaerbroevde.pay. tib i . ? . ...1., 102,4 0 : 5,, t o 1,,, , ., „iq French Rentes, 5 per Cent. .. aoa Exchange . ..................... a• Of. 2 ,5 a I gi .... '. French Rentes, 3 per Cent .. 2 . ttii ' P Exchange ............................ 011 4 ,) L s ti Belgian , a, , , a tt 1 0 18 v r y °r -ith, LI. 0 YD's * i-ILIPPIiN tia-'''( o ' o ' th e I- ( 0 J Nor LONDON, DEC. 23. —Wind at 1 1 ° - 51 , dw ii clear weather. i eaol! ec c c . sif CARDIFF, DEC. 18.—Arrd. 13alnlorel pie ti t PENARTH ROADS, DEC. 2.3 - - A rt he c. h e° , i d; lo,!c John's, New Brunswick; Emerald Qll e • Qe e d w./ i ti '' . I , rar iato , a p h a. a WATERFORD, DEC. 20.—Arrd. .u.' 1.11,1" if p. - , HULL, DEC 21.—Arrd. Shakspeeno, P e 0' t: 4 „, Jamaica, New Orleans; Stentor, St. d ° a gel6l; ti: wick; Glasgow, Ritchie, Quebec. ~ etto l ?,,jog , that ST. MICHAFL9, DEC 10.—It b lev ; the 04 ' 6 0, 1 r I,: t S.W. on the Bth init., when moat I) " d ' Arr ' f p It 41, 01 under weigh, but returned yeate lo9 ,,,P vir,. , -,00 r ft li 4 1 ,1' TORBAY, Dac. 22r— Wind W.„' - ',; ro billae, tit ° ti i ,. tude, Dugdale, Lima; Ent erprige,,no $. ' 4 l It ti lt : DARTMOUTH, DEC. 22.-- Mild " • pc W., 1;01 S 44 1' —Arrd. Maranham, Newbury, Q l4- lei. tot . oi' to t) Pio/mount DEC. 22.—Wind W. t° 000 0 Tbe.,.10 ahl wort d. Ls 0 ' I —Ski. Mary, ' Swan River; Lion stet' %, ....,Arr d o, „0 41 % BRISTOL, DEC. 22.—W ind N/ 1 " . 136 0 " otv'' Calhoun, St. John's, e lt) St. Andrew's, New Brunswick• the r i/ / t ~,,.,,be ~, ~ , Terceira. of `-''' ° :I. nnio• 0 0 Ai , 14,' .111 HARWICH, DEC. 22.--The BrAi.A-- ~,o r e op, o t t , Now 13rtinssoldi.; x!ecorieos Ail tio.f, , got ur,„„ce fli, tit' i from Hartlepool to London 41 al't 4 , 1 ,I 0 'l Sand this morning, but has taken 0818 , DO' ;° i' be 4, pected off at high water. roe ref TIIURLSTONE, NEAR KINGSSRIM"°', e ft 0 0- / kl ii Caroline, of and for Exeter from Jerrold i° 0. 1 , t! 0 f'' ‘ l d Charlborough on the 20th, has bilg e voi j ° e . i wreck; cargo washing out. , Jr" ,A. 1". 0 Pti, DEAL, DEC. 22.—Winil S.D.W.t Mres lee:ad'', Ito, Arrd. Zulleika, Williams, 1 3011°3 B od ° il o - 7 0: 0 1:7 ki. , Erman', Moulmein ; Patrick ileoripales fr-celeoPil of f, 31 4 „ York. Sid. Alecto, Laurreston l io dette'. l i : 6' l o' Melbourne ; Surprise, China ; ''.- A I'oo4o 7 1/1,7 .1 4 Chancellor, Bombsy ; Tembela,..,,e`'w ori laß er ..e a l 41, 1 New Orleans ; Ascension ; Orion, Gambia ; v,: er a tig u o as ° o w e The:outward-bound are getting olluakaab,,,:sio 0 , k, Margaret Pellockzi.fctorio, : Tr! 0 i 0 triever, Davidson, from London te a t: r id ecaoloh {o r I:kik 0:: to slip her anchor last night t° f the P• 0 f er i ° 1i 4 ,! large American ship working out ° Date ' F oe ' 41 ti l (I .li et, A ll lla buerghw-EsE'urc)hEacr:i s 2 , 2.— Mo A n r t r e d. V ATl'l3re°rl°l. 1411 e c r l‘ 0 I N , Franklin steamer, New York. n po F 4I Nell° f 1 rii , ',ll let, POOLE, Ric. 22.—Arr d. 3 o t ie, ,I 4 11 4 , Neriloundialid. abo 33 • 0 le 1 0 ' i...„ heads hit he 'l`} WExFonn, Dix. 21.--T L' '.--. • 0 W .. ~.. IP i i inchespainted each black, o w n i g th , rough, was picked up a few tWO P i° where a vessel sank about ) ‘ ( : )l .A fi l r bio ti , o l ' A ” diiit l yr, l B t : , in i fidepo w thoo l :rgo o r ..:6 141441 ~ aa 6% 7 6% 1 8% % 5% 13% % 186%%X 86 % 58 !‘ 16 36 34 U% li 2% 85% 81% 157104 57 ;06 2O % 29 22% 3i 34 1 13 0 24% Ml] :c137.„: all 6 all all all [ 13 4 47 1 4 100 100 42 too 47% 25 9% 17% 19 3% an all all I 64 9554 117 25% 32% 7% 1,4