The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-21 00:00:00

NOTICE. NEW NOVEL, - by the "EMILIA WYNDIIAIf, Author of entitled " TI3IE, THEAVENGER," Is is the Press, in 3 vols., and will be shortly published, by Mr. COLBURN. Also, now ready, by the same Author, A SECOND EDITION OF LETTICE ARNOLD. 2 vole. • We cordially recommend this admirable and beautithi story to our readers. It is a healthy moral tale—truthful and practical—told In a most charming manner." — WeeMy Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL by the Author of MARGARET MAITLAND. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 volt, MER K L A N A STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE. D . the of ' PASSAGES IN THEE LIFE OF Author MRS. MARGARET MAIT- LAND, OF SUNNY SIDE." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. Most Positively the LAST NIGHT but ONE of the present season Mr. BALFE'S Benefit on FRIDAY, like. 2T. THIS EVENING. The First Part of the Concert will consist entirely of the Works of Mendelssehn. Second ime of Performance of the new grand Quadrille Fantastique THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Composed expressly for the Grand Nationnl Concerts, and pert formed under the direction of the Author, by the entire Orchestra of the Establishment, the Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, a com plete Corps of British Military Side Drums, and full Chorus ; the Vocal Solos by Mrs. Alexander Newton—Scipio Rousselot. Symphony in A, Mendelssohn. Overture, " The Isles of Fingal," Mendelssohn. Wedding March, Mendelssohn. Overture to "La Gazza Ladra," Rossini. Angrt. Mrs. A. Newton, Molique, Cooper, Baumann, Barret, Ar ban. Squab, Frelon, Franc, Remusat, Prospere, WinterbOttoM, Richardson, and Miss Goddard. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Balfe. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Labitzky. Promenade (admitting to the Halt-Circles, Galler Yl 1 6 and Pit Stalls) .. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence ,at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. BoxetPand Stalls to be had at the Box-office, where Programmes of the performance u ay be obtained. Mr. Thomas Maste, s of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, And Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACILEADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HENRY THE EIGHTH. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Macready. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ord, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Klteflyer, 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 Tongue, to be called JACK IN VIE GREEN; or, Hints on Eti quette. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Falstrff, Mr Bartley. To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrii. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. To be followed by A PRACTICAL MAN. To conclude with With SERVE HIM RIGHT. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HEARTS ARU TRUMPS. To be followed by ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA. To conclude with HIS FIIIST CHAMPAGNE. ASTLKY'S ROYAL Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelZies. Second week of the Revival of T 'S RIDE to YORK. THIS EVENING, The Grand new Spectacle of KENNILNI ORTH ; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Magnificent Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes. The whole concluding with the Equestrian Drama (far the first time these Ave years) of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. Extensive preparations are now being made for the production of a new and original Equestrian Comic Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by G. H. Rcdwell, Esq. Box-effice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. On THURSDAY, Decemi'or 26, 1850, Will be produced an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DOISOGHUE ; or, The White Horse of Killarney. To say that this Equestrian Pantomime will be superbly " mounted," is to say no more than must be expected ; coming, as it does, surrounded with such favourable auspices. It has been said by some authors, that O'Donoghue (but I don't know who) was a good Prince of Irelaad; who, eschewing whiskey, Was always chewing water, and kicking his eels (heels) at the bot tom of the Lake of Killarney, excepting once a year when, finding himself taken with a swimming in the head, he would pop up to the surface, and mounting his charger, would charge her to gallop across the Lake. Many expected that so much galloping would have thrown him into a galloping consumption ; but such has not proved the case, for some assert that not only he, but his Horse too, is "still alive and kicking." This hard galloping, or Galloparding, always occurred on the Eve of May-Day. The description of him is that he was tall—but not at all too tall—that he was handsome, and would hand some whatever they desired—that his appearance was even in the light of Day—that of an Electro••plated Knight; for lie was covered all over with a thin Coat of Si:ver—this Coat he could never wear out, because he was always at home. Bet now to the I Pantomime: SCENE TIIE FIRST. TIIE GLEN OF MISCHIEF. The Hag of Mischief, over a Peat Fire, is still trying to elicit from an Illicit Still the Evil Spirit of Ireland, in the form of WHISKEY : who, though still in the Still, won't be still, but " busts his biler,c and stands confessed the REAL POTEEN ! This powerful Spirit Is sent by the Hag of Mischief, under the disguise of Paddy Carey, to tempt and ruin the followers of " Father Mathew" and the " Water Cure," whom, she says, are the especial favourites of the " Water Drinking Fool," O'Donoghue. Whiskey swears he'll de her bidding, for he'll fire them with drink, by Making them as drunk as blazes.' Mischief parts from Whiskey with " a drop in her eye," but Whiskey is not so affected ; for he is sure that where Whiskey is, Mischief won't be far off. SCENE TA) SECOND. THE LAKE OF KILLARNEY. The entrance to the Mansion of Lord Bullfrog is on one side, on the other a little inn. It being in Ireland, the sign was to have been " a Bull," but " bulls" not being In fashion at present, it has been changed to the " Queen's Head." It being May-Day Eve, the Fairies of the Lake are seen dancing and strewing flowers on the water, as if sweetly M'Adannizing the road, preparatory to the ap pearance of O'DONOGIIUE ON HIS WHITE HORSE. He gallops across the Lake, says much that is well worth hearing, puts on the habit of a Beggar, and, " 0 Charming May," what a time for making a little love ; so think the fair Kathleen and her Lover Dermot Astore, but instead of making a little, they make a great deal. She relieves the Beggars wants, and then wants to have a little more love. It has long since been an established fact, that even Cupid, who can change any man into a goose, sometimes has his own " goose cooked," and so it proves now, for Lord Bull frog's Cookey, discovering the Lovers, flares up, a " broil" mines, and all are thrown into a perfect " stew." At this critical moment, Lord Bullfrog, with his jovial companions, return from the chase. Lady Bullfrog (to see her is to love her), with her interesting little family, comes to meet him. See flies into her husband's arms—and thus (as many married ladles have done before) stands "in arms against her husband." Lord Bullfrog is enraged with the Lovers, so to punish Dermot, who is in his debt, he seizes his only friend, his Horse, by way of payment, but gets " more kicks than ha'pence." O'Donoghue, as the medicant, aids the Lovers, and Dermot's Horse s restored. Lord Bullfrog, being determined to get rid of his plague of a daughter, pit's her up as " a Prize," which makes her look very " blank," as he exclaims— Whoc'er to-morrow brings the fairest steed, The one that leaps the best, has greatest spsed; Shall have fair Kathleen—yes, Fhe and all her tin, So try your lucks, and let the best horse win. All disperse, leaving Dermot alone with his Horse, by whose aid, he feels certain to win his heart's dearest hope. But, alas ! " the course of trus. love never lid run smooth." Whiskey comes in the way, and whi.ks away his senses—then his money—and, at last, his Horse ; Wit skey mounts the Horse, and, setting up a horse laugh, gallops off with it. Dermot in despair determines to try the "Water Cure," by drowning: himself, bat: is prevented by O'Dono ghue, who promises to lord him another horse for the morrow's race, and at on .e takes to the bottom of the Lake. SCENE THE THIRD. THE CORAL STABLE OF THE THOUSAND STEEDS. Mere O'Donoghue's White horse is seen quite at home enjoying his banquet, waited upon by Ponies and Water Fairies. Ile is in the prime of life. " None of your has-beans,'' for he " never has beans," but dines off his three courses like a gent, consisting of a TUREEN of PUMP SOUP, a dish of STEWED HORSE LEECHES, and a plateau of CORNED BEEF, the whole washed down by a bottle of CLOVER WINE. Having a turn for taciturnity, he stands no " chaff," and having cut his corns, has no objections to a little dance. Dermot chooses a Horse, which, as might be expected, proves " one In a thousand." Ile feels " quite up in the stirrups," and as he is changing his clothes, he is closed in by changing the scene to SCENE TIIE rouarn, THE LAUGHING FOREST. Whiskey and Mischief meet again. The Evil Spirit tells the Hag that he has obtained Dermot's fay: urite Horse, and on it he hopes to win the race, and thus bring Kathleen within their power. The trees enjoy the fun, and though prec:ous old ones, " laugh like new 'uns." SCENE TIIE FIFTII. MAY-DAY IN THE HILLS OF KILLARNEY. Here we find Morris Dane ng, Running in a Sack, Grinning through a Collar, and ether delic a t e amusements previous to the GREAT TRIAL ! All the competitors seize their stirrups, and some of them " put their foot in it." But where is Dermot ? If they start without him, there will be a start with a vengeance. But no !he is coming, and very becoming he comes. All is prepared ; off they go. This proves true enough, for many go off over their horses' necks. Der mot leaps his Lordship's " gate" after a " style" of his own Whiskey being a lad of " spirit," is not at all behind. Now for the Race, which is to decide all ! Kathleen trembl s. Whiskey must put his strength to the proof. Kathleen takes courage, for to her D rmot is far too winning to lose—nor does he ; but Whiskey getting possession of Kathleen and the Fairy Steed, flies off with her. All consterna- Uon—" Pursue, pursue." SCENE SIXTH. TILE PURSUIT THROUGH THE THE LAUGHING FOREST. O'Donoghue again befriends Dermot, by lending Aim his own White Horse —Cooky has mounted her Arabian steed, which, clever as she thought him, proves a perfect ass. SCENE THE SEVENTH. THE LAKE OF KILLARNEY (as before). The Evil Spirit and Kathleen fly across. The Horse knows his own stable, so vanishes beneath the Lake, and thus water overcomes the power of Whiskey.. Dermot, Oil O'Donoghue's White Horse, dies to the rescue of his love, and brings her safely to land again— as might beexpected, De: of is ch anged to Harlequin, Kalil /She, Jeen n to Columbin, Lord ufog t o Pantaloo n , and Blossabella Brisket, the Fat C ok, to Clown. What fellows comes after, and the Harlequinade teems. CHA.I I CACTERS TIIE OPENING. SPIRI IS. O'Donoghue (the Fairy Prince of Killarney's Lake) Coralina (First Fairy). Waterlily (Second Fairy). _ . fairies of the Lake. Poteen (the Evil Spirit of Ireland, com:nonly kuovii as Whiskey), The Hag of Mischief (the Jenny Lind of Bad Spirit!). Her Attendants—Murder, Forgery, &e. MORTALS. Dermot Astoro (afterwards Harlequin), Mr. W. H. Harvey. Lord Bullfrog (afterwards Clown), Mr. J. Henderson, his first ap pearance in London in that character. Blousabella Brisket (afterwards Clown), Mr. Eivolti. Kathleen (afterwards Columbine), Mrs. W. 11. Harvey. Lady Bullfrog, Miss Bullfrog, Miss Weezy rcezy Bullfrog, Master Brobdignag Bullfrog, the Baby. ATTEMPT AT SELF-DESTRUCTION AT MALVERN.- On Tuesday morning last a female in the establishment of a highly respectable tradesman of this ♦illage was found lying on her face in one of the bed-rooms, and weltering in her blood, having cut her throat with a razor, which was lying beside her. The wound was nearly five inches in length, and the windpipe completely severed. Mr. Coates and Mr. West, surgeons, were instantly sent for; and it is hoped, from their prompt and skilful treatment, that she may ulti mately recover. No cause can be assigned for the rash act except a quarrel the Mile morning with her fellow-servant. , HIGH WATER, Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAT —Morning 3 min. aftez 3 Evening 26 lain. after 3 ro•lfeaaow—Mcrning 49 min. after 3 I Evening 13 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SRAM. 35—highest since noon yesterday. 23—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'28. WIND S.W. - Morning, frosty, with dense fog; Afternoon, dull, hazy weather. 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 N.S.W., gentle breeze— foggy. Prxmotnni—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind N.W., calm—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Has'mos—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Sounume-rox—Wind N.W., strong breeze—foggy. TuNnranoE—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE —Wind N.W., calm —overcast. READING —Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICII—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—hazy. Swyzoox—Wind N., light airs—frosty. OXFORD—Wind N.W., gentle breeze —overcast. LEIGHTON—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FETEILEORO UGH—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH—Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudy. CREWE—Wind N.W., light airs partially cloudy. CorzwAr —Wind S.W. , gentle breeze—cloudless. . MANCHESTER—Wind calm— hard frost. Limos —Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. YORK—Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. LANCASTER_Wind N.E. calm—principally clear. DARLINGTON—Wind gentle breeze—strong frost. SHAY—Wind N.E., calm—hard frost. CARLISLE —Wind S.E , gentle breeze—foggy. BEArrocK—Wind N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. BERWICK—Wind W.—gentle breeze—partially cloudy. EDINBURGH—Wind N., calm cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock : ConK—Wind N.W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAnLow—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. MULLINGAR—W ind N., calm—principally cloudy. POOLE —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind N.W., calm—overcast. CREWE Wind E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. LEEDS—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YORK—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy. BURGH—WindEDIN N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. ' • t, , I v t wi Ariolo .. S ‘' ;, • • r • . 04 • .. 4 . t. 443- THE SUN, Obenti3l# `ate LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1850. " Prince Louis NAPOLEON rides well"—such is the estimates formed by France of her chief magistrate. The circumstance is not less fantastic than charac teristic. It accords admirably with the general bear ing of the nation, of whom it has been said that they would dance over an earthquake. Other men have been chosen, it is true, for less heroic qualities. HATTON was favoured by ELIZABETH, because he could " foot it " with more than ordinary agility. OLIVIER was beloved by Louis XI , because he hap pened to be, in more senses than one, a decidedly " clever shaver." GEORGE IV. toak an interest in BEUMMELL, scarcely less for the adroit disposition of his neckcloth than for his carriage as a consummate gentleman. Innumerable instances of infatuation not a jot less remarkable might be adduced from the historical records of humanity. Yet such corroborative evi dence would most assuredly be superfluous, consider ing that every person, more or less, can from their own remembrance find proofs of the frequency of the principle recently carried out in the popular accept ance of Louis NAPOLEON. Two years have elapsed since his election, on the 10th of December, and the unanimous opinion of the community who then ele vated him to the supreme rank of President is—that "he rides well !" The estimate, we grant, is pecu liarly characteristic ; but apart from the circumstance of its being in this respect a genuine bon mot, we cannot but regard it as an expression not merely unjust towards the Prince, but absolutely ungrateful. Louis NAPOLEON does something more than ride well. Witness this the tranquillity se cured to France during no less than four-and-twenty months of his government ; witness this the increasing prosperity of the country in most of its industrial de partments ; witness this the constitutional working of the republican form of administration, preservative at once of order and democracy, of freedom and of mo rality ; witness this the re-establishment of those only secure and reliable foundations of society which had hitherto appeared to be crumbled away under the pressure of undue license and exagge rated fanaticism, under the depressing influence of Socialist and Communist ideas. The condition of France at the present moment, bearing in mind the deteriorating effects of the Orleans system, immedi ately prior to the revolution of February, and pre serving yet more in recollection the ruinous conduct of the anarchists and Red Republicans immediately after that great political explosion—the condition of France we say at this moment (bearing those things in consideration) is a sufficient testimony that the Prince LOINS NAPOLEON is capable of something more than merely riding well ; that he is sagacious as well as accomplished, a statesman as well as an equestrian. Speaking bluntly, however, the phrase to which we have alluded as being just now on the lips of most Frenchmen, is but another evidence of their fickle ness. It reveals a disposition on the part of some, at least, to upset the rule exercised over the young Re public by the Elysee through the dexterous employ ment of that most formidable of all weapons among the Parisians —ridicule or caricature. Let the laugh be once raised against a man in power and he is effectually " done for" among the intriguers of that metropolis. It was the constant charivari directed against old " pear-head" that led as much as anything to the downfall of the last monarchy. It was the jocularity with which the political arti zans collected together in the Luxembourg were treated that caused the abandonment betimes of their great scheme for the organization of labour, and the ultimate expatriation of its originator. It was the admirable jlke against LAMARTINE, that he was nothing less then an incendiary transformed into a fireman, which prepared the way for the dissolu Lion of his authority, an authority at one time nothing less than that usually wielded by a Dictator. So it has been in innumerable other instances among Frenchmen, and so it will doubtless continue to be as long, at least, as their temperament remains unchanged. Aware of this the mere witty among the intriguers at Paris have been long cudgelling their brains for the detection of a vulnerable part in the character of the PRESIDENT, or, rather, an assailable point in his proceedings. Un fortunately for them the task has been somewhat difficult, for hitherto the PRINCE has in no way ren dered himself ridiculous. He may have, and doubt less has, blundered in the direction of his Govern ment, but hitherto, at least, we repeat, he has not rendered himself ridiculous. Indeed this is avowedly the most conspicuous merit of his Administration. _ _ it has tended not a little to surprise the majority of observers to find one who had previously so very often laid himself open to the shafts of derision evincing in every act and expression the soundest judgment. That a knight of the Eglinton tournament, the " Pretender" at Strasbourg, and the invader at ---- Boulogne, should, on ascending the Presidential - - chair of the French Republic, in no one par ticular afford an opportunity for the skill of the caricaturist, must be remembered among not the least bewildering facts recorded in the annals of the " great nation." Yet such has indisputably been the consequence of the memorable election of the 10:11 of December, insomuch that we are compelled in justice to remember the former events in the career of LOUIS NAPOLEON, such as bis proceeding s at Strasbourg and Boulogne, as nothing inure nor less than the sowing of his political wild oats ! On his elevation to the chicf magistracy of the Republic, the PRINCE had satisfied hi s w ild humours to the full, and had not only sobered down and reformed from an adven turer into a statesman, but had accomplished this, be it remembered, with the acquisition of experience. Whatever, therefore, the joke-mongers of Paris m a y say with a view to diminish the respect inspired by his acts towards his judgment—it must be confessed, honestly and explicitly confessed, that LOUIS NAPO• on the Bouleva r d s , LEON " rides well," not merely but over the destinies of France, not merely on the favourite charger stabled in the outhouses of the Elybee, but over also the storms of political commotion and the whirlwinds yet agitating a Republic born of a Revolution. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. TILE SHARE MARKETS. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The appointment ofthe:new Legitimati s t C omm itt ee has put both Bonapartists and Orleanists on the qui vine. The Bonapartist Pouvoir has the following on the subject : " Gr eat rumour among the representatives of the fusion —we mean the intrigue! A sort of manifesto of the Count de Chambord, in the shape of a letter, addressed to M. Berryer, is, it said, about to be published. M. de Chambord desires, it appears, to efface as much as pos sible the impression unfavourable to his interests which was caused by the circular of M. Barthiemy. We are assured that M. de Chambord has joined to the public part of his message confidential instructions, from which the Legitimatista will derive their rule of conduct, not only as regards general policy, but also with respect to cer tain particular questions. Among other things M. de Chambord foresees the case in which the Ministry will present a demand for a credit for the extraordinary ex penses for the Presidency, and he proscribes the absolute rejection of it. But what is most curious is that, it ap pears, the present chief of the Right has not all the con fidence of the Court of Frohsdorf. The event of the message being kept from over prudence has been fore sc en, and another Legitimatist notability, General de Saint Priest, has received a copy of it as a precaution. Every thing, then, causes it to be presumed that the public will be made acquainted with the document. For our own part, we shall read it with satisfaction; we are anxious to know what are the intentions of his Majesty Henry V. with respect to his faithful subjects." The Orleanists have determined to set up an Oppo sition Committee, of which Marshals SOULT and GE 1111$,D, and MM. DUPIN, GUIZOT. and MONTALIVET, and possibly M. THIERS, will be members. It is considered probable that Count MOLE will give up his project of forming a fusion club, as many leaders of both parties have declared against a fusion, in which case he would probably join the Orleanist Committee ; the Count DE MONTALEMBEET and seve ral other leaders have left Count MOLE'S club. The Legitimatist Union has the following on the nomina tion of the Legitimatist Committee : " In respect to this subject, we repeat that our politi cal friends do not constitute either a directing commit tee or a ministry, and that the bonds of mutual esteem and great conformity of principles alone form these meetings, at which their line of conduct on particular questions is deliberated upon, reserving to all a perfect independence of judgment and action." The Assembly was engaged in discussing a Bill for regulating the Commerce of Algeria. The following are the present items of the weekly Bank account : Specie in Paris 341,731,220 Ditto in branches ... ..• ... 117,094,367 Bills in Paris portfolio ... 58,065,612 Bill in branches ... 87,564,584 Bills lying unpaid in Paris ... 157,000 Bank notes in circulation ... 398,176,100 Ditto in departments ... ... 83,376,150 Credit to Treasury .. 83,568,048 Private credit accounts 74,403,370 Ditto in branch es ... ..• ... 27,286,096 Gold has increased nearly three millions in Paris, and upwards of a million in the departments. Notes are less by 44 millions in Paris, and nearly one million in the departments. The credit to the Treasury is more by 101 millions. The Portfolio shows some improvement. There was a considerable amount of business transacted at the Bourse, both in Government stock and railroad shares, and a general rise took place. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 25c., and rose to 95f. 70c., at w hi c h p r i ce th ey closed. he Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 90c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8501. ; Rouen, 6621. 50c. ; Havre, 267 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 4781. 75c. ; Avignon, 1951. ; Vier zon, 4101. ; Basle, 1371. 50e. ; Bordeaux, 400 f. Paris and Strasburg, 357 f. 50a.; Tours and Nantes 2471. 50c. BRITISH RAILWAYS Railways. Paid. 1 Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. Where is Mrs. SLOANE ? Our anticipations have unfortunately proved but too well-founded. She has absconded from her usual place of residence, and is not forthcoming to abide the investigation into the enormous outrage, or rather series of outrages, laid to her charge. It would indeed have been miracu lous had she done sc—she could not hope to explain away or rebut the damning evidences of her guilt. They were but too plainly written in the attenuated appearance and enfeebled con dition of her victim, " the most perfect living skeleton" ever seen by Dr. MARSDEN. Every state ment put forward by the unfortunate girl, nay the very objections made by the Counsel for - the male de fendant, tended to fix_the crime on her shoulders, to render a conviction certain ; and yet, with that irre sistible testimony . fully before him, with a perfect knowledge of all the horrible and disgusting facts and circumstances of the case, Alderman HIIMPHBILY sends a summons (ll 0 to the chief delinquent to spear before him. As well might a summons have been served on Mrs. MANNING, when she was discovered at Edinburgh, or a polite intimation forwarded to Mr. RUSH that his attend ance before the magistrates was particularly re quested ! We really believe that there would have been as great a probability of its being respected in the latter cases as in the former. It is true that the crimes were nominally greater, that more stringent punishment awaited the murderers on conviction, than could be assigned to Mrs. SLOANE, but we deny that the moral guilt was greater than that of the cold blooded torturer of her fellow-creature, who practised a refinement of cruelty on the friendless orphan such as has never hitherto been brought to light. Mrs. MANNING speedily destroyed her victim, but Mrs. SLOANE continued her unceasing persecution for many successive months, until the miserable child was brought to death's door, until she was placed in the most imminent peril—when, according to Dr. MARSDEN, " she must have died but for the interfer ence of Mr. PHILLIMORE," for " she could not have remained in that state many days longer." Had it not been for the humane and laudable conduct of that gentleman the miseries of the unfortunate JANE WILERED would have long since terminated, and her infamous mis tress might have had to expiate her offence upon the scaffold. It was by mere accident that these results were avoided, and yet, even when the poor girl was by no means out of danger, when Alderman Huss- PHERY apparently hesitated whether he would admit the far less guilty defendant to bail, lie issued his summons to Mrs. SLOANE to appear at the adjourned inquiry, with almost the certainty that it would be treated with the most contemptuous disre gard, that it would, in fact, be regarded as a friendly warning to the delinquent to make her escape with all convenient speed. Even when she disobeyed the first summons, and her contumacy (to say nothing of the horrible outrages that had been brought home to her) would have justified any severity, the worthy Alderman was satit.ficd with the ridiculous excuse that " she had injured her leg by slipping through an area railing ! and that she could not leave her bed without great danger" I There was no evidence to support that assertion, no' even a medical certificate of her illness. The bar. Aberdeen • • .. • • • • 2 Do. Preference •• g Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway.• Belfast and County Down g . Berke and Hants Eaten. (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent.) Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... 21 Do. without a gear.— 21 Birming., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, cans duly paid, or with a , guarantee .. jj Do. without a guar. •• 1; Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley ••13 1 , Birkenhead, Lances., and Cheshire Junction .. 21 Bristol and Exeter.. • • 101 Buckinghamshire • • • • r Caledonian • • •"• 51 DJ. 101. Preference • • 11 Do. Clydesdale June... 51 Chester and Holyhead 51 Do. Preference .. •• Clarence .. • • •• 78 I Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. 11 Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. 11 Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. I/ Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Juuct. 4; Dundalk and Enniskillen 31 East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • • • 21 Do. (181. E. & IL) •• if Do. (31. 10a) 6 per cent. Preference .. Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. / Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties 21 Do. Exten., 5 percent. No. 1 • • • • 6 11 Do. No. 2 .• • • • • Bi 2 Do. New Preference, 6 per cent. .. •11 Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • • • 51 Do. do. 5 per cent .. 51 Do. do., New • • • 4; Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • 2; Do. do. do. .. • Do. do., Iz & C shares 2; Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • 21 East Lancashire .. .. Do. New quarters .. Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. .• East Lincolnshire, gua. per cent • • • • • • 21 Edinburgh and Glasgow 51 Edin., Perth, and Dundee 2; Do. Newport .. • • 1; Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .• 1 , Glasgow and South-West, 51 Do. pref. consolidated _ Do. do. G. D. &C. stock 11 I Gloucester & Dean Forest 11 Great Northern • • • • 2; Do. halves, A, deferred 1! Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. i! Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • 1: Great Southern and Western, Ireland .• 51 Do. eighths Great North of England . 104 Do. new 40/. .. .• 41 Do. new 30/. .. 21 Do. new 151. . .. j; Great Western .. • • jIN Do. New, 171. - • 11 Hull and Selby .. 5 1 Do. half shares • • • 2; Do. quarter shares .. i! Lancaster and Carlisle .. 51 Do. thirds • • • • •• 11 i; Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire 101 Do. quarter shares .. 21 Do. fifths .. • • • 1 Do. F. 201. .. .. • • I Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. •• • 101 Do. Rudders. & Shed: 51 Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk • • 51 Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 l' Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 3 , Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. 1, Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. 1 London and Blackwell • • 11 London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • 101 Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. I Do. preference, 5 p et. 51 Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .• Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. • • .. 101 London and Greenwich . 12 11 Do. preference .. • • 21 London and N.-Western 101 Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. • • 1 Do. 101. sh., M. & B (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 50/. Do. new 401. .. Do. new preference Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Prints kluen. .. • • •• Do. half shares • • .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lmcolnshire 1( Do. quarters, No. 1 .. Do. new, 101. preference I Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• 4 Midland • • • • lei Do. consolidated pref.• • 10, Do. 501. shares • 3 , Do. Bhming & Derby 10 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent. 10 Do. Bristol & Glouces. 4 Do. do. do. 29 1 Do. Erewash Val. pref. 1 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. • • 1 1 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle • • 1 Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .. Do. extension scrip • • 2 Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .. Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor Norfolk .. Do. New 20/. shares.. Do. Extension .. Do. guar. 53 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Caton North British.. Do. Preference .. North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. •• Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) Reading, Guildford, and 31eigate.. .. • . ' Royston and Hitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon ), 16 5 /—East Indian, 12 %—Luxembourg, 1 Ditto, 2i4. —Namur and Liege, 83 4—Northern of France, 15 lA—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 Paris and Rouen, 27—Roues and Havre, 10 1 / B —Sambre and Mean, 34—Tours and Nantes, 5 ex div. rister in attendance was informed by the defendan attorney, who most probably received his instructions to that effect from the defendant himself. But this frivolous apology, this transparent humbug, contented Alderman HUMPIIERY, who would not act so harshly as to send off a warrant at once, but issued it with an intimation " that it would be put in force as soon as Mrs. SLOANE was in a fit state to leave ber bed." Was justice ever administered in so " rose-water" a fashion, so calculated to bring the majesty of the law into contempt and disrepute ? It is not, as we have already stated, our habit to offer any observations on a case while it is yet suit judice ; but the flight of Mrs. SLOANB is a vir tual confession of her guilt; and as she has evaded its penal consequences, she cannot feel surprised if we give expression to the feelings of indignant horror that must arise on hearing the unparalleled and unna- tural brutalities thus tardily brought to light. We could not have believed that a female could have so acted towards one of her own sex. There is some redeem- ing feature perceptible in almost the most degraded, some womanly feeling that casts a ray of light upon the picture ; but here all is darkness and "gloom, there is nothing to relieve the vision, or to struggle through the surrounding murkiness. The Roman law could not recognise the crime of parri cide. The senators could not conceive such monstrous guilt, and there was no punishment for the crimi- nal beyond that which awaited ordinary persons. There is a similar deficiency in the English law. The crime of Mrs. SLOANE cannot be adequately expiated; but that is no reason why she should be permitted to escape with impunity, and to avoid even the utterly insufficient punishment assigned to the offence for which she may be indicted. Mrs. BIRD, who was an angel of light in comparison, was not treated with such leniency; there was unfortunately no JOHN GEORGE Pumumoan in the neighbourhood of Bideford to protect and rescue her victim—that miserable girl perished under her sufferings ; but the constant flagellations to which she was subjected were as nothing compared to the unutterable brutalities of the female fiend of Pump -court. We have been credibly informed that it is the in tention of her Majesty to visit Dublin early in the ensuing summer, by the way of Holyhead.— Carnarvon Herald. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and practice of me dicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday : W. Sutherland; Nathaniel Clement Wood, Norfolk; James Hereford Jepwood ; Robert Bolton ; John Morton, Norfolk ; Nathaniel Stenson Wood ; Robert Bohun Kidd, Norwich ; Robert Rooke Prance, Adelaide; Alfred Beckett, Thorne; John Gabriel French, Burton-on-Trent. ST. IVES, DEC. 18.—The corpse of a man, mea suring six feet two inches, dressed in a blue coat, waistcoat, and trousers, supposed to be that of the late master of the Queen schooner, of London, wrecked on the Gurtheon beach, has come on shore. Do. new . Shrewsbury & Birming., Cla.si A.. .. Do. Class 8.. .. Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Herefbrd hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves Do. Oswestry Do. New.. .. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. Shropshire Union South Devon .. Do. Preference .. South Staffordshire .. South-Eastern Do. do. 434 per cent... South Wales.. .. .. South Yorksh. and.flyer ILLNESS OF VISCOUNT ALFORD, M.P.—We deeply regret to hear from undoubted authority that the illness (consumption) of this respected young nobleman has assumed such a shape as to preclude all hopes of recovery; indeed, we are sorry to say that, probably, ere this year expires, we shall have to announce his death. His Lordship is confined to his bed at Ashbridge Park, his seat in Bedfordshire, where he is most assiduously and affectionately attended by his afflicted lady. Hardly two years have elapsed since his Lordship came into possession of the princely income be queathed to him by the late Duke of Bridgewater, a circum stance which we announced to our readers at the time. We understand that the will will be disputed, and already have some of our most eminent lawyers received retainers in the cause. Lord Viscount Alford, M.P. for Bedfordshire, eldest scn of Earl Brownlow, Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, was born October, 1.12, and married in February, 1841, the Lady Marian Compton, eldest daughter of the Marquis of North ampton; by this marriage his Lordship has issue two sons, John William Spencer Brownlow, born 28th March, 1842, and Adelbert Wellington, born 19th August, 184 6.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. Dun .• Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, Ike. raw Vale Extension .. flames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. Do. do. West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness, Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle do. . do. . FIRE AT CLAPHAM.—Last night (Friday) this neighbourhood of Clapham was thrown into a state of excite ment owing to the sudden outbreak of a fire in a range of workshops belor.ging to Captain Ross, situate in New-square, Clapham-common. The building was upwards of 50 feet lung and 40 wide. It was used by the numerous workmen employed on the estate in erecting the various houses belong ing to the above•named gentleman. It was nearly four hours after the outbreak before the fire could be extinguished, and not until the premises in which the disaster commenced were levelled with the ground, and the stacks of timber in the open yard destroyed. The total loss is very consider able, and unfortunately Captain Ross was insured for only 5004 in the Union Fire-office. Respecting the origin of the lire nothing certain is known, but there is strong ground for supposing that it was the work of an incendiary, as no lights of any description were allowed in the building after dark. THE SEWER ACCIDENT IN SCOTLAND -YARD.— Yesterday morning a portion of the premises of Messrs. Ro bins, Aspden, and Co., the cement manufacturers in Scot land-yard, fell in close to the spot where, some days ago, the tide broke through and drowned two men. It seems that the water falling into the sewer had swept away a portion of the foundation on which the wall which has given way rested. This accident is, therefore, a natural and unavoidable conse quence of the former one; but, happily, has not been at tended with the same disastrous results. Mr. Gotto, the surveyor of the district, visited the spot in the course of the day, and arranged with Messrs. Robins, Aspden, and Co., as to the manner in which the injury to their premises should be repaired. At present, and while the whole subject is ❑nder regular investigation, it would be improper to enter into details which might compromise individuals. The whole neighbourhood, however, which appears to be entirely in the hands of excavators, seems to feel deeply alarmed at the amount of boring and tunneling going on beneath their ha bitations, and not unwilling to believe that the Commis sioners of Sewers have some unexplained sinister design against their property and lives. Extension .. --..: Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • . Do. .• Do. llartlepool Dock and Rail Way •: 7. 10 York and Nerth Midland 51 Do. Preference .. .. II Anglo-Italian (late Ran and Austrian) .• Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (Or leans and Pierson) Demerara Dutch Rhenish •• East Indian .. Do. do. do. Great Indian Peninsula. . Ditto ditto Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg .. Ditto Madrid and Valentin Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse .. Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurhise, Lan den, and Moen .. West Flanders .. Australasia ............ British North America.. Colonial .............. Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng, Do. New . ..... National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland.. • Do. New .. Union of Australia . THE VACANT CAVALRY REGIMENT.—Rumour givos his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge the colonelcy of the Ist Dragoon Guards, vacant by the decease of Sir William Lumley. If this arrangement is carried into effect the Commander-in-Chief will have the 17th Lancers at his disposal. At all events the Duke of Cambridge la in town,— United Service Gazette, Do. Nev-i—..---..... Union of London Union Of Difidll4 •• •• LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1850. T.f7~j?'q Paid. 1 13 13 4 24% 30 10% % % % % dig. SPAIN. GERMAN Y. It is said that the Emperor of AUSTRIA is about to marry the Princess SIDONIA of Saxony. Marshal RADETSHY returns to Italy, taking with him the constitution for the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. The seat of Government is to be at Milan, the situation of Verona having been found unfavour able. The Augsburg Zeitittng announces that the railway between Presburg and Pesth is now completed. The first essay was made on the 7th, and the line will be opened to the public on the lath. The completion of this line will be of great advantage to trade and commerce, as there will now be a regular communi cation for passengers, letters, and goods, from hence to Vienna. The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 18th inst., states that the Germanic Diet has appointed a Commission to examine the treaty of Olmuts, which the Austrian Government has submitted to it for its approbation. The Diet will not be adjourned during the free conferences at Dresden, and the Cabinet of Vienna has expressed a desire to the German Go vernment that no Member of the Diet shall be called on to take part in them. The Cologne Gazette of the 19th inst. states that on the 17th preparations were being made at Cassel for the reception of the Bavarian troops, who were then at Gudensburg. The Prussians were to leave the city on the IBth, with the exception of two battalions . The members of the T r ib una l o f Appeal of Mar. bourg have sent in their resignations. ENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Assembly of the States of Schleswig-Holstein examined, in its sitting of the 12th and 13th, the account given in by the Financial Administration for 1849. It appears from this account that the re ceip • ts amounted to 25,675,129 marks banco, and the expenditure to 22,609,191 marks banco, leaving a surplus of receipts amounting to 3,067,935 marks banco. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. NATION A L CONCERTS. A new quadrille, entitled " The Crystal Palace," was produced here last evening with great success. It is descriptive of the forthcoming Exhibition, and the composer, M. Rousselot, has cleverly availed him self of the immense musical resources of this estab lishment, the whole of which he has brought into play. Among the popular airs he has introduced a very clever harmonization of " Trab, trab," i which was much applauded. The composition, taken as a whole, is one of great spi r i t , and ahould M. Rousse lot seriously betake himself to the composition and compilation of dance music, Jullien will find in him a formidable rival. ASTLE Y'S AMPHITHEATRE. THE FORTHCOMING PANTOMIME. The new equestrian pantomime of Harlequin and 0' Donoghue, or the White Horse of Killarney, which Mr. Batty has prepared for the amusement of his Christmas patrons, is, as regards scenery, perhaps the most beautiful, and as regards tricks and j ukes, the most amusing that has been produced of late years, and we anticipate for it an immense success. Mr. Batty has, in the possession of his unequalled stud of highly-trained and beautiful horses, a great advantage over all competitors in the production of pieces of this nature, an advantage of which he has admirably availed himself in Harlequin and 0' Donoghue ; and, if we might venture for once to intrude upon the monopoly of prophecy, which has hitherto been the exclusive property of " The Spirit of the Turf," we should unhesitatingly " foretell" that in the forth coming race for the Grand .Metropolitan Pantomime stakes, The White Horse of Killarney will come in a winner. OPERA Horsa.—The following distinguished per sonages have visited the Grand National Concerts at the above theatre during the past week :—The French Ambas sador and party, the Netherlands Minister and Mdlle. de Scbimelpenninck, the Duke and Duchess of Leeds, the Duke de Coigny, the Marchioness of Conyngham and Lord Alex ander Lennox, the Marquis o f D oug l as , th e E ar l an d Coun tess of Chest e rfield, the Earl and Countess Granville, Count and Lady Cecil de la Feld, Lord and Lady Dormer, Count de Rosen, Sir Henry Webbe, DEATH OF LADY ABERDOUR.— We regret to an nounce the demise of the above Noble Lady, which took place ou Monday last, at Saughton House, N. 8., after a short illness. Her Ladyship was Helen, daughter of the late James Watson, Esq., of Sseghton House, Midlothian, and wife to Lord Ab er d our, to whom she was united '24th January, 1844. Her Ladyship has left issue a sou and heir, Sholto George, born November, 1844, and other issue. " FIYI3 MINUTES. " --(From Punch's Almanack.)— If a young lady lays she will be ready in five minutes, it means the whole afternoon, or whole morning, as the case may be. If an omnibus says it is going to start in five minutes, it means half an hour at the very least. If an old gentleman in spectacles says you shall have the newspaper in five minutes, it means as long as you have the patience to wait. In case of an appointment, when a person says "he will be back in less than five minutes," it means (impossible to calculate, as no person was ever known to wait longer than au hour). In case of chambers, when a barrister writes up outside his door the same intimation, it means (the same un certainty as above). If the placard likewise says " Gone to Dinner," (it is more prudent not to wait at all.) In the case of an umbrella that is borrowed "just for five minutes," it MOM doomsday. Madrid journals of the 15th have arrived. The following passage, on the subject of the debt, occurs in the preamble of the Budget : " The Government does not disguise from itself the fact that in the ensuing year it must bestow very parti cular attention on the subjects of the interest and ex tinction of the considerable debt with which the state is burdened. The Government is occupied with a definitive project of law for the regulation of that debt. This proyct will be presented to the Cortes in the course of the session." The Bolsa was closed on the 15th. 6 8 10% toll % i dls. IN . 5% 5 Ms. 734• .. 3i - 1 p. 10 29 -30 10 27 -28 115 8 - 9 P [5 7 - 8 P 14 0 I 10% -11% )0 75 -76 173 173{ - 18 101( - 11 0 5%-5% .0 16% - 173( 13% - 14% 6 81 .. 5% 15 28 - 33 -3% 2k -2% - 1 % 1 - 15( 74 - I 6% -6% 13 4 - P 3 454 - P . 0 I 10 % - 11 % a d, i 0 5G -58 i 0 55 -57 18 5 - 7 p 6 -7 4 -4% 10 Ig% - 19% 15 12% - 13% 6% 2% -2% 614 I - -- !3 3134 -3E 0 29 -31 7 -7% 1% - 2 N(- 3i 6 til 16 I . -.. 15 17% - 17% [2% 6% -6% 12% 11% - 11% 12% 12% - 12% - 41 2 3i I D. )0 942 - 245 77 —7B 10 99 101 dlB. 15 49% 50% 234 22 —23 10 64 —7O [3 4 6 7 p. 17% 26 —27 p 10 58% 59% 3% 10% —lO die., [134 t 7% -- 6 I 154 1 dis. 10 1128 - 132 1U 6 5%d13. , 0 95% 96% 4/ 14 —l5 9 33,4 —2% die. l 7 33 3 dis. 5 i % yi die. f 0 4 56 P Lo.. -_.. 6 3 6% —7% 8634 - 87% 9 I 10% —115 i 4) ib7 0 ,0 157 -60 137 —l3B 15 4 11% 12 10 13 126 23% —127 24% 7 4 —4(p. 0 776 —786 12% 12 —ll dig. 14 9% —B% dia. 5 25 .. —2% p. •• --- .• 14 -14 lb .. —.. 734 .. —.. 6% 1 4 —3% di,, ) 0 i 27 -28 15 111 -12 10U - 111% 2 0 1 3% 2N dig, ~0 1 48% ON 19% —l9 dim. 24 —26 10 1129 -- 131 16 60 1 . •• ....• •• 1 7% I •• ...- • 3 %-% • 3 •• ..... •• 10 2l —22 Lb a —l4 (111. 1 b 0 I 1 1514 4 16% 3i 4)4 n 15 f 934 5 —5% I% 8% —8 dim 10 1331( 19% 15 42 —43 034 734 1134 lc 18 187 i, 19% 6X 7% —77 5 13% - 14%si p :5 6% -7% ~,,, 531 51( dim. l 2 3 5% 4t (118. 8 9 8 i 10% 11 —l3 3 % 634 1 Ws. 1334 14 3 % 3 dill. : 0 If —lBl 5 ----- 934 334 3 dis, 23 23% , 0 23% - 23% I 83 —2% dls, 4)•• •• 934 1 9 - 7 (lit 17)4 .. —.. Is a —3% :0 4 5 i 0 16% 18 15 l9 -qi [73 .. -.. Di 8 -8% io 14334 44% 183 -19 f 34 6 dl, 9 334 —IN dim. 17 15% 16% 5 334 0 I 23u iiic Lo 1% —I% ass.i FOREIGN. 6 13 20 41 2 -2g 9% -9% 16% - 16% fr 14% —4% dls.x.d 11 1 pin. 1 5 Xi- % Pm. 1 % % - % Pm 7 . - .. 8 1% -1% 10 2% -2% 2 20 84 - 8 % ,f 1 15% 15% 7 4 —3% db. t 0 34 —36 0 27 274 5 5% 514 dle, 0 10% 11 D 3% —3% 9 % —9% die. xd • -- •• 1% -- iii ITOCK BANKS. 40 28 3034 50 424 43 25 8% 10 20 2b —25 X 10 18% 19 20 273( 27% 35 , Lo.. _....... a% 17% ___ 18 2b 42 43% 10 is% __ 15 , x 25 34 % 35% 10 14%-13% 49 .. —... 2% 1 0 7.1 1, Anglo-Mexlcan(is. 5/. p.) ' Asturian Australian ...... Barossa Range ....... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .......... I Sri tish 1r0n.. ......., 3 - 3 }4 3NI Brazilian Imp. (15,51: Do. Cooaes and Culzibi-xl De. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper -• Coplapo • • .... • .. Genera 1................ Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft .. • • • • •• • . United Mexican -•• • 3% - 3 14% - 14% 32% - 33% 5% - 5 13% - 13% 'A -L A 3 9 —7% 10% 11 614 — 5% .ANEOUS. 42% 44 26% 27 89% 90 88 74 —73 74 Le errors of the Official Lists, an d correspondents.] '2B 2 ”d [ISCELL. Canada • • • • • • •• •—• Gen. Steam Navigation .1 Penin. & Oriental Steam.) Royal Mail Steam .. •• .. [We cannot be answer tblo for tl; will not be influenced by hatereste, HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. liThe sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 5,000 to 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken on speculation. The market closed ye 7 firm.—ln Railway Shares only a limited business was done, at lower prices. The accounts of the Bank of England for the week to the 14th instant are distinguised by va rious changes incidental to this period of the year. The public deposit account was rising, and the amount to the credit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer looks well for the quarter's revenue. The advances upon other securities had diminished slightly, and apparently be cause parties drew upon their own resources and dimi nished their deposits. The bullion was further reduced in amount, and there was a falling off in the circulation Compared with the previous week, the results are as follows: Notes Issued Decrease Rest ... 29,182,490 ... 166,425 ___ ... 3,096,357 Increase ... ... ... 3,433 Public Deposits ... ... ... 10,274,389 Increase ... ... ... 498,990 Other Deposits ~. ... ... 9,275,629 Decrease ... . ... 499,770 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,248 313 Decrease ... ... ... 5,675 Government Securities ... No alteration Other Securities ... ... ... 12,678,322 Decrease ... ... ... 44,166 Notes ... ... ... ... 10,902,825 Increase ... ... ... 260,620 Bullion ... ... ... ... 15,820,130 Decrease . . ... ... 122,068 Active Circulation ... ... 18,279,665 Decrease ... ... ... 427,045 The banks of the United Kingdom had, during the four weeks to the 30th ultimo, the following amount of notes in circution : Bank of England ... £lB 893,829 Private Banks ... 3,611,129 Joint Stock ... 2,789,085 Scotch ... 3,594,247 Irish ... ... 4,943,610 Compared with the previous month, these sums show a rdecreaao of 893,327/. for the Bank of England, 173,132/. for the private banks, and 105,138/. for the joint stock, and of 50,696/. f r the Irish. The Scotch banks increased 275,629/. The total circulation on the 30th ult. mai 33,831,900 L, being more by 1,094,5854 than at the corresponding date of last year. The rates at which bills of exchange were negotiated yesterday afternoon were again rather against parties here having to remit. Ninety days' paper was taken at 25.15 on Paris, 25.10 to 15 on Antwerp, 11.152 to 16/ on Am sterdam, 13.4 f to on Hamburgh, 1172 to 118 on Frankfort, and 12.30 to 40 on Vienna. Paris, short, was 24.90. On Monday will be held the important meeting which is to decide the acceptance or rejection of the proposals of the Mexican Government for a settlement of its fo reign debt, and the committee have very judiciously, as upon former occasions, put forth a statement of their proceedings since the previous meeting. The bond holders, in order to go fully prepared to the meeting, should well study the dccumetat we now advert to, and we give some of the more interesting parti culars:— " The arrears of interest, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, will, on the first of January next, amount to 2,048,3304, or 10,241,650 dollars, being twenty per cent. on the converted debt of 10,241,6501. " The value* to the bondholders, of the items offered in the above two articles, in satisfaction of these arrears, may be roughly estimated as follows : Dolls. Cts. American Indemnity money ... 2,500,000 0 Deposits in the Bank of England ... 1,040,879 39 Bill for 2,3691. 15s. 101 in the hands of Colonel Feel° Duty Bills in the hands of the Agents in Tampico ••• ••• ••• ••• Held by Messrs. Barron, Forbes, and Co., of Tepic, to be shipped by the first British man-of-war calling at San Blas ••• ••• Estimate of receipts in Vera Cruz and Tampico, expected by next packet Estimate of uncollected duty bills in Tera Cruz and Tampico, at the ter mination of the present arrangements Estimate of receipts from the tobacco 11,850 0 9,324 4 13,431 80 40,000 150,000 revenue, up to that time ... Cotton licences (txclusive of 25,000 dol lars, to be accounted for by Mr. Ro bertson) •.• ... ... Amount supposed to be in the hands of Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh 50,000 275,000 250,000 Making together ... 4,340,555 "To accept this offer in satisfactio n for all arrears, will, therefore, inflict a loss of nearly 6,000,000 dolls. on the bondholders, in addition to sacrifices amounting to 17,000,000 dolls., to which they have on former occasions submitted. There is, however, unfortunately, good ground for supposing that, in the present delapidated state of the Mexican finances, this offer fairly repre sents the extent of the pecuniary means of the Republic to satisfy the claims of her foreign creditors for arrears; and as this is the real point for consideration, your com mittee are of opinion that it will be expedient to accept that offer. "In anticipation of this state of the case, as regards the pecuniary resources of the Republic, your committee, however, instructed M. Falconnet to endeavour to ob tain for the balance of the arrears, &c., some other as sets which might eventually be made available in liqui dation of such balances. M. Falconnet has, accordingly, proposed to the Mexican Minister of Finance, a cession to the bondholders of an adequate extent of unoccupied lands for that purpose; and although the proposal has met not only with the general objection, that it will be difficult to persuade Congress to amend their act, but also with this special difficulty, that a question is pending as to whether the lands in question are vested in the states severally, or in the Federal Government, yet some prospect is held out that the justice of the case may ultimately prevail over those difficulties. This need not cause any delay in the acceptance of the other terms offered, as a Convention with the Executive, to use their best endeavours to pass a supplementary Act to the effect here indicated through Congress, ought, wader the circumstances, to be deemed sufficient, because the sentiments of honour and probity inherent in the Mexi can nation, afford the best guarantee that the generous proceedings of the bondholders will be met in a corre sponding spirit by her representatives. "It is generally considered, that if any present ne cessity for so great a reduction in the interest as from five to three per cet. per annum really exists, very slight financial reforms, properly carried out, would be sufficient at once to remove it, But, however that may be, it is quite clear, that this or any other reduction in perpetuity, is more than the occasion requires, because no case of prospective inability has been made out, but rather the reverse. Your committee have felt persuaded that it would suffice to draw the at tention of the Mexican Government and Legislature, to this view of the matter to obtain their assent to it, as it would be insulting to the national honour and good faith, to suppose any deliberate intention in them to exact greater sacrifices from their suffering creditors, than sheer necessity imperatively required. They therefore in atructedf M. Falconnet accordingly, and they are glad now to be able to report thet the Minister of Finance has rccogniz d the justice of the principle here involved, and that he is disposed to recommend to Congress a cor responding modification in this article. " Your committee regret that they are not in poaaes sion of sufficient data to calculate very closely the value of the revenues here assigned for the payment of the future annual interest of 307,200/, or 1,536,250 dollars, besides 15,000 dollars for the expenses of the Mexican agency. They have received the new financial plan, submitted to the Mexican Legislature this session, but it is wanting in the details necessary to form the estimate hero in question. It is probable, however, that these assign ments will yield less than those which the bondholders at present enjoy. " Now, considering that the principal inducement to submit to the proposed great reductiqn in the rate of in terest would be a better provision for the future uunc tual payment of this reduced rate,— considering also, that although the Act declares that the deficiei.cy in the assignments shall be made up out of the general revenue, yet that that recourse has not hitherto proved to be of any practical value, the article here under consideration is certainly unsatisfactory and requires amendment. "As, however, there is great danger in any further delay, 29 regards the safety of the sum offered out of the Ame rican indemnity money, your committee propose to instruct M. Falconnet to content himself with an en gagement from the Executive, to use their best endea vours to obtain a supplementary Act cf Congress, set ting apart further assignments of revenue for the due payment of the dividends. Tho annual amount to he paid, having once bon agreed upon, and it being the full intention of the Legislature and Government of Mexico that that amount should be regularly p a id, t h ey cannot possibly feel any difficulty in setting aside ample re sources for that purpose, for the satisfaction of the bond- ri • C oa..y - zuimnit to. r " M. Falconnot wa s i ns l ruc t e d o n this point also be'icit, his departure , and it was suggested to him to stiln!of for the monthly payment of a fixed sum from Wu the the princip , ll customhouses, sufficient to m ake °P c the amount required for the dividends and expense s ° at agency, as this wou ld ren d er t h e b on dholders inrlepen`2o of the fluctuations in the items of revenue assigned' s,' at the same time obviate all unprofitable discu ssimis to vt hat their eff e ctive va l ue might or might no t be. 0 , • Ili conclusion, your committee consider tht,,gl, Hording some general guaran t ee of the punct ual ti went of the new en g a gemen t s en t e red into on the P" Mexico, the decree ought to have contained a ot Lion of alt the present r i g ht s o f the creditors, Ca— „ any default." -r, odOS The shipments of the precious metals from s ed this week have amounted to 125,000 ounces of sal e r t. 3,000 ounces of gold coin, with 40 ounces in gold " 9 the The i o h e osts Amsterdam the Dutch T Stock Market wo.ao_a_H wdas n ot so firm don of per Cen ts . 19 were being 561 to 13-16. Most Foreign Securitl..7.,,fer, offered rather l ower . Sp an i s h Fi ve per Cents., l'°" - were in active rt quest. The Funds have been ver u per iet. Consols for ecn ts. ' 96 4 : 3 to and the New Threye•q-and-s-Quarter 971 98,1 to 99 . . The Beduc,d Three er Cents,. °e h , quer b ßank ilFisoirie S sii : en c hkseeehcoua Securities ise. stoa6r e7 d sfl. t ap o trte 2 e7 l3 . ! andex Mexican, a l4 n . x 3 :l " 0. Spanish Five per Cents., 18i ; Dutch Tftilotll3sl; Half per C en t s ., 59 1 (AO' t instances,som e high cases, bu t . t— ind log o in w e ; ou r _South-Western , Cal e d on i an , O x forda e o r d hampton, and the foreign lines. QUARTER TO -- _._ ... 1 a A __, o 961 4 , r ,S P On (IS. oNE Flw" 4 PRICES OF BRITISHrutsiDs O'CLOCK. $ rang Stock .. 3 pc- Cent. Reduced A n as. ... 97 1 A% 9 8 /i 1c eV7 3!.( per Cent. Arms_ ..... 99 ,sg s a j India Bonds, 1,0004. Console for Account ............ ~... Sxcholier Bills. 134d.14 S 4 61 p P 1,0001. June (19 5001. June - ONE a 00. 4 0 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PI S irazilian Bonds 871,E 61 jat Chaim Bonds 6 per Cent .....• 104 Ditto,l3 per Cent....... 62 S' M3xican. 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons...* ,_ 35,11 Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ........ 35 % IL 4V 0/ Ditto, Account 9 8 Rassian Bonds ..... 18A Ditto, 4% par Cent 40 S,anish 5 per Cont. 1840 Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the ab ove p a yable in WO" ' 9 ' o Dutch 21 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 9O Consols ••• Ditto Account EXCHANGE. "•• " 310 Leghorn • Geaoa • • •• "" " 5 : 17 e el i p a l ß e c ..▪ ..•••••'":. 1: 1 ,"% Palermo, peros • . ..... 104 s Oipsobrotno M essi na 31 • • Rio Janeiro •• • • •• ▪ " Buenos Ayres • • New York, 60 days'o4Bht.••• a Philadelphia . • •• .• OS et moss or norAl!t 0 t . 11 Foreign Geld inhere. x•f" ,p 0 Portugal Gold Coin ro Spanish DoubloosS .• ; 4 1 2 New Dollars .• •• ', Silver ii bars .. •• 10 % 34 % 5% 17% % 17 14 % 14 3 % 3 % % 1 6% 6 % COURSE 0. xisterdam .......... 11 14 Ditto, three months.. 11 16 Rotterdam .... • • .... 11 16 Antwerp ............ .. 25 734 Brussels.. • • • 25 734 flamburgh M.B. 13 4 Altona • • ... Paris, 3 days'sight .. • . 24 9234 Ditte, 3 months .... 25 1236 Marseilles ............ 25 14 80urdeanx......... . Frankfort on Maine.... 118 Vienna, effec. flo 12 45 Trieste, ditto.... ...... 12 45 Potersburgh, Sil. Rble.. -- Madrid .• .. • ... 493 i Cadiz •• •• •••• Barcelona •• •••• .. •• ~ &vino— •• •• •• :::::::: ----- LLOYD'S SHIPI'IN G.—(THI — 'Sli t LONDON, DE C . 21.—Wi n d at noon S3uher D f foggy. DARTMOUTH DEC. 20. Sld. Diana, Val 6rlip4ncif" P OFF SALCOMBE, DEC, 19.—Maria, Forbes De r:foaad' BRISTOL, DEC. 20.—A rr d. Herefordshire, N° land. Sld. Ina, Jamaia. .c 6e" d Aerd. 11 so QUEENSTOWN, DEC cl9.—Wind and Whitehaven, both from Newfoundland, e nd' food . for Bristol; M. A. Flemi St. John's Ne vi D OI lan d, decks swept, &c. Sid. t New John's, St. John's, New Brunswick. Belmont, t Sfe i d a4 PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20.—The Bur orae. 9 - e r t 03- e l Newcastle to Pernambuco which Li g & in lae -e# discharge pin of cargo. ' A cask P f brandY , slrise " H. F. A. Marassi-11—A.M..—Deoinaison " ht picked up off St. Catharines, and brought in he r '‘A OUP DEAL, DEC. 20. Wind N.N.W......Arre1• " t " . 16 fo Quebec, for Newcastle; William Wilson New cfi tiorew Aden. Sid. William and James, Hobart Tow n ' 1301; tia, Adelaide, Waverly, Port Phillip; Ada, 4 " % sCe Gentoo, Cape of Good Hope; Acadia, ditto; •'"-• Grenada; Victoria, New York; Csaiea, Malir w iti , tl RAMSGATE, DEC. 20.—Sld. Agatha Coals° Thomas's. ri 0 0 ° 1 ; hasMR, DEC. 20.—The Mary, of s " „ i c i i be e " put in here leaky and um choked , 6- beached to prevent her sinking. P fro' GIaELFAST, DEC. 19.—The Myrtle, of Saleolgi e alti' sgow to Listore, with iron, has put in 11 1abee r caused by the cargo shifting when the vessel lee' - ing; she is now discharging. SO* DUBLIN, DEC. 19.—Wind E.—Arrd. O dess° ' le O il. St. John's, New B runsw i c k. Si d. R e d Rose, C bar tio li vie°' LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—Wind E.—Arrd.E ls6 .c a n - g lie e r Harris, Callao ; Daundrog, Savanilla ; Sf Montreal ; Hector Jaffa. Sid. Alabtore e p'hilliP l ney ; Lady Eveline, and Anna, Por t 00 1 r Trident, Batavi a; A mat h ea, Calcutta; IticharuDoke' den, Bomb a y ; J ess i e B yrne, Cal if orn i a; T he A r6l# Panama; Li ver p oo l, C oqu i m b o; An d rew Colville, il ia paraiso ; La Belle Benbane, Rio Grande ; Ot tee ' prifr James Moran, Brazil ; Columbus, Pernambuco ; A poof cess Victoria, and Renown, Marauham; . ra n r ke ., r ,:d b lid Bellona, and Dulrenwich Demerara F ;,i Sloa sy , Lu n' o, 13;$ 1 :: dleton, Jamaica • Thomas moral, and Calender, NewOrl i e e a ld n e s n :C C ol a u r in a bi ana, cicola, Al and Jessie, Savannah ; Po ' rtland, and ilr' a l3 ad ih Alice, Charleston; South E k 'Mt!: '0 0 ,. 4 Philadelphia, Silas Guaman s , ' Cornelia, Colany" 'd o ip Centurion, New York ' • Walton, Guatemala' Isoff Werner, St. Thomas's John Fielden, and Pete r New Orleans ; I n di an Queen, Boston. d PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind Bannatyne, Lond on , f or S y d ney, N ew S o uth 7 eli tgi STORNOWAY, DEC. 17.—P ar t o f th e wreck reit; ship and oak timber and s t aves , aro was hi n g as" re Cor°' al so a head-board marked "Coromandel." T he ° 4l mandel, from Quebe c to Li verpoo l, was picked 11,C111136 towed into Broadh aven B ay , 1 3t h i nst , abandon e "' subsequently drifted out to sea again. The on i 1 i i t i o d w a n e , 8 from s poin tLiverpoolnayf L 0i T c ) 81 ; Sally, castle, went ashore Gh 7, during a fog ; crew saved. /4 0/1 DOTER, DEC. 20.—A rr d. S oer idd en , St. John '° 'f.n. Brunswick, for Hull, with loss of bulwarks, boats, BEAUMA RIO, DEC. 20.—Sid. Paragon, Boston. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA Y "' COVENT-GARDEN. ha t rot e° Owing to the p reva il ing cold weather, mg, bleu' were obtained t;,-day, for m os t kinds of I r q .eil Fruit was in good request. bo ol° Fruits—Pine Appl es , 4 s 6d t o 7 s p e r ib; goer lb; Grapes, 2s 6d t o 5 5; ditto, foreign, 8d to is 3 d Pgpe r Pears, is 6d t o 5 s O d per dczen• ditto, 6 5 t c) ,,.;,,seD o •- halt sieve; Appl es , d essert, 4s to 03 per m ci per cooking ditto, 4 s t o 6 3 6 d ; O ranges, 8d to 1 5 "95 per dozen; ditto, p er 100 , 6 s to 10s; L emons , 60 to 54 go 100; Almonds, 5s 6(1 to 6s per peck; ditto, Pt 10 1 to 3a per lb ; W a l nu t s , I s to 2s 6 d per 100; d it 7ittol to 18s per bushel; Brazil Nuts, 123 to 14 5 Filherts, 65s to 75s per 100 lbs. d 0 5913; Vegetables—Sav o y C a bb ages, is to 1 5 4 d per S o rre l , Greens, 2s Od to 3s Od per do z en bunches; 'co); 9d to is per half sisve; Potatoes, 75s to 1205 P g , j per ditto, 4s Od to 5s 6d per cwt; ditto, 2s 6d to 33 sod bushel; Turnips, 2s Od to 3s 63 per dozen lincheos;sl per ßeet, 9d to is 01 per dozen; Leeks, Id to - 0 9 5 bunch; Celery, 91 t o I s 6d per bundle; C arr° 2; 6d to 5s Od p er d ozen bunches; Spinach, 2s Od bu she l; per half si eve; O n i ons, 3s 9d to 6s Od Per,,,Arti' Shallots, 6d to Od p er lb ; G arl i c, 4d to 8 d per '' 6d to chokes, is 91 to 2s 3d per half sieve; Endive, IS do eo 2s 01 per score; Small Salad, 2s 6d to Os P er m c 1 1 0; punnets; Horseradi s h, l a 3d to 4s Od Pierod—too Sd Mushrooms, is Od to 2 s 6d per pottle; Fenne l, s per bunch; S avor y, 21 to 3d per bunch; ThYLlisb; to 3d per b unc h ; P ars l ey, id to 4 d per Spanish Onions, 12s Od to 185 01 per box. NENKTGATIO AND LEADED:rata I eV' Turkeys, Gs to 25s Od ; G eese, 5 s O d to 121 00; i ls i dittot Is 6d to 2s 6d ; T ame R a bbi ts, is 3d tots 9d; 117l 4 1 : to 3 1 9d to Is 21 ; Pigeons, 61 t o 10d ; Roasting ig s ' 61) each; Surrey Fowls, 63 t o lO s Od ; di tto Chi c kens , s o le; to 6s Od; Barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 6s 0,1 per ° ° , E/ 1 to English Eggs, its Od to 14s 03; French ditto, 103 at , lis ; and Irish ditto, 9s Od to 103 Oil per 100; Fre i ", 03; ter, Is to Is 2d per lb; Partridges, is 3d t° o - so ß a it s t e c : Hares, 2s Od to 3s Od; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od; Is 91 to 2s 6d; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; 1 :,1 1 ! Is; Snipes, 91 to Is; Wild Ducks, Is 3d to 1 5 v u m ' i gen , goons, is 3d to 2a; Plovers, 6d to Is• and Pta r Is 3d to is 9d; Woodcocks, 2s to 35 each. ' NEWPORT. ‘2, 10d; Beef, from 2 s 81 t o 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 10 d to -7 4. Veal, 2s 10d t o 3 s 6d ; P ork, 3s Od to 43 Od Per 81— Beef, from 2s w 2d Ec to i Ts z 4 c l ll ; A M P u E tton, 2s 10d t ° 35 1 0 d; Veal, 2s B t l t o 3 s 6 d ; Pork, 28 6d to 4s Od per 81176. EILLTNGSGATR. Ole S . Turbots, 6s Od t o 15s Od;Brills, id to 1 5 64 S AerS• 6cl to 2 e:Od per pair ; H a dd oc k s, 1 0 d to is 6 d ; Floo li- sc h; 6d to 2s Od per doz=is; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 95 O i d .,„ e r - . Lobsters, lb; Whitings, 3s 01 to 6s Od p er 15 ; E e l s, 6 d t o 100 2s Od to 4s Od each; Crabs, Is Od ?„;t5 rot each; Herrings, 2 s t o 4 s Od per 100; common des;v.'- 6s to 12s p e r b us h e l ; S me l ts, Is 3 d to 2s 01 PErnsod Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od peril); Salt Fish, 2s Od "- per lb; and Sprats, is Od to 3s Od per bushel. BREAD. a re The prices of Wheat en B rea d i n th e nietroPcui° - lb from 7d to 7id; of H ouse h o ld ditt o, id to bid Po t 4 loaf. HIDE IrIARHET. to Market hides, 56119 to 641 b, lid to Od; ditto, 46 1b to, 721 b, lid to 2 , 1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 2filt ~t d ; 801 b to 881 b, 2kd to 3d; ditto,. 881 b to 961 b, Sd to ''„i ib , ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3kd to 4d; ditto, 1041 b to "' to 4d to 41d. Calf' Skins, light, Is 6d to ss Od; ditto/ full, 6s to Oa Od; Horn Hides is 6d to Os odl 1411 , - d ; Skins, Os Od to Os Od; Polled ' Sheep, 5s Od to 65 : te Kents and Halt -brfids, 4s 4d to 5s 3d; Downs, Ss 2 " 4s Od each. * Your committee understand the folloaing phrase in Article 11., No. 2., viz.:—` All that may have been received until the adjustment shall have been agreed to,' to mean—all that may have been received and be come due in Mexico, on account of the revenues, hs signed to the bondhulders, until F Falconnet, on behalf of the bondholders, accept a new arrangement there. ZIALY AXAWCALNI'S. ~.I„f e rf The committee also take for granted that to the AtITHHZLD.—Meadow flay, 2/ 8s to 31165, tiw lol d, 2,500,000 dollars out of the American Indemnity money, 3/ Os to 41 2e ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 gs ' P 6r the interest at 6 per cent. that has accrued since the Ist A moderate supply, and a steady demand. a May last will b e attached. " CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21, 83 00 41 / 17% % 1s 12% 11% 3ini 79U 794 79 11% 109 X 58% 59% [59 58 % % 13% 4 % 3 % 138% % [127 126 li 1273( 2i% Yi 79% 1i 79 80 1034 u clic 41 % 3i PI 34% 9 % 3( 9% 18% 19 IS% 42• i 6 di,. dia. tbk 15 23X ,f 23 34 11% uu 4 13% 14 su % u 2% % Bf t i 13 % Jfs% 34 9( II 11% 11 3 34 % hi 5% Ld 27 34 Nominal Priccs. Business done to-dsy. ,•