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NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready at all the. Libraries, in 3 vols., T H PE.T R Ti, A TALE OF TIIE SEA. By A NAVAL OFFICER. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF EMILIA WYNDHAM. NOW ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE WILMINGTONS By the Author of "Emil'a Wyndham,' Two Old Mea's Tales," Sec. " Ingions' contains scenes which no living author save the writer of • Two Old Men's Tales' could have written so well. Few will be able to escape from this new story when they have once entered on it."—Athenmum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Oa Thursday will be published, BL ACK W 00D'S MAGAZINE. No. CCCCXIL, for FEBRUARY. Price 2s. Gd. ; by post 35.. CONTENTS. Goldsmith. The Siege of Dunbe,/; or, the Stratagems of War. Agrippa D'Aubigne and Madame de Maintenon. Memoir of W. Collins, R.A. The Green Hand—A " Short" Yarn. Part VIII. British Agriculture and Foreign Compeition. No. 11. APprgnix. —Blackwood on the Agricultural Question, and the Newspaper Press. • The Second Edition, of No. CCCCXI. for January is published. William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh, and 37, Paternoster-row, London. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. TIJEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Anderson; lago, Mr. Tandenhoff; Desdemona, Miss Laura Addison ; Emilia, Miss Vandenhoff. To be followed by a New Grand Historical, Metaphorical, Allegorical, and Diabolical Pantomime, by the author of " Bluff King Hal 'to be called HARLEQUIN and GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or. MERRJE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME, Private boxes, 31. 35., 21. 12s. 6c1., 21. 25., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. ls Stalls, ss. each. a. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Fit - - - 2 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Upper Gallery - 0 6 Box-book-kee' SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 2 0 Pit - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. 7, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, 6ele Lessee and Manager, Old BromptOn. THIS EVENING, _ _ Will be presented au entirely new and original Comedy, entitled LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Sir Solomon Solus, 31r. Keeley ; Captain Mouser, Mr. Selby ; Mr. pimple, Mr. Buckstone ; William Walker, 51r. Charles Kean ; Mrs. Flora Flowerdew, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Miss Sally O'Leary, Mrs. Fitzvrilliata ; Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Keeley. After which THE NINTH S'l'kTErE or, The Jewels and The Gem. Principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. • To conclude with YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, The Box-offte is ender the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. rider the :itrPetion ui Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed for ,0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Alter which FRANKENSTEIN ; or, The Model Man. Franken stein, Mr. Wright ; the What is It ? Mr. P. Bedford; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith ; Otto of Rosenberg, Miss Woelgar ; Tiddlewincz, Miss E. Chaplin ; Agatha, Miss Coveny ; Undine, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOON:. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. acrYAL LYCXUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madam, Veatrta. , ole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EMEND G, Will be pertbrmed) USED ITP. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dress Boxes 5..: Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 29. ; Gallery, le. No half-price to any part of the house. Ali applicat►ons for rrivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THE.AIio.. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new comic Opera, entitled TIIE VALLEY OF ANDORIZE. To conclude with KING JAMIE ; or, Harlequin and Magic Fiddle Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flex more ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQTTE. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre *rill commence THIS EVENING, LE MAITRE CHAPELLE. • With (flrst time In this country) a New Opera Bouffon, entitled LE CAID. The nox-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. ASTLE Cr, EUYAL AMPHITHEATR.L. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty A Grand Juvenile Night, commencing with the Pantemime will take place on Thursday. rut EVENINt. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE KNIGHT OF THE EAGLE CREST; or The Tournay of Love, in which Mr. N. T. Hicks will appear. / ro be toll Owed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of .he Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, by Nel son Lee, called HARLEQUIN YANKEE DOODLE, who came to Town upon his little Pony. (lox-office open from Eleven till Four. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tiva DAT irning, 44 min. after 1 I Evening, 10 min. after 2 T0..-Moitaow —Nforntng, 37 min. after 2 I Evetinic, 3 min. after 3 t W EATECEIt.—Sun OTHICE. JAN. 27. T , -rEnsiOMETER, Lowest, 24; Highest. 40;. Noon 32. BAROMETER. 30'55; an extraordinary rise of more than an inch in twerry-four hours-107 points. This is the most rapid we yet remember for years. Wiwr.—The H ind went in the afternoon of Saturday from variable at W. to N.W. to N.E., with a clear blue sky and a cold, cutting, frosty wind, at which it re mained until Line o'c:ock this morning, when it sud denly veered beck to W., and by noon it stood at S.W., with a light breeze and fine sunshiny weather, which continued all day. The frost during the night was very intense, and was the more felt from its sud denness. JAN. 28. TTIF RMOVETER LoWSSt, 28; Highest, 33; Noon, 38. BAROMETER, 30 05; a fall of half an inch since yester day, the mercury going down nearly as fast as it rose. WIND S.W.—cloudy, dull, mild weather, with indica tions of a storm in the Atlantic, the pressure of which has not yet reached here. r i* Mina '2) lltn; LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1850, On Thursday Parliament will once more have re assembled. Another session will afford the Protec tionist minority a more available opportunity than it has hitherto possessed of impeding the progress of public business, and, while only damaging their own small repute, and conducing to their own more speedy discomfiture, throwing every possible and impossible obstacle in the way of the Government. From the noisy character of their recent demonstrations we may reasonably anticipate a series of vociferous and almost interminable discussions. For the defenders of an obsolete policy, the apologists of an abandoned system, the exponents of decomposed doctrines and decaying principles, have an obtuseness of intelligence similar to that of the fool mentioned in the proverb, who, convinced against his will, continues obdurately of the same opinion still, however logical or conclusive may be the refutation of his sophistries. We believe, on a moderate calculation, that every Free-trader in both Houses of the Im perial Legislature has been required, now by one party, and now by another to demonstrate upwards of a thousand times the reasonableness of his convictions ---a thousand times, we mean, since the passing of the great measure which carried confusion among the monopolists. Yet, although the question has been argued to very nausea, though the folly, or rather the fatuous stupidity of Protection (so called) has been expounded with the clearness of a syllogism, so that not a blockhead in her MAJESTY'S dominions could fail to recognise the justice of the deductions mad e i n favour of free trade, the Country Party have dosed their ears, have shut their eyes, have shrouded their consciences from the recognition of truths self-evident to everybody else, and demand again and again the repetition of reasons that are becoming proverbial, and of calculations that are growing most unmistakeably tedious. It is the intermin able rolling and revulsion, the advance and retrogres sion of that stony error whi c h can never gat h er t h e moss of common-sense under the hands of the political Sisyphus. It is dipping for water with a cullender, attempting anything like rational debate wi.b men who are indifferent to the force of the most un answerable demonstration. And men such as these form the tatterdemalion regiment which become s scattered only to rally again round the old, worm eaten, threadbare, faded, abandoned, tarnished, and nearly forgotten banner of Protection. E ve ry one is prepared for a last and desperate stru g gle for otliee on the part of the little Q u i xot i c squad proclaiming itself the body guard of Agricul ture. Evrry ono is prepared, consequently, for the contention of the opposing forces on the floor of the Lords and the Commons. The certainty that the self styled friends of the farmers will battle, so to speak, to the life and to the death for the seizure of the red boxes, is the reflection which mainly tends to impart a zest to the prospect of the approaching session. And it is possibly from their full appreciation of this tilE - 14*,,,,nr I tstopthat the merokrs of the Adrainistra itiers-hert4tlected the most redoubtable of all the aee trade to move in" the souse of Com- mons the answer to the Address from the Throne. That selection we have already commented upon as most judicious, and as one reflecting the highest possible credit on the discrimination of the Cabinet. It afforded us, therefore, extreme satisfaction to observe the echo of the same sentiments, within a week ( f their publication, by the lips of the Hon. Gentleman the Representative of the West Riding of Yorkshire when addressing, on a recent occasion, the intelligent inhabitants of Sheffield. We doubt not that the hcnour thus conferred on the Hon. CHARLES PEL HAM VILLIERS by her MAJESTY'S Ministerial advisers has carried some slight sensation at least of dismay into the ranks even of men so self-satisfied of their indestructibility as the Protectionists. They cannot fail to perceive in the circumstance of the foremost :champion of unrestricted commerce being chosen to inaugurate the proceedings of the new Parliamentary session a significant token of the staunch and unalterable adherence of the present Administration to that commercial policy which Sir ROBERT PEEL had the unfading glory of establishing. No act, indeed, on the part of the Government could by any possibility be more expressive of the depth of its resolution in regard to the detestation of mono poly. It is like registering a vow in the pre sence of the whole country to be loyal to that cause with which the name of every member of the Cabinet has become associated and identified. Insomuch so, that, notwithstanding a large amount of bluster and fanfaronade, we eon jecture that the Protectionists must be already medi tating the abandonment of their armour, and possibly before the year 1850 has expired their rusty shields and broadswords may be hung up for ever in desolate halls of the agricultural Balclutha. It is calculated that the Commons on the occasion of their re-assembly will muster more strongly than could reasonably have been expected, not a solitary seat being actually vacant. Six vacancies during the recess have been filled up with new representatives : Kidderminster abandoning Mr. GODSON for Mr. BEST; Cork accepting Colonel CHATTERTON in lieu . of Mr. CALLAGHAN; West Surrey exchanging Mr. EVELYN for Mr. DENNISON; Shoreham replacing Mr. GORING with Lord ALEXANDER GORDON LENNOX ; Boston selecting Captain PELHAM as the successor of Sir JAMBS Dusz ; and Reading, on the elevation of Mr. Serjeant TALFOURD to the judicial bench, taking Mr. STANFORD as its representative. Such have been the alterations made in the character of the House of COMMODs since the prorogation of Parlia ment, four of the above vacancies having arisen from deaths, and the remaining two from other casualties. With a modification so minute in the actual ; position of parties in the popular branch of the Legislature, it cannot be difficult to estimate the preponderance of votes upon any one of the different questions already submitted to discussion. Hence, therefore, we . are enabled to form something more than mere conjec tures as to the probable labours of the session now on the `eve of its commencement. The public are not inexperienced in the political creed of their present representatives, and hence they may conamenCupon the proportions of the division lists without much hazard of labouring under a delusion, either in the way of despondency or of. over confidence. During three years the Prime Minister has been unremitting in his efforts to marshal in something like order and compactness the mass of his supporters. It is consequently with no unpractised hand that he adventures upon the direction of the new Parliamentary -campaign, but rather with a sense of his own greater aptitude for the conduct of affairs, and with a larger confidence in the consistency and vigour of the Liberal majority. From his experience, moreover, of the general irrita tion caused by the short-comings hitherto conspicuous in the course of the ruling Government, we are san guine that a beneficent impetus has been imparted to his ambition to secure his popularity yet further by the evidences of his enlightened statesmanship and the tokens of his undeviating patriotism. Hence it is that we look with hope, if not with , implicit re liance upon the approaching labours of our hereditary and representative legislators. The advocates of monopoly are taking full advan tage of the holiday season. In every practicable in stance the Protectionist leaders are endeavouring to induce their dupes to neglect the care of their re spective farms in order to attend meetings, and listen to the plaintive Jeremiads poured forth by the chosen orators. If we are to believe these sagacious and longheaded gentlemen, the sun Of England's prosperity has set for ever. No hope remains for a country where the blighting influence of free trade has been suffered to prevail. Nothing can be expected but a national bankruptcy, in which all classes, the manufacturer as well as the agriculturist, will be involved in one common ruin. The only advantage which the former can anticipate is, that his destruction may not take place for a brief period after that of his rural brethren is accomplished. He may obtain the privilege of Ovnr, and be the " last devoured ;" but the fate which inevitably awaits bim cannot be averted. He must make up his mind to submit to the common lot. The proprietors of the soil may farm their own estates, while the farmers go to the workhouse and the paupers to —, a place not to be named to ears polite, but the factories will speedily be closed, and the operatives deprived of employment. The millowners will appear in the Gazette, the columns of which must be enlarged to make room for the increasing numbers who must make up their minds to undergo , the " whitewashing " process, and the cotton spinners and other hands, who— short-sighted and deluded individuals—now rejoice in the possession of " cheap and untaxed food," and that greatest of all popular fallacies, "a large loaf," will be unable to obtain funds to purchase bread, although it may be at a merely nominal price, and all bat given away. Such, according to these modern Solons, are the calamities that await the nation, in consequence of the grievous mistake in legislation that was committed in the session of 1846—calamities from which nothing can preserve once fortunate and happy Eng land but a rapid retrogression in her commercial po licy, and a speedy re-establishment of protective or prohibitory duties on the importation of foreign corn and of every description of agricultural produce. The remedy is plain and simple nothing, in fact, more easy. The landlords, poor innocents I have no personal feelings or motives in endeavouring to restore the national prosperity. It is solely for the benefit of the community in general that they are induced to labour, for the farmers and agricultural labourers, nay, even the manufacturers and operatives, are included within the scope of their comprehensive and disinterested philanthropy, and yet, " 0 email me= :mortaliunt," the besotted and deluded victims cannot discern who are their real friends and what is best calculated to promote their own welfare and happiness, but still obstinately cling to the " cheap loaf," and " heed not the voice of the charmer," charm he never so wisely. The proceedings at the various gatherings are so similar, both in the conduct and results, that one may be taken as the type of all. An attentive perusal of the report of a single meeting will render the reader completely au fait as to all. If then we allude to the transactions at one assemblage, a general insight will be obtained as to all. Some may be possibly ren dered a little more racy than others. It is not every county that can boast a Mr. BUS FEILD FENRAND, nor can we hope to hear on many occasions such graphic and vigorous nar ratives of sanguinary encounters, ending hi the igno minious execution of one of the rebel generals by the hands of an associate who had volunteered to fill the office of " hangman," in order to preserve his miser able existence. No. Greece knew no second.llosiba, and England bath no other " FERRAND." We, there fore, pass by the gathering at York, as being in some . respects sui generis ; and if we select the meeting of the South Derbyshire Protectionists for special notice we are influenced by no invidious motive*, but because it may be considered a fsir average specimen of the general lot, and partly because the clear and able commentaries of an esteemed Contemporary, the Derby and C4esterfield Reporter, have already exhi bited the entire affair in its true light, and exposed the secret machinery by which similar " demonstrations" are got up, and the voice of public opinion (public opinion indeed ! GOD save the mark !) is to make itself heard throughout the length and breadth of the land. We shall not notice the outpourings of the noto rieties that appeared "starring" on prOvinciai boards—we hare already had quite enough of the " Poles," the " Freshfields," the " G. F. Youngs," and the " Mundys." The lugubrious howlings of these distinguished individuals are stereotyped by every journal that may deem it expedient to record or chronicle such pure and unadulterated " humbug." They indeed may exclaim— " Qum regio in terris, noetra non plena laboris." Whether the agriculturists of Essex, the farmers of Surrey, or the sturdy yeomen of Kent be invited, the indefatigable FRESBFIELD7 whose legal lore must be exceedingly valuable in teaching the most approved modes of culture, and the omnipresent "G. F. Yonne are at hand to en lighten and direct the gaping multitude. We cannot, however, pass over an admirable specimen of that rara avis in terris, a " PROECTIONIST-MA.NUFACTURER." Mr. JOSIAH LEWIS (silk manufacturer) appeared on the stage. That astute individual informed his as tounded audience that "one of the strongest arguments against free trade was found in the fact, that Derby was prosperous 1! " He discovered " that the staple trade in Derby enjoyed a certain amount of protec tion, and if that were withdrawn in the slightest de gree, every loom in Derby would be stopped, or they would have to reduce the wages of the labourer one half !" The Honourable Gentleman seeing the astonishment which his erudite discovery occasioned in the minds of the auditory, found it necessary to make some modifications of his statement. He added, "He did not mean to say the whole of the silk trade was protected. Thrown silks were not protected, and what was the consequence ? Why the throwers were obliged to withdraw from that de partment of the business which had keen entirely abandoned to the foreigners 1!" Now this is a dis tinct and definite assertion, perfectly capable of being sustained by evidence, and we readily join issue with Mr. JOSIAH LEWIS thereupon. We believe that the great majority of the manufacturers of the district repeatedly petitioned Parliament for a repeal of the corn-laws, and stated in their petitions that " they required no protection for themselves." In fact, they always disclaimed protection, as their late representative, Mr. STRUTT, declared, on their behalf, in his place in . Parliament. It is admitted that the silk-thrown trade is not protected, but so far from being " entirely abandoned to the foreigner," we have it, on the most unquestionable authority, that it was never in a more healthy or prosperous condition, and that all the mills are not only working full time, but that it has been found ne cessary to give orders for work elsewhere- Let Mr. Limo deny these assertions if he can ; and if not, how can he get out of assertions such as FERDINAND MENEZ PINTO might blush to father. The mode in which " unanimity" is secured at the reactionary meetings may be gathered from the fact that Mr. SAMUEL ROBINSON, a highly respectable and intelligent tenant-farmer, holding .more than 400 acres of land, was hustled out of the meeting, and ejected, vi et armis, by these bludgeonists in the dis guise of decent.yeomen. To those who desire an accurate account of such transactions we heartily commend the unsparing exposures contained in the columns of our talented and esteemed Contemporary, the Derby and Chesterfield Reporter. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The Afoniteur of Saturday publishes the following circular, on the subject of passports, addressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the French Consuls resident in Great Britain : " Monsi eur , — The numerous compl a int s rased in England by the obligation imposed on Englishmen on their landing in France to exchange at the port of their arrival the passports which they bring with them, and which were delivered to them by our consuls in the United Kingdom for a provisional pass, have excited the particular attention of the Government. It has thought proper, while maintaining the dispositions prescribed by the law relative to public safety, to modify in practice with regard to England the state of things now exist ing. It has, theref,re, thought that there would be no inconvenience in substituting for the ;present passports a titre de voyage, under the name of pass, a model of which you will find annexed. These passes, which will be valid for a month, will serve to go and return between France and England. It is this pass which you will there fore henceforward deliver to the English who may apply at your office previous to their leaving for France. You will not deliver them withcut de taching from them the marginal check, which you will preserve and fora and direct at the end of every week to the Minister of the Interior. You will be pleased to take the proper measures, in order that all the consular agents p'aced under your orders shall be prepared to corf,ros immediately, like yourself, to these new ar rangements. For this purpose you will send them a sufficient number of copies of the new passes, with the necessary instructions. Yon will recommend to them the greatest_ exactitude in immediately delivering the passes when demanded, in order that at the places of embarkation a traveller may always be able to procure that document between the arrival of the railway train and the departure of the steamer. As it would be nei ther just nor proper that Frenchmen should be treated less favourably than English subjects, the present in structions will naturally apply to such French subjects as may wish to return from England into France. The charge for these new passes will be the fame as for the old passports—viz., 61. 25c., or ss. I, moreover, authc rise you to give the present circular all the publicity which you may think proper. " Accept, &a., " General Div LA. Ffmra, Minister of Foreign Affairs." The Moniteur also states that the Minister of Fi- nance, in order to avoid the delays caused in the sea ports by the inspection of the luggage of travellers, has given orders that that examination shall be made at the termini of the railway at Paris on the arrival of the trains. The trial of M. EstiLn DE GIEARDIN, for having republished in the Frew an article from La Beforme, for the publication of which the gerant of the latter journal had been tried and convicted, took place on Friday, and terminated in the acquittal of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN. The Presse has the following obser vations on this trial : " The att. actlr of justice is impassibility, that a li berty is mobility—passion. The court' of law which judges liberty may strike it, but the blow which the court gives is always less violent than the counterblow which it receives. The court which judges liberty ceases to be justice in all the majesty of that simple word ; it be comas political justice—that is to say, uncertain, versatile, suspected, which all parties are entitled by turns to dis trust, for thtre is not one which has not by turns abused it, and caused it to fall into excesses. Will it be said that political justice, which pronounces on the crimes and of fences of the press,escapes the reproaches which we mul -1 tion, by the institution, so essentially variable, of jury men? Whoever says so is mistaken. To choose the jury to intervene in political matters is to weaken its autho rity in civil onus. The juryman who pronounces on the innocence or fruit of a robber, has only his consci ence to interrogate; it is not the same with him who pronounces on the innocence or culpability of a doubtful doctrine; in that case he must distrust his opinion, mast fling it aside, must impose silence on it, in order to be sure that it will not speak more loudly than his consci ence—a formidable trial, to which it would be more prudent not to submit the juryman. What we asked be fore the decision which has acquitted the Presse, and what we ask now after that event, is the absolute sepa ration of what is in the domain of justice from what ap pertains to liberty. May this deciSion be the last in press matters. Let the law officers of the Republic be lieve us, and henceforward cease to prosecute journals; let them leave to them the care of contradicting and neutralising each other. They will perform the duty better than can do it all the substitutes who desire to become Advocates-General, all the Advocates-General anxious to become Procureurs-General." The Constitutionnel publishes the following semi official announcement of the intentions of the Govern ment with regard to La Plata : " The most contradictory reports have been in circula tion for the last few days with regard to the intentions of the Government on the question of La Plate. We are able to declare that the Government is, and has always been, firmly resolved to execute all that it pro mised when it accepted the amendment of M. Rance, to guarantee the honour and the interests of the Republic; to seriously protect French subjects against every even tuality that may arise, and at the same time to maintain the independence of Monte Video, as stipulated in the Convention of 1840. The negotiations opened by Admiral Le Predour have not been broken off; they will, therefore, serve as the starting point for the new nego tiations, as the Government clearly explained to the As sembly. In this state of things it is natural that the Go vernment should wish Admiral Predour to continue the mission confided to him. The Government sends to that general officer such reinforcements as will enable him to defend French subjects, and which, while permitting him to secure their safety against every possible eventuality, will furnish him with that moral liberty of which he stands in recd as neg - otiat )r. This arrangement— simply protective of the interests of French subjects and completely independent of the eventuality of a rupture— will give that weight to the negotiations which they bef)re wanted; and, on the other ban- 1 , if they should be broken off, these ()roes will serve to occupy the city of Monte Video and the island cfMartin•Garciairlorder I to maintain the status quo until ulterior decision. bl. Goury du Roslan, First Secretary of Legation, who has long resided in Spanish America, where he successfully filled the functions of Charg6 d'Affaires under very difficult circumstances, has been sent out to Admiral Le Predour. He takes out to him detailed instructions, and is prepared to complete, in case cf need, by verbal explanations, the expression of the idea which has in spired the determination of the Government: 7 • The Napoleon states that the naval force about to ,A sail for the Plata will consist of two frigates, eight corvettes, brigs, gun-boats and steamers. Admiral LE PREDOUR is to keep command of the station. There are at present in the Plata one frigate, two corvettes, and a brig. The same journal contains the following attack on General DE LAMORICIERE, who, it will be remem bered, proposed to vest in the Assembly the exclusive right of pardoning the insurgents of June : " General Lamoriciere has presented an amendment to the Assembly which is an open violation cf Article 55 of the Constitution. That article, as is well known, gives the President of the Republic the right to grant pardon after the previous advice of the Council of State. The General wishes to invest the Assembly with the exclusive right of setting at liberty the 468 insurgents of June still in custody. This attempt has caused deep surprise in a twofold point of view. No one, in the first place, is ignorant that General Lamoriciere belongs to that fraction of the Assembly which professes an extreme admiration for the Constitution. In the next place we cannot comprehend how a man who, only a few days since represented the President of the Republic at St. Petersburgh, could make the first use of his Parliamen tary initiative to bring forward a proposition which is an act of mistrust of the President. 'I he small number of votes given to it is a significative mark of tt eypinion of the Assembly." The report on the Bill relative to the civil list and private property of the ex-King Louis Pniurrs and his family has been distributed to the Assembly. It appears from the report that at the time of the re volution, on the 24th of February, the debts of the KING amounted to 33 millions of francs, but the value of his property, independently of his claims on the civil list, was 100 millions, supposing that it could be realised at once at nominal prices. The amount already paid to the creditors by the sales which have been effected, and the money in band from the civil list, is 8,900,000 f. The Committee are unanimously of opinion that, in order that the liqui dation may be continued without an improper sacri fice of property, the liquidators should be allowed till the 31st of December to complete the settlement. The Committee propose to maintain temporarily the decree of sequestration on the property of the ex- Royal Family, with the exception of that of the Duke D'AUMALE and the Prince DE JOINVILLE, indepen dently of the dotation of August 7, 1830. The Bill introduced by General BARAGUAY D'Hiwaas repealing the decree of 19th July, 1849, by which education in the Polytechnic and Military schools was ordered to be gratuitous from the Ist Oct., 1850, was on Saturday ordered to be read a second time by a large majority, notwithstanding the opposition of General LAMORICIERE. The Estafette of Sunday publishes the following important communication :- 4A frequent exchange of dispatches has for some time been going on between the Cabinets of Vienna and Turin and the French Government. These dis patches relate, it is said, to a negotiation of high im portance. Austria, whose financial resources are en tirely exhausted, and who foresees fresh insurrectional movements in Lombardy, would be very glad to relieve herself from such dangerous eventualities, and at the same time replenish her exhausted coffers. In conse quence Austria feels disposed to cede to Piedmont a considerable portion of Lombardyfor a large indemnity. Should this project succeed, the boundaries of Sardinia would be pushed to the Mincio. The French and English Governments have received communications on this subject from Austria and Sardine, with a request that they would give us their opinion what sum Sardinia ought to pay for the ceded territory ?" Lord BROUGHAM has met with a slight accident in his eye. AR instrument which he was carrying home in his carriage struck him on the ball of the eye and injured it slightly, but there is no danger to the sight. His Lordship was to have left Paris for London to night, but in consequence of this accident he has been obliged to postpone his journey. He however hopes to be able to leave to-morrow. _ A very large portion of the space usually devoted to original articles is filled, in several of the journals of this day, with very long extracts from the intro duction to the fourth edition of the two first volumes of. the " History of the Revolution of England," by M. Guizor. The Napoleon says, " The gnglish journals still speak of an intention on the part of the French Government to contract a loan. We can assure the public that the Government is quite decided not to contract one." The same journal announces that Dr. A.cathm has arrived in France, having succeeded in making his escape from the dungeons of the Inquisition at Rome. Letters from Cherbourg of the 24th state that the steam-frigate Caffarelli arrived there from Brest to take on board three companies of the 2d Regiment of Marine Infantry, destined to form part of the expedi tion of La Plata. It will sail from Brest in the course of next month. The French Funds continue firm. Five per Cents 94f. Eoc. Three per Cents. 67f. 90c. BUSINESS DONE . IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE JAN. 26 . Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 4—Dutch Rhenish, l 7 / B —Easl Indian, 41i er in.—Northern of France, 1 1 4 dis. ex. in —Sambre and Meuse, 3 lA. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 21st have arrived. The discussion on the Bill authorising the Minis ters to collect taxes was still continued, but no doubt was entertained of the passing of the measure. MADRID BoLSA, JAN. 21.—Three per Cents. 291, account ; Five per Cents. 12 9-16, paper. Exchange on London, 90 days, 50 35. " .4 1 `,. - ... 11 ' r ,I . C.Z . 4 7 :17 - 1, ! . .tf Mier 1 1,,•' . :. , 5,......, •-,`„' , tt .(. , . ki: j......,-A144-1,....,,i' .$ . • ~, . • w l '• ''' ':'' r ' " 4 ' ". ~. 4 ~,;, . ... 4 ().. ~. THE SON, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1850 GERMANY. The difference between the King of Paussu and the Chambers, on the subject of the Constitution, still continues. During the course of the sitting of the 25th the Minister MANTEUFFEL announced to the Second Chamber that the Royal Message of the I' th inst. was not to be considered as precluding all dis cussion ; that the Government would see with plea sure all its propositions adopted, but that the Bth Article concerning the Peerage, and the 10th relative to the exceptional tribunal, would alone be considered as Cabinet questions. The Central Election Committee for the Erfurt Parliament, has presented an address to the KING, to which his MAJESTY has returned the following answer : " I thank you fur the expressions of fidelity and at tachment you have sent me at the commencement of the new year. In return I fully recognise the.importance of your activity in the elections for tL• German Parliament. You act in concord with my opinion if you are guided by the conviction that the honour and power of Prussia a•e the best guarantees of the renown and greatness of Germany. "FREDERICK WILLIA M." The German Gazette of Frankfort says that the Austrian Embassy at Dresden recently refused to grant a passport for Prague to a citizen ci the United States, stating that his Government had interdicted the entrance into the Austrian territory to all Ameri can citizens. The Austrian Government published on the 19th the Constitution for Bohemia. The German journals again announce the arrival of large reinforcements to the Austrian troops in Bihemia and the Vorarlberg, and add that the disso lution of the reserve battalions of the Austrian regi ments, resolved on some months ago, has been countermanded. The e e c w ho z l e e n r e a r is z ag ei a t i u n ng ra o g i in th g e violently in publishes P rag ue t . he ministerial regulations of the income-tax, imposed by an Imperial edict upon all the Crown lands of Aus tria, except in Hungary, Transylvania, Sclavonia, the Servian Way wodi, and the Banat of Temeswar, Dalmatia, and the kingdom of Lombardo-Venice. It was reported in Vienna that BEM had died from poison on the 2d. The Cologne Gazette states that on the 20th the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies passed the first three articles of the law on associations. By these the right of association and of pacific unarmed meetings was allowed ; political meetings, must be notified 24 hours beforehand to the local police ; meetings in the open air may be prohibited by the police. The Augsburg Gazette, the Wurtempurg G aze tt e , the Frankfort Pest Gazette, and other journals, state that Hanover, Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemburg have resolved, in conjunction with Austria, to pro mulgate a new constitution for Germany, in oppositi on to that of Prussia about to be carried into effect at Erfurt. One of the journals asserts that the King of PRUSSIA is personally not unfavourable to this pro jected new constitution. According to the Augsburgh Gazette, Prussia, Austria, France, and the Central Commission of Frankfort have entered into communication on the measures to be taken with respect to the Swiss Con federation, and the right of asylum as exercised by it. The support of Russia, adds the Gazette, for any measures that might be deemed necessary was calcu lated on ; and it was believed that E ngland and Sar dinia would adhere to the resolutions taken, or, if they should not, their opposition would not be regarded. RUSSIA. A letter from the Russian frontier, in the Cologne Gazette, states that the Emperor of Russia has ordered the establishment of a line of fortresses on the frontier of Prussia, in order to be able to concen trate a large military force at the western extremity of his empire. The only fortress Russia has at pre sent on the Prussian frontier is that of Zamosk. .141ewbonvnuiciDetti Dnhs vs E have received Jeffery, his share in the establishment (: ; :th e e le E ctr d i i : ,b t e e u l r e og g fh ra ßt p h h eev i jineultved:glie::::n.fcetinief tchoeudretaothf Session, y' his long connexion melancholy ert cuce c d l rwt e roa b eamtr r li a esa t i : e xrh d e4teocne p acGi u lvo b teohcdv l eki Governors rcoaonntnaioporsnses Saturday fufu AirGdd:Qatie-yQyydi ateol otnhpi seen ;Cu. to h. ur,e, _ ss w ill 0o vocalist to the erection auk, §19011410, Int AlltiiT City , epootAetachffitsTctae known JEFFERT._we ITALY, Cardinal FERRETTI, the brother of the POPE, ar rived in Rome on the 19th, and announced publicly, to a gz oup of persons assembled at the gate of St. John a f Lateran, that the POPE would soon follow him. The Courrier des Alpes publishes the following curious letter from Rome, dated the 15th :—" A body , of Austrian troops is shortly to advance upon Rome, under the crders of General Baron D'ASPRF. The object of this movement is to restore the impe rial and royal arms on the Palazzo di Venezia. Since the departure of his HomNEss, they had not been replaced on the residence of the Austrian Ambassa dor. They are to be hoisted at the very moment the POPE will make his entry by the gate of St. John of Lateran. It is believed the POPE will insist on the permanence of these troops in his capital. France, which evacuates Rome, partially at least, will see no harm in letting Baron D'ASPRE place Austrian sentinels at the gates of the Vatican and the Quirinal. Thus will one of the difficulties be removed; for the Sovereign PONTIFF must provisionally have a body of troops at his command, till one of the plans in con templation, viz., the formation of a Spanish legion, or the revival of the Order of the Knights of Malta, shall have been put into execution." The Observatore 1?oluano publishes a brief ad dress by the Supreme PONTIFF to Father VENTU RA, who in his letters to a Protestant has undertaken to prove the truth of the tradition concerning the journey of St. Peter to Rome and his subsequent stay in that city :—" Our paternal heart (says Pius IX. in his brief), has experienced true pleasure in conse• quence of the public declaration you have printed and spread, announcing that you submitted to the decree of the Holy Congregation of the Index, invested with the right of judging by our Supreme authority." The Spanish General CORDOVA left Rome on the 14th. Letters from Perugia, in the Papal territory, of the 12th, announce the arrest of forty individuals in the environs of Spoleto, for having taken part in the late tumult caused by the restoration of the malt-tax. The Nazionale of Florence quotes a letter from Rome, of the 17th, announcing the arrival of an es taffette from Paris, and the departure, immediately afterwards, of General BARAGUAY VIIILLIERS for Portici. It is asserted, says this letter, he had re ceived precise orders from France to demand the im mediate return of the PorE, and in the case of a refusal on the part of his HOLINESS, to establish a Provisional Government at Rome. A letter from Rome of the 20th inst. states that the courier bringing dispatches from Naples was stopped by seven armed men between the Pontine Marshes and Velletri. The leader of the party com pelled three travellers to quit the carriage, which they searched carefully. They took possession of the letters, but touched nothing else. The Genoa papers state that great activity has been perceptible of late among the Jesuits, and that it is rumoured a meeting of the chief individuals of that body is to take place at Portici. The correspondence from Turin alludes to the rumours of the proposition made by Austria to cede to Piedmont its states in Lombardy as far as the line of the Minolta. The terms are said to be an in demnity of 400 millions the destruction of the for tress of Mantua, and the conclusion of an offensive and defensive alliance. Some difficulties had arisen between the Austrian and Tuscan Governments relative to the convention for the stay of Austrian troops in the Tuscan do minions. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took their usual airings. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, attended by Lord Camoys, Colonel Hon. C. Grey and Colonel F. H. Seymour. The royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and Baroness de Speth. The Queen's private band was in attendance in the Castle after dinner. SUNDAY, The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. The Royal Family took walking exercise in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. The Duke of Cambridge attended at the British Museum on Saturday. His Royal Highness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after noon, at the Foreign-offlee. The Mini3ters present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. La bouchere, the Earl cf Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanri carde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat three hours and a half. Mr. Bogle Smith, Prime Warden ; Mr. P. N. John son, 'Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, attended by Mr. Hayne, and by Mr. John Lane, Clerk of the Company, bad an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Committee on Education of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council had a meeting on Saturday, which was attended by the Lord President of the Council, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir George Grey, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Messrs. John Fisher and William Jordan, of Bristol ; and Messrs. Anthony Dunlop and Alexander Dewar, of London, a deputation on the subject of the guaranteed Monte Videan loan, transacted business at the Foreign-office on fiat u rday. _ Mr. Horsfal had an interview on Saturday with .he Right Hon. H. Labouchere. GUARANTEED CHILIAN LoAriir.—A deputation of merchants, consiving of Messrs. Fisher and Jordan, of the city of Bristol, and Messrs. Dunlop and Dewar, of the city of London, waited on Lord Palmerston on Sa turday, the 26th inst. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Henry Berkeley, M.P. for the city of Bristol, and was most graciously received Mr. Berkeley called upon Mr. Fisher to state the case, and be was ably fol lowed by Mr. Jordan. Mr. Dunlop also addressed his Lordship. In the course of Mr. Fisher's remarks he took occasion to say that he had lost some thousands, but he thought less of that than of the ruin which he knew hung over others, and ho hoped his Lordship would give them something more than a cold Ministerial reply. Mr. Berkeley having urged on his Lordship's attention the strong moral case brought before him, Lord Palmerston kindly, and laughingly, assured Mr. Fisher that he should have something more than a cold Mi nisterial reply; and, after a lucid statement, pledged himself to give every assistance he could with propriety to the merchants embarked in the Chilian loan, for the ' honourable adjustment of their claims. DEATH OF SIR FELIX BOOTH, BART.—An in quest was held at Brighton' at twelve o'clock on Satur day, to inquire into the death of Sir Felix Booth. It appeared that the deceased had arrived at the York Hotel, Brighton, on Thursday afternoor. He went to bed in his usual health at half-past ten o'clock. About three o'clock in the morning he was attacked with a fit of coughing, which disturbed Mr. Laurence, a friend of the deceased, who slept in the adjoining room. Mr. Laurence immediately went to the bedside of the de ceased, who died in about three minutes. Mr. Gavin Pocock, surgeon, gave evidence as to his being the usual medical attendant of the deceased, 'and expressed his opinion that Sir Felix had died from disease of the heart. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. Sir Felix was awe althy distiller, and served the office of Sheriff of London in 1626-1829; he was also distin guished for his munificence, having presented Sir James Rosa with 20,000/. to enable him to fit out his Polar expedition. In 1834 he was created a baronet, with special remainder, in default of male issue, to his brother, Mr. William Booth, of Reydon-lodge, Essex. The de ceased baronet is succeeded by his nephew, - J o h n William Booth, born in 1805. THE RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE TWEED..-- Much apprehension has lately been excited for the safety of the temporary structure across the Tweed, lest by a sudden thaw in the river, an accumulation of ice might effect its destruction; •but we are happy to state that any danger of such a result is now, fortunately, re moved. These fears attained their climax on Wednes day evening, when about four o'clock in the afternoon, the ice began to•float down the river in large masses, accumulating on the upper side o f th e b r id ge, and in the course of about three hours an immense body of ice was formed, extending nearly three-quarters of a mile up the river, and varying from three to six feet in thickness. Of course the utmost suspense was felt, the labours of the men employed to clear a passage being utterly fruit less. At length, aoout ten P,31., when the tide began to ebb, and there being a considerable " fresh" in the river, the ice began to break up with great noise, and gradually cle aced for itself a passage between the timbers without the least injury to the bridge. The whole danger is, therefore, now happily removed.—Berwick Warder. . JENNY LIND.--lt is reported upon strong founda tion that this gifted vocalist is going over to America, the most princely terms having been offered her by Mr. Barnum, the former proprietor of General Tom Thumb. The money, some 30,0001., it is stated, is already placed in the hands of a third party. In addition to this, Jenny is to have a proportion of the receipts after a certain amount; and she is not to be fettered in the event of her wishing to sing gratuitously for any local charity. Benedict and Beletti accompany her. We have been -.led that the entire proceeds of this musical pre sneeopriated by the generous hearted ' -ndowment of an hospital in MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cot'on at Liverpool on Saturday were 6 000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken on speculation. Among the transactions were 5,500 American at bid to 8d; 200 Egyptian at 7d to', Sid; 200 Surat at 4 1 ,4 d to sd; and 100 Sea Island at is Id to is 3d per lb. —ln Railways only a limited business was done, at rather lower quotations. The Corr -trade in Mark-lane has been very dull to-day, wheat being is. to 2-. lower; and other articles also generally depressed. Upon tho state of the Iron-trado in Staffordshire, Arias Birmingham Gazette of to-day states : " Some slight fritmuption has been experienced in this, as in most other trades, from the late severity of the weather; but hitherto a gratifying and determined firmness in price has been adhered to, and most of the works here are in full average activity. Arrears of or ders continue to be given out, and are now more readily accepted, as there apt ears little doubt that the trade will remain steady for the ensuing month. There exists by no means any press of demand to sanction a hasty adoption of higher figures, nor would the attempt be sustained; but there is, as we have be fore stated, acheerful feeling predorrinc:Lt regarding the future, that when the proper t'me arrives f>r any movement at all, it will be one in the right direction. There are circumstances that apparently justify such an expectation, among which are the arrival cf considerable orders for rails, and the favourable recurrence of public attention towards railway interests at home. With the prosperity and re verses of these wholesale markets for its produce, the ebbs and flows cf the iron trade must continue inti mately blended. Pieces of Welsh merchant iron, which vary with every breath, and so afford the earliest indication cf any tendency to change, certainly occupy an improving position, and Scotch pigs, although they have sufferel a slight reaction in price during the last fortnight, are again represented as being firmly held. As a set off to this it must not, however, be forgotten that in Scotland a large accumulation of stock is taking place without any discernible outlet in view, and the make of Welsh 'iron is pm tentuously increasing. This is the most favourable account that a careful investiga tion of what is passing in our own district, and an im partial observation of daily transactions, enables us to offer. Upon what foundations those gaudy representa tions are supported that are continually issuing from a certain portion of the press we cannot at all under stand." There are a good many arrivals from abroad, as the wind has changed, but neither the Australian, Mauri tius, and Rio receipts are so late as those which have reached us by the Overland Mail and the American steamers. With regard to the river Plate, merchants in the City consider that rather too much has been made of Roses' delay in officially receiving the En glish .Minister, Mr. Southern. We confess, how ever, that from our distrust of the Dictator, we cannot form very sanguine expectations in this re• spect, and look upon nothing as certain in the foreign policy of the Argentine Republic, except perhaps that no permanently cordial relations are likely to be long maintained with European states while the present Go vernor rules. The commercial markets, it has for some time been augured, would be spoiled by a glut of goods, and without any interf rence with the internal dealings, the reaction that is advised as having occurred was only regarded as a question ef time. The continental advises give us the Frankfort quota tions of the 24th inst. The Austrian Metallics were 85 to 1, and the Spanish Three per Cents. 29k. At Berlin on the 23d inst. the Prussian Three-and-a- Half per Cents. were 881. In the Amsterdam Bourse Dutch Stocks did not vary much, and South American were still in fair request. The approaching meeting of Parliament is looked far with great interest in the City; and although the Pro tectionists are expected to be rather more active, no apprehension is entertained that they can seriously im pede the business of the country, provided the free traders keep on the alert. We understand that private letters from Lisbon speak confidently of the Count Thomar maintaining his posi tion as First Minister of the Crown, which, from the confidence reposed in him by the chairman and com mittee of the foreign bondholders, as evinced at the last public meeting on his re-accession to power, cannot but prove most satisfactory as regards their future interests and prospects. The Finance Minister, Senor Avila, is proceeding with great tact and judgment in various fi nancial reforms tending to the re-establishment of the credit of the country, as may be clearly instanced in the rate of discount on paper, which, on his Excellency's ac cession to the office was as high as 48 per cent., and by the last accounts was reduced to 18 or 19. The English Funds have been rather fluctuating again, and oflthough the anticipation of a favourable speech from the Throne inspirits some of the Bulls, the fear of a warm opposition from the Protectionists also emboldens many of the speculators for a fall, in con junction with the appearance of matters in Germany and the Russian loan. There was a money sale by an influential broker soon after the commencement of business, and Consols, which were 961 # for Transfer dropped to 96. Time - bargains have been effected at 961 to -a, and the more recent bargains have been at 96k to f. Bank Stock is about 2051 to 207. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have Ix en quoted 981 to f, and the Three per Cents. 96k tot. Exchequer-bills have been 58s. to 605., and India Bonds 90s. to 935. premium. A most extensive business has been transacted in Foreign Securities, principally the South American. Peruvian have risen to 72 and 731, Equador are buoyant at 4# Grenada at 18i j, and Venezuela at 32. Mexican nave been 291 Buenos Ayres are a little flatter, being 53* to 644. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 36k to 37, and Spanish Three per Cents. 36i. The half-yearly balance sheets of the vario us railway eompanies are being issued preparatory to the meetings. The North Stafford is unsatisfactary, and the London shareholders seem ardently to desire an entire change of management, being not only greatly disappoiuted at the traffic and the unrealization of the promises held out, but likewise considering the expenditure to be excessive, and the management defective, while the raising of fur ther capital is regarded as being likely to swamp the whole interest on the original shares. The East Lanca shire report exhibits a profit of 45,1131. for the 6 months, and it is proposed to pay at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the original 251. shares, and to distribute 4,257/. on the quarter shares. To pay the 2 per cent. above-referred to, 5,634/. has to be taken from the re served fund. We are glad to see these Recounts signed and approved by a public accountant. The Railway Share Market is not quite so good, either in respect to prices or demand. Ptt! , `l4,4 OF 14EITINIII FUNDS Bank Stock ONE cLO , I O'CLOCK. I , IIIrES. 208 iper Cent. Reduced Arms ..... 9 6 1,E 4 1,5% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 1 / s '4 96 96 1 4 a New 3% per Cent. Anns. Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 8 5-16 8 5-16 fndia Stock — _ 91 96% I idia Bonds, 1,000/ ... Consols for Account 96le % Exchequer Bills. 1 1 4 d. de 2d 1,0001. June 5B 60 p 60 p 500/. June •.. ..... .... 61 58 p 58 p Small. June 6O 61 p 61 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. =h. liLOBl./i O'CLlfi. PRI(' ES Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 51% 63% 53 1 Ditto, Account Milian Bonds 6 per Cent ...... Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 61exican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons . 29% 29% Ditto, Account Ditto, Small Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent ... 72% Ditto, Account ...... 72% . 72 73% 72 1 4 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account. 36 4 3 /4 a 6 3,4 Russian Bonds ... 109% 109% Ditto Scrip' 4 3% p 33 / 4 1 1 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 .......... Ditto, Passive... Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payable in Londor. French Rentes, 5 per Cent 94f. 50c. 94f. 50c. Exchange Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55% PRICES OF :BUSINESS DONE CLOSING, RAILWAY SHARES. PA " AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 7%..-- Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 A 1 — Belfast & County Down 28 ...... Berks & Hants Extens. 3f, 3 4 32 12% (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 - Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Binning, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly Vs or with guarantee 10 ....• . without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... ••• Blrkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 20 Bristol and Exeter 92 ... .. Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire ...... 17 1 ,4 Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l 5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 10 9 - - 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 •• Vast Anglian, 251., L. & 6% E. and L. and D...... 25 ..... . Do. 18/., E. & 18 Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3% ..... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference,— 2 . Eastern COUF ..... 20 756 1 / 2 •• •••• Do. New ,Gua.6 per et. 10 Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. P.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... P Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Dittp. 5 per Veuttu. 50 7% —P s 's P Do. New , 00 • 00000000 ?:astern U: ion, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 - ..........»••• Ditto, CI a , sA, ditto... 6 -•' pees ....... •• Do., Class B& C 25 - ..... .. ........ Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ••••• USX .••••• •••..••• E -+ r. ,, nt: shire Ditto, New .25 .••••• - ..•.••.•••••••' Ditto, New Quarters 6%...... -- -. .....••• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6U ...... - ... ••••••••••• East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. ~..---- ....... ...... Edinburgh and Northern 25 - . Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... ••••••••• Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 , u — •••••••••••••" Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glyrgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle - ............. Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 ..... . --• ..........•.•• Do. Preference Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 12 1 Great Northern Do., % A Deferred - ............... Do., %B 6 per Cent 7 1,4. 3%-. ...•.•••••• Do., 5 per Cent. Pref ;rest South. and West. (Ireland) .... 50 f , reat North of England.loo Ditto, Now, 40/ Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .. .. ........ ••• .... Great Western 100 ...... 66 68% ......... Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, % Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 102% .......•...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 , Do. Quarter Shares... 125( Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds - ••••••••••!•••• Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths... ....... ... 10 ...•........... Do. Thirds ....—. ....... 18 Do. New Guarantied 6 per Cent . Ditto (Huddersfield and Shoff.) 5O •• W. ......... Do. (W. Riding Union) A Do. (Preston & Niivre) 25 D 0.% Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Br.diord 6U lO4 103 1 ,x ........ Leeds and Thirsk ...... 60 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%.. - •••••••• . • ..... Do., do. No. 2 10 •-- .............• Do., do. No. 3 5 Do., Pref. Quar.,lßlß 9 Liverpool, Crosby end Southport . lO .... ......... London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d — ....•••••••"' London, Brighton, ar d South Coast.— ..... 100 Do., New 5/. ' guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 - .. . ...... Do. Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 - ......... ....• Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 - ..... ........ • Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12/15a 4d •-- •••••• -• ' Ditto, Preferenp. . 20 - ....... London and N. Western 100......116% 115% 116 Yii Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto,Fift',...... ...... 12 .. .. 14 1 % .......... . Do. 40/.Shares( L. M.) 35 Do. 10/. (M.,& B.) C. 1 London &S. W .,, stern .100 .. Do, New 50/. . ...... 42 % — . ... . ......... • Do. New 401 15% 101/: 1i s% 99% 16 12S p:O2 op 4;% 1-croi 153 k ims ii% Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 ~••-•..'• Do. 1 h Shares ~ 5 Londonderry and Dams killen. - - :..-.. ........ . Do. U. Shares 5 - ....••• , ...... .... Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 - . Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 - .......... 51 anchester,liuxton,and Matlock l5 ...... ...... .. ! .... • nanchester, Sheffield,- and ... Lincolnshire 100 ...... -r- ....! ..... ! ..... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 . — ...... •,,.! ....... .•• Ditto ditto (No. 2) 25 - ...... ......•••• , .0 , Do. % e Shares (No. 3) 12% •-- ... .... .. . ••• •;••• Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 ...we ..." • .... ". ..... . . ' '''''. . Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 50 -' •••••••• ..... "'" Ditto ditto . ......... 20 Ditto ditto - - ...... ....•••• Ditto Sheffield and - •••• Lincolnshire 25 . ... ...=. .. ... ....••••• 0 Do., Grinasby Dock 25 . ..... .. ............ • Do. Manchester and ~. Lincoln Union. —.44 2s. — ......... .. ••• 44 . Midland .;.-. ....... ICO ...... 41 . ............ 0 4 , Do. consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares 30 Do. Birm., and Derby ICO Do.Consol.Bristol and 115. 1.1 Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto ..„ 22/. 7L ••• ••• ...... •••••••••••• ..• 6 0 Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 ...... 60 . ... ........... Ditto, Leicest.l l / 4 Swan- ..• nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western , Irish Bliddleshro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... ”...... ...... Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension ..........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, • • and Hereford 6 ....•• ..... ..'. •••••. Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor No r f elk! • • too es 100 H ............. Lo. New 204 Do. Extension;......... 20 Do. Guaranteed s%pc. S Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 Northißritish .........2b.. .... „ Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ...., .. .. 8i• .. Ditto Preference 5 ....•• ..... .••• ...... N oath Stalk rdshire North Wales ... ...... .... 3% —. ' .. . ....... ..... ' North-Western . Oxierd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 - •.„...... .. •.. Reading, Guildford, an d Reigate l5 ..... 164 1 4 ......... .... o.yil . Lt!ll and Hitchin - 4 1 4 -- •• •• ••••••••M ********* •••• : •0 / i 18~ , 14 i la ~..... ... ..... _ Sottish Central _•••••• Scottish 151idland Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Biros 12% — •••••••• ".. Ditto ditto. Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 5 Shrewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) - ... .. . ....... Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ..... ... • .... " ..... Ditto Oswestry Ditto New 1 )o. 8 per Cent. PreE 10 Shropshire Union Do. Preference So •i a Staili , rdatore -...-4 ' 0 oath Eastern ••••. 835••, 2O •.-....»•••.•• •••• ••• ••• I Do~ ivo. - - fc• Do., No. 3 ............30 Do.. Rel_cistered No. .4 10 .... Do., Scrip No 4 ' 1 0 ~. •••••• C M ...... •.•• • .. 0.- S G UM tial OS .. CS ...... ...... ...... .•......• -iouth Yorkshire, Don -I:aster, and Goole Sh ,flield, Rotherham, & . ..• Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 3 per cent. ... 16% — ......... '!- ' Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 „ .... ....... .. •.. ... Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stat. C0a1.... 7 Yaw Vale Extension ... 8 Mallow Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 17 .......... . .•.... Vale of Neath ... - .... ...................... Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% —• •........•••••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valloy 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... .. Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ... 15 - ••• •• ... West Cornwall ..... ... 7%..... rr-r - - f hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western..... ... 14 Wilts, Somerset, & W ey- mouth . ....... .„.„... 45 York, - New coati°, and Berwick. ...... 25 . MO ...... Do, Newcastle Eate n . 20 Do. G.N.L.Pretertnce - ,8 Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 i3uttEIGN !RAILWAYS. Angl,, Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... 5% --- ........•••"'• Boulogne and Amien5... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Visrzon)... 20 ... ... ! . , DellitS drat Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. • ~.‘ Ditto ... ........ ... ..... 20 - .. Great Indian Peninsul ar 5 Do. Do. ... ..... 10s. Louvain ala Sambre ... 7i,4 — ....... ' ..... ••' Luxembourg 8 ...... .... „ .......... ••• . 00 , Ditt 0 ... .... .11.1.11 ..... . A .. . ...• A Madrid and Valentin... 2 — ......... ."' . . Ifr Nan PUI AM , LiegO ...... '2O ... „ ... ...... . ... /0 , Northern of France...-. 141. Fa —. dis. ... •.. .. „. Orleans and Ism deaux.. 7 •-- ........ . ••• 04 Paris and Orleans ..... 20 — •••• ......... . ...- Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 23%... .• .. ' . 90. Paris and Strasbouig - ....... - ... 0., Rouen and Havre .• ...... ..„ /, ambre and Meuse 2O ..... ... ..... ". .. . 0 ........ Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes l3 ...... ............... .... Pournay, Jurbise, Lan- . ...- .... den, and Hasselt ..... West Fltdiders ..... B 3 / 4, - .......... 00 JOINT STUCK BANKS- .. Australasia ...... ....• British North American 50 .. $, ; . *0 O. Colonial . '2o ..... -- •••• ,•• ...a ..... _canmercial of * London 20 . ..•••• ' London Joint Stock .tu London & rloVves. England.tinster. 35 20 26 :•-•-•".. ........ ''''. ............. ...• Union a Ditto ti uoa of L0nd0n........ r is L ew 0nd ' 0n.............. 10. 10 —l3 ........• • •""............ -"'' 0. mon of Madrid ... 40 if' Q,4 . 0 ' i i . .............. 1 6 „,* s ' 40 ° i f i iB§ . , 1 k: •4 0 British Iron I 2MINES.— *". ........ " . 46 Brazilian Imperial ..... 24% ...... ••••"''•" BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 •... ' ' Do. St. John Del Rey ...... ia%. . • ... Cobra Copper we"' Guorg- I_ Al 29