The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-16 00:00:00

NATIONAL LOAN EQUITABLE FIRE 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Y, Esq., Chairman. *John Rawson. Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. t*Eclmund S. Syrnes, Esq, t*clement Tabor, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. t'Augustus Vigno, Esq• ArDITOI. }Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. pnyttmax. •J. Elitotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SURGEON. FUND LIFE AND INSUP.ANCE CO itPANIES, t * T. LAMIE *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. tEillotson, M.D„ F.B.S. *Ralph Gough, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. tn. 9. Symes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square ACTUARY. t * W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., &c. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. ~M esm. Glyn, HaMax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, ~Messrs. Su ton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Baslnghall street. E 3f oder& t Nis Titrfe reaie granted Without extra Premium to extr,t Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0G0/. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110 ) The beading principles of this Office an—Moderate and equitable Rates of Premiums for each class of risk—Annual division of Protlts. . _ The difficulty of collecting the elements en which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this obj ec t the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rite of Prent'um for Fire Insurance can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted en, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to tic e, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may Justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other office!. With this view an annual investigation will he made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or ratty per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. f National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire t* Both Offices. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. THIS EVENING. shave ST WEEK of the present season. The Directo the utmost pleusure in annonucing that they have been enab'ed to secure the valuable services of 3fadlle. ANGRI for a few Extra Nights. Spohr's New Grand Descriptive Symphony," The Seasons." The Grand Battle Overture, Lindpainter. Selection from the Opera of " The Seige of Rochelle." Grand Selection from Halevy's New Opera, " La Tempests :" Angri, Miss Poole, Molique, Barret, Baumann, Blaygrove, Ar ban, Zeiss, Winterbottom, Prospere, Franc, Remusat, and Richardson Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. lialfe. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Laisitzky. Promenade (admitting to the Half-Circles, Gallery} , 6 and Pit Stalls) The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Bex-office, where Programmes of the performance ri ay be obtained. Mr. Thomas Masters 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. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed KINS JOHN. Atter which A RADICAL CURE. With LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be perfbrmed a new and original Drama. entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Itessrs. Hughes, Boyce, - 0. Smith, P. Bed ord, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. Alter which a new Farce called THE SCFIOOI FOR TIGERS or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kltetlyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander Paaels, Miss Chaplin. To be followed by a new and original Farce, In the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Eti quette. ROYAL PRINCESS 9 THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. C. Kea* and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. Faistrff, Mr, Bartley. To conclude with THE WONDER. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massinghant ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford -street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be presented FORTY AND FIFTY. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING. With SERVE HIM RIGHT. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. , Will be performed THIS PHILIP EVENING OF FRANCE AND MARIE DE MERANEE. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, H. Farrell, norton, W. Farren, jun., Johnstone, G. Cooke, Diddear ; Miss Helen Follett, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which COUSIN CHERRY. Cousin Cherry, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed with NOT TO BE DONE. , ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITHEATRE. 'Hader tha Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Memnd week of the Revival of TURPIN'S JUDE to YORK. THIS EVENING; The Grand new Spectacle of KENNIL)S ORTIf ; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes, Together with Ratty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Magniticeat Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes. The whole concluding with the Equestrian Drama (for the first Store these five years) of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. Extensive ureparations are now being made for the production of a new and original Equestrian Comic Pantwutme, written expressly for thia Theatre, by G. H. Rodwell, Esq. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. A WELL-EARNED COMPLIMENT.—CAPT.BINSTEAD. On the ith inst. Captain Binstead, R.N., received a letter from the secretary of the Royal Humane Society, informing him that the Court were pleased to " award him the medal for his humane and noble conduct in recently plunging into the river Calder, and saving the life of a beautiful little girL" Tk,is intimation, couched in such expressive language, cannot Fail to be highly gratifying to the gallant captain for the disinterested services rendered to an helpless child. It is not, however, the possession of this testimonial which has been presented to Captain Binstead that will prove the most enduring, but the satisfaction in feeling that he has been the instrument in snatching from a watery grave a fellow creature, though it was nearly at the cost of his own life. It will be rilnembered that a child had, some time in October belt, unThrtunately fallen into the river Calder, near Wake 'and would most certainly have - been drowned had not yant.sin Binstead come up at the moment, when he imme .lB'tely plunged, iu his clothes, into the water.—Doncaster vasette. DRAT' S OF WALTER BAINE, ESQ., OF GREENOCK —W e learn, with pain, from the Greenock Advertiser ofyes tarday, that our revered friend, Mr. Walter Baine, of that town . , is no utere. His public usefulness was acknowledged by his towtismen, who elected him successively to almost all the office of honour and trust at their disposal, including the rep: esentation of the burgh in Parliament. It is chiefly, private gentleman, high-minded merchant, however, and a liberal promoter of every charitable object, that his los's will be" deplored. Ile was a man of lofty integrity, of b.rge and earnest sympathies, of most courteous and nuns 'turning manners, and of superior literary taste. We do not suppose that Mr. Baine has left behind him a single indivi dual aerleainted with his tine character who will not long venerate ffis memory as one of the most upright, intelligent, and gentleuhearted of men.— Gusglow Citi;en. Tula CONvlcr HACSETT.—On Friday afternoon information, was received at the various metropolitan and City polict , stations that Hackett, who has made himself . so isotarious of late by hi s d ar i ng escapes, h a d b een seen in the High-804n; Berolzgh, walking leisurely along the pavement with a svtord-cane.in' his hand. He was well-dressed, and there is no doubt as' to-his identity, because the party who conveyed the i n f ornlat i on was formerly a fellow-prisoner with Hack et.t*Maidstotte"Gaol. This perso n f o ll owe d hi n t for some aistance in"Sout-hwark, watching for a favourable ePportnni4 to seems the. moan and the reward, when Hackett, seeing htnwai - foll9ted;, tOaed down a narrow a ll ey an d made his escape.' - • - Tun ATaultr.E Aacs.--It ia rumoured that a final datertranadOii, eks heeiu cei4Rfo that.thie arch ahall be erected at C,:latberranct-gatel itYcte-Park; NOTICE. THE NEW STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE, entitled " MERKLAND," by the author of " Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, of Sunny Side," WILL BE, READY IMMEDIATELY, in 3 vols., and those who desire early copies are requested to send their orders immediately to the Libraries. Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. YE MAIDEN AND YE MARRIED LIFE OF MARY POWELL, afterwards MISTRESS MIL TO.N. Now first imprynted in one small booke Price is. 6d., in fancy antique binding. This littell booke containeth ye pleasatint & profittable Jour na,l kept by the flrst wyfe of John Milton ; it truthfully reciteth her loving cour t s hip, her unhappie marriage, her departure from her husband's borne, and her return and perfecte reconcilement." London : Llall, Virtue, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. *Fr. Tatham, E5q.,22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,0001 The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held duping the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of ,the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned - by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and pa?ment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as - to. make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present annual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,0001. • the amount, covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,58; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Asstired, amounts to 82,454/. 55. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reportAd in May, leso, the bonuses declared to the As sured wiere; tise option of a retu , n of 15 per cent. on their Premiums In cash,t'er a Reversionary addition to the original suet assured by each PVGyAarying (ram 20 to 65 per cent. E,A.I}ft,W.DE 11QN1;ilES ALREADY DECLARED. ..1 Perms .7l4 'km:mai 4 1 01 fir Bonus in cent Re- Age. g t.P- Pre. —taken f 'addition Ptonas in dilution of .o id VIM*: out 4tie ! to sum Cull. Annual 7° Assured. Premium. ---- +. 'I — T. 4. £ a d. £ s. d. 1 1837 292 6 0 139 16 9 22 13 1 ..,. , 4 1838 :267 It 4 • 126 17 2 19 19 7 .'•-' •" , " 18 . 29 - • 241 lr :6 113 17 7 17 8 8 f , X 1;4:- „ rso .- 193 - 12.';G_ . 93 16 8 14 0 10 40 1000 1 74'8 4 184 f 189 tr 6, ' 89 510 13 $ll , .. ' 4,1842 '162 16 . 8- ' - .76 18 4 11 6 3 1843 115.10 10 55 10 10 8 110 I ,_ 1844. 77 19 - 84 ; , -38 15 10 5 S 11 ''' 1845' 66-1 0' —44 10 0 410 1 HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. TEII3 LAY —Horning 33 min. after 11 I Evening () min. after 0 To-Moscow—Morning 2 rain. aftez 12 1 Evening 22 min. after 12 abroad, and " instead of imprisoning them on board a ship for two or tb - 4ece years, giving them leave to go on shore on all Koper occasions." The practical and really admirable character of the reforms proposed by the Admiral in regard to the management of the mari time service may, however, be most conspicuously shown by transcribing the following paragraph from his " Preface," containing, as it does, a variety of appropriate statements : Lee re eso o' ia h i va It OlitllC9, on the con trary, to have secured by peace all that the honour and power of Prussia can require. " The state of affairs is now as follows: " 1. Generally speaking, the claims of the Diet to an cx parte settlement of German questions is abandoned, and attributed to German Governments in common. Preparations for the same are made over to a commis sion equally furnished with full powers by both parties. In this commission Prussia and her allies will take part as a co-legalle acknowledged whole, opposed to the whole of the remaining Governmrnts which have hitherto laid claim to exclusive right of decision. This decision will not be taken either by one side or the other, but by all collectively. Prussia has not demanded more, and more she had no right to demand. " Should the commission, as there is every reason to presume, be composed of men as eminent and skilful as prudent, then it will offer fortunate means for the pre servation of all rights. If Prussia's allies remain faith ful to her, then their co-operation in carrying out all important questions will be secured. The union of Prussia with them is nut abandoned by Prussia. Its abandonment is not demanded by Austria. On the con trary, its existence for general negotiation is practically recognised by tha Olmuts punctuation.' " 2. The assistance of the troops called into Electoral Hesse by the Elector will not be impeded in the first place in carrying out the same; but the final and legal settlement of the whole affair will no longer rest in the hands of the Diet, but will be referred to a commission to be appointed, representing all German Governments as the sole legal and supreme authority of the Con federation. " 3. In Holstein, it will no longer be a commissary of the Diet who will lay down the law for the land, but, in the first place, Prussian and Austrian commissaries will summons the Stadtholderate to observe conditions which aro calculated to preserve the Federal territory from all assault, and which are based on the fundamental laws of the Confederation, and upon the treaty of the 2d of July. " It cannot be justified by the rights of nations that, whilst the Confederation has concluded peace with Den mark, an authority (the Stadtholderate) appointed by the Confederation, should carry on war outside the Fe deral territory. The demands made upon the Stadthol derate are based upon this principle. The reduction of the army is in the interest of the land, and is, as often times formally declared by the Stadtholderate, of little importance, provided Denmark also reduced (her army), of which there is every prospect. "Should the Stadtholderate reject these moderate de mands, instead of a one-sided execution on the part of Austria or the Diet, conjoint measures only can be adopted by Austria and Prussia, relative to which the commission named in section 2 will have to determine. There can arise no danger in this, either to Prussia or to Austria. f" " The further settlement of the question will likewise no longer be undertaken ex parte by the Frankfort Govern ment but by all German Governments. Prussia and Aus tria will defend conjointly the rights of the Confederation, as well as those of Holstein. The commission to be ap pointed will, as a committee of the whole of the German Governments, take all preparations and negotiations simultaneously in hand. " The Duchies, as well as foreign powers, may rest assured that this conjoint proceeding of Austria and Prussia will not infringe any just right whatsoever. Prussia, whilst defending the causes of the Duehies, will no longer stand ale ne in regard to foreign states (dem anslunde). A medium has been found, whereby the long denuded action of the whole Confederation can be re stored without Prussia abandoning anything of its stand ing point. " This is, generally speaking, and as regards the two burning practical questions, the basis on which rests the Olmutz ' punctuation.' Upon this basis the Prussian Government thought it might maintain peace, and it opines that it has herein discovered the point of con nexity, whereby, throuth the honourable and well-in tentioned efforts on both sides, this peace can be ensured and a salutary development of German relations ren dered possible. The free conferences are destined for the latter object. These will take place forthwith, and, in fact, according to the desire of Prussia, at Dresden. " Desires have been expressed on divers sides that, prior to the assembling of the same, the bases should be established on which the revision of the Germanic Confederation is to rest. It is regarded by many that the non-determination of this in the Olmutz ' punctua tion' is an omission. " Mature consideration of circumstances will show that this reproach is unrounded. "The meeting at Olmuts, limited by the urgency of the moment, in a few hours could not, from the very nature of the case, have for its object the definition of the basis of a constitution, for the projection of which Germany has two years vainly laboured. It could only be directed to the handling of the burnin g questions, menacing immediate conflict, a n d t o the decision of whether there should be war or peace." The Frankfurter Gazette states that the Minister of War of Hesse has just recalled to service the greatest part of the soldiers who had been sent away on leave. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Cassel of the 11th, which says :—" To day the federal troops which have passed the line of occupation on every point, are to occupy Rotenburg, and the Prince of Toux and TAXIS is to fix his head-quarters there." On the afternoon of the sth, the Hotel du Roi de Prusse, at Carlsbad, was surrounded by a detachment of hussars, and immediately afterwards a commissary of police entered the house and arrested a young Frenchman named BOURLENOY, or, according to one account, LABOLAGE, who had arrived from Vienna in the morning of that day. He was immediately placed in a post-chaise, and under the escort of the commis sary set off for Vienna. This arrest caused some sensa tion in Carlsbad. The Cologne Gazette states from Berlin, of the 11th, that 114. DE RAumen has accepted the place of Minister of Worship. General DE Gxonow was the day before received in private audience by the KING and PRINCE of Prussia. He is to be charged with a secret mission for the Court of St. Petersburgh. A letter from Vecha of the 10th, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says : " Tho gaeatesl part of the Prussian troops have now evacuated the line of occupation and the frontiers. Ac cording to the new orders, they will not he replaced, or if they are, by only a small body of men." A letter from Hanau of the 11th states that the day before a revolt took place amongst the prisoners in the gaol, in consequence of their trials having been postponed to another session, owing to political events. They did much damage, and it was found necessary to call in some of the troops to restore order, The head of the revolt has been placed in soli tart' confinement. THE WEATHER.—Su OFFICE, DECEMBER 15. THERMOMETER, LN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'41. WncD S.W.— stormy, with continuous but heavy rain occasionally, and dirty weather. MONDAY, Dic. 16. THERMOMETER, IX THE SEAM 51—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and daring the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.21. The Barometer went down to 2895 since yesterday WIND S.W.—Morning, fine; Afternoon, showery. " In 1816 I proposed to Lord Melville a system of re gistration, which was imperfectly carried out by Sir James Graham in 1830, and improved by a Bill brought in by Mr. Sydney Herbert and myself; but it is very far from being perfect. I brought in another Bill, obliging every apprentice in the merchant service to serve a cer tain period in a ship of war before he could become a regular seaman; but that Bill was not taken up by the Admiralty, and was in consequence lost. It object was to do away the bad feeling that exists against a man-of war in the minds of most merchant seamen, and to teach the apprentices in their youth the different exer cises, so as they might be useful when called out in the event of war. Had that Bill passed, we should hav9 had between four and fire thousand lads• of eighteen years of age every year, and at the end of three years they would be at liberty to remain, or return to the merchant ser vice, according to the wants of the Navy. This, in my opinion, would have been the first step to do away im pressment. These lade, knowing the habits and customs of a man-of-war, would come forward more willingly than the merchant-seamen of the present day, who have a strong feeling against the Navy; that feeling is, I hope, passing away; but it will be a long while before it entirely disappears, and any attempt at impressment will bring it back in a tenfold degree." Another admirable suggestion is thrown out im mediately afterwards, relating this time to the in iquitous and ruinous manner of payment. The passage to which we allude runs as follows : " The system of register tickets is little attended to by the master and owners of merchant ships. Men are often embarked without tickets, and the Custom-house are not sufficiently strict. A few examples would go a great way to check this irregularity, and strict orders ought to be given to ships of war to muster the crew of merchant ships, and report all those who have seamen on board, without their tickets; but even these precau tions will be ineffectual, till owners are prohibited giv ing the men notes for their wages, payable after the ship has sailed. These notes are sold to the Jews for half their value, and the men consider desertion as no crime— quite the contrary, they think th( y are doing the Jew. The ship-owners lose nothing; the sailor leaves his clothes behind, fresh hands are shipped, and no trouble is taken to apprehend the deeerter; whereas, if the sea man was paid in money, it would become the interest of the ship-owner to apprehend and punish him if he de serted. What would be said, if the seamen in the Navy were paid by notes, which would not fetch half their value?" In addition to such subjects as those above particu larized, others of a no less interesting and important nature are touched upon by Sir CHARLES NAPIER in the volume under consideration ; the wasteful and ex travagant expenditure incurred in ship-building being particularly and deservedly reprobated. As the cor respondence, however, in which these matters are brought under discussion, has been familiarized to the multitude by piecemeal publication in our own columns, and in those of some of our contemporaries, it would be superfluous at present to do more than thus distinctly and emphatically notify the circum stance of its collective republication. We have repeatedly directed the public attention to the imperative necessity of a great and combined exertion being made to obtain not only a considerable reduction in the enormous amount of taxation, under which the energies of the industrious classes are crushed and paralysed, but, also, a complete alteration in the present iniquitous system, so that every man should be required to contribute to the support and maintenance of the national establishments and the li quidation of the national liabilities, secundum statum et facultates, according to the position which he oc cupies, the means he possesses, and the stake he holds in the country. This is a matter of the plainest equity, the most simple justice. It is the constitu tional privilege of the British subject, but how grievously is it violated, and how frivolous and inadequate are the excuses put forward by the Ministers of Finance of every Government and every party, for the glaring inequalities which they call upon Parliament to sanction ! We are well aware that it is exceedingly difficult, perhaps impos sible, to make a perfectly equal assessment on every description of income, so that each man should con tribute his exact proportion to the national-exchequer. But that is no reason why there should be no effort made to arrive at a more equitable approximation, and to get rid of the monstrous injustice now in daily opera tion—the gross anomalies that would not for a mo ment be tolerated by the inhabitants of any other free country in the world. The only argument adduced in support of the system is, that because perfection cannot be ob tained we must not look fur any improvement That because we cannot accurately ascertain the capitalized value of an annuity on the life of an aged and sickly man, or of the fluctuating and pre carious profits derived by a professional man by almost incessant toil in the practices of his calling, that they are to be regarded as equivalent to incomes derived from the public funds, or the ground rents of real property. Or, in other words, that what may not be worth two years' purchase, what no bank or capitalist would accept as a security for the advance of money to any amount, should be assessed as highly, and bound to contribute as largely, as that which is well worth, and could be readily disposed of at, thirty years' purchase. This is a plain reductio ad absurdum, but what signifies any argument so long a s the people remain apathetic and indifferent to the question on which their own welfare and prosperity so greatly depends ? Before the last general election we pressed this most important subject on the attention of the various constituencies ; we showed that it was no party ques tion, but one for which men of all classes and parties, Whig and Tory, Conservative and Radical, Protec tionist and Free-trader—all, in fact, who desired the full development of the industrial capabilities of their common country—might freely unite, and cordially co-operate together ; and we strongly urged the pro priety of the fiscal question being made one at least of the tests by which the merits of the respective candidates might be ascertained. There was a golden opportunity which, under our present system of septennial Parliaments, might not arise again for many years. But nothing could awaken the tax-payers from their dreamy slumbers. Other subjects of far less importance were dwelt on, dis cussed, and quarrelled about in due course, and with all the earnestness becoming the free and inde pendent electors, who were so fortunate as to be in the enjoyment of the franchise. But the questions that came home to the pocket of every voter—the medium or currency in which the taxes should be paid, and the manner in which the imposts should be levied, were treated with the most contemptuous dis regard. The opinions of the candidates were scarcely inquired into on monetary and fiscal reform. Before many months had elapsed there were many bitter reasons to deplore this fatal indifference. Before the new Parliament had even assembled the commer cial crisis ensued, which brought the nation to the verge of bankruptcy, which levelled many of our merchant princes to the dust, and overturned firms which it had taken ages to elevate to the proud posi tion in which they were placed before the arrival of the day of ruin, which reduced the value of every de scription of property from 20 to 50 per cent., and entailed the most lamentable sufferings, the most painful privations on the industrious population of the country, on all who earned their daily bread by their daily labour. The statute that had fearfully aggra vated the mischief, if it had not directly produced this untoward state of affairs, was necessarily suspended. A Parliamentary inquiry followed, as a matter of course. But the representatives of the people were perfectly careless as to a topic respecting which no interrogatory had been exhibited on the hustings. An obedient majority recorded their votes in favour of Ministers, and the same infamous monetary code still continues unchanged and unaltered, to bring new sufferings and fresh ruin upon the country. In the same sesion the income-tax expired. It was shown to be uncqual in operation, and unsound i❑ principle, to inflict heavy and grievous injury on all persons deriving their incomes from limited estates, for lives or terms of years, or from the profits obtained from trade, manufacture, or commerce, or from the exercise of skill or labour i❑ any pursuit. But the gross injustice was continued fora further term of three years, without change or alteration, and why ? Because the revision of the entire system of tax ation was not insisted on before the Member's were re turned to Parliament; and Honourable Gentlemen having a long tenure of their seats before them could THE STN, LOII`;'DON, MONDAY EVENING, TUE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. I Nominal Prices. RUSSIA. The St. Petershurgh Gazette of the Ist publishes the following ukase, suppressing the customs' line between Poland and tussis : "In our constant solicitude for the development of commerce and industry, we have judged it advisable, in order to facilitate as much our own commercial relations with the foreigner as those of between our faithful sub. jets of the empire of Russia and the kingdom of Poland, to publish for both a general tariff of customs' duties, and at the same time to abolish the intermediate customs' line, which has hitherto cxisted between the empire of Russia and the kingdom of Poland. "We have consequently given our approval to the general tariff drawn np by the kingdom of Poland, and the governor of the Caucasian provinces, and reviewed by the council cf the empire and the committee of the Caucasus, and we ordain, while transmitting this tariff to the executive senate: " 1. That this tariff shall come into operation in the empire, as well as in the kingdom of Poland, on and after the Ist (13th) of January, 1551. " 2. The simultaneous abolition of the intermediate customs' line existing between the empire sad the king dom, and the introduction into the latter of the Russian customs' administration. " 3. The application of these new duties to such merchandise as shall, on the Ist (13th) of January, remain in the warehouses of Russia or Poland, and shall not have Set paid tax, but to apply to such merchandise the eld duties, if those of the new tariff are not high enough. " The executive senate will take the measures neces sary fur the carrying out of this ordinance." 1 TA L Y. Letters from Rome of the 7th state that the anti- Papist demonstrations in England had created great alarm among the directors of the Obscurantist con spiracy, and that orders had been sent to Cardinal WISEMAN to abstain from taking any further pro ceedings in the matter until the affair should have somewhat blown over. The French garrison is to be diminished to a battalion in the Castle of St. Angelo, and two battalions at Civita Vecchia. The military posts in the country are to be occupied by Neapoli tan troops. The Tuscan jllonitore of the 7th publishes the terms and the ratifications of the postal treaty lately con cluded between Austria and Tuscany. Besides this treaty, a special fundamental convention has been signed between the two Governments for an Austro- Italian postal league, which all the other Govern ments may join. On the 9th the Court of Appeal of Turin acquitted MM. BIANCHI GIOVINI and ROMBALDO, both editors of the Opinione, who had been condemned by the lower tribunals to a fortnight's imprisonment and a fine of 300 francs, for an article on the Roman question, which had been considered insulting to the I THE LATE WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE.-- The veterinary surgeons appointed to examine Vain !lope's mouth have declared " that he is five years old." The Rojal West India Mail Steam Packet Com pany will, we understand, be prohibited by the Government from taking passengers and cargo fur Lisbon by their Bra zilian packets, in order that they may not interfere with the trade of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail steamers. The object of the Brazilian packets calling at Lisbon is to secure the traffic between Portugal, the Cape de Verds, Madeira, and the Brazils. THE MAIL FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—On the occasion of the dispatch of the first mail for the Cape of Good Hope the people of Plymouth intend to make a grand demonstration by a procession, a grand dinner, &c. The corporation of Plymouth and Devonport will meet the direc tors of the company to which the steamers belong, and pre sent an address. DBATH OF THE HON. AND REV. ROBERT WILSON. —This llon. and Rev. Gentleman died a t Ashwell Thorp Park, Norfolk, on Thursday, mho forty. ninth year. 10% to Ilk 8 1 1 dis 2% 5% -5% dig. 7% - 12 .. -•• 6 I ii-IP. 0 1 1 25% - 29% 10 27 _2B 8- 9 p 6%- 7% p 40 10 -11 74 -76 7% 17% -18 p 0 10% - 107 0 50 . 5% - 5y6 - 16)4 - 17 13% - 13% 5 6 8 0 .. 0 .. 15 23 —2l dls, 3% -3% 2% -2% 2% 1% -IN 5 1 2 N- 1 - 1 10 5% -6% 34 P ,3 4 dig. p i 0 56 -58 i 0 55 -57 l 3 5 -7 p 7% -7% .. - .. 4% - 3 4. '..? 119 -- 1934 15 12% 6% 24 --,2% 6 % I - - " 15 31 -- 32 i 0 2R -30 15 6% - 7 .5 2% 1 0 - 2 4 - .6 8I .. 17q - 1754 [2% - 65fi L 2% 11% - 11% 12% 12% - 12% 41 -43 )0 242 - 24 5 P. )0 77 —73 15 4% 3X db. SO 98 100 15 49 —5O 123 22 —23 50 68 —7O [3 4 5% —6% p. 17% 26 —27 p 10 573( 583( 1334 11 103 dia. 113{ 7% —6% died 13y 1 dls.l p 0 95 -97 - 15 9 334 2 dia. 17 3% 5 i % dis. [0 P 3I 7 -7% 86% - 8734 9 10% -11 X i 0 57 -60 57 -60 )0 1136 —l3B 15 4 1154 12% 10 23% 24% 10 126% —127% 4 p. 12 5 —5 % p. % —2% 10 77% 78% p. 12% 12 —ll die. 14 I 934 —B% di., 5 234-2%r p. •• - •. 14 -14 7 36 I •• —:: sk - 2634 - 2734_ 11% - 1234. 1034 -11 .. 2 0 1 21( dia. '0 48k —48% . 20 - 1934 24 -26 129 - 131 16 •• -• • 60 1 .. ..-. .. 17)4 I• • -•• 5 ;3 - .2 0 •• .... •• •• "". o• )0 21 —23 15 15 —l4 dl.. 20 15 —16% 4% —43 i 2 4 IS —B% 5 4 34-5% 7% —8 dic i 0 18% -1N 15 42 -42 0% 7% - 8 p. 8 18% - 18% 63( 7 - - P. 15 13 - 13% t 2% 1:: _:: 5 3 6% 6 61s. 2 3 5% 5 die. 8 9% 10 20 11 —l3 10 5% —6% 20 B% 9% 1 % 10 13% 14% 6% 3% 3 dig. 50 13 —l5 15 11 13 9% 3% 3 die. 30 22% 22% 10 23 -24 ,5 3 dia. IN .. 9 % I 9 7 Cs. 1734 •• -.. 13 3 -3% ?0 4 - 5 50 15 -16 j( 3 50 41 - 403( 15 19 -21 IN .. - I}4 2 -8% 43 -44 15 l 18% —IN 0 I f 1,4 G dli. 17 9 I 15 3% —l6 dis. S 3% O i 23% -ii ii 10 1x - 1 dls. 0 I 10% —ll xd. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTO;V:...T (DunuN) —Wind S.S.E., strong breeze— overcast. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E. strong breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. BRIGHTON—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. HASTINGS —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—Wind S.E., calm—cloudless. BASINGSTOKE— Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BRISTOL— Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. READING —Wind S. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—Windi S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—Wind S., light airs—cloudless. OXFORD—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. LEIGHTON Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudless. YARMOUTH —Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CREWE —Wind S.W., breeze—clear. CONWAY—Wind S.IV., storm—partially cloudy. HommEaD--Wind S., hard wind—partially cloudy. LIVERPOOL—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. MANCHESTER—Wind S., fresh breae— principally clear. LEEDS —Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. YoaK—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—principally clear. WHITBY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—Wind E. by S., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. SHAD—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITEHAVEN— W ind S.E., gentle breeze partially cloudy. SUNDERLAND —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BEArrocK—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. BERWICK—Wind W.—gentle breeze—partially cloudy. EDINBURGH —Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : COMIC—Wind S., strong breeze—rain. MULLINGAR—W ind S.W., stiff breeze--rain. DUNDALK—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. PooLE—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE —W ind S.—gentle breeze— cloudy. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CRZIVE— Wind S., breeze—partially clear. DARLINGTON—Wind E., strong breeze - cloudless. WHITEHAVEN— Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. CARLISLE —Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. BERWICK —Win d W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. . 4,11, T. 1.2 ), A ..4-- ~ .. ~, ~,, kf 4, 4,.: 2 :4 . - ' 4i 4V 4; t' '• ' 7: 111 V 4 ! • ..' : .. D ft - il d ' on ~ . me t . 7 , ---.,•1* , s.ii - altit LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1850. England being any day open to invasion—as was first demonstrated by his Grace the Duke of WEL LINGTON—it becomes a matter of no inconsiderable interest to listen to every reasonable suggestioa of defence, whether it be military or maritime in its character. The reality of our perilous position is by this time beyond the reach of doubt or contradiction. The fact has been proved indeed not less by the absence of all argument to the contrary, but by the cogency of reasoning which has characterized the lucubrations of every individual following up the opinions of the Commander-in-Chief. From the ex plicit manner in which that illustrious soldier pointed out the danger as at present existing, it would have been but a miserable pretence, evading in any way the difficulties of our insular position. If the Duke himself spoke out thus plainly—what reason could exist for anyone else to maintain silence, or speak only in inuendos ? The reality of the evil having become already so notorious—why on earth should the recommendation for its removal be regarded as a pe rilous exposure ? Manifest, however, as these things have been all along, it has nevertheless been objected that the very mention of our indefensible state as a kingdom is something little short of being actually treasonous. The objectors not reflecting that the reverse would on the contrary be the case, and that he would veritably be the traitor who should venture to gloze over the existing situation of England among the powers of Christendom. Quietude and timidity upon the subject, we maintain, would have been in the very highest degree culpable; and, hence, conse quently, we cannot look, as many do, upon the argu ments of Sir FRANCIS HEAD as ill-timed, or upon those of Sir CHARLES NAPIER as ill-judged, seeing that the simple fact upon which all those arguments are built up was long ago proclaimed by no less a personage than Field-Marshal his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. Referring at the present moment expressly and exclusively to the course of proceeding in reference to this great and all-important question, which has been hitherto pursued by Rear-Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER—P• would here direct especial attention to the letters ad dressed to various parties upon the subject during he last few months by that distinguished officer, those documents having very recently been collected together and published in the form of a substantial volume.* Under any circumstances a work from the pen of the NA PIERS would be certain to secure to itself our attention and respectful . consideration ; but, considering the peculiar circumstances under which the present one makes its appearance, considering the time chosen for its issue, considering the importance of the subject and the experience of the writer, it assumes to itself a more than usual interest, and possesses a more than ordinary attraction. Added to the fact of the correspondence comprised in this volume on " The Navy—Past and Present," being written by Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER, it has the additional merit of being edited by General Sir Wm mans NAPIER, the historian of the Peninsula. Con sequently the work comes before us invested with a twofold - authenticity—signed by a naval hero, and countersigned by a military annalist. On the very frontispiece, as it were, of the production, the editor takes occasion to administer a vigorous blow on that part of our defensive administration to which much of the existing evils and embarrassments are attributable. He exposes the proflipte expenditure required in the erection of public works, or in their subsequent renovation, by reason of the exorbitant charges made in consequence of the estimates of the Ordnance department. Demanding, as they do, five times the money for any given is,ork which would be asked for by private contractors, the officers in this department entail the most ruinous outlay upon the community, without yielding for that outlay anything like a com pansative advantage. In illustration of the disastrous system here referred to, we commend pages iii. and iv• of the "Introduction" to the most serious consideration of our Financial Reformers. Reverting, however, to the arguments put forth by the author, and not merely by the editor of this im- portant book on naval administration, we would briefly allude to the peculiar right of Admiral Sir CRARLES NAPIER to come forward as the advocate of innovation. That right or privilege we insist upon in hill behalf, not because of this or that achievement parformed by him in his professional capacity, when leading on the mariners of England off St. Jean d'Acre or off Lisbon, but simply and briefly because of the wholesome improvements already suggested by himself in the arrangements of the national service, and since then carried into effect to its manifest benefit and development. Among these should especially be borne in recollection his advice to discontinue the barbarous system of flogging round the fleet, and of subjecting petty officers to the igno miny of corporal punishment, both of which recom mendations have been at length happily carried into effect. Besides which, it is not to be forgotten that Sir CHARLES has in like manner exerted himself ener getically, with a view to aid in ameliorating the con dition of the seamen employed in the Royal Navy, some of his most excellent suggestions having ultimately been realized, such as that of paying the sailors " The Navy: its Past and Presont 13tate." By Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.B. Edit e d b y Major- General Sir William Napier , K.C.8., &c.„ &c. Bvo. PP. 259. London; J. and D. A. Darling. 1,851. afford to disregard the opinions and feelings of their constituents. Now, again, a golden opportunity will arise. The infamous, oppressive, and inquisitorial impost to which we have alluded will cease to exist in 1851. Parliament has attained its middle age, and the wishes of the people must now be respected. If there be a combined and energetic movement, it must be successful, but sloth and apathy, if exhibited, will meet their just reward, in the perpetuation of the iniqui tous system. It is for the people to choose for them selves, and they may rest assured that they will have deep cause to rejoice at or deplore their conduct before many months hare expired. We at least have the consolation of knowing that we hare not shrunk from our duty, but that we have placed the topic in its naked enormity before our friends and the public. We shall not relinquish our exertions; and we trust that we may at length elicit a fitting response from the oppressed and ill-treated people. We cannot conclude without calling attention to an excellent communication from " An Old Annui tant," which will be found in another part of our im pression, and which will well repay perusal. Our correspondent only touches on one part of the evil , but he does so clearly and well, rather understating his case than otherwise. There is certainly no Pr aggeration, no straining after effect, but a plain and simple narration of unquestionable facts. Wo rejoice to say, too, that others are bestir ring themselves. A tried and consistent reformer has announced his intention of delivering an address at the Theatre, Lincoln, on Friday evening, the 20th instant, on the subject of " Taxation as it is, and as it ought to be." This is as it should be ; if every town and district possessed a Jour( NORTON to arouse the dormant energies of the inhabitants, and to en lighten them on subjects of pretsing interest, we should not despair of speedily obtaining a full measure of justice for the oppressed and impoverished people. Most heartily and sincerely do we wish all success to " honest JOHN NORTON" in his laudable effort. Let others who have the ability " go and do like wise." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of Saturday. The Constitutionnel publishes a long article, ex tending over nearly a page, the object of which is to show that the Republic, with the renewed Presi dency of LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, is at the present moment the only possible Government for France. It is addressed principally to the Legitimatists and Orleanists, advising them to cooperate in the establishment of a reasonable and acceptable Repub lic, which should have the effect of inculcating a love of order in the public mind, and that respect for good institutions, without which neither branch of the Bourbons, if it were to recover power, could long retain it. The writ er d oes no t believe that either the Count DE CHAMBORD or the Count DE PARIS has much chance of a throne at present; but be does not wish to fill them utterly with discouragement. What he desires is, that, for their own sake and for the good of France, both branches should conform to circumstances, and think of society before they occupy themselves with questions of personal ambition. The Assembly, on Friday, rejected the first clause of the Usury Bill by a majority of 336 to 293. The clause w as as follows: " Any stipulation, which, in a loan at interest, has for its object to exceed the amount fixed by law, con stitutes the offence (Mit) of usury, no mater what may be the combinations employed for the sake of dis guising it." DE ST. PRIEST announced that, netwithitanding the main feature of the Bill was destroyed, he should still proceed with the other clauses. The Committee on the Western Railway Bill are nearly unanimous in support of the Government pro posal to give the line .on a 99 years' lease, with all the works now made. The guarantee of 4 per cent. to the company alone excites some doubt. The follow ing are the names of the committee :—MM. Saint Beure de Beaumont, Combarel de Leyval, Lacrosse, Berryer, Tanin de Mouchy, Dupre, Chazelles de Tal houet, Daru, Gustave de Beaumont, Freney, Gouin, and Cursal. M. MARTIN D'Auca, the only surviving Member of the first Constituent Assembly, and the only one who, at the oath of the Jeu de Paume, refused to sign the declaration of the tiers-parti, hzs just died at Castelnaudary. In DAVID'S well-known picture, M. MARTIN D'Aucu is represented with his arms folded on his breast, and refusing to join his colleagues. The Tote Universel was seized yesterday for the publication of an article entitled " La Loi de l'Usure," and of a feuilleton called " Les Coutrata Sociaux, au XIX. Silcle. Les Petits Eofans." The responsible editor is to be prosecuted under the double charge of attacks on property and of exciting hatred between the different classes of citizens. BUSIMSS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Ti.-3E LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 14. Anglo-Italian (late Italian and Austrian), 2 1 —Boulogne and Amiens, 84—Central of France (Orleans and Vi erzon), 16A—East Indian, 12—Great Indian Peninsula, 2 Luxembourg, 1— Ditto, VA—Namur and Liege, 7:N—Nortii ern of France, 15—Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2%—Par:s and Strasbourg, 0 1 4—Rouen and Havre, lO%—Sambre and Meuse, 3. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived. There was a rumour which, however, did not obtain much credit, of the approacoing retirement of NAIIVAEZ. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 9.—The Cents. were at 121 to 121. Fire PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 9th. The new Cardinal was enthroned on the sth with much pomp. A grand banquet was given on the occasion, to which the British Ambassador and the officers of the squadron were invited, but they declined the invitation. GERMANY. The following is the memoir addressed by Prussia to the Princes of the League on the subject of the Olmutz Convention:— " 31Eatoin. Doe. 3. " The thought whi c h f ormed the bases of erlin the Olmuta `punctuation' on the part o f P russia is, that Prussia ' s political position demanded t h e acknowledgment that no German question can be decided without her par ticipation ; and that, consequently, neither the Electoral Hessian:or Holstein . question s could bo fivally determined et parte' (einsettry) by the Governments assembled at Frankfort in the name of th e Confederation. Prus• sin's military position demands that no foreign army shall be established either between two portions of the monarchy, or at the back of the same. without a cor responding deployment of her own military forces in both, or either of th e t wo , re fused,sacrifices for this war would th es e very war must quarters. ensue. The f be justified by the country, and the war itself justified by Europe. " On the other hand, were both secured—were the acknowledment guaranteed, not 014 in principle, but in fact—were the withdrawal of the Prussian troops not demanded—then no concession is made on the tempo rary occupation of Hesse by foreign troops, called in by the Sovereign, and no danger which might justify war in the eyes of the country and of Europe. "These [admissions] have been allowed by the Olmuta punctuations.' "The Ist section contains the , recognition of the prin ciple. In this paragraph the said principle,receives prac tical application by the establishment of a joint commis sion, in which Prussia and her allies, on the one side, and the Government assembled at Frankfort on the other, stand side by side in co-legal parity. "By the 3d section, the passage of the march routes is secured through explicit guarantees on the part of Austria and her allies, and under the provision that the march routes themselves shall be held henceforth by Prussia, so long a s th e secur i t y o f her military interests demand it. To that must be added the joint occupation of the capital, with the assent of the Sovereign, with out which such a meas ure wou ld b e a direct violation of his sovereign rights. "On the other hand, Prussia concedes that the for ces called in by th e S overe i gn sha ll , f or the time being, and without prejudice to future decisions, reinstate his au. thority, which—it can with difficulty be denied on any side—is de facto destroyed (vernichtet). That [authority] will be, in fact, restored, whilst the legal decision [thereon] will be reserved. " This legal decision has hitherto been claimed by the so-called Diet in Frankfort, and all participation on the part of Prussia refused, unless under federal forms. " The same m a y b e sa id o f t h e Holstein question, in which the Diet desired to negotiate alone with Denmark, and to decide on its propositions in the name of the Diet of Frankfort. " Prussia, however, demanded that in both cases de cisions should be elaborated by a commission, appointed on the one side by Frankfort Governments, and on the other by Prussia and her allies, and legalised by the as sent f all German Governments. . Prussia already pro posed this mode in regard to Hesse in September. and in regard to the duchies repeatedly; and lastly and for mally, upon the 17th of October. This demand was formerly rejected. It is now aJmittcd by the 2d section of the Olmuta punctuation.' Thus, that is now ob tained which was denied in September asd October. In opposition to this admission arises the question of, whether war should ensue on account of the tem porary advance of the troops called in by the Elector? A wsr, the consequences of which would be ' incalculable—a war carried on by Germans against Germans—a war which certainly, under favourable circumstances, would place Prussia at the head of Germany, but which in all cases would weaken and split up Germany, which must be carried cn upon the soil of Germany — a war that would annihilate ad hopes of a peaceful solution to the German constitutional ques tion, whereas now this peaceful solution is kept in view. The King's Government, after receiving every guarantee for its political and military position, could not ammo . Railways. Aberdeen.. .. Do. Preference .. .. Auibergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway.. Belfast and County Down 3 1 Berks and Hants Eaten. (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent ) .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... 2 Do. without a guar... 2 Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a, guarantee • • • • • • 1 Do. without a guar. • • 1 Rimming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley ••13 1 Birkenhead, Lances., and Cheshire Junction .. Bristol and Exeter.. - Buckinghamshire • • •• Caledonian .. .. .. Do. 101. Preference •• Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. .. Clarence .. .. .. .. 78 Do. Ist Class, 6 per et. 1, Do. 2d do., 5 per cent. I Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. 11 Direct Loud. and Portana. Dublin and BelfastJunet. 4, Dundalk and Enniskillen 3, East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. • • 2. Do (181. E. & II.) •• 11 Do. (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference .. Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Prof. Do. (71. 17s .) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties • • • • 2 Do. Exten., 5 persent. No. 1 • • • • • • 6 1 Do. No. 2 • • • • • • 6 1 Do ..N ew Preference, 6 per cent. .. . .. I Da. North. and East. 6 per cent. •. .. 5 Do. do. 5 per cent .. 5 Do. do., New • • • • 4 Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. 2 Do. do. do. . Do. do., Id & C shares 2 Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. •• 2 East Lancashire .. .. 2 Do. New quarters .. Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. .. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent .. .. .. 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5 Edin., Perth, and Dundee 2 Do. Newport .. • . 1 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. 1 Glasgow and South- West, 5 Do. pref. consAidated _ Do. do. G. D. &C.steck g Gloucester & Dean Forest j Great Northern • • • • 2 Do. halves, A, deferred I Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. 1 Do. 5 per cent. pref... 1 Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. 5 Do. eighths .. .. Great North of England. 10 Do. new 40/. .. • • 4 Do. new 30/. .. .. 3 Do. new 151. . .. 1 Great Western .. •• 10 Do. New, 17/. .. -• 1 Hull and Selby .. .. 5 Do. half shares • • • • 2 Do. quarter shares .. 1 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 5, Do. thirds • • • • • • 11 1 Lancaster and Preston .. 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire 10 Do. quarter shares .. 2; Do. fifths .. • • • 1 Do. F. 20/. .. .. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. .. .. 10 Do. Rudders. & Sheff. 5 Do. West Riding Union 1 Leeds and Bradford . • 5, Leeds and Thirsk .. •. 5 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. p Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. . London and Blackwall .. London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .. Do. guarteed. 5 per et., late Croydrn thirds •• Do. preference, 5 p et. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 18.52 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. .. .. 1,„ London and Greenwich . 12 I Do. preference • .-.— 2 London and N.=Western 11 Do. do. new quarters . j Do. fifths .. .. . i Do. 101. sh., M. &11 (c) London and S.-Western . IC Do. new 50/. .. • • 4 Do. new 40/. .. .. Do. new preference .. Londonderry & Coleraine 2 Do. half shares .. .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. 2 Do. do. 6 per cent. .. , 2 Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • • • 2 Do. half shares • • • . Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. .. .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • . • • 10 Do. quarters, No. 1 .. 2 Do. new, 101 preference 1 Do. Manchester and, Lincoln Union .. 4 111 Hien(' • • • • IC Do. consolidated pref. 10 1)0. 50/. shares .. • . 3 Do. Diming & Derby 10 Do. Consol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. 10 110. Bristol & Glouces.! 4 Do. do. do. • • :29 1 Do. Erewash Val. pref. 5 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .• 10 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.), 4 Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. •• 5 Newcastle and Carlisle.. 10 Do. quarter shares .. 2 Newmarket a 6 Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, Warrenpoint, Itostrevor • • Norfolk Do. New 20/. shares.. i , o. Extension .. Do. guar. .”4 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British .• 26 100 1 11 Do. i'referenee North Staffordshire North-Western Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) .. Reading, Guildford, and Zeig ate . • • .. Royston and llitehln Do. Shepreth Exten... Scottish Central Scottish Midland 11 6 Do. new • • • • • . 2 Shrewsbury & Birming. Clas3A.„ 13 Do. Class 8.. Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford lirewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Alai fes Do. Oswestry Do. New.. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union .. South Devon .. Do. Preference .. South Staffordshire .. south-Eastern Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. South Yorksh. and River Dun .. Sheft., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & 'Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. Dames Haven Dock and Railway .. Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny IVitiertord and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed Do. do. do. .. Do. do. do. .. West 4 .iernwall •• Whitenaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. •• Wilts. Somerset, & Wey mouth • • •• • • York, Newcastle, & Ber wick • • • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. 2 Ditto U.N.E. purchase or preference .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway • • • • 10 , York and North Midland 5i Do. Preference 11 FOREIGN. 3 4I 2 - t 0 8% - Anglo-Italian (late Ita• Ban and Austrian) .. 6 1 Boulogne and Amiens .. 2 Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) Demerara .. • Dutch Rhenish •• • East Indian .. Do. do. do. • Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg .. Ditto Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux „. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and llavre . Sambre and Meuse .. Strasbourg at d Basle .. Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Ilas.:elt West Flaatiers JOIN' Australasia ............ British North America.. Colonial .............. Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New National of Ireland .. • , Prevlnelal of Ireland.... Do. New .. • •• • • Union of Australia .. • • Do. New. .. . Union of London • ..... Union of Madrid , 16X - 164 1734 .. 1 3a_ co it% .. 4% die. 1% pm. 12 5 % Pin• . 8 I—4 10 2 2)4 7% 8 15 —lsk 454 4k dii. 33 —35 25k —254 i 5% —5% (Hs. 10k 10% 2 J —3% .. .. 10 91( dls., • iN = ix. ITOCK BANKS. 40 27 3 4 28 50 424 43 25 y3g 10 20 25 254 le 18% 18% 20 273( 27%( 35 T 4 1 4 7 2 % : 4 1 2 % 10 , 15 % '---. 15 ‘, 2 % A-1 347 i _ 35 , 4 10 12%_ ii 40 ,•_ =•• 5 4 % 20 A % % 9 h 9% 16% % 12% 12 8 834 % 154 % 2.74 0% 10% 3% 3 Business dons to-d+9• , Nominal Prices. Anglo.Mexicau(is. 51. p.) Asturian Australian ............ Barossa Range ....... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .......... . . 3 - 3'A 3%- 3% British Iron.. Brazilian Imp. (Is. 5C;.) Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba De. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper ...... ... Coplapo ............ .. General ...... .......... 3 3 14% — 164 32% 33% 5% 5 1s 13% 4 % Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures . Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft ... .... United Mexican- b% g 9 736 iox —ll 6% —5% ,ANEOITS. 4234 44 2634 27 89 % 91 66 ie errors of the Official I,ll—, And 1 correspondents.] 28 2 81i! [ISCELL. Canada .... •••• Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Mail Steam Me cannot be answer; will not be influenced by able for tl interesto MONEY and COMMERCIAL Nk ; Vv a. LOC. CITY, TWO O'C— ier , The Fates of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday__ os estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,200 ware tal on , speculation. The sales comprised about 5,500 Anier ni d. 200 Bahia at Bd. to 81d., 150 Egyptian at 81 I° 7 1 1 1 d. 1,000 Surat at sd. to 63., and 20 Sea Island at ls.:1 0 busta' to Is. sd. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a We was done at hher prices. In the Grain ig Market, this wornin there has not boolril much doing, and about pievious r ates hive b een tained. t he Ole There are various ar r i va l s f rom Austratts4 Wel brigg of Good Hope, &c., but they do not gellera ll Y LEW& The political advices from abroad are It i A s t i l and at the principal Stock Markets prints h a p l 7 - 7311 ° The Frankfort quotations on the 13th tilt" ”„1 . , - h e Vo w 74 fer Austrian Metallics, and 33f f for 51 )5 * - per Cents. Indisl al a w By way of Trieste we h ave accoun ts from m ac China in anticipation o f th e ma il. The esPerl: IS' Bombay and Calcutta was brisk and i m proil le re digo commanded high p r i ces , sugar was t a li as °t quest, and saltpetre was sought after. Bice 00 1 Imports were getting brisk, as the Indian hohut,', - par: over, and the exchanges were favourabl e. ; : 0 - r evee chasers arrived from the upper province, a ° .-- ,nlitsa v state of business was anticipated. Freights fre-44 bay to London or Liverpool were 21. 10s. to 21. .,, i ; c - joiela The proposal for affording in the Royal :lung some better protection to the merchants ttas„ e nes Ot the area every afternoon has secured the acclte'r,,, bon a very large number of the frequenters, s ed - w t.7 T bb signed a memorial in f ur th erance o f the obJel.o3flar Antwerp merchants, it appear s , a r e making , 1 -1 bar s movement, and it is not unlikely that they ~;,r b eino their Exchange entirely covere d i n , the 7 5 sibli fir inclement. A mo vea bl e g l ass roo f m ight swer the purpose. The Stock Market i s ra th er firmer, but st— 11l W niat much doing, Consols being 96,1 to 97 for the So ex dividend. The New Three-and-a-Quarter Pe r 971 have been 981 to 991, and the Three per C ents r ; off to Bank Stock has been at 213 to i t , which to, te full rates. The premium on Exchequer-bills is `'„ ut e• 685., and on India Bonds, 84s. to - 88 s. The of 6 stance of the transfer-books being closed leads curtailment of business. h e AO The Foreign Mark e t i s i n fl uence d ma inly by t` fr oss. of the account, which has to be adjusted Ur al ,: soil Mexican Bonds have rallied, though subject * a fluctuation. For Transfer they have realised 3'oooo 351, and for the new Account 361 1. E qu aclor c olt have been 31, and Buenos Ayres 53. Peruvit Per has been at 811 t o 82/. S pan ish -" I d the Cents. have been glinted 18} to A n ! 11 ,1 1 1 Three per Cents. 40i. R uss i a n 1 3013- 5 been marked 1081 to 109. B e l g i an Four-se' - ; l ees7 per Cents. are 891 to 90. Danish have be es at 101. , no rste) The Railway Share Market is extremely '' favour".4°' and the settlement of the account is all ill esni, prices, as there appears to be a determinati op ,:l, iStv on the operations for a rise, and to direct OP" this channel. QUARTER TO TIIR.BII. dif' .. ..... % . 96 } 97 _AG ° - BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O' CLW.- (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 213 2134 3 per Cent. Reduced A nnu iti es . -- 97— M 9 94 New 3 , 4 per Cent. Anus. India Bonds under 1,0001........ ....... • onsols for Account ... OVA° gcla IC tchequer Bills. I%d 16 11 1 . 0 March 64 ' 1,0001... 500/ 64 1 91 small ,c L ,vv - . PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE ' Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 p er C en t. ... 53 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... -- Ditto, 5 per Cent l Ol Equador Bonds 3% % .... hi mican Bonds, 1846, 5 p er C en t., C ou pons 55% 6 Ditto Ex Jan. Coup ons Ditto Account . ... .... Peruvian Bonds, 4% Per Cent 51%•,/ Ditto for the Account 0 3 / 1 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 1 -8 4 1i Ditto 4% per Cent. 97 ,z §A Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent........ ' 1 5.4 Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,l840 Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds - -- -- Do. Deferred ll% Dividends on the above payable in Loyd °l3- si Belgian 4% per Cent. AY') Consols ... Ditto Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS° LONDON, DEC. 14.—Wind S.W. ne 0 11 : BRIDGEWATER, DEC. 14.--Wind S.W., str e- g . —Arrd. Thomas Hanford, Dicroll, St. John % Brunswick. bsf h BRISTOL, DEL 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd• " iir vert• Lovell, Africa; Mary A nn P eters, Brown, New ~1; - i ° FALMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Th e Eppreir, Atneter—ese6 Leghorn, which p u t i n h ere on the sth o f De e " leaky, has been surveyed, and is discharging. lode° WESTPORT, DEC. 14.—A largo barque, timber f bet and abandoned sails flying adrift, and most elf rigging gon e , was boarded by the Coast Gua r .i o ed Erisken Island on th e B t h o f D ecem b er , w ho rend by her for s ome time, but the wind coming off t he she was again abandoned. BALLINA, DEC. 14.—Th e C orom andel, of and bro; to Liverpool, f rom Quebec, timber laden, wa s picks •01 off Eagle Island previous to the 15th of December,, • carried into Broadhaven Bay, water - logg ed so" derelict, but has since drifted out to sea again. . t ie, BELFAST, DEC. 14.—Th e E ar l Grey, from Ne wee ' ofl arrived here this afternoon very leaky, having be e a n d shore on the Brigg Rocks on the 13th Decembe r, o l to assisted off. The Jane, of this port, from LiYerV a bipS Mobile, is still in the Lough; and a great Wall 5, have put in here wind bound, names not ascertain e ov, HARWICH, DEC. 15.—1 t blew a heavy gale at se' last night, which has continued throughout the u t . s .Q e ,./. companied by heavy rain.—Th e John Dunn , . oi castle, was in contact with a b r i g ( suppose d to na ve - fl e e the Jemima, of North Shields) last night, the Gu n Light bearing W.; crew saved, and landed here. bt, A brig was tot a lly l ost on the Gunileet Sand last Ingot, The Clara Jane, of Sunderland, with loss of bo°, l Pbe r eutwater, &c , h av i ng b een in contact w i t h a br i ° • Flo tn ;longing to Blytb, was spo k en Bth Decem b er , °- d i n g 'borough Head. Ab out 300 sa il o f vesse ls are ri under the Cock Sand. Sfi r ‘ LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14 AND 15.—Wind W. to ' Sio —Arrd. Patna, Bonson, Shanghai; Abeona, Young c i e , Grande; Sobraon, Hetherington, Demerara ; , I "„ s e Ppli Leicester, La Guayra; Mirzapore, Garnock ; J u- t• Sanderson, Wilson, and Cannata, Tillson, Cale° Nimrod, Bowers, Fairfield, Hughes, Ferozepore, G r f s o o Bombay. Lord Elgin, Africa, towed in dismassed, y, Waterford; Sultana, Talcahuano ; Albion, 01 1 /3 ,10 Para; R. D. Shepherd, Davies, New Orleans i Currier, Charleston ; M ar y Pl easant, Mi c h ae l, and ' 6 A,a. mayoo, Savage, Philadelphia; New World, Knight , T ff. bu(ton, Williams, William Nelson, Cheever ; Shepherd, Ainsworth, New York ; Anne and ; t ies; Smith, Singapore; British Isles, Robinson, Mau r '„" s ett, Perseverance, Lamb, Rio Grande; Re:alia, P„ert i e - 0; Demerara; Nathaniel Thompson, Murphy New Y r : ti eer Arlington, Bryan, Essen ; Welsh, Jav a; ' TOOL; Charleston; Olive, St. John's , New Brunswick_,; our ditto; Handrosr, Lipakin, Halifax; Essex, .° ll°r. re, Quebec. Off port, Marianne, Bombay Old Calabar, Lady Franklin, New York; Jessie lVi ebr:ci s e ' ti ld e : Put back, Thomas Fielder), for New Orleans , t - c or Thomas Mellor, Murphy, Pernambuco; Aun J°D l3- i'be Maranhao); Baltic steamer, Cornstock, New York' c h. Queen, fro m C a l cu tt a , arr i ve d here to-day, a f te r W u iog the ground outse ligthouse. CHATHAM, DEC. id 15 the .—The h Sir Robert Peel, °' r j;el olf fast, Liverpool to Bomb a y, f oun d ere d i n a h ur ricane , the Cape de Verds on the 9 t h o f S eptem b er; c rew 9619 (See Portsmouth paragraph 9th of September.) ~.; , ,,B r e PWLLHELI, DEc. 13.—Th e Star, of Ipsvvich, ter pool, stranded 19th N ov . near this place, has been s° as she lies. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 13.—The True Briton, o f , Y ,: ti s r : t e mouth, r ß d x a t ' v w h i has been a h D e e w E n a c s . assisted 1 0 3 R . o shore ff. at Flamborough Hem. , 0 A her , deen to Newcastle, struck ou the Nave Stone Poc k ' ° 1 North Sunderland yeste ri r l d e ay P , li a 'u n g d h, h o a f s a b n e d co f m r O ul a ''t-°: wreck. 11 RAN'GFORD, DEC. 10.—A b ox con t a ining - u : u handkerchief's, wa s pi c k e d up i n D oughty Bay, m ar- e " B M—A. 422." It was in a perishable state. _,, n ie, STRANGFORD, DEC. 11.—Picked up at Portaver e d Cloughey C oas t G uar d station, a boom, an oar ao r ' p r, " and a water cask brawled " S. Bullin, ( 10 ,P - A Liverpool," and on ano th er part " A . Thi r an d Co.' , t , piece of a large vessel's lower mast and part of topre u i ;j with a part of h eav y r i gging attac h e d to i t , a nd r° I 1 iron chain plate, painted ied, with iron slings f °l. o e lower yard, have been brought in hero to day. Fi ve , ' f a'x head of cattle were passed outside the bar yesteruee' Some large vess, l mu s t h ave f oun d ere d nea r this port.n, PARIS, DEC. 14.—Th e M ar i e , Havre to Cape 11 ° 541 : 3 ,e ' which put into Ch e rbo urg , 6..11 December, with daielir'o has been surveyed, and must discharg e,4as e. Tha Vin cen ; - Gioberti, Constantin o pl e t o M ars h been °o n do downed. DUBLIN, DEc. 13.—The Alb l freoi tross steamer, from Liverpool, is aground off the Pigeon House, bat, it expected, will c me o ff on th e fl oo d, without picks at A boat, marked " Urgent, B r i s t o l," h as b e en po— at Glower Strand, near Arklow. DEAL, DEC. 14.—Wind S.W. to W., strong l/n 4 squally. 15. Wind W. to S.W., fresh ; nine rad,'" Business done to-day. 11% % dig. 3% 2% 3% 74% 18 10 3 % 6% 16% 17U 1 44 % % 6% 6 10X z. d, 1914 ,4 _ 13 12% 13% 7 8 7 17% % 6% 11% 1234 % % 42 41% 78 79 11 (59 58% % 50 60 4% % % 5% 96 15 4 7 % U 7 UV% 128 127 128)4 21% 17 3 4 374 78% I 3 'A dig. 483 49% 15% % [ 9 sv 8% 9% 8% Pit 4i 194 21:20 7% 334 13% % % 6 11 4 G (Us. 5 % % % die. ( 23 % 23h 2276 MIN Paid. 1 13 01 13 5 24% 1 a - ti itti c b en but „ I t Lu te b op ket% F oy ~°foil For 11141 iti 41111 41. Of ti ... (1 Per e,