The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-12 00:00:00

lINGERFORD-HALL, STRAND.c UNRIVALLED COMBINATION OF ATTRACTION. ANIMAL MAGNETISIL—SOIREF.S LASSAIGNE every Even ing (Saturday excepted), at Eight o'clock. Admission Is., 25., and 45. Stalls and Reserved Seats may be secured at Mr. Sams's Royal Library, St. James's-street; at Mr. Ebers's, Bookseller to her Majesty, 27, Old Bond-street; and at the Manager's Office, Hunger ford-hall, TFIEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. " SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES," by M. and Madame Langlois, of Pails, and the celebrated Indian Juggler, Dialma, with Dissolving Yiews, ChromatroPe, &c., every Evening, at Seven o'clock. AuniLs don 13., Is. id., and 2s. Gd. DIOR AMA. —Every Day, from Twelve to Three. Prices of Ad mission Is. 6d., Is., and 6d. BAZAARS and MUSICAL PROMENADE —Admission Free. Open daily from Ten A.M. to Ten r.ie. MAGNETOII) CURRENTS and the MAGNETOSCOPE. Dr. Leger's Philosophical ar.d Experimental Lectures every Saturday Evening, at Eight. Admission Is. and 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ?:. B. Wexner, bolo Lessee and Manager , 01G Brom p ton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath Mr. W. Harrison; Mat-o'-the-Mint, Mr. Weiss; Filch, Mr. Buck stone ; Polly Peacham, Miss Louisa Pyne ; Lucy Lockit, Mrs. Fitz William. After which a new Farce, entitled THE TWO BONNYCAS TLES. Mr. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. Back' In aham. To conclude with HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. H or atio Craven , Morton, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Dicky Watt, Mr. H. Bedford ; FAY 511 , 8 A. Vining. ritr. i‘o AL, ADr.1. ,, • the direction of Mr. B. Webster. The popular Comedian, Mr. Wright, having recovered from his in. dispooltion, will appear This Evening. Enormous success cf the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee. e titl _ed THE FOREST Will be performed the comic Drama. y. and the YANKEE PLOUGHBOY'. Jonathan Ploughboy', Mr. J. Silsbee • Bellamy, Mr. Worre ll; Ilarriet Miller, Miss Col lins; Sallj Forest, Miss E. Ch a p lin. f PAUL PRY. C o l ene l H ar dy, ro be followed by the ComedY Wrig Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith; Mr. Mr. Emery ; Paul ry, Mr. i Willis, Mr. Worrell ; P mar i an , Driiss Ellen Chaplin. an d e laughable Piece de Circonstance, After which, a new F u g ti , ty _Bounce, Mr. Paul Bediord ; John entitled BLCOMERISM ; or. "rh __Folljea Of a Day. Mr. Agricola Green, Mr. Honey; trey, Mr. 0. Smith ; r• eally, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Portia Lu cr ezia Green, Misa -Woolgar. - - tf.)Y.IL --- — B INCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. C ruder the Managementaf Mr. C. Read. THIS EVENING, vi r t u b e performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN MAZE . Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, A. Wigan, A.ddisom ; •Mrs. Keeley, Xi's. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean- Afer which, a new and original Comedy, in two acts, entitled TENDER PRECAUTIONS; or, the Romance of Marriage, i n which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, and Mr. and Mrs. Wigan will appear. rrlV3te Boxes, 8(4., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. at...theism ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Crxt , d-qt-eet, from Eleven till Five o'clock. HUYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING. Will be performed LUCILLE ; or, The Story of a Heart. St. C) r, Mr. H. Farren ; Vernet, Mr. Diddear ; Izak, Mr. Shalders ; Von Metz, Mr. Cooke ; Lucille, Miss. L. Howard ; Julie, Miss After which, FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. With PLOTS FOR PETTICOATS. Frank Finish, Mr. Hoskins. To conclude with TIIE LONELY MAN OF THE OCEAN, sup ported by Messrs. H. Farreu, W. rarren, Bender, Norton, Mesdames Fielding and J. Adams. PL.NUIPb PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. W. It. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Warmest Theatre in London. Another New Farce. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. After which, BREAKFAST FOR TWO. With STROLLERS AND STRATAGEMS. To be followed by a new Farce, entitled CIRCUMBeItSon, TANTIAL EVIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Romer, Misses Mar'hall and Ma.skell. To conclude with a Farce, entitled TUE FIFTH OF und N ers and OVEII- BEE, by Messrs. Tilbury, Rogers, Hudspeth, Misses Sa Maskell. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 41; boxes (first circle), as.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, ls. Doors to be opened at Half -past and the performances to commence at Seven precisely. A. second price will be t aken to the Bozo Only at Nine o'clock —trst circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private iioxes One Guinea and a Half each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronap of her ce Alb Majesty and his Royal Highness Prinert. , r, p Teter and Manager, Mr, W. Batty. Mr. Batty begs cave to inform his patrons and the public that he has entered into Engagements for Nine Nights' Representations with the principal Artists late of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, they having returned from Dublin, en route to Paris, Mesdames Caroline, Duburg, :lo r s. Loisset, Young Baptist Loisset, and Dubrey, with the whole of their Stud of Menage Horses, will appear THIS EVENLNG. rile most successful and popular Theatre in London. Azael still continues the Star of the Theatrical World. 11115 ETENING, Will be produced new grand Spectacle, from the pen of E. Fitzball, Esq., and written expressly for this establishment, entitled AZAEL, in which will be introduced the same highly-trained Horses and Camels that appesred in the Opera at her Majesty's Theatre, with an addition of Ostriches, Zebras, &c., &c., the whole of the well known resources of Astley's. It has been pronounced by public opinion to be the most gorgeous and effective production ever itnessed within the w.lls of a theatre, assisted with magnificent scenery and brilliant costumes. The new Dramatic Performers having achieved an unparalleled triumph, will have the the honour of appearing every evening until further notice. With fiatty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British Yale and Female Artists of superior talent. Tickets to be bad at the Rex-Mike from Eleven till Four daily. .lana;fer, Nir. I'. Thompson. PORTRAITS SOULT AND WELLINGTON, WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIMILIES OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY T YON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES ; TOGETHER WITH 1 PORTRAIT OF TEE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE ONE SHILLING. wATiAt. AT LONDON BRIDOB Tau DAY —Morning 2 min. after 4 I Everting 24 min after 4 To-Moraow—Morning 44 min. after 4 I Evening 7 min after 5 - _ THE WEATHER,—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 12. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 34—this day, at noon. B 4.380511 , .TE.11, was up to 30.66 ; now 30.62. WIND Easterly—A very thick fog pervaded the metropolis all the morning, and still continues. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations a•e arranged in order of latitude. P unt ind S.E., calm—foggy. BmGilro3l—tiVind S.W., calm—cloudless. IlksTrNoi—Wind W. gentle breeze—cloudless. SournAmp-rors—Wind S. W., strong breeze—foggy. FoLicusTosic—`,Vind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNRCLIDGIC—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. G W ICH—Calm—cloudless. 6w 7- xl)o7 , l—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CotcHEsTan•--Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. KBRIDQ 1.: —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. y kJ : 11 01mi —W ind N. W. , gentle breeze—cloudless. FIOLVIRAD—Wind W. gentle breeze—line. J3FA COCK --tip' ind S. E.., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on WeJnesday morning at nine o'clock : Pootx—Wind S. W., hard wind—overcast. I.F.IOIITON—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. BIRMuU4GIIAM—Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LAl , :asTint--Wind S., strong breeze—scud, rain. 1,1 RUBY--Wind S. strong b r eeze—overcast. Dditt.IYGTON—VI - ind S.S. W., stormy—rain. - • TO CORRESPONDENTS c 0 ornunicltwa can be attended to unless autben ticated by the name and address of the writer. ReiPcted communications cannot be returned. .1-e- 4- . A N, %- 11, Ict.t . ,!,\ t VO 7 3- . . cit 1 ..._,,, ', - :-. ~ S . Y'..4 A ' '' ) ,;T .:;.,7 5 ,..,- ; Il 5•,::A it4-',.;:;).. :4 ,. ~:,\,,•• -,',-,--',,,--i;‘;'—v—i ,A...._ * ' - ' 24 ' <t - " ''' 4 1 .' ' ''''' k - • - t,-.'.: - * , l', , _AC' N - - '''' ' 4 , i-'47' 7 4r- ..-- .s. " - -7:1_7 7 1,W 4 t 7-i,-- ii- ' - V 473.'..ei11.'.,r_ " . ' 41.1- R ---- 1 a At€.l,p toKylim ntx 12, 1851. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER SimuPaneously with the commencement of the annual Cattle Show, in Ba ker-street, the Soc iety of Arts has afforded the public the advantages accrui ng from another lecture suggested by the Great Exbi bition. It was, appropriately enough, upon the sub ject of the raw products displayed in the Crystal Palace—products' both animal and vegetable. The lecturer was no less distinguished a philosopher then irufessor O WEN . D e livered, as the discou rse was, during th e tim e w he n the Cattle Show, already mentioned, v"..ls still on view, it imparts ;in additional interest t o those peaceful triumphs of research and of industry whi c h h illustrated the history have, more especially of late years, Everyone mu s t, or of the Anglo-Saxon race. less, have long since rn:rre marked the very extraordinary pursu e d contrast visible be tween the cou rse the people of this country andm our generation by rest of Christendom. For ourselves, by the peoples of the di rec ted our energie s w i t h a advancement of the useful arts inult theirev devotion to the and to the development of th e p h ys i cal as well branches, the a b strac t sciences. Meanwhile the nations of Europe of f urope have found their capacities frittered awayto E a very considerable extent by the p olitical anxieties in which' they have been inv olved. Fur them rev olutionary mo vemen t s —for U 5 engineer in g en t e rprises. For - them revolts—for us railways. For them experi ments in government—for us experiments in chemis try. For them republican constitutions—for us the electric telegraph. Not that we would for an instant be understood to depreciate the progress made by THE SIIN, France, by Belgium, or by Germany in matters where we have shown ourselves, as a community, such proficients. All we mean to assert is this — that whereas with ourselves we have been enabled to dedicate the whole of our capabilities, to the advancement of the interests of civilization, our continental brethren have only been enabled to travel in a similar direction through the number less impediments of a social and political character thrown in their way by a series of tremendous revo lutions. That they have, notwithstanding all these obstructions, advanced as far as they have, is a marvel honourable to their resolution and perseverance. But, necessarily, they have been prevented, to a considerable extent, from proceeding as far as they would otherwise have done, if they had, like ourselves, possessed the advantages of uninterrupted tranquillity. The facts here referred to are notorious to all intelligent observers in both _ . hemispheres ; - and the late Industrial Exhibition seemed to be the crowning event of their celebration. It was suggestive and significant enough that that Exhibition of the results of the toil and ingenuity of the human race was held in the capital not of France , of Austria, of Russia, of Italy, of Turkey, or of China, but of Great Britain. Accustomed as we are to arrogate to ourselves a certain political pre-eminenc as being the conservators and custodians of a truly representative and liberal form of government, we have yet greater reason to claim a position of un questionable superiority, as the natio❑ in which are preserved and cultivated all those arts and sciences most essential to the development of the interests of civilization. For this reason, therefore, we say that the Great Industrial Exhibition was appropriately held in London, as . the metropolis of the land in which the cause of industry is most cared for by the popu lation. We should find some difficulty, even if we re stricted ourselves to panegyric, in exaggerating the merits of the remarkable lecture delivered on - Wednesday evening before the Society of Arts by Professor OWEN—his discourse elu cidating with extraordinary skill the importance of one of the most interesting class of objects contri buted to the Industrial Exhibition. The Professor commenced by observing that for the raw materials derived from the animal and vegetable kingdoms, mankind owed more to the power and operation of ❑ature than to the inventions and appliances of art. A memorable reflection, which he might have still fur • ther enforced by the assertion that the vast majority of those same inventions and appliances of art were originally suggested by that power and operation of nature. Beginning with the raw materials derived from the animal kingdom, Professor OWEN explained the peculiarities of those employed in textile fabrics and clothing. Here it was that at the very outset he instanced the peculiarities of wool as affording a proof of the correctness of his previous observations—wool, that peculiar combination of hair, in consequence of the interlacing or interlocking of its fibres, being cha racterized by smoothness, softness, and a singular .. . _ laminated or imbricated surface, on which depended its felting properties. Having described with exceeding minuteness and lucidity the exact nature and mode of its formation, the learned Lecturer commented upon the extraordinary varieties of wool from all parts of the globe contributed to the Great Exhibition—wool from the east in China, the mountains of Thibet, and the plains of Tartary ; from the west in the United States ; from the south in the Cspe of Good Hope and Tasmania ; from the north in Iceland and Scan dinavia. Later on, Professor OWEN enumerated the other among the more remarkable raw materials con tributed to the Great Exhibition—the hair of deer, of goats, and of camels from India and Persia, the hair of rabbits from Spain, and the samples of bristles from Russia. After recounting several of the more peculiar uses of whalebone, the Lecturer.spoke at large upon the value of silk as a raw material supplied by a seemingly insignificant insect, and yet one fabri cating some of the most inestimable products for tex tile fabrics—particularising, as the most precious of all the various kinds of silk, that produced by the larva of a species of moth called the bombyx mari, so called from its feeding on the leaves of the mul berry. Such were among the many interesting mat ters treated of by Professor OWEN in his remarkable lecture—a lecture which nobly carried out the views of the illustrious Prince who originated the series ❑ow in course of delivery at the Society of Arts. That series, we are satisfied, must tend very greatly to forward the cause which the Exhibition itself was projected to promote—the cause of the industry of the human race and of the general interests of civi• lization. The entertainment recently given by the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool to the Hon. R. J. WALKER, has been emulated by the great city of Manchester. The merchants and leading com mercial gentlemen of that proud emperium of indus try have thus, in a marked and honourable manner, testified their appreciation of his successful exertions to obtain from the Legislature of the United States a reduction of the prohibitive tariff on our manufac tures ; a happy measure of reform, which occurred almost simultaneously with our own repeal of the corn-laws. The opinions expressed on the occasion of the banquet at Manchester on Tuesday evening last, in favour of unfettered commerce, were mark-worthy from the weight and experience of the speakers. Be sides the honoured guest, the names of such men as COBDEN, BRIGHT, MILNER GIBSON, and RATIIBONE, lent a veritable importance to the gathering of free trade champions who were assembled under the pre sidency of Mr. BAZLEY. Mr. WALKER developed his views with his usual felicity, lucidity, aud soundness. Ile supported them by an interesting and cogent array of statistical facts, and whatever falls from this dis tinguished statesman is eminently worthy of atten tion, if it were but from his repeated aspirations— aspirations bearing the impress of genuine sincerity_ for a cordial and perpetual connexion of amity be tween the kindred countries of England and the United States. Justly believing that commerce is pre-emi nently the friend of peace, Mr. WALKER enunciates his conviction that by the joint action of the two countries in the repeal of our corn-laws, and in the reduction, the very great simultaneous reduction of American duties, more was done by those two single acts to cement and perpetuate the friendly relations of England and America than by all the preceding Acts of Parliament and the statutes of the Congress of the United States. The absurdity of the allegation that the tariff of 1846 is really a Protectionist tariff, was happily shown up by the hon. speaker, who, by the use of a few figures, demonstrated that the measure in question was a fundamental change. He called attention to several items as taxed under the respec tive systems in the years 1844 and 1846, from a con sideration of which it is manifest that the average of those duties, embracing most of the great necessities of life exported from England to America, was 88 per cent. under the tariff of 1842, and 26 per cent. under the tariff of 1846. " For the first time," said Mr. WALKER, referring to the latter measure, " for the first time in the history of our Go vernment the ground was then assumed that it was un just, impolitic, and unconstitutional to impose any pro. tective duties; that we could justly and properly impose no duty except for revenue, and impose no duty beyond a.revenu e standard. When you bear in mind that from constituti on the organization, ofi, 78 8 o d f o our t G o c e e r e n e m m e b n e t r u l n B d 4 e s r our no o American Secretary had ev!r dared to propose the of protective w abandonmentd m utie a lit b must, I think, be conceded that the ch ange w as great and important. U n d er the y tariffa singleas it then ste p stood, there was scarely an article manufactured of cotton that the manufacturers of this day could have exported to t he United States. With dutiesrangiug i fr o m 41 to 7 0 per cent. the y would so on have becom e —in fact they were becoming—absolutely prohibitory. Now the export is nearly quadrupled. These are some of the results as I have noted them from the statistical tables of the United States, of what has been the effect produced in that country by our re duced tariff. Our exports the last year of the tariff of 1 1842 were 113,488,516 dolls. ; in 1851, under the tariff of 1846, they were 195,898,650 dolls. Our revenue the last year of the tariff of 1842 was 26,712,000 dolls.: the last year, under the tariff of 1846, it was 50,000,000 dolls. Thus, while we have reduced our duties in this enormous ratio by one single step, our revenue already is nearly doubled." In the mutual exports and imports a similar ex ; traordinary augmentation is apparent. In the cotton ' I trade a vast increase between the two countries has taken place ever since the two Governments have re ciprocally adopted the repeal and the reduction of duties. It is true that there is still a protective ten• dency lurking in the tariff of 1846, but in comparison with its predecessor it must be pronounced a splendid and demonstrative', triumph of the free-trade princi ple, and the still existing duty of 30 per cent. on British manufactures is but a wart to Ossa, when it is recollected that our own duty on tobacco is actually one of 1,200 per cent. It may be said that tobacco is a needless luxury, well deserving to be highly taxed ; but every man of sense must know that it is held by a great proportion of the people to be a positive necessary, and that the present absurd tax upon it causes fully one-half of the quan tity consumed in the United Kingdom to be introduced through a vigilant system of smuggling fostered by a protective impost of such disproportionate magni • tude as, without much enhancing the revenue, proves a direct and irresistible incentive to crime. So admirable were the sentiments delivered by Mr. WALKER, not merely on commercial matters, but on the mighty political results which an intimate union between England and the States would effect, that we shall content ourselves with a simple expression of regret that he should have taken occasion to speak in terms of hasty denuncia tion of the recent event in France. It is observable that none of the subsequent speakers echoed his ill considered, nay, unseemly tirade against the French PRESIDENT. That a dangerous spirit of despotism is existent on the continent of Europe is as clear as the sun at noonday ; but that the gallant French nation, in the enjoyment of universal suffrage, will league with Russian or Austrian despotism in a crusade against the consolidation' of liberal opinions, is what we cannot bring ourselves easily to believe. If the occu pation of the French must be belligerent, according to Mr. WALKER, is there no tyranny to be combatted, no oppression to be redressed, that they must necessarily combine with tyrants ? It is really rash, to say the least of it, to I libel a great people and its ruler in this off- hand manner. Let us rather hope, if the struggle be impending, that liberty Must appeal to the championship of her Anglo-Saxon children, that whilst the joint flags of England and America remain not furled at her appeal, neither may the glorious tricolour of France be absent from the sacred cause. The active alliance of the two former peoples ought indeed to be effectual. The communication of their determination to the despotic Powers that the doctrine of non-intervention must be observed—that every nation must be per mitted to judge for itself, and to select such institu tions as best suited it according to the will of the na tion, should suffice to arrest their march. But we will not inconsiderately malign our brave and en lightened neighbours, nor their energetic ruler, by ranging them on the side of the foes of constitutional freedom, merely because the exercise of military power has been found necessary for the emergency, in order to anticipate and defeat detestable intrigues and monstrous conspiracies against the peace and prosperity of the French Republic. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Pays, the organ of M. LAMARTINE, has the following remarkable article on the occurrences in the departments : The news from the departments cause in Pat is a unanimous impression of grief and indignation. The jacquerie has raised its head, and bands of assassins are scouring the country, attacking towns, pillaging, burn ing, and killing everywhere on their passage. It is not the days of fanaticism, but of barbarism and cannibalism that we witness. Such men are on a level with brute beasts. These frightful crimes are not merely a subject of grief and horror for every honest man, they are also a subject of serious reflection. Why endeavour to shut our eyes to the fact? 1852 concealed an an abyss, and the events which have taken place allow a glimpse to be bad of that abyss which could swallow up everything, Republic, family, country, society. It was not civil war which menaced us: civil war is always, no doubt, a dreadful visitation, but if it causes hu manity to weep, it does not make it blush. There can be honour in dying for an idea; and if they who so perish aro factious men in the eye of the law which condemns them, they aro also sometimes heroes in the opinion of posterity which absolves and glorifies them. But men acting as we read of at pre sent in the departments are nothing but assassins. God forbid that we should confound the people of France with these bands of reprobates. In them the people have no part; what we see is only the impure scum of society. The hard-working people, who hope by their labour to arrive at property, have nothing to say to these at tempts; they execrate thtm, they despise them, and, if necessary, would rise up to strangle them in the irre sistible clasp of their patriotism and devotedness. In a word, „the people do not menace society, they protect it. But if the real bard-working people are ready to op pose such acts, it is unfortunately true that by their side is a faction, indefatigable and implacable, for whom the Republic is only a false mask under which are concealed all kinds of immoralities, cupidities, passions, and hatred. That faction is known to all — it is known by the name of demagogy. Do you know what has compromised the democracy? The de magogy. The Republic has had a great misfortune— that in place of belonging to itself, and showing itself to the country in the truth and hcnesty of its principles, it had delivered itself up to deplorable aberrations, and slipped away from the hands of the men who had kept it puro and moderate, into those of men who have exag gerated and disfigured it. In the eyes of a part of the country the Republic became socialism, and it is that circumstance which precipitated us into inevitable crisis. In the midst of the turbulent and demagogical faction which desired to seize on everything, there arose natty rally the absolute and inflexible reaction which would not yield anything. The result was that the Constitu tion became nothing but a word, and the Government an absolute impossibility. Brutal socialism, a paltry mino• rity in the country, but audacious and capable of having recourse to every means, was ready to dare every thing, and the narrow pass of 1852 might lead us to its temporary triumph in blood, and on the ruins of France and of civilization. There was a peaceful issue to that situation, so pregnant with tempest, namely, the revision of the Constitution and the re-establishment of universal suffrage. France desired to issue from her po sition through the door, but the parties double-locked door. When it was found impossible to open it, force sas used, and it was burst open. The President appealed to the sovereignty of the people, and he had succeeded. We do not hesitate to say that what is passing in the de partments does not allow any one to pay attention to his private grievances. What we could not comprehend, is that any one should hesitate for a moment when the public safety is menaced. Let the social war, now commenced, find the whole of the country, which is well disposed, ready to combat it. Republicans, Legitimists, Bonapartists, and Orleanists, are all concerned in putting down such devastations. Let us then defend the coue / try from demagogy, appealing to right and justice, those eternal gods of a Democracy which will not allow itself to be stigmatised, and of a people which will not consent to perish." _ _ The PRESIDENT of the Republic again visited the wounded in the hospitals on Wednesday. The statement that attempts had been made by the Government to intimidate the correspondents of the London journals is contradicted. A decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, dated the 9th, refers the investigation of all the facts con nected with the recent insurrection in the first mili tary division, and the trial of the persons concerned in them, to the military jurisdiction. It also enacts that four military commissions, each of three mem bers, under the direction of General BERTRAND, shall make the investigations, and decide about per sons who shall be tried by court-martial or set at liberty. The llioniteur states that in the combats of the last week the army had 25 men killed, one being an officer ; and 184 wounded, 17 being officers., The Minister of the Interior has addressed the fol lowing report to the PRESIDENT of the Republic : " Paris, Dec. 10. s' Monsieur le President—The departments of the Gers, the Var, the Lot, and the Lot of Garonne are disturbed by insurrections. In several places the in surgents have attacked the public force, and engaged in sanguinary collisions. They have made themselves masters of towns and communes, which have since been taken from them, thanks to the energy of the authorities and the troops. But these attempts at civil war have given rise to attacks on property and per sons, and it is urgent to apply a remedy to a situation which is so much to be regretted, and which greatly alarms good citizens. We must restrain by the display of military force the factious, who do not fear to carry mourning and terror into the midst of peaceable populations. I have the honour to submit to your sanc tion a decree, the object of which is to place the de partments of the Lot, the Lot et Garonne, the Gera, and the Var, in a state of siege. Receive, &c., " A DE MORN Y, " Minister of the Interior." t viw h o hr s , ,o e h, ,ho d aoc e vr f eeu a nn r ne t oer m tma eylpnel in s lyv eo i ca n toemid a . 0 mra s cat t enh a oed t r e d ofmi o n f ogtm s ht i eeo e n g tlt e : . A decree of th e P RESIDENT , d a t e d yes t er d ay , p l aces t Military Di cosiitr has publi s h e d a not i ce, to inform all officers en for th e p l e bi scite of December is sued2,etnhcloaiwrtetcihnteioyPnawriisl be admitted to vote by ballot on the 14th inst at the office of the Staff, in th e Place VendOme, at and after ballot eleven o'clock in the f o r enoon. The will also be open thei day after. All persons must vote in person. The following circular has been addressed to the Prefects by the Minister of the Interior " Paris, December 10. " Alonsim le Paret,—X9ll have just passed through some days of trial—you have supported in 1851 the so cial war which was to have broken out in 1852. You must have seen that by the conflagration, the brigandage, and assassinations which have characterised it. If you have triumphed over the enemies of society, it is because they have been taken unprepared, and that you have been seconded by honest people. Be kind enough to address to me a detailed report on facts, and on the con duct of persons. If in this supreme conflict, which is to decide on the fate of France, some functionaries have displayed weakness, send me the names, and they shall be immediately dismissed. Point out to me, on the other hand, those who have fulfilled their duty with courage, in order that I may call down on them the gratitude of France, and name them for the kindness of the President of the Republic." The Minister of War has addressed the following dispatch to the various Generals in command of corps : " Dec. 9, nine P "All armed insurrection has ceased in Paris by a vigorous repression, and the same energy will have the same effects everywhere. Bands, bringing with them pillage, rape, and incendiarism, are placing themselves out of the pale of the law. With such persons, there can be no Raley, or summation; they are to be attacked and dispersed. Every man that resists ought to be at once shot, in the name of society defending itself legiti• mately." M. MADIER DE MONTJAIT, senior, was set at liberty on Tuesday. The Siade states that M. DAVID (d'Angers) has been arrested. The number of votes given by the army, in pur suance of the plebiscite of December 2, and known up to this time, has (says the Patric) been 65,289. Of these, 61,456 have been for the PRESIDENT, and 3,749 against him. " A variety of rumours," says the Pattie, " were in circulation to-day at the Bour se , o f mo difi ca ti ons and remodellings of taxes, These are mere ma nceuvres of speculators, and we are able to affirm that there is nothing true in what has been thus said." Two days back were posted up at ihelliTti;ie of the Ist arrondissement the preliminary publications of the marriage of M. PONTEREAU, aide-de-camp of the general-in-chief of the army of Paris, to Mlle. PIERRETTE MAGNAN, daughter of the latter officer. The funeral of Marshal SOULT, Duke de Dalmatia took place at St. Amand-la-Bastide, on the 6th. An immense concourse of people assembled on the occa sion from the departments of the Herault, Tarn, and Lot. The Archbi.hop of ALBY and the Bishop of Cauolis officiated, and were assisted by a large body of the clergy, occupying the;,whole of the choir and part of the nave of the small church where the last service was performed. The authorities of the Tarn and of the neighbouring departments were prevented from attending, in consequence of the disturbed state of the country. They sent formal excuses to the Duchess for their absence. Everything passed over with great pomp and in perfect order. The Constitutionnel gives the following intelligence from the Basses Alpes : " All the department of the Basses Alpes is in the power of the Soaialists. The mails are stopped and the couriers secured. The dispatches are opened, and all those addressed to public functionaries confiscated. More than four thousand insurgents have invested the Chef leu Digna. About three thousand men from the rural communes are at Sisterton, endeavouring to take possession of the citadel, which is only guarded by eighty men. The municipal authorities have been com pelled to resign their functions, and a Socialist commission is sitting at the Hotel de Ville. The Sub-Prefect and all tho authorities have entered the citadel. The insurgents are all armed. The town has all the appearance of a place taken by assault. The Government has re ceived intelligence of what has taken place, and is adopting energetic measures for the repression of the in surrection." The inspector of the Var writes from Toulon, the Bth of December, that the mail from Draguignau brings news that 2,000 insurgents who were march ing on that town retreated in the direction of Brig nolles and Barjols, making some hundred bourgeoisie and public functionaries march at their head with chains round their necks. The Director of the Post-office at Luo was amongst the prisoners. In the dispatch from Luc of Dec. 7 for Paris is en• closed a regular sheet of advice signed by the provi• sional director named by the sovereign people. BOUCHER. For some days past the diligence from Draguignau to Marseilles, which carries the mail, has brought a way-bill signed by the revolutionary directors of Vidauban, Cuers, &c. 'We take from Galignani the following further par ticulars of the disturbances in the provinces : " M. Carlier, commissary extraordinary in the de partments of the Cher, the Allier, and the Nievre, arrived, in the night of the Bth, before Clamecy, which was already blockaded by a body of troops. The pre sence of M. Carlier, who was accompanied by General Pellion and M. Corbin, Prccureur-General of tho Court of Appeal of Bourges, was hailed with enthusiasm. Considerable reinforcements of troops followed these authorities, and everything was arranged for retaking the town, which had been given up to the power and violence of the insurgents. The troops, while regret ting the terrible mission which they had to fulfil, showed themselves full of ardour, and it was easy to see that nothing could resist their energy; but before daylight emissaries who had left the town announced that the insurgents had taken advantage of the night and fled in all directions. At six o'clock in the morning th e autho rities, who had arrived during the night, again took possession of the town, without firing a shot. An hour afterwards the following proclamation, printed at Cla mecy, was posted about the town: — "'lnhabitants of Clamecy—Bandits, factious men, and assassins throw the town of Clamecy into mourning on the sth, Gth, and 7th inst. Honourabl e c iti zens , o ld men , children, and intrepid gendarmes, valiantly defending the laws and society, have been massacred. Dwellings have been devastated. The most honourable blood cries for vengeance—the punishment will be severe. Let good citizens be tranquillised, and unite in the name of threatened family ties. M. Legeay, the Mayor of Cla mecy, who has forgotten all his duties in flying like a coward under a disguise from hi s p os t, hi s f am ily, an d his fellow-citizens, is dismissed from his functions. M. Ruby, is appointed Mayor of Cla courage,tre forbidden. They will be immediately a At eli man ly an armed force. All the cafe s mi aas assemblages o efr dispersedblag e s by and wino-shops in the canton of Clamecy, and in the communes of Corvol l'Orgueilleux, Entrains, and La Chapelle St. Andre are closed. The inhabitants of the arrondissement of Clamecy will a l ways fi n d me suc h as . they knew me theinsurrectional movement s of 1835 and 1837, inflexible in the determination to rigorously punish the factious, who only seek for pillage, murder, and destruction. (Signed) " PETIT DE LA FOSSE, _ Prefect of the Nievre.' ti A military court-martial was immediately organized to execute justice on the guilty men who had been ar• rested by the troops, as well as on those who were brought in every moment by the inhabitants of the sur rounding country, who had organized themselves to seek for and seize those who had fled. " An insurrectionary movement had taken place on the banks of the Loire, on an order which had been received from Paris. The principal point of it was at Nevy sur-Loire, between Briare and Cosne. At the first news of this disturbance, M. Ponsard, Secretary General of the Prefecture of the Nievre, left Nevres, accompanied by a strong detachment from the 41st and 18th regi ments of the line. On its arrival it found a strong bar ricade on the road near Neuvy, and the tocsin was sound ing. At the moment when the combat was about to commence, the venerable cure of Neuvy, hoping to in duce the insurgents to lay down their arms, went for ward to address them. A ruffian instantly fired a mus ket, and the ball entered the breast of the worthy pastor. A few moments after, the soldiers carried this barricade at the point of the bayonet. The officer who commanded the column of attack was the first to mount it, when an insurgent placed a pistol at his breast, and was about to fire, when he was killed by a soldier of the 18th, who thus saved the life of his officer. The insurgents soon afterwards took to flight; but numerous art eats were made, particularly that of the assassin of the Cure,. A court-martial immediately assembled, and he was shot in presence of the people of Neuvy. It is impossible to describe the terror of the men who have been arrested. Some valuable revelations have been obtained from the prisoners. They have put the autho rities on the trace of the guilty cowards who every where incite to civil war, without taking any part in it themselves —reserving to themselves the chance of pro fiting by the work of others. It is hoped that, notwith standing the gravity of the wounds of the Cure, his life will be saved. " Grave troubles have burst out in the valley of the Drome. The anarchists attempted a rising at Crest, a little town between Valence and Die. Some fighting took place, in which several gendarmes were killed or wounded. The insurgents displayed a red flag, and their rallying cry was Vivo la R6publique Democra- Ogee et Social() All their efforts to seize on the town were ineffectual, and on hearing that reinforcements of troops had been dispatched against them, they dispersed. Several of them have been taken prisoners. The Bourse was more firm. The Five per Cents. opened sit 95f. 75c, reso to 95f. 50c., and closed at 96f. 35c. for the end of the month.; the Three per Cents. closed at 58f. 75c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 925 f.; Rouen, 587 f. 50c.; Havre, 221 f. 250.; Great Northern, 475 f.; Avignon, 205 f.; Vierzon, 447 f. 50c.; Basle, 156 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 380 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 371 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 260 f.; Amiens to Bou logne, 260 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dac. 11. Boulogne and Amiens, 10—Great Indian Peninsula, 4 Luxembourg, 3)4—Northern of France, 11 5 ,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4—Paris and Orleans, 35—Paris and Rouen, 23 Paris and Strasbourg, 12%—Rouen and llavre, 81/2. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived. A letter of that date says that, as soon as the tele graphic dispatch of the 2d had been received, an energetic circular was sent by the Government to the Captains-General and Governors of provinces, order ing them to take every measure for the preservation of order. No fresh accounts bad been received from Paris in consequence of the unfavourable state of the atmosphere, which prevented the transmission of telegraphic dispatches from Bayonne. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 6.—Three per Cents., 354; Five per Cents., 15i I. Exchange on London, 60 50, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 185 L PORT UGAL Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 7th. The CABRALS seem to have resigned themselves to the political annihilation to which they have been doomed by the last elections. Not only has the Estandarte, the journal of JOSE CADRAE, ceased to appear, but the press and types are advertised for sale, and JOSE CAMIAL himself is about to quit the country. The Miguelite Peers have consented to take their seats in the Senate, and it is understood they will support SALDANHA'S Government. A creation of ten or twelve new peers is expected.—Great consternation has been produced in the financial world by the publication of a Royal decree to the following astounding effect—to wit, the capitaliza tion, Ist, of the dividends due on the National Debt, both internal and external, for the second half-year of 1850 and the whole of 1851, and of those yet to become due for the first half-year of 1852; 2d, of the interest of the debt due to the Bank of Portugal for the first half-year of 1852 ; 31, of the whole of the arrears up to July last, due to all classes of civil employees and pensioners; 4th of all sums yet due for supplies to the army of operations in 1846 and 1847. All these debs are to he capi talized, or funded, by giving the parties Four per Cent. Inscriptions at par for the full amount of their claims, and the resources thus left at the disposal of the Government are to be applied to the redemption of those branches of the revenue which have been anticipados or mortgaged. I❑ the long preamble, signed by all the Ministers, by which this decree is ushered in, the plea of urgent and inevitable necessity is set up in justification of so bold and sweeping a measure. The celebrated Padre MARCO, the Queen's Chap lain, died on the 6th. The Count DAS ANTAS is dangerously ill. GERMANY. The Vienna and Berlin journals which arrived this morning contain no news of importance. There is nothing in them to indicate that the Governments of Austria and Prussia have any reason to apprehend that the enemies of order in these countries will re sort to open manifestations, but every precaution has been taken to repress any attempt that may be made. The Federal army of observation has received orders to take up its position on the Rhine. Austria and Prussia each furnish 15,000 men ; Bavaria, Hesse, and the other states 10,000 men ; so that the effective force of the corps d'armie will be 40,000. The Baden Gazette states that the soldiers sent on furlough on the Ist of October have been sum moned to their colours by the order of the Minister of War. The Hanoverian Chambers met on 2d December, and immediately received very comprehensive pro. jecte of law from the Government. There was also a letter from the KING of the following purport, which will require an address :—That it having pleased the ALMIGHTY to remove from this mortal scene his late Majesty King ERNEST AUGUSTUS, it had been the first care of his Majesty King GEORGE V. to convoke the states. He had confidence that they would aid him with the same loyalty and affection which they had manifested to his late father; that the patent of his accession had been deposited in the National Archives ; finally, the KING implored the blessing of GOD that the bond between KING and people might be consoli dated, and cordially greeted the Chambers, and wished them GOD speed them in their work. I❑ the sitting of the 3d both the Chambers pro ceeded to the election of their President, and it must be confessed that the first act of the Hanoverian Chamber was a vote of want of confidence in the present Ministry. In the First Chamber, the late Ministerial President Count Benigsen, the late Vice- President Hausmann, and the Councillor of the High Court of Appeal, were chosen candidates, from whom the KING will have to select one. The Second Chamber chose the late Minister of the Interior, M. Lindemann, the late Minister of Religious Affairs, Dr. Theodore Meyer, and Dr. Ellisen. M. Linde mann had 55 votes of the 69 members present, and 10 papers were blank. In the sitting of the 4th a Royal Message confirmed the nomina tion of Count Benigsen as President of the First Camber, and of M. Lindemann as Presi dent of the Second. M. Weinhagen moved the address of condolence and congratulation in the Se cond Chamber. He considered that the chief point for condolence was that the late KING bad been taken from them before he had been able to fulfil his promise of introducing the new organisation which he had granted his subjects, and that the remainder of his days had been embittered by the conduct of a small part of his subjects. That with regard to the congratulations to be addressed to the son of the late KING, it was but to express the earnest hope of the Chambers that he would immediately carry out the organic laws gua ranteed to the country by his lather. The Hon. Member concluded by passing a severe censure upon the new KING for having unwisely, as he termed it, availed himself of his constitutional privilege of dismissing his father's Ministers, and appointing a new Cabinet. Several members fol lowed on the same side, but M. Lehzen protested against such an unheard-of address, by which the Chamber would at the very outset be assuming a hostile attitude, not only highly unbecoming, but most impolitic, because, though it was true that the KING had made use of his right to appoint a new Ministry, it by no means followed that he thereby intended to rescind the last promise made by the late KING to his people. The President, M. Lindemann, took the same view; and after several other members had spoken, the Chambers appointed a committee of five members to prepare a simple address of condolence and congratulation. A similar scene took place in the First Chamber.— Haniburgh Correspondent, Dec. 7. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, DEC. 10.—According to intelli gence received from his MAJESTY'S Consul-General in London, the British Government has presented the sum of 101. sterling to Captain VAN DER GARCIA, captain of the Netherlands barque Maria Johanna; and 151. sterling to the crew of the same vessel, for their humane conduct in rescuing the crew of her Britannic MAJESTY'S ship, the Sultan. ITALY. The PiedmonteBe Gazette, of the Bth, states that the late events in France having engrossed the public attention at Turin, the Government has taken proper precautions to prevent the circulation of false news. It adds that advantage had been taken of the general excitement to spread false reports as to the intentions of his Sardinian MAJESTY ; but that all rumours of a concordat having been concluded, of proclamations and sudden determinations come to in high quarters, have not the slightest claim to the belief of the public. We understand that Mr. Charles Macdouall, Pro fessor of Greek in Queen's College, Belfast, is candidate for the Greek chair in the University of Edinburgh, vacant by the death of Professor Dunbar ; and it is understood that the field will be taken also by Dr. Schmitz of the High School, Professor Blackie of Aberdeen, the Rev. J. Hannah, the rector of the Edinburgh Academy, a• ,d Mr. E. Kirkpatrick, who had the superintendence of the Greek class during Pro fessor Dunbar's illness.— Scotsman. We understand that Mr. B. Peacock, Q C., is to have the appointment of Legal Member of the Supreme Council of India, rendered vacant by the death of the late Mr. Drinkwater Bethune.— Chronicle. • EAST INDIA-BOUM—On Wednesday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when Captain Sir Henry J. Leeke, R.N., appointed Superintendent and Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, was sworn in. BLACKWALL It4lLwAY.—This company are about to improve their City terminus in Fenchurch-street. GARROTTE ROBBERY.—Another daring garrotte robbery was committed on Monday evening, about half-past five o'clock, At that time a gentleman was on his way from Red Bank to his house in York-street, Cheetham, near the Independent Chapel. He had, as we understand, reached a passage between Lower Stocks-street and Fernie-street, not far from Cheetham Hill-road, when he was attacked fr om behind by three men. One of the assailants threw his arm round the gentleman's neck, as is usual in this species o f robbery, and compressed his throat so tightly as nearly to produce strangulation ; while the other two robbed him of a silver lever watch, with a gold guard chain attached, and a purse containing four sovereigns and about ten shillings in silver. The gentleman remained insensible upon the ground a short time, during which the daring thieves got off se curely, and they have not since been heard of, alth oug h t h e police are engaged in an active search. The gentleman continues to suffer rather severely, from the compression of his throat, but no very serious consequences are apprehended. We understand that in the locality of the robbery there are many new streets, some of which are very insufficiently lighted, while others have no gas lights at a ll. A t t h e further end of Fernie street there is a light, but it is not such as to enable a person to recognise an assailant, when so suddenly attacked. There can be no do u bt th e gent l eman had been watched a short time, if not w a it e d f or, as t h e spot selected was the most convenient in the neighbourhood for such a robbery.—Manchester Guardian. THE MURDER IN SOMERSETSHIRE.—BATH, DEC. 11.—The coroner's inquest to inquire into the death of George Bush, who was brutally murdered on the Ist inst., at Priston, a village a few miles from this city, as already stated in The Sun, was resumed to-day by R. Uphill, Esq., coroner for the eastern division of So merse t, a t th e Ri ng of Bells, Priston, the house where the deceased man was drink ing shortly before his death. After a lengthened inquiry, the evidence not being conclusive against the suspected parties, the jury returned an open verdict to the effect that the deceased was found murdered. WHITTINGTON CLUB.—On Wednesday evening Mr. Perry gave a grand concert here, on which occasion was performed his sacred cantata of " Belshazzar's Feast," the solo parts being well sustained by Mrs. A. Newton, Misses H. Caudell, Collins, Mr. Manley, and Mr. J. Basham. ThA second part consisted of selections from the classical compo sitions of Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn, and a few favourite modern compositions. Among the latter, Mr. John Manley gave poor Alexander Lee's beautiful ballad, " When wilt thou meet me Love," with exquisite taste and finish. We had nearly forgotten to mention, and it would have been unpardonable had we done so, the beautiful manner in which Miss Caudell rendered the grand scena from Norma," Casta Diva" ; it deserved all the applause that was awarded it. The concert was very fully and fashionably attended. THE SHARE MARKETS, tiItITIB RAILWAYS. Railways, Aberdeen • • •• •• .imbergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Binning., Wolvcrhamp., and Stoar Valley •-• Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331.65. Bd.. .)o. Chest. & Birkenhd., 50/. &251. Consolidated Do., do., V/. Bristol and Exeter.. • • Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. f.)ublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and E4miskillen' D andee, Perth, and Aber leen Junction .. • • Do., New .. East Anglian (251. • L. & E. and L. & D.) • • • . Do, (181. E. & H.) • • Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • . • Do. 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Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent.. • Do. Bristol & Glonces. Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. . . Do., Preference •• Norfolk Extension .• 7% —7% 15% 15% 1 —% d. 2 -2 % % par 34 p 10% II x.d 10 --1034 •• • i% —• 1 db. 13% -135 % - % 156- I%P, .. -.. p. 133 - 135 - p .. -•• p 141 - 143 2 -2% p. 11 -12 12i - 1 2 % %- % P Do. guar. 5% per cent. North British .. Oaf. Wor. 01. 151.6 p.c Shrews. & Bir., new guar. Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. limn.) S per cent. South Devon • • • • • • South-Eastern, 4% p. ct. York, Newc., and Berw., 131 - 133 si .0, F. Pur. Yo r. rk and North Midland U. and B. Porch. .. ••.•. •• Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzim) Dutch Rhenish - • East Indian Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto • . Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg . . Ditto (Railway) Ditto (Canal) Maria Antonia .. Ditto, New .• • Namur and Liege •• Northern of France • Orleans and Bordeaux Paris and Orleans • . ..Paris and Rouen - 16 34 dis. ibj 4 43( ‘ 5 dls par 9% —10 M 15% - 16 11 -13 1 5 % 16% 1% 1 die. FOREIGN. 11l 6s Rd all Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre ambre and Manse .. t. Andrew's & Quebc. (A) Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jarbise, Lan den, and Hawn , West rlai.dcra 10 -10 U 1 7 17% 5 % dis. 214 3 p, % - % P• %- % P• 3 -3% 2% - N %- % 5% 6U 14% 14% 5% 471 cl. 35 —37 IBasiness dole . % Pm Pm 10% m.d. 10 'I, 147 15 22% 23% is% s%dis. 834 —8% 3% —3% 23 % 12% 6 % /i .. .. 9% —5% dis. 2 Business done to-day. lax, 11 Nominal Prices, 1N t• 10% 5% -5% 9 ..7 10 11 —lO d. 16 —l7 qi sVis. 78 —BO 15 15 194 20 23 —2l cl. • • •• • • 6%- 7% 314 - 2% -2% ti% - 4% - 514 8 1 4 3 144 —is 49 -51 26 -27 5 -5% 17% - 17% -5% 12% - 12% 35 -36 84 -85 74 -80 8% -8 % P .. - .. 56 - 56% 8% 8 1 4 d. 6 —5% d. 13% 14% .. - . 6X -. 7% 9134 95 115 —ll6 3 3)4 p. 2 —2%p. 134 2 p. 83% 84% 834 dis. 7 6 dis 2 sl4 323 - 33% dbl. 55 —55% —•• dis 25 —27 . • . --- • 7% - 814 5 dis die 20 - 22 14% 13% die 3% —2% Ws. 7% 6 clis. 8% die. %dia. par 14% 15 13% 14% 8 9 7 —7; 6% —6% 4% —4% 4S —3% dis. L 4 16 7 8 16% i►% % % dig. 3% 3%d. 13 - 15 20% - 20% 27% - 28 4 3 d. 9 -10 II - 13 149 - 150 .. -- .. dia. 16 —l5 dia. •• •• .. ••• •• .. -.. dfe. •• - •. 17. X -181 i 7 d. 3% — B%d. 21 1 ,4 100 8 6 8 100 all 1 13 4 47 1 4 100 100 42% 4 2 0 100 17% IS 34U 84X, 85 56 4 }4 95 94% 116 115% 84% 84 55% % 56% 16 2-3 126 Nominal Fee''. Arglo Californian .. •• • .. ...•• • 1% - • 24 3% -3% Australian •• •• Ilarossa Range .. • • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) Do. Cocacs and Cuiaba Do. St. John del Rey • • Cobre Copper • .... .• . Copiapo ....... General..... ......... Mexican & S. American .1•1( nveau e Real Del Monte, linreg. _ . 2 ' 0% 21 33 ~ _MI 1:3 ---- 14 as ..... 44 - % -% Do. Black De6entarc - s . Do. Red Debentures .. ;Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft United Mexican•....... West Mariposa ........ Agua 1 roxN'l „. •• 105( 4 -- 7 8 28 28% 3 -- 2 1 1 —S 'Oa, 1; ; Ave Maria, it: STOGIE XIATZ.,O-16, all 38 --301,1 50 45 —46 25 10y, 11 20 25 26 10 18% -- 171 20 IS}i 29!4 85 •• .• .kurtralasia ............ British North America.. Colonial .............. Commorcial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. De. New ........ • • National of Ireland .. • • Oriental Bank Corporat. rrevineial of Ireland.... 17% 181 i - - 28 - A 27 14 -45% 15% _16% 35 _2,6 1 / 4 !4. 3 - 3 i4U -157' Do. New Union of Australia .. •• isq; Do. Now ...... Union of Lontiou •• •• •• Union of Ilacirtd C.ANZOTI4O. 48 9 70 7`2 273 i 8 16 794 804 for fair Meember. Tic)cet 043(5t. A ccount days , 1 60 lij a.l j os , An le errors of tile Odle d correspondents.) Canada Gon. Steam Navigation . Penbl. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. •• Settling days in the mo tered shares, 15th >nth of I ad 30th. able for tl interests, (We cannot be answers will not be inauenced by mated itt ° s eB oo ° O f MONEY .--------- of American ---- and COMMERCIAI),;;bO., kinds without CiTY. TWO avm„ere eft!: The sales 150 Bahit Icli a . nd Surat nearly 0. Per l b ' I°lera' 4000 t a 3 t d 6d.; 100 Cotton at Liverpool yesterdole-re 010! bales, of which 500 Surat r . rb d iet' speculation. alteration. The sales core.Pcrileto6.dn'; good American, bu . ne s s was The market closed heavly', Ill._ reber The ColonialBo Pernam and Maranbata, 0,'"67.13."-ci O B ah n O , I i m O s 8 O b t en en b t r ' isk. Egyptian, at sa. to gores 0 to 3id. per lb —ln IlatlwaY have been r ly it done, at higher prices. , o rp with the pri • markets have been moderateloo b oob lanai staples, but the purchases 0. , sr ice g ;.v r a e s at a a fa c i t r ivity in readily Coffee is more sought after' t and inTu ehssep dull.i actceacsko a e i n n i nl r d t i .ns y C l bs .so o y u u r c gpotpaahproerratetßrhseeeedr resent Brazilian best ie b i ita want s' qnur nis C tea o ri t sit 1)0(1G:to:id: e y : be r e t. 11 0 6 1 : ,, 1. :eeci t :, :4 1 to i e ib tt o eol I 0, 8 : e e India possessions e igi Of and d ted that The demand for goods 'for the interiorytogr Welt) want of additional banking capital I° , t p reoe v : u a p th e i a r p s italof 50,000/. would change the Jamaica was seldom more felt tbsn Pi, is 85 , condition and of the prospect of develop some 80 or 1 country. It would i03,---A s tits. p produce a most beneficial alter, of 00,0001. to the circulation, sot tor por% 0 would prise go , nevertheless, i far to destroy the caultetir°' mo te ei l ! e i. prise a g nd at the heart of the country-- c t j a ° u p s e there t saying nopro ._OOl present all is paralysis o f 0 w bicli f r , any such company startingeiefore tteti• from the p isl a and as fast - ! such consequen energy.cesthewant.But resulting, and 0. 31 t Cotabe useless anything capital morn i n o: etrottep: gc . : 0 e o i : t i: the s . 5 nose d the parture rate of intere A st nd pay is no ca to he invested 'because it I,' fet3,o as it is acctuuu t d o tal je temptation of the island. a high rate of interest WO 00310,00 if the tendency Is - t he c.- - e a , of capital now, what would be . re cltir _,Ol four or five Per cent? People begin to fee,.,; o os eor o which Planters'led to &ilk, and to lament the tattitlotbso,o to its downfall. There is no corli., lo i f o icl they ha other count 1. eto p a y , n —onopoly prices for 0300.Jefil fivolo ries which we could game t he a eoc b o io cure itself. Hero there is no public spirit, se eo b 0 3 0 looks to seeking to accumulate And why? Bectiaseticiptit3goo all he tae, a nd s h e ers W e arrival of the day when he shall do 0 8 ° t ar e —pack up his ,90 , The Englishportmanteau and be Off." o p, „ f 'o , Stocks have been very bo e i ta ,,eat r h : a newel the purchases have been made for iille,:""nolo b ast are satisfactory buoyant able by the :abitia°lfliftile:ep.:::::::: to been 9 closingll of the transfer books. I ` l° 9 - 5 to I 0 1 account. than The h i : n (l y d . the jan7_, and since 981 for Transfer, 013' Coatillgeo on the G'rn° Bpd' whole, but the rrhree.s , ;0 0 are more tO5 Oe Quarter .. , per Cents. have been marked 970 , oh "ii. East India - 0:1 yIP Stock has been done at lO 0 5 ' dividend for money.bills are Exchequer-is' and India Bonds 583 . to 616.. preraitlo3. 5 (r° 0 130 Foreign Stocks viceTshefro:t . b e 0 0:1: , are fluctu ' The rjeW e 4 sting. iota 00 bon of the • intended capitalization of the 10 0 il to caused a fall in Portu --, n ere e°" l e 0 A 32 to 341- guese .v Canor rhoe be en ' ft , o p' 2• Spani h s Five per ts. v iol ° e bal ° I and the Three per Cents. at 39i. M e • c od ft li f tt° denly improved nearly 1 per cent. 11 0 1/ 14 ,.,;5i0g ° Def ° made, being 25} --: .. Probably the or- with e,I a American Congress is bting looked t ° . 0 pefr ri o , s regards Bonds are 45k. Sardinian Stock is at ' 2 ' 11 ,4e- 1 ' 4 4 0 ' _sFrench Five per Cents. are 95k, with tbe Tvio'av ji 2 1. Aust • nt h T IP Austrian Met-allies are at 71. 1 / 1 " c 4tes' Half T' zilian per Cent:, have been at 531. mo lb ii are at 95. A AI , 1113" ,0° Railway Shares h been hde biAbe":re is " two a s a moderate b • Sher ' ustness. Gold Mine Shit OP reques t. , /11 - UAL:T.6B T o 1 i 9t.' 0 0 CIO Qk Consols for Opening •••,, r BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY 21 -* ,/ 9 , iL (From the Official Lig— 91w4 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .••••• ''''' 97% 1 „ 0 3 per Cent. Consols Ann°• ...... '''' 91N 44 New 3 per Cent. Anise...... ] ...... " Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. st, 186n0''' 6 1 :16 D 0.30 Years, Expire. Oct.lo,lBs''' 7 in( D i ears, i o n . s 3 t o oc Y k.... . E . x .. pire J . ............ . 1860'•' 62 vS I P p 6 1 Do. Bonds, 10001.. .................... tz Ditto under 1.0001 ... ............... 47. Consols Ditto n ut ,, 0 1 i Sea ofo Ira Stock A eeo . u . .n Annuities.. ........................................ ............... 44:63511.1 pp 51 Exchequer Bills ---- --- In' i . 1,0001.... ..... .... '''' sl ' Small C)' ............................................ ^ 5 46 61 ' ill d g o'9ll - p-, PRICE OF FOREIGN FITNDS P" - ° 95 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent . ...... Ditto, Small _ .. ....... ._.. ........... /0 Mexican Bonds, 1846, es Jan. U °l/P° '25 Ditto Account ... .. .... ... .. 45 ......... Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent •.... Do. Deferred ..... .. .... ._.. ....... ~. t t Bte t Bo e ho oanAAnnadecgcsce:osuus. Account r. . . .. . :. • . .:. • . . t : . . .................................. !. ; 17, .06: : :0 Sard rineiropartniiuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ..... . ..., . 90 "' Ditto 4 ner Cent .................. a i :, 6. .spanish Bonds, 5 per Centi g- ... ' 4 1'04 Spanishrx Ditto, li N o e n w d s p , 3 e feprerreCd.e. n . .t.. ......i..... .......... lel ~,v., . Austrianr)ividents on the above pa 'sb- I. '%. I FBreelgnicahnßentes, 5 per C . en a l'' .... 2 : . f. ' ..... • 03 , e,- per Cem••••• •.... vi a aP 4 i Dutch 21,±c 1. . Ai r ' per ent. , , i f) $ grounded, : Do ufole:dtEveGd .eater LO:N-DOND,pDBoEoiSclnl2l:—P P Vir i in r4 d at r .11.--.tooll:14'11(40.14:00°Staft1111,41 from Liver ' DEC. - the 4 'ed o lj Of to bri o I / 40 .4 experiencedDEC. l f th e rto tisi f Quebec en b : b h li i n n , st w ., h w ic h h ie p h u :::::: re oadirl) roofer f e l l a o o d . avEseh w r o' e r : ln t weather near e was ih a : l S Ii il muchtberb " c ell. d i: °: 0 1 :1 1.'al:11 0 : 1 : 11 , :f ri o . 1 8 0(4 le r Ii ,-, m illi* , d iglit al 01 0 , 0 1, RAMSGATE, DEC. 11.--The v it- 10 1 ' Aar ' frvi crew raa:sl Lon don doo s nn returned ttoh eD7ut t o the , jf iil, 3 . / 1 1 .10 k a DINGLE. ved ; cargoDEC. Quebec to Bristol, is wrecked at pie l co. set del ki i ,„ deli jf., irot e , , e 0 OFF BONCHURCH, DEC. 11.--,Olue.grolie pier 10 0 1 . SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 1/...--•Sld',701402;01. TORBAY, DEC. 11.—SIth Stad 1, .....P A , O f c i KINSALE, DEC. 9.--Wind 6. 1 ' fievoter Catania, dismasted. i meet,i P „ i :i etic°ll O jai STRANRAER, DEC. 10. 00 I p. Del o John's, Newfoundland, for Liverpoo t oo her a, f I , bad weather all the voyage, and be en cap 7th inst. vi ols , op HULL, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Britantlimitoreit be 1 O f IP GRIMSBY, DEC. 11.--Arrd. Asoet te pi. If Now Brunswick. DUNBAR, DEC. 10.--The /383e01610ViretiffOlL1410 near New Berwick, are the Wi ll ' fi.llo°' offs o to and the Gleaner from Shields "' bee n 5° 13 0 ° Fo ld fhraormbolluru.ll,Twhehimehawrinnaesl:orrroem, V og el: p i , so b ! to " land , it f go u rd' r' got off, but was blown c.,ff the jai 0 Aco, have run for a port north of the I. to Wii o rifl o o o° .'d DEAL, DEC. 11.—Wind IsT•W• lOW d i l e lio f ,, l if Crena, Antigua; Richard Cobdeo,bice. 9 0 1 , Si l l, from the River Alice, I3roven, D er ber le Ol e tel fl a • a ro t i• 0 0 Ce' 1 111 ' Jamaica, to Loudon, has arrive 11. t .. t o .0 , struck on the Kentish Knook. Al Virieo`o'optocroolovo and aid. Charles Brooke, t' i n a n P e lqocteli C S , Shanghai; a pn n e g e ro h vfa a , i ; C S u a b l o a p i an, M.irgaret, West 13 t ia • Grfoge' ye, ,-, 1 10e 1. 400 Goodop e, ,-,,,r0 ~, liviaa aCvaCrdh'iagst-'13:1Iige:lotli "sfC11:1510: York. Sid. Sir George SeY tour, ''...ig05,1,..00.; _r, Wales; Chieftain, ditto; Lisbon? P-910_'",.,,00','eel 1 , 3 ' 3°' Orr Bombay; G. Dean, Africa; - -a/9 g o; slf fi Tob ° e a pion, Monte Video; Charles,. nos, o n te ll tigua; Cestle Lacklars, Jamoicai .laolosi off A r rd. .., 0 1 ' 6 GLOUCESTER, DEC. 11.---,"- vtlAr At Vail, Quebec. wi n d N•• -ri RAMSGATE, DEC. 11.- - I. •••-- °' 9 41 to stop a leak. og . a sfir, t o A i r PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 14.-- - wy I li di /A Ai H.M.S. Rapid, East Indies, A ,K.S.Pt; or LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11..---142:_ifir so • v % Ann, Valparaiso i Aiwa Ivor A 15% % U 18 14% 20% li 29 28% 2174 % 1 13 0 21% WI: ICES[.' ........---- A tila neV' „J 13 to w, _ 0' Paid. 175' 100 100 47% 25 9% 17% 19 3% all all all 1 6} 6% % 9% ratd.