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NOTICE. • mR. D IThSeRNeAw and iLiteiviiSsed EditionCHARLES of " THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES I." By J. DISIa ELI: Edited by his Son, B. DISRAELI, M.P. IS NOW READY, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 28s. bound. "By far the most important work upon the - important age of Charles I. that modern times have produced."—Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ' Now read? at a L ll the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo., A NOVEL. D. " The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays -matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha acterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man uerses, and Smythes."—Observer. 1 " Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written In pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one- of the most interesting and en gaEtg Rovers which the present season has projuced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicnons parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. 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The MEDICAL ADVISER on the above matters, by Dr. DE ROOS, 144 pages, direct from the author for 32 postage stamps. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. Mr. BALFE'S Benefit on FRIDAY, Dec. 27. THIS EVENING: Flist time of Performance of the ~e w grand Quadrille Fantastique, THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Composed expressly for the Grand Nationnl Concerts, and per formed under the direction of the Author, by the entire Orchestra of the Establishment,' the Band of the Scots - Fusilier Guards, a com plete Corps of British Military Side Drums, and full Chorus ; the Vocal Solos by Mrs. Alexander Newton—Scipion Ronsselot. Spohr's New Grand Descriptive Symphony," The Seasons." The Grand Battle Overture, Lindpaintcr. - Selection from the Opera of "The Seige of Rochelle," Balfe. Angri, Mrs. A. Newton, Molique, Arban, Baumann, Barret, Zeiss, pavies, Prospere, Winterbottom, Frelon, .Bemusat, Blaygrove. and Richardson. 'Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Balfe. - Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Labitzky. Promenade (admitting to the Half-Circles, Gallery/ 6 and Pit Stalls) • • .. •• 3 - The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Boxes and Stalls to he had at the Box-office, where Programmes of the performance n ay be obtained. Mr. Thomas Mute. s of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lasses and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT. After which A RADICAL CURE. - To conclude with SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama. entitled JESSIE G RAY. Characters by tiessrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed .ord, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling riod: Captain Kitellyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. To be followed by a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Eti quette. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keel( and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRT IV. Faistrff, Mr Eartiey. To Conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. . Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame VestriS. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE RINGDOYES. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE LADY of LYONS. Claude Afelnotte, Mr. G. V. Brooke ; Pauline, Miss Helen Faneit. To be followed by ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. - tinder the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. ExtTaerdinary series of attractive novelties. Second week of the Revival of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. TUTS F.VENING. The Grand new Spectacle of RENNIE% ORTH ; or the Goldea Days Of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing .the Magnificent Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes. The whole concluding with the Equestrian Drama (for the firs time these five years) of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. Ext:nsire preparations are now being made for the production • a new and original Equestrian Comic Pant mime, written expressly for this Theatre by G. 11. Rcdwell, Esq. Box-office open from Eleven till F i ptir. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE 1 111 DAY —Nforning 19 min. after 2 I Evening 41 rain. after 2 T • -Moizow —Morning 3 min. after 3 1 Evening 26 gain. alter TIIE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DXCEMBEA 20. THERMOMETER, DI THE SHADE. 36—highest since noon yesterday. 28—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30-17. WIND N.— fine clear frosty weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Xisr,s.rowN (DuieuN) —Wind E.N.E., strong breeae— p artially cloudy. PT.n.iol7TH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FiRIGHTON—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. - FrasTrNGs —Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind W., gentle breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE —Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRID(IE—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE —Wind E., calm—foggy. BRISTOL Wind N, fresh breeze—cloudy. READING—NV ind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. GRE ENAV IC overcast. Swisnos—Wind N., light airs—overcast. OXFORD —Wind E., calm—foggy. LEIGMTON—W ind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. CouunFxrka—Wind S.W., calm—overcast. CA - MBRIDGY —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. RUGBY—Wind S.E , strong breeze—snow. PETEKBOROUGiI —Wind N.E , strong breeze—heavy rain. YARMOUTH—Wind S.E., hard wind—heavy rain. Coxway—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. MANCIIESTEE—Wind N. 8., fresh breeze— overcast. DAnuNGroN—Wind N. by E., strong breeze— strong frost. Sitxr—Wind N., gentle breeze—hard frost. Eit. , arrocK—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from Ilia following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind S.E., light breeze—foggy. CaaLow—Wind S. W. hard wind—partially cloudy. MULLINOAR— :Wind calm—frosty. Poor.F:—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. .LEmirrox --Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.. Ru Gay— Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BtICWINGHAM W ind W., calm—overcast. IeETEZBOROLTGH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CREWE Calm—hard frost. Liens --Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YORK —Wind N.V., calm—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON —Wind W., gentle breeze—frost. WHITEHAVEN— Wind E., hard wind cloudless. 14 - 4.1 ) , 4e - -1 141 • I, • r • 3,0 s s (15birning LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEIIBER 20, 1850. Several evenings since we recorded in these Columns, perhaps, the most splendid instance of mu nificence recorded in the annals of our national lite rature. Attention having been subsequently directed to this circumstance, we cannot but regard ourselves as justified in commenting thus publicly upon it our selve'3, viewin g it, indeed, as something more than a mere evidence of private generosity or of individual benevolence. When the announcement was first made by Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON to the dis tinguished guests, recently assembled under his roof tree at Knebworth—when that illustrious man pro ; posed to write a play, to be acted by Mr. CHARLES DICKENS and his histrionic company of amateurs, the proceeds of the representation and the copyright of the drama to he dedicated to the foundation of a fund for the estr.blishment of a literary retreat for unfortunate bookmen —when, moreover, it was added by Sir EDWARD that certain lands on his estate should be granted in fee for ever for the support of the projected bounty —it must have been difficult to decide whether his suggestion could be regarded as more noble, or its splendour beautiful, a s more wort h y o f a d m i rat i on f or splendour or its magnanimity. Under every aspect It appears to us peculiarlytadmirable. As an attempt • made by a successful author to alleviate the sufferings of his disappointed and impoverished competitors, the Proposal is one eminently genial and generous in its character. As a tribute of sympathy for misfortune coming to the obscure and aupe rannuated from a writer basking in the lap of wealth and in the sunshine of popularity, it is singularly and I especially entitled to some tribute of recognition. That recognition, we are satisfied, from the very nature of the suggestion thrown out by Sir BULWER LITTON, will be yielded unstintingly, not merely by his contemporaries, but by his posterity in like manner, constituting the most pure, and perhaps the most resplendent phase in his reputation. The commemoration of this particular incident in the career of our author will, in fact, be the most welcome theme that can fall under the hand of his future biographer, for a biographer he will as:assuredly have as JOHNSON had in BOSWELL, or SCOTT in LOCKHART. It will be something more than satisfactory for his memorialist to recount this among the prominent features of his history, while re cording his many brilliant triumphs in the various departments of literature, that literature whose luckless votaries will thus receive from his hands the most true and practical benefactions. As a novelist he will command admiration, as a poet applause, as a drama tist lasting popularity—he will maintain likewise a position of importance among the catalogue of our es • sayists and historians, but, beyond all, his many titles to approbation from succeeding ages, there will stand forth conspicuously this exquisite token of his munificence, of a munificence commanding the homage of a gentle and loving recollection. While according to Sir EDWARD IiIILWER LITTON the glory of having originated this very admirable enterprise, we should remember, moreover, that its cordial acceptance at the first instant of it announce ment confers upon his illustrious contemporary, Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, and upon the company of amateur actors pretided over by that incomparable genius, a reflex of the credit devolving immediately upon the master of Knebworth. As might have been confidently predicated, the mention of the munificent scheme in question was hailed with the most earnest and unanimous enthusiasm. Inso much was the proposal responded to with a fervour befitting its character, that we may at once count upon the successful issue of a proceeding commenced under such eneouraging auspices. The Literary Retreat, in fact, may even now be looked upon as established. To its creation are dedicated the energies and the possessions of Sir BULWER LITTON, his lands and his intellect, the talisman of his patronage, and the vitality of his indomitable genius. Added to which, the dramatic masterpiece, which we anticipate as the produce of the suggestion, will be aided in establishing the desired fund by the fame of the most popular writer of the age and by the celebrity of his histrionic associates. A drama by BULWER LITTON, acted by CHARLES DICKENS and his company, originated under such striking cir cumstances, called into being in furtherance of a cause so benevolent and magnanimous, must inevitably se cure to itself an almost unexampled triumph, and be invested, in addition to this, with a peculiar and un fading popularity. Upon this there cannot be any difference of opinion whatever. The purpose and the men interested in its promotion are a sufficient guarantee that the consequence will be accordant with our most glowing anticipations. For the de velopment of a scheme thus sketched out by the master hand of Sir BULWER LITTON, We shall look with eager culiosity, but with unflinching confi dence. The interest of letters is involved in its advancement. The attention of the people at large is concentrated upon it and its originator. Every de sirable incitement will attend it at each successive step, cheering on those gallant hearts embarked in its prosecution. Commenced in generosity, it will terminate in success the most triumphant. Of this we are assured for many reasons, not the least sig nificant among which is that the project will be sus tained throughout by the renown of the two most ac complished and most popular writers of our generation, by that of BULWER LITTON and CHARLES DICKENS. The admirers, we may say the lovers, of their brilliant and inimitable genius might be counted by the thousand, we might almost say by the million, and those innumerable enthusiasts about the authors of " Zanoni" and "David Copperfield" will be bound up heart and soul in the promotion of success to a yet more bewitching work than either—the work of beneficence and magnanimity, in the creation of which these distinguished names will be associated. The Bill for amending the law relating to savings' banks will unquestionably be brought before Parlia ment at the very commencement of the approaching session. The vast importance of the subject to the welfare and happiness of the labouring population of the country, the defective state of the existing law, and the cruel frauds that have been perpetrated, depriving many persons of the humble provision which they be lieved they had secured for their declining years, would be quite sufficient to ensure the legislative attention ; but there is also a distinct and positive undertaking on the part of the Government. We are already in possession of the various details of the Ministerial plan, on which, but for the severe indisposition of the Chancellor of the Lichequer in the earlier part of last session, and the great pressure of business at a later period, the judgment of Parliament would long since have been pronounced. Although we felt the imperative necessity of prompt legislation on this interesting topic, we can scarcely regret the delay that has taken place. There were many objectionable features in the mea sure brought forward by Sir CHARLES WOOD, which may, we trust, be got rid of in the new Bill. If it be really desirable to encourage industrious and pro vident habits among the humbler classes, it cannot be considered a very wise or prudent economy to screw down the rate of interest to the lowest point, and thus to withdraw a portion of the inducement, already sufficiently minute, to the working man to practise a wise economy, and sub mit to some present privations, in order to accumulate a fund for his declining years. It is far better that the portion of his wages not absolutely required for the actual necessaries of life should be deposited in these valuable institutions, than that it should be expended in the public-house in boisterous revelry, or sottish inebriety. Unfor tunately, the working classes are but too much in clined to yield to the temptations by which they are surrounded, and to seise upon the few opportunities for self-indulgence afforded during their almost in cessant toil. They are but too well inclined "to let the morrow take care of itself," and to look to he union workhou,e as the home of their old age, when they are no longer capable of obtaining their daily subsistence by their daily labour. It requires no ordinary inducements to make these parties exhibit steady self-denial, resist the blandish ments of convivial friends, and practice unceasing eco nomy and frugality. They must be assured of the per fect safety of their accumulated savings, that they will be forthcoming at any moment when they may be required, and, also, that they will receive a fair and reasonable interest for their use during the interval they remain in the hands of Government. Any feel ing of danger, any belief that they are unfairly treated, will have the effect of preventing any fur ther visits to the poor man's bank, except, perhaps, one visit for the purpose, of withdrawing the fund that has already been placed there. We greatly tear that the proposed reduction of interest to 21. 153. per cent. will be very injurious to the interests of these establishments, and that, like many of the financial measures of the Whigs, it will prove to be a " penny-wise and pound-foolish" policy. It certainly appears not very equitable that the less wealthy classes should receive only 21. 153. per cent. for their portion of the public debt, while their more for tunate brethren, the fundholders, are paid 3/. 3s. even at the present high price of Consols— & difference equivalant to more than 12 per cent. Besides ss. out of every 31., the sum allowed as interest on 1001., or, in other words 8 1.3 per cent., appears an enormous and unconsci entieus charge for the expenses of management. No wealthy man would allow such profits to his agent, and it is calculated ti make the poor depositor believe that be i 3 cheated, and therefore to withdraw him from what he must think inequitable institutions. Under these circumstances the letters which have recently appeared in our columns from our esteemed correspondent, Mr. RIGBY WASON, are singularly well-timed. We only regret that he is not (as he ought t o b e ) i n t h e House of Commons, to bring forward his views, an d t o ensure their consideration. Mr. WAsort, in place of diminishing the interest heretofore allowed to depo sitors, would increase it. In place of 21. 154. per cent, be would allow 3/. 1.:)e.; And this he would do without arty loss to the revenue, or the slightest risk being incurred by the depositors, who would find their deposits at all times ready to be paid on de mand. This would be done by the application of the principles that influence private --persons, that are acted on by insurance companies and other capitalists, who have money seeking for em ployment. In place of purchasing when the funds are high, and selling, when they are se riously depreciated, Mr. Wasors recommends that a considerable portion of it—a sufficient margin being kept in hand proportioned to the amount of the deposits—just as private bankers calculate the amount that must be available, should be lent out on mortgage or unquestionable security, taking care that it would bring in at least four per cent., and that the mortgaged property pro duced at least double the amount with which it was charged. A double benefit would thus be obtained, for not only would the working man receive better interest for his deposits, and the spirit of providence be fostered and cultivated, but the landowner or railway proprietor would be enabled to obtain the money he might require for the improvement of his property on easier terms. The debentures to be issued under the Securities for Advances Bill might be made largely available, and there would be a fund which, judiciously managed, would effect the regeneration of Ireland. We heartily commend Mr. Wesores proposition to the calm and attentive consideration of the popular representatives ; it will well repay perusal. THE SITN, LONDON, FitibAlf EftNING,,, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. On Wednesday a grand dinner was given by the President of the National Assembly to the PRESIDENT of the Republic. Covers were laid for 80. Among the guests were the Ministers; the President of the Council of State; Cardinal Fornari, the Papal Nuncio ; the English, Spanish, and Turkish Am bassadors ; the Ministers Plenipotentiary or Charge d'Affaires of the United States, - Belgium, Holland, Naples, Austria, Prussia, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Portugal Baiaria, Saxony, %Vurtemberg, Brazils, Hanover, and Baden ; the four Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly, the three questors, General Changarnier, M. Thiers, Generals Oudinot Duke de Reggio, Baraguay- d'Hilliers, de Saint-Priest, and Car relet ; the Governor of the Bank, the Prefect of the Seine, the President of the Municipal Council, the Duke de Noailles, the Duke de Mortemart, the Duke de Broglie, the Duke Albert de Luynes, the Duke de Montebello, Count Mole, M. de Montalembert, M. Odilon Barrot, M. Berryer, MM. C. Dupin, de Vati mesnil, Admiral Cecille, Victor Lefranc, Gustave de Beaumont, de Rinusat, de Maleville, Passy, Lan juinais, &c. A band of military music played during the dinner. At the dessert, M. Durist rose, and, in an emphatic voice, gave the following toast : "To the President of the Republic,—To the elect of the 10th December, whose high mission, conjointly with the elect of the 13th May, is to defend and to make pre vail against the spirit of irreligion and anarchy, the great principles of law and morality, on which the essential of der of human society, the authority of Governments, the atcuri , y of private transactions, and the good faith of pacific relations between civilised nations repose. To the President of the Republic." The PRESIDENT of the Republic replied— " Monsieur le President,—l return you thanks for having procured me a second time the pleasure of feting the anniversary of my election in the midst of the re presentatives of France and of the members of the di plomatic body. It affords another solemn opportunity for congratulating ourselves on the repose which the country now enjoys. But this quiet has also its danger. Perils cause union—security division. May welfare, therefore, not be produced without carrying within itself a germ of dissolution? Nothing would be more worthy of the public powers than to give an example of the contrary. May, therefore, our union continue in the calm, as it was formed during the tempest. To the concord of the pub lic powers! To the National Assembly! to its Honour able President!" It is said that M. TRIERS is greatly annoyed at the formation of the new club of which Count MOLE is president, and considers it as an act of rebellion against his authority as leader of the reactionary party. Lord BROUGHAM has arrived in Paris from Cannes. The Journal de Toulouse says :—" The police ar rested on the 18th, on the Place de la Capitole, Cap tain TRISTANY, a Carlist refugee, who has been long lying concealed in Toulouse. Some important papers were seized on his person. Several other Spaniards of distinction are waiting here in prison to be sent off into the interior. The Ilioniteur publishes an order, by the Minister of Finances, appointing a Commission to examine all questions connected with metallic currency. The Commission is composed of M. Magne, Under-Secre tary of State, MM. Thiers, Cronin, Prosper de Chas seloup-Laubat, representatives of the people; d'Ar gout, Governor of the Bank; Bethmont, de St. Aignan, councillors of state; Persil, formerly Presi• dent of the Commission of the Mint ; Pelouze, Presi dent of that Commission ; Montannier, Director du Mouvement General des Fonda, and M. Lemaitre, sub-director of the srme department. The Minister will act as President, and M. Lemaitre as Secretary.' The Buurse was crowded to excess, but there was not much business transacted except in railroad shares. The Five per Cents.. opened at 95f. 40c., and closed at 951. 30c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 65c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8451. ; Roueo, 662 f. 50c.; Havre, 266 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 477 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 1961. 250.; Vier zon, 410 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 358 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 2481. 75c.. BUSINESS DOSE iN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 19. Anglo-Italian (late Italian and Austrian), 2 1 4—Boulogne and Amiens, 9—Central of France (Orleans andVierzon), 16% —Dutch Rhenish, 3% ex div--Luxembourg, 1 1 / 6 ---Ditto, 278 —Namur and Liege, Bj 2 —Northern of France, 15;— Orleans and Bordeaux, 23 .-Paris and Rouen, 26 3 4—Par,s and Strasbourg, 9 1 4 —Rouen and Havre, 11—Sambre and Meuse, 33k—Tours and Nantes, 5 ex div. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. The Minister of Finances on that day presented to the Chamber of Deputies the budget for 1851. The budget of expenditure exhibits great economies. It is 1,045 millions of reels, whereas for 1850 it was 1,201 millions. The amount fixed for the extraordi nary budget of 1851 is 224 millions of reels, which sum constitutes the deficit of the Treasury, indepen dently of the sum required for the arrangement of the debt, and which is not specified. Towards the deficit it is proposed to apply the 41 millions of receipts in excess over the expenditure, after discharging all the claims of the ordinary budget. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 14.—The Three per Cents., 34 15-16 ; Five per Cents , 12f. Exchange on Lon don, 50 35 paper. GERMAN Y. The following letter, addressed by the Prussian Mi nister to the German Governments, appears in the Berlin journals of the lith inst.:— " For many years the want of; and the desire for, a thorough reform of the Constiiutn,n of the Germanic Confederation 133 s most unmistakeably been manifested throughout Germany. It is an acknowledged fact, and it has been painfully felt by all the true and well-mean ing friends of the Fatherland, that the Chief Adminis tistive Board of the Germanic Confederation, which was created by the Federal Constitution of 1815, answered but in a very moderate degree to the claims which at home as well as abroad were made upon its jurisdiction; that it did not establish an intimate union of the Ger man states—that it failed to protect and foster great, ge nerous, or useful undertakings in Germany—and that, with respect to foreign countries, it did not represent the totality in BO energetic and decisive a manner as to answer to the just demands of the mass of the intellec tual and material forces of Germany, and to those obli gations which the reminiscence of the past imposes upon our country. " The Governments of the Germanic Confederation have deplored these shortcomings, and expressed their desire to see a revision of the Constitutioe of the Confe deration carried into effect. But various attempts to im prove the existing state of things were void of success on account of the difficulty and greatness of the task to create new and satisfactory institutions. The reason of this failure is partly that the Federal Constitution of 1815 offers but a very unsatisfactory handle to any at tempts at organic changes, and partly that the conse quences of the insufficiency of the Constitution had not Set been practically telt to their full extent. " The events of the year 1848 have entirely removed the latter part of that reason. We need not here show how unequal in that time the Federal Constitution was to the task of resisting the storm and protecting the in dividual St.stes. It was at once suspended; the foun dations of the Confederation were shaken, and the state of disunion which was then created continues to this day. All attempts to remedy this dieuuion have proved abortive. _ _ _ " Among all the convulsions and the variety of for mations which the affairs of Germany have displayed during the lest year, his Majesty's Government has still adhered to the conviction that the revision of t%e Constitution, and the regeneration of the Gertnanic Con federation, must proce.d from an agreement and the free consent of all German Governments. " Impressed with the same conviction, the Govern- ment of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria joins with us in an invitation to all the members of the Con federacy to meet for the purpose of a free consultation on this most important question. " As a proper means for the purpose of bringing about the requisite harmony among the German Go vernments, we have agreed on holding Ministerial conferences, which have in similar cases proved effective. " In conjunction with the Austrian Cabinet we there fore desire all German Governments to send their Pieta, pntentiaries to Dresden on the 23d instant, and to pro. vide them with sufficient instructions, that we may soon be enabled to open the conferences, and tbar, while we maintain the principle of the indissolubility of the Ger mania. Confederation, we may proceed, by free and mature conbultations, to revise and improve its fuuda mental laws. " We are confident that these consultations will lead to an arrangement which will secure an energetic and comprehensive representation to the interests of the totality (Gesammtheil), a wholesome and salutary deve lopment to the internal welfare of our common country, while Germany, thus newly strengthened, and fortified, will obtain a suitable place in the s y stem of European states, and that consequently the just wishes of the nation will receive full satisfaction, without any impedi ment to the free and unrestrained movements (according to their necessities) of the individual members of the Conf. deration. " The reiult of the consultation will afterwards re ceive a solemn sanction by the assent of all the members of the Confederation (which in their totality are alone entitled to develop and reform the Constitution of the Confederation), and it will be publi•,hed as a fundamental law by the chief Federal authority which will be created in the interim. " His Majesty the King, our most gracious Lord, having instructed me to issue a'i invitation to the above. mentioned conferences, wishes, at the tmme time, to ex press a hope that the precarious state of affairs in the German Fatherland will be remedied on the old accus tomed plan of mutual confidence and pacific agreement, and that all the members of the Confederation will iu a federal epirit join with him in effecting his purpose. • " Berlin, DGC. 12." MANTEUFFEL. The lndipendance of Brussels says :—" Our last letters from Thrlin call attention to a question which cannot fail to be treated at length at Dresden—that of the annexation of the provinces of Austria to the Ger manic Confederation. It appears that England and France oppose the annexation, which would pro foundly modify the state of things created by the treaties of 1815. But, as the non-German provinces of Prussia were annexed in 1848, Austria, if not able to obtain the admission of the whole of her provinces into the Confederation, at least desires to annex, in addition to her German provinces, a portion of her non-German provinces, equal to those possessed by Prussia; or in the event of thisnot being granted, she requires that the non-German provinces of Prussia shall cease to be attached to the Confederation. The Liberal party seems disposed to support the latter proposition, in order that Prussia may have all the advantages of a power independent of the Confedera tion, whilst, at the same time, she enjoys all those which arise from her position as a member of it." General THUMEN has been appointed Prussian Commissioner to act in Holstein. The Austrian and Prussian Commissioners have arrived at Cassel, and the Bavarian troops were pre paring to enter the city on the 17th. General VON GROEBEN had left the Electorate and - retired to Paderborn. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne of the 14th says :—" The Council of the States decided to-day, by 24 votes to 16, on maintaining the proposition of the Federal Government in the affair of the military capitulations, and consequently to permit the enrolments. This decision is important, as it paralyzes the resolution of the National Council of the 6th inst. and comes to the aid of the F e d era l G ove r n ment, which, otherwise, could never have extricated itself from the complica tions occasioned by the vote of the National Council, declaring the capitulations to be null and void." MALTA. The Malta journals of the 10th announce the sudden death of Mr. RUTTER, for many years Ordnance store. keeper in the island. A - court• martial assembled on the 31st ult. on board the Bellerophon, to try Captain BAYNES, of that ahip, for breach of orders, in not having called at Lisbon on his way to England, as directed by Vice- Admiral Sir W. PARKER. The Captain excused himself on account of the fog, and of anxiety tor the health of his crew ; but he was ordered to be repri manded. Captain Lord G-. PAULET has taken the command of the vessel. The Malta Mu/ announces that free pratique was about to be established between Malta and Sicily. The tradesmen of the island were making active preparations for sending articles to the Exhibition of Manufactures in London. An address to the QUEEN against the " Popish aggression," by the establishment of bishoprics in England, had been got up, and was being very nu merously signed. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.—The nomination is fixed for Monday next. Mr. Carden and Mr. Bell are the only candidates at present. MR. BARON PARKE, LORD AMPTHILL.—It 19 TU.. moured in the legal circles that Baron Parke will be called to the House of Peers, by the title of Baron Ampthill, of Ampthill Park, in the county of Bedford.. TWO BOAT ACCIDENTS ♦T PLTMOUTH.—During - the last few days the weather in the neighbourhood has been of the most tempestuous character, blowing very strong from the westward, with sudden heavy squalls, accompanied with thick rain and hail. On Monday a waterman's boat be longing to, and in charge of a man named Sawdy, took in eight passengers, who were desiictua of going on board the Albion, 90, in the Sound, to see some friends. When about thirty yards off Mutton Cove Quay, while the sail was being hoisted, a gust of wind caught.- it and capsized the boat, precipitating the whole of the passengers into the water. Boats from the quay immediately put off, and rescued six persons, who were taken into public-houses adjoining, and the necessary restoratives applied. . Two persons, however, were missing, and on the boats again proceeding to the place a woman, named Thomas, was found almost in a lifeless state. After she had recovered, it appeared that her hus band, who had been paid off from her Majesty's brig Mariner, was drowned, and his body has not yet been discovered. Shortly after the above accident had taken place, another boat belonging to Plymouth, in the charge of a one-armed man, named Tucker, also upset In the Sound, and a passenger from the Albion was saved by a boat of that ship, but, un fortunately, the waterman Was droWned. It is feared that many other accidents have happened of which no informa tion has been obtained. EMIGRATION.—A return has just been published, giving an account of the persons and vessels employed by the Emigration Commissionera.and of the receipts and dis bursements for the last three years. The funds at the dis posal-of the commissioners have been 96,254/., voted by Par liament; 517,0111., contributed by the colonies; 27,050/., de positi made with the commissioners for the purchase of land ; 76,5101., contributed on behalf of. emigrants; and 8,291!.. miscellaneous, including profits by investment—total 725,1941. The disbursements balanced against these amount to 677,459!. SERVANT AND CHILD LOST.—A little boy, two years old, drawn in a wicker basket chaise, by a servant girl, about fifteen years of age, were sent into the Walworth road, about twelve o'clock on Friday morning, Dec. 13, and neither of them have since been heard of. Tho girl is called Emma Smith, and is thus described:—Sallow complexion, dark hair and eyes, small mouth and hands, was dressed in a chocolate-coloured cotton gown, black satin shawl, cloth bolts, and straw bonnet with blue ribbon, but took other clothes with her. The child had on a blue merino pelisse, red silk scarf; chip hat, pink satin ribbon, trimmed with blonde lace, a white pinafore, marked "Clarke," in ink, as were all his under clothes. Traces of the chicken-pox are still on his person. He does not speak, and walks very feebly, though a fine-looking child. A reward of 5/. has been offered to any one who will give such information to any of the police as may lead to the recovery of the child. ORIENTAL BANK.—A most satisfactory report by the directors of this bank was presented to a meeting of shareholders held yesterday afternoon, and a dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, was de clared. It is intended to invest a portion of the capital of the company in the Bank of Ceylon. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL—The Andria of Terence was performed for the third time last night. The number of visitors was very considerable. Amongst them we noticed the Lord Chancellor. Lord Campbell, Viscount Barrington, Lord Feversham, Mr. Justice Williams, Sir George Rose, Mr. Bankes, M.P. ; Dr. Jelf, Dr. Wordsworth, and Mr, Jen nings, canons of Westminster. The Christmas show of the butchers and provision dealers in Stamford commenced last evening, and the display of beef, mutton, pork, game, and groceries, was fully equal to that of any former season. The shops of the principa 1 exhibitors were visited by great numbers of people, notwith standing the streets were in a most uncomfortable condition owing to a heavy fall of snow (the first here this winter) yesterday morning.—Stanford Mercury. Lincolnshire, it is natio wh. dged, stands pre emi nent for its breed of short-horned cattle. On Friday last, Mr. Jas. Cartwright, of Blankney Fen, sent by rail through Lincoln two splendid oxen, une of which cornpenent judges pronounced did not weigh less than 135 stone of 14 lbs., and which for its symmetry and general condition in all its points few are found to equal. We hear that that talented artist, Mr. Hutton, of Oxtord-street, Lincoln, has taken a portrait of the ox for Mr. Cartwright, and that both the oxen are being sent to Retlord, for the good people of that place and neighbourhood to enjoy at the approaching Christmas.— Stamford Mercury. CEYLON RAILWAY.—This meeting did not take place, owing to the want of a sufficient number of proprie tors. We understand that the directors had nothing fresh to report, and that the undertaking was in state quo, O❑ Sunday morning last, about four o'clock, some burglars attempted to break into the house of Richard Smith, shopkeeper, of Great Casterton. They had broken one of the shop shutters and a pane of glass, when fortunately they were heard by Smith's daughter, who got out of bed and sprang a rattle, and the fellows immediately took to their heels.— Stamford Mercury. A FATTIER AND SON CHARGED WITH ARSON..--- On Wednesday morning Mr. Thomas Whittaker, of Cam. bridge, and his son, whose dwelling and shop, in which they carried on the business of dealers in curiosities, was burned down on the 22d ult., were charged, on the prosecu tion of the West of England Fire-office, and also again by the landlord, with wilfully setting fire to the same. The furniture and stock were insured for 1,1101., and the claim was made for 8301. ROCHESTER.—The Lord Chancellor has placed Messr. John L , .wis Levy, John Foord, Samuel Steel, and Edward Robert Coles in the commission of the peaee for Ro chester. There are three candidates for the vacant off►ce of tome-clerk—Mr. J. Lewis, Mr. G. Acworth, and ➢lr. T. Patten : Mr. Hayward having withdrawn. SlNGAP: , RE.—Singapore advices have been received to the Bth November. Raja Brooke had left that settlement for Sarawak, where it is reported he would remain until the end of December. The proposition said to have been made by him to Lord Palmerston, for an armed interference in the affairs of Siam and Cambodia, has elicited much angry feeling amongst the mercantile community at Singapore. LIVERPOOL MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—Yes terday his Honour the Hon. Sir George Rose appointed Mr. J. Hutton, official manager, to wind up this company's afrtir2, on the petition of William Nicol, merchant, of Liver pool.- The Rev. J. R. Hogg, incumbent of L ewer Brix ham, has been appointed to the commission of the peace by the Lord. Lieutenant of the county of Devon. BRITISH RAILWAYS Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen • • .. • • • • Do. Preference • - • • Ambergato, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down Berks and Hants Eaten. (Great Western Per petual 5 per cent.) .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction, cads duly paid, of with a guar... Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do. without a guar. • Binning., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter • . • - Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledon!aa • • • • • 1) 14. Preference Do. Clydesdale June.— Chester and Holyhead Do. Preference .. Clarence .. .• Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2el do., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast J unct. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. Sol E. and L. & D.) •• •• Do. (181. E. & H.) • • Do. (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference • • 1)o. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71. 178 .) 7 p.c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 Do. No. 2 .. • • Do ..N ew Preference, 6 per cent. .. • • Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. •• Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. East Lancashire .. Do. New quarters .. Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. .. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Ed in ~ Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C. stack Gloucester & Dean Forest Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. .• Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Do. eighths .. Great North of England . Do. new 401. Do. new 30/. .. Do. new 151. . Great Western Do. New, 17/. Hull and Selby .. Do. half shares .. Do. quarter shares .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares . I Do. fifths .. • .. Do. F. 201. .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. Do. lludders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford .. Leeds and Thirsk .• Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 1)0. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ..• London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and south Coast Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .. Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. London and Greenwich . Do. preference .. .• London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., M. & B (c) London and S.-11 estern . Do. new 501. .. Do. new 40/. .. • • Do. new preference Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. Londonderry and Ennis- Do. half shares •• Manchester, Buxton, and! Matlock Manchester. Sheffield, & Lincolnshire De. quarters, No. 1 .. Do. new, 191. preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. ;Midland Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares .. DO. Biamirg & Derby Do. Con Sol. Bristol & Birroing., 6 per cent. t)o. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. . • Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. ewmarket Do. extension scrip .. Newport, Abergavenny, and llereford Newry & Ennickillen Newry, W arrenpoint, & ltostrevor • • • • •• ; Norfolk .. Do. IN evr 201. shares • • 1:0. Extension • • • • i)o. guar. 5% per cent. )o. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties thaion N orth British.. Do. i reference north Staffordshire North-Western .. .. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyro Do. Halves (A) .. Reading, Guildford, and /Zeigate.. Royston and Hitch' , " .. Shepreth Ezten... Scottie' Central .. Scottish Midland .. Du. new .. Sirewsbury & Birming, Cla.s A.. .. Do. , - Ilass 8.. De. New Guarantee.. Ahrewslany & Hereford hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Miii.) • • .. i)o.ilalies .. • 1)o. Cvestry . 1)o. New.. . 1)o. K per cent. Pref. . Shropthire L nion South Devon • . Do Preference ,ouch Staffordshire • . South-Eactent Do. do. 4% pier cent... South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and River Dun . Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. 'names Haven Dock anti Railway Vale of death .. • . Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Watertord, Wex., Wick., and Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. do. .. do. .. Do. do. West 'ornwall Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. W estern .. - •, Wilts, Somerset, & Wey. moi.th • . • • .. York, N ewcastle, & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. Do. Hartlepool Dock! and Railway .. York and North Midland Do. Preference • • .. Manchester, Shedlead, dm. at 1% 3 . Anglo-Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian) • . Boulugne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Tierzon) Demerara .. ..1 Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg Ditto Maddd and Valentia Namur and Liege .. Northern of France . • Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • . Paris and Rouen l'aris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre . Sapibre and Meuse .. Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and liasSelt West Flanders AuAtralasla ........... British North America. Colonial Commercial of London. Iwmdon Joint Stock ... London and Weatminstei National Provincial Eng, National of Ireland ... Previncial of Ireland.... \ elv ......... Union of Austral:a .. •-• Do. Sew• .. Union of London Union of Madrid TILE SHARE MARKETS. 8 6 8; ►o4 to 10% 'X - 4 dis. sy, —5% die. h - 1 p. 29 -30 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 10% - 11% 75 —76 17% Is IN 10% siiz —5% 16% - 17 13N - 144 .. —2l ills, 3%-3% 2% -2% 1 -114 T.-1 % P sidli. j P 107 11%xc1.l 56 -58 55 -57 5 -7 p 6 -7 4 -4% IE I % - 19% 12% - 12% 2►% - 2% 3134 -38 28 -33 7 -7% 13( - 2 U - 34 1734 - 17% 6% - 11% - 11% 12% - 11% 40 -42 % - % P• 242 - 245 77 —7B 4 —3.% (Lis. 99 101 4934 5034 22 —23 69_ —7l 6 7 26 —27 p P. 57 —5B 11 —1034 die. 734 7 (Us.' I% 1 (115.1 1 128 - 132 6 dli. l 95% 96% 14 —l5 3% —2% dis. 3% 3 dis. i % % din. 4 % 13 *i 7---*ii,4 86)i - 87% 10% - 11% 57 -60 57 -60 137 -1311 11% - 12 23,i4" 2414 125)4 —126)4 4 p. sN it p. 2%-2 p. 70 2 77)4 12 —ll clic 214 dis. 234 p. I .• - .• 12 -14 4 —3% dl e.l 27 -28 11 - 12 10% - 11 34 —2% dis. 47% 48 4 20 19% dii. 24 —26 129 - 131 *ix = 21 —23 15 —l4 Ws. Ib —16% 4 — 44 9 —9% 4ji —5 34 8% 8 Ms, 18% - 19 42 - 43 7% - 8 % p. 18%-19'{ 7% - 7N 1 - p. 1354 - 14 6% - 7)4 6 1 4 —5% dls. 54 —4% c 11.,. 9% 10 11 —l3 5 8 1% 1 dis. 13% 14 3►% 3 Ms; 15 —l6 11 —l3 3%- 3 dis. 23 23% .. - .. 23)4 - 24 ai( —1% dia. 9 7 dia.; 3 -3% 4 -- 1 1634 - 18 19 -21 .. - .. I -8% 43% - 44% 1834 19 6 dl9. 3 34 —3% dic 16% 1634 —433 100 50 23% 24 10 1% —I yi dis. and Lincolnshire 61. Pref. FOREIGN. 2 -2% A - IN 16% - 16% '4% —4% clis.x.d INt pm. % - % Pm. % - % Pm. . - .. 1 1 4 -116 2% -2% -8 15% 4% —3% die. 34 2634 27 5 1 ,4 die 10N 11 —3% [0 —lO dia. xd, 1% !K BANKS. 28 - 30% 42 1 4 - 41 9% - 10 25 -25% 18% - 18% 27% - 27% 17N - 18 42 —431,4 1 .5% 1514 34% —:ss% 12% -12 X •• = .. 86% S7!A 11U 126% 125% 2156 21 20% 17 77% X D i Ec RivfME tt - - . •1850: Business done to-day. 10% % dia. MTIVEs, 1 13 0 13 i 24% 30 Nominal Prices. Anglo-Mexican(is. W. p.) Asturian .............. Australian .... • ....... Barossa Range ....... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip . ..... British Iron .. • • ........ 3 - 3 3 % -3% Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/ : p.)I Do. Cocaes and Culibil De. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper . • . Coplapo ..... .. General.. ......... ... • • Real Del Monte, Unreg. 3% - 3 14% - 14% 32% - 33% %- 13% - 13% li Do. Black Dellentarea . Do. Red Debentures . .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft •••• United Mexican— •• •• •• 9 7 10% 11 6% — 5% ANEOIJS. 4214 44 26% -- 27 "70 —74 I 90 74 73 he errors of the Official Lists, an d correspondents.] Eli % Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Mail Steam .. • ... [We cannot be answers ale for ti will not be influenced by interests MON E Y and COMME RUIA L NEWS CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 8,000 bales, of which 700 Surat were taken on speculation. The market was excited, and prices of American were i. dearer at and under 711., and 1. in fair and better qualities. Brazil and Egyptian were also ~1, to II higher.—Railway Shares were billy ant. The statistics of our textile manufacturing iudustry are highly instructive, and it is laudable in Members of the Legislature to endeavour to obtain them. An official return now before us gives ample information relative to the number of cotton, woollen, and other factories, notwithstanding the unaccountable refusal by Messrs. Bright and others, so little in accordance with the spirit of progre's and inquiry, to give the information asked. If the House of Commons have not the power to compel replies upon matters connected with the public welfare, many will be ot opinion that even the peace party, who manifest by their resistance a leaning to the old leaven, " physical force," should be made amenable to some law framed to meet such cases. The more ready mode of conveying an idea of the contents of the paper before us will be by the adoption of the tabular form. COTTON FACTORIES. No. of No. of Number. Spindles. Power-looms. England and Wales 1,753 19,173.969 223,626 Scotland Ireland Total The number of male children under thirteen years employed therein is 9,482, and of female, 5,511, The total number of all persons employed is 330,924, in cluding 141,501 males and 189,423 females. No. of No. of 13 14 0 100 17% 50 178 6 8 6 13 4 6 13 4 I 1 0 8 6 100 1113- 4 47% 100 23% 113 , 4 6 15 11 6 3 100 12 15 4 20 100 100 42►% 4 2 Oj 29 16 0 100 47% 2 12 0 13 5 3 9 12 3 6 13 4 20 :NT S' 10% % 17% 16% 14 14% 14 Pv % 6% % 56 504 13 12% WOOLLEN FACTORIES. No. of Factories. Spindles. Power-looms. England and Wales 1,306 1,356,691 9,170 Scotland lB2 224,129 247 Ireland Total The number of male children under thirteen years was 4,226, and of female, 2,868. The total number of males of all ages was 44,765, and of females, 29,678, or together 74,443. WORSTED FACT,IRIES. No. of No. of No. of Factories. Spindles. Power-looms, England and Wales 493 864,874 32,617 Scotland Ireland Total 5Ol 875 830 32,617 The number of children under 13 years of age was 4,237 males and 5,719 females. The total number of females was 52,620, and of males 27,117 ; together 79,737. FLA; FACTORIES. Factories. Spindles. Power-loom?, England Scotland ... lB9 303,125 Ireland Total The number of male children under 13 years of age was 807, and of female 774. The total of males was 20,817, and of females 47,617; together 68,434. SILK FACTORIES. Factories. Spindles. 272 1,188,908 5 36;652 England Scotland Ireland ...., Power-looms. 6,092 Total The number of ithale children under 13 was 2,385, and of female 4,766. The total of males was 12.667, isnd of females 29,877; together 42,544. The General Summary of all the Factories. is as under : Factories. England Scotland Ireland Spi,,dles. Power-looms. 22,850,010 272.588 2,256,403 23,811 532,303 2 517 Total of the United Kingdom 4,330 25,638,716 298,916 The total number of male children under 13 years of age was 19,400, and of female 15,722. These re present only the children attending school. The total number of temsles was 349,215, and of males 246,867; together 596,082. The Colonial Markets have been rather dull this week, and Sugar somewhat in favour of buyers, although holders are confident, as the stocks are small. Coffee has been maintained, but the stock is heavy. In Rice, Spices, Rum, &c., a moderate business has been trans• acted. Some interesting particulars relative to the commerce of Ceylon are contained in the Overland advices. It is stated that— " The consumption of Cotton goods of all kinds has been large, and shows that the population of the chief towns have been earning money, no less than that the improved price of staple exports has distributed more cash amongst all classes. From America we have again to note the import of a small parcel, the value of which was 216/. " Cutlery and hardware have been imported in quan tity doubling t h e imparts of last yea r , b ut not exce di ng the average of the previous three ye a r s . H a b er d as h ery shows an extraordinary increase, and indicates the prosperous condition of the m iddli ng c l asses. I n t h e Metals the .surplus i mport exc ee d s uny prev i ous y ear , especially in iron, the imports of which have fur exceeded the consumption; large stocks are held, especially of hoop, and the market rates are altogether unremune rati ve. " Of most articles stocks are large, and some are in excess; we must not therefore set down the excess indi cated against them as entirely consumption. It is highly probable that the quarter from October 10 to Janury 5 will show a less impo rt o f many articles. " There is a decreaiie in most staple articles of export on the corresponding quarters, chiefly arising from the forwardness of the shippin g : season. Though parcels of some goods have been purchasiat, the want of tonnage cargo has kept them in s t ore ." and the usual coffee The American ativices, per Alatitic steamer, are only ono day later. It is stated from New York;—"Them has been no important alteration in any of the State se curities. There has not been much inquiry for Govern ment Stocks lately. Holders have ben anxiously look ing for the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, to get some insight into the financial affairs of the Go vernment, but it is, from some cause or other, delayed. It is our impression that a new Van will be required to enable the Government to meet its tiapenditures. There will be a deficiency, and we see no way of providing for that deficiency but by a new loan. When we get the Treasury report we shall be able to form a more correct opinion on the subject. From the President's Message we should judge that an increase in the tariff was depended upon to provide fur the defici ency in the revenue." We trust the writer may prove to be mistaken, but, certainly the President's Message does bear that con struction. The question will be as to the view Congress will take. The Hanburgh mail, with Tuesday dates, advises a further declin' of 14- in the rate of exchange on Lon don, vim. to 13 01. At Frankfort, on the 17th instant, Austrian Meta Hies were 74t to 75, and :vanish Three per Cents. 33 5.16 to 9.11. The Amsterdam Bourse on the 18th inst. was steady at 561 for Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. Spanish B. mis were in request at higher rates. Mexican changed bards to some xt -tit, and were lower owing to the reali:atton of profits. The English Funds have been very steady, but not active. Consols have realised 96i to 97, for the open ing. The foreign news confirm. s favourable. The New Three-and•a-Quarter per Cents, have been 1181 to 99, and the Three per Cents. 974 4. Bank Stock has been marked 2114. Exchequer-bills have been 645. to 675. premium. Consols now are 96i 1, and the expected further decline in the exchanges this afternoon has an effect. Foreign Securities have been rather dull, but at about previous rates. Mexican Bonds have realised 351 to 361, and Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 81i to Grenada Stock has been marked 18} ; and Buenos Ayres 53. Spanish Five per Cents. have been rather flatter at 18i, but the Three per Cents. keep steady at 40i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 59. Russian Five per Cents. have realised 110 to 110 i. Railway Shares aro tolerably well supported, and there is a good deal doing. Caledonian, East Lanca shire, North-Western, Midland, and Great Northern are buoyant. South-Western, York and Berwick, and South Devon are barely so good. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton are lower. QUARTER TO THRE Console - Ditto Account ... 96 i ea d. ➢RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (From the Official List. !lank Stock 21 3 1 /2 I , )er Cent. Reduced ..... Vag' 1 1 .4 per Cent. Ave , . . I,B~i q 99 (nig Annuities, Exp. Jan sth, 1860 23, ndia Stoct• Do. Bonds, 1000/ 63 p -I ,oosols for Account 'l7 86 7 / 8 xrchequer 11d. 2d. '*fare}; Jane. 67 64 p 64 CS p ,Rl( 6 3p uen O o F s A F y O r ß es E ß lG on li d !y 6 p N e D r z e ,A. n T t. 3 0 V 6 1., 4 0 p a1i Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent:::. Ditto, 5 per Coat 102% .irenada, 1 1 A per Cent. A1,,,,,t, 07 1 t:::,i4t, 1 '46,.; per Cent., Coupons -- Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . ...... .. eerll v i a n Bonds, 41,E per Cent Bl% Ditto for the Account Russianpitto 4 Bonds. pdse.rCent lB22, 7: .5 per Cent 1 910 ; 14 10 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent : Ditto Account ... .. lB% tipauish Bonds, 3 per Cent,l840 dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 24 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS D AY.) LONDON, DEC. 20.—Wind at n)on Northerly breese and fine clear tr.,sty weather. STR-MNESS.—sid. Salisbury, New York. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 19.—Wi n d N.W.—Arrd. Albert's QuAec; Sons or Comm e rce, ditto. Hull., DEC. 19,—Wind E.N.E.—Az)ff, New York. GRIMSBY, DEC. 19.— Wind N.E.—Acrd. Authracige° St. John's, New Brunswick. YARMOUTH, DEC 19.—The Maria is on shore on tlisl DEAL, DEC 19.—Wind N. to N.W., PM. N. to Vc; Arrc. Cho, Demerara; an American liner, New lb r ,., Augusta Jessie, St. John' s , N ew B runs wick; Am Quebec. Arrd. from the River and sld. C 114110413; Jamaica; ; Clara, Singapor e; H o p ewe ll, els Lachlan, ditto. 081 LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Richibucto; Atlanti c s t eamer , New York. Pu t ' 4 '4 llong-Kong, having been struck by lig htn u l ls, off Budsey. Off port, Davelivrt, Savannah. The Ti p tor Constanti no pl e , has put back, having been in c0.17i with the P e t er M ary , f or N ew O r l eans, an d both ire osl/ r4utnage. Sl. BELFAST, DEC. 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. AM — John's. New Brunswick. , p a tifit DUNDEE, DEC. 18 —Wind W.—Arrd. Ear , Montreal. Std. Harbinger, Rio de la Haehe. t00 k ...0 0, STROMNESS, DEC. 18.—Th e C assan dra, o'a has put in leaky, and with pumps choked. ;" -- 0 1 LOWESTOFT, DEC. 19.—Th e P az i e nte Gioslint n eic Fiume (not the Puziente) Newcastle to Venice, of l "i nf on a wreck between the Galloper and the Knock, b ee leaky, and has been towed in here. 'ftidad; CLYDE, DEC. 18.—Wind N. —Sid, Brinda t Janet, Boyd, St. Vincent; Thalestris, Barbado e ", b a ck. of Alicante, Domiti ,„ cs; Courier, Matanzas. ,-, ll. ,,i gA zei Flora, Havannah, leaky ; John ll'Kenzie, New `"-- with loss of all three topmasts. T A 00S e4 DUBLIN, DEC. 18.—Wind • Gaily, Trinidad. , r ai n Fit KINGSTOWN, DEC. 18.—Wind W.N.W...-' sl° ' - PUMA Bello; Jem, Honduras. A ~,5 1 4 RGATE, DEC. 18.— Wind N.E.—Arrd. Anneta, Manila; Bessie, Calcutta. A g e. RAMSGATE. DEC. 19.—Wind E. to N.W.--- - .•• -ti lor 3 . dord, St. N Petersburgh for Bristol, with loss of i n ` o ff bulwarks, &c., from contact with an American Folkstone. 0."" PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 1 g.— Wind W.S.W. 1 %00 Arrd. Burgomaster, Smidt, N ewc a s tle for Perus al - leaky. Sid. Independence, New York. r 6 YARMOUTH, Dzc. 19.—Wind N.N.E.—Sw . steamer, Hong-Kong. cu r g O f , ' ' U QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 18.—Wind S.W. United ' St s Arrd. Washington, Cronstadt for Boston, nited P;.. leaky, &c. NOTICE TO MARINERS. " M id e• Office of Committee of Privy Council fo r Whitehall, 17th December, 1850•, tea of Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Corn o3 ": o for Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you, for the a l . o of matron of the Committ ee f or M an aging the At hN - Lloyd's, that the Commissioners of Northern 11 0 0 houses have been directed, by the Lords Coolli s r fi lited of the Admiralty, to cause the light to he ex— pr t from the outer lighthouse on the south pier of p or e trick harbour, instead of from the inner lighthous' 0 at present. (Signed) C. R. P allllll. Captain Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Llyod's. MARKET NEWS.-THIS DA CORN EXCHAN GE—FRIDA I ' Of EDO ib During the present week the receipts doll Wheat for ur market have been on the increase; ;so, having amounted to 3,770 quarters, mostly from „b OP Kent, and Su ff olk. The supply of that grain freti".oll to-day, by land carriage and sample, was con3Pa r° ,7 6 oo o small, and iu very middling condition. The otte ° h ; dr of both town and country millers being limited, S',:giad mand for all kinds of Wheat of home produc e ' j - 00° heavy, at barely late rates. Upwards of, ": 0 016 quarters of foreign Wheat have arrived th' i n , - r esil i mostly from the Baltic and Black Sea. Fi ne • 1-- ape were held at full quotations. In the middliedgiog. inferior qualities next to nothing w" :de° . Fine Malting Barley was scarce, and quite - Ni s ell Grinding and distilling sorts were neglected., f the whole of the supply of Malt was cleared ous, s i e im prices. The Oat trade ruled steady, and th e pear provement in value was well supported. 1 301 °101W and Flour, as weil as Indian Curn, met a very quiry EngUsti •• •• • • ~ c otch • - •• • • % % 6 12%11% % 40% 77); 1151 53% U iS% 4% % 14 % 7 1 ,4 7 13 27% db. 41% 48 1% % s 4% 9 % % [17% 184 11% 18% 13% 14 6 3 4 5% dim, 4% clic 1 !43 16li 12 23% 13 ii IS% % 13% % 23%:% ii lase been 9 14 % 1634 % z.d. 12% Ili 36 % 3 3 % % 5% i x..d '2B 2 841 EISCELL Business don. to-day. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I - Oa ts ' -- Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. ( 0, 1 7, 0 13 3,770 4,500 1,850 3,511" 2. 390 I 3: 4;41 2,240 Irish •• •• Foreign ...... 11,410 I 1,310 I SMITHFIELD. t Nearly the whole of iho Byasts on sale i n A T: fed market were the refuse of Monday's supply, middling condition, most of Ilium suffering fr°Th n prior; All breeds were dull in the extreme, at a deeliue of '2d per 8 lbs. With Sheep we were scant il y 8 ,010 whilst the demand for that description of st° c 7o somewhat active, at an improvement in value c" r sibs; Blbp, tie primest old Downs selling at 4 s 4d Peoo/0 Calves, the supply of which was seasonably larg e l y %t to off slowly at last week's currency. In r i g 3 %IVO nothing was-doing. Milch Cows sold heavily. °" 14/to 181eacb, including their small Calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. e. d. to s. 'd. I interior Beasts—. 2 8 . 3' 0 Second quality 3 0 3 2 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Prime Scots ...... 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 2 6 3 0 Prime small ditto .. 3 2 3 6 Suckling Calves ..18 0 24 0 Lambs 0 0 0 0 (nferior Sheep • • de :1 i Second val. Sheep 3 • 4 0 Curse-woolleddltto3 JO 4 Southdown wether 4 2 6 0 0 Ditte onto( the wool° 0 Large Hogs ••••• • . 2 4 ( 1 Small Porkers a 9 0 QUartar old Pigs •.16 • Beasts,. 2,564 TOTAL SUPFLY AT MARKET I Sheep. I Calves. I 3020 1 948 SCOTCH. I Sheep. 60 FOREIGN ' Beasts. 40 Calves. SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I r ls— 6(0 90 NEWGATE AND LEADENNAZU The markets were heavy to-day, on the follovil lig ,erms:— At per stone by the Carcase. to e , d• s. d. to s. d. 6 •„ A 2 4 , eei,intarlor•• •• 2 0 2 2 iiiitton, interior •• - middling ••.. 2 4 2 6 - middling 21' 3 - prime largo •• 2 8 10 -- prime •••• 3 , 3 6 , prime small .. 3 0 3 4 Pork, large• ••••• •• 3 4 •• •• 2 6 3 6 small .• •• •• 3 " BOROUGH MOP 21d4LILM.MT. Since our last report a very limited business 11 0 be e e d ti , traosacted in this market, and prices are bare 9101.'0,, The supply of Hops on otirr is large. Factor+ ,P, r 4 , to via., ready money—East Kent pockets, per cwt, 3 1 50 71; ditto bags, 31 10s to 61 10s; Mid Kent pocke t t, to 61; ditto bags, 2/ t o 41 100; Weald of Kent 3/ to 3/ 15; ditto bags, 2l to 31 Ws; Sussex Poe kel- ' 10a to 3110 s. M Sl:MAL—There has t a bno en an extensive deals ° a fa d e British Plantation, but prices have been very &Joy sii a ported. At public sale Barbadoes has realised 4 45 !, fot fine yellow, 42s 6d to 43s 6d for good, and 41s to 40-oii ord and mid. Demerara has been scarcely so h h ,jdeit yellow 42s 6d to 455, and very low 31s to 335. J'" n f 0 11 expect an itnprovem,nt very shortly, as the stock° " kinds are getting low. Jos t 4 ReszNED.—Brown grocery lumps have been St f r aelP Emir INDlAN.—Bengal has bees offered rathe r — bag ° and of nearly 11,000 bags put up, not above B,u,ni doe found buyers, and at 6d to Is decline; good gl ° to white Benares, 43s to 411 s; mid and good yelloWt 45s 6d; and brown urd to good soft, 30s l o w it! Mauritius, 6.562 bags, went steadily; One r j 'i s ir 42s to 43s 6d, mid. to good, 385 6d to 41 3 . 80,u L., lot fine grey, 37s to 41s. Madras declined 6 d red' and only about 2,000 bags sold of 70 0 A cLe bra l° ord to good soft yellow, 32s to 36s id, a n d lo wer. 30s 6d to 325. Penang, 106 bags sold 6d to is t ea' and soft white 40s to 405 6d. Manilla, 318 fn i , s- bosil bud 375 6d tor common clayed. Bayonne), 19° 13 „„%;.a15' were bought in at 41s 6d to 43s for ord to mid yeuuvi s 'kell 43s 6d to 45s for good and fine. Porto Rico wf is 4 sB , to in at 37s to 39s 6d for ord to mid yellow, and at 93 W 425 fur good, and Bahia mid and good yellow *&,..-410 t ° 41s. Java ord to good greyih was bought in "," 445, and good and fine brown at 38s 6d to 408 6 0 . k bet Correa. — The market continues very ( P lie ; , .'s holders are rather more confident. Plantation has been sold at 58s to 62s for fine ord, and low °3lOOl 503 to 56s for ragged, 60a to 62s for Pia - b e e r Tgon': Native Ceylon has been at about 555 to 569'0:4.'001 ord. Costa Rica has been sold at 503 for good a l f9 ll at 52s to 55s for fine ord. Mocha is in reuest Or s ` fu ll rates. The stock of all kinds is now 324,00 0 et r ina 264,000 cwt at this time last year, while the b ° ,, a a trt, export deliveries have been 302,000 against 472,u"":0 Cccoa.—There has been a steady demand, an d prices. td Trinidad has been sold at 525 to 559 ' ° " 0 1 :1 0 and good red, and at 49s to 50a fur rey. G A re- tor brought 44$ 6d to 5s for good red, and g 41s to grey. n BO1 4 SPICEB.—Clean black Sumatra Pepper has b, e ,, e ; at aid to *I per lb; some mid white at 61 0 ",;1 6 ( 0 ' Mace at 2s 4d to 2s 6d, and Pimento at flid for g °- ;Pe i RICE.—A moderate demand has exited for th e 50rte. SALTPETRE.—This aqicle maintains its price. ne e. COTTON.—SaIes have then made at a slight Adyili-neo Rum.—Prices are steady hick a moderate b" - doing. r CO I TALLOW —P.Y.C. has been at 37s to 37 s 3d Pe tl th:.• sin t, and with a dud demand. , n th e TEA.—No alteration in prict s has resulted fr°flcia news by the China, mail. Fine new Congou i 9 co l and scarce at is Sd to is 10d, but other sorts or e dull. ll liintl4. GREEN Fnurr.—A bsiik.den ian d exists for bo o) Two cargoes Orsnges and per stPutnt.r andiSillitOrshipi; sold by 11 '-''' at itlhitc Tit aitiiit advoice of v ats n t tie-- sit t k4 s pe'r larg.. .000 tnons have taitgliitii6A7 hut •thf.. price continu ll: es: ,pos 4.weria Grapes'isre offered freely, the being considered of a keeping `character tbil . 6 11 ► 0 11000 T A Tb e t , ; th Y N ot !' 441:. [12% 13% Paid. ......., l'he 5 , 401 4 !Nu r Qu csittin (It a f or kit! 1 W;) turi .4CI