The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-17 00:00:00

IusRGINAEr.LEDF cOOII2;ATITIAONLL, OF STRAND. ATTRACTION. AM.AL MAGNETISU.—SOIREFS LASSAIGNE every Even : (Saturday- excepted), at Eight o'clock. Admission ls., 25., 4 0 . Stalls and Reserved Seats may be secured at Mr. Sams's Royal Library, St. James's-street; at Mr. Ebers's, Bookseller to her 3ga;asty, 27, Old Bond-street; and at the Manager's OlEcs, Hunger- THEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. ' SOLREESMTSTERIEUSES7JuveTtiIe krausements, by M. - 4. • ' Idadame Langlois, of Paris, and the celebrated Indian Juggler, Diann; with Dissolving Views, Ckromatrope. &c., every Evening, at Seven o'clock. Admission Is., Is. Gd., and 2s. Gd. DIORAMA.—Every Day, from Twelve to Three. Priees of Ad mission la. GI, is., and 6 d. • BAZAARS — Open daily from Ten A.m. to Ten P.M. Admission Free. MAGNETOID CURRENTS and the MAUNETOSCOPE. Dr. Lager's Philosophical and Experimental Lectures every Saturday lErsaiitg, at Eight. Admission la. and 28. TMEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Ar. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoll. THIS EVENING, Will be pertbreaed THEBEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath !Ai% W. Harrison; Mat-o'-the-)lint, Mr. Weiss; Filch, Mr. Buck stone ; Polly Pes.sham, Miss Louisa Fyns ; Lucy Lockit, Mrs. Fitz- After which a new Tares, entitled THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. Mr. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. Buck ingham. To csntlade with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. IL Bed ford. ttcl Y AL, AD ELl'Lii miler the direction ot Mr. B. Webster. The popular Comedian, Mr. Wright, having recovered from big in" tisposition, will appear This Evening. Enormous success cf the Yankee Comedian, Mr. Josh Silsbee* THIS EVENING, Will be performed the comic Drama, entitled TEM yoREST ROSE: and the YANKEE PLOUGHBOY. Jonathan PloughbeY, Miss Col- Mr. J. Silsbee• Bellamy, Mr. Worrell; Harriet Miller , Tina; Sally Forest, Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Emery; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Grasp, Mr. 0. Sraith; Mr, Willis, Mr. Worrell ; Marian, Miss Ellen Chaplin. de Circonstance, Alter which, a new and laughable Piece entitled SLOOMERISM ; or, The Follies ot a Day. M r. Agricola Green, Mr. Honey ; Mr. Flighty Bounce, -sir. Paul Bedford ; John trey, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr. Weakly, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Portia La cteal'. Green, Miss Woolgar. :OPAL puiscEsB,s vuEArgE, OXFORD-STRE.ET. Under the Id r.nageraentat Mr. C. Beal IH,E lst Will be performed the Comedy of TOWN AND COUNTRY , i n which Messrs. C. Kean, Seeley. Harley, Addison, M ea d ows , Wi g an, Mrs. Winstanley. Phillips , and 3fiss M urray will appear. After which, a new and original Comedy, in two acts, entitled TENr,)EIt PRECAUTIONS; or, the Ro ma nce of Marriage, which Mr. and Sirs- Keeley, and Nfr. and Mrs. Wigan will appear. To coneUide with the Farce of BETSY BAK F R , i n w hi c h M r . an d Mrs. Keeley wi ll appear. to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. 4aB ' ', 3l "Zir am ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, i-gtreut, froth Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Ilanagement of SiadamP Vestris. IPbe public is respectfully informed that this Theatre having been thoroughly renovated and embellished, will RE-OPEN THIS EVENI.NU, When will to performed nen' AND FIFTY. To be followed by rim GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by essrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. fi.orn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclade with t PRACTICAT, MAN. .1,1 n., Jl, ,essee and Manager, Slr. W Farrel THI kINIKVIN(4, mill be performed THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION. After which HIS FIR •T CHAMPAGNE. To conclude with BLACK EYED SUSAN. el,co,ll'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Warmest Theatre in London. Another New Farce. THIS EVENING. Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. After which, BREAKFAST FOR TWO. To be followed by a new Farce, entitled CIRCIIMSTA.NTI tV - IDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Belton, RomAer,L Misses Marshall and Maskell. With STROLLERS AND STRATAGEMS. To conclude with a Farce, entitled T E H FIFT OF NOTEM BELt, by Messrs. Tilbury, Rogers, Hudspeth, Misse H s Saunders and Maskell. prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4s; boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be openel at Ilalf-past Six, and the performances to commence at Seven precisely. •!... second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock —drat circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Prep letor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. akzael still Continues the Star of the Theatrical World. rius E V ENLN G. Will be produced now grand Spectacle, from the pen of E. Fitzball, -sq•, and written expressly for this establishment, entitled AZAEL, in which will be introduced tho same highly-trained horses and Camels that appe tred 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 witnessed within the walls 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 Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, repre4ented by Foreign and British /Kale and Female Artists of superior talent. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Tickets to be had at the Bea-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. PORTRAITS SOULT AND WELLINGTON, WITH MEMOIRS IND FAC-SI3IILLS3 OF THEIR HA...ND- WRIT IN GS. THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY WYON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES ; TOGETHER WITH A PORTRAIT OF DUKE OF WELLINGTON IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, THE AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE ONE SHILLING. Willi ii WATN:i ..T I.VIr i"V\.iKlD'i!- il:hue DAT —Morning 39 min. after 6 I Evening 14 min after 0 Ta-Mozaow—Morning L 9 lain. after 2 I Evening 26 min after 10 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFicx, DECEMBER 17. Taxxxo.mxrEß, ix nix SHAD& 43—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and daring the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.48. Wurt)S.E.--Morninv, dull, dark weather ; Afternoon, cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. sate of the Wind and Weather at each of the following laces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations aye arranged in order of latitude. BRIGHTON—Wind N.E., calm—overcast. Sowruamprow—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. FourasroNa—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. &AV/OD—Wind W., calm—foggy. Cou..aw,Tras—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CA .KBRIDGE—Wind S. Ni., gentle breeze—overcast. Yeßnoirro—Wind S.W., calm—r.artially cloudy. la uvauaGruat—Wind S.W., calm—foggy. a f , LYPIKAD—Wind S., strong breeze—overcast. ANIXSOTON —Wind S.W., gentle breeze cloudless, frost SHAP—Wind S., gentle breeze —scud, rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : I.LwErucK—Wind S.. calm—foggy. CLLLNGAR- . 4 ind E.. calm—foggy. Warrsv—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily height of the barometer in the week was above 30 in. on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; the mean of the week was 30 140 in. The mean temperature of the week was 44 . 8°. The daily mean was highest on Weo - uesilay, when it was 51.5°, and lowest on Friday, when it ryas 33°. On the former day it was about 10° above the tev,rage of corresponding days, on the latter it was about 94 during it. The mean temperature was above the average the week, except on the last two days. The wind was tenerally in the southwest. TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unless anthen. ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. ebernina LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1851 ABD.ET,R ADER may now look forward to his emancipation. Nothing has for a eonsiderabl fromtime i nterposed between himself and his restoration confinement but the protracted hostility cherished bmt ''''ten the I. , g6lative and Executive powers of the , 'euell Government. In the doubtful situation of 1:"? Republic not only did the mass of its citizens 1.111 cause for anxiety, politically, socially, and com mercially, but the unfortunate chieftain of the Arabs, the most illustrious prisoner of the Democracy, found the miseries consequent upon the perpetuation of his sufferings. In rending asunder, therefore, the bonds by which he himself was shackled, we must believe that Louis NAPOLEON has also riven in twain the manacles of ABD-EL- KADErt • It merely remains for the head of the present Administration to unbar the gates of the Chateau d'Amboise, and thus to fulfil the generorts promise vouchsafed by him to the Marquis of LON D ONDEKIt When this sh a ll h ave been ac recorded that t h e same palace coyaplished it will be v.vhich w it ness ed thci homage paid to art b y the death of LIZONARDO in the arms of FRANCIS, witnessed like wise the homage offered to heroism in the release of ABD•JEL4C.ADEIt by Louis NAPOLEON. Let this bene rolent desire on the part of the —PRESIDENT of the Re public be but r ea li ze d, an d another lesson will have g , 1 4-1 _ 141:7 - - u - :, "r been accorded to humanity—another instructive example of the mutability of Fortune. The last avenging blow will then have fallen from the brand of NEMESIS on the perpetrators of one among the blackest acts of treachery ever adventured upon by European. The victim of that most execrable crime against truth will then be compen sated in some measure for his protracted immurement by the tardy but not less precious acquisition of his freedom—while one of the authors of his misfor tune remains in a dungeon, and another continues in exile. AI3D-EL-KADER would, under those circum stances, be allowed to escape from thraldom—when LOUIS PHILIPPE still lay crumbling into dust on a foreign shore, when the Marshal's baton had long since dropped from the inanimate grasp of BUGEAED, when the glory of his youth was already forsaking the Prince DE JoIzYILLE during the melancholy con tinuance of his banishment, and when—strangest freak of all—the walls of the fortress of Ham sur rounded the defeated, disgraced, and deserted Lemo- RiciERE. A merited retribution would be recognized in these events, such as could not fail to impress the imagination of the:multitude, and to be borne long in the popular remembrance. It would, doubtless, be satisfactory, moreover, for M. THIERS to record, in some future page of that great history which he may possibly continue in his German home as a refugee, that while TOUSSAINT was rigorously retained in durance vile by one BONAPARTE, ADD.- EL-KADER was magnanimously restored to liberty by another, This would at least be a new and curious change in the shifting fortunes of that State which is nothing less than a vast political kaleidescope. Under every consideration, it is earnestly to be hoped that the PRESIDENT of the Republic will, within a very brief interval, be enabled to realize his benevo lent solicitude as to the alleviation of the sorrows hitherto endured by the glorious leader of the Arabs, a prince in whose veins, according to the belief of his people, flows the royal and sacred blood of MAUOMET. Upon such a celebration, likewise, of his newly augmented authority Louts NAPOLEON might the most effectually found the hopes of an increasing amount of popular sympathy and admiration. To the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, also, the event we are here anticipating would inevitably be a source of large and peculiar satisfaction. For he could not fail to remember that he it was who ventured to plead the cause of the illustrious captive when no other voice was raised in his behalf, that he it was who appealed in his favour to a Government apparently obdurate in its resolves to profit by the turpitude of the last mo narchy in purchasing safety from the revival of a general war in Algeria by the perpetuation of a most vile and infamous injustice. As for the object of this noble interposition, he most of all could not but be ' profoundly impressed by the recollections excited by his liberation—beholding in the head of the French Democracy, in the man to whom he would be per sonally indebted for his release, the descendant of that great and terrible warrior whose victories are che rished by the children of the desert, and whose name is mentioned among them under the title of the Sultan of Fire. Whatever might be the motives experienced by the Prince Louis NAPOLEON, by the Emir ABD-EL-KADER, or by the Marquis of LON DONDERRY respectively, the people both of France and of England could not but exult in a proceeding which would be literally one of graceful reparation, an act in which the sin of falsehood would be covered by the virtue of magnanimity. The case of HARRIET ANNE NEWMAN, otherwise Roneats, who was yesterday convicted at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury, is one of a most extraordinary and singular character, in many respects deserving of serious at tention. The circumstances of the transaction, which caused a deep sensation at the time of its occurrence, must be fresh in the public recollection. The pri soner was found at a late hour sitting on a door step, stupid, and nearly insensible, and quite incapable of giving any rational account of herself. It was supposed that she had been drugged or " hocussed" for some improper purpose. She was, accordingly, removed to the Royal Free Hospital, where she remained five days before she was sufficiently well to be discharged. On her recovery she made a very strange statement, to the effect that she had been induced to go out on the evening in question, in consequence of having received a letter, purporting to be signed by a young man, named RO➢ERTS, who was then courting, and had since married her ; that, on going to the place of appointment, she had, to her great astonishment, met another man, who forced her into a cab, and drove about with her to various places. At length they arrived at a large house, where something was given her to drink, which had the effect of stupifying her. She was then as sailed by three elderly persons, in the garb of gentle men, who each attempted to obtain possession of her person by force. These infamous and criminal as saults excited her for the moment, notwithstanding the powerful soporific administered. She obtained a knife, and with it succeeded in fighting her way out of the house. She was again taken into the same cab, and driven about in company with the person whom she had first seen. She then became insensible, and had no recollection of what subsequently took place until she was found sitting on a door-step by the constable as above mentioned. This improbable and almost incredible narrative was received at the time with almost implicit faith, and the deepest anxiety was manifested to bring to justice the miscreants who had been concerned in an outrage so abominable and disgraceful. The singular tale received some degree of confir mation from something which fell from a person named DAY the evening after the alleged occurrence. ROBERTS, the young man whose name had been made use of, was in the gallery of the Standard Theatre, accompanied by a friend, when he was accosted by DAY, who in rather a jeering tone said, ".There you are, DICE—I had such a spree with a girl last night, and drove her in a cab round Poplar, Stepney, and Limehouse." This statement directed suspicion to DAY, more particularly as the route he indicated was that which the girl declared that she had been taken. lie was arrested on the charge, and immediately identified by the prisoner as the person who had been with her in the cab. He was shortly afterwards brought before a magistrate and duly committed for trial, and a Society undertook to carry o❑ the prosecution, holding at naught, or set ting at defiance, the laws of, touching, and concerning the offences of champerty and maintenance, /cc. &c. Some doubts were cast upon the authenticity of the tale even before the trial of DAT. He had, however, been duly committed, the indictment was framed with the utmost care, and the party was ar raigned in due course. Although the story was of so startling a character, it found favour in the sight of the jury, who were bound "to give the benefit of any reasonable doubt to the prisoner," DIY was con victed, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. A memorial was, however, forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who, after mature consideration, thought it a favourable opportunity for the exercise of the Royal prerogative, and a free pardon was accordingly granted to DAT, who was discharged from custody. The situation of the parties was then reversed. The former prosecutrix W29 placed in trial, and the the dock for that adduced on box in turn. qTuohndam prisoner occupied the witness the evidencee was nearly the same as a Verdiformer investigation. The jury A again s iz o brought nEßT i s n is now M custody awaiting the sen one (or both) ict of " Guilty " and HARRIET of the e t strike pence of the Court. The first the observer is that have fallen into th e ver y s erious and lamentable jles er must of improperly convictin g an inn ocent person that ror in this instance t hat which has be en described as " the Palladium of our national liberties" —the trial by jury—has proved a lamentable failure. In place of affording protection and security to innocent persons, the great object for which it was instituted, it had created the very evil it was intended to prevent, and made one person at least wholly guiltless of the offence laid to his or her charge the victim of the law that should have guaranteed his (or her) safety. We trust that persons who are placed in the important and highly responsible situa tions of jurors in criminal cases—from whose judg ment there is no appeal, whose verdict may be ruinous to the future prospects of the unfortunate wretches whose very existence may depend on their decision—will ponder these matters, and reflect on the THE SUN, LONDON, different duties imposed on them in civil and criminal matters. In the former they are bound to decide according to the weight of evidence—the balance must be held with an equal and impartial hand, and judgment pronounced in favour of the party on whose side it inclines in any degree, however minute. But in criminal affairs it is wholly different. The guilt of the de fendant must be established beyond the "possibility of reasonable doubt." He is not to establish his inno cence, that must be presumed until his guilt is clearly proved ; and the humane principle of the British law, "that it is better that ninety-nine guilty men should escape with impunity than that one innocent person should be unjustly convicted," must, or at least ought to, be exercised in his favour. We fear, however, that this theory is very frequently not carried into practical operation, that haste or petulance are sometimes permitted to enter the jury box. It was an old complaint that— " Wretches hang that jurymen may dine." Something similar may be said at the present day ; and this in some degree springs from the misappre hension that the acquittal of the prisoner brands the prosecutor with perjury. In the present instance both might have been acquitted ; and it would not have followed because the young woman now awaiting her sentence was mistaken in the identity of the party that she bad wickedly, deliberately, and corruptly stated that which she knew to be false. We trust that Sir GEORGE GREY will direct his serious attention to the case of the unfortunate prisoner, HARRIET ANNE ROBERTS. The entire transaction furnishes an additional and very powerful illustration for the necessity of th• establishment of a Court of Criminal Appeal, and, in that respect, is eminently deserving the notice of Members of Parlia ment and of legal reformers. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. e have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The publication of the Siècle has been again sus pended, notwithstanding the caution with which the writers in it have abstained from all comment on passing events. The reason of the suspension is said to have been the recommendation of the Siècle to its friends not to abstain from voting in the approaching election of President; in making this recommenda tion the Siècle was merely re-echoing the advice of the Patrie, the Constitutionnel, and of the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, but the Minister of the Interior probably considered it improbable that the friends of General CAVAIGNAC would vote in favour of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. It is also stated that the editor bad refused to insert an article supporting the claims of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE to the Pre.. siden cy. The Patrie says : " The anarchical party, finding the impossibility of being able to disturb the country by violence, have had recourse to a trick in order to influence the ballot which is to open on the 20th inst. Emissaries are going through the country districts, endeavouring to mislead the electors, by affirming to them that the question to be solved is whether the French people wish that Louis Napoleon should retire from power. They consequently say that those who wish his maintenance should vote No. It is to defeat this manoeuvre that the Minister of the Interior has sent into the departments the following no tice, which is to be posted up in all the places where electoral meetings are held:— " MINISTRY OP THE INTERIOR. " Notice to the French People. "It is well understood that those who wish to maintain Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and to give him the power to establish a Constitution on the bases pointed out in his proclamation of the 2d December, must vote with a bul letin bearing the word Yes." The proprietors of the journal, the Pays, having announced the publication in its feuilleton of a literary work of M. DE LAMARTINE, that gentleman has written to the Debats to declare that he has had nothing whatever to do with the Pays since the events of the 2d, and that the work in question was purchased from him previous thereto. The Presse announces for publication as a feuilleton, the autobiography of ALEXANDRE DUMAS. It will extend to eight volumes. M. DE LAROCHEJAQUELIN, the Legitimatist leader, has published the following protest against the coup d' iitat " TO THE FRENCH NATION. " An act whose results are incalculable has last been perpetrated. The constitution is overthrown, the Na tional Assembly unlawfully dissolved by the Executive power, the freedom of a great number of representatives violated, and the arbitrary caprice of an individual is set up in the place of law. Long have I desired to raise my voice, and call on France to put an end to the succession of adventurers who dishonour her ; then might we save France and those principlus without which no nation can be truly great. But my endeavours were misunderstood and thwarted. Since the appeal to the nation, as it is made by M. Bona parte, is altogether wanting in those conditions and features which alone can ensure the honour, freedom, and truth of an appeal to the people, I protest, with all the energy of my conviction, against that act, and the illegal proceedings by which it is accompanied. Personal preference and compulsion are alike employed to give a peculiar directio❑ to the expression of the national will in a manner which wounds every conscience, and must arouse the indignation of every free man. The consti tutional prerogatives which M. Bonaparte, under the hollow pretext of a delegation, usurps, would hurl us once more into inconceivable contusion. The time for Caesars cannot have come for France. As a defender of the principle of the national sovereignty, I must loudly protest, even if I stand alone, against the present viola tion of this principle. May my sad forebodings for my native country nut be realised. May France see at length that her help lies in her own bands, and that in a Republic no one has the right to dispose of the desti nies of the land except according to the free and full expression of the public will." MM. VATISMENIL, BARTHELEMY, and other Legi timatist notabilities, have addressed circulars to their adherents in the departments, urging them to vote against the PRESIDENT. It is said that at Meta the garrison was not at all unanimous in favour of the PRESIDENT. Out of 110 sous-officiers who are in the military college of that place only four voted for Louis NAPOLEON; all the others voted against him. In the Polytechnic School iu Paris the whole of the scholars who are electors voted against him. Among them is the young Prince DE POLIGNAC. General OUDINOT has written an extremely ener getic letter to the Minister of War, in which he expresses his indignation at the insult cast on him in the motives alleged by the Government for the pro motion of General VAILLANT to the rank of Marshal of France. He has also written a letter to the POPE on the subject. It will be remembered that the POPE wrote a letter to General °ODIN(); thanking him for his services. The following protest has been adopted by the Council General of Morbihan _ _ _ " Upon the - intelligence of the grave events which have just occurred, the undersigned members of tho Council- General of Morbihan, faithful to the honourable engage ments assumed by them in their sessions of 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1851, spontaneously assembled in the chef lieu of the department, where they passed unanimously the following resolution.— "' Considering that the 68th article of the Constitution declares that every measure by which the President of the Republic dissolves tho Assembly, prorogues it, or places any obstacle to the exercise of its decrees, is a crime of high treason, " The undersigned protest with all the power and energy they possess against the flagrant violation of the Constitution, the violent dissolution of the National As sembly, and the odious outrages consummated upon the persons of the representatives of the people. " Deeply sensible, however, of the dangers which menace society, they appeal to their fellow citizens to maintain the calm and firm attitude which belongs to law and right, and not to complicate, by violent and intemperate manifestations the situation of the country, now become so grave. " Signed by 22 members present; nine members of whom three were absent at Paris; one mem ber arrested.' " Several lithographic bills and circulars attacking the PRESIDENT have been clandestinely distributed : in these his " bid" for the support of the parli-pritre is not forgotten. The following is an extract froco one of them. " ' ART. IV. OF THE CONSTITUTION. " T he right of instruction is free. " Consequ ntly, M. Montalembert and his friends, the Jesuits, are alone charged with the instruction of youth." In justice to Louts NAPOLEON, however, it should be recollected that it was the Assembly, led by TRIERS, CIIANGARNIER, DUPIN, DE LAROCHEJAQ.UE LIN, DE FALLoux, who confided the instruction of the youth of France to the Jesuits. The Patric states that the reports of military exe cutions in the Champ de Mars, the Court of the Pre fecture, and other places, are calumnious inventions, entirely devoid of the least foundation of truth. The Constitutiomuu, iu order to prove the existence of a plot for dtposiug the PRESIDENT, publishes two drafts of decrees seized in the apartments of M. RAZE, and dr awn up w i t h out th e k now l e d ge o f th a President of the Assembly. The first decree is as follows : " The President of the National Assembly, seeing the 32d article of the Constitution in these terms, ' The Assembly determines the place of its sittings; it fixes the importance of the military forces established for its security, and disposes of them.' Seeing the 112th article of the regulations of the National Assembly in these) terms:—The President is charged to watch over the internal and external s, curity of the National As sembly. To this each he exercises, in the name of the Assembly, the right conferred upon the legislative p o wer by Art. 32 . of t h f e o r C e o e n s s e t ! t t u a b t o i3 n h , col for fi xing its s t e h c e u m i t y q! disposing o andportance of the mihftatrhyem. Qomimmediately WEDNESDAY EVENING, toassume the command of all the forces, es well of the army as of the national guard, stationed in ithe first military division, lo guarantee the security of the As sembly.—Done at the Palace of the National Assembly, the day of ." The 2d decree runs thus : " The President of the National Assembly, consider ing the 32d article of the Constitution, and the 112th article of the standing rules, orders every general, every commander of a corps or detachment, as well of the army as of the national guard, stationed in the first military division, to obey the orders of General --, charged to guarantee the safety of the National As sembly." Of the Ist decree there were only two copies, one destined probably for the General-in-Chief appointed, the other for the illoniteur. The Censtitutionnel says— " The seizure of the papers of M. Mize renders evi dent the existence of a plot. In fact, all the decrees relative to direct requisition of the troops were ready; not only the minutes, but the duplicates and amplifications necessary to communicate the same were seized. These, although drawn up without the knowledge of M. Dupin, were stamped nevertheless with the seal of the Presi dent of the Assembly." The Cure of Poligny has addressed the following letter to the journals : "Poligny, Dec. 11, 1851. " Sir,—ln your number of the 9th instant you pub ..sh an extract from the Sentinelle de Jura, in which mention is made of the bacchanal orgies committed by the insurgents at the rectory house of Poligny, the morning of the 4th. With the view that the perilous position of the accused persons may not be aggravated, and in the interest of justice, I protest against the inac curacy of the above-mentioned article, so far as regards the conduct of the insurgents at the rectory. It is true that some of them, in the morning of the 4th, begged me to give them a few litres of wine, but they asked it in a respectful manner, and they did not drink a drop at the rectory. I must add, that in all the afflicting disorders of which our town has been the theatre, neither the authors nor the accomplices of those disorders made the slightest demonstration, or offered the least insult, against the " cure," or any member of the clergy.—l have, &c., " CRETENET, Cure." General GuDIN, who commands the sth sub division of the Ist military division, has issued a decree dissolving the two companies of artillery of the Na tional Guard of Havre, and ordering their arms to be delivered up, and placed in the citadel, within 48 hours. The Echo de l'Oise says :—" We were in error when we annouuced that M. ROGER (du Nord) had been set at liberty. Not one of the eight persons detained at Ham has as yet been liberated. General CAVAIGNAC occupies the room formerly assigned to Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON. The prisoners are treated well, and are attended at table by soldiers belonging to the garrison." The Journal do Genive states that, immediately after the arrival of the news of the coup d'itat at Paris, the French and German refugees residing at Geneva assembled in the room belonging to the Societe du Grath, to deliberate on the course which they ought to adopt, particularly as to the propriety of entering France in arms. Scarcely bad they assembled and commenced their demagogical effusions, when M. JAMES FAZY appeared, accompanied by a Commissary of Police. He observed to them that they had no right to assem ble in that room, and that any act of violence towards France would compromise Geneva and the Societe du Gruth, which was composed exclusively of Swiss. He ordered them to withdraw on the instant, and added, that he was surprised to see several persons present whom he had imagined to be in German Switzerland. He announced that he was about at once to give notice to the Federal Council of what was going on, and that he would take mea sures to have the affair of the refugees assume another aspect, since it was not to be supposed that Switzer land would allow herself to be compromised by their folly. The meeting then dispersed, but in spite of M. J. FAZY'S recommendations, a number of them determined to enter France. In consequence, on the 11th inst., twenty assembled at Chancy, and pro ceeded to Seyssel, where they attempted to force a passage. After an engagement, in which two gendarmes were wounded, and in which the refugees lost one of their companions in the Rhine, they were obliged to return to Chancy, where they remained until the 13th at midnight. They then returned to Geneva. During their stay at Chancy they were closely watched by the French authorities. The principal telegraphic dispatches received yes terday by the Government are altogether favourable. One from Avignon on the 12th states that the department of Vaucluse had been restored to a complete state of tranquillity. The vigorous measures taken after the events of Aspet were attended with the most satisfactory results, and all has now become tranquil. A second dispatch from the same place, and sent on the same day, but at a later hour, is still more important, declaring that communications had been at last re-established with the department of the Basses Alps. Another dispatch of the 12th, from Orange, in the Vaucluse, states that that town had been the theatre of a demagogical disturbance of some gravity. The sub-prefecture was invaded, and, for a moment, possessed by the insurgents, but after wards disengaged by a squadron of dragoons. The Mayor, who had placed himself at the head of the rioters, had delivered up to them the mairie. They remained in possession of it, however, only a short time, the dragoons soon forcing the m to q uit the quarters which they had entered on. The muni cipal body had been dissolved and replaced by men of order. The town was, when the dispatch left, per , fectly tranquil. A dispatch from Marseilles of the 12th declares that the insurrection was totally re pressed in the department of the Var, and partly so in the Basses-Alps. The department of the Bouches du•Rh6ne had not been troubled. A dispatch from Agen of the 13th states that ca l m con tinued in all the communes in which ord er b a d b een b e f ore g ravely at Marmande and Ville neuve.arrivedat those villages, and kept warrants were out against the ring leaders the e discontented compromised, Troops h an particularly ch e check. Numerous arrests bad been made,ef thean insurrection.d Another dispatch of by December 13, from Lecto ure, states that the insur gentsa who had bea ten the d rum at Fleurance were ar rreesstteedretdhiant m the o ninrognr .dissement Perfect t ranqu illi ty h a d b een the vigorous mea sures taken. M. TRIERS arrived at Brussels from Frankfort on the morning of the 12th, and i n t en d e d to wa i t i n th a t city until his family should join him, H e wa s after wards to proceed to England. We learn from the German journals, that on reachi ng F ran kf or t h e s ent his lugga ge to the railway, a n d i nscr ib e d hi mse lf on the books of the hotel at which he alighted," TUTEES, ex-representative of the French National Assembly." The police took measures to prevent any sort of de monstration. m. THIEF, however, did not leave his chamber w hilst he remained, and cause d th e rumou r to be spread that be had immediately quitted the city. A Frankfort journal announces that Louis BLANC was arrested on the 11th in the Faubourg St. Gos saten-Rode, at Brusssels, and was conveyed to Ostend, from whence he was to be made to embark for Eng- land. to vote for LOU IS N APOLEON . i M. SEGUR D'AGU E SSEAU and General LEBRETAN have published addresses to their late constituents, urging them A decree n the Maniteur appoints a section, to be known by the name of the admini s tr a ti ve section, to fulfil the functions assigned to the Consultative Com- Mi3SiOrt by Art. 3 of the deorae of December 11. The administrative section is to be presided over by M. BA/welly, the vice-president, a n d i s t o e n ter imme diately on its functions. A decision of the Minister of .lu..tice is to divide the section into committees corresponding to the different Ministerial Depart ments. The whole number of members in the sections, independently of M. BAROCHE, is twenty eight. A. decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic, issued on the recommendation of the Minister of the Interior, dissolves the 6th legion of the National Guard of Paris. The reason vssigned in the reports for this step, is not that the inhabitants of that circumscription sympathise with the enemies of order, but that they are placed in a most difficult position from the nature of their streets, which prevent well intentioned citizens from easily as sembling, and expose them to be disarmed isolately. The Moniteur contains a number of decrees, issued on the report of M. Ducos, the Minister of Marine, conferring promotions or orders in the Legion of Honour on persons who distinguished themselves at the late bombardment of Sales and Rabat. Admiral DUBOURDIEU is promoted to the grade of Grand Officer, three captains to the grade of Commander in the order, four persons to the grade of Officer, and twenty-one to that of Knight. The Moniteur also contains a number of promotions and nominations in the Legion of Honour principally for the army ; 12 persons are named Commanders, 35 Officers, and 286 Knights. A decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, con taining additional enactments to render the present Council of Salubrity, established at the Prefecture of Police, more efficacious in its surveillance and opera tion, is published in the ll on iteur. The present Council is to preserve its actual organization, under the title of Conseil d' Hygiene Publique et de Salubrite du Department de la Seine, b u t with the addition of sanitary commissions, established' in each of the ar rondissements of Paris, and in those of Sce aux a nd of St. Denis. The decree enters very fully into the manner of electing the members of both these com mittees of the Council itself, and adds a number of provisions to better ensure the health of Paris and its vicinity. The Bourse was not so firm. The Five per Cents. opened at 102 f. 50c., rose to 102 f. 90c., fell subse quently to loof. 25c., and closed at 100 f. 50c. for 4 G B5 r f e .; t a Basie; Northern, l72. 1 the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 63f. 50c. ; Orleans R ailroad Shares, 995 E ; 4 11 9 0 7 u f e . n5,0c.6;40f.; Avignon,llav Havre ;7fv. ozo 50c.; Bordeaux, 3 92 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 400 f .; Tours &ud Nantes, 2774 500.; Amiens to Boulogne, 2754 i e s rc; n; , DECEMBER BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 100/ 4 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 18'%—Luxembourg, 314—Namur and Liege, 6 —Northern of France, 15 5, ‘,—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 , -/. 4 - -Paris d Orleans, 39—Paris and Rouen, 21 1 ;4—Paris and Strasbourg, 14—Rouen and Havre, 9 —Sambre and Meuse, 34—Tours and Nantes, 6%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. The Gaceta publishes the following : . " The reply of the Government of the United States to the demands of her Majesty's Government has arrived by extraordinary dispatch. The frank and honourable manner in which the federal Government has conducted itself on this occasion, by admitting that an insult was made to the Spanish flag by a seditious populace, by appreciating it in the same terms as the Government of her Majesty, and by offering to the latter all reparations, just, honour able, and possible for the two countries, has induced her Majesty to declare herself perfectly satisfied on the affair, and to order the publication in the Madrid Gazette of the note addressed by the Hon. Daniel Web ster, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United States, to M. Angel Calderon de la Bares, Minister Plenipo tentiary of her Msjesty at Washington. Having ob tained such a satisfactory result, and the Queen, our Sovereign, desiring to give to the respectable President of the United States, and to the peoples of the Confede ration, a testimony of her friendly dispositions, has con descended by a spontaneous act of her royal clemency, to grant a pardon to all such prisoners made i❑ the last expedition against the isle of Cuba, as are citizens of those States, whether they be al ready in Spain, undergoing the punishments they have incurred, or whether they be still in Cuba. Finally, her Majesty, to give a testimony of her royal esteem to M. Angel Calderon de la Barca, her Minister Plenipotentiary in the United states, for the efforts he has made to terminate this important affair happily, has designed to nominate him Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III." MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 11.—The Funds have risen to-day, and have nearly regained the quotations they held previous to the news arriving of the French coup d'Etat. Three per Cents. are 31 to 4 ; Five per Cents. with current Coupon, 16* to *; Coupons, 8; Passive Debt, 5 9-16; Exchange on London 50 50. CitatiVlA.N Y . The French Minister to the Court of Prussia has complained to the Prussian Government of the viru lence of the attacks made on Louis NAPOLEON by the Conservative and Legitimatist journals of Berlin. The Saxon Chambers having to vote the estimates of the expenditure of the Government for three years, the budgets for 1852, 1853, and 1854, have just been laid before them. The revenue is calculated at 8,274,337 thalers for each year, and it is assumed that the expenditure will amount to the same sum. The extraordinary budget of the State is calculated at 3,872,000 thalers. ITALY. The Paris ConstilWionnel has the following from " We hare received intelligence from Rome to the 10th. The news from Paris arrived there on the ith, and produced a great sensation. The Holy Father re ceived the news with the calm serenity which never abandons him. He was to proceed on the following Sunday to the church of the Holy Apostles, on occasion of the Immaculate Conception; he went there accordingly, as night began to full, by the Corso; an immense crowd awaited him at the church and on his passage, and every one could see that nothing could alter his serenity. It cannot be said that the army expected the measures taken by Prince Louis Napoleon. General Gemeau having con voked at his quarters the commanders of the several corps, it was unanimously agreed that the army bad nothing else to do than to continue its mission of main taining order on the one hand, and on the other of pro tecting the spiritual head of the immense majority of the French. As to the Freneh residents at Rome, our correspondent states that their satisfaction is exceedingly great." LITERATURE. THE SCOTTISH DRAUGhT-PLAYER. Second Edition. By John Drummond. The game of draughts, which is more popular in Scotland than in England, proceeds upon the most simple elements, but it involves the really scientific player in configurations of great complexity and difficulty. In some respects, indeed, it may be considered by the more enthusiastic class of players as superior even to chess. The design is generally more concealed, and only becomes developed after a considerable number of moves, so that the vanquished player is often quite ignorant of the real source of his defeat. To pursue the game of draughts success fully between scientific competitors, therefore, re quires, to a certain extent, a calculation of a more abstract kind than that of chess. The Scotch have long been almost universally devoted to draughts as their favourite game of calculation, and they are continually effecting improvements upon previously established modes of play. ilence their undoubted superiority over English players. Mr. Drummond is the acknowledged systematiser of the game in Scotland, and the new edition of his excellent work embodies all the known improvements up to the pre sent time, besides several new games, such as the " Provost, Joe's, Kelso, Stirling, Cross, Odd, and Mindozie" games, which are intersected by a vast number of critical positions and brilliant variations. The principle of what is called the "move" is also treated mathematically, and useful rules are deduced for the calculation of its changes under every com bination of cuts. The investigation of these rules is a very original discovery, and is a most important addition to the fundamental science of the game. The most expeditious and satisfactory way for an amateur to acquire a sound knowledge of the game is to play through such a work as the present, care fully committing to memory the leading moves, noticing every ingenious artifice or expedient, and endeavouring as much as possible to assign a reason for each particular move. By proceeding deliberately in this way, and occa sionally sharpening his perceptions by actual play, he will, if he possess but moderate ability, soon find himself to be superior to what may be called a mere "sight player," though of far greater experi ence ; and this superiority will be chiefly due to a sound knowledge of the strong openings of the game. The game of draughts ought to be more encouraged in this country. It is a most inexpensive, innocent, and rational amusement, and particularly calculated to cultivate habits of caution and forethought ; and Mr. Drummond's talented work is now immeasur ably superior to every other treatise on the subject. REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.—Last evening a meeting of the electors of the borough of Greenwich was held at the Literary Institution, Woolwich, for the pur pose of hearing from Mr. Montagu Chambers an exposition of his political views as a candidate for the representation of the borough. After expressing himself, as at Greenwich on the preceding day, in favour of household suffrage, the ballot, triennial Parliaments, the abolition of the property qualification for members, more equal electoral districts, and the removal of Jewish disabilities, he said that as he was the first in the field he should certainly go to the poll, and lee was satisfied that neither himself nor his gallant oppo nent, Admiral Stewart, would resort to any but the most honourable means to secure the election. At the conclu sion a vote of confidence in Mr. Chambers was unanimously passed. Mr. Augustus Hill Bradshaw, late Accountant- General at the Army Pay-office, died on Saturday last at an advanced ago. This event effects a saving of two large pen sions to the public. EARTHQUAKE IN THE EAST.—The Impartial de Smyrne, in its correspondence from Salonica, has melancholy accounts of an earthquake at Berat. We learn that a part of the forte ess had been thrown down, and four hundred soldiers buried in the ruins. Some days after the catastrophe, and after great exertions, their lifeless bodies were withdrawn frog the ruins, and their numbers ascertained. About three hundred houses, two mosques, and a church suffered consi derably, and many are no longer habitable. The Governor of Yanina sent tents and assistance to the remainder of the soldiers in garrison there. Among Christians and Mussul mans eight hundred persons are missing, but it is as yet un known how many among those have been lost, or how many have sought safety in flight. Near to Berat the top of a mountain was detachei from its base, and thrown to a con siderable distance. In the centre a crater has been formed, from which dense volumes of black smoke, stones, and lava are emitted. Fetid sulphurous exhalations escape and cor rupt the air. The villages and environs of Berat have set fered great damage. GREAT RUNNING MATCH.--TWENTY MILES UNDER ONE HOUR ,FIFTY-EIGHT MIN. THIRTY SEC.—This unpre cedented effort came off yesterday at Copenhagen -grounds; more than 2,000 spectators were present. Manks made his start at apparently a very easy pace to himself, going over the first mile in 5 min. 56 sec., and completing his 10 miles in 56 min. 56 sec. At the commencement of the 20th or last mile Manks had just six minutes and three seconds to go over it to win the match, or to perform 20 miles in less time than Maxfield did the same distance on the Staines turnpike road in 1844. This Minks succeeded in accomplishing, having just 4 2 seconds to s p are. At the finish Manks ran or rather fell into the arms of his backer, evidently considerably ex h aus ted from his doing this great and never-equalled feat. Betting before starting was 6 to 4 on Old Father 'Time; con siderable sums were taken at those odds. M. AND MADAME TIIIERS.--M. and Madame Thiers, with their family, may in a day or two be expected in London, w here we understand it is th e i r i ntention to re main until they see what turn matters may take in Franc e . Thiers arrived in Brussels on Saturday, on his way to London, where he was to await the arrival of Madame Thiers. It was thought they would stay a few days in Belgium, with the mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the author of "1 he Consulate." It is a curious coincidence that Louis Blanc— a man of entirely opposite opinions to these of Thiers, but also an exile— should have been in Belgium at the time 'fliers arrived. Louis Blanc has s i nce then returned to England.— Advertiser. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN, AND DOVER AND BRIGHTON JUNCTION RAILWAY.--This new line, intended to answer a purpose similar to that of the railway round Paris, is proposed to encircle the metropolis by a circuit of six miles, uniting the termini of the London railways, besides accom modating Tooting, Streatham, Mitcham, Wandsworth, Mer ton, Morden, Malden, and Cheam. ►SHOCKING DISCOVERY.---A clerk, in Bristol, who is accustomed to make himself a cup of tea in the afternoon, was horrified on Friday week on discovering that he had been living on stewed mouse all the week. He had noticed an obstruction in the spout of the kettle for the last few days, and on making a close investigation on Friday, he drew forth, amid the laughter of his fellew-clerks, the body of a 11191140 Wiled EllEoOt t() a jelly. Leasing Business Railwa y s ' Companies. Paid ' Nominal Prim ' done to-day. --- Bcdf. & Bletch ley • Lon. & N.W. all —.• Binning: & Ox ford Juncion, guarantecil • • Gt. Western all 28 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. De .. • • all 28 —29 ilirm., Wolver., & Dudley, gua rantee d •• Do .. .. all 8 —lO p Do., without a guarantee •• Do .. • • all 7 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 18% Clydesdale June Caledonian all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 car Cent. •• G. Northern all 3234 —33 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 134 —2% p II artlepl Dock r Yrk, New.ll and Railway L and Der. Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 104 106 Do. 54 Shares Do .. all 513( 5234 Do. % Shares Do .• .. all 2434 9554 Leeds and Bra/. Midland .. all 10034 10134 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .• all 11% 123( 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. per Cent. • • Norfolk •• all 14 —l5 De., 6 per cent De .. • • all .. •• Mi.idlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all • • N. & East, 6 per Cent. • • &Counties . all • • —• • Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. .. all 54 —5B Do. New .. Do ..• 43 4 6 p Preston and L. &N. 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East & West India Docks and Birm, June. .. East & West York. June. Edinburgh and Glasguw Edin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgow and South-West, Do. do. G. D. & C. stecli Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, }l, 6 per et. Great southern and Western, Ireland .. Great Western .. .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and 1 , rkshire Do. quarter el area .. Do. fifths .. • .. Do. West Riding 'Union' Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Eat. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .. London and N.-Westarn Do. do. quarters .. Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., M.& (c) London and astern.. Do. new 501. .. Do. new 401. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • . Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland .. .. .. • • Do. 50/. shares .. • • Do. Birmiag & Derby Niidland Gt. West. (Ire.) gewcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. Newport, Abergaveany, and lloreford Newry and Enniskillen • Newry, Warrenpoini, & Roitrevor Norfolk .. .. .. .. Do. New 201. shares • • Northern C•unties Union North British.. .. .. North Devon . • • • Korth Staffordshire •. North-Western .. •• North & Sth.-West.June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. . Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. . Do. new .. .. ~ Shrews. & Birm., Clas3 A Do. Class 8.. • . ' Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New • • Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. HalTes .• • • Do. Oswestry .. . Do. New.. .. .. • • Shropshire Union •• • • Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent • • South Devon .. South- Eastern . • •• I South Wales.. • • , South Yorksh. and River 'I Dun Shoff., Roth., and Goole, south Division .. Stirling nd D n Stockton and Hartlepool Taff Vale .. Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck and Railway .. .. • • Vale of Neath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. „ West Cornwall .• .. Virhitehaven and Farness York, Newc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase' York and North Midland LINES LEAS 10% % % % i % 'C ztErE: snaitEs. Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Basineu dole to-day. Aberdeen Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 21% Caledonian 101. •• • • 10 7% • yi Chester and Holyhead .. all 15% 15% Dund. Per. & Aber. June. all 1 —34 d. East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent: 2 234 Eastern Counties Exten e 5 per cent. No. 1 ..All % p Do. No. 2 • • •• • • all par p % Do. New 6p. cont. Stock 10 10% 1 x.d Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. all 10 1 0 34 Do. 101. Deben. Shares. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all •• •• E. &W. York. June. sths all Edin. Per. & Dun.st p. et. all • • 1 die. Glasgow & 5.-W. Consul. 100 Gt. Northern, 5 per vent. all 18 1334 13% 34 Do., 5 p.c. Redeem. Scrip 334 % % 3 %% Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths all 1% —I% P, Gt. western ( Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 • • —•• p. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. .. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 183 135 135 134)4 Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. p Do. quarters, 1848 g p London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. 100 •• •• Do. pref., 6 p et. 5k,1851 100 .• —•• Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 141 143 Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. 1334 • • —•• London &S.-W., uew .. 8 2 —23 y Much., Sheffield, and Line., guar. stirs., No. 1 all 1034 1134 1134 D. new, 101. all 12% 1234 12% Do., 61. % % ► 13 Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 • • —•• Do. Consul. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... 100 132 133 Do. Bristol & Glonces. all .. Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. . 100 • • • •% die. • Do., Preference • • .. h Norfolk Extension • . all 1154 11) 54 Do. guar. 534 per cent. all 4 North British • • .. 5 5 Oxf.Wor. &W 01. 151.6 p.c >i %d is Shrews. & Bir., new guar. all 9% 10 34 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. all 15% 16 W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon .. .. all 1 1 — 1 ! South-Eastern, p. ct. 10 • • • York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. Not E. Per. • • all 15% 1634 /1% —4% Do. York and North Midland H. and 8. ?urch. 10 1 1 Ms. roSIEIGN. Boulogne and Amiens 1034 10% 10% %%% •• Central of France (Or- all 19 19% 19 18% (Or leans and Vierzon) •• 8 Dutch Rhenish -• •• Bast Indian • • • • • • 18 2% 3 p. 28% Do. do. do. • • 20 •• Greatlndian Peninsula•• all • % p. Ditto ditto •• 8% % % p. Louvain ala Saml•ro .. 734 • —• • Luxembourg • • • • •• 13 8 34 —234 Ditto (Railway) • • 10 274 334 Ditto (Canal) .. 2 % Maria Antonia •• 2716 s 84 Ditto, New •• • • 834 • • Namur and Liege a ll 6 _ 6 554 Northern of France .. 16 15% —l6 15 % % 8 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 9 4% % 4 4. 454 4 Paris and Orleans •• .. all 87 —39 Paris and Rouen •• all 2134 2534 2434 5 Paris and Strasbourg .. 18 454 —3 A, dig. 1330 %34 Rouen and Havre .• all 9 934 934 Sambre and Manse a ll 334 $ 34 336 34 St.Auarevr's&Qeenc. (A) 2 Tours and Nantes .. IT • .... 5 • di e . 7% i.t Tourney, Jurbise, Lan don. and Hama E —.; VreatrlaiAltra 8% 2 33i 3 100 8 6 100 all 1 13 4 47 1 4 100 4 2 0 100 16 2-3 126 )ice 1 Ti liominat Dice& P ' l 4 Agua Fria • • •• • • Anglo Calliorhian •• • • • • 1,1• C Maria ... ••••• • •• Asturian .......... • • •• Australian •• .. 'Ztarossa Range • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p ) Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba .s% •• OS 4'4' Do. St. John del Rey • • Cobre Coprcr r• • • •• • Copiapo *.• ••• • • " Mexican& S. American u veatt Monde .. • • • • Real Del Monte, Unreg. . _ 19li __ 34 l 33 74 6% 7 .... , 4 13% '4l,g 4 . -34 __ -..• Do. Black Bel;entures. Do. Red Debentures .• Santiago de Cuba ..•• •• Tin Croft .. • • • • •• •• •• •• United Mexican •••• •• West Mariposa .. •• •• • • sorpri • • 4 6.4 - 3 1 0 IS V APilt 38 39' "" 49 ;o?Si° - 1 26U --" 28 % -- 29% Anztralaila •• • • •• British North America. Colonial .... ••••• • • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock •• • • London and Westminster National Provincial Eng• ..••• •• •• De. New ..... . • • • • • • National of Ireland .. • • Oriental Bank Corporat. Provincial of Ireland .• • • • , -- 174 15% - 28% 27 ~ -, 43% -- •••• "'• 574; -1 " 35 -- 364 34 3 --- ~_ 14% - ID" Do. New. .... • • • • • • • • Union of Australia •• • • Union of London •• •• Union of Madrid • all I ,• - r usciaxixasos otio. Canada ••''•• • • - - - 31% 48 -• 49% Gen. Steam Navigation 14 27% - 2 ! Penin. & Oriental Steam.. all 72 - 7 ° Ditto ditto 10 16 -18 Royal Mail Steam .. •• • . 60 79% - 8 0 4 ~. for tali. Settling days in the month of December. Tlcke, u.l3tit. d tered shares, 15th and 30th. Account days. Ofecial IWe cannot be answerable for the errors of tke will not be influenced by 1 111411ec ' rres1)°ndent4.] 16th to /ay, 613 Al., NOS. MONEY and commEaci-- ill 00 CITY, TWO o'.'' ..„, eiti• The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday orut; 00 mated at 5,000 bales, of which 2,500 Surat weArpericali on a speculation. The market closed heavily', '''' kn g 10 r °/1 : :Icl. to 3id. lb .—T all other sorts in favour of buyers. 1:"`:bora, e.' prised 2,000 American, 80 Pernana and 176-00 ato,' _to 6id.; 200 Egyptian, at 61c1.i a n toed firmer' at 24d. better • per . rt 00 1 ' 1 , r prices than yesterday. Bills of exchange were taken yesterdaY a ' -e p ty de some instances at rather fuller rates. oiter paper at 25 40 to 42} on Paris, 25 37i to 40, 000df ly S n a dam 11 17 3- .4 to 181; Ilamburgh was bare 55. —The Share-market el end Trieste was a shade lower, being 12 4 5 t c) ,,, e CtiO r _ ment p o ro f in th is e e man At the . East India House meeting to•doslVrotors:. the i n3Pr° Colonel Dickenson's motion concerning rdotandesaiatteGnhtiao:oroaftt.he Court i g W°()lt There have been some public sales of ibre''flif OOP at which Egyptian has realised 611 to D a g PO I 3d. to 81d., the lowest price being for greasY; °aw/0 India, 2id. to 91d. for damaged to sound. 004 Skin Wool, bid. to qd. per lb. Part was a lt 990 ed b y As we adverted on Monday to the circularSiooortoi Mr. Francis Lyne, in respect to alleged moveulet:l, towards him as the originator of t he a it in favour of Tribunals of Commero;ll tbsti but proper we should now hrni,enytelorDillg, °0 there has been a public meeting t-- lotiori- ° the committee and subscribers to gi ve eIP n ee% I°ll l the subject, and that the n2isunderstnig Or.esive Or apprehended, to have had its origin in the prom c ote on er of Mr. Lyne. Anxiously labouring to still reflia,i,a; cellent cause, and fully entitled, as be ever bring it u p. to the credit of being the first actively to pe ill' public notice, tetheryn has yet, llilf°rturo egeil° dulged in ra indiscriminate censu wbo , sol o the members of one or two leading fireleo'ling ef th e seeing their way clear, or not exactly app on to i ° , l3 ; We never admire lukewarm course adopted, had shown an indisPosli,,,, cotee in or 113 at the eleventh hour to reap the 110111)0d abili,tl; profit of other persons, industry an oee; but, from all we have heard a t , t hat o w this morning,"; we perceive clearii _,„ ‘A pill' . 0 _ Lyne had made too manyLenernies in there ciosp of the movement progressing, and that I P 4,1 , really lay between Underbandonmenct.;3oocl; Lyne's retirement. these ;pool) oil ii, supporterg, wet; we consider he has wisely resolved not t°difigly reBig:y, he must have so much at heart, and aec°ld to th e° Whatever may occur, Mr. Lyne is entitle D id , Dor f) • of the mercantile community. ; r 105 clifl‘ The Funds have been rather hesv'e-i w i t h Ol e ea . with very little; doing, Consols being 97 : 0 $0 l o br o jt dend, and 96,1 i for the •opening' 'r 99 to i• of e and-a-Quarter per Cents. have beep lier,ollJ Stock has been quoted 215 to ii. lcheci I/ 0 n tr ) , k 485.t0 r 1 J 9. premium. ge%lci/- 00' Foreign Stocks are a shade scoria. 0. SP „nbs 261 to I, and Peruvian have dropped to _oo3iol, 1:109 Five per Cents. are 201 to 21, and alcaosiiii:13001101, Three per Cents. are 39,1 to 40. 13"Icents• "elpOdi been worth ' 0 93i. Russian Five per A ustri , Dutch Stock has not been dealt in. 0. I af ter are 721. tO ti ' all Railway Shares have been drooping, ro od. „, 3 0 0 eongenlY P. CI jco 6 , settling day, but sales are not 1'a'0434,, 00 97"0 PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS Ct CL: . 21a 1 / 2 9 7 ! Bank Stock . . ............ ~t 97 9 6/ ' 3 oe , Cent , Reduced ....... . A ... n..; .......... 9 . 7 1 g, 1 3 per Cent.. Consols Annuities.. ..... . 0 9 04 5 9 p New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Antis... ..., ...... 'i 1 59 P ong Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o ...... 59 p / I ,din Bonds, 1,0001._ ............. 9 6 Ditto under 1,000/. ... ... ... ....... •••• 59 P 0 4 South Sea Stock .•. .. . ....... --- 9634 0 Ditto Old Annuities .... . ..................... 96,/14 .. 96 - a ii. 4 3 ' en , nsois for Opening ................. 14 d. 5 111 Exchequer Bills. 48 P ia 1,0;1.4, I,ow/. egICS ............................. _, .., Small. •• ... ....... .. ............. Tr - 95 14 Ne 9 u l OC%' 0 • 3 PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS "-'. 1 1 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ••• ... 9 4 2 6/ Ditto, Small ....................... SO Mexican, 5 per Ct., ex Jan. CouP e• .760 111 Ditto, Account ..... .... ........... *O4 054 Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent-. ...... 1. 12!4 1 03 / Russian Bonds . ....... '.... 547 .... .......... 10 3 Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent ............... ~„,z , /44 Ditto, Small ....................... 1u40774 34 ittv Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent ...... 8 , ~ Spd.nisti 5 per Cont. 1840 .......... ~ _ 40, Ditto, Account .......• •„•„ -7 , 5 6 Ditto, Passive ....................... ,',', 5 974 Ditto. 3 per Cent ................. 'f .... ' do g ' , /5C' Venezuela Bonds, 314 per ........ kia , i n Vl' 9 31 ' 0 0 01 , oc. Dividends on the above pe)ll' 89f• •• •1. French Rentes, 5 per Cent .......... ,„f: pc. t,l, -1 . 6 C, 2 5t 'i 4 Exchange ........................... French 3 per Cent ......... Exchange.................. Austrian, 5 per Cent. ..... , COURSE OF EXC. Amstornam .• •••••••• 11 1611 : Ditto, three months.. 11 177 i tiotterdam ...• •• .. . 11 18 anr w erp.......,, „. . 25 42 ~ Brussels ••• • •• ••• f.f .. 25 4214 aamburgh ...-. ...Mx• 13 1014 Paris, 3 days'sight .... 20 25 42% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 Marseilles .• •• •• •....• 25 45 Bourdeaux•••• • • •• •' 0 --- 0% F ra nkforton Maine.... - 1 2 55 Vienna, effec. flo•• •• .. Trieste, ditto.... •• •• 12 3 5 5 Petersburgh, SU. lible.. 6N Madrid ••.••••• •• ~ •• 49% Cadiz ................ 495' Barcelona •• •••• •• •• •• i g ft% ......... , *Sv Y. ------ VS- , tO ANGF--- ....% s' oirsitar"'''',,:•'„ 0, beelorn, ••• ;. „ „ .0 oases ••••' ' la 's gilas .• .... ...„, .. to ventee.•••:;,...•:;„ 00, Naples •• ',.0,..• , 04 i'alerino,Pe' ...'' ,„.. Messina •... ...„, 0 , Lisbell••••;,;,..•" / Opo rto,• 'r-, ;' •,,..'' ~ ... Rio J'Arieeo ..•;10 1 / ok Buenos tAfrodos 0 : . „ t 0 , I p o il dolP o 7o farofro WA,.. 0 .d. rOreign 5:;i4e010 . 4 il; POrtligran ut4ool :, 0 i 0 SpaniLb "" °or. •• " ° , se w po _,, „„.. LLOYD'S thes.E. f S iiIPPIP4 noon TSl'ilit'ligPliPrli'l: t© LONDON DEC. o 17. Wind ssitile: b:fery s:pt:o:l3'ir .non $ • ~00l 1) 4 0 1 and Hull uslvi in ° JoV j air is expected ive o l ff. ' Islands. fornia,Tlfißtl2olllaus'TahbeacCdhoenneccie i , n o a f 051):11kiforg°n3ataciteao fol co, Cape Ilorn; cro Ar riado°°' rst.s°f. ' NEw Yo D ail, E C 3 • ---Tho Pi. ° ~ an los / .00# New B • ' • has .°- ll° • runswick, for Boston , ofir, neo' crew saved. e V , plio ND, DEC. 13.---Th° Pril.9ll9ioililtiljd °I Va. (V e coriti' , __. P . LymearrH, P ll oo E l c , .isl6st.-711Ndrerdel.°1:4;LeollaViiicoPe' to ) ,, r / df o, 4l ' bid• Bosphorus, steamer, CaPa, °L. it°otsocrilnoite r s , fe el DcNER, DEC. 16.--The Budge', ° Fr u o oP'' pool, which was on shore yestertlai witP ,oit Battery, Dungeness, has put in her ° :00' 1 0 * water in her bold. o Chr' jlerc/.41, DEAL, DEC. 16.--Virind S.W.---Afrroaret;irgo;sti'ditt°l York; Jane and Elizabeth, St',, t er, ''''eat'' ool° Quebec.st.D John's , ,nh an 1, ds , A r r Africa;d . from , C) j : ° South Wales; Cesmoyno, Calcultoi ft iopogio°oo4 Jane Price, itto; Ilastings ditt; 4- 4ot. .-, ' JetaPts/ d i r ‘ ai Grande; Betsey, Mart A c.b, vi,„rofifli We' LIVERPOOL, DEC. 16.---Winu" '''' ',.0, A ' t.efee iiarOil Windsor a Castle, CBarllusnos:vhficks;,,,MlFefottlfis°!o°°brPeis°eCaOsltietit'leit merars; Westmoreland, Now u r 1. Colorfoaa. p 11 e ton; City of Manchester, Montre!,-licfoatl coofierijoia!, John Bell, ditto; John Pearce , W. 1*,, , ~ e ; 0 figd,Ostej, William Wallace, Monte Videor/ood 11°.rio; 'O I K o f outta; John I3right, Cape of te',,,. Dolillio/ ersl(.l Lima; Scoots, Arica•, Jesse°, P,„,. 0, i oe _ e, 0 ~ Jamaica; Roscius, NOW fork; ri,b-`0 yessoA bor,oolo a 0 ,Ow which Off iAi c port, oe Err Fisk, reported. pd s :k.a,pkßeEnuce.onffiossb..., t: yhree a s . tils -l a riot t the vi a, of orrifer 847 rcl e° P the Lilla, from Wilmington, an d 13 13° io° fo- 00 1 ' ly e , I osephifilegt, 00, .0 oe was stranded between Chefrnoulia o f 0r1,10003,01, Ins, bP - 104 PARIS, DEC, 16,--Tho WilIT flea ,tt moo r, dßeaarucxelotonaM, ianrsseitililnesk,4o3::tra"the:;a;:nde":°:,:a.l.o,..ed ci It' : e o r ro : O e boc I vut ,/0 Marseilles. EAMSGATE, DEC. 16..-- t , *-- A.rl 43 'llo rc o • , if pie lc• mania, La Guayrs. ~ ; . --W Oa St n; : A ° lel' Ilr QUEENSTOWN, DEO, L,. .• d,_ pof i; ,111:0, - ....Ap o• Paquica; Iris, Callao; Gosi.P,ady flo',icrtii, oft, Arica; Superb, Bavannah, Poiled foricitoritlbi, 1' duras; Echo, LEIgRO39 50d ~ f031:10, of 1 lio, line, Newfoundland. Off poP/cbieftaino pPied BELFAST. DEC. 1.5.' -Tile. je lesUP 0 0 thc pi Quebec to Greenock, hos pu'li,r brig rolo4l MALDoN, DEC. 16. --r, rrince n' FLusuING, DEC. 10.----01,,,v, to Uttraburgh, b s been CO Oa,' 264, 18 vryi . 5% . . 13 - q % 35% Si% % % )4 57 66% 95 94% 116 115% 84% X 1 9X34 65 % % % U 7 % 67i 2% 9% 15 14 % 9i 39 ITX 18 125( 5 % % 21A % 'AMB. Pail 1 13 0 243 28 2 8% 1 fBTOI 17 100 100 42% 34 100 V% 3% 25 9% 17% 19 3% all all all 1 6% AT 2 27