The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-22 00:00:00

~-------- 6erio u tinY ,ole , 31 :1 11 0 -;' e oar. L °tns NAPOLEON is said to havegiven the Prussian trio Gov ernment and other great continental Powers the „ formal assurance o f hi s intention to preserve peac e and d,vote all his force to the repression of the anarchical elements within the French confines. A telegraphic dispatch, dated London, 15 th of Dec., 04 the oth er h an d , announces that the British Go vernment„ is commenci n g miliAary preparations; an .7 11 .ar)uncem en t t o w hi c h t h e jou rnals append a note of taterro gation• The Tried?! Gazette states that the Neapolitan Go vernment is dra w i ng u p a n army of observation near o Vua, and that th e Mi n i s t e r of War, FILANGIERI, be esl giving orders for the strictest watch over the 0( . 4 ' 1 of Sicily, has applied to France for some men re War to cruise in the neighbourhood, with a view to Pressing any attempts at disturbing order which mToa made by th e d emocr ati c p a rty. At Trieste a pbge manuf ac t ory o f g l ass an d cr y s tal wares, ern qing 200 w or k men , h as j us t been established by t°e ho use of NORSA and Co., who pay, it is reported, t l arge number of hands, no higher wages than ~"Pence-farthing a day. Such is the fruit of Atr..;trian system of protection to the home lab ourer. project for the reorganization of the Imperial '_aerine, which involves an annual very consideruble re a e s e pr o o f j "°Ptio the naval power, has already led to the thi s . n of several measures calculated to prom , ot o e oh . Among these is the completion of . 10 'hi„ at rguns of the heaviest calibre ; they are being cast r he Imperial foundry at Mariasell, under the so , "cadenc e of an able officer of marine. the teldSer 11 " . ;05 10 , 531 y1 Kolie over , bic' `h: h",, .1, i° 'soy, f" WC /bst 1 yOU; IP° your bead 600 of of ; pro yoci ested ? ' sre !lig the: the C O . 0 to 3 0 e t o ck oureo pad kap bbd ad besije ; l of a ll (i o n li lJ f 111' M . r k t , o -"-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) taill,‘E_N_T.--IN RE THE BRIGHTON, LEWES , AND TUN -110 cozi u v r WELLS DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, EXPAR TE Tbierg , ri tY 8. le cowr ie ' it tit 1 8 .11; - 2 0nour Vice-Chancellor PARKER, on taking bis er , reP oft„ eov .aeorning, proceeded to give judgment in this p° is rif L b well was a motion to reverse the decision of one e l ' had e AlRster s in Ch anc ery, Sir William Horne , who go b i' a t( o :R4e tr bek out of the list of the contributions to the t ip in,,i v g i ,"oaPany the name of the defendant, Mr. Conway, re t() ", 1 4 letter addressed to the company, said, " I beg 00 tl 7 , ll , sea si,: p i,have made an application for fifty shares, and an d n o . Itt awt be obliged if you will allot them to me." No ;Ne il 03 . ree e i„ 4 . ,wss sent to this note, and the defendant never t he se ce is o'nleuitav had on' the . subject, and his name ho od ;At jw horn the official list laid before the Master. ey had paid no deposit, signed no contract, ed f fi verl e • P l i l . (p 4 r t . te rlded none of the meetings of the directors or the O s/ I 1 41) . 1 " ° ", but C • c lO O ei tout ed the official manager of the company be itetrly to the Court that the note above given was , s 0 at acceptance of the shares; the application hay ot P o o ►!1) 10 , 4 7 made by Mr. Conway as a member of the pro p 11 19 cie d b ks ( h 9ommittee was as he thou ht conclusive as to b kipa l ;t:( l lity. 3 c ize b Much ;eliance had g Leen placed on of ', ) ci3 -r ease, which had been decided by the to fei g rew. ds, but his Honour thought that there was bet, ° l d 0- !ha o it ` 2 ,_rliffe.ren ce between them, for in Upfill's case fio . ,org 1!•se e 7ent bad really taken place, which was not the VAst er, " Mr. Conway, in his affidavit before the ocodP the that he received no answer to his note, riat vi secretary on the other hand stated that he had got - "(tter , ~, I and produced, to bear out that assertion, a D ow`i 10, 'ter ene inted form, which his Honour thought had no 60 41 o•Etti, to the du c e , present case, and stigmatized the loose ti rjer ,f the - `lk, Which the proceedings of the company had it' falls, te as f Pt. His Fr res h 0 •. —onour, in conclusion, stated that be 0 0 ; w itlt °PI the that the decision of the Master Sir WU ; AO .ne 10 1 _04, lie _ was correct in having struck the name out tyrt th, " of contributories of the company, and there o of 0 0 _ 1 ' the motion by the official assignee, praying lettad • c ad 'art t o th at _ put the name in the list must be refused, ell!! ,b . ofi fl , with costs.—Order accordingly. reet' a id a gmee t oa lj trottio M IDDLESEX SESSIONS. „,h (THIS DAY.) rl t e p h "eeunber General Sessions, adjourned . from 'h e e —w ell, were held this morning at Westminster. i the tuber of names on the calendar is sixty-four; and 44 4 list besides contains several eases of public est. -oreni r , 411 hezyr n en Muck!ethwaite, aged 2S, was indicted for 411 d 0 , I ng the sum of IZ, which ho had received his b last er account of Richard Williams and another, 4;hcl employers. -41 e rr ""er was further indicted for stealing a plan- . li t i e ; 4l e f t l a , ble knives and forks,. fifteen pairs of ivory oth er dozen of ivory knife-handles, and -Haer articles, value 221., the properties of his ,theasters and employers. Ptea kisoner was a shopman in the service Williamsfthe 4 1 . 1 4 '2 v -ti e t iar , , who are the well known firm of ii 0 1 11 j a , s, ,or the Strand, surgical instrument makers. mr 41 1 a ingt•, a enstomer accidentally informed 1• 11 , 1 the rti3 p i-ut ho ' hd made a purchas . e the h . 41 1 th ()..ecutors' establishment in t e e ve S n tr in a g n m . d b , o e n f a:n y r d e : 111Prieoner, to whom Le paid a sum of one tic lver 6 r• Williams sub •equently discovered to be : 4 le, More than the " oner accounted for after the 4 4iv " h e prison er on r b i e s in accused denied having hoo, t he _r an 41tY eLI t° m oney, and afterwards attempted to explain w as . saction, by showing that his entry in the th e givenlintended merely to record the . transaction.. pre fect n t o custody ; and on searching his lodgings, ktin c iy set k r ther e. forth in the second indictment was 1 1 1 , 11/ litA i t 4 B ltl t o r, for the defence, endeavoured to show that h ' , found in the prisoner's lodgings were Br the prisoner, in accordance with the prac m fid, k ,use, to remit them to Sheffield to bo new 4 141 ;; 1V u l ,- 1 : 1;a1132 positively denied that there was any ta ° , e '°r that . of the the risoner had any authority to articles from the shop. o , lo e t e j 4 lt e r e ,Y d Tund hi m Itch ictoratewnet.lve taGo' nt • s ix months u n i t l h ty s, uinapopnrisboonthmeindi,ctments. „........—, r‘ _ ....... L” WSTREET--(T.HIS DAY.) ~A v„„,. CUARGE OF STABBING. ..._ eiker-,""g teas n amed George Henry Davidson, " .. c :, tkb h i- otfo re „ , till this morning , on a charge I to,lti4Bßr(ll,lw Stationer named Quillen itilsi. l wE'en ~ "rand said he was a taw statsiodnreirn,kainngd with ofriuene a nd two this morning he.wa in 0 4 Pls.b r u d" Of the sate © fraternity wi s h, jr• The prisoner was ,e41,..,,,,-,,,t0 strike the fellow withwhiskers, Ship-yard, t ' t e i : , t ' 4 ' l 3 t , t u h iper, w h o there , the bushy and _ll , ee then d eit4pit t h.: l ', and blows were of e t x h c e h p a a n r g t e y d .. . )t ' l , th e "I. no was stabbed. He Quiller (41 1 ( 1 ee,,,, Prlsoner was given into custody,,til in a weak L I bleedned to the King's College .11 0 , 5 p ." The police haanvdinQg Quiller 5 4 41 8 tra t,n ,,L 4 w 4l i tt th te• th Witness could not Isi ik es H . _, e knife.. . was drinking swear he saw the 4,4 scion ,!-?ert, a law stationer, said he It„'P y a ,,,: triends between one and two but t h h e is d ra id or n n e t t n t g he in n ec)°,B* bite, 1 ; p h,.° Prisoner. was there, but kil t , ' one .4.!QQ prisoner and Quiller God's sake, d" it w your sill to witness " F or b , eg ni a s n n fig m ht e i n n :t . 41. the friend Quiller to fight; E thacharacter, and 14tty a 8, prisoner) is a deserate .„Witness 0 1 1 sj ' r rlts a deadly weapon ] with him. ti e "It t, ) ~ - hen Quiller called out, t ki " 143 rikethc.„ parate , them, w , of theo s aid h me.' Quiller 's hands were bleeding, Witness then laid hold 1, 4 k is ,. 3 , felt very weak. t % vq do.sunpr s collar, and he said, " .Don't king, hu b r u t t w m a e s , 44 1 ,, u". It." Quiller had been drinking, Cr •K. t'riioa°4nXanained by Mr. Lewis who appeared for the 4".l4zBtlebrr*--othnelli,"nhouse" where r . . the'distTubrberaeneweerteoo about epalta bad c a e S 4 ittp,e,sons drinking beer and spirits. Witness.. not l t e l thttt}l"titcuse abou g t a e dozen times. He eotil dg gave !ell% l a tblle landlord was a fighting-man, and A 50,4, oh.oXing. a shop in tp 11) 01. 0, ulfr9rall, law stationer, keeping keg i to Quiller Ltr, z Tlip. l : 4 r ' t il he had been p . few minutes w i f ill„ ,Two or a struck, and t , , e , B , . three blows ki, t ht a , I _' a:Raiust the wall and sa id " the vagabond s e before e ea An alarm was the ti ~,d ..a.nife and has stabbei me. " itkl)lveriapiilicernan came up h i s light on and p aitl, (- I , b , and after a short small with a will which was a very sharp instrument blow.) of the - search witness found i! t t , ,is t , had been bent by the force his w __. 1 I 'l* "°4lPlained of being very weak, and on way %It •,Itre•pt tlai if h e} , . Opene bis;aistc.oat, breast. Witness soled not "d not been stabbed in the . k '' til Bee in conse uence of the darkness, but he saw and asked him to st'l c3 tl o b h• hand s . Witness saw the prisoner .k 1 % Op hi s b is t c ,:9p, wi.tand, but he could not swear whether he strue k 4„ IRht, ~" 1. .t he dirk. . hilN, lhornoilee constable, said, about half-past one . on 11 4. th , Et,,d he ni ng, he saw a crowd of persons in Ship litia4re ,a W ent up to see what was the matter, and tltlier ha w Quiller bleeding at the mouth. He said "The tiro th e (17,,8 stabbed me, lie turned on his light, and pond t ` L 'lc Picked up by the last witness. The , tknn sheath on his way to the station.Quiller p A ris t on th e e r 0 1 I " Prl3Orwr denied the dirk to be his. %,,Nol v n „ kkt . b4,l' --. tlao prisoner the worse for liquor, but i., 1., i i , as the other. ip:t's (V- read the certificate of the hour Q -surgeon at uiller was 4:lteil°ll'g'c Hospital, which stated that 4 11,, 4 c, an ltt the hospital with a serious w H o e un a d lse in re th ad e kii th, r , d that his life was in danger. d a tolerable kilt) tlt;l'-rtificate, stating that he bad passe of danger. kii t h ''. I.,, t b i v aa much better, but i d iot a y n e d t out al that bail IJ ‘tll t e: c 3 e a ri l t ) e p d l i e fe d r for s a re i m •a a p n pearance. He t s h a e id son th e o f rlrl B / . a3 a highly respectable young 14, 1 %4 1 an, a client of his, and that ho ma b il elieved him tltlf,tc'e4tio(;!‘ co mmitting such act except under great kp c i v rtil ilzxt " , and excitement caused wby_t.drink. some He had I ) 4,phil at ' t 3 h e... oir e up_ Ship-yard with "" badly treated by the tl k,.. c t l rth o ,2",,n ti .. l . aad been v el k,.' ALL ` 4 .kt tiler was one. . 1 0,,' It 'aid he thought the evidence w i a d s er a a t t p ie r n ese te n r t `kt i ,, 4 ‘tb,44 impossible to show any con L‘u t d ~, oarried suchweapon about him, and after -0,.., . a 4,:qt. t i :"" it wag his. t4 tlll ' o' l3 "aid, oven supposing the blow were given euud ~4 sire.?„,c'titr, which was very . doubtful, the w tq t ' tl Qr th-i'(.,Bl° PUllChire of no vi.ry 1,,, 4 1,. , tt, e circumstances, ho thought bail might be serious character. tOltll,B'2-L could hardly think that such certificates :irk rl i tee t ." B 4 ;! l, ticd to him if the wound were not som 1 1. 1. 5 44(1 str„ln a Puncture . It seemed to him that the ' 4 t- ti f th - " e 'c against a bone and been bent by tn c't),l,, %, 1,1 0 vv. Re should remand the prisoner until they, Pri soner would not take bail. will then removed. " to Z l l 4' N' 11 RO '!t it , V(. ! ti„ TAL, D RURY-LANE.—We are happy m~iof taste p ria 'at , Air. Bunn is to open this splendid establish frl4ttri 43 ' ext, under circumstances that indicate . a t 4 tl ti o s pui 'spirit, and enterprise 0 e et tle of mie and the manager. His companY ' which promise tao furl, 4 the most distinguished names in the an 9114 th at 1 , 18 of tragedy, comedy, opera, and ballet ; an! . Is zea , ' lll l , b,i,i i,tical. 1 has already been rewarded by an ex i A ts f D ic 1 l b es Lt lil t 8 6 11' to t 8 i fo r' et JOi 5 to 06 r elo; tb o t [Pule- 0 111 16 11 ; 00, of Ib ef t ll e ( I ) : °t t t i )1 3e 4 03 e P.) ilibir lill °pel De l 0 at) ia THE SI BRXTXS RAILWAYS. raid. 10% to 11 4%_ 51,6 - 10 13 —ll a. 16 -17 - 6% s%dis. 79 —Bl 15% 15% 2) —20 i 23 —2l el. .. •=., • • 634 -7% 334 - -2% 6 % - 4 - 5 3% -3% 14 ii -15 49 -51 26 -28 5 -5% 18 -1N 5% -5% 13k - 13% 3514 -MN 854 -86 78 -80 8 U -8 % P .. - .. 57% -57% 8W —8 d. 6 —5% d. 14 .-15 X 63 ( - 7 94% 95% 115% —116% 3Y, — 3% P. 2% —j'.o. 0% liiP• 84}i —84% 8 7 dia. 7 6 c 183.1 2 .- 2i 31% 32), 31( —2% die., 553, —56 27 —2B •iN=',ii4 b3i 5 die. 20 -22 14% 13% dia. 3% —2% dis. 6% —7% 7% 64 ells. Si —7% die.' %ells. par 15 -155 y [4 -14% 9 - 7 - 8 6% —6% 4% —4% 4% —3% die, 14 —l6 7 8 10 —ll % % dis. 3% 3%d. [4 -16 iog —203 i 29% 29 3 ( 4 - 3 4. 9 -10 11 -13 49 - 151 16 —l5 die. .. •••• •• .. ~.. •• .. —.. die. 17% - 18 7% 7 d. 3% —3% d. 21% 22 FILED BE: Nominal Pricey, Business done to-day. Bahr ays, Aberdeen • • .. •• • • Ambcrgate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Birming., WolverhanuP., and Stour Valley , • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331. 6s. 80 .. N. Chest. & 11irkenhd., 501. &251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. • . • • Bristol and Exeter.• • Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. .)üblin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen D indee, Perth, and Aber leen Junction .. • • Do., New .. .. • • East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • • • Do. (181. E. & II.) • • Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A. late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • D New quarters • • East & West India Docks and Birm, June. .. East & West York. June. Edinburgh anti Glasgew Edin., i'erth, and Dundee Gl sge w and South-West. Do. do. G. D. & C.stock Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire any orkahire Do. quarter al area .. Do. fifths .. • • • Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • • London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters .• Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M. &13 (c) London and 8.-Western Do. new 501. Do. new 40/. • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • • • Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union Midland .• • • • • • • Do. 501. shares • • • • Do. Birming & Derby, Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle•• Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. Newport, Abergavonny, and Hereford • • • Newry and Enniskillen • . 'Newry, Warren Point, & Rostrovor • • • • Norfolk • • • • •. • Do. New 201. shares Northern Counties Union North British • • • • • • North Devon • • •• North Staffordshire •• North-Western North & Sth.-Wcst.,Tane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. • • Scottish Central .. • • Scottish Midland .• Do. new _ •• • • Shrews. & Birm., Class A Do. Class 8.. • • • • Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., Now • • Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. I Do. Halves .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • • • Do. New.. • • • • Shropshire Union • • • • Do., A, B, C, & D, hilly paid up at per cent • • South Devon • • .• • • South-Eastern • • • • South Wales.. • • • South Yorksh. and River Dun •• .• •• •• Shcff., Roth., and Geole, __. . __ South Division .• • • Stirling and Donfermline 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 •• •• Whitehaven and Furness York, Newc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .• Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland LINES LEAS: ID AT :NTALLS. Leasing raid. Nominal Prices. do ß n u e s t t es Z y. aliwaYL Companies. ------- Bcdf. & ley • Lon. & N.W. all —•• & ox ford Juncion, guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 28 —3O Do., without a guar antee .. Do .. .• all 28 —29 13irm., Wolver., & Dudley, gua - ranteed •. Do .. •• . all 8 —lO p Do., without a guaran tee .. Do • • all 7 —9 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17 18% 18 Clydesdale June , Caledonian all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 3 2 3 v —33 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 134 234 p llartlepl Dock S' Yrk, New., / all a nd Railway I an i Ber. Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 104 106 Do. 34 Shares Do •• • • all 51 % 52 34 Do. 14 Sh a res Do • • all 21 % 25 34 101 102 Leeds and Brad. Mi dland • . all Lon. and Green. S. E astern .. all 11% Do., Pref. .. •• all 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. .. Norfolk .• all 14 IS 15 1434 De.. 6 per cent De •• • • all • • Middlesbro' and Redear, 6p. ct Stockt.& D ar all • • —•• N. & East, 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all • Do., 5 per cent. Do. all 54 —56 4 6 p Do. New Do 43 Preston and S L. &N. W. -• • Wyre • • ••j 84 La.& Y..) Do. 34 SharesA Do .. 11 8 % — 9 % P Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 2114 —2l Roy. & llitehin G. Northern all 734 8 3¢ , o. Shep. Ea.. Do .. 1% 2p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6 • • S ou th Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 9 34 2 1 NAIL Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all .. Do. do. .. Do .• 25 28 —29 Do. do. •• Do 25 . • wins &Somers , Gt. Western 100 9134 5234 Do. do. •• Wilts & Somers. ortErE: INC: SNARES. Nominal Prim. 7% —71 i 15% 16 1 54 d. Business doss to-day. 2% —2% % — % I) par % p 10% 11 9%-10M 2 dis. 1 % • 1 die. .. - . 18% - i 3% % - % 15%:16 1%- I%p, .. - . p. .. —.. d 1 s. 133 135 .. -:: P .. -.. p .. OM • • .. ..... 141 .—lib 93( 2% P• to% —l l % 12% . 12 % % % P 132 ^ 133 •• ''' •• % as ' 4 4)( g 414 5 die par 9% 11N 11 15% - - 3 116 .. ..... •1. 15% - 16 % 3% -4% 1 U % die. FOREIGN. all I 10% lg - 1934 43( 44 24 -3 P. % - A P• %- % P• 3 -34 -3 1 - 4- 3 i 5% 65( 16 —l6k 4% —4% d. 88 —4O 25 —25% 3% 3%dis. 9 —9%y 3X 4 1•• —.. 9% —5% dle.x.i 2 'TA Din Pm 10% 13% 1{ 3% 141 6%3(i % % 16 % 5 4 5% 25% ii 34 14% 15 14% 9% 6_7% :x.i Paid. Agua Fria .. Nominal Prices. iusiness c ore to-day. Anglo Californian .. • • .. Aye Maria ... •••• • • • Asturian • • • • .. • • •• Australian • • .. •••• • • .. Ilarossa Range •• Brazilian Imp. (is. 51.. g.) Do. Cocaes acid Cuiaba Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copplr . • .... .• . Copiapo .. ........ .. Mexican& S. American N( &matt M0nee........ Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Dcbentetres. Do. Red Debentures .. Aantiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft .. •• •• •• .... .. United Mexican.• ...... West Mariposa .. .... JOINT Antralasia ...... • • .. • • British North America.. Colonial .... ••.. • • .... Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... ' London and Westminster, National Provincial Eng.l De. New ........ • ... National of Ireland .. • . Oriental Bank Corperat. Prerincial of Ireland.... Do. New •••• Union of Australia .. • . Union of London ...... Union of Madrid •.. Canada ••.. • • • ...... • Gen. Steam Navigation . Peni a. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. • • .. Settling days in the mo. tered shares, loth stn [We cannot be answerf will not be influenced by 1 13 0 24% '2828N STO iCEL: 32% mth of I ❑d BOth. able for ti intereste, 2 - 134 M - 34 P '4 - h 1% -2% 3% —a% 19N -21 33 - 34% 6% - 734 13% - 14 3% - 44 1 -1% M -34 4% -3% 6% - 8 3 -2 1 -% :Mt lIILIVMS 38 - 38% 46% -49 10% -,11 25 -26 M 18% - 17% 28% - 29% 18% - 17% 27 - 28% 433 y - 45 15% - 16% 35 - 36% 3 -3% 14% - 15% 20% ex.d % 34 17 % LANE 01178. 48 49% 27% 28 72 —75 17% 18% 79% 80% /ecember. Ticket days for regis Account days, 16th and 31st. se errors of the Official Lists, and d correspondents.] 76 75 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export, and 500 Surat on speculation. The market closed steady at previous rates. The sales com prised 4,500 American, 300 Pernam and Maranham, at Skid. to Sp., 100 Egyptian, at .5 4 -d. to 7d., and 6,000 Surat, at 21-d. to 3id. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull at nominal rates. The following is from Messrs. Schrader and Mummy's Circular, dated New Orleans, Nov. 20, and furnished by Mr. James Irvine, of Liverpool:— "COTTON.—Our review of the 15th inst. left the Cot ton market in a very firm position. The business since then has remained very active, and notwithstanding the unfavourable accounts received in the early part of the fortnight, factors remained firm in their demands. The favourable accounts received per steamers Africa, Atlantic, and Asia, reporting an advance in the Liver pool market, and bringing the quotation of 4id. on the 15th of November, in Liverpool, attributed materially to a further advance in prices. " The receipts have again been inadequate to the de mand, and all Cottons, as soon as offered, were taken off the market; so much so that (a thing that perhaps has never occurred before at this time of the season) our market is left absolutely without stock or supply besides the daily receipts. Buyers for all quarters have partici pated in the business. Last week a gocd deal was taken for the North; this week the purchases were for France, Great Britain, for the Continent, and a few thousand bales on speculation. We advance our quotations ie. Occasional lots have been sold even higher. The rainy weather of the last few days has very much interfered with outdoor business, preventing the late receipts of Cotton from being sampled, and in consequence very little Cotton is on the market. As to the future course of prices, we cannot hope that they will rule materially lower until the stocks accumulate largely, which will take some time. In the meantime, the orders are so numerous from all quarters, as all our shipping ports continue to be very poorly supplied, that many begin to doubt if prices will be effected to any extent, even with very abundant supplies; and wo hear it often expressed, that if the present consumption is kept up, all the Cot ton that can be produced this year cannot supply any heavy stock, as all the markets are more or loss bare of Cotton, so that there is every prospect that prices, even in the Spring, will not rule much, if anything, under 7c. for middling. " The bad weather, noticed in our last, and the heavy rains during the fortnight, have, no doubt, destroyed a large quantity of Cotton, which, with a continuance of propitious weather, would have been gathered; and 2,700,000 bales is now considered an outside estimate. We quote now ordinary to good ordinary, 6f to 7; low middling, 71; middling, 7:i; good middling, Bto 8k; middling fair, 8i to 84 ; fair, Si to 8i•. " Sales during the fortnight, 54,200 bales. Receipts at this port, 343,751 bales, against 249,649 bales last year. Increase of receipts at all ports, 38,710 bales. " Hie COFFEE.—Our last review left the market very firm, and we quoted Sc. for old, and 81c. for new Coffee. At those rates some speculation purchases were made in the beginning of last week, until towards the end of the same a more general demand set in, owing to a re ported rise of the inland rivers, and holders succeeding in obtaining an advance—a pretty large quantity chang ing hands at Sic. to 81c. for old and new. The demand for the West is fair; still buyers are holding back, in the hope to lay in their supplies at lower rates, as at present holders are asking above their views; and the general impression appears to bP, that in the face of heavy receipts, and with a stock of 53,0005. (which, moreover, is badly assorted, being composed mostly of old Coffee), prices will barely be maintained, and that old Coffee will rule in the vicinity of Bc., while new will command 9c. Many think that new prime will further advance; this, however, will depend upon the receipts and the future accounts from Rio. "We quote as the market rates—Ordinary, 7 to Bc.; fair, Sic.; prime new, 9c. 6,200 bags new were sold to arrive at Sic. sales of the past week, 20,000 bags; this week, 12,000. Arrivals direct, Rosamunde, 6,150 bags; Banshee, 5.570 bags; Clintonia Wright, 3,100 bags; Reindeer, 4,025 bags. " We may here state that the United States will re quire fully 900,000 sacks this year, of which New Or leans, at least, 400,000 sacks; and shippers to this port may be governed by this when we state that the general opinion is that Coffee laid down here at Bc. to 9c. may be considered very safe. " Receipts 94,876 sacks against 58,265 sacks last year. "Stock this day, 52,921 sacks against 34,253 sacks same time last year." . ____ A statement of the Debenture Debt of some of the railways from which official returns were obtained up to Vie end of last year, has been completed by Mr. Slaughter. The total exceeds 55,000,0001., bearing in terest from 3to 5 and 6 per cent. The general average is barely under 4 per cent. As some of the leading railways have given notice of an intention to capitalize a part of their Debenture Debt, or to reduce the interest, the range for investment will become circumscribed in futuro years. The following is a condensation giving the result of the calculations made:— Surplus profit after payment of Inter- Amount of Interest on debt (luring 12 months. est equal to further interest at the rate of Brighton Eastern Counties Midland South-Eastern South-Western North-Western Lancashire and Yorkshire Great Western ... Caledonian The reports from all the Continental Stock Markets are satisfactory, and a further material rise is reported from Frankfort in the Exchange, favourable to the Aus trian Government. The letters from the United States and Canada, by the mail steamer, came to band this morning. The New York dates are December 8. Money was a little scarcer. It was expected, however, that this would be only temporary, and no excitement was produced by the occasional mercantile failures. It is stated that,— " More than four and a half millions of dollars of double eagles were coined in November, and nearly that amount in double eagles were exported in the same length of time. This coin gives greater facilities for shipment than would otherwise exist, and the exportation is, no doubt, larger on that account. This large coin is melted up in England and recoined, so that nothing is gained by devoting so much of the time of operators in the Mint to this branch of coinage." The United States Government has entered into a new contract with Now Grenada, by which the latter yields its original contract for the transportation of the United States mails across the Isthmus of Panama, and a contract has been made for this end between the United States and the Panama Railroad Company. It is supposed that if this arrangement be made mails will be carried through San Francisco to New York in twenty-four days. The lino of railway was finished from Navy Bay to three miles this side of Gatune. The New Orleans journalists profess to give later news from the Rio Grande, but nothing certain appears to have been known of the position of Caravajal. Reports were current that ho had been largely reinforced, and would renew the attack in a few days, while, on the con trary, it is asserted by others that the movement had been crushed. The news from Paris of the decided majority which is being obtained by Louis Napoleon have given firm ness to English Stocks, and there is an improvement in the quotation of Consols to 97 and 97i, the lowest price of the morning having been 96k. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98i and the Three pet Cents. 97f ;I. Exchequer-bills are rather better, 48s. to 525. premium; and India Bonds have been 60s. premium. Bonds Cent:. n i n g t sn. have a S rt doneoee c u2 u ch ohri touched e et sor 95, 2t hla a a, v nn e da n2 b ad6 e r t n nhao d en w u dT ll 92 e h47 r r e e MexicanSpanishnt h sF.O a i4 v vi ()d e e n pe o I r t to There have been sales in the French Five per Cent. .Rentes at 101; and in the Three per Cents. at 64 75, with the Exchange at 25 25. Dutch Four per Cents. aro at 90, and Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 102-1 to Sardinian Stock is 84 to Railway Shares have been in much better demand, and both home and foreign realise advanced prices. Gold Mine Shares are also dearer. Joint Stock Banks are steady. QUARTER TO TEBBE. Consols ... Ditto Account ... ... 97 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.— ..... 97%% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. Long Annuities, Exp. J an. sth, 1860... 7 1-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1559... 6 13-16 Dacha Liaclii tultivrl,oooi ~,,,,, ,„„ co p Railway'. I Paid. Aberdeen •• Ab e rdeen, No. 2 , 7 pr. ct. Caledonian 101. • • • • Chester and Holyhead Dund. Per. & Aber. June. E a st Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. • • • • • • Eastern Counties Exton., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • Do. No. 2 Do.New6p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. Do. 101. Deben. Shares . East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. &W. York. June. sths Edin. Per. &Dun. 5i p.ct. Glasgow & A.-W. Consol. Gt. Northern, 5 per sent. Do., 5 p. c. Redeem. Scrip Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. • . (fit. Western (Berta; and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. .. • • •. Do. 6 per ct. Stock • • Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1 • •• Do. quarters , 1848 .. London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. Do. pref., 5 p ct. 5k,1851 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. London & Sheffield wand • • Manch., , Line., quar. hrs., No. 1 Do. new, 101. •• • • Do., Si. • • • • • • • • c . stock Midland Con. 6 p. Do. Consol. Bristol Sr Birrning., 6 per cent. • • Do. Bristol & Olouces. Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. • I Do., Preference • •• Norfolk Extension •.• 1.):. - gusr.T4PCr cent. North British • • • • Oxf.Wor. &W 01.151.6 p.c Shrews. & Bir., new guar. Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon • . South-Eastern, 44 p. ct. York, Nowe., and Beres.,', Gt. N.oS E. Pus. .: York and North Midland. U. and B. rurch. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Dutch Rhenish -. East Indian .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto .. Louvain a la Sam!.re Luxembourg •• •• Ditto (Railway) .. Ditto (Canal) .• Maria Antonia •• .• Ditto, New •• •• ,or and Liege •. Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • • .. Paris and Rouen •• •• Paris and Strasbourg ~ Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and blouse .. St. Andrew's & Q uebc. (A) Tours and Nantes • • Tonrnay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llama ca t FlAndcr3 all 10 all all 2716 s 8d 8 THE SUN, RKET S. 174 100 all 6 all all all 100 8 6 8 13 4 47% 100 42 4 2 01 lb 9% L 7% 19 3% all all all 1 6% 16 2-3 126 9% LONDON, 1 5 % Ti 20 % Is% ! , 4 _SN ~ 13"; % 85 86 85N [B6 % 5 7X % 95 )4 95 25% % 2% 84% 56% % 56 % 207,', % 21 28 MONDAY EVENING, Consols for Opening 97% 6% 7 E'chequer Bills 1 d. 1,0001.... — 48 51 50 52 p ,(JCI. ......... ... - 48 51 52 p Small — 43 il 52 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 95 94; 4 Ditto New 80nd5,1829 and 1839 91 IYI-!.rican Bonds, 1846, ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B4 % Spanish Bends, 5 per Cent,l840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange .. French Rentes, 3 per Cent 64f. 75c. Exchange 2sf. 25c. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ger Cent. Certificates LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 22—Wind at noon S.E., moderate brceze and dull, hazy weather, with much rain at times. GLOCCESTER, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Ireland and Admiral, Quebec. SCA.TTERY ROADS, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Coronation, Quebec; Northern, Constantinople. LONDONDERRY, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Vladislawe, Con stantinople; Barrens, Riga; Anna, Ibraila; Mauby, Galway; Manna, Taylor, Riga; Rapid, Reed, Riga. BELFAST, DEC. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Gem, Seven, and Marengo, Galatz. DROGHEDA, DEC. 20.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Washbrun, Morris, Galatz; Robert M'Tier, Trieste. HARWICH, DEC. 21.—Sld. Gute, Christine, Cristian sand. It blew very hard all night from S.S.W. and W.S. W., and stil continues. A few vessels are at anchor under the lock. DEAL, DEC. 20.—Wind S.W., fresh; 21, S.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Emma Eugenia, Davies, Sydney, New South Wales; Vier Gesasters and Jacobs, Batavia; Amity Hall and Warrior, Moulmein; Tiber, Trinidad; Orient, Chesme; Annsbro, Zante; Jenny, Mumford. Arrd. from river for Tobago, Deila Chapin, Osgood, New Orleans; Gilbert Munroe, M‘Lean, St. Lucia. Sld. Arrow and Ipswich Lass, St. Michael's. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—Wind S.; 21, N.W.—Arrd. Henry Ismay, Gallene, Laguna; Kyanite, Tawris, New foundland; Cherso, Alexandria; Roe, Bonny; Lanark shire, Quebec; Ebenezer, St, Michael's; Jacobs, Wes terveldt, New York. Sld. Patriot King, Calcutta; War lock, Valparaiso; Oregon, New Orleans; Africa steamer, New York; Flirt, Beirut; British Queen steamer, Con stantinople; Phantom, Ancona; Ltverno steamer, Leg horn; Amiable, Carmita, and Cornelia, Havannsh. Off port, Lord George Bentinck. DEC. 20.—The Tereihandel, from Bremen to New York, has been abandoned at sea; crew and passengers taken off by the St. George, from hence, arrived at New York. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20. Wind S.W.; 21, S.S.W., blowing hard.—Arrd. Charlotte, Boning, Alexandria. Sid. Cassandra, St. Michael's. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 20.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Ripon steamer, Moresby, Alexandria. POOLE, DEC. 21. —Wind S.W. Arrd. Railway steamer, Carenton. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 20.—(Per electric telegraph.)—The Rose and Ellen, of Cardigan, from Newport for Liver pool, with railway iron, is on shore near here; crew saved. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 20.---Wind variable.—Arrd. Julius and Carl, Schmidt, Cuba; New Jane, Santander; Nep tune, Gairus, Bilboa. FALMOUTH, DEC. 20. Wind S.W., strong; 21, W.S. W., light breezes.—Arrd. Ann and Teruccio, Alex andria; Aliport, Hill, Taganrog; Wagram, Galatz. SCILLY, DEC. 1 8.—Wind S. to S.b.W.; 19, S.W.— Sid. Linpass, Buenos Ayres. BRISTOL, DEC. 20.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Acrd. Greyhound, Phillip, St. Michael's. RICHERUCTO, DEC. 19.—The Triumph, from Riche bucto, was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, previous to Dec. 9; crew saved. MARKET N EWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE,-(MONDAY.) Most of the country markets held on Saturday were seasonably well supplied with English Wheat, but the majority of the samples were out of condition. For all kinds the demand ruled inactive, at a decline in the quotations of is per quarter. Foreign Wheats were held at extreme currencies. Fine Malting Barley was scarce and quite as dear, but grinding and distilling sorts were lower to purchase. No change took place in Malt; but Oats, Beans and Peas, were offering on lower terms. Flour acid Indian Corn were held at full prices. The latest ad vices from New York:are to the effect that a fair business was doing in Flour for shipment to the United Kingdom. I❑ the Baltic and Black Sea ports, scarcely any sales of grain have taken place on English account. The French markets have become firmer, at enhanced currencies. Up to our market last week, a large quantity of Eng lish Barley came to hand. From abroad, we received 5,092 quarters Oats, 760 Beans, 837 Peas, 107 Tares, 482 Linseed, 1,814 Rapeseed, 15 sundry seeds, and 3,491 sacks, together with 22,663 barrels of flour. No foreign Wheat or Barley reached us. Coastwie, from Essex and Kent, a fair average time of year supply of Wheat came fresh to hand for this morning's market ; but the receipts from Suffolk, &c., were comparatively small. By land carriage the arrivals were by no means large. On the whole, the stands were fairly supplied with samples of both red and white, the condition of which was much deteriorated from the prevailing damp weather. Millers in general were, therefore, ver y cautious in their operations, a n d sales of homy-grown Wheats progressed slowly at, in some instances, a decline in prices of is per quarter, and a total clearance was not effected. Most of the large dealers continue unusually short of stock. q th u e ar M ter idla le n s d s money ; delivery was trifling. came to ts b o, u s a i h n ta e n s s ids d f o rp i o n em g r tor forward e e srb s to t: out fsfetohrreewi offers g aa n mr do lN euitt h mht e a was brought forward ; never the t e h NNu le nou s t s miire. the show of Gran and samples was good. The transactions in really fine parcels were at extreme quo tations. In the middling and inferior kinds very little was doing, yet the importers wore firm, and prices wore supported. Floating cargoes were in very moderate re quest. Very little foreign Barley was on sale; but the show of English was good. Selected malting qualities changed hand s steadily, at full rates of cur rency; but low qualiti es, fi t only for gr i n di ng and dm tilling purposes, were very dull, and Is. per quarter lower. Malt—the supply of which was on the increasc— moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Notwithstanding that the arrivals of Oats have been small, the Oat t ra d e was dull, yet the quotations were supported. Beans, though i n moderate supply, moved off heavily, at a reduction i n va l ue of is per quarter. All kinds of P eas were very dull in sa l e , an d t h e quotations gave w a y i s per quarter. Indian Corn, nil lat, was firm, a t 28s for Galatz. The supply of Foreign Fl our being large, the trade for English was l ess active. In prices, however, wo have no chan ge t o not i ce. CURRENCY PER IMPE RIAL MEASURE. Whsat—Essex & Kent, iMalt—Chevalle •• •• •'. 57 s to bls Red .. •• •• • . - 35 s to 40s 'Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 36s 46s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red..... 35 3 40 s Ditto, White.. •• • • 376 44s Irish, Red........ — s Ditto,White...... — s — s Rye—Old •••••• • • • • • • 26s 28s New. •••••• • • • • • • 26s 285 Barley—Grindin g • 22 s 245 Malting .•••• • • • • 275 290 Chevalier •• • • ••• 31s 34s Malt—Suffolk and Nor folk• •••••• • • • • • 45s 54s Brown . • ••• • • • 43s 4gs Kingston and Ware 51s 56s , SEEDS. Clover Seed is in moderate request, at full prices. The stock of red is unusually small. Linseed Cakes— the supply of which is limited —are quite as dear as last week. Rape Cakes st ea d y, at our quotat i ons . S a l es o f about 10,000 quarters Bl ac k S ea Linsee d have taken 431 6d to 44s delivered. Riga, place at ex granary, is quoted at 365; fine clean Odessa, ex ship, 45s 6d; and Alexandrian, 41s 9d per quarter. 200 quarters E3B India have been withdrawn from public sale, at 44s Gd to 45s per quarter. Turnip,White, per bush. 6s to 10s1 Llncoinsh., Feed. 17s 20s Potato ...... • • • • 183 251 youghal and Cork, Black . • • • • • • 163 19s Cork, White . • • • 17s 213 Scotch, Feed. • • •• 208 25s Be ans —Tick . • . • • 255 29s Pigeons . • • . • • • • • -27 s 31s Peas—Grey .. • • • • • • • • 263 25s Maple. • • • • • • • • • • 28s 31 3 White. • • • • • • • • • • 863 29. Boilers • • • • • • • • • • 27s 33 3 Floor—Town-made... 32s 37s Suffolk 28s 32 $ Stocktn & Norfolk 285 323 lied and Green.. • • 8s 11s Mustard, Brown. ••• • • 7s 8s White, now • • • ...Gs Od 750 d Tares, Winter ...... ..3s 6cl 4s Od Carraway 315 331 Coriander • • .. • • • • •• • • 93 11s Henipseed, per quarter 32s 351 Linseed, Eng.Sovving • • 60s 65s Crushing • • • • • • 461 521 Baltic ... • .. • • 39i 46s Odessa 445 5C4 Linseed Cake,pr.l,o o o — .. . el lOs 101 Os Foreign, per ton 6/ 51 71 be Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 Os 4/ 108 Rapeseed,New,prlst 2110 s 2 3108 dm • • • • • • • • os od os Od Canary, per quarter • • 36s 40s Rye grass .• • .. ••• • • • 243 30s Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 30s 44.31 write •• • •• aas us' Foreign Bed.. •• •• 32s 44s White— •• 34s 46s Trefoil ..•• •• •• •••••• 18s 22s Lowing quantities of foreign inst. 1851. 1850. London Liverpool Hull Stock in bond. 9,930 mtg. araiTsrxmLip. For the time of year, the imports of foreign stock into London last week were go o d , v i z , 4,27 7 h ea d . During the corresponding period in 1850, they amounted 2,884 head. to 5,124; in 1849, 2,388; in 1848, 36,56; and in 1847, Duty was paid on the foll, Clover Seed up to the 13th i IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN Tm PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Hamburgh 63 ... 72 Rotterdam 263 ... 915 •265 86 Amsterdam... 33 ... 138 26 ... 3 Antwerp Ostend Nieu Diep Harlingen Dunkirk Total The yearly comparison of the weekly imports is as under:— Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1850 573 ... 4,147 ... ... 355 ... 29 1549 419 ... 1,660 ... 295 ... 14 1848... 628 ... 2,884 ... 144 1847 420 ... 2,400 64 — Notwithstanding that the supply of both English and Foreig❑ Beasts on sale in to•day's market was very limited, tho Beef trade, owing to the prevailing wet weather, the thin attendance of buyers, and the immense arrivals of country-killed meat up to Negate and Leadenhall, was in a very depressed state, and in some instances prices were almost nominal. With great diffi culty sales were effected at any figure. and the quota tions must be considered quite 4d per 81bs lower than those obtained on Monday last. The fresh arrivals of Beasts were only about 400 Short-horns from the uorth, 300 lierofords, Rants, lley9u6, &e., from other quarters, and 160 Scots from Scotland. For the time of year, we were fairly supplied with Sheep. The same causes which operated against the Beef trade influenced the demand for Sheep, which ruled exces sively inactive at the currencies obtlined on this day se'nnight, being a decline in those of Friday of 2d per 81bs. The highest value for the best old Downs was 4s 4d per Sibs. Calves were in full average supply, and sluggish demand, at Friday's quotations. The Pork trade was tolerably firm, at late rates. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts ..... 2 4 2 8 Inferior Sheep .. •• 2 10 3 0 Second quality .. •.2 10 3 0 S econd qual. Sheep 3 2 3 g Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 10 401 Prime Scots ...• .. 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 8 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Primesmall ditto •• 310 4 2 L arge Hogs Suckling Calves •• 18 0 20 0 Small Porkers • 8 310 4 0 Lambs •• •.—• • 0 0 0 0 Q uar t er old Pigs l6 0 19 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calves. I 12,200 167 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Boasts. I Sheep. I C a l ves. I 264 1,690 112 A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Dec. 23, 1850, an d t hi s day, Monday, Dec. 22, 1851. Beasts. 1,232 rigs. 360 P.gs. Per Blbs., to sink the offals. Dec. 23,1850. Dec. 22, 1851 s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts "' 28t0210 s. d. s. d. 24d. s. to 2 8 Second quality ditt o ... 3 0 3 2 210 3 0 Prime large Oxen .. ... 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 Prime Scots, is c.... ... 3 6 3 8 3 6 3 8 Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 3 0 3 42 10 3 0 Second quality ditto ... .• ... 3 6 3 8 3 2 3 8 Prime coarse-woolled ditto ... 310 4 03 10 4 0 Prime Southdown ditto ... "'4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 Lambs... ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Cal ves ... ... 2 6 3 0 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto ... ... 32363 10 4 2 Large Hogs .. ... 2 6 3 6 2 8 3 8 Small Porkers ... ... 3 8 4 03 10 4 0 Beasts —. ... 990 1,232 Sheep and Lambs ... 9 , 110 12,200 Calves ... ... 115 167 Pigs . • .. 280 360 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Das. 24, 1849. Beasts, 1,544; Sheep and Lambs, 7,090; Calves, 75; Pigs, 140. DEC. 25, 1 848.—Beasts, 1,017; Sheep and Lambs, 5,500; Calves, 4; Pigs, 50. NEWGELTE .AN LEADENELA.LL. Since our last report, as well as fresh up to-day, the arrivals of country-killed Meat have been enormous, viz„ 22,000 carcases, chiefly from Scotland and the midland and western districts of England. The sup plies on offer slaughtered in the metropolis are very ex tensive; nevertheless, the demand is steady, at our quo tations. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. 1 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 210 -- !middling.. 3 0 3 2 - prime .... 3 4 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 3 0 4 0 - small ...• .... Beef, inforior ...... - middling .. .. - prim °large • . - prime small . • d. to a. ci. 28 3 0 3 2 3 310 4 0 26 3 8 310 4 0 - - 330ROUGEC AND SPITAIMIELDS. Since Monday last no imports of Potatoes have taken place from abroad; but about 4,000 tons have come to hand coastwise and by railway, including several parcels from Scotland, in full average condition. Owing, in some measure, to the prevailing mild weather, the de mand is somewhat inactive, as follows: Per Ton. Yorksh. Regents. 75s to 85s Ditto Shaws —8 to s Lincoln. Regents 70s to 80s Scotch Regents 70s to 75s Ditto Cups Ditto Blues Ditto Dahlias Common Whites — s to —8 Neweastle &Ber wick Regents 7os to 75s ] Kentish Red Kid. —s to —B,l Wisbeach & Cam- Per Ton. bridge 'Kent Regents 6ss to 80s ; Essex Regents 6ss to 80s Essex Shaws Kent Shaws 6ss to 70s Kent & Essx. Mid. —s to —a French (nominal) 60s to 70s German ditto Dutch Whites.., — s to —s !Chats BOROUGH HOP IttaRILET. With the exception of really fine New Hops being in steady request, at full prices, scarcely any business is doing in our market, in which the show of samples is small. New Sussex Pockets, 51 lOs to 6l 8s; New Kent, 6188 to 81; Golding, Mid and East Kent, 91 to 121 ; Yearlings, 41 15s to 51 82; Old 01d5,.1/ 108 to 31 15s per cwt. WOOS. Small public sales, including 1,054 bales East India and 2,522 ditto Turkish and other low sorts, took place last week. The former sold at full prices, and about 1,500 of the latter changed hands at a slight decline, chiefly for shipment to the continent. The private market is heavy, and the quotations are almost nominal. English washed is selling at from la Id to is 4d; Grease, including blanket, 6d to 9d; and Down, is Id to Is 3d per lb. Last week's i m p or t s were confined to 6 bales from Antwerp, 60 from Mogadore, 120 from the Cape, and 22 bags from Hamburgh. TALLOW. The stock having been reduced to 65,471 casks, our market may now be considered steady. To-day, new P. Y. C. on the spot is selling at 36a 9d, and old 36s 3d per cwt. Town Tallow remains at 36s 6d to 37s per cwt. net cash, rough fat, 2s Id per 81bs. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. iteck this day • • .. Price of Y. C. .• Delivery last week .. Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 ... Price of Town ..... 10, t 00 46s Od to 46s 3d 2,054 56,836 793 58,337 49s 6d 31,947 148,506 42s 94 38s 6d to OsOd to Os Od 1,860 I 2,337 58,565 55,038 631 2,048 85,929 78,714 459 01 j 42s Od 55,040 65,471 37s 04 to 36s 94 Os Od to Os 04 2,456 BOOS 54,194 60,563 1,344 128 83,590 89,500 39s Gd 39s 6d THE CITY ELECTIONS. (THIS DAY ) St. Thomas's-thy having fallen on Sunday, the annum 1 custom of electing common councilmen and other ward officers for the ensuing year was postponed by virtue of a precept addressed to the aldermen of the various wards, by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, until to day, when wardmotes were held throughout the city for the above mentioned purpose. In several wards the present members were returned without opposition, and the changes being comparatively few, little, if any, excitement prevails in those that are contested. In a few, where vacancies have occurred by deaths or resig- nation, the persons put in nomination do not exceed the number of vacancies, so that the elections are merely formal. THE WARDMOTES. ALDERSGATE - Sir P. Laurie, Alderman —returns eight members. The following were re-elected : Messrs. Godson, Woodward, De Jersey, Chaplin, Wood, Stacey, Norris, and Larki ng; M r . Goddard , ward beadle. ALDGATE—J. Humphery, Esq., M.P., Alderman.— returns eight members. The following gentlemen were proposed as fit and proper persons to represent the ward in the Court of Common Council, viz.: —Messrs. Lake, Fisher, R. B. Whiteside, B. Massey, A. Freeman, R. C. Bucknall, G. W. Clifton, J. Turnley, *Morgan, jun., *Catley, and *Osmond. Mr. J. P e ll att was re-elected ward beadle. BASSISHA.W—Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman— returns four members. At this wardmote the old repre sentatives, Messrs. Britton (Deputy), Lister, Wilson, and Hardwicke were re-elected. BISHOPSOATE (WITHIN AND WITHOPT)—T. W. Copeland, Esq., M P., Alderman, returns fourteen members. The following gentlemen were put in nomi nation:—Messrs. Peacock and Stevens (deputies of the ward), Pitcher, Carr, Patten, Hall, Ashby, Thomas, Owden, Hopgood, Gilpin, James. Taylor, and Edmiston. Mr. Harden was re-elected ward beadle. BILLINGSGATE—Thomas Sydney, Esq., M.P., Alder man —returns eight members. At the wardmote the fol lowing gentlemen were proposed:—Messrs. Curling, Roberts, Phillips, Bowen, Williams, Barnes, K ne ll, Car ter, Grey, and Gibbs. Mr. Wrightson, ward beadle. BREAD STREET—W. Lawrence, EFq., Alderman—re turns eight members. The following were elected : Messrs.. Hantrey, Miller, Maynard, Snell, Laurie, Bridge, Maugher, and Duncan. Mr. J. Richardson, ward beadle. BROAD-STREET - Sir J. Musgrove Bart., Alderman— returns eight members. In this ward Mr. Gadsden re signed ; Messrs. (Deputy), Jupp, Foster, Wh ar t on , Brown, Baker, Humphrey, and 'Cox, were proposed. Mr. J. H. Collins re-elected ward beadle. BRIDGE WARD—returns eight members. In this ward a vacancy has occurred by the death of Mr. Greene. The following gentlemen were nominated, viz. : Messrs. Lowe, Pewtress, Knott, *Johnson, Carve! What ham, Hills, Mathews, and Brown. CANDLEWICK—Sir G. Carroll, Alderman —returns six. Messrs. Evans, Sprague, Fowse, Blades, Dakins, and Bond were proposed ; Mr. Beach, ward beadle. CASTLE BAYNARD—S. Wilson, Esq., Alderman— returns eight members. Messrs Hicks (Deputy), Mug. geridga, Bailey, Barker, Hoppe, Farrar, Adlard, and Carlin, were elected; Mr. Wakefield, ward beadle. CHEAP—W. Thompson, Esq., Alderman —returns six members. Messrs. Brooke, Watson, Penning, Dixon, Pead, and Baines, were proposed; Mr. Richardson, ward beadle. COLEMAN-STREET-Right Hon. W. Hunter, Lord Mayor, Alderman —returns eight members. Messrs. Hale (deputy), Hall, Johnson, Boacher, Davis, Batty, Perkins, and Webster were nominated. CORDWAINERS —D. Salomons, Esq., M.P., Alderman— returns six members. Messrs. Lott (deputy), Taylor, Clarke, Joyce, Tress, and Croucher were put in nomina tion; Mr. Stepernan was re-elected ward beadle. CORNHILL-J. Carter, Esq., Alderman—returns six members. The following gentlemen were proposed:— Messrs. Harrison, Waterlow, Johnson, Nicoll, Hoppe, Jones; Mr. Parker, ward beadle. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN—J. Challis, Esq., Alderman— returns eight members. Messrs. Smith and Frost re signed, and the following were proposed :—Messrs. De vey, Brass, Hoole, Leat, Bennoch, Brown, Lloyds, Hancock, Thwaites, and Jacks ; Mr. James Heather was re•elected ward beadle. CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT-J. Challis, Esq., Alder man—returns eight members. Mr. T. Eldred resigned; Messrs. Sadler (deputy), Johnston, Jones, King, Mead way, Reed, Eyke, *Cuthbert, *Sewel, and Watson, pro posed;'Mr. R. Baker, ward beadl e . . FAR - RINGDON WITIIIN—T. Kelly, Eeq., Alderman. The old members, with the exception of Mr. Hu m . phreys, resigned, and Messrs. Wheeler and Kelday, new candidates, were proposed. VINTRY—Sir W. Magna y, Bart., Alderman —returns six members. Mr. Lepard resigned; Messrs. Archer (deputy), Mason, Sprague, Coleman, White, * Warwick, and *Gannon were proposed. Mr. Lower was re-elected ward beadle. WALBROOK—D. W. Wire, Esq. Alderman—returns six members. M essrs . Watkins (deputy), Hale, Condor, Rowley, Dawson, and J. Murrell were proposed. Mr. R. Butt, ward beadle. In the contested wards the poll will close to-morrow. Those marked thus * are new candidates. .obert Ilanbury, Esq., has been elected a trustee of de London Life Association, in the place of Michael Gibbs, Esq.; who has resigned. Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Co lonial-office from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, South Australia, and New Z±aland. CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS AT HUIVGERFORD-HALL, STRAND. The juveniles " just let loose from school," as well as persons of riper years, will find in the above establish ment a series of entertainments well calculated to amine and delight them. M. and Mme. Langlois's charming little theatre, on the Strand side, offers nightly to a de lighted public all sorts of clever conjuring and legerde main. The new Tom Thumb, an imp three or four years old, charms both young and old. The mechanical rope-dancer, a pretty little automaton, about two feet high, dances on and twists about the rope in so natural a way that many persons maintain it is a living being. The Indian juggler Djalma comes next, and goes through his very surprising feats with admirable ease, dexterity, and grace. The soirée ends by a series of beautiful dissolving views, of different countries, and the pleasing effects of the chromotrope. Parents and guardians de sirous of affording instructive pleasure to their children or wards cannot do better than showing them the won ders at Hungerford-Hall, where, in the daytime, are to be seen the splendid dioramas of Chevalier Bouton. On the Hungerford-bridge hide is to be found M. Las saigne's theatre, where nightly, except en Saturday, he goes through his wonderful experiments in animal mag netism, before elegant and admiring audience's; and on every Saturday evening D r . L eger lectures on, and de monstrates in a very clever way, the magnetoid currents and the magnetoscope. Such is the bill of fare prepared for "sight-seers" at Hungerford-Hall, where two spa cious bazaars offer an agreeable lounge and a pleasing promenade. PLAYHOUSE PRICES AT THE OPERA. Look round the pit; Cruvelli is singing her best towards the end of the first act, and a lank-haired indi vidual is yawning, and actually cutting his nails with a pen-knife! Can it be! Yes, so it is. Go back to the Adelphi at half-price, young man, and do not delude yourself into the belief that a suit of black and a white tie will enable you to pass for a gentleman. See, further on to the right, that lady in a tartan silk, with red flowers in her hair, is trying to be amused, but the at tempt is useless. The music breathing from her face is embodied in that long sigh of weariness, just escaped; she secretly wishes herself at home " crocheting," and begins to wonder what people can find to admire so much at the opera. Two gentlemen and three ladies have just caught our eye, all yawning at once, and the second act not over. Look in the grand tier, and see that handsome boy, brought to the opera, for a great treat, by his godfather. How fidgety the lad is! how he wriggles about in his seat! he is thinking of that "' capital pantomime" he saw last Christmas at Drury Lane, and how lovely Madame Veatris looked as King Charming last week; he is twisting the finger-ends of his gloves into dirty rags, and using his pocket-handkerchief a deal more than is necessary; but the fid gets must have some outward sign, or they become dangerous to the nerves. The act is just over, and he exclaims in restless impatience, "Is it all like this? won't there be any fun?"—we hear the godfather attempting to console him with whispers about " beautiful dancing soon." Bless me, I never went to sleep when I went to see Mrs. Siddons and John Kemble," says the old lady, " I can't think how it is." Let us explain, dear " original antique." You are a little older than you were then; perhaps you have not been educated in the German school of composition, and these grand masto dons of music carry immense and mysterious weight; you have left your secret snuff-box at home, and then, the last fifty bars have been rather heavy; don't go to sleep again, dear old lady! and we will forgive you.— Eliza Cook's Journal. ALARMING FIRE AT BRIXTON. Last evening a very alarming fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. G. E. Mogg, surgeon, &c., carrying on business at No. 1, York-place, Water-lane, Brixton. It commenced in tbo shop, and was discovered by a policeman of the P division, who immediately raised an alarm. From the rapidity with which the fire was burning a fearful conflagration was expected. The police, however, set to work in a most praiseworthy manner, at.d by keeping the doors closed much good was effected. Information of the disaster having been dispatched to the engine -stations in town, with as little delay as possible, the Waterloo-road Brigade and West of England engines reached the scene, followed by another from the Brigade Station in the Southwark bridge-road. Fortunately, a splendid supply of water having been procured from the mains of the Lambeth Company, it was distributed over the blazing mass, but , in spite of the most strenuous exertions of all present, the fire could not be extinguished until the whole of the valuable stock in trade was consumed, and ever portion of the premises more or l ess d amaged by fire, &c. How the disaster occurred could not be gleaned, or whether the suffer was insured, owing to his having left home to attend divine service at a chapel in Westminster. The police rendered essential service during the time lost in sending for the engines, and are therefore deserving of great praise. ROYAL COLLEGE GY SUEGEONS.—The following gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 19th instant:— Messrs. Bernard Kavanagh, Limerick; William Talbot Young, Madras; Henry Greenway, Plymouth; Lewis Hitchin Archer, Southampton-row; Daniel O'Donovan, Limerick; Albert Daniel Smith, Nailsworth, Gloucester shire; Joseph James 'larding, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; John Hancock, Wolstenholme, Bolton, Lancashire; Joseph Gib son, Dowse, Manchester ; J o h n Breakey, Monaghan; Ri chard Wilkinson, Bradford, Yorkshire ; George Pishey Thompson Hill, Boston, Lincolnshire; John Henry Wilson, Shrewsbury, Salop; Erlin Clarke, Worcester; John Crown Agnis, Harewood-square, Regent's-park; and George Mal let Coventry, Llanrwst, Denbighshire. DEATH OF SHEEN THE - INEANTICIDE.--The noto rious William Sheen, whose murder of a child under circum stances of unparalleled atrocity, and his own extraordinary escape from the gallows through a trivial technicality excited universal astonishment, died on Friday morning, at his residence in Kent-street, Spit*'fields. It was in the year 1827 that he committed the crime of cutting off the head of a male infant four months old, the illegitimate offspring of a young woman whom he had married only five weeks before the murder; and at his trial he was proved to have delibe rately decapitated the child, concealed the body in the bed, and placed the head erect on the table, standing up on the bloody neck, so as to face the mother when she entered the room. The child, however, had been baptised Charles Wil liam Berdle, the latter being the mother's name at the time of its birth; and upon the objection of Mr. Clarkson, the prisoner's counsel, this description in the indictment was held to be a misnomer, and the prisoner was acquitted. The life so spared, however, has since been a most miserable one, and he has many times, even in the presence of the magis trates, expressed a wish that he had been hanged, for upon every slight occasion his neighbours taunted him with his great crime. He became utterly ferocious, although cow ardly, and has been many times imprisoned for acts of vio lence, brothel keeping, and felonies. - - Mr. Walker, the distinguished American advocate of free trade, in a letter addressed to the Mayor of South ampton, dated Friday last, expresses his regret that, owing to his short stay in England, and to accumulated business, he is obliged to decline his invitation to a public dinner at that port. THE STOURBEIDGE AND BROMSOROVE BANK.-- On Saturday last, the bankrupts in this case were examined as to their separate estates for the last time. The audits were merely of the current receipts and expenses of the bank ruptcy, and afforded no information as to the probable assets of the several estates. DEPARTURE or THE Araxce..--The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Africa, Harrison, commander, sailed from Liverpool for New York, direct, on Saturday, at 9.30 A.M., carrying a large number of passen gers, the usual mails, and 1,000 tons of British and French manufactured goods. The Africa was on the point of starting when the Asia's signal guns announced her entrance in the Mersey. PRUSSIAN RAILWAYS. —The gross receipts of the Prussian railways during the first ten months of the all pre sent year, amounted t o 35,441,284 f., being an increase of 2,402,7121. on the corresponding peri o d of 1150. The total extent of the Prussian railways is now 717 French leagues. The shortest line is that from Dusseldorf to is only eight leagues, and the longest that of the East, which, when terminated, will extend 136 leagues. believe DUNROBIN.—TnE QUEEN'S VISIT. — We princely halls the honour of having her MajestY within the Actve Elberfeld, wh ll iof Durobin may be looked for next year.. g the grounds and prepara tions are going on with the view of the outbuildings in a tasteful condition, in this fine open winter. masons are in constant employmenteated postponement of the and a number of Whatever disappointment the p ptiiutt,in occasioned re in any quarter, the delay Queen's visit may have in the realization of this honour to Sutherland has not been barren i fruit to the wor peopn the neighbour.. barrenof good visit has been delayed, the more h ave hood. The longer the been the preparations made to welcome her Majesty on h er been highly advantageous to th e hi and the result has g ar rival; Courier. people.—lnrernsss - 'WORCESTER CORN EXCHANGE COMPANY. -- On Friday, at a meeting of persons interested in this matter, Master Ferrer placed ten more parties on the list of contribu tories, which contains the names of sixty-one persons, all of whom are settled, with the exception of about half a dozen. The official manager said he had the books of this company in so perfect and satisfactory a state that, as the list was now almost definitively arranged, he would in a few days lay before the Master a statement upon which he proposed to ask for a meeting to declare a call of 3/. 10s. per share or thereabouts, which would be oufficient to pay all the debts 841 d expenses, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 20. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal,!and younger members of the Royal Family, left Osborne this fore noon at twenty-five minutes before eleven, and ar rived at the Castle at two o'clock. The Royal party were attended by the Marchioness of Ely (Lady in Waiting), the Hon. Miss Stanley, and the Hon. Miss C B O A Ylnogn ( Maidsei oo'n EZeruvoie of Honour), Major- General Wemys9, honour r d L fr i o e m ut.- t Colonel enßuiddider Guards, ulph. gird o f h with the band of the regiment, received her Majesty at the railway station. The Queen and Princ e Albert, and the Royal Children, walked in the Home Park this afternoon. The Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, and the Baroness de Speth, dined with her Majesty this evening. DEC. 21. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Slopes this morning. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince , the Prince o f W a l es, t h e Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlem en o f th e C ourt, and the domestic house hold, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. DECEMBER 22 , 1851 RELATIONS BE FRANCE AND ENGLAND. (From the Ilferninig Post ) " The nature of the relations which exist at the present moment between the President of the French Republic and the English Government" is undoubt edly a subject, not only to excite curiosity," but to warrant a very strong feeling of interest in this country. It is, therefore, important that "on so deli cate a subject" responsible writers in the public press should " confine themselves to facts on which every reliance may be placed." The words which we have quoted are those of the correspondent of the Times, in a letter from Paris, which was published in the second edition of that journal on Satrday, and will doubtless be repeated in the same quarter to-day. They are employed in putting forth a statement which we are enabled to declare is utterly untrue, but which is given with an air of such confidence, that it might, if uncontradicted, gain sufficient credence to excite alarm, if not to d o m i sc hi ef. The writer details, on authority which he invests with a high character, the substance of a communica tion alleged to have been made by the British Cabinet to the French Government, containing remonstrance, advice, and threats on the subject of the course of the latter with reference to internal affairs. A sketch is als given o the supposed reply to t hi s fabulous of communication. Further, a letter is said to have been written by one of the most prominent members of the British Cabinet, b u t no t the Foreign Secr e t ary, to somebody great influ en ce, not a member of the French Go- Parliament" vernm ent, declaring that it was " absolutely indis pensable for the British Cabinet to have some data— some assura nces—s o mething positive to present to Out of this is said to have arisen a proposal " that a it was hoped would person should be we are in a When xplanations should on b f e er dem di a r n ec d t e l d y . sent to London to c with Lord Palmerston, and give explanations which French Government,b: The whole story of athered to and from the these notes 'Sat isfactory. " tively to affirm, is -- end. from beginning to . W e are enabled most dist' British Government ha., With h nctly to assert that the revolution in 1848, strictly as in every instance from the first to late events, position most posi first outbreak of the termination not to interfere any way whatever in to its avowed de the internal affairs of France. There is, in fact, something so inconsistent with common sense, so utterly absurd in th e d suppose . ob ject and contents of these impossible co that we may, perhaps, be thought to have nications, t bestowed on them a graver notice than they m - era . The reck less exaggerations constantly supplied by somof e h our contemporaries to the public in this count r however, excited an appetite for the wonderfPonavaeli matters connected with France, the prevalence of which leads us to believe that no folly is too gross for the Times to publish, scar ce ly any fabrication is too absurd for some of its reader s , i n th e i r present st a rate of feeling, to believe. The principle which we have indicated as h av i ng been uniformly declared and acted on by the Go -1 vernrnent of this country, with reference to the suc cessive changes since 1848 in the internal political arrangements of France, is clearly the only one which cou l d be w i sely or sa f e l y followed out. It is to the French nation, not to the Cabinet or to the Parliament of England, that every French Govern ment must justify its policy and its deeds. The civil rights—the political institutions of that country— are the concer n and the property of something more than thirty millions of her people—the care of them is their business and not ours. Parliamentary repre sentation by suffrage, universal or limited—liberty of the press, entire or restricted--freedom of public meeting, speaking or writing — these are p r i v il eges which the French nation can perfectly well decide for themselves whether they will have. They are not at all likely to desire, nor is England in the least called on to offer, any aid or intervention to defend or establish them. For our Cabinet to summon the Government of France, in whatever hands it may be placed, to give explanations and assurances of its intentions with re gard to purely internal measures and policy, would be a departure from the acknowledged principles and invariable practice by which the relations of England with her restless neighbours have been governed for the last twenty years. The Socialist projects and Utopian abortions with which France was threatened in February, 1848, were, for instance, sufficiently dis tasteful to the people of this country, but it was felt that to accept or reject them—how France should be governed —was a matter not for us but for France to decide. 'We do not think it possible even for the blindest prejudice to allege that there is anything in the events of 1851 to demand an interference which was deemed unwise and unjustifiable in 1848 ; and we are convinced that the French nation is as able now as it was then to take care of its political institutions for itself. As to the position of the present French Govern ment with regard to the continental powers, on which the public has also been favoured, from the source to which we have referred, with some very detailed in formation, it is sufficient to observe that this state ment is admitted to rest on the same authority as the purely imaginary communications with which we bare already dealt. We may presume, therefore, that we are tolerably safe in concluding the conti nental part of the story to be of the same character with the English. This latter we do not hesitate to denounce as the most impudent invention yet in flicted on a credulous public. If anything in the world could justify an interference with the liberty of the press, or reconcile a free people to its suspen sion, it would be the reckless circulation of these mis chievous falsities. THE 11111V1STRY.—PROBABLE ~SECESS ION OF EARL GREY. In alluding the other day to the rumours in circula tion relative to an immediate dissolution of the Whig Cabinet, we stated our disbelief in these rumours, so far as regarded the alleged impending break-up of the Miuistry. At the same time we but spoke of the seces sion of Earl Grey, Sir Charles Wood, and Sir George Grey, as a probable contingency. We can now state, with increased confidence, that the secession of this tri umvirate may be expected very soon; but whether be fore the meeting of Parliament, or immediately after it, we aro not in a condition to say. So late as Thursday last a circumstance occurred which of itself would go far to prepare the public fur the loss of Lord Grey's ser vices—ifloss, his taking leave of the Colonial Office, ought to be considered. On that day the Noble Lord said that office had no longer any attrec . ,ions to him, and that be would feel himself a much happier man in the seclusion of private life—for the calm and quiet of which he had fur some time eagerly longed—than where he now is. We could add something mue of what passed on the occasion, but what we have said may, under all circumstances, be regarded as replete with significance.—Advtrfiser. __- - - highnessitoT A l i, r ie POLYTECHNIC Aiertiias, in l t N h s e r m i r o n s o sr. man ner, consented to become patron r of this institut io n. of Mr. Turner, the well-known regret to announce the death which melancholy event took DEATH OF j. W. M. CIIRNER, ESQ., R.A.-.We the peculiarities of his latter manner, one of the most spite of . Rltr i n!';ur , rner , was the father of the Royal Academy, and in wealth, and of well-earned reputation. eminent artists of his age. He bas died full of years,:of PANAMA RAILWAY.-It appears from an official report that the works on this important line are progressing favourably. The Atlantic terminus of this railway is situated on the Island of Manzanilla, at the eastern side of Limon Bay, and from that point to Gorgona, the distance is 29 miles, of which 16 are partially constructed, leaving 13 miles to be made over favourable ground. From Gorgona condescending Ilis to Panama the distance is 20 miles, and the gradients are favourable. It is stated that the enginee rs are of opinion that this latter portion may be completed in the course of two dry seasons from the period of commencing the works. On the section from the Atlantic terminus, towards Panama, the rails have been laid down for a distance of nine mills, but it is not intended too pen any portion of the railway f ' i g traffic until it is completed to Barbacoas, a dt'ance t o this miles from the Atlantic to It ' every exertion will be made to complete terminus. is ex pected tha t 2 and that portion of the line will be opened in May , soon as possible. rrnE of THE COMMIS RECEIPTS AND ExpENDIET---_ e Ts -The 22d Annual Re pent Or WOODS AND FoMods7Forests, and Land Re tbelBrseLinder as pent of the Commissioners of " order of the House 0 - venues, was printed on f Commons made on the 2d of August. in compliance with an the 30th of July last. It appears that The report bears date the Commissioners for the year 1850-51, the total receipts of L_ l. 16s. ci., 5 and the expenditure to amounted to 1,3 d 38 tw o t f he pa p r r li in am cip e :l t o 'leaving a balance of 496,6941. 4s. 7d. Of 841,333/. 1 12 - 1 246,6461. 2s. sd. is in cash, and 266,0481.2 s 2d. Saturday, the latter surn items of expenditure last two sessions:- Public buildings and Royal sa T n h c e tio f n o e li ll ow b i y ng vo a te r s e durinf 3s th 9B, 711/. 16s. • Ordnance-office, Pall-mall, 7,000/. 2 P s al 2 ac d:; Buckingham Palacel improvements, 5,175/. 19s. 7d. ; is due from ind d i i v t i o d r u e al as s. temporary H dit' o t o o s , e i s uc o l t os i l a re rli o am f e a n rc t, h 2 , ,2 & 9 c 3 . 1 ,. 455.,61409d/.. ; 18 n s e . w 6 h d io ; uses of Par. liament, 113,8251.25. 6d. ; Holyhead Harbour, 7,93 4d. British Museum buildings, 25,096/. 14s. 7d.; geological survey, 17,29 s 6/. ss. sd. ; N e l son Monument, 1,3261. Is. 10d. ; Ambassador' house at Constantinople, 7,614/. 14s. 7d. metropolitan improvements, 22,626 k 10s. 2d ; ditto new street from docks to Shoreditcb, 5 6,432/. ; Battersea-park, 22,5051. 14s. 7d. ; Menai and Conway bridges,2,Bl( /. ISs. 3d.; Windsor town improvements 21,781/. 9s. 9d. ; New Forest drainage, 1,118/. 28. 2d. This account is made up to the 31st of March, 1 851. The liabilities of the Commissioners upon that day amounted to 1,258,434/, of which 1,228,45 9 1 e * fur principal due, and 29,983/. 16s. Bd. for interest. 1: 0, total number of men employed on the new Houses of . Parlia ment on the 31st of March, was 1,013, viz., 742 Thames works at the building, 163 at the workshops on the bank, and 108 at the other establishments. K A new work TRAITS OF AMERICAN Ilinwuf-:, Sam Slick," and upon t h e from a source so popular as the author o o f American Humour," with the attractive title of "Traits especial requisition. The all the elements of festivity af t ' In• production with an eager • will hail this . laughter-loving public . one tissue of genuine fan and drol makes its appearance most appropriately at this season, when welcome, but thoughwin nners. It is the most sparkling work lery, it will perhaps win of America'? m e a the famous "Sam Slick."- Evening it l e a ven greater popularity as a graphic that has appeared since Paper. It is said that a n opera by Howard Glover is in r e . hearsai at the Haymarket Theatre, 5 4% 14%