The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-15 00:00:00

'OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATREO OXFORD-STREET. tree: the Management of Mr. Charles'Kean. This Evening, Monday, Dec. 15.—The - Merchant of Venice — Tender Precautions—and Betsy Baker. Tuesday, 16.—Merry Wives of Windsor—and Tender Precautions. Wednesday, 17.—Town and Country—and Tender Prceautions. Thursday, 18.—Merry Wives of Windsor—and Tender Precautions. Friday, 19.—The Wire's Secret—and Tender Precautions. Saturday, 20.—Merry Wives of Windsor—and Tender Precautions. HUNGERFORD-HALT., STRAND. UNRIVALLED COMBINATION 0? ATTRACTION. MAGNETISM.—SOIREES LASSAIGNE every Even ing (Saturday excepted), at Eight o'clock. Admission is., Is., and 4s. Stalls and Reserved Seats mly be secured at Mr. Sams's Royal Library, St. James's-street; at Mr. Ebers's, Bookseder to her Majesty, 27, Old Bond-street; and at the Mana;er's Office, Hunger ford-hall. THEATRE of OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. " SOIREES MYSTEKIEUsES," Juvenile Amusements, by M. and Madame Langlois, of earls, and the celebrated Indian Juggler, Djalma, with Dissolving Views, Chromatrope, Sec., every Evening, at Seven o'clock. A...mission Is., Is. and 2s. Gd. DIORA.MA.—Every Day, from Twelve to Three. Prises of Ad mission ls. 64., is., and 6d. BAZAARS—Open daily tram Ten A.m. to Ten P.M. Admission Free. fOID CURIO:NTS and the MAtINETOSCOPE. Dr. Leger's Philosophical and Experirneqtal Lectures every Saturday Mverillig, at Eight. Admission is. and 2s. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAIt,KET. i, Atuger, 01,1 tiroolptior... THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BEG-4.113.'6 OPERA. Captalu Macheath Ur. W. Harrison ; Mat-o'-the-Mint, Mr. Weiss; Filch, M Mr. Bu Fits elr- stone ; Polly Peacham , M i ss L o ui s a F y ne ; Lucy Lee-kit, rs. williarn, After Which anew Farce, entitled THE TWO BONNYCASTLES. Mrs. Back lit'. Bonnycastle, Mr. Buclistone ; Bonnycastlo, Ingham. To conclude with TIIE IRISH LION.Thu Moore, Mr. H. Bed ford --- --- 1• = .--.,„:• Till..l.T.lilu ICOI3I, AI ''. ‘e b s t„. rnder the dlract;on of Mr. 1 3 - ha ving recovered from his in- The popular Comedian , Mr. W ri g ht, ha disposition, will appear This Evening.„ o __,ran, Mr. . Josh Silsbee. liaormous success cf the TanSc.ee t, rT.." - 0 V F,: - .1 1 -N '-,. .. Dr l ama, entitled THE FOREST Will be performed the corru ,^ IBOT• RUBE: and the YANIiEE PLOU , Jonathan Ploughboy, Worre..l; Harriet Miller, Miss Col- Mr. J. Silsbee • Bellamy, Chap ~,. line; Sally Forest, Miss E. w' of e C o medy PAUL PET. Colonel Hardy To be fuLowed by th ix.,, _V7 . _ . rig_ii . ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith; Mr. ' Miss Ellen Chaplin. Mr. Emery ; Paul Pry. Willis, Mr. Worrell ; 3tarlan, new and laughable Piece de Circonstance, After which, a ,-%4 - , or, The Follies of a Day. Mr. Agricola entitled BLOODIEBS'—• Green Mr. Fiighty Bounce, Mr. Paul Bedford ; John i .:0y , O. Mr. rioneY; smith ; Mr. Weakly, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Portia La • crezia: Mr. Green, Miss WoOlgar. rRINCESS'S THEATE.E, OXFORD-ETU - ELT. Under the Man‘wemental Mr. C. Kees. i'2,VENIN(I Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Principal ehelacters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Harley, Fisher, J. Vining, Ryder, Alison, C. Kean; Misses Robertson, Mary Keeley, and Frankland. After which, a new and original Comedy, in two acts, entitled TENDER PRECAUTION 6; or, the Romance of Marriage, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, and Mr. and Mrs. Wigan will appear. To conclude with the Farce of BETSY BAKER, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. rivate ' 3o xes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. IdarAlM:htm ; et whom also p!aco. may l , .:: talien at the Pox-office, fivrord-.trest, from Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL LI-CELT:A TiIEATEE. Under the Management of MAda:re Vestris. Tha pui,lle is respectfully informed that this Theatre having been thoroughly renovated and embellished, will ICE-OPEN TFtI EVEN[NG, When w J be performed TILE GAME OF SPECULATION'. Principal characters by Messrs. C. M.tthews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and Miss M, Oliver. After which The National Anthem. To bs I,llowed by FORTY AND FIFTY. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN, Kll YAL uL 1:033Ge4) And liantwer, Mr. Farran. 7171 , Will be pe7rormed THE NIO%IENTOUS QUESTION. After which MS FIR T CILVAIP.A.GNE. To conclude with BLACK EYED SUSAN. f PLAY iiOUSE tiND sittAND TREAD:W. Lessee, Sir. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. The Warreest Theatre in London. Another New Farce. Tll.l, EV 1*:,;(4, Will be performed ST.MPsON AND Oa Atter which, BREAKFAST FOlt TWO. To be followed by a new Farce, entitled CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Belton, Romer, Misses Marshall and Nlasliell. With sTItOLLERS AND STRATAGEMS. conclude with a F..rce, entitle 1 THE FIFTH OF NOVEIf- BEIZ, by Messrs. Tilbury, Ro,;ers, Hudspeth, Hisses Saunders and Mastell. The prices of admission are arranged as foll.m :—Orchestra stalls, 4 boxes (first circle), Sc.; (second circle), 23. ; Pit, is. Doors to be openel at Halt-past Six, and the performances to Commence at Seven precisely. s. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock is.; second circle, Is. Prlvatp r Guinea and s Hatt each . Staqe Man.ig,;:r, Mr. E. Stirling. fLEY's ItObAL AtiYliiftlEATKE. Under _Patronage m her c 4i e Alhert. esty and Ws Royal HighneHighnessPrin PI - CD arta 'Sr sv Batty. 'For the Benefit of Madile Loyo. The meat sueeesseud and popular Theatre in London Azael still continues the Star of the Theatrical World. Vet IS &V.C1 , 4114 Will be produced new grand Sp2ctaele, Iron the pen of E. Fitzball, Egg., and written expressly for this establishment, entitled AZ EL, in which will be introduced tho same highly-trained Horses and Camels that appeired 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'e. It Las been pronounced by public opinion to be the most gorgeous and effective production ever witnessed within the tv+l.Ls of a theatre, assiAsd with magnßicent. scenery and brilliant costumes. The new Dramatic Performers having achieved an unparalleled triumph, will hays the the honour of appearing every evening until further notice. With patty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embraoing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, teeresented by Foreign and British Male and Female Artists of superior talent. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THIN ONE. !tickets to be bad at the Lea-ottice from Eleven till Four daily. .51,u15.,;er. air. T. IlicarAisori. PORTRAITS SO ULT AND WELLINGTON, WITH MEMOIRS AND FDIC-SIMILIES OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY W YON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES ; TOGETHER WITH A PORTRAIT OF DUKE OF WELLINGTON IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, THE PRICE ONE SHILLING. MOIL WATER AT LONDO! BRIDGE Tine DAY —Morning 26 min. altar 6 I Evening 53 min after 6 To-Mow:ow—Morning 26 rain. after 7 I Evening 59 min after 7 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, TIIRSZIOXETEB, IM THE SHADE. 42--highest since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and daring the night. 96—this day, at noon. BAROMETIV, 3057. WM) N.W.—dull, mild weather, with a sprinkling of rain lECE3I.I3ES or sleet. MONDAY, DECEMBER 15. Trtuanuombami, .lug {SKILDS. 38—higheat since noon yesterday. 33--lowest this morning and during the night. 35 —02.1 s day, at noon. The Barometer rose last night to 30 6; since then it has fallen to 30.3. Wry W.S.W.—dull, foggy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the followin places at Nine o ' c lock on Saturday morning.—The stations a-e arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind W.. gentle breeze—foggy. BRIGHTON—' ind N.E., gentle oreeze—oartially cloudy. Il&sratros—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SournAmprotc—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. Fotackeromx—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcoat. TtnrearrG ind N.E., calm— foggy. GREblNWlCEl—Calrn—overeast. &MOOD ind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SvngDox—lNlnd E., light airs—foggy. CorkmE- 9 -TER.--Wind S.W., calm—foggy. C A . BRlDGE—Cair a _f oggy. yARmOUTH—Wind L , calm foggy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : LtafFaucx—Wind S., gentle breeze—overeas t. m E ALDTGAR— ind S.W., o‘f,un—overcast. TO CORRESPONDEN TS N o co mmunication can he attead ea to tutleas suthen ticated by the naW e 2'nd address of t he writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. ----- , ~,,,,,... •k ~.,..I c, . .. 4 I,L*jgr4L...ll 4t14v i p ... ,,.... ,, , ,;, . ,..; . 4. • . ' 4 , , h _. ... <5 , lei.rf6"lekt,(l%ntli kzi,41:11111/1 - 4. Ltivia • , f-79" LO/Sl3(\ - I g, MONDAY, DECEIMER 15, 1853 The Congres s of the United States met on the is of December, and from . Nvichh t s na abstract of the Patzsi- BEN T'S Message, teen received by electric telegraph from Liverpool,which port it was brought by the Royal M a il to t e Africa last night, it would appear that the steam ship a most prosperous attrib and flourishing States are in PRESIDIO]: in his Message , condition. The to the decrease of utes this state of prosperity in some measure the agitaticu on the slavery question, and it is certain that the continuance of this fi,ree agitation could not but have acted in a manner detrimental to the p romot i on of the material and industrill interests of the States, not rnerely of the Southern States, the obj:?:ct of that agitation,' but of the •gene Ats AVVlltrii S ate:i also, which being the 41 - 1 eaThe.agitation, w.]re mere immediately affected I 7 3lk\P 0 \ e a p 3 , than were the S!lwe States themselves. ( ..., ,&, ...—,A , 47 vei11;,•_,1717*,601t4 to the Fa3itive Slave Bill, the hue'. '4 e C ',lttrOf' • .4, * -27 , iii 1 44 ; c,,, .....,--_-_,. . _ .clk THE SU DENT clearly and unmistakeably announces his fixed determination to persevere in enforcing its provisions. It is evident, therefore, that President FILLMORE is to be reckoned amongst those who disapprove of the efforts of the ultra-Abolitionists to resist the law by force, and that be, at all events, is determined to observe the oath which he took when inaugurated as PRESIDENT, an d to uphold and vindicate in every cue the supremacy of the law. We could have wished that, on the subject of the Cuban expedition, the PRESIDENT had been somewhat more explicit. It is true he condemns in strong terms the me❑ who had by their false representations in duced several citizens in the United States to embark i n an ex pedition, which he admits was contrary to the law of nations; it is true that he o.eseits by impli cation that the United Se's bed no reason to com plain of the measures adopted by the Spanish Govern ment in relation to those citizens of the States who took part in the Cuban expedition, and the justice of whose condemation is admitted by implication, when he states the efforts that are being made, not to de mand, but to procure their release ; but he does not condemn the principle upon which those acted who took part in the marauding expedition against Cuba so emphatically as could be desired by persons who still entertain some respect for the law of nations, neither does he ask for any addition to the powers with which he is at present invested, and which, as the departure cf LOPEZ from the United States proved, are insufficient to enable the Executive of the United States effectually to prevent the outfit of piratical expeditions against the territories of friendly powers. The regret expressed that it should be necessary to grant an indemnity to the Spanish Consul, at New Orleans, is also not calculated to reassure foreign powers as to the sincerity of the efforts made by the American Executive to prevent the sailing of the Cuban expedition, or to inspire them with much confidence in the desire of the American Government to prevent the departure from the States fir marauding expeditions, which may be avowed or disavowed by the Government, according to the event—avowed if successful, as in the case of Texas ; disavowed if unsuccessful, as in the case of Cuba. The reprenntations of England and France on the subject of the Cuban invasion are alluded to, and the principle is distinctly laid down, that no right of search or watch of American vessels on the coasts of the States or in the seas adjacent can be allowed, a declaration of principle which renders it doubly in cumbent on the American Executive to prevent the fitting out for the future of piratical expeditions from any of the ports of the United States. The finan cial condition of the States is one of great prosperity. The receipts of the year exceed the expen diture by ten millions, and seven and a half millions of debt has been paid off; and yet, in the teeth of these proofs of the success of the Americ in financial sys tem, the PBXS:DENT, who it must be remembered is a denizen of the Northern States, d-.:clares that the ne w tariff, which is an approximation to free trade, is a failure, and advocates a return to protection, be cause the exportation of breadstuffs to Europe has decreased last year, as compared wi• h the exportation iu 1849, and still more as compared with the ex portation in 1847. It would appear, therefore, that our farmers have not much to fear from the increased importation of breadstuffs from the United States, with which we were told that we were to be swamped, and that they can still compete effec easily with the American farmer. This decrease in exportation we should, however, be inclined to attribute rather to the increased demand for breadstaffs in America, consequent upon the great increase which has taken place in the immigra gration into the States since 1847, and to the enormous development of the resources of California, than to any operations of tariffs. The atten tion of the C mgress is directed to the case of KOSSUTH and of the Hungarian refugees ; and various internal improvements are recommended. The American Government, we are told, is exerting itself to complete the arrangements for the construc tion of the Tehuantepec Railroad, and it is probable that the increase of the army on the Mexican frontier, albeit declared to be for the purpose of repelling Indian outrages, may induce the Mexican authorities to hasten those negotiations to a conclusion. On the whole, seldom has it fallen to the lot of a - PRESIDENT of the United States to present to Congress a Mes sage in which the position and prospects of the country have been represented to be in so satisfactory a condition. The contest between the merchants of the City of London (we might say of the _entire kingdom) and the Commissioners of Customs has assumed an aspect that promises a speedy and striking result. Commercial men have, at length, been tho- roughly aroused to the inherent iniquities of the sys tem under which they have all been, more or less, suf ferers. They have sustained heavy losses through the vexatious and uncalled-for interference of meddling subordinates, who desired to obtain, by any means, a character for zeal and activity ; and they have witnessed with mingled disgust and indignation, the contemptuous indifference and stolid apathy with which their complaints, however well founded, have ~been treated by " the Honourable Beard." The duties levied and the necessary delays are sufficiently irksome and vex atious, even under the most favourable circumstances and the most judicious administration. The Customs' code is peculiarly stringent. The general principle of the i English law is completely set aside—every man is assumed to be guilty until he proves his in nocence. A mere vague suspicion is regarded as conclusive evidence—" trifles light as air" are taken to bt " strong as proofs of Holy Writ." The extra ordinary powers,vested in the Board, at a time when the liberties of the subject were held as nothing in com parison with the prerogative of the Crown, are ,•xercised to the fullest extent. Should the injured parties, strong in conscious innocence, resist the unwarranted charges, or refuse to lick the dust at the feet of the Thames street magnates, humbly acknowledging their guilt, and praying a mitigated penalty, every instrument of oppression is put into requisition to crush the rebel. In any ordinary cane the plaintiff should deliver an ample bill of particuNrs, clearly and explicitly setting forth the nature of the charge, and pointing out the matters to be rebutted. But the Crown, under shelter whereof the Board discharges its arrows, like Taucaa under the shield of AJAX, is not bound to show the nature of its claims, or furnish any statement that may guide or assist its opponents in framing their defence. They must be prepared on every side, lest haply they might be assailed in some unguarded point. It is scarcely necessary to say how seriously this must affect the defendants and enhance their expenses. They must look not merely to the actual, but to the possible accusation, and have ten times the number of witnesses in attendance that would otherwise be re• quired ; and even then a verdict which, although nominal in amount, would carry costs might pass for the Crown, through some almost unavoidable over sight on the part of the professional advisers of the victims of the existing system. This rule, sufficiently onerous in itself, is rendered v. thousand times more oppressive when taken in connexion with the equally indefensible regulation that " the Crown pays no costs." Should the tra verser, notwith s t an di ng th e f orm id a bl e di sa d vantage above referred to, be enabled to establish his inno cence, and to l eave court without the slightest his unavoidable o utlay. stain Won his ch aracter, he may yet be involved in ruin, through Toe case o f tlpporntk, where, alth oug h h Company is a tsu T c i ti nt illustration of the bock numerous and caref u ll y selected charges were shown to to be frivolous and vexatious, th e v i ctorious party had submit to a loos of h a -out 10,0001., the costs of their defence. Fortunately, in that instance, the defendanta were able to sustain the loss without nience • but what would have been, what must be, the consequence if an individual were subjected to such wanton persecution on such tri v i a l and insufficient grounds. We therefore find without surprise mcn of the highest character, whose well- establi.thed reputations should guard them against any light accusations, and persons of almost un bounded wealth shrinking from so unprofitable a contest, where in any event they must be heavy suf ferers in a pecuniary point of view. In almost every eve then parties hive submitted to any demand, however unreasonable, rather than incur certain losses by defending themselves, and this has produced an imperious and kdespotic temperament,, LON DON, which has led to the formidable organization now in existence, and the numerous and influential additions to the ranks of Customs' reformers. But few are so utterly deserted as to be without some defenders, and the Commissioners ;have been fortunate indeed in the champion who has entered the lists on their behalf. We are told that an unseen band strewed flowers on the tomb of NERO, but Mr. O'DowD has come boldly forward as the advocate and defender Of the Board, justifying, or, at the least, extenuating their acts, and candour compels us to admit exhibiting an acuteness and versatility of genius deserving of the highest praise. Audi alterain partem is a good rule, and let those who desire to understand both sides of the question carefully peruse the digest of the proceedings of the Charlotte-row Committee, and its examination by Mr. O'DowD.* The Commissioners cannot complain at any conclusion that may then be arrived at, for they would find it difficult indeed to procure a more astute, zealous, or talented advocate than the Learned Gentleman who has voluntarily stepped forward on their behalf, and who, as he has informed us, and we believe truly, " has no personal predilections to indulge in the task which he has assumed," and whose "political opinions have no tinge of the complexion which report assigns to a majority of these gentlemen," i. e., the Commissioners. We give Mr. O'DowD the fullest credit for the accuracy of these assertions; we believe that he has been influenced by the pride of the advocate, of one qualified to make "the worse appear the better reason," and thus induced to take up a cause that afforded such ample scope for skill and ingenuity. And, as " quod volumus facile credimus," we can easily conceive that Mr. O'DowD has persuaded himself into the belief that the Board are a persecuted and ill-treated body, un justly assailed by discontented ingrates, who are perversely indifferent to the advantages they derive from the admirable administration of" their honours." We regret that space will not permit a closer exa mination of the matters so ably handled in Mr. O'Down's brochure, but which we can commend to our friends and the public as well worthy of perusal, and which will be especially interesting to the friends and opponents of the Honourable Board. "Customs' Administrators and Customs' Reformers; or, The Digest of the Proceedings of the Charlotte row Committee' Examined." By James O'Dowd, Esq , Barrister-at-Llw. London: Daily Brothers. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The PRESIDeNT of the Republic bas conferred the Grand Cress of the Legion of Honour on General D'HAUTPOUL, grand officer, who has served 46 years, been in 12 campaigns, and received two wounds ; General BARAGUEY-D'HIELIERS, grand officer, 40 years' service, 10 campaigns, and amputated at the !eft wrist ; and General MAGNAN, commander•in• chief of the army of Paris and of the first military di vision, 42 years' service, 11 campaigns, one wound. M. NETTEMENT has been set at liberty. It Was reported that MNI. CUETON and DUVERGIER DE LIAURANNE had also been discharged from custody; the Journal des Debats, however, contradicts this re- port, and states that those gentlemen are still detained prisoners at Vincennes. The members of the Civil Tribunal of Versailles have unanimously given their full and entire adhesion to the measures of public safety recently taken by the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The Bretagne, a journal of St. Brieuc, says : "M. de Montali=mbert, by a letter of the B,h inst., authorises us to declare that the committee of twelve, representing in France the interests of the Count de ~hambord, bas recommended all its correspondents not to deposit a single vote against the President. M. de Falloux has made to him a communication to that effect, and adding that his party was not to assume at present the attitude of systematic hostility which it had observed for 18 years against Louis Philippe." The same journal adds that three of the representa tives of the department, MM. THIEULLEN, BIGREL, and LECOINTE have written to their constituents, declariag thet they wore resolved to support the PRESIDENTOf the Republic, being perfectly convinced that " society must perish if the Government did not remain the strongest.' The Illouiteur of yesterday publishes the following letter, addressed to the Extraordinary Commissioners, MM. MAURICE BAIILEL, CARLIER, and BERULD._ " Paris, Dec. 13. " Monsieur le Commissaire Extraordinairs,—From the beginning of the crisis which we have just traversed, the Government has judged from the conduct of the So eialiq party that, surprised before the appointed time of 1852, it had been:determined to employ its last resources, and to try a desperate effort. The correspondence di rected from Paris, the emissaries sent in all directions, the watchwords transmitted with rapidity and precision, all demonstrated that the sinister projects, of which, six months later, society would have been the victim, were about to burst out on a wide scale. In order to parry these grave eventualities, and to give to repression a rapid movement, the Government had recourse to your patriotism, and charged you to direct the action of authority with unity on all points where honest people appeared the most menaced. The plan of the anar chists has been foiled in the capital by the bravery of the array and by the contempt of the good workmen who bad so frequently been the dupes of their false brethren. Authority has everywhere resumed its em pire, and it now becomes unnecessary to continue in France anything which might have a revolutionary character. The Government will notwithstanding be able to accomplish resolutely whatever is necessary for good and against evil. These considerations have in duced the President of the Republic to put an end to the extraordinary commission you were so good as to ac cept. Yon will then be so good as to consider your mandate expired, and come to Paris to render an ac count of the results, so as to enable me to appreciate the dispositions of the population you have visited.— Accept, &e. (Signed) "A. DE MORNT, Minister of the Interior." It appears from the above that the Government con siders the insurrection effectually crushed. The following are the departments in a state of siege :—La Rhone, la Drome, l'lsere, l'Ain, le Loire, l'Adeche, Cher, Nievre, Seine, Seine et Oise, Oise, Loiret, Loire et Cher, Eure et Loire, Seine et Marne, Seine Inferieure, l'Eure, l'Yonne, l'Aube, Saone et Loire, Allier, Gard, l'Herault, Basses Alps, Lot, Lot et Garonne,Var, Gironde, Bas Rhin, and Gers, making 30 departments, out of 86, in a state of siege. Ex cept in the department of the Basses Alps, the Socia lists have been all beaten and dispersed. At Clamecy the Procureur• General attended the funeral of the gensql'armes wbo were killed by the insurgents, and in the course of his oration over their graves, said—" For two days and nights dema goguism was mistress of this town. We saw the populace raised, houses forced and pillaged, terror in all honest souls, eight assassinations and 20 victims, the most hideous saturnals, sacking, and murder. Such were the works promised us for 1852, and only for the act of the 2d a -camber, and the patriotic de votedness of Louts NAPOLEON, who can doubt that the promises made vs ould not have been kept ?" " Facts (says the Constitutionnel) have spoken. Let us humble ourselves before thew, who have been so proud of cur country and of our civilization, and so de sirous of progress. No time, no country has ever offered such a speciacle. Let us no longer insult our ancestors, for we are more guilty than they were. In our wisdom and virtue we have condemned their fanaticism, their grossness, the violeuca of their passions, the cruelty of their civil wars, and surpass all .their examples. We have now pillage in joint-stock fashion—we hsve politi cal parricide—France has blamed dragonnades, but never before had she witnessed the violation of women on the highway —never before had she seen unfortunate chil dren dragged from their schools to undergo the most ap palling outrages. Such, however, is the spectacle which we offer to Europe; and the official reports which prove these things eoutd not by7possibility be pablished, or, if punished, by possibility be r ead." The provincial journals give the following account of the proceedings of the Social insurgents at Cuers : " The secret society of Cuers had decided that the sth December should be the day of rising. From seven o'clock in the morning all tho avenues of the rural roads were guarded by the members, in the uniform of the National Guard, who, sabre in hand, intercepted the passage, and ordered overyono to arm and hold himself ready. At ono o'clock in the afternoon a numerous assemblage marched on the mairio of the commune. M. Bdrralier, mayor of Cuers, warned of this more• merit, left the place and went to the barracks of the gendarmery, A short time after he returned with a detachment of that force, when loud erica were hcard— M. Barralier gave orders to the crowd to evacuate the mairie. A man named Mourre exclaimed, ' The people are sovereign,; these are brigands, who must be exter minated on the spot' On this they rushed on the mayor; a gendarme, named Chauvin, attempted to protect him, but without success, and he and the mayor were both thrown down and carried out of the va alsos meaa wounded,rirr i i e e d . to A t n bh o ue t t h pe e rsi r es at g l e e n ad d ci a da r nl m od c e kh w e dd a s u hp s h i. m o t s ,lhf C e; hit insurgentsmayor ont then h ouseufnrdion:ib p bi r uor o roe c ialc e itA c tnpha e uxa c e l tpeh t eshe o rra;sd t ,d h h4in e isscpl acs of w a s M M. Reust an, the receiver pillaged, all the furni in the same svoatrtyhi ci w tn e g r were throwleft hitn n out bat o t f h e t the clothesw windows o wh ho 1 1 •e i c s eiver, named Guerin, was treated . house, escaped b y hiding herself t n who was alo ne i n th e rioters then went t o the gendarmerie t b h a e rr e s e e l k laz. w h T e h re e they seized on all the money the in aftc,rpcl%ce.,.nig a pro as well as th e in tu a ti t. ammunition. The ins urgents, v i,i ona t govyrzr.". - :lt, retunc 1 t o th , : ol where they vented their horrible fury on the bod y of gendarme whom they had before killed ; and one-of-the-m carried his ferocity so far as to wash his hands in the blood of their victim, The yrovisionnl government then MONDAY I retired to the mArie to deliberate. It was decided that f at midnight all the enemies of the people should be ex terminai-d. Fortunately, however, a detachment of troops arrived from Toulon, and prevented the commis sion of the intended murders." The Gazette de Lyon gives the following details on the affair of the Biases Alpes " A letter from Sisteron of the &It announces that that town is in the power of the democrats. The National Guards, however, had not ben disarmed, and citizens of the moat respectable classses mounted guard without being disturbed. The troops of the line occu pied the citadel, but they were surrounded in the hopes of starving them out. Digne is also in the power of the insurgents. M. Dunoyer had met with no ill-treatment. Some accounts say that he is still a prisoner, and others that he is on his way to Marseilles. M. Buison, of Mansoque, bad constituted himself prefect." A telegraphic dispatch announces that the Prefect and the Procurer-General entered the town of Sis teron on the 11th at the head of 300 infantry and twenty gendarmes. They were immediately joined by the sub-prefect and eighty-two men who bad been shut up in the citadel. The Hotel de Vile was soon taken. The revolutionary junta was found sitting, and the members taken prisoners. The town of Digne had also been retaken by the Government forces. The Constitutionnel says that the disturb ances in the Var are at an end. The following telegraphic dispatch was received by the Government at a late hour on Saturlay night " GAP, DEC. 10, HALF•PAST SIX, P.M. " The Prefect of the Basses Alpes, after having put the Fort of Seyne in a state of defence, has left the can ton, and has gone to scour the disturbed arrondissements, and to re-establish the authorities in them." The Moniteur Parisien says— " As soon as General de Grammont heard of the in surrection in the south, ho offered his services to the President of the Republic. The Government has just confided to his energy and to his influence in the Lot et- Garonne, of which he is appointed command -tilt, the care of restoring to calm districts agitated by a handful of factious men." A letter from Nevers, dated the 12th, states that General PELLION had on the previous day made a battue in the woods near Clamecy with 1,500 men, and made 100 prisoners. One soldier was wounded. At Entrains 90 prisoners were made. One insur gent, who offered resistance, was shot, and another was drowned by attempting to save himself by swimming. The Patric, of Saturday, contains the following intelligence from the disturbed districts:— " Some troops from Marseilles and Avignon are on their way to the department of the Basses Alps. On their route they will have to put down an insurrection which has just broken out in the small town of Apt (Vauclaso). A column of 600 men has left Briarcen (Sautes-Alpes) for Siiteron. The troops coming from Marseilles have taken the road to Digne, and those from Avignon that to Forcalquier. The insurrection is com pletely surrounded, and all the centres of resistance will be attacked at the same time. There is every reason to hope that we shall soon hear of this Jacquerie being at an end. Tho ba'talion of the 14th Light Infantry, which was sent peat from Marseilles, was met on the evening of the Bth near Oraison, six leagues from Digne." A letter from Ssyne, near Digne, 7th, says— " A considerable number of insurgents presented themselves yesterday before Digne. This town had only a force of about 300 recruits of the 25th Light Infantry, young men who for the most part fcareely know how to use their arms, and about forty gendarmes. On the announcement of the intended invasion of the town, the protect went out himself to reconnoitre and ascertain the number of the insurgents. A gendarme who was with him received a ball in the thigh. The prefect then re turned to the barracks, with a determination of holdirg out to the last extremity. Tho mayor accepted the co operation of a certain number of national guards, who presented themselves volutstarily to assist in protecting the town. These men went to the barracks, which they engaged to defend, but they had not been long there before they divided, and the majority of them began to cry—'Vive la Re,aublique democratique et sociele 1 This manifes tation clearly ind cAted on which side they intended to 'fight. Under such cri , ical circumstances, the prefect con sidered it his duty for the interest even of the dignity of the Government so retire from the place, and take up his position in the small town of Seyne, under the pro tection of a fort which commands the place. Digne was soon afterwards occupied by the insurgents, who took posaeesion of the Prefecture, the cellars of which it was their first care to empty." We read in the same journal :—" We have not as yet received precise accounts of what took place at Clamecy during the occupation of the insurgents. Since the arrival of the troops tranquillity is perfectly restored. Moat of the insurgents, who were not taken prisoners, have sought refuge in the woods. Mea sures are now being taken to force them from their hiding places. M. LYONNET, engineer of the ponts-et chauss6es at Clamecy, who had accepted from the insurgents the mission to treat for them, was at once dismissed from his place by M. CARLIF R, who has dismissed M. ROUSSEAU, avouti, and MARION, buisser, at Clamecy, for their notorious commerce with the rioters. Several of the ring leaders are in the hands.ofjustice, and amongst others a man named GUERBET. The funeral of the unfor tunate gendarmes, murdered by the insurgents, has just taken place, t CARLIER, General PELLION, and NI. CORBIN, the Procureur-General, being present. About 1,500 persons attended, and detachments of the 27th and 4th infantry, and of the Ist and 10th Chasseurs." The Minister of War has addressed the following to the PRESIDENT of the Republic : " General de Brigade Chadeysson, named to the command of the department of the Basses-Alpes, has refused to accept it. The Minister of War has the honour to propose to the President of the Republic to admit this general officer to bring forward his claims to be placed on the retired list. Paris, 11th December." The PRESIDENT of the Republic has approved of the proposition. The Frew of Sunday publishes a leading article, signed by the new editor M. J. PEROD/LiIID, from which we extract the following " The first necessity of society now more than ever is order. Not only has the material peace of our cities and fields been troubled, but fearful lights have revealed the depths to which moral disorder had descended. Oh! what a cruel affront has been given to the boasted civili the spectacle at once pre sented should t n o o r f n i s the rise so e l n lt h n an idea, or a symbol, or even a word, is w hat has occ urred at all times. It is the history of human it y travers ing ages. But what ha ve adacyo centurymb pointsat forot by France. That minorities . we seldom seen, except amongst generations rotten to the core, is an idea, true or false, disappear from the raised banner of insurrections to give place to the most hideous appetites; that pillage, violation, assassi nation, all that is reputed crime and infamy by the universal conscience, should become the means and the snd of the revolution now attempted; that savage hordes should break in upon the domestic hearth, rob hard-carned savings, stain the wife, and massacre the children, under pretext of resistance made to establish authority." The Siicle having stated that M. LEON FAUCHER had left France, that gentleman has addressed the fol lowing letter, dated the 12th, to that journal : " You have been led into error in announcing that I had quitted France. Not only have I not lett France, but I have not even any intentien of quitting Paris." General ARRIG HI DE PADOUE is raised to the dig nity of Grand Cross of the Iv gion of Honour. Algiers journals of the 7‘h have been received in Paris. They are filled with the decrees and other documents published on the occasion of the late change of Government in Paris. General PELISSIER, the Governor-General ad interim, has published the fo lowing proclamation:— "Algiers, December 7. the President of the R-public to manifest its sovereign will, nAceig,—The nation is called on by on its destinies. Let every one, in c f eria umstances, be penetrated with the :lhlnhabitantseaod graveto pronounce ro circumstances, u o im portance of his right, nod above all with the greatness of his duties, and await in silence the hour of exercising them. Bear in mind how indispensable it is to show the most profound respect for public order, in a moment so solemn and so decisive for the happiness of the country. Here, more than in France, that is t he sacred obligation of every good cioz-n, and is an abso• lute necessity for the security of this colony. Think well the attitude which you ought to assume; for it is only by such a prudent and patriotic reserve that you caa escape from the dangers and tempests which our civil troubles could not fail to produce amongst the Arab people—vanquished, nu doubt, but still ready to recom mence hostilities. As to me, lam determined to pre serve order by all the means which I havo in my posses sion, both here and elsewhere. The calm which you aro enjoying to-day will not be in any way interfered with; the perturbators and enemies of the public peace will alone have to fear the severity of the laws. "6 A. PELISSIER." The Governor•Gdneral also publishes an address to the army, calling on it to stand firm round its standard, and by its determined demeanour to enswre the happiness of the country, by preserving public order. _ _ _ _ The proclamations of the PRESIDENT of the Repub lic were received in the island of Corsica with unani mous acclamations. The people throughout the island showed the greatest enthusiasm. The functionaries and all the municipal bodies have sent their adhesions to the great act of Dec. 2. The funeral of the soldiers of the 72d killed at the barricades on the 4th took place on Friday at the cemetery of Mont Parnasse. M. DESRORTIES, one of the lieutenants, made a speech over the grave, in which, after paying a just tribute to his companions in arms, he said t-- "In a proclamation of which we are proud the Minister of War has told us that we have just accom plished a great act of our military life. In thinking cf his words, and particularly in seeing so many courageous soldiers engage ,1 in a war so revolting to their feelings, must you not ask yourselves what would s uch an arm y be when opposed to a foreign encmy ? To fight with foreigners is not now our mission. The day when France shall draw her sword, sho well knows whst she may expect from us. Oar ancestors, who endowed cur c-aintry jrwr:e?rt. 1 h',Vi) !eft u , a tFAIc rot less glorious, and perhaps more difficult—that of sheltering it under solid and dun.ble institutions. In that patriotic mission we shall not fail. Regardless ahla of the iusults heaped of by calumny, 4MI of the EVENING-, DECEMBER 15, 1851. itVry of parties, we will do cur duty, alwitys our duty. snd nothing but cur duty. And now, bravo sAdicr.i of the 72c1, adieu; adieu, noble victims of military patrio tism and honour. The earth which covers you will be light, for God, who protects France, for which your ge nerous blood has been shed, has already received you in his kind and infinite mercy." The 3loniteur publishes a new edition of the rnem b,qs who are to form the Consultative Commission. It now consists of 178 names. The Commi, , sion is summoned to meet on the 234 of Decemb-r, for the purpose of examining the votes on the Presidential election. M. PROSPER HOCIIRT is appointed Secre tary-General of the Commission, and M. DENIS LE GARDE, Secretary of the Minutes. Tt , e military commission charged, by decree of the PREiIDENT of the Republic, to commence an investi gation into the uses of persons arrested fee porticio don in the ft cent insurrection, has commenced opera tions at the Palais de Justice. On Friday the mili tary authorities caused a great number of the prisoners to be removed from the Conciergerie to the fort of Bica,re under the escort of the line and gendarmerie. Two hundred other prisoners were also sent from the Prefecture of Police to the same fort. The Bourse continues to exhibit extraordinary firm ness, and public secu,itics rose again considerably. The Five per Cents. opened at 98f., and closed at 90f 350. for the end of the month, being a rise of 2 per cent. as compared with the cluing price of yesterday. The Three per Cents. closed at 61E. 90o.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 960 f.; Rouen, 61 2 f. 50e.; Havre, 232 %. 50 c.; Great Northern, 492 f. 50c.; Avignon, 215 f.; Vicrzon, 472 f. 50c.; Basle, 165 f.; Bordeaux, 387 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg. 391 f. 25c ; Tours and Nantes, 265 f.; Amiens to Boulogne, 270 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 10 1 / 4 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1774 —Namur and Liege, 6—Northern of France, 147(—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4—Paris and Rouen, 23 , 4—Paris and Strasbourg, 1274—Rouen and Havre, 8 yo. THE SHARE MARKETS. 101/IITISII NaILWAYS. Paid. Nominal Prices, 174 (CO all 6 all all all too 8 6 8 1 18 4 474 100 Business doze to-day. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 9,h have arrived. Oa that day the President of the Couneil proceeded to the Cortes, and read a decree suspending their sittings for the present. This suspension of the sittings is, it is said, is consequence of the approach ing accouchement of the QUEEN. MADRID BOL9A, DEC. 9.—Three per Cents., 36k; Five per Cents , with current coupon, 6; Coupons, 8; Passive Debt, 5 9-16. Exchange on Lyndon, 50 50. PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 9th. Several meetings of bondholders have hen held to protest against the decree for capitalising the interest of the debt. Tho Diarie di Govern() has published a notification for the deputies to attend the opening of the Cortes on the 15th inst., when the first questions for discussion will be a project of law for the confirmation of all dic tatorial decrees; and another project, equally Ministe rial, for the reform of certain articles of the Charter, upon which, we understand, the Government has already decided, and that it will keep within the constitutional principles of the Charter. GERMAN Y. Letters of the Gth from Bri,lau, in the Berlin National Gazette, state that the whole of the Upper ahine, es far •as Mayence, is to be occupied by Airs trim troops. They are to be joined by soma troops of Baden. _ _ _ The Cologne Gazette has the following from Berlin dated the 911 :-" The timid inhabitants of this city, who only dream of MAzziNi and bandits, sent imme diately after the arrival of the news of the events of Paris, deputations to the President of the Council of Ministers, to implore aid agaitis the• workmen, whom they imagined to be in open insurrection. To one of these deputations M. DE MANTEUFFEL replied as follows : "I am tired of these silly stories. Will there be no end to such unfounded reports? Will you ',ever place full and entire confidence in the G:)vernnat, , A? The workom n are desir.,us of tranquillity and productive la bour. It they have these they are satisfied. There are, however, persons to whom this state of things is not agreeabl-, and to them we must attribute the alarm that prevails. Be assured, gentlemen, that I will always maintain the rights of the King, but I will never lose sight of progress and of the welfare of the people; and, in order to prove to you the confidence I place in the peop!e of Berlin, I will visit the quarters of the city which you represent to me is a prey to agitation." M. DE MANTRUFFEL kept his word. On Saturday last he visited four breweries, and by his conversation with the men convinced himself that the working classes of Berlin are not admirers of revolutionary ideas. Advices from Vienna state that the Prussian CAA !Mt has formally refused to send a plenipotentiary to the Commercial Congress which is to meet at Vienna, in order not to endanger the political and commercial interests of Germany, which are to be taken into consideration at the Customs' Congress, which is shortly to meet at Berlin. The Count and Countess DE CHAMBORD left Vienna on the 9th for Prague. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, DEC. 12.—The - Prussian Privy Councillor M. VON PHILLIP6TORN is on the point of returning to Berlin. His mission has not been un successful, for the bases of a commercial treaty be tween the Netherlands and the Zollvereiu have been determined upon, and the speedy conclusion of a treaty of commerce and navigation between them may be soon expected. The Stoats Courant publishes additional articles to the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded in February, 1843, between the Netherlands and Greece. By these articles, the respective vessels of the two na tions will be entitled to the privileges established by the treaty of 1843, whether coming from a foreign port or from that of one of the contracting powers. In both cases, however, the coasting trade is reserved to the national flag. TURKEY. Advices from Constantinople of the 26th ultimo, state that the differences which had arisen between the French Minister and the Porte still remained unsettled. PERSIA. Letters from Teheran announce the interruption of diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Persia, on account of the nomination of SHEER MO • HAMMED KHAN to the vice-royalty of Herat. Imme diately this was officially announced Colonel SHEIL withdrew to Tabreez. The new Governor of Herat is the son of YAR MOHAMMED KHAN, and a more fanatic Mussulman could not have been found. MIEZA. MAHMOUD KHAN, recently named Ambassa dor from the Court of Teheran to St, Petersburgh, was on his way towards the north. HAYMARKE'F THEATRE. The new comedy of The Man of Law was re peated on Saturday evening and went gloriously. [he applause was enthusiastic throughout and W 69 richly merited. The acting of Webster and Mrs. Stirling was throughout of the very highest order, and the manner in which the comedy was played as a whole is quite equal to the best acting of the Theatre Frai.cais in its best days. As an author Mr. Webster has seldom produced any work so excellent as The Man of Law ; it is not a mere translation, but is almost re-written, and the conduct of the lot is in many respects con siderably altered, and in our opinion improved, par ticularly in the third act. The house was exeedingly well attended. The new comedy will, be one, of, the most popular pieces of the day. PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH HUME, M.P.--A speaking likeness of the Nestor of Reform, the honourable and patriotic Member for Montrose, bas just been pub lished by Ackermann and Co., lithographed by G. B. Black from a Daguerreotype by J. E. Mayall. This portrait presents to us the lineaments and expression of the venerable statesman in an admirable style of execution. The man himself is before us, and there is not a staunch Reformer in the United Kingdom but ought to become possessed of a copy of so striking a representation of one whose energies have fur many years been directed in an honest and independent spirit to the eradication of abuses and the advance ment of liberal policy. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. Frederick Walford, Esq., is appointed Recorder of Maldon, in the room of his father, J. G. Walfoid, Esq., deceased. Mr. Woodfield, is appointed Inspector-General of Imports and Exports at the Custom House, in the room of Mr. Irving, w h o h as ret i red. B. Peacock, Esq., Q.C., is appointed Legal Member of the Supreme Council of India. Mr. Francis Lewis Shaw Mere weather, Immigration Agent and Clerk of the Executive Council of New South Wales, is appointed Postmaster-Ge neral for that colony. Mr. Hutchinson Hoiherwell Browne, Water Police Magistrate for New South Wales, is appointed Immigration Agent, in place of Mr. Mereweather, promoted. Mr. John O'Neil Brennan is to succeed Mr. Browne as Water p o li ce I'llgistrate. Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick will succeed Mr. Mereweather as Clerk of the ExeCtitive Council. Major Edward Frome, formerly Surveyor- General in South Australia, is appointed Surveyor-General at the Mauritius, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Augustus Lloyd, now her Majesty's Consul-General in Bolivia. Mr. Andrew French Lynch is appointed a Member of the Council of St. Kitt's. Mr. Duncan George Campbell is appointed a Member of the Legislative Council of St. Lucia. —Sunday Paper. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM FRIGATE CYCLOPS ASHORE. —COWES, SATURDAY.—During rather a thick fog yesterday afternoon, her Majesty's steam frigate Cyclops, Commander Hoff,neister, last from the Cape of Good Hope, went ashore on the island, about three or four miles to the westward of this place. Her mails were landed here. TRICKS OF GAS COMPANIES.—It appeari that some of the gas companies have cards with different prices printed on them. When one goes to inquire at what they will serve him for, they give him a card, say 4s. per 1,000 cubic feet. But when they come to examine the meter they leave one at c' r !!: f.r • • • . ; . acme by a gas couipAuy y . c:..Aly to nor i,auwiouge. Parties, therefore, who deal with gas companies should take special care of the contract card of terms. —Herepath's Jour nal, Dec. 10. 10 to 1034 5 -i% 9 -10 11 -10 (1. 1 17 fsg s%dis. 78 15 1514 19% 2O 43 21 4. - -3% - 6x, -6% 4% - 5 3% -3% 14 - lb 49 - M 26 -27 5 - 55 • • ..". • • 17% - 171 5% - 5 % 12% - 13 341( -35 i 84 -85 78 -80 VA - 8 5 i P 5534 -55% 8% 8, 1 ,‘ d. 6 —5% d. 13% 14% 6% - 7 9t -- 95 11 t% -115% - 3 p -2%p. 1%-110. 83 84 i —8 dl. 7 6 dis. 2 -2% 30 -32 3 1 4 —2% dia. 53% —54% 21 —29 •• - • 7% - • 814 - 5q dis 20 -22 14% 13;4 (Ur, 3% Sjgdis. 6 7 7% 6;4 dish 8% —8% (its. %dis. par 15 —15% 14 —14% 8% 9X 7 8 6% —6% 4% —4% 4% —2% dla. 14 —l6 7 8 106 11% % % dis. —3% A. 14 - 16 19% -20 i 284 -s9 4 3 d. 9 —lO 11 13 149 150 • • —•• db. 16 —l5 dig. ~ —.. it. •• •••• •• .. •••• • • • -• .00 .. &is. .. - .. 17 -17% 744 7 1 4 I. 3 744, d. 20A 2t3 FIXED RE LI7MES LEAS ID Lt. T INTALS. Leasing Business Railways. Companies. 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Do • • .. 43 4 —6 p Preston and S L. &N. W. an Wyre • • • t & La.& Y. J Do. % SharesA Do • • • • 11 • • Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 21% 215( Roy. & Ditchin G. Northern all 7 —B% ')o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. • • 5 )4 2 p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6 South Staffords. Mr. Bi`Clean 9% 2% 1 % dis. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all .. Do. do. .. Do .. • • 25 28 —29 Do. do. Do • • 25 .. Wilts &Somers. Gt. western 100 915 92% SHARES. Nominal Prico. 15% - 15% 1 - % CL. --2% 34 -- If P par - M P 10% -- It x.d 10 -10% 1% ' idle. laq 1334 % % 1%- I%P, .. ONO •• p. 133 - 135 .. - p .. -.. p .. min •• .. .... •• 141 .- 143 •• •-- •• 2 .-- 23 P• 10% -113(, 121 i - 12% 131 -133 .. MM. •• MOP • • 34 ass. , Itx 4 5 par 9% —14 pit 1534 16 11 —la lb% IN 3% —4% 1% -- 1 dia. 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Union of London ..•... Union of rzsuirld IVIX Canada ••..• • • • Gen. Steam Navigation renal. & Oriental Steam u-sP 1 13 0 24% 2 82 gf1 ia, 1 a 4 STO4 *i% : % 3 % .-$ 34 2( 1 % --- ... 2i 33 % --- la% ---14 -% 4 3 % 8 3 1 1 jk ." Ajar" • ; • 39% 49 4 6 --. 48)41 10% - 11 25 18% 28% 29% •• lcEx.: 3234 Ditto ditto Royal Mall Steam .. Settling days in the ma .. -- •• igli -- 1714 27 -28 lit 44 -454 15 s - 16% 35 .... 2634 2 -- " 14% --- I" terra shares, 15th ____----------.--f.-- --- a NECKO. MONE Y and COMMERCIAL:O The sales of Cotton atCLliTvel(r.poTorn iS°oao'itticierie3gli°:°f:6l estimated at 4,000 bales, all to the trade, American, 250 Egyptian at 6d. to Bd., and °L I with too r e lid. to 3id. per lb. The market was heavY , 7, 0 e ell e desire to sell new Cotton—ln Railysy WU' moderato Lusiness was done at flue prices. In Grain business has been dull to-del. t he l as ildleci The letters by the steamer Africa ire ° i the “" States are not yet delivered. The Message 0. ref oor sident of the United States is considered vell oos t er able, and the Californian accounts are stil l • ~.1 couraging. e erice'r - The accounts received this morning from tee . die s cleg r tit stock markets of the Continent report veeoutside s tbet still, but the rise at the French Bourseie foal every other place. It would nett appear tha t whatthe foie', of apprebeneion at Paris was so intense as to s 0010 ° ,': occur in 1852, that the rebound to elasticity l occo mel: , conspicuous. Private letters effirne that t h : ye ry t n egl e ton of capital for a long time pot has to 00 - $ but that now there will be much more di s P be invest. rifle r ' Wo regret to find that some difficultY hes,9defetio tween Mr. Francis Lyne, the originator and , i irl owi esr es i ble worker of the movement for Tribunals ef v ear ° e at r e. and Mr. Leone Levi, the well-known ise,oo a work on Commereial Law Reforni. toi bee i le n e g e n pretendedly . supporting YDe' d statement, his b w a i c th k asM jr."Bearlainstg , he Ea h r a l d eiimabrrahrtehdy,insod o.teceuilir fret know nothing of the facts beyond what 3 ° the 23i116 t' Mr. Lyne gives us; but if Mr. Levi onlY ell o re le eli gi informed the former that there had been II r oil ed " 1 oc to 00 0 .1 1 tag for the same obj set, after Mr. LYn e agitation, he acted most blameable,. Bs se ~, iriend to every man who originates a l et it 6 ,1 7: aware of the energy required le g sea ' g ported, we regard, as especially °tot to 5 0 creditable to all concerned, eel s it ea 4 01 rid, except upon valid ground, of ''''''' ke tvie °4- ,.. few will step forward in the first instance t'""boeseledio afforkto see those discouraged who de. . 4 ‘ 6 ., 0 pref st o meeting is convened for next Wedeesclei, " to e es ° wait and see if any satisfactory cx.PIAD/I 0 1 afforded. , n s o or .1; The English Stocks, after the suau e- daallim: 0 : depression of Saturday, are recoveries g rfi n fi t ens t r a g JO' most the highest point. Teen) 13 not°;. -0 00.000 the rumour prevalent at the close te_ ere e W e d° week as to the cccurrence of political d ieferr e , ibe el o , England and Austria, and the speculatiYesewi oeey ti e were merely in the wake of one or to° s betl f , 0 actions by parties who wished to get °II Tree s t ier " shutting." Consols have been 9a for Polood. special bargain, and 961 i. for J.nuory• a pai,, , ,,, t 0r bsiBlsls. to o a 6 ve l s r . e p a r li e s m ed iu 4 m B . s. to T i l s. e sp:welnninillieed-e %eel* Teeee-eee he . per Cents. have been 98 to -1, and the I f ht dt/ i. 97 to 1 ?JAMS:a-95ft 4 . More activity prevails in the Foreign, re vs; os, account is about closing. Mexican Ben d° P a il Cll t ;g 9 3 1 and Peruvian 891 to 90 for the Five 12 1 : 0 Orte 'fee t 451 to 46} for the Deferred. Brazil St°°-tegil°6e ri ce to 94i, and Venezuela at 341. For for 1)0i etcoo per Cents. the market is heavy At 32 1 : br oft P hg 6 0: 8 6 1 per Cents. have been 20 4 to 1, and the (). 00100 s 40, a slight decline. French Five per Celit' s 'o o o. l- ' 10 51 .. with the exchange at 25 25. Dutch Four Per fo ld' 90; Danish Three per Cents.,_ 77; ri l l ts. to 104 for the Four-and-a-Half per '''"° , have been 82 to -i-, a further advance. re dotoptOt Railway Shares are all better, with 01° pro • ' Ato ot oe rr The following circular has been ie s e c- Coal er Pf i both of the Blackwell and Eastern Countiesiod c ° , 0 1 ~ "Numerous inquiries having been reeeonorelvileet; prictors in this company w hether t he i ofSbebe se +r ciudoeri portion e , i tsformerlyaccount t e e n. d o proposed u s p n o d n e t e e l e l d s o b sit:o the - 00 : 4 oofsru p db r etj o rees p cch r t i .tn e hi t ca o at r Tl s thhoetehybyjaetedtioact: hub: hither ho i rbot f ooovi a:S2 ,o : o Southend, the directorsheen ee dlep ts: I the proprietors to come to a deterrnipP rt o f a - o tP, l not, to support this line, upon the trie s e ti ? i ts ce;, ° ;cb 1/1 , - e, only; and to enable them to judge o f I ts ' 4 , 1 '4 tie they annex a statement of estimated I , " fre l t d cr $0 believe may be relied on. But theiration Ao vvi f eC aa t e , without impropriety, state that DO eit e ' w eb ' O ,. 14, "4, place in the intentions of the o rties ~t , we t ient the guarantee which they will e xtend le T h e Prl i i ) te 6rl When the Act has been obtaiued• hot gail t 0 will have the opportunity of adopting tP eat :01 0 11° ee' they think fit to do so." a ntle r illi rel i According to an advertisement reee - „0 , 0 jete• shareholders of the Dutch Rhenish 116"”beifigs, ~.ia receive 90 cents, or f p s. 6d. pe r of saved on the bonds in osseesion of the " 1 .39' . 1 gib , oel ne ir. 0 PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS " 14-- 9 1 Balza Stock ............ . ................. -7, ii i dl 3 .37 Cent. Reduced Anna. .......... 9,!,37 104 ot r 3 par Cent. Consols Annuli if3s.. ...... 91 „" u , 98 New VA per Cent. Arens._ ....•,,,94,°/"p Issue kends, L00M... • ..'" . .. . 6 'l . b 9 ,P 4 96$ e 540 P under ,1 ....... ...... ~,.. 63 , % Ditto for ' Ope l trng i: .... : •.•• •••••• ... r 9 Ai l 4 0 P Co p e! 14' ' 4 6 I I Exchequer ii iilli, A 8 51 P 1, 0101. ............................ , ' 1 p , dell -48 5 5001. ... ...................... .••• a5 l p L"' 5001 Small WO' 9 }4 o'CO C% ' 6 rPazuficitts Small, o r ' : F th s o . : it a . s :l p . G . : N r . - C F . e. Cent. IN . . : : .t; ........ ........ 4'. 994 - 3 . : tr 9 1 14 1 6 i Ditto, Account ..................... 7 9,! Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent. - 7 2 04 5 4 roi bleaueua, e e er Ct., ex Jan. CouPO• O, L 4 ; Ditto, Account ..... .... •••••• .... 90 6 9 Tht4 "d 0 Peruvian Wads, 5 per Cent-- ...... 454 "'"" ' Ditto, Deferred ..................... ' Portuguese 5 per Cents. ............ 2' Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent .......... '.. .... 1 8 1 '4 'O A it tt ut t n o, V' 48p0nera5Ce.u,................................: ' ... . 31 4 a 4oiLl e Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... no % yi I Si SPliiet: "/ vet I,,,vrit. 1840, ............ ''„ Ditto, 3 per Cent .................. 4o Ditto, New Deferred ...... .. ...... :, - 4 51, 3 ,, d 10P a 5t, 0 Venezuela Bonds, 3!, 1 i per ......... hi e e iii pee 9 , 01; e DividendsFrenchße French Exchange Exchange 3 per Cent . ... ....:...... .. . ..................................................... .. . .HI . . . . ntes ,5 o p n e the above e a n b t o . ..... ..................... 0 C. 6,1;1 1 1 N t i 9 r Au D st u r t i o an 4 , p s er pe cent. cert..............,:=t:5,...:..,..... Cent. ............-- 5 9 a 0,0 ; 0 Dutch 2% per Cent. 12 Guild.... 90 --------„en Olf rA.'' •• s 9 !'' LONDON, BRIGHTON, Ae-„,. - 5 0 ~/ 12 b BAIL WA I • .. 3' a 1" 0 Traffic-Week endinDec. 13, 1851 ' 1 Ile Traffic-Week endin g g Dec. 14; 1 SO , 1 ....: 03 1 .;: 9 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1- 5 50 _O Total of the half-year, to this date, 1 8 s p e ak el' g Total number of PassengerS"4,B6o 0 0 1 Dec. 13, 1851 ••• '.t(n3lp 0 Passengers ... ... •• ..• I? I°,/ ••• u /W Goods ... ~.. *" 00 9 1 , Sat 1 00, Total ... , ..*;‘, eitte , f) Total miles open, 1851, 1 1, 2 3 A : 4 1 ' e OA London Terminus, I' fis, 1, LL 0 YD'S 61-11.Prilq (- 1 •" 4 ,if , e,. °f ie r e eli LONDON, DEC. 15.--Wind at neen t i . 0 w yl 0 1 ,cs , RAMSGATE, DEC. 13.--Wi nd ' ar v ; 14° Tro les. 0! il Flora, Manzanilla; VatriCk I { ,e itiV • rth o f e lettre Georgie, Lyra; Yoe, Leghorn; -u e bog , dpo ef e Q r 035 OP Oi t ea SHIELDS, DEC. 12.--The ..30 a f m ro il m es H vgr a . m o b f ur F g 94,r If So r S . I aaved. ~ __core' l A , ~,ee ee li , OFF GALL! HEAD, DEC. 11 ; d i s.W.; ;ale! iv" QuexesTow.e,Dec. 12.--Wie $B, IThelle , ' r e Fern Island, being Arrd. Emma, Laguna; Avoo,._. viizi 5•/ A l ai Tino, Galatz. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.---' Wind A re os 9 , A pe. pa d ie: Brunswick; Pssidon, .Alexandtst.es,s; iiiv4ativorleteio William Rennie, Silk, Punta e' New Orie bro ; l'o o lo l Richard Morse and Ashland. a sta. 0. Co, iv isi en e , w %V y D ope) e lo per OP j ee pi S dli V nion G , Trieste; William Stevvart, . ro . re erf r e 0% 00g01:0408iiii,jog 10 A , Antonia and Giaour, Rio Joel _J o s teit , As °4 14' o• 13 tab s P 3 a Pe— pp' and Bahia; Bridget, Fer e ; CaTit' s . 14 ::;: P ilio ; ward, Boston; Catberrue, V k le ° ag. , , Pe'eeiJ ie' ,or I tin;g V-t° ell;aCijit; ' itre • iltj 11490‘ ii° 017 1.,,11.1:00 A T;',•by " tit• ,: ~ DEAL. DEC 13.—Winu -- ito, ,eok .. slt,e,ta2nls,eorC,o Rune, dollars. Nell' ~ 1 c,tl , r varro es ,E. e. : ,.. e. -n. , i . .-_, 1 ... ee to di i J., • .:' ,•:'• ," 1, ' 4 " i' -, :-: j WViliplall ~ 1 Chma, Barker, Quebec; Diti- e lie'', -Kew I New solltb Walcs; Goa - I Betiack, blediterraneau. )nth of ld 30th. able for Interest Lass o 9% 27% 28 7 5 72 -- 5 18 17 . 5 , 17 ► 7M 80)4 for ref,W )ccentber. Ticket d . ,1 310 t. Account days. 1 6 t h "" le errors of Vie 01D d correspondentSJ [We cannot be answers will not be influenced by Railways, Alx.rde en. • • • • • AmlK:rgato, Nottingham; Boston, & E. June Beltast and County Down ig., Wolverhanap., anti Stour Valley . • liirkenh., Lan., & Chesh Jane., late 331.65. Sd .. )o. Chest. & Birkenhd,, 50?. &251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. • • • • •• Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian • • • • • • Cnoeter and Holyhead _ _ Dublin And Belfast Junes ubiin and Kißgatown.. Dundalk and Fannekithitt indee, Per th, andAber- kon .. • I Do.. New East, Anglian (251, L. it E. r.nd L. b; D.) •. Do. (IL+l. E. & IL) ;0„43 , .e7n Counties .. astzrn Union, elcze A, late E. U. shares •• Do. d.. do. .. Do. do., D & C stuve AZ.fte. I.?.rtoashire • • • • D. 1-Teev quarters East SD West India Docks and Birm, June. .. East & ffest York. June. Edinburgh and Glasgow Min., Perth, and Dundee G'asgew and South-West, Do. 'do. G. D. &C.steck Groat Northern • • • • i)o. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, 6 per et,' Great Southern ana Western, Ireland • • Ireat Western . • • • Lanca,ter and Carlisle . Do, third 3 Lancaster and Preston.. Lancahire and I ::rkshire Do. quarter al area .. Do. ilfths .. • - __ . Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. • • London and Blackwall .. Do., Tilbury Eat. Scrip London, Brightcn, and South Coast .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters • • Do. fifths Do. lel. sh., M. & 1% (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 501. Do. new 401. .. .• kfanchester, Buxton, and 'Matlock anchestcr, Sheffield, Sc Lincolnshire •• • . Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland .. Do. bOl. shares • • • • Da. nirming & Derby Midland (it. West. (Ire.) Newes.stle and Carlisle. • Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. • • Newport, Abergavanny and Lloraford Newry and Enniskillen • gswy, Warrenpoint, Rostrevor •. Norfo::k • • •• • • 1)0. New 201. aharel. Scattier:l C, , untiesUnier , North British•• •• • • North Dovoa kjrt - 11 Stall'ordsUre North-fir astern North Itz, Sth.-West. Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. 33,ttirih Central .. Saottlah Midland .. Do. new .. • • • • Shrew 3. & Birm., Clael A Do. Class 8.. • • • • Shrews. flo Hereford., OH Do., do., New • t4hrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Mu.) •• •• Do. naives •• •• Do. Oawestry Do. New.. .. •• •• shropshire Craton . • • • Do., A, B, C, &; D, fully paid up at per cent • • South Devon .. .• ,outh- Eastern •• • • S o th Waios.. •• lorksh. and River Dun .• • • and Ronth Divi!•,lO7 t. nff D nf.rmline Stockton and Rartlepuoi Taff Vale .. • .. Taw Yale Extension .. Thames Raven Deck and Railway ;ale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Win.. Wick. and Dublin • • • • West Cornwall -• • • Whitenaven and Farness York, Nowt., Ber wick F)itto and Newcastle. Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. prirchassc, York and Ncrth .2.ErElt: Railways- I Paid Aberdeen Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. Caledonian 101. • • • • Cheater and Holyhead .. Dund. Per. & Aber. Junc. east Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. .. • . k:astern Counties Exten., p,r cent. No. 1 . • Do. No. 2 . • Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Lantern Union, Scrip gnaran. 5 per cent. .. Do. 101. Mben. Shares. east Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. & W. York. Jane. sths Edin. Per. & Dun. 5i p.ct. Glasgow & .5.-W. Consul. Gt Northern. 5 per sent. Do., b p.c. Redeem. Scrip, Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. Gt western (darks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Lancashire and York-1 shire, F. 301... .. 1 Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. • • .. Do. quarters. 1848 .. London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. Dc. pref., S p ct.Sk,lBsl Do. new guar., 6 per ct. Lon. & N. West. (Cov. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. ~ London &S.-W.. new • • Manch., Sheffield, and Line., qu tr. shrs., No. 1 Do. new, 101. .. .• Do., 61. • • • • Midland Con. 6 p. c. stock Do. Cons& . Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. • • Do. Bristol & Clones. 1)o., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. •. Do., Preference • • .. Norfolk Extension •• 110. guar. 5% per cent. North British Oxf. Wor. EzP 01. 151.6 p.c Shrews. Sc Bir•, new guar. Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Alin.) 8 per cent. South Devon • • • • • • South-Eastern, p. ct. York, Nowc., and Berw., Gt. N o' E. Fur. • • Do. York and North Midland a. and B. Pura. .. goulogne and Amiens .. Central ef Franco (Or leans and Vierzon) • • Dutch Rhenish • • • • East Indian .. .. .. Do, do. de. .. Gran:lndian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto • . . • Louvain ala Samhre .. Luxemnourg • • • • .. Ditto (Railway) •• Ditto (Canal) .. .. Maria Ants,r ia .. .. Ditto, lieve .. .. /UMW' and Liege .• .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. raris and Orleans ..• .. Paris and Rouen .. .„ P a ris and Strasbourg ~ Rouen and Havre ~ . TOW'S tint IN a1ii...1 .. . Tournay, Jarbise, Lan den, and Bawd E 1 `Peat rlituders It ft, all 234 t 0 all all in 6s 8A 1_4% an 09i 4 2 0 100 ltioraille PeCOS. 18 17% 13 12% 84% 56 57 5( 14 14 15% 114' 81 833 32% 31% 55i ) 55 6X 7 6% 7 2O %% % 17% % 12% % 21%72 , uo ess u°r B to.do. c t‘ atil qc ti f e 11 rok 41 11, „ . 100 4234 34 100 47% 3% 25 9% 17% 19 3% all all all I 63{ 16 24 126 Paid. elt":' A