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Gilbert a Beckett, Horace Mayhew, Mark Lemon, and Douglas Jerrold, now for the first time made public. This pamphlet, price 3d., extends to thirty two pages, and may be ordered through any Bookseller or Newsman in town or country. No verdict can be worth anything till the evi dence on both sides has been examined. Published by J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly; Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange; and R. Whitty, 72, Fleet-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, In tree acts, called MARITA NA. Charle.s the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Ctesar De Baran, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips ; Maritana, Miss Homer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will he repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdllo. Dahae (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. 31. JCLLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. PIOGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART 1. Overture, La Barcarole—:tuber. Quadrille, from Rossini's Opera, " Semiramide"—Julliea. Sole, by Mr. Case—Case. Valle a Deux Teins (Second Set), " The Bridal"--Jullien. The Allegro, Fugue, and Ttiumphai March from Beethoven's Symphony in C Minor—Beethoven. Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PAuT 11. Opera, " Don Juan," Grand Selection—Mozart. Yalse, Fleur-de-Mario—liarrret. Solo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson. The Polka Quadrille—Jullien. Solo, Cornet-a-Pistons, by Herr Kcenig—Donizetti. The Post-horn Galop—Kcenig. - Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. id. M. Jallien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. The Auoßenee portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators:—Dress Circles, ss. ; Boxes, as. ; Galleries, !s. TELEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, (tailed TIDO MAIDEN AIT.NT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farreu ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glower; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Huraby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Sayton. Miss ieyton. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hadson; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgigi Miss F. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Tears Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwllliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTA.R ; or, Magic and Ma zonrkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Treaquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Oryillo, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After whieh, DON CIESAR DE BALLY. Don Ceesar de Bazar], Mr. Wallaek ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclada with a New Grand Ballet, entitled Li DIABLE A'QUATISE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WNO IS SHE' Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Coekrill, Mist, Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. Atter which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Bey Bacchus, Hiss Kate Howard ; Morans, Mr. G. Wild. To be followed by VIZ RAILWAY 'XING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; Sally Slop, Miss gate Howard. Te conclude with BAMBOOZLING. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPHITISEATRE OF ARTS. rROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF TUB BARONS; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. Introducing original and stupendous effects. The Arena of Equitation will display its countless attractions, aided by the principal Equestrians and magnificent Stud. To conclude with THE BRIGAND OF ANCONA. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. More Novelty—The Wonderful Performances of the Infant Sappho, the First Musical Genius of the Day. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE G 1.7 AT SEA. 'Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop,7rodericks, Mrs. Vining, sad Miss Martin. After which, HOLE IN THE WALL. To be followed by the FORTY THIEVES. To conclude with CHARMING MOLLY; or, Lucky and Unlucky Days. In which Messrs. Rogers, Hicks, Cowell, Fredericks, Mrs. VI .14, Mt a Martin, aid Mrs. Daly will perform. THE WEATHER. -1-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 7. TIIERMOMETBR, Lowest, 32; Highest, 41; Noon, 39. BAROMETER, 25.78.--WiND W.N.W.; fine. DECEMBER 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 26; Highest, 39; Noon, 38. BAROMETER, 30.32.—W1ND W.; fine. HlCrif WATER AT LON'i 3 ON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M ning • 1i minute. after 10 I ETesing . 47 minutes after 10. • ;L' : Yt s • F'l4ls- .444iSies • At 4 ' ~' LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1845. Notwithstanding the very numerous, respectable, and crowded meetings held throughout the country within the last ten days, in favour of free trade and a repeal of the corn-laws, the parties most interested, or rather, who consider themselves most interested, have made no stir whatever. We have heard of no county taeetings, no great assemblages of the " tenants' friends,'' and, with perhaps two exceptions, no symptoms what ever of a conviction on the part of the landlords that their monopoly is in danger. The Duke of BUCKING HAM and the Duke of RICHMOND are alike silent, and confidently reckon, perhaps, that the party which made Sir ROBERT PEEL Prime Minister, can, with the same facility, unmake him and set up another idol of their own. They know that the agricultural in terest in the Commons, as well as the Lords, predomi nates to a very great extent, and reckoning on the firm ness of the " protection" Members, and the destruction of any Minister who should dare to oppose their will, thy probably wait quietly the assembling of Parliament. That they are determined to resist hardly a doubt exists. The organs of the monopo lists are more furious than ever against the League ; they hold out for the present Corn-law Bill with the most imperturbable obstinacy, and consider the sliding scale as the only security for any corn-law whatever. At two agricultural meetings held at the end of last week, one on Friday, and the other on Saturday, we find similar sentiments expressed, an d loudly cheered by the company. On the former day the Leicestershire Agricultural Society held its annual cattle show, and in the evening several of the nobility, Members of the House of Commons, and the leading agriculturists of the county, dined together, when speeches were made showing that the landlords are pre pared.rto:resist to the last. Sir H. HALFORD, one of the IStril\s for the county, said, "If protection were so far 'wn as to throw the poor land of this country out :ot t etiltivation, it would be the moot disastrous 1'411,440:had ever occurred to us as a na `r4 was received with loud cheers, and '7.llfilllurr!'.‘, 6ll l; was speedily responded to by the other Member for the Southern Division—Mr. PACRE. He alladed to what had appeared in a London journal within a few days, and described it as a " complete and wicked falsehood, and a malicious invention of the enemy to paralyse the country." " But," he added, " whatever may occur, I certainly shall be one of the foremost to oppose what had been very properly desig nated as one of the most disastrous innovations which could occur to this country." He sat down amidst loud applause. At a meeting of the East Surrey Agricultural Association, held at Croydon on Saturday, Mr. ANTROBUS adverted to the same report, but he did not believe it, and it was his opinion that Ministers had no such intention; but he could say that " the county Members would be deter mined to oppose the Government if any extreme mea sure were proposed ; and he had no doubt that those Members of the House of Commons who were more especially interested in, and pledged to, the support of agriculture, would be found strong enough to prevent the carrying of such a measure if it should be proposed." We believe these brief remarks express the sentiments of nearly all the county Members, and if they are not terrified by threats of resignation or a disruption of the Cabinet, and advent of the total repealers, headed by RUSSELL and 11LeAuLax and COBDEN, they will adhere obstinately to their purpose. Threats of this kind, however, are of As avail against the voice cf the community. They have allowed the impulse to become too strong for them or any Ministry to resist successfully. Like the religious bigots, who opposed the just claims of the Dissenters and Catholics, and the patrons of rot ten boroughs, who would hear of no reform, they have blindly remained obstinate to the voice of reason and justice till general indignation has been roused against their selfish policy, and a storm is ready to break, which will sweep away every vestige of a mea sure which disgraced the first year of peace. Had they yielded in time, the corn-laws might have existed for many years in a modified shape; for numbers, and among the rest the entire Whig party, would have submitted patiently to a moderate fixed duty, while the proposition now would be disdainfully rejected by every corn-law reformer. " Out of evil cometh good," and never was the proverb better illustrated than by the certain prospect at the present !moment of a total repeal of this mischievous tax. The agriculturists may scold and frown, but Sir ROBERT PEEL is accustomed to such treatment from his friends, and hitherto he has borne it patiently, when expediency or necessity compelled him to resist their dictates. We have received Madrid journals of the 29th and 30th ult. According to some of them, the new tariff Bill to be presented to the Cortes is prepared, and, on the whole, is more liberal than was anticipated. The prohibitive system is to be entirely abandoned, and rea sonable import duties are to be imposed chiefly for the protection of native manufactures. The Finance Minis ter wished to include cotton in the measure, but the Council of Ministers considered it of such importance as to require a s2parate Bill. It was understood that CASTRO OROSCO, the Government candidate, would be appointed President of the Chamber of Deputies. On the 29th, the Three per Cents. fell to 35 at sixty days, 6,600,000 done ; the Five per Cents., 24 at sixty days, 2,000,000 done. The other funds were not quoted. The only intelligence of importance in the Paris journals relates to the measures in progress for the ad judication of the Paris and Lyons and the Creil and St. Quentin Railway lines. Two Companies have de posited thoir plans for the Paris and Lyons, viz., 1. MM. Charles Laffitte, Ganneron, and Gen. Baudran ; 2. Due do Caumont Laforce, and General Lagrange. For the Creil and St. Quentin there are five competing Companies ; viz., 1. Cordier ; 2. De Rothschild, Hottinguer, and Charles Laffitte ; 3. General Colbert ; 4. S 6guin ; and 5. Duc de Vicence. A very keen competition for the last is anticipated, and in the other it is generally believed that a fusion of seve ral companies has been formed, of which the following version appears in the Chemins de Fer, which that jour nal says is the only correct statement : p. 100 Messageries Receveurs-generaux Union Laffitte, Blount 42,364 10 59 Calon Ganneron , Lapinsonniire Griolet (Sud-Est) Ardoin Verdeau Hottinguer Rothschild frires 400,000 On this amalgamation that ournal makes the following remarks:—" We have indicated the amount per cent. which each Company will have to divide amongst the subscribers, leaving aside the houses of Hottinguer and Rothschild, which, not having officially opened any sub scriptions, will only hare to divide with their regular clients, if they think fit. We know that the Company Griolet will follow the example of the Company Rosa mel for the northern line ; that is to say, reimburse im mediately after the adjudication, without making any deduction from the deposits. It will even give a little more than the quantity of shares indicated. Each sub scriber will obtain one for fourteen of the numbers under one hundred, and seven per cent. for one hundred and upwards. The competing Company for the Paris and Lyons road is composed as follows :—Compagnie des Meares de Postes ; Compagnie Francaise, and Com pagnie des Ingfinieurs. The Compagnie Friant (Cas tellux), not having been admitted to the fusion, with drew. The Pecan and Roulage companies bad previously united with those of Griolet and the Messageries." On Saturday we mentioned that a misunderstanding had taken place between M. SALVANDY, the Minister of Public Instruction, and M. QUINET, one of the pro fessors :of the University. The students of the Sor bonne, it appears, considered that the question could not be settled without them, and they resolved, there fore, to make a demonstration. On Saturday, about one o'clock, upwards of 2,000 of them assembled at the Sorbonne, and went in procession to the quarter of the Luxembourg, where M. QUINET resides. The proces sion was very orderly, though occasionally enlivened by cries of " Vive Quinet," " A bas les Jesuites," Sec. On the arrival of the procession at M. QUINET'S residence that gentleman appeared, and received a deputation sent to compliment him. He thanked the students for their sympathy, but requested that they would quietly disperse. Notice having been received by the authori ties of the intended procession, a large body of the municipal guards were on the spot; and on the young men crying out " A bas les Jesuites," they charged along the streets, and several were run down. A few of the ringleaders were arrested. Some of the journals continue their remarks on the Oregon question, but the virulence towards England is much abated. Indeed, the Opposition writers cannot forget that Brother Jonathan treated M. Tuinas and his party in a very rude manner in reference to his im• perious demands for the sum of one million sterling, in compensation for injury done by NAPOLEON to American merchants. The Constitutionnei says , " What will Mr. Polk do at last? The President has com prehended the imprudence he has committed, and thinks to get out of the scrape by renewing the offers made to England at anterior negotiations. it is quite certain, however, that England will never accede to what she has already refused three times; that she will not relinquish that part of the Oregon on which are seated all the establishments of the Iludson's Bay Company, and the only cultivable part of the country. Mr. Polk may now say, with some appearance of reason, that he has exhausted all means of conciliation. We believe, therefore, that in- his Message he will be more re served in making declarations than he was last year, and will propose the denunciation of the .Convention of 1828, and some of those measures which he recommended to Mr. Tyler. We must expect, therefore, to see re-appear in the Congress a Bill for the occupation of the Oregon, which will be passed with an eagerness in proportion to the conviction of its being rejected by the Senate. All will depend this year upon the Senate. The Democrats have 32 votes in it, and the Whigs only 24; but the two senators from South Carolina will on this question vote with the Whigs. There may, therefore, when it comes to the point, be a majority of six votes in favour of an occupation—that is to say, for war. But should Mr. Callieun decide upon taking his seat in the Senate, he will declaim loudly against the policy of Mr. Polk, and may cause many defections from the ranks of the Democratic party. If the treaty of 1828 be denounced, all must be brought to a conclusion within a year, or war must break out. We, however, can scarcely believe that war will spring from this question, because both countries must lose so much by it. Whatever may be the end of this dispute, France ought to remain perfectly neutral. We trust that our Go vernment will not repeat the fault committed on the ot casion of the Texas dispute, and compromise, without any motive, our pacific relations with both England and the United States." The following account of the commercial relations be tween China and France during the year 1844, and the first quarter of 1845, has just been published by the Mi nister of Finance. It has been drawn up from returns made by the French mission to Canton : " The commerce and navigation of France with China en gaged in 1844, according to information gathered at Canton, six ships, whose movements are thus given. One of them arrived at the end of 1843 and left in 1844;. four arrived and departed in the course of 1844 ; the last arrived in 1844, btit did not sail again till 1845. These six ships touched or stopped at Manilla before coming to China, and three put in to Hong-Kong, and two at Whampoa. The first WAS freighted at Bourbon for Manilla and China with a cargo of cloves, and small quantities of liqueurs and preserves, estimated together at about 108,000 f. She took back to Bourbon a freight of teas and China and Japan ware, estimated at about 75,600 f. The venture was profitable. The second took into China a oils, alimentary preserves, cloths, murgliexer of y, wine, sce whole being th e pro d uce o f F rance . ca t b h r e an d It bad also some pepper taken in at Batavia, and other goods. This vessel l eft China for Bordeaux, laden with 92,300 kilos of tea, besides cinnamon and curiosities. The third was freighted by the Government for the Marquesas, and brought to China only about 400 common shawls, origi nally destined for South America, and to which country they were ultimately obliged to be sent. he took back with her only seven or eight tons of goods, the nature of which is not known. The fourth carried to China only a small quan tity of liqueurs and preserves. She was almost completely loaded at Manilla, and took on board from China only a com plement of cinnamon. The fifth came to China on account of two foreign houses, one Dutch and the other American, with about 17,000 or 18,000 metres of Prussian cloths, which, as we are told, were sold at Macao at from 6f. Bc. to I If. 55c. the metre, but we are ignorant of their quality. The sixth, which was hired by the Government to carry out pro visions to the naval division in the China seas, had no other French produce on board than a small quantity of wine and coal, and 40,000 f. in sf. pieces. She sailed again from China on December 29th for Manilla, without having taken in any cargo, but will probably return for cinnamon, as she has left her wine, taking with her her money and coal, be sides a few tons of Chinese goods, worth about 20,000 f. Se veral of the vessels coming from Manilla were laden for Hong- Kong and Macao with rice and timber. During the first Fuarter of 1845, the port of Canton has been visited by two rench ships, which have taken with them 587,000 f. worth of camphor, tea, silk, cinnamon, and squina, a Chinese plant, from which sarsaparilla is extracted. Both these vessels, after taking in their freights, proceeded to Manilla. All the foregoing particulars were collected at Canton. We now give a summary of those furnished by the returns of the Custom house relating to our direct commerce with China, the Philip pines, and the islands of Oceania, in 1844. The total amount of the imports and exports was 3,116,000 f. (not including the produce of the whale fisheries in the Pacific Ocean). The amount of the exchanges is as follows c—Tea, 835,000 f. ; cinnamon, 249,000 f. ; indigo, 267,000 f. ; tobacco, 150,000 f. ; coffee, 159,000 f. ; mother of pearl, 112,000 f., &c. Our direct imports amount to only 589,000 f. ; but it must be ob served that much of our merchandise is conveyed to China by foreign ships. In cur direct exports to China and the Philip pines, cloths figured for 119,000 f, cottonades and various other useful articles for 125,000 f., and wines for the sum of 81,000 f. All the other articles (such as perfumery, silks, mer cery, glass, and preserves), are of Paris manufacture. The movement of our merchant navigation in the seas of China and Oceania (not including the fisheries) was as follows In 1844 there sailed from the ports of France for these desti nations six ships of an aggregate burthen of 1,683 tons, and crews amounting to 94 men. The returns during the same year comprised only three ships of together 1,083 tons and 59 sailors. All these sailed under the French flag. In these seas the amount of tonnage engaged in trade in 1844 was nearly 27,000, and the total value of the exchanges direct from our ports or for our ports rose to 53 millions of francs. These results warrant a hope that our relations will extend." We are glad to learn that Lord CowLav is going on favourably, and is recovering from the effects of his severe accident. " The Afoniteur publishes two royal ordonnances, dated the td inst., for opening the ports of Stora and La Calle, in Algeria, in addition to those already opened, and declaring that they shall be free for the import and export of merchan dise between France and Algeria. "A conference on the subject of the Swiss Customs duties is about to be held shortly by delegates from the cantons of Berne, Soleure, Argau, and Bale country. It will take into consideration a plan for a Customs Union, so that the dues at all the frontiers shall be uniform, and the commercial traffic thus relieved from the embarrassments wish which it has hitherto been attended. The negotiations are already far advanced." On Saturday the Three per Cents closed at 83f. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 65c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,155 f. ; Rouen, 950 f. ; Northerns, 705 f. ; Havre, 740 f.; Avignon, 860 f. ; Vierzon, 640 f.; Bordeaux, 602 f. 50c. ' • Boulogne, 500 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 425 f. • Basle, 237 f. 50c. ; Fam doux, 450 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents, 37 1 / ; ditto, Pas sives, 6%. The following are the quotations for other lines:- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 9f. premium ; ditto (Calon), sf; ditto (Ganneron), 41. 25c. ; ditto ( Lapinsoaniere), 4f. 25c. ; Sud Est, 3f. 50c. ; Messageries, 3f. 50c. ; Ardoin, If 50c. ; Receveurs-Genereaux, 3f. ; Paris aid Strasbourg (Gan neron), 2f.; ditto (Hingusrlot), 50c.; ditto (Bechet), p ar; Tours and Nantes (Macenzie), 2f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avig non (Talabot), 5f.; Bordeaux and Cette (Macken z i e ), par; ditto (Espeleta), 3f. ; Lyons definitive Blares sold f or 65. premium ; Strasburg ditto, 20f. ; Tours and Nantes, 35f. LYONS, Dh:C. 4.-Marseilles and Avignon, 335 f. ; Paris and Orleans, I,llof. ; Paris and Rouen, 910 f. 75e. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 623 f. 75c.; Northern, 663 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEL G. Angle-Belgian lMauritias Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 1 4 Namur and Liege — Bordeaux &Mediterraa North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux l 0 Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 1 2 , 1 4 Over Yssel .. ••• Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris &Lyons (Latte) 2% eitie Ceast Central of Spahr. — Ditto (Calon's).... 2 Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley .. Paris aid Rouen S7N Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 7 1 1 Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Junct. (Ganneron's) Dijon and Mulhouse ... Do. (Compe ale L'Est) 2 Ea.st Indian .... l% De. (Aynaaril'a) 2% Fanspaux & Hazebriuk Paris and St. Quentin — Grt Northern of France Constituted l3 Royal North •f Spain. Do. Pepin le Halleur — Sambre and }reuse .... 4 1 ,4 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Strashurg and Basle ... Great Western Bengal -- Tournay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada den, and Hasselt Jamaica 5. Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes -- , _ Do. lN ortk Midland... (Maoltonzie's) 4% Do. Extension Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's) — Louvain and Jemappe.. Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona — Luxembourg ' Vest Flanders .. 3 1,4 Madrid and Valencia 1 THE RIVER PLATE. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. Accounts to the 27th of September inclusive hare been received from Buenos Ayres per the Sara Johanna, arrived in the Channel. The contemplated blockade of the port had been in itituted on the 24th. The term allowed for the departure of neutral vessels had been extended to 30 days. The British and French Ministers had addressed to the Argentine Government a strong note, detailing the grievances of which they complain. It was rumoured that the forces under Urquiza had gone over to the Monte Videan Government. All the British vessels on the spot had been chartered at 90s. per ton for salted hides and tallow, 71. to id. for dry hides, and 70s. for bale goods. The Calliope, from this port, had been refused ad mission by the blockading squadron. Monte Videan advices to the 20th had been received. A loan of 300,000 dollars to the Monte Videan Exe cutive was contemplated. . Commercial intercourse with Corrientes and Paraguay would, it was anticipated, be shortly resumed. We aneex extracts from private mercantile accounts : " Buenos Ayres, Sept. 23. " With reference to what we communicated in our last, in regard to a threatened blockade of this port, we have now to informs you, that an official notification—a copy of which we inclose—was made yesterday by the British and French Charge d'Affaires to the forign Con suls, establishing a blockade of the ports of the province of Buenos Ayres, to commence from to-morrow, 15 days only being alllowed for vessels to leave the port. " The Ministers have not been moved to the adoption of this measure solely by the late decree of this Govern ment prohibiting intercourse with British and French vessels of war, but from a general consideration of the various grievances of which they have to complain, and which have been embodied in a declaration sent to this Government. The charges brought against the Govern ment in this document are of so serious a character, and, we understand, are so minutely stated, that it will be hereafter almost impossible for the Ministers to resume any amicable relations with the Government of General Roses. There is every prospect that a trade will now be opened from Monte Video to Uorrientes and Para guay ; and, as individuals in Monte Video are desirous of chartering foreign vessels for this trzde, it would appear probable that all flags will be protected in the navigation. " September 27. " Captain Hope, of the Firebrand, landed here yester day mornimg, and, we understand, communicated that an extension of 15 days' time would be granted for vessels to leave the port, which term will expire on the 24th of October ; but no official notification has yet been made of this extension." We have received accounts from Monte Video to the 20th inst. A meeting of the merchants has been held at the house of Mr. Ouseley to hear propositions for making a loan to the Monte Videan Government of 300,Q00 dollars, Monte Videan currency, repayable from the duties of the year 1848, with 30 to 40 per cent. premium ; repayment being guaranteed by the British and French Ministers. The terms were not, however, definitively settled. A question was asked at the meeting as to the opening of the navigation of the river Parana, to which Mr. Ouseley replied, that possibly in a fortnight's time a convoy of British, French, and Oriental vessels of war might be given to merchant vessels, but that he wo u ld make an official communication as soon as anything was decided upon. There is consequently a sure prospect that the navigation will shortly be opened and efficiently protected, and nn extensive trade established from Monte Video to Corrientes and Paraguay. " September 26. " There is a very general report to-day that the force under General tirquiza has gone over to the Monte Videan party. If true, it will not be long befo re we hrve a satisfactory settlement of affairs. There is evi dently something wrong with Roses's troops in the Banda Oriental. There is no popular excitement' in this city, and no molestation has yet been offered to foreigners." BLOCKADE OF BUENOS AYRES. OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. " Buenos Ayres, Sept. 22, 1245. " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, that in con sequence of a decision which the Ministers of England and France in Monte Video have found necessary, a blockade of the ports and coasts of the province of Buenos Ayres has been declared, and that such blockade will be enforced by the combined squadrons of England and France forty-eight hours after the date of the pre sent notification. "'" Fifteen days, however, will be allowed for the de parture of vessels from Buenos Ayres.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " FRANCIS LEESON BALL, " Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires. " To —, Consul, &c." • Since extended to thirty days. LUNAR RAINBOW.—A beautiful specimen of this rare phenomenon was observed on Wednesday night last a little to the north-east of this town (Carmarthen), and at tracted hundreds of anxious spectators, who were delighted at the strange appearance. Some wag spread a report that it was an Atrial Railway, to the infinite amusement of the laughter-loving crowd.— Welshman.. THE SUN LOgDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1845. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUIISELB, DEC. s.—The Chamber resumed yesterday the debate on article 330 of the penal code, and adopted a new article. It then adopted a project of law for a supplementary credit to the department of justice. It then adopted after a discussion, articles 1 to 12, mad 16 to 19, of the project of law relative to commercial entrepots, and deferred the debate on articles 13, 14, and 15. The Minister of War some days since gave orders for a considerable quantity of linen (2,000 pieces) for the army for 1846. The greater part is to be supplied by Messrs. Velghe and Rops of Namur, whose tender was at the lowest prices. The Minister considering the distress prevalent in Flanders, has given a larger order than usual to assist the poor people in the country, by giving them an opportunity of disposing of various kinds of linen which it is so difficult to export to France. BRUGES, DEC. 3.—Yesterday and to-day bands of work men have been traversing the streets of this city. They go to the principal manufacturers to ask for work, which is refused, because those persons cannot pay workmen when they cannot employ them. The same workmen have also been to the Burgomaster, to represent their situation and to de mand work. These assemblies have hitherto been peaceable, but we do not see them formed without apprehension. BRUSSELS, DEC. 6.—The Chamber of Representatives continued the discussion of the project of law relatire to offences against good manners, which it adopted. The Chamber then resumed the discussion of the articles of the project of law on commercial entrepets. The Nouvelliste de Flanders says that serious excesses have been committed by bands of robbers in Dutch Flanders. VIENNA, Nov. 29.—An imperial resolution which is shortly to be published, is expected with general impatience. It is supposed that it will announce the free importation of the most necessary provisions. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Barsms, Dsc. 6. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent .......... _ Rothschild's Loan, Fiye per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent Ditto Three per Cent.. ............ _ Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840-- ........ 99 , Ditto, ditto,lB42 .................... _n Ditto, 1244. •• • •• . 98% Ditto, 1836.. .• .. • • Ditto, 1838 • .. • Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • • 101 Ditto, 1843 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •. • • 100 Bank ofßelgium • . —Brussels Papers, DEC. 7. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 28, 5 per Cent. Metalliques • •.••••••• • • • • • II 1 4 per Cent. ditto.. • • ••••• • • • • • 100% 3 per Cent. ditto.. .................... 76 Loan, 1334 •••• • • • . ••• .••••• • • • • • • . . 160 Ditto, 1339 . 127% Bank Shares •• . ••••.• • • • • • • £sterhazy's Loan ........ . RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • ... 194 Gloggnitz .. 132% Vienna—Milan • 118 Leghorn • • ..... ••• • • •••••• ••••• • • • • • 116 3 4 Peeth 16874 Sienna drosetto • • ••.• • • . . Oldenburg —lllgerasins Zeitung, Dec. 1. DUTCH FUNDS.—Asterzsnam, Dac. 3. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. . Poitto, 3 par Cent .. Ditto, 4 per •• . Amort Syndic, 434 per Cent .. •••. • • • • 99 99% Ditto, 334 per Cent .. Commercial Company, 434 per Cent • • East India Loau, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • 93% 94 Exchange on London, at sight • ••• • • • Two months... ••• • • • ••• •• • 12 10 On llouiburgh, at sight •• • • Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 35 5-18 On Paris •••••••• • • • • • • • • Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • —Dntek Papers, Dec. 6. HAMBURGH MAIL. FRANKFORT, Nov. 27.—The German Diet will meet immediately after the new year. The Prussian Am bassador, Count V. Donhoff, will preside, as Count Von Munch Belemhausen will remain for some time longer in Vienna. Several important questions are preparing for discussion in the Diet. Among these questions, that of the religious movement is not the least important. It has now become so important in a political point of view, that a serious consideration of it has become indispensable, and the way is already prepared for it. The German Catholics find support here, in the circumstance that a number of respectable Roman Catholic families have declared in favour of the efforts to bring about a reform made by the clergy who hold the opinions of Wessenberg. GRAND DUCHY OF POSEN, Nov. 30.—We have just learned that, late in the evening of the 20th of this month, an express arrived at Posen, which brought im portant information to the Chief President. It is said to have brought the melancholy news that the populace had risen in the little town of Samber, and made an at tack on the depot of the Landwehr. In the town and citadel of Posen further precautions are taken to oppose betimes, and with energy, the attempts to disturb the public peace. DRESDEN, Nov. 27.—The measures taken against John Ronge seem not to be the work of any single Go vernment, but rather the result of a common agreement. Ronge, accompanied by his brother, arrived heie by the railway on the 23d in the evening, and had scarcely reached the house of M. P—, a merchant, where he was to lodge, when a commissary of police appeared, and invited him to go immediately to the police-office, where a communication would be made to him. The elders of the German Catholics who were present re monstrated, and observed that the communication had better be made where they were, and if the police would not agree to this, Ronge would rather prefer departing immediately. The commissary withdrew to get other instructions, but soon returned with an actuary, who stated that it was agreed that the communication should be made to Ronge at his residence, and read the follow ing document:—Providing that (1) his passport and other papers were in order, Ronge was permitted (2) to remain as long as should be necessary (a very loose expression). 3. He was to refrain from all public assemblies, and from all preaching during the week days. 4. To abstain entirely from all ministerial acts, but that he might preach on Sundays and holidays. HANOVER, DEC. 3.—The Crown Prince is said to have been indisposed for this fortnight past, and the publics seem to have some apprehension. Perhaps the cause of their apprehension is that no bulletins are issued, though the carriages of the physicians stand for hours together before the Prince's palace ; yet the non-appearance of bulletins should rather allay any such fears. It is cer tain, however, that the Prince does not quit his palace, and gives no audiences. PRUSSIAN nINDS. — BIRLIN, Dec. 5. u e! S ei c h . E u I n d g h h ~ 334 Bonds, s c s e o n , t 4 . p . e . ; Bide• 11° 7 7 3,6* : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : .. 811611121630. _ Foreign Ixchangoe• • • • • • • • ........ ...... .. Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 2 Months. 6 24k' liainburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149% -- Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months ........ . 78% 79 2-3 —Universal Prussian Gazette. Dee. 6. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, DEc..,Z. Money. A Bank Austrian u a s s r : p i s a e ..r•. Loan C. . ". . t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 v, _ Russian 5 por Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 103 Y, ' Ditto let series Inscription...—. „ .... 104 10331 Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99 Ditto, in Certificate ••• • • New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • 9031 893 Ditto Stieglitz .. ••••• • • • • • ••••• • • • • 8914 Spanish Now 5 per Cont. ••• • • • ....... 20% 20% Ditto 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 3031 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent.. ___ _ Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent ..... 5 8 % _ Ditto 3 per Cent. ••• • • ...... ..... Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... g 3 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 84% ai National Bank Sharon • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Exchange on London. Hainburgh, Dec. 5. •• ••••• • • • , • 13 9 A 2 Months .. ••• • • • 13 7% Riga, Nov. 27, 3 Months.... • • .... 33,i Christiana, Nov. 22, 3 Months.... 4 82 itockhohn, NOV, 28, 7b D........ 11 44 43 Lelpsic, Dec. 3, 3 Months ••.•• • • • 6 241.1 POETRY. The following lines were written by a young lady in ber thirteenth year, on leaving the sequestered village of Lough ton, in Epping Forest, for London : Farewell to thee, Loughton, village dear! My childhood's happy home, To the busy town my course I steer, '➢lid crowds, but yet alone. I look for thy peaceful shade in vain, And repine at my hapless lot, As mem'ry paints sweetly each meadow and lane That surrounded my lonely cot. I call to mind each merry note Of the happy ploughman's lay, As with untaught skill he tunes his throat, And plods his furrow'd way. In fancy the tinkling of flocks I hear, As their homeward pr.th they find ; And the low of the heifer sounds sweet in mine ear, As music on the wind. M. SUGAR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—You will observe that the Gazette of Friday night last quoted the average price of West India sugar at 375. 21d. per cwt. Uncertificated Manilla sugar, quality for quality, colour for colour, is worth only 235. per cwt.—showing that {air Robert Peel's darlings, the West India proprietors, are obtaining 14s. per cwt. more for their sugar than it is worth in the markets in the world—in other terms, for what the British consumer pays the West Indian, 375. 21d., he could buy at Hamburgli for 235. But this is not the only loss the British consumer has to sustain ; he has to supply the de ficiency in the revenue occasioned by a reduction in the sugar duties, and this he is compelled to do through the grinding operation of the income-tax. Had there not been a reduction of sugar duties, the income-tax would not have been necessary. The position of the British consumer is exactly this : in the duty-paid price he gives for the sugar he pays the amount of old duty, 255. per cwt., and three shillings besides these sums added to the real value of the sugar, 235. per cwt., make in the aggregate the amount he pays, namely, 51s. per cwt. and he has to pay the income-tax into the bargain. This is really too bad !—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, B. S. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) Thera was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool on Sa turday. Sales about 4,000 bales, at previous rates. Holders, however, appeared to be rather firmer. There are" no late arrivals to-day from any quarter, and the markets for all articles, save those usually in request about Christmas time, hare been very quiet, and are likely so to continue till the new year. Yid Holland, there are accounts of Aug. 30 from Batavia. The only news contained in them refers to a great conflagra tion near Kedirie, by which 228 dwellings were destroyed. These, however, were no doubt very unsubstantial structures. Without much inclination to do business, prices in the English Stock-market are to-day rather firmer, Consols being 94% % for present transfer, and 94% to 95 for time. There is no speculation going, and even the transfers making are chiefly in anticipation of the closing of the books at the Bank of England preparatory to the payment of the dividends. The premium on Exchequer-bills is rising, whether in anti cipation of an increased rate of interest being allowed we are unable to say, though the belief is that the Bank broker has been buying. The values paid this morning have been 20s. to 235. Bank Stock has been quiet at 200 to 201 1 /. In India Stock there have been no bargains. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 93% to %; the Three per Cents., 93 1 A to 3- 8 . The Foreign Stock-market is decidedly flat this morning. Spanish Five per Cents. are down to 27 1 ,-, and the Three per Cents. to 37 1 4. Russian Stock has been firm at 113. Belgian Four-and a-Half per Cents. were 954 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 5914. For railway shares, although the inquiry has not yet be come animated, we may certainly notice a firmer market, and there can be no doubt of the fact that moneyed men are quietly picking up the low-priced scrips, and by which they will make money. The expected Presi dent's Message alone checks a permanent advance. OAS CLOSING RI CES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock .. . ..201 1 A 200 200 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94%% 94 1 / 2 New 3 1 4 per Cents Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 104- Ditto 30 years„Oct. 10,1859 Consols for Account ... 95 95 India Stock for Account 261 261 Exchequer Billß, 1,0001., Phd 21 22 20 23 pm. 23 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. •yE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Ceat. Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837......... Ditto, Account — 30 Portugdese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 59 3 / 4 Russian Bonds ...... 113 113 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Do., Coupons ...... 23 I/4 - Ditto 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41,4 per Cent. 9511 9514 Dutch, 21,4 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 93, PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen,Banff, & Elgin Armagh, Coleraine, and 1.• .., ~ ...-• Porniish l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & County Down — Bideford andTavistock... 1 y i , — Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 122 12S Ditto New l 7 l/ — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct . . Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 22s Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ........ Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... . Bristol and Liver. June . 2%..... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand June 42s Cambridge and Lincoln I% Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. l'N, — Canterbury and Dover.. IN ) — Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury... IN O% Chester and Holyhead,— 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Chelteaham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 ,4 — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, B ir. and Leicester l l4 ...... Dartmouth, Torbay, and _ Exeter . 42s. ,• - ~ 123 .. 23A ~ 121/2 3; 7 4 31/i Derby and Creife - - 000000000 .••••1 Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Griinsby ... I A i '...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and _. , 0 3 / 14 .• ....... I• ... Stattord Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 5 1 4 Direct Northern Direct A.Z9,m111,.' • jii• I `Dublin and - Armagh 1%...... .. Dublin and Belfast June. 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galwao.. .. 4 Dudler, liadely, and Brogeley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 %.,. Eastern Counties 141. 16s 2 0 1 4 1,4 20% .. Ditto New 61. 16s. ... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....61. 13s. 4d. VA p Ditto ditto, No. 2-4/. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 1 4 — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bu - 1% _..y. tp: iry , — Do. Exten'n to Norwli 2 1 / 2 — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 / 2 — East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... . Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Ditto, New •• ~ 1% .. ...-. I• i l• .... . 20% ~ 6 1 4 p I. 1 / 2 p - 1.• UM. ,••• '-' Edinburgh & Northern.. IIA — Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / 2 — Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ...... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 2 Essex and Suffolk 1% Oyu Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 4 Glouc.,Aberystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... Goole and Doncaster .. 425. Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares 5O - Ditto Quarters 25 _ Grand Union . 1 1 / 2 Great Eastern &Western 2 1 / 2 ...... 136 GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great. South. and West,. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 7 1 , Great Munster 2l /2 Great North of Scotland 2%...... Great Northpr England..loo Ditto New De. Nei .... »........ 2 27 Great Western BO ......147 148 Ditto IA Shares 50 Ditto % Shares .. 21i l5 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2 i... Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto % Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and , . .-- .. 0% 12 P 1 5 ' ,11 .. ....- ~ 18 3 / 1 1034 15 .. 341 A 16 1 / 2 .• 40-. _ Yarmouth Irish North Midland l% — Isle of Axlioline 24 Killarney Junctions K L: l n e d a a s l te a r nd an W a i c n a d r e l r is m le e . r . e . 30 41 40% Larne, Belfast, and Bal -11 4 -- 1 y m e n a Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ....• •••••••• Leicester and Bedford... 223. % p Leicester and Tamworth 42e. Ligerp. and Manchester.lo9 ... Do. % Shares - Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birminghmloo 214 212 ...... ...... Do. Thirds 1)o. IA Shares Ditto Fifths •• Ditto Extension ...... 11 — London and Blackwall. 16/. 136.4 d. 8 3 / Do. New Ditto Extension ~... :i ...... 34 . Londcn:and Brighton... 50 ... Do. consolidated Bths... 35 Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 19 1 A 18% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12l 15s 4d... 9% Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western Lend. & S.Weatern 411 6s 10d 76 D. New Consol. Bth. 20 — Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2% London and York 2% 4% London and Windsor ... 1 ••• London, Warwick, and Kidderminster London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ... .. 2%...... ...... ......... Londonderry& Coleraine 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 . Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 ...... — Manchester and Leeds .. 76 l2B Ditto 1 7 4 Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths ... 4 1 4 — Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ..• 2 - Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. ..... • WA p le .".... 40 1 / 2 •...... 1 • P 18 % _ 91 74 1 ,4 - 41,43 2 li t p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction ..... — — Manchester and Rugby Direct _ Manehest. &Southampt. 2 Midland 100 .....143 142 143 Do. Fifths Do. New Midland,Birm.,llerby...100 Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 Newcastlo and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 54 56 Do. New Brandling... 15 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newcastle, Durham, and Lancas re Junction... 1 %...... Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... —f New Ross and Carlow... 22s -1 .... .... ..... Newry and Enniskillen 2% - ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. Norfolk Extension — — North British Do. Half Shares r , Do. Exten. to Carlisl e VA ~, Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 5 'North Devon _ 2-- „. fi- Zr— i North of Norfolk . . .r. Northern and Eastern... 45 ' 65 6 65 66 Do. Scrip - Do. Quarter Shares... 12% Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2% 23 North Staffordshire 425....... 3 1 / 8 3 p 2% p North Wales North and South Walea 22 1 / 4 61/2 and Worcester — ~.•..•• Northern and Southern Connecting — — Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% l 3 / 43i Nottingm., Erewsh.Val ley, and Manchester 1% Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports. mouth, & Southamptn 425. % die % dis Oxford and Worcester... 12% 14% 14% Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 Portsmouth Direct 3 3 /4 4 Preston and Wyre 5O — Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond 5 Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 — Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Scottish Central Scottish Midland l% 2 14 Sheffield & 3lanchesterloo Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 1,4 .... . 3 3 ,4 •%% ..... ... Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropshire Union :hrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrew- Wolv- 21% 13 1 dis .COWS., 1 olverhamp., & S. Staffordsh. June. — Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2% South Devon South Midland 42s. 2 3 /4 3 1 4 p 3I A P South & Midlands Junc. .. ... 1 dis South Staffordshire Junc. 2% South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 35 1/ 35 ...... Do., No. 1 l2 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 2 St. Alban's, Hatfield , and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond._ 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — South Wales 2% Taw Vale Extension ... •• •• •• Tean and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley 2 ...... 16% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingateke Ulverstone and Furness Vale of Neath Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. — Waterford and Kilkenny 3 Waterford and Limerick 7% — ••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - W aterford, Wexford, and Valentin Waveney Valley 2 Welch Midland West Cornwall .. 2 ... West Yorkshire WestLendon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross ' and Gloucester 425....,.. ........ ...... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1%..... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester,Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New - York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 ohm • • York and Lancaster 2% York and N ortb. Midland 50 Ditto % Shares .. 25 . ... Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do Selby - .... •••e Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 14 1 / 2 9 3 3% 4 1 3 / 4 16% 3% 51 50% Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ...... 8% 8........., 8 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 13ordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... 1% ..» l% Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast — Central of Spain ... . Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junetn. 21 ,4 - ••• Fatnpoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted . .. 5 ...... 12 3 / 4 13% 124 1214 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 - - __. Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... 4 Madrid and Nakttia .... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. Nainur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 10 i i i lO Ni Over Yssel 413 a 4d — — Paris &Lyons(Laflitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do. (Avmar'd's) Paris and St.Quentia Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantis Teurnay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ........... ..... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... 3 West Flanders ...... .... 4 MINES. - - Real del Monte Unread. -- -- 33%.. ... ...... ... 33A MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—We learn, from un doubted authority that Parliament will meet for the dispatch of business on Tuesday, the 20th day of January.—Dublin Evening Mail. The Duchess of Inverness has left Kensington Pa lace to visit Col. and Mrs. Wildman at Newstead Abbey, Notts. The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House, on Saturday last, for Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Noble and Gallant Duke, after the Privy Council understeod to be fixed for Thursday next, at Windsor Castle, will receive a distin guished circle at the above seat. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING. —The return of the Court to the Castle, from the Isle of Wight, which had been fixed to take place on Tuesday, has been postponed till Friday or Saturday next, a letter to this effect having been received from Osborne House by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. It is not improbable that her Majesty may prolong her sojourn in the island even beyond that period; but this will depend en tirely upon the continuanee of the present favourable weather. Should the Court not return to the Castle during the week, her Majesty is expected to hold a Privy Council, at Osborne House, on Friday next. THE DANGER OF EATING MUSSLES.--Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Mr. de Sandels, a foreign gentleman, residing in Dean-street, Soho, was attacked with alarming symptoms, caused by eating profusely of mus cles that had not been properly cleansed. His body and head were swollen to a frightful size. Medical assistance was ob tained, and antidotes administered, but, though out of imme diate danger, doubts are entertained of his ultimate recovery. Mr. De Sandels had partaken of two quarts of missies, aid neglected to deprive them 9f their beards. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustopeti early walk yesterday morning in the pleasure-grou nd. of Osborne House. Sir Robert Peel left Osborne House yesterday mo ll ' ing, crossed in the Fairy steam-yacht, and proceeded to town by the express train of the South-Western Railway' The royal children were taken out in a carriage Y es. , terciay,:and took their usual exercise on the sea bega t ' Sir fames Clark left Osborne House yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday mall for Richmond, on a s h oo ti ng excurs i on . His 1 40 1" Highness returned to Cambridge House in the afternoon Sir Robert Peel arrived in town at three o'clock I terday afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held at five o'clock yesterdal afternoon at the Foreign-o ffi ce. The Lord Chanc el° was sufficiently recovered from MS recent illness to aP tend the meeting. r The other Ministers present were Sir. Roo," "-icet"- Lord Wharncliffe, th e D u k e o f Briceleuch. the Eas' Aberdeen, Lord Sta n l e y, Si r J ames G ra ham, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of H a ddingt °ll } the Earl of Ripon, Lord Gr anv ill e S omerse t, the Earl ° Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Council sat an hour. tat His Excellency Baron Dedel had an interview - the Earl of Aberdeen on Friday, at the Foreign-offic e ' j Lord Granville Som erse t an d M r . Sid ney H er bert an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. His Excellency Baron Dedel, accompanied by ' a daughter, embarked at Dover on Saturday evening - board the Princess Mary, for Ostend, on his way to Hague. His Excellency will b e a b sen t a b ou t a el°nn i The Marchioness of Hasti ngs an d C a pt a in 1 1491 2;:d Henry have arrived at Farran c e' s Hot e l, from It o House. Sir John and L a dy Y ar d e B u ll e r arid I 'o Buller have arrived fro m L u pt on H ouse , Devon. h' l Charles and Lady Fitzroy arrived at Farrance's 0 34 Upper Belgrave-street, yesterday, from SoutharePtl f e' ; FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Picard's admirable comedy, La Petite Ville, wal e ; formed here last evening. Plot it has none, aP" o f despite this want it is one of the most amus ing is comedies. It is a series of sketches of character I fact, a dramatic version of some of the most flit sketches of La Bruyare. The scene is laid in aCO town, and we have the jealous man of the "riu7,4 Pristard (M. Dumery), who is engaged to the belie 11" coquette, a lively frolicsome widow, Madame de Sell vile (Mademoiselle Martelleux). Vernon (adra irs ol acted by Cartigny) and his sister Nina (Mademoieeo Dumery), an old maid according to the almanac, bat the estimation of herself and her brother a blee.b.oo lovely virgin —both dragons of propriety—and 3 1 57 4 , Guibert (Madame Croset), an intriguing old On. with an excessively gauche daughter, Flore moiselle Heloise). The part of Fiore was acted W i l y infinite humour by Mademoiselle Heloise. o f gaucherie was inimitable; and the little mixter e _ m j, finesse which she threw into the part when she 11 00 in an aside manner, of her mother which vot t o young man with the money, was admix , The part is a small one, but, while she was on the sil o , she made it the part of the piece. Such are the 0 1311 ` . 01 ters of the piece, and they are brought into play fi b l if ic) simplest machinery imaginable. Desroches (AL yid a young Parisian, fancies that his lady-love has plai e " l i s ji false, and determines, accompanied by his friend, P e , le (M. Pagenier), and his valet, Dabois (M. Narcis e v e P t io take refuge in the country. They arrive at La Ville; Ville; the inhabitants fae them, in the hope of o ' o a good match fur some one of the female inhabi tant the rich Parisian. Their conflicting efforts to seeu re e tA end furnish amusement for four acts, and, at the o i Desroches is convinced of the truth of his lady.lortjt quits La Petite Ville to find consolation in La G"oi Ville, in the arms of Madame Belmont. The pie t : be li admirably acted throughout ; and we know not _ A O those who love the study of character could 5' pleasanter evening than in La Petite Ville. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE' TATTERSALL'S—YEsTERDAv. 01 °. About a dozen subscribers looked in in the course drsilb afternoon, and a disposition to back Brocardo, and Fancy Boy, was shown in more quarters than,4o,o Hoorrah and Vanish were also in request, but the" were not "i' the vein." The nature and extent of tb• ness will be gathered from the following quotations THE DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting. pea' 15 to I agst Gen. Shubrick's Brocardo-16 to 1 t. J. - 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Ginger—taken. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm. 35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken. 40 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawlev's Humdrum—taken to 40 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's Fancy Boy—taken to Ivy' 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Hoorrah—take 45 to 1. OAKS. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Preston's Osprey—taken to 201. Offers to take 15 to 1 about Vanish. ar HAWORTH.—The working classes in th is p $OlO/,1 bourhood are beginning to complain for w ant of No r se' s of the masters have commenced running short time. a . e ihro many persons are already thrown out of work. A l t Ise P there is a very gloomy appearance at this season of ss• —Bradford Observer. cis MR. J. T. ARCHER'S BENEFIT AT MARKET.—That most civil and attentive of be," keepers, Archer, takes his benefit at the Haymark e t . this evening; and we hope that all those vflA.; o o, the course of the season, have benefited by his atteno benefit him in return by their attendance, in whic h will have a buinper. The General Steam Navigation ComPitnnair hie a powerful steam-ship the Wilb er force, o ,v" to power, upon the Newcastle station. It is expecte d r. the passage to London in 27 hours in moderate we st !OP °. William Barges, Esq., Q.C., the new Comm 134 appointed to succeed Mr. Boteler, in the Leeds dis trict of ruptcy Court. is expected to enter upon the dischere judicial functions in a few days.—Leeds Intelbgencer• e tP THE LATH LIEUT. MOLESWORTH.---Mr. E g f a f ire l i k statuary of St. Sidwell's, Exeter, has just comple ted nine handsome mural tablet, in the form of an ° memos _ ot aiv in the English style of architecture, and inclosing e ;ovt4 t slab, to the memory of Lieut. Molesworth and five her Majesty's ship Cleopatra,who were killed in D;"" - , by savages, off the coast of Madagascar. It w lll ""fise'k. erected in the church of St. Breock, in this county, ° ft jv Lieut. Molesworth's father is the rector. --De pendent. 130 . CAUTION.—We are requested to put the c on their guard against a woman who is supposed te res set b o about Clifton, endeavouring to raise money, bv reP o . o e herself to be the widow of a Lieutenant RObertsis # lately forwarded a memorial to Lady Saumarezi ss d sey, which purported to be drawn up and attes;ett gentleman of the name of Somerville, and /1 0 00s r te scribed her, as above ; to that memerial th e op e . dl various parties were appended with sums d Lady Saumarez wrote to one of the parties , I- 00gs' that that name, at all events, was a forgery ; the woe and other papers forwarded by the party to LE 1 140 1 ! id lies likewise bore on the face of them evident traces 0 ' te ete; s o one paper she was described as the widow of a ocosa the navy, in the other of a major in the army. The, d are in the possession of the superintendent of P o ,l o oo' of any party who has been imposed upon can give 1 o f tb likely to lead to the conviction and punishmen t " , fender, it is their duty to do so. —Bristol Mirror. 0 11 .' o CONFESSIONS OF A DOCTRESS.—Late 00 evening Mr. Bedford held an adjourned inquest at th: f )1 0 7i Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on the 11 0 dY sh . itl 4 4 of Hoskins, a married woman. The first part of '':ste r. has already been published. The jury returned A i l u t, natural death. Elizabeth Burnett examined--,1 bete" Ru.sell-court. Drury-lane, and am a doetress ce loo p,P I attended deceased for the last twelvemonthe for ca ll b administered to her sweet herbs, knotted marjors7thst 0 4, thyme, sweet marjoram, herbagrass, and things att e s• sort. The Coroner—What do you receive for Ye u ds ; 001 ance my good woman ? The Doctress—lt. depeeoltsie time 6d., sometimes is., according to circuniste n o t e Coroner—Then you have ne fixed charge? The ot ie. tio g Sartinly, 10d. is my reglars ; my reglar fee , I Ds Coroner—l think you should be cautious about El lo olo and demanding a regular fee ; you may run foul he' eh ° ) gate and the Apothecaries' Hall.—The Doctreen;otlier:sti not like to do that, for the one place is as bad ss .or etZa Juror—Then you mean to say your medicine cs:' o .-eros pleasant, like wine? Doctress—l do, sir. T he pi ss itl my dear, you shall always prescribe for tne• 0 401 medical gentlemen present asked what sort of esi li T he g tb The Doctresa—lt was a stone cancer, sir . 131 Gentleman—You mean to tell us you use nothinb ap chemists ? The Doctress—Forbid! I should u.se„ f of', o t from them pison shops ; I never uses no kina se : p s p medicines. My remedies be sweet and simpl e o n o lloA —Does your medicine contain any portion O f thilifor ointment? The Doctress—No, sir, I gets all o rro „0„,„. goi n g to es w hic o r Clare-market, without the trouble of Hornsey for them. I repeats I uses no medic lla , 1 1 4 ,40 0 ever, only my own sweets and simples, and her s iST4 DOCI A ti —Madam, will you oblige us with your card?. 2; y. pits7ol —Sir, I tell you again Pm a doctress, and glyl he ittri bi g! no cards, nothing but sweets and simPles' r dict Ir e Or they were quite satisfied, and recorded the Ye n ot Aor given above. We understood that the doctress to she.4o, tary specimen of the species; that they abo und ds trnpolis, and make a good living by these s w eets i s iv ,Pl.,; DESTRUCTION OF. A SHIP BY FIRII.---011.);11,-*-^°isIll" the following letter was received concerning nyrson,:st of the wreck of a burnt ship, ashore on the i t no coast, near Bideford :—" On Saturday cle rr ' s soitonll day- break, a corporal of the mounte n is st Cles, cre ss service, attached to the preventive statio off while on the look out, noticed a ship on suer he. c ot combe. Having given the necessary e_e.:l l j v p. ceeded to inspect it, when he found ° : h edges 5 b eri ,masts and burned down to the water' n s , /t h te s ,,f, geared to be about 400 tons burthen, lad e e r.cs. s , g r , pi e from which it is presumed she is from skta lost c o o at a the chief officer of the coast guard statior!,, a oste d_ .a 0 adopting measures to save het cargo, -whi ch " found er i ss .:;o... the wreck as the tide rose. Nothing vas „ 1 , the s•-,_ lead to her identity, every portion of heG - vnn Jt o nes of the lower part of the hull, beingssieltrq7,7,oed than probable she is the same vessel that wal , ig: eter• on the 10th of last month by the Dianwn f u rern Ch iel j * V supposed to be the Abeona, of New Eoss, bop pi she proves to be the same, the crisr hav e 1 " Derenport Telegraph A ~~ ..'..'1‘.....10..••••••• THE 1 - k• ,-