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MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. - Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., TOWN AND COUNTRY. By MRS TROLLOPE. " Its dashing portraiture• of character, novel story, sustained ac tion, and knowledge et the world, will render this work as popular as any of the anthoress's previous productions."—Britannia. Henry Colbert', Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. wEw WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " GISELLA," " SECOND LOV," &c. On Saturday next, the I Ith inst., in 2 vols. post Bvo., LETTERS from the DANUBE. By the Author of " Glsella," " Second Love." &c. • Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Publisher in ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Urn ler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Cresvrick ; Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; _.. lll3 wleY, Mr. Gough ; Moses, Mr. Webster ; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir =my, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Brindal. Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Candour. Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer well. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent. To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden hoff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webder, J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, Se. ; Pit, as. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. con open at Half-past Six, Performance to eommence at Seven , THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Vnder the direction of Madame Celeste. TMIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original Drama, called GABREELLI ; r ,the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major =re, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal- Valdarne, Mr. 0. Smith; Beb Bit, Mr. Wright; Gabriellt, *Masts Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Brooks. To bejbliewed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE- Turnem Green, Mr. - Wright t Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford; Chubbleck, Mr. Cullenford ; policeman, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chebblock, Miss Woolgar. Alter which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD (the property of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenfoid, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mrs. Laws, &c., &c. We conclude with the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright ; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Boning, Miss Bala* 'larding. _ - Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Doors open at Half-peat Six, Performance to commence at Seven, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Madame Yestris. Role Lessee, Mr. Charles Matkewa. THIS EVE ,4 IING, _ _ Will be performed a new Comic Drama called PEGGY GREEN. To be followed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF THE MARKET. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Granby, and Fusel].; Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and Madame Vestris. To coaclude with a Comic Dram; called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Dross Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. Box-office, Tire New Box-office, No. 2, Wellingtou-street, is open to the Publie every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. • r PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The public is respectfully informed that the celebrated vocalist and actress, Madame Anna Thillon and Miss Cushman, Miss Rmma Stanley, and other members of the Company not having as yet suf ficiently recovered from their severe attack of the prevailing Epi demic (as certified by medical certificates), there can be NO PER FORMANCE THIS WEEK. Anber's Comic Opera, THE A.MBAS: 4 ADRESS, will be repeated immediately on the recovery of Madame Anna Thillon. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented the Comedie Vaudeville of LE PREMIER MALADE. After which, LE CHEF-D(EUVRE INCONNU. To concludetwith LE REVEIL DU LION. A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from II to 5. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 33. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY TUEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. bavldge, No. 1, DAvidge-terrace, Kensington-road Surrey. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Shakspeare's Tragedy cf MACBETH. Duncan, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Macbeth, Mr. H. Hughes; Macduff, Mr. T. Fredericks ; Banquo, Mr. F. Vining ; Hecate, Mr. IL Phillips ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with Dibdin's Ballad Opera of THE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. H, Phillips ; Lubin, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Solomon, Mr. Attwood ; Gillian, Miss Collett ; Floretta, Miss It. Isaacs. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had lightly of all the orincipal Librarians; and at the Box-aid:to of the Theatre, which is Open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 28. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEI"S ROYAL AMI'IIITHEA.TItE, Proprietor and 31anager, lir. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING The Grand Sy.ectacle of THE C.t.NIP OF SILESL&. Entlrely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the V atablishment, in the ,arious modes ex equestration. To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called nip WHITE FAlzat. Boa-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. IVIEETI NG of PA RL LAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS "THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, • THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. *** 0 rders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun office, 112, Strand. FUE WEATHER.-- S ON OFFICE, DEC. 9. T lIERMONETER, Lowest, 37; Highest. 52 ; Noon, 52 BARO ZTER, 29.65.—W1ND S.S. W.; fine. tILOII WATER AT I . OII DON-RRII)C4F. THIS DAY. Morning.. 40 mirintes after 2 I Evening . 57 minutes %nor 2. ~ • . 3... .4id , 7,';'V i #4.' ' kr,.i . .„,,,,, ...i..,<. ,:•:;:9 • ~ , :t.'4,,., : 4 - -- .77 -- ..qt , t, - - -mw •, - .;ity, - -,- - . \ ,„.--, irrid,--„,,--•-r;.7,...4•,....-,,... ':.:Nt4:''' ,! -14wv,T4ti :nco4 '.„, ;-•:. '":7-•,b-, , " - Nti.,: t . .•,. "-`• - , •.0 i 0 '2, .1,.....-1-. ‘,....L , 14 brrningifl - - LONDON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1847. The Irish Members are pursuing the Fabian policy in a very effectual manner. O n M onday evening the Member for Limerick contrived to waste the entire evening by his amendment, thit the order for the day for the second reading of the Bill for the prevention of crime and outrage in Ireland should be postponed, and the other orders of the day read. On Tuesday the motion for a Committee to inquire into the means by which the Act of Union was carried, the effects of that measure, and the probable con sequences of the legislative union between both countries, occupied the attention of the House for the entire evening. Other questions will have priority for this evening. Lord GEORGE BENTINCE is entitled to precedence for his motion for an inquiry into the present condition and prospects of the East. and West Indian possessions and the Mau ritius, and if his Lordship should be disposed to waive his claim, in consideration of the great impor tance of carrying the very moderate measure de manded by the Irish Government, for the preserva tion of life and property in that unhappy land, we can scarcely hope that the Member for Youghal, whose monster motion for the production of Papers stands next on the list, would ex ercise a similar forbearance. If, however, by any possibility the Bill should come before the House, we have then Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN'S amendment, on Which, most probably, the same speakers will again repeat the same matter which, on Monday, was addressed to the House on Mr. J. O'CormEnn's amendment, and th e d e b a t e w ill b e protracte d f or many ensuing evenings, so as to prevent the passing of the Bin before the Christmas holidays, and thus to defeat the intentio ns o f the Ministry by with holding for a few weeks the additional powers de manded h Excellencybyhopes L ord-Lieutenant,to be by means of which enabled to effect the tran quilli,zation-f the distu r b d • cora p lira tit t t h h e e y lr ta :iih ts M We cannot Members on their discretion in the course may be conscientiously u p powi to P u rsuing• They in the slightest degree interfer e w i anything that will Or interpose an obstacle in the way of the _hetp:ople, of the public peace, but they may be 4 i well atrsbers that the present question is not merely whether tr e ed re shall or shall not be a law savouring of coercion, b ut as t o the amount of restriction that shall be sanc tioned in such a law. There are very many m em. bars who are disposed to censure the moderation of the present Bill, and who would readily assent to much more stringent enactments, if demanded t. The most vi olent o pp onent of by the Governmen the Bill now before the House does not attempt to deny that it Is a much slighter interference with the • ilar cha liberty of the subject than a n y Bill o f a s im ilar Th ratter brought forward at any for mer period. e ' member for Tralee, on Tuesday , sp oke of the coer e.iron Bills as becoming, " Small by degrees, and beautifully less,' till They were reduced almost to a nonentity," and yet (at least within the last week), he resists it with th e . utmost energy, not merely by fair argument and di s , lussion, which would be perfectly legitimate, but by i 'uterposing delays, and converting the forms of , the House into instruments for defeating the wishes of the great majority of its Members. of all these hostilities, the King's Government has put itself in communication on this subject with the Govern ments of Austria, Great, Britain, Prussia, and Rustsim; and finding these Governments animated- by the same motives, it has resolved, in concert with its allies, to make a collective offer of the mediation of the five Powers, with the object of re-establishing peace and concord between the cantons of which the Swiss Con federation is composed. The undersigned is, in conse quence, charged to offer the mediation of France for this object, conjointly with that of the other four Powers. If, as the King's Government hopes this offer to be accepted, an immediate suspension of hostilities will take place between the belligerent parties, and will con tinue to the definitive conclusion of the negotiations, which will be entered into. In this case, it will more over be necessary to establish a conference immediately, composed of a representative of each of the five Powers, of a representative of the Diet, and of a representative of the Sonderbund. The basis on which it is proposed to effect a reconciliation between the Diet and the Son derbund consists in causing the grievances put forward by each of the parties to disappear. These grievance appear to be, on the one part, the establishment of the Jesuits in Switzerland, and the formation of the separate league of the Son''erbund ; on the other, the fear of the aggression of the corps francs, and the de sign ascribed to the Diet, to destroy or violate the separate sovereignty of the different cantons. The fol lowing then ate the conditionswhich the King's Govern ment would . propose for the re-establishment of peace in Switzerland: r guilty ; and with eference to the complaint of his conduct towards IrAnTsno, he passed a high com pliment on that ennent individual, declared his pro found respect for Im, and expressed a desire to see him back again irSpain. He added that no orders now existed to p)vent ESPARTERO from returning, and Oat if he chce to come back the next day he was at liberty to 0 so. He entered into explanations with respect to the Spanish Ambassador in London having;declined tJ _sign a pasport for ESPARTERO'S return to Spain fitnediatelrafter his refusal to ac cept the. embesiyin London ; but he again repeated that there was nw no, 'obstacle whatsoever to his return, that for hi part he should rejoice to see him back, and that hewould be the very first to give him his hand. These federations excited great sensation, which was immeiately followed by a hearty round of applause. In the sitting )f . the Ist, General Ros DE OrAno explained the pat be had acted in the recent Minis terial changes. Xe denied that he had betrayed or deserted his collegues ; he had merely obeyed the orders of the QUIEN in countersigning the decree, appointing NARIAEZ President of the Council. Senor OLOZAGA.vas speaking when the post left. The proprietor of the .Espanol has been elected a Deputy. P i We have ever found that a refusal to accede to a moderate demand in the first instance has led to additional requirements, and that ultimately much more has been carried than was originally asked for. Such may be the case with the present measure ; and it is possible that if the legislative sanction cannot be obtained thereto previous to the recess, that additional powers may be sought for on the re-assem bling of Parliament. The language of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE on Monday evening, in the House of Lords, was exceedingly ominous. His Lordship said—" At this moment I am not prepared to say ' that further powers would be asked for by her MAJESTY'S Government ; but the moment that it appears that the provisions of that Bill—the power of disarming the people and increasing the consta bulary, now confined to proclaimed districts, but which might be extended to other parts of Ireland should a similar spirit of disorder appear about to arise, at the discretion of the Lord-Lieutenant-- were ineffectual, her MAJESTY'S Government would lose no time in asking Parliament for more effectual measures." If, therefore, more stringent enactments should be grafted on the present Bill, if the trial by jury should be suspended, and martial law in troduced into the disturbed districts —if the innocent are to a certain extent confounded with the guilty, a new Curfew Law enacted, and a General Arms Bill introduced the people may thank. the Members who are now congratulating themselves on their success in impeding the progress of the measure now brought forward. We are no friends to any species of coercion, or to any departure from the constitutional law. We are, however, compelled to acknowledge that some localities are in such a state, that the ordinary powers of the law are insufficient. to afford protection to the peaceable inhabitants, and that that protection is perhaps more urgently required on behalf of the humbler classes, the small farmers and labourers, than of the gentry themselves. With this conviction we yielded a hearty assent 'to the Government measure because there was the least possible departure from the spirit of the constitution, and we therefore depre cate the conduct of those who, by their imprudence, may lead to a much greater violation of the popular liberties. " First, the Seven Cantons of the Sonderbund should address themselves . to the Holy See, to demand if it would not be right, in the interest of pecce and religion, to in terdict to the Order of the Jesuits any establishment on the teritory of the Helvetic Confederation, subject to a just and sufficient indemnity for all the properties, in lands and houses, which they would have to abandon. " In the second place, the Diet, confirming its pre- ceding declarations, would take the engagement to make no attempts against the independence and the sovereignty of the cantons, such as they are guaranteed by the Federal Pact; to accord for the future an effica cious protection to the cantons which might be threa tened with an invasion of the corps francs, and, if ne cessary, not to admit any new article in the Federal Pact, without the assent of all the members of the Con federation. General MAtcuEr, DE LA CONCHA, ex-Captain- General of Catalonia, had arrived in Madrid. The Eco del Co✓nercb says that divisions exist in the Moderado party which render the duration of the present Ministry uncertain. The same journal states, that in order to favour the interests of two eminent personages connected with what is called „ the situation," bonds given in payment of military services from 1836 to 1840, have been paid in full, whilst a little while ago the holders could only get 20 per cent. for them. The Maar Espanol says that Lieutenant• General RONCALI has been nominated Captain-General of the island of Cuba. A petition has been presented to the Congress in which GODOT, Prince of the Peace, is denounced as debtor to the Spanish. nation to the amount of 320,000,000 re ds. The petition was referred to the Committee on Petitions. One of the papers states that several commercial enterprises, and among them the Iris, the banks del Foment° and de Ultramar, and the Union Hispano-Filipina, are about to be formed into one concern. General ALAIX has, it is said, been declared by the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine to be entitled to a trial. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. I.—The Three per Cents. were done at 27 at 50 days; the Five per Cents., at 151 ; the Debt without Interest, at 4! for paper ; and the Coupons, at 10i. " Thirdly, the Seven Cantons of the Sonderbund would then formally and really dissolve their separate league. Fourthly, and lastly, as soon as the question of the Jesuits should be completely resolved, as indicated in the first paragraph, the two parties would dismiss their respective forces, and re-assume their ordinary and pacific attitude. " The undersigned is charged to express the lively hope of the King's Government that this equitable pro Position will be warmly received by the two belligerent parties. And he is farther charged to solicit a prompt reply from the Diet. The undersigned prays his Ex cellency the President of the Diet to accept the assur• ance of his high consideration. (Signed) COUNT DE BOIS LE COMI'E. Ambassador •f France. " Bale, November 30." Considering the rapidity with which the Christmas vacation is approaching, it would have been most advisable, probably, for the Hon. and Learned Member tor Youghal to have postponed his motion for the second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill until the re-assembling of Parliament at the com mencement of 1848. Not that we conceive the question of religious disabilities as coming in any manner within the category of those isolated crotchets which recently elicited the protest of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. We cannot but think, however, that the proposed abolition of the invidious disqualifica tions at present existing against the admission of Israelites as representatives in the House of Commons would have been sufficient labour for one December in the cause of theolo gical toleration. Especially in such a December as this, when the interests of the community are so marvellously and perillously complicated, and when a few months' further procrastination could not by possibility have affected in an injurious manner either Mr. CBIsnoLM ANSTY or his co-religionists. To ourselves the hurry evinced by the Member for Youghal in demanding such an Act of legislation at such a period of embarrassment, appears as decidedly crotchetty as his forthcoming motion as to the im peachment of the Noble Viscount the representative of Tiverton, or as that of Mr. URQUHART in refer ence to the convocation of a Parliament in College green. The only distinction between them is, indeed, that the two latter propositions are crotchetty in themselves, while that of the immediate removal of Roman Catholic disabilities is only crochetty in as far as it is extravagantly ill timed. This circumstance we are disposed to regret with the more earnestness, from our solicitude that the principles of civil and religious'liberty should on no account be again violated by the pertinacious re tention of the penal enactments still inscribed upon the statute book, and this continued retention appears to us to be in some measure endangered by the undue precipitation of Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTY. Those who, like Sir ROBERT INCUR, are enthusiastic (we will not say fanatical) suppffters of the Church Establishment, may be worried into more violent opposition than ever by the maladroit introduction of this relief measure when the whole Legislature is distraught with an almost unparalleled accumulation of difficulties. Howbeit the representative! of Youghal did demand the second reading of his II ill for the abolition of certain obsolete enactments against the practice of the forms of Roman Cathoticism within the boun daries of the United Kingdom, and the speech in which the Hon. and Learns I Gentleman advocated this most ration al proceeding on the part of. Parlia ment was as temperate in tome and as straightforward in character as could have been well desired. With the postponement of its examination in Committee and its third reading in the. Commons until some more fitting opportunity, we sh all c rntinue to anticipate for Mr. ANSTY'S motion -a greater degree of success than attended the recom co endation of the Criminal Law Commissioners in the summer= of 1842, the in quiry of Mr. DUNCOMBE 'on the 13th of July in the same year, the Bill introdtt iced by Lord BEAUMONT to the House of Lords on: the 6th May, 1844, or those introduced to the H.o use of Commons by Mr. WATSON on the 20th ikl arch, 1845, on the sth February, 1846, and on the 10th February, 1847, successively. It is but :reasonable to expect the ulteriOr erasure of so m. toy odious and dastardly penalties from the book c,f national statutes. It is but reasonable to expect,, for example, that that clause should be expum i ged from Elizabeth 1., c. 1, which ordains the infliction of grievous punishments upon whop isoever shall bow to the ecclesiastical author.' ity of any foreign potentate—for it is notoriora 3 to every schoolboy in her MAJESTY'S dominions t b at all Roman Catholics are subservient to the sock iastical authority of the Sovereign PONTIFF. It is but reasonable that the 13th Elizabeth, c. 2 , should be altogether repealed, that Act declaring the impo rtatian of papal bulls, writings and instruments, c n even little waxen and metallic articles called Agnus Deis, and rosaries, to be an offence punishable in the :first instance with pm munire, and to be high treason , . if repeated. According to the Courrier Francais, Lord Mwro (a no. bleman who, without beir lg. invested r-'„th any express diplomatic chant& er, may r mo rally regarded as envoy e 2 traerdinary from the Court of St. James's t o the Quirinal) has actually signed a convention tot r the establishment of relations between Rome and , England, between the Government of VICTORIA and. that of the enlightened Plus. Supposing this rumour to be correct, and that Cardinal BUFFONDI is formallt• y accredited as Papal Nuncio in London, will it be 'consistent to retain this Act 13th Elizabeth, c. 2, up o; n the statute-book, to require the expiation by seve n penalties of the im- We have received the French papers of Tuesday. The National gives the following explanation of the reasons which induced the authorities of the canton of Vaud to suppress the assemblages of what are called the Free Church. The clergy of this Free Church, it should be recollected, were formerly in the pay of the State ; but inasmuch as they chose to dis obey, the orders of the State by refusing to make cer tain proclamations, after service in the churches, on the subject of the elections (a matter nearly ana logous to the posting the register of voters on the church do.irs in this country), the State stopped their pay, they seceded, and other clergy who pay obe dience to the laws were substituted for them. The decree, recently issued, forbidding these Free Church meetings, has been stigmatised as abominable intolerance. In reply to this accusation the National says :—" The most complete religious liberty has reigned in the canton, governed by the Radicals for the last three years. As long as the meetings had for their object matters relative to worship, the Govern• ment did not interfere. But after the Scnderbund had raised the tents of civil war, some preachers transformed these assemblies into workshops of con spiracy ; faith was , not preached therein, but hatred ; people did not pray there—they conspired." We believe the National is perfectly correct in its statements, and if so the authorities of Vaud are abundantly justified. Sedition is not the less sedition because it happens to be uttered by a clergyman from a pulpit. Conspiricy 'is not the less conspiracy be cauie the conspirators desecrate a place of worship by using it for their place- of rem:kw/ons. The following article from the Journal des Debuts may be considered as showing the arriere pensee of M. GUIZOT, in- regard to the Swiss inter vention. It , pentrasts very forcibly with the mild language of the note presented to the Diet by M. Bois Le COMTE :—" The funda- mental compact of Switzerland," says the Dads," is in a permanent state of violation. The military occu pation of the little cantons, and the administration of them by the commissioners of the majority, have no more the character of legality than in the. Germanic Confederation the absorption of the more feeble by the stronger Stites would exhibit. But the Radicals prepare, if they are permitted, to go farther. They say so aloud in the Diet, in the clubs, and in all their organs ; they do not conceal their design to change the compact with a simple majority; they avow openly their design to second in the states contiguous to Switzerland the revolutionary movement, and they correspond with all those who keep Up in these states a spirit of subversion and revolt. In their hands the territory of the Confederation is nothing more than a kind of free port open to all disturbers of general order ;it is, in the midst of Europe, a hot-bed of dis )rder, and a laboratory of anarchy. They assert that no one can say who will be their allies; they are mistaken, we know well who they will be. In pre sence of such a past, such a present, and such a future, it cannot be -said that the question is finished. It is a question which is not circumscribed within the limits of Switzerland; it is the general struggle of Radicalism against order and against peace. It is in this point of view that the question ought to be judged, and it' is'thus that, from the beginning, M, GuizoT regarded it. The French Government claims, and justly, the initiative which it has taken in calling the attention of Europe to this alarming state of Switzerland, . But the, warnings which, long before the present crisis, it gave to the Confederation, were so many friendly counsels to prevent the explosion of a disorder which was sure to lead to general compli cations, When M. GuizoT is reproached with having seized cn, with having even sought for, occasions to interfere in the affairs of Switzerland, it is impossible to be further from the truth. M. GuizoT, on the contrary, has always been most careful to uphold the right of Switzerland to resolve her own affairs, as long as, by the exercise of her private right, she did not infringe the general one. He knew that the intervention of a foreign influence or force, without the most eviden and most pressing necessity, could only be injurious to the very cause of oitter which he decided to defend. This necessity must arise from the facts themselves, in order not to be doubtful to any one; it was necessary that it should be demonstrated that the civil war not only affected the internal organization of Switzerland, but also the relations which connect the Confederation to the whole European order. The French Govern ment, therefore, waited, and waited to the last ex tremity ; M. G ulzor did not ca ll f or act i ve s t eps until the evil WAS imminent, and until the necessity of arresting its progress WES become unquestionable. The mediation of the great Powers being once de cided on, it was important that they should be unani mous. It was important, also, that the Powers who represent mOst particularly the Liberal principle should be united in a common action with those representing the Conservative principle. M. GUIZOT, therefore,.with great reason, was urgent that the English Government should take part in the mediation. We believe that he is far from regretting the efforts which he made to induce it to join. The delays which the nego tions engaged in on this point occasioned are more than compensated for by the result which they have obtained. The union of the portation of a chain of beads r u Id medals, and at the same time to connive at the introduction of a live Cardinal (scarlet stockings, a] id all), into the very reception hall of the palace of St. James's ? Such are the outrageous anomalies whi ch will he removed on the passage of Mr. CHISHOLM ANsTY ' s Roman Catho- lie Relief Bill through both Clambers of the Legis lature. And therefore it is tit tat we are anxious for the success of this measure— I anxious, be it remem bered, less on account of th e Catholics themselves, than for the vindication of the character of Protestant England. The following isbtahe bKiyn,tghTehoFef retuhunedeehr undersigned French igned A m ba ssador, 111. note 7 transmitted from Bale Swiss D oil A 0 .711:. BOIS LE COWLS, to I the President of the n to thQe 'swiss Confederation has or of his Majesty the received the o rder of •e ell i n t.ipt of the Swiss lowing communication G iL r 2 c 3 p Arne u nt e to mak e t h e f o i_ Diet, and to the Presi ' den to t of t; ; I matedco. the Sonderbund : oil of War of the " The King's Government, Ittl - 'ey the a losuttslinnuce to ese2y .. desire to see all parts of E itrow ,by the liveliest benefits of peace, inspired of friendship for the Swiss na do n, and faithf ul engagements which France, as i ) no of the Po weuristWh t ilne signed the Treaty of Vienna of :1815, has contract e d towards the Confederation, has .seen with the most pro found regret the commencemen t of the civil war b e t ween the cantons which compose that ; ConfedeCation. Desirous of employing its efforts and go od offices with the object of arranging the differences wi job have he 4 a the source mediating Powers was the best guarantee of the impartiality and disinterestedness of each of them ; and, sinoe they assumed the parts of arbi trators, it belonged to them the first to give an example of that — comprom i se w hich all wished t o propose and s evera l wan t e d to impose. A common mediation was therefore decided on, and the French Government immediately had the collective note agreed on between the representatives of the five Powers handed to the Diet. It is said that it is no longer time, and that all is finished. That is a great error. The object of the mediation was not merely to cause. hostilities to be s uspended; there were, there are, still greater evils to prevent. The fall of the Sonderbund has terminated a first period of the question, but has not decided everything. If there THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, are no more belligerent parties to separate, there are the vanquished to protect, and the conquerors to keep within bou►ids. More than ever, it is neces sary that Switzerland should be made aware of the sentiments of Europe ; more than ever she must be made to understand that the powers which guarantee her constitution, her inviolability, and her neutrality, recognise her such as she has been constituted by treaties; but that if the basis of the constitution is to be changed, it ought not to be and cannot be altered but by the unanimous consent of all the confederate states." The KING arrived in Paris on Monday. The Courrier de Marseille of the 4th, says— " A passenger arrived from Algiers by the M6rovii3 states that at the moment of his departure a steamer was getting up her steam in all haste to convey the Duke d'Aumale to Oran, it being whispered among the best informed persons that theiPrince had received despatches, informing him that Abd-el-Kader, finding himself placed in a very difficult position, had come to a serious resolution to open negotiations, and that this was the motive for the prompt departure of his Royal Highness." A letter from Oran, by the last mail from Algiers, says— " It appears certain that two of the sons of the Em peror of Morocco have already marched beyond the town of Thaza with large forces ; that a third army is advancing by the mountains of the Riff, and that the Caid of Ouchda, awaking from his long apathy, and reinforced by a body of regular cavalry, has succeeded in getting together a respectable force, and menaces on his side, the deira of Abd-el-Bader." The Northern Railroad Company had advertised a call of 75f. per share, payable between the 20th of February and the 6th of March. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tuesday, at 75f. 55e. ex , div. ; New Loan, 76f. 75c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,212 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 906 f. 25c. ; Havre, 477 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 557 f. 50c.; Avignon, 561 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 550 f.; Bordeaux, 485 f. ; Boulogne, 380 f. ; Dieppe, 265 f.; Basle, 167 f. 50e.; Paris and Strasburg, 417 f. 50e.; Tours and Nantes, 400 f.; Paris and Lyons, .395 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dx.o. 8. Central of France (Orleans and Visrzon), 15N—Northern of France, 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5 1 {—Over Yssel, 2 die.—Paris and Lyons, 6—Paris and Strasbourg, 4% — Sambre and lime, 7—West Flanders, 1%. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the LORD Cam BARON and a Special Jury.) VIGNOLES v. PARKES. The plaintiff in this action was Mr. Vignoles, the eminent engineer, who sought to recover from the de fendant, a member of the provisional committee of the Blackburn, Cborley, and North Union Junction Rail way, the sum of 5,0001., for preparing the plans and sections of the above-named railway. Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Cock burn, in the absence of the Attorney-General, conducted the case for the defendant. From the evidence it that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant on the 25th of June, 1845, to survey the country for the proposed line. On the 28th of July he furnished a report to the company pointing out three different lines which might be adopted. One of the lines so pointed out was .elected by the company. The line recommended by the plaintiff would have been less expensive and more easy of con struction than the one selected. At the request of the company, however, the plan and sections were prepared under the direction of the plaintiff, and duly deposited. They passed the examination of the Stand ing Orders Committee, but the Bill was finally rejected en its merits. The sum of 1,5001. had been paid into court on account of the claim set up by the plaintiff. Mr. COCKBURN, on the part of the defendant, pro duced a letter from Mr. Vignoles, requesting that he might be allotted ~)Co shares in the railway, and desiring that the deposit upon the same, amounting to 5251., might be written off his account. The Learned Counsel contended, upon this, that the plaintiff, being a share holder in the company, had become in that capacity sub ject to the responsibilities and losses equally with the other shareholders, and that he was not enabled in law to sue the company for the present demand. After some discussion on the subject, the jury, by the direction of the Lord Chief Baron, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of 5,0001., leaving the amount of set-off on account of the deposits to be arranged by arbitration. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Irdliam Smith was indicted for stealing a large num ber of carpenters' tools, the property severally of Wil liam Batty, Robert Thompson, and Richard Stamp. William Batty said, he and the other prosecutors were working together, and the prisoner, who was a labourer in the building, managed to gain access to his chest, from which he took tools to the value of upwards of 71. The other prosecutors deposed to the loss of a number of tools, and Stamp proved that the prisoner had also robbed him of his coat. A verdict of Guilty having been returned, The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, said, there was no offence coming before that Court which he felt more determined to treat with the utmost severity of the law than stealing work men's tools, as not one in a thousand had the means of replacing them at the moment; and not only they, but their unfortunate families, were driven often to starvation in consequence. He repeated again there was no species of robbing more atrociously cruel than this, and he should sentence the prisoner to seven years' transportation. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. T. PErciELE and a Bench of Magistrates.) Henry Carter was indicted for stealing, at Lambeth, 400 bricks, the property of Thomas Talbot. It appeared that the prisoner was detected loading a cart with the property in question, but succeeded in making his es cape. He was subsequently arrested, and admitted hav ing taken the bricks, though he now denied the com mission of the offence. The prisoner was defeLded by Mr. Robinson. The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to welve months' imprisonment with hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) John Charles Thompson, a law student, residing in a b s e s f a o u re ltin M g r. ro ß li i ce ng - h c a o tu ns , ta c b h l a e rg D e e d an w e James-street, Buckin g h am - ga t e , was pl ace d a t the bar ,ithl4bleCin.g drunk, and Complainant stated that this morning, about half-past four o'clock, he was on duty in the Haymarket, when he was called to quell a disturbance which had taken place amongst the cabmen on the stand. He went to take their numbers, and while doing so the defendant came up and began to pull witness about. He told him to leave off, and not interfere with him hi his duty; but as he (defendant) still persisted in his conduct, witness took him into custody and conveyed him to the station. Complainant added that defendant was very much in liquor at the time. Defendant admitted being much excited with liquor, and that he might have pushed against complainant by accident. Mr. BINGHAM fined him 10s. for the assault. Mr. Frederick Jones, a barrister, residing at N0..',, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn, was charged with indecently exposing himself, and with assaulting Mr. John Groom, of No. 1, Long's-court, Leicester-square. Complainant said, about half-past eleven last night he and his wife were going home, and, jest as they entered the u,,urt, he saw the defendant standing in the et , ntrn thu court, with hia person exposed in a most indelicate manner, committing a nuisance. Witness went up to him and expostulated with him upon his conduct, and requested him to stand against the wall and allow his wife to pass. The defen dant, instead of so doing, turned sound and struck him in the face. Witness attempted to avoid the blow, when defendant struck him again. Witness, to protect him self, closed with defendant, and in the struggle they both fell down. He cried out " Police," and held defen dant till a constable came up, when ho gave him into custody. Police-constable 25 C said he heard the cry of " Po lice" proceed from Long's-court, and on proceeding to the spot he saw defendant in the act of throwing com plainant down. He went up and took him into custody. iThe defendant said complainant struck him first, and he retaliated in his own defence. He entered the court for a certain purpose, in consequence of its being secluded from the public thoroughfare. Ile had not the remotest idea at the time that it was occupied, as it evidently appeared to him to have been used for a length of time for the accommodation of the public. He had a witness in court who would prove that ho was not exposing himself as complainant had described. Mr. Charles James Field said, last night, about half past eleven o'clock, he was walking with defendant in Green street, Leicester-square. On arriving near Long's-court defendant left him and went down the court. He waited for him at the corner, and saw com plainant go up to defendant and strike him first. A more unjustifiable assault never occurred. Mr. 13immast told last witness that it was not the part of a witness to express .pinions of what had oc curred. He (witness) had only to relate to the Court what ho actually saw. Mr. Bingham then proceeded to cross-examine him, when he admitted that defendant was standing at least four feet from the wall. In reply to Mr. BINGHAM, the constable said defen dant and his friend were both very much in liquor at the time. This the complainant denied in tato. Mr. BINGHAM, after commenting at some length upon the eviden ce o f t h e case, sa id defen d ant ' s own witness had proved that he was acting in an indecent manner, and that the assault committed upon complainant was inexcusable. He should fine him 51. for the assault and 40s. for indecent conduct ; in default to be imprisoned for one month in the 'House of Correction. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) CIIARITY.—On the presiding magistrate, Mr. Bal lantine, taking his seat on the bench, he observed that he had received a letter, which bore the signature of " 1). IV - enclosing," containing the half of a 51. note, the other half of which the writer stated would be sent on the receipt of the first halt being acknowledged in The ASun newspaper. 1847. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS QUAI:7'ER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yester day were 2,500 bales. The market closed very heavily. American sorts were 4id. to 4p. per lb. There were 2,300, bales of American sold at 4d.. to 60. per- lb. Railway Shares were not so good, and prices were lower- At the sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., prices were steady. We subjoin a few of the quotations:— North British, Extension ..£0 13 0 Leicester &Bedford,Exchange Certificate 013 0 Eastern Counties, York ExCension.....—., 1 7 6 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e... 1 1 0 Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Ty ne 0 7 6 North Staffordshire East Indian, Reg Paris and Lyons London and South-Western, Thirds Great Western llO 0 0 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston...— 0 12 b Boulogne and Amiens ... 14 17 0 There are ,not (any recent arrivals announced in the City to-day. The state of the markets for produce, both colonial and foreign, appears to have show* a slight degree of improvement within the last day or two. It is, how ever, true that the public sales have not gone off well; but we understand that by private contract considerable quantities of goods have been cleated off for home con sumption. We have received from Mr. Richard Oastler some re marks upon the present state and future prospects of the railway share market, which appear to be apposite and interesting. This gentleman claims credit for having forewarned his friends of the probable effect of so many new schemes, but has at the same time the good sense not to attribute our monetary embarrassments to that cause. Adverting to the effect of so many schemes being simultaneously sanctioned, he states,— " Most disastrous results have now followed, but rail ways are still required, and they will hereafter be sub mitted to a new test. We have in Parliament many railway directors who are now smarting under the effects of the folly of the last Parliament ; we have al ready indications that contraction will be the ride this session. lam of opinion that the Legislature will offer every facility for the abandonment of inchoate schemes, and for the delay of such as are commenced, giving time for the nation to meet the expenses of their forma tion. I think also that the Government will see the absolute necessity of interfering by law in the regulations necessary to enforce an uni form: and honest method of railway book keeping, and statements of railway accounts ; and that they will prohibit the delusive system at present practised by some railway directors, of paying, without earning, what they call ' dividends,' which are, in truth, increased expenses. No persons in Parliament can have so strong an interest in promoting such measures as those Honourable Members who are railway directors. Judging, however, from their past conduct, and the statements of account for which they have vouched, it may be feared that they will cling yet longer to a system, which, while it now deceives no one, tends to diminish th e i r prope r i n fl uence. Nothing is more clear than the fact, that delusion begets distrust. I would advise my friends to watch the ope rations of Parliament, assuring them that every move ment in the directions I have indicated will tend , to restore confidence in railway property, and, conse quently, improve the marketable price of every good In the Funds to-day there has been some good business done. Consols for Account opened, at 86, and ad vanced to 861, and for Money the price was 85r. Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 4s. and at 7s. pre mium, and Bank Stock at 1881. The New Three-and• a- Quarter per Cents. have fluctuated from 851 to 851. In the Foreign Bonds the variations have been slight. Brazilian Bonds are at 78i ; Mexican at 17i ; Spanish Five per Cents. 171 1 ; and the Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents. at 55i The Railway S hare Market is very quiet. A sale of 100,000/. Consols has just been made for money. • ONR CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 188% 188 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 84 4 ) lh 84 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 85 , 4_ 3 / 4 % 85 -5 ,i New 3 per Cent. Anns 85 3 /4 a 4al 85A, Long Anna. to expire Jan.1860 India Bondi, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... • •• 20 dis South Sea Stock Consols for Account... B6 86%%% 86% Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,0001. 5001. ... Small ONE CLOSING HICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICER. Brazilian Bonds 76% 76% Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — . Ditto Deferred 3 IA% 3% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Do., 1838-40, div. frrn. May, '4l 13% Ditto, Passive Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent 34% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 551 4 1% 5.. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 841 84 PRICES OF rA , D. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES- Aberdeen and Eastern Junction 2% Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% - Belfast & County Down 10 ...... .... ....... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 1414......., Birming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley ......101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 7 3 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire 10/. 4s. — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares.... 3 3 4 — Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... ... . Chester and Holyhead... 37% — ........ ...... Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence ?8%..... Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO ..... Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. 3s E. and L. and D. ...... 25 ...... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 - ••• . ......... ..... .......... Do., 3/. 10s., E. &H. 1 Ditto B ...... Eastern Counties () 20 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... .-- Do., York Extension.. 10 ..... Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... Do., Quart ers Eastern Union , 5O .. ... ••• ....... .. Ditto, Quarter Sh ares 12% — ••• Ditto, Thirds ........13s. 4d Do., (guar. 6 percent) East Lancash ire Ditto, New - ... Ditto, New Quarters... 3 3 4 - ....... -- East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... -- Edinburgh & Northern.. 22 1 4 — Ditto, Now Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9% — ' Ditto ditto, New . .... 2 1 / Exeter,Y 'wit ... 37% 1634 49 1 ,4 2 1 !4 12% ..... 12% ~1 eovil,& Dorch. 2% Ditto, New . Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81.6a. 8d Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New 40 Do. Preference Censol. 12% — • Great Nortkeru lO% 4%% Do., London and York 2%... - .. Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of E ng l an d..100 Ditto, New 401. Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 151 6% 22% .. 22% (.Ireat Western Ditto, 14 Shares .. 50 Ditto, IA Shares ...... 15 Ditto, Fifths Ditto, - New 171 7 Huddersfield & Manches. 22 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares.... 25 Ditto, 1Q Shares..... 12 1 / 2 Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 / 2 l% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Oitto, Thirds lO Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto 1 / 4 Shares . Do. Quarter Shares 14% — Do. Fifths 8 Do. Sixteenths 64 - Do. Thirds (1Zeg.)....10/. ... 6 dis 5 dis. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto 1 4 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole Do. ( W. Riding Union) 41. 2s Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) 114 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedf3rd... 16s. ...... ••• Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37 1 . ••••••-• ti 1/ Do., Branch 1 ; 2 Shares 12 Do. New Branch( blue) 2 1 / 2 ..•••• Do. Extension (green) 2 1 / 2 ••• Do.NewExten. (p:nk) 2% Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 / 2 —•••••—•••• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport 2 Liverp., hinchstr& New castle Junction 21...... We read in a letter from Geneva of the 4th— " Our Government caused the victories of the army of the Diet and the fall of the Sonderbund to be celebrated to-dry by salvoes of artillery. A triumphal reception is to be given to General Dufour on his return to Geneva. Our fellow. citizen, Colonel Rilliet Constant, is desig nated as the perso❑ who is to fulfil the functions of Charge d'Affaires of the Confederation in France, in place of the late M. 'Tschann. There had already been some talk of nominating him to that place even when the late Charge d'Affaires was alive. Nothing seriously disquieting has occurred within the last few days at Neufchatel. The Radical populations of Chaux-de-Fonds and the Val de-Traver► had been hitherto restrained. Trees of liberty had been erected through bravado on the frontier of Berne, on the side of Neufchatel, but nothing fur the moment caused any apprehensions to be entertained of real acts of hostility on the part of the Diet. The Government of Neufchatel, moved by a sentiment of prudence, commanded by its position, had consented to paf into the Federal treasury its double contingent in money, and had renounced prosecuting about threescore of Radicals of the mountain, who, in contempt of its in terdiction, had gone to serve as volunteers at the attack on the canton of Friburg." In conformity with resolutions adopted in a popular meeting, held on Nov. 27, the provisional Govern ment of Lucerne passed a decree on the 30th, ex. cluding the Jesuits for ever from the canton. Another decree restores to their rights all citizens deprived of them, in consequence of the political prosecutions, from Dec. 8, 1844, to Nov. 23, 1847. It also quashes all the political prosecutions now pending. A letter from Leghorn, of the 30th ult., states that the British squadron in the Mediterranean, consist ing of two ships of the line, two frigates, and a steamer, arrived there on the 28th. The steamer left on the 2S>th. A letter from Genoa of the Ist inst.- skY4—. " The King, after having sojourned at Genoa for about a month, has fixed upon the 3d for'his departure. All classes of the people are filled with enthusiasm, not only for the reforms effected or promised, but for the personal qualities of Charles Albert. In a conversation with several eminent persons of the city, the sing, re ferring to the armaments of Austria, and their seem ingly intended augmentation in the spring, affirmed with satisfaction, that all our strong places were completely armed, and that our frontiers were safe. Ile said, if any conflict should ensue I have full confidence in the valour of our soldiers, in the peal of my subjects, in the energetic co-operation of Rome and Tuscany; for all the people of Italy will combine in one from the day in which it may become necessary for them to maintain their independence and repel foreign invasion. I must not forget to make you acquainted with the singular de termination come to by our youth, as it will give you an idea of the reaction which has taken place against the occult though real yoke which the Jesuits have hitherto fastened on the necks of our families. All our young men have bound themselves by an oath, not to marry any young woman who may have a Jesuit fur her confessor, or whose parents are known to hold any communications with them. I have this moment learnt that the King, wishing to avoid any popular ovation, has resolved to take his departure in the night. But this determination has become known in Genoa, and the whole population is prepared to make the more enthu siastic manifestation. Great preparations are being made at Turin to celebrate his Majesty's return to that city." A letter from Rome of the 26th ult., says that Rome is again in the fulness of joy in consequence of the election of Prince CORSINI to the office of Senator or President of the Municipality. Fears were entertained that a retrograde would have been chosen, but in conformity with the wishes of the POPE, Prince CORSINI, a man of great popularity and of the best - intentions has been elected. This nomination has spread general satisfaction throughout the whole city, which has been manifested by acclamations, by ovations to the muni cipality, and by spontaneous illuminations. A grand procession, which took its departure from the Piazza del Popoli, arrived at six o'clock at the Capitol, whence it proceeded to the palace of Prince CoaslNl, with torches, bands of music, and banners, bearing inscriptions, among which were—Public Instruction I —National Industry ! and Railroads! In the centre of the procession was carried the standard of Rome, represented by a she-wolf—surrounded by the names of all the chief towns of provinces in the States of the Church. On reaching the Capitol, which was brilliantly Illuminated, cries were uttered of—The Independence of Italy for ever! Long lire the municipal colansellors I Long Viva CORSINI I The Roman people for ever The Roman senate for ever I The names of CHARLES ALBERT,. PIES IX., and LEOPOLD 11. were also from time to time proclaimed, with loud applause. At length the Corsini Palace was reached, and the cries and songs were repeated with increased energy, and ceased only for an instant to allow the new Senator to address the people from his balcony, surrounded by flaming torches, offering his thanks with assurances of his sympathy in their sentiments. The municipality has also nominated the following personages to be the eight Conservators—viz., M. BIA.NCHINI, Prince BORqUESE, the Chevalier COLONNA, the Marquis DELLA FARINA, the Advocates ARMEL LINI, SCARAWJCCI, and ETURBINETTI." Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. In the discussion on the Address, on the 30th, General NARVAEZ defended himself and his Ministry from the attacks which had been made on both by Senor CORTINA during the two preceding days. In his reply, NARTAEZ maintained that, since the death of FERDINAND, no Ministry had ever been more in accordance with Parliamentary principles than the present, for it had duly convoked the Cortes, and possessed the majority therein. He denied that the circumstances under which the Cabinet was formed were unusual. The QUEEN, he said, sent for him from Paris to form a Cabinet, but he failed to do so, because the persons he named as his colleagues did not please her MAJESTY. The Goyena-Salamanca Ministry was then concocted. After it had been in power for :some tune, the QUEEN again sent for him, and again ordered him to form a Cabi net.. The hour at which this took place was not s n .) d u s g , ht he for ca t u o sed sign Ge t n h e e r a l unusually late. Having received her MAJESTY'S necessaryß°s DE decrees,O No c to onl ir and that done he formed his Admin istration. He denied being the chief of - t Pa r r ' r and professed his devotedness to his count: to the specific acts of illegality of which Y he was said to have been London and Blackwall..l6/. 13a. 4d. 4% ..... Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 13.6.4 d.... Do. Extension 17% London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 -- Do. Guarant. sper ct. 9 Do:Pref. - Con. 5 'per ct. 50 .. ;. London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d Ditto, Preference ... 18/1;s 2d... London and N. Western 100 ......154 155... 155 Do., Quarters L.& B. 17 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths ..., .... 9 Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 — Do. 40/. M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (W & B.) A. 7% — ... .. — Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% — Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. " 1 .—...—, — Lon d. & S.Western 411. 6s. 8d — - Do. New ConsoL Bth:, 40 ...... ... -- Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32%.. .. Do. New 401. 26 Do. Tenths (ConsoL) 50 •• ..... ..... ... -- Ditto ditto . - Ditto, Thirds 61. 135."4c1. —.• •111.••••• ..... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ....... 1%...... - ...." Londonderry &C , ,leraine+ 27 1 Londonderry and Ennis killen .. Manchsster,Burton,and Al kitlock ... 3 Manche:ger, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 ........ Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 . ....... . Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 • Ditto ditto . Ditto ditto Ditte Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7% Manchest. & Southampt. • 2 1 4 . Mildand lOO lO9 109% lO9 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 40/. Shares 13% Do. 50/. Shares lO 01M; Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent. 100 Brist. &Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle an d Carlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 Newmrket & Chesterford la% Do. Extension ... . ... —2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoiat, • i• 2. and Rostrevor 12% — ...... Norfolk lOO Do. New 20/. Do. Extension ... l6 Do: Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val 2 - Northern Counties Union 4 North British 25 Do. Half Shares 12% l2 Do. Quarters 4 34 . Do. Extension Thirds Nortt Staffordshire Cs.. •.i•::.... Nov ,n Wales North Western 6 ••••• ..... Oxford, Worcester, and W.olverhamptsit 85 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Ilitchin 1% . *.• . ... 28 Scottish Central Scottish Midland, - - ••••• • .... Ditto, New Sheffield, - Rotherham, and Goole .... Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester • ..... ( Nor. W. Min.) —. ..••• O . .• -...... ...... Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 ... .. Ditto New rShrewsbury and Herefd 2 ...... --- . _.. Shropshire Union sGuth Devon 4O ...... 23 ... ..... ..... • Do. Preference Swath Staffordshire 4 south Eastern & Dcvor. 33% — Do., No. 1 2O - Do., Nc. 2. - . • ... Do., No. 3.. ... 15 - . . ....... .... 5% Do., Ne. 4 South ...- Wales l5 zoutti Yorkshire, Den caster, and Uoole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 4 - 01. •••••,• •• Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock ..... . and Railway ..... ....,.. 17% Vale' of Neatb. ....• ... .. - 4 — __. Waterford and Kilkenny 13 Waterford ld Li; ck an meri 3j — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wieklw, and Dublin West Cornwall .... Whiteliayen & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Wester'..... ... 523....... W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth -. York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ......... .. 25 .. ... 34 3.34% ...... 33% Do. Original New and 14 81 Berwick SI Do. North Shields P ar. 25 80% -... A 1- •••• 35i Do. Extensioh No. 1. to L. do. No. 2 10 I)•3IG A N F.Preterr 8 ,• ence _ ...... m.... i 1111 .11 1 •111, Y. , ..La ,North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference lO D.,. Lam and West Rill =ing Este:Jim ...... I 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian... ..... 1 2 --85 : 4 • ............... Barb adoes 1 ...... -- ........ .. ..... Boulogne sad Angell - •••sed"""" • Central of k'rance (Or „:, leans and Vi e] zon) Central of Spain ..... ... 2 Ceylon 11..... ' ss. Demerara 6 .„... =lam ............... Dendre Valley ~... .. ............. Direct Bombay and Madras - ..... .•• •• • • Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... 1 !,,i - ..... - ........ Great Indian Peninsular -ss. Great Southern of Mzulras se. Great Western Bengal... 'SB. Great Western Canada... 314 Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ••• Jamaica S.Mid. Junction I Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 ... Luxembourg Ofib e r,/,...... 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 - Madras ... 1 Madras. Nellore, and . - -- Arcot li — ..... .. ...... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Namur aid Liege Northern of France Orleans and Berieaux - ••.•••••••••••• Over Yssel 4131 4d '. ~.. ••,•—•*7' ..... 1:111 *** *** "'''7.2% ............................. --......1271•14 Paris and Lyons ......... 10 ...... .5%...... ........ Paris and Orleans • ••• Paris and Rouen 20 - . ............. .-- Paris and: Strasbourg, $ - ............ -- Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...Si It ...... Strasbourg and Bala ... 14 - ............ ... Tr-- --- N .burs wed . antes 8 Tourney, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasse1t....,.. 16 Trinidad West Flanders ...... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia -40 London & Westminster . 26 ...... • .... ... Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock MINES. .. Anglo Mexicali lOO .... British Iron .0. Bolonos Scrip -- BrazilianCocaes&Cuiba 30 ..... Galvanized Iron Ditto,New Real Del Monti), Unreg — LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LUNPON, DEC. 9.—Wind S.S.W., fresh brew and cloudy. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 7.—lt blew a hurrioane last' tight at N. to N.W.. but is now more moderato. Tho T sll cred will discharge to repair. The Margaret: Aim Liverpool to Newtoundlaad, has put in herewith some damag,e,having shipped a heavy sea last night. Tho barque Felix, Liverpool to Newport, parted her mooring! and struck on the pier; has lost timber heads, and, is other wise damaged. A schooner has been telegrapher to be a total wreck near Cernais. BOSTON, DEC. 7.—lt is blowing a terrific gale at N.N.W. ABERDEEN, DEC. 6.—lt blows very heavily front the east. DUNDEE, DEC. 7.—lt blew a strong gale at Wind 'sit night, but is now more moderate. Du K tc r v u e s ss n e , l, D in E s c c . in the Creek, rode out the gale, a tt 6.—Theer; Road s, Roberts, and h e C D a u n n n ca i n n g , , s a l ll a l ber l OFF PETERHEAD, DEC. 6.—Friendship, Allan, Que bee, for Dundee, leaky. ABERDEEN, DEC. 6.--Wind E.S.E.—Acrd. Wilhed mina, M'Hardy, Quebec ; Lord Metcalfe, ditto. GALWAY, DEC. 7.—The Moses John, of Sunderland, from 3alats to Limerick, ,went on shore on Oran'Bey during the gale yesterday. MILFORD, DEC. 7.—The Lady Eleanor, Mills,.from Liverpool to Galway, drove on shore last night, under the old dock-yard, but has not received any damage. FISHGUARD, DEC. 7.—lt is blowing a gale here. The Leven, Sweet, from Dublin to Llanelly, parted with her anchors this morning and came on shore. The Jame!, Smith, of Glasgow, is riding very heavily in the b 6 l , but no boat can go out to her. LEITH, DEC. 7.—The barometer fell yesterday to 25 1 and about six P.st , it began to blow from "N.N.E.I and increased till after midnight, when the gale and sea be came tremendous. Several vessels drove in the roadie and the George, Simpson, from St. John's, New Bruns wick, in being towed in here after the gale with loss of rudder, was driven on shore on the wear ; but should the weather continue moderate, she may be got off without damage. Several sloops are ashore at Granton, and about forty fishing boats lost at Newhaven. Mini vessels are ashore in the Firth, and it is reported that many wrecks have occurred along the watt, and at St . Abb's Head. 22 1 4 17 1 4 158 3% 35/4 41 1 16 23% 8 1% 55 8 1 4 WM. 34% ~a~L 24 14% - 1 7% 75i