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Now Ready at all the Libraries, in 3 y015. , E US T A C or, THE STAGE OF LIFE. ; A NOVEL. By T. J. SERGE, Esq. " The best written romance of modern life we have met with for a long time."—Britannia. " This work is one possessed of many sterling qu ilities which entitle it to be placed among the very best of the =vela which have issued this season from the press. It is stirring, exciting, and Hill of beident and originality." Sunday Times. Scary Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • WITH FOITIt ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. TEM J.LNIT..LRY NITI/BER, price Half-a-Crown, of BEIITLEY'S MISCELLANY WILL CONTAIN 1. The Government Plan for the Defence of the Country. Com municated by J. A. St. John. 2. The Country Towns and Inns of France—lnns and Cafes of Lyons—Shows of Lyons—Limoges, &c. By .J. Marvel. 3. The Lucky Grocer, By Abraham Elder. With an Illustration by Leech. 4. The Six Decisive Battles of the World. No. I. Marathon. By Professor CreaeY• 3. Viscount Hardinge and our Recent Victories in India. With a Portrait of Lord Hardinge from a Picture by Ross. 6. search after Truth. By Alfred Crowquill. 7. Para : Adveatnree on the Amazon. By J. E. Warren. 8. Career of the Hero of Acre. With a Portrait of Sir Sidney 9. Captain Spike. By J. Fenimore Cooper. 10. Address to the New Year. 11. Fetes at Madrid en the Mentpensier Marriage. From the French of Dumas. 12. Visit to Rajah Brooke at Sarawak. By Captain stcQuhae, of the Daedalus. With a View of his Highness' Bungalow. 13. An Old Man's Recollections of the Pastoral Cantons of Swit zerland. did by Mrs. Percy Sinnett. 14. "Visit to the Haunt of a Poetess. By the Author of " Pad- Mani." 15. Ramllles along the Kentish Reads. By Henry Curling. The December Nuraber of the Miscellany contains a Memoir of the Rajah Brooke, wi h extracts from his Private Journals, given exclusively to this publication. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Valet the Management et Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SPRING AND AUTUMN. pPAfter which, the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Charaoters by Messrs. Webster, Rowe, Wigan, H. Tanden hoff; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled THE WORLII UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the Brazen Waters. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren ; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, 55. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to eanamence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THE OCEAN ; for, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, t;lennaire, Cullenferd, mid Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be tollowed by a 112 W Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE okay. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. Mnnyard ; Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; I.izzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIEREOT, the Married Man; and POLICHINELLO, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, 45.; Pit, is. Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrls. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TRA GEDY QUEEN. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. Damara. Dress Boxes, 53. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. — Ne half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. B o radwell of the Colosseum. - PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland• place. Madame ANNA TIIILLON. THIS EVENING A new Comic Opera, entitled iniiI,6IBASSADRESS. Duke de Valberg, Mr. Bold.). ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fortunatus, Mr. Lef ler; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss Pillars; Madame Barneck, Mrs. Selby ; Charlotte, Miss Anne Homer ; Henriette, Madame Anna Thillon. After which, tho popular Farce of FIG:IT'S° BY PROXY. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Cowell, Conway, J. Vining, tie ; Mrs. ielby, and Miss Somers. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime. entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, As.: Boxes, 45.; I'it, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. PRiiNCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. ON MONDAY EVENING. Will be performed LA PENSIONNA.IItE 3fARIE, After which, ECHEC ET MAT. To conclude with LA PREMIERE RIDE. 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 Boa-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to I. Boxes, Gs.; rit, 3s. Gd.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. Tlll3 EVENING, THE DAUGIITEIIOF THE itEGIMENT. Characters by Messrs. H. Phillips, King, Horncastle, Rafter, Att. wood. .WMalion, and Miss Poole. To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOB and SHUTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin - Trap, Bat, and Sall. A di.tiact entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had sightly of all the BrilaCipal Librarians ; and at the Box-stlize of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, Gd. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented an original Drama, entitled The CARPENTERS OF LAMBETH, in which Miss ♦incent, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. For man wi 1 appear. Alter which, MR JACKE r OF BLUE. To conclude with the grand scholastic and instructive Pantomime, entitled TIE WORLD OF WONDERS; or, Harlequin Caxton and the Origin of Printing, with wonderful scenery awl decorative ap pointments. Clown, Mr. Paul Herring ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Harlequin, Di. Lupino ; sprite, Signor Main° ; Columbine, bindle. Zhella. Boxes, ts. ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 4tl. No Half-price to any part of the house. Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, iToprietor and Manager, lir. William Ratty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. TIIIS EVENING, The Grand Spectacle or THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Seems In the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the .-.stablishment, in the various modes of equestration. To cenblude with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN DOCTOR SYNTAX AND HIS DAPPER GREY HARE, in which those popular artistes Herr Denlin, Mdlle. Theo dore, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Bradbury, as Harlequin, Columbine, Clown, and Pantaloon, which will exceed in splendour and effect all former prodactious at the Amphitheatre, Box-ofilce open Bona 11 till 5 Actin; and :itage Manager, Mr. W West. 11. E WEATHEIL—Srx OFITICE, Dsc. 30. nitznmoimEn, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 35 ; Noon, 36. BAROMETER, 29 81.—WIND S.S.W.; rain. fil:411 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS D.Y. 3terniez.. 37 minutes after 7. 1 Evening .. 65 Eninntcs titer 7. Otoening LONDON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1847. Another session has opened on the Guizot Admi nistration, and never, we may safely aver, has that Administration appeared before the representative Legislature in a position so peculiarly perilous. The Speech delivered by his Majesty the KING of the Funnel( on Tuesday afternoon is expressive in every syllable of the uncertainty with which Louis PHIL LIPPE is himself agitated by the state of political parties in his dominions. Language could not be more obscure ; allusions more indefinite ; inuendoes more vague ; anticipations more shadowy ; rhetorical flourishes more idle and profitless. Every sentence shows that the SOVEREIGN was conscious of the delicacy of the various questions to which he was compelled to make more immediate reference. Even with the guarantee which is at last afforded for the remission or reduction of the salt duties, there is associated the recollection of the eontinual obstructions hitherto raise , l against this concession to the wants of the community by a nig gardly and avaricious system of commercial policy. And in the promised diminution of the amount of ' postage demanded upon letters there is manifest only the intention of a partial improvement, instead of such a comprehensive innovation as the one effected in our own country by the intelligent suggestions of Row- LAND lime. Other measures are enumerated by the MONARCH with a sort of grandiloquent distinct flees, which would almost induce one to imagine that le anticipates from their operation the full develop ment of the " morality and welfare " of his people ! These measures being none other than bills upon commercial property, upon the mortgage system, upon savings-banks, and upon pawnbroking. As if the morality of his ki ngd om could be insured by the triple-balls of the M ow de Pieti As if the evil deeds of an unprincipled Cabinet were to be made palateable by affording a tittle more security to a mortgagor, or by increasing, b y a few centimes, the casual profits of a mortgagee I .A. 5 if, ind ee d, , the ill repute acquired by his Governm e n t were to be swallowed cum grano sails! Yet , it is to these dribblets of political reform and , social improvements that Louis Panarrs appends the magniloquent declaration—" It is my constant wish that my Government should labour, with your co-operation, in developing, at the same time, the morality and welfare of the people !" There is something as ludicrously inappropriate in the context of the paragraph as though Mr. BARNUM were to narrate in sesquipedulia verba the life and adventures of General Tore THUMB. It is the antithesis of bathos—the sudden expansion of the petty to the sublime, instead of the abrupt contrac tion of the sublime to the petty. It forms a worthy compendium, however, to the- recent acts of a policy wisich would appear to draw its inspiration from the political creed of MACCHIAVELLI, or from the subtle and insidious promptings of AlErins- TOPHILES. If his MAJESTY evinced this eagerness of expres sion when alluding to the internal administration of France, it might be conjectured how exquisitely in definite would be his observations upon the various circumstances of its relations with foreign states. Indefinite I It is a verbal obscurity, like " darkness visible." It betrays a caution so consummate and peculiar that several of the most important movements on the European continent are not noticed even by a covert allusion. Of Belgium—just agitated by the throes of popular ambition—there is said nothing. Of Italy—awakened from the Circean sleep of slavery, and reviving the liberties and genius of its historic adolescence — nothing. Of Portugal—again dwindling from a constitutional monarchy into a mere estate of COSTA and JOSE DR CADRAL—nothing. Of Spain—placed in new perils as to its independence, its mercantile stability, its provincial quietude, and its very na tionality—nothing. In the reference which is made to the affairs of Switzerland there is, if possible, a still greater amount of circumspection than in any other portion of this most enigmatical address from the Throne. Hitherto the dream was that GUIZOT and MErrEarircu were actuated by congenial sentiments regarding the claims of the Sonderbund. Now that the Royal Master of the Tuileries has pro nounced his anxiety to co operate with England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, in respecting the rights of all, and maintaining the basis of the Helvetic Con federation, it remains more than ever problematical in which direction the sympathies of his advisers are carried. Again, after congratulating the more speculative classes upon the removal of the mer cantile obstructions which have been so long tolera ted on the Rio de la Plata, and which removal will, in all likelihood, be accomplished before long by the energetic combination of France and Great Britain, the KING makes direct mention of his province in Algeria. He anticipates that now that his beloved son has succeeded " the illustrious leader who has so long and gloriously commanded in Algeria," a great epoch will commence in those African territories. Remembering the glory (Eheu LAMORICIERE !) of the days of the Duc D'lsLr, his MAJESTY looks forward in like manner to the glory (pray GOD it be not of a like character !) of the days of the Duc n'AumALE. "I flatter myself," says the Royal Orator, " that under the direction of my Govern ment, and thanks to the laborious courage of the generous army that surrounds him, his vigilance and devotedness will secure the tranquillity, the good administration, and prosperity of our establishment." Such are the delusive aspirations, such is the inimi table caution, such are the feebly articulated senti ments of the KING of the FRENCH, on the re-assem bling of the Peers and Deputies, to decide the destiny of M. GUIZOT and his colleagues. A letter has appeared in a morning Contemporary containing a most satisfactory account of the pro ceedings of the Practical Instructors in Husbandry, who have been deputed to visit certain districts in Ireland, and to point out to the occupiers the serious losses they are sustaining from the negligent and injudicious mode of cultivation which they have been in the habit of adopting on their respective holdings. It is well known that the soil in Ireland is of a far better average quality than the English. It is, un fortunately, too notori.ais that there is a far greater supply of agricultural labour in that country, and that that labour can be obtained at a much cheaper rate —in fact, less than one-half of what must be paid here; and yet, notwithstanding these great advantages to the farmer, the produce is fully sixty per cent. less than we obtain from an equal quantity of land. Many different reasons have been assigned for this untoward result, and there have, doubtless, been many causes which have more or less contributed thereto; but one of the most glaring had been lost sight of until the public attention was directed thereto, and a remedy suggested, by the distinguished nobleman who now so worthily occupies the vice regal throne in the sister kingdom. It became ap parent to that sagacious statesman that a great deal of the evil might fairly be ascribed to the ignorance that prevailed amongst the small farmers as to the most ordinary processes of agriculture, that steps absolutely essential to the production of an abundant and remunerative crop were neglected, merely be cause the people were not aware of their paramount importance. It became then extremely desirable to convey instruction to their very thresholds, to provide them with information that they would be willing to act on, to sent amongst them intelligent and well-informed men, who would visit their cottages, point out their errors, and advise them as to the judicious management of their holdings. The experiment was well worthy a trial. If it succeeded, great advantages might be attained, and an increase of the working staff world speedily diffuse practical knowledge throughout every locality ; but if, contrary to expectation, it proved a failure, and that the small farmers and cottiers re. fused to avail themselves of the benefits freely offered for their acceptance, there could at least be no evil result. The necessary expenditure would be very trifling, and could be readily provided by private subscriptions. In accordance wish this view, Lord CLARET DON about two months since, wrote to the Duke of LEIN STER, as President of the Royal Agricultural Society, suggesting the employment of such persons, and offering a donation of 501. from his private purse, in furtherance thereof. The appeal was promptly re sponded to, and within a very few days the required sum was made up by a few patriotic individuals, the project was put into execution, and, for the first time, practical instruction was tried as a remedy for some of the social evils of Ireland. Ten persons were sent out to travel among the peasantry, to stimulate them to activity, and to teach them how their exertions might be most profitably applied at the present period. An additional advantage was also derived from their mission, for weekly reports that might ba depended on were obtained, setting forth the present state of affairs in the several districts, and the prospects of the coining year. Many were at first disposed to sneer at the plain and simple character of the undertaking. They would not be persuaded that any great advantages could be derived from such an ordinary pro ceeding. They desired that miracles should be performed ; that millions should be la vishly expended, and that national pros perity should be immediately arrived at, by some magical process. The farmers, however, who were aware of their own deficiencies, received their visitors with open arms, eagerly listened to the advice they offered, and strove, by every means in their power, to carry their suggestions into effect. They pointed out to the farmers the advantage of dig ging and turning up the land, so as to expose it to the effect of the frost during the winter; for, strange to say, in many localities the importance of this process was not known, and the land was left untouched until the arrival of spring. On their re turn to the scene of their labours they found the laud was turned up, and that the occupiers, although in many instances obliged to submit to very serious privations, readily employed themselves in the manner which they were told would, _on a future occasion, return them the rewards due to their industry. The co-operation and assistance which, we rejoice to say, was everywhere afforded by the Roman Catholic clergymen mainly contributed to this happy result, and furnishes a fa vourable augury of what may be hoped for from an extension of the system, and its introduction on an enlarged scale into every part of the country. In compliance with the request of the Executive Council of Berne, the Swiss Diet, in its sitting of the 24th, resolved that the Bernese contingent should not undergo federal inspection in 1848, as a mark of re spect for the eminent services rendered by Berne in the recent campaign. After a debate, a delay of five years was allowed to Unterwalden for the payment of its portion o f t h e expenses of the war. On a propo sition for terminating the military occupation of that canton, the Diet resolved that the Directory should, with respect thereto, make what use it may think right of the powers which have been conferred on it. The monks of St. Bernard have, in consequence of the defeat of the Sonderbund, retired into the Sar dinian territory. The Augsburg Gazette of the 24th instant con tains the following letter, dated Berlin, the 18th: " Seven of the Poles, capitally c( nvicted, who had appealed to the mercy of the King, have obtained the commutation of their penalty to imprisonment for life. It is, however, probable, that in a few years they will be amnestied. Mieroalawaki alone refused to address a similar request to his Majesty, but his advocate had taken on himself to invoke the Royal clemency in his favour. The situation of the accused, who after being acquitted were claimed by Russia, excites general sympathy. The police arrested them immediately on their leaving the prison. In order to escape their wretched fate, they have entered an appeal against the sentence, and demanded that the Court should pronounce their entire liberation. The President (M. Koch) ordered them to be conveyed back to prison, where they will wait the result of the decision of the tribunal on their appeal." The Patria of Florence states that the Pore seems inclined to sanction the resolution of the Consulta, that its debates should be public. His Holiness held, on the 17th, a secret consistory, at which twenty Spatish archbishops and bishops were nominated. This is the first time since the death of FERDINAND VII. that his Holiness has performed this ceremony. His Holiness opened the consistory with a discourse relative to the state of the Church in Spain, Russia, and Switzerland. With regard to Spain and Russia, he expressed feelings of joy at the favourable turn religious affairs had taken, but he spoke with deep regret at the defeat of the Catholic union in Swit zerland. The sentiments expressed by the Pdre in this discourse appear to have created considerable uneasiness among the Liberal party in Rome, who imagine that his Holiness is no longer so ardent an admirer of reform as he was supposed to be a few months ago. The process against the leaders of the demonstra tion, which took place in Rome some time ago, in favour of the Swiss Diet, was about to commence. One of the persons compromised in this affair is the son of the celebrated CICERONACCHIO. It certainly does seem somewhat remarkable that the Pork should thus take part in Switzerland with those who in Italy have been his bitterest enemies. Has his Holiness found Jesuit intrigue and Austrian domination such blessings to his own country, that he would fain impart them to Switzerland also ? or does he seek to overthrow temporal tyranny merely to establish sacerdotal domination in its place ? Surely the Liberals of Europe have not been labouring all this time under a delusion, and mistaken a mere Ghibbeline for a patriot! The Journal de Constantinople of the Bth says that VELENTZAI3, PAPACOSTAS, BALATEO, DMITRI DAIG ♦DJIM, and YAM CONDOTAM, who, as is well known, held high ranks in the Hellenic army, and were in insurrection against the Tzavellas :Ministry, have left the Greek territory with 163 of their partisans, and have presented themselve before the local autho rities of Larissa, from whom they demanded per mission to serve in the Ottoman army, declaring themselves desirous of becoming subjects of the Porte. The Governor-General of Thessaly, residing at Larissa, M tnll3 MEHEMET PACHA, has confined himself to receiving the deserters with kindness, granting them hospitality till the Imperial Govern ment shall have determined what reply their demand should meet with. Madrid papers of the 22d have arrived. The Gageta publishes a decree appointing General lios DE OLANO Captain-General of the Spanish pos sessions on the Mediterranean coast of Africa. The Governor of Ceuta, General ANTONIO ONDONNEZ, is made Deputy Captain-General, and the government of Melilla is conferred on General IGNACIO CLIACON. It was reported in Madrid that the Minister of Finance, Senor ORLANDO, had resigned, and that his portfolio had been confided ad interim to Senor BELTRAM Ds LIS, the Minister of Marine. MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 22.—The Three per Cents. were done at 28 1-16th, at fifty days ; the Five per Cents., at 16, at forty-nine days; the Debt without interest, at 5, for paper; and the Coupons at 101, at forty-nine days. We hare received the French papers of Tuesday. The King's Speech, of course, is the great subject of comment. There was a ,slight fall in the funds when the contents of the Speech became known on the Bourse, occasioned by the more than usual vagueness of the announcements made by the KINCI. The passage alluding to the proposed measure of postal reform was received with marks of approba tion, and that relating to Switzerland with profound silence. The paragraph announcing the appointment of the Due D'AUMALE to Algeria was received with loud cheers, as was the concluding paragraph of the Speech. The Ministerial evening journal, the Moniteur Parisien, thus comments on the paragraph in the Speech relating to Switzerland— " The paragraph relative to Switzerland sets forth and maintains the true principles of that important question. Those principles are those which the France of July and her Government have invariably proclaimed and asserted in Europe every time any serious difficulties presented themselves. It is not only through respect for the maintenance of treaties, it is also for the preservation of order in Switzerland, that France, in accord with the other great European Powers, offered to the Helvetic Confederation her friendly mediation. If France condemns and deplores events solely calculated to produce fatal, or, at least, sterile agitations, she will, on the other hand, be ever ready to promote with her good wishes and her moral support, ameliorations tending to increase the empire and blessings of civilization, when effected in an orderly manner, and by the combined efforts of nations and their Governments." The Conservateztr has the following on the changes which will probably take place in Italy consequent on the death of MARIA Louisa : " The death of the Archduchess Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma, will have, according to all pro bability, important consequences for the affairs of Italy, although that Princess had personally no po litical importance. We explained in one of our recent aumbers the strategic value of the position of Pontremoli; it is the key of the passage between the states of the King of Sardinia and those of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. In 1815 Austria employed all its efforts to have the possession of Pontremoli awarded to it. The Congress of Vienna refused that; it would not consent that Austria, already so powerful in Italy, should, by establishing herself in a military manner in that position, keep in perpetual check the kingdom of Sardinia and the grand duchy of Tuscany, and thereby, in fact, reduce both of them to the state of simple vassals. The Congress even refused to award Pontremoli to the duchy of Modena, or to that of Lucca, from the fact that Austria had a right of re version o f those two duchies. In virtue of the decision of the Congress, Pontremoli and its territory were there fore awarded to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, although geographically separated from the states of that Prince, and surrounded by those of the duchy of Lucca. We have already had occasion to make known how, in virtue of subsequent arrangements between Austria, Tuscany, Lucca, and Modena, Pontremoli was to be incorporated in the latter duchy, when Lucca sheuld pass to Tuscany, and how the Duke of Modena hastened to demand this incorpora tion when recently the Duke of Lucca ceded his prin cipality to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Our readers know the extreme repugnance which was manifested by the inhabitants of Pontremoli at the idea of be coming the subjects of the Duke of Modena. All Italy echoed their protests. One might have feared at one moment that the people, hastening from the neighbouring states, to preserve them from the lot which threatened them, a war would break out on that almost imperceptible point of the Peninsula, which war would have soon extended to all its surface. It is that which causes the destiny of that little district to have now so much importance, and it is that which makes the death of the Duchess of Parma a matter of general interest for Italy. Accord ing to the opinion of the King of Sardinia, who was chosen as arbitrator in the difference relative to Pontremoli, which arose between Tuscany and Modena, the possession of Pontremoli ought to be awarded to the Prince who is called to the heritage of the Duchess of Parma, that is to the Duke of Lucca. The Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Duke of Modena have already adhered to the proposition of the King of Sardinia; it only remains to obtain the adhesion of the Duke of Lucca and of Austria. The Duke of Lucca cannot make any difficulties, since he gains by the arrangement. Austria, it is true, may desire to oppose both, in the hope of one day possess ing Pontremoli, if it should remain awarded to the duchy of Modena, on account of the right of rever sion which it has to that duchy. But it is permitted to us to hope that its spirit of wisdom will induce it not to sacrifice to this distant and uncertain hope a combination which must contribute to assure the tranquillity of Italy. The influence of Austria will still remain sufficiently great in Italy—greater than even the Congress of Vienna desired. As to the in habitants of Pontremoli, they will no doubt regret to exchange the domination of the Grand Duke of Tus cany for that of the Duke of Lucca, or, to speak more correctly, of the Duke of Parma ; but they will have some consolation in thinking that they escape that of the Duke of Modena." The Paris Chamber of Commerce met on Monday, and the Prefect of the Seine made to them his annual report of the administration of the affairs of the city of Paris during the year 1847. 9,000,000 f. had been expended by the city during the 11 months the municipal council found it necessary to vote funds for the distribution of bread tickets. The number of the latter amounted to 33,000,000, and no less than 464,000 persons were relieved. Another million has been granted to different charitable institutions. In addition to those supplies, considerable sums had been employed to procure labour for the working classes. Thus 1,600,000 f. were laid out in constructing the hospital of Louis Philippe; 400,0001. in repairing and extending the hospitals.. of La Pitie, St. Antoine, La Charitie, Necker, &c. ; 700,0001. in building new schools; 1,800,0001. in repairing edifices belonging to the city of Paris, churches, markets, barracks colleges, &c.; 6,000,000 f. for the improvement of the streets and the opening of new ones, &c. On the Ist of December the tolls levied at the gates had produced 34,300,000 f., or 1,200,0001. less than in 1846, partly owing to a reduction in the tax on meat. The savings banks were seriously affected by the crisis. During the first eleven months of 1847 the lodgments were only 29,600,0001., whilst they had amounted during the corresponding period of 1846 to 34,200,0001. The withdrawals, moreover, exceeding those of 1846 by 3,000,000 f. The exports of the city of Paris declared at the Custom-house not only maintained themselves, but even presented an increase of 4,000,000 f. Down to the Ist of December last the ordinary exports amounted to 82,709,9291., and those with premiums to 72,442,693, forming together 155,000,000 f. The sum total for the entire year will be about 174,000,000 f. Previous to 1830 the exports never exceeded 80,000,0001., and in 1831 they had fallen to 60,000,000 f. Notwithstanding that prosperity of the Parisian trade, the failures had augmented in a con siderable proportion, owing in a great measure to the sudden variations in the prices of the public stocks and shares. On the Ist of December their number was 1,204, or 358 more than in 1846. The new daily postal communication between Lon don and Paris is to commence simultaneously to morrow, as well through Boulogne as through Calais and Dover. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourn on Tuesday at 75f. 40c. ; New Loan, 76f. 60c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 r. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,214 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 908 f. 75c.; Havre, 4551. ; Great Northern, 551 E 25c.; Avignon, 575 f.; Vierzon, 552 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 490 E; Dieppe, 265 f.; Basle, 162 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 412 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 335 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 401 f. 26c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 31 ; ditto Do mestic Debt, 26k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dm. 29. Central of France (Orleans and Yierzon), 15%—Northern of France, 12—Paris and Lyons, 6 lA. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE W. B. AND C. G. BRODIE. This was a meeting for proof of debts, and last examination of these bankrupts, who had carried on business as bankers at the Salisbury Bank. A great number of prolifs were admitted, but were chiefly on notes of the bank. Mr. PAIN, on the part of the assignees, objected to a proof tendered on behalf of Mr. Bouverie, on a joint bond given by one of the bankrupts and a third party, and it was contended that as the other obligor was solvent, he must be called on, and compelled to pay before any proof could be admitted against this estate. On the part of Mr. Bouverie, it was urged that the money was paid to Mr. Brodie, who paid intereg on it. His HoNoun held that the bond was a joint bond, and, therefore, that the proof could not be admitted whilst there was a solvent obligor. The accounts not having been yet filed an appli cation WAS made for an adjournment of the last exa mination, which was granted. Since the issuing of the fiat several Crown extents have been put in on the property, but which have been paid out. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The cases this morning were of no interest, being chiefly of bills of Exchange, the principal cases having been withdrawn. k. 46,,,,,,,Y•e:' 1 - ..,i \ ' . V--‘,...• * ' jkfiftV • 'C '4 4, ( 4 4 , '''' • ..i,‘ Mss3 74 c - ••• 4`4k OW , ~; ... • 4 AVllllpliblii ~&`4••*, ' ..-, t• 4- -444414. .4'i.' ' ,-. '" t - 4N,4 ,,, , t .4 - Altt'''''''''',4,4i..l•4 J.M3O;;,' Wl 4lO 4(1 , - : - . - 4: 4 - Z, ,,, :t :. ''',! ''' 44 ~,t ) 44•'' . 1,?'" ' i'' ' K BOW-STR E ET.-(THIS DAY.) Abraham Stewart, lately in the service of ➢Tr. Daggan, a contractor, was charged with stealing a load of bricks. It appeared that on Monday week the prisoner was employed to cart a load of bricks from a barge lying at Hungerford to a house in Newport-street. It was shown that up to half-past eight o clock that morning he had not delivered them, and that at a quarter-past eight he had already returned to the wharf with the empty cart. Up to the time the prisoner was taken into custody he insisted that he had delivered the bricks. He was committed for trial. MARLBRO'-STREET_(THIS DAY.) Robert Watson, a licensed victualler, residing at No. 90, Berwick-street, Soho, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with assaulting his wife, Harriet Watson. The complainant, whose face was dreadfully bruised, said on the preceding night, about nine o'clock, she was standing in the bar, when defendant, without the least provocation, struck her a tremendous blow in her face. She called out, and he struck her again, and blackened her eyes. Her mother, who was in the bar parlour, hearing her cries, came to her aid, and the defendant was given into custody. The defendant admitted the assault, and said he was very much aggravated by complainant and her mother. Mr. BINGnArd said the prisoner had been guilty of an unmanly and cowardly assault upon a defenceless woman. lie should fine him 51. for the assault, and ordered him to find two sureties to keep the peace towards his wife for the next three months. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Andrew Manquin was charged with cutting and wounding Mary Manquin, his wife, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The prosecutrix refused to press the charge against the prisoner, but Mr. Ballantine said these murderous assaults had latterly become of such frequent recur rence that he was determined such ruffians should no longer escape because their unfortunate victims would not press the charge against them; and accordingly Police-constable H 51, having been sworn, deposed that last night his attention was attracted to 18, Wills-place, Gower's-walk, Whitechapel, by hearing loud screams of murder and police. Some women, too, came running out of the house, and said a man was killing his wife. On entering the house and proceeding up-stairs, he found the prosecutrix lying on the floor, and her face was completely covered with blood. She said her husband had done it all with the leg of a table, and she wished him to be taken into custody, which was done, and she herself was conveyed to the London Hospital. The constable concluded his evidence by handing the magistrate a certificate from the house surgeon of the hospital, which stated that the woman's face was very much lacerated. On their way to the station-house the prisoner broke away, and again struck his wife. Mr. BALLANTINE said he was determined, if pos sible, to put an end to the disgraceful assaults of men on their wives. lie should order the prisoner to find two good and substantial sureties to keep the peace towards his wife. Not being provided with the requisite bail he was locked up., THE CHOLERA.--A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 14th instant states that the cholera had not yet sub sided at Moscow. Between the 29th of November and the 6th of December there occurred in that city 231 cases, and 112 deaths ; in all, since the appearance of the scourge, 2,795 cases, and 1,419 deaths. The epi demy, however, appears - to be stationary, and to have lost much of its intensity. Thus, in the government of Twer it was confined to the district of Torschok ; it completely ceased at Kazan on the 23d, and at Simbirsk on the 24th of November. In the Government of Oremburg it still prevailed in the localities where it originally manifested itself. In the districts of the Go vernments of Mohilew, Tschernigow, Kiew, and Poi taws, which are watered by the Dnieper, the cholera presented a more epidemical character. MATRIMONIAL DIFFERENCES:A yacht has arrived at Portsmouth within the last few days, the owner of which is married to the daughter of a Noble Lord of much celebrity in the naval service. He has been in the Mediterranean some considerable time, and has now re turned minus his lady, who absented herself, unknown to the husband, at the last port the yacht touched at. The father of the gentleman was many years Member for a county in the south-west of England, but is lately deceased, and the marriage was contracted contrary to the wishes of the parents. BOLTON.—TRE INTENDED TURN-OuT.—We are very glad to state that the general turn-out, which was expected to take place to-day, in consequence of a re duction of wages, has been avoided by the hands agree ing to take 10 per cent. less than they have hitherto re ceived. The mills, therefore, are all at work.—Man chester Guardian, A • MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S . CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREE The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed with a considerable degree of firmness. Sales, 5,000 bales, of which 4,000 were American, at 4id. to 6d. per lb. The qualities of American, under 4id. per lb., have advanced id. per lb. since Friday last, and those at about 41d. have risen id. per lb. In other sorts there was no alteration. Railway shares improved again, and a fair businees was doing. The Britannia steamer from New York has not yet arrived, but we have accounts two days later by a line of packet ship. The prospects of the Cotton crop wtre still satisfactory. One party writes:— " The fine weather that we have experienced for the last two months still continues, and up to this date, we have had no important frost in the Gulf regions. The unusually late period of the latter, unexpected as it has been from the collateral circumstances of the season, and the fine opportunity that planters have enjoyed for saving the crop, must exercise some influence upon the final field. This will not be, however, to the extent that is generally imagined. Public impression is very apt w hen it takes a particular direction to run into ex tremes, and now looks only to a long spell of fine wea ther, overlooking the disasters of the past. In making estimates of the crop, however, both should be taken into the account, and at least a proximate value given to the real effects of each, It is not to be forgotten that up to the let of October, there was but little cotton saved, particularly in the regions east of the Mississippi river, and that the month of October has been the only period in which picking could go on with any degree of success. The indications, however, would now seem to warrant an estimate higher than that I have previously made, and under the state of things that now exists, it is not improbable that the crop may exceed my previous views to the extent of 100,000 or 150,000 bales. Should such prove to be the result, it will have been occasioned entirely by the prevalence of an unexpected season of fine weather, and an exemption from frost that has had no precedent. The crop will now be entirely gathered, and on many plantations pick ing has entirely ceased, and if the injury had not been so serious during the most important period of its growth, it would have proved equal to the largest that the country has ever produced ; but experience has de monstrated that it has proved impracticable to recover the damage it sustained at the period." Concerning the Money Market, we are told, that cash had been loaned at a rate of interest equal to 20 per cent. per annum for short periods, and the banks were drawing in the sums due, owing to the exports of specie. The New York Herald states that—. " Stock speculators are patiently waiting the deve lopments of the approaching week. It will be fraught with big events, and give a complexion to financial and commercial affairs for some time to come. Within the next week we shall have the steamer's newr, with fifteen days' later intelligence from all parts of Europe; the meeting of Congress, the President's Message, the re ports of the various departments, the most important of which will be that from the Treasury department. The President's Message will cover the whole ground relative to the affairs of the country—to the war, to the pros pects and probabilities of a peace, &c.; but the reports of the secretaries will give the details." There is very little news out of doors, and the Stock Market is flatter, owing to the decline at Paris. Con sols have fluctuated from 851 to 851 I, and are now again 851 with a moderate business doing. Exche quer-bills have been 9s. to 12s. premium, and India Bonds, under 1,0001., are at par. Bank Stock has re alised 186 to 187*. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents, have been 861 to 861 ; and the Three per Cants. 8•1 i to 84. The Foreign Securities have been dull again. Mexi can have receded to 18 and 17i ; Spanish Five per Cents. are 18, and the Three per Cents. 30. Brazil stock has been at 804 ; Dutch Two-and-a• Half per 55i to 551. Railway shares are flatter, and there is a slight de cline in the quotations of most of the English and foreign lines. ONE CLOSING ritIOES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock .. 186 187 1 187 1 ,E 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 85 84% 85 1 85 1 New 34 per Cent. Anns B6 Ai % 86% Long Anns. to expire Jan.lß6o Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... -16 8 7-16 India Bonds, 1,0004 — Ditto under:l,ooo/. .. par par Consols for Account 854%14 854 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/. Small ONE CLOSING RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. !RICE'. Brazilian Bonds B O 3 /4 80 3 / 4 Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent.. • BB Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 lB 177 i 181 A Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive ' Ditto. 3 per Cent 3O 30% Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 A per Cent 36 36 Ditto, Deferred lO% 101 / .i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 1 A, per Cent., 12 Guild 5 5 1, 4 3% 55 3 % Ditto, Account .1 55 3 /4 56 56 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 85 85 PRICES OF PAID. BUS/NESS DONE CLOSING U .ILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, - - and Eastern Juneti•n 2%..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21i Belfast & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... ... .... Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7 3 / 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter BO - Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire lOl. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... _3 3 / 4 Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 87% Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO ..... .. — Dublin andßelfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D....•.. 25 ...... ..... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 2 — Easteni Counties Ditto (B) 20 Dittu,l:atiension, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, Nu. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... ...... Do., Quarters ... l2l ... Do., I.•ew 23 — — Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% _ . Ditto, Thirds .....13s. 4d Do., (guar. 6 percent) - • ******** • ••• -- ~ mst Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters... 3 3 4 list Lincolnshire .:(linburgli and Glasgow 541 ...... 43 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 ...... 11 10:54 adinburgh & Northern.. 2 . 2%...... Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9%...... Ditto, ditto, New . .... 2M V, x eter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New . 2%...... Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Bl. 6s. 8d jlasgow,Kilmar.,B6 Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New ......... .. 40 ...... ........... ... Do. Preference Consol. 12 1 ,4...... Great Northern lO% 4M — 4M Do., London and York 2%.• ... %ih Great South. and West. ih (Ireland) GreatNorthol England..loo Ditto New 40/. 5 Ditto, New 301. 80 — Ditto, New 151 6% A rest Western Ditto, % Shares.. Ditto, 'A Shares ...... 15 Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171 Huddersfield & Blanches. 24 ...... ........ .... Ditto, Thirds .... 8 Hull and Selby 5O .. ... .. ..... ...... Ditto, Half Shares 25 9 Ditto 1 4 Shares....... 12% Ipswich& Bury St. Edm. 17% Do., do., and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% l% l% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds lO Lancashir , & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto 1 ,4 Shares . Do. Quarter Shares... 14% Do. Fifths 8 . ... 7% Do. Sixteenths 6 14 - ....... ........ Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 48. Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 --- •••• •••• ..... Ditto 4E (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, & Goole Do. ( W. Riding Union) 4/. 28 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. !.i Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leicester and Bedbrel... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury — , &e.... 37 1 / --- --- Do., Branch 1/2 Shares 12 1 / 2 .. ••• DoNew Branch( blue) 21 / 2 — Do. Extension (green) 2 1 / 2 .. ... Do. NewExten. (pink) 2 1 / 2 Leeds and Thirsk 36 --- Ditto, New 20 - ..•••••• •..... .... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 / 2 •••••• ...... ...... . .... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport.... • ... - Liverp., Dinchstr St New castle Junction 2%•••... -- ••• ........... ".... London and Blaekwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. 4% ..... ..... A 47 . • Do. New, No. 1 - ...... •••• ••• Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/ l3B. 4d.... .-- Do. Extenision 17% ...... . London, Brighton, and South Coast .... ..... 50 Do. Consol. Eighths., 30 Do. t•uarant. 5 per et. 9 - Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ... - ••• Ditto, ditto 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d Ditto, Preference ... 18/1 l's 2d... Loudon and / N. Western 100 l4B 149 149 Do., Quarters L.& B. 17 Do., no., New .. 2 Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 ...... 11 ........ Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% ... ... ........ 1)o. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% Do. 10/. (.11. & B.) C. 1 - ••. ......... ••• -- Lomt. & S. Western 41/. 61. 8d 50% 51% . .... 519 E 1 Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32%.. Do. New 401. Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... .... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... 2 1 3 / 4 dis. l 3 /4 dis London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry&Coleraine 27% •••••.- — Londonderry and Ennis ki11er...... Manche , ter.liu.ston,an; Matlock... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - ••• •• — Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 - ••• — Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% .. . 42 4 Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 - Ditto ditto . ......... 7 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 1.h... ... Manchest.&Southampt. 2 ...... Mildand Do. Consolidated Pref.loo --. Do. 401. Shares Do. 501. Shares lO Do. 'Sinn., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent. 100 Ilidlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 ...... Ditto, ditto - ••••••••• ..... -- Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 - per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Car1i51e...100 Do. Quarters 25 .... . — Newnorket&Chesterford 18% Do. Extension .........21. 123.... - Newport, Abergavenny, and llereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and llostrevor 12% - .. ........ •••• —. Norfolk ••••••.... ........ •••100 Do. New 20/. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 — - North British ........ ... 25 ...... 25 24 1 4 ..... Do. Half Shares . 12%...... ... ll% Do. Quarters •• 04 Do. Extension ... % — OD • • 1 4 Ditto Thirds Nortl Staflorclshire 7%...... 7% 6% 6% North Wales North Western. Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate - Roystcn and Hitchin ... 1% — ... — Scottish Central. Scottish Midland 17% ... - Ditto, New ......... ..... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole - Shrewsbury and Bins... 6 Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. y, Min.) Ditto Halves .... ditto 8 - Ditto Qswestry ... .. 12 - Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon 4O ...... ..• ....... ..... -- Do. Preference South Staffordshire outh Eastern & Dover. 33% 29 % 1 4 34 29x,4 Do., No. 1 Do., Nc.2. Do., N 0.3 .. ..... ...... :5 Do~ No. 4 South Wales l5 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ... 17% ..... . Vale of Neatti Waterford and Kilkenny 13%...... .. — Waterford and Limerick 40 W atertd, W xtrd,W icklw, and Dublin West Cornwall --.. Whiteharen & Furness 12 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 525. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 3O Volk, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...... 25 Do. Original New and. Berwick ...... 25 ...... •• • ... Do. N orth Shields I" ur. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. G.N E.Prelerence 8 ...... 9 1 / g 9 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley ....... .. .. 4 ...... --. Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 Grea: ladian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 •.... Jamaica S.Mid. J unction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 ... . —.—•• ........ Luxembourg ...... ..... 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur and Liege Northern of France lO .• ... 12 11 3 1 .... ..... 11 3 / 4 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3a 4d . ... Paris and Lyons .. 10 ....• 5 3 / 4 .. 53/ Paris and Urleans W .. ..• - Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ... .. 18 • — .• ... ... .... Strasbourg and Basle... 14 - • ._. fours a.d Nantes ...... 8 - • ........ ••• --- Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Ilasselt. l6 West Flanders ...... •-• i6 l / •• • 1)6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Nakional Prov. England. 35 Ditto,New ...... .. ..... 10 London & Westminster. 20 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO Brazilian Cocaes & Cuiba 30 ••• - ••- ---•-• — British Iron l2 Bolonos Scrip Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real Del Monte, Unreg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 30.—Wind S.S.W., light breeze, and dull hazy weather, with rain. DEAL, DEc. 29,—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.; M. S.W., very atrog.—Arrd., Justina, Leshaw, Madras; Favourite, Valparaiso, and sailed for Shields; Wilton, Wilson, Rio Grande; James Cruikahanks, Sayers, De merara. DOVER, DEC. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd., Garonne, Christoffers, Cuba, for Bremen. PORTSMOUTH, DEc. 29.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Samarang, de Staur, Batavia, for Rotterdam. OFF THE START, Dn. 24.—Oendyung„ New York. CuwEs, DEc. 29.—Wind S. to S. W..—Sld., Pietura, Batavia. LIVERPOOL, DEc. 29—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd., Huron, Weeks, New Orleans. Sld., Golden Eagle, Nassau; Ben Nevis, Mobile; Lady Milton, Mobile; William Penn, Philadelphia; Elisha, Denison, New York. Off Port, Lydia, New Orleans; Heart of Oak, --- PLYMOUTH, DEc. 28.—Wind S. —Off p ort, Prince Edwards E. Island. Sld. fresh. A rr d . '' Albert, Meyer, New York, saile d 7th instant. Elizabeth Ha nco c k DEc. 2 , 6.7 Pri n ceW in .—Wind S . S. Mohawk, Africa. Off part, Bellona, Thomson, Prince Edward's Island. NEWPORT, DEC. 29. —Wind N.B. —. Sid . Helen, Jamaica for Gloucester ; Columbus, Napier, Harannah ; Columbus, C. Kalling, Havannah. DUNMORE EAST, DEC. 2 7.—Arrd. Bolivar, White, St. Andrew's, N. 8., for Gloucester. Coax, DEC. 27.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Middleton, Millichan, Callao. B E LF.ST,DEC.27.—Arrd. Briton, Pinkham, St. John's, New Brunswick. STOCKTON, DEC. 29.—Wind S.W.--Arrd. 24, Cowslip, Bruce, Quebec. Hum., DEC. 2 8.—Arrd. Johan Christopher, Peter son, Porto Plata for Hamburgh. Sld. Clyde, for New Orleans. SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 28.—A sloop, name unknown, has sunk off Foley Bridge, bottom upwards. SALCOMBE, DEC. 28.—The Speedwell, Vincent, from Serville, which arrived here to-day, had lost forestay and bulwarks. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 28.—The Minerva, Fleetwood, from Gothenburg to Bahia, which arrived here leaky, must discharge. BRISTOL, DEC. 29.—The Elizabeth, Ebbetts, from Cardiff to Jamaica, run into the Elizabeth, Hancock, from Prince Edward's Island, at anchor at Breaksea Point, this morning, lost bowsprit, cutwater, received considerable damage to hull, and must come to this port to repair. CARDIFF, DEC. 28.—The Bristol, Potts, which put back here leaky, has transferred her cargo to the Ann, Tedbury, of Bridport, not being considered seaworthy. JACKDER, SOUTH UIST, DEC. 22.—The Pictou and Boston packet, Russell, of and from Limerick to Glas gow, was tawed in hero on tho 20th ipit 4ol With pumps choked, cargo shifted, and fire feet water in her hold ; in coming in, she got on the rocks and suffered much ; the cargo is discharging, and will be sold. STRANGFORD, DEC. 27.—A mast was picked up a few days since, near this place, about 47 feet long, painted green above the deck, bright varnished middle, and white mast head. DOVER, DEC. 29.—A boat, much damaged, marked " John I'earson," came on shore near Cornhill Coast guard station this morning. • PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29. The Stadt Berlin, from Dantzie to Shoreham, which put in here yesterday, leaky, has been surveyed, and must di:charge. ISLE ORNSAY, SKYE, DEC. 25.—The schooner Sarah, of Ramsay, from Liverpool to Montrose, was driven on the Callick Rock, 23d inst., and cannot be got off until next spring tide. PETERIIEAD, DEC. 27.—The master and crew of the Johannes, from Lubec to Leith, have been lauded here by the Maria, Breckwoldt, from Hamburgh, having abandoned their vessel in a sinking state, near Bluddeu Point, and shortly after went down. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, DEC. 29.—We had only a moderate supply of stock here to-day, and which met a lair demand, on the following terms:—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s to 4s Bd.; ar.d Pork, 4s 2d to 46_8d per Slb to sink the offal. ROACFOZW, DEC. 29.—Prime Beasts and Sheep, which were in short supply, moved off readily, at full prices. The business doing in other kinds of stock was by no means extensive. Beef from 4s to ss; Mutton, 4a to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Bibs; Suckling Calves, 20s to to 265; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 20s to 255; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 171 each. LEWIS, DEC. 28.—Beef from 4s to ss; Mutton, 4s 2d to 33 4d; Veal, 4s 2il to 4s 6d; and Pork 4s 2d to 46 8d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. NERVGATE AND MISADENZIALL. Prime Beef and Mutton were in steady request, at full prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81135, by the carcase. RAT M.A.21,103T5. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 12s ; Clover, ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 143 ; and Straw, 11 45 to 11 95 per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. CUNBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 151 ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41103; and Straw, 11 53 to 11 10$ per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. WRITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to Si 13 , ; Clover ditto, 31 4s to 4/ 153 ; and Straw, 1/ 43 to 1/ 93 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COAL MARKET.-TESTERDAT. Cares Hartley New Tanfield lBs 6dHudson's Hartlepool... 248 8d Ord's Redheugh Pontop Windsor .... . 17s 6dSouth Kelloe 243 Od South Peareth Tanfield Moor ..... Wall's End, Bce. Seymour Tees ...... .. 24s Od Bewicke and Co 24s Od South Durham Northumberland Washington Bell Braddyll's Hetton 24s 6d West Pease East Hetton Haswell 2ss Odßrancepeth Hetton Lambton Stewart's Ships at mark :et, 68—sold, 60. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 30, 1847, made up from the Returns of th• Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Ragland and Wale° per Imperial Quarter. ' OAT!. B. BEANII. riA l *, PRICE .. I 53s WBEAT. lOd 31s BAXLEY. 3d 1 21 s, 3d l 31s Y E I lld 40s 6d 444 b. The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON STEEPLECHASES.—WEDNESDAY. These steeple chases came off to-day, and were well attended considering the severe character of the weather• The course was nicely adapted for the purpose, and in good condition. The leaps were twenty in number, and among them were three or four of a dangerous kind. At three o'clock the following started, for a A Sweepstakes of 151. each, 10 ft, with 301. added for the second horse. H.W. Four miles. (10 entries.) Amateur riders. ) 1 Mr. Cornwall's g h Chartist, lOst 81b... (Owner) Mr. Campbell's b g Eagle, Ilst 71b ••• ; Mr. Wesley's c g Albert, 1 Ist 3lb ••• Mr. Preston's b h Ould Ireland, lOst 41b ..• Mr. Camerall's b g Cossack, lOst ••• Mr. Lewis's b m Victoria, 10st 71b ..• Mr. Campbell's c h Major, 10st 121 b 0 Mr. Hall's b m Celeste, lOst ... • Mr. Gordon's br g The Duke, lOst Chartist was freely backed against the field at •. 6 to 4, and Eagle, Albert, and Victoria, had each their friends. The race was uninteresting. Chartist ridden with care, having victory in his reach all the waY (barring accidents), finished an easy winner by twenty lengths. The speed was very good, the ground being got over in eleven minutes. Mr. Cornwall, after the race, sold the winner for the foreign market at a high price. At four o'clock the second contest took place, for A Sweepstakes of 31. each, 2 ft, with 251. added. Three miles. (8 entries.) . Mr. Drake's Bangalore, lost 121 b ...(Mr. Powell) I Mr. Cornwall's Legacy, 12st ... 2 Mr. Mess's Faith, 9st 71b ... 3 Mr. Drake's Scarlet Runner, list 31b 0 Mr. Mesa's The Queen, list... 0 Mr. Ball's Brighthelmstone, lOst 0 Mr. William's Duke of Richmond, 9st 71b.... 0 Faith was favourite, though Bangalore and Legacy were backed with considerable spirit. The race was a very excelleat one, Bangalore gaining the laurels,and the prize by three lengths, after a hard contest, in which all the horses were well up. Time—nine minutes, two seconds. Though there were several falls we are happy to say no one was injured. A pony match wound up the amusements. SAVINGS BANKS. The National Debt Cantu's; sioners sold, on account of the trustees of savings banks: between the 16th of June, 1847, to the 9th of Decembe r, the following consolidated and reduced stock :—Coosn li ; dated Three per Cents., 380,0001. ; Reduced Three p er Cents., 745,0004; total, 1,125,000 L The amount which the Commissioners received was 951,910/. 2s. 6d. T he prices varied fro m 891. 55., received on the 30th o f June, and 801. 7s. 6d. received on the 4th of Noveniber. No Exchequer bills were sold during the period. DRY MEASURE.—An amateur performer, wu os :f delivery was chiefly remarkable for the prolongsti° ° 7 the syllables of such words a s h e w i s h e d to ma ke In lc , i : cularly emphatic, performed Oth e ll o one n i g ht in pal h before a crowded gallery and a v er y thi n pit a nd 1)0° 6 On coming to the passage, wear my heart 1 __l my sleeve for daws to peck at," he laboured very bl" to make a " point" on the word " peck," and dwelt on its first letter, p-p-p-p, so long, that an impatient deity called out from above, "Hallo, Blackey, how Mani pecks to the bushel ?"—Family Jo Miller. EXAMINER or RECOGNIZANCEB OFFICE.- -11341 : following is the list of counties and boroughs in wh i c h the seats of the sitting members are petitioned again. B : The sureties in all of them have been perfected, wit* the exception of Athlone:—Great Yarmouth borough' Lord A Lennox and Octavius E. Cooper; Moatgoulerl borough, Hon. IL Cholmondely and D. Pugh, double return; Stockport borough, James Heald and Alderman Kershaw; Maldon borough, David Waddington and l• B. Lennard; Cheltenham borough, Sir Willoughby Jones, Bert.; Gloucester county, western division, R. 13 * Hale and Hon. G. F. Berkeley; great Marlow borough, T. P. Williams and Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. Knox; Kinsale borough, Richard Samuel Guiness; Abingdon borough, Sir F. Thesiger; Lyme Regis borough, nos. Abdy; Carlow borough, John Saddler; West bury borough, James Wilson; Lancaster borough, Samuel GreysQn and Thomas Greene; Peebles county, William Forbes Mackenzie; Leicester borough, Sir J. Walmsley and Richard Gordon; Drogheda borough, Right Hon. Sir W. M. Somerville, Bart. ; Bodmin borough, James Wald and Henry C. Lacy; Carlisle city, John Dixon and W. N. Hodgson; Bolton borough, W. Bolling end John Bowring, L.L.D.; Aylesbury hundred., J. I'. Deering, Lord Nugent; Bewdley borough, T. J. Ireland; Stafford county, northern division, C. B. Adderley and Viscount Brackley; Nottingham borough, John Walter and Feargus O'Connor; Harwich borough, John Bag shaw and John Attwood; Andover borough, Williant B. Coles and. William Cubitt; Lincoln city, Colonel Sib' t horp and Charles Sealy; Hythe borough, Edward Drake Boorkmen; Essex county, northern division, Sit J. Tyrrell and Major W. Beresford ; Colchester borough Sir G. Smith and Joseph A. Hardcastle; Newcastle' under-Lyme, Samuel Christy and William Jackson; Walsall borough, Hon. E. R. Littleton ; Dundalk borough, Charles Carrell M'Tavish ; Derby borough. Hon. E. Strutt and Hon. F. L. Gower; Monmouth county, C. S. Morgan and Lord G. Somerset; Dublin city, Edward Grogan and J. Reynolds; Horsham bo rough, John Jervis; Sligo borough, John Patrick Somers; Athlone borough, William Keogh; Longford county, Major W. Blackall and R. M. Fox. We have been requested ,to state that Miss Emma Stanley, the report of whose death we contradicted yes' terday, has been pronounced by her medical attendants quite out of danger. To-day (Thursday) his Royal Highness the Prince Consort intends to honour with his presence the per formance of the Adelphi by the Westminster scholars- For this purpose his Royal Highness will come to London by a special train from the Slough station of the Great Western Railway, at four o'clock in the after noon, accompanied by the Marquis of Abercorn, and at' tended by the Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel Bouverie. The royal party will dine at Buckingham Palace on their way to Westminster, and after the performanc e they will return to Windsor Castle the same evening by the old turnpike-road, through Brentford. Hounslow, S;c• The Earl of Burlington and the youthful Lord Cavendish have arrived at the Earl of Carlisle's, Castle Howard, from Holkar Hall, Lancashire. Viscount Mor peth, Lady Dover, Viscount Clifden, and a numerous family circle are passing the holidays with the venera ble Earl and Countess. Lord Brougham was to leave Paris on Tuesday l ast for Cannes, in the south of France. The Noble sou Learned Lord, after a sejour of four weeks on his estate there, returns to London by the 4th of February. foecompany has just been formed at Cop D enhagen , stablishing steam communication between Denmark, the Faro Islands, Iceland, and Scotland. The comma' nications, which will take place every fortnight, are to be commenced on the Ist of April. The Government has accorded a reduction of port and anchorage duties to the steamers which may undertake them.