The Sun. — London, England, 1847-12-10 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post svo., ERNEST SINGLETON, BY THE AUTHOR OF " DOCTOR HOOKWELL." " The author is well read in theological literature, and acquainted With living divines. He takes a clear and plain view of questions. The style of the work is foreible."—Spectator. " To the discussion of all questions, religious, social, and political, the author brings a mind enriched with various knowledge, and a style of composition at once elegant, logical, and discursive."—Bri tannin. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends Simi the Public for their continued suppert and patronage, and Sot announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., ti,ke plane every WEDNESDAY. at One o'clock, (instead of Tuesday as td Friday, as hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Tnreadneedle ot reet, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions rith a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates mast be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be f 4 (warded by the lint post after the sale, ann the proceeds isame dl disposed of according to instmctions. N.B. Sales and purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares all acted by private contract, every day, as usual. ut/Ices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. OR THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler the Management et Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Rill be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thon y Absolute, 21r. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H Farren ; Fauli tland, Mr. Creswick Acres, a: Webster ;:sir i.ntins per, lir. Hudson; Fag, Mr. Brindal ; Davis!, Mr. Keeley; Mrs. 111.tiap rop, Mrs. Glover; Lydia Languish, Mrs. Nisbett ; Julia, Miss 'fortes. tae; Lucy, Mrs. Hureby. After • which the new Comic • Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Vanden buff; D Ira. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To a intelude with the Farce of MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. Stage e Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Coxes, 58. ; Pit, 3a. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doan a open at Half-past Six, Performance to Qommeuce at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENLNG bf ; presented a new and original Drama, called GABRIELLI ; r ,the B equeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major 3Dunntori Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal /Lazar y - Warn°, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabrielli, Madame Celeste ; Signora D'Ossuna, Miss Brooks. To be I ollowed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY". Turnem Green, Mr. Wright; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Lanty Sc rummage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chnbblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Poheer. ea n, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chnbblock, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD (the pry sperty of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed fend, Di "rs. Laws, Ike., &c. To e eacinde with the original farce, called 110 W TO SETTLE ACCOL r.totTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Air. WI flk ; Jack Brown, Mr. Manyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan; 31ary White, Miss Woolgar; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Anima:Harding. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, ts. ; Gallery, Is. lan 3 rs open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, • - Will be pm formed a new Comic Drama called PEGGY GREEN. After w hich, THE RING DOVES. To be foll•wad by a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. ltro conclude with a Romance of Real Life , called BOX and COX ncipal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. Namara. Duo Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No Ralf-price to any part of the house. The New 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. liradwell of the Colosseum. PRIXC ESS'S THEATRE. The public is respectfully informed that the celebrated vocalist and actress, M,edame Anna Thillon and Miss Cushman, Miss Yrnma Manley, and other members of the Company not having as yet snf- Ilciently recovered from their severe attack of the prevailing Epi demic (as certified by medical k erillicates), there can be NO PER FORMANCE THIS WEEK. Anber's Comic Opera, THE 13IBASiADRE8S, will be repeated immediately on the recovery of Madame Anna Thillon. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING _ _ _ Will be presented the Comedic Vaudeville of LE PREMIER )lALADE. After which, LE CTIEF-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 Rend-street ; and at the Box-office Of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, wee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, 1) . 41 , 14e-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING, BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar Ravenswood, Mr. D. W. King; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. 3WMahou ; Arthur Bucklaw, Mr. Rafter ; Raymond, Mr. S. Jonas ; :Norman. M. H. Horncastle; Lucy Ashton, Mrs. D. W. King; Alice, Iliss Collett. --- i; tie Tc,liOwed by the celebrated PAS DE FOLIE, from the Opera Of GustaTns. To conclude with GUT MANNERING. Will be presented Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH. Duncan, 3f - r. H. Horncastle ; Macbeth. Mr. H. Hughes ; Macduff, Mr. T. Fredericks ; Banquo, Mr. F. Vining ; Hecate, Mr. H. Phillips ; Lady Xlacbeth, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with Dibdin's Ballad Opera of THE QUAKER. ilteady, Mr. H. Phillips ; Lubin, Mr. it. Horncastle ; Solomon, Mr. .Attwood ; Gillian, Miss Collett ; Floretta, Miss R. Isaacs. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which 'have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the tortncipal Librarians ; and at the Box-ofrize of, the Theatre, which is *pen daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. AtiTLEY'S ROYAL AN.IYRITIIEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVENING The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entirely new Scencs in the Arens.,by the taiented Artistes of the ttatatilishment, in the carious modes of equestration. To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called THE WHITE WARM.. Bas-office open from II till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. MEE'll NG OF PA R LAMENT THE THIRD EDITIONS OF "THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. .* orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. TUE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 10. TECIRDLoSIZTER, Lowest, 52; Highest. 52 ; Noon, 51, BLROMETER, 29.86. SV IND S. W. ; hazy. MGR WATER AT LONDON-BILIDGE THIS DAY. mnittg.. 1i minutes after I Evening .. 34 Allures alter 3. poured forth like water, and the districts which they selected for their temporary habitations disgraced by the most inhuman outrages. Many of the Irish representatives have earned for themselves the respect and approbation of the public by the manly part they have acted on the present occasion. We have already alluded in favourable terms to Messrs. H. GRATTAN and DILLON BROWNE, who spoke out so boldly in support of the proposition, and established their independence of all control, and the fallacy of the claim put forward by the Member for Limerick to the leadership of the Irish representatives. Many others also deserve to be spoken of in terms of eulogy for their conduct. The public should know how few there are who have acted with Mr. J. O'CONNELL in his attempts to delay the progress of the measure, attempts of which he has himself acknowledged the absolute inutility, when he said, " That looking to the period at which the Bill had been brought forward, and the certainty of a protracted session taking place after the Christ mas recess, he thought there was no chance of succeeding in that which, in common parlance, was called the long game ;" and again—" He knew there was no chance of defeating the Bill, or even mitigating its provisions." How is it, then, with such convictions, that the Hon. Member perse veres in his futile attempts at opposition ? Are not the numbers on the division list sufficiently conclusive of the deliberate decision of the House ? Of the 105 Irish Members, but fourteen on one occasion, and thirteen on another, joined the Hon. Member, while 33 or 34 actually voted with the majority; and there is no doubt that a very large proportion of those who absented themselves from the House would, if compelled to explain their wishes, have appeared on the same side. Let, then, the Hon. Member withdraw from his vexatious opposition, and let him follow the example of one of the most sincere and energetic of his adherents (Mr. E. B. Rocas), and, after the clear expression of the wishes of the great majority, withdraw from all further resistance to the progress of the measure. He may be well assured that he cannot render better service to Ireland than by so doing. Through all the derision which has been showered upon those gentlemen and yeomen who congregate upon the bucolic premises, No. 17, Old Bond-street, the indignant utterances of Monopoly have still pre vailed. The Agricultural Protection Society still flourishes--but its continued action is something like that of the Dutch burgomaster, whose skeleton per sisted in perambulating the continent with the assist ance of a cork leg, worked by steam, long after his decease. The skeleton of Protection still visits " the glimpses of the moon ;" its manes have yet to be appeased. It is ridiculous to hear the platitudes of the old system revived, as they were yesterday, at the annual meeting of the association. It is at once ridiculous and depressive ; for the obsti nacy evinced by the upholders of those defunct principles which, until very recently, placed a mul tiplicity of restrictions upon international commerce, promises to survive when the League has become matter of tradition, and when the mercantile changes of 1846 are remembered as the achievements of a remote generation. Nothing will ever convince the bigots of Agricultural Protection that their political creed is a delusion or their logic a jumble of the most incongruous fallacies. Their reason is clouded by their superstition, and their whole physical and intellectual powers are pledged to the advocacy of an idea which is acknowledged by all the rest of mankind to be an absurdity and a chimera. While he late commercial alterations are recognised by every body else as the necessary consequences of a providen tial catastrophe, they have been incapable of regard ing them as otherwise than a series of unconstitu tional innovations, originating in the ignorance of democracy, and connived at by the renegades of Par liament. When the most enlightened statesmen of the age argued with themselves in 1846, that the scarcity of provisions arising from the poverty of the general harvest, and the almost total destruction of the potato crop, would render the immediate opening of the ports essential, as a preventive against the starvation of the multitude, and when they saw as clearly as they saw GOD'S sunlight that when once the ports were opened it would be a moral, and physical, and political impossibility to close them again—the sticklers for Protection still continued to babble the dogmas of Monopoly, and to term the pernicious operation of its tariffs the panacea for every national misfortune. The expectations of the Ministry, as well as those of the Liberal Opposition, were ful filled—famine followed immediately upon the scarcity, and the removal of the restrictive duties levied upon our importations became necessary, for the pre servation of the lives of the community. The die was thrown; there was no longer any room be retract. Free trade had proved to be a necessity. The artificial barriers of the monopolists were swept away by an irresistible flood of circum stances— by the breath of Nature—by the mandates of DIVINE PROVIDENCE. And still the Protectionists continued to babble over the advantages of a system which had proved so destructive to the popular in terests, and to lament as an overwhelming calamity the movement by which alone the people were saved from perishing through inanition. In consequence of a succession of such extraordi nary privations, and the necessity which has followed therefrom of purchasing the produce of other countries with bullion, the United Kingdom has been drained of gold to the amount of some 33,000,0001. An ex portation of money in such enormous quantities has naturally conduced to the endangerment of mercantile credit, to the diminution of employment, and to the reduction of the average comforts of the population. Seeing this position of affairs, the Protectionists, from the benches of the House of Commons, and from the platform of 17, Old Bond-street, proclaim the sole cause of our national disasters to be their favourite bugbear of Free Trade. As well might they say that a fire-escape was the cause of a conflagration, that a ship's pumps were the cause of a leakage, or that the grain imported from America has given rise to the two past seasons of privation and famine. The wiseacres ! Free trade the cause of our present distresses ! What, in the name of common sense, would be the position of the country at this moment supposing the principles of agricultural protection had been maintained in 1846 ?—supposing the ports had been closed ever since against foreign provisions ? supposing we had not been permitted to buy the food which has cost the inhabitants of these islands no less than 33,000,0001. in gold ? Need we say what would have been the result of such a proceeding on the part of the Legislature ; need we say that, while we might have retained an abundance of bullion and specie in our coffers, hundreds must have perished from want of the commonest necessaries of existence ! And, yet forsooth, we I are told, by the lugubrious politi cians of No. 17, Old Bond-street, that the present sufferings of Great Britain are attributable to the operations of the Corn Importation Enactments ! Assertions like these are worthy only of reverberating in the streets of Coventry, or of being swallowed by marines. The popular assembly in the Valais, held at Sion on the 2d, after a very warm discussion, came to the following resolutions : _ _ _ " The dissolution of the Grand Council and Council of State.—The suppression of the immunities of the clergy. —The incompatibility between civil and ecclesi real functions.—The withdrawal from the Abbeys of Maurice and St. Bernard of the right of collation- to Par°ehia l be fi 'rh ofthe clergy and f Government to benefices. — The ces.— e property relig i ° ll s corporations to be placed under the superin tendence of the oontr o L_ Thei State, and in case of need under its us egislative provisions of the provisional (randto th e I:: nomination itooni), sanctioned teh e e oubnye itheCouncil of f G rsatnadt State.--An ....c - u A n n c i l.— inquiryT h e Deco co h er ___ The named in the course of - the month of whose existence shalli c ;e n t et of Grand Council to proceed immediately the convents, and those to be made as to the tranquillity to be suppresser incom patible po li de — ai All the laws, decrees, and with public Theoffence rendered since poraextrnses of the war to judgments in cases of re:cd its favour. a u l/ e nd other per -1544, to be null and void.-- be borne by such religious cor sons as voted for it, advised it, or —The Assembly recommended the G rand grant naturalization to such citizens a s h its to have taken ' arms in defence of t he countr y , of the cause of lib ert y and progress. — Civil instruction to be und er the sup:. intendence and direction of the State.—The expul s i on of the Jesuits from the canton.—The division of the canton, if it be not opposed by the Confederation." M. DE BOIS LB COMTB has reco g nised the Provi sional Government of Friburg. ile has addressed to it two letters from Basle, interceding in favour of nuns expelled from Bulle and Montey. The New Zurich Gazette says—" We learn that M. FISCHER, of Lucerne, ex.editor of the Catholic Gazette, and second deputy of Lucerne to the Diet, had arrived at Milan. He was immediately received by the Governor, and on the following day was re ceived at Court, but all his efforts to obtain an inter vention were fruitless, and, with the exception of some pecuniary succour, he was obliged to leave Milan as he came.." di t. .? ?%. • F t7 :7;tl' Tr ts)Gdf ' f atoi >, • - - Att * VS • ROI 1. • a- 1" • -- ealtning Allts LONDON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1847. The Bill for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage Ireland was last night read the second time, Lord IEORGE BENTINCIL having adjourned his motion, in c :onsequence of the illness of the Premier, and Mr. I CHISHOLM ANSTY having (although with re luctance) acceded to the plain and unmistakeable opinion of the House, and postponed his address for 'documents. Mr. HUMP and the other Members who had motionsion the paper pursued a similar course, and the orders of the day were proceeded with. It is scarcely necessary now to advert to the arguments in :favour of the Bill. They have commanded the all but unanimous assent of the British nation, and even of a very considerable majority of the Irish repre sentatives. Those who have ever before appeared as the most uncomprising opponents of every descrip tion of coercion expressed their cordial approbation of the present Bill, and acknowledged the imperative ne cessity for protecting the lives of her MAJESTY'S Peaceful subjects, and rendering it possible for them, thout what may be termed foolhardiness, to reside on their respective estates, and personally to superin ten, ploymthoeust b e improvement s and afford that general em y wnich th e national prosperity can best b e ed . P l43 "l. Thy °ted- perso n of o a f tv doubts remained in the mind c herished feelings against liberal feelings—if the long st every species of coercion d(feelings in which participated), should in duce him to Pause before av : Partin his assent to the Ministerial measure, th ese Co u n t s , would be removed :Lent Liberal —that by :the statement of that s—the veteran uniffinching reformer of all Die tuber for Montrose. It wa s no idle boast the assert e d •' of that Honourable Gentle man when he on that no person was ever mo re constant and d erted ue than he had been against ill-using th e people of Ire . land ; that he had throughout advocat e d the removal of all ground of complaint, and that th cl• should be treated in a manner to make them sat isfied with the Government." In fact, the present is not a coercion Bill. There is no undue restriction of the popular liberties. The powers con ferred on tl= distinguished nobleman who now fills the Vicero • pity will not unnecessarily be brought into operation. His Excellency must be thoroughly con vinced of the p-essing necessity of such a step, and must also i vceive fhb MI P ri vy Council, nction of the before the, :e is any recourse thereto. And it is only the would -be murderer, the embryo assassin, that will be affecte I. and his nefarious designs defeated thereby, ar td • the great mass of the people, the industrious as hon est men, willing to labour for their daily bx•e s ,; L e n earn even more earnestly than the gentry thew , e 1 yes for protection again s t the atrocities of the liwl a gangs by whom human blood has been . TilE SUN, LONDON, A letter from Bologna, of the 30th ult. says— " It is asserted here that a convention has been con eluded between the Government of Rome and that of Vienna, for the evacuation of Ferrara. On the 4th of next month the Austrians will, it is said, leave the town, and retire to the fortress. They will, however, occupy the two barracks and the hospital, as hitherto, and will keep with the Papal troops the barrier leading to Ponte di Lsgo Scuao, on the Po. Count Graziadi replaces Cardinal Ciachi, ad interim, in the Govern ment of the Legation of Ferrara. The affair of Luni giana is not yet arranged between Tuscany and Mo dena ; but if it be true, as we are assured, that the Customs League is already converted into a defensive alliance between Rome, Turin, and Florence, Tuscany has nothing to fear. The 5,000 muskets bought in France, for the National Guard of Bologna, hare ar rived ; and they will be distributed to-morrow, to the different quarters. The arms reserved for Ancona have also arrived. There have not yet arrived any arms destined to the towns of Romagna. The students of our university have demanded to be allowed to Corm a. se parate battalion, similar to the University battalion of Pisa." The Florence Gazette announces that several cases presenting all the symptoms of Asiatic cholera had manifested themselves at Venice and in the island of Palma. Vcsuvius has been giving new signs of life since the 13th ult. Ten torrents of lava, more or less large, have been flowing from the craters in a southern direction, towards Oltojana, Bosco-Real, and Torre- Greco, stopping only a short distance from the wooded plains which surround these towns. A new crater of about five yards diameter has formed itself on the mountain, and with great noise throws up incessantly stones, cinders, and flakes of fire, from which a strong smell of sulphur emanates. Madrid papers of the 2d have arrived. The Address was carried in the Chamber of Depu ties by a majority of 124 to 46, after an animated discussion, in the course of which Senor OLozAGA promised NARYAEZ the support of the Progressista party so long as he should adhere to, and fully carry out, the principles he had enunciated in his programme. MADRID BoLsA, DEC. 2.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26i at 50 days ; the Five per Cents., at 15j for paper; the Debt without Interest, at 4i- ; and the Coupons, at 10k. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. M. GUIZOT is evidently puzzled how to act with regard to Switzerland. The French Minister may say, with regard to the President of the Diet, "If I had known he had been so cunning of fence I would have seen him hanged ere I had meddled with him' , The following article from the Journal des Debats is written in the true Aguecheek vein : " What first of all strikes one in the note is, that it is addressed to the President of the Diet, and to the Pre sident of the Council of War in the Sonderbund, so that, in the eyes of the Powers, the two parties present themselves with equal rights. 'The Powers do not re cognise, as the Radical majority pretended, on one side the Diet, that is, the regular and legal Government of the country, and on the other the rebels. No; they be hold legal Switzerland in the Sonderbund as much as in the majority, or perhaps even more. This point being aduiittted, there follows several consequences, which every one can understand. As to the past, it gives to the acts that have taken place their veritable significa tion, and are precisely contrary to that which the Radicals desired to attach to them ; as to the future, it will serve as a rule to the Powers, and will guide them in the choice of the arrangements which they intend to recommend to Switzerland, in order to put an end to the sanguinary differences which tear that country to pieces. But persons exclaim, the Sonderbund no longer exists ; it is vanquished. Undoubtedly ; but, after defeat, right still subsists. The cantons of the Sonderbund have yielded to force ; but the sentiment of right pro tests in every heart of that oppressed minority, It is this right which the powers take under their protection before the whole civilized world. They cannot do any thing now relative to the issue of the war, but they can do much with respect to the consequences which are only too eagerly attempted to be drawn from it. Thus, with a common accord, they lay down an important principle, which, under present circum stances, is the most precious guarantee that the con quered cantons can desire—via., that no modification can be made in the. compact without the unanimous assent of all the cantons. The compact is a contract which binds all the 22 sovereign states of Switzerland, and it is an elementary rule that a contract cannot be modified but with the consent of all the parties concerned in it. The ,Powers, therefore, only proclaim and take under their safeguard a principle of common right. The Powers besides, to make this declaration, possess a double quality, which cannot be contested. On the one hand, they are parties to the contract which admitted Switzer land iu 1815 into the European order, with the advan tage of its neutrality being guaranteed by them; and on the other, they are guarantees of the independence of each of the 22 cantons composing the Confederation. The majority of the Diet has, therefore, nothing to oppose to this part of the note. However,. if we are not mistaken, it is that which will thwart their dearest projects. That they are desirous of modify ing the compact is not a secret for any one, not withstanding certain official denials. The Powers warn them that they cannot do so except in re specting the cantonal sovereignty, and in giving the most positive and most effective proof of that respect. It is evident tbat if they have done nothing to prevent the victory of the Radical majority, they are determined to prevent this victory from being fatal to the van quished. These two points appear to us to sum up the essential dispositions of the note; first, the right is denied to the majority of declaring themselves the Diet, the legal authority; and next it is declared that they must not meddle with the independence of the cantons. It is the five great Powers, France, England, Austria, Prussia. and Russia, who employ this firm language to Switzer land. This imposing unanimity will have, we trust, a salutary influence over the approaching determination of the Diet. As to us, it is impossible not to behold with a sincere satisfaction the great Powers of Europe, and England in particular, in accord with our Govern ment, in attempting a mediation for the purpose of at last pacifying the Helvetic Confederation. It is to be remarked, that if the tone of the note is firm, it is also amicable. No one wishes to wound the just suscep tibilities of this small and interesting republic, and France, in particular, will always consider it important to live in good intelligence with it." The Cetistitutionnel says— " If Switzerland shall not accept the offer made to it is the note transmitted to it by M. Bois le Comte, what resolution will M. Guizot pretend to suggest to the five Powers ? Will he draw up some new piece of eloquence to address anew to Switzerland counsels which will be again politely disregarded ? Does he propose to enter with arms into Switzerland, to cause the principle that the Pact shall not be revised if the cantons are not unanimous to prevail for the future ? Are they speeches or soldiers which he counts in the present state of things to send to the twenty-two cantons ? The more one examines the invention of M. Guizot, the more one finds in it an inexhaustible stock of absurdity and ridicule. Decidedly M. Guizot has just accomplished a chef d' ceuvr e which will immortalise his presidency, and cause laughter to the most distant posterity." The severity of these remarks consists in their truth. M. GUIZOT has placed himself in a position to be laughed at, and the man who has once rendered himself ridiculous is, in France, ruined as a public character for ever. M, GUIZOT may, however, perchance, " screw his courage to the sticking place," and, notwithstanding the lukewarmness of Austria, the neutrality of Prussia, and the opposition of England, may, by one last and desperate effort, " one alone," and single-handed, attempt an intervention in the affairs of Switzerland This would be the bold and decided method. As the National justly asks him— " Why do you pause? Do you not comprehend that this overflow of abuse is the most silly of hostilities ? Come, have the courage to act according to your hatred; the question is only to put down Radicalism, and in so small a country as Switzerland! Two millions of souls! an army of 150,000 men, and scarcely any money ! The heroism of M. GIJISOT may be exercised cheaply. Let him then try the ad venture ! Let him demand from France her gold and her men for this glorious expedition !": There will be a grand reform dinner at St. Denis on the 14th. The Deputy for the arrondissement, M.FER DINAND DE LASTEYRIE, will preside, and among the guests will be MM. DUPONT (de l'Eure), ARAGO, MARIE, GARNIER PAGES, BARROT, LAMARTINE, DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, LHERBETTE LASTEYRIB the elder. The Ministerial candidate at Belfort, General %LEONE; has been elected by a majority of 84 over M. ROME, the Opposition candidate—the numbers being, for General BELLONET 191, for M. ROSSEE 107. This victory, however, is but a poor compen sation. for th e severe check which the Ministry has received in Paris, where on the election of twelve candidates, from whom the KIN; is to choose the mayor and deputy mayor of the second arrondisse ment, eleven Opposition candidates were returned, and the twelfth was within six of gaining the actual majority, polling 125 votes:above the highest Minis terial candidate. But this is not the extent of the Ministerial humiliation. M. BERGER, the friend of M. TRIERS, is particularly obnoxious to the Cabi net, and the greatest efforts were made to prevent his obtaining a majority. He, however, was re turned at the head of the poll ; and in order to secure his appointment to the office of mayor, his eleven colleagues have agreed to refuse to serve if appointed. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, at 75f. 60c. ; New Loan, 76f. 70c.; the Five per Cents., 116 F. 85c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,210 f. ; Rouen, 907 f. 50c. ; Havre, 481 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 553 f. 75c.; Avignon, 561 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 548 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 486 f. 25e.; Boulogne, 380 f.; Dieppe, 260 f.; Basle, 165 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 413 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 396 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 390 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 29k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 143 / —Luxembourg, 4—Northern of France, 12%—Paris and Lyons, 534—Sambre and Meuse, 7 %. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) Sittings at Nisi Prins in Guildhall. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE, and a Common Jury.) WATEEN V. VAUGHAN. This was an action to recover the sum of 691., being the amount of an attorney's bill of costs. The defendant was an extensive builder, and some months ago he applied to Mr. Dickson, a solicitor, practising in the City, to negotiate a loan on mortgages to the extent of 42,0001. Mr. Dickson, however, was unable to raise the money himself, and therefore as the agent of the de fendant he retained the plaintiff, who was also an attor ney to piocure it, but the security at the disposal of the defendant was not sufficiently attractive to induce any capitalist to advance the 42,000 Z Still the plaintiff did his best to procure the funds, and this action was brought to reimburse the plaintiff the costs he had paid out of pocket as well as to remunerate him for the trouble he had been put to in the course of the transaction. Mr. Ijickson proved that the defendant invested him with full and unlimited authority to raise the funds in any manner he thought proper, and without any agree ment as to costs or remuneration. For the defence it was contended that a special con tract was made with Mr. Dickson, and the business was undertaken by him upon the understanding of "no cure no pay. In fact, it was alleged that the arrangement made between the parties was, that if Mr. Dickson suc ceeded 4n procuring the 42,0001. he was to be paid a bonus. f 5001., but if he failed he was to receive nothing. Two tvitneEses were called to prove the defence. Mr. Justice ERLE said it was purely a question for the jurj,i to determine as to w h om t h e cre di t f or truth was dila. The jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. EXCHEQTJER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CnIEF BARON and Common Juries.) At the sitting of the Court this morning a large number. of undefended causes were disposed of. Several cases which were set down for defended were also dis posed of, but none of them presented any feature of public importance. BANKRUPTCY.—(T HIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE LAWRENCE. The bankrupt had carried on business as a grocer in Regent-street and Ealing, and to-day was appointed for his last examination, which he passed without opposition. An application was made for a summons for the at tendance of the bankrupt's wife, to give evidence as to a debt on which the bankrupt had been sued. His HONOUR said he did not see how he could grant a summons for such a purpose. The SOLICITOR said that it was alleged that the debt was due by the wife, who was milliner to her Majesty, and had carried on business as a femme sole. She had kept the books, and it was impossible for them to elicit the facts unless she could be examined. The fact was, that a settlement had been made on her, and she was liable; at all events, it ought to have been a joint action. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that under the cir cumstances he would grant the summons. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) There was only one case set down for hearing, but it was not of the slightest interest. CLERKENWELL.-(TH - IS DAY). William Williamson, a retired licensed victualler, and James Mandate, potman at the Broad Arrow, Chiswell street, were charged, the latter with stealing a 10L note, and the former with receiving it, well knowing it to have been stolen. It appeared that a Mr. Charles Rutland, went with a friend into the Broad Arrow public-house, and after having some refreshment at the bar Mr. Rutland took out his purse, when he dropped the 101. note under his seat. He left the house without being aware of his loss, and when he became conscious of it he put an advertise meet into the papers stating the loss, and °Mr ing a " handsome " reward for its restora tion. The same day the prisoner Williamson called upon him and said he had a clue as to where the note was, but he knew it would not be returned by the party having it, unless he was paid til. An information was then given to the police, when it was ascertained that Mandale had picked up and handed it over to Villiarnson. The, prisoner denied any felonious intention, and Wil- iamson said he merely accepted the note for safety until an owner could be found, and in order that Man dale, who was a simple minded fellow, might not be wronged in the transaction. Mr. TYRwHirr committed the prisoners for trial. INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT DEAF AND DUMB.—(THIS DAY.) An extraordinary general meeting of the governors and friends of the above institution was held at the chapel of the establishment, 26, Red Lion-square, Bloomsbury, this forenoon, for the purpose of deciding whether the committee should petition the corporation of the City of London, with the view of obtaining aisis tance towards carrying on the objects of the charity and on other business. WILLIAM EVANS, Esq., M.P., occupied the chair. After the transaction of some preliminary business, nd take th e c h a i r at that he had b een par T t h ic e ul C a ir ry AlßrAN requestedp proceeded c t e o e d a e t d t e t n o d s a a the meeting, and he had done so with great pleasure, although, fur the good of the charity he was advocating, he could have wished some gentleman of greater ability and influence had been selected. It was surely sufficient to he deprived of the power of utterance and hearing, without being left destitute upon the wide world; he (the Chairman) need therefore say very little of the great advantages which that institution heldout to the afflicted class to which it had reference. If he pictured to him self a person deaf and dumb from his birth, he could not imagine how such a creature could have any ideas of general wordly matters, or of the existence of a Supreme Being, and yet in that institution he found that instead of being in a state of deplorable and helpless ignorance, they were in a fair way of becoming honest and useful members of society, able not only to communicate their ideas and understand the truths of the Scripture, but also by the trades which had been taught them in' the asylum they would be competent to support them selves by their own industry. lle (the Chairman) him self knew a lady in Devon, who, from her own bene volence, established a school for the deaf and dumb; she engaged her own masters, and it was conducted by her personal superintendence, and what was the result in the course of a short time? Why, everybody was astonished at the proofs of understanding evinced by the inmates. If, then, the deaf and dumb, by kindness and attention, are capable of receiving such instruction they should not be left untaught and unprovided for; and yet by a calculation founded upon the best authority, he (the Chairman) found that there was not less than 14,000 deaf and dumb in this kingdom, wholly destitute, and without the means of attaining ideas upon any sub ject whatever. He (the Chairman) regretted to say that the institution which he was advocating—so thoroughly charitable in its object, and so benevolent in its details, was in debt to the extent of four or five hundred pounds. Towards the liquidation of this debt it was proposed to memorialize the Corporation of the City of London, and he doubted not that the noble character and pro verbial liberality of that body would not be withheld upon so urgent an occasion. J. G. SIMPSON, Esq., having read the report and a draft of the memorial, resolutions were passed to the effect that the petition should be adapted. The routine business having transpired, thanks were voted to the Chairman, a compliment which was briefly acknowledged, and the meeting separated. Nearly twenty males and females, deaf and dumb (who are at present inmates of the charity), were present, and their general looks evinced the care taken by the charity in their management and general instruction. ADELPIII TRZATRE.-Mr. Sterling Coyne has sup plied this theatre with another 'of his amusing farces, the success of which has been of the usual decisive kind. The name of the . present e x t ravaga nce is A Tipperary Legacy, !therein Mr. Wright personates a Bristol dyer, who having gone to take possession of an Irish estate, the " Tipperary legacy," has not been heard of for some time, leading his friends to believe that he has been murdered by his tenantry. The absentee, however, suddenly returns, having been frightened away from his property by *the threats of a local ruffian, much to the annoya9ce di his nephew, who 'had hoped by his death to gain possession of a certain young lady to whom his uncle bad been betrothed. In order, therefore, to worry the unwelcome landlord, the nephew induees a low comedian of the Bristol Theatre to personify the ruffian in question, and dog the steps of his relative— the drollery of the farce consi s ti n g chiefly in the terrors of the perplexed legatee. and his endeavours to throw the supposed Irishman off the scent by denying his own identity. It will easily be conceived that Wright makes a great deal of fun out of these materials, and that Mr. Paul Bedford, who enacts the comedian, avails himself to the utmost of his prescriptive licence to vamp and "gag." Mr. Munyard, who plays the nephew, is like wise a liberal contributor to the general merriment. In the manufacture of pieces of this description— " screamers," as they have been characteristically termed —Mr. Sterling Coyne has no competitor; and where is the audience that can resit his comic outrages upon sense and probability? MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull, but at former prices. Sales 2,500 bales. Railway shares were firm, but there was not much doing. There are no later arrivals to-day, and matters gene sally wear a quiet appearance. The suspension of the firm of C. de Bruyn and Sons, of Amsterdam, it is sincerely hoped, from the tenor of the accounts received this morning, will not prove a " bad affair;" as regards the ultimate realisation of assets. It is said that the debts amount to about two and a quarter millions of florins, which is less than was supposed, and that the assets are about one million of florins in excess thereof. This surplus, however, is represented in part by the plant, &c., valued at less than half the cost, and by shares in several large companies. There seems but little doubt that the firm will have time al lowed it to wind up its affairs, the credi tors not being disposed to offer any ob stacle, while, in several instances, they have al ready taken up the bills of Messrs. de Bruyn, where such had been discounted. The Corn Market is steady to• day. A simple but apparently ingenious plan for ascertain ing the position of any mercantile firm, has been devised by Mr. G. H. Boulter, an accountant. We are told that the.great convenience which a merchant would expe rience from any method by which he could ascertain his assets, liabilities, gains, losses, and present worth, either daily, weekly, or otherwise, without tho tedious process of balancing his ledger, has induced the author to devise the plan. Its chief merit is its simplicity, as it requires no material alteration in the present mode of conducting counting-house business. The only alteration (though not absolutely necessary) is in the day-book, which must be ruled with four money columns. Two of these columns, called collectively balance, are devoted to assets and liabilities, while the other two are reserved for losses and gains. All business transactions are entered as usual, but the amounts are always entered in two columns. A single example, with an inspection of the day-book, will show the book keeper the principle of the proposed plan. The amount SOW. in the second transaction. " Merchandise Dr. to cash for purchases per invoice, 3001., would be entered in the ledger on the Debtor side of "Merchandise," and the Creditor side of " Cash." Now the Debtor side of " Merchandise " shows losses, while the Creditor side of " Cash " shows liabilities ; therefore, according to our new method the 300/. is entered among the liabilities and also among the losses. Each transaction is treated in the same way, and at the close of the day or week, the amount of goods on hand is entered, and the four columns are added up. The smaller sum on either side is then de ducted from the larger, and the equality of the two pro ducts proves the correctness of the work. The other operations of book-keeping then proceed in the usual manner. This plan is also applicable to single entry, but only the two columns for assets and liabilities are re quired. This principle can be accommodated to the transactions of all businesses. For, example, the ordi nary day-book maybe used, and the amounts carried daily into another book, ruled with the four columns only." Although money is scarcer to-day in the Stock Ex. change, owing to the delivery of stock sold a day or two since because of the closing this afternoon of the transfer books, the quotations are generally well sup ported, and there are but few speculative sales. Consols have been 841 forjpresent Transfer, and 86-1 for January. Bank Stock is worth 1881. Exchequer-bills are 4s. to 7s. premium, and East India Bonds 20s. to 255. discount. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have been 851 s. Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds are 281 to 291. Por tuguese Four per Cents., 22 to 23; Brazilian Small, 78k to 80, and Mexican, 171 to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 55i. Railway Shares have been very quiet, and remain at about the previous rates. BRITISIEI FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 188% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... ... 8 4 14 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 3% per Cent. Anns. Bi% 1 ,4 3 4 85: % 5i % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account ... 8 6 14% Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 79 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... ... - 91 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ....... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. .. Dividends on the above p a y a bl e in London. 7k Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild BB 55 1 / Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. pER RIIAZI• Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% Ayrshire and Galloway 2% to Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. .. Birmingham & Oxford June... 15 - Birmingham, W01.,84 Dudley 10 ... . 14 Birnsing., Wol., & Stour Val. 10/.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshirs Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire..- lOl. 4s Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 3 7 1%.... Ditto, Preference 8 Clarence. . Do., let Class, 6 per Cent Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 East Anglia, 25/.& L. , E. and L &D. Ditto, 18/., E. &11 lB ... 10 Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 1 Eastern Counties .... Ditto, ditto (B) Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... . Do., do N 0.2,6/. 138. 4d. Do., York Extension Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter 12% .. Do., New Eastersn Union . . 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to Ditto., Thirds .. ........ ..13s. 4d — to Ditto (guar . 6 per cent . )... East LanZaahire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire ... 12th — to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ...... Ditto, Hall Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Edinburgh and Northern ... 22 I ,¢ Ditto, New 3% ...... ...... to Ditto, New port 9 l /1 — ...... to Ditto, ditto, New .. ~ .. . 21i4 — . to _ ••• "• Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2 - 1 ' 3 / 4...... to Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 65.8 d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. IA Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% .. ... to Great Northern lO% 4 14 % .. to Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ..... to _ Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35 Great North of England 100 — to Ditto, New 401. Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 151.......... .... • .. 6% — • ... to Great Western .................. 85 lOO ..... .to Ditto, Half Shares 5O ...... Ditto, Quarter Sh ares l5 to 17 Ditto, Fifths .................. 20 ...... 23% . ... to Do. New 17/. 7 — Huddersfield and Man c h es t er 22 . Ditte, Third 5.............. 7 . ... to Hull and Selby ............... 50 .. ... . Ditto, Half Shar es ... 25 Ditto Quarter Shares ..... - 12% to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15 Do. do. and Norwich ...... 15 Do., do., Ext ens i on S crip (late (Camb. and Ely) 2% ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle—. ... 50 Do., Thirds lO .... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 .. Ditto, ditto .................. 82 Ditto Half Shares - 38 ...... to Ditto Quarters 14%...... Ditto Fifths 8 Ditto Sixteenths .......... 6 1 4 — ..... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101. 43. Do. Liverpool and Bury... 34 Do. (Hudders. and Shelf.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole 47% Do., West Riding Union ...41. 25..... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 ...... Ditto ditto ........ ......(B) PA 9- Leicester and Bedford l6s. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 37 1 / 2 — Do., Branch % Shares...... 12% — to Ditto, New Branch (bl ue ) .. 2% — to Ditto, Extension (green)... 2 1 / 2 — Do., New Ext en . ( p i n k )... 2% — Leeds and Thirak ..—... ...... 36 Ditto, New ............... 17%. Do., do., Pref er ., 6 per Cent. 3%. ...• • to hLiverpool, Crosby, and Sout- . ___— port.. . _-- 2 Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% to London 4 Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d Ditto New, No. 1.. Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d.... 1% dia. to Do. Extenai94 P 1 7 14 •••' - Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ... .. 43% % to Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...... 22 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London and North Western..loo 153 Do. Quarter ... -..L. and B. 17 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 _ _ Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ........ G. J. 25 Do. 401. Shares . ..... L. &M. 15 Do. 401. Shares...M. an d B . 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. A. 7% .... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 71 Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d 55 Do. New Consolidated Bths. 40 ...... Ditto New 504.-- .. ..... 32% ...,.. 28% Ditto New 404 ............26 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds ... 6l. 13s. 4d... 1 dis.... to • London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11 . E — ...... to • Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 ,E — - Londonderry and Enniskillen 23% ..... tr . _ Manch, Buxton, & M a tl oc k 3 o - ... ... — to - Manchr, Sheffield, and Li nc .loo - Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) „. 13 - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 — - Ditto, Shar - IV -- - .„ % :es (No. 3)... 7% — Ditto Grimsby ... 25 - Ditto, ditt0.....,,,,,,....... 7 Ditto, ditto Ditto, Sheffield, a n d Line. 7% ...... Mauchesterand Southampton 2 1 4 —...— to Mid, and 100 Ditto, Consol. Preference.. 100 •••• to Ditto, 401. Shares Ditto, 501. Shares ........... 10 ... .. 8 1 4 to Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... 82 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per ceat....100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34 Ditto ditto 71.95...... Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per et. guti.).,. : 50 .... . "' It idld. Gr. , t W .-.u. Urea, , esteri ( lrish) 35 - to - Newcastle and Carlisle _.....100 ...... •-- - Ditto Quarter Shares ...... 25 .. .. - ....• • to - Newmarket and Chesterf or d 18% .... ... - - Ditto Extension - - Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Norfolk lOO - to - Ditto New 201. 5 ••""- to - Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1647,N. o f Norflk 2 - to - - Do. do. Waven e y V a ll ey... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ...... to - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor l2 - ... .. to - S orthern Counties Union .... 4 - to - North British - Ditto Half Share,, 12% 1 2 4%.. .. . to - Do. Quarters 4 3 /4 - ...••• to - Ditto. Extension - ..... to - Ditto Thirds ... ......... -... 2 - • to - North .Staffordshire... .. 7% 7 IA ... to 7 North Wales 3% - , .... to - North Western 6 - - Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - to - R - Gil' .ccading, Aldfd., & Reigate 7% ...... ...... to Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 17% — ...... to Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmi ng h am 6 ...... to Ditto, ,, ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... .. . ... to Ditto, Oswestry l2 Ditto (New) 1 Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union . South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference South Staff or d s hi re 4 South ;Eastern and Dover 33% Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No. 3 ls Ditto New, No. 4 .. .. 7% 5% to South Wales to South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole . 2 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% — to Taw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1 34 1 4., to Waterford and Limerick ... .. 37 ... .. Waterford, Wexford, W ic kl w , and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l2 ... .. - Windsor, Staines, and So u th Western s2s. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 33%14 ... to Do. Original New & B er ' c k 25 .. Do. North Shields Purchase 25 Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 10 Do. do. No. 2, N ew &B . 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland ..50 ...... to Ditto, Preference lO Ditto East and West Riding Extension .... .. ...... 20 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes . ....»..... . .. 1 Boulogne and:Amiens 2O ...... 14% to Central of France ( Orlea ns and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon .... 53. Demerara. to Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Datch Rhenish ... 7 ...... 2% to:-- .: East Indian Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of Madras ... ss. Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ........ 7,:, — Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % Madrid and Valenti a Namur and Liege l4 Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux :... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d .. 2 dis.... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O . ...... to Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lauden, and Hasselt Trinidad.. ........ West Flanders B% l% to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia to British North American .... 50 ...... Commercial of London London Joint Stock ... lO ...... - Ditto, New .................. 13 National Provi nc i a l of Engid, 35 Ditto, New ............ .... 10 ••• •• . to • National of Irel an d 22%—• ... .. to Provincial of Irela n d Ditto, New . 10 Union of A us t ra li a 25 Ditto, New 2% --- to to Union of L on d on ... 10 Union of Madrid 4O N Anglo Mexican .. MI 100 ES. to Astrian Mining Company ... 11 Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 450 Bolanos Scrip - to . British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 21 Cobre Copper Galvanized Iron Real del Monte, Unregistered —. .. 8 1 4 to LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 10.—Wind this day at noon S. by W., fresh gale and squally. DEAL, DEC. 9.—Wind W. to S.W., a gale of wind.— Arrd. British Isles, Robson, Cuba. Put back, Osprey, for Callao. Clifford, for Jamaica ; Laura, New Orleans; and a large fleet of outward bound vessels. COWES, DEC. 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Stately, Priceman, Truxillo ; Acadia (of Newcastle), Quebec. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. St. Hillier, De Jenny, Rio Grande ; Chapman, Brooks, Quebec. Her Majesty's ship Asia has arrived here with consider able damage. The Sam Slick, Kenny, London to Gam bia, has put in with loss of rudder. DOVER, DEC. 9.—The Amicitia, from Odessa, put in here with cargo shifted, &c. FALMOUTH, DEC. 9.—The Sarah Maria, from Ply mouth to Galway, has put in here leaky, &c., and with part of cargo thrown overboard. CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, DEC. 7.--The Phoenix, of Portaferry, Liverpool to Belfast, got on the rocks at Darleyhaven last night, and must discharge to be got off. day. No f N ro e m damageW. W.N.W. CORK, DEC. 7.—We have had a v i o l ent hurricane all to dayyesterd T a b y e a g n ae and part of last ast to in the harbour of any note. WHITBY, DEC. 9.—The Hellespont, of Rochester, got on shore to the southward during a gale at N., and is likely to become a wreck ; crew and stores saved. YARMOUTH, DEC. 9.—The Poliga, of Christianstadt, Newcastle to Marseilles, was wrecked on the Scroby Sands this morning; crew and part of stores saved. The Royal Adelaide (steamer), London to Leith. has been towed in here, short of coals, and supplied. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 7.—The Crocus, Hamburgh to Sunderland, came on shore to-day, to the northward, and has gone to pieces. 8. The Dorothea (brig), of Whitby, ran on the rocks outside the N.B. pier and is fast. 7. Arrd. Friendship, Allan, Quebec, for Dundee, leaky. LERWICK, DEC. 6.—The Hunter, of this por t, for Mydell, is supposed to have b ee n run down in a gale, 22d ult. RANSCATE, DEC. a Th T ennes see, of Ba th , United e States, was brought in here this mor nin g a direlict . The pilgrim has been supplied from hence with a stream anchor and hawser. The Salacia, Webster, lost anchors and chains in the Downs, and has been supplied with one from hence. 10th. The Pilgrim, Flood, from St. John's, New Brunswick, is ashore on the main near this place; it is hoped she may be got off at high water. DEAL, DEC. 9. —lt blows very hard from the south west, with thick weather.—The Amacitia, Cacace, from FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1847. • Newcastle to Naples, has been in contact, and lost mainmast by the board, anchor, chain, &c. The Habash has b, en in contact with the Queen Victoria, Ross, of New York, and has sustained considerable damage. The Fanny, Parkinson, of Southampton, was abandoned this morning off Hastings, after having been in contact ' with the Senhors brig, of Liverpool, which sustained damage to bows, and remains in the Downs; crew of the • .I=l former saved. RYE, DEC. B.—The Cordslia, Wheeler, from Shore ham for Dublin, which was on shore to the eastward Ilf this place, has been got off and brought in here, with- , out damage. PORTSMOUTH, DEC 9.—An American ship, oil fire, was passed this morning, ten miles S.W. of Portland, by " the Tagus steamer, arrived here. COWES, DEC. B.—The Royal Eagle, Allan, from Lon don to 1V aterford which went on the Shrape mud yes- • terday, came off this morning. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 8. The Erin steamer, for !, •-- Malta, &c., which put back yesterday, with damage, is .; discharging. CRANSTOCR, CORNWALL, DES. B.—The Marchioness j: ; of Cornwall, Hegerty, of Londonderry, from Quebec to • London, came on shore here to-day, with ten feet water in her hold; five men are saved, and three drowned; the master and twenty men aro still on board, but are ea pectcd to be got off at low water. SWANSEA, DEC. B.—The Garonne, Dunn, of Dublin, "'a which was run ashore sth inst., at the Mumbles, leaky, • has been got off and brought into this harbour. The -Cr Circassian, Curwe n , f rom C u b a, wh i ch was driven ashore s )(4 on the 6th inst., near this pier, has also been got off, after discharging a large part of her cargo, and brought in here. The Redwing, of Dublin, from Troon to Gal- way, with coals, has been driven in here very leaky, and f.r with loss of boats and bulwarks. SHIELDS, DEC. 9.—The Orion, Robertson, of Peter- , head, from Yarmo u th t o L e i t h, h as put in here dur i ng , the gale of the 7th inst., leaky, and with pumps choked. ' • HULL, DEC. 9.—A sloop, laden with corn, for Leeds, - or Wakefield, lies sunk abreast the Lime-kilns, having te's been in contact. It has blown heavily from Ito 8 A.M. , !I: 19 " 4 to-day, but it is now, 4h. 30 w. P.M., moderate but un- tvi settled. JIM OFF MARGATE, DEC. 9.—Astarte, Roberts, Si. Vin- ;Li cent's; Enterprize, Lamond, St. John's, New Brunswick. b The Chasse Meru, Bienfaisant, received much damage here in the gale on the 7th inst. BRISTOL, DEC. B.—The Solway, Quebec to Gloucester, lies beneaped on the mud, with loss of false keel. LEITH, DEC. B.—The George does not seem to have received any material injury; will be docked. WELLS, DEC. 9.—A stern-board of a vessel, marked "Hope," in four-inch gilt letters, has been picked UP near here. 0; lid i LOADON, DEC. 10.—The brig Durham, of Sunder land, is wrecked on the Goodwin Sands; crew saved' The crew of a foreign barque has been landed at th• North Foreland. . MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-(FRIDAY.) Scarcely any English Wheat has arrived for otir market this week, coastwise or by land carriage ; hence the show of samples of that grain here, to-day, yvae very small. Select e d qua li t i es o f b oth red and white commanded a ready sale, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond Monday's prices. In all other kinds very little business was transacted at late rates. Although the actual quantity of Foreign Wheat pressing for sale was by no means large, all kinds moved off slowly at anal' tered currencies. With Barley we were scantily supplied. Grinding and malting parcels were quite as dear ; but distilling sorts were neglected. On the whole, the Malt trade, especially with really fine parcels, was firm, and the prices were well supported. There was a fair sale for Oats, at fully late figures. Beans and Peas were a slow inquiry. Flour and Indian Corn were in moderate request, but not dearer. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 1,650 qrs. 1,710 qrs. English . • • • Oats. I Flour. 1,740 qrs. I 670 ski. 2,380 2,310 Crish. .. Foreign ...... 3,160 Malt. 210 ars: SMITHFIELD, Considering that the great Christmas market will be held here on Monday next, the supply of beasts on sale this morning was extremely inferior, in fact scarcely fifty really good animals were on offer, and yet the Beef trade, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, was somewhat active at advance in the currencies paid on this day se'nnight, of quite 2d per 81bs. The primest Scots sold from 45 8 1 to 4s 10d per 81bs., and a good clearance was effected.o There were in th e mar k et 199 O xen an d Cows, 510 Sheep, and 20 Calves fr om a b roa d , i n very inferior con dition. Although th e num b ers o f Sh eep wer e small the demand for that descriptio n o f s t oc k was h ea vy at barely stationary prices. Cal ves were i n s h or t su pply and steady request at late figures. In Pigs very little busi ness was transacted. Mich Cows were dull at fr0m . .151 to 181 each, including their small Cal£ Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to e. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts-- 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 second quality •• • . 3 8 310 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 410 Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 6 Southdown Wether 5 0 5 2 Prime Scots • . 4 8 410 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 6 Large Hogs •..... 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto 4 8 410 Small Porkers .... 4 8 5 2 Suckling Calves ..20 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs .•18 0 26 0 Inferior Sheep •• .. 3 6 310 Lambs . 0 e 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 3,400 I 200 250 Beasts. 1,107 NEWGILTE AND MEAIIENZIALL. Prime Beef moved off steadily, at full prices. Other wise, the demand was in a very sluggish state. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. ; I. d. tot. d. Beetinferior.... •• 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior 3 2 8 4 middling .. 3 0 3 4 middling.. 3 6 3$ prima large .. 3 6 3 8 prime ——3 10 4 2 prime small —3 10 4 0 Pork, l argo.. 3 8 4 4 Veal.. ••. .. ..• 3 8 4 8 small 4 11 5 2 Lamb. Os 04 to Os Ocl — . BOROUGH HOP MARMOT. With really fine new Hops our market is somewhat scantily supplied; nevertheless the demand for them is in a sluggish state, at about last week's prices. In the middling and inferior kinds a very limited business is doing, at barely stationary prices. Old Hops are nominal in value. Sussex pockets, 21 10s to 31 3s; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 16s to 31 10s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 to 51 5s per cwt. COLONIAL. Sunan.—There has been a quiet market for British Plantation, and prices have not been supported. Bar badoes, by auction, has realised 42s 6d to 45s for fine yellow, and 38s 6d to 39s 6d for mid. Refined : Stan dard Lumps have been at 52s 6d to 53s per cwt. East India : Bengal has been sold at reduced rates; 2,500 bags went at 46s 6d to 47s for fine white, Benares at 401 to 41s for low and mid, and at 41s to 46s 6d ter damp yellow; 4,822 bags Mauritius and 240 casks declined 6d per cwt., except for super yellow ; low brown 27s 6d to 28s, good and fine 30s to 32s 6d, low yellow 33s to 345, and fine 39s to 41$ pe,l cwt. Siam : 7,424 b ags , p ar tly f ou nd buyers ; nuu and good white at 41s to 44s ; damp and washed at 39s to 43s 6d ; and sound yellow at 395, being low rates. Java was chiefly taken in at former pricey, 815 baskets 2,569 mats being offered ; damp grey and yellow at 39s 6d to 425, and a few lots sound grey and yellow at 38s 6d to 40s. FORElGN.—Havannah brought barely former quota tions; mid and good 40s to 428 6d. Bahia was taken in at 37s to 37s 6d per cwt. Some washed brown Brasil sold at 12s to 13s 6d, washed yellow at 14s to 18s, and washed white 16s 6d to 20s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—There has not been much doing in British Plantation. Low ord Jamaica 28s 6d per cwt. Native Ceylon has been firm, and rasher scarcer. Good ord has been at 34s to 34s 6d ; fine ord coloury Plantation has been at 45s per cwt. Mocha, good greenish, has realised 55s per cwt. Costa Rica went is lower, - mid coloury 45s 6d, and good ord 29s 6d to 30s per cwt. CocoA.---Trinidad sold at 42s to 49s 6d per cwt. SPlces.—Pimento has been steady at 31d to sid per lb. Pepper has been scarcely so dear ; black, 2id to 2id ; and white 4d to 4id per lb. RlCE.—Bengal has been dull and a shade lower, 16$ to 16s 6d per cwt. Fine cargo sold at 9s to 10s. Cey lon sold 6d to is lower. Madras. was taken in at 111 for fine bold pearl barley. SALTPETRE.—CaIcutta good strong grey, 4/ per cwt. refraction, has been sold at 32s to 32s 6d per cwt. Rural.—Proof Leewards has been at is 8d and is per gallon; Mauritius, is sid to is 6d; and East Indis, Is 6d to Is 7d per gallon. TEA.—The public sales of 14,600 packages went rather lower, and only 3,600 were sold. TALLow.—P.Y.C. on the spot is 443 9d to 45i Oki cwt. , ~\~~ THEATRE ROYAL, EDINBURGH.....M.r. Harrison, the English tenor, disappointed the gude folks of Edio - • burgh the other evening. On his arrival he was seized with the prevailing epidemic with relaxed bronchitis, which completely prostrated him. BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., in Grosvenor-place, the Viscountess Mahon, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Kidderminster, the Hon. Mrs. Claugh" ton, of a son. On the 6th inst., the lady of T. L. Crommelin, Esq., of t , a son. On the 7th inst., at Iver, Bucks, the wife of the Rev. A. ' ' L. Winter, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Great Marlow, Bucks, the wife of W. Trew, Esq., surgeon, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Glocester-terrace, Hyde-park-gardens, the wife of R. A. Mitchell, Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Addington-square, Camberwell, Mrs. I t H. Hersee, of a daughter. DIES. On the Ist inst., near Chard, Somerset, Mr. Greenslade , at Guernsey, aged 69. On the Ist inst., at his residence, Goswell-street, Mr. 8. Paynter, aged 79. On the 3d inst., at Mrs. Dickinson's, Stafford, R. Ford.: f Esq., solicitor, late of Great Ormond-street, aged 39. On the sth inst., Mr. E. Jones, late of Budge-row, Wal brook, aged 73. .6.11 1 On the sth inst., at her residence, Waterloo-pkee, Pall mall, Mrs. E. Strongi'th'arm, aged 78. ' On the 6th inst., at Newington-place, Kennington, Sarah, • widow of J. Menetone, Esq., aged 89. On the 7th inst., at York place, City-road, Harriet Aud- , son, aged 71. On the 7th inst., at her residence in Finsbury-square, age d 84, Elizabeth, widow of the late J. Tabor, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Reading, A. F. Bayne, Esq., formerly of the Paragon, Streatham, Surrey. On the 7th inst., at South Fields, Lewisham, Kent, Eliza beth, the wife of T. Ward, Esq. • On the 7th inst., at Oxford-terrace, F. Secretan, Esq., aged 64. On the 7th inst., at Gower-street, Bedford-square, Joseph Kay, Esq., architect to Greenwich Hospital and the Found ling Hospital, aged 72. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, St: No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11$ : Strand, in the Precinct of the Sav, in the county i t : Middlesex; Friday, December 10,18 4. t• I . $ • If I z • '; a i I