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2114 WORK. BY THE AUTHOR OF " GISELLA," " SECOND LOVE," &c. In 2 vols. post Bvo., LETTERS from the DANUBE. By the Author of " Glsella," " Second Love." &C. May now be had at all the Libraries. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-meet. Publisher in ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler the Management •f Mr. E. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVEELNG Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. After which, a variety of Entertainments. To be followed by HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIR s, To conclude witl2 the farce of TWICE KILLED. ifr. Euclid Facile. Mr. Keeley 1 Fanny Pepper, Mrs. Keeley. Stage Manager, Mr. Fanen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Porformanoe to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed, the celebrated Comedy of PAUL PRY. Frank Hardy, Mr. Stoker; Witherton, Mr. Cullenford ; Somers, Mr. Wor rell ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas ; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith; Eliza, Miss M. Taylor; Marian, Miss Emma Harding; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Yates ; Phoebe, Mis Woolgar. To he followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE OACY. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock. Mr. Callenford ; Policeman, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the iaree, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD ttia propery of tile late William Shakspeare), inquire Within. Cha 'asters by Messrs. Wright, Cullentbrd. Worrell, 0. Smith., Paul Bed ford, )fre. Laws, Ike., &e. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Tlnors open at Hall-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Testris, Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Matkews. THIS EVENING, ►ill J i ro perfeemed a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TRA •if.DY QUEEN. To be followed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE PRIDE OF THE MARL T. Principal characters by 3lessrs. Buckstone, Leigh Marray, Granby, and Porselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. C. Jones, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with a aew Comic Drama called PEGGY GREEN. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper /Sexes, 4s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Pablic every day, from Ten t;11 Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. IV. Bradwell of the Cclosseurn. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Madame ANNA THILLON, THIS EVENING A. new Conic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSADRESS. Duke de ♦alberg, Mr. Bodda ; Benedict, Mr. Barker ; Fertunatus. Mr. Lec her; Countess de Fierschomberg, Miss Villars; Madame Barneck, Mrs. Selby; Charlotte, Miss Anne Romer; Henrietta, Madame Anna Thllion. To conclude witi the Comedy of THE HONEYMOON. Duke Arann, Mr. Cooper ; Count Montalban, Mr. C. Fisher ; Rolando, Mr. J7Vlning ; Jacques, Mr. Compton • Juliana, Miss Cushman. Tolante. Mies Susan Cushman. Dress Circle, 55.: 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FitENcti JAMES'S THEATRE Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will he presented the Comedic Vaudeville of Llt PREMIER MALADE. Charles Durocher, M. Josset. After which, the admired Comedie of LA MARQUISE DE SEN NETERRE. Cinq-Mars, M. 31ontaland ; Le Marquis de Senneterre, 3f. Yachter; Le Commandeur, M. Cartigny Ilenriette, Mille. Bap tiste; Marion de L'Orme, 3ldlle. De V arennes. To conclude with LE SECRET DE MON ONCLE. Desjobert, M. Henn A lix ; Ernest Dupare, 31. Montaland. .1 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 Bend-street ; and at the Bei-office •: the Theatre, which is open daily, tram 11 to 5. Boxes, es. ; Pit, 3s. tkl.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, is ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Leases, Mrs. F. I)avldgc, DATidge-terrace, Ken.singtou-road, Surrey, THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the celebrated Opera opt TIIE BOND NIAN Principal characters by Messrs. H. Horneastls, Rafter, Maynard, Jones, D. W. Ftna, and Attwood ; 3liss Pools, Mrs. It. Hughes, and 11183 Robot:ea Isaacs. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain 3lacheath, Mr. Rafter ; Peachum, Mr. Attwood ; Lockit, Mr. Maynard ; h Bch, Mr. H. Horncastle • Mrs. Peachum, Mrs. W. Daly ; Polly, Miss H. Isaacs ; Lucy Lockit, Mrs. IL Hughes. A 11..ttiet entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have htea re-fitted). Private boxes may he had nightly of all the •rlacipal Librarians; and at the Box-attire of the Theatre, which is •yen claijv from Ten until Four. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit Is.; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL AMYHITHEATItE, Fr prietor and Manager. Mr. William natty. Mr. Batty's performing El,phants. THIS EVJZ.Ii INA; The Grand Srectaele of THE CAMP OF SILESIA. Entire:v new Scams in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the M - ,Sts4l,llo.ntent, in the various /nodes of eqnostratton. To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called THA WHITE FAR/L. Ii preparation, a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which will exceed fu splendour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till i Acting and Stags Mennier, Mr. W West, WI:ATE...MR.—Sum OFFICE, DEC. 16 . TiIIIANOMETZit, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 48 ; Noon, 49, autoxwral, 29.94.—W1ND S.S.E.; , 11 , 411 WATER AT LONDON-BILT:qIF TIIIS DA7. it 21orsinz.. ei minutes after T. i Evening 29 olignt.eg Ole! S, • • • , cilE10 1 ; irin-K q beienin $1 "ilitatt. ... • LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1847 For fifteen years Liskeard has been faithfully iepresented in Parliament by Mr. CHARLES BULLER a seventh time has that Right Honourable Gentleman been returned by the constituents as a burgess in the Legislative Chamber at Westminster. It is always gratifying to observe this reciprocation of confidence and attachment between the enfranchised members of the community and the popular nominees. It is an evidence that public services, performed with the in telligence, the assiduity, and the inexorable consis tency which have throughout characterised the Par liamentary career of Mr. CMARLES BULLER, can be appreciated and acknowledged. It infuses a degree of enthusiasm into the operations of Government such as would be otherwise unattainable, and consti tutes the most salutary antithesis to the old and partially exploded system of boroughmongering. What Old 'Sarum and Gatton were to the unconstitutional elections of the last generation, such places as Finsbury and Liskeard have become under the Reformed Parliaments returned since the passage of the glorious measure of GREY and Exuma.. The former were as much disgraced by the corrupt principles prevalent among the pocket constituencies, as the latter are entitled to admiration for their unbending independence and for the staunch and corftal reliance reposed by them in their patri otic and distinguished representatives. In consequence of the recent retirement of Mr. CHARLES Bummt from the office of Judge-Advocate- General and his appointment as Chief Commissioner of the Poor-laws in the different shires of England and Wales, he has again ap peared as a candidate before his political supporters, and has again received an evidence of their satisfaction by his unanimous and uncontested election on Tuesday. Of all the more accomplished Liberals in the House of Commons not one has more entirely merited for himself such tokens of confidence on the part of a constituency as the late Judge-Ad vocate-General. The remarkable abilities evinced by hint not merely in the discharge of the duties con nected with that part of the Administration, and pre viously in his position as Secretary to the Board of Conttol, under the Cabinet of Lord MELBOURNE, but ale* in his individual character as a debater in St. Stephen's, have acquired for him the con sideration of the 285 electors of Liskeard, and of the Liberal population of the United lingdom. The evenness of temper displayed by him amidst all the turbulent passions excited by discus sion ; the pertinacity with which he has for sixteen rears advocated the principles of civil liberty and religious tolerance ; the industry with which he has invariably discharged the duties devolving upon him from his official rank ; and the earnest anxiety shown by him to fulfil the responsibilities connected with his Particular post in the Administration, have con firmed the anticipations raised by him when chief secre- TaTY to the Earl of DURHAM during his colonial labours as Governor of Canada, Bey ond this, it is not unworth y of remark that the Chief C ommiss ioner of the Poor-laws can b th e e numbered among no t th e least distinguished of literarymost literary Administration . humoured sarcas m w hi ch i The caustic but good m arted a certain re li s h to the speeches delivered by hi m from th e d floor of th e House, has been occasionally detect contributions to the Edinburgh. It has among th e ever consti tuted the salt of his criticism, whether in literature or legislation. After the complimentary expressions asually i n _ dulged in by successful candidates, the most interest ing remarks made to the electors by Mr. CHARLES BOLLBR, on the occasion of his return on Tuesday, were those which had immediate reference to the Irish Coercion Bill just introduced by the Govern ment. Remembering that the Right Hon. Gentle man has hitherto been numbered amongst the most strenuous opponents to any measures of a coercive natare in regard to Ireland, and that he proved espe cially antagonistic to the Bill which led to the expui ston of Sir Ron Ear PREL and his colleagues from office in 1646, it became a matter of curiosity to hear in what terms he would vindicate what was to all appearance such an extraordinary alteration in his views respecting the sister country. Mir. CHARLES BULLER rests his justification of the Bill for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage in Ireland principally upon the prior establishment of a system of poor-law relief in the four provinces of that island—a preliminary step which he conceives to be calculated in a great degree to raise the Irishman in the scale of civilization, and to prevent the con stant repetition of agrarian murders by diminishing the inducements to assassination. And he further observes :—" I do not see how we can carry out any measures against ab sentees when the motive of absenteeism is the actual fear of the blunderbuss if they venture to live on their property, and perform the duties which that property imposes on them." In these sentiments there is no dereliction whatever from the principles which have heretofore actuated not only Mr. CHARLES BULLER himself, but every other member of her MaJESTY'S Government. In sup. porting the Bill for the better protection of life in Ireland, a Bill which, according to the fa cetious definition of the Right Hon. Gentleman, has been adopted, without any of those terrible conse quences held out to us of Members "dying on the floor of the House," and adding to the prevailing epidemic by the disagreeable consequences that would ensue, Mr. CHARLES BULLER has only developed those generous ideas which have all along influenced his conduct in the different questions appertaining to the affairs of Ireland. He has, in so doing, affected any thing but a change in the general opinions of his political consistency; and of his temperate convictions as to the most effectual means of maintaining the internal tranquillity of the empire. The Committee has at length been appointed. The great end and object of the meeting of Parliament has been accomplished. It now appears that the Members of either branch of the Legislature were summoned from their respective homes, from the localities in which their presence is peculiarly valu• able, and their attention to the interests of their tenantry and the improvements of their estates are productive of the most beneficial results, in order to hear the Chancellor of the Exchequer chant the praises of the Bank Charter Act, and state ►► that the salvation of the country was entirely owing to its operation." It was supposed that they had been collected together in order to sanction the departure from the law which had been advised by the Government, to grant the indemnity that would be required for the suspension of the Act of 1844, and to hear from the Financial Minister the grave and urgent reasons that had compelled the Ministry to adopt such a course, and the means by which they biped to improve the condition of the country ; and tich expectations were but reasonable. There had been a season of great and extraordinary excitement; on almost total cessation of credit, a general want of confidence. Money could not be obtained on any terms, or at any price, to carry on the ordinary busi ness transactions; every description of property became fearfully deteriorated in value. The holders of every description of stock were compelled to throw it upon the market for whatever it would bring ; and, in order to avoid a suspen sion of payments, perhaps a bankruptcy, to submit to the most ruinous losses. Production of every kind ceased, and tens of thousands of the labouring population driven from the employment by which they had supported their families, if not with comfort, at least in independence, were compelled to submit to the most painful privations, or to seek refuge in the tender mercies of the union workhouse. Deputation after deputation waited upon the Govern ment, conveying the remonstrances of merchants and manufacturers, at the state to which the commercial interests of the nation had been reduced—a state, which if not altogether occasioned by the monetary laws, as was boldly asserted by very many, was most undoubtedly and fearfully aggravated thereby. But these remonstrances were for a long period treated with contempt. The Chancellor of the Exchequer hesitated not to tell parties who waited upon him to represent scenes that were daily passing before their own eyes—facts of which they themselves were cognisant—that they were quite mistaken ; that there was no undue pressure or extraordinary difficulty in obtaining money ; that the Bank had not imposed. nor, as he believed, ever intended to impose any undue restrictions ; and that the worst had already passed. To the very last, the Right Hon. Baronet remained incredulous as to the existence of the dis tress, and was perhaps the only person throughout the whole country ignorant of what was taking place on every side. At length matters arrived at such a pitch that it was impossible to maintain the laissez faire policy any longer—to exhibit that cpol indifference to the sufferings of the people for which the Right Hon. Gentleman had rendered himself so remarkable. A deputation of the bankers of the metropolis waited upon the Premier, and adduced such cogent reasons, that the necessity for immediate action became apparent. The Act that had so materially increased the intensity of the panic could no longer be maintained. Its suspension was essen tial to the safety of the country. The well known letter was accordingly written, in which the directors of the Bnnk were authorised to increase their discounts, and to act with greater liberality, and an indemnity was promised for any breach of the law that might thereby be occasioned Notwithstanding the conditions with which this boon was clogged its effects were almost magical. Confi- dence was restored, credit was again Co be obtained, and although the rate of eight per cent. was most unprecedented, and such as, if maintained for any prolonged period, must eventually prove ruinous to every person engaged in business, still money might be got, although at a serious cost, and ruinous sacrifices might be avoided. The tardy, but acceptable act of Government was hailed with all but universal appro bation, and that approbation was greatly enhanced when it became known that Parliament had been convened for the earliest occasion, in order that the conduct of the Ministers might he canvassed therein, and the steps necessary for the restoration of the national prosperity deliberated on. As the time appointed for its meeting approached the greatest anxiety was manifested to know the nature of the forthcoming revelations, and the measures that were to be substi.. tuted for the Act of 1844, which it was universally admitted could never again be restored. The first step taken was, however, the withdrawal of the letter to the Bank, and the revival of the suspended statute. Then it appeared that there had been no departure from the law—no necessity for any in demnity. And as to the statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Gentleman might have assumed the language of the needy knife-grinder, and answered-- " Story, God bless you, I have none to tell," Something, however, must be done, or at least ap pear to be done, and a Committee was moved for, to inquire into the causes of the commercial distress. and the great question was thereby clearly shelved, even under the most favourable circum . stances, for a considerable period. As if to render the absurdity still more glaring, the composition of the Committee proposed was such, that the nature of their report was evident eves before the commence ment of their labours ; and loud complaints were uttered as to the predominance of one class of opinions therein. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer, however, was firm, and refused to assent to the slightest change therein, and the House have by a majority sanctioned the selection _ _ _ he made. Nothing, it appears, is to be done until after the recess, except the ordering of certain papers and documents ; so that all that has taken place is the selection of a Committee in which no confi- dence is entertained by the House or country, and which is not even to commence its labours until after the usual period for the assembling together of Par liament. True it is, the Irish Act and the Railways Act were carried, but we believe it is certain that the Legislature would not have been convened for either p , rpose. Th e great object was the appointment of e C‘ommittee. That has been attained. Verily, Parturient montes, nascitur ridicttlus A letter from Naples of the 4th, contains the fol lowing respecting the recent disturbances at Palermo : In the evening of the 29th ult, the populace still crowded the streets, and one of the leaders, who had a tricolour group ill t fl he st ag, plre aced himself at the h ea d of an immense et of Toledo. This assemblage pro ceededthe to the squa al r of the y of the statue Dome, whero their lead er got upon pedest of Sainte Rosalie, We A letter from Menton (Monaco) announces that the Prince DE MONACO had arrived there, and has promised to examine the question of the taxes and to organise a communal system. In the meantime he is making considerable reductions in the Customs' duties. The Florence Gazette of the 6th inst. announces the termination of the affair of Fivizzano, by the cession of that territory to the Duke of MODENA. The POPE and the King of SARDINIA, who acted on the occasion as mediators, declared the claim of the Duke to be well founded, but condemned the manner in which he had enforced it. ' Letters from Berne of the 11th state that the Diet had ordered the canton of Neufchatel to pay 300,000 f. Swiss (18,0001.) for refusing to send its contingent to the Federal army. Neufchatel, it was considered, would pay the money, and thus the affair would be ended. The reply to the Prussian note, which is in the same terms as the reply to the notes of Austria and France, was agreed to. Sir STRAT FORD CANNING has had frequent conferences with M. OCHSENREIN. The most amicable relations ap pear to exist between the British Minister and the Diet. There is a great deal of talk about important documents discovered at Friburg and at Lucerne, and which throw precious light on the proceedings and veritable views of the chiefs of the Sonderbund. These documents show, with the fullest evidence, that the existence of the league, attributed to the formation of the corps francs, preceded by more than two years the two fatal expeditions which took place against Lucerne, and that it had been even disapproved of in its origin by Bale Ville and Neufchatel. At Lucerne, papers not less edifying have been seized, without ceunting what we are pro mised by the seizure of the seventeen boxes which were to have followed the famous SIEGWART in his flight. It is now averred that the Sonderbund had s'licited foreign intervention, that is to say, the in vasion of Switzerland. The discovery of this fact has excited the profoundest indignation even among the partisans of the extinct Sonder bund, who are outrageous at the idea of having been so completely duped as they have been by SIEGWART MULLER and his Jesuit associates. The Swiss Federal Council of War has just pub lished a list of the killed and wounded of the Federal army. According to this document there were in all 48 men killed and 222 wounded; at the affair of Gislikon 23 killed and 92 wounded ; at Entlibuch (the Ochsenbein division), 7 killed and 30 wounded; at Friburg, 10 killed and 41 wounded—all Vaudese. The loss of the Sonderbund is not known, but the Federal journals have always represented it as three or four times more considerable. Two members of the former Government of Lucerne, M. TSCHOPP and Dr. SCIIERER, placed under accusation of high treason, have been thrown into the prison of that place. Madrid letters of the Bth have arrived. That day being the Feast of the Conception, was kept as a close holiday. The dispute between OLOZAGA and BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO has been arranged. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Presse has the following on the proposed ap pointment of the Duke DE Dui° as Ambassador Ex traordinary to the Schah of PERSIA : "We announced recently the appointment of the Count de Sartiges to the post of Minister Plenipoten tiary of France to the Schah of Persia. We suppose that M. Guizot does not find that representation sufficient, for it is proposed at this moment to send shortly a new embassy to Persia, attended with extraordinary pomp, as a reminiscence of the fashionable mission of M. de Sercey. The avowed object of this extraordinary mis sion is to send presents to the Schah of Persia, but the true motive is simply, as it is reported, a desiro to give, without delay, a high diplomatic position to a young Duke, who partakes, with M. de Bacourt, the favours of the political salons of the Rue St. Florentin. It remains to be known how the Chamber of Deputies will receive this new addition to the expense of extraor dinary missions in the budget of the Minister for Foreign Affairs." The gerant of the National, M. DELAROCIIII, was on Monday condemned to eight months' imprison.. ment and a fine of 6,000 f. (2401.) for the publication, on the Ist of October, of an article personally offen sive to the KING. M. GUIZOT is confined to his room by the grippe. The Union .2fonarchique says—" M. SAUZET will be again presented this year by the Conservative party as a candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber. It is not yet known who will be the can didate definitively named by the Opposition. All that is known is that N. Duple and M. DUFAURE have both declined the somewhat pressing proposi tions which were made to them in that respect." Letters have been received in Paris from Goritz, which announce that the young Duchess DE BouR DEAUX is in an advanced state of pregnancy. The hearing of the application of Count MORTIER to be restored to liberty was continued on Monday and Tuesday before the Tribunal of the Seine, and had not concluded on that day. The evidence pro duced in support of the application is of a most astounding character, and furnishes additions' proof, if any were wanting, of the utter state of demoraliza tion of the Court society of the French capital. A Brest journal publishes a letter dated Treguier, the 9th inst., which states that the American merchant vessel Robert Shaw was struck with lightning on the night of the 6th inst., off the island of Bata. The patroness of Palermo, and shouted 'Long live the King Long live Italy !" Long live the Constitution !' He then harangued the crowd on the political condition of Italy, and made it promise to confide in the councils of the intelligent classes. The object which you propose,' said he, is also their object, and it can only be secured by unanimity. When justice and moderation shall have been tried in vain, if it be necessary to have recourse to arms, you will do so with dignity and resolution !' The people declared with enthusiasm that they would follow this wise counsel. Whilst this was going on in the square, the elite of the population were deliberating at the Casino on the means of pacifically utilising the popular enthusiasm. Some instants afterwards the crowd stepped in front of the Casino, to learn the decision of its members, the principal of whom had been sent for by General Viale, commandant of the garrison and chief of the police, who invited them to call on the King's lieutenant. This personage declared to these notables that he was ready to grant the institution of a civic guard, and recommended them to call on the fol lowing day with the municipal council to receive the authorization. This decision satisfied the people, who withdrew in the greatest order. But, in answer to the instructions demanded from Naples by the tele graph, the King's lieutenant was positively ordered not to authorise the formation of a civic guard, and enjoined to repress with the greatest energy every popular de monstration. On the 30th these instructions were com municated to the popular committee and the municipa lity, who withdrew in consternation, and would no longer show themselves to the people. Placards were posted up, prohibiting under the severest penalties all public tueetings and cries of every description ; but these pla cards were immediately pulled down. During this time a group was passing by the office of .the Commissariat, and, without any provocation on his part, was fired upon by the soldiers on guard. One person was killed, and four were dangerously wounded. The population of Palermo no longer seeing its Chiefs, cries of treason' were raised, and the agitation increasing, the Chiefs at length resolved to show themselves. Alter grt at eff,trts to restore confidence, the Chiefs succeeded in calming the people, by promising constantly to aid them with the same ardour in their struggle for reform." A letter from Rome of the sth announces the death of M. SILVANI, of Bologna, Member of the Consulta, and one of the first lawyers in Italy. He was Member of the Provisional Government of Bo logna, and Minister of Justice in 1831. During his , rile of fifteen years, he had principally devoted himself to studying the legislation of other coun tries, and his loss will be severely felt in the Con sulta. The Diarie of Rome publishes the following as the reply of the POPE to the address of Prince COE, SINT, in the name of the municipality :-- " The words which you have just addressed to me, my fiord Senator, are a source of consolation to me; for hey give me the assurance of the good sentiments which animate the municipal magistracy, whose duty it is to watch over the interests of a city so remarkable for its souvenirs, by the cultivation of the fine arts, and by so many other qualities, and which is :.0 me the object of so much love.. I have already said many times, and I repeat it, in order that it may be remembered, that I instituted the communal representation for the welfare of the Roman population. Your administration will, I doubt not, pro duce happy results for industry and commerce, but especially through you will flourish what is the greatest all possessions —true religion. I pray God every day .or the public prosperity; to day I will pray Him spe cially that he will deign to guide your labours, and that he will maintain among you union and concord, which are the most solid basis of society. May God especially maintain concord, and make peace to shine ever all Italy! Nothing is so necessary as peace to Anse industry, commerce, the arts, and public felicity to flourish." PORTUGAL. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ..._ Discount of Bank notes, 40 per cent. Exchange, 30 days, 53k; 90, 54; sovereigns, 4.490; dollars, 920. EXTENSIVE FIRE THIS MOENING.—As police constable 267 N, was on duty in High-street Stoke morning he between two and thr ee o ' c l oc k t hi s he discovered a fire on the premises of Mr. Lucking, a fruiterer. Instant alarm was given, and messengers dis patched to the various fire-stations, but before the en gines arrived, the flames had obtained a firm hold on the adjoining premises, and were spreading with fearful ra pidity. Several engines arrived, but though they suc ceeded in preventing the communication of the flames to other premises, three houses were entirely consumed ; a china-shop occupied by Mr. Rawlings, Mr. Lucking's, and a cheesemongers occupied by Mr. Miles. MILITARY FORCE IN IRELAND.--The following is the official return of the present military force in Ire land:—Cavalry-2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, Clonmel and Newbridge; 6th Dragoon Guards, Dun dalk; Ist Dr agoons (or Royals), Cahir ; 2d D ragoons , Athlone; 4th Dragoons, Dublin; 6th Dragoons (Ennis killen), Newbridge; 7th Hussars, Dublin and Drogheda; Bth Hussars, Ballincollig; 13th Light Dragoons, Long ford and Dubli n; 17th Lancers, D u b l i n. Infantry-2d R ;3d Regi men t (B u ff s ), Dub lin Regiment, 2d B atta li on, F ermoy ; 7th Regiment e Nnta of s ; Regiment, D e p o t Company, D u bli n ; 13th Regiment, s Fo 6 o th t, Athlone Birr; 16th, Depot Company, Youghal; 19th Regiment, Castlebar; 26th Regiment, Buttevant; 34th Regiment, Depot Company, Waterford ; 38th Regiment, Depot Company, Boyle ; 40th Regiment, Galway ; 41st Re giment, Mullingar and Clare Castle ; 44th Regi ment, Ist Battalion, Newry ; 2d Battalion, Cork ; 47th Regiment, Clonmel ; 48th Regiment, Enniskillen; 49th Regiment, Dublin ; 55th Regiment, Templemore ; 59th Regiment, TemPlernore ; 64th Regiment, Lime rick; G6th Regiment, Depot Company, Cork; 67th Regiment, Ist and 2d Battalion, Cork ; 68th Regiment, Mullingar ; 70th Regiment, Fermoy ; 73d Regiment, Depot Company, Birr; 74th Regiment, Belfast; 75th Regiment, Dublin ; 77th Regiment, Depot Companies, Nenagh ; 79th Regiment, Depot Companies, Mullingar; 83d Regiment, Kilkenny ; 85th Regiment, Dublin; 88th Regiment, Depot Company, Tralee ; 92d Regiment, Dublin and Limerick; 95th Regiment, Depot Companies, Naas. Royal Artillery-15 Companies and six troops of Horse Artillery. Besides the above are the embodied battalions of Chelsea Out - Pensioners and the local armed police force. Several regiments are under orders for the disturbed districts in Ireland, and a portion of the A division of the metropolitan police, which will make an armed force of from 40,000 to 45,000 men. METROPOLITAN CHURCHYARDS.—MT. Walker has given notice to the Government, that he shall keep a watchful eye upon the floor of the House of Commons, and if it is overcrowded with the bodies of the Irish Members; who have threatened to die there, he cer tainly shall do everything in his power to remove the 1 nuisance. If he could do it before they die, we should not mind.—Punch. COURT-MARTIAL o LIEUT. CROWTHER, OF THE 63D REGIMENT.—The General Court-martial on this officer at Chatham Garrison, which commenced its in quiry on Tuesday, the 14th inst., will, owing to the number of witnesses warned on the trial, occupy the Court for at least three days. Mr. Richard Frail, soli citor, from Rochester, appears on behalf of the prisoner. Lieutenant-Colonel Pole, commanding-officer of the regiment, being the prosecutor, briefly addressed the Court, and said that it was with feelings of deep regret that he appeared before this Court as the prosecutor on a trial of an officer of his own regiment, especially on charges of so serious a nature. There are limits if passed over without notice which would destroy the foundation and principles of military discipline, and, as he felt most desirous not to occupy the time of the Court more than was absolutely necessary, he would at once give an out line of the circumstances upon which the charges have been founded. C o l onel Pole then commenced reading from a written p aper, when he was stoppe d b y the Court, and ord ere d to be sworn, as it appeared that he was going into th e mer i ts connected with the charges. The Colonel wa s th en sworn, and exam i ned at some length, as also Captain Charles E. Fairflough. Captain S. F. C. Annesley , and Lieutenant and Adjutant H. M. Walmaley, in supp ort of the prosecution. We refra i n giving the evidence in consequence of an injunction placed on persons present connected with the public press by the President, Colonel C. Middleton. At four o'clock the Court adjourned till the following morning, when it again assembles. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has presented a beautiful miniature carriage, or " barouchette " capable of carrying four children, to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and his royal sisters and brother. The carriage may be drawn by one or two ponies. CALAMITOUS FIRE IN FRANCE.—The large manu factory of M. Cumenge, of Salvages (Tarn), was burnt to the ground nn the night of the 6 , 11 inst. Th. pr e , raises contained extensive paper works, a woollen thread factory, and machinery for cork cutting, all of which were destroyed. The loss is calculated at about 750,000 f. Fortunately the property was insured. cargo, consisting of cotton, immediately ignited. The captain and crew, in all 16 persons, not being able to extinguish the fire, abandoned the ship, and succeeded in gaining Treguier in their boat. The Robert Shaw was on her passage from Charleston to Havre. This was, no doubt, the vessel seen by the Tagus on fire on her late passage to Southampton. The Journal des Debats announces the death, at Constantinople, of typhus fever and cholera, of Count ST. FERREOL, attached to the French embassy in that city. The line of railroad from Marseilles to Avignon is to be opened in January next. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday, at 75f. 30c. ; New Loan, 76f. 40c. ; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 65c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,197 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 908 f. 75c. ; Havre, 471 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 550 f. ; Avignon, 5601. ; Vierzon, 547 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 4851. ; Bou logne, 375 f.; Dieppe, 260 E; Basle, 1621. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 412 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 3931. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 387 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 30. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 1431 1 --Namur and Liege, 5 1 / 8 — Northern of France, 11 1 —Paris and Lyons, s , A—Paris god Orleans, 46 1 ,4 2 —Paris and Rouen, 34%—Rouen and Barre, 19. LISBON, DEc. 9, 1847.—The elections for Estrema dura are over, and on Sunday next, the 12th instant, the electors will meet in this city to name deputies to repre sent the province. According to what I anticipated in my former correspondence, the majority of the electors belong to the Cabralist party, and thus their nominees will be of the same political colour. In all the other provinces the same thing has occurred, and, conse quently, upon these elections a complete Cabralist Par liament will be elected. This proves too much, and, in good logic, it proves nothing. In fact, the system of violence and fraud countenanced by the military force has given this result. The Central Committee of the Opposition is preparing for publication a statistical table of all the electors that were registered as having the franchise against the law, and who were admitted to the ballot. This table will be framed on the various reports given by the sub-commit ' tees which were organized in every parish of the capital. Besides this table, another, of the citizens unduly dis franchised, is to accompany the report. Amongst the electors illegally admitted in fifteen districts appear the volunteers of various battalions, the petty officers, the baud and drummers of the garrison, the scavengers of the town, the workmen of the arsenals, the crew of the registry vessels of the port, the porters of the custom houses, the letter carriers of the Post-office, and the men employed its the lighting and paving departments. Upon an average the votes of such individuals are near upon three thousand. It to those we add nearly two thousand electors illegally disfranchised, more than one half of the voters for the province were manufactured fcr the Cabrals, as part of them voted unduly, and the other part by the exclusion did not vote at all ! With such foul means the victory is easily gained. The Cabralist party are mad with joy at the result of the elections—the object being gained is sufficient for them. They neither calculate the consequences or the evils to come—to tread under foot the established laws, to reject all evidence, to lay the foundation of anarchy in the administrative departments, is a matter of no consequence. Justice is all a chance—truth is a thing belonging to the other world ; they trouble not them selves with its reality here below. The Cabrals con sider they have gained a victory which will elevate them to power, and, intoxicated with their triumph, they care for nothing e:sc, as they make sure of the fruit of the campaign. There it is that they may expect to be un deceived in the end—there it is they will have to en counter the difficulties they despise—it is there they will meet the beginnin g o f th e en d o f t h e i r delirium. Ecce omnia tibi dabo say they of this kingdom ; but can they fulfil the promise, and convert the stones into bread? Can the party that, like the fabulous teeth of Cadmus, spring up into twenty thousand men from the earth, armed and organized in opposition to them, be considered extinct? Can the Cabrals really suppose themselves the conquerors, after having called three powerful nations to disarm their foes ? Indeed, ambi tion cannot reach to a higher degree of infatuation. It is not for the Cabrals to re-establish peace in Por tugal, because their former discredit has now increased by fresh and undisguised ambition, and renders them unfit to govern. Different sort of men are required in the present day, mon who possess moderation, who have energy, friends of economy, and, above all, honest men. The position which the Cabrals attempt to take up, and which they prepare to struggle for alone and in spite of the protocol, is the rock upon which they will split. On the 3d inst. the baptism of the new born Prince took place at the Royal Chapel. He was christened Augustus. The diplomatic body, a few of the nobility, and the high functionaries of the State, were present to witness the ceremony. Some disturbances and conflicts between the people and the soldiers took place during the past week at Aldea Gallega and Castello de Vide, in the province of the Alemtejo, In both places the insubordination of the troops and the ill-treatment of the people at the last elections, were the causes of the entente. Most impro perly some fresh troops were ordered to both places, and this measure, instead of allaying the bad feelings of the inhabitants, will irritate them more, and bring perhaps a new crisis. " One way to make any alteration in the currency check itself, is to put the banks all upon an equal foot- L ing, no limitation, or restriction, or privilege, to one more than another. On the Scotch system, they ex change each other's notes for their own, and thus check each other's issues. The notes of each bank alike to be made legal tender, which holds its capital in • government securities, the interest of which is payable in its own notes, or in any of the other good securities of the country, at the par of 1844, at the option of Government, so that if they allow their notes to depreciate by over issues, they will be the greatest losers themselves, by being paid in their own cein. And again, if they allow the note to ap preciate, they will be as great losers also, because if the value of these securities fall from an appreciated cur rency, they lose that fall out of the interest of their capital, as it will be more profitable for Government to buy those securities with the current note, and give them to the barikelry payment of the interest of their secu rities, calculated at the 'par of 1844. " A eelf-regulating currency may also be obtained by banks holding local and other stocks (exclusive of Go vernment stock), say, of ten to twenty different secu rities, an equal amount of each, but in no case to exceed a third of the entire capital stock of any of them. This sort of security to form always, at least, half of the total security required, the other half of deposits, or of these same stocks, to the amount of one third of the issue of notes, the notes to be payable on demand in any of these securities at the option of the banks at the par of 1844, and also that the banks receive any of these stocks at their own option in payment of bills, sc., at the par of 1844. This very simple ar rangement will make the pound of 1844 last as long as banks last, and prevent the banks from playing cr work ing on the capital they hold." The market for Consols has been rather flat this morning. The opening value for the Account was 8.5 i, from whence a reaction occurred to 851, and the cur rent value now is 85k 4. Thero have not been any transactions in Consols for special transfer this morn ing. The premium on Exchequer-bills is 7s. to 10s., and upon the small, 10s. to 13s. East India Bonds have varied from 18s. to 21a. discount. Bank Stock is steady at 1861. A considerable amount of business has been trans acted in the Foreign Funds to-day. Such a list of official prices we have not bad before us for many a month. The variations are slight. The Brazilian have rallied to 80; Chilian, to 891; Mexican Five per Cents. have been 181 to 181 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 221; Spanish, at 174 1; the Three per Cents. at 29; and the Dutch Four per Cents. Certificates at 84k. There has not been any material variation in the prices of Railway Shares to-day, but they are flat. ONE CLOSING I'RICES or BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities — 86 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns 8 6 % 1 / 21A 1 / 2 861,4 LongAnns. to expire Jan.1860 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... Consols for Account 853 1 / 2 1 4 85 1 4 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 5001. Small ONE CLOSINO RICKS OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES. Brazilian Bonds 79 80 80 Ditto, Now, 1829 and 1839 79 79 Ditto, Small — 80 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..... Ditto 3 per Cent 49 49 Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 3%% 3% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 lB% 18 18i 18 1 ,E Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 29 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent 22'A Ditto, Account 22% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Do. 1844 13% D 0... 1845 13 1 4 Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred lO4 Ditto. 3 per Cent 29 Ditto, Account 294 Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent 3 4 lh Ditto, Deferred lO Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 841,i FINCEB OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% % Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 2 ,E — Belfast & County Down 10 ...... .. Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 1334.... .... ..... Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 7% — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5 - •••• Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire lOl. 4s — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares 3% I A3 Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 37% — Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 181., E. & H.... 16 Do., 31.105., E. &H. 2 Eastern Counties Ditto (B) 2O Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......61. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... % dis % dis Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 88% B% Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... ••• Do., Quarters •• •• Do., New 23 Eastern Union . Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 — Ditto, Thirds ........13s. 4d 4d Do., (guar. 6 percent) East Lancashire Ditto, New - ... Ditto, New Quarters 34 '4 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 46 46% ... ..... Ditto Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 , ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 22% — ••• Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9% — Ditto,' ditto, New . .... 2 1 4 — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New ............ .. 2... .... ........ ... Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 81.65. 8d Glasgow, Kilinar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New .............. Do. Preference Consul. 12%...... Great Northern lO% 4% Do., London and York 2 %.. ... Great South. and W est. (Ireland) GreatNorthof England -100 ...... Ditto, New 40/. 5 Ditto, New 30/ Ditto, Now 15/. ... 6 1 / 2 dreat Western Ditto, % Shares ..... ~. 50 Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 15 Ditto, I. ifths 2O Ditto, New 17/. ..... -.. 7 Huddersfield & blanches. 22 Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 7 Hull and Selby ' 50 .. Ditto, Half Shares.... 25 Ditto, v, Shares .. 12. / ; 2 — 4pswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 Do., do., and .Norwich 15 Do., do., Exteris. Scrip (late Carub. & Ely) 2% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirols lO Lancashi r.. & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto 1 ,4, Shares . Do. Quarter Shares._ 14% Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths...... Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. 4s. Do. Livcrp. and Bury 34 Ditto i. (lute llud dersfie Id and Slietf.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte- ,_. , tract, & Goole 15% 99 i 5814 7% 49 1 / 5 / 3 51,i 7 3 / 4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet. Sales, 4,000 bales; American, 44d. to sd. per lb.—Rail way Shares were rather better. There was a good de mand for Dover, North Stafford, and Midland. At the quarterly Court of the Proprietors of Bank Stock, In hi to-day, there was not any business done except the reading and the confirmation of the minutes of the last meeting. The non-arrival of the Acadia from Halifax and Bos ton has created some anxiety, so desirous are the mer chants to receive their letters from Canada and the United States. The periodical statements of the firms that have recently failed excite now but little interest except to the parties immediately concerned. If panics were to be prevented, or if distress were to be alleviated, by the ingenuity and industry of pam phleteers, there would be a moral certainty that the plentiful supply of "suggestions," " plans," " remarks," and " essays" which a monetary pressure invariably produces, would accomplish .the good end. Unfortu nately, however, currency theorists are generally obstinately attached to some crotchet which destroys the practical value of their ingenious devices, and it is chiefly to men of business we are indebted for facts elicited by their personal experience, and presented in a "plain unvarnished tale " to the consideration of the impartial. A few remarks by Mr. A. Anderson on the "Recent Commercial Distress," may, in this sense, be worth quoting, even if not entirely acquiesced in. They are as follow: Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/. 2s 2 % 3% dis Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, _Dewsbury, &c.... 37 1 / 2 ....... .._ ,i/ 2% dirs. Do. Branch i/;Shares 12%.. ... Do:New Branch(blue) 2 1 ,E — •••• Do. Extension (green) 2 1 / 2 .. ... Do...;ewExten. (pink) 21 4 — Leeds and Thirsk 36 Ditto, New 20 — •ee •••••• Do., Prefer., 6 p er C t . 3% 1%.. . .•.•• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... .......... 2 Liverp., hinchstr& New- - castle Junction ...... London and Blackwall..l6l. 13s. 4d. Do. No- N 91% _. _a ew, No. I Do. New, No. 2 .. 4! l3s. 4d.... - Do. Extension 17% London, Brighton, and South Coast ... ...... 50 Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - .••••• •• •.••• Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 - ....... ..... Ditto, ditto 1852 50 London and Greenwich 121 15s 4d.. Ditto,Prcference ...1811;52d... - Leudon and N. Western 100 15 1 1,1 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 - Do., do., New Ditto Fifths .........2 LA Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 - ... I)o 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 - - Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10!. (M. & B.) A. 7% 1 1 3,(s ... .. ......... 11% Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% ll 3 /4 ll% Do. 10/. (.11. & B.) C. I Lona. &S. Western 41!, 6s. 8d...... 53% x.n ..... Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 - 41% Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32%.. .. - ..... 29 x.m Do. New 404 .26 - •••••. ......... - Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ....... .... 40 - Ditto, Thirds 61.135. 4d.... - London, Salisbury, - and Yeovil - Londonderry &Coleraine 27 1 / 2 - ....- ...... Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 3 3 / 4.- - ••• ..., Manchester•Buxtori,and Matlock. 3 ...... - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - ••• •..• Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 - ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2).,. 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% - ..... - Ditto and Grimsby., 25 - Ditto ditto . ......... 7 - ••••••••• Ditto dittci .. .. 4% - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire Blanchest.& Southampt 2 1,4` • . - Mildand lOO Do, Cionsolidated Pref.loo - •••• ..... . Do. 40/. Shares - ••••• ...• Do. 504 Shares lO Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consol. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent. 100 - Ilidlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 ...... - Ditto, ditto 71.9s - ..... ..... Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo - Midland Great Western Irish NeweastleandCarlisle...loo - Do. Quarters 25 .... - Newmrket&Chesterford 18% - Do. Extension .........21. 125.... - Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - ,••• ,••• Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% - Nionolk --..... ......... -.100 Do. New 201. - .•• ..... • •I Do. Extension' l6 - Do. Scrip, 18477 North of Norfolk 2 - - ••••• •••• Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 - Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... .... ... 25 ..... . - -- -- Do. Half Shuts 12%...... - Do. Quarters 4 3/, - Do. Extension DUO ..• Thirds . 2 - •• Non' Staffordshire.-- 7%.._„ 7% 7 North ,Wales - • North Western. 6 -..- Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... lA - .... ....... .. Scottish Central - ... ........ .. Scottish Midland 171,4 - . ..- Ditto, New 10 - .. ... .. Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm 6 - Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 - ...... ........ Ditto Halyes ... ditto 8 - .. .... ........ Ditto Oswestry ... .. 12 Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 .....• - 'Shropshire Union south Devon 4O .....: - ... ..... ..... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 - couth Eastern & Dover. 33% 30% 31 Do., No. 1 20 - Do., Nc. 2. - ..... •••..... Do,, No. ....... ...... :5 Do., Ne. 4 • 7% 5% .. South Wales - south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 - ......... ... .. Swans. S. Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 - •••11 •• ......... Thames Haven Duck and Railway .... - Vale of Neath ••• .. 4 - Waterford and Kilkenny 13 I A ...... - .. Waterford and Limerick 46 - ... Waterfd,Wthd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall 4 ... .. ...... Whitehavon & Furness 12 - Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 52s - Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ......... .. 25 - Do. Original New and Berwick . Do. North Shields Pur. 25 - .. Do. Extension No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2. ... 10 ......... .. ••• 12 De G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 9% . 9% York and North Midland 50 - Ditto, Preference 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 5 ,„. , - - Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras - ....,«. •• . . Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ....„ .... I;,‘ - ......... Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... - ............... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ..... , ............ Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 - ........... .... Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 ... - ......, ........ Luxembourg. ..... ••••• .. 6 - .. .. Lyons and Avignon 5 - .... ... .. Madrid and Valentin.... 2 ... - Namur aid Liege , l4 Northern of France....... 10 .. Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l 3,4 d . ... - Paris and Lyons ... 10 ...... i 1.4 Paris and Orleans 2O - Paris and Rouen - Paris and: Strasbourg 8 - Rouen and Havre - ...•... ........ Sambre and Meuse ..... 18 . - ..... -- • Strasbourg and Basle... 14 - • Tours a. .d Nantes ...... 8 - • Tournay, Jnrbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 - West Flanders ...... .... 8% - 43 1 A, 774 114 86 l dis. 42 8 82 79 1 A 25 3 A ao6 2% u.% JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Commercial of London 20 London & Westminstar 20 . London Joint Stock lO National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New lO National of Ireland 22% ••• ......... •• • Ditto New... ..... ..... 10 Union of Austr a li a Ditto,New 2% • Union of London... lO . Union of Madrid MITES. Anglo Mexican lOO British Iron l2 Bolonos Scrip Galvanized Iron ...... 10 Ditto, New BrazilianCocaes& Cuiba 30 •.. •• .......... Real Eel Monte, Unreg. 23 1 4 - - 11/2 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 16.—Wind at noon S.S.E., light breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 15.—Wind S. to S.S.W., fresh._Arrd. Lapara, Batavia; Zeph3r, Anderson, Demerara; Mar garet Evans, Tinker, New York. Arrived from the river and sailed, Sobraon, Sydney, New South Wales. Put back, Marlborough, for Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Charles Carter, Berout; Express, Brazils; Pilgrim, New Or leans; General Sale, Charleston ; L aurent i ne and Julie, Algiers; Ino, Ceylon; Wasp, Africa. The Albion, London, for Maryport, was in contact in the Downs last night, and received damage. The John Pink, of Lon don, 14 Jamaica, got on shore last night, but came off with loss of anchor and chain, and has been supplied. CARDIFF, DEC. 14.—The Monarch, of Sunderland, was in contact yesterday with the Cawton, of Scar borough, and lost bowsprit. The !lope, of Cardigan was in contact last night with the Colla, of Exeter, and lost bowsprit. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Fortescue, Pellatt,,Madras. Sld. Tropic, Jamaica. CLYDE.--Pilt batik. Evriin-o nx, for Porto ... co Grargt., .New TEN DEC..DEC .41. —v . —4A 14. —Wind rrd. d sx._sm. oal l , u Ocean Queen, A , irarz e i iin ieh a i ; DUNDEE, New York. Coax, DEC. 13.—Wind S., strong.—Arrd. Kate Kearney, Jamaica, and not from Barbadoes, as yesterday reported ; Matchless, Thompson, —. REDCAR, DEC. 14.—The Emma de Rosalie, Sunder land to Nantes, ran on shore near Skiningrove this morning in a sinking state; crew and part of materials saved, vessel likely to become a wreck. BRISTOL, DEC. 15.—The Triumph, Leghorn to this port put into Toulon 23d ult., leaky, and loss of bul warks in a gale. Would discharge. JERSEY, DEc. 14.—The schooner Atlas, of South ampton, has sunk at the entrance of Regneville, on the coast of France. The cutter Susan and Jane, Ramsey, has been lost on her passage from Teignmouth to this port; crew saved. ST. IVES, : DEC. 13.—A ship of about 1,000 tons was seen on her beam-ends, 10th instant, about sixty miles south-east of Cape Clear. NEWPORT, DEC. 14.—The Venus, of this port, sailed from Tarbert, for Bristol, 4th ult., was seen off the Muskets on the 6th, and has not since been heard of. TENBY, DEc. 14.—The Mary Jane, Young, of Quebec, was abandoned waterlogged and dismasted, in lat. 50, long. 15; crew saved by the Ocean Queen, arrived here MILFORD, DEC. 14.—The Fortitude, Newport to Cork, drove on an anchor in Hulberstone Pill, and sunk. COOLEY POINT NEAR CARLINGFORD, DEC. 14.—The Marchioness of Bute, Liverpool to Mobile, is on shore here, about a quarter of a mile from low watermark, striking heavily, and is likely to become a wreck; master and crew have not landed, as it blows a gale at S.S.W. KILRUSH, DEC. 13.—Strong gales have prevailed here for some days. A brig, supposed to have left Tarbot Roads this morning, is on shore on Ball Bar. SCILLY, DEC. 13. Arrd. Europe, Gubb, Quebec. The ship Cumberland, of Shields, waterlogged and abandoned, with decks blown up, and completely swept , boats gone, &c., has been brought in here. CORK, DEC. 13.—The Caroline, Gray, from Ibrailal has arrived here, with thirteen of the crew of the barque Henrietta Mary on board, which ►easel was spoken 11th inst., waterlogged, 80 miles S.W. of Cape Clear ; four teen of the crew were drowned. ABERDEEN, DEC. 13.—The Albion, from Newcastle to Leith, which was on shore at the entrance of the har bour, has been got off with little damage. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 15. Wind variable. 14. Sld. Chieftain, Roy. Newport and Singapore ; Frederick, Smith, St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NAY DEARILSTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 12s ; Clover, ditto, 31 lOs to 41 12s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 8 5 per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4110 s; and Straw, 11 5s to 11 101 per load. Trade heavy at the above quotations. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. • • NEVTGATE . AND 7.3IIIADENNALLS. We had a very steady demand, and prices bad as upward tendency. Beet, from 35 8d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Sibs, by the carcase. MEAT MARXISTS. SOUTHALL, DEC. 15.—For the time of year the auppll of Beasts on sale here to-day was small. On the whole) the trade was firm, at higher rates. Beef from 3s 4d to .5s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offal. IZOMFORD, DEC. 15,—Prime Beef and Mutton was .in good request, at improved currencies; otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish st a t e . - B ee f, from 3s 8d to 5s 4d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 4d to 48 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bsi. Suckling Calves, 201 to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 20s to 245; and Much Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. LEWIS, DEC. 14.—Beef for Christmas consumption moved off steadily, at high prides. All other kinds of Meat were quite as dear.—Beef, from 4s 4d to 5s 6d; Mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d; and Pork 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. 227 22% 17 1 ,4 13j g 13 1 4 3 % 10% 29 29 1 4 341 h 84 IA 174 1334 314 36% 46 1 ,i 44 COAL MARKE' ~. --YESTSRDAT. Adair 's Main ......... 16s 6d Heaton Huddle's W. Hartley.. 17 a Od M e dl ey Chester Main lBs 6d Hebburn l9B Od Davison's West Hartley 17s Od Eden Main 2os 3 d Dipton Tanfield lss Od Harraton Main ..... .... 16s 6d Hasting's Hartley l7s Od Belmont 2oe 3d New Tanfield l6s Od Braddyll'a Hetton ... 205 6d Ord'a Redheugh Original Pontop ..... 155 9d Lambton South Pontop .. ...... 158 Od Lumley 195 id Stewart's Hartley Townley l6B 6d Stewart's ... 2lB Od West Wylam West Hartley .. l7s Od High Thornily) , Wylam Wall's End, &c. T ees Acorn Close Bewicke and Co l9s 6d Co wn d on Hartley ..... 178 Od Clennell Gosforth 198 6d Snapethorpe ............ 195 O d Ships at market, 81—sold, 52. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN . For the Week ended Dec. 16, 1547, made ap from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WISSAT. I EARLZT. OATS. 1 P.TX. I BRANS• I "At PRICE 1 51s lid IM 1 s 5d I 2ls 4d 31s Od I 42s 7d 47s The Duties on Foreign Grain aro now suspended. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. UNDER-SHERIFF BiInCHELL.) POTTON V. 'WHITESIDE.) FALAI; IMPRISONMENT.—This was an action to re cover damages for false imprisonment. The defendant allowed judgment to go by default. Mr. PARRY stated the case. The plaintiff was lately butler to Lord Morpeth, and preciously to Sir George Wombwell. Defendant is a watchmaker in Davies street, Berkeley-square. In the evening of the 29th of June last, plaintiff was waiting for a friend in Mount street, when defendant gave him into custody on suspi cion of stealing a gold watch, &c., of the value of twenty two guineas. Plaintiff was loc ked up in the police station all night, but on being taken before the magis trates the next morning, defendant said when he got home at twelve o'clock at night he found the wateli in the side pocket of his coat instead of his waistcoat. He did not give any information of his discovery, so that no bail could be taken for plaintiff. On the part of the plaintiff it was alleged that he was waiting for the valet of Sir Harry Smith, who could not be called, as he had gone with Sir Harry to the Cape of Good Hope ; that defendant passed with a woman named Phillips, and shortly after he returned and gave both of them into custody. The only evi d e nce given by defendant befor e the magistrates was, that the, ferna l prisoner pushed ag a i ns t hi m an d he sweeten her o robbing him, and afterwards saw her speaking to 'plaintiff in the street. Plaintiff, on being c harged, 0 his proper add ress , an d t h e inspector ascertained th"at he bore a good character. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for 504 CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY•) OLD COURT'. (Before Alderman Sir C. MARSHALL and Mr Commie• sinner BuLLocx.) FORGERY OF A RAILWAY PA SS.—Joseph Alfred Sandlands, a bricklayer, plead Guilty to an indictment for forging an order to pass him from London to Bir mingham, and back, with intent to defraud the London and North-Western Railway Company. The Court sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for six months, with hard labour, in the county jail. POST-OFFICE RORI3ERY.—John Partiger, aged 33. a postman, was indicted for stealing a bank -note, value 101., one sovereign, and one half-sovereign, the property of the Postmaster-General. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution. • The charges were clearly► proved. Witnesses of respectability gave the prisoner a good character. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recom mendation to mercy. Baron ROLFE was always disposed to listen to such recommendations, when he could do so with due regard to the public interest. But good character was of no avail in cases of robbery in the Post-office, as, without s previous good character, the guilty party could not have an opportunity of committing the crime. However, he would not pronounce the full sentence of the law, which was transportation for life, and he would sentence the prisoner to be transported for ten years. MURDER OF MR. BELLCHAMBERS.—George AP Coy, wine cooper, 2 horn= Doyle, labourer, Thomas Sale, cooper , and Thomas Davis, tinman, were indicted for the wilful murder of John Bellchambers, on the 11th of October last, in Westminster. There is another indictment for the same murder, but omitting the name of Thomas Doyle, and including that of John Lloyd, modeller, instead, with the three other prisoners. They are all young men, the eldest 25, the youngest 17. The trial commenced at one o'clock, and is not es' pected to conclude to-night. NEW COURT. (Before the B ECORDER an d Mr. Alderman HuonEs THE CASE OF CREATING AT CARDS.—SENTENCE. -- Andrew William Barr, Charles Bruder, Samuel Ilatis , convicted on Tuesday of conspiring to defraud Mr. Jalius A. Kerrie by cheating him at card-playing, w ore brought up for judgment. The RECORDER impressively addressed the prisoners , and dwelt at some length upon the peculiar "nefarious ness" of their conduct. They had decoyed a young man lately come into money, and by various devices and stratagems, under the pretence of gaming at cards, they had plundered him to a frightful extent. They had, in their conversations between them, plotted to deprive hum of his last shilling, and it had been proved that Barr had calculated how much they would have on ths whole to divide amongst them. The spoil they bad already obtained, as appeared upon the indictments , amounted to 1,4401. The punishment for conspiring was fine or imprisonment. But there were many shades of conspiracy, and in some it was thought right to punish by both fine and imprisonment. This was such a case ; for it was proper to deprive the prisoners of any benefit which they might hope to gain by their plunder. Hew" over, there were shades of difference between the three parties. The case of Barr was that of the person who first planned the scheme of robbery, and contrived a variety of weans to effect his nefarious purpose. The sentence was that Barr be imprisoned in the common county gaol, for fifteen calendar months, and pay a fine of 500/.; that Brewer be imprisoned in the same gaol for twelve months, and pay a fine also of 5001. ; and that Rolfs be imprisoned six months, and pay a fine of 100 L The sentence further was, that the prisoners severally )csprisi,nk :I until their fine • be paid. The prisoners, who, especially Brewer, seemed to feel keenly the severity of the sentence, were then removed from the bar.