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13, Great Marlberough-street. • • m DAY,R. COLBURN HAS PUBLISHED THIS THE NEW NOVEL, ENTITLED, " LEONORA, A LOVE STORY," Which may new be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. COMPANION TO THE PEERAGE. Now ready, in 2 vols., royal Bvo., V. Ios. bound, BURKE'S HISTORY OF H E LANDED GENTRY; A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY" OF THE UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. "A work in which every English gentleman will find a domestic interest, as It contains the tallest account of every known family in the United Kingdom."—Messenger. }Leary COlburn, Publisher, - 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK ON BORNEO. DEDICATED TO HIS HIGHNESS THE RATAN BROOKE. This Day is published in evo., with numerous Plates, A A ITS INHABITANTS AND PRODUCTIONS. K, Notes during a Residence in that country with H.H. the Rajah Brooke. By HUGH LOWE, Esq., his Private Secretary, Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). itAILWAY SHAILES BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSfig: LA RAILWAY i.ll i.ll SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends a'.td the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every WEDNESDAY, at One o'clock, (Instead of Tuesday and Friday, as hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be f.,marded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds home die telv disposed of according to instructions. N.B. Sales and purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares effected by private contract, every day, as usual. ethces. flail of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler the Management et Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. MONDAY EVENING, 'Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. II Farren ; Faulkiand, Mr. Creswick ; Acres, . Webster; Sir Lucius O'Trig ger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Frindal ; David, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover; Lydia Languish, Mrs. Nisbett ; Julia, Miss Fortescue ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque Spectacle entitled THE WORLD UNDERGROUND; or, the Golden Flute and the Brazen Waters. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren ; 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, Performance to commence at Seven, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIEII. under the direction of Madame celeste. ON MONDAY EVENING, Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Cullenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To conclude with an Italian Pantomime, entitled PIERROT, the Married Man ; and POLICHLNELLO, the Gay Single Fellow. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25., Gallery, Is. Tors open at Hai[-past Six, Performance to commence at SeTea. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ITruler the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. MONDAY EEENING, Will he presented new Comic Drama, entitled THE TEA• GEDY QUEE N. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. To conclude with a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2e. ; Gallery, is. No half-price to any part of the house. The icew 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. Bradwell of the Colosseum. PRINC ESA'S THEATRE. MONDAY EVENING, Will be presented the Tragedy of THE GAMESTER. Mr. Be verley, Mr. Cooper; Stukely, Mr. Ryder; Lewson, Mr. Conway ; Bates, Mr. C. Fisher; Jarvis, Mr. Gilbert ; Dawson, Mr. Norton ; Mrs. Beverley, Miss Emmeline Montague ; Charlotte, Miss Susan Cushman ; Betty, Miss Somers. After which, a new Farce, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. Frank, Mr. Compton ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude With ' a new Christmas Pantomime. entitled OLD FATHE it TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Uessee, Mrs. F. Davit:lgo, No. 1, Daviage-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. MONDAY EYENING, Will he performed the Tragedy of THE EARL OF WARWICK, King Edward, Mr. F. Vining ; Earl of Warwick, Mr. 11. Hughes ; Duke of Clarence, Mr. Constantine ; Earl ofPembroke, Mr. 11. Horn. castle ; Margaret of Anjou, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with a new Pantomime, entitled BATTLEDOOR and SIIITTTLECOCK ; or, Harlequin Trap, Bat, and I4all. A distinct entrance to the private boxes has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly et all the srinclpal Librarians ; anti at the Box-adilze of the Theatre, which la open daily from Ten until Four. .! Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, ProDrietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. No Performance on Friday and Saturday. Mr. Batty's performing Elephants. MONDAY EVENING, • The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF eILESIA. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of eqcestration. In preparation, a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which will exceed in splendour and effect all former productions at the Amphitheatre, Box-office open from 11 till 5 Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W West. WEATHER.—SIIN OPTICE, DEC. 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 34 ; Highest, 35:; Noon, 36, BAROMETER, 29.92.—W1ND N.N.E.; cloudy. 111(411 WATER AT LONDON-BRII)GF. TIIIS DAY. Morning.. 17 minutes after 3. I Evening .. minutes after 3 • „:.,.. ~,, ~ y ~,, A - -- ~, Si ~.- . .....,, , , . 0 ,, ....4,.. , ,444 k" ..' 1 - ‘ -J • : ' r .__ -s • - -*le $ • Tiv • , 4 ',~. 4 AC._ o k il:*3 ,- ~, s -' '446N' ,'• :. '. ".‘ ‘.1...".• • • 't; t,, 4 - %.• r 0 s .-% ii — ii' -- at 1104- T„L". DIE u tpOiSo- 4 .; ..' ...,''''''" "' sot . 2 91 e _.. ~., ' t " T. "' ITV*MI LONDON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1847. Very exaggerated rumours are prevalent in the United States as to the mercantile movement now observable in our West Indian possessions, It is conceived by some of the American journals that the doom of our colonial interests in that beautiful archi pelago is at length sealed, and that Jamaica, Trinidad, and Guiana itself will very speedily effect their sepa- ration from the mother country, in the hope of re alising certain republican predilections, and of securing their commercial prosperity as well as their political independence. Nay, the anticipations of our contem poraries across the Atlantic are not restricted to the British dominions in the West Indies, they anticipate a similar declaration on the part of Cuba—the Virgin of the Antilles—and look forward even to the period when Canada, as well as Mexico, shall bss " enfolded in the arms of the Union." Surely the cause of all these auguries and predic tions is sufficiently manifest; the motive in which they have originated is transparent. Everything has evinced of late the greed of the United States for territorial aggrandizement. The history of the model republic is little better than the narrative of a succession of flagrant and most unjustifiable spolia tions. Its avarice has advanced—gradually—south wards. The most enormous act of annexation was, until the invasion of Mexico, the annexation of Texas ; since then, however, California has been seized, and the brave soldiers of Washington marched into the very citadel of the Montezumas. Nothing has retarded this unprincipled ambition of the Ame ricans, stimulated as it has been by the equally unprincipled connivance of Mr. President Poex. It has pressed onwards from the Rio Grande to Mon terey, from the quays of Vera Cruz to the battle ments of the republican capital. It has triumphed while throwing bombs and rockets into streets where the majority of the victims of destruction were women and children. It has signalized its victories in the land of which COaTES was the first conqueror, by hanging the mercenaries of RILEY in a batch—on a row of gallows—in cold blood. Knowing these things, it is anything but surprising that the lust of dominion ahould extend beyond the shores of the continent, and while hungering for the subjugation of Canada in one direction, and of Mexico in another, should yearn for the capture of Cuba, and Trinidad, and Jamaica, and Barbadoes, and the rest of the West Indian Archipelago. Never were anticipations more premature ; never werem predicti ons more ill-ti me d an d i nappropr i ate. ime asurably more has just b een d one b y th e Su preme Governm e nt for'the retention of those colonies, and for securing the gratitude and obedience of their inhabitants, than h r asbe t en recently accomplished for remote any other of our I sossessions. Hithert o th e W n proprietors in o ur West Indian Islands were cramped into a condition very n early ueri ap e r xf imating to that of pauperism by the evil influences and gigantic blunders. Th e with penury, moreover, b ; threewere ree affi h icted y these h while their estates were situated in one t of in r most fruitful regions on the surface of the globe. These three causes of their calamities were : —I. The impossibility of obtaining labourers sufficient to cultivate the plantations. U. The villanous :system of Protection, as applied to them selves,—namely, the necessity, which was forced upon them as a boon (as a boon, forsooth !), of having the mom )poly of the English markets, when they were unable to supply anything like the amount demanded by t',n e consumption of Great Britain. 111. The ex pen Jive system of agriculture adopted by the planters, a systenl which squandered the largest capitals, with a certain ity of resulting in the least possible returns. such has: been the mercantile Cerberus, the triple headed monster which has destroyed the energies and misdirected the fertility of our islands in the Gulf of TIE geNT I LONDON, FRIDAY EVEFINry. DI:MEMBER Q4l Mexico. Now, however, the case has been rendered altogether different. Efforts have been made by the Colonial part of the present Administration, under the able and vigilant superintendence of Earl GREY— not to lull the monster by throwing it a sop, like 2EsnAs, but to strangle it outright, and relieve those colonies from a protracted incubus. Efforts of this character have been made, and efforts so peculiarly energetic, that they must ultimately prove success ful. An economical system of cultivation will before long be introduced into our different West Indian possessions—a system which will elicit the most abundant and remunerative crops from the soil with the most moderate expenditure. This of itself must be an inestimable improvement. Then, again, the extension of the blessings of free trade to those islands and to British Guiana will eventuate in an extraordinary incitement to the enterprise of the planters and proprietors ; and, above all, the Legisla ture has removed those restrictions which have hitherto prevented the importation of labourers fitted by constitution to the tropical toil of the sugar plan tations. The West Indians will no longer ha►e to send at enormous expense for ship loads of Hill Coolies from Hindostan ; they will no longer have to suffer from the incapacity of Eu ropeans to work among the sugar canes under the broiling heat of a noonday sun. Now that the coast of Africa is opened to their vessels, and that they are permitted to afford employment to the negro popula tion on such terms as are suited to freemen, there can exist no further sense of hardship among our colonists, they will be unable to charge the mother country with a selfish sacrifice of their social and commercial interests. 'What, the West Indians will ask them selves, what good can be accomplished by their rupture with Great Britain and their alliance with the United States ? The provisions of the new Act for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage in Ireland are, probably, al ready brought into operation in some of the more disturbed localities. A Privy Council was to have been held yesterday for the purpose of deciding the districts that should be proclaimed, and the addi tional police force that should be sent to the scenes of disturbance. Most sincerely do we hope that these proceedings may have the desired effect, and that the Government may find that the moderate mea sure with which they were contented will prove more effectual for the repression of crime than more stringent enactments, involving a more serious departure from the spirit of the constitution. The recent accounts from different parts of the country, unfortunately, afford additional proofs of the absolute necessity for energetic and determined action on the part of the authorities. Threatening letters have been sent to many of those who have zealously and efficiently discharged the duties incidental to their position, who have resided on their estates and de voted their entire means to the improvement of the condition of the people. In Roscommon, Lords CROFTON and CLEMENTS have been obliged, in consequence of threatenining notices, to depart from the localities which through their liberality were preserved from those heartrending scenes of misery and destitution which were unfortunately too prevalent in less favoured districts. Lord CLEMENTS, who represented the county Leitrim previous to the late dissolution, had made himself rather remarkable in Parliament for the active part he took in pressing the distress of his country on the attention of the Government, and for his resistance to the Coercion Bill brought for ‘ward in 1846 by the Peel Ministry. He advocated ultra-popular views, and it was supposed that he would have been one of the last who would have in curred the animosity of any class of the people. In private life he is a kind-hearted, benevolent, and humane nobleman, who during the famine supplied food at his own personal expense to the destitute poor. An attempt on the ; life of another resident landlord, WILLIAM TALBOT, Esq., has been made in the same county, a gun having been snapped at him, which, happily, missed fire. In Kildare, the Earl of Cx.olisser.. has received similar notices, and, by a refinement of barbarity, a letter was directed to the Countess, hoping more easily to excite her fears. The Noble Lord has given constant daily employment on his demesne to seventy , five labourers, besides maintaining a large establish went. In the Qaeen's County Sir CHARLES COOTS and his agent have been served with Rockite notices, while even the County Down—hitherto one of the most tranquil and prosperous parts of Ireland—has not escaped, the trustee and agent of the Annesley estate having received intimations that they have in curred the wrath of the midnight legislators. We have mentioned but a very few of the many instances with which the local journals of almost every county are filled. There is, however, one ' case that demands especial attention, not merely from the high character and admirable conduct of the gentleman whose life and property have been menaced, or from the determined courage he has manifested in disregarding all attempts at intimida don, and remaining at his post still to benefit the people, but because, it is said, that immediately pre vious to the:delivery of the notices he had been de nounced from the altar of the chapel at Newport, as 4n exterminating and tyrannical landlord. Sir RICHARD A. O'DoNEL, since his accession to the family title and estates, more than nineteen years ago, has constantly resided on his property, and deservedly obtained the character of one of the best and most improving landlords in the kingdom. No pains were ever spared to improve the condition of his tenantry. The cultivation of flax was intro duced by him on his estate, and his exertions have darned for him the thanks of the Society for the Pro motion and Improvement of the Growth of Flax. Every encouragement was afforded to those who occu pied any portion of his lands, and his entire income has ever been expended amongst them and for their benefit. His example has been particularly valuable during the past year; a vast amount of employment was provided for the people, to several hun dreds of whom he gave work, every means within his power was adopted to render their situation more tolerable ; and, as an evidence that he had not relaxed his efforts, we may mention that he had just concluded an arrangement for the loan of 12,000/. from the Government, for the further improvement of his estates; and yet this is the gentle man whose name has been added to the black cata- logue of victims, whose life is threatened by the as sassin, and whose property—the flax he has cultivated with so much care, in order to provide additional oc- cupation for the families resident on his estates—is to be burned ; and in accordance with the new system these notices were forwarded to Lady O'DoNEL. The cowardly miscreants were, however, mistaken in their man. Sir RICHARD despised their infamous threats, and disregarded their menaces. lle assembled his tenantry, gave th?m the most admirable advice, and offered a reward of 10/. to the first man who should arrest a Terry Alt. "We are suffering (said he) from the calamity which in the; wisdom of GOD has been inflicted on us. We have all passed through the late affliction of last year, and a continuance of t, and by the blessing of PXOVIDENCE, and the united exertions of tenant and landlord, we will succeed. Let us depend on ourselves and our own exertions, and we will get over our difficulties ; let us but work as men and not as unlawful combinators ; let us com mence to dig the land and prepare for seed time ; et us help ourselves and each other, and the ALMIGHTY will bless our efforts, and I trust we shall Admiral Sir WILLIAM PARKER, and the Hon. Mr. ABERCROMEIF, Minister of England at Turin, have arrived at R The celebrated CICEROACCHIO has placarded the walls of the city with the following protest : "PROTESTATION.-I, Angelo Brunetti, better known as Ciceroacchio, find it necessary to announce that I have no connexion with place bevars, and cannot procure situations for needy persons. lam a simple man, earning my bread for my family by honest industry. I do not frequent antechambers or the halls of great people. It is made known to me that people are going about collecting money, by way of tribute to me, as a man who ought to be supported at the public expense. These men are impostors and traffic on public credulity. My only wish is to do my duty as a citizen, and to forward the interests of the dwellers in the noblest land the sun ever shone upon— the land of Pio Non. I" A letter dated Rome, December the 11th, says— " Discontent increases here and in the provinces on account of the retrograde march of the Government. Cardinal Ferretti retires, and we are assured that he will be replaced by Cardinal Bernetti, Secretary of State under Gregory XVI. Count P. Ferretti has left Rome for Naples, and it is said that he will not return here. The Consults sees the evil, but cannot apply a remedy; it can only give its opinion on the Bills which are presented to it. Thus far there:has been no question of the fundamental laws. The affair of the evacuation of Ferrara, which has been an nounced as terminated, appears to be once again de layed. General Radetski, commandant-in-chief of the Austrian army in Italy, is opposed, it is said, to the convention made between M. de Fiquelmont and Count Bailly Ferretti. M. de Lutzow, Austrian Ambassador, has sent a courier to Vienna, and it is l i not until after his return that we shall know what is to be done on this subject." By a decree of the 15th December, the Sardinian Government has reduced the stamp duty on political journals from sc. to 3c. This is considered a further concession to liberal ideas. Journals which are ex clusively scientific and political will continue to enjoy absolute exemption from the stamp duty, but all notices, prospectuses, programmes, and bills distri buted to the public, must be stamped. According to letters from Modena of the 12th inst. the Dun was disposed to join the Italian Customs' League, but on receipt of dispatches from Vienna, he abruptly broke off the negotiations, and M. CORBOLI Buss' departed for Rome. We learn from Trieste that the Emperor of RUSSIA has ordered the duties on imports from Austria to be reduced to the same amount as is charged on Prussian products. The reply of the Government of Neufchatel to the Swiss Diet relative to the fine imposed upon it by that body for not having supplied its contingent of troops to act against the Sonderbund, is thus given by the Prussian papers— " We have received the note you did us the honour of addressing to us on the 11th instant, communi cating to us the resolution of the Diet of the same day, which imposes upon our state, as a fine for having refused its military contingent to the Confe deration to act against the Sonderbund, the payment of a sum of 300,000 Swiss francs, in money or bills, payable to the 20th December. We have the honour to notify to you, in reply to your communication, that after the counsel and unanimous resolution of our legislative corporation, we are quite willing to pay the fine in conformity with the aforesaid decree at the time appointed. (Signed) "THE GOVERNOR, " PFUEL-FAVARGER, Sec " Neufchatel, 14th December, 1847." The Carlsruhe gazette of the lath gives the follow ing. Notwithstanding the announcement that the news is from a source worthy of credit, we must be permitted to express our doubts of it : "During the manoeuvres at Winnica the Emperor of Russia addressed the following words to his gene rals, What we are now doing is net a theory; in two years I shall have led' this army into other countries upon the field of glory It is even asserted that the Emperor, addressing a General, said,' You, General, shall command the avant-garde; I am no longer satis fied with my neighbours ; we must seek for other allies.' These words were commented upon by the generals, and General Orloff acknowledged that there was some truth in the idea of differences with the Prussian Cabinet, and of an intention 'to cultivate a good understanding with France. What we state comes from a source worthy of credit. It is a person who was present who sends it." The King of BAVARIA has issued a decree abolish ing the censorship of the press on all subjects of do mestic policy. It is only to exist as regards trans gressions of an existing penal law, and defamation of private individuals. The censorship is, however, to continue as to articles on foreign countries. var. Madrid papers of the 17th have arrived. The motion of Senor SEGASTI for a return of the payments made from the revenues of the Havannah was rejected by a large majority, as might have been expected, when it is remembered that had these re turns been produced, they would have shown that a great portion of this revenue had found its way into the pockets of Queen CHRISTINA, and another por tion had been wasted in endeavouring to purchase a party in Mexico last year to proclaim the Duke of ILIANZARES king of that country. It is also believed, notwithstanding the unqualified assertions of Senor MON to the contrary, that the expenses of the abor tive expedition of General FLORES were defrayed out of these revenues. It was rumoured by the Minister of Justice that the Government would shortly submit to the Cortes a project of law, for securing to the clergy a befitting maintenance. The Princess of ANGLONA, the Duchess of ALBA, the Countess of PINO Itaamosa, and the Countess of RETILLATEDO had been appointed ladies of honour to the QUEEN. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Jorernal des Debate has a long article on the subject of the recent mission of Sir Joint DAVIS to Cochin-China, towards the close of which it alludes to the interference of France in the affairs of that country in 1774, when under pretence of supporting a native Prince, who had been converted to Catho licity, and brought to France by a French Priest named PIGNEAUX, the then French Government sent out this said M. Plarszeux with an army to de throne the reigning SOVEREIGN, and to place this protege of the priest on the throne, in return for which the Prince conceded to France the sove reignty of the Bey of Touran. The Debuts then goes on to state how the adherents of this Catholic KING of Cochin -China were expelled, and the old order of things restored, and winds up with one of those marvellous tales of the persecution of some French Catholic priests with which the French Government is wont to prelude any violent seizure of territory from those with whom it can pick no other cause of quarrel. Fortunately, Lord ABERDEEN is not now at the head of the English Foreign -office. Had he been Foreign Secretary we should ere this have had the tragi-comedy of Otaheite acted over again on a larger scale in Cochin-China. There was a rumour on the Bourse on Wednesday that King Louis PHILIPPE hsd been seized with a fit of apoplexy, and this rumour obtained such general credence that the Rentes fell in consequence. The official answer of M. GUIZOT to the inquiries of the Commissary of the Bourse on the subject was, that the KING, with the exception of a slight cold, was in his usual state of health. Count MOLE is, it is said, a daily visitor at the Tuileries. On Wednesday M. GUIZOT had a long conference with the Ambassadors of Austria, Russia, and Prussia. It was then decided, it is said, to ad dress a joint note to the Swiss Diet without the par ticipation of England. The Presse states that the Emperor of RUSSIA has sent a large sum of gold to Hamburgh to be invested in the new Belgian loan. The merchants of Bordeaux, by the organ of a special commission chosen from among its members, recently addressed to the President of the Council a letter, setting forth the present situation of the sugar trade, and calling on the Government to take some step to settle the question definitively, The follow ing is the reply of M. GUIZOT, dated Dec. 13 : " Gentlemen,—l have read with all the attention that it merits the statement which you have drawn up relative to the sugar question. The Government is fully aware of the importance of that question, as well as of its difficulties. I am happy to find that you render justice to the efforts which it has hitherto made, unfortunately without effect, to settle the matter in a sense favourable to the ge- connived at or passed by with tacit acquiescence, may be averted. " Among the papers seized at the College of the Jesuits, at Friburg, was a catalogue of the members of the Society of Jesus, printed at Lyons in 1846 by the Society itself, perhaps with the very presses which have been the cause of a process still pending. This catalogue, which has been published by a Swiss journal, the Gazette de Berne , is therefore later by a year than the negotiation o f M. Rossi, than the de clarations of M. Guizot, and than the famous Note published in the Moniteur of 6th July, 1845, thus conceived : The Government has received intelli- gence from Rome.: The negotiation with which M. Rossi was charged has attaiued its object. The community of the Jesuits will cease to exist in France; it will dissolve itself; its convents will be closed, and its noviciates dissolved.' Now the cats• logue shows that the community has not ceased to exist in France, that it has not dissolved itself, and has not closed its noviciates, for it indicates the con ventP, the members, and the missions of the Jesuits in the province of Lyons subsequent to this false de claration. Nay more—if we compare the personnel of the order in the province of Lyons at the beginning of the year 1846, with what it was at the beginning of 1845, we find a considerable increase." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 75f. 25c. ; New Loan, 76f. 45c. ; the Five per Cents., 1161. 90c. ; the Orleans Rail- road Shares, 1,205 f.; Rouen, 907 f. 50c. ; Ha►re, 472 f. 50e. ; Great Northern, 550 f. ; A►ignon, 575 f.; Vieraon, 545 f. ; Bordeaux, 487 f. 50c. ; Basle, 161 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 413 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 392 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 403 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 14% —Dutch Rhenish, 2% — Northern of France. IN—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5% —Paris and Lyons, s%—Paris and Strasbourg, 4 5 4—Sambre and Meuse, 7. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was with out alteration. The sales amount to 4,000 bales, nearly all American. The Bank reduction of its minimum rate has had scarcely any effect on the price of Public Secu rities to-day. We have had Consols at 85i for the opening, and down subsequently to 84. They are now called 84 to 851, but the market sluggish. The dealings of the moining have been chiefly in the heavy Stocks, but without any material alteration of prices. The Three-and•a-Quarter per Cent:, are 864 to ir, Reduced Threes 841 to 5. Ex chequer-bills rule higher at 9s. to 12s. premium. As the holders will now enjoy the facilities of obtaining advances upon them at the Bank of England, and at a reduced rate, it is probable that the present prices of the bills will be supported, if even they do not improve. Our Foreign Market remains dull. Dutch Two at.d-a-Half per Cents. are called better at 56 to i, the Fours at 85i to 1, Spanish Fives 18 to i ; the Threes 30 to k ; Mexican 171 to 181; Belgian, 88 to 91. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... .... B5 85% 84 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. 86%% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 11-16 % India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,0004 500/. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 4 per Cent., 12 Guild 56-'4 Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pas SHAY. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% —..— to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. .. Birmingham & Oxford Junc... 20 Birmingham, Woi.,& Dudley 10 ... . . Binning., WoL, & Stour Val 101.145.... ....„ to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction... 7% — - to Boston, Stamf., & Binning... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ' 2O ..1... 14 1 ,4 ...... to . Buckinghamshire.. ' Caledonirn Ditto, Half Shares - ..... to Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and H01yhead......„. 37%..... Ditto, Preference 8 Clarence. ..... 7 8 14 «... to Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cont... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 ner Cent. 10 Dublin and Belfast Jtutotion.. 20 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ...... East Anglia, 251.& L. , E. aid L. & D. ... 25 Ditto, 181., E. Li H ...... 18 Ditto, 3:. 10s., E. & H... 2 Eastern Counties 50i dis. to Ditto, ditto (B) 1 1 3 38 3. . 4d 4d . ..... to D D 0 0 . . , Y d e 0 rp . e .. t..,..5 per c t.t . . 2 1 , , 61 6/ . . Do., Yolk Extension lO Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... ........ ..... 12% ... Do., New Eastersn Union.. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12 1 ,4 — Ditto., Thirds .. ........ ..13s. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 8 per cent.)... to East Lancashire ..... Ditto, New Do., New Quarters ......... 3 3 / 4 East Lincolnshire •.. 12 1 ,4 ...... 12 Edinburgh sod Glasgow ..... 50 ...... 43 Ditto, Half Shares ......... 15 ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 121,4..•... _ Edinburgh and Northern ... 221 A — Ditto, New ....• ... ..... •••••• 8% — ...... to Ditto, New port glii Ditto, ditto, New Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% Ditto, New ... ........ .. 2%....~ Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlis!e..B/ 65.8 d... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 „...„ Ditto, New 40 .. . to Do. 1 /, Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 121,4...... .. Great Northern.... .......... ... 10 1 / 2 4 1 4... .• to A.Do. London & York Ext en . 21/2 % 1, 6 ... to Gt. South. & W e st. (Ireland) 35 Great Nort'i of England,,,,,, 100 Ditto, New 40/. 5 Ditto, Now 301. ......... ....., 30 ... -".. • ... to ...... Ditto, New 151...... ••• ...... 6 1 / 2 _, — . ... to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares 20 Ditto, Fifths Ditto, Quarter Shares to H 164 t to Do. New 171 7 ...... 7 3 / 4 uddersfield and Manche s t er 22 .• Dittc, Thirds 7 ._. Hull and S e lb y 5O ...... 98 to 1/2 to Ditto, Half Shares .......... 25 ...... 48 i i to Ditto, Quarter Shores ..... . 121/2 to fps wicl& Bury St. Edmunds 15 Do. do. and Norwich ...... le Do., do., E x t ens i on S crip (late (Carob. and Ely) 2 1 / 2 ...... '•• •• to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO ...... -- Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto ................. 82 Ditto Half Shares ...... , - 38 Ditto Quarters ...... l 4 l /2 Ditto Fifths .................. 8 Ditto Sixteenths ... .... .( Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 10/. •" 6 ! 45 ...... .•••••• to • to Do. Liverpo o l and Bury... 34 Do. (Rudder s . and Stieff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pon te f ract, and G001e....... ....... 47% — Do., West Riding union —44 25.... • Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto ........ .....(B) 11 4 Leeds and Bradford ........... 50 .. ... ..••• t° Leicester and B e df ord Do., Branch % Shares l 2 l /2 16s. Leeds, Dewsbu r Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2 Ditto. Extension (green)... 2[- — Leeds and Thirsk ..„..... Liverpool. D do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 1 / 2 . ... - ••• • to Crush Y, and South to port. ............................ 2 Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junctiol 2 I,E — to London& Blac kwall...l6/. 183. 4d. ...... Ditto New, N o . 1.. . to Ditto New, N o . 2 ... ....... . 6 ...... ... 41. 13s. 4d.... . Do. Extension ......... l7 ... Lond., Bright., & S outh Coast 501...... Do. Consolidat e d E ighths... 30 ..... 20 — 42! i i Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 , Do. Pref. Coay. 5 per Cent. 50 ..... Ditto, ditto .......... 1852 50 ....• London and Greenwich... 121. 153. 4d... Ditto Preference ........ 18/ 17a 2d... London and North Western..100 Do. Quarter ......L. and B. 17 DDo. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 - .. to o. do. Fifths ..., ........... ..... _ to Do. Quarters ......... G. J. 25 ...... • .• Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 15 ..... Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 .... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7 1 / 2 . .... ii . ...... to London — Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ...... ...... to Do. and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d.... SC , Ditto New Consolidated 8 ths. 40 •...~ Ditto New 5 0/......• - ..... 321/2... 27% to New 40/. .... ..... .. .. 26 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ti ". Do. Tenth s (C onso li dated) 40 neral interests of the country. Although the propositions which it has already laid before the Chambers have not been favourably received, it will not the less persevere in seeking out such practical means as may be calculated to put an end, or at least to afford some relief, to a situation which very justly occupies your solicitude. I shall, in consequence, be most happy to learn from you what conclusions you may in the end arrive at ; and although the question belongs more especially to the attributions of the Ministers of Commerce and Fi nance, the advantages of a prompt solution are too evident to my eyes for my department not to eagerly co-operate in any investigations which may facilitate that object." We find the following in the Constitutionnel Ditto, Thirds 6/. 133. 4d... ...... to Lmidon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 ,4 — Londonderry and Coleraine-. 27 1 % — ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 23% ..... to Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto % Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7% ...... Ditto Grimsby 25 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto .... 4% to Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%...... _ . to Manchesterand Southampton 2 1 4 — .. ... to 51 ichand 100 lO7 • to Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 401. Shares Ditto, 501. Shares..... ...... 10 ... Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per eaat....100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34 Ditto ditto 71.95.... .. Midland, Leices. and S wan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . Miclld. Great Western (Irish) 35 Neapipistle and Carlisle lOO ...... Unto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chest er f or d 18 1 % ...... Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Norfolk IOO Ditto New 20/. 5 ...... to Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ......, 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% — ... .. to Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares... ...... .. 12 1 ,4 11%%... to Do. Quarters 4% • 4 1 , 4 %... to Ditto, Extension % — ..... to Ditto Thirds ... .......... ..... 2 - to North Staffordshi re ... .. ...... 7% 7 North Wales 3% — ..... to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7%...... Royston and Hitchin ... 11...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland ..N........ ... 17% — ...... to Ditto, New lO — to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6 Ditto, ditto. Class B. 8 Sbrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) 1 Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union . te South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire 4 South Eastern and Dover 33% — to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 Ditto, New No. 3 ls Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 71 % 5%%... to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 rhames Haven Dock and Railway 17% raw Vale Extension ...... .. 4 Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13%...... Waterford and Limerick.,... 40 ... .. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l2 ... - - Windsor, Staines, and South Western s2s. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... . 33 1 4 to 33 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. ... 30 -to -- Do. North Shields Purchase 25 - ... Do. Exton. No.l (Y. & N.) 10 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 78% to 72 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension .... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon .... 53. Demerara. .........- ........... 5 Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Datch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 55....... ...... to Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege... Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 - to Over Yssel 4l3s 4d - Paris and Lyons ' .. 10 Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen .............. 20 Paris & Strasbourg ..... S ...... 4% to Rouen and Havre 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... Tours &. Nantes ... ... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt West Flanders l% l% to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial ..... .......- .... ... 25 Commercial of L0nd0n....... 20 London Joint Stock .... ...... 10 - London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% ... .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 2% to Union of London .. 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo ➢lexican lOO - Astrian Mining Company ... 11 Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperito ..... .. ... 21 ...... Cobra Copper Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered —. .. 1% to 2 LLOYD'S SHIPP 4 iNG—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 24.—Wind N.N.E., light breeze, and dull, hazy weather. DEAL. DEC. 23. Wind S. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Per sian, Edington, Calcutta ; Susan Crisp, Holdsworth, Cape of Good Hope ; Westminster, Mitchie, Hudson's Bay ; St. Andrews, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. Nunez, Rio Nunez; Zenobia, Cape and Calcutta. Off port, Ann Dashwood, St. John's, N.B. POOLE, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Nelson packet, Lane, New , foundland. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind, E.S.E.; S.W. —Arrd., 22d, Tigris, Sinton, Ceylon; John King, Mar tin, Manritius. rut in, Mimer, Fleetwood, Gothenburg for Bahia, with loss of sails, rigging, and spars; British Queen, Hill, Hartlepool for Ceylon, ei4ht of crew re fusing to proceed. Off port, 21st. Justina, Madras. PENZANCE, DEC. 22.—The Isabella, M'Connell, from Quebec to London, was passed on the 11th instant, in lat. 25. lon. 26 W., waterlogged, and with loss of rudder, sails, &c., and crew taken off by the Loodianah, Dalli more, arrived here. SWANSEA, DEC. 23.—The Garonne, Dunn, of Dublin, repairing here, wok fire last night, and has received considerable damage. Coax, DEC. 21.—The Emily, Keane, from Liverpool to Africa, with loss of topsail yard, bulwarks, &c., water-casks bilged and ring .bolts torn up, put in here to-day. TRURO, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Gateshead Park, Glidon, Newcastle, after having been in contact with a schooner, name unknown, off the Eddystone. OFF PENZANCE, Diac. 20.—Andromache, Hamburgh; St. Stephen's, New Brunswick, for Hull. 21. Cornelia, I)eimurs, Batavia, and sailed up Channel ; Loodianah, Dallimore, St. John's, New Brunswick. NEWPORT, DEC. 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. 21, Guar dian, Yakermann, Hong Kong. 22, Harbinger, Cand lish, Hong Kong ; Wilberforce, Denby, Grenada ; Prins Cari, of Stockholm, Havannah. CAERNARVON, DEC. 20.—S1d. Peltoma, New Orleans. CLYDE, DEC. 21.—S1d. Borneo, Batavia ; Sovereign, Ceylon ; Cassandra, New Orleans. CORK, DEC. 21.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Saxon, M'Lean. Callao ; Demerara, Allen, Liverpool, for St. Thomas's, leaky. Sld. Susan, Pondicherry; Herald, Bermuda. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 23.—Wind S.—Arrd. Jacobine, Copenhagen, for Hull, very leaky. NEWPORT, DEC. 22.—The Prince Carl, for Havannah, got aground on the western point of the river Usk, to day, and remains. SHIELDS, DEC. 23.—The James, of Yarmouth, which went on the rocks 17th inst., got off and went up the river to repair. be better off next year than at present. I give you this advice as a friend, but do not suppose that I care for these marked notices. I tell you again I don't care for their threats ; they shall not deter me from the pur suit of my duties and my business by day and by night ; and no threats, nor " Molly Maguire" notes, shall drive me from this place or this country. No, my friends, lam determined to remain with you, and help you, if I can." It is unnecessary to comment upon this admirable conduct. Sir RICHARD O'DONEL is deserving of the public gratitude itir the manner in which he has acted ; while, if the Mayo Constitution is right, and that he has been slandered and de nounced from the altar, his reverend calumniator will merit the most severe censure that can b e in flicted. The scene is reported to have take n pl ace i n p M the diocese of Archbisho‘llALz. We trust the re cent letter of Lord ARUNDEL and SURREY be r thrown Will not. aw u a s y t , be but that the heavy scand a l and re h oa susta , ined if such pr oceedings are pcthat MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) C+ CORN EXCHANGE.—FRID AY. The change of wind having enabled several vessels, which have been out some time, to make their passege, the arrivals of English Wheat for our market this week i l'iave been tolerably t•xtensive; yet, as most of the c argoes were disposed of previous to arrival, the show o f samples here to-day was small. Selected qualities v -ere in moderate request, at full prices; but all other Ii inds were much neglected. The business doing in Foreign Wheat was limited, nevertheless previousui rates te we re mostly support ed. Fine Maltin g Barley wa s ass fear, but grindi n g and distillin g sorts we re a s low er. Althoug h the q uantit y of Malt notwashs . e th a t a rticle was dull , at barely stationary rice supp ly of Oats being lar g e, all kinds moved at a . slight decline in value. Beans, Peas, Indi an C orn, and )Tour, were a very slow inquiry. l aavTri a gih d yee e : ') off ARRIVALS: ...... 57.) h s0 ea q t r . s. 913,9a7174.ra. n 4 a lO ts q . ri. I 3:4 1 1nic,.. Ent ;lish F 42 reign ...... 2,180 - 23,210 1 - 1 - j -- Unit, 0,220 in. ancrTurzELn. Per tilba. to sink the offal. 5. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 6 3 8 Second quality ... 10 4 0 1 Prime large Oxen.. 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots ...... 4 8 5 0 Large coarse Calves 3 $ 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 4 10 'uckling Calves .20 0 29 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 8 4 0 s. d. to s. d Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 5 0 Southdown Wether 5 2 5 4 Ditto mt. otthe wool Large Hogs ...... 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers .... 4 8 5 2 Quarter old Pigs ..20 0 25 0 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET, Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 643 1.650 66 250 NEWGATE AND LIEULDENUALL. Although the supplies of meat here to•day were very great, the general demand was brisk, at our quota- tions. At per ?stone by the Carcase. s. - d. to s. d. C s. 61. to s. d. Beel,inferler...... a 4 3 8 Mutton, inferior .. 3 2 3 6 middling ——3 )0 4 0 middling.. 3 8 4 2 prime large .. 4 8 4 4 prime .• 4 4 4 8 prime small .. 4 6 4 6 York, 1arge........ 3 8 4 6 Veal ...• .• •••• • • • • 3 8 4 8? 5ma11........ 4 8 5 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os (W.' EOROUGH HOP MARKET. We have to notice a better feeling in the demand for the best East Kent flops of the present year's growth, at an advance in the quotations of 2s per cwt. In other kinds, with which the market is well supplied, rather an improved amount of business is doing, and prices are fairly supported. Sussex Pockets, 21 16s to 316 s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 to 31 10s ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 6s to 51 12s per cwt. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) ROSE V. RUSSELL. The plaintiff in this action resides in the Wands worth-road. The defendant is a musician in Jullien's band. The action was brought to recover the sum of 31. 53. for lodgings for defendant's wife. The de fendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. ROBINSON, for the plaintiff, said the claim was for five months lodging of Mrs. Russell and her son. Mrs. Russell having been obliged to separate from her husband in consequence of the ill treatment she received, and her husband being living with another woman. He would show that Mrs. Russell had been reduced to a state of the greatest distress, and that defendant was liable at least up to a certain time, when the magistrate made an order on defendant to allow Mrs. Russell six shillings a week. The claim had been reduced to 3/. 55., plaintiff's wife having given Mrs. Russell work, part of which was paid for liberally, and the other Mrs. Russell let run off the rent. Matilda Rayment was called, and proved she was servant to the plaintiff. Mrs. Russell lived then with her son. She was in a state of starvation during a great part of the time. Mr. Russell did not visit, and only called once to inquire for his son. Cross-examined—She was not in the habit of being visited by men—a Mr. Webb called now and then as a friend. The. Learned SECONDARY said, ifit was intended to be proved she was living in adultery, such evidence would be good as a bar to the demand, but if it could not be proved, such question had better not be put. The cross-examination was then discontinued. Mrs. Armitage. a sister of the plaintiff, was called, and proved that Mrs. Russell was in a very dis tressed state. She never saw any impropriety in her behaviour, in drinking or otherwise. Mr. John Robert Webb was called. He had known defendant from childhood. Defendant and his wife had been married about fourteen years. De fendant treated his wife with brutality, and in conse quence of his striking her, witness discontinued visiting the house for two years before the separation. He was formerly a suitor to defendant's sister, and was a very frequent visitor at the house. Cross-examined—He visited Mrs. Russell—per haps twice a week. She was not in the habit of drinking, nor did he ever see her drunk. He was not in the habit of smoking, or drinking with her. On one occasion only he smoked his own pipe, and sent out for a glass of ale—that was on one occa sion when Mrs. Russell had called on him to request him to attend as a witness before the magistrates to state the facts, in order to get an order for mainte nance, which he did. By Mr. RORINSON-I solemnly swear that there is not the slightest ground for imputing improper conduct between me and Mrs. Russell. The defendant's attorney said that under the cir cumstances he should not carry the case further. The Learned SECONDARY said the defendant was legally liable during the time he made no allowance to his wife. The jury accordingly found for the amount claimed. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) We are requested by Mr. Ilammill, the sitting Magistrate, to acknowledge the receipt of 51. for warded to him from the Earl of C--, and who in the letter in which the money was enclosed, expressed a hope that others might be induced to "go and do likewise." 51. has also been sent by " M.A.P.," and two soversigns from "M.F." Each donation was sent towards the funds of the poor-box. BRADSHAW'S RAILWAY ALMANACK, DI RECTORY, and SHAREHOLDERS' GUIDE and MANUAL for 1848. This useful publication, in addition to the usual contents of an Almanack, gives us lists of the directors, engineers, secretaries, and principal officers of all the railways in the United Kingdom, and is illustrated by a large Map of Great Britain, with all the lines of rail way laid down, including both those in operation and those for which Acts have been obtained to the pre sent time. It also contains a correct account of the amalgamations and leases of lines, with the rent and tolls of the same, of the guaranteed stock, and of the dividend or interest payable on each line of railway — so that parties desirous of investing their capital in rail way shares will here find every information th a t they can require to direct them in their purchases. But it is not to the shareholder alone that "Bradshaw's Railway Almanack" will be found useful; the railway traveller will find in the Travellers' Directory a full account of the best made of conveyance by road, rail, and sea, between the metropolis and the principal towns throughout Engla n d an d W ales, together with their distance from London, the nearest station by railway, and cost of transit. In fact, all information that either shareholders or travellers can require will be found in " Bradshaw's Railway Almanack." WEBS TER'S ROYAL RED BOOK, or, Cour and Fashionable Register for 1848. This edition of the " Red Book " has been care fully corrected up to the date of publication, and con tams a greater amount of information than any other work of a similar kind which has yet appeared. The publishers have amalgamated the Law Courts with the other portions of the book, which greatly facili tates a reference to its contents. There is also, for the first time, added a toraplete list of the Baronets of the United Kingdom, with the dates of their creation, and also a list of various new streets, which have be come inhabited since the commencement of 1847. This is the most complete edition of the " Red Book" that has yet appeared. A COMPANION 70 7HE BAROMETER; or, A Table for Showing what State of Weather will be Likely to Follow its Changes. By John Underwood, London. Mr. Underwood, in presenting this table to the public, says— matter of research t o the sc i e ntific meteorologist, ~ Th a t hi s o bj ec t h as b een , n ot to furnish matter m to ea s n u s pp o ly r fo a re d te e kind o f weather that may be expected to result from s imultaneous observa tionlsliidnegratthuem long felt — viz. , a simple (e nsed the chief s er i es o f s of certain phenomena.the With this view h e h as collected, arranged. and con s more especi a ll y t h ose _ meteorological observation that have b een ma d e during the last thirty y barometric column. with reference to the, varieaatirs, ons in the h e i g h t o f the Considering the notoriousl y unc ertain conclusions which are at presen t drawn from th e weather-glass, it must be acknowledged that a table of the nature of th b e le o . neun der review would, if co rrect, b e invalu• a and, to make it correct Mr. Underwood i has spared no pains. He says—... This table has been compiled with the most scrupulous exactness, and nothing has been stated which the experience of many seasons does not war rant. The following testimony of Mr. W. H. Weeks, the eminent meteorologist, of Sandwich, adds to the confidence with which this work is offered to the pub lic. He writes thus :—' All the leisure I could com mand since I received your paper has been devoted to the subject. I have gone over my own journals for twenty-seven years, in addition to many others, and I have now no hesitation in saying I believe your table to come as near the truth as anything of the kind is, in the present state of our knowledge, likely to ap proach."' The Collegiate, or Cathedral Church at Manchester, although of the latest period of Gothic architecture, has many beautiful parts, in spite of the perishable nature of the stone used in its erection, and the restorations to which it has been subjected, at less favourable periods than the present. Internally, there are some remark ably fine roofs, and much old stallwork, and other wood work in various parts of the building. The restorations seem to be on a very extensive scale, and include not only polychromatic decoration, but a fresh arrangement of the pulpit and fittings, rendering the building snore in accordance with its new purpose.—Builder. An unusually small supply of Beasts MIS on sale in our market this morning, while its general quality was very inferior. The few prime Scots, &c., effering, found buyers, at from 4s 8d to 5s per Blb s , b u t a ll o th er b reeus were heavy,; at barely late rates. The show of foreign stock consisted of 112 Beasts, 260 Sheep, and 22 Calves, in very middling condition. With Sheep we were scantily supplied. Prime old Downs sold at Monday's currencies. Otherwise, the Mutton trade was in a slug gish state. In Calves, only a limited business was doing; yet prices were mostly supported. The Pork trade was heavy, at unaltered figures. Mulch Cows were a mere drug, at from 141 to 171 lOs each, including their small Calf. AAIERICAN NEWS. By the packet-ship Isaac Wright, Captain Marshall, arrived at Liverpool, e have advices from New York to the 3d inst. We extract the following summary from the New York Express : The week has been rather a blank one for news. Nothing striking has reached us from the seat of war in Mexico, or, indeed, from any quarter. Public at tention is now tuned to Wa'hington. The session of Congress commences on Monday, and there is no doubt that the house will be organized, and the Ales sage transmitted on the following day. The views of the President, and the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, will be read with unusual interest by all classes. In the early part of the week the weather became suddenly cold, which closed the Erie Canal ; but it is believed that the storm of rain on Wednesday night, and the mill atmosphere of yesterday, have again opened it. In the course of two or three weeks the North River will be frozen, and probably remain ice bound for three months. The fall season is over, and the belief is, that it hag been a good one. The crops of the country have been abundant ; prices are high, and all domestic trade tisfactory. The year 1847 has probably been one of as great prosperity as this country has ever ex perienced. Ashes—Both sorts have declined, owing to the in creased receipts ; but since the canal has closed there is a little more firmness in the market ; sales of pots at 5 dolls. 75c., and pearls 7 dolls. 50c. The stock on hand is 3,118 pots and 1,197 pearls. Export for the month of November, 1,210 barrels and pots h ee pearls. Cotton The advises from the south state that prices are higher. The market has become better; there is a more active demand, and prices have advanced ic. The demand for export has principally been for the Mediterranean and of ber markets. The total receipts at all the shipping porte are-298,79 0 bales, against 318,022 to same date last year, A de crease so far this season of 19,232 bales. The total foreign expors this year is 77,718 bales more than last —say 44,845 increase to Great Britain, 17,05 i; increase to France, 15,105 increase to the north of Europe, but 710 less to other foreign ports. Th e shipments from southern to northern ports are 14,871 bales less this season than last, but there is an excess in stock of 5,534 bales. Flour—We have had a cold snap of weather, which has partially, if not wholly, closed the canal. With the prospect that the receipts must soon stop, the market is up about 121- cents, and holders firm. Oswego and Western is selling at 6 dolls. 123 b. to 6 dolls. 25c., and Genesee at 6 dolls. 25c. to 6 dslls. 50c. The stock of Southern is light; sales of Brandywine, at 6 dolls. 75c.; Petersburgh and Richmond, 6 dolls. 374 e. to 6 dolls. 50c. ; rye flour, 4 dolls. 62c. to 4 dolls. 75c. ; buckwheat, 3 dolls. 25c. to 4 dolls 12ic. ; corn meal' 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 37ie. The receipts down. the Hudson since the opening of the river navigation to yesterday are of—wheat flour, 2,787,566 barrels ; tore meal, 106,825 barrels. Export from the Ist to the 30th of November—wheat flour, 26,091 barrels. Grain—There is an active demand for wheat, and sales of 2,000 bushels of Genesee, at 1 doll. 35c. to 1 doll. 36c.; Illinois, 1 doll. 25c. to 1 doll 27c. ; Sow them, 1 doll. 25c. t o 1 d o ll. 3 0c. P arcels i n s t o re are held for an advance. Rye is selling at 88c. to 90c.; barley, 85c.; oats, 50c. ; corn went up a cent or two, but is again slack ; sales of 6,000 mixed, at to 74e. The receipts down the Hudson since the opening of river navigation to yesterday are of— Wheat, 1,739,264 bushels ; corn, 3,520,682 bushels; rye, 345,315 bu s h e l s . Export from the Ist to the 30th of November -- corn, 59,865 bushels; wheat 27,688 bushels; rye , none ; barley, none ; oats, none. Tobacco—There exists some inquiry for Kentucky leaf; and sales of about 250 hhds. have been effected. part taken for export, and prices remain unchanged; 150 bales Yara brought 35c. ; 140 ditto St. Donsioget for export, on private terms. Money—The market continues to be tight, and there is a good deal of paper in the market selling at 1 to 14 per cent a month discount. Within the monthabout 2,000,000 o f spec i e an d l arge amount o f bills have been sen t a b roa d. Th e mar k et i s i n an unusual state. The pres s ur e seems t o perva d e two branches , viz., those engage d i n foreign commerce, and those operating in stocks. The large interest of regular traders connected exclusively with this country are comfortable and easy, and are not pressed. The great jobbing and grocery trade are easy. This is not singular; the trade of the country has been sound and profitable. There. has been no excited s p ecu l a ti on i n any branch or business. The embarrassments of Europe, howeier, have reached this country; confidence has been so shaken that a large portion of the remittances have been in specie. So much having been drawn from our banks has affected those operations; and they have contracted their discounts. Still, with the _ex ception of one or two German houses, there have been no failures. The fall of Treasury-notes to par has prevented any considerable demand for specie on our banks; this has relieved them in some degree. The general impression is, that there will continue to be some pressure throughout the month, but that money soon after will be more abundant. Specie—The failures in England have been SO numerous and extensive, that confidence is greatly impaired. A large portion of the remittances have been in specie, and since the month came in over two millions of dollars have been ex' ported. Many houses have written out to ship specie, and not to take bills at any rate, in consequence of the difficulty in getting 60 days bills discounted after they get there. Another cause why so much specie has been sent is, that there is no sp ec i e go i ng to Englan d f rom hiexico. Those who are working the mines there are purchas' ing army bill s an d T reasury notes at a premium, an d sending the same to th i s city, where.they are turned into specie and sent to England. The export of spe cie to Mexico is done, and all the payment of 6 1 )9 . C 1 e for duties i s near l y at an end, all the payments 136 ,1 in Treasury no t es . O ur i mports are now so lig that it is beli eve d t h at t h e b alance of trade cannot long b e aga i nst us, an d that soon the same spe cie that has gone, and is going, will be returned. _ .... Per cent. American gold, old lO6 to 10 6 Ditto, new Half dollars lOOl 1001 Portuguese gold lOO —1 0 0 i Spanish dollars Ditto, quarters - 100-• m I Mexican dollars __ Ditto quarters -- Treasury notes Value. S. c. S. C. Carolus dollars.. 1 3 to 1 u Five francs Doubloons Ditto, patriot Sovereigns 6 5 Ditto, light 85 8 6 4 2 0 0 1 1 4 88 7 5 57 5 0 Heavy guineas Napoleons .. Exchange—Foreign—The market has continued in the same state as last week. The sailing Of the packets and steamer of the Ist has taken a large amount out of the market. No bills have been sold but those of unquestionable credit. English Govern• ment being the favourite, the range has been from 1091 to 1101. All second-rate names are withdrawn from the market. per cent. Bills on London, 60 days, £ sterling 109} to 1101 Bills on Pari 5..... Bills on Amsterdam - 401 Bills on Antwerp ••• 40 4 0 1 Bills on Hambu rg h, M arc B anco B si Bills on Bremen, rix-dollar Freights—Foreign All descriptions are du ll ' There are some shipments of cotton to the Mediter ranean and Havre, b u t a t a l ow fi gure. To England freights were seldom as low or more depressed. To Liverpool—Cotton square and round bales, ta' to 3-16c1. per pound. EXETER HALL.—Last night the Sacred Harmoni c Society repeated H an d e l' s O rator i o of the Mess i a h, * t in Mozart's additional accompaniments, and the attraction of the performance was such that the large hell was completely filled. The vocal parts on this occasion were assigned to Madame Caradori Allen and Waal Steele, Mr. H. Phillips, Mr. Leffler, and Mr. Bennett, and they acquitted themselves in the most successful manner, rendering the beautiful music with that purity and simplicity alone befitting the divine productions of Handel. The band and chorus were on the most exten sive scale, consisting, as stated in the programme, of five hundred performers, and nothing therefore wsa wanting that could add to completeness aid effect. The choral department of the Society exhibits considerable improvement, their singing last night being marked by that closeness and steadiness which good drilling and constant practice only can produce. The patronage which the Sacred Harmonic Society continues to receive is the most flattering compliment that can be paid to it, and affords the most gratifying proof that the exertions of the Society have been properly appreciated. ANTI-GOLD•LAW LEAGUE.—The tenth meeting of this association was held last night at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. The advertisements stated that special reference would be made to the discussions in Parliament on the appointment of the Currency Committee, and upon " the too-evident attempt of the bullionists to shelve the question, notwithstanding the intense and extensive sufferings of the mercantile classes of the UnitediKingdom." Mr. Francis Bennoch, president of the League, took the chair, and he stated that Mr. Taylor, Mr. Duncan, and Mr. Bell, who had undertaken to engage in the proceedings, were prevented, the two first from illness, and the third by indispensable busi ness. He was himself ready to proceed, but he suggested that the sense of the meeting should be taken, whetheft under the circumstances, the proceedings should nut be adjourned. On the question being put, there appeared to be a majority for the adjournment, and the proceed ings consequently were deferred till after the holiday.